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October 2, 2012
Living with the Enemy
by Stephen Lendman
How do Palestinians manage every day? How do they deal with state-sponsored denial of their rights? How do they survive under suffocating conditions?
Where will they live once Israel steals all parts of Judea and Samaria it wants? It's grabbing it durum by dunum. What Palestinians lived on peacefully for centuries is fast disappearing.
On September 21,
30 organizations
urged Quartet action to keep Palestinian villages from disappearing. They include:
ActionAid; Amnesty International; Broederlijk Delen; Care International; Caritas Jerusalem; Comet- ME; Danish Church Aid (DCA); Diakonia; Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI); World Council of Churches; EWASH; GVC (Gruppo di Volontariato Civile); HelpAge International; Human Rights Watch (HRW); Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC); Islamic Relief; Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation; MAP UK; medico international; Norwegian Church Aid (NCA); Norwegian People's Aid (NPA); Oxfam; Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH); Prèmiere Urgence-Aide Médicale Internationale; SEBA; The Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC); Terre des Hommes Italia (TdH); The Carter Center; The Overseas NGO; War Child; and World Vision Jerusalem-West Bank-Gaza.
In Hebron Hills alone, 13 Palestinian villages are targeted for demolition. Their residents face eviction. Its ongoing. Demolition and displacement rates hit a three-year high.
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) said Israel destroyed 467 structures and 140 houses in 2012. Over 700 Palestinians were displaced.
Since 1967, Israel destroyed around 27,000 Palestinian structures. Information comes from the Israeli Interior Ministry, Jerusalem Municipality, Civil Administration, UN bodies and agencies, Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights groups, ICAHD's field monitoring, and other sources.
Every structure demolished was lawless. Private property was destroyed. Residents were dispossessed and displaced. It's ongoing mostly out of sight and mind.
It reflects decades of institutionalized oppression against people whose only offense is not being Jewish. Israel wants Palestinian land for settlement expansions, commercial development, closed military zones, and other purposes. Non-Jews are excluded. What better definition of apartheid.
Oxfam's Nishant Pandey said:
"The Quartet has issued 39 statements condemning the government of Israel's violations of international law, yet the number of people displaced by unlawful demolition of Palestinian homes continues to increase at an unprecedented rate."
"Words have so far failed to bring meaningful change to people's lives and the Quartet must now show Palestinians and Israelis that it is committed to working towards a just, durable peace."
According to Human Rights Watch's Leah Whitson:
"It's time for the Quartet to stop the euphemisms: Israel's demolitions of Palestinian homes and other structures without military necessity violate its obligations as an occupying power. The Quartet should press the government of Israel to end these violations immediately."
Amnesty International's Ann Harrison said:
"The Quartet must face the facts on the ground in the occupied West Bank: escalating demolitions and whole villages threatened with forced eviction."
"Ensuring respect for international human rights and humanitarian law should be the cornerstone of the Quartet's work. Only if it confronts these ongoing violations head on can the Quartet contribute to a just and sustainable solution."
According to CARE International's David White:
"The families we work with are terrified that any day they could lose their homes and the health clinic provided by CARE International. Tomorrow they could wake up and everything they have worked their entire lives to build could be gone."
"We are providing people with essential health services, but no amount of humanitarian or development assistance can help people overcome this feeling of despair. The Quartet needs to put forth a plan of action that brings the security people desperately need to lead a dignified life."
When is enough enough? When will tolerating the intolerable end? When will accountability replace indifference to human suffering? When will racist persecution no longer be condoned? When will PA leaders stop being Israel's enforcer.
On September 19,
Maan News
headlined "PA 'arrests scores" across the West Bank," saying:
Palestinian security forces did Israel's dirty work. They do it daily against their own people. About 60 arrests were made this time. Hamas members were targeted. They included Fuad al-Khuffash. He's a journalist and Ahrar Center for Prisoners' Studies director. He's a human rights defender. He's not a criminal.
For many years, Israeli and PA enforcers targeted him. He's been imprisoned without charge several times. Once in PA custody, the Palestinian High Court of Justice ordered his release. PA security forces refused. Israel said don't do it. They saluted and obeyed.
Most recently,
was released in April 2012. He was imprisoned for 10 months uncharged.
In 2008, he said:
"The Israeli occupation targets every Palestinian who talks about Palestine and works for Palestine. The occupation targets the trees, and the stones, so it's no wonder that they target every person who defends human rights and the rights of the Palestinian people."
"They don't hesitate to do such things. What they are doing, forcing the Palestinians out of the lands where they were born, violates all international laws and treaties."
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said PA leaders aim to block national reconciliation. "This is clear evidence that Fatah's claims about implementing national reconciliation are incorrect. Fatah is trying to hide its political failure, its tense relationship with Arab countries."
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned the arrests. It called on PA leaders to cease, desist, and comply with rule of law principles.
Palestinian Basic Law prohibits "arresting, checking, detaining or limiting the freedom of any person or preventing his/her movement without a judicial warrant." Political arrests are absolutely forbidden.
Human Rights Watch's Leah Whitson said:
"Israel and the Palestinian Authority are violating international law when they throw Palestinians in jail for months or years without charge or trial..
"Foreign donors supporting Israeli and Palestinian security forces should press for an end to longstanding practices that detainees are risking their lives to protest."
In May, at Israel's behest, Palestinian security forces arrested Zakaria
. He's imprisoned uncharged. In early September, he began hunger-striking for justice. He refuses food, water, and medical care.
"I've been in prison for a long time without evidence," he said. "I had a meeting with the doctor in prison. He told me I have three days to live if I don't take water. So the court has decided to kill me."
A PA judge, at Israel's behest, ordered him detained another 19 days. In response, he said he's "been a freedom fighter since (birth), and it's unjust for me to die here." Israel wants him dead and gone.
PA scoundrels execute its orders. They're detaining a martyr. He's committed to die for justice. Freedom Theater managing director Jonatan Stanczak said he's "the person who inspired me to stay in Palestine to join the struggle for freedom against occupation."
Abbas, Fayyad, and like-minded traitors "succeeded in doing what the Israelis didn't: to kill Zakaria. The PA has learned their lesson from the Israelis very well, to the extent that" they're complicit with occupation harshness.
