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#include <ggi/ggi.h> int ggiSetFlags(ggi_visual_t vis, ggi_flags flags); ggi_flags ggiGetFlags(ggi_visual_t vis); #define ggiAddFlags(vis,flags) \ ggiSetFlags((vis), ggiGetFlags((vis)) | (flags)) #define ggiRemoveFlags(vis,flags) \ ggiSetFlags((vis), ggiGetFlags((vis)) & ~(flags))
ggiGetFlags obtains the flags currently in effect.
ggiAddFlags and ggiRemoveFlags are macros that set or unset the specified flags.
Flags are used to alter a visual's underlying behavior. All flags default to an unset value. Flags which are not supported by a given visual will remain unset even when an attempt is made to raise them. Thus, it is possible to tell by reading back the flags whether or not each of the flags is supported by the given visual.
ggiGetFlags returns the current flags. This can be used by the curious to check whether a flag is being silently ignored as per above.
To make sure that all pending graphics operations are actually done and the screen is updated, you need to call ggiFlush(3). This call is not needed in synchronous mode.
However, the synchronous mode is the default, because it is what most programmers expect.
GGI guarantees that the effects of drawing operations on the final state of the buffer are consistant with the order in which they were invoked, but as to what order the operations visibly appear during a flush, that is entirely up to the target. You could draw a red square with the GPU (through the target), and then draw a green square inside it via software -- you will always end up with a red square inside a green square, but the user may see the red square appear first.
When it comes to directbuffer, though, that is the problem that the TIDYBUF flag is meant to fix. Or at least, the TIDYBUF flag fixes a problem with the way GGI fixes the serialization problem. The display is flushed entirely before the acquire completes, and then the db is flushed entirely before the db is released, so that is serialized. The TIDYBUF stuff lets you bypass this serialization for efficiency.
So the recommendation for all graphics applications is to set the asynchronous mode. It will be far more efficient on some platforms and will never be worse.
Setting up asynchronous mode:
ggiAddFlags(vis, GGIFLAG_ASYNC); /* switches to asynchronous mode */ ggiFlush(vis); /* updates the screen */ ggiRemoveFlags(vis, GGIFLAG_ASYNC); /* switches to synchronous mode */
These visuals may also perform dirty-region tracking, such that if the directbuffer is used, altered data may never reach the screen until the lock is released, because the visual does not know that a certain area of the backbuffer contains new (dirty) data. Even explicitly calling ggiFlushRegion(3) on the affected area may not cause the data to be sent to the screen.
Note that this means that, as long as the lock is held, affected regions may also have to be flushed (and thus, should be flushed) after normal drawing primitives are called.
Before releasing the lock, applications should be sure to flush all affected regions, because the visual may revert to its default dirty-region management behavior after the lock is released.
Do note, also, that in multi-frame displays ggiFlushRegion(3) affects only the current write frame, so even though it is possible to use a directbuffer to alter a different frame, you must call ggiSetWriteFrame(3) to tell the visual that you will be altering the frame.
The GGIFLAG_TIDYBUF flag is not available on all visuals, but it is safe to attempt to set it whether or not it is available. Code written for the tidy-buffering mode will display correctly on visuals which do not have a tidy-buffering mode (but not vice-versa), so it is not necessary to adapt program behavior to its non-presence.
It is recommended that, if an application must use directbuffer, the application should attempt to place the visual in tidy-buffered mode. Do note, though, that many applications that use the directbuffer do not actually need to do so and probably should not, as it reduces portability.


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Butter bean & tomato salad
Ready in 15-20 minutes
This quick and easy vegan French salad combines delicious flavours - perfect summer dish
Nutrition and extra info
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Dairy-free
- Healthy
Nutrition: nutrition per serving for six
- kcal109
- fat6g
- saturates1g
- carbs9g
- sugars0g
- fibre3g
- protein4g
- salt0.41g
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- 420g can butter beans, drained and rinsed
- 500g cherry tomato, quartered
- 2 small green or yellow courgettes (about 300g/10oz in total), chopped into small dice
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- 1 small red onion, chopped
- 15-20g pack fresh coriander, chopped
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp olive oil
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Tip all the ingredients into a bowl with some salt and pepper and mix well. Cover and leave at room temperature until ready to serve. This salad can happily be made the day before and chilled.
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A Minneapolis driver's claiming a dog driving a Toyota Prius t-boned his VW Jetta in a parking lot. Wrap your noodle around the silliness while we explain how this is actually possible.
According to a forum member at Star City Racing this was posted to his friend's Facebook page:
"I came out of getting coffee to see a red Prius t-boned my car. Dog in front seat. Lady comes out 2 min later and claims it happened while she was gone. Says someone got into her car and did it. Then she says her dog may have done it. This is what I'm dealing with right now. Awesome."
As much as we all might want dog chauffeurs loyally piloting our cars about town, this is not something dogs are equipped to do. However, we have a feeling even though the story above
sounds is crazy, we think it's more plausible than you might first guess.
See, the Prius is equipped with a goofy little joy-stick shifter mounted on the angled center console and hooked only to sensors relaying the shifting information to the car. It takes very little effort to slip the car into any gear from the default position if the car is in "Park."
Take a look at the above picture and imagine this scenario: A dog of medium size chilling out in the passenger footwell as the lady parks the car to head in for what-have-you. Once she leaves, the dog, being poorly trained, decides now is a good time to hop into the driver's seat to have a look around. Using its front right paw, it grasps for purchase over the center console and pushes the lever over while the angle of the console causes the offending paw to slide down. Now, the car is in drive and as the dog scampers up into the drivers seat he watches intently as he destroys a Jetta.
This story ignores the fact of the park/brake interlock which makes it impossible to shift from "Park" into anything without your foot on the brake. The lady probably just left it in gear because the engine was off and the car was operating under electric power and parked on a slight uphill grade so it was not moving when she stepped out. Of course, the dastardly dog could have stepped on the accelerator just to be malicious. Unintended acceleration indeed. (Hat tip to 4camtorino!)


