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Project Sponsor
Name: Matt Domsch
Fedora Account Name: mdomsch
Group: Infrastructure
Infrastructure Sponsor: mdomsch
Secondary Contact info
Name: Jeff Garzik
Fedora Account Name: jgarzik
Group: Kernel Developers
Project Info
Project Name: IPv6 Connectivity for Infrastructure
Target Audience: IPv6-capable users
Expiration/Delivery Date (required): 12/31/2009
Description/Summary: Fedora Infrastructure services are not reachable via IPv6. This plan allows FI to serve both IPv4 and IPv6 users.
Project plan (Detailed):
- Discover and use native IPv6 connectivity if offered in each of our data centers.
- Telia is reported to have it
- Options: 6to4 gateway server, or 6to4 on each public-facing (static IP) server.
- Convert services one by one to serve IPv6 natively.
- Proxy Servers
- MirrorManager
Specific resources needed
- publictest instance in PHX for the 6to4 gateway and/or a proxy server which itself uses 6to4.
IPv6 Capabilities by Data Center
- PHX - unknown
- PHX2 - hardware capable, but native routing not configured, and no plans to enable.
- telia - native IPv6 available, need address space delegations
- tummy - none available. Request filed with Kevin Fenzi.
- serverbeach - none available.
- ibiblio - native IPv6 available, dynamic addresses assigned on ibiblio1 and its guests already.
- BU - not available yet, but testing will begin Spring 2010 with plans for production use by Fall 2010.
- osuosl - planned by "end of summer". Check back in a few months.
Potential IPv6 services given DC capabilities
As ibiblio already has IPv6 connectivity, these are the servers and their apps that could be easily enabled.
- proxy4 (therefore web apps behind it)
- mostly set up in ~mdomsch/puppet ipv6 branch
- need another IPv6 address (not stateless autoconf) for proxy4-2, then fix manifests/servergroups/proxy.pp so the v4 and v6 addresses for all the proxy4-2 match.
- also modules/httpd/files/00-namevirtualhost.conf
- torrent1
- however, our current tracker, bittorrent-4.4.0-5.el5 does not support IPv6
- opentracker does. This is not packaged in Fedora yet, but the license is beerware so could be.
- ns2 (DNS)
- publictest[1234]


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Hello, me again.
Having realized that I have hit a dead end with the Kingdom of Lasharron and that it wasn't that great to begin with, I have started a new Lego story. It may or may not reach completion; I almost never finish my stories. The only one I can think of was a script for a movie me and a friend were making (and we didn't finish the movie ). But anyway, this story will be sort of like the old roleplay- that is, it has the Bulls, the Royal Knights, the Black Falcons, the Vikings, etc. The world is the same one on the map in my Brickshelf folder (it can be found here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=176473 ). Established Lego characters like Weezil, Danju, Princess Storm, Majisto, and Basil Batlord will appear, along with original characters like Skrza, Halfdan, and Gwyto (no, you will have to wait to find out who they are ). Any way, here is the text of the first chapter (all I've got so far), just so you gus can get an idea of it and tell me if I should post anymore. Here goes:
King Leo was getting old, but his mind was no sharper than it had been when he became king of the Lions fifteen years ago. Since then he had waged war against the Bulls, captured a Fright Knight colony to the north, made peace with both nations, and brought peace and prosperity to his lands. His senses were no duller either. He heard the running feet of the messenger coming up the hall to the throne room. Judging by the clinking mail, it was young Skrza. Leo was rather fond of Skrza; the guard was a good fighter with his broadsword, although he would not comply with the Lion's uniform and stuck with his old Classic Legoland suit. At last Skrza burst in. He wore a flared bullet helm and scale mail.
"Your Majesty!" he said, breathless, "There's a Viking outside and he wants to talk to you!"
Leo was quite surprised by this, as the Vikings did not ally with any other kingdoms. He nodded to his lovely wife, Leonora, to leave; Vikings got very violent very easily. His daughter Storm remained, a cold, impassive figure with bright red hair, a mace slung across her back and a cutlass in her belt. Leo turned back to Skrza.
"Send him in- with an escort, of course." Skrza nodded and left.
Skrza returned several minutes later, with the knight John of Mayne. They flanked a burly minifig; this was clearly the Viking. Storm drew her weapons, but there was no need; the Viking actually bowed. He fumbled for words, as though unused to English.
"Your Highness, uh, I bring..." he thought for a moment- "grave-yes, (that)' it- news."
"Well, what is your news, Sir Viking?"
This seemed to give the Viking confidence, as he spoke more clearly.
"I am an oarsman on de ship Jormungand," he said, "ve vere sailing north from a raid on Port Tauros- sorry- und ve vere attacked. Our attackers were also going north. I believe dey may haff been going to attack your northern territory."
"And what makes you say that, Viking?" Storm asked bluntly.
The Viking turned to her. " Dey vere burning a Lions flag. Und my name is Halfdan Rootfury, if you don't mind."
Storm was about to retort, but Leo interrupted. "You'll have to excuse my daughter, she can be a bit blunt at times. Now, do you have any suggetions as to what we should do?"
"You should send an army. Dat much is obvious."
Leo shook his head. "We cannot spare the army; not with the Dragon Masters threatening war."
"Then send me."
All eyes turned to the speaker: Princess Storm.
"I can handle anything," she boasted.
"Yes, the funerals after the last tournament proved that," Leo said sternly. "A party will go. You will not be part of it."
Storm was about to protest, but Skrza interupted. "Your Majesty, perhaps it would be good for your daughter; perhaps if she saw more of Karbaddon, she would settle down a bit?" Skrza wasn't quite sure why he said this; maybe because he had a feeling he would be in this party and wanted good fighters around; maybe because he wanted to stay on Storm's good side so she wouldn't use him for archery practice.
"Hmm, you may be right," Leo mused, "Yes. indeed. John, take Mr. Rootfury to the armory and let him choose a weapon. Skrza, tell the chef to prepare food for the journey, then fetch Richard. You leave in a weeks time!"
So that's it. What do you think? Also, would it be okay if I made small references to the Chronicles of Ikros, like expressions ("By Xanath's beard!" "What in the name of Ulmerad..." etc.) or mentioning Kahlan on a map or something? Just wondering.

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Eric Martin
Eric Martin
Eric Martin, former Interactive Media Specialist for Vision Maker Media, worked at Vision Maker Media from 1996-2015 and is currently the Content Media Strategist for Nebraska Educational Telecommunications. He helped create the AIROS Native Networks' online presence working on live webcasts and podcasts. Eric's responsibilities at Vision Maker Media had him focusing on the opportunities that New Media presented in being able to tell stories that wouldn't necessarily work within traditional broadcast media. Eric received his Bachelor in Journalism with Distinction from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln in 1997.
Eric has given presentations on radio broadcasting, New Media, and technology issues at SXSW, the Tribal Technology Visioning Conference, National Federation of Community Broadcasters' National Youth in Radio Training Project, the Indian Telecommunications Initiatives Regional Workshop, the Great Plains Music & Dance Festival and Symposium, the Native American Journalist Association Convention and the Intertribal Native Radio Summit.


