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Chinese Education in Malaysia
Ming Chee Ang
Despite the fact that Mandarin is not accorded official language status in Malaysia, and that ethnic Chinese communities accounted for less than 30% of the country's overall population, Malaysia is the only country outside China and Taiwan with a comprehensive and complete Chinese education system. It is also the only country in Southeast Asia that has perpetuated the Chinese education system established during the colonial era.
The prolonged endurance of the Chinese education system in Malaysia is the result of many factors: heavy brokerage and lobbying efforts by ethnic Chinese political leaders; incorporation of vernacular schools into the Malay-dominated national education system in the backdrop of the Malayan nation formation stage; social mobilization of the Chinese education movement in Malaysia; and the increasing significance of Mandarin proficiency in the world.
In particular, the assimilation policies for nation building by the Malay-dominated regime have threatened the cultural distinctiveness of the Chinese-speaking communities. Resistance from the Chinese speaking minorities is manifested through their support of the Chinese schools. Moreover, the elimination of English schools during the 1970s has unintentionally favored the Chinese primary schools. Despite their standing at that time as the "second-best" option after the English school, Chinese schools that offered the benefit of trilingual education, stricter discipline, and more competitive academic performance enjoyed an accelerated boost in student enrollments. More importantly, many parents who do not speak Chinese began to appreciate the quality of Chinese schools, and the enrollment of non-ethnic Chinese students has continued to rise ever since.
Above all, China's rapid economic ascendancy and growing political influence since the 1990s has enhanced the importance of Mandarin as a global language. This has added value to the importance of Chinese schools as language and cultural learning institutions for Malaysian. Such opportunity has enabled the Chinese school model to become one of the most successful and inclusive educational institutions for multicultural Malaysians.
Drama in Education and Applied Theater, from Morality and Socialization to Play and Postcolonialism
Kathleen Gallagher, Rachel Rhoades, Sherry Bie, and Nancy Cardwell
The field of drama education and applied theater is best understood through a consideration of the major developments and aspirations that have shaped its trajectory over three historical periods: the latter years of the 19th century up until 1960, between 1960 and 1990, and the years encompassing the turn of the 21st century, 1990–2015, which was a decidedly more globalized epoch. The drama education/applied theater scholarship of the English-speaking world, including the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and North America, offers a fascinating distillation of the relationship between making drama and learning, including the history of alternative forms of education. Scholarship from Asia drawing on traditional forms of theater-making, as well as imported and adapted structures of Western drama education movements, speak to hybrid and ever-expanding practices across the globe.
Although young as a discipline within the academy, drama education/applied theater has all but made up for its relative immaturity by spanning a wide domain of multidisciplinary thinking, embracing an eclectic theoretical field that covers an enormous breadth of social issues and a vast range of learning theories, while straddling a compelling spectrum of political positions. The development of the field is infused with pioneering ideas that broke with entrenched historical traditions and habitual ways of learning, harkening toward new ways of thinking, being, relating, and creating. Taking the world as its source material and humanity as its target audience, the history of the progressive discipline of drama education/applied theater tells the story of an ambitious, flawed, idealized, politicized, divisive, and deeply humanistic scholarly and practice-driven field.
Indigenous School Education in Brazil
Roseli R. Mello, Marcondy M. de Sousa, and Thaís J. Palomino
Self-determination of the original peoples of any nation, preservation of their territories, preservation of traditions, and negotiation of customs facing national cultures are central themes in the debate about and among indigenous peoples in the world. School education is directly linked to such themes as an instrument of acculturation or self-determination and emancipation. As in other countries of the globe, throughout history, what happened and is happening in Brazil is not isolated fact. Current conditions are the product of colonization processes, the development of industrial society, and more recently of globalization. Such historical processes bring struggles, confrontations, transformations, and solidarity. In the legal sphere, international conventions, declarations, and treaties have influenced more or less directly the norms and laws on the subject: from the papal bull and treaties between colonizing kingdoms, to the Declaration of Human Rights, to Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization, the Brazilian indigenous issue, like that of many other countries, is also based on, supported by, or held back by actions, debates, and international interests.
But what makes the case of Brazil worthy of relevance for thinking about indigenous education? Two elements make up an answer: the specific way the governors establish relations with the original peoples, and the fact that Brazil has the greatest diversity of indigenous communities.
Daniel Tröhler
"Progressivism" is a collective term used in historiography to characterize historical phases in which particular ways to think about progress are detectable. Hence, "progressivism" is more a historiographical label used by historians than a term used by those thinkers identified as being part of a progressive phase in history. Even though important scholars have argued that the idea of progress can be traced back to antiquity, others have argued that ideas of progress—as a more or less linear alternative to a cyclical way of thinking—are found for the first time in the transition from the early modern period to modernity (ca. 1700). These ideas of progress can be linked to the advancement of knowledge, to the perfecting of the soul or then of the social order, and they link the notion of "progress" with notions like "perfection" and "development." As a rule, "progress" did not include notions of future chaos or imponderability but rather was understood as an ordered proceeding to the future that was interpreted either as the redemption or materializing of a more or less predetermined road (individually and/or socially), as a contribution to adjustment of social development understood as dangerous or wrong, or as resulting from a forecast and planned future. All of these attempts over the last three and a half centuries to conceptualize progress in one way or another were connected to research, and they affected ideas on education; most of them were even closely related to educational aspirations, methods, programs, and/or policy.
The two great and independent motives of "progress" can be identified first around 1700 in France and England with regard to advancement in knowledge and the sciences (1), and in Germany with regard to the perfection of the soul. The idea of human perfection and the advancement of the knowledge based on modern sciences were merged in the Enlightenment prior to the French Revolution and its philosophical legitimation (2), leading in the German realm to a philosophy of history that subordinated all of human and natural history to a great narrative from the past to the future (3). The emergence of sociology gave the narrative a national frame that was supported by the erection of modern schooling, but by the end of the 19th century, the modern conditions of social and political life as actual expressions of progress were perceived as not redeeming the promises of the Enlightenment and the philosophy of history, which led to a schism in the interpretation of "true" progress. These critical perceptions triggered a reaction labeled the Progressive Era, which aimed to readjust the modern conditions of life to particular, often religious ideals of social order in which progress was more tightly connected to (idealized) visions of the past (4). The educational ideas and ideals of this Progressive Era proved to be sustainable, but they were attacked during the Cold War period, which saw an emphasis on technocratic aspects of governance and specific ideas of economic and social development. The ramifications of this focus, which called for planning the future and adjusting education to these plans, can be seen in the case of the OECD (5).
Public Schooling and Democracy in the United States
Sarah M. Stitzlein
Public schools are intricately connected to the stability and vitality of our democracy in the United States. The important relationship between public schooling and democracy began as a foundational idea in our fledgling republic, and it grew slowly over the course of our country's history. Along the way, the relationship has been tested and challenged, encountering significant problems and limitations over time, including some that continue today. Despite these struggles and the many ways in which we've failed to fully fulfill the relationship, it has become a key one for maintaining the strength of our society and our political system.