During the second Intifada, he headed the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade. In 2006, he co-founded the Jenin refugee camp Freedom Theater with Juliano Mer-Khamis. In April 2011, an unknown gunman killed him. It's no secret who wanted him dead.
Zubeidi decided to resist occupation harshness through theater. Doing so made him an enemy of the state. "Through the theater," he said, "you can talk to the world and give a different message than the way they see us as terrorists."
In May, he was one of 150 Palestinians arrested. Most were released. He remains detained uncharged. No evidence whatever suggests he's guilty of wrongdoing.
During his first few weeks in prison, he was brutally tortured and abused. He was further harmed by punishing isolation. His lawyer, Farid Hawwash, was also arrested for criticizing PA security forces for their treatment of Zubeidi.
Mer-Khamis' wife Jenny said:
"It's a disaster and a disgrace for the PA. If they let a person who has fought all his life for the freedom of his people die in prison, it's a very dark period, and a big symbol of the state of Palestinian society."
Hamas Leader Mashaal Speaks
Al-Zaytouna Center
published an interview Hamas head in exile Khaled Mashaal gave the Jordanian daily Al-Sabeel. Lots of ground was covered. He was asked for his views about negotiating with the enemy. He called doing so "a thorny and sensitive issue."
History shows Israel doesn't negotiate. It demands. How do you negotiate without a willing partner? At the same time, doing so isn't rejected out of hand.
The Koran says "And if they incline to peace, incline (you also to peace), and trust in God."
"This implies that negotiation is acceptable, reasonable and logical for us as advocates of a just cause when the enemy is forced to resort to it, when they come to us ready for negotiation and for paying the price, and to respond to our demands."
"However, if we seek it desperately and consider it our only option, then we will be the ones paying the price. Those who are forced to negotiate are those who usually pay the price. Hence God Almighty says in another verse: ;Do not weaken and call for peace when you have the upper hand.' "
"Peace cannot be be made when one party is powerful and the other weak," he added. Under those conditions, it's imposed.
The conflict with Israel is different. It's "a case of a body alien to the region." They came from outside and imposed themselves on a land they stole and people they dispossessed. The situation is complex and "must be dealt with delicately."
"Negotiation is a tool and a tactic in the service of a strategy and is not a strategy in itself. It is not a substitute for a strategy of resistance and confrontation with the occupation."
Today, negotiating with Israel is "the wrong choice." The balance of power is too one-sided. Achieving equity and justice won't happen. It's not worth the futility of trying.
Asked about recognizing Israel, he said:
"Recognition means legitimizing the occupation and conferring legitimacy upon Israel's aggression, settlement, Judaization, murders, arrests and other crimes and atrocities against our people and our land. This is unacceptable according to international law and human values, not to mention our religion."
"It is unacceptable to legitimize occupation and theft of land. Occupation is a crime, theft is a crime, and should not be legitimized under any circumstances."
"We reject recognition in both legal and pragmatic senses….In short, we refuse to recognize the legitimacy of Israel because we refuse to recognize the legitimacy of occupation and theft of land. For us, this principle is clear and definitive."
Asked about insistence by Israel and the international community to extend recognition, he said "demanding recognition is certainly a sign of weakness, an expression of an inferiority complex, lack of confidence in the future of this entity, a feeling that it is illegitimate and still rejected by the peoples of the region as alien, and that the mere presence of a steadfast Palestinian people is a practical expression of the rejection of the Zionist entity."
At the same time, it expresses superiority. It's the same logic as imposing "military supremacy." It's the notion of might affords right to dictate terms. Yielding is unacceptable.
"We refused all conditions on principle, and refused discussing them even in the context of seeking revised formulas. We reject the principle of conditions, for it suggests that there are two levels of human beings, and one party can dominate the other, one party having the upper hand and the other the lower."
"Our humanity, dignity and self-respect state that we are on par with others even if they are militarily stronger. Hence, we refuse to be dealt with through preconditions."
Asked why Israel and the international community reject the Hamas-proposed long-term truce, he said:
It's Zionist and US policy. Other international parties go along. It reflects "the logic of power, superiority and hegemony." They hope "pressure will drive us into a state of desperation."
They did it before successfully. They alone benefitted from Oslo. Palestinians got only the right to enforce Israeli diktat authority. They hope to get Hamas to accede the same way. They thought wrong.
They'll be forced to deal with Hamas equitably. "We tell them: 'If you think that you are able to achieve success in the region through other schemes, try and you will reach a dead-end.' "
Asked about Hamas' model of resistance, he said:
It's a natural part of the Palestinian struggle. It's ongoing since Zionism's inception. Great leaders pursued it. It continues until occupation ends and liberation is achieved.
As a resistance movement, Hamas is part of the struggle. It's "full of sacrifices, challenges, creativity, patience, endurance, and determination to continue the march and overcome all obstacles, challenges and adverse and unfavorable circumstances until the ultimate goal is achieved, God willing."
Current leaders build on bridges previous ones built. A legacy for future generations inspires resistance efforts.
It's a means to an end. It's not done for its own sake. Hamas isn't a military group. It's "an all-embracing national liberation movement." Its grassroots give it strength.
Weapons are only used for defense. International law permits legitimate resistance. "It is our natural right to defend ourselves when forced to do so….we did this from the position of a legitimate government formed after fair democratic elections which were approved by the elected Legislative Council."
At the same time, force isn't used against other Arab entities. "Our battle is exclusively against the Zionist enemy." Resistance is more than legitimate. It's the only way occupied people can achieve liberation.
Asked about Hamas' achievements in international relations, he said:
It has several dimensions. It's a battle of humanity against Israeli injustice and oppression. It involves promoting a just cause. It's also about "forging a network of relations."
It begins regionally, then elsewhere worldwide. It requires achieving breakthroughs. It depends on convincing other nations to "deal with us and accord us the consideration we deserve, respect our interests, rights and legitimate demands, and retreat from their current policies of bias towards Israel and disregard for the Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims."
Successes have been achieved. Much remains to be done. Relations are being forged "with poise and self-respect, with the purpose of reaping gains for the Palestinian cause rather than for narrow partisan" reasons.