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Greetings to the Legal History Blog, and thanks to Mary, Dan, Karen and Clara for all the great services the blog provides.
A recent paper of Bill Novak's, wending its way toward publication in the Michigan State Law Review, adverts to the unparalleled interest in legal history among current U.S. law teachers. Bill references the 2009-10 AALS Directory's list of Law Teachers by Subject. He aroused my curiosity and so I did some rough counts, based on names per column and columns per subject. Nearly 500 teachers name Legal History as a subject of interest, well above the mean number per subject (about 340) and nearly double the median (about 260). Legal History sits between Civil Rights (more than 600 teachers) and Criminal Justice and Employment Discrimination (each about 440). Legal History is by considerable measure the most heavily populated among the subjects one might term "theory/perspective," outpolling Law and Social Science (about 340), Law and Economics (fewer than 300), Law and Literature (fewer than 200), and Critical Race Theory and Feminist Legal Theory (both fewer than 100). It also outpolls major substantive law subjects such as Antitrust and Labor Law (each about 370), Women and the Law (fewer than 300) and Immigration Law (about 220). I am now interested enough to be working on this measure over time. Hopefully more figures will emerge over the course of the coming month!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Legal History in U.S. Law Schools
Posted by Chris Tomlins at 5:55 PM
1 comment:
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
Chris, this is so interesting. But I wonder whether the AALS listings underplay the some areas, e.g. law & economics. The AALS listing is based on what courses you teach, not what your scholarly focus or methodology is. I think there are lots of law & econ scholars who don't teach a course called "law and economics," but instead bring law & econ into other courses. Here's just one example: http://utdirect.utexas.edu/loreg/pcrs.WBX?id=js59483. I expect the same is true of critical race theory and feminist legal theory.
Still, this is interesting & I'd love to hear more!
- November 1, 2010 at 7:23:00 PM EDT
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No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
From this vile world with vilest worms to dwell:
Nay, if you read this line, remember not
The hand that writ it, for I love you so,
That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot,
If thinking on me then should make you woe.
O! if, I say, you look upon this verse,
When I perhaps compounded am with clay,
Do not so much as my poor name rehearse;
But let your love even with my life decay;
Lest the wise world should look into your moan,
And mock you with me after I am gone.
Sonnet 71: Translation to modern English
When I'm dead don't mourn for me any longer than you can hear the surly sullen bell telling the world that I've fled this vile world to live with the even more vile worms. No, if you read this line, don't remember the hand that wrote it because I love you so much that I would like you to forget me rather than that, thinking about me, such thoughts would make you sad. Oh, I insist that if you read this poem when I'm, perhaps, mixed with clay, you must not even utter my poor name but let your love die with me in case the world, in its wisdom, should look closely at your mourning and mock you about me once I've gone.


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"I Just Downloaded the App for the Articles"
Playboy Magazine is one of the ICONS of the print industry and also in deep financial trouble. Playboy recently launched it's own App for Apple's iPad. They are not the first print magazine to go digital. Maxim Magazine and National Geographic were available when the iPad first launched.
So is this too little too late or will it be enough to help save the Playboy Empire? Playboy has a history of being a game changer but has seemingly failed to be an early adopter in the last few years. While many will argue that Playboy is not pornography, and many husbands have successfully won the argument and subscribed, they missed the changes in the online and streaming porn industry. Stuck firmly in it's legacy of building Clubs and it's subscription base.
The readers want their content and information as it unfolds not snail mailed. The pictures that are in the magazine often hit the web long before the magazine hits newsstands. While they are showing Pam Anderson the Internet is showing Pam and Tommy. Delivering their content electronically will reduce cost, increase advertisers ability to interactively reach their target consumer and hopefully allow Playboy's time to market to improve.
One thing is clear, like many large marquee brands, their slow uptake to the Internet and the real-time content that their subscribers are being conditioned to having. The App is a great first step in the right direction, let's just hope they are not too late to the game. Personally really enjoy the "articles".
This entry was posted on January 28, 2011 by Jason Genet. It was filed under Apple, Apps, iPad, iTunes, Print Media and was tagged with app. internet, icon, ipad, itunes, Media, playboy, print.


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Hey there! I would love to hire someone to set up Asterisk for us on an Azure Linux VM. We would use Voicepulse for the VOIP service (have them already), and have a handful of Cisco IP phones that we'd like configured to work with the system.
Name your price and let us know if you can do the job quickly, it should be a simple setup. Basic answering prompt with voicemail for extensions... no complex call routing or queuing or anything like that (at least, not yet).


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Sneak Peek! Glee: Heart
In celebration of Valentine's Day, Mr. Schue (Matthew Morrison) challenges the New Directions to perform the world's greatest love songs.
This episode also introduces three new characters: The Glee Project winner Samuel Larsen and Rachel's (Lea Michele) two dads, Hiram (Jeff Goldblum) and LeRoy Berry (Brian Stokes Mitchell).
Glee airs every Wednesday on ETC via satellite at 4 p.m., with replays at 9 p.m.
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Nineteen is a rather unremarkable age as it is not as celebrated as the age before it nor is it considered as much of a turning point as the age after it. However, this is the time when you find yourself smack in the middle of enjoying your teens and worrying about becoming an adult.
More often than not, you'll start to wonder whether you made the most out of your teenage years or whether you're ready to take on the responsibilities of being an adult. This constant dilemma will leave you anxious and confused. But, don't beat yourself up because this is the beauty of being 19.
You are no longer the foolish teenager who thought he/she was the center of the universe because now, you are old enough to start thinking like a grown up who understands that you are but a tiny speck in the whole solar system. It doesn't mean that you are insignificant but rather, that you are part of a colossal existence. This realization will enable you to make the right choice. And as you navigate the remaining days of your teens, don't forget to look back on the lessons you've picked up through the years and look forward to what lies ahead of you in the future.
BUWAN (Reverse Poetry)
Isinulat ni: Zamira Ariola
Ang liwanag noon
Nagsilbing gabay ngayon
Ang nagpapanatiling buhay
Sa pusong pagod
Sa pusong wala ng laman
Sa pusong wala nang nararandaman
Ikaw ang nagdala
Bakit nga ba?
Ikaw ang minahal
Ikaw ang ginawang mundo
Para magkasilbi ang buhay ko?
Bakit ikaw ang nagdala ng liwanag?
Ikaw ba ang buwan?
[Basahing muli paitaas]
"The paradoxical idea of attaining a happier life and how to withstand these beliefs."
The Revolting Truth About Happiness by Theserenefae
If people ask you about your vision of a happier life we automatically envision ourselves having more money, true love, a better job, Instagram-worthy vacations, etc. But let me break this to you this, According to Dr. Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology at Yale University and the voice behind The Happiness Lab podcast, "Most of the goals we think would make us happy do not really make us happy." And why is that? Simple, being happy is all in our minds. The human mind ploys us with these lenses on how we envision ourselves and our lives to be happy. The perception of "having" or "gaining" is the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. So how can we really be "happy"?
• Seek happiness inside you. This is a quintessential reason for our vision of happiness: misconceptions about having a lot of money would make me happy; owning this and that would make me happy; entering a relationship would make me happy. This is not the case, if you want to be truly happy with your relationship, you have to be already happy on your own. If you want satisfaction from others, you have to be satisfied with yourself. And so on.
• Fill that hole righteously We all have that tiny hole inside our hearts, tampering it with temporary band-aids. Fill this hole with purpose. Have you ever heard about The Three "M's"— Master, Mission, and Mate? Define who will be your Master, is it God? If that's so, your Mission could be following his words and will. Mate would be the last for they will be the best companion to fulfill your mission. Now hear me out, it is important to do this accordingly. We often times jumble it or invert it which can lead to failures.
• Give gifts to others. The wonderful grace in giving. There's nothing like the rush of pure joy when you get a chance to give. However, this may not be something that we're used to. But apparently, openhandedness is our soul's true shape. As Eugene Peterson put it, "Giving is what we do best. It is the air into which we were born." This doesn't necessarily mean we have to give away our stuff but we can also present love, kindness, gratefulness, etc. in our own simplest ways to anyone such as giving time, encouragement, helping hand, or even forgiveness. Try giving and you'll receive inconceivable gifts in return.
• Savor moments. Savoring deeply intensifies our positive emotions while doing something that we love the most by simply stepping outside of the experience to review and appreciate the moment. You can practice this by having a delicious meal, reading a good book, or any activity that you enjoy and love. It can also be enhanced by sharing these experiences with others, appreciating such amazing moments, or staying present the entire time.
• Choose to Love Deeper Today's society relentlessly pressures all of us to have this "perfect" lifestyle such as pursuing careers that drain you, finding value through virtual world and purchases, letting achievements become your whole identity, and yet after all that you still feel empty and failure inside. Consumption is just skin deep—a shallow perception of happiness. Deep life brings the best out of us and others. It is about nourishing what you already have, focusing on the relationships than material wealth, becoming vulnerable at times, and being self-aware.
• Understand that Sufferings and Pain are part of Human Being. Always remember that loneliness and sufferings are inevitable. That is completely how life goes. You may be happy for a moment or a month but sooner or later great tribulation will start to kick in. Combat despair with graciousness. Count all the blessings that you have (and will have in near future, claim it!) by writing it down on a piece of paper or typing on your phone. Viola! an instant boost for happiness. We all know the fact that this superficial happiness won't work, but why do I keep on wanting? I already have all this wisdom about how to be happy for ages, but why can't I apply it to my own life?
First, you have to understand that simply knowing doesn't change your behavior. Care to realize that all the tips that I have mentioned are all verbs? Because at the end of the day, it is all about how you choose to be happy and initiate actions towards success. Know, reflect, visualize, believe, and do something about it. All of these are Actions! This is the secret of all the happiest and most influential people in the world—actions. Furthermore, do know that some of these tips do not work instantly most of the time. It requires a lot of time, motivation, consistency, and effort. I do know it's easier said than done. Take each of them slowly, one step at a time.
If it wasn't for pain, I wouldn't be alive. It may sound contradictory, but it's true. Pain reminds me that I can feel, along with other emotions. Pain reminds me that I can heal, just like how I did in the past. Pain reminds me that I am strong and I can do better. It reminds me that life can be bitter, and it is up to us to make it a little sweeter (or saltier, depending on what the person wants).
With this epiphany, I take pain in a positive light. It's normal that it can break me and make me want to stay in bed all day, but having someone or something remind me that there is hope is enough. It's normal that I cry my heart out, but it's important to remember that there's a calm after the storm. If it wasn't for pain, I wouldn't be who I am now. It has shaped me and how I look at things. It has changed the way I approach circumstances that can challenge me and my beliefs.
Pain, back then, made me cower in the dark. Pain used to be my biggest fear, and I used to do my best to avoid pain. However, I realized that avoiding pain is like avoiding life. Because of how I wanted to protect myself, I closed myself off to people and opportunities. I used to tell myself that "this will end badly", or "this is going to hurt in the end". I always focused on how much pain I might endure in the end that I forgot to enjoy the process.
It's inevitable, you see? Endings, most of the time, may hurt. It's natural for us to grow attached to someone or something, and their disappearance might bring us a lot of pain. However, one should always remember that the pain is a reminder of how close you became, how many memories you had. If it wasn't for pain, life would be pointless. If it wasn't for pain, we would be nothing.


