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The government of Premier Silvio Berlusconi is pursuing its plan to fingerprint each and every Roma living in Italy as part of his program to end crime. Rome's city officials and the Red Cross began a census of the city's Roma population, but would not participate in any fingerprinting of the people. Red Cross personnel are handling the Rome census in order to reassure Romas they are not being targeted for any police action. Rome Prefect Carlo Mosca, the government's top security official for the city, says he is skeptical of mass fingerprinting. he assured the press Gypsies will not be fingerprinted unless thee is suspicion they may have committed a crime. "When there is suspicion of a crime… fingerprints can be taken as for any Italian." However, other cities like Naples have been more aggressive and all Gypsies are being fingerprinted.
Among the nations of the world, Italy has long endured the legacy of its Mafia heritage which is undoubtedly alive and well not only in Sicily but in other parts of the nation. Mafia leaders live in the open and are known to local police. Will the police initiate a fingerprint campaign for all members of the Mafia?


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Re: Average Person Award
Nice design, funny. I can see people wearing this shirt walking down the street.
One Million Served
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This thing's comedy gold. People will ask, and the possibilities are endless.
One Million Served
I like this even more now that it has text!
Re: Employee of the Month
This shirt would go great with cutoff jeans...
One Million Served
jasneko wrote:Didn't get to comment in the thread, but very nice
My one bit of feedback - I'd prefer it on a yummier color, something reminiscent of nachos - one of the greens or reds perhaps. Or any color that might be the same as an ingredient. As far as I can think of, there aren't any grays in nachos;)
Like maybe if "nacho champ" looked like it was made out of nachos itself and printed on a red shirt? I like it anyway!
Re: One Million Served
That would equal 37.65 bad guys a day since May of 1939. That's an impressive pace.
This is perfect! I excel at being mediocre.
That's actually closer to my original idea, which was "Went Outside".
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ramyb wrote:Our friend here has the best mask collection in all of hyrule- looks like he's gonna need a bigger wall though An ode to one of my favorite games ever, inspired by Gerold Weschenmoser. This is hands-down the longest I've ever spent on an entry. Hope you enjoy
genius! best design i've seen in a while. i will buy anything that references majora's mask. any chance of seeing this as a print if it doesn't win?
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Because I seriously can never pass on one of those stupid Jack In The Box tacos.
That pug's intensity is unnerving!
Re: Legendarily Lost
Way cool, Spirit. Hopefully you'll get a print this time.
edit: I wish I could draw as good as this. It really is well done.
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(Sorry, had to do it)
The shirt should be BLUE. For BLUTH.
On a green tee does look good.
specsmachine wrote:On a green tee does look good.
Why, thank you specsmachine!
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Malatise wrote:It really is a fantastic game.
That's it! I am buying that game TODAY. I have all of the Fallouts and Oblivion but haven't moved to Skyrim yet because of all the bad things I hear about needing patches and stuff... but I can't take it anymore! I feel like I'm missing out!
Mooooo!!! Ding! Ding!
This design looks awesome on green!
Hmmm...Most Licked could be funny.
That guy really resembles a younger Chris Pine. Don't know if it was intentional or not, but it's a nice touch.
I Like It. I like your description also. +1
ambergreen wrote:I like the idea, but I think the text at the bottom isn't necessary, and the font is hard on the eyes. I love the red.
I've updated the shirt in another version but I'll leave both up...
specsmachine wrote:That's it! I am buying that game TODAY. I have all of the Fallouts and Oblivion but haven't moved to Skyrim yet because of all the bad things I hear about needing patches and stuff... but I can't take it anymore! I feel like I'm missing out!
You are missing out. Even with the bugs that it has the game is amazing. Great shirt and I am glad to see a nice Skyrim shirt without an arrow to the knee reference. +1
If you have a good enough PC, get it for that. If not, Xbox version is your best bet. The problem with patches and glitches are mostly on the Ps3 version. I have the Xbox version and have barely any problems and have sunk enough hours to qualify not having a life. But I think I'll stop rambling... my geek is showing.
You have Pyramid Head! <3
specsmachine wrote:Love the Ziggy Stardust panda!
thx man!
Re: Most Awesome
yeah! :D
Re: Nacho Champ (Resub)
On the gray, I felt it looked sloppy and gross, but now these nachos somehow look extremely delicious- I especially like how the jalapeños look on the kelly- great improvement Good luck
Re: World's Best Spinal Surgeon
LOL that's just awesome!
bachrock37 wrote:The shirt should be BLUE. For BLUTH.
I tried it on blue first with the very same thought, but it looked so much nicer on green.
Re: Tallest Tree For Golden Egg
Beautiful design here! I'd wear it! :P
kllangellier wrote:Oh, ok. Thanks! I was like "I can't believe there is a spelling mistake... Wait, IS it a spelling mistake!?" Haha, glad that's cleared up! It's becoming increasingly apparent that I need to play Skyrim.
FUS RO DAH works like this:
Please revise and resub! This would make an awesome shirt!
Some closeups of the Predator related details:
Laser red dots:
Alien text (it says Arnold):
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Re: Here's to a long career, cadet!
I tried to enter a drawing of a celebrity once and was told it wasn't allowed. And it was a really bad drawing too. I doubt anyone would have recognized Arthur Fonzerelli from my lousy artwork. This is obviously Chris Pine. Oh well. Lotsa luck, dude.
Re: The Most Even Prime Number
this shirt is great (and i would actually buy it!), but doesn't it count as a text only design?
Re: World Champion of Smelliness
BWAHAHA! I love this one. I hope it gets a lot more votes.
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A Plan For Growing Lettuce All Season Long
You'll enjoy never-ending greens by following these steps. We tell you exactly what and when to plant.
Lettuce Lineup
Let's start with a quick review of the different types of lettuce, how long they take to mature, and their tolerance for hot temperatures and long days. With this information, you can choose the right varieties for your garden in spring, summer, and fall.
Looseleaf lettuces don't form a head but grow into clusters of frilly, smooth, or lobed leaves in a range of colors. They mature in about 50 days but can be harvested in as little as 30 (if you pick them at the baby stage). Looseleafs generally fare best in cooler weather, so plan to grow them in spring or fall. They hold up to hot summer weather much better as baby greens than as mature plants.
Butterhead, also known as Bibb and Boston lettuce, forms crumpled-looking heads with tender, dark green outer leaves and crunchy, light-colored hearts. Harvest butterheads when the inner leaves form a loose head, about 60 days after planting. Some butterheads, notably 'Butter-crunch' and 'Optima', hold well in hot weather, but this group typically does best in spring and fall.
Romaine varieties form upright heads with dark green or red-tinged outer leaves and crisp, whitish hearts. Green romaines, particularly 'Jericho' and 'Green Towers', handle heat with aplomb, but red romaines tend to produce open heads and bolt in summer. Romaines take between 55 and 65 days to mature, but baby romaine leaves can be harvested in less than a month.
Batavian lettuce's shiny leaves mature into loose, whorled heads with crisp hearts. At Colorado State University, researchers evaluated the bolting resistance of dozens of lettuce varieties and reported that Batavians stayed crisp and tasty in heat and resisted going to seed longer than any other type of lettuce--in some cases holding for more than 100 days during the height of summer.
