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Finding Balance and Presence in New Orleans' Cocktails and Bars
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Individual taste is just that: yours. What you like is what you like. Which is a similar sentiment to that "new" expression, "It is what it is." Huh?
Still, no one else but you can be a judge of what goes on with your nose and your mouth. Only you are the final arbiter of those senses. Hate to state the obvious but here's where we are going with that:
Besides the ingredients, there are other aspects to cocktails and wines that are definitive, even in terms of your tastes.
Most significantly to both senses is that no single aspect of the beverage "sticks out," causing other pieces to be overshadowed. For instance, in a cocktail, does any single ingredient, like alcohol, completely sublimate the other flavors that comprise the drink's character, like herbs?
In a cocktail if all you are getting is the kick of a mule in your mouth, yes, even for a drink called Moscow Mule, the drink is all wrong. Sure, you are right in that we are drinking cocktails and not soft drinks for the alcohol. But if that is the overwhelming aspect of the cocktail, then it is either made incorrectly or is designed in error.
It is most important to achieve balance. Every ingredient has to play a role in the drink. Not necessarily an equal role. Some items are simply more important than others. A squeeze of lemon is not equal to a jigger of gin. Yet, it all has to be in balance, blended to make the entire drink pleasurable.
Same is true in wine. If there is a strong alcohol finish, or if the wine has too much oak component, it is not in balance, and, at the end of the tasting experience, makes the wine not good. You may say it's not so bad. But you are being kind, making excuses for bad winemaking.
Every ingredient, every process plays a role. That role is not to dominate but rather to support the weight of the entire structure. Too much of any one thing overshadowing other things is a sign of weakness in the preparation or in the concept.
Hey, this is all supposed to be good and fun. And balanced.
With all the hoopla surrounding the New Orleans restaurant scene, and it has to be one of the most dynamic restaurant scenes in America, a bit overlooked in the celebration has been the parallel expansion of the bar scene in this city.
Consider: with all the restaurants opening, there are bars prominent in just about every one. And most of them have installed special bar-bite programs and menus to encourage patrons to stay at the bar, eating and drinking their way through the evening.
Newbies such as R'evolution, Annunciation, Rene's Bistrot, SoBou, Maurepas, Booty's Street Food, Café B's, Serendipity, La Fin du Monde, Sylvain, and Root all boast craft cocktails and most have a bar area on their list of most pleasurable offerings. Astounding cuisine coupled with well-made cocktails seems to be the wonderful direction.
But then, not to be forgotten, are the new places where food is secondary, if it is present at all, and cocktails and wine take center stage.
The newly renovated Carousel in the Monteleone is part of a restaurant, Criolla, but you never see the dining facility, and the new bar stretches on, covering a lot of real estate, dwarfing the beloved area where the rotating bar is located.
There's also Bellocq, Patrick's Bar Vin, Publiq House, Perestroika in place of the old Pravda, Victory, Vitascope Hall, and a soon-to-open Tiki Bar on the second floor of Felipe's French Quarter location.
Looks like the old storied joints of the three-beer-taps-six-bar-glasses-dirty-bar-rag are no longer the standard-bearers of the bar scene. Of course in New Orleans, if that is what you seek, those places are not hard to find in any neighborhood.
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Flipkart (www.flipkart.com), one of the largest online retailers in India, has launched an eBook service on Windows Phone 8. Titled Flipkart eBook, the app will enable you to enjoy a large collection of books while out and about. Offline storage is supported for commuters who head through dead spots in signal coverage, as well as those who enjoy long-haul flights.
Books can be purchased on the main retailer website or through the eBook app itself. If you're unsure whether a particular title is worth the investment, you can enjoy 10 percent of each book before making the purchase, just in case you hop on past the front cover and it turns out to not quite be what you expected.
Content downloaded to any device can be synchronised and accessed from the central library. Much like other eBook readers on the platform, it's basic in functionality, but Flipkart eBooks gets the job done and we've got yet another official app. Multiple features are present, including day and night settings, font size configuration, bookmarks and more.
You can download Flipkart eBooks from the Windows Phone Store (please note that you can only download full books using the app if you reside in India). Thanks, Mika, for the heads up!
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Silvermine Crags
Behind the ridge are four different crags: the Lower Crag has easy routes and is perfect for beginners, Blaze of Glory is a little harder, the Main Crag is a good all round crag and Fawltey Towers for some harder stuff.
- ±80 single pitch sport routes
- Grades 4 to 7b+
- 10 to 25 minute walk-in
These are some of the best crags in South Africa with short walk-ins, superb rock quality and brilliant routes.
All year round. Sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon
Sport rack, 50m or 60m rope. Be sure to tie a knot in the end of your rope as some of the routes are higher than 25m.
The climbing
Mostly vertical to slightly overhanging with a good 'get your leg up overhang' on a couple of the routes at the Main Crag and Blaze of Glory Wall. There are many less overhanging/easier climbs at the two Lower Crags.
Getting There
From Cape Town, take Ou Kaapse Weg towards Noordhoek. Once on top of the mountain turn right into the Silvermine Reserve. There is an entrance fee of R15 to get into the reserve (January 2009). A Wild card also gets you in. Visitors to South Africa can also take advantage of the Wild cards.[1]


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The Wonderful and Powerful Mr. Felix Jones
I began browsing sports news this morning when I stumbled across an article at the Dallas Morning News. The article entitled "Dallas Cowboys RB Jones stays one step ahead" is all about Felix Jones and how he has improved. I thought to myself, "Wow, we have barely seen what he has and fell head over heals in love with him, and now they say he has improved his routes?!"
Here is what running backs coach Skip Peete had to say,
"One of his biggest attributes is not the first guy he's trying to make miss, but the second guy. He's already starting to work to see where that guy is coming from and getting his next move, his next decision-making process started.
"Some guys will run and make a move on the guy directly in front of him, then start running again. There is no slowdown with Felix. He will see the next guy and is ready to create and make a move. It looks like it's all one motion."
Here's Felix,
"You have to look forward to the next move. If you have somebody already set up to get past them, you are looking forward to making another move to get to the end zone.
"It's hard to put into words, but once you see your blocker in front of you, you have confidence in him and know that he's going to do his job, you automatically look for the next guy.
"I'm sure I'm not the only one who has that ability, to look forward to the next move. But it is a blessing."
Amazing. Confidence, intelligence and talent, Felix has it all. If last year's 30 carries were just a taste of what Felix can bring, we are in for one hell of a show!
I realize there is a ton of hype about this guy and he hasn't even played a full season, but the excitement is so hard to hold back.
Say it with me now, FELIX! FELIX! FELIX!


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Mamdouh and Laura Raafat now live with their two children, Tarek and Hannah, in a nice, quiet neighborhood in California. They have a great house, nice careers and an easy-going lifestyle most people would envy. So why are they looking to leave all that and move to the to the busy, bustling city of Cairo, Egypt? Well, it depends on who you ask. Mamdouh wants his children to experience part of their cultural heritage while they are still young and Laura is up for the adventure of living in the ancient city by the Nile, the Triumphant City of Cairo, Egypt. But just because they've got the ambition to move doesn't mean they know where to live. So to help them navigate the real estate scene in this hectic city they've hired realtor Soaad Abd Elsalam. The Raafats have asked her to find them a family friendly condo that's near a good school. Let the house hunting begin.