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Eternal Sunshine poem ?
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Eternal Sunshine poem ?
hey...can someone please recite the words of the poem that kirsten dunst is saying in Eternal Sunshine.......???
"aaaaaaaaalrighty then"
"if im not back in 5 minutes, just wait longer"
The quote goes
How Happy is the blameless vessels lot
The world forgetting by the world forgot
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
Each prayer excepted and each wish resigned
You bet! I do it all the time just to memorize Jim's one liners so i can use them when i talk to people.
Nothing says funny or interesting like reciting lines from one of Jim's films.
Scary thing is i 've seen Dumb and Dumber so many times that i can say every line in the movie and describe the scene as well.
I am part of an elite group of people......THE MEN OF JCO.
(Standing member since July 18th, 2005)
It's actually a poem by Alexander Pope that was quoted in the film...
Re: The quote goes
Actually it is:
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot
the world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned.
I like this film. After comedy Jim has great talent!!!
"I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever." JC
Come on, vessel and vestal, gotta get your words straight.
Besides, it looks better with accurate punctuation and grammar.
And no offense to you, trishroberts.
"I decided that I wanted to make movies that would uplift people." - Jim Carrey
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This guy was sitting on I think a sack of rice on the floor of the subway car. He looked like he just harvested the mofo.
I had Japan fever really bad when i came back from japan and i still do. to try to alleviate the fever a little I went to this rotating sushi joint but it didnt help that much.
for the olympics they made every dvd store stock only chinese legit stuff . they still have the pirated stuff but you have to know to ask for it.
there are a lot of new people in the workforce now because of the olympics. this guy did absolutely nothing though. this is one job that they created that could actually be useful and they still dont do anything but stand there and watch you almost get run over a lot of times. crossing the streets here is pretty brutal and im glad these guys are there to witness it.
the new subway line 10 is up and running! this is awesome because it connects a lot of beijing so i dont have to take taxis ALL the time now. Beijing is pretty huge geographically and some blocks take like 10 minutes to walk to get from begginging to end. so it sucks really bad if you go the wrong way cuz then you have to walk 10 more minutes back.
these huge beers are about 35 cents each on the street, like from that store above. cheaper than water, just like new york.
i got this donner kabab, i dont know why its called that cuz its not a kabob. anyway the thing is titanic. i put my cell phone there for size reference. yums
an apple store finally opened in china! wait a minute why am i so excited, i already bought all new apple products before i came here.
i ended up getting invited out to this american chamber of commerce happy hour mixer event. i met a bunch of people who have real jobs. i dont know that much about real jobs, and don't have one either so i did not talk about business.
later on it turned into a salsa dance lesson night. thats when i went upstairs to the "beach" rooftop terrace place. pretty nice.
this is the toll gate i have to go through everytime in the taxi to and from my house. at least it looks cool.
the line 10 subway. look at those pristine walls. it just opened so there are no advertisements, but no graffiti? come on Beijing! where is the graphiti and street art!
can you believe it? no ads in the actual cars yet either.
this is everythere. guys just roll their shirts up over their bellies and walk around. fat guys, skinny guys, young guys, old guys. it looks like its pretty much acceptable. i mean come on it is balls hot and guys need to strut their stuff a little right? so why not show off the most attractive and accentuating part of your body and give us a peak by rolling your shirt up?
in the early morning there are tons of taxis lined up along the street on the way to my house.