Crisphead lettuces, also known as iceberg, grow slowly—maturing in about 75 days--and produce very round, crunchy, pale green heads. While crispheads are known for their resistance to bolting in hot weather, they are prone to internal tip burn during summer and produce the best-quality heads in spring and fall.
Soil System
All types of lettuce have tiny seeds and shallow root systems that do not compete well with weeds. Market gardeners use a technique called stale bed cultivation to create fine, weed-free soil for lettuce, and this system will work well in your home garden, too.
Start by weeding your lettuce bed thoroughly three weeks before transplanting or direct-sowing. Spread compost 1 inch thick over the soil and dig it in. Rake the bed until the soil is smooth, crumbly, and free of clods, rocks, and crop debris. Then water the bed well. "Let the first flush of weeds come up, and then cultivate lightly," says Frank Stonaker, the lead researcher for the lettuce Bolting Resistance Project at Colorado State University and the coordinator of the university's specialty-crops program. "A stirrup hoe is a nice tool for cultivating, because it cuts about 1/4 inch deep in the soil and gets rid of small weeds without disturbing the soil enough to bring up new weed seeds."
Begin sowing lettuce seed in spring as soon as the ground thaws and the soil is dry enough to rake. Lettuce needs light to germinate, so sprinkle the seeds on top of finely prepared, moist soil and cover them with an extremely light layer of screened compost or a little seed-starting mix. Sow lettuce in rows 10 to 12 inches apart if you plan to harvest mature plants. Thin the stand when the seedlings have three or four leaves, using the tender thinnings in salads. For baby lettuces, sow seed in 3-inch-wide bands, spacing the bands 8 to 10 inches apart. Hold off on thinning baby lettuces, because you want them to grow into a thick strip of greens for harvesting.
Now, here's one of the tricks to successfully extending your lettuce-eating season: About two to three weeks before sowing lettuce seeds directly in your garden, start some in trays inside. Then transplant the seedlings outside at the same time you direct-sow seed. "With transplants, you get more crops from one growing season, because they are in the ground for less time," says Pam Dawling, an organic gardener who manages the 3½ acre food garden at the Twin Oaks intentional community in Louisa, Virginia.
When planting seedlings, water them well 24 hours before setting them out and again one hour before planting. "The goal is to have the plants absorb the maximum amount of water," Dawling explains. Watering well before planting protects the plants from wilting at transplant, she notes.
Transplant the seedlings when they have four to six true leaves. Be sure to harden off both purchased and homegrown seedlings before transplanting by gradually exposing them to outdoor conditions over a period of five to seven days. "I prefer to plant in the late afternoon or evening," Stonaker adds. "That way the transplants don't bake all day in the sun."
Give the transplants a kick start after planting by watering them in with diluted fish emulsion. When thinning directly sown plants or transplanting seedlings, leave 8 to 12 inches between Batavians, romaines, and crispheads, 6 to 8 inches between butterheads, and 4 to 6 inches for full-grown leaf lettuces.
Growing Gourmet
The secret to growing succulent, tasty leaves and preventing premature bolting is to keep lettuce growing fast. Bitterness naturally occurs in older plants. It also develops in drought-stressed young plants because a lack of water causes lettuce to slow its growth and signals the plant to produce more latex, a bitter milky sap. "If you can keep your soil at a moist sponge level, the lettuce will grow continuously to harvest," Stonaker says. "Lettuce that wilts is much more likely to bolt and taste bitter." Conserve water by using soaker hoses or drip tape to irrigate lettuce.
Mulching your lettuce bed does help keep the soil moist, but it attracts slugs and snails, and straw and grass mulch tend to blow into lettuce heads, making postharvest cleaning a chore. Rather than mulching, plant your lettuce a bit closer together, Stonaker suggests. "Lettuce makes a little microclimate for itself when planted together," he explains. "In densely planted beds, the lettuce keeps the soil cool and moist."
Lettuce grows quickly and typically does not need additional fertilizer during the growing season. In fact, fertilizing too much causes the plants to produce very lush leaves that attract aphids. Gardeners can avoid most lettuce problems, including tip burn, bitterness, and fungal disease, by planting lettuce in a site that features full sun and well-drained soil with balanced fertility and by keeping the soil consistently moist but never soggy.
Harvest lettuce in the morning, when the plants' cells are fully hydrated. For head and whole-leaf lettuce plants, slice the plant off at the soil line with a sharp knife. Pinch off individual leaves of leaf lettuce as needed and use scissors to cut baby-sized lettuce. "We aim to cut baby lettuces when they are about 4 inches high," Dawling says. "We cut off about 3 inches and leave an inch." After harvesting baby lettuce, pour diluted fish emulsion on the row to encourage the greens to regrow quickly.
Hold off on washing lettuce until just before eating, because damp greens deteriorate much faster in storage than dry ones. Lettuce stays fresh for two weeks or longer if wrapped in plastic and placed in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator, but it tastes best, and is most satisfying, when eaten fresh.
Three-Season Lettuce Plan
Growing lettuce continuously from spring through fall requires planning, because lettuce matures at different rates depending on the season and variety. If your family eats salad every day, plan on growing two heads of lettuce or a 2-foot-long band of baby greens per person each week.
Plant romaine, butterhead, and leaf lettuce seedlings (purchase some from a nursery if you didn't start your own) and direct-seed a week or two before your average last-frost date. In early spring, plant lettuce every two weeks and install a row cover over your plants to moderate air temperature, protect plants from variable weather, and keep out insect pests. As the weather warms, remove the row cover, begin planting every 7 to 10 days, and switch to heat-tolerant varieties.
Lettuce germinates in just three days when the soil is 68 degrees, but soil temperatures over 85 degrees signal the seed to go dormant. Overcome this summertime problem by planting seedlings of heat-tolerant varieties, especially Batavians. If you direct-sow, store your lettuce seed in the refrigerator and cool down the soil for a few days before planting. "Water the soil and put down burlap bags to keep the soil moist and dark and cool," advises Pam Dawling, a market gardener in Virginia. In her climate, she also recommends laying ice over rows immediately after sowing.
Transplant and direct-sow lettuce to areas that get shade, such as underneath tomato plants or corn. Be sure to keep up on watering, and harvest lettuce at the baby stage before it has a chance to develop bitter-tasting latex. Make successive plantings every 7 to 10 days in summer.
Gardeners in climates where summer temperatures stay consistently about 85 degrees can greatly improve yields and quality of summer lettuce by covering it with shade cloth. A study funded by the Organic Farming Research Foundation found that lettuce grown under 40 percent shade cloth from June through August in Kansas had higher yields, grew larger and faster, and produced reliably higher quality greens than lettuce grown in unshaded test plots.
Lettuce takes longer to mature as fall progresses, in response to cooler weather and shorter days. "In the fall, you need to plant more often, because one day's difference in sowing can make a difference of a week in harvesting," Dawling says. Switch to cold-tolerant varieties in late August and sow or plant seedlings at least once a week through the first half of September for harvests that will mature in late November. "Lettuce is very frost-tolerant," says Frank Stonaker, a researcher at Colorado State University. "It can tolerate temperatures down into the 20s." Install row covers over lettuce when nighttime temperatures dip below 45 degrees to protect the plants from wind and the elements and to keep your garden full of lettuce well into fall.