Yes, a nice quiet neighborhood in California just pales in comparison to the "multicultural" and "diverse" environment found in Cairo. Even more, the show's producers figured their audience would love the episode. And they were right!
For too long, much of the Western world has labored under a delusion that life is "better" in other places. Particularly Third World places. You'll often see comments by men bemoaning Western women, and extolling the virtues of Third World women (and environments). The reality is quite different. Third World places have no real law, safety, predictability, decent hospitals and medical care, safe and uncontaminated food and water, or working sewer systems. In short, they lack all the reasons why people come to the West in the first place. They lack them, moreover, because the people of the Third World are completely incapable of constructing them. Japan and South Korea were flattened by war, with much of their people dead or displaced, yet built modern nations that whatever their faults, do not lack for: safe food, clean water, working sewers, modern and efficient hospitals and medical care. Even, functioning legal systems that while not "fair" keep anarchy and street chaos at bay.
But as much as the typical male attitude towards the compromises inherent in having a functioning nation with modern technology and all the benefits it implies, tends towards belittling Western ways (and Western women) and extolling the virtues of Third World anarchy and (presumed, the reality is much different) more deferential women, it is the media empires aimed at women that contribute most of the romanticizing and idealizing of failed peoples and nations.
HGTV has much of its programming predicated on the "romance" of dirt poor and fairly ugly Third World nations, with the network running episodes on searching for houses in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize, Tonga, Tahiti, Mexico. But HGTV is not alone. This attitude, of glorifying Third World failure as success, is something that you can see on almost any TV show, reality or otherwise, on the broadcast networks or cable networks. The specifics are usually, the Third World is more colorful (less dreary stability needed to keep the power on). More spontaneous too, a fiesta (or an anti-American riot) can break out any time. A "slower pace of life" contrasted with the West (where the water is not loaded with fecal bacteria, straight from the tap, and the police don't routinely shake you down). Indeed, one memorable HGTV episode in Nicaragua featured a "suicide shower" with an electric water heater plugged right into the wall and affixed inline to the shower's pipes. It was noted as typical for the region.
Naturally, the congruence with Western women's desire for a "type" of man, i.e. one colorful and amusing and dominant, with bouts of unpredictability, is no accident. Both speak clearly to a sense of wealth, power, and security. Able to trade off security and safety for "excitement" and thrills.
This seems destined to come to an end. The Third World has been coasting on (relatively) cheap energy and food that has come to an end. China's insatiable demand, loss of Western farmland to housing/development, and biofuels all signal an end to cheap food. Cheap energy being laughable even with the economic crisis, given China's own demands on the global market, and Western fantasies of "green" energy from biofuels, wind, solar, unicorn farts, and rainbows.
Cairo is a seething mass of violence now (likely the entire family is desperate to move back to California), and likely to remain so for some time. Not only Cairo, but other areas featured on HGTV: Lebanon, Dubai, and Jordan. To say nothing of Central America and Mexico.
And the impact of all the strife in the Middle East is a guarantee re-run of 2008's $4.50 a gallon for gas. A price that ensured economic meltdown as people could no longer afford to fill up their cars and pay their mortgages. The entire West has had a long run of safety, affordability, predictability, and security. If 9/11 was the wake up call, that this dominance had ended, the Cairo riots and Egyptian mess (prompted largely by fallout from Tunisia, itself a victim of food riots), is the alarm clock blaring loud rock music.
The Romanticizing of Third World failures is likely to stop. While you can't smell the tear gas and blood through the TV screen, its hard to project a romantic image of the Third World when much of it is flames. And the US looks threatened as well, in different forms. Idealization of failed peoples is likely to be stopped by reality, and America and the West's own virtues pushed larger by simple comparison.
After all, even the most bored upscale yuppie would rather live in suburban California than Cairo.


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Kuwait donates additional US$2 million for UNDP's support to people affected by crisis in SyriaApr 18, 2013
New York – The State of Kuwait has contributed US$2 million towards the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) emergency support to the people of Syria as they struggle to rebuild lives and livelihoods disrupted by the ongoing crisis there.
The funds will be used by UNDP in several ways, supporting programmes that provide internally displaced persons (IDPs), including women and people with disabilities, with emergency employment, which will improve community infrastructure and livelihoods.
UNDP's specific support includes providing emergency short-term job opportunities to IDPs living in communal shelters, contributing to rubble and garbage removal and the repair of basic infrastructure like schools, health centres and water networks.
UNDP will also use the money to help women find emergency employment, including the manufacturing of blankets and clothing, food processing work and other small businesses they have experience in.
The initiatives will additionally work with IDPs with disabilities and other special needs, including psycho-social support, provisions of critical disability aids such as prosthetics, crutches and wheelchairs, and specialized job trainings.
Kuwait already disbursed an initial $1 million to UNDP in January for its work in Syria.
"These funds certainly come at the right time for all of our agencies," UNDP Administrator Helen Clark said. "But the Syria crisis is not resolved and the needs continue to be very great. I suspect that the international community will be asked to provide even more to help their very, very distressed people."
The crisis has escalated dramatically both within and outside of Syria's borders over the past three months. Basic services in Syria have collapsed in many places, with more than half of public hospitals and one third of the housing stock damaged or destroyed; one in five schools can no longer be used for education.
Necessities such as bread, clean water and medicines are in critically short supply. At the same time, some 7,000 Syrian people are registering in neighbouring countries as refugees every day. As a result, millions have become internally displaced and need aid inside Syria, while 1.3 million have become refugees in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and parts of North Africa.
Kuwait's support to UNDP's work in addressing the Syrian crisis is part of a larger fund of $300 million it has released to humanitarian agencies providing urgently needed aid to millions of Syrians both in and outside the country.
On 30 January, more than $1.5 billion, including $300 million from Kuwait, was pledged by donors at a conference hosted by H.H. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, and chaired by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. With the disbursement from Kuwait, a combined $700 million of these pledges has now been secured for the aid operation.


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File system permissions
Most file systems have methods to assign permissions or access rights to specific users and groups of users. These systems control the ability of the users to view, change, navigate, and execute the contents of the file system.
Operating system variations
Unix-like and otherwise POSIX-compliant systems, including Linux-based systems and all Mac OS X versions, have a simple system for managing individual file permissions, which in this article are called "traditional Unix permissions". Most of these systems also support some kind of access control lists, either proprietary (old HP-UX ACLs, for example), or POSIX.1e ACLs, based on an early POSIX draft that was withdrawn in 1997, or NFSv4 ACLs, which are part of the NFSv4 standard.
Microsoft and IBM DOS variants (including MS-DOS, PC DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows Me) do not have permissions, only file attributes. There is a read-only attribute (R), which can be set or unset on a file by any user or program, and therefore does not prevent him/her/it from changing/deleting the file. There is no permission in these systems which would prevent a user from reading a file.
