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DoHistory invites you to explore the process of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the past. It is an experimental, interactive case study based on the research that went into the book and PBS film A Midwife's Tale, which were both based upon the remarkable 200 year old diary of midwife/healer Martha Ballard. There are thousands of downloadable pages from original documents: diaries, letters, maps, court records, town records, and more as well as a searchable copy of the twenty-seven year diary of Martha Ballard. DoHistory engages users interactively with historical documents and artifacts from the past and introduces visitors to the pivotal questions and issues raised when "doing" history. DoHistory was developed and maintained by the Film Study Center at Harvard University and is hosted and maintained by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University.
The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association/Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts has launched a rich and impressive website that focuses on the 1704 raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, with the goal of commemorating and reinterpreting the event from the perspectives of all the cultural groups who were present – Mohawk, Abenaki, Huron, French, and English. The website brings together many resources – historical scenes, stories of people's lives, historical artifacts and documents, essays, voices and songs, historical maps, and a timeline – to illuminate broad and competing perspectives on this dramatic event.
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Archiving Early America
A worthwhile commercial site for links to historical documents, biographies, and even on-line books, on 18th century America. These archival materials are displayed in their original formats so they can be read and examined close-up and in detail. Of special interest is the Maryland Gazette containing George Washington's Journal of his historic trip to the Ohio Valley. It is the only original copy privately held. Materials are free for personal use.
TeacherServe®, is an interactive curriculum enrichment service offering teachers practical help in planning courses and presenting rigorous subject matter to students. Divining America: Religion and the National Culture is designed to help teachers of American history bring their students to a greater understanding of the role religion has played in the development of the United States. In The First Great Awakening section, Historian Christine Leigh Heryman of the University of Delaware offers a concise explanation of the scope and impact of the First Great Awakening. In Puritanism and Predestination she offers a clear explanation of Puritan beliefs. Other topics include Witchcraft in Salem Village; Religion, Women, and the Family in Early America; The Church of England in Early America; Religious Pluralism in the Middle Colonies; Native American Religion in Early America; and Religion and the American Revolution.
America's Story is a site for children from the Library of Congress and is designed to be both entertaining and fun to use. The Colonial America (1492-1763) section contains "stories" (concise essays with images) including "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!", "Jamestown Was Established", "Salem Witch Trials", "Christopher Columbus Saw Land!", and "George Washington Was Born".
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities has produced a searchable collection of electronic texts written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820. The Archive also features a collection of links to early American texts on the Internet. Open to the public for research and teaching purposes.
Part of a special exhibit by the Library of Congress, this site provides an interesting mix of images, primary text, and background information on the role of religion in the European settlement of America. America as a Religious Refuge: The 17th Century looks at religious persecution in Europe that drove so many to British North America where settlers often established colonies centered on passionate religious convictions. Religion in 18th-Century America concentrates on the nation's first major religious revival, the Great Awakening, which took place from 1740-1745.
A massive collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals. Arranged in chronological sequence (500 B.C.-1800 A.D.). A very helpful scholarly resource.
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Virtual Jamestown
The Virtual Jamestown Archive is an on-going digital research, teaching, and learning project that explores the legacies of the Jamestown settlement and "the Virginia experiment." There are first-hand accounts and letters, interpretive essays, and more.
The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities' Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological project provides a history of Jamestown and resources.There is a timeline of events and references leading up to and through the establishment of Jamestown and lists of early settlers with occupations. There are also a couple of online exhibits that provide a "behind the scenes" look at the way archaeologists find out about objects excavated on Jamestown Island.
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Part of PBS's African-American Journey site, here you'll find part one of a rich collection of resources — images, documents, stories, biographies, commentaries — on the experience of slavery in America. There is also a useful teacher's guide and activities for students. There are three other parts to explore: Revolution: 1750-1805, Brotherly Love:1791-1831, and Judgment Day: 1831-1865.
12bet手机版首页 Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 is part of the American Memory Historical Collections of the Library of Congress and features pamphlets and books documenting the experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and the United States. There are cases; reports; examinations of cases; and works concerning slaves, fugitive slaves, slave revolts, the African slave trade, and more. A great site for research.
A worthwhile site for researching the history of the Mayflower. Contains important primary source documents related to the ship's voyage, a history of the Mayflower, representations of the ship, and more.
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This is a detailed study guide for use by teachers, students, and enthusiasts. You can use the "Search this Site" field that will look for any topic within the 75 options. Also, clicking on the "Site Map" will produce an interactive map that allows for selection of any of the individual web pages. Duane Cline, the creator of the site, has written two books: Navigation in the Age of Discovery: an Introduction, and Centennial History: General Society of Mayflower Descendants12bet手机版首页and has twice been invited to serve as a Guest Curator at Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia has produced this fun and engaging site where you can enjoy a virtual tour of Philadelphia and visit Betsy Ross' House. You can also learn why Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell and the story of its crack. The Electric Franklin provides resources for you to explore the diversity of Benjamin Franklin's pursuits, and there are several section that deal with the revolutionary war.
Through its exhibition of Pilgrim possessions and Native American artifacts, Pilgrim Hall tells the stories of America's founding and traditions. The museum features an online tour of artifacts owned by Pilgrims. "The Pilgrim Story" combines artifacts with historical information to illuminate the Pilgrim and Native American story to 1692, when Plymouth Colony as an independent entity came to an end. "Beyond the Pilgrim Story" gives additional information about particular aspects of the Pilgrim story that have been of interest to visitors.
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This site is a documentary archive of the Salem Witch Trials and features court records, personal letters, maps of the area, and more. The Archive contains educational information, such as biographical profiles, a collection of images containing portraits of notable people involved in the trials, pictures of important historic sites, historical paintings, and published illustrations taken from 19th and early 20th century literary and historical works. The Documentary Archive is created under the supervision of Professor Benjamin C. Ray, University of Virginia.
12bet手机版首页 This site include transcripts of trial records and examinations of six accused witches and other relevant primary source documents. There is a chronology, selected images, a map of Salem, Petitions of Accused Witches, an interactive game, and much more. The materials included in the Famous Trials website are original works of authorship, government records, works for which copyright protection has expired, works reprinted with permission, or works the webmaster believes are within the fair use protection of the copyright laws.
In this episode archaeologists shed new light on life in colonial America and the lives of slaves. Archeologists Marley Brown and Fraser Neiman uncover evidence that reveals much about the lives of slaves in America during the colonial period up through the 19th Century. Nice mix of concise texts and historic images.
12bet手机版首页 The Internet History Sourcebooks are wonderful collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use by Paul Halsall at Fordham University. The site and its documents are well organized and the breadth of materials is impressive. Under the heading of The Early Modern World is Colonial North America, which includes documents on Early Conquest and Exploitation, Political Forms, Virginia, New England, Middle Atlantic, American Society.
12bet手机版首页 The National Museum of American History presents the history of a 250-year-old house built in the mid-1760s, in Ipswich, Massachussetts and five of the families that occupied it. The site helps one understand the great events of the nation's past through these families.
The College of William and Mary and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation founded the Institute of Early American History and Culture in 1943 and still jointly sponsor its work. The Institute's full-time professional and support staff is responsible for a variety of valuable research and publication programs for scholars. Most services are fee-based but Uncommon Sense is a free online journal on early American history to which you can subscribe. Important site for serious scholars.
12bet手机版首页 This site on Thanksgiving, prepared by Plimoth Plantation museum staff, responds to the most frequently asked questions about the First Thanksgiving and attempts to re-create the original 17th-Century event.
12bet手机版首页 This site explores Franklin's roles as a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. It is meant to help you learn about Ben Franklin and also to let you see how Ben's ideas are still alive in our world today. You might begin by looking at the family tree. There are recommended resource materials, enrichment activities, and a brief glossary.