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A 15-year-old girl wearing leggings, a tank top and a button-down T-shirt claims a Transportation Security Administration agent humiliated her, telling her to cover up as she passed through an ID-check line at Los Angeles International Airport on Father's Day.
"She said the officer was 'glaring' at her and mumbling," the girl's father, Mark Frauenfelder, told Yahoo Shine.
"She said, 'Excuse me?' and he said, 'You're only 15, cover yourself!' in a hostile tone."
He said, "It shook her up."
Frauenfelder, who is editor in chief of Make magazine and founder of the blog Boing Boing, explained that his daughter, Sarina, had been traveling with a group of high-school students on a trip to explore colleges.
After the incident, Sarina began texting her parents.
"I'm furious!" she wrote. "He was so rude and hostile. He made me feel like a slut."
Frauenfelder, who posted a photo of his daughter wearing her ordinary outfit, blasted the TSA officer on his blog: "It doesn't matter what she was wearing, though, because it's none of his business to tell girls what they should or should not wear. His creepy thoughts are his own problem, and he shouldn't use his position of authority as an excuse to humiliate a girl and blame her for his sick attitude."
Yahoo Shine reported a TSA spokesperson would not discuss the investigation, but said the agency was "looking into the matter."
Just after Sarina reported the incident to her parents, they arrived at the airport and met with a TSA supervisor.
"I think that it is really dangerous for the TSA to do anything outside of their very narrow job description, which is to ensure the safety of passengers from violent attacks," he said, telling Yahoo Shine it was a "huge abuse of authority" for the TSA officer to be "telling a girl that what she's wearing is something she should be ashamed of."
Many of Frauenfelder's nearly 24,000 Twitter followers weighed in on the matter, declaring:
- "Wow. Give some people a uniform and, wow."
- "There is nothing wrong with what she has on. Something should be done to the security officer. Not their business."
- "Maybe the TSA can keep a stock of courtesy burkas on hand"
- "They always make me take off more clothes. Who made them arbiters of propriety?"
- "Wow. My flabber is gasted. What kind of pervert ogles a 15 y/o. Yeah, I said it!"
- "American Taliban"
As WND reported in March, the TSA screeners patting Americans down and combing through their belongings don't have federal law-enforcement training, may earn about as much as a McDonald's shift manager and are not required to possess a high-school diploma or GED. Some have even been arrested for crimes including sexual assault of minors and possession of child pornography.
According to reports, TSA screeners have lammed a woman into a table, pulled an elderly man's pants down, told a child to remove his leg braces, strip-searched a young boy and a forced a passenger to remove her nipple ring with pliers. One breast cancer survivor was purportedly told to remove her prosthetic breast.
A frequent traveler became so frustrated with TSA's screening process that he removed all of his clothing for the procedure in protest of the "harassment."
A recent survey conducted by Frequent Business Traveler revealed 90.8 percent of frequent fliers think TSA is doing either a fair or poor job of managing security screenings at the nation's airports.


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[Tutorial] Toner PCB Transfer & Chemical Etching
Posted: 06 Jul 2010, 02:59
BE SAFE -- please wear at least industrial rubber gloves and do this in a well ventilated area or outside. Don't bring any metal in contact with the etchant, it eats metal. Use only plastic or glass containers and tools.
For 1L of etchant you need:
- copper clad board
- acetone
- HCl Hydrochloric acid
- H2O2 Hydrogen Peroxide
- water
- inverted pcb layout
- glossy magazine paper
- laser printer or copier
- hacksaw
- iron
- drill
- water boiler
- plastic containers
- plastic tweezers or pliers
- steel wool (000)
- maybe Sharpie or black marker for writing on CDs
- safety goggles
- rubber gloves
- Cut out the layout pcb and measure the size of copper board you will need. Cut the copperboard to size.
- Clean the copper board with the steel wool 000, don't be lazy, clean it well, it will save you time later.
- Once it's shiny and clean, remove all the dirt and scraped off residue with a cloth soaked in acetone.
Normal board to the left, the cleaned board to the right in the background.
- Before you start ironing, take a needle or exacto knife to punch as many holes in the tonerless areas of the transfer
- Take the iron and remove all the water it may contain.
- Put it on 'Linen' (hottest you can go) and wait until it's hot.
- Put the paper on the pcb, hold it on one side so it does not slip.
- Now apply the iron to one side of the board while keeping the paper in place. Do not move for about 15 seconds. After this time, the paper will stick to the copper due to the heat.
- Now gently go over the rest of the board and really iron it so as to remove air from underneath the paper. Then put your iron flat on the whole board and apply pressure for about 2 minutes.
- Then iron the board top to toe, left to right. Just iron the hell out of it and don't be afraid, the paper won't catch fire. Unplug the iron temporarily if it indicates it's overheating.
- When you feel your done (depends on the board size), throw the pcb with transfer still sticking to it in a bowl of lukewarm water. Too hot and your toner may come off, too cold and the board will shrink fast and thereby maybe damage toner traces.
- After the paper has soaked for some minutes, you may be able to peel it off by rubbing your thumbs over the surface of the board.
- If parts of the toner come off in this process, there is only one reason: you should have applied more heat in that area. If this is the case, clean the copperboard with steelwool and acetone and start over again.
- A good technique is to start rubbing the center of the board with your thumbs. The paper will then come off layer by layer and if you applied enough heat the chances of damage are minimal. Keep on rubbing, don't be affraid. If the board goes dry, soak again then continue rubbing.
- You know when you're done when all copper is bare. If paper is still cover the traces themselves, this does not matter. Just make sure the etchant will be able to get into contact with all the copper that should be removed.
BE SAFE -- please wear at least industrial rubber gloves and do this in a well ventilated area or outside. Don't bring any metal in contact with the etchant, it eats metal. Use only plastic or glass containers and tools.
For 1L of etchant you need:
- 750ml H2O water
- 200ml HCL hydrochloric acid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrochloric_acid
- 50ml H2O2 hydrogen peroxide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H2O2
- It will speed up the proces if you heat the etchant, either by using warm (not boiling!) water to dilute the chemicals, or by putting the etchant container in a second container fill with hot water.
- Stirring the etchant or the board CAREFULLY also helps. Don't breath the fumes, stand away if you're not stirring or checking how it goes. It takes some time, dependent on the size of the board. Be patient and watch.
- First thing you'll see is the discoloration in the etchant, from transparant to yellow and later green.
- For some time, it will seem like nothing's happening, but if you look carefully, you can see the copper getting darker
- The etching process reaches its final stage when you see the edges being cleared
- Copper dissapears completely from outside towards the inside of the board
- All copper is gone and only the traces are still visible. Time to take out the board using tools and to rinse it properly in cold water.
- You can clean the board by using either steel wool or acetone. Both work equally fine in removing the toner.
- One last step would be drilling, but there are surely other threads about that subject.


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GoogledGnome #16
Wow badge gear wait for wolk
Yep, and your copper ore, linen cloth and Red Defias Mask.
They will be something to show your grandkids, or at least newbie guildies.
I remember when all we had was badges of justice
I would suggest burning your badges (in a big bonfire outside the Stormwind AH) on either better gear or maybe even better, stock up on the "new green gems" (which are our current epic gems).
Think about it, why waste money on new green gems for your new, yet soon to me replaced level 75 blues? Might be better of dropping some old readily available gems in them.
Gnomer and Out!
This was another post in the continuing exploration of how people reach Armaggedons Coming via Google. As usual, plese feel free to comment or ignore