Best Lettuces for Heat and Cold
Researchers at Colorado State University set out to find which lettuce varieties handle summer heat the best. The Bolting Resistance Project used organic growing practices and tested more than 50 varieties. Several clear winners emerged over the course of the project, and they are listed in this table, along with two varieties that withstand chilly spring and fall temperatures.
Leaf Lettuce
New Red Fire 29 baby size, 55 full size. Dense plant with frilly red leaves that fade to green at the base. Slower to bolt than other red lettuces.
Salad Bowl 28 baby size, 49 full size. A lime green, cold-hardy oak leaf. Perennial favorite for spring and fall plantings. Frost-tolerant, but bolts during the heat of summer.
Simpson Elite 53. Pale green, frilly leaves with long harvest period. Very slow bolting for leaf lettuce.
Optima 55. Dark green leaves form a very large head. Resists downy mildew, bottom rot, and tip burn.
Winter Density 28 baby size, 54 full size. Upright, densely packed head with dark green leaves and a pale heart. Grows well in spring, summer, and fall. Frost-tolerant.
Green Towers 60. Heads grow 8 to 12 inches high and wide with dark green, crinkled leaves and a pale, crunchy heart. Holds for up to three months in summer heat.
Magenta 28 baby size, 48 full size. Reddish green, shiny leaves. Practically boltproof. Resists tip burn and bottom rot.
Nevada 28 baby size, 48 full size. Green, crisp, mild-flavored leaves. Excellent performance in spring, summer, and fall. Resists tip burn and bottom rot.


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Talk:99 questions/1 to 10
From HaskellWiki
1 Bad format
The format of this page is awful. I'm collecting the problem descriptions, but having to be very careful not to look at the solutions.
The function signature and description of what it is to do should be given. The solutions should be on some separate page.
- +1, especially the solutions on separate page. Oligomous 18:15, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
- +1, agreed. Having visible solutions on this page really takes the fun out of it. I think I will start moving the solutions to subpages of 99 questions/Solutions, after solving them myself of course :-) Wapcaplet 15:05, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
2 Does the problem 1 example need correction?The problem refers us to
Chrycheng 12:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
I think the answer to problem 6 is kind of "cheating". I think something like this would be a nice alternate solutions:
isPalindrome :: Eq (a) => [a] -> Bool isPalindrome [] = True isPalindrome [x] = True isPalindrome (x:xs) = x == last xs && isPalindrome (init xs)
Michael 16:40, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
3 Change Questions+Answers to be curry friendly
I am not a long time Haskell user but it seems like many of these questions have not yet been reworded for Haskell. An example would be problem 3. The Haskell version should have the number of the element that you are getting then the list not the other way around.
4 Problem 3
(*) Find the K'th element of a list. The first element in the list is number 1.
* (element-at '(a b c d e) 3) c
Example in Haskell:
Prelude> elementAt 2 [1,2,3] 2 Prelude> elementAt 5 "haskell" 'e'


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Game No. 38
Canisius (27-10) vs. Akron (9-28)
Tuesday, April 23 - 3 p.m.
Demske Sports Complex
Game No. 39
Canisius (27-10) at Binghamton (19-14)
Wednesday, April 24 - 4 p.m.
Bearcats Sports Complex
- The Canisius College baseball team is schedule to play two mid-week games this week, hosting the University of Akron Tuesday, and then traveling to Binghamton University Wednesday.
- Canisius starts the week on a season-long seven-game winning streak, the longest winning streak since a seven-game winning streak during the 2009 season.
- Canisius swept a three-game series at Manhattan last weekend, the first three-game sweep by the Griffs at Van Cortlandt Park in program history and first three-game sweep by a MAAC team in Riverdale since Le Moyne in May 2007.
- Canisius is 20-7 in road games this season after the three-game sweep The Griffs enter the weekend first in the country at the Division I level with the 20 road wins.
- Since starting the season 4-4, Canisius is 23-6 in its last 29 games.
- The Griffs start the week on a five-game home winning streak, the longest streak at the Demske Sports Complex since a 10-game winning streak spanning the end of the 2010 and beginning of the 2011 season.
- Junior Jon Fitzsimmons was named the MAAC Pitcher of the Week on Monday, while infielder Anthony Massicci was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week on Monday.
- Canisius has now had eight players win nine weekly conference awards. The eight players are twice as many as any other team in the MAAC while the nine awards are four more than any other school.
- Canisius leads the MAAC in 10 offensive categories, including by 20 points in batting average and by 1.3 in runs per contest.
- The Canisius pitching staff leads the MAAC in strikeouts per nine innings (6.96) and in fewest walks per nine innings (2.82).
- The Griffs also are tied for the MAAC lead in fielding percentage (.968).
- Junior Garrett Cortright ranks 10th in the country in ERA (1.78) among pitchers with at least 70 innings pitched.
- Junior Jesse Kelso ranks ninth in the country in on-base percentage (.513).
- Canisius has had four winning streak of five games or longer this season. The Griffs have had 15 winning streaks of five or more games since 2008, the highest total in the conference.
- Three Canisius pitchers combined to throw the program's first nine-inning no-hitter at the Division I level in an 8-0 win at Iona on March 29.
- Canisius has 13 Canadians on its roster, the most at the NCAA Division I level
- Canisius and Akron are meeting for the second time this season. The Griffs won 8-5 in five innings, rallying from a 5-0 first-inning deficit. It was the first time Canisius rallied from a five-run deficit since a 6-5 win over Toledo on Feb. 18, 2011.
- Akron leads the all-time series 23-10, but Canisius has won the last two meetings. Akron is visiting the Demske Sports Complex for the first time since April 10, 2002.
- Canisius and Binghamton are meeting for the seventh time and for the first time since the 2009 season. The all-time series is tied at 3-3.
- Canisius defeated Binghamton 7-5 in Vestal on April 9, 2009.
- Akron comes to the Demske Sports Complex with a 9-28 overall record and 6-9 record in the MAAC. The Zips snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over Bowling Green on Sunday afternoon.
- Matt LaRocca leads the team with 18 RBI while Devan Ahart has 11 doubles and 10 steals.
- Akron is hitting .232 and averaging 3.4 runs per game. The Zips have a team ERA of 5.37 and a team fielding percentage of .952.
- Samuel Trecaso has a 4-1 record, two saves and a 0.84 ERA in 21.1 innings (12 appearances)
- Binghamton enters Tuesday's game at Cornell with a 19-14 overall record and 9-8 record in the America East. The Bearcats have won five of their last seven after taking two of three from UMBC last weekend.
- Jake Thomas leads the team with a .388 batting average, 32 walks, 28 runs scored and 27 RBI with a .550 on-base percentage, ranking first nationally in the category.
- Binghamton has a .257 batting average and is averaging 5.3 runs per game. The Bearcats have a team ERA of 3.55 and a team fielding percentage of .973.


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All pretty damning, no? Cardinal Pacelli, just before becoming Pope Pius XII, consorts with the Nazis and is saluted by them after visiting Hitler ... or something?
