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At least Disney's SW comics will tide us over until... [whisper, whisper] Really? That TOO?
At least Disney's SW comics will tide us over until... [whisper, whisper] Really? That TOO?
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
That one still has me dubious, 2 more years to ramp up some pulp books? C'mon. Just hire some artists to re-draw classic Marvel scripts if you got nothing else. I dunno.
I think I'll be spending money on frames for my McQuarrie art.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Marvel is less a publishing house than an IP warehouse now. Truth is, I suspect both Disney and Warner own their comic companies entirely for the library of characters and don't want to publish funny books since they're relatively less profitable. When Disney bought Marvel, all licensed Disney books went to Marvel and died within months, even successful, critically-acclaimed stuff like Muppets.
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Steve posted the official word on this, the line is canned due to cost increases, the droid parts while intending to be a value-adder would have apparently caused a price increase. IMO, Hasbro's overhead is too high or they aren't being competitive enough with manufacturing and need to get the heck out of China and either into other Asian countries or perhaps Mexico (Mexican manufacturing has a vastly sliding quality scale based entirely on price, but the thing is you can get more bang for your buck when you're saving so much on shipping). Honestly though, I think upper management at Hasbro needs to take a look at why the company overhead is where it is, fir example they won't even make a product if it doesn't look like it'll make X percent back because management needs to be paid for, and there are policies in place that are outmoded like high minimum unit sales keeping smaller retailers from direct purchases.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I kind of wonder if the 2012 TVC sales figures were so much lower than what Hasbro projected, that this is just the first step of them abandoning the collector's line altogether. Maybe they've decided that we're just too high maintenance and not worth their time anymore.
Although, I don't see how they could expect last year's sales to be anything but disappointing when a big chunk of the figures scheduled for release in 2012 spent most of the year rotting in a warehouse.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
It's easy to forget that there weren't always three different basic figure lines. From 1995 to 2005, there was only ever one all-encompassing line that included figures meant for collectors, figures meant for kids, and repacks. Occasionally there were sublines (and obviously the look was refreshed every 12-18 months), but this fractured line didn't really start until the separate greatest hits lines started appearing in 2006 to keep top sellers on shelves. (Were those shipped separately? I don't even remember, but I thought that they were on the same pegs as the regular line.) I guess you could say the either-or approach started with VOTC in 2004, but that was kept as a limited line. I wonder how they'll handle the next three films, since this approach to the main line wasn't developed until after the ROTS line was done. Frankly I would like to see a return to something similar to the TAC line - refreshes to main characters and plenty of background characters, and not every single character needed 14 expensive points of articulation so they were able to do interesting accessories as well.
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I liked what JabbaJohnL said above.
I was thinking that in terms of OT (only) Star Wars, I now have almost every figure I always wanted - and nearly all the updates.
I'd buy a Blue Snaggletoothe that was single-carded.
I want Sim Aloo (original Imp dignitary)
I'd buy a few more Waroks if he were single-carded or with a never-before-made-Ewok.
There's a cool variant version of Luke Dagobah I've suggested and would buy.
But as a kid,I wanted Han Stormtrooper, Tarkin, Piett, Wedge, the bartender, Ephont Mon, Leia Slave. Much of it's been done. The OT collector market must have really shrunk.
The Ranat, Tzzzvvzzt, the Defel, a carded Garven Dreis, and a new mustached Bespin Guard etc. could all get me excited, but I'm not buying resculpts though the new kids don't have any version of some characters like Ponda Baba. So I understand.
It's time to move on but keep your eye on your hobby for items you love, just don't expect a delivery every month or even every quarter. They can sell Darth Vader. I'm not buying.
There are still plenty of PT and Expanded Universe and Clone Wars (animated style) they could sell me on, as well as new ships / large vehicles.
If not, it's not like SW is my only thing (or toy purchasing for that matter). I have a lot of other things I'm interested in. But I'm not going to sell what I have! I'm going to appreciate it!
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Your point about product rotting in a warehouse is almost dead on, except Hasbro doesn't have warehouses anymore, they sold them off during the restructuring after the 2000 crash from TPM nearly killing the company, so in the 2012 case what happened is they put all this money into cutting new tools and then the big retailers didn't order much product from those tools. So it basically rotted in a theoretical warehouse in this case, same problem - money spent and not seeing return - but now not even any product to sell off to liquidators for return (although also no tax burdens from old unsold product sitting for over a year).
In '96, Hasbro ran 2 lines, POTF2 and SOTE - SOTE did pretty poorly and eventually liquidated out (there were a lot of left-over Xizors and Snoova figures).
In '98, Hasbro ran 2 lines, POTF2 and Expanded Universe - EU did ok at first then petered out to slow orders and eventually hit liquidation as well. Those were both separate SKUs meant to focus more on collector-interested product, and just like we're seeing today, both of those didn't fare well.
'03 saw a pair of Star Wars lines - Clone Wars and Clone Wars animated, both of which bombed hard and clearanced out, but didn't go to liquidation.
'04 saw a separate SKU for Hall of Fame, those I don't remember how they did but I do remember buying several on clearance. VOTC doesn't really count because that wasn't taking away from the mainline SKU, it was taking away from the deluxe SKU - supplanting it, really.
In '05, the OTC line spewed out a second SKU for Post-OTC, and that short-run didn't fare well with retailers who simply didn't want a limited product line taking up a whole second set of pegs, so that led to low orders, transitioning into ROTS' single mainline.
'06 saw 4 SKUs on pegs although only 3 were active, ROTS was wrapping up, TSC was going, and then TSC had 2 other basic lines - Ep 3 Greatest Hits and Ep 3 Heroes & Villains, both different SKUs from TSC - and this is where things get tricky. The idea behind those Ep 3 re-releases was to keep and capture casual consumers - kids who were still familiar with the movie but who weren't really into the depth and breadth of the brand. The idea is an extension of Hall of Fame but taken to the next level.
'07 is where Hasbro made a total philosophical shift, putting 2 active SKUs out in roughly even amounts, creating the Saga Legends SKU where they took tooling that they felt was fairly modern but not currently active and made it available to appeal to a casual consumer, shifting the mainline to a more hardcore colector-only focus. From day 1, our Q&A asked them whether this was bound to create a schism that would undermine the foundation of both lines - Hasbro said no, but then sales showed otherwise and pricing started going up as the brand, some would argue, started cannibalizing its own sales.
'08 saw 3 active SKUs that were meant to run in parallel but with new content support in the form of The Clone Wars tv show, so there was Legacy Collection, TCW, and Saga Legends SKUs all running at the same time as basics. TCW ran hot for a while, Saga Legends was like printing money for a while because it was existing quality molds that kids were looking to find but couldn't in the regular mainline, and the regular mainline was uneven due to distribution issues. That business model eventually led to the mainline driving away collectors in droves as they couldn't find new product and stores couldn't satisfactorily stock due to serious pegwarming problems. Eventually Hasbro tried to recapture the hardcore collectors via TVC but intentionally lowered volume and raised prices to match, yet even there they played an odd game of hedging the casual consumer interest in a hardcore line which led to a number of first-wave pegwarmers choking the line, and now here we are.
In looking that whole thing over, something which hadn't occurred to me before shows up, Hasbro's splitting the brand into "collectors vs casual" consumers did create a schism, splitting the market interests out of a single SKU seems to have raised costs on the casual lines instead of saved the hardcore collector line until now there's a higher waterline and everybody's paying through the nose. Did Saga Legends and TVC bring the Hasbro SW brand to its budgetary knees by cannibalizing sales away to Saga Legends and Movie Heroes? When you factor in all the outside economic issues, I think there may be some truth there, but only Hasbro has the numbers to be sure.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Oh, no, it's malice. Hasbro would rather lose money than make collectors happy.
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I have several questions for JT:
1998 - also saw Collections 1, 2 and 3. Remember the color codes at the bottom of the cards? They did this for the Ep 1 glut as well.
But Luke Bespin was Coll. 1, Ewoks were Coll. 2 with Biggs, Lak Sivrak, etc., and Coll 3 had Vader R.H., Piett, Ishi Tibb etc. (Freeze Frames).
I might recall 1997 doing this as well.
1999 certainly did with Qui-Gon (Coll 1), Panaka (Coll 2), and Ki-Adi (Coll 3).
My Question was were they just different assortments? Not different Skus? It might have worked better if they were different Skus.
In 2007 (TAC)
On the controversy about Saga Legends and TAC figures (the latter being more collector based with some great figures!)
JT said:
"From day 1, our Q&A asked them whether this was bound to create a schism that would undermine the foundation of both lines - Hasbro said no, but then sales showed otherwise and pricing started going up as the brand, some would argue, started cannibalizing its own sales. "
Could you explain please? I think Saga Legends allowed kids to get General Greivous whenever they felt the urge, (or similar staple characters) and folks like me go crazy over Elis Helrot and Myoom Onith, not to mention Biggs Academy and a lot of great McQuarrie options, Padme black leather temptation - I mean there were great collector figures and space wasn't wasted in the case assortments with General Grievous and Mace Windu who never look any different.
OK, I've now read the concluding theory. I would say I could agree.
I honestly never look at the Saga Lengends / Movie Heroes stuff so I don't even know if they are a lower pricepoint at retail. I guess they are? Unfortunately, if I didn't notice the numbers, they couldn't be more than a dollar or so off the VTC.
In theory, if the price difference was even "worse," such that Legends were $5.99 and the VTC $8.99, this would make sales of VTC even worse?
Following up on that, "including Darth Vader, Luke Tatooine, "same-old-same-old PT Jedi figures," all in the case with my greatly yearned for Sim Aloo (Imp Dignitary) and Nyrat Agira (Outlander Club hottie) would make the cases pass through better than having "my figures" in a separate line geared towards the hardcore folks like myself?"
And I don't give a darn what they do to General Grievous or Mace Windu next - I will never buy more figures of these characters or Darth Vader and Tatooine Luke for that matter. So would just recarding the ideal molds for these characters not be better than wasting materials improving them (like better legs Han Solo) when the money could be spent producing Taym-den Garen or Sgt. Doallyn?
Then put them in the same case and I can still ignore Darth Vader.
Maybe all Hasbro has to do is rotate Vader in an out of case revisions under the same sku to keep him available to new fans?
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There are a number of other useful ones as well. Just something I thought I would pass on for those wondering just how useful NMAP can be and are new to the business. Hope it helps.
Oh and before you go wild with running these scripts against targets, check the code first it will tell you if it is a safe one or intrusive. So if you feel the need to experiment on a production network with security tools in place, you may anger them. And No I did not learn that the hardway though I was curious ;-)