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Stem, a tech company specializing in gadgets and accessories for iOS devices, has launched the Time Command Mini, one of the smallest (and smartest looking I've seen) alarm clock docks for the iPhone, iPod and iPad. Aside from being able to playback music from your own library, the Mini can be used together with the free Stem:Connect app to offer a host of alarm based features. Users can set calendar-based alarms with repeat functionality, check out local weather info, and choose custom alarm tunes or music from your device. For added convenience, app-set alarms are automatically transferred from the iDevice to the Mini upon docking. There's even a unique dock pivoting connector that supports iPhones or iPads regardless of whether they're in a protective case or not (most cases are supported).
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2015 Toyota Tundra, Tacoma, 4Runner TRD Pro - First Drive
Truckin-Style Tourture Testing in the Nevada Desert
Recently, we had the pleasure of getting out of the office and into the desert outside Las Vegas to check out the latest offerings from Toyota Racing Development. The new TRD Pro package is available on the Tacoma, 4Runner, and Tundra, and we're going let the cat out the bag early and tell you the coolest part right up front: all of the components that make up a TRD vehicle are available á la carte through your local Toyota dealer.
The TRD Pro can trace its roots back to 1983, when Toyota began to sponsor Ivan "Ironman" Stewart in Mickey Thompson's Stadium Truck series. He ended up winning 17 stadium races with TRD, along with three Baja 1000 wins and four SCORE championships. If you are anywhere near our age, you no doubt spent countless hours playing Ironman's Super Off-Road -- the graphics inside and out were TRD through and through. Ivan, along with the TRD engineers, was our host for an entire day of thrashing on the culmination of TRD's 30 years of off-road experience.
We began our day atop the parking garage of the Hard Rock Hotel, where we photographed the trio of Inferno Orange trucks (the other offerings are black or white) before they were filthified and got to walk around with the engineers. One of the main themes we immediately started to pick up on was these trucks were not built with a bunch of bolt-ons as an afterthought. Most easily noticeable was that each truck has its own unique wheel design, albeit in black, and features a different tire line to complement each of them. These TRD Pro trucks were developed by TRD engineers working alongside Toyota engineers to get the absolute most from the factory design. On the Tacoma, for instance, they explained that the brake line mounts were modified for extra droop and upstroke, and that the suspension was built around the steering gear and drive axles. We also learned that each of the Bilstein remote-reservoir shocks and Eibach coils were custom-built and heavily tested for each application. Since travel has been maximized within the stock packaging and geometry, you can now buy a factory off-road package on a Tundra, 4Runner, or Tacoma that has been thoroughly engineered and tested to work together -- and it's all covered by a three-year or 36,000-mile warranty.
Soon we were on the road, caravan style, out to the Pioneer Saloon in Good Springs, Nevada. Built in 1913, the saloon is world famous thanks to the countless movies it has been featured in and would serve as our home base for switching out trucks as well as a great place for a barbecue lunch. We took each truck out for a good couple of hours of off-road driving. At first, we thought we were going to be paced by the engineers, since they were leading us in groups of five on the trails, but we were stoked to see them take off like a bat outta hell in the fast sections -- and believe us when we tell you we were moving! In the Tundra, we were running at 65 mph on the power line roads on a regular basis and were comfortable every minute of it. The Tundra easily picked up our "suckin' up the bumps at high speed" award. We were also presented with a whole assortment of technical sections, some of which even required some basic crawling skills. Here the award went to the 4Runner. It seemed to twist and roll over any obstacle we put in front of it.
By the time we had cycled through all the trucks and took a wild ride with the Ironman himself, we were sold on the fact that these factory offerings are some of the best Toyota, or anyone else, has dropped on the showroom floor. Price points and quantities have yet to be released, so only time will tell if the TRD Pro lineup will strike a chord with consumers like some other recent off-road packages have. Now, if we could only get them to offer the TRD supercharger as standard equipment!
|2015 TRD Pro Tundra
|Double Cab 4x4 or CrewMax 4x4
|2.5-inch Bilstein shocks with Eibach Red Coil springs and remote reservoirs (front), 2.5-inch shocks with remote reservoirs (rear)
|Wheels & Tires:
|18-inch Black Alloy wheels with P275/65/R18 Michelin LTX AT2 tires
|TRD dual cat-back exhaust; TRD front skidplate; old-school, block-letter front grille; black door badging; "TRD Pro" stamped bedside
|TRD floor mats, unique seat color with red stitching, TRD shift knob, unique instrument panel
|Truckin Pros:
|Tons of power, super comfortable, and solid during high-speed, off-road driving
|Truckin Cons:
|Boring stance, not very off-road-looking overall
|2015 TRD Pro 4Runner
|Body-on-frame SUV
|2.5-inch shocks with Eibach Red Coil springs (front), and 2.0-inch shocks with remote reservoirs (rear)
|Wheels & Tires:
|17-inch Black TRD Alloy wheels with P265/70R17 Nitto Terra Grappler tires
|Front TRD skidplate; black TRD Pro external hard badges; old-school, block-letter grille
|TRD floor mats, black seating with red stitching, and TRD shift knob
|Truckin Pros:
|Lift and stance are awesome, overall aggressive look (the Nittos help)
|Truckin Cons:
|Due for a power upgrade
|2015 TRD Pro Tacoma
|Access Cab (C-Cab) and Double Cab (D-Cab)
|TRD-tuned 2.5-inch Bilstein 5100-series independent coilover shock (front), TRD-tuned Eibach springs, 2.0-inch shocks with remote reservoirs (rear)
|Wheels & Tires:
|16-inch TRD beadlock-style wheels with LT265/70R16 BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A KO tires
|TRD cat-back exhaust, unique front grille, black door badging, black hard badge on the tailgate
|TRD floor mats, TRD shift knob
|Truckin Pros:
|Easily the most bang for the buck in a brand-new off-road truck; 2 inches of lift from the factory is pretty cool
|Truckin Cons:
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China sees huge rise in garlic prices
Garlic prices are hitting record highs in China, the world's biggest producer of the pungent bulbs, amid reports of a speculative bubble in the market even as people rush to buy it as a putative cure for swine flu.