Here is the picture without blurring or additions:
It is actually from 1927. Archbishop Pacelli, then papal nuncio to Bavaria, had been to a birthday reception for Hindenberg, the President of the Weimar Republic. (Hitler did not become chancellor for another six years.) The soldiers in the picture are soldiers of the Weimar Republic. They are not the SS.
Why then, I wonder, was this picture chosen to illustrate Robert Mickens' article "Anger as Pius moves closer to sainthood" in today's Independent? The caption to the picture is:
"Pope Pius XII leaves the presidential palace in Berlin in 1927. The controversial former pontiff was moved a step closer to sainthood on Saturday"They managed to get the date right but I wonder how many Indie readers know without looking up google, that Archbishop Pacelli was not made a cardinal until 1929, and was not elected Pope until 1939. The picture is used, as ever, to give a sombre hint, in vintage black and white, of Pope Pius XII consorting with the Nazis.
See also a good post from R. J. Grigaitis: Photographic Evidence of the Pope Meeting Hitler
While we are on the subject of Pope Pius XII, you might like to have a look at a post from January 2007: "KGB plotted to discredit Pius XII" and the links given there. Basically, Ion Mihai Pacepa, a high-ranking intelligence official in Roumania who defected to the West, tells National Review Online how the KGB organised the play "The Deputy" in order to discredit the Church.
Father Gumpel, relator of the cause for beatification of Pius XII, urged prudence over some aspects of the revelations of Pacepa but was in agreement over "The Deputy" being a tool of Soviet propaganda. In countries under Soviet occupation, the showing of the film was obligatory at least once a year in major cities.


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Red-flanked duikers are tiny antelopes, classified in the family Bovidae and the subfamily Cephalophinae. There are two genera in the subfamily: Sylvicapra, which contains only one duiker species, and Cephalophus, which includes all the approximately 20 remaining species.
Red-flanked duikers range from Senegal to southwestern Sudan and from northeastern Uganda south to Cameroon and northern Zaire.
Red-flanked duikers typically inhabit the margins of forests, but can also be found in areas with adequately dense cover, such as drainages with elephant grass or thick shrubbery.
Red-flanked duikers are among the smallest antelope species. Both sexes are the same size, 13.7-14.8 inches (34-37 cm) tall and 26.5-30.9 pounds (12-14 kg). Their bodies are approximately twice as long as their height.
Both sexes have backward-directed horns that are 2-3.5 inches (5-9 cm) long. They have blue-gray legs, a gray back, and orange-red sides and neck. Their faces have tiny white markings on the lower jaw, upper lip and ears, a black streak up the middle of the face and a tuft of black hair between their horns. They also have long, coarse neck hair they may ruffle as part of courtship or threat displays.
They can live 10-15 years in captivity. Life span in the wild is unknown.
In the wild: Red-flanked duikers eat fallen fruits, seeds, flowers, leaves and branches, fungi and seedlings or shoots, along with the occasional small bird or other animal. They sometimes scramble up vine-covered shrubs to reach particularly tasty treats.
At the zoo: Alfalfa, commercially prepared herbivore pellets, assorted fruits and vegetables as treats.
Red-flanked duikers reach sexual maturity at about 9 months old, at which time they begin the process of finding and bonding with a mate. Courtship includes a number of displays performed by the male, including lip-curling and diagonal sideways strutting. The pair also engages in long circular chases, mutual face rubbing, and grooming of each other's heads and shoulders. Although both participate, the male is almost always the initiator of mutual grooming.
The female red-flanked duiker's period of estrus is only one half to one day long. Once pregnant, the female carries her single calf for 32-35 weeks. The gestation period, combined with the time required to develop a relationship with a mate, results in most females having their first young at 2 years old. At birth, calves typically weigh between 1.5-2.5 pounds (0.68-1.13 kg). When not nursing, red-flanked duiker young engage in "lying out"behavior, where they lie silently hidden in the grass or brush away from their mother.
Red-flanked duikers are territorial, and normally live in pairs, pairs with one dependent youngster, or alone. The only times they form groups larger than three are at water sources, salt licks, or fruit falls that occur at territorial boundaries. Males are particularly territorial, and are combative with one another if they come into contact. Red-flanked duikers do a great deal of scent marking, using a substance secreted from the maxillary glands near their eyes. A duiker will rub its face on grass, twigs, bark or other surfaces to mark its territorial boundaries, or even on its mate or calf to '"label" the other animal. This species has deeper maxillary glands than any other duiker species, suggesting that marking behavior may be stronger in this shy and elusive species.
The red-flanked duiker enjoys an exceptionally useful body shape for its habitat and way of life. The duiker's body is wedge-shaped, with a narrow head and neck gradually widening to the hips. This helps the animal to plunge quickly through dense cover, splitting the brush like an axe might split a log. This body shape is so useful, in fact, that they have it in common not only with other, closely related duiker species, but also with numerous unrelated animals all over the world! This is a phenomenon called convergent evolution. Species as varied as tapirs in Indonesia and large rodents called capybaras in South America have evolved nearly identical wedge-shaped bodies because it makes survival more likely in dense, brushy habitats.
Red-flanked duikers can be viewed in the Tropical Rain Forest near "lemur island." Other species that can be viewed in the Tropical Rain Forest include western lowland gorillas and red ruffed lemurs.
Although not presently endangered, the future of African lions is uncertain.** The growth in human population is the Red-flanked duikers, along with most other duiker species, are quite numerous, but rarely seen due to their shy habits. However, nine duiker species are considered vulnerable, threatened or endangered. While red-flanked duikers are not considered threatened or endangered, they depend on healthy, non-fragmented habitat for survival. Their tropical rain forest home is under constant threat by human encroachment, putting them at risk of future endangered status. Agriculture and logging place significant pressure on all species that depend on the tropical rain forest, but red-flanked duikers face additional risks. The species is one of the primary targets of the bushmeat trade and is popular among trophy hunters. Both of these activities have had a significant negative impact on other species in the past.
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Walther, Fritz R. 1984. Communication and Expression in Hooved Mammals. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN. 423 p.
Greenaway, Theresa. 1994. Eyewitness: Jungle. Knopf Publications, New York NY. 64 p. Recommended for ages 9-12.
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I bet that this was also the reason why google searches came up with empty results.
Well since this mystery is solved.... how about just always show the 'base' event? Repetitive events are only clones of the first one created, Once you have earmarked these you'll be able to also always show a base event with instances from the past no? If one of these instances is edited, then it becomes a base event itself, no longer part of all instances.
Makes me wonder, is it possible to edit events from the past that are ended? I hope they aren't so history of events is ensured, I haven't tried this though.
That would work. That's sort of how data is stored now, except that instances of a base event are always tied to the actual event such that changing a recurring event's schedule replaces all recurrences. For purposes of the search it's probably ok to link to the first occurrence.
Yes, if you have the rights to edit an event you can edit any event, past or future. Just like articles & other content items. There's no "closing" time for edits.
I am seeing the same problem with search results. It's just a current single event. The eid that the search result uses in the url is different from that of the actual event.
Hi Lee,
I have been playing with the repetative options and there is one that I cannot seem to get to work.
The snapshot attached is showing the selection list and the one I cannot seem to do anything is the last one. I translated the list items so it might not be clear to you what list item this is, if that is the case I will look and see what var I used for the text.