Unlike a monarchy and other forms of government, it is difficult to maintain a democracy. Democracies take work; they rely upon the ongoing effort of elected officials and citizens, because they cannot run themselves or rely on just one person to lead. While democracy may be a highly desirable political system, its benefits are not always self-evident to children, and the pursuant skills and work it requires do not come naturally to most people. This is the rather precarious position of democracy; in order to maintain it, we have to educate children about its benefits and rationale while also equipping them with the skills and dispositions they need in order to for them to perpetuate it well. This is why we must link education and democracy.
Democracy requires informed and active voters who seek information to make wise decisions on behalf of themselves and the common good. Such voters must understand their own rights and freedoms, as well as those of others, as they deliberate together to reach mutually agreeable policies and practices. They must be equipped to engage in free and critical inquiry about the world and the problems surrounding them. And, they need the imagination and creativity to construct, revise, add to, and share the story of democracy with others, including the next generation.
The relationship between public schooling and democracy is best understood and fulfilled when it is not just a unidirectional one, where public schools support democracy, but rather when it moves in both directions, with the formal and cultural elements of democracy shaping the governance, content, and practices of schools. In this way, democracy is not just the end of public schooling, but also the means by which we achieve it.
School Culture
Diana Gonçalves Vidal and André Paulilo
Over the past several decades, scholars have focused special attention on the relationship between schooling and culture. The first forays focused on curriculum matters, trying to understand how educational policies affected the selection of content and its dissemination in schools. More recently, the concept of school culture has emerged as a frame for researchers, thanks to its ability to problematize how teachers and pupils experience school in terms of time and space. Placing these individuals in the center of the schooling process, the concept of school culture enables scholars to create a more comprehensive analysis of what happens inside classrooms and schoolyards. This tool offers an opportunity for researchers and teachers to debate the merits of tradition and innovation in education, pay attention to material culture as a part of school practices, and consider school community as a social actor. The concept has become commonplace in the academic production in many areas, such as educational sociology, history of education, educational anthropology, philosophy of education, and educational psychology.
Spirituality and Education in the United States
Roland W. Mitchell, Nicholas E. Mitchell, and Chaunda A. Mitchell
Spirituality and education have historically been tightly intertwined concepts. Spirituality is the timeless pursuit by humanity for certainty, understanding, and an abiding connection to each other and the cosmos. Education represents humanity's efforts at grouping practices, insights, and often contested knowledges in such a manner that they are passed across generations, groups, and communities. The combination of the two reflects humanity's pursuit at making sense out of the environment.
Teaching and Learning in the Art Museum
Emily Pringle
Activities that actively and deliberately support museum visitors' engagement with art and promote learning occupy a distinct, though contested, place in the history and current framing of the art museum across the globe. Despite its many benefits, educational work in art museums has grown erratically, frequently without formal structures, systems, or strategies, and it has been critiqued in the past for lacking a robust theoretical framework and consistent methodological principles. It remains the case that the field is broad, diverse, and continually evolving; in the early 21st century, the boundaries are shifting, for example, between what constitutes curatorial practice and learning practice in contemporary art museums. This fluidity and heterogeneity has enabled the emergence of creative and responsive practice that encourages visitors to learn with, through, and about art, but it poses challenges when the goal is to present a coherent overview. Therefore any summary of this complex domain will necessarily be selective. Nonetheless, taking the practice as it has been developed in the United Kingdom and the United States, where this work has been theorized and communicated to the greatest extent (and with reference to the practice in Europe, Canada, and Australia), it is possible to identify common historical developments, shared philosophical and pedagogical principles, and collective challenges and opportunities that contribute to a comprehensible picture, albeit one that is replete with contradictions. As a field, art-museum education continues to define itself. And although valuable research and theorization have been undertaken, in part by practitioners drawing on their own experiences, further work is required, not least to broaden the understanding of the practice as it is manifest globally and to make explicit the increasingly important role of art education within the art museum.


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However, due to a limit imposed by Proposition 13, 71 percent of San Diego County residential property tax value will grow by less than a half-percent, he said.
"I campaigned in 1978 when Proposition 13 passed. I support it because it limits value growth and, in turn, limits the unabated growth in taxes," said Dronenburg. "Under Proposition 13, values cannot grow more than 2 percent or the inflation rate, whichever is lower. The inflation rate for 2013 is less than one-half of 1 percent.
"The factor is .454 of 1 percent. This is the eighth time the inflation factor is less than the 2-percent limit and is the second-lowest change since passage of Proposition 13 35 years ago. Under the top adjustment factor of 2 percent, this homeowner would be facing an increase in assessed value of $7,000, but next year they will see an increase of $1,589 in assessed value. There are over 526,000 single -family properties in this Proposition 13 category in San Diego County," he said.
Properties recently sold are not subject to an inflation increase. Also, properties that, in the past, have had assessments reduced below their Proposition 13 values because of the fact their current market value was less than the Proposition 13 value are evaluated annually. If the current market value as of Jan. 1 is higher than it was in 2013, the property value will be restored to its former Proposition 13 value or to current market value, whichever is less.
"This check on government easily converting inflation of home values to taxes is one of the most important parts of Proposition 13. It limits growth in taxes beyond a homeowner's ability to pay," Dronenburg said.

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A former criminal associate of James "Whitey" Bulger told jurors hearing the accused mob boss's murder and racketeering trial on Monday about killing rivals in drive-by shootings as his friend rose to power in Boston organized crime circles.
John Martorano, 72, is the first of Bulger's former associates to take the stand in Boston federal court, where Bulger is being tried on charges including racketeering and 19 murders he committed or ordered while running Boston's "Winter Hill" crime gang in the 1970s and 80s.
Bulger, 83, has pleaded not guilty to all charges and faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted.
Martorano, who spent 12 years in prison for 20 murders he confessed to, recounted several execution-style killings of Bulger rivals and people mistaken for them, in which he served as gunman while Bulger drove a backup car.
The night of December 1, 1973, when the crew set off to kill rival James O'Toole, was different, Martorano said.
"This night here, Whitey wanted to do the driving, so he came with me," Martorano recalled. Bulger, who served as lookout while Martorano got out of the car and gunned O'Toole down with a machine gun, had to wave off a passerby who came walking down the street.
"He chased him off with his hand, and he said, 'I'm never going to be in the car without a gun again,'" Martorano said.
That night the gang members gunned down their intended victim. But, Martorano said, they also shot dead at least two other people unintentionally in efforts to murder rival gang boss Al Notarangeli, whom they shot dead in February 1974.
Normally, Martorano said, he rode in a stolen "boiler car" with another gunman, a driver and pair of machine guns, with Bulger driving another legally owned car, which could be used to crash into other vehicles if needed to stop police.
Earlier, Martorano told the jury that it "broke my heart" to learn that Bulger had served as an FBI informant. Martorano said he had named his youngest son "James Stephen" in honor of Bulger and another associate, Stephen Flemmi.
The FBI has extensive files of information it says Bulger provided during the years when agency investigators who shared Bulger's Irish background cooperated with him as they worked to take down the Italian mafia in the United States.
Bulger, through his lawyers, denies being an informant.
In opening statements last week, Bulger's lawyer described the accused as a mild-mannered criminal who engaged in illegal gambling, loan-sharking and drug dealing but not murder. Prosecutors portrayed him as a "hands-on" killer.
Martorano is the first of three key Bulger associates due to testify in the trial, which is expected to last three to four months, with Kevin Weeks and Flemmi also due to testify.