Meshal covered a lot more ground. The interview was detailed and comprehensive. He had much to say and did so. He ended calling Palestine "a great nation, proud of ourselves, our religion, our land, our history, our culture and identity…."
Palestine and Jerusalem reflect "our beating heart and an indicator of our life and survival. Therefore, we won't tolerate the Zionist entity for long, and we will defeat it just as we defeated the Crusades and the Mongol advance in the past."
He quoted from the Koran again, saying: "For it is by turns that We apportion unto people such days (of fortune and misfortune)." He's confident the former will prevail in the end.
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Stephen Lendman was born in 1934 in Boston, MA. In 1956, he received a BA from Harvard University. Two years of US Army service followed, then an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. After working seven years as a marketing research analyst, he joined the Lendman Group family business in 1967. He remained there until retiring at year end 1999. Writing on major world and national issues began in summer 2005. In early 2007, radio hosting followed. Lendman now hosts the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network three times weekly. Distinguished guests are featured. Listen live or archived. Major world and national issues are discussed. Lendman is a 2008 Project Censored winner and 2011 Mexican Journalists Club international journalism award recipient.
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The documentary In The Shadow Of The Moon comes out on DVD in a month, and is well worth picking up. Today we take moon landings for granted, but it's been 35 years since Gene Cernan was the last man on the moon (note for you trivia nuts), and we haven't come close to going back. In the intervening years, we've forgotten just what it took for our country to land people safely on the moon, and bring them back home.
Today we're not impressed unless our science fiction involves explosions, boobs, mutants, or all three, but back in the 60s when science fiction became science fact, it seemed like the country could unite to do anything. I caught this film last year at Sundance sandwiched between melancholy indie art films that make you pray that you might choke on your own tongue, and I was blown away. It's a great testament to the entire space program, and what might be one of the last memorable looks at the surviving men who have walked on the moon.
If you're looking for a trippier moon experience, however, pick up the Brian Eno scored For All Mankind, which was culled from the massive amounts of film that NASA shot on flybys of the moon. You'll recognize the "Deep Blue Day" track immediately from the time Ewan McGregor had to go diving in that shit-encrusted toilet in Scottish junkie flick Trainspotting to fetch his opium suppositories.
io9: the only place that will take you from the surface of the moon to a feces-covered toilet in Scotland. Sorry, it had to be said.


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Baskerville Original Pro by František Štorm
František Štorm's Baskerville Original Pro and John Sans, its engendered grotesque, are the subject of this second look through our offerings from the recently included Storm Type Foundry. When a type designer sets out to reproduce the work of another, care must be taken to stay true to the spirit of the original. It's in this regard most especially where the Štorm revival succeeds. John Baskerville was an English manufacturer, printer, and type designer. His types, several faces of related appearance, designed by Baskerville and cut by John Handy, his punchcutter, have seen plenty of revivals.
The Roman represents a first of its kind. The type broke away from the popular English Baroque letter cut by William Caslon, of whom Baskerville was a contemporary. The further rationalized axis and increased stroke contrast, bound by Baskerville's generous margins and printed on his signature calendared paper served well to brighten the page. It was this effect, taken to a greater degree of severity by the romantics, Bodoni and Didot, that leaves Baskerville's neoclassical work in a category called by some transitional. Its italic sets densely and demonstrates Baskerville's understanding of calligraphic form.
František Štorm's work in reviving the Baskerville letter is artistically very good, and as a type family is without peer, considering its extensive means to communicate across languages. The family is drawn in two optical sizes; 120 for display and 10 for text, has glyph support for latin, cyrillic, and greek scripts, and includes a set of ornaments. Štorm describes his completed work as "an absolutely ordinary and inconspicuous type face—a worker in the service of literature."
John Sans by František Štorm
John Sans has none of the history, but bears the name of its inspiration. In his work on Baskerville Original Pro, Štorm took note of the patterns and "certain constructional elements" that made the face what it is. These were put to work in a grotesque. The result is quite pleasant.
John Sans comes in two widths, regular and condensed, eight weights per width.


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Jaffna aquifer depleting from overuse
[COLOMBO] The single limestone aquifer, which is the main source of freshwater in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula, is gradually depleting through overuse, researchers say.
"The area suffers from severe groundwater imbalance which might reach crisis proportions in the future," Shanti de Silva, one of two scientists who carried out the research for the agricultural department of the University of Jaffna, told SciDev.Net.
At a presentation of the research results last month (18 April), de Silva called for a regulatory framework to optimise groundwater use in Jaffna peninsula — which was captured by the Sri Lankan army from separatist rebels in May 2009, ending decades of civil strife.
- Over extraction of groundwater in the Jaffna peninsula is causing severe imbalance in the area's main aquifer
- Uneven rainfall is partly responsible for poor replenishment of groundwater in the aquifer
- Restrictions on pumping out groundwater and regular monitoring of water levels are recommended
"Water resources of the basin remain almost constant while the demand for water continues to increase. Moreover, due to uneven distribution of rainfall, water resources lack replenishment," the report said.
Kusum Athukorala, who heads the Network of Women Water Professionals and is the winner of the 2012 Women in Water award, told SciDev.Net that with thousands of people returning to settle in the former warzone, groundwater extraction is bound to increase. "Since this will create more imbalances, some regulation will help prevent a future crisis," she said.
The researchers recommend extraction of 50 per cent of the annual recharge to prevent a severe imbalance developing in the aquifer, the main resource for agriculture, domestic use and water supply on the Jaffna peninsula.
Aquifers are layers in underground rock, capable of trapping water that can be pumped out for domestic consumption, agriculture and industry.
Since high water usage was observed in farming, conservation practices need to be implemented to increase water use efficiency, including correct selection of crops and irrigation methods, the researchers said.
Farm-level organisations, policies to renovate existing surface tanks, restrictions on the use of mechanical pumps and regular monitoring of the ground water table are among measures suggested to reverse a worsening situation.
The researchers have also suggested construction of rainwater reservoirs in public places and sensitising farmers against over extraction as ways to ensure adequate replenishment of the Jaffna aquifer.
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Chiefs fire Crennel, make no move on GM Pioli
The Kansas City Chiefs have fired coach Romeo Crennel after a 2-14 season marked by blowout losses, fan rebellion and a murder-suicide involving one of his players.