12bet手机版首页 A flashy and interactive introduction to the Salem Witch trials where the visitor "experiences" the trials. Engaging site for students.
The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency
12bet手机版首页A well organized and informative project developed at Notre Dame University. Read the introductory article "Colonial Currency, Prices, and Exchange Rates". Explore contemporary pamphlets, dealing primarily with Massachusetts and New England, or references that are less well known, such as unpublished dissertations and manuscripts. Interesting and useful page for professional historians, as well as casual visitors.
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
12bet手机版首页This searchable collection of a thousand images is useful to teachers, researchers, students, and the general public. The collection provides a glimpse into pre-colonial Africa and the experiences of enslaved Africans who were transported to the Americas. Compiled by Jerome Handler (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) and Michael Tuite (Digital Media Laboratory, University of Virginia).
Timepage.com offers concise essays on various aspects of the original thirteen colonies. Also provides access to several different maps of the colonies, and Colonial charters, grants, and related documents.
12bet手机版首页 This collection of historical documents from Dinsmore Documentation contains select scholarly books and articles on American colonial history. Their goal is to add four documents (articles or book chapters) per week and readers are invited to suggest further public-domain documents for digitization. The directory of documents by subject includes African Americans and Slavery, British Colonial Policy, Economics and Trade, Immigration from Europe, Religion, Wars and more. You can also browse by author. Very helpful resource for scholars.
A series of concise essays from HistoryBuff.com about Colonial Newspapers: The First Ten Newspapers in America , America's First Papermill: The Rittenhouse Mill, The Beginnings of Illustrated Journalism, Roger E'LeStrange Aristocratic Publisher, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, The Acquittal of John Peter Zenger, The Revolutionary War in the West. See also: Producing Newspapers 1692-1792.
12bet手机版首页 Billed as "Theology from a Bunch of Dead Guys," this section of the Hall of Church History is basically a gateway to links about Puritans.
Part of Fire & Ice: Puritan and Reformed Writings, this section has materials written by various authors about the Puritans or other Reformed subjects. There are separate listings for the sermons and extracts in the Table of Contents.
12bet手机版首页H-Atlantic is an international online discussion list for Atlantic World History from 1500 to 1800. This an interdisciplinary list for scholars who study colonial North America and the United States, Europe, West Africa, the Caribbean, and South America in a transatlantic context.
Compares and contrasts the real Pocahontas with her portrayal in the Disney movie.
12bet手机版首页 Concise Christian Science Monitor feature from the October 29, 1997 edition.
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Students will be able to analyze multiple resources to explain the contacts between the American Indians and the European settlers in early colonial Virginia during the Age of Discovery.
Be a history detective. Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the Daggetts, a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut. Collect clues to uncover answers to 7 questions about colonial life in the 1700s. Then prove your skills as a history detective by discovering What's wrong with this picture?
12bet手机版首页 Using letters from the Library of Congress collection "George Washington Papers, 1741-1799," three units are designed to allow students to examine Washington's leadership during pivotal events in early American history: the French and Indian War, the Federal Convention, and Washington's presidency. A main goal is to understand both Washington's role in early America and the reasons for his rise to prominence. Featuring pre-selected letters from LOC collections and focus questions to evaluate each document, the lesson promotes careful explication of the meaning and implications of primary sources. Designed for grades 8 to 12.
12bet手机版首页 To understand how geographic factors affected where European settlers established colonies, students compare primary sources from the Library of Congress' American Memory collections for three distinct regions: New England, the mid-Atlantic and the South. By comparing and contrasting the experiences of settlers, students understand the importance of regional differences and how settlers adapted to new environments. A wide range of sources including drawings, business proposals and government documents are used to address the role of region in settlement. The lesson plan includes specific activities and guides on how to use class time and also identifies specific American Memory items to be used. Designed for grades 4 to 8.
12bet手机版首页 In 1607 one hundred and four men landed in Virginia to form Jamestown, a settlement that was the birthplace of the United States. But by the end of the first year, all but thirty-eight of the over one hundred settlers had died. Why did this happen? Acting as historians and scientists, students read primary and secondary source materials, evaluate climatology data, and analyze artifacts to learn about the mystery surrounding the Jamestown deaths. Students will also take a critical look at information and evaluate the motives, interests and biases expressed in primary and secondary sources. The lesson concludes by having students consider a new theory about a possible conspiracy responsible for the Jamestown deaths, form an opinion about it, and defend their position.
HistoryTeacher.net: AP United States History Quizzes
12bet手机版首页A New York teacher has produced a great general site for history teachers that offers AP-level United States history quizzes on many different periods and topics.
Answer a range of easy to difficult questions and test your knowledge of early US history
12bet手机版首页 Through this Learning Page activity, you investigate the American tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving, which began in colonial times.
Will the Real Ben Franklin Please Stand Up?
In this middle school or high school lesson plan, students will research and debate Benjamin Franklin's most significant role and contribution to the history of the United States. Which was most important to American History – Benjamin Franklin's work as a printer, a writer, a statesman, or an inventor? After completing their research, students will have to prepare 10-minute oral and visual presentations to support their position. After presenting their work, they will also be expected to answer questions and ask them of the other groups.
12bet手机版首页 From the Emory University: General Libraries, multiple guides and primary sources for Colonial America.
Hosted at the University of Georgia, the Hargrett Rare Library Map Collection provides detailed maps of Colonial America.


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Author Claims $9.99 Is Not A 'Real Price' For Books
from the oh-really? deptThe NY Times is running an article about how publishers' recent attempts (mostly successful) to boost the retail price of ebooks may backfire really badly as consumers revolt. Most of it is not particularly new to regular readers here, but it does talk to one author whose book received bad reviews on Amazon after his publisher decided to hold off releasing an ebook, hoping that it would "protect" hardcover sales. The author, Douglas Preston, lashes out and attacks his fans, rather than being willing to admit that his customers are telling him something:
"The sense of entitlement of the American consumer is absolutely astonishing.... It's the Wal-Mart mentality, which in my view is very unhealthy for our country. It's this notion of not wanting to pay the real price of something.... It gives me pause when I get 50 e-mails saying 'I'm never buying one of your books ever again. I'm moving on, you greedy, greedy author.'"So, what's a bigger sense of entitlement? The one where your customers tell you that you've priced something too high and that they're going to spend their money with others who are offering something at a price point they like? Or the one where you insist that books have to be priced high because you want them to be priced high? I'd argue it's the latter... Along those lines, $9.99 is a real price. Just because you don't like what the market decides a book is worth, doesn't mean that it's not a real price.
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That's The Spirit: Novo Fogo Cachaça
New brands and bottles you should know.
I like to think of distilleries as remote places: a lone building on a windswept Scottish cliff overlooking stormy seas producing a briny whisky, a frozen cabin in a Siberian tundra pumping out crystalline vodka. While these thoughts may be romantic delusions, today's distiller proves that you can have your fantasy and drink it too. Novo Fogo is located on the edge of Brazil's coastal rainforest, the Floresta Atlântica, and produces two styles of seriously delicious organic cachaça.
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Or do what I do—sip it neat, and taste the rainforest.
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Sisvel International, the notorious IP management firm that made headlines in 2010 by teaming with Apple and Siemens to call in a police raid at the CeBIT trade show, is rearming itself. The company announced yesterday that it has acquired hundreds of Nokia-owned wireless patents. Who's ready for some litigation?
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I'm wondering if this is the correct thread for this, but I'd just like to introduce a language I made up a little while back (or to be more precise, I'm making up right now). Unfortunately, it doesn't have a name as yet.