Other MS-DOS/PC DOS-compatible operating systems such as DR DOS 3.31 and higher, PalmDOS, Novell DOS and OpenDOS, FlexOS, 4680 OS, 4690 OS, Concurrent DOS, Multiuser DOS, Datapac System Manager and IMS REAL/32 support read/write/execute/delete file/directory access permissions on FAT volumes. With the exception of FlexOS, 4680 OS, and 4690 OS all these operating systems also support individual file/directory passwords. All operating systems except for DR DOS, PalmDOS, Novell DOS and OpenDOS also support three independent file/directory ownership classes world/group/owner, whereas the single-user operating systems DR DOS 6.0 and higher, PalmDOS, Novell DOS and OpenDOS only support them with an optional multi-user security module (SECURITY.BIN) loaded.
OpenVMS (a.k.a. VMS), as well as Microsoft Windows NT and its derivatives (including Windows 2000 and Windows XP), use access control lists (ACLs)[1] to administer a more complex and varied set of permissions. OpenVMS also uses a permission scheme similar to that of Unix, but more complex. There are four categories (System, Owner, Group, and World) and four types of access permissions (Read, Write, Execute and Delete). The categories are not mutually disjoint: World includes Group which in turn includes Owner. The System category independently includes system users (similar to superusers in Unix).[2]
Classic Mac OS operating systems' HFS do not support permissions, only file attributes: "Hidden" (does not show in directory listings); "Locked" (read-only); "Name locked" (cannot be renamed); and "Stationery" (copy-on-write).
The AmigaOS Filesystem, AmigaDOS supports a relatively advanced permissions system, for a single-user OS. In AmigaOS 1.x, files had Archive, Read, Write, Execute and Delete (collectively known as ARWED) permissions/flags. In AmigaOS 2.x and higher, additional Hold, Script, and Pure permissions/flags were added.
Mac OS X versions 10.3 ("Panther") and prior use POSIX-compliant permissions. Mac OS X, beginning with version 10.4 ("Tiger"), also support the use of NFSv4 ACLs. They still support "traditional Unix permissions" as used in previous versions of Mac OS X, and the Apple Mac OS X Server version 10.4+ File Services Administration Manual recommends using only traditional Unix permissions if possible. It also still supports the Mac OS Classic's "Protected" attribute.
Solaris ACL support depends on the filesystem being used; older UFS filesystem supports POSIX.1e ACLs, while ZFS supports only NFSv4 ACLs.[3]
Linux supports POSIX.1e ACLs. There is experimental support for NFSv4 ACLs for ext3 filesystem [4] and ext4 filesystem.
FreeBSD supports POSIX.1e ACLs on UFS, and NFSv4 ACLs on UFS and ZFS.[5][6]
IBM z/OS implements file security via RACF (Resource Access Control Facility)[7]
Traditional Unix permissions
Permissions on Unix-like systems are managed in three distinct scopes or classes. These scopes are known as user, group, and others.
When a file is created on a Unix-like system, its permissions are restricted by the umask of the process that created it.
Files and directories are owned by a user. The owner determines the file's user class. Distinct permissions apply to the owner.
Files and directories are assigned a group, which define the file's group class. Distinct permissions apply to members of the file's group. The owner may be a member of the file's group.
Users who are not the owner, nor a member of the group, comprise a file's others class. Distinct permissions apply to others.
The effective permissions are determined based on the first class the user falls within in the order of user, group then others. For example, the user who is the owner of the file will have the permissions given to the user class regardless of the permissions assigned to the group class or others class.
Unix-like systems implement three specific permissions that apply to each class:
- The read permission grants the ability to read a file. When set for a directory, this permission grants the ability to read the names of files in the directory, but not to find out any further information about them such as contents, file type, size, ownership, permissions.
- The write permission grants the ability to modify a file. When set for a directory, this permission grants the ability to modify entries in the directory. This includes creating files, deleting files, and renaming files.
- The execute permission grants the ability to execute a file. This permission must be set for executable programs, including shell scripts, in order to allow the operating system to run them. When set for a directory, this permission grants the ability to access file contents and meta-information if its name is known, but not list files inside the directory, unless read is set also.
The effect of setting the permissions on a directory, rather than a file, is "one of the most frequently misunderstood file permission issues".[8]
When a permission is not set, the corresponding rights are denied. Unlike ACL-based systems, permissions on Unix-like systems are not inherited. Files created within a directory do not necessarily have the same permissions as that directory.
Changing permission behavior with setuid, setgid, and sticky bits
Unix-like systems typically employ three additional modes. These are actually attributes but are referred to as permissions or modes. These special modes are for a file or directory overall, not by a class, though in the symbolic notation (see below) the setuid bit is set in the triad for the user, the setgid bit is set in the triad for the group and the sticky bit is set in the triad for others.
- The set user ID, setuid, or SUID mode. When a file with setuid is executed, the resulting process will assume the effective user ID given to the owner class. This enables users to be treated temporarily as root (or another user).
- The set group ID, setgid, or SGID permission. When a file with setgid is executed, the resulting process will assume the group ID given to the group class. When setgid is applied to a directory, new files and directories created under that directory will inherit their group from that directory. (Default behaviour is to use the primary group of the effective user when setting the group of new files and directories, except on BSD-derived systems which behave as though the setgid bit is always set on all directories (See Setuid).)
- The sticky mode. (Also known as the Text mode.) The classical behaviour of the sticky bit on executable files has been to encourage the kernel to retain the resulting process image in memory beyond termination; however such use of the sticky bit is now restricted to only a minority of unix-like operating systems (HP-UX and UnixWare). On a directory, the sticky permission prevents users from renaming, moving or deleting contained files owned by users other than themselves, even if they have write permission to the directory. Only the directory owner and superuser are exempt from this.
These additional modes are also referred to as setuid bit, setgid bit, and sticky bit, due to the fact that they each occupy only one bit.
Notation of traditional Unix permissions
Symbolic notation
Unix permissions are represented either in symbolic notation or in octal notation.
The most common form is symbolic notation as shown by ls -l.
|Three permission triads
|first triad
|what the owner can do
|second triad
|what the group members can do
|third triad
|what other users can do
|Each triad
|first character
|r: readable
|second character
|w: writable
|third character
|x: executable
s or t: setuid/setgid or sticky (also executable)
S or T: setuid/setgid or sticky (not executable)
The first character of the ls display indicates the file type and is not related to permissions. The remaining nine characters are in three sets, each representing a class of permissions as three characters. The first set represents the user class. The second set represents the group class. The third set represents the others class.
Each of the three characters represent the read, write, and execute permissions:
- r if reading is permitted, - if it is not.
- w if writing is permitted, - if it is not.
- x if execution is permitted, - if it is not.
The following are some examples of symbolic notation:
-rwxr-xr-x: a regular file whose user class has full permissions and whose group and others classes have only the read and execute permissions.
crw-rw-r--: a character special file whose user and group classes have the read and write permissions and whose others class has only the read permission.
dr-x------: a directory whose user class has read and execute permissions and whose group and others classes have no permissions.