No decision has been made about the future of general manager Scott Pioli.
Crennel was fired Monday after one full season as coach, and one day after Kansas City lost 38-3 to the Denver Broncos to match the fewest wins in franchise history.
The Chiefs' only victories came against New Orleans and Carolina, the latter coming one day after linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend to death and then drove to the team's practice facility and turned the gun on himself as Crennel and Pioli looked on.
Crennel's career record is 28-55 in five-plus seasons as a head coach.


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It's my turn to post on the all new Sarah's Cards blog today.
Here's a sneaky peek at the pages I'm sharing. Hop on over to see the full projects!
If you haven't already seen it, Lou posted a wonderful challenge a few days ago - a £10 e-voucher for the shop is up for grabs so why not have a go!


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A pair of Republican lawmakers in Mississippi have proposed a bill to keep the federal government in its place, and laying out a plan to create a Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Law, which would — well maybe you can already start to guess what the committee would do.
The bill, known as the Mississippi Balance of Powers Act, was authored by state Rep. Gary Chism (R), chairman of the House Insurance Committee, and Rep. Jeff Smith (R), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Earlier this week, the bill was referred to the House Constitution Committee.
This is pretty much a direct, open challenge to the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution, something wingers have been trying to get rid of for generations.
The neutralization committee called for in the bill would enforce "a constitutional balance of powers," and would be made up of the lieutenant governor, six members of the state Senate appointed by the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the state House of Representatives or his designee and six members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker. The committee will be allowed to review "any and all existing federal statutes, mandates and executive orders for the purpose of determining their constitutionality." Any measure that is found to be "beyond the scope and power assigned to the federal government under Article 1 of the United States Constitution or in direct violation of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890" may be recommended for neutralization by the simple majority vote of each house of the Mississippi State Legislature.
"If the Mississippi State Legislature votes by simple majority to neutralize any federal statute, mandate or executive order on the grounds of its lack of proper constitutionality, then the state and its citizens shall not recognize or be obligated to live under the statute, mandate or executive order," the bill reads.
"Nope, we don't want to follow the rules of your federal government, and we've decided that we're just not going to enforce the bits we don't like. Do something about it. We dare you."
Like I keep saying, South Carolina tried this about 175 years ago. Didn't work out so great for them or the country, either.
Please proceed, Mississippi.


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Hi folks. I ran across a paper by Kirk Fitzhugh that says, among other things, that finding fossils such as Tiktaalik doesn't constitute the fulfillment of an evolutionary prediction or evidence for evolution. I couldn't find anyone in the literature who mentions Fitzhugh or his paper so I thought I'd ask you guys what you thought of his conclusions. Fair warning: it is an excessively dull and tedious read and I myself fail to really grasp his argument.
Anyway, if you have access to the publication,the paper can be found here:
http://bf4dv7zn3u.search.serialssolutio ... 010-9088-1
If you don't have access and don't want to pay for it (you don't),it can be found here as word document:
http://www.csupomona.edu/~djmoriarty/we ... d%20ID.pdf
If anyone with a better grasp of logic than I have cares to wade through it and assess his argument, that would be cool. It seems counter-intuitive that finding what a theory predicts we should find doesn't constitute evidence for that theory, but he's not just a creationist nutjob (the other half of the paper trashes ID). If no one feels like subjecting themselves to this paper I won't be surprised, so no pressure.


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Philosophy profesor Huw Price has cofounded a project with astrophysicist Martin Rees that will seek to push the risks that technology could one day pose to humans "forward in the respectable scientific community."
Philosophers and scientists at Britain's Cambridge University think the question deserves serious study. A proposed Center for the Study of Existential Risk will bring together experts to consider the ways in which super intelligent technology, including artificial intelligence, could "threaten our own existence," the institution said Sunday.
We're anxious to see if Price and his colleagues will be taken seriously (clever technology "tends to be regarded as a flakey concern," he admits). Whether they are or not, we found his reminder that the most menacing foe is not always dangerous on account of outward malice, but dispassion or a lack of interest, particularly chilling.
Read more about the proposed Center via NBC News.


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Cancer throws even the strongest people for a loop.
It certainly did with Mollie Conway, by any estimation a pillar of strength in the eyes of her large brood.
"It's like a punch in the stomach," said the mother of seven.
The first few days after being diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer, which had spread to her brain, the Dunmore resident wandered around in a depressed fog. But on the morning she was scheduled to meet with doctors to discuss her treatment options, she awoke to the soaring horn blasts from the theme to "Rocky" blaring in her head.
Just like the underdog prizefighter in that iconic film, she made a pact with herself to do everything in her power to defeat her opponent, attacking the cancer with a fierce, no-nonsense determination that has inspired her family to no end.
Seven views of mom
The seven individual essays Mrs. Conway's children - Kelly, 22; Max, 21; Maddie, 18; Jack, 16; Bobby, 15; Caroline, 12; and Patrick, 8 - wrote in her honor resulted in Mrs. Conway's selection as The Sunday Times' featured mom for Mother's Day.
"They're beautiful," said Mrs. Conway, 49, after reading the letters on a recent afternoon at her home. "I have great kids. I'm very lucky."
"You picked a very deserving woman," added Mrs. Conway's husband of more than 24 years, Mark, a local attorney. "Even without the cancer card, she'd still be very deserving. The way she's handling the illness, it's just incredible."
As the eldest child, Kelly Conway coordinated the siblings' letter-writing effort. Because of the age differences between them, she thought having all seven kids write letters would be a nice way to reflect the "different relationships with our mom," she said.
Somehow, they managed to compose the letters without either parent's knowledge, amazing Mr. Conway.
"I can't believe you big mouths were able to keep this secret," he cracked.
Kelly wrote how her mom's focus "remains on our family and putting everyone else's needs before her own."
Max, who just completed his junior year at Temple University in Philadelphia, praised his mother's patience, and utter impatience with her cancer diagnosis.
Maddie, who has cerebral palsy, recalled the slim chances of her own survival when her mom was pregnant with her, but how Mrs. Conway "was determined to give me the very best chance at life."