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It feels like mmuch more than that. I mean he gave up two sacks alone last week.
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The game was a mess. We had 1 first down that came on our first drive and then not another first down until our 4th drive when we scored the first TD of the game.
I believe any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle...Victorious
Game by game run down on Big Jake:
Houston- 0 sacks, 0 hits, 0 hurries
Oakland- 1 sack, 1 hit, 0 hurries
Jets- 0 sacks, 0 hits, 1 hurry
Zona- 1 sack, 0 hits, 0 hurries
Cinci- 0 sacks, 1 hit, 1 hurry
Rams- 0 sacks, 0 hits, 1 hurry
These are facts, and Long is most definitely helping RT develop by his pass protection. He is sucking in run blocking, and not as dominant in pass protect. He is likely to do better but, for now, it is what it is.
overrated- jake long reggie bush
underrated- jared odrick anthony fasano
player no one talks about but is on the rise...nolan carroll
If you want to talk about underrated, you have to talk about our secondary play - our front 4 is getting great pressure which helps the secondary a lot, but Sean Smith and Nolan Carroll have been doing great at the corner positions.
Moreover, Rashad Jones has been outstanding at stopping the run and making some plays in the secondary. He has been far from perfect, as he has been responsible for a fair share of the chunk yards TE's have been getting off us, but he has been a playmaker. He has stuffed runs at the line and done fairly well in the secondary in his first season as the full-time starter. Chris Clemons has been mediocre but at least hasn't been responsible for *too many* big plays.
I think our secondary unit from a coaching, personnel, and performance have all been better than expected.
If you're talking public perception...Fasano and Randy Starks come to mind.
I think Dansby is a bit underrated too, considering how steady he is for the defense and how important he is. Granted, he's not PAID like an underrated player. But playing ILB the last few years under the old system tends to make guys go under the radar. ILB is one of the least glamorous positions. He can stand out a little more at MLB like he did at Arizona, but he's pretty important to your team.
Cameron Wake is not underrated. Everyone knows he's the team's best pass rusher and one of the better ones in the league. But he's def not the best pass rusher in the NFL though like the OP was trying to say. JJ Watt, Von Miller,Demarcus Ware and Jared Allen are certainly better. So is JPP despite his slow start..well, slow for him anyways.


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It is getting closer to winter, and that means Winter camping.
Winterizing your backpack does not mean putting up in the rafters. It means it is time to look at the gear you have in it and replace it with your cold weather gear.
Time to change out that summer sleeping bag and pull out the 20 degree bag (or lower).
Check your rain gear and make sure it is not rotten or smelly.
Throw in your fleece hat, you are going to need it on those chilly mornings and cool evenings.
Extra fuel for your stove is a must in the winter. Remember that cold causes your stove to burn more fuel.
Gloves and glove liners are another item you want to throw in your clothing ditty.
Sweat wicking long underwear is a must. Don't get caught out there getting sweaty and cold.
Keep your pack cover handy too, this serves multiple purposes the least of which keeps your gear dry.
Plenty of socks and sock liners will keep you warm and comfy this winter. Remember NO COTTON.. Cotton kills in the winter.
Check the batteries in your headlamp. It's dark in the morning and it gets darker earlier.
Look at your 10 essentials. Matches need to be replace or replenished. Throw in a few granola bars or power bars.
Winter camping offers adventures unlike those of summer camping. Winter camping tests your skills and confidence, but the rewards are many.
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hmmm, well, got a little patch for pango that adds PANGO_SCRIPT_PREFFERED - if a module covers PANGO_SCRIPT_PREFERRED then it will be chosen before an exact script match or an exact common match or any fallback. Want to think about it a little more before I submit it though.
Using that, and my patch for fontconfig fontconfig bug 105 which allows detection of graphite ttf table and some opentype features have made the beginnings of the silgraphite module for pango, Have the covers function so that if the font isn't a graphite font it should fallback to using the shaper engine that would otherwise have been used.
Now all I need to do it get a PangoGlyphString from silgraphite (for the silgraphite shaper function) and find out if graphite is stable enough for heavy usage like this.


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Harris Teeter opening new store in Bethesda
Harris Teeter Inc. has signed a 20-year lease for a 50,000-square-foot store in Bethesda at 8300 Wisconsin Ave., a mixed-use project expected to break ground in April. the Washington Business Journal reported.
The property is being developed by Bethesda-based StonebridgeCarras LLC and Chicago-based Walton Street Capital LLC. It will include 359 apartments and underground parking.


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I was looking up some info for another person in OFA and decided to run a report for PRA results. We have a somewhat similar problem with PRA in Labradors as with EIC in that test results are not automatically posted by the testing company. I was really stunned at the results of the report. Only 242 dogs have had results submitted to OFA and the test has been out for years. Of those, only 24 dogs are displayed as carriers and there are NO reports for affected dogs at all!
It seems that the DNA testing is like a lot of other areas of dogs - people only want to brag about their good stuff and hide the less glamourous. If we are going to deal with these genetic disorders, we certainly have to be more open with our information than it looks like we have been. I hope the trend will change with EIC reporting.


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An 18th century doctor convicted of killing a patient using an experimental blood transfusion technique is sent to a prison for the criminally insane, where he is put to work categorizing blood types and perfecting transfusion methods for the creepy warden in the watchable 1958 horror film Blood of the Vampire.
Also really enjoyed 2009's Watchmen. I remember when this comic came out but never read it at the time so I really had no clue as to what this movie was about. Glad I gave it a look. I'd forgotten all about many of those 80s pop culture references.