In some permission systems additional symbols in the ls -l display represent additional permission features:
- + (plus) suffix indicates an access control list that can control additional permissions.
- . (dot) suffix indicates an SELinux context is present. Details may be listed with the command ls -Z.
- @ suffix indicates extended file attributes are present.
To represent the setuid, setgid and sticky or text attributes, the executable character ('x' or '-') is modified. Though these attributes affect the overall file, not only users in one class, the setuid attribute modifies the executable character in the triad for the user, the setgid attribute modifies the executable character in the triad for the group and the sticky or text attribute modifies the executable character in the triad for others. For the setuid or setgid attributes, in the first or second triad, the 'x' becomes 's' and the '-' becomes 'S'. For the sticky or text attribute, in the third triad, the 'x' becomes 't' and the '-' becomes 'T'. Here is an example:
-rwsr-Sr-t: a file whose user class has read, write and execute permissions; whose group class has read permission; whose others class has read and execute permissions; and which has setuid, setgid and sticky attributes set.
Numeric notation
Another method for representing Unix permissions is an octal (base-8) notation as shown by stat -c %a. This notation consists of at least three digits. Each of the three rightmost digits represents a different component of the permissions: owner, group, and others. (If a fourth digit is present, the leftmost (high-order) digit addresses three additional attributes, the setuid bit, the setgid bit and the sticky bit.)
Each of these digits is the sum of its component bits in the binary numeral system. As a result, specific bits add to the sum as it is represented by a numeral:
- The read bit adds 4 to its total (in binary 100),
- The write bit adds 2 to its total (in binary 010), and
- The execute bit adds 1 to its total (in binary 001).
These values never produce ambiguous combinations; each sum represents a specific set of permissions. More technically, this is an octal representation of a bit field – each bit references a separate permission, and grouping 3 bits at a time in octal corresponds to grouping these permissions by user, group, and others.
These are the examples from the symbolic notation section given in octal notation:
|Symbolic Notation
|Numeric Notation
|no permissions
|read, write, & execute only for owner
|read, write, & execute for owner and group
|read, write, & execute for owner, group and others SECURITY RISK
|write & execute
|read & execute
|read & write
|owner can read, write, & execute; group can only read; others have no permissions
User private group
Some systems diverge from the traditional POSIX-model of users and groups, by creating a new group – a "user private group" – for each user. Assuming each user is the only member of its user private group, this scheme allows an umask of 002 to be used without allowing other users to write to newly created files in normal directories because such files are assigned to the creating user's private group. However, when sharing files is desirable, the administrator can create a group containing the desired users, create a group-writable directory assigned to the new group, and, most importantly, make the directory setgid. Making it setgid will cause files created in it to be assigned to the same group as the directory and the 002 umask (enabled by using user private groups) will ensure that other members of the group will be able to write to those files. [9] [10]
See also
- chattr or chflags which set attributes or flags including "immutable" flags which lock files, overriding and restricting their permissions
- chmod, the command used to set permissions on Unix-like systems
- Group identifier (Unix)
- lsattr
- umask
- User identifier (Unix)
- ↑ "File and Folder Permissions". Microsoft.
- ↑ "OpenVMS documentation".
- ↑ http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/819-5461.pdf
- ↑ http://www.suse.de/~agruen/nfs4acl/
- ↑ "NFSv4_ACLs - FreeBSD Wiki".
- ↑ http://www.freenas.org/images/resources/freenas9.1.1/freenas9.1.1_guide.pdf
- ↑ "IBM Knowledge Center".
- ↑ Hatch, Brian. "Linux File Permission Confusion pt 2", "Hacking Linux Exposed", April 24, 2003, accessed July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Epstein, Brian. "The How and Why of User Private Groups in Unix". https://security.ias.edu/. Institute for Advanced Study Network Security. Retrieved 5 August 2014. External link in
- ↑ Hradílek, Jaromír. "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 System Administrator's Guide, 3.3.3 Creating Group Directories". https://access.redhat.com/. Red Hat. External link in
External links
- The Linux Cookbook: Groups and How to Work in Them by Michael Stutz 2004


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I saw Ami Levin at the PASS Summit 2011 presenting on Loop Iterators in Execution Plans. It was on my top 3 sessions last year at the Summit. He has an excellent way of using visuals to explain things. The session for the PASS Data Architecture VC on Thursday (July 26th) is great session on Primary Keys and relational databases and the rules surrounding them. All Developers need to watch the presentation.
Here is an article written by Ami recently and review by Dr. SQL Louis Davidson. Excellent step by step on how to normalization a many-to-many relationship into the proper table structure using Data Modeling.
Subject: Where are My (Primary) Keys?
Start Time: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 12:00 PM US Central Time
End Time: Thursday, July 26th, 2012 1:00 PM US Central Time
Presenter: Ami Levin
Live Meeting Link: Attendees LiveMeeting
Where Are My (Primary) Keys?
In this session, we revisit some of the fundamental design principals of relational databases—normalization rules, key selection, and the controversies associated with these issues—from a very hands-on, practical perspective. We also consider the benefits and challenges of using different types of keys (natural, surrogates, artificial, others) from multiple aspects, including data consistency, application development, maintenance, portability, and performance.
Session takeaways:
• Understand the profound impact of key selection on the entire application lifecycle
• Learn to identify when it is best to use natural or artificial keys • Learn how to minimize performance, portability, and maintenance issues during the early database design phase
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Ami Levin is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP since 2006, with over 20 years of experience in development and IT. For the past 14 years, he has been consulting, teaching, writing, and speaking about SQL Server worldwide. Ami's areas of expertise are data modeling, database design, T-SQL, and performance tuning. He leads the Israeli SQL Server user group (ISUG), moderates the Hebrew MSDN SQL Server support forum, and is a regular speaker at Microsoft Tech-Ed Israel, Dev Academy, and other SQL Server conferences. Ami speaks often at user group meetings in Israel and Europe and writes articles about SQL Server.


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I have a netbook which still runs a very old system. It's ancient and no longer supported (just like Windows XP). But it's the last version which supports the proprietary Intel Graphics drivers (poulsbo) with video acceleration in Linux. Now the problem is using this in any environment would be extremely dangerous, because it's full of years of serious security issues. And the software really is very ancient.
Luckily, there is help, called schroot. Using a simple script, you can replace any command with a command out of the chroot. With this simple script, the application will behave just as if it was installed in your current environment - except for access to directories.
schroot -c precise -- /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable ${@}
schroot -c precise -- /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable ${@}
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Mayor Chris Beutler announced today that five of the City of Lincoln's Recovery Act street projects are among the first urban street projects sponsored by Nebraska cities to obtain federal approval and be put out to bid by the Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR). The rehabilitation projects are:
In February, the City was awarded about $9.3 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for streets and roads. Beutler quickly directed the City Public Works and Utilities Department to add $6.9 million in local street funds for a combined roads package of about $16.2 million. The Mayor's strategy in using the funds for street rehabilitation instead of new road construction allowed the City to meet the one-year stimulus time frame and "get more bang for the buck" - the City can rehabilitate 7.8 miles of streets for the same cost as building one mile of new four-lane road.