The China Daily reported last week that a high school in the eastern city of Hangzhou bought more than 400 pounds of garlic and made students eat it at lunch to stay healthy.
Wholesale garlic prices in Beijing are now 15 times as high as in March, and still rising.
Jerry Lou, a Morgan Stanley China strategist who has researched the opaque market here, said speculators — fueled by the abundant liquidity sloshing around China — have moved into the small market and strategically driven up prices.
"You need a warehouse, a lot of cash and a few trucks. That's how it works," Lou said, describing garlic speculators' tools of the trade. "Basically, what you do is try to arrest as much supply as possible, then you bid up the price. Moving garlic from one warehouse to the other, you make millions of dollars."
Lou said garlic wholesalers told him that gangs that had amassed cash and credit from dealing property and stocks in other parts of the country had chosen the garlic market as their latest ruse.
See also:
Garlic outperforming gold and stocks
Hold Your Nose: Garlic Is Best Investment in China
Garlic, China's Best-Performing Asset
Chinese Garlic Market Reeks of Speculation
Garlic run smells like speculative bubble
Garlic prices in China shoot up on flu fears
China Sees Huge Rise in Garlic Prices
Garlic Dealers Cashing In On Flu Rumours
Savvy investors pile into Chinese garlic
Strong demand for garlic in China drives up local prices
Garlic Investors Smell Money
History repeats itself.
Traditionally, the buying and selling of tulip bulbs occurred during the summer months, after the flower had bloomed in May or June (depending on the type) and the bulb was lifted from the soil, to be wrapped in paper and kept dry indoors. The flower would have been viewed by then and the bulbs, themselves, inspected and exchanged before being replanted in September. A seller promised to deliver the bulb when lifted and the purchaser to pay upon delivery. In trade such as this, honor obviously was important, especially since a blossom in the summer need not necessarilty look the same the following year. Indeed, the changeability of tulips was one of their charms. But such variations could lead to deception or at least the suspicion that bulbs might not be the same as contracted.
In the planting season of 1635, as prices began to rise, there was a fundamental change in how bulbs were traded in the Netherlands. Increasingly, they were sold by weight while still in the ground, with only a promissory note to indicate details of the bulb, including its weight at planting, and when it would be lifted. The bulbs, themselves, the delivery of which was months away, were not sold, only these paper promises. Weight was measured in aasen (azen or aces), an exceedingly small unit equal to one-twentieth of a gram, or less than .0018 of an ounce. Although paying by weight was a more fair way to assess price, an immature bulb costing less than a more mature one, it also increased the price of the heavier bulb. And, because a bulb planted in September or October likely would weight substantially more when lifted (after blooming) the following June or July, it encouraged speculation. Even if the price per aas did not change, the price of the bulb, itself, could increase three to five hundred percent over those nine months, depending upon weight. Heavier bulbs, too, tended to flower earlier and have more offsets, the smaller bulblets attached to the mother bulb.
Tulips grown from seed could take five to ten years to produce a flower, those from offsets from three to five years to become flowering bulbs themselves. Because a tulip bulb may produce only one or two offsets a year and then only for several years before the mother bulb, itself, dies, one found to have offsets when lifted obviously increased in value. But a grower could not afford to sell a particularly valuable bulb too soon. To do so would limit the ability to produce any more of that variety–which is why particularly desirable flowers always were in short supply.
Variegated tulips, those with contrasting markings, such as red (Rosen) or purple (Violetten) against a white ground (or bizarden, against a yellow ground), were most favored, especially those whose color was displayed as thin feathers or flames that symmetrically ran along the center of each pedal and around the edges. This vivid coloring, which so bewitched the Dutch, was caused by a virus that infected the tulip but also weakened it and reduced the number of offsets. A complete mystery at the time, the mosaic virus was conveyed by aphids, which flourished in the fruit trees that were a feature of seventeenth-century gardens. An infected flower was said to be "broken" and there was no way to determine if, or when, a flower would break. It was an unpredictable process that only added to the allure of the tulip for the Dutch.
The cultivation of new varieties in 1634 depressed prices, and tulips became accessible to a popular market. No longer the province of professional growers and connoisseurs, they now could be purchased by small buyers, such as the weaver or spinner and other crafts and tradespeople. For a modest investment, often paid for in kind, one could speculate in the more common tulips that were the stock of mass trade. Late that year, prices then swung in the opposite direction and began to rise. To meet demand, offsets were sold, which only could be separated when the bulb was lifted. Buying in the winter for delivery in the summer became acceptable and, by 1636, a futures market had developed for the bulbs, themselves. Buyers promised to pay a specified price for bulbs in the ground at a fixed time in the future, speculating that, at lifting time, they would be worth more than the promissory note, which then could be sold to a new buyer in hope of realizing a profit. As spring approached and expectation increased, this trade in tulip futures became more frenzied, and, by November and December of that year, speculation was at its height. Prices for so-called "piece" goods (the more desirable varieties) doubled or trebled, and even the most plain and common tulips, which previously had been disdained, were bought. Indeed, these "pound" goods, which were sold in bulk, rose as much as twenty-fold. Smaller lots were offered, as well, and bulbs could be purchased by the basket, the pound, or the ace. Goods in kind were delivered at once, and cows and cloth, looms and land, shops and houses paid to secure the purchase.
At the height of this tulip mania, most transactions did not even involve the exchange of goods but became purely speculative. "Everything was worth money and so current that one could get in exchange almost anything one desired," says Gaergoedt. "And all this with promises and vouchers, when the bulbs were in the earth" (First Dialogue). Even though buyers did not have the cash amount or sellers actually possess the bulb, there still was the expectation that a succeeding sale could be at an ever higher price. But buyers must have begun to wonder if the escalating prices of the previous two months could be sustained (and been suspicion, too, that more tulips would be grown, increasing the supply). In the first week of February 1637, when investors were not willing to go higher, the market collapsed, the bulbs contracted the previous autumn still in the ground.