The court also heard from former bookmakers who paid "rent," or tribute money, to Bulger's gang to be allowed to continue to run their illegal gambling operations.
Richard O'Brien, 84, testified that he began working with Bulger's gang in the early 1970s, and that the arrangement was helpful to enforce collections on debts he was owed.
"When we had a problem, the best thing I had was to say, '˜Do you want to speak with someone from Winter Hill?'" O'Brien testified.
Under cross-examination by defense attorneys, O'Brien said he had lied during grand jury testimony in 1995, when he denied that he paid "rent" to Bulger out of fear of what would happen to him if he testified against Bulger and his associates.
"I wouldn't testify against those people because of the repercussions you could have," he said.
Bulger's lead attorney, J.W. Carney of Boston law firm Carney & Bassil, has repeatedly focused on witnesses' past false statements. He argued in opening statements that witnesses including Martorano testified against Bulger only to get their own prison sentences reduced.
Bulger, who as a young man spent time locked up in the Alcatraz prison island off San Francisco and lived in hiding for 16 years before his 2011 arrest, has intrigued Boston for decades. His story inspired Martin Scorsese's 2006 Academy Award-winning movie "The Departed."
Bulger fled Boston after a 1994 tip from a corrupt FBI agent that his arrest was imminent. On the run, he was on the FBI's "most wanted" list of criminals.
(Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Douglas Royalty)


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April 13, 2006
Lipscomb's Lady Bisons closed out a long stretch of road games Wednesday afternoon with a brief trip across town to play Tennessee State.
The Lady Bisons split the doubleheader, losing the first game 6-3 and coming back in the second game to win 2-0.
"We hit the ball pretty well throughout the lineup," said Lipscomb coach Kristin Peck. "But we came up short in game one. And in game two we had a great pitching performance from Allison Tyree."
In the first game the Lady Bisons pounded out eight hits with Leigh Littlle, Niki Bails and Julia Davidson, the top three hitters in the order, each getting a pair of hits apiece. Bails' slammed a pair of doubles, one in the third inning and one in the seventh.
The Lady Bisons scored the first run of the game in the top of the fourth. Sara Meek led off with a walk. Heather Collins singled up the middle. Meek advanced to third on a fielder's choice by Ashley Villalpando and then scored on a wild pitch.
Tennessee State tied the game with one run in the bottom of the fourth, but the Lady Bisons took the lead again in the top of the fifth.
Little led off with a single to right field. Bails grounded out to the pitcher moving Little to second. Davidson singled to shortstop sending Little to third. Jessica Wilson reached base on a fielder's choice which scored Little.
In the bottom of the sixth TSU exploded for five runs.
The Lady Bisons scored one run in the top of the seventh, but the rally fell short. With one out Bails doubled down the left field line. She moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on an error by the third baseman.
Meek pitched the first game for the Lady Bisons. She scattered 11 hits and gave up six runs, all earned. She walked one and struck out five.
In game two the Lady Bisons rallied behind the pitching of Tyree who three a complete game shutout. She gave up only two hits, walked one batter and struck out two.
"We haven't played the best defense behind her and she has struggled a little bit with walks," said Peck. "But against TSU she only gave up one walk and we didn't have any errors behind her. You put all of those factors together and it shows that she is a very capable pitcher who can definitely do a lot of damage for us.
"It was good for her to have a performance like that. It was good for our team."
The Lady Bisons scored both of their runs in the third inning. Tyree walked to lead off. Little was safe on a sacrifice fielder's choice. Davidson doubled to score Tyree. Little scored the second run off of a wild pitch as she advanced from third to home. Davidson went four-for-four in the game after posting two hits in game one. The Lady Bisons finished game two with eight hits as well.
"Julia had a big day at the plate, especially in the second game," said Peck.
The Lady Bisons raised their record to 13-25 overall. TSU fell to 15-24.
The Lady Bisons are back home Saturday at 1 to face Florida Atlantic in an A-Sun doubleheader at Draper Diamond.


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Classroom in the frozen north
Alumna inspires her students from the Arctic's edge
By Barbara Finnegan ('05M, '03P)
Schneider teaches second grade in Arlington County, Va. Her school, Barrett Elementary, participates in NASA's program to bring innovative science and mathematics instruction to educators, students and their families. So when Schneider heard about Earthwatch Institute's 11-day expedition, Climate Change at the Arctic's Edge, she decided to apply for a grant to cover the cost of the trip. She won the experience of a lifetime.Julie Schneider ('99) knew her journey to the edge of the arctic would be a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, and a great way to liven up science lessons for her young students. But she had no idea that her entire community, including parents at her school and her circle of friends and acquaintances, would be fascinated and informed by her trek to study climate change in Canada's tundra and boreal forest.
On Feb. 28, 2009, Schneider headed for the tiny West Hudson Bay town of Churchill in Manitoba, Canada, to join the other members of her team. Her destination was the Churchill Northern Studies Centre about 30 miles outside of town. The center supports scientific researchers working on a diverse range of topics of interest to northern science. Schneider worked directly with scientists on their projects at the center. She helped gather data for research about the effect of climate change on spruce trees and various characteristics of snow in the center's snow pit. Data she gathered at the snow pit will be added to work that has been ongoing since 2001.
As part of Earthwatch's Live from the Field program, Schneider shared photos and her daily experiences through a blog, and conducted two videoconferences with her class back in Arlington. The English major and early childhood education minor spoke "face-to-face" with her students and others from her school for about 15 to 20 minutes, and explained to them what it was like to do scientific research. She also showed the students the various tools her team used for snow pit research. "They loved it," she says.
They also loved seeing pictures of their teacher helping to build a real igloo. Schneider opted to spend an uncomfortable, but memorable, night in the igloo, braving minus 20-degree Farenheit temperatures. On her blog, Schneider told her students about her experiences with two authentic modes of arctic transportation -- the dog sled and "qamatuk." She describes a qamatuk, which carried her team to the snow pit for research duties, as a "winter roller coaster ride across the snow and ice. We sit in a box with couch cushions and are pulled by a snowmobile. It can become bumpy and the wind whips across your face."
Schneider says the scientific method she observed during her expedition will help her in the classroom. "The scientific method is important in my teaching, and I learned so much more about science by working with the scientists and seeing science in action. It was wonderful." she says.
Schneider is excited about the material she's teaching her students. "I have more of an interest in science than ever before," she says. She plans to use some of her tundra pictures and videos when she presents lessons about how weather affects the earth and plant and animal habitats, and how plants and animals adapt to change. But it's her enthusiasm and love for the subject that's likely to inspire her students to keep learning all they can about the world around them.
Always interested in learning, Schneider says her experience has made her feel brave enough to try anything in life. She hopes to participate in another Earthwatch expedition. "One of my goals was to go and inspire my students," she says. "I think by seeing me work as a scientist for a few days, it helped them realize they have so many opportunities -- they can grow up and do anything."
Of course, the impact of Schneider's adventure has spread outside of her own classroom to school parents, fellow teachers and friends. How does that make her feel? "It makes me smile," she says.
See photos and read more about Julie Schneider's arctic expedition on her blog at http://www.earthwatch2.org/lff/schneider.
About the author
Barbara Finnegan ('05M, '03P) is the owner of LarsonHess Professional Writing Services, a marketing consultation and writing company. She earned a JMU M.B.A.