It's an inflected, VSO (verb-subject-object) language. At first I was going for something similar (sound-wise) to Dravidian languages like Tamil or Telugu, but during the process I became more influenced by the structure of Indo-European languages (particularly Hittite with a little bit of Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit). And I'm pretty sure I was also subconsciously influenced by Tagalog and Japanese. As of now, the language has two genders (animate and inanimate - told you Hittite was an influence), six cases (nominative, accusative, dative - really a mix of dative, locative and genitive - ablative, and instrumental) and three verbal tenses (present, imperfect and perfect). Within my imaginary setting, but this language is supposed to be used by the inhabitants of a country town in the mountains and its environs.
A little sample text:
Muttunáte Héruná-lu Miyawaríli, má gimmá ya-mamékkála.
Nuyyá-lu tatanáse radáka, tomatadé ne pinilá.
Wáré Miyawaríli wará mamá, wa umatesé-lu radaka ke pinilé.
Miyalé Hérúna miyalá mamá, nuyyá-lu saha umatesé radaka pinilé.
Nuyyá-lu saha sutasé Miyawaríli minnúli, iyi mamékkála ya-Héruná.
The Sun and the North Wind were debating who is the [one] more stronger/greater [of them].
And at once came a traveler who was wrapped by a cloak.
The North Wind blows strongly (lit. 'blows a great blowing'), but the traveler did not take off his cloak.
The Sun shines brightly (lit. 'shines a great shining'), and therefore as a result the traveler took off the cloak.
And so therefore the North Wind admitted (lit. 'declared a word') that the Sun is more stronger/greater.
(Partial glossary; will fill in later)
Muttunáte = Imperfect active indicative (3rd person plural) of muttuní 'to fight, to contend, to quarrel, to strive against, to struggle, to dispute, to argue, to debate, to disagree'
Hérúna = the Sun
-lu = (and, also, (when used in the negative) but, however, on the contrary)
Miyawaríli = the North Wind, from miyal- 'white, north, left' + waríli (wind, air, breath)
má gimmá = má ((interrogative) what, who, (interrogative, in genitive) whose, (in instrumental) with who, with what (relative) which, who, that) + kímmá (who is)
ya- (definite article, although actual usage is more haphazard than English 'the'; it isn't really required, but is generally used, say, for emphasis - 'X as opposed to Y')
Nuyyá-lu = 'and at once', 'and then', 'and so'; núyya 'immediately, suddenly, then, at once, straight, simply' + lu
tatanáse = Perfect active indicative (3rd person singular) of tadání 'to come, to approach, to draw near'
radáka = 'traveler'
tomatadé = Imperfect passive indicative (3rd p. sing.) of umádí 'to cover, to wrap, to clothe, to conceal, to hide'
ne = ni '(with accusative) by, through, by means of, on account of, for the sake of, during, around; (with ablative) about, concerning, because of, by reason of, owing to; (with dative) around, for, in order to'
pinilá = cloak
(About the acute accents: for some reason, correct stress has become quite key in this language.)
There's also a writing system - the mechanics of which is inspired by Baybayin.
As you can see, the script (the 'old' orthography), while simple enough, had a number of weaknesses: it could never distinguish between i and e and u and o (a weakness Baybayin also had), and between voiceless (p, t, k, [s]) and voiced (b, d, g, [z]) consonants. Plus, double consonants (like yy in núyya or kk in yakkána 'spear, lance') can never be rendered. Oh, and it also doesn't have accents telling you where to place stress, which probably isn't a problem if you're a speaker, but can give you quite a hard time if you're not.
The newer orthography solves much of the problems of the older one by adding more diacritics and forming conjunct consonants (much of which aren't even always used):
That leaves the third variation, which adds lines at the bottom to tell the reader where to place stress in words:
So all in all, you have at least three possible orthographies: the 'old' one (which in my setting isn't used anymore anyways - only old people and the educated can read them), the 'new' one (which is the one used commonly), and the 'scholarly' one (not so much used except by people who need to know where the stress should be).


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Iranian leader: I don't write my tweets
- President Hassan Rouhani says %22friends%22 actually write them
- Supposedly wrote tweet last year about phone call with Obama
- Dodged question on why Iranian citizens aren%27t allowed to tweet
DAVOS, Switzerland — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani cracked many myths about himself and his intentions on his visit to Davos with media and business leaders. But nobody expected him to admit he doesn't tweet.
The darling of the geo-political Twittersphere, who shocked Washington last year when he tweeted he had just had a phone conversation with President Obama while leaving a visit to the United Nations in New York, Rouhani confirmed he isn't behind the tweets.
"No, I don't write my tweets," he told a private meeting Thursday of media leaders after his public address to the World Economic Forum. "They are written by my friends."
The admission came at the end of a 90-minute meeting in which he expounded on his public comments earlier in the day about his plans to grow Iran's economy into one of the world's largest in the next decade, and to peacefully pursue nuclear power.
Rouhani spoke firmly and excitedly, using his right hand, a silver ring on its pinky, to point and hit exclamations when he answered questions. His answers, all off the record, were long and disciplined, but he always got around to answering in the last sentence.
As the meeting wore down, a question was asked about why he tweets but doesn't allow the Iranian people to, which he didn't quite answer. A follow-up asked him if he, in fact, tweeted, and that's when the president hit the headline button. He was then asked if just that one answer could be on the record. He consulted with an aide, then shrugged and said, why not.
A fusillade of tweets was then fired to the Twittersphere and newsrooms around the world.
"A small breakthrough for free speech," said one journalist.
A moment later, Rouhani was surrounded by a phalanx of dark-jacketed security and whisked off. He had made his impressions. And busted another great social myth.


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Fans have been eagerly awaiting updates on the possibility of more live-action adventures set in the world of 'Mortal Kombat,' the infamous video game series of the 90s. It all started last summer, when a bloody, hard-hitting short film landed on the Web from filmmaker Kevin Tancharoen, and starring Michael Jai White (of 'Black Dynamite' fame) and Jeri 'Seven of Nine' Ryan. Video game fans were happy to see a film adaptation that actually tried to match the tone and impact of its video game predecessor.
Well to all those who were hoping that the short was the start of the something more, you'll be happy to new that Tancharoen's gritty depiction of 'Mortal Kombat' will continue in a new web series called 'Mortal Kombat: Legacy' -- and we have the first trailer for it behind the jump.
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The film doesn't just fail, it actually gets sillier by the minute.
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The surreal thing is, Zac Efron can't do despair.
The movie tries to capture the crushing weight of loss, but between the insipid pop tunes and the repetitive shots cutting away to a lighthouse on a scenic outcropping, it feels more like a film version of a condolence card.
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OK for kids 13+
Poignant Efron drama too intense for younger fans.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this affecting drama starring High School Musical heartthrob Zac Efron tackles themes that may be too heavy for his legions of tween fans. His character is tortured with survivor's guilt over the death of his younger brother, which happens in a terrible car accident (some blood is shown). While there are other intense scenes of despair and sadness, there's also hope and a strong message about leaving tragedy behind in favor of joy. Expect some swearing (including "s--t"), the suggestion of underage drinking (though none is shown), and some kissing and discussion of "getting laid."
Messages: The movie seems to be telling audiences not to live in the past -- and that the best way out of tragedy is to take one step at a time toward joy, no matter how hard that may seem. It also says that putting off a dream doesn't mean losing it completely.
Role models: Charlie is an amazing brother -- but he's so dedicated and loyal that his own needs go by the wayside. He doesn't know how to manage his grief and instead drowns in it. Charlie and Sam's parents are mostly out of the picture, either for sad reasons (abandonment) or out of necessity (work).
Violence: A child dies in a terrible car accident; viewers don't see much gore, but they do see blood, cuts, and bruises. Guys talk trash after a sporting event and at a bar; one of them gets punched in the mouth.