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Manufacturers struggle to find skilled workers
Governor makes addressing skills gap a top priority
BARABOO, Wis. - The skills gap is causing a conundrum for manufacturers in the area.
Gov. Scott Walker has made addressing that issue a priority in the next budget by putting his focus on tech schools, saying they need to turn out more graduates in needed areas to get more funding.
Some manufacturers said the problem goes deeper and the solution is not found in tech schools alone.
At Flambeau in Baraboo, the precision of slicing steel into service is what drew Jamie Hahn into tool and die making.
"When this block came in it was a square block, so that's raw material and it turns into something that is useful and used for years," Hahn said.
But even after 15 years of work making molds for plastic products, he has the least seniority among his peers.
"I think it's more people aren't interested in doing something mechanical," Hahn said.
Jason Sauey, CEO of Nordic Group, Flambeau's parent company, said the solution to finding workers to fill their tool and mold making positions isn't as simple as just asking tech schools to graduate more students.17772556
"I think there are some very good technical programs, some good schools that provide some good education and good training," Sauey said. "I don't think there are enough young people going into it."
Sauey said the emphasis on four-year degrees, as well as the shift of some of these technical jobs to Asian markets, means a new generation isn't encouraged into advanced manufacturing jobs.
"We're trying to find ways to address it internally, but it would absolutely be helpful if we had high schools starting up industrial arts programs, if we had more directed training and education of a wider availability and if we were advising our young people to consider careers like this," said Sauey.
Hahn said he thinks if more people could actually experience what he does every day firsthand, they might consider it as a career.
"Are you good with your hands?" asked Hahn. "Because if you can take what you do with your hands and put it into CNC or something else, then you'll be fine."
Sauey said there are at least a dozen positions they'd like to fill at Flambeau if they could find skilled workers, although Hahn mentioned it can be hard to find those who want to work a second or third shift.
Sauey agreed that tech schools do produce the workers they're looking for, but his bigger concern is that they're not finding people who want to do the job in the first place. He said the company even started the "University of Flambeau" to try to train workers within the company for new jobs.


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NYC wants to banish city use of term 'retarded'
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Council wants to banish the use of the words "mentally retarded" from all official documents and websites.
It wants to substitute them with "developmentally disabled."
Councilman David Greenfield is to introduce the bill to remove the "derogatory term" on Wednesday.
He told the Daily News "people use it in an insulting way."
He said the legislation would bring the city in line with the state and federal governments, where the term was changed years ago.


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Well, I finally decided to vacuum up all the sawdust and wood chips in the shop this week. Then I decided that the floor looked too clean, soooo..., a couple of rainy afternoons later. A 3 inch Birch tube and a 2 1/2 inch combo Mahogany and Walnut tube plus a Red Cedar scratcher with a Cherry striker. Now I have to go down to the hardware store and get some more O-rings 'cause wouldn't you know, I'm out. Glad I still have some Latex sheets left. By the way these are the newest type of my tubes with the constrictor baffle and the resulting resonance chamber. Sure makes 'em easier to play .
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Nothing is more delicious than a warm, chewy chocolate chip cookie. Using whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose makes this a contender for the best-tasting cookie ever!
The word cookie comes from the Dutch word for cake, "koekje". The first cookies were actually tiny cakes baked as a test to make sure that the oven temperature was right for baking a larger cake.
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"I'm going to write a new, proper, monster review of these later on. Just HAD to write something now. This is sort of in between my old review and my upcoming one. Useful iem tips; Comply TS400/500, Auvio tips, Meelec Balanced tips. (All of these are better than the stock tips imo.) The bass: Depending on tips, it hits hard, harder or very hard. My preferred tips are Meelec..." --MoonYeol
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I have heard of crazy-ass unconventional names before in Hollywood. I mean, Bronx Mowgli? Yeah, 'nuff said. Makes one think, 'what the hell are their parents on and who do we sleep around with to get it'? Oh okay, that one just might be me but anyway let's not get sidetracked here. Nicknames are terms of endearment and sometimes it holds a significant history to the owner…
but this is just plain ridiculous! I'm talking about Amanda Seyfried's pet name. Unlike most people, when someone calls you a 'punani', you take it as a really bad insult. Well, not Amanda. Oh no…she loves it so much that she had 'minge', which means vagina in British ghetto lingo, tattooed on her foot, of all places! The Mama Mia! blonde star was on Chelsea Lately show last night and here's what she said when asked about this big bowl of WTF:
Amanda said, "It means vagina and kind of proud of it. It's my nickname. You can't see it, but it's called Minge and it's slang in England. It has something to do with your pubic hair in the dictionary."
It doesn't exactly say how she got her nickname but if you happen to see Amanda Seyfried, you should accidentally trip face flat on the floor infront of her and smell her foot. If it smells like minge, then you're our hero!


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Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman offered her perspectives on a variety of campus issues in an open forum at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting Monday, March 12, in McCosh 10.
Junior Rob Biederman, president of the Undergraduate Student Government, posed a question to Tilghman about the University's academic calendar, one of several topics she discussed during the forum.
At left: After the meeting, Tilghman engaged in a conversation about Princeton's recruitment of international students with junior Lawrence Darby (center) and senior Antonio Lacayo.
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Tilghman sees Princeton moving 'briskly into the future'
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Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman offered a view of the University's priorities and her perspectives on a wide range of issues in an open dialogue with campus community members Monday, March 12.
"We absolutely must move briskly into the future," Tilghman said. "Universities that stand still fall behind."
Tilghman outlined several major initiatives in academic and residential life during the open forum at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting in McCosh 10. Among many significant areas of focus for her administration, she cited the introduction of the four-year residential college system next fall; investments in key academic disciplines such as engineering, creative and performing arts, neuroscience and African American studies; and efforts to enhance Princeton's international presence.
In charting a course for Princeton's future, Tilghman said she is committed to Princeton's traditional strengths in teaching, research and service, which "we as a university must continue to protect, to cherish, to ensure do not get lost."
At the same time, she said, "We need to identify the new things it would never have occurred to us to do in the past but now -- because the world is changing and we're changing with it -- are things that we need to do."
After her opening remarks, Tilghman addressed questions from students and other campus community members on topics such as campus planning, residential and social life, trends in higher education, labor issues and international student recruiting.
Junior Lawrence Darby, who raised the question about the University's efforts to attract more students from other countries, commended Tilghman's focus on raising Princeton's international profile and other forward-looking initiatives. "The University's objectives and goals over the next few years are very large and incredibly important," he said after the discussion.


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Nice pictures and job well done Bobby. I won't even poke fun at Jim this time.
I had to chuckle at the picture with the cattle in the background. It brought back my Oklahoma hunt to me. We set up in the edge of a Mesquite thicket in a pasture field after we had spotted the gobblers from the farm road. They did not want to answer calls and the only way I knew they were there and coming was the cows all lined up and were watching the birds. I knew they were watching something and told the outfitter we needed to sit tight for a while. The cows done a great job pointing, as the gobblers moved the cows moved and all I had to do was watch were they were looking. They actually started kind of chasing the birds away and I had to get up and circle them and I was able to cut the birds off, I always knew where they were from watching the cows. Finally they gave up playing tag with the cows and came to me....they should of stayed with the cows, LOL! The outfitter even said he learned something different that day,I told him we eastern boys learn on smart turkeys HaHa.