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Now, researchers led by José Andrade, associate professor of civil and mechanical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), have analyzed X-ray images of Aztec sandstone and revealed that compaction bands are actually more permeable than earlier models indicated. While they do appear to be less permeable than the surrounding host rock, they do not appear to block the flow of fluids. Their findings were reported in the May 17 issue of Geophysical Research Letters.
The study includes the first observations and calculations that show fluids have the ability to flow in sandstone that has compaction bands. Prior to this study, there had been inferences of how permeable these formations were, but those inferences were made from 2D images. This paper provides the first permeability calculations based on actual rock samples taken directly from the field in the Valley of Fire, Nevada. From the data they collected, the researchers concluded that these formations are not as impermeable as previously believed, and that therefore their ability to trap fluids -- like oil, gas, and CO2 -- should be measured based on 3D images taken from the field.
"These results are very important for the development of new technologies such as CO2 sequestration -- removing CO2 from the atmosphere and depositing it in an underground reservoir -- and hydraulic fracturing of rocks for natural gas extraction," says Andrade. "The quantitative connection between the microstructure of the rock and the rock's macroscopic properties, such as hydraulic conductivity, is crucial, as physical processes are controlled by pore-scale features in porous materials. This work is at the forefront of making this quantitative connection."
The research team connected the rocks' 3D micromechanical features -- such as grain size distribution, which was obtained using microcomputed tomography images of the rocks to build a 3D model -- with quantitative macroscopic flow properties in rocks from the field, which they measured on many different scales. Those measurements were the first ever to look at the three-dimensional ability of compaction bands to transmit fluid. The researchers say the combination of these advanced imaging technologies and multiscale computational models will lead to unprecedentedly accurate measurements of crucial physical properties, such as permeability, in rocks and similar materials.
Andrade says the team wants to expand these findings and techniques. "An immediate idea involves the coupling of solid deformation and chemistry," he says. "Accounting for the effect of pressures and their potential to exacerbate chemical reactions between fluids and the solid matrix in porous materials, such as compaction bands, remains a fundamental problem with multiple applications ranging from hydraulic fracturing for geothermal energy and natural gas extraction, to applications in biological tissue for modeling important processes such as osteoporosis. For instance, chemical reactions take place as part of the process utilized in fracturing rocks to enhance the extraction of natural gas."
Other coauthors of the paper, "Connecting microstructural attributes and permeability from 3D tomographic images of in situ shear-enhanced compaction bands using multiscale computations," are WaiChing Sun, visiting scholar at Caltech; John Rudnicki, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University; and Peter Eichhubl, research scientist in the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin.
The work was partially funded by the Geoscience Research Program of the U.S. Department of Energy.
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The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations) from materials provided by California Institute of Technology. The original article was written by Katie Neith.
Journal Reference:WaiChing Sun, José E. Andrade, John W. Rudnicki, Peter Eichhubl. Connecting microstructural attributes and permeability from 3D tomographic images of in situ shear-enhanced compaction bands using multiscale computations. Geophysical Research Letters, 2011; 38 (10) DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047683


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The fourth volume in Isobelle Carmody's Obernewtyn Chronicles was going to be my last for a while. I found the first four books at the library so decided to try them–and they are a really good fantasy. This latest one leaves so much hanging that I wish I'd found all eight. In The Keeping Place, war comes to the land and the Misfits reluctantly agree to aid the Rebels in an elaborate plan to take over the Council Lands in a carefully orchestrated series of maneuvers. But traitors have infiltrated the Rebels, treachery among the Rebel factions threatens mayhem, Rushton, the lord of Obernewtyn has gone missing, and Elspeth is under pressure to find the machines that destroyed most of earth in the Great White before they can be used again.
That's the short version. Elspeth is in charge during Rushton's absence and Obernewtyn's protection is beginning to unravel. The various guilds are inventing new ways to perform their duties–one has created diving gear to explore an underwater ruin from the Beforetime, another is split in two groups and part of the guild is training itself to be knights and spies. Dragon, the powerful feral child Elspeth found on a previous journey, is still in a deep coma but her tortured dreams transfer to everyone in Obernewtyn and no one can sleep easily. Maruman, the old cat-medium who is devoted to Elspeth and her fated quest, delivers more urgent exhortations to find the clues to the whereabouts of the deadly machines. Ariel, the angelic sadist who left Obernewtyn to join the religious cult, the Herders, appears in Elspeth's dreams and threatens her life and all she holds dear.
When Elspeth receives disturbing news about Rushton, she knows it is time to act. The Misfits had voted to abstain from any rebellion and pursue a path of peace in their mountains but they are drawn into the battles and into grave danger. Many things don't seem quite right and suddenly real horrors and betrayal rip apart fragile coalitions and unimaginable depravity comes to light. Elspeth re-connects with Swallow, who is now king of the elite band of gypsies who are indebted to her. She travels the perilous dreampaths to search for clues and to attempt to heal Dragon and bring back Rushton. Her dreams are increasingly troubled, increasingly violent and increasingly real. Being in charge means having the power of life and death and Elspeth is a reluctant but decisive leader.
When a daring move uncovers a major clue to the location of the death machines, the impact is muted by the terrible human tragedy a different search unearths in a Herder cloister. It seems as if many more Misfits will die before Elspeth can disable the system to destroy the planet for good–and those who are left are damaged, possibly beyond repair. So I'm quite curious to see what happens next. Obernewtyn is a complex and well-drawn world full of compelling characters, unexpected plot developments and chilling detail. I'll have to prowl the YA section to discover 5-8 so I can learn the ultimate fate of a heroine whose journey equals that of any male protagonist in a fantasy/sci-fi fiction.
The Keeping Place: The Obernewtyn Chronicles 4 Isobelle Carmody | Random House 2008


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Public invited to unveiling of Starburst Galaxy Image and 'Galaxies Galore' event on Aug. 12University of Hawaiʻi
Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
HILO, Hawaiʻi — The public is invited to a special ʻGalaxies Galore' program at ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi on Saturday, August 12, 2006. This two-hour interactive program begins at 7 p.m. with the unveiling of a magnificent image of Messier 82 (M82), a starburst galaxy, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in March 2006. The evening's program will include presentations by local astronomers and an exciting three-dimensional journey to the distant galaxy in the Center's popular 4D2U or Voyage Through Space Theater follow the unveiling.
Richard Crowe, ʻImiloa Astronomer-in-Residence and UH Hilo Professor of Physics and Astronomy, will show additional images of M82, as well as spectacular photographs of other galaxies taken from telescopes atop Mauna Kea. Inge Heyer, Joint Astronomy Centre Science Outreach Specialist, will discuss the Hubble Space Telescope and its deepest views of the universe. The 3D voyage to M82 will be led by Subaru astronomer Catherine Ishida.
Since 1990, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has completed 93,500 orbits around the Earth, the equivalent of 2.4 billion miles. The orbiting observatory generates 10 billion bytes of data every day—enough information to fill up the hard drive of a typical home computer in about a week. Thousands of astronomers around the world have used HST to photograph images of approximately 24,000 celestial objects.
Stunning M82 images to be featured during ʻImiloa Astronomy Center's program were recently released by NASA and the European Space Agency, two agencies involved in the project, to celebrate Hubble Space Telescope's 16 years of success. M82 is remarkable for its bright blue disk, webs of shredded clouds, and fiery-looking plumes of glowing hydrogen apparently blasting out of its central regions.
The ʻGalaxies Galore' program is geared for all ages, and admission is free to ʻImiloa members, and is $5.00 per person for the general public. Reservations are required and space is limited. To reserve a seat, sign up at the ticket office at ʻImiloa Astronomy Center, call 808-969-9711 or send an email to email@example.com. Include your name, event (Galaxies Galore), telephone number, and the number of people in your party. Your reservation will be confirmed by phone or email. ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi is located at 600 ʻImiloa Place in Hilo. The Center is open Tuesdays through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information about ʻImiloa Astronomy Center, go to www.imiloahawaii.org.
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The mission of the National Philharmonic is to be the dynamic organization of choice providing the highest quality orchestral, choral and other musical experiences to enrich and inspire the lives of people in Montgomery County, the Washington, DC metropolitan area and beyond through concerts and educational programs for all ages.
The Philharmonic serves the residents of Montgomery County and the entire Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The primary goal of the organization is to provide audiences with high quality, professional performances at a convenient location and an affordable price. The National Philharmonic also aims to appeal to the diverse cultural backgrounds of the community through its musical performances and education programs.
In carrying out its goal to make classical music and concert going a part of daily life for young people, the Philharmonic actively pursues opportunities to reach a broader community. Programs such as the ALL KIDS, ALL FREE, ALL THE TIME and the Philharmonic's Student Concerts in partnership with the Music Center at Strathmore and Montgomery County Public Schools help the National Philharmonic achieve its goal of allowing all children the opportunity to attend an orchestra concert.