Jack called his mom the very definition of "hero," while Bobby wrote that she's "one of the most generous people I know."
Caroline noted how everyone tells her she looks just like her mom, and how she hopes she's like her "in every way." And Patrick, in his hand-written letter, said that whenever she reads to his class he "can't stop smiling."
"We really thought it would be a perfect story," said Kelly, a Philadelphia resident. "She always said this had happened for a reason, and that she was going to help people by sharing her story."
Here's the thing about cancer, Mrs. Conway said: It doesn't discriminate, and it doesn't excuse one from attending to all the things that need to be done when running a household as large as hers.
Runs household
She still does all the cleaning and shopping; shuttles the kids from one activity to the next; helps them with their homework; and makes certain they stay on the straight and narrow.
"She keeps us on a tight leash," Jack said with a laugh.
She also attends to the needs of the family's beloved yellow Labrador retriever, Quincy. And every night, the family sits down in their big, cheery kitchen for a meal she's prepared for them.
Nothing has really changed. Only now, she fits in everything between her chemotherapy and doctor's appointments.
"She's been Rocky. She's been the toughest cookie. You wouldn't even be able to tell anything is wrong," Kelly said. "Her treatments just became a part of the new normal. Everything just remained intact."
"You have seven kids. Your life's not going to stop. I really don't have time for all this," Mrs. Conway said. "Cancer does not fit into my schedule at all. It's a really big inconvenience for us."
The youngest of 10 kids, Mrs. Conway lost her mother at the age of 6. She decided early on the same wouldn't happen to her family, and promptly spent her adulthood committed to healthy living.
She worked out regularly. She didn't smoke. She didn't drink, aside from the occasional glass of wine.
Everything was going to plan, until October 2011, when Mrs. Conway started feeling a slight yet persistent dizziness in her head. At first, she thought it might be vertigo, or something with her eyes.
When she went to get checked out, her doctor ordered an MRI, which turned up two small malignant tumors on her brain. Further tests showed the cancer originated in the colon before spreading to the liver and the brain.
She received the grim news on a Friday afternoon while driving with Maddie.
"The doctor said, 'I hope you're not driving, because I have really bad news.' Are you kidding me?" said Mrs. Conway, still peeved at the physician's thoughtlessness.
"It's surreal. You're bopping along in your life, and then, boom," said Mr. Conway, who's been with Mrs. Conway since they were 16 years old.
The first couple of days were a blur of shock and sadness. Luckily, Mrs. Conway said, Mr. Conway stepped up and went into overdrive, reaching out to his connections for the best treatment options.
"He's just been really great," Mrs. Conway said.
"From the beginning, a fire was lit beneath him," Kelly said. "He was just ready to go."
On the day of her "Rocky" epiphany, Mrs. Conway matched her husband's steely focus. She told her doctors, "Don't tell me what I can't do. Tell me what I can do."
Discouraged by what they told her - stage IV cancer, after all, isn't the most optimistic of diagnoses - she went in search of other opinions, eventually landing at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Radiation zapped her brain tumors down to nothing, and 22 rounds of chemotherapy took care of cancer in her colon. Amazingly, she never lost a hair nor had a bout of nausea the entire time. She simply carried the chemo bag in her purse and went about her day.
Last fall, surgeons removed half of her liver at Johns Hopkins.
Doctors found two more small spots on her brain in January, but they've been dealt with. And she'll soon find out if the liver surgery removed all the cancer from the organ.
She's still going for chemo, and doesn't mind it in the least.
"I'll take it forever if I have to," Mrs. Conway said. "If I get more tumors, we're just going to chop them up as them come, like wack-a-mole. But hopefully, they'll stop showing up."
Early on in Mrs. Conway's treatment, plenty of people reached out, offering food and babysitting services. Given her enormous network of family members, she asked them for something else instead - their prayers.
"I just thought, if I could get people to pray for me, I could get better," she said.
Besides the rosary done on her behalf every Sunday at St. Paul's Church, she's on just about every prayer list in the area. She's on a few lists outside the area, too, including one at a prison. Those inmates, like so many other people, sent her a card with their well wishes.
"It's like my favorite thing I got. All these bad boys are praying for me," Mrs. Conway said with a laugh. "I am so thankful for the prayers, because I really think it got me through this."
People she's never met stop her in the checkout line at the supermarket to tell her they've prayed for her. A few weeks after her diagnosis, a woman from Old Forge called her on the phone and said, "Honey, you don't even know me, but I heard your story at the beauty parlor."
The woman herself had been diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer six years prior. She wanted to tell Mrs. Conway that she was "totally fine."
"I thought about that lady everyday. I thought, well, if she could do it, I could," Mrs. Conway said. "So now, whenever I hear about someone else that's been diagnosed, I just want to reach out. I feel like I'm paying it forward."
For last year's Andy Gavin's Green Ridge Mile run, which took place right before Mrs. Conway's liver surgery, Mr. Conway and the kids decided to run in T-shirts that read "A Mile for Mollie." More than 300 family members and friends decided to wear them, as well. Mrs. Conway knew nothing of the shirts until they passed her during the run.
"It was like a sea of white T-shirts coming up the road," Mr. Conway said. "It was a great way to send her off (to her surgery)."
In addition to the prayers and well wishes, Mrs. Conway said a series of "weird things" have provided great solace during her treatment.
For instance, one day last year, just after getting some less-than-stellar news at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philly, she received an anonymous text message. The message contained a picture of her posing triumphantly at the Rocky Statue in Philly that she had sent out to people several months before. Though she had no clue where the text came from, she took it as a sign that everything was going to be OK.
A longtime lover of rainbows, Mrs. Conway saw two of the brightest she's ever seen within an hour of each other during a recent trip to Paris with Mr. Conway.
"I've had bizarre, bizarre things happen to me," she said. "If you believe in signs, as I do, I got a lot of signs."
Take the prayers and the signs and the family support and add them all up, and no wonder Mrs. Conway feels so optimistic about her future.
"It's a lesson to be learned. It's for a reason. I just have to figure out what that reason is, and then help other people," she said. "I'm definitely in a good place."