Sex: Talk about "getting laid." A couple kisses passionately and spends the night together; he's seen with his shoulders bare. Charlie is seen shirtless.
Language: An 11-year-old says "ass" and "d--k." "S--t" is also used a couple of times; other words include "hell," "damn," and "crap."
Consumerism: A few labels are flashed, including Kaenon (maker of sunglasses) and Tanqueray.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: A terrible car accident is caused by a drunk driver. Teens talk about partying. A young man drowns his sorrows with hard liquor. Friends down Jaeger bombs at a bar.
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Justin Bieber Gives Selena Gomez a Ring for Valentine's Day
He put a ring on it! Justin Bieber gifted his lady love, Selena Gomez, with a diamond ring for Valentine's Day. So are the duo engaged?
Probably not. It's not an engagement ring, and Biebs is only 17! The ring features diamonds in the shape of a "J," presumably for "Justin." It's a tiny, delicate piece that suits Sel's understated glam style perfectly. Gomez posted a photo of the ring (and her hand in Bieber's) on her Instagram page, writing, "I'm finally home." Awww!
That wasn't the only Valentine's Day treat she got from her adoring beau. She also posted a photo of a beautiful bouquet, writing, "So lucky." Indeed she is!
It's not the first time Bieber's shown he knows how to treat a lady. Last month when Gomez was on tour in Latin America, the Biebs hopped on 6,000 mile flight to be with her in Puerto Rico, where they dined at the upscale Pikayo restaurant in the Conrad Condado Plaza Hotel and Casino. Earlier that month, the cute couple were spotted making out like teenagers — appropriately enough — at Disneyland.
While we're pretty sure we'll have to wait a few more years to see these two tie the knot, we love just how in love they are now. Gentlemen, we hope you're taking notes!


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Telus branded Nexus 5 renders aren't making the wait any easier
Nexus fever is spreading through the Android community like wildfire. I know a handful of our readers have been infected, and this is not going to help.
Canadian mobile tech blog Mobile Syrup has managed to snag some renders of a Telus branded Nexus 5 that look absolutely fantastic. There's nothing super special about the renders, but they do confirm several other details about the Nexus 5 and KitKat we've seen in previous leaks. There's white status icons, a transparent notification and navigation bar, some redesigned icons (like the phone and app drawer), a new look for folders and a round speaker near the top of the device.
Android fans all over the world have been going nuts trying to figure out when the Nexus 5 will release, taking anything and everything they can dig up as a clue in some secret mind-game Google is all torturing us with. Rest assured folks, as soon as the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat are ready, Google will let us know. It can't possibly be much longer now.


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I am not just marrying a man; I am marrying a town.
In my first, brief marriage, my husband and I were both newcomers to the Alaska town where we spent our married life. The locals werent particularly invested in us. Instead, they waited with the patience of the seasoned to see if we could outlast the endless rain and isolation of a small fishing village or if we would turn out like so many others who couldnt hack it and moved on. It didnt matter much to them either way. They werent about to adopt us. There were already too many people making their way north, they thought. These people liked their elbow room.
It is different here in this northeast Oregon valley. The man I am marrying has lived here for 20 years, long enough to become woven into its history, long enough to be considered a local. He is part of the collective memory. The people here all speak the same language of place, a kind of shorthand born from years of cohabitation.
Their conversations are full of these shortcuts: Meet me at the green gate, they say. Or, when giving directions, Its the first driveway past the round barn off the Imnaha highway. They have decades-old nicknames and inside jokes. They mark seasons by their ties to the land, harvesting and elk hunting, canning and firewood gathering. It is a rhythm they know, a dance to which they learned the steps long ago.
Their memories of places are shaped by events that occurred long before I arrived. They remember years of scarce snow or too much snow in the Wallowas, the mountains that dominate our skyline. They remember years by major events: the spring floods in the 90s when bridges were ripped out, the frothy Imnaha River boiling over its banks; the year that massive wildfires scorched Hells Canyon all the way to Hat Point. Where I see only a snowy slope above Aneroid Lake is forever the place where a dear friend died skiing in an avalanche two years before. The hot springs we find deep in Cook Creek, two miles above the Snake River, used to be contained by a rock wall in a different place before neglect and poison ivy crept in to cover it with an impenetrable embrace.
They remember this. They remember a country before so much cheatgrass and star thistle choked the draws. They remember weddings, births and deaths, years of lives entwined together. On the other hand, I have no history here. I have lived here only a scant year and a half, a drop in the bucket in the communitys history. I am as unformed as bread dough, despite what I feel has been an adventurous life. Your history does not transfer when you move, I am finding. I am afraid it will take a long time for my stories to come out, for my feet to learn the steps of this dance.
For better or for worse, with this marriage, the town and I are stuck with each other. We are both still figuring out if it will be a good match. I wait to see if I can live here at the end of the road, seven hours from any ocean. They watch to see how I treat this man they have adopted. I joke that I will have to sneak out in the middle of the night if the marriage does not work out. It is only partly a joke. In the pub, one person after another comes up to tell me how special this man is.
They dont say it, but it is implied: He is one of us. Dont mess this up.
But I think they are slowly adopting me, too. They trust me with their secrets. Ken tells me the best way to scramble up cliffs to reach Deadman Lake, far off any trail; Dana points out where the best huckleberries grow off Forest Road 39. Patiently, they show me things. I fumble with a bridle while the horses roll their eyes and sidestep away. I walk fences with long-legged men, learning about rock jacks and stays. Over and over, my co-worker, John, shows me the same knot and how to pack a string of mules. Over and over, I forget and ask the same questions. Over and over, he answers, turning the rope over the hitch rail, showing me the steps. Right now it is a complicated knot that I dont quite understand and cant yet master. Someday, I hope to learn it.
Mary Emerick is a contributor to Writers on the Range, an op ed service of High Country News (hcn.org). She now lives in Enterprise, Ore.


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Parents named their daughter Hashtag?
A baby born Saturday night and weighing 8 pounds was named Hashtag Jamison, according to this screenshot of a Facebook announcement that's now circulating the internet.
At least, that's what the update appears to say. It's not exactly written in English.
"Hashtag Jameson was born at 10 oclock last nite. She weys 8pounds and I luv her so much!!!!!!" it says.
Jokes have been flying ever since including speculation that her brother will be named Retweet.
Maybe the little girl will find a friend in the daughter Israeli Facebook fans named "Like," or the little Egyptian girl named Facebook.
You can do better geek parents of the world. Click through the gallery for a list of the best baby names for the offspring of computer nerds.
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Web slinger: Waldo's new site takes aim at federal corruption
When it comes to building websites that promote government transparency, Waldo Jaquith has built a strong reputation– and it'll likely only be bolstered by the March 8 launch of www.ethics.gov, a website that Jaquith spent the last four months building, working several days a week inside the White House.
"The mission came from a campaign promise made by Obama," Jaquith explains, "to provide a single location where people could enter the name of a person, agency, or business and pull up federal ethics records pertaining to them."
When it came time to fulfill that promise, the White House didn't have to look far to find Jaquith, a programmer who previously created Richmond Sunlight, a website that makes sense of the General Assembly. In June, he was invited to the White House as a "Champion of Change" for his work on that site, and when he arrived in D.C. to receive the award, that's when he got the job offer.
"They offered me a position as 'entrepreneur in residence'," says Jaquith, who says he loved the idea– but not the move to D.C. it might have entailed. He turned it down, and another offer followed right away– this one to build the ethics website Obama had promised voters.