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A roundtable chat with producers Irwin and David Winkler of "The Mechanic"
Healthy father and son relationships are certainly more the exception than the rule at the movies. Even so, the murderous biological and surrogate father and son pairings in the original film "The Mechanic" and its action-packed update with Jason Statham and Ben Foster, are unusually problematic. It's a tale, after all, about a junior hit-man learning from an older paid killer who has, in turn, killed the younger killer's dad.
That, of course has pretty much nothing to do with two of the new version's real-life father and son producers, Irwin and David Winkler. For the remake of the 1971 actioner, the pair have teamed up with another parent-and-offspring team, Irwin Winkler's long-time producing partner, Bill Chartoff and his son, Robert. (For the record, there are a total of ten producers and five executive producers credited on the film.) Both individually and with Bill Chartoff, the elder Winkler has been involved with a remarkable number of good movies and a few genuine classics, starting with Sydney Pollack's pitch-black Oscar winner, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" and also including two of Martin Scorsese's signature works, "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas." Winkler and Chartoff also, of course, produced "The Mechanic," the first time around when it was as much of a chilling look at sociopathy as it was an action flick.
Like any great producer, Irwin Winkler has had his share of interesting financial failures. There was the ultra-culty early John Boorman film, "Leo the Last" and Martin Scorsese's big budget 1977 disappointment "New York, New York." Fortunately, there was also the occasional modest but high quality success like Bertrand Tavernier's great 1986 love letter to jazz and jazz fandom, "'Round Midnight." He and Bill Chartoff were also key players in one of the most enduring franchises in film history, the one that started with a low-budget boxing drama called "Rocky." Since 1991's "Guilty by Suspicion," Winkler has also occasionally directed. His most recent films include the musical Cole Porter biopic, "De-Lovely," and the Iraq war drama "Home of the Brave," which received a speedy burial.
For his part, son David Winkler has worked on a number of television movies as well as with his father on 2006's "Rocky Balboa." He also directed the 1998 drama, "Finding Graceland" starring Harvey Keitel.
I was personally anxious to talk to Winklers during a recent L.A. press junket for "The Mechanic" because of an oddball "only in L.A." family anecdote. I was nevertheless beaten to the punch by an Italian reporter with a rather distinctive interviewing style who tended to dominate the discussion.
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Congratulation to the over 1 million young men and women who will be able to take advantage of President Obama's version of the Dream Act. It took courage for the President to make such a precarious move at so close to the election, but if he had failed to help the children and "do the right thing" Mitt Romney, the republican contender for the presidency may have given him a run for the money, with the alleged Dream Act proposed by Republican Marco Rubio. And if Romney had won, our fight for recognition of these children would have been derailed for decades. Romney has made it clear that he would veto the "Dream Act," if congress approved the Dream Act, he would veto it; thowing the baby out with the bathwater. The future of the Dream Act would look bleak, but instead of a dismal future, Obama's strategic moves, clears the way for a bright future for all 11 million undocumented immigrants in our country.
We all understand that the program as described, is not intended to give anyone permanent residency. It's a "band-aide" to relieve the stress caused by the current broken immigration laws, and to keep things moving until one day, congress passes a Comprehensive Immigration reform.
With Obama's aggressive and unexpected move, Romney's hope for obtaining votes from the Latin community has all but disappeared. He now finds himself with basically no hope of beating OBama in November, Romney has met his Waterloo.
Yesterday, there was a stakeholders meeting at the DHS, which outlined the program in greater detail. I have listed the information from this meeting, in the idreamact.com web site and explained how best to prepare for that eventual day, on or about August 15, 2012, when everyone can start filing the applications.
A word to the wise: Filing out forms always appear simple, but a missed word, wrong data and the case could be place in investigation which can last a long time.
Make sure you use an experienced immigration Lawyer; not a Notary Public, Travel Agency or Immigration Consultant. These people are not licensed and do not have the expansive and detailed understanding of U.S. immigration law. And most importantly they cannot assist you if something goes wrong; only a licensed lawyer can do so.
Best of Luck
Moises Apsan
Laywer, Advogado, Abogado.
for more information go to www.idreamact.com.


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Capitals player John Carlson makes Olympic team | News
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Washington Capitals player John Carlson has made the U.S. Men's Olympic hockey team.
The defenseman was among the 25 players announced for the team for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia on Wednesday afternoon. This will be his first Olympic appearance.
Carlson is 23 years old. He was originally drafted by the Caps in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
See his player profile here: http://capitals.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8474590


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The view toward Lusaka's Cairo Road—home to government offices, media and broadcasting studios, al fresco hair salons and the 1960s modernist concrete block office buildings that are omnipresent across Africa and the Middle East.
Arrived safely in Lusaka, Zambia on Sunday evening after a ridiculously long flights from Chicago to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Addis Ababa and Addis to Lusaka via Harare, Zimbabwe. It was well worth it. Zambia is a gorgeous country and the people are super friendly. And in case you're still unsure of the location: A map is HERE. Zambia is in southern Africa and bordered by Namibia, Angola. Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Very exciting to be here for my fellowship from the International Reporting Project at the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. I'll be in Zambia for about two weeks to report on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. Very humbled to have been selected and grateful to be here.
Zambia is a former British colony and driving is on the left. Haha! Took me about two days to acclimate myself toward looking left. I've learned to always look both ways when crossing roads.
Sorry for the sporadic posts since leaving the States last week. I've had no problem adjusting to the seven hour time difference because of my day-long layover in Frankfurt. But the anti-malarial pills are quite toxic and have caused major nausea and headaches. That was my fault for forgetting to take them with food. Sigh.
Look for my updates from Zambia on R20 and Twitter. The hashtag is #ZambiaHealth.


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place of confinement for the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals. By the end of the 18th cent. imprisonment was the chief mode of punishment for all but capital crimes.
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What does it mean when you dream about jail?
Dreaming about being in jail usually reflects a sense of restriction one feels in one's outer life, the limiting of one's creativity. It could also indicate a sense of guilt or self-criticism. Alternatively, the dreamer may need to "put a lock on" certain actions and behavior. Dreaming about being the jailor is similar, though it shifts the focus to our own agency—we are the ones restricting ourselves.
1. A prison.
2. A building or place for the legal detention of persons.
jail, gaol
a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted
Dreaming about jail may make you think that you have done something immoral or illegal, or committed an act that merits punishment. You may also have a fear of being trapped emotionally or physically. If you are the jailer, you may have an unconscious desire to exert control over others or in a particular situation. Either way, this dream suggests that you have obstacles in your life that may not be easy to overcome.