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Perl Module Monday: Sub::Exporter
For this week's entry, I'm taking a look at a module I first learned about in December 2009 while reading RJBS's Advent Calendar for that year: Sub::Exporter. I highly recommend his yearly calendar, as it is a great way to learn about new and interesting modules and features. Of course, it helps to actually use the things you find interesting: while I learned about this module over a year and a half ago, I'd completely forgotten about it until someone mentioned it during one of the talks as OSCON last week. Then I came across it in my notes on modules to consider for this series, and decided I'd best write about it soon, lest I forget it again!
Rather than going into an exhaustive explanation of what this module is, I invite you to take a quick look at the original advent calendar posting. Go ahead, I'll wait. Done? Great!
Now, if you didn't just check that out, or if you thought it was too long and just skimmed over it, here's the short version: Sub::Exporter is a super-version of the core Exporter module. It allows other modules and scripts to import the routines you've chosen to export. But unlike Exporter, it gives both you and the user of your module a great range of flexibility in options and configuration of the routines that are exported/imported.
So, it can do everything that Exporter does, but it can also do a whole lot more. To me, the most useful feature of Sub::Exporter is the ability to rename an imported function when you import it. I have, in the past, had to opt to not import a given subroutine in order to avoid name-clashes between different modules. I would have to choose which one "wins", and then use the full package name to call the other package's routine. With Sub::Exporter, this is not only a fixable problem, it's also the simplest of the examples of Sub::Exporter use.
The module is well-documented, coming not only with a basic manual page but also a tutorial page and a cookbook page. If only more modules did this! (I say that, but none of my modules do that, so I have no room to cast aspersions.) It is also fairly lightweight in both its own code and its dependencies (unlike last week's PMM, which I later learned requires that you have Moose installed, even though it doesn't use Moose directly).
I won't necessarily replace all my usage of Exporter with Sub::Exporter— I think that some names are sufficiently unique as to avoid potential clashes— but I will certainly be using it in the future.


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The week in review
Best alternative to Monday Night Wrestling: The Charlottesville City Council public hearing on November 21 pits Rob "I care about African Americans" Schilling against Kendra "I am black" Hamilton in a brawl over whether the School Board should be elected at-large or by ward, with Mayor David "I email the Justice Department" Brown futilely gaveling for order, according to John Yellig's report in the Daily Progress.
Worst omen for ward fans: City Council votes "nay," so it won't happen in May, if ever.
Closest but no cigar: The State Board of Elections certifies the attorney general race November 28 with Republican Bob McDonnell leading Dem Creigh Deeds by 323 votes out of 1.9 million cast. Deeds requests a recount over the .0017 percent difference.
Biggest tumult: UVA fires vociferous critic of the "Charter" movement Dena Bowers for her email use.
Second biggest tumult: UVA spokeswoman Carol Wood tears into Progress reporter Liesel Nowak's account of the firing– "UVA fires charter critic"– in a widely distributed letter.
Most burglaries: Nine are reported November 21 in Airport Road, Dobleann Drive, and Grand Forks Boulevard businesses.
Best makeover: Piedmont Virginia Community College is set for $5.4 million worth of renovations, including new classrooms, cafeteria, bookstore, coffee bar, and other improvements, the first major upgrade since 1973.
Earliest opening: The $4.1 million North Grounds Connector will open in January, five months ahead of schedule.
Best deja-vu for Williamsburg: Tim Kaine will take the oath there in January, the first governor to do so since Jefferson in 1779 when it was the capital of the colony soon to become a state.
Best park: Albemarle's own Walnut Creek is named one of the top five urban parks in the Southeast, according to Outdoors magazine.
Best second act: The Clifton Inn scores membership in the elite Relais and Chateaux– whatever that is– only two years after a tragic fire closed the inn, David Hendrick reports in the DP.
Least reason to be thankful: GM announces it will cut 30,000 jobs and close 12 facilities by 2008, while Merck slices 7,000 jobs and five production plants.
Worst news for Albemarle First shareholders: Its sale to Millennium Bankshares falls through, and shares plunge 23 percent, cvillenews.com reports.
Biggest hero for beleaguered air travelers: New York lawyer/UVA law prof Thatcher Stone sues Continental Airlines after it bumps him and his daughter from an overbooked flight to Telluride on Christmas Day 2004. A Manhattan judge awards Stone $3,110, the AP reports.
Best literary award you've never heard of: The Tulsa Library Trust's Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award. John Grisham is named the 2005 winner after the original pick, mystery writer Tony Hillerman, can't make the December 2 awards dinner, according to the Greater Tulsa Reporter. The winner gets $25,000 cash and a crystal book.
Most unexpected visitor: NBC superstar Katie Couric knocks on Jenni Allen's Lawn room door over the weekend to show her two daughters where their mom, a Class of '79 alum, once lived, according to the Washington Post's Reliable Source.
Best Charlottesville plug: The Post covers our music scene, along with Chapel Hill's and Athens', in the November 27 travel piece, "U Rock, U Roll."
Best O. Winston Link plug: The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover– a film about how Link's wife, Conchita, stole his black-and-white train photographs– opens the Amsterdam Film Festival November 25.


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RadioShack Dumping Palm? [UPDATED]
For Palm, April is indeed proving to be the cruelest month. It began with reports that the company is for sale and continued with news of the departure of software chief Michael Abbott. Now comes another ugly development: RadioShack appears to be dumping the company's smartphone line. The Palm Pre and Pixi have disappeared from the retailer's Web site and from the shelves of many of its stores.
As of this writing, RadioShack's Palm Store is entirely empty ("What are you shopping for in our Palm Store?" "Nothing!"). And CL King analyst Lawrence Harris reports that a number of RadioShack locations are no longer stocking the Sprint (S) version of the Pre and Pixi.
"Over the weekend we visited multiple RadioShack locations in the New York metro area," Harris writes. "Most were no longer carrying the Palm Pre or Pixi. One location still had some Pixi's, but no Pre's in stock. The store manager told us that sales of the Pixi would be limited to the stock on hand, with no further shipments expected. Historically, RadioShack has been an important sales channel for Sprint. In recent weeks RadioShack was offering both Palm models for free, probably in order to clear out inventory."
I've asked both Palm (PALM) and RadioShack (RSH) for comment and will update here if and when I'm given one.