Despite working 12-hour days with a newborn child at home, Jaquith– who in 2011 also received a $165,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to build a website to help citizens understand the Virginia state code– says he enjoyed the experience of working alongside some high level players in the Obama administration including United States Chief Information Officer Steve VanRoekel and the recently resigned Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra.
"This is the stuff I do for fun: make information more accessible, valuable and interesting," he says, noting that the public now has a tool to uncover relationships and money exchanges between the federal government and the private sector that might be unethical.
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Is this the guy UVa denied admission? Bet they wished a different outcome....
Congratulations! I had the opportunity to meet Waldo Jaquith a few years back during the Commonwealth Attorney election and I was impressed with this young man's demeanor and ideas! Glad to see he's at the center of this important new venture!
UVA denied Waldo admission? I doubt it.
But if they did, aren't they quite the fools!
I'm sure that no one at UVA either tracks or cares about the career trajectories of the thousands of applicants who have been denied admission to the school.
Yes, UVa turned Waldo down when he tried to transfer in. He went to Tech instead. John Casteen famously later mistakenly claimed Waldo as a UVa grad after he'd attained some local prominence.
I don't doubt Waldo Jacquith's commitment to the general notion of being a "Champion for Change."
But I am wondering about his commitment to promoting "government transparency" at all levels of government, especially local government.
For example, when The Hook published its investigative piece on SchoolNet, the expensive technological failure in the county schools (see link below), Jacquith said nary a word about it on his cvillenews.com website, although he did give much fanfare to far less significant "stories." Nor has Jacjquith uttered a word about the county superintendent's withholding of 268 SchoolNet-related e-mails.
Jacquith gave considerable attention to a blogger who won a free speech case against Fluvanna County for using the county seal in his blogs (http://cvillenews.com/?s=September+15%2C+2011#search=September+15,+2011). Yet when the county school superintendent tried to withhold teacher survey comments from public scrutiny, claiming inaccurately that they were "exempt"from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Jacquith said nothing about it.
One has to wonder if he was simply unaware of these efforts to avoid transparency (although that seems unlikely), or if there was something else that caused him to fail to "make information more accessible" to the public.
If Waldo Jacquith honestly believes that "the public" has a right to be informed on matters of government so that citizens can "uncover relationships" and "exchanges" by leaders in government –– at all levels –– that "might be unethical," then why has he been so silent about the shenanigans in the county schools? Just sayin'.
I searched his site on the term "Jacquith" and didn't see any record of any "Jacquith" from Charlottesville visiting the White House.
@John Walton...
I would not call him a moron, just a Dem (like, for example, he donated $300 to Deeds for Guv) who is only to happy to do some useless work for Obama. Garbage in, garbage out...does anyone really think that lists on this website--like "Visitors to the White House"--will be posted verbatim from the WH Visitors database? If Waldo actually thinks Obama is for "transparency," he has Kool-Aid running through his veins.
Does anyone find it smashingly humorous that a pol who was weaned and devolved from the culture of Chicago Dem politics is preaching "ethics in government?"
Nothing more than a super-cute article promoting a local hack made good.
R.I.P.: Jeffrey Hyman
Nothing in, nothing out. How will this bring transparency to secret deals or shell games played by politicians? Yawn.
If Waldo Jacquith honestly believes that "the public" has a right to be informed on matters of government so that citizens can "uncover relationships" and "exchanges" by leaders in government –– at all levels –– that "might be unethical," then why has he been so silent about the shenanigans in the county schools? Just sayin'.
I'm really sure what sort of a conspiracy you imagine that I'm involved in that would prevent me from writing anything about what looks like a pretty clear FOIA violation on the part of county schools, but the explanation is, I'm afraid, not nearly so exciting. I've been aware of this story in the abstract for a few months, and every time there's been some news about it (I recall something juicy in the Crozet Gazette), it has cropped up in my RSS reader at a time when I've been far too overwhelmed to actually familiarize myself with the story and write something, and I have to resign myself to catching it next time it crops up. (I have an infant son—three months old today—a mother-in-law who has been hospitalized for over two months, for whom my wife has been the primary caretaker, this is the high season for Richmond Sunlight, and, of course, working for the White House since last fall has been something that's occupied most of my waking hours. Any one of these things is enough to neglect things like blogging; combined it's been overwhelming.) Look at the dates of the recent stories on the front page of cvillenews.com right now—you'll see huge stretches of times with nothing posted. I wasn't "silent about the shenanigans [that took place in December]"—I just had more important things going on.
I always welcome story submissions to cvillenews.com. Write up a summary of the story in a couple of paragraphs, with relevant links, send it to me, and I'll publish it. If you don't, then I'll accuse you of being mysteriously and suspiciously silent about the shenanigans in the county schools. ;)
And, with that, my son is angry about having been left on his play mat for so long.
@ democracy, your link seems to be wrong. I looked there hoping to find considerable attention being paid to a blogger who won a free speech case against Fluvanna County for using the county seal in his blogs and found only a few paragraphs by Waldo and 6 comments total. Could you fix that please?
Actually, Waldo, the FOIA violation was some time back, long before your child was born...so having a child is not much of an excuse.
And The Hook story on the SchoolNet fiasco was on-going. The Hook ran several stories on it. To the best of my knowledge, cvillenews.com had no mention of it whatsoever, nor anything about the 268 e-mails withheld by the superintendent. Those stories also predated the birth of your child...and the General Assembly session. But it is nice to see that you have time to read this article about you in The Hook.
@b17: At the cvillenews.com link I provide there are two stories and 7 paragraphs about the Fluvanna blogger...and that's two stories and 7 paragraphs MORE than anything reported on SchoolNet OR the past efforts in the county to withhold teacher survey comments from public scrutiny. It doesn't seem to me that there's anything to "fix" about the link.
It DOES seem to me that someone is a bit defensive.
I can't say it enough—if you want me to run a story, submit it to the site. This isn't hard. People do it all the time. If you don't, then—subscribing to your line of thinking—clearly you don't actually think that this issue is important.
Also, your logic is just wretched. For instance, I have noticed that you have not denounced child rapists here. I conclude, based on your silence, that you support child rapists. If that's not the case, then you should immediately write a comment denouncing them, explaining why you think they're terrible people. If such a demand strikes you as rude and unreasonable, then you're starting to get the picture.
Touchy, touchy, Waldo. Sounds like something struck a nerve. Not only defensive, but derisively so. The issue I raised was about commitment to promoting "government transparency." Not "child rapists." Talk about sophomoric logic.
When cvillenews.com was launched on March 28, 2001, the introduction promised "we'll link to the best and most useful content...serving as a central source of discussion of Charlottesville news."
Yet, as I point out, that website had nothing (and linked nothing) about the attempt by county school leaders (central office and elected) to avoid releasing teacher survey comments filed under a Freedom of Information Act request. They obfuscated, and claimed those comments were "exempt" from disclosure (they weren't). This transpired during Sunshine Week, a "national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information," an initiative you've blogged about (see below).
Nor did cvillenews.com carry anything about – or link to –– the SchoolNet fiasco in the county schools. As The Hook reported (in several stories), SchoolNet was a glitchy system (at best) that cost about $2 million. A Hook reporter noted that when he asked questions "getting answers hasn't been easy." Worse, "the county school board...clammed up as well." And The Hook was charged $2000 for FOIA-requested information. And, the school superintendent withheld, apparently with the Board's approval, 268 SchoolNet-related e-mails. These kinds of actions deserved no mention?
At a civic media conference last summer at MIT you were described as an "open government technologist." The MIT Center for Civic Media, the conference sponsor, promotes "community empowerment." It notes that knowledge is critical to civic action, and both are essential in a democracy. It says that "the most delicate and important information can often focus on leaders and institutions that abuse the trust of the communities they serve."