As Gaergoedt, who had mortgaged his house, laments: "it has been a madness."
In the end, tulips are tulips and garlic is garlic. Just like the Tulipmania of the mid 1630s, the Chinese garlic bubble will also collapse and all the latecomers to the speculative garlic frenzy will be left holding the clove, financially ruined.
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If the team goes into the NZ League or the A-League I refuse to play. May as well just delete this forum and go sign up for Bugs's thing if that's what you want.
If the team goes into the NZ League or the A-League I refuse to play. May as well just delete this forum and go sign up for Bugs's thing if that's what you want.
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I mean, before Harrisburg, it was highly improbable that what happened in Harrisburg could ever happen, but as soon as it did, the probability happened to go up to no less than 100 percent, so it was almost certain that it had happened.
Looking at other nations where football is semi-pro at best and have a low population getting involved when compared to other sports, you can look at Pakistan as an example. It's basically devoid of foreigners. New Zealand is much higher up the ladder to CWLand when it comes to football so I wouldn't really compare us to them yet. Pakistan has something like 100 points in the FIFA ranking system so they'll do. I can't even find information on most lower nations' leagues.
We have 40 players outside of those that will be created just for the sim, so I think four teams is a fair amount. It worked fine with Red/Green/Black/Blue over in CW cricket, after all. I think we could have our four teams compete with clubs from various nations of our level rather than making a jump straight up to NZ or Aussie. We should be realistic enough to realise that we need to develop first before going to the big time. That's not to say we should accept that we'll be out of the big picture of the world for 50 years or anything - we can rig it so we advance faster than other teams in the world, but only development and skill-increases can do that, and it should be done over time - we shouldn't be in the World Cup finals for at least 10 seasons (even that would be practically impossible in today's world, but hey, this is CWLand ).
So I think we should get our club sides playing against clubs from the likes of Fiji or Malaysia or something like that. Not in their national league, but in a multi-national league.
Four teams
National League - all four teams play each other, home and away, in traditional league style. Should last no more than six game weeks.
Multinational League - Our four teams vs. four teams from [country b] and four teams from [country c] and maybe even four teams from [country d] if you like, but I think we should stick to just three nations being involved for the sake of avoiding the simmers having to play so many games for teams that we aren't directly involved with. With three nations, you'd have twelve teams and therefore it would last 22 game weeks, assuming one game = one game week.
That means the two leagues would get covered in 28 game weeks - a reasonable season length for a developing nation. We can always expand later on if enough players show interest.
EDIT: My mathematics was flawed.
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27 Sep 2006
hey there,
i'm wondering a bit that noone else came across that issue, since firefox seems to be the only ssl-capable browser for GPE (or am i wrong here ?!?)
firefox is the only app i came to try that refuses fn-key combinations as its input (e.g ':' on a c760). works well if started on a remote display ...
am i the only one? any hints to fix this?
seen on a c760 running OZ 22.214.171.124. GPE ...
12 Jul 2006
hi there,
as http://wiki.openzaurus.org/FAQ#WiFi_related_questions states under WPA encryption support, the card's station firmware must be at least 1.7.0 to do WPA.
it further links to a page ( http://linux.junsun.net/intersil-prism ) describing how to update your card's firmware, but not without saying that oz doesn't provide a hostap driver with support for flashing firmwares.
unfortunately, this appears to really be the case: the userspace tool (prism2_srec) is available and able to check for firmware compatibility, but it seems the kernel driver (is this hostap.ko ? or hostap_cs.ko ?) isn't compiled with support for fw flashing.
i can understand this: "we do not want to hear that users bricked their cards by mistake", but in some other way it reduce the freedom of users to willingly update their cards or brick them (if they really like to ;-) ).
i was a bit unsure to report this as a bug, as its a mere feature wish, and i'm not sure if this would ever qualify as a candidate for the 3.5.4.x upgrade feed, so i started a new topic.
to sum this up, i think the most probable solution is someone building a special hostap kernel module with this feature enabled. as i don't have an OE environment and fear a bit setting it up, i carefully ask people that have one to do this. if you have some spare computation time, i (and probably others) would be quite delighted to be able to update their cards to do WPA.
muchas gracias in advance...
PS: i have a c760 with (by now) 3.5.4 installed. think the situations is the same in 126.96.36.199. (at least according to pacthes in OE repo).
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University of Virginia's pop-singing a cappella sensations, The Hullabahoos, will harmonize Saturday at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach. The show is a fundraiser for Wings Over America, a charity that provides college scholarships to children and spouses of U.S. Navy personnel.
It's said to be The Hullabahoos' first performance in Hampton Roads.
"It's very exciting for us," said group member Alejandro Nava Moncada, a 19-year-old mechanical engineering major from Williamsburg. He noted that the group has been featured on the sliver screen. "And we've gotten a bit of TV attention, but we're really excited to get a new audience here in Hampton Roads."
The Hullabahoos have boosted their national profile in recent years. Members made a brief appearance in the 2012 comedy movie "Pitch Perfect" which starred Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson. Even though the movie was a fictional take on Mickey Rapkin's book of the same name, the production did feature some actual Hullabahoos. "It was about 30 seconds of screen time, but, hey, it was screen time," Moncada said.
Also, Members were also asked to appear in an episode of NBC's "The Office." Moncada didn't get the chance to act in the episode, but he did get to witness the filming. "I was like, 'Oh my gosh! These people we see every week on TV!' It was the coolest thing."
A native of Bolivia, Moncada was a 5th grader when he arrived in Williamsburg with his family. He credits his music teacher at Berkeley Middle School with inspiring his love of music and singing. At Lafayette High School he sang in choir and performed in musical theater.