UPDATE: Wendy Dominguez, corporate media relations manager for RadioShack, just provided me with the following comment: "For competitive reasons we don't comment on inventory numbers and distribution of specific devices. Palm has been a good partner. We expect that relationship to continue."
Dominguez declined to explain why Palm devices are no longer available for sale in RadioShack's Palm Store. Nor would she comment on reports that the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi have disappeared from a number of the company's brick-and-mortar locations.
UPDATE: Palm has declined comment.
UPDATE: Sprint has confirmed to Tech Trader Daily that it is indeed phasing out sales of both the Palm Pixi and Pre. "The plan is for the Pre to be replaced by a BlackBerry device and the Pixi for a message-centric device," a spokesman told the blog.
- Palm: I Cast Thee Out Creepy Lady Ad Agency
- Palm's Worst Nightmare: New iPhones on AT&T and Verizon
- A Palliative for Palm
- Good Luck Competing on the iPhone's Home Turf, Palm
- Exercise in Futility? Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus Headed to AT&T
- Palm: Pssst. Wanna Buy 1.15 Million Smartphones?
- Palm Pileup: Weak Smartphone Sales and a Gruesome Q4 Forecast
- Could Be Worse, Could Be Raining: Palm's AT&T Launch Delayed?
- Could WebOS Licensing Be Palm's Salvation?
- Palm's Salvation? Less Push, More Pull.
- And if Palm's Project JumpStart Doesn't Work Out, There's Always "Project Defibrillator"
- Double Face-Palm: Analysts React to Palm's Lowered Guidance
- Time to Start Looking for a Buyer, Palm?
- 2010: Year of the Palm? Maybe Not…
- Analyst: Palm May Be Acquired in the Next Two Years


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The artistic skill and attention to detail on display in prehistoric cave paintings is nothing short of astonishing, but one unsolved mystery is whether prehistoric humans simply painted exactly what the saw, or if the art was more symbolic. And recently, we've come a lot closer to answering that question.
Some key pieces of evidence in this debate are paintings of white horses with black spots. These distinctive markings are known as "leopard" spotting in modern horses, but researchers weren't sure if such horses actually existed in Paleolithic times. If these black spots were in fact an invention of the ancient painters, that suggests a level of abstraction or symbolism that we would not have otherwise expected in our ancient counterparts.
Exactly what those black spots might represent has attracted considerably scholarly debate, but that might now all be moot. Researchers at the University of York along with a team of fellow scientists from all over the world have run cutting edge DNA analysis on bone specimens from horses dating back as far as 35,000 years ago. They found that four of the samples originating in Europe carried the gene associated with modern leopard spotting, strongly suggesting these markings existed back then and cave painters were accurately capturing the horses they saw.
York biologist Michi Hofreiter comments:
"Our results suggest that, at least for wild horses, Paleolithic cave paintings, including the remarkable depictions of spotted horses, were closely rooted in the real-life appearance of animals. While previous DNA studies have produced evidence for bay and black horses, our study has demonstrated that the leopard complex spotting phenotype was also already present in ancient horses and was accurately depicted by their human contemporaries nearly 25,000 years ago. Our findings lend support to hypotheses that argue that cave paintings constitute reflections of the natural environment of humans at the time and may contain less of a symbolic or transcendental connotation than often assumed."
Figuring out how important realism was to ancient artists is crucial when evaluating the paintings. While these new findings suggest there's less symbolic material to be teased out of this art than previously assumed, it also opens up new areas of research into how the ancient world looked. If ancient artists did indeed depict what they saw realistically - and this new analysis supports that contention - then their paintings become useful evidence for exploring how the world looked tens of thousands of years ago.
Dr. Arne Ludwig of the Leibniz Institute adds:
"Although taken as a whole, images of horses are often quite rudimentary in their execution, some detailed representations, from both Western Europe and the Ural mountains, are realistic enough to at least potentially represent the actual appearance of the animals when alive. In these cases, attributes of coat colours may also have been depicted with deliberate naturalism, emphasizing colours or patterns that characterised contemporary horses."
Via PNAS.


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Convert a Micro HDMI® video signal to VGA, with discrete audio output
Product ID: MCHD2VGAA2
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The MCHD2VGAA2 Micro HDMI® to VGA Video Adapter enables you to connect a Smartphone or tablet that outputs content through a Micro HDMI connector to a VGA-capable display device (television, monitor, projector), and also offers discrete 2-channel analog audio output from the Micro HDMI® source. The Micro HDMI to VGA adapter is intended for displaying user generated content such as presentations, documents, and work sheets onto a VGA projector or monitor.
This versatile adapter supports high definition output, including 1080p for HDTV connections, and up to 1920x1080 for computer VGA monitors.
The MCHD2VGAA2 Micro HDMI® to VGA Video Adapter is backed by 3-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.
- Connect your smartphone or tablet to a VGA projector or display in boardrooms, hotel rooms, in the office, or at home
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- Adds value to an Ultrabook, tablet or smartphone equipped with Micro HDMI® output, by broadening compatibility with commonly available VGA display devices (Television, Monitor, Projector)
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|Warranty Information
|3 Years
|Active or Passive Adapter
|AV Input
|Micro HDMI
|AV Output
|3.5 mm Stereo Audio
|Industry Standards
|Audio Specifications
|2 Channel
|Maximum Analog Resolutions
|Maximum Digital Resolutions
|1920x1080 (1080p) @ 60Hz
|1,332,330 hours
|Supported Resolutions
|1920x1080 (1080p) @ 60Hz
|Wide Screen Supported
|Connector A
|1 - Micro HDMI (19 pin) Male Input
|Connector B
|1 - VGA (15 pin, High Density D-Sub) Female Output
|1 - 3.5 mm Mini-Jack (3 Position) Female Output
|Connector Type(s)
|1 - USB Micro-B (5 pin) Female
|Operating Temperature
|0°C to 60°C (32°F to 140°F)
|Storage Temperature
|-10°C to 70°C (14°F to 158°F)
|Physical Characteristics
|Product Height
|1.5 cm [0.6 in]
|Product Length
|25.8 cm [10.2 in]
|Product Width
|45 mm [1.8 in]
|Weight of Product
|39 g [1.4 oz]
|Packaging Information
|Package Height
|20 mm [0.8 in]
|Package Length
|21.8 cm [8.6 in]
|Package Width
|80 mm [3.1 in]
|Shipping (Package) Weight
|58 g [2 oz]
|What's in the Box
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Unfortunately no, this device has an intended source and an intended destination. Refer to the title of the webpage for this order.