By fixing existing streets and combining our funding sources, we are able to spread the projects over a large area of the City," Beutler said. "Eventually, we will rehabilitate 35 segments of 17 different major streets. That adds up to about 20 miles of major street rehabilitation throughout our community. The City uses a pavement management analysis system to determine the condition of City roads and help prioritize repairs.
Mayor Beutler said the City worked closely with the Federal Highway Administration and the NDOR. "It was a challenge to make sure we met all the federal requirements within the time frame of the stimulus act," Mayor Beutler said. "I'm proud of the efforts of the Public Works and Utilities staff, and I'm excited we can begin work on these projects, which will improve our streets and create jobs."
The remainder of Lincoln's stimulus-funded street projects are scheduled for bidding by NDOR in late January. Most of the projects are planned for construction next year, with many scheduled for completion in 2011. For a complete list of stimulus projects, visit the City's Web site, lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: stimulus).


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Curiosity teaches about the Underground Railroad without the stodginess of a textbook. In it, Ginger Wanamaker and her friend Irene Fong are spending a month with Ginger's grandparents while both of their parents are taking a trip to the Netherlands. The grandparents, George and Abby, live in rural Indiana and enjoy a wealth of activities that they share with the girls. On one of the early trips they take to visit one of George's friends, the girls g...


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Discover the history of Innerleithen and St Ronan's Wells, and their connections with Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg.
St Ronan's Wells is a historic spa built in 1828. It houses displays telling the story of the site and its links with the great Scottish writers Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg, the legend of St Ronan and the history of Innerleithen. The origins of the unique Cleikum Ceremonies held in July each year are also explained.
In 2007 the surrounding gardens featured in the Community Garden Scheme of the BBC Beechgrove Garden programme and work continues to develop and enhance this lovely area which includes sculptures and picnic areas.


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"Works with the patrol leader of new boys patrol in order to protect them from the abuse of the older experienced Scouts" -- ABUSE of older, experienced Scouts? Is this actually in the handbook? I'd be shocked if it was. Is there a better way to describe this rather than stating it as abuse from Scouts? EagleForumFan 04:16, December 6, 2007 (EST)
Is "Resources used for this page in 2005-2006:" necessary? I think this is an improper use of the section. Shouldn't this be used to list resources for the Troop Guide to use? Most all of those links were bad or didn't relate. I'd like to remove the two left, and add in some that would be of help to a Troop Guide. Is that proper? EagleForumFan 04:38, December 6, 2007 (EST)


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HEAD-BOBS USING ONLY 2 KEY POSESIn the late 50s when theatrical cartoons became too expensive to produce, Bill Hanna developed a system of limited animation that kept a lot of animators in food. A lot of people hate it, but the reality of TV production is you can't do a lot of drawings. My own solution to that was to use more interesting key poses, instead of stock - "on-model" poses that all look the same.
Bill and the 50s animators figured out some tricks to "keep the characters alive" so they weren't just held drawings. Probably their main tool for this is the "head-bob". They animate the heads bouncing up and down slightly according to the accents in the actor's dialogue rack.
There are all kinds of variations you can do with head bobs and other techniques to make it more interesting, but here is a super basic one just to get the idea across.
Key 1 - main head position (H-1)Each head bob starts from a main position- with the head in the middle - not up or down.
This particular head bob only has 2 keys- middle head position and down position. You can also have an up head position, but this one doesn't.
mouths are animated on another level.
key 2 (H-5) down position for accentsThe animator draws the head in another key position - this one is tilted down slightly.
Then he calls for inbetweens. There are 3 inbetweens in this particular head bob. They are timed pretty evenly. This is the inbetween in the middle between the first key (middle head position) and the second key (down position).
The animator listens to the sound track.
He listens for the accent in BooBoo's sentence.
"how 'bout HONEY Yogi?"
Then he moves the head down on "Hon" and leaves it there for "honey" before the head comes up again.
This visual accent reinforces the meaning of the dialogue, by following the actor's reading.
Here there is some extended dialogue, and the animator creates his head bob drawings, then re-uses them in different orders according to the accents in the dialogue.
It's not a modern timing formula. Today, especially in Flash we tend to rely on avoiding inbetweens by anticitating the first pose and then zipping past the final pose and "cushioning" back into the final key.
That technique can be useful for fast actions, but becomes monotonous when used to connect every single key pose. You don't always want to draw attention to each action - and this Flash technique does that and competes with the meaning of the scene.
The old animators used a variety of techniques and timings - even when doing their "limited animation". The head bob is one technique of many that has a lot of potential variations when a clever animator does it. Ed Love was great at making limited animation sem fuller than what it really was and I'll show some of his stuff in another post.
Mouths are animated for each of the inbetween poses as well as the keys. Then when the head bobs up and down, there is a continuous flow of dialgue.
Of course, nothing is better than good full animation, but not too many TV shows have ever been able to afford that, so we make due with the tools we have. These old HB cartoons were produced for about 1 10th the budgets of their earlier Tom and Jerry cartoons. Sad, but that's the ugly reality! The funny part is, I like these cartoons better than Tom and Jerry.
Not having beautiful full animation to rely on, Joe Barbera switched the focus of his cartoons to character, rather than action - at least for a couple of years until it all became another formula.


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PS/2 style card reader, and connect it to The Arduino PS/2 Keyboard Smart Interface, and you have Bar Code Badge ID's flowing into your Arduino security application!
Learn to monitor and control your home & environment with self contained, inter-communicating microprocessors. Arduino / Raspberry Pi DAQ and IOT Applications include ham radio, robotics, weather stations, model railroading, toys and more. - KK4HFJ
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A Better Arduino IDE?
I've used Notepad++ for several years as my editing environment of choice, for html, css, php, etc.
Would it be possible to use Notepad++ for Arduino Sketch editing? Well as it is, yes, but there's no syntax highlighting, extension recognition, or easy way to upload sketches to the Arduino (a macro that executes "C:\Program Files\Arduino\arduino.exe" $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)).
All that and more can be done, with a few tweaks of the environment, and a plugin.
Follow the instructions at
then download the plugin at http://sourceforge.net/projects/narduinoplugin/ and follow the instructions in the README file.
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Warhol: Self portrait 1986. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection. ©Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts / SODRAC (2007)Photo courtesy of The Winnipeg Art Gallery
Warhol: Larger than Life examines the entirety of the artist's career. Its larger than life focus considers three main issues: the elevation of everyday subject matter to the sphere of "fine art," the celebration of celebrities and their larger than life existences, and finally, the creation of Andy Warhol—his metamorphosis from Andrew Warhola, a sickly young boy from a poor neighbourhood in depression-era Pittsburgh to the New York. trendsetter. Of interest to Canadian audiences, the exhibition also explores Warhol's contact with this country, be it in terms of events, exhibitions, celebrities, or controversy.