What's been the highlight of his career with The Hullabahoos? He got to bust a rhyme in The Hullabahoos version of the MKTO tune "Classic." "I never thought I would rap in my life, but I did," Moncada said. At Saturday's show, the group will perform Moncada's arrangements of "The Star-Spangled Banner," and "Anchors Aweigh."
Here's a news release about the show.
University of Virginia A Cappella Group, The Hullabahoos
Perform Benefit Concert for
Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation
Saturday, January 11, 2014 • 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00)
Sandler Center for Performing Arts
201 Market Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Tickets are $25 and available at www.wingsoveramerica.us
VIRGINIA BEACH -- Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation (WOASF) will
host the a cappella singing group, the Hullabahoos from the University of Virginia at
the Sandler Center for Performing Arts on Saturday, January 11, 2014.
This performance, in support of the Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation, will
be the Hullabahoos first appearance in Hampton Roads. Describing themselves as "a
group of guys at the University of Virginia who like to sing other people's music without
instruments and wear robes while we do it," the 18-member Hullabahoos have
performed across the country and beyond. Some of their more memorable appearances
include the Hard Rock Café in Manila, Philippines, The George W. Bush 2007 President
Dinner at the Washington Convention Center and for President Obama. In 2012, the
group made their big screen debut appearing in the 2012 movie Pitch Perfect and a
few months later on American's hit television show, The Office.
The Hullabahoos have recorded 15 studio albums, which have helped the group gain
critical acclaim and national attention. Tracks from the group's albums have been
featured on the Best of College A Cappella (BOCA) compilation album 6 times. Since
2004, the group has been featured on BOCA, won National Collegiate Album of the
Year and has been featured by media outlets including GQ, US News & World Report
and Good Morning America. For more information on the Hullabahoos, visit the group's
I-Page at hullabahooscom.ipage.com.
Now in his senior year at the University of Virginia, the current president of the
Hullabahoos is Sammy Brennan, a Virginia Beach resident and graduate of First
Colonial High School and the only Hampton Roads resident in the group. Brennan
himself is a recipient a WOASF scholarship and keenly aware of the benefit and
assistance these scholarships provide.
For Marissa Rice of Virginia Beach, the WOASF Scholarships made it possible for her
to attend college. When she was a rising junior at Ocean Lakes High School, her
parent's divorce sent the family into a financial tailspin. Along with her mother, Marissa
began researching college scholarships and found the Wings Over America Scholarship
Foundation. "Winning the scholarships from WOASF afforded me the opportunity to
attend Virginia Tech and graduate with a BS in Biological Sciences," says Rice.
"Without support from WOASF, attending college may not have been a possibility." Now
a graduate student in zoology at Oklahoma State University, she captured the
prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which is
providing her $126,000 to support her graduate research. Adds Rice, "The WOASF
Scholarships were an integral part of my academic accomplishments."
About Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation
The mission of the WOASF is to provide college scholarships to dependent children and
spouses of U.S. Navy personnel from all Naval Aviation commands, officer and enlisted,
active duty, retired, honorably discharged or deceased.
Annually Wings Over America Scholarship Foundation sponsors over forty scholarships
to students who have chosen to continue their education. Scholarship recipients are
selected on the basis of scholastic merit, community service and extracurricular
activities. Previous winners have come from not only the Hampton Roads region but
also worldwide. The Foundation has proudly awarded over $735,000 to outstanding
students since its inception in 1987. WOASF is a private, non-profit organization and is
directed by a 15-member volunteer Board of Directors.
Support and funding for the Foundation comes from the generous contributions of
private and corporate sources. The Hullabahoos concert is a benefit concert for the
"As a Naval Aviator, I understand the challenges these families face in support of their
military member. WOASF works to provide college scholarships to dependents of
Naval Aviation to help them realize their educational goals. I applaud the work of Wings
Over America Scholarship Foundation and encourage others to support this worthy
foundation." – President George H.W. Bush.
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Recent safety issues on counterfeit and third-party USB adapters for Apple products have cause the Cupertino, Calif. company to offer $10 "official unit" adapters in a replacement program.
Apple will start the program Aug. 9 in China and Aug. 16 in the United States, according to Apple. The company said that customer safety was a top priority and its products are widely tested -- all the sorts of things companies say in an apology that isn't an apology because of liability reasons.
The replacement program will allow anyone who "feels uncomfortable" with their adapter to replace it with an Apple one for a unit for a discounted $10, according to 9to5Mac. Users have until Oct. 18 to trade their existing adapter for the Apple version.
U.S. & World
The controversy ignited last month when an Apple user reportedly died after being electrocuted by a counterfeit charger. Apple has worked to create a Web page to let users properly identify official Apple adapters.
It's not a surprise to us that the program starts first in China, the place where much of the counterfeit Apple merchandise seems to be, and where the death of the woman was reported. Obviously Apple has to make its components readily available to protect itself against any potential lawsuits, but isn't $10 a decent price to give up a cheap adapter that might hurt you?


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Researcher Links Rising Tide Of Obesity To Food
Obesity in the United States is in part an economic issue, according to a review paper on the relationship between poverty and obesity published in the January 2004 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The article suggests that the very low cost of energy-dense foods may be linked to rising obesity rates.
The paper is by Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition in the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, and Dr. S.E. Specter, research nutrition scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, Calif.
"It's a question of money," Drewnowski said. "The reason healthier diets are beyond the reach of many people is that such diets cost more. On a per calorie basis, diets composed of whole grains, fish, and fresh vegetables and fruit are far more expensive than refined grains, added sugars and added fats. It's not a question of being sensible or silly when it comes to food choices, it's about being limited to those foods that you can afford."