I wonder openly why there was no mention of survey comments or SchoolNet (or those 268 withheld e-mails) on cvillenews.com, and you respond with being "overwhelmed"...and "child rapists." I can grasp the "overwhelmed" part, although to be fair, at the same general time those topics took place you were blogging about other issues. And you are reading and commenting here.
The issue is not about me writing a story. I'm not the one talking about "scandals" and "connecting dots." You are. I'm simply wondering –– if "the public" has a right to be informed on matters of government so that citizens can "uncover relationships" and "exchanges...that might be unethical" –– how two of the most relevant and related local stories escaped any mention on cvillenews.com. Yet. But, hey, its your blog.
And congratulations on the birth of your son.
Civility seems in short supply here as is the case in many other forums. Debating issues does not begin or end with name calling. Is it necessary in some fashion to demonize those with whom you don't agree?
As a fairly regular visitor to cvillenews.com, I wanted to invite anyone who enjoys civil and generally well-evidenced discussions of local news to check it out. Just be aware, though, that it's not the kind of blog where someone else does all the work for you and you just kick back and read. Waldo's not an investigative journalist. It's a community blog; that's what it has always said in the "about" section. Sometimes Waldo starts a story, but often the other visitors do. Sometimes there are quiet stretches, sometimes it starts to hop. I've submitted stories that interested me, and usually what follows is a lively and interesting discussion. But if there's a story of local importance, I don't sit around fretfully waiting and waiting for someone else to submit it for me. The "submit" link is really, really easy to click on.
Waldo is not an investigative journalist. My observation is that he mostly picks up stories from other sources .
We are fortunate that the Hook does investigate local stories and will go places others fear to tread.
@ Did...welcome to "The Hook". Many of the posters here add nothing but negativity to the discourse. They don't appreciate the work of others. Their job is to find fault in every possible place...I think it somehow validates them. I'll stop now so I don't join their ranks.
Cvillenews is a blog. It's free and I appreciate the fact that Waldo is offering yet another place for public debate...so there's that. I don't recall reading anywhere that Waldo would solve ALL of the problems facing C'ville or offer commentary on EVERY story. Thanks for what you do, it's enough. You just can't make some people happy.
Waldo, ignore the folks who will not look at anything with an open mind, they are not worth the effort. I went to the site and all I can say is I can see how this could not only give the general public info but also businesses and nonprofits info on donors, individuals etc. If they want to investigate more fully. If it is public info, the public now has one site that we can obtain that info without having to Google it and dig through it all. That is the goal, correct? If so - great job. I also commend you for doing all this with an infant son around. They are more demanding little creatures and their criticism is quite loud but their smiles are truly worth all the sleep deprivation and anxiety. Just remember that parenting is 99% instinct!
@Waldo, you think things get petty here you should check out the Daily Progress blogs...democracy is part of that crowd.
With little more work than "democracy" put into writing a ridiculous comment here, he or she could have started a blog devoted to the subject of SchoolNet if it's that important. Far simpler would be to do as Waldo suggested and submit it to C'ville News.
I've submitted several things to C'ville News and almost always had some attention paid to what I've submitted. Some tips have been ignored, but Waldo is essential an editor, or a curator, or some odd hybrid and typically pretty busy as well so I don't expect everything to make the cut or to interest him as much as it interests me.
Ranting about what Waldo hasn't covered might make a little more sense if he had rebuffed a request to cover something important, but that doesn't seem to have been the case. Even if he had, it's still his blog to do with as he pleases.
What I find interesting is, considering the power of new media, White House is placing an emphasis on organizing information so it can be used in an effecient and effective manner and turning to a successful local blogger/ programmer/ citizen journalist (perhaps?) to get the job done. Waldo, congrats on your new project and your family! Good to see a Cville resident getting a nod from the president.
I think some commenters here have completely missed the point. I haven't said Waldo Jaquith is a "bad" guy. I don't think he is. I questioned his commitment to governmental openness and transparency at the local level.
Jaquith created Richmond Sunlight, which helps citizens track legislation in the General Assembly. It's a valuable tool. He worked on a project at the White House that's described as a "commitment to promoting ethics, transparency, and accountability across government." Indeed, the purpose of Ethics.Data.gov is to make available to citizens "records and data" that allow "citizens to hold public officials accountable." Another valuable tool. Kudos. I admire that body of work.
Jaquith describes himself as an "open government technologist." The White House Champions of Change website says he's an "open government activist." I'm with him on the concept of open government, at the federal, and state, and local levels. It's important.
That's why I've asked how it is it that two local stories – both involving the county schools, and both concerning efforts to suppress information, the antithesis of open government – escaped the cvillenews.com blog. Two commenters note that Jaquith is not an "investigative journalist." Fair enough. Nobody said he had to investigate and report the stories, only that they were important enough to be referenced. It's not likely he was unaware of either one, much less both. He links often enough to The Hook or cites Hook reporters on other issues. And his friend –– whom Jaquith called "extremely-competent" in a blog post –– was on the school board when it hired the current superintendent, when SchoolNet was purchased (and was an advocate for it), and served as its chair at the time of one of the incidents. Jaquith is a very talented technophile, active in a variety of venues. It's hard to imagine he took no or only faint notice of a $2 million technology glitch in a district where he attended school and his friend sat on the school board.
One commenter says its easy to submit information to cvillenews.com, but simply assumes that if it is, then it gets published. That's not necessarily true. As another person noted, "Some tips have been ignored."
Another commenter apparently thinks that issues concerning fair and open government are "petty" (another implies they aren't "important"). This comes from someone who's written that "every government agency ever created... are [sic] going to abuse their authority." I would think this self-described "republican" who says "I believe in personal responsibility" might actually favor making people aware when government officials try to hide records and data. It seems to me that efforts to obfuscate and suppress teacher comments on school division leadership, a $2 million technology fiasco and hundreds of withheld e-mails related to it, are neither unimportant nor petty.
This is Sunshine Week, a national event to highlight the importance of open government and transparency. As Ken Paulson, president of the First Amendment Center writes, "government at every level resists disclosure. If you can track government activities, you can ask tough questions...Public records compiled by public officials should be fully available to the public." I agree.
And that really is the message. All of us are better served if the process of government – at all levels – is open and transparent. An informed citizenry is not "petty." It's the essence of democracy.
Once again, people confuse the role of a private citizen with the role of the government. For example, a government cannot censor speech based on content; a private citizen -- whether a newspaper, a blog, or any other mechanism of private speech -- can. The rest of us as citizens have a right to expect, and to insist on, certain standards of disclosure and transparency from government; those standards do not apply to private publishers. And to illustrate the problem with "democracy"'s argument, let us analogize to the publication "City Notes" that the City of Charlottesville publishes on line, sends to its e-mail list, and mails with the gas and water bills. If government has an affirmative duty to print all of the news, a Charlottesville resident might have cause to complain that they failed to put a blurb in City Notes about, say, the $20,000 artificial Christmas tree of about 5 years ago. But it is clear legally (U.S. Supreme Court precedent) that no one has a right to insist that a government publication publish a particular story. If there is no legal duty on the part of a government to publish a particular story, there is surely no legal duty on the part of a private citizen to publish a particular story.
So put down the can of snark and let's look at what you are really saying -- not that Waldo has some duty to publish a particular story, but that he is a wimp, or a sell-out, or he is covering up something, for failing to do it. The possibility that he might be a private guy trying to have a private life and a job and a family while running a freebie site doesn't seem to enter into the equation. But none of that matters to "Democracy" -- because Waldo didn't cover the story that "Democracy" wanted exposed.
And all I can say, "Democracy," is that if I were you, I'd demand my money back from Waldo. Every penny that you paid him for access to his site should be refunded.