Warhol: Larger than Life is an expansive project of over 150 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, photographs, archival ephemera, and films spanning some four decades of production. Working directly with The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, the WAG enjoyed full access to its considerable collection of art and archives. From intimate informal drawings, to the iconic Marilyn and Campbell's Soup Can prints, to enigmatic self-portraits.


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In contrast to many other internships in the industry, the NAP academy offers paid, fixed term positions for both our internships and work placements. While the emphasis is still on learning, we provide opportunities to work as an integral part of our business and recognise the valuable contributions that are made to the successful running of our teams.
Internships are offered for three months, with four intakes a year (January, April, July and October) in the following teams:
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The New year has brought on many new projects, as well as a few old ones that need a little finishing touch. My supplies came in to finish the back end of this quilt, and I could not wait to see it done. Something about bright colored fabrics that just motivates me to complete it.
Remember this awesome stack that Lesley sent over. Her fabric line is simply fun and wonderfully weighted. I was very impressed with the weight of the fabric, as well as the vibrant color. It made for a very fun quilt in the end.
This quilt block is called cracker, or cracker box. I intended to write a tutorial for this quilt so that everyone can make one, until I found one already done here. It's a slightly different layout then mine, but wonderfully done.
My measurements were very close to this tutorial. This "Launch" was quiltied in a triangler wonky pattern, trying to keep the effect of space. I tend to not be a symmetrical quilter, I love wonky quilting, so this one was no exception. The back is pieced with Kona and the leftovers from my FQ bundle became the most perfect scrappy binding.
This one is ready for Blastoff...
Thank you Lesley this was some of the most fun fabric I have ever had the joy to work with.
Of course it rained just in time for the big finish, but this quilt is taking off rain or shine!
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"Launch" By Leslie Grainger for Robert Kaufman
Kona solid in Lime, Tomato, and Ocean
Quilt size 45"x55"
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Electrical distribution software is software for distributors of electrical supplies for contractors. It's not actually a unified software category, but instead refers to several supply chain management (SCM) applications that are used by all distributors, not just electrical distributors. However, there are certain vendors that offer applications tailored to the needs of electrical distributors. Additionally, the term "electrical distribution software" sometimes refers to special solutions for managing the distribution of power in a grid. We'll take a look at what electrical distribution software is, how it differs from power management software and whether you need it. We'll cover a number of important issues, including the following topics:
What Is Electrical Distribution Software?
Electrical Distribution Software vs. Power Management Software
Common Features of Electrical Distribution Software
Evaluating Electrical Distribution Software
As we've explained, electrical distribution software is specifically used by distributors of electrical supplies. Electrical distribution software helps electrical distributors manage warehouse operations, accounting, purchasing and customer relationships. Managing these operations involves three separate kinds of supply chain management applications: warehouse management, order management and inventory management.
Warehouse management software is for managing warehouse operations, order management software is for generating invoices and tracking both purchase and sales orders and inventory management software is for tracking inventory movements. Electrical distributors may need just one of these applications, or they may need all three. Additionally, some distributors will need integrated accounting. If you have this requirement, you'll either have to find an accounting program that integrates with the other applications you're using or invest in an ERP system that includes an accounting module.
In the warehouse, distributors have to track a variety of supplies as small as fuse switches and as large as 10,000 foot reels of wire. Wholesale electrical distributors also purchase and sell in different units of measure. For instance, wiring is often bought by the reel and sold by the foot. Keeping track of the location, quantity and price of these items is difficult, so electrical distributors need an automated system to track their inventory and multiple pricing schemes. Moreover, they don't just need an automated system (most distributors these days use automated inventory tracking, after all), but an automated system that can track inventory and warehouse operations such as slotting and picking in the requisite units of measure (e.g., feet) and automatically calculate invoices using these measures.
Like many names for B2B software categories, the term "electrical distribution software" is ambiguous. In addition to the meaning we've already covered, it also refers to software for analyzing, managing and optimizing the distribution of power within a power grid. Generally, this software category is used to design power networks and control expenses at complex campuses such as industrial plants. It falls into the broader category of energy management software, but offers a host of highly specialized features specifically for analyzing the workings of power grids and optimizing them via management of switching sequences etc.
For instance, the software is capable of complex network analysis and modeling that factors in connections between network components and the modes of operation of these components. Additionally, it has special data ingestion features for collecting data from sources like meters. Energy management goes beyond designing and managing power grids, and not all energy management solutions address the complex issues that power grids present.
If you need to manage the distribution of power within a grid, you can examine our listing of energy management solutions. The solutions on this page are supply chain management solutions for distributors of electrical supplies.
Electrical distribution software is designed to meet the unique needs of electrical supply distributors, simplifying the task of tracking inventory levels and pricing items using standard warehouse management system functionality, with the following specialty-specific features:
|Reel tracking
|Reel tracking allows distributors to track the number of reels in stock as well as how many feet per real are available at a given moment, minimizing partial reel waste.
|Price updating
|Pricing update features allow the distributor to continually adjust pricing levels according to changes in the market and special contract agreements.
|Since electrical distributors get involved in value-added services like assembly, kitting and bundling, electrical distribution software should aggregate component parts in a kit or package.
|Lot tracking
|On large projects, contractors often want to order everything up front but receive the materials and pay for them as needed, rather than all at once. Lot tracking and billing features are designed to handle this order/delivery dichotomy, tracking the inventory by lot order as it comes in and goes out.
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In addition, most of the top systems will include accounting capabilities, including rebates, invoices and payroll, which combines to make a full enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
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CFCA serves more than 17,000 sponsored children and elderly in Honduras. Our staff members there sent us this beautiful recipe for ticucos!
This recipe serves approximately 6 people.
- 2 lbs. corn flour or "masa"*
- 1 lb. cooked, small white or red beans (frijoles*)
- 1/2 lb. cooked kidney beans (habichuelas*)
- About 2 cups vegetable oil
- Salt to taste
- Dry bouillon or seasoning to taste
- Dry leaves to wrap the corn dough (corn leaves or "hojas de tuzas"), or aluminum foil
- 1/2 cup of finely chopped chipilin* leaves or cilantro
- A large cooking pot
*These items are available in a Hispanic grocery store.
In a bowl, combine the oil, salt, bouillon or seasoning and flour until the dough is soft and uniform in texture. Then add the beans and dried chipilin or cilantro and mix together well.
Have the leaves ready. Drop a small quantity of the dough in a leaf, leaving enough room to be able to wrap the leaf around it. Then, fold over the leaf and tie the ends together with string or another piece of leaf. Or wrap the balls of dough in aluminum foil.
Cook ticucos in boiling water over low heat for one hour.
Serve ticucos with homemade tomato sauce or, if you prefer, with cream or butter.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Thursday said it has notified employees and others with DHS clearance to be on alert for potential fraud due to a vulnerability discovered in software used by a vendor to process personally identifiable information (PII) for background investigations. The software hole in had been there since July 2009.