Energy-dense foods not only provide more calories per unit weight, but can provide more empty calories per unit cost. These foods include French fries, soft drinks, candy, cookies, deep-fried meats and other fatty, sugary and salty items. The review shows that attempting to reduce food spending tends to drive families toward more refined grains, added sugars and added fats. Previous studies have shown that energy-dense foods may fail to trigger physiological satiety mechanisms – the internal signals that enough food has been consumed. These failed signals lead to overeating and overweight. Paradoxically, trying to save money on food may be a factor in the current obesity epidemic.
Many strategies for health promotion over the years have presumed that good nutrition was simply a matter of making the right choices. Drewnowski noted that access to healthier diets could be sharply limited in low-income neighborhoods simply because of the food environment and the nature of the available food supply.
"It is the opposite of choice," Drewnowski said. "People are not poor by choice and they become obese primarily because they are poor."
Drewnowski and Specter concluded that continuing to recommend costly foods to low-income families as a public health measure can only generate frustration among the poor and less well-educated. Americans are gaining weight while consuming more added sugars and added fats. They urge that issues of food costs demand attention.
"There is a need for governmental and policy interventions when it comes to the obesity epidemic," Drewnowski said. "The U.S. Department of Agriculture is addressing this issue with vigor. Government agencies and private foundations have identified childhood obesity as a priority area and are looking for ways to improve nutrition in the schools."
Obesity in the United States has become a social and economic issue that is resisting conventional medical approaches.
"Genetics and family history can predict whether you will become obese – but then so can your ZIP code," Drewnowski said. "If poverty and obesity are truly linked, it will be a major challenge to stay poor and thin."


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Liberty News
Quiz Bowl team wins conference championship
|Liberty's Quiz Bowl team (from left) Jake Rogers, Kaity Shondelmyer, Jon Bateman, Dr. Jim Nutter (coach), Greta Hanks, and Doug Stephens.
The Liberty University Quiz Bowl team took home its seventh Big South Conference championship in eight years Saturday at Gardner-Webb University, going undefeated for the third-straight year.
The team posted a 6-0 record in the competition, which is part of the conference's Academic Consortium, designed to develop institutional relationships outside of athletics.
"One of the best single parts of the tournament was hearing a toss-up question devoted to the founder of the Moral Majority and our team knowing instantly that it was our founder, Dr. Jerry Falwell, Sr.," said Dr. Jim Nutter, Liberty's coach.
This year's team is comprised of senior Jake Rogers (captain), sophomore Kaity Shondelmyer; and first-year players Doug Stephens, Jon Bateman, and Greta Hanks.
The team heads to the National Academic Quiz Tournament Sectionals at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville on Feb. 9 to compete against schools from the ACC and SEC, including Vanderbilt, University of North Carolina, University of Alabama, and Virginia Tech.
Quiz Bowl, often called "the varsity sport of the mind," is part of Liberty's rigorous Honors Program. It includes players from a variety of majors; several members are National Merit Finalists on full academic scholarships. Competitions resemble "Jeopardy," with teams buzzing in to answer questions on literature, history, geography, government, the sciences, math, art, popular culture, and sports.
"We have done our best to follow Dr. Falwell's motto, 'If it's Christian, it should be better', and we are continuing to demonstrate to the world that a Christian worldview and academic excellence are not mutually exclusive," Stephens said. "For the freshmen members of the Big South team, this win has given us a new confidence as we prepare to travel to the regional championships. For me, this win means that I have been using my God-given skills to my utmost."
Big South Conference Championship wins
Liberty 235, Presbyterian 115
Liberty 150 Longwood 75
Liberty 130 High Point 20
Liberty 465 Winthrop 40
Liberty 150 Coastal Carolina 80
Liberty 170 Gardner-Webb 100


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Elderberries or Sambucus is widely used in Europe, Western Asia, North America, and North Africa even in the ancient times. Because of its popularity, the medicinal benefits of elderberry are being studied and investigated.
Elder plants make berries but before the berries appear, flowers bloom that is used to make elderberry tea. Its is stated in the Live Strong that a study at the University of Maryland Medical Center showed few studies on elderberry flower tea benefits. But much of its benefits seem to be associated to its rich antioxidant flavonoids. Herbalist would often recommend elderberry as an add-on to a patient's health care.
Components of Elderberry
Elderberry is rich in different kinds of healthy compounds like organic pigments, amino acids, carotenoids, tannin, sugar, flavonoids, viburnic acid, rutin, and vitamins A, B and lots of vitamin C. Elderberries are slightly diuretic, diaphoretic and laxative. According to the Herb Wisdom, the health benefits of organic elderberry tea to cold and flu are mostly associated with the flavonoids that contain anthocyanins which are very powerful antioxidants that protect the cells from suffering damage.
Elderberry Tea Health Benefits
Usually, elderberry is used to treat different kinds of infection from viruses and bacteria, sinus pain, body pain, nerve problems, boost the immune system, and fix chronic fatigue syndrome. Other studies have shown the potential of elderberry for treating cancer and hay fever or allergic rhinitis, and also increase urine flow and sweating for a cleaner bodily system, as reported in the Web MD.
People with cold and flu find it hard to soothe themselves especially with its symptoms combined with a headache, fever, sore throats, cough, and fatigue. The U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health discussed how to make elderberry tea bags recipe to fight off cold and flu. A daily dose of elderberry tea will require four tablespoons of extract mixed with warm water, which should be taken for three consecutive days to obtain maximum benefits.
Another major issue is sinus infection which is usually caused by bacteria. Studies have pointed out that drinking the tea combined with other decongestant and antibiotic medicines will clear up bacterial sinusitis more quickly than using medicine alone.
Elderberry Tea Recipe
One great recipe was thought in Wellness Mama, which could be taken immediately after preparation. About 2 tablespoons of dried elderberries will be used and boiled with 16 ounces of water for 15 minutes. Great health benefits can be obtained with added one-fourth teaspoon cinnamon powder and half teaspoon turmeric powder. Honey may be added to sweetened taste after the mixture was strained to remove solid elderberries. Simply refrigerate the solution if you prefer it cool.