Published: Saturday, December 1, 2012
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 27, 2018


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This Monkey Has No Idea How To Treat a Lady [PICTURE]
A visitor at an African animal sanctuary caught a snapshot of a monkey trying to catch a peek on one of his keepers.
The Sun published a shot of the candid moment at the Padrillus Drill Sanctuary in Nigeria taken by Cyril Ruoso.
The monkey's actions might seem like a rude gesture but Ruoso told The Sun that the monkey was just trying to show his affection for his keeper.
Grooming or physical interaction is a way to show how close you are to another individual.
Of course, we say that this is the closest science has come to proving that mankind and monkeys share an evolutionary link until we find a photo of a monkey asking a zookeeper for her number.
[Via The Sun]


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Definitions of ship
n. - Pay; reward. 2
n. - Any large seagoing vessel. 2
n. - Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix. 2
n. - A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. 2
v. t. - To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water. 2
v. t. - By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad. 2
v. t. - Hence, to send away; to get rid of. 2
v. t. - To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen. 2
v. t. - To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea. 2
v. t. - To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder. 2
v. i. - To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war. 2
v. i. - To embark on a ship. 2
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How Eating Breakfast Makes Your Child Smarter
Posted by Joan Salge Blake September 3, 2013 03:04 PM
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According to the researchers in this study, children have a higher rate of metabolizing glucose in their brains as compared to adults. Glucose is the fuel that feeds the body. This higher rate of using glucose, coupled with their longer nighttime slumber, puts children at a higher risk for depleting their storage of glucose, called glycogen, in their body overnight. Thus, eating breakfast, or "breaking the fast" so-to-speak, is physiologically important to provide children with the energy-charged glucose to kick start and fuel their brains. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), over 40 percent of American children do not eat breakfast on a daily basis.
As a parent, providing breakfast isn't an issue. Rather, it's coming up with breakfast ideas that kids will actually eat that is a hair-pulling challenge. On this front, I solicited advice from my nutrition colleagues who are wizards when it comes to meal ideas.
Here are their brain-fueling breakfast suggestions for kids of all ages, including you:
|Denver Omelet in a Mug
Dave Grotto, RDN, busy author and father of two teenage girls, often has less than 5 minutes in the morning to prepare breakfast. He relies on one of his favorite Hungry Girl quick recipes, Denver Omelet in a Mug to serve them a fast and satisfying breakfast. Best of all, cleanup is a cinch.
As a mother of three and author of MyPlate for Moms, Elizabeth Ward, RDN, starts her family's day with her most fave Pumpkin Smoothie. Combine 1 cup each of low fat milk and canned pumpkin along with 2 teaspoons brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, a pinch ground cinnamon, and 2 ice cubes in a blender. Serve with whole grain toast. The beauty of this smoothie is that it provides a serving of veggies, which are often hard to squeeze in the AM.
Culinary nutritionist and author of 1,000 Low-Calorie Recipes, Jackie Newgent, RDN, recommends starting the day off with her Banana-Nut Toastie. Spread a nut butter between 2 slices of whole grain bread. Top one slice of bread with sliced bananas, a few dark chocolate chips, and an optional pinch of cinnamon or cayenne. Cover with the other slice of bread and grill in a skillet or Panini press. Who wouldn't like a tad of antioxidant-rich dark chocolate to start their day?
|Grab-and-Go Granola Bar
Need a healthy breakfast on-the-go? Try this high fiber, easy-to-make Grab-and-Go Granola Bar created by Janice Newell Bissex, RD and Liz Weiss, RD, of Meal Makeover Moms. This is just one of their many healthy recipes available on their new app for busy families.
Grilled Cheese French Toast is a household favorite for Elisa Zied, RD, author of Younger Next Week and mother of two hungry boys. To make this cheese stuffed toast, sandwich a slice of Swiss or cheddar cheese in between two slices of whole wheat bread. Dip the sandwich in a scrambled egg and brown in a fry pan coated with nonstick cooking spray. Served with fruit and nonfat milk.
According to Keri Gans, RDN, author of The Small Change Diet, "A homemade Yogurt Parfait could be the perfect breakfast option for the busy family, especially with varied taste buds. Each family member can create their own parfait by choosing a cup of low-fat Greek yogurt topped with a high-fiber cereal, fresh fruit, and a sprinkle of nuts." Set up a breakfast bar in the kitchen and let them do the assembling. Defrosted frozen berries are an easy way to keep fruit on hand should you run out of fresh during the week.
Lastly, Karen Ansel, RDN, a mother and media spokesperson for AND, suggests a Hummus Breakfast Bagel. Spread hummus on half of a whole wheat bagel and top with tomato slices. "By using hummus instead of cream cheese, you can work in protein and healthy fat, " claims Ansel. Consuming both protein and fat at breakfast will help keep you and your kids full until lunch.
Please share you breakfast favorites below.
Here's to a productive school year!
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October 16, 2008
By Ameet Sachdev | Chicago Tribune reporter
Tribune Co. is considering retaining a larger ownership stake in the Chicago Cubs, said sources involved in the deal, as the company explores options to sell the team amid the nation's worst financial conditions in decades.
With banks reluctant to make loans, Tribune Co. faces increasing risk of prospective buyers dropping out of the auction or being unable to close a deal in the next few months no matter how creditworthy they are. In addition, the higher costs of borrowing could trim the size of the bids.
To address some of the concerns, company officials have tossed out the idea of keeping more than 5 percent of the franchise, said three sources close to the bidding process. In this way, the buyer would have to come up with less cash but still gain controlling interest in the team. When lending markets open up, the buyer would have the option to buy Tribune Co.'s ownership interest.
"Things are very fluid right now," said a source close to one bidder, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the sales process is ongoing. "Tribune is looking for ways to get the deal done."
Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Tribune and other media properties, is relying on the Cubs deal to pay off, in part, nearly $600 million due in June on a loan that was part of an $8.2 billion transaction that took the company private last year. Prior to the Wall Street meltdown, some predicted that a package of the Cubs, Wrigley Field and related broadcast properties could fetch $1 billion or more.
Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell is not only interested in getting top dollar for his trophy asset, but he also wants to the company to pay as little tax as possible on the sale. Tribune Co. faces enormous tax exposure from an outright sale of the team because it bought the Cubs in 1981 for $20.5 million.
To minimize the tax bill, the company proposed a deal structure that would require the buyer to borrow heavily to pay for the team. Such a highly leveraged transaction would be challenging under normal circumstances.
Now, it could be weeks or months before money flows freely again to finance such a deal. One bidder, Mark Cuban, owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks said last week that, "Even if we wanted to close the day after tomorrow, the banks might not be able to close."
Cuban suggested that in the current turmoil it might not make sense for Tribune Co. to sell the Cubs. A Tribune Co. spokesman declined to comment.
Still, Zell is not backing off his ambitious tax-avoidance strategy. Under the original deal structure, Tribune would have had to retain a small interest in the Cubs of less than 5 percent to reap tax benefits.
The company is considering a larger minority stake that would give them enough cash upfront and still retain the tax benefits. How large a stake is unclear, sources said.
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The company appears in no rush to finalize a deal. No deadline has been set for the next round of bids. Prospective buyers are still waiting for key financial details about the broadcast properties up for sale.