When you click that item it should open up a line so you can enter the dates. Is that not happening? Or is it not doing anything with the dates after you enter them?
If the entry field for the dates isn't opening you can check your Javascript console to see if there are errors. I haven't run into any there. The language variable, to help make sure we're looking at the same thing, is $LANG_EVLIST['rec_formats'][6].
Goodmorning All,
I found a small textual 'bug' which is in the center block. See attached screenprint to see what I mean. Somehow the text from the short description is running against the startdate with my first event shown. As you can see the other events do not have this problem but most events have shorter text. The second event also has a longer text and is showing the "..." correctly meaning there's more to read.
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When you click that item it should open up a line so you can enter the dates. Is that not happening? Or is it not doing anything with the dates after you enter them?
Nothing happens Lee but I do see your screenprint with the selection one up in my selection list.
In the language file I see at least 4 evList translation blocks that are the same:
(never mind the translations themselves, they need fixing)
I think the last block is how the two others should also be, 6 items instead of 7 since the 7th isn't working and the 6th is the same as your screenshot. Could I have old & new language file items merged what is causing this difference? I am almost sure this is language file related now that I see all these blocks with sometimes 6 and sometimes 7 selection options.
Hope you see the problem so I can start fixing
Never mind this one Lee, it happened to be my browser width what was causing this. It made it look as if there was incorrect spacing but once I made the browser window a bit wider it turned out to be ok so no problem here! Pure coincidence the way the text was shown in the screenshot.
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Goodmorning All,
I found a small textual 'bug' which is in the center block. See attached screenprint to see what I mean. Somehow the text from the short description is running against the startdate with my first event shown. As you can see the other events do not have this problem but most events have shorter text. The second event also has a longer text and is showing the "..." correctly meaning there's more to read.
The "$X_LANG" variables are legacy and no longer used (the "X" was put there to make sure they didn't get used. Only the "recur_desc" array is used for the values.
You are correct, there is no 7th value in either array. The english_utf-8.php language file is the "master", so you can compare to that to find what the layouts should be. I try to update the languages that I have (Dutch & English) by deleting lines and adding new ones (in English), but apparently missed the removal of rec_formats #7.
Mmmzzz that is interesting Lee since the first block in my case are the textual options I actually have in my dropdown box which is the 'rec_formats' and not the recur. Could it be that in my case thw wrong language block is used?
It's ok, I couldn't edit my previous post anymore but I understand now, there's the rec_formats and the recur_formats which both are used but in my case I only need to adjust the rec_formats
Hi Lee,
I think I still have a bug in my drop down list of recuring items, well related to. If I select the 5th option 'monthly on certain day(s) the screen displayed based on the selected option is not showing the text of first/second/third/fourth/fifth selection box when creating a new event. Once you have created the event the text IS displayed like it should when creating a new one. See screenprints
Hi Lee,
maybe another bug when using the Locator integration. In my case (Netherlands) I just discovered, kinda like what I experienced with the weather plugin and addresses, that there is no map when there is no postal code entered. It seems that the Locator plugin integration (or maybe even Locator plugin itself?) is not working when there is no postal code even if the rest of the address is there.
also a question regarding the location tab and the location dropdown list selector. When I add a new event I am able to select a location from the list but when I save the event this information is gone. Also I was hoping that the location fields would be filled automatically after the selection but they aren't. So actually nothing seems to happen and it will not save the selected location.
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Boy's I drive a truck for a living. It's not what you make, it's what you do with what you make!
Gorgeous cars my man keep trucking on this project
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Jay, with the S54 your car is going to haul!
Lots of junk.
Well I made a little progress this week. The correct ECU arrived so that can sit in the growing parts pile. I ordered an engine stand that should be here this week. Got in the gas pedal so drive by wire is all set. Two issues I want to address while the engine is out of the car. The first is the bottom end. I have decided to road trip to Florida and take the engine with and have Randy Forbes replace the bearings and look over the bottom end. I also want to adjust the valves and I will do that myself. Two great videos on youtube on how to measure and how to replace the valve shims. This job does not look hard and with the engine out should be relatively easy although time consuming. The issue with this is the kit for the shims will set you back @$400. In most cases you can get the kit and resell after you are done. I am going to attack this a little different and if you have the time this might be an option. You can order the shims from various places for $4 a piece. Here is what the kit looks like. You get 6 of each size shim.
Basics of this project are:
Remove valve cover
Measure rocker arm clearance
Specs on intake between .007 and .009 inch
Specs on exhaust between .0011 and .0013 inch
If out of spec pull clip and slide rocker out of way and remove shim with magnet tool
Measure shim thickness and replace with proper shim to bring back to spec
Re assemble rocker and and measure again.
S54 loves this so I will do the measuring next weekend and report back.
I wanted to see what I have here so as part of the project I wanted to remove the plugs and see what they looked like. I think they looked okay. I have no idea how long this engine has sat.
Wanted to get the oil out so I used a small syphon set up. 10w 60 took forever but the pan is pretty dry until I can get it off. I also shot some fogging oil in the cylinders and turned over the engine a few times just to limit rust in the cylinders. Wanted to get the air box off and getting the clamps off the throttle bodies was a pain in the ass. Checked the threads on the back side of the engine, block and flywheel and cleaned them out with a little pb and a thread chaser.
Block threads will be used for engine stand. M12 X 1.75
Flywheel bolts are M12 X 1.5
Plans for next week are to drop the pan and make sure everything is clean and dry for bearing replacement and measure the clearance on the valves. Gloves did a good job of covering up the exposed tb and removing a motor mount allowed me to roll the engine so I could get at the clamps. Pulled the oil filter housing and power steering along with the ac.
NicE! Glad to see progress, so many guys start projects like this and never finish or give up. I don't think that is the case this time!
On another note, didn't realize the shims were so expensive, yikes!
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Those exhaust lash specs seem awfully close to me. Are you sure it's just over one one thousanth? I'm not at all familiar with valve lash on the S54, so forgive me if that's a dumb question.
BTW, the S14 takes the same style shim adjustments.
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Check out the video on youtube. The guy does an awesome job of walking you through what you measure and how to do it. Shims are not expensive, the kit just gives you 6 of each of about 24 sizes. From what I understand, part of the issue is you have to cool the car to take the measurements so it becomes labor intensive. Since the engine is out I can measure this weekend and order specific shims. Worse case is $100 for shims but in most case you can use some for other valves. I am not claiming to be an expert or even correct on this but it is certainly a job you can do yourself.
People do their own valve adjustments on S54s all the time. Definitely a DIY job. Nice work so far!
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Looking awesome man! keep cranking
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Okay, got in some stuff this week, engine stand, micrometer, harness for injectors, and feeler gauge. Goal today was to get the engine out of the Jeep. Poor planning on my part. Then I got the idea to cut away the part of the pallet I didn't need and use the lift as a lifting table.
That's about 20 inches wide so I just backed the Jeep up to it and my wife and I slid the engine on to the platform. Since we had already bolted the plate for the stand to the block, we then moved the Jeep out and lowered the lift until we could fit the stand to the block. Lowered the rest of the way and the engine stood right up on the stand. Box is the new dif waiting to go.
Plan for tomorrow is to get the pan off and let everything drip out of there and start measuring the valves. Local dealer said the will sell me the individual plates so I don't have to buy the kit and try to sell it later.