How to Make Elderberry Tea & Syrup
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When you ask friends what they're going to do for homecoming or the prom or graduation, spending the night in the local emergency room probably isn't on their list. Unfortunately, for many young people, alcohol may change their plans.
According to a study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), emergency rooms get 546 underage drinking-related emergency room visits every day—many more on special celebration days. Emergency room visits can cost $1,000 or more—not including the cost of an ambulance or a hospital stay if you have to be admitted to the hospital. If a drinker in the ER is under 18, the hospital has to call their parents or guardians. To make matters worse, minors can also get into legal trouble since underage drinking is against the law.
Not to pile on, BUT people who drink before their 21st birthday are more likely to use drugs, get bad grades, become a victim of a violent or sexual crime, and get addicted to alcohol. In fact, more than 4 in 10 people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholic.
Better to celebrate special events in a way you'll be glad to remember the next morning!
The key is moderation. This becomes hard, especially on special events when everyone is
excited about a great night out.
Emergency rooms cost a fortune and it would be much better to save your cash
for better things.
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Learn how to write a children's book!
Do you want to be a children's writer but don't know where to start?
Do you want to learn the steps to getting your children's book published?
Do you want to see your picture book or novel in bookstores?
Then the Children's Writer's Super System—the only system of its kind on the Internet—is for you. Through nine interactive sessions, I will teach you the down-to-earth nitty-gritty about how to write and publish a children's book—sharing one insider tip after another that will make you leapfrog over the competition.
I started out from scratch, without anything published, without any formal training, without even any ideas!
Since then, I've attended numerous writer's conferences, received my Masters of Fine Arts in Writing for Children from the prestigious Vermont College, and had more than 40 published works—including successful middle grade novel series, story books, board books, comics and activities, curriculum, short stories, radio scripts, children's movies and more.
But the road from there to here was filled with a lot of trial and error—a self-driven school of hard knocks. At times, I've made a fool of myself, receiving rejection after rejection, and at times I've won prestigious awards and been flown to large publishing companies to help develop their next children's line. I learned something from every experience, good and bad—and now you can, too.
With the Children's Writing Super System, I'll share everything with you that I wish I had known when I started out—so you can start light years ahead of the competition.
I'm not going to lie to you: This is no magic formula. It will still take the sweat of all your creativity and hard work—but instead of spinning your wheels, you'll have the tools and knowledge you need to create the best manuscripts possible, time and again.
This is not a series of lectures or a course based on writing theory filled with ten dollar words. If you want that, there are plenty of books on how to write for children available at your local bookstore. I'm not trying to reinvent that wheel. Instead, I'm giving you a series of honest, straight-forward talks and tips, sharing with you what I've learned over the course of my career.
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That's a wrap.
After just six months on the air, "The Rosie Show" has been canceled. The last show will air Friday, March 30.
"I thank Rosie from the bottom of my heart for joining me on this journey. She has been an incredible partner, working to deliver the best possible show every single day," Oprah Winfrey said in a statement. "As I have learned in the last 15 months, a new network launch is always a challenge and ratings grow over time as you continue to gather an audience. I'm grateful to Rosie and the dedicated Rosie Show team for giving it their all."
In messages with fans on Twitter, O'Donnell said she was "thankful" for the opportunity, adding: "one we grow."
The show had been dogged by perpetually low ratings since its debut, and despite format changes and the migration to a new set, the show never took off. Reports swirled last week that the show was moving to New York. Instead, it's been cancelled altogether.
O'Donnell last month listed her recently-purchased home in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently said that if the show vacated the space, he would consider tapping into the studios for use as an entertainment and cultural center.
Oprah Cancels "Rosie" Show
The last show will air Friday, March 30
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Tyler Saladino, SS – A pleasant surprise, Saladino was the most complete prospect on the field in my eyes. Having just turned 21, he's not young for the level, but plays the game the right way and makes the most out of the tools he does have. And while the tools may only be average across-the-board, very few players even have that to offer. Call me a fan.
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Funding for Public Schools
Dear Editor,
The odd-year election season is in full swing; only two months remain before voters receive mail-in ballots. This year, a citizen ballot initiative proposes to increase state income taxes to support public education. Please research the facts in order to make an informed decision. The Blue Book (2nd draft) is available online and provides a factual summary, arguments for, and arguments against.
The proposed initiative would affect the Brush School District community in significant ways.
First, income taxes will increase beginning January 1. Income taxes would be raised from 4.63% to 5.00% on the first $75,000 of taxable income and to 5.90% on the portion of taxable income above $75,000. The incremental increase in tax revenue would be deposited into the State Educational Achievement Fund. Remember, taxable income is not your total income. Rather, it is your adjusted gross income less deductions and exemptions.
The District's estimated median family gross income is $47,481 and 77% of households earn less than $75,000. The Blue Book draft provides an average example: a household with gross income of $50,000 and taxable income of $26,300 produces an annual tax increase of $97 (8%). Obviously, each individual household will vary from the example provided and some households will continue to pay no tax because they have no federal taxable income. Historically, the tax rate was 5.00% in Colorado from 1987-1999 when, over two years, the rate was reduced to 4.63% because of projected perpetual surpluses.
Second, the School District is estimated to receive an increase of state revenues of almost $2.1 million per year beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. This additional revenue will fully fund kindergarteners, provide additional slots for preschool, and double the District's at-risk funding. The School District would have additional money to invest in high priority enrichment and intervention initiatives. Total district funding would increase 20.51%. Currently the School District receives 43.5% of revenue from the state. This proposal will increase the state share to 53.1%.
Third, the School District would eliminate the full-day kindergarten mill levy in 2016, currently 1.371 mills, because the new revenue will fund all kindergarten slots. The additional revenue also negates any need for an additional mill levy override as contemplated in 2013.
The Board of Education will be discussing this initiative at the August 13 Board meeting. I hope you will join us to learn more about the impact to the Brush School District and ask any questions you may have. As always, please contact the District with your questions and comments.