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By Dr. Becker
According to industry experts, pea fiber is increasingly used in place of beet pulp and wheat, corn and soy fibers in pet foods – apparently to answer consumer demand for dog and cat food formulas with fewer cheap fillers.
Let's take a closer look at this latest peculiar entry in the pet food ingredient follies.
Pea Fiber 101
There are two types of pea fiber available on the market -- one is derived from a dry process; the other from a wet process.
In the dry process, the seed coats and hulls are separated from the seed as part of the normal operation of cleaning the peas.
In the wet process, the pea starch is separated from fiber.
The seeds are ground, and then water is added to decant the fibers.
The pea fiber resulting from the dry process has a higher concentration of dietary fiber (over 85 percent) and is rich in xylose sugar.
The pea fiber produced from the wet process contains about 65 percent dietary fiber and is rich in three other sugars.
Both types of pea fiber contain more than 75 percent insoluble fiber and from 5 to 25 percent soluble fiber.
When pea fiber is compared to other, comparable fibers, it performs about the same, except that it doesn't seem to produce as much gas as other vegetable fibers.
Pea fiber is very low in fat and high in crude fiber (35 to 40 percent). This makes it a perfect ingredient to lower the calorie content of those 'low fat' and 'weight management' pet foods I NEVER recommend for overweight dogs and cats.
Pea fiber doesn't have much protein -- and what little it does have is vegetable protein, not the animal protein your pet's body requires -- but it's high in lysine and also contains tryptophan.
Use of Pea Fiber in Pet Food
The pea fiber that goes into pet food is a light colored, nearly odorless powder. It has a bland taste that doesn't affect the palatability of the food it is added to.
It can be used with both wet and dry ingredients. It is used to bind water and fat, and also as a thickener in wet foods.
Pea fiber and pea hulls aren't recognized by AAFCO, however, it seems the FDA has acknowledged them as a fiber source as part of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act.
Apparently there are actually a few published studies on pea fiber in the diets of companion animals. However, no studies to date have involved cats, nor have any provided data on the effects of pea fiber on stool consistency.
According to PetfoodIndustry.com, in pet foods, pea fiber "…is used as a nutritionally functional fiber due in part to the laxation effects imparted from the water-holding capacity (about13 mL water per g pea fiber) of the insoluble fiber and secondly for the fermentability of its soluble fiber."
Functional fibers are non-digestible carbohydrates that have been isolated from foods. They aren't the same as the dietary fiber found naturally in foods like vegetables, grains and legumes – not that your dog or cat needs much of that type of fiber, either.
On food labels functional fibers appear as maltodextrin, polydextrose and cellulose. Cellulose is derived from different types of fiber, including pea fiber. Human food manufacturers use "functional fibers" in their packaged products to increase the fiber content of the food, making it appear to be more nutritious than it actually is.
To take this a step further, pet food manufacturers add various types of fibers, grains and other carbohydrates to their formulas to give the appearance – to human consumers – that the foods are nutritious for companion animals. This completely ignores the fact that balanced nutrition for canines and felines is not what is commonly considered balanced nutrition for humans.
My Take on Pea Fiber in Pet Food
It's a filler and high in insoluble fiber. Neither 'fillers' nor high fiber ingredients are part of a balanced, species-appropriate diet for dogs and cats.
You won't find pea fiber in high quality commercially available pet foods, nor will you find it in healthy recipes for homemade pet meals.
Where you'll find it are in very affordable, highly processed, low-quality pet foods.
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|2008-08-13, 09:54
|Link #1
Senior Member
Graphic Designer
MPlayer OSX Extended
The posts are a bit unorganized and conflict with their threads' actual topic so I'll start a fresh one here.
Development on the MPlayer OSX frontend hasn't been very active and after putting my nose int the source I just couldn't resist doing something about it.
Currently, the added features are most notably:
The current version is revision 6 and you can find it on the homepage:
Comments, feature requests and but requests are welcome here, or per email.
Last edited by anime_layer; 2009-03-11 at 17:43.
|2008-08-13, 09:55
|Link #2
Senior Member
Graphic Designer
I just released revision 5. Here's quick rundown on the changes:
New Features:
The current revision is available here: http://mplayerosx.sttz.ch/
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|2008-08-16, 01:41
|Link #3
Join Date: Oct 2006
I love you.
Hm... weird behaviour. When I shift focus to or from the MPlayer window, the screen flashes black for a split moment. Same if I invert the colours (Cmd+Opt+Ctrl+8) while the player is the active window. If I do either of these things while the video is paused, it stays black (or white inverted :P) until I unpause.
UPDATE: This is only if MPlayer OSX is the video out being used. I suppose it probably has to do with whatever is being done to make the window not resize down to controller size after a "restart" caused by changing preferences. Also, this probably isn't a priority (since who would really do this? :P), but if I change video out modes in the middle of playing a file in MPlayer OSX mode (CoreVideo in this case), it works, but the old playback windows stays the same size it was before instead of shrinking down to a controller.
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|2008-08-18, 17:48
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Wow, finally, after all this time, subtitles work in MPlayer! ^^
But... Uh... I seem to be having problems. You see, the video is not
in sync with the audio - It seems to be going at a lower frame rate
than it's supposed to. If anyone can tell me how to fix this, I'd be
forever grateful. No really, seriously.
|2008-08-18, 18:30
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Join Date: Oct 2006
|2008-08-19, 01:18
|Link #7
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Awesome work with this release - now I can play external subtitles with ease (for some reason, the auto-detection doesn't work for me in the normal MPlayer build)! A quick question, however: is it possible to change the color of the external subs? It comes out as yellow, but I've really gotten too used to white subtitles that the yellow ones have become sort of an eyesore. I've looked through the original MPlayer documentation without much success.
|2008-08-19, 08:55
|Link #8
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Join Date: Aug 2008
show the subtitles and I have no clue how to make it work. I heard
there's a way via the command line, but I have no clue how to make
That work. ^_^" It only really works in this version.
And it's definately not my computer! I gots a PPC G4, y'know! >:O
Running Tiger, and the file's an mkv. Well, it's pretty much the
Same with all mkv's. Also, I can play it in normal MPlayer perfectly,
just no subs; that's why I'm sure it's not my computer. And
the audio plays perfectly, too.
And, about mkv's, rarely do they work normal with VLC, and if they do,
I'm fine with that, but most mkv's are heavily choppy, laggy, or
even just not working. Yeah, I know, mkv's only a container, but
I don't care about all that. It works or it doesn't work. That's why
I need MPlayer
That basically sums up my problems. I'm seeing that most newer anime
are all turning mkv, so... PLEAAASE HELP MEEEEEEEE!!! *cry*
|2008-08-19, 09:28
|Link #9
Senior Member
Graphic Designer
There's also the problem that the video halts whenever you press a button or open a menu. If the video output is set to a separate window, then that window runs with the mplayer process separate from the GUI. Otherwise the GUI gets the video through shared memory and does everything in one single thread which I guess causes these problems.
Try adding this to the command line options in the advanced preferences tab:
-ass-color ffffff00
The GUI puts an additional strain on the CPU. With integrated video the GUI uses about 5% and without about 2% CPU on my machine. Subtitle rendering also uses a bit of CPU power.