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|An old photo of Bill Clinton and Al Gore jogging in short shorts recently became an Internet sensation. From Sarah Palin to Nicolas Sarkozy, see other politicians wearing short shorts in this gallery.
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|Bill Clinton asked Al Gore to be his running mate in 1992. Out on the campaign trail, Gore said, "I did not seek this nomination or expect it. But I am here to join this team because I love my country." And apparently to join in on the jogging in short shorts, because here he is running with Bill Clinton in July of that year.
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|Apparently Clinton had something of an affinity for running in short shorts. In 1994, he wore them for a jog with the Houston Police Department.
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|President Clinton broke out the short shorts again in July 1994, while in Europe for the G-7 summit.
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|Sarah Palin is an avid runner (of marathons). But her pose on a 2009 Newsweek cover in a pair of short shorts caused a great deal of controversy. Palin herself wrote, "The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now. If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, gender, or color of skin. The media will do anything to draw attention—even if out of context."
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|Jimmy Carter took running very seriously. He once said, "I start looking forward to it almost from the minute I get up. If I don't run, I don't feel exactly right. I carry a watch, and I can click off a mile in six minutes when I really turn it on." He even declared Oct. 14, 1978, to be National Jogging Day. And like many runners in his era, Carter chose to go running in a tiny pair of short shorts.
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|Former President George H.W. Bush stays active any way he can, including parachuting from an airplane and jogging in short shorts. He once said, "Just because you're an old guy, you don't have to sit around drooling in the corner. Get out and do something. Get out and enjoy life."
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|First lady Michelle Obama is often thought of as a fashion icon, but the shorts she wore on a visit to the Grand Canyon in 2009 earned her a rare spate of bad reviews for her style choices. While a poll found that 83 percent of people supported her choice of shorts, one critic noted, "While nobody would make Mrs. O wear couture in Arizona in August, the truth is, she just didn't look particularly good in shorts. Her arms are much admired. Her legs are just, you know, legs."
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|President Bush wore a pair of short shorts at the President's Fitness Challenge run in June 2002. Bush is a big fan of running. In one 2002 interview, he said, "It's interesting that my times have become faster right after the war began. They were pretty fast all along, but since the war began, I have been running with a little more intensity. And I guess that's part of the stress relief I get from it. For me, the psychological benefit is enormous. You tend to forget everything that's going on in your mind, and just concentrate on the time, distance, or the sweat. It helps me to clear my mind."
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|French President Nicolas Sarkozy's frequent runs helped earn him the nickname Super-Sarko. Here he is wearing short shorts to run with Wolfgang Clement, Germany's then-finance minister, in 2004.
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Gonzaga perfect in conference
SPOKANE, Wash. - No. 2 Gonzaga didn't waste anytime Saturday afternoon dispatching Portland, 81-52 at the McCarthey Center.
Kevin Pangos started the scoring with a long 3 pointer and Elias Harris added a spectacular dunk just seconds later.
Portland answered with three 3's and had a 9-7 lead with three minutes off the clock.
The Bulldogs answered with an 13-0 run. They raced to a 20 to 9 lead and never looked back.Gonzaga Bulldogs down Portland Pilots
Elias Harris had the hair working for him and lit up the McCarthey Athletic Center with a spectacular dunk half way through the first half.
It wasn't just Gonzaga's offense that did the job today. Their defense swarmed the Pilots, forcing turnovers that turned into points.
The Pilots (11-20, 4-12 WCC) tried to keep it close with numerous 3-pointers in the first half but they couldn't stop the onslaught.
Kelly Olynyk once again showed why he is considered one of the best players in the country. He was active on both ends of the court, finishing with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.
Gongaza went into the locker room at half-time leading 46-27.
Excitement has been building all week long following No. 1 Indiana's loss on Tuesday and No. 3 Duke's loss on Thursday. The Bulldogs held on for a 5 point win over BYU Thursday night, opening the door to a possible number 1 ranking in the country.
It was clear Saturday afternoon the Bulldogs wanted a convincing win.
The Bulldogs (29-2, 16-0 WCC) finished conference play with a perfect record, something a Gonzaga team hasn't done since the 2008-2009 season when they had just 14 conference games.
Before the game started, Gonzaga and its fans said good-bye to seniors Elias Harris, Mike Hart and Guy Landry Edi.
Harris came out of his final home game with 5:58 remaining in the game. He received a hug from Coach Mark Few. Harris finished the game with 20 points and 9 rebounds.
The last time Portland beat Gonzaga was in 2003 in the old Martin Centre.
This is the 12th time in 13 years the Bulldogs have either won or shared the conference title.
Their only losses this season were to Butler and Illinois when both were ranked No. 13.
Gonzaga reached it's highest ranking ever last Monday by destroying Santa Clara by 43 points and San Diego by 31. They have the best winning percentage in all of Division 1 basketball.
The Bulldogs head into the West Coast Conference Tournament riding a 12 winning streak.
Gonzaga is 120-8 in the McCarthey Athletic Center since it opened in 2004.


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Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 06:00
With 9,000 tons of deicer on hand and a fleet of 98 snow and ice-fighting vehicles standing by, MTA Bridges and Tunnels is ready for the upcoming winter weather.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012 - 06:00
With the forecast of this season's first winter storm, MTA agencies are following well-established plans designed to keep the MTA region's transportation services operating smoothly.
Monday, December 24, 2012 - 06:00
MTA subways, buses and railroad service will operate on a Sunday or holiday schedule on Christmas.
Monday, December 24, 2012 - 06:00
The image of Marilyn Monroe stepping over a subway grate as a gust of wind sends her skirt twirling is the very definition of the phrase "iconic image".
Friday, December 21, 2012 - 06:00
After more than a month of around-the-clock work in one of the most storm-ravaged sections of the MTA transit system,  trains resumed service through the Montague Tube, which connects Brooklyn Heights with Lower Manhattan on Friday morning, December 21.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 06:00
The MTA Board has approved the agency's 2013 budget and four-year financial plan, preserving the continuing roll-out of subway, bus and railroad service increases identified last spring, and adopting a fare and toll increase that was proposed in October and amended over recent weeks in response to public comment.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 06:00
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Joseph J. Lhota is resigning from his positions at the MTA, effective at close of business on Dec. 31st.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 06:00
MTA Long Island Rail Road has unwrapped a holiday schedule featuring 10 extra trains to help customers heading home early Friday afternoon, December 21, and again on Monday, Christmas Eve. The additional service from Penn Station will begin each day at 12:46 PM and run through 3:48 PM on six branches of the Railroad.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 06:00
The MTA Board has approved the agency's 2013 budget and four-year financial plan, preserving the continuing roll-out of subway, bus and railroad service increases identified last spring, and adopting a fare and toll increase that was proposed in October and amended over recent weeks in response to public comment.
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 06:00
Celebrating, shopping, sightseeing or visiting, Metro-North keeps you moving
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 06:00
Successful Subway Maintenance Program Moves to Upper Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 06:00
To make traveling easier for commuters who live in the Rockaways but need to travel to other parts of Queens, to Brooklyn or Manhattan, MTA Bus Company, New York City Transit and Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) have made the necessary software changes to allow three legged (one-fare) transfers and a three-hour transfer period between some buses and subways.
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 06:00
Don't be surprised if you get a MetroCard swathed in green this holiday season. It means your MetroCard carries one of the second crop of advertisements to appear under the MTA's new effort to raise revenue by selling ad space on MetroCards.
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 06:00
In a ceremony at the current terminal of the temporary free H subway shuttle, Gabrielle Shubert, the Director of the New York Transit Museum, and Darren Kornblut, Manager of the Museum's online store presented a check worth $15,000 to The Graybeards, a not-for-profit organization working to rebuild the Rockaways after extensive damage suffered during Hurricane Sandy.
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 06:00
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced today that, beginning Monday, December 17, it will add a free transfer to the B70 bus from the S53 to provide Staten Island veterans access to the Brooklyn VA Hospital without having to pay an additional fare.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 06:00

This weekend, we repaired tracks south of 167th Street on the  in the Bronx.