"During the week of May 20, 2013, DHS is alerting employees of the potential vulnerability and outlining ways that they can protect themselves, including requesting fraud alerts and credit reports," the DHS said in its statement "Privacy Response to Potential PII Incident." DHS says a vulnerability in software that an unnamed vendor uses to maintain a database of background investigations had a hole in it that left open to potential unauthorized access information that includes name, Social Security number and date of birth.
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DHS says the software vulnerability has now been fixed and there's no evidence that this PII released to DHS clearances has been stolen from the vendor-maintained database.
DHS has set up a call center to address any employee concerns related to the notifications and is advising affected individuals concerned about potential fraud to consider taking certain measures, such as letting potential creditors know to contact them before opening a new account in their name. DHS also listed the three credit reporting firms, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, saying an individual can place a fraud alert.
DHS also indicated it's in a legal confrontation with the unnamed vendor with this background investigations database and has raised a "stop work request" while engaging with the "vendor's leadership to pursue all costs incurred mitigating the damages." DHS is in talks with this unspecified vendor on "notification requirements for current contractors, inactive applicants and former employees and contractors."
DHS was alerted by a law enforcement partner of the potential vulnerability, and says it took immediate steps to address the problem with the vendor. Though DHS does not know that PII related to this security hole has been stolen, it's investigating the matter.
Employees who submitted background investigation information, and individuals who received a DHS clearance between July 2009 and May 2013, primarily for positions at the DHS headquarters, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, may be affected.
DHS also says it is making "every possible effort" to reach out to former employees, applicants, former contractors and "similar individuals who received a DHS clearance that may be impacted."
In its privacy notification alert, DHS sought to address concerns, such as whether employees should alert the contacts they provided for the background investigation. DHS says it has no reason to believe that kind of step is needed.
As to whether DHS will continue to work with the unnamed vendor whose software had the security hole, the Department indicated the CBP has put the brakes on work at this time while DHS is "evaluating all legal options."
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As the author Wolfgang Lörzer himself knew, "You can't be tricked by a bargain if you simply reject it". This wisdom applies to many areas of life, including real estate. If an offer sounds too good to be true, it should be avoided. Thanks to our tips, you can be sure that you won't get any nasty surprises when looking for real estate.
In a popular scam, the supposed owner of a property is unable to show you a flat or house because he is currently abroad. He suggests sending the key by post and requires a deposit beforehand. The transfer is preferably to take place via an institution such as Western Union, which allows you to transfer cash without concrete proof of identity. If you comply with this demand, you either receive no key at all or one which doesn't fit the lock at the property. The deposit is then lost in the course of this popular global scam. The "Federal Trade Commission" in the USA therefore recommends that you never pay a deposit or a consultancy fee before a guided tour has taken place and the relevant documents have been signed.
Foreclosures in the USA
A phenomenon which is particularly familiar on the American market concerns letting property for which foreclosure is pending. This is unavoidable and the tenant must leave the new home quickly. This leads to considerable inconvenience and financial losses for the tenant. So be careful if an owner fails to show much interest in checking your financial situation. He views you as merely a short-term tenant for the transition period and places no importance upon securities.
Phishing and fee-based lists
A falsified link, which can be abused for advanced-fee fraud, can be recognised by the fact that it is not only the name of the provider which appears in the link text, the name and a place holder appear in combination. If a supposedly trustworthy real estate provider offers you a list of interesting real estate offers for a fee, this is likely to be a scam.
Telephone surveys
You are not actually looking for property, but once you have participated in a telephone survey on a related topic, the supposedly trustworthy real estate provider tries to impress upon you the benefits of property as a capital investment. You are often expected to decide immediately as only a limited number of apartments are still available. You haven't seen the property at all. This attempt to build a sense of urgency is a clear indication that the person is not a serious real estate provider.
On your guard when abroad
In cities such as London, many people are looking for properties and are often lured into scams with deceptively real-looking real estate advertisements. The advance payment trick using Western Union or MoneyGram is widespread. In the USA and Canada, there were cases which targeted owners who have difficulty with paying their mortgages. The fraudsters offer to take on running costs and loans for the owner if he pays an administrative fee in return and transfers the property title. The fraudster then ignores all invoices and disappears with the money from a newly accepted mortgage.
How to recognise trustworthy estate agents
You want to find a real estate provider that you can be sure is not a fraud. So remember: Trustworthy real estate providers never request money before they have signed the purchase or rental contract. They would also never sell you property that you had not viewed.
At Engel & Völkers, we are a professional, internationally renowned real estate agency with many years of experience in negotiations for high-quality objects and place great importance on transparency and reliability. If you are looking for a property and want to visit a secure site, visit our website.


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Q: What is the program eligibility?
Students need a minimum GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale. It is recommended that students have junior standing or have completed Introduction to American Politics — POSC 2201 — or their university's equivalent.
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The Les Aspin Center offers its students comfortable, independent living arrangements in apartment buildings located four blocks from the Capitol. The apartment complex is conveniently located one block from the Les Aspin Center and a short walk from three Metro subway stations, including the one at historical Union Station. The apartments are also in close proximity to several shops, restaurants, grocery and convenience stores, and entertainment sites.
The residence is located in a well-lit, well-kept, safe and highly patrolled area of Washington D.C. The individual housing units offer the following amenities:
• Fully furnished apartments
• House cleaning services
• Heating and air conditioning units
• Cable TV services
• Bedding (not including sheets)
• Large closets and chest of drawers
• Fully outfitted kitchens, including cookware, microwave, dishwasher, stove and toaster
• Free laundry facilities including detergent, irons and ironing boards
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Q: Do students need cars for travel?
No. Cars are not permitted, nor are they needed, based on the center's location and accessibility to Washington's world-class Metro system.
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Q: How much does the program cost?
Summer sessions: The approximate cost of the summer program is $6,550. The cost of the program includes tuition, housing and program fees.
Fall and spring semesters: For the 2012–13 year, the approximate cost of the program is $20,085, which includes tuition, housing and program fees.
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Q: How many credits do students earn?
Summer sessions: Students earn six credit hours.
The courses offered are:
• POSC 4986, Internship in Politics, 3 credits; POSC 4931, Topics in Political Science, 3 credits
Fall and spring semesters: Students earn 15 credit hours.
The courses offered are:
POSC 4221, Interest Group Politics, 3 credits; POSC 4201, The United States Congress, 3 credits; POSC 4986, Internship, 3 credits; ARSC 3370, The Arts and a Democratic Society, 3 credits; ARSC 4953, Urban Social Issues, 3 credits.
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Q: Which academic majors does the Les Aspin Center accept for internships?
We accept all majors. The Aspin Center has hosted students from political science, history, communication, English, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, business, nursing, public relations and international affairs.
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Q: Are internships paid?
Typically, internships are not paid. Occasionally, a congressional office may opt to pay his or her interns, but this is very rare.
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Q: How many days do students work?
In the spring and fall semesters, students work Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and have class on Monday and Thursday.
In the summer, students work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and have class on Thursday.
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Having groups like Al Qaeda or Hezbollah obtain advanced Russian anti-aircraft systems would "alter the balance of power in the region," Netanyahu told the BBC.
Netanyahu was in the UK to attend the funeral of former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher, who had a solid record of friendship toward Israel and the Jewish people.