So it could be that the video barley plays in the command-line mplayer and doesn't play anymore with the added strain of the gui and subtitles.
Open the activity monitor and check if you CPU is maxed out.
|2008-08-20, 02:13
|Link #11
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Join Date: Aug 2008
I'm kinda having the same problem as GreenyOSX.
The video is lagging to the audio.
I'm on a MacBook Pro
-2.33 Ghz Core 2 Duo
-2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2
-Radeonx1600 256 MB VRAM
The video I'm trying to play is a
1280x720 h264
This only happens when I play it on MPlayer and the resolution is that or higher (I guess HD releases). When I play this format on Quicktime w/ Perian it works somewhat fine, there is a slight audio/video pauses. When I checked the activity monitor when its playing on MPlayer, its hitting about 90-94% on process and 40-60 MB on the memory usage.
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|2008-08-21, 12:11
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Greeny: Get a new computer or get used to watching the non-HD releases. I had a G4 PowerBook, and it couldn't play any 720p (1280x720 resolution) h264 files without lagging. I suppose you could try what I'm about to mention to Hellion if you want to try one last thing though.
Hellion: You could get a non-expiring infraction for mentioning that file on AnimeSuki forums since that animé is licensed in the U.S. You should edit your post to only mention the resolution and encoding. To play 720p and higher quality h264 files in general, I think your computer has more than enough CPU power for it, so you must be running lots of stuff in the background. Don't do that. If you need more speed still, under the "Video" tab in the preferences, in the "Decoding and Filters" section, make sure the box for Fast libavcodec decoding is checked.
|2008-08-21, 13:53
|Link #13
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
I guess you're right. The ones that don't work do seem awfully big screened.
Or 'HD' as you put it. But, how can I find these 'non-HD' releases you speak of?
I just download the anime I can find - which is hard for me as is because
my twisted and evil ISP puts a cap on p2p traffic; so torrents are out
of the question. But, seeing as this forum is awfully strict, you're probably
not allowed to say anyways. Thanks for taking the time to help me with
my problem though.
|2008-08-21, 23:36
|Link #14
Join Date: Oct 2006
Greeny, many fansub groups use IRC channels, which allow you to download files in a non-P2P manner using xdcc. For Mac OS X, I recommend Colloquy (just make sure in the "Interface" tab of the preferences to check the box that says "Show Notices as Private Chat," or the way Growl makes them disappear will annoy you to no end). Usually it's best to find out what groups are subbing the anime you want to watch and go to their website to see what they're releasing - almost every single fansub group I know of releases both a "low quality" and "high quality" version because of the CPU requirements of high-resolution H264 decoding. You can usually find the name/location of their IRC channel in there somewhere too.
Also, on the subject of torrents - with a proper torrent program, you can limit your upload speed to be as low as you need for your ISP to be okay with the outgoing traffic. On Mac OS X, I recommend Transmission above all others. It's lightweight, open source and has an incredibly good GUI.
|2008-08-22, 00:07
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Join Date: Aug 2008
First I'd like to thank you for the heads up and I apologize about the post.
I tried playing those type of files with only Mplayer running. I also checked that option and tried playing those type of files again and the problem is still the same.
|2008-08-22, 15:52
|Link #16
Join Date: Oct 2006
Only two more common things I can think of at the moment: check your Energy Saver Preferences (one of the system preference pane in Mac OS X) to make sure you're not on "Better Energy Savings" mode, and try playing with the different options for framedrop in your MPlayer OSX Extended preferences under the Video tab.
EDIT: Also make sure you're not running on zero free RAM (spotlight for "Activity Monitor")
EDIT: Also try changing the Video Output in the "Display" tab of the MPlayer OSX Extended preferences to CoreVideo and see if that makes a difference.
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|2008-08-22, 17:09
|Link #17
Senior Member
Graphic Designer
I just released revision 6:
You could also try following command line option. It'll probably degrade quality visibly, though:
-lavdopts skiploopfilter=all
Your two problems should be fixed now. ^^
|2008-08-23, 10:34
|Link #18
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: The house besides yours
Age: 34
Congratulations, anime_layer, I was reading random blogs around and noticed that one of them had a news regarding MPlayer Extended (r6), here's the link (in spanish, tho).
More or less at the end they say that the player is very promising and that they hope it gets at the same pace as VLC as in stability and speed, but that it's very good and that it doesn't hurt having it installed in the computer.
|2008-08-27, 19:24
|Link #19
Join Date: Jan 2008
Great mplayer but I have a minor problem with it. Whenever I open a video file with mplayer it'll open a new window on the first time but when I exit the window and try to open a new video file with mplayer only the audio plays but a new window does not show up. Anyway to fix this? I know on your site it says not to minimize window when changing videos, just wanted to know if there was a way to around this since i find myself often closing the window before opening up a new video file. Thanks!
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|2008-08-28, 04:22
|Link #20
Senior Member
Graphic Designer
I couldn't reproduce your problem on my machine. Which video output do you have selected and what exactly are you doing?
Also check if there's anything being reported in the system.log as well as the MPlayer.log.
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My very first nephew on the May side of the family is turning 1 in a few weeks. His birthday party is going to be a John Deere tractor theme and so I made him-- what else? -- a John Deere quilt!
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 146 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
RMI - Retail Media International.
Our company started life as 'abc media', a retail media agency. abc media sells the advertising space in supermarkets – digital screens, in store radio, shelf fixtures etc – to manufacturers. Clients include Coke, Unilever, P&G, Pepsico, Kellogg's; all the big names. Our website is abc-media.co.uk if you'd like to have a look.
As a company, abc has grown beyond just selling the advertising space in supermarkets. We want to rebrand as a group of companies that each perform a different function. These companies are:
abc media – sells advertising space in supermarkets
abc commerce – arranges affinity partnerships between supermarkets and service providers. So, for example, we can arrange for a bank to offer a branded credit card to a supermarket's customers.
Alphabet – a design agency specialising in retail marketing design.
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On June 8, I blogged about news reports that said that under pressure from South Korean creationists, their ministry of education had eliminated evolution from their science textbooks. This was, of course, rather bad since it suggested that creationists had established a beachhead in another country. I expressed surprise that a country that was surging in terms of science and technology was taking such a retrograde step.
It turns out that I was quite wrong. I received a private email from reader Dave giving a link that said this story was incorrect in many of its details and in its major conclusion and that far from deleting evolution from its textbooks, the South Korean government actually reaffirmed it. The article links to Korean news sources written in Korean so I cannot verify that that they say what is claimed but I have no reason to doubt it.
What apparently happened was that errors in two evolution-related figures that had been pointed out by creationists were replaced with correct ones. South Korean creationists apparently trumpeted this minor change as a huge victory over evolution and this was the story that was picked up by western media and highlighted, while Korean media that had access to the correct information treated it as the non-story it was.
So the idea that South Korea was becoming as dumb as Texas in its textbook adoption policies seems to be, thankfully, incorrect.
I apologize for contributing to the misinformation and thank Dave for correcting me.


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Kobe Bryant playing limited minutes?
In hopes of ensuring his left Achilles tendon stays healthy, the Lakers star may play fewer than the 38 minutes he averaged in the past two seasons whenever he returns.
"It will probably be self inflicted," Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said. "His conditioning will limit most of it."