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Shared Database Hosting
The objective of this page is to provide a place to exchange ideas on how best to run PostgreSQL in a shared hosting environment as suggested here. If you are interested in debating the intrinsics of running PostgreSQL under similiar preconditions, please contact me directly by email at jacob at internet24 dot de, as I only check this site rather infrequently and the change notification system doesn't seem to work for me.
- 1 Defining shared hosting
- 2 Goals of a shared hosting setup
- 3 Approaches
- 4 PostgreSQL issues that affect shared hosting
For the purpose of this document, shared database hosting is the process of running PostgreSQL clusters for the benifit of third parties (henceforth called customers) by a DBMS management authority (the hosting provider). Customers have no organizational relationship to each other but each one has a relationship to the hosting provider. Customers typically require complete control over a small number of databases but do not want to manage their own PostgreSQL cluster. Sharing the resources of a single cluster system among many customers is economically attractive.
- Complete isolation of customers from each other
- Standardized procedures for creating and deleting databases and users
Approach 1
- Manage cluster only via access to a super user account
- no permanent modification of pg_hba.conf etc. required
- central managing system can manage several clusters without the need for additional control channels
- Customers cannot directly create new roles and databases
- Each customer database is given an associated main user
- acting as a database local super user
- typically creates and owns all objects
- The can be a number of additional users per database
- Rights of these users are granted by the main user
We allow TCP/IP access to all databases in the cluster using md5 authentication from the local hosting network. A role can only login if it is member of a role that has the same name as the database.
#host samerole all hosting_network md5 host samerole all 192.168.0.0/24 md5
We modify template1 to revoke all rights from "PUBLIC" to the public schema, to prevent access to the public schema of indiviudial customer databases by other customers. Also we add support for PL/PGSQL.
psql -U postgres template1 -f - << EOT REVOKE ALL ON DATABASE template1 FROM public; REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROM public; GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO postgres; CREATE LANGUAGE plpgsql; EOT
If you deem it acceptable to break certain PostgreSQL management applications (pgadmin, phppgadmin, parts of psql's functionality), then you could also revoke some more rights from pg_catalog to "resolve" problem 1 in the last section of this document:
psql -U postgres template1 -f - << EOT REVOKE ALL ON pg_user FROM public; REVOKE ALL ON pg_roles FROM public; REVOKE ALL ON pg_group FROM public; REVOKE ALL ON pg_authid FROM public; REVOKE ALL ON pg_auth_members FROM public; REVOKE ALL ON pg_database FROM public; REVOKE ALL ON pg_tablespace FROM public; REVOKE ALL ON pg_settings FROM public;
Creating a new database + main user
We create a role without any special access rights named after our planned database name and a login role for our main user that becomes a member of the former role. Then we create the database with the main user as its owner. Finally we grant all rights to the public schema in the new database to the main user
psql -U postgres template1 -f - <<EOT CREATE ROLE <DBNAME> NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE NOINHERIT NOLOGIN; CREATE ROLE <DBMAINUSER> NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE NOINHERIT LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '<DBMAINUSERPASS>'; GRANT <DBNAME> TO <DBMAINUSER>; CREATE DATABASE <DBNAME> WITH OWNER=<DBMAINUSER>; REVOKE ALL ON DATABASE <DBNAME> FROM public; EOT
psql -U postgres <DBNAME> -f - <<EOT GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO <DBMAINUSER> WITH GRANT OPTION; EOT
Create an additional user
psql -U postgres <DBNAME> -f - <<EOT CREATE ROLE <DBEXTRAUSER> NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE NOINHERIT LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '<DBEXTRAUSERPASS>'; GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO <DBEXTRAUSER>; GRANT CONNECT,TEMPORARY ON DATABASE <DBNAME> TO <DBEXTRAUSER>; GRANT <DBNAME> TO <DBEXTRAUSER>; EOT
Remove an additional user
psql -U postgres <DBNAME> -f - <<EOT -- REMOVE ALL PERMISSIONS FROM ALL OBJECTS OWNED BY DBEXTRAUSER -- TERMINATE CONNECTIONS OF DBEXTRAUSER REASSIGN OWNED BY <DBEXTRAUSER> TO <DBMAINUSER>; DROP ROLE <DBEXTRAUSER> EOT
Remove a database + main user
psql -U postgres template1 -f - <<EOT -- TERMINATE CONNECTIONS OF ALL USERS CONNECTED TO <DBNAME> DROP DATABASE <DBNAME>; DROP ROLE <DBMAINUSER> DROP ROLE <DBNAME>
This is meant to be a list of problem areas where the current PostgreSQL version leaves something to be desired with respect to shared hosting requirements.
- pg_catalog allows access to database and user names for everyone, however access to this schema cannot be disabled without breaking essential features
- no support for limiting database sizes
- database local usernames are not fully supported yet (md5 auth)
- removing all rights granted to user (prerequisite to deleting that user) must be done for each single object (no "REASSIGN" equivalent)
- No built-in support for setting user, query or database priorities


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the Title of "America's Next Top Model"
October 16, 2012 (Burbank, California) – The CW Network has ordered Cycle 20 of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL, it was announced today by Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW. As part of The CW's on-going strategy to increase the amount of original summer programming on the network, Cycle 20 will debut in summer 2013 with a specific premiere date to be announced at a later time.
In Cycle 20, for the first time, male models will be added to the group of contestants competing for the title of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL, and will move into the models' house alongside the women. Also in Cycle 20, viewers will continue to have a direct impact on the competition by voting for their favorite models though social media, helping decide who gets eliminated and who stays in the running to becoming AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL.
"America's Next Top Model" is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with The Tyra Banks Company. The executive producers are Ken Mok ("Making the Band"), Tyra Banks and Laura Fuest Silva. The series was created by Tyra Banks and developed by Mok and Kenya Barris. Tyra Banks also hosts the series, which is currently airing its 19th cycle in the United States. Currently, "America's Next Top Model" is under license in over 100 markets around the world and has 20 international versions in production. "America's Next Top Model" and the "America's Next Top Model" format are licensed internationally by CBS Studios International.


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Cops: La Porte teacher and student began relationship on Facebook
The La Porte High School teacher accused of having an sexual relationship with a student that began through social media is out on bond Thursday.
Kevin Andrew Wheeler, 31, who has been released from jail on a $50,000 bond, is charged with improper relationship with a student, according to a court document from the Harris County District Court. The La Porte High School coach and teacher was arrested Wednesday. La Porte Independent School District officials said he has since been fired.
Wheeler and a 17-year-old La Porte High School senior met on campus and had sexual conversations through social media and texting before they engaged in sexual acts together, the document states. The female student graduated on June 1. Wheeler had been employed by the district as a girls softball coach, a math teacher and boy's basketball coach since April 2007.
At the beginning of the school year in August, the student told investigators that she was assigned to Wheeler's Algebra class and then "friended" him on Facebook. He accepted, she told investigators. She said they began messaging each other on Facebook and the conversation became sexual in nature around October. Around that time, they began communicating with each other via text messaging and private e-mail accounts, the document states. Many of the correspondences included what they liked sexually, the student told investigators.
Such communication continued through March and April and she sent him nude photos of herself via text. The student told investigators that on May 4 they met in a classroom during her fifth period class, which she skipped and she gave the teacher oral sex. When confronted with the allegations by police, Wheeler admitted to the inappropriate communication on Facebook with the student and that she had sent several nude pictures of herself to his cell phone. He denied ever having any other inappropriate communication with other students, the document states.
Read more: Faced with scandals, schools consider social media limits
School district officials said the teacher was placed on leave on May 16, after the allegations of the sexual impropriety surfaced. He was fired on June 12 at a Board of Trustees meeting, the district said.