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BMX brothers -- The Napolitan bros
Load up
X Games BMX Big Air competitor Anthony Napolitan and brother Ronnie spent the past few years living in State College, Pa., riding Woodward Camp on a regular basis. Last year, Anthony sold his house and both brothers headed west for California (Anthony settled in Costa Mesa, Ronnie in San Diego). "I love the West Coast. There is just so much to do. I love waking up, having a surf session and then figuring out where Im going to ride," says Anthony. Here, the brothers load up for a session.
Anthony, wall ride to one-footed table
"Being out west also makes it a lot easier to communicate with sponsors. I can literally just get into my car and drive over to the Red Bull or Mophie offices. Everything is really convenient. Not to mention the weather is always perfect," says Anthony.
"A lot of people dont realize this, but Ronnie and I are five years apart. When youre a kid, thats a pretty big difference. When Ronnie and I were kids, we didnt really get a ton of time to ride together because by the time he really started to ride, I was already graduating and moving out of the house, to Pa. where I would be living at Woodward," says Anthony. All that has changed now.
Ronnie grows up
"Even though we were an entire state apart, Ronnie would text me all the time and tell me about the new things that he was learning. After a year of living at Woodward, I was able to have Ronnie come to camp to ride for a day. Our mother drove a round trip of eight hours so that he could come ride. That's when I knew Ronnie was going to travel the world and follow his dreams just as I had been trying to," says Anthony.
The move out west
"What brought us both out west? I blame Ronald. I have been coming to California since 2005. Ever since the first time I came to Calif., I knew that I wanted to live here one day. Ronnie took the plunge. He was the first one to move. It was actually a pretty emotional moment for me," says Anthony.
Ditch life
"I have been really good friends with Dennis Enarson for years and I always talked to him about moving out to San Diego and finally it kind of happened. So yeah, I moved out west and maybe six months later Anthony and another group of dudes rolled out to Costa Mesa. It's awesome," says Ronnie.
Ronnie, wallride to toboggan
"You can't beat the amount of street spots and concrete parks in California. There are just so many good spots to ride out here its crazy. The east coast has spots but it's nothing like out here," says Ronnie.
"Ronnie and I have always been really close, but have always chosen our own paths in life, as people and as BMX riders. I think that's what makes us have this unique relationship that we have as brothers. I like to think that between the both of us, we have it pretty well balanced out," says Anthony.
Ronnie on Anthony
"I'm stoked that Anthony is happy with this life in Costa Mesa and just pumped that he is out here killing it everyday. I'm also really stoked that he likes the Volcom bowl! I hate that none of his roommates like it and never want to ride it," says Ronnie.
Anthony on Ronnie
"I just like when Ronnie is around. He brings a different element to any situation that we find ourselves in. I get really stoked when he pushes me to do things that I don't really want to do," says Anthony.
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As I noted over on Twitter, this just-released press release from the Susan G. Komen foundation looks like a blink. Feel free to comment on what you believe are the motivations and consequences in the comments. Be polite to each other or I'll whack you with the Mallet of Loving Correction.
Also, I'm continuing my fundraiser in any event. Just to be sure.
Edit: A take on the apology from the women at Jezebel.