Bryant spent Sunday following the team's morning shootaround working on shooting drills. After the Lakers' designated day off Monday, Bryant plans to participate in the team's three full-court practices in hopes of feeling healthy enough to play Friday in Sacramento, though D'Antoni said he "has no clue whatsoever" whether that will happen.
"I'm comfortable with that," Bryant said last week about possible reduced playing time. "The goal is to win a championship and put ourselves in a position to win a championship. I feel we have some really good pieces and guys who are really competitive, athletic and energy that can carry a game."
The Lakers and Bryant endorsed the same idea the past two seasons. Then reality got in the way and Bryant logged 38 minutes per game.
Former Lakers coach Mike Brown relied on Bryant heavily in the 2011-12 season for various reasons. Bryant looked spry following an offseason right knee and left ankle procedure in Germany. The Lakers lacked backcourt depth. They also struggled with Brown's offense after remaining immersed in Phil Jackson's triangle system for many years beforehand. D'Antoni relied on Bryant heavily last season as the team fought to sneak into the playoffs. Prior to Bryant tearing his Achilles seven months ago, Bryant had averaged 45.6 minutes per game in the previous seven contests.
This year, Bryant has preached patience with his recovery. So much that D'Antoni conceded the possibility Bryant would sit on the second night of back-to-back games, a proposal D'Antoni suggested both Bryant and Lakers trainer Gary Vitti will decide.
"If that's a restriction," D'Antoni said, "they'll tell me."
Role change
Whenever Steve Nash earns an eventual induction to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, his resume will include his MVP awards (two), his assists (10,278) and free-throw shooting (90.4 percent).
The 160 games he played off the bench? Nothing more than a footnote. But it could define how he plays the rest of this season with the Lakers. D'Antoni expects Nash to practice Tuesday after reporting "some improvements" since spending the past week with his personal trainer Rick Celebrini in Vancouver to heal the nerve pain in his back. But D'Antoni conceded the possibility Nash will return as a reserve.
"We'll see," D'Antoni said. "We haven't gotten there yet."
Such a proposal would seem unthinkable in other seasons. Before his injury, though, Nash averaged only 6.6 points on 26.1-percent shooting and 4.8 assists in 22.5 minutes. The Lakers also entered their game Sunday against Portland with a 6-3 record during Nash's absence, partly because of the team's backcourt depth in Steve Blake (9.8 points, 7.8 assists) and Jordan Farmar (9.9 points, 4.6 assists).


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Bitlbee is a "console-based IRC to IM chatting gateway, including ICQ/MSN/Jabber". It allows the user to interact with popular chat networks XMPP/Jabber (including Google Talk), MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM and ICQ, the Twitter microblogging network (plus all other Twitter API compatible services like identi.ca and status.net), and social networking chat networks like Facebook and StudiVZ within their IRC client.
The users' buddies appear as normal IRC users in a channel and conversations use the private message facility of IRC.
Install bitlbee, available in the Official Repositories. Alternatively, install the development version, bitlbee-bzrAUR, available in the Arch User Repository.
Various settings can be set using the
/etc/bitlbee/bitlbee.conf configuration file.
To run Bitlbee as a daemon uncomment the Runmode line and change it to the following.
RunMode = ForkDaemon
It is recommended to run the Bitlbee daemon without root permission. Uncomment the following line so Bitlbee can run as the "bitlbee" user, which was created when the package was installed.
User = bitlbee
Then start
bitlbee and add it to the
DAEMONS array (see: Daemon). Note that just starting the server does not log you into any of your chat accounts.
Connect to channel
Once Bitlbee is running connect to
localhost using a IRC client. Then join the channel named
&bitlbee. After joining the channel type
Help and then Template:Keypress for further information.
Google Chat
In the control channel,
&bitlbee, issue the following command after replacing
<username> and
<password> with your information:
<@user> account add jabber <username>@gmail.com <password> talk.google.com:5223:ssl
Appending the command with
talk.google.com:5223:ssl is not strictly necessary, but it is recommended to enable extra security.
If you have enabled Google Authenticator make sure to create an application specific password (see: Google Accounts Help).
To verify that the account was added check the account list:
<@user> account list <@root> 0. JABBER, email@example.com (connected) <@root> End of account list
You can change the server value of your gmail account with the following command:
account 0 set server talk.google.com
To log into your Google account issue the following:
<@user> account 0 on <@root> JABBER(firstname.lastname@example.com) - Logging in: Connecting <@root> JABBER(email@example.com) - Logging in: Connected <@root> JABBER(email@example.com) - Logging in: Requesting Authentication Method <@root> JABBER(email@example.com) - Logging in: Authenticating <@root> JABBER(email@example.com) - Logged in
If you get errors like the following:
<@user> account 0 on <@root> JABBER(firstname.lastname@example.com) - Logging in: Connecting <@root> JABBER(firstname.lastname@example.com) - Logging in: Connected <@root> JABBER(email@example.com) - Logging in: Requesting Authentication Method <@root> JABBER(email@example.com) - Logging in: Authenticating <@root> JABBER(email@example.com) - Login error: Error 403: Unknown error <@root> JABBER(firstname.lastname@example.com) - Signing off...
Switching the domain from "gmail.com" to "googlemail.com" may help. This seems to be the case for some European countries, especially Germany where Google doesn't own the trademark for the name Gmail [1].
The easiest way to change your account settings is to simply delete the account you created and add it again.
account 0 del account add jabber firstname.lastname@example.com mypasswd
or just use the `set` switch for the `account` command
account list # find the id for your gtalk account, in this case I'll use '0' account 0 set # list all the possible settings for this account account 0 set username firstname.lastname@example.com # change your username account 0 set password somethingverysecret # change your passphrase
See Also
- Screen Irssi Bitlbee
- Bitlbee Wiki
- Introduction to Bitlbee by Bradley Marshall
- Quickstart Guide by Elizabeth Krumbach
- HOWTO: Connect to Google Talk with Bitlbee at Thinkhole Labs


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I must protest your article about me [TIME, Jan. 26]. You quote me as severely criticizing radio reporting as superficial and radio reporters as unthorough. . . . Out of a two-hour conversation with your reporter in which I tried to give an honest estimate of what is fine and what is bad about radio journalism, you have chosen to print four sentences. These . . . have rather cruelly misrepresented my views and have done injury to my position vis-à-vis my profession and my colleagues in radio for most of whom I feel the greatest respect.
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Hey Madevil,
Thanks for your great work! I use your client to play podcasts from my server. It's awesome. Thank you!
Based on your "feature request", thought of a few enhancements for your consideration. For sake of tidiness, I will create a new thread for each.
It's absolutely awesome to be able to initiate a server "Check for new Episodes" from your client. How about a long-press option from the client to delete podcasts stored on the server?