Starting to compile list of spare parts I will have available to sell:
Euro oil filter housing
BMW oil lines
3.15 lsd
Kosei K1 16X7 with Bridgestone REO 1R 225 50 16
M52 with S52 cams, M50 manifold, Ireland long tube headers, and Shark injector. Note the injector has not been installed so it will work with any car. Also the harness and other items if someone is looking to swap in to an appropriate vehicle.
Thats it for today. I will get a selling thread going shortly.
This is one hell of a build, doing everything right the first time and getting that S54 running right before you drop it in. Can't wait to see the results, and did you decide on the 5 or 6 speed yet?
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Had a little more time so I dropped the pan to let the bottom end dry out. I have no idea what went on in this motor but it looked like some one was doing some cooking.
The oil that come out looked like tar and I am sure whoever had this had a few issues as the drain plug was set with a helicoil. It appears this is a common failure with these pans. Great!
It takes a 6mm hex and I started with the hex key, then the hex socket, and finally soaked it with some PB Blaster from the inside and went to a big breaker bar to get the plug out. I am guessing someone got confused between inch and foot pounds or thought is tight is good, real f#%@!>+ is better. Out and cleaned and ready to go back on when we take it south.
Thinking on staying with the 5 speed in answer to the question. Don't know anything about it but keep reading it is stronger. Right now just want to focus on getting the ponies running.
I am also looking for one of those engines, I already have a shell to put it in. But I would like to find one localy so that I can see it.
Breaking for lunch but the valves have been checked. It was very simple to do. As Zee stated a few posts back, definitely something you can do. When I pulled the cover I noticed dirt on the seals around the plugs.
A little work with the shop vac and a narrow nozzle took car of that. Amazing how much oil is still up here since I have no idea when this thing ran last.
I looked for any signs of unusual wear but did not see anything so I proceeded to start with the feeler gauge. I did the intake side first in order and you quickly get the hang of it.
It's a little dark but you can see the spring, shim, and rocker arm in this shot. Your feeler gauge goes between the cam and the rocker arm. Careful here because you can get the feeler under the arm and you aren't measuring anything.
I just listed the cylinders, 1-6 and a 7 and 9 for each valve, if it was good I circled it, if not I circled and slashed it as the "no" sign. On the intake side I found two valves that need work, both had too large of a gap. On the exhaust side I found two again but one of each. Easier to photo. Here is the 13 feeler "fitting" between the rocker and lobe, it should not.
The little clip in front of bolt just pulls straight up. This allows you to move the rocker out of the way to access the shim.
I have the 4 shims out that were out of spec. I wanted to devise a system for keeping this all straight and I anted to remove all the shims at once. Dixie cups! Shim tool and my notes. An added bonus is you can stack them and you won't loose the shims if you remove them for measuring.
Rocker arms dropped waiting for the new shims from the dealer.
All that is left is to measure the thickness with a micrometer and order the appropriate shims.
Looking awesomeee man keep up with the pics looks promising great work so far sorry about the pan sorta sucks but isn't a huge issue
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GOt a little bit done today. Picked up the shims at the local dealer $6 a piece so nothing like the $400 kit.
Also bought a cover for the pan where the oil level sender sits.
I am going to see if I can drill and tap it and I will be able to mount an oil temp gauge sender unit right in the pan. I will see if I can get that done this week.
The shims have their size printed on them. I don't know if you can see it but they do incase you mix up the new ones.
My chicken scratch for each cylinder. If the small feeler fits and the larger one doesn't you are good to go. 7 and 9 on the intake, 11 and 13 on the exhaust.
The new or corrected shim sitting on top of the valve.
Then the rocker arm goes back on and you check with the feelers to make sure you have it correct. You can see the rocker arm just to the right of the spring. It is sitting on a rod and just swings up and then you push it over the valve and it is held in place by this clamp.
The clamp just pushes down on the bar that the rockers sit on. If you do one at a time you get the idea real quick. You can see how the look to the left and right.
AS fate would have it, I ordered some additional size shims but did not have the one I needed. On one of the exhaust valves the 11 feeler fit but it was real tight. I needed a 2.28 shim but all I had left was a 2.24 and the original. Since the 2.24 was way too small. I busted out the wet sand paper. Presoak your paper for a whiles and have at it. A few circle motions on each side and back on the valve to check.
Took a few times but in the end all within spec and ready for the next step. All rockers back in place. Clips in and cleaned with brake clean to get oil and gunk out. Rotated the crank twice and measure with the feelers for tolerance and all are good to go. Next stop for the engine is to have the rod bearings replaced. I am going to take this to Randy Forbes in Florida. He has done over 30 of these so I trust his work and he is a wealth of knowledge.
In the mean time I am going to get the 3.91 lsd installed.
It seems that these engines heat up oil quick, just look at the darkened places in the engine
I agree, but you also don't have any idea of how this was maintained prior to me. You can find plenty of pictures where the engines look spotless. You get more hp at the expense of heat so you have to find a way to get ride of it. There is a reason the the S54 is one of the few set ups that comes from the factory with an oil cooler. Another issue with oil is low mile trips suck. You get condensation in the block and if you don't get the oil up to temp for a suitable amount of time you don't distill off the water and that forms the acid that helps get you sludge. I was pleased not to find scoring on the cams, which is more of an indicator than the dark crap. If you go back and look at my shots of the oil pan. That was all caked on. It took two hours of scotch pad, WD40, brake cleaner and simple green to get that off. Oil choice is important too. BMW changed the weight spec of the oil after the bearing incident. It went from 5 w 30 to 10w 60. This opens up plenty of debate on oil and the like. For the record I don't plan on the specified oil rather something that is higher in zinc and phosphorus.
One other thing on the oil. If that was 10w60 in there it is some thick goo. Any oil left sitting on hot engine parts will do this. What is amazing is the amount of oil on the upper end weeks, or even months after this thing was run.
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By Chris Harris
Per Mertesacker believes that Arsenal's hard work on the training pitch paid dividends as they swept to a 3-0 win over Bolton on Saturday.
The Germany defender was part of the back four that conceded four times at Blackburn last week but he earned praise from Arsène Wenger after contributing to a welcome clean sheet against Owen Coyle's side.
Mertesacker says that extra hours at London Colney were the key to Arsenal's defensive improvement.
"We had a little bit more time [during the week] because of the Carling Cup match," he told Arsenal Player.
"Some players had a little more rest and we trained a little harder, especially on the way we want to defend. It worked and on Saturday you saw we had a better defence. We were closer together.
"After the four goals against Blackburn we lost a little bit of confidence but we were very proud of our performance on Saturday. We want to go on with this way of defending.
"I want to do a good job, especially in the defence. That is my role. If the coach praises me then that is a great thing but I have to go on and keep on working. My performances can improve."
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the vacume line on the cover edge works ok but it will wear out. I used 3m weather stripping adhesive to hold it in place after cutting away the rolled edge. about 500 rounds on the 223 it shows wear and not many rounds on the 308 but for now it is a solution but looking for a better cover modification. possably nylon or perhaps a differant cover design
what is the story with the valimet buffer??? have any picks does this affect case denting.