Aaron J. Oberg
School Business Officer
Brush School District
Letter to the Editor-Aaron Oberg
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Paula Jai Parker was born in Cleveland on August 19, 1969. The pretty, butter pecan performer has been working in Hollywood practically since the day she graduated from Howard University, embarking on a career which has already spanned more than 20 films and 10 television series. She made her feature film debut in Friday, playing Ice Cube's girlfriend in that outrageous comedy.
Among other blockbusters on her resume' are Phone Booth, She Hate Me, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, My Baby's Daddy and High Crimes. On the small screen, Paula enjoyed a recurring role on The Wayan Bros. and has also appeared on Roc, Cosby, the Shield, NYPD Blue, The Parent 'Hood, Touched by an Angel and The Shield. Here, she talks about her latest role as a prostitute in the controversial new picture Hustle & Flow.
BSN: How did you hear about this movie?
PP: Basically, everyone in the cast and myself have been friends since, like… Anthony [Anderson], Taraji [Henson] and I went to college together. So, I've known them since I was 18. Elise [Neal] and I grew up, coming up in the game together. I've known her since, like, '93, since we graduated college. Then, I've known Terrence [Howard] for, like, 5, 6 years, John [producer John Singleton] for 11. So, I went to John, like, "Hey, dude, why haven't I been, you know, I don't know about this project. Are you going to tell me about this project? Is there anything in this project for me?� and he was like, "You are this project! Just chill out and don't trip.� That's how he treats me.
BSN: Were you at all uncomfortable about taking this role as Lexus, a stripper and prostitute?
PP: When he sent me the script, I read it and I was kind of like, I'd really, you know, it was like, okay, wait a minute, I'm from Cleveland, Ohio, from Shaker Heights. I know I play these roles, because I'm an actress. But in reality, I didn't get it.
BSN: Get what?
PP: Like the whole parking lot pimping and the whole Memphis music scene. I really didn't understand it, coming from my suburban background. So, my mental couldn't get a grasp around Hustle & Flow. That's when I was introduced to [Director] Craig Brewer, this chubby white boy.
BSN: How did he help you?
PP: I tell this story because he it's so hilarious to me. Craig was, at the time, maybe, like, 200 pounds, and this little, chubby white boy. And I'm, like, "Okay, where is the director?� And this little Pillsbury doughboy's sitting here. And I'm like, "Oh my God! You're like so friggin' dope.� You know what I'm saying?
BSN: Yep.
PP: I'm like, "You wrote this? You're the guy that called? Wait a minute.� And so, he starts talking to me about his vision and his dream, and how it developed. And I'm just feeling all this passion. I'm really a spiritual person. I work off of what I feel versus what I see, because I know I don't understand vision. He could've explained what it was about all day long, and I'd a been daydreaming about getting a pair of shoes somewhere. So, I knew to trust. And that's how I've taken every single role that I've ever had in my life. It's just trusting God, to know that whatever He has planned for me, I can't get away from it, so I may as well ride the roller coaster of life. So, basically, I got involved with this project through trusting and Craig's passion. That's how I got Lexus.
BSN: Did you have second thoughts after landing the role?
PP: Once I got the part, I got scared. I got cold feet because everybody in town was, like, "Yo, you're doing this character in Hustle & Flow. Are you up on it?� Everybody was like, "Oh my God! Are you're doing this?� At this point, I'm still allowed to pull out, because all my people are saying to me, "It's cool to get the offer, but that doesn't mean you have to do it. You've been a hoochie in this movie, and a hoochie in that movie. A Hoochie! Hocchie! Hoochie!�
BSN: Are you concerned about being typecast or the image you're presenting here?
PP: You know, it's a reality. It's not like I'm playing some woman that I just pulled out of the crevice of my toe or something. These people exist. And I don't have a problem paying homage to reality, because I don't feel stagnated. Like I said, I am from the suburbs of Cleveland. So, if I play a ghetto hoochie, it's okay, because I'm not that. So, it's not like, next year, I'm not going to do anything but a ghetto hoochie. I'm saying that because the world is so broad. I don't have to feel afraid to play a part. You know what I mean?
BSN: Yep. Did you talk to another actress about the role?
PP: I know this sounds like I'm name-dropping, but I kind of was a little scared until Taraji got me in a corner at a party that Gabrielle Union had. Taraji grabs me and makes a beeline to a corner and sits me down. We go way back. I took her to her first Hollywood party. So, for her to come to me, sit me down, and look me in the eye, I had to trust her when she said, "Look, Sis, I know you've been a hoochie before, but if you're ever going to be a hoochie again, this is the hoochie to be.� And then Anthony called saying the same thing. He's my boy. Anthony don't care about, hey, you know, whatever. "I got mine!� But for him to extend himself to make sure that I understood exactly what was going on meant a lot to me. So, Taraji held my hand through the process, saying "Don't be afraid, it's okay, Sis.� So, for me to come in and uplift her was just a blessing, because I've been trying to work with her since we got in the game. I know that was a long drawn-out answer, so I hope I answered some other questions up in that.�
BSN: Have you ever been in a really bad relationship like your character?
PP: "Yeah, that was in college. And it literally made me want to commit
suicide. But honestly, aren't we all pimps. Somebody's got to be a pimp and a ho in every relationship. So, I think I got pimped. I didn't know that guys could break your heart. I thought that the girls did all the breaking up.
BSN: Did you at least grow from the experience?
PP: My favorite professor said to me, "You'll never know who you are as an actress, until you get your heart broken.� Honestly, I think that's what has made me as strong as I am. It really made me a woman in so many ways, because I finally realized, number one, that sisterhood ain't about no nigger, and that being a woman ain't about no man, either. And when I say "nigger,� I mean men. It's just a colloquialism. I've taken control of a word that someone tried to use to control me. It's just a friggin' word, unless you like saying "bitch.� Bitch is a word. Yes that's my story. That's my secret ingredient, pain.
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