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Dazzled by dancing lights and diesel smoke, John Deere dealers had plenty to cheer about on July 25. As a mammoth sound system boomed out war drum music reminiscent of the movie Braveheart, 54 new farm machines rolled across the Albuquerque Convention Center stage. Overhead, two Jumbotron screens flashed images of green tractors and implements racing across fields. Words such as "speed," "productivity," and "affordable price" scrolled past.
These dealers, and a gaggle of journalists, were witnessing John Deere's largest product introduction in its 164-year history, and the company was sparing no expense to drive the point home. In one of many inspirational talks, Doug DeVries, senior vice president of Deere ag marketing, implored the dealers to "take command" and use the armada of new products to "push the competition out of consideration." Deere's goal, he explained, was "global preeminence."
After two days of meetings and product demonstrations in the Deere product blitz, one prominent message came through. Deere has realized that continued company growth must come at the expense of its competitors. That means aggressively expanding product lines and venturing into markets the company has previously ignored. Hence, Deere's new product introductions include niche markets such as small tractors, economy models, high-speed mowers, telehandlers and heavy-duty tractors that are equally capable of pulling farm implements or earthmoving scraper pans. The following are just a few of the products soon to hit Deere dealerships across the country.
Small can be beautiful
Until now, Deere has virtually ignored the prominent low-cost 80- to 100-hp tractor market. While the green giant busied itself dominating the row crop market, Japanese tractor company Kubota quietly acquired 41% of the small to mid-sized tractor business. Barry Nelson, Deere public relations manager, points out that small tractors are a growing and increasingly important market, and, well, Deere now wants a piece of that action.
Deere's 6020 series tractors range from 65 to 90 hp. The smaller 5020 series ranges from 45 to 75 hp. Nelson explains that the new small tractors bring many of the benefits of larger Deere tractors within the range of farmers with a smaller operation or anyone who needs a good all-around tractor for pulling a mower, lifting a loader or pulling wagons.
To increase performance and fuel efficiency, PowerTech engines in the 6020 models feature a new low-temperature cooling circuit for the charge-air cooler and transmission/hydraulic oil. Several transmission options are available. The Autoquad II 24/24 transmission is the deluxe option. It comes with a left-hand reverser and four powershift speeds in six synchronized ranges and a single-lever control with push buttons for up-and-down shifting. An electronic governor works in conjunction with the transmission to precisely control engine speed for maximum performance and efficiency.
Prices for the 6020 models range from $42,711 to $48,358.
Size matters
Extreme heavy-duty tractors are another class that Deere hasn't yet dominated. Perhaps it was only a matter of time before Big Green beefed up its machines to compete with the industrial-strength Caterpillar Challenger and Case STX machines.
Now, size envy is no longer an issue, as the new Deere 9020 and 9020T series pump up to 450 hp through a new clutch-free, 18-speed powershift transmission. Five 4-wd models range from 280 to 450 hp, and two tracked models range from 375 to 450 hp. Large gears, shafts and clutch packs are built to handle heavy-duty work such as pulling wide tillage equipment or scraper pans for earthmoving operations. These large tractors range in base price from $127,000 for a 9120 to $222,251 for a tracked 9520T.
To capitalize on its big pullers, Deere is also offering three new fixed blade ejector scrapers ranging in price from $52,900 to $67,500. For the field, the new 2100 series of minimum-till rippers offers widths from 12½ to 21 ft. with adjustable configurations to match individual tillage practices. Ripper prices range from $6,590 to $9,141. Not yet priced, the 2700 mulch ripper performs three jobs in one pass: It mulches with a disc, shatters with a ripper and levels with a soil conditioner in widths ranging from 12½ to 18 ft.
Row crop improvements
In the $99,000 to $170,000 range, Deere's 8020 series tractors offer 170 to 255 hp with larger tires and the option to mount rear triples and front doubles for improved traction and reduced compaction. Tracked "T" models offer seven new belt options for a variety of terrains. Wheeled models offer 18% more hitch lift capacity. For an additional $10,900, an optional computerized independent link suspension improves ride over rough terrain and virtually eliminates power hop. The high-tech suspension allows faster field travel and greater pulling power.
Easy rider
Ride can be further improved for an additional $1,850 on both 8020 and 9020 series tractors. Deere's ActiveSeat isolates the driver from 90% of vertical seat movement. Riding over rough terrain on one of these seats feels more like going over gentle ocean waves than the typical kidney-jarring experience you're probably used to. Even if the rolling motion makes you feel a bit seasick, you'll be able to drive across the field so much faster that it's probably worth it to pop some Dramamine and hop on anyway. Progress, it seems, always has its price.
For more information, contact your John Deere dealer, visit www.johndeereag.com.
9020/9020T Tractors
Deere has beefed up its largest tractors to pull wider tillage implements and dirt-moving scraper pans. Five new 4-wd models range from 280 to 450 engine horsepower, and three large-track models range from 375 to 450 engine horsepower. Price: $127,365 to $222,251.
6403 Tractor
The 6003 series lineup includes the 85-hp 6403 with a 4.5-liter PowerTech engine and the 95-hp 6603 with a 6.8-liter PowerTech engine. For doing loader work or using the 3-pt. hitch, the 6403 pumps oil at 12 gpm. The 6603 model receives more capacity at 15 gpm. Price: $30,942 to $34,870.
8520 Tractor
Five wheel models and five track models make up the 8020 series with PTO horsepower ranging from 170 to 255. All models use the PowerTech, 8.1-liter, high-pressure common rail engine. A new front suspension system controls power hop on wheel models. Price: $99,118 to $170,555.
1760 NT Planter
Available in 6-row, 30-in. and 8-row, 30-in. configurations, Deere's new planter folds to a narrow transport width of 12 ft. The 6-row, 30-in. planter is a manual fold, and the 8-row, 30-in. is available in either a manual or hydraulic fold frame. Price: $24,480 to $27,152.
3400 Telehandler
Deere's telehandlers use a 4-cyl., 4.5-liter John Deere PowerTech engine rated at 100 hp. The 3200 can reach more than 18 ft. and has a lift capacity of 3.1 tons. The 3400 can reach more than 23 ft. with a lift capacity of 3.3 tons. Price not available.
2100 Min-till Ripper
With working widths from 12½ to 21 ft., this new ripper can reach 16 in. deep, with coulters. The smooth, spring-cushioned, 22-in. coulter reduces surface disturbance, and a rippled coulter is available for more soil movement. Price: $6,590 to $9,141.
200 Seedbed Finisher
This implement uses staggered rolling baskets to break clods and level the soil profile. Spiraling rods are spaced to produce a soil texture that reduces crusting while firming the soil in the seed zone. Price not available.
1810E Ejector Scraper
Deere's new earthmoving tools use a front-pivoting frame to improve blade response and depth control. The 14-cu.-yd. 1412E is designed for use with tractors with 225 or more horsepower. The 18-cu.-yd. 1810E and 1814E are for use with larger 4-wd tractors. Price: $52,900 to $67,500.