I need to come up with a solution before building my 260 rem. brass is pricey, the 223 dents I could live with but, even if you resize the dent is still there and it affactes case capacity and likely accuracy,


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Dr. Bryant has experience in hospital management, retail pharmacy, assisted living, OR pharmacy, compounding, and Hospice. Her most recent position was as the Manager of Belmont University Health Services Pharmacy and Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Belmont University. At Belmont University, Dr. Bryant served as Advisor to the Phi Delta Chi Pharmacy Fraternity, created and taught an advanced compounding elective, and managed the only retail pharmacy owned and operated by a college of pharmacy in the state of Tennessee. Dr. Bryant's work was recently highlighted at the 2012 Annual College Health Association National Meeting where she spoke about her work in the pharmacy, interdisciplinary collaboration with Health Services and the multiple accomplishments of the Health Services Pharmacy that she opened in 2010.
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Once again, Kate Browning is trying some back room political maneuvers to shut down SCTS. There is a vote scheduled for Wednesday, May 1 on a resolution (1313-2013) that will close the range. Contact your legislator and urge them to vote against this resolution and work toward its defeat.
Here's part of the email I received.
Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning is attempting to end-run the legal actions we have been fighting in court! She will attempt to influence the Suffolk County Parks Committee to pass a resolution which would IMMEDIATELY CLOSE THE RANGE. The meeting is set for Wednesday, May 1 2013 at 12:00 pm at the Suffolk County Legislature Building. Her long-standing ANTI-RANGE and ANTI-GUN agenda, if passed, could PERMANENTLY CLOSE the Suffolk County Trap Skeet & Sporting Clays Range!
The meeting will be held at 12:00 pm, Wednesday May 1 2013 at the Hauppauge Legislative Auditorium, Suffolk County Legislature, W.H. Rogers Legislature Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Smithtown, NY 11787 Ph: (631) 853-4070 | Fax: (631) 853-4899
The meeting starts promptly at noon, it is important to arrive by 11:45 to sign in so you may speak your mind!
It is very important we show large public support for the range at this meeting to stop the pending resolution from moving forward which could result in the immediate closing of the range. Do Not let your second amendment rights infringed and your enjoyment as a recreational shooter be taken away.
Note that there are three .pdf files attached to the email that I can't post here. They contain some very interesting information, such as loss of revenue, loss of investment, and the potential expense of some $7 million that would be required to "return the property to an environmentally acceptable state". If anyone wants copies of the .pdfs, drop me a PM with your email address and I'll forward the whole email with attachments.


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Monday, August 22, 2011
King of KDistros - UPDATE
I am struggling a bit to get all distros together. On the one hand, I wanted to test Milestone 4 from OpenSUSE´s upcoming 12.1, but it´s been delayed. On the other hand, Mandriva 2011 will be out in a few days, so I want to wait until the final production release is out. Finally, I downloaded the recently released Chakra 2011.04-r2, but I can´t install it (I managed to build the LiveUSB following the website instructions and even got the greeting load menu, but it won´t get past there!). Fortunately, I have Kubuntu 11.04 and PCLinuxOS 2011.6 successfully installed and already tested, with Pardus 2011.1 currently in the works.
I am aiming towards an early september completion for this article (hopefully!), sorry for the wait!
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 2:20 PM
Re: Chakra Live USB I change the extension .iso to .img and I use Imagewriter. It works..ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip, I will try that!ReplyDelete
Hi Chema! I found your blog through the fact, that you and i have the hp dc7800 and are both linux enthusiasts. As i see from your blog on different levels of experience, though :-)ReplyDelete
Have you ever had problems with your onboard-NIC (82566DM-2)?
i dont want to bother you with this (realising that this could become some kind of support request :-).
My NIC plays dead in both win7 and mint11 except for the win-driver possibility to test the connection. then it complains about poor link/cable quality on a known god port/cable. I know this has little to do with linux itself, but i am desperate now and just give it at try with someone who seem to share a lot of common interrest. Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks
Sorry for the missplaced post!ReplyDelete
Hi David,ReplyDelete
No worries, I can share my experience, but I don't think it will help you much.
I personally have never used the onboard NIC, as my computer is far from the access point and using a long cable was not an option. As a result, I did a bit of research and bought a good PCI draft N wireless card, and I could not be happier. That card was somewhat difficult to configure on Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10, but come Ubuntu 9.04, it's always been a breeze.
As I said, I have not used the onboard NIC, but since you are talking about an ethernet card, I am terribly surprised, as I have never seen those failing under Linux (well, maybe I have, but many years ago).
The fact that it fails under Windows as well makes me wonder if the card itself works at all... Have you tried recovering the original WinXP (I presume) installation with the HP provided DVD and checking if it works?
Sorry I can't offer more help.
I can officially say now that I tried all available methods to create a LiveUSB with Chakra and have failed miserably. When I read the first comment in this thread, I thought that was something I had not tried, but it was actually the first thing I tried, following Chakra's Wiki.ReplyDelete
I have now downloaded the ISO a second time and again tried both Imagewriter and dd, not getting anywhere with it, so I decided to move to a different distro.
Since Fedora 16 Alpha is now out with KDE4.7, GRUB2, and a number of other interesting new features, I have decided that it will take Chakra's place in the comparison.
Thanks for the answer to the NIC-matter! I verry much appreciated it. I neither tried to restore with the original DVD nor am i able to do so. But i spend quite some time on the hp-service-site and tried differend drivers. All without further progress of any kind. Now i found an old 3Com-NIC wich i can use as a workaround. Thanks again, DavidReplyDelete
Seems like I keep opening my mouth way before I should. I tried to install Fedora 16 Alpha, but failed miserably after three attempts. Looking at the Fedora Forums, it seems I am not alone (http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1506447)...ReplyDelete
Alright, problem solved. I installed and am testing Fedora 15, so that closes the distro selection. It will differ a bit from the original 4 selection, but perhaps work out better. Here's the final list:ReplyDelete
OpenSUSE, Kubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS and Pardus.
Which one will come out as the reigning KDE Champion? Expect the answer early September.
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2011 at 3:10 AM
Hey Chema!ReplyDelete
You should give Simply Mepis a spin. Really good Debian based KDE distro. User friendly, rock solid and have 30 000 packages in there repos. Codesc, flash and drivers are preinstalled.


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The model Confucian leader was the scholar-official. Years of education in the classic texts culminated in a rigorous series of examinations. Positions within the government were assigned based on the results. Subsequent positions would be based on performance and on one's status with respect to the ruling powers.
Although Confucian temples were constructed by governments across East Asia throughout the past two millennia, such institutions never attracted the kind of steady patronage from ordinary people enjoyed by their Buddhist, Taoist, and Shintō counterparts. Instead, Confucian temples functioned as centers of academic activity (where students preparing for imperial civil service examinations could study and pray) and symbols of state rectitude and power (where descendants of Kongzi, at least in China, would preside over public ritual occasions intended to bring prosperity to the nation). Unlike Buddhist, Taoist, or Shinto institutions, no permanent priesthood maintained Confucian temples, and the very notion of monasticism was alien to the Confucian tradition.