text: (Refiles to fix typo in headline) Jan 30 (Reuters) - Welcome to the home for real time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Helen Reid. Reach her on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: email@example.com MORE INVESTORS LOOK AT DIALLING DOWN RISK (1054 GMT) PIMCO's European global wealth management team say they've found some of their financial intermediary clients in Europe have been looking at reducing risk in their portfolios. This has proven tricky in an environment of zero or negative real returns on cash, PIMCO adds. But they have two potential solutions: low volatility absolute return strategies and core bond strategies, especially those with a U.S. focus. "Increasing core bond exposure is the more contrarian view; many clients say they plan to decrease allocations in the coming year," Ryan P. Blute, managing director and head of PIMCO's global wealth management business in EMEA, says in a note. "However, core bonds can play an important diversification role in a portfolio, and U.S. Treasuries in particular remain a source of high quality duration, historically outperforming when there are significant declines in equity or credit markets." (Kit Rees) ***** TECH OUTPERFORMS, BUT APPLE AND SUPPLIERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE(1038 GMT) While tech is outperforming the market today in a recovery from yesterday's jitters, Frankfurt-listed shares in Apple are falling 1.6 percent to hit their lowest in three months. The bearish sentiment from that Nikkei report we mentioned earlier still seems to be taking its toll, and it's interesting to note that iPhone suppliers Dialog Semiconductor, AMS and ASMI are among the worst-performing in the sector. (Helen Reid) ***** IS A CORRECTION ON THE CARDS? (0845 GMT) A negative day like today lays bare investor concerns about a more potent pullback in equity markets. "Given current complacency and positioning, when things go wrong there may be quite a violent market reaction and I think we are moving more into that territory in 2018," Nicholas Brooks, head of research and investment strategy at Intermediate Capital Group, said, adding that he thinks we are due a correction. Brooks recommends moving into lower-beta sectors and companies and seeking out businesses with high cash flows in relatively defensive sectors. (Kit Rees and Tom Pfeiffer) ***** OPENING SNAPSHOT: CYCLICAL SLIDE PULLS EUROPEAN SHARES LOWER (0817 GMT) European shares have opened lower thanks to falls among commodities-related sectors and financials - almost all sectors are in the red. Is this the start of a pullback? But elsewhere it's all about earnings, with a sprinkling of M&A. Alfa Laval and Swatch are the biggest risers after their updates, while UBM is also up there after Informa confirmed its deal with the conference organiser. Here's your opening snapshot: (Kit Rees) ***** WHAT'S ON THE RADAR FOR EUROPEAN STOCKS (0750 GMT) Taking its cue from Wall Street and Asia, Europe's stock market is set to suffer losses with futures down 0.6 to 0.8 percent across the major benchmarks. A slide in Apple shares was the catalyst for the weaker U.S. session, after a Nikkei report said the tech giant would halve its iPhone X production. The report came out during European trading hours on Monday and weighed on iPhone suppliers including AMS, Dialog Semiconductor and STMicro, but there may be further pressure on the chipmakers and tech stocks in this session as investors grow skittish about high valuations and the equity 'melt-up' with the MSCI World entering its longest ever period without a correction of more than 5 percent. Mining stocks could also be a weight, indicated lower in pre-market as base metals lose ground with the strengthening dollar. Under the benchmark level, a slew of company results should keep traders busy today. Europe's top tech company, SAP, will be a focus after its results came in shy of expectations and it bought a U.S. software firm for $2.4 billion. The stock is indicated down 1 percent in pre-market. Swatch meanwhile is seen rising 3 to 4 percent after impressive guidance and accelerating sales. (Helen Reid) ***** EARLY MORNING ROUND-UP (0739 GMT) Here are the company headlines grabbing our attention in Europe this morning: SAP talks up cloud business, buys $2.4 bln U.S. sales software firm Debt-ridden Altice to further reduce share capital Philips delivers on Q4 sales growth on higher order intake SCA 2017 operating profit just beats forecasts, dividend higher France's Elis doubles targeted cost synergies from Berendsen acquisition Swatch "very positive" on 2018 after H2 sales accelerate Renault-Nissan group pips VW to become top-selling carmaker in 2017 Cevian Capital raises Ericsson stake to 9 pct PZ Cussons Says Profitability Expected To Improve In H2 Volkswagen faces inquiry call over diesel fume tests on monkeys Biggest investor in Italy's Safilo has no intention to change its stake Luxottica sees strong adj. net profit growth after FY sales meet guidance Hedge fund Elliott increases stake in Fox takeover target Sky Alfa Laval CEO sees slower Marine unit demand in Q1 after bumper Q4 (Kit Rees and Tom Pfeiffer) ***** FUTURES POINT TO PULL-BACK IN EUROPEAN STOCKS (0710 GMT) As expected futures have gapped significantly at the open - down 0.5 to 0.7 percent across the board now. Looks like the risk-off mood across the Atlantic will sour today's trading in Europe as well. The chipmakers and Apple suppliers will again be ones to watch, as will all those cyclical sectors leading the rally year-to-date. (Helen Reid) ***** CORRECTION BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY, SAYS GS (0656 GMT) The S&P 500 has had the longest period since 1929 without a correction of more than 5 percent, Goldman Sachs finds, saying a correction is overdue. The MSCI World has also entered its longest period ever without a correction of more than 5 percent. "As inflows into equities rise strongly alongside increasing optimism, the equity market becomes more vulnerable to disappointments," GS writes. They're staying bullish, though - seeing a sharp correction as more likely than a full-blown bear market. One interesting observation they make is that this year the S&P 500 and the VIX volatility index have been rising together. "The increase in volatility amid a market rally may, in part, reflect increasing risks, and may also reflect a bullish willingness to spend premium to add to upside exposure." GS recommends buying on dips, but would also buy hedges as protection. If you're more of a glass half full kind of person, then you can keep looking at global growth - running at above 5%, the strongest pace since 2010 - and global earnings - where expectations are finally being revised up sharply. (Helen Reid) ***** SAP ANNOUNCES $2.4 BLN ACQUISITION, ALTICE TO FURTHER CUT SHARE CAPITAL (0636 GMT) With tech a notable focus yesterday, and ahead of the U.S. giants reporting later this week, all eyes will be on results from European firms in the sector to see how they stack up. Germany's SAP, Europe's top tech company, just announced a $2.4 billion acquisition of U.S. cloud software company Callidus Software Inc - a sweetener on 2017 results which came in at the lower end of market expectations. The firm's guidance was in line with analysts' expectations - but we'll have to see what they make of this purchase. At the intersection of health and tech, Dutch firm Philips reported Q4 sales growth in line with expectations. Elsewhere in stocks to watch today there's telecoms and cable group Altice which is reducing its share capital to help improve returns while it restructures. And it's a sad day for Volkswagen whose position as world's top-selling carmaker was just nabbed by the Renault-Nissan alliance. (Helen Reid) ***** MORNING CALL: TAKING CUE FROM WALL ST AND ASIA, EUROPEAN STOCKS TO FALTER (0618 GMT) Good morning and welcome to Live Markets. Spreadbetters are calling European stocks markedly lower after a weaker U.S. session spread a somewhat more bearish mood to Asian trading as well. A slide in Apple shares was the catalyst for a broad-based pull-back on Wall Street. The tech stock fell 1.6 percent on a Nikkei report Apple will halve its iPhone X production target, causing the Dow and the S&P 500 to suffer their biggest one-day declines in around 5 months. Asian stocks then retreated from their record highs, while the dollar found some support as U.S. bond yields rose. Spreadbetters call the FTSE down 30 points at 7,641.1 points, the DAX 51 points lower at 13,273.2 points and the CAC 40 down 16 points at 5,505.4. (Helen Reid) ***** (Reporting by Danilo Masoni, Helen Reid, Kit Rees and Julien Ponthus)