Monday, December 10, 2012 - 06:00
The MTA is making it easier to file a claim if the 30-day unlimited MetroCard® or 7-day Express Bus Plus MetroCard you purchased with a credit or debit card at an MTA vending machine is ever lost or stolen.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 06:00
LIRR Restores Weekday & Weekend Electric Train Service on Long Beach Branch
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 06:00
It's back by popular demand! Subway customers can once again take a ride back in time between Queens and Lower Manhattan along the  line through the holiday season.
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Drugs alone can't stop disease in sub-Saharan Africa: We need diagnostic tools to match. TED Senior Fellow Frederick Balagadde shows how we can multiply the power and availability of an unwieldy, expensive diagnostic lab — by miniaturizing it to the size of a chip.
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Senior Daniel Hawkins, winner of the 2007 Martin Dale Fellowship, will use the award to support his travels in search of musical inspiration. For his Dale project, titled "Road Songs: An American Sound Story," Hawkins will traverse the country's highways in a van over the next year, exploring various musical traditions and recording unique sounds he hears along the way. (Photo: Denise Applewhite)
Sophomores win Dale Summer Awards
Seven sophomores are winners of this year's Dale Summer Awards, which provide a $4,000 stipend to pursue a summer project not connected to their academic coursework. The recipients and the titles of their projects are:
• Andy Chen, "Om Shanti: Yogic Spirituality in India."
• Ana De Roo, "Uniting Science and Art With Digital Restoration."
• Christian Harris, "Short Film Production."
• Gabriel Kreindler, "Portraits of Personal Stories."
• Fiona Miller, "Between Family and History: The Illumination of the Life and Work of Earl Miller and the Spiral Group."
• Diana Negoescu, "Analyzing Progress: Drawing the Pristine Landscapes of Cézanne."
• Peter Schram, "A Journey Into the American Exodus: An Artistic Exploration of the Great Migration."
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King of the road: Dale winner to take musical journey across America
Posted May 24, 2007; 10:00 a.m.
From the May 21, 2007, Princeton Weekly Bulletin
From the hum of a massive incinerator in Harrisburg, Pa., to the tonal distinctions of Chinese languages, Daniel Hawkins has found musical inspiration in atypical places. Now the Princeton senior plans to spend the next year traversing America's highways, taking his search for muses onto the open road.
Hawkins, a cellist and music major, will be supported in his travels by the Martin Dale Fellowship. The $27,500 prize is awarded annually to allow a graduating senior "to devote the year following graduation to an independent project of extraordinary merit that will widen the recipient's experience of the world and significantly enhance his or her personal growth and intellectual development."
Hawkins' project, titled "Road Songs: An American Sound Story," will focus on what he calls "overlooked American communities and the highways that connect them." He will spend the next year exploring areas where different people and traditions have come together to produce unique, original music. A major element of his project will be to record ambient noise that he encounters on the road, which he will use as inspiration for his own compositions or incorporate directly into his own works.
While traveling and living in a van, Hawkins will bring along a specially designed travel cello, which can be easily disassembled, as well as other instruments and recording equipment. His experiences will be chronicled in a blog at www.roadsongs.blogspot.com.
After graduating from Princeton, where he also is pursuing certificates in music performance and African studies, Hawkins plans to live in and help restore an old house in Harrisburg with friends this summer. He will start his Dale journey with a pair of weeklong excursions: attending the Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp in Burns, Tenn., which attracts fiddlers from around the world; and visiting the Black Hills Reservation in Wounded Knee, S.D., where he will study Native American heritage and musical traditions.
These trips will prepare Hawkins for the rest of his travels. He will research other possible destinations, but ultimately wants the project "to be very organic and very spontaneous," not bound by any itinerary. "I would like to make it up to Alaska, and there are other spots I would like to get to, but I don't want to try to set up rules for myself," he said.
Citing a key lesson from one of his music professors, Steve Mackey, Hawkins said, "You don't want to let the idea of a project dictate where the music goes. … It's going to be about taking sounds, listening to them really carefully and hearing what music those sounds want to become," he said.
Mackey said the trip "sounds like a blast. He is a lucky young man to have this opportunity. … Dan is the kind of guy who is going to take full advantage of it. From what I know of him studying with me, this is not going to be an idle road trip."
For Hawkins, the Dale project is an extension of his experiences in finding musical influences in a variety of surroundings. He grew up in Hershey, Pa., where he began playing the cello in fifth grade, and attended high school at the Harrisburg Academy. In his 20-minute commute, he drove past Harrisburg's massive, aging trash incinerator and could hear its ominous hum from the highway. He also passed the deserted Campbelltown, Pa., firehouse, which had been converted into a live music venue where Hawkins played bass and sang in a bluegrass band with other amateur musicians. The sounds of both locations loomed large in Hawkins' musical development and his understanding of his hometown region's culture and history.
While at Princeton, Hawkins traveled twice to Ghana to study its cultural and musical traditions. He also spent last summer in China as part of Summer of Service, an English immersion program for Chinese college students run by Princeton undergraduates. In both countries he made recordings of ambient noises in the areas he visited, and in China he studied the tonal music of the country's languages.
The musical inspiration he gained abroad, as well as the practical experience of recording sounds in a range of settings, "have definitely shaped how I'm going to go about recording next year," Hawkins said.
Hawkins also has benefited from his work with Mackey, Paul Lansky and other Princeton music faculty in developing his compositions skills. Mackey said that while Hawkins is a talented cellist, he did not have much experience writing music when he took Mackey's course on contemporary composition and performance last spring.
"I think he has incredible persistence and willingness to learn," Mackey said. "He developed a sense of how to make a piece work and speak to an audience. He revealed himself by the end to have a lot of creative compositional talent."
Lansky is advising Hawkins' senior thesis, a compilation of several compositions. "He's coming from a background as a performer, and he's using that very well to experiment in different kinds of ways to make music," Lansky said. "He's not simply writing scores for other people to play, he's composing music on his cello. It's very imaginative, and it's quite good."
Hawkins, who also is a self-taught guitarist, noted that a myriad of influences are found in his own work, including the music of Mackey, Lansky, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash and classical bassist Edgar Meyer, as well as Ghanaian percussion and Japanese shakuhachi (traditional bamboo flute) styles.
After completing his Dale project, Hawkins may pursue a fellowship with Princeton in Asia or Princeton in Africa, or take time to work on his cello performance or his composition portfolio, before considering options for graduate school. But for the next year, he will be focused on a journey that is several years in the making.
"In middle school, I had a plan to simply walk out the doors of my school with a guitar one day and jump on a nearby train line and just take off," Hawkins said. "The details were a little hazy after that, but they certainly included music, maturing, girls and finding America. It's taken me a little longer than expected, but now I finally have a chance to go."


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Richards little devhelp plugin for Gedit made me motivated enough to start looking at the plugin framework.
As he points out, the interface nice: simple and straight-forward. I decided to give it a go and wrote a little plugin to do remote editing, a la gobby. It allows you to share a buffer and connect to a remote one. It's little more than a proof of concept, but it allows you to edit the same document from different instances of gedit. All done in about 200 lines of python, including a custom protocol for remote editing. Twisted made that experience almost trival.
If anyone is curious and want to try it out fetch the tarball from here.
Today I finally branched for Gtk+ 2.10. There are quite a few bugs with simple patches attached to in bugzilla. Gustavo suggested that we should do a bug day, which would be great. Especially if we can get a couple of new contributors.


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Laura's Corner
I work very hard and am attending college to obtain my degree in the Human Service field. Writing makes me feel alive and gives me the opportunity to touch those whom I would not be able to otherwise. Last but not least, I have been blessed with two amazing daughters who love me completely and support my dreams. Feel free to contact me with questions, concerns or feedback.
Big Bad Wolf
As far back as I can remember, I was bullied. Not just by one, but by numerous classmates. This began as far back as I can remember and continued throughout high school. Despite the fact I forgave and eventually confronted my tormentors, this is not something I will ever forget.
Bullying also occurred within my home. I have three siblings and all three ganged up and had their fair share of verbal attacks. "Put some butter on them rolls," they would say about my extra weight which circled my midsection. Many other memories cross my mind yet still creep up once in a while when I'm not feeling my best.
Despite this behavior, there was never a time when I felt the need to end my life or the life of another. I had outlets. Friends, reading, writing, music,movies and a few other favorites. My escape came in the form of the belief that there was something greater out there, that one day, I would have my own world filled with love, peace and happiness.
That time is still in the works, being developed as I type. Every single day I read devastating choices made by those who have been bullied. Suicide, home, work and school shootings have peppered the news. Children walking into their own schools, taking the lives of childhood classmates. Adults, walking into a workplace while still employed, taking the lives of coworkers. Teens, beating one another on video, posting to social networking sites. What was once dealt with in a quiet manner has now taken a whole new meaning.
As much as we would love to blame bullying, volitile behaviors of individuals run deep. If bullying were the issue, mankind would cease to exist. This very behavior has been around since the beginning of time. From the bible to World Wars, within different cultures around the world, evil exists. People are mean, adults behave badly and children as young as two push and take from one another.
As easy as it is to blame social networking, we do have the ability to turn things off, cease accounts and put parental locks on the internet. Allowing children the ability to have full access to the internet, cell phones and computers within school is a warfare in and of itself.
Notoriety. Film a video, the more shocking the better, and put it on youtube. Young people understand the attention and a sort of respect from their peers which pours forth when exposed in such a manner.
How do we, well, those of us who care, begin to change a culture which is so hell bent on the shock factor?
First and foremost, we must begin at home. Bullying and negative behaviors are learned and mimicked. Adults are just as much to blame. Within my own family, I have been the target of bullying. Adults who feel they have the right to talk about, degrade and gossip. This behavior is observed by children as young as 8, 9 and 10 years old. How do we expect children to behave any different if the adults mentioned within don't have enough common sense?
Suicide and mass shootings are outside the norm. I believe there is a much deeper issue. Being called names, teased and "bullied" are a part of human nature. I am not whatsoever defending such but it is something which is a norm within our culture. It is not going away anytime soon. As long as we have good, will we fight the bad.
We see adults fight over parking spaces, waiting in line, killing one another on Black Friday and so forth. Need I say more?
How does society begin to deal with and change the mindset of those who are on the brink? A couple of thoughts come to mind.
First and foremost, look within your own home. Do the adults in your household fight like cats and dogs or do they exhibit compassion, love and correct ways to communicate? How about the children? I know the old saying, "Kids must be kids", but in all honesty, parents must allow each child the right to their own personal safety. Having established rules and boundaries are the first step to health and welfare.
Second, when viewing bullying videos on the internet and such, there are always bystanders. I for one, would never stand by if one person was degrading or harming another. Children must be taught skills to intervene. There must be a safety net for them within their schools in order to "tell" on perpetrators.
Last but not least, why do bus drivers, teachers, and other adults in charge not step in and do something? I know it's tough to keep your eyes on 30 children, yet there are always one to five which wreak havoc on a few smaller and weaker. How hard can it be to stop a fight or call for backup?
Bullying occurs because individuals are too afraid, too busy or too worried about being a target to get involved. Because certain parents are unable or not willing to make changes, a curriculum must be established. When we incorporate esteem building skills into every single school, we will begin to see less bullying and more compassion. We will see children secure enough to say no and stand up to bullying, in and outside of their homes. We will see adults secure enough to talk and confront instead of ending the life of themselves and others.
We may not be able to change the world, but if you are capable of making a few simple changes in your own life and the life of your family, you too will begin to experience peace.
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If this is true......."By the end of 2019, according to the administration's budget numbers, our federal debt will reach $23.3 trillionas compared to $11.9 trillion today. To put it in perspective: U.S. federal debt was equal to 61.4% of GDP in 1999; it grew to 70.2% of GDP in 2008 (under the Bush administration); it will climb to an estimated 90.4% this year and touch the 100% mark in 2011, after which the projected federal debt will continue to equal or exceed our nation's entire annual economic output through 2019."
Does it mean this: "The U.S. has long served as the world's "indispensable nation" and the dollar's primary role in the global economy has likewise seemed to testify to American exceptionalism. But the passivity in Washington toward our dismal fiscal future, and its inevitable toll on U.S. economic influence, suggests that American global leadership is no longer a priority and that America's money cannot be trusted."
Is this good or bad?
What are the implications of an extremely weak dollar in the global economy?
What about the risk of inflation or hyper-inflation.
Why would we want to do this to our economy and country?