If the scholar-official was the "priest" or "pastor" of Confucianism, then his true "church" was the government office and the village center. At the level of both state and community, the Confucian scholar-official was expected to serve as the selfless advocate for virtue, the compassionate administrator of resources, and the learned guardian of tradition.
One exemplar of the Confucian scholar-official, as well as an influential thinker and teacher in his own right, was the Ming dynasty administrator and general Wang Yangming (1472-1529 C.E.). In his government career, Wang opposed political corruption, spending three years in exile as a punishment for bringing his colleagues' crimes to light, and proved effective in suppressing rebellions, building schools, and reconciling political dissidents. In his career as a teacher, he attracted hundreds of disciples. His theory of zhixing heyi (the unity of knowledge and action) based on human beings' liangzhi (innate knowledge of the good) led him to place his faith for social transformation in human beings who lived out their innate morality through concrete actions in this world. In this, he was typically Confucian, insofar as Confucians see no necessary conflict between personal and social welfare, provided that one truly seeks the good for oneself. If one seeks the good for oneself, one is sure to bring about the good for others, and vice versa. Both in office and in the academy, Wang was a model Confucian insofar as he pursued self-cultivation both by studying the classics and by serving the people. Only fifty-five years after his death, his image was enshrined in Confucian temples, where it received sacrifice for generations alongside images of Kongzi and other Confucian saints.


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Sens. Boxer and Whitehouse ask for review of human health effects from Keystone XL pipeline
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The controversial Keystone XL pipeline moved closer toward approval at the end of January when the US State Department issued a favorable report for the transcontinental project.
But two US senators say that State Department officials failed to consider the human health effects of permitting the 1,700-mile pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta to Texas.
"The Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement [put out by the State Department] was woefully inadequate regarding human health impacts. . .," Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry in a letter today.
The letter, which highlighted several health concerns pertaining to the construction and operation of the pipeline, was sent on letterhead from the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which Boxer chairs.
It's "critically important" that the State Department consider peer-reviewed research on this topic before making a final decision on the pipeline, they wrote.
"We have already seen how communities along each step of the toxic tar sands oil process — from the extraction to the transport to the refining to the waste disposal — will be impacted," the letter continued.
"Elevated levels of carcinogens and mercury have been documented downstream from tar sands extraction sites, and communities in these areas show elevated levels of rare cancer rates."
The letter noted that people living downwind of tar sands refineries are "suffering higher rates of the tuypes of cancers linked to these toxic chemicals, including leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma."
The senators added that the tar sands waste byproduct, "pet coke," has spread "billowing black clouds containing concentrated heavy metals" in neighborhoods in Chicago and Detroit.
They also cited the 2010 tar sands oil spill into the Kalamazoo River as an example of how difficult tar sands oil can be to clean up. The Kalamazoo River remains polluted from the spill, the result of a pipeline break.
The two senators concluded:
"We believe that putting more Americans at risk for asthma, cancer, and other serious health impacts is not in our national interest. Clearly much more needs to be done before any final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline is made, and we urge you to complete a comprehensive human health impacts study — nothing less than the health of our families is at stake."
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart will be opening more small stores next year and beyond as the company pursues a vision of omnichannel retailing that it contends no other company is capable of executing.
Walmart U.S. president and CEO Bill Simon on Tuesday morning shared a message of physical and digital convergence involving an acceleration of smaller format stores and continued advancement of the retailer's digital capabilities. He suggested multiple times during his presentation that the company has reached an inflection point in terms of building a next generation retail enterprise.
According to Simon, Walmart's capital budget for domestic purposes next year will range between $5.8 billion and $6.3 billion, resulting in the addition of between 235 and 265 stores — including between 120 and 150 small format stores, versus 115 this year — encompassing between 19 million and 21 million sq. ft.
If Walmart finds itself at the upper end of that range of possibilities this time next year it will be a modest increase in domestic expansion at a potentially lower cost as Simon said Walmart has reduced store opening costs by 15%.
During the current fiscal year, which ends in late January, Walmart said it will spend between $6 billion and $6.5 billion to open a total of 245 stores encompassing 18 million sq. ft., above the company's earlier forecast which called for spending of $5.5 billion and $6 billion 220 to 240 units and 15 million to 17 million sq. ft.
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Indiana pro golfer (born in Evansville/attended IU) yells "BOOM BABY!" after holing a shot from the fairway during the Ryder Cup this morning. Gave me a chuckle. Clearly a fan of the Pacers and Mark and Slick.........
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ABC News looks for connection between Colorado shooting and Tea Party
posted at 3:45 pm on July 20, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
Some myths are all-powerful and indestructible. One that would be hilarious if it weren't so utterly tragic is the widespread belief of the mainstream media and liberal blogosphere that any act of domestic violence must be the work of rightwing fanatics.
Dylan Byers at Politico notes that ABC News was Johnny-on-the-spot this morning regarding the tragic shooting n Aurora, Colo. The network wasted no time in attempting to connect the massacre to the Tea Party.
Brian Ross identified "a Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado, page on the Colorado Tea party site … talking about him joining the Tea Party last year. Now, we don't know if this is the same Jim Holmes," Ross cautioned, "but it's Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado."
It turns out that the shooter was a different Jim Holmes and Ross issued an apology as did the station in a statement:
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.
ABC News and Brian Ross can stuff it. It never dawned on them to exercise journalistic discretion and wait before airing the piece. It also seems not to have occurred to them that their report might inflame passions on the left (yes, the left is "passionate," meaning violence-prone, as history has demonstrated) and risk put an innocent man in harm's way.
The report, as Byers writes, has also set off alarm bells on the right. At Brietbart.com, Joel Pollak has accused ABC News of "scapegoating":
How interesting that Ross and ABC News should think to look to the Tea Party website first—and to broadcast politically volatile information without verifying if that 'Jim Holmes' is the same as the suspect.
Interesting indeed. At least the mainstream media isn't fighting as hard against the claim they are guilty of a left-leaning bias in their reportage. Yeah, right!
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Converting a Tone Dialer into a Red Box (the best "scam" ever)
(Finally get some free phone calls out of all those payphones you see everywhere!)
I have nothing to add regarding scamming-- I used to scam copies from my work, but I have a job I don't hate now. So I don't want to risk getting in trouble. Plus, this job actually pays enough for me to afford copies. And they don't care if I have pink-ish hair sometimes or a nose ring. It's a job I want to keep. Back when I had a hateful job? I made tons and tons of copies.
But, I did want to say that I love that people are talking about scamming in D&D alignment terms. I consider myself to be Chaotic Good.
what's 'Media mail''?
I think it is very oppressive to have to think about the implied morality of unemotional reactions in the zine scene (i.e. alignment). Can you at least post some links to articles where the zine community has agreed to operate on a level of D&D alignments and unemotional reactions? This seems highly non-normative based on 99% of the reactions here.
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As far as scams go, if you've got keys to your job, just sneak in at night. Make sure you save the keys after you leave that job, to keep sneaking in at night long after you're not working there anymore. Yes, it's breaking and entering but tough times call for tough measures.
"Another trick she used to do I always thought was classic: She would address review copies with our address and put the place she was sending it to in the return address place."
I've thought of something like this, but if I was trying this trick mailing something from MA to CA wouldn't the PO workers in MA wonder how something being mailed from CA made it to MA w/o any postmarks?