The alleged incident is another example of inappropriate relationships sparking through text messages and social media on a school campus. Similar cases have cropped up around the Houston area in recent months and in other parts of the country as social media allows for blurred lines between students and teachers. Many school districts in the area have stiffened their social media policies as a result.
The La Porte ISD electronic communication policy only allows communication through social media and text messaging when it falls under the scope of the employee's responsibilities and permission is given by the superintendent or campus principal. All other forms of electronic communication with students is prohibited.


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I am currently work on a senior project trying to prove for semisimple Lie groups, $R(T)$ is a free module over $R(G)$ by computing an explicit basis for all the A,B,C,D cases. The canoical reference is a paper by Pittie( H.V. Pittie: Homogeneous vector bundles on homogeneous spaces, Topology II (1972) 199-203), but I could not find it online or in any books available in the library. Steinberg generalized Pittie's statement in his paper (Robert Steinberg, On a theorem by Pittie, Topology Vol. 14. pp. 173-177. Pergamon Press, 1975, Printed in Great Britain. Received 1 October 1974).
Since they already proved this in the past, I would like to see their papers before I finish my project, even if at some monetary cost. But I could not access either of them. Not knowing their work would not hinder my research, for I work in a much more elementary level than they did, but I think their work might be related to my eventual results and I should acknowledge in case they proved some formula I proved again on my own. So I want to ask where I can find them in paper or electronically. I can read parts of Steinberg's paper via google books, but I would like a pdf file or something (so I may check).
With advisor's help and the links provided by all the people below, I retrieved the two papers.
Received Steinberg's replying email. He notes "A correction should be made on p.175, line 6 ( which starts with "Consider now ") by putting the exponent "n sub a" on the item over which the product is being taken.The paper by Pittie appears in Topology, vol. 11, 1972, pp. 199-203, and, if I remember correctly, does not contain an explicit basis for the quotient. " This is important so I put in here.


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|Johanna Hilda Anderson (left) and her daughter Hilda (right).
Photo was taken in the U.S. Provided by Richard Hanson.
Hilda Charlotte Anderson was born as an illegitimate child in Sweden, according to the family rumor. Easy to confirm? Maybe yes or maybe no. The obituary says yes. But that is just echoing the family rumor. Sometimes you may get lucky by finding specific records (e.g., a birth record) or a note written by a contemporary. In my situation, I have not yet found either. But sometimes a tiny detail in an existing record may answer the question.
Johanna Hilda Andreasdotter had a daughter named Hilda while in Sweden. She and her daughter continued to live with her her parental family as indicated by a 1856-72 Swedish parish register.
|The Johanna and Hilda lines of the parish register containing the Larsson/Andersdotter family.
Photo provided by Richard Hanson.
Johanna, daughter Hilda and some of Johanna's siblings emigrated to the United States where the past is unimportant or easily hidden. Once in the U.S., both started using using the surname of Anderson. They are my direct ancestors.
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WEEI's Rob Bradford gives us a little bit more information:
Beyond the fact that he had to adjust his game to the point of throwing nearly 40 percent off-speed pitches because of the ailment, there was the immense obstacle that the pain presented.An MRI on Jed Lowrie's left wrist revealed "a small non-displaced fracture". Lowrie may have sustained the injury back in mid-May. After rejoining the Red Sox two months later, he hit .248/.339/.385 the rest of the season. The team says Lowrie's wrist should be back to full strength with three weeks of rest.
Even with the assistance of pain-relieving medication following the ALCS win, Beckett still struggled to put his shirt on just before getting exiting the Tropicana Field visitors' clubhouse.
"The one thing I know," Beckett said, "is if I could have gotten the last three innings of that game I can get through anything."
Derek Lowe is interested in returning to Boston. SoSH talks.
Jon Weisman of Dodger Thoughts quotes SI's Jon Heyman: "...one person who's spoken to Dodgers people suggested that the team is considering proposing a contract to Manny Ramirez that may ..." blah blah blah (my emphasis) Weisman tell us: "How To Survive the Hot Stove League Without Getting Burned".
After the Red Sox lost Game 7, I commented that it would neat if Tampa Bay could complete their amazing season by winning the World Series. Well, after watching the first two innings of Game 1 last night, I've changed my mind. I don't necessarily care if the Phillies win, but the Rays annoy me and so they gotta lose.


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American Hot Rod Celebrity Jo Coddington to Sign Autographs at Champion Booth #25221 During SEMA Show
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) November 01, 2013
"I was napping on a creeper as a kid," said Jo Coddington. "My father and other family members had been in the automotive business all their life. I raced go-karts and, with the aid of two pillows, could drive the family's '53 Chevy at the age of 12, and then aced sand-rails in hill climbs and other speed events."
Jo's enthusiasm for all things motorized has taken her down the path of the Hot Rod Industry and landed her as an unlikely expert in the field. She took business and investment classes at Arizona State University and landed a job as an investment-advisor, which she credits for her business savvy. Later, working with her iconic car builder husband, the late Boyd Coddington, she became an integral part of the operational management and success of the business, plus the knowledge and education being around Boyd really fine-tuned her understanding of the Hot Rod Industry.
"It's amazing. Today, Jo continues to wear many hats. First and foremost, she is the dedicated keeper of Boyd Coddington's legacy. She travels the country on Boyd's behalf doing numerous speaking engagements, trade shows, and motorsports events", said Karl Dedolph, Director of Performance and Racing Products at Champion Oil.
"Her entrepreneurial spirit has Jo moving in many exciting directions," added Dedolph. "She is perhaps most passionate about her design work. Working on her own innovative designs and builds she finds Boyd's voice and influence at the heart of her work, which keep Boyd's legacy alive. Today with all her projects, Jo Coddington is truly making her mark on the Hot Rod and Automotive industries." http://jocoddington.com/
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I'm sure that this has been raised before. In fact, I may have raised it myself some years ago. However, I can't find anything through Search. I am trying to use BING, booting from a USB flash drive with An Acer Aspire 1 netbook. The machine appears to boot from the memory stick and the initial page appears where one can choose to install BING on the HD or not. At this point, as soon as I try to use the built-in touch-pad mouse, the cursor leaps to the top of the screen and stays there, moving in an erratic way. I have tried to use a USB mouse and that doesn't work at all. Mouse operation was selected in Makedisk. The BIOS options are very minimal on this machine and there is nothing to enable legacy USB mouse support. Also, trying to use BING through the keyboard has no effect at all.
If I use the flash drive in a desktop machine the mouse works correctly.
Can anyone offer help on this?
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Refers to the base support level for market prices of any type. Also used in the context of securities to refer to the lowest market price of a security during a specific time-frame.
Market Bottom
The lowest level of support in price for a security, index, or market over a given time frame. The security, index, or market is highly unlikely to go below the bottom; if it does so, it may cause panic selling. During a prolonged bear market, when a market is dropping more or less continuously for a long time, investors often question when the market will find bottom, which means that they wish to know when the market will begin to rise again, or at least stabilize.
The lowest price to which a stock, market index, or another asset will sink. Compare top.


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Man charged in shooting, home invasion cases
A Des Moines man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting and home-invasion robbery.
Daveion Smith is charged with attempted murder, intimidation with a weapon, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, two counts of assault on a police officer, interference with official acts. He was also had an outstanding warrant for possession of marijuana.
Smith is being held in the Polk County Jail.
Police said he was charged in connection with a shooting on Nov. 6 in the 2100 block of Forest Ave in Des Moines. Joseph Lewis, was shot in the face.
Police said the robbery and burglary charges were filed in connection with a home invasion at an apartment on Southeast 5th Street on Dec. 11.
Smith was found at a house in Des Moines and police said he attempted to escape officers. During the struggle, police said Smith bit an officer several times on the arm.