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I wasn't happy with Linksys SRW248G4 switch. After using it for over a year, which is the length of the warranty, it slowly began to fail. It finally got to the point where it would only handle 10baseT/Half, and even with that setting, a lot of packets were dropped. In addition, the ssh interface is limited. Instead, the main interface is an http interface which requires Microsoft's IE (with low security for ActiveX controls).
So, I replaced the Linksys switch with a Soekris Net5501 computer, with SanDisk Extreme III 8.0GB CompactFlash card,a wireless mPCI card from Netgate( 802.11a/b/g), and a lan1641 (PCI Quad ethernet board). You have to install an operating system on the device. A lot of people choose OpenBSD, but Linux (Fedora 8 with a custom kernel config) works just fine.
The first thing that impressed me was lack of noise. Since the Soekris Net5501 doesn't require a fan, it's completely silent. Second, you get complete control over the setup -- how you're going to handle bridging, firewall rules and additional software. There is enough power on the device to run a mail server, Apache, and even compile programs on the device in a reasonable amount of time. In fact, I ended up compiling Postfix from source directly on the device. For kicks I compiled the Linux kernel, but that took the better part of the night. This device is really a small computer (bogomips 999.79).


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Side Lunge
Prepare to hit the slopes (once we get some more snow) by working those thighs and glutes. One way people generally get injured when skiing or snowboarding is by going to the mountains after a long summer and autumn with likely no pre-conditioning. Avoid muscle fatigue and potential accidents by preparing yourself and your body. Monique Molino, PJCC Pilates Coordinator, shows us one fitness tip to help you prepare.