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EPIC's Seabird Breeding Atlas of the Lesser Antilles
This publication describes two years of exploration by David and Katharine Lowrie with funding and expertise from Natalia Collier and Environmental Protection in the Caribbean. Order your copy of thishistoric contribution to seabird conservation in the Caribbean. Reviewed by David Lee in Waterbirds.
Caribbean Seabird Initiative: Invasives Newsletter
This occasional newsletter describes work to restore seabird breeding sites in the Caribbean by removing invasive species.
Gulf of Mexico Seabird Profiles
Document prepared by David Lee for NOAA with descriptions of all the seabirds likely to be found in the Gulf of Mexico.
Data Entry Form now available
There is now a data entry form in Excel 2003 posted on this Contribute page. Please try the form out. It should be straightforward. You can include any comments about the process in your submission email.
Sea level rise and seabirds: a case study
of the potential
impacts in Bermuda
Wingate presented 50 years of observations on how rising sea levels
could impact breeding seabirds in Bermuda. The threats there are
similar to those in around the region. Check out this informative
paper. This link
leads to the entire proceedings of the 2003 conference entitled "A
Sense of Direction: a conference on conservation in the UK Overseas
Territories and other small island communities."
to the maps for An Inventory of Breeding Seabirds of the
2009, Bradley and Norton's An Inventory of Breeding Seabirds of the
Caribbean was published. It was later reviewed by David Lee, Ian Nisbet, and Richard Veit. Wicbirds.net, with a great deal of help from The
Nature Conservancy (John Knowles and Mike Palmer), made the maps for the book, and I am updating them
as better information comes in and mistakes are
corrected. There is now a more detailed map of St. Bartholomew
with specific colonies pinpointed. I have also updated the maps of St. Thomas,
St. John, and
Tortola, and Virgin Gorda,
thanks to corrections provided by Judy Pierce of the US Virgin Islands
Division of Fish and Wildlife. If you have corrections or additions
about breeding seabirds, contact
Follow the Wicbirds.net creator's latest thoughts on seabirds of the Caribbean by clicking the link above and going to our blog at wicbirds.blogspot.com. Please use the comment section on the blog if you can.
The atlas tracks reports of breeding by seabirds in the West Indies and Caribbean region. Most seabird populations throughout this region are declining. The information presented here was in part generated by the Seabird Working Group of the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds.
More than 85 naturalists and professional scientists have contributed to date. If you have observed breeding by seabirds in the region, please contribute your records to the atlas. In the future, this site will have more features for sharing information for conservation.
Will Mackin: Co-chair of the Seabird Working Group for SCSCB. He has studied seabirds in the Bahamas and West Indies since 1998.
David Lee:
Co-founder of the Seabird Working Group of SCSCB. Currently the
Executive Director of the Tortoise
Reserve and former
curator of Birds at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
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It may be the biggest phishing catch of all time.
More than 110 million Target customers had their credit-card information stolen because at least one employee of a heating and air-conditioning contractor succumbed to an email phishing scheme, cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs reported Wednesday.
The revelation, if true, is the strongest indication yet of what went wrong since Krebs first exposed the massive heist of consumer financial data at the national retail giant late last year, a startling cyberattack that has prompted intense congressional inquiry. Neiman Marcus and other chains have also recently been victimized, though it is not believed that the perpetrators are the same.
Last week, Krebs reported that hackers infiltrated Target's network by swiping the login credentials of Fazio Mechanical Services, a Pennsylvania-based contractor.
Now, anonymous sources tell Krebs that credentials "were stolen in an email malware attack at Fazio that began at least two months before thieves started stealing card data from thousands of Target cash registers." It appears that the culprits used a password-stealing bot known as Citadel to get the job done.
Fazio, in response to its sudden notoriety last week, sent out a statement explaining that it had been "the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack operation." But Krebs notes that the company's defense against malicious attacks was a free version of a somewhat impotent anti-malware program, which "is made explicitly for individual users and its license prohibits corporate use."
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The bike racks outside the Vancouver Public Library on Georgia Street are very well used, so Belinda Li thought it was a pretty safe place to lock up her Kona Dew Drop while she attended a brief afternoon meeting inside.
When she came out less than an hour later, her $800 bike was gone and her Kryptonite-brand U-lock was on the ground.
Police recommend U-locks, because they can't be as easily defeated with bolt cutters as a cable lock. But Li's lock had been sliced right through with what she assumes was a power tool, perhaps an angle grinder.
Li remains amazed that, in the middle of the afternoon on June 11, 2012, at a busy bike rack, someone could steal her bike with a power tool and not be stopped.
"There was someone passing that area probably every minute or two," she said. "It was definitely someone who was able to do it quickly and relatively inconspicuously because it's a pretty high-traffic area."
An analysis of Vancouver police crime data by The Vancouver Sun confirms what Li found: That when it comes to bike theft, there may not be safety in numbers.
The library, in fact, is one of the worst places in the City of Vancouver for bike thefts, with 79 bikes stolen from the 300-block of West Georgia between 2008 and 2012. The only area worse is Granville Island, where roughly 250 bikes have been stolen over the same period.
The city's other bike-theft hot spots also tend to correspond with the places where the most cyclists lock up most: City hall (68 thefts), the YMCA on Burrard Street (59), Science World (45) and Mountain Equipment Co-op on West Broadway (41).
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It's difficult to determine whether the risk of parking your bike in such spots is higher than elsewhere in the city, or if they simply have so many thefts because there are so many bikes there.
But Vancouver police spokesman Const. Brian Montague believes that bike thieves — who may be on the lookout for a particular bike, or a particular lock they know how to defeat — are attracted to the places with the biggest selection of targets.
"If I'm a bike thief, I'm going to go somewhere where I know there's a large concentration of bikes," he said.
In a city where crime has been steadily dropping for the past few years, bike theft is notable as one of the few crimes that is going up.
Since 2008, auto thefts in Vancouver have dropped in half (due largely to engine immobilizers), robberies are down by a third and break-and-enters are down a quarter. In contrast, during that same period, bike thefts increased 50 per cent, from 1,179 in 2008 to 1,821 in 2012.
"We've been able to decrease other property crimes but [bike theft] is one we've had a real challenge with," said Montague.
Indeed, in 2010, Vancouver had more bikes stolen than cars, a trend that has continued every year since.
The most obvious explanation for the increase in bike thefts is that more people are biking as the number of dedicated bike lanes in the city increases.
A report that went to Vancouver city council last June estimated, based on TransLink trip diary data, that the number of trips by bike in the city increased more than 40 per cent between 2008 and 2011.
Yet bikes also seem particularly vulnerable to theft.
That same TransLink trip diary data suggests there are roughly 20 times more cars on the road in Vancouver than bikes, which means that, if you bike to work instead of drive, the chances your ride will get stolen are about 30 times higher.
"I have lots of friends who cycle commute and we've all generally established that, on average, you would get a bike stolen once every two years if you're a regular cycle commuter," said Li.
Li has had a bike stolen three times: In Richmond in 2004, outside MEC in 2006 and then outside the library in 2012.
Montague said one of the things that makes bikes so vulnerable is very few people record their bicycle's serial number, which is usually located beneath the crankshaft. That means, once stolen, bikes become almost impossible to trace — and extremely easy to sell.
If a bike theft victim is able to provide a serial number, police enter it on the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) system, which any police force in the country can search if they recover a suspected stolen bike. People buying used bikes can also search serial numbers on CPIC's public website at cpic-cipc.ca to see if it's stolen.
Unfortunately, said Montague, "I would say the majority of people wouldn't have a clue what their serial number is."
That means police are often unable to prove bikes are stolen even when they strongly suspect that they are.
"We'll go into someone's apartment on a search warrant looking for stolen property or drugs and we'll often find a warehouse for bicycles," he said. "And out of 10 or 20 or 30 bicycles ... only one or two have been reported stolen with the serial number."
The other factor driving bike thefts, said Montague, is how expensive some bikes have become.
"We're not riding around on the old $50 Norcos that I used to ride when I was a kid," he said. "People are commuting on bikes that are worth $2,000, $3,000, $4,000 sometimes."
On July 27, 2012, more than a month after her bike was stolen at the library, Li had a going-away barbecue at Kitsilano Beach in preparation for her departure to Malawi to volunteer on a water sanitation project.
As the party got underway, a new friend of hers, Eric Moutal, rode up to the beach in a mahogany Kona Dew Drop just like the one Li used to have.
"I looked at it and said: 'Wait a minute, that looks like my bike," Li recalls.
At first, Li just assumed it was a different bike of the same type. After all, the wheels and bike seat weren't quite the same as hers.
But then she noticed some things that were the same, like a specific spot along the top of her frame where she had scratched her bike and tried to cover it up with nail polish.
Moutal and Li flipped the bike over and she checked the serial number: It was her bike, just with some of the components switched out.
"At that point, we didn't know what to do," said Moutal. "Do I give her back the bike?"
Li had already bought another bike by then and was leaving the country in a few weeks anyways. Keep it, she told Eric.
"I was glad to see my bike again intact, that was cool," said Li. "We now call this our bike, our stolen bike. It's brought us together."
How Li's bike ended up in Moutal's possession provides some insight into just how efficient and deviously tricky Vancouver's bike thieves can be.
Moutal had been scanning Craigslist for several days looking for a new bike when on June 12, 2012 — just one day after Li's bike was stolen — he saw a new ad, with photo, for a used 2009 Kona Dew Drop selling for $380.
As it happened, he and Li weren't yet close friends, so he didn't know her bike had been stolen.
"If I had had her as a Facebook friend at that time I would have seen her post that the bike was stolen," said Moutal. "It didn't happen that way."
Emails Moutal shared with The Sun show that the ad's author — who identified himself as "Mike" and provided a last name — got back to him within the hour and urged Moutal to verify the bike was not stolen.
The seller provided Moutal with the bike's serial number and a link to the CPIC database, carefully explaining how he should "scroll down to the stolen bicycle database link, click on it and follow the search directions entering the serial number."
Moutal did just that and — assured the bike wasn't stolen — arranged to meet Mike outside his apartment in the 900-block of Nelson the following afternoon. When he got to the building, Moutal called Mike on his cellphone and a man came down with the bike.
Moutal said the guy, who was in his 30s, seemed perfectly normal. "You wouldn't think twice if you saw him walk into an office," he said. "He didn't seem suspicious. Very calm."
Moutal took the bike for a quick test drive and then, as a final check, flipped the bike over to make sure the serial number was the same one Mike had given him over email. Then he paid him $380 in cash and left with his new bike.
A month later, as Moutal explained to Li how he had come into possession of her bike, it was the serial number part of the story that was the most puzzling. After all, Li did know her bike's serial number and had provided it to police.
It took awhile before the two of them finally figured it out: The serial number Mike gave Moutal via email was F901K411. The serial number on Li's bike: F901K4111. "The one he gave me on email was one digit off of the actual one," said Moutal, something he didn't notice when he quickly glanced at the number again before buying it.
Montague said police are doing their best to fight bike theft.
If someone notices their stolen bike for sale online, he said, police will do their best to help them get it back.
"We get quite a few calls where the owner says, 'I found my stolen bike for sale on the Internet,'" he said. "We'll pose as potential buyers. We have officers in plainclothes who are able to do that. We've been quite successful in retrieving several bikes that way."
Police don't recommend people try to arrange such meetings on their own, as Kayla Smith famously did last August — racing off with her own bike after arranging to meet the seller in a McDonald's parking lot.
Vancouver police also have a bait bike program, modelled on its successful bait car program, in which some bikes are outfitted with location trackers.
"In other cases, it's just a matter of putting a bike out and having officers watch it," said Montague. "Unfortunately, we don't have to watch for very long."
The crime data provided to The Sun by the VPD shows, not surprisingly, a strong seasonal pattern to bike thefts, with about five times more bikes stolen in July and August than December and January.
Noon and 6 p.m. are the peak times for bike thefts, though VPD says this may be simply because, regardless of when bikes are stolen, people are most likely to discover them gone at lunch and after work.
The data analyzed by The Sun only includes bikes stolen in the City of Vancouver. Thefts in the suburbs or at the University of B.C., which has its own RCMP detachment, are not included.
A couple months after Li's going away party, Moutal was at his home in Mount Pleasant when he heard a knock at the door.
"My neighbour says: 'I'm not sure if you know this but your garage door is wide open,'" recalled Moutal, who was in the habit of leaving Li's 2009 Kona Dew Drop unlocked in the garage.
The garage door, which didn't always close properly, had accidentally been left open, apparently tempting a passing thief.
"I ran out there and my bike was gone," stolen for the second time in six months, said Moutal.
Who has it now is unknown.
How to protect your bike from theft
Here are some tips, from police and bike experts, about how to reduce your chances of having your bike stolen (or having it recovered if it is stolen)
Write down your bike's serial number and put it in a place you'll remember. If your bike is stolen, giving police the serial number will increase the chances of your bike being recovered and make it harder for the thief to re-sell your bike.
Lock up your bike, even if you're just stopping somewhere for a few minutes. Use a high-quality U-lock rather than a cable lock, which can be easily cut through with bolt cutters. And make sure you lock both your front wheel and your bike's frame to the bike rack.
Make sure you lock your bike to something secure, like a bike rack. Metal sign posts and parking meters can be lifted out of the ground and trees can be cut down.
When at home, take your bike inside.
When buying a used bike, check the bike's serial number at cpic-cipc.ca.
Source: Vancouver Police, HUB: Your Cycling Connection