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Sunday, November 17, 2013
Quilty Fun Sew Along: Courthouse Steps
Welcome to the Quilty Fun Blog Tour & Sew Along! It is the third week of the tour and we are stepping it up. Step right up and make some Courthouse Steps! Today, with the help of Rachel of P.S. I Quilt, we are sewing the Courthouse Steps blocks in Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet's Quilty Fun Sampler Quilt!
Bake Sale collection by Lori Holt herself!
Debbie's Courthouse Steps featuring the effortlessly vintage Sidewalks collection by October Afternoon.
Come sew along with us! Get your copy of Quilty Fun, download the PDF companion sheet for cutting instructions, and sew the Courthouse Steps to join in! Once you have the blocks sewn, post photos to the Quilty Fun Sew Along & Blog Tour Flickr Group for a chance to WIN one of THREE Omnigrid Marking Ruler Trios, which happen to be our Notion of the Month! Winners will be announced next Monday on the Jolly Jabber.
The winners of last week's Angler 2 giveaways are punkypurls, Cynthia Horst, and TBoyes!
Freda's Hive! For more information and a full schedule of the tour head here.
Posted by Fat Quarter Shop at 10:30 PM
Labels: Blog Tour, Book Tour, Lori Holt, Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet, Quilty Fun, Quilty Fun Sew Along & Blog Tour
2 comments:
- punkypurls said...
Yay! I'm so excited. This will definitely help with the quilt I am currently making. Lots and lots of angles that I have been marking. This will be a major time saver. Thanks so much!
- November 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM
- Cynthia said...
Yeah, I'm a winner!! Thank you so much! This is such a fun sew along, I am having the greatest time and can hardly wait each week to sew the new blocks :)
- November 18, 2013 at 10:13 AM
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Pentagon: Map of Islamic State Operations in Iraq and Syria
On April 10, 2015, the Pentagon released its map of the self-proclaimed Islamic State's operations in Iraq and Syria. The map also marks areas controlled by other groups in the region, such as Iraqi Kurdish security forces, Iraqi Government, and Syrian Government.
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To all you moms out there of pets and/or human kids!
Dog of the Day
Cat of the Day
Pet of the Day
To all you moms out there of pets and/or human kids!
I've Been Frosted
Happy Mother's Day to all! Whether you have human kids, furkids, finned kids, feathered kids, etc.!
Even if you have no kind of kids, we all have/had a mother!
Forever in my heart...
Happy Mothers Day!
The Minions:
{The Dog: Towser & Raiden} {The Cats: Khaith, Martha, Adelaide, Snowball, & Floki} {The Bird: Gir}
I'm off to our daughter's for the afternoon and a feast. I had to changed my plans for what I was wearing---we're having a wicked snowstorm mixed with rain...fun----NOT. Only 1C out there so out comes the warm winter togs again.
I've been frosted--- thank you Cassie'smom
I've been Boo'd----
Happy Mother`s Day to everyone!!
I hope every mother out there has a great day with their children, whether they`re furry or scaly or feathery (or human of course)!
Or, in some cases, just some time to get some much-needed R&R.
Best wishes to you all!!
- Brittany (noun) - Brit-knee = Just a girl that loves her kitties.
My furfamily (from top left, clockwise): Malley (age 10- "the Eldest"); Oreo (age 10 - "the Subway Jared of Cats");
Bandit (age 6 - "the Sweetie"); Missy (age 3 - "the Scaredy-Kat"); *Rocky (age 2 - "the Baby"); & *Sophia (age 4 - "the Princess").
And of course I can`t forget my beta fish, *Regulus, who is almost two years old!
{ * = my fur(and fin)babies; the others belong to my parents/sister but are of course part of the family! }
RIP Lady, Sally & Floppsy. You will always be remembered; Mommy misses you!
Happy Mothers Day, all!!!
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (19482015), Sourcery
Happy Mother's Day Everyone!
All things work together for good to them that love God, who are called according to his purpose.
(Romans 8:28)
I've been defrosted-- Thanks, Sana
Furangels only lent.
RIP my gorgeous Sooti, taken from us far too young, we miss your beautiful face and purssonality,take care of Ash for us, love you xx000
RIP my beautiful gorgeous Nikkita, taken so suddenly ,we will never ever forget you, we miss you more than words can say, loved you so much, my heart just aches for you, gone to be with Mama and Ash.
RIP my beautiful Ash,your pawprints are forever in my heart, love and miss you so much my big boy. (very special thanks to Alysser for my cute siggy)
RIP my sweet gorgeous girl Ellie-Mae, a little battler to the end, you will never ever be forgotten, your little soul is forever in my heart, my thoughts, my memories, my love for you will never die, Love you my darling little precious girl.
Happy Mother's Day to all the PT Moms! (of two- and four-legged children!)
I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!
Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!
"When dogs are looking at you, they're essentially hugging you with their eyes." -- Dr. Brian Hare
"That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—I venture this evening to offer a few remarks on a very complex and far‐reaching subject, and before beginning I must crave your indulgence if you find, as must almost unavoidably be the case, that my treatment of it is more fragmentary than could be wished. Speaking broadly, I think it will be admitted that the poet's attitude toward, and interpretation of, Nature may be said to undergo continual modification in harmony with the development of religious and scientific thought. For although the poet in his happiest intuitions often leaps at truths far in advance of the conclusions reached by the slower processes of methodical research, yet on the whole, the representative poems of the world seem to body forth the view of Nature, which is essentially the product of their age and nation.
In the Iliad and the Odyssey we find the aspects of the visible universe personified in a thousand and one shapes of plastic beauty. The vivifying power and splendour of the sun radiates through the limbs of Apollo; shaggy‐breasted Pan is the expression of lush‐teeming forest life, and the fatal allurement of lapping waters murmurs for ever in the sweet‐voiced sirens. The manifestations of the inorganic world are regarded, by Homer for example, as synonymous with human nature; and the gods, demi‐gods, titans, nereids, dryads, and fauns, which represent sky, clouds, ocean, rivers, and forests, page: 10 are neither better nor worse than the men and women that people the earth.
We see here that, according to Shelley, all living creatures, "from the meanest worm that crawls" to the page: 14 happy birds in the grove, enjoy peace and happiness, all excepting poor miserable man, who, by some fatality of his constitution, has ever been the prey of some few among his own kind who, by superior force or cunning, have befooled him, despoiled him, enslaved him, and generally rendered his state one of abject fear and wretchedness. If such were the case, society would certainly have to be regarded as an unmixed evil, and the sooner human beings followed Rousseau's advice and returned to the state of primitive nature the better!
But is it true that all things in Nature, where man is not, speak "peace, harmony, and love"? Why, if we open our Darwin, the very opposite fact meets us at every turn. Yes, in the very vegetable kingdom, amid the gentle race of flowers so dear to Shelley, precisely the same forces are at work, the same incessant strife is raging, the same desires and appetites prevail, which he so abominated in the world of man. For gnawing at the root of life itself seems this power of evil from which the poet's sensitive soul shrank with such horror—lust, hunger, rapine, cruelty. So far from peace being the law of Nature, we learn on the contrary, from our great naturalist, that from the lowest semi-vital organism to the highest and most complex forms of life battle is being waged within battle for the right to breath, to eat, and to multiply on the earth. Look, for example, at the flower‐like sea‐anemones, with their exquisite forms and delicate rainbow‐tints. What a shock it is to one's moral being to see them suddenly close like a tightly‐drawn sack on a lot of little living creatures that one sees madly struggling through the semi‐diaphanous substance till they are stifled in their living tomb. And this law which bids animal prey upon animal, however revolting to the human conscience, is a necessity of that Nature, which, if not as terribly unjust as the God of Calvinistic theology, seems, at least to our human apprehension, to be callous to the sanguine strife and destruction which is going on in every nook and corner of the earth. Darwin, like Shelley, admits that we see the face of Nature bright with gladness: but he adds, "we do not see, or we forget, that the birds which are idly singing around us page: 15 mostly live on insects or seeds, and are thus constantly destroying life; or we forget how largely these songsters, or their eggs, or their nestlings, are destroyed by birds and beasts of prey."
Inch by inch every available space of air, of earth, and of water is contested, fought for, finally conquered by some living creature or other, the stronger ever devouring the weaker, or at least beating him out of the field and leaving him to perish. So that the reckless competition, the selfishness, the cruelty which to Shelley appeared as essentially the result of bad government, nay, as almost an accident of human society, might have been traced by him feature by feature throughout the animal kingdom, from the slave‐making ant to the thievish sparrow. For Dr. Watt's admonition to the children that "birds in their little nests agree," is, unfortunately, one of those amiable delusions which, on closer examination, turn out anything but true. On the contrary, not only does active jealousy exist between the different species of birds, but they are the most omnivorous of creatures, and one is sorry to think that, in spite "of the spirit, thought, and love which fill the meanest worm that crawls," they swallow the poor innocent with no more compunction than the human biped does his lamb and mint sauce. And then what unchronicled tragedies happen in those leaf‐embowered nests, whose form and structure look indeed as if they were presided over by the spirit of love and peace. What, for one thing, should we see if we were to peep into some of them? Perhaps a cuckoo, uninvited, laying her egg in the nest of another kind of bird, whose own brood, when she has hatched the intruder, will be ruthlessly ejected by him. For, according to Darwin, the young cuckoo has not only the instinct, but a back actually adapted for getting rid of his foster‐brothers, who thus, poor things, unceremoniously thrown on the ground, perish of cold and hunger.
Then again, if we take the hive‐bees, we shall see in that wonderfully‐regulated community something not unlike an old‐fashioned monarchy with a ruler "by the grace of God." For the queen‐bee is so absolute in page: 16 her own domains that she will suffer no second near her, and promptly destroys the young queens her daughters, as soon as they are born, or perishes herself in the combat. Shelley would have had to own here that even "those royal murderers, whose mean thrones are bought by crimes and treachery and gore," could hardly match the savage instinctive hatred of this little insect fresh from Nature's hand. There is perhaps something even more appalling in the fact that the slave‐making instinct should exist among animals. But it seems that certain species of ants are in the habit of carrying off the pupæ of another species to their nests and there rearing them as slaves. These slaves are black and not above half the size of their red masters, so that the contrast in their appearance is striking. With some kinds of ants, the Formica rufescens, the tyrants, by never doing any work, have actually lost the power of helping themselves, and are so dependent, that when a migration takes place the slaves have to carry their masters in their jaws!
These, alas! are but a few examples taken at random of the oppression, strife, and cruelty, which seem to pervade all organic beings according to that dread law formulated by Darwin: "Let the strongest live and the weakest die."
The fact is, that Shelley, when flying to Nature away from the hard‐hearted ways of men, was really leaping from the frying‐pan into the fire. For the very thing he abhorred most in human society—the implacable struggle for supremacy of one individual with another—was raging with tenfold force in the world around him, because less tempered by the mitigating influences of conscience and sympathy. It is true that the sensitive organisation of Shelley, shrinking from the rough contact with reality, never quite looked Nature in the face; and in west wind and sunset cloud, in running stream and fragrant flower, he recognised a more benignant manifestation of power than that which he saw in the Social State of Man, because what he saw reflected by these passive phenomena was in reality the shade of his own soul. And his own soul, being one of the loveliest as well as loftiest that ever passed page: 17 across the stage of the world, transmuted the visible Universe to something after its own likeness.
This ultimate triumph of the human mind over the forces of evil by which it is encompassed, and the consequent advent of a Golden Age, has been mystically foreshadowed by all great religious and ethical teachers, and Shelley could not have chosen a finer or more stupendous subject for a great dramatic poem. But I venture to think that if he had worked out this theme with more historic realism—if he had not unfortunately been debarred from casting into a poetic mould the modern scientific conception of evolution and the struggle for existence—that he would have shown the human race as typified in Prometheus, not as physically and morally depraved, owing to its gradual alienation from page: 19 Nature, but, on the contrary, as emerging from a semi‐brutal, barbarous condition, and continually progressing to higher stages of moral and mental development. For the true conflict consists in man's struggle with the irresponsible forces of Nature, and the victory in his conquest over them, both as regards the subjection of his own lower animal instincts and in his continually growing power through knowledge of turning these elemental forces, that filled his savage progenitors with fear and terror, into the nimblest of servants. This, I take it, would have been a conclusion more in harmony with the Darwinian conception of the universe, and also more consoling on the whole. For I suppose most of us would agree with Strauss's view that, just as it is more honourable in a citizen to have raised himself from a lower to a higher station in the social scale instead of having lapsed into degradation from some former proud estate, so Man himself gains in moral value, when one reflects that with infinite pain and struggle he has slowly risen above the thraldom of physical nature, and eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge has learned, at whatever cost of mere sensuous enjoyment, to distinguish good from evil. Shelley, on the contrary, bitten by the nature worship of Rousseau, was too much inclined to glorify not only the future but also the remote past, at the expense of the present. As, for example, when he says "that at some distant period man forsook the path of nature, and sacrificed the purity and happiness of his being to unnatural appetites, and that ALL VICE arose from the ruin of healthful innocence." Here is hardly the place, or it would be easy to prove, from Darwin's Descent of Man, that every kind of unnatural appetite and vice has prevailed among men in a state of nature. Thus the murder of infants was practised on the largest scale throughout the world, the robbery of strangers was considered as honourable, women were commonly like slaves, among some savage tribes it was custom to kill their old and decrepit parents, while intemperance, licentiousness, and unnatural crimes were the common practice. Considering that such was the original bias of humanity, we may perhaps apply to it the remark of an American humorist on being page: 20 told that some one was a self‐made man, to wit, that it relieved his Maker of a great responsibility.
In concluding these few remarks, I can only trust that I have not been tiresome by dwelling too exclusively on Shelley's philosophy of Nature, and scarcely at all on the simply artistic value of his work. But as we meet to help each other in a fuller comprehension of his poetry, I hope I shall be forgiven if I have ventured to point out certain imperfections in the work of our beloved poet. "Swear by no master's words" is a saying of Goethe's that would have been heartily endorsed by Shelley, the iconoclast of authority. But if he failed comparatively in his attempt "at solving the universe," if I may be permitted to use a favourite expression of my friend, the late W.K. Clifford, Shelley succeeded, perhaps more completely than any other poet, in marrying the most sublime or evanescent appearances of the material universe to human emotion. Indeed, the essence of Shelley's being seems to have become one with the impetuous west wind, his heaven‐aspiring song thrills us in the notes of the skylark, and the rapture of his words has added a new radiance to the beauty of flowers.
And though I have hitherto only dwelt on the contrast between the views of Nature held by Shelley and Darwin, I should like before concluding to say a few words as regards the final junction of their views in the glorious vistas they disclose of ever higher types of life replacing those that had gone before. For, judging by analogy, better, wiser, and more beautiful beings will inhabit this planet in the ages to come, according to the laws of evolution, than we can now have any conception of. And I hope that we are all agreed that in Shelley himself we have already a certain foreshadowing of something better—for with his exquisitely sensitive organisation, of which he might well say, "I am but as a nerve o'er which do creep the else unfelt oppressions of the earth," with his scorn for vulgar aims ending in self‐aggrandisement, with his impatience of the conventional, continually hampering standards of morality, and with his passion for reforming the world, he seems lifted, not only above the needs and greeds of sensual desires, but page: 21 also above fierce competition, the corroding jealousy, and malignant rivalries from which intellectual workers are so rarely exempt: failing, where he did fail, because he could not help investing the imperfect natures of transitory individuals with an ideal beauty which, fading on a closer view, induced in him a shuddering recoil of dismay and disillusion. Outsoaring the limits of the actual world, Shelley's mind foreshadowed loftier types than any yet in existence, his purpose being, as he says, "to familiarise the highly‐refined imagination of the more select classes of poetical readers with beautiful idealisms of moral excellence; aware that, until the mind can love, and admire, and trust, and hope, and endure, reasoned principles of moral conduct are seeds cast upon the highway of life, which the unconscious passenger tramples into dust, although they would bear the harvest of his happiness." In the noble‐hearted Laon, the liberator of his country, who only suffers defeat because he is fain to overcome his enemies by generosity; in Cythna, the high‐souled woman, who rouses her sex in harem and seraglio from the inanition of a weak dependence to an ardent participation in the noble war of liberation; and, above all, in Prometheus himself, the heroic martyr who vanquishes hell by pitying his torturers, the Furies: in these and similar types Shelley has incorporated nearly all of goodness, love, and wisdom that it is at present possible to conceive. But his creations have been accused of being vague and unsubstantial shadows that take no more hold of us than the visionary shapes seen in a sunset sky. And we cannot deny that the accusation contains more truth. For poets have unfortunately always been more successful in depicting scenes of passion, crime, and agony than in their descriptions of divine love and beatitude. Take only as an example the Inferno of Dante as compared to his Paradiso, or Milton's Satan contrasted with the angelic hosts; and to come to more mundane subjects, the most tragic themes have always taken the strongest hold of men, as witness the murder of Agamemnon, the doom of Œdipus, the madness of King Lear, the ambition of Macbeth, the imprisonment of Margaret, the ordeal of Fantine.page: 22
And it must be confessed that though, as a rule, we know very little of heaven, our experience of hell is pretty considerable. Now, as the substance of all poetry has to be extracted mostly from experience, Shelley, when he tried to embody his beautiful idealisms of moral excellence, and found that reality yielded him a rather meagre crop of impressions, had to weave his aërial webs too much from his own inner consciousness. But his glowing anticipation of a better future in store for humanity is, in a certain sense, the warrant of its own fulfilment, and his poetry will become a factor in helping to bring it about; for in the continual process of selection there is no reason why the moral ideals of one generation should not become the stepping‐stones toward their realisation in another. And in this process of evolution the final triumph of the human mind over the brute forces of nature may be achieved, and Shelley's magnificent prophecy at the close of the fourth act of the Prometheus turn to simple truth, the prophecy that "The man remains,— Sceptreless, free, uncircumscribed, but man: Equal, unclassed, tribeless, and nationless, Exempt from awe, worship, degree, the king Over himself; just, gentle, wise: but man. Passionless? no:—yet free from guilt or pain,— Which were, for his will made or suffered them; Nor yet exempt, though ruling them like slaves, From chance, and death, and mutability,— The clogs of that which else might oversoar The loftiest star of unascended heaven Pinnacled dim in the intense inane."


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Family: Scorpaenidae, Scorpionfishes view all from this family
Description The Bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis is a member of the Sebastidae (rockfish) family. Other names for this species include salmon grouper, grouper, tom cod (juveniles), and slimy. In Greek, sebastes means "magnificent," and paucispinis is Latin for "few spines".
Bocaccio can be found from Stepovak Bay, Alaska to central Baja California, but is mostly abundant from Oregon to northern Baja California. They have been spotted from various depths from the surface to 1,568 feet (478 m); most live between 150-1,000 feet. Juveniles stay in shallower water because of the protection provided by floating kelp mats or driftwood. Shallow water kelp forests and oil platforms also help these fish avoid danger, as they can use them to dodge and hide from predators. As the fish get older, they to move into deeper, colder water. The Monterey submarine canyon is an ideal place for many marine organisms to inhabit or migrate through, and bocaccio in this canyon can consume multiple marine species such as shellfish (pelagic shrimp and crab), anchovies, sardines, other small rockfishes, and squid.
Dimensions Up to 3' (91 cm).
Warning The dorsal and anal fins contain mildly venomous spines.
Habitat Open ocean, Ocean or bay shallows, Estuaries, tidal flats & salt marshes.
Range California, Northwest, Western Canada, Alaska.


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Essentials of Software Testing
According to the Department of Commerce, software bugs cost the U.S. economy an estimated $59.5 billion a year. This software testing program will teach participants sound testing techniques and principles to reduce defects, improve quality and ensure a successful launch.
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Updated on 29 October 2012
EU member states have halted the use of Novatis' anti-influenza vaccine as a precautionary measure due to a suspected quality defect
Singapore: A number of European Union (EU) member states have halted the use, as a precautionary measure, of some anti-influenza vaccines manufactured by Novartis Vaccines, because of a suspected quality defect.
The Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) was first informed of the suspected quality defect by the manufacturer (Novartis Vaccines) located in Italy. The Italian authorities took prompt precautionary action and AIFA alerted all other member states, the European Commission (EC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) using the established mechanisms.
These regulatory actions are precautionary, since so far there is no indication that this suspected quality defect has any impact on the safety or efficacy of the vaccines in question.
The European Medicines Agency has no formal legal role in this case, as the products are nationally authorized, but is taking a supporting role by bringing expertise from the network together to assist AIFA and the authorities in the other Member States.
AIFA is taking the lead on behalf of the EU in investigating the suspected quality defect in order to determine whether it affects the safety and efficacy of these vaccines, and whether the affected batches should be permanently removed from the market. The suspected defect involves the aggregation of proteins that are a normal part of the vaccines.
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''back action locks'' Front action or bar locks are what is on Lyman and TC sidelocks. Back action locks are the long skinny locks that have most of the lock plate behind the hammer. They tend to be on guns with cracked or broken stocks.


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