This is an active video signal converter.
A passive video signal converter changes the type of connection that is being used but does not change the signal that passes through the converter. Because the video signal is not modified, passive converters tend to be smaller, simpler, and less expensive than active video signal converters. Examples of passive converters include DVI-I to VGA, HDMI to DVI, and DisplayPort to Mini-DisplayPort converters.
An active video signal converter modifies both the type of connection that is being used and the signal that passes through the converter. Because this type of conversion can be complex, active converters tend to be larger than passive video signal converters and sometimes require additional power. Examples of active converters include DVI-D to VGA, HDMI to DisplayPort, and VGA to HDMI converters.
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This device is plug and play. It does not use any drivers, and does not require any setup tasks other than plugging in the source (for example, a computer) and the destination (for example, a monitor).
When you troubleshoot issues with a video adapter, there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
Video cables
Video adapter
Video source (such as a DVD player or computer)
Video destination (such as a monitor or projector)
To test your setup components, try the following:
Use the cable, video adapter, video source, and video destination in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
Use a different cable, video adapter, video source, and video destination in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test your cables, it is recommended that you do the following:
Test each cable individually.
Use short cables when you are testing.
When you test the video source and video destination, it is recommended that you do the following:
Remove the video adapter from your setup and test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together without the video adapter.
Test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together at the resolution that you want to use.
Note: In order for your setup to work properly, the video source, adapter, and destination all need to support the resolution that you are using.
Try the following:
- Check that the monitor's video port works with another source.
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Firefox cache settings no longer working
Firefox cache settings that were working are no longer working, in Windows XP (x86) and Windows 7 (64).
By this I meant that I had set the cache to a ram-drive, but that is no longer being used, the cache is being written to disk instead in what is apparently the new default location, and my customized cache settings are ignored.
I've tried resetting Firefox to default and then re-applying them, but the problem still exists.
This is for FF 19+, but not sure when the problem first occurred - perhaps an earlier version too.
Is it no longer possible to re-direct the cache directory? How do you do it?
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have you upgraded firefox and checked it. goto help->about firefox and update it.
Report us back . Thanks.
Yes I have upgraded Firefox - I suspect that was the cause of the problem.
I know it occurs in the most up to date version, 20, and also 19, but not sure when the problem first occurred as I've only just noticed it.
Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.
(If you're not using it, switch to the Default theme.)
- You can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by holding the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
- Or open the Help menu and click on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item while Firefox is running.
Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"
If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article for that.
To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.
When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help other users who have the same problem.
Thank you.
I am using the default theme and the problem still exists in safe mode.
I have also just upgraded to the a new version 20.0.1, and the problem exists there too.
Does the specified cache location exist (i.e. you can open the folder in Firefox via the location bar)?
What does the about:cache page show for the disk cache?
Yes the cache location exists; the about:cache shows the offline cache directory is set to the default one for Windows, i.e. overriding my own settings.
I suspect it is to do with the multi-cache directory scheme used in FF these days.
The browsing cache is not the "Offline cache device", but the "Disk cache device".
The latter will be missing if you use "Clear history when Firefox closes" to clear the cache because that will make Firefox use only the memory cache.
Yes apparently I did have "Clear history when Firefox closes" set.
I've turned it off now and can see the correct settings in about:cache, and can also see the cache directories created where I expect them to be.
However I've noticed that icons in the jumpListCache and thumbnails are still being written to the default windows location. (As an aside, even though I had had clear history set, there were over 32,000 items in the jumpListCache directory).
I suppose I could disable thumbnail capture as given here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/941770?esab=a&s=profile+thumbnails&r=3&as=s
... not sure that I want to do that though. I may just live with it.
The jumpListCache issue is apparently a known bug: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/933376
Thanks to all who responded.
For jumpListCache , I found that setting browser.taskbar.lists.enabled to false prevents their capture:
Hi nuwon,
Just found your entry about preventing capture in the jumpListCache by toggling Browser.taskbar.lists YES it worked on my version 9.01 Are there any side effects ? How did you find it?
Thanks Jim.
Hi Jim, I have not noticed any side effects. I found the info by searching the Palemoon forum as I use the Palemoon browser ( a spin-off of Firefox) for its 64-bit version on Windows.
I was wondering why there was a link to Palemoon forum. I've not heard about the Palemove browser, how long has it been around?
Thanks again in helping me remove more unwanted files from my SSD.
Cheers Jim


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Ways to Pass the Time While Traveling
'Tis the season to squeeze onto an airplane that never seems to have enough leg room but always has enough overpriced Wi-Fi. Or maybe you went the road-trip route and you're lucky enough to have cell service while you're riding shotgun. But raise your hand if you spend the majority of that travel time staring at your phone: reloading Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat every 5 minutes on repeat. Everyone? Yep! As if travel weren't stressful enough, studies show that using your phone too much can cause higher incidences of anxiety and depression. Not exactly the festive holiday cheer you had in mind, right? Instead, of resorting to the same social apps and games, throw your phone on airplane mode and try these healthier ways to pass the time.
Grab a Coloring Book
Are you stressed out about all those unanswered emails you didn't get to before you boarded? Or maybe you are absolutely terrified of flying? If you haven't already run to the closest craft store for an adult coloring book, there is no better time to do so than the holiday season. Studies show that coloring can be a therapeutic activity and help you relax and relieve outside tension. (So, adult coloring books really are worth the hype.) There is a wide variety of coloring books to choose from, so whether you want to create lifelike images of the beach (ah, warmer weather) or get lost in the soothing pattern of a mandala (round figures that represent the universe in Buddhist cultures), there's a coloring book for you. Just 30 minutes of coloring can significantly reduce feelings of anxiety (gifts to wrap, relatives to see). So download and print our SHAPE-exclusive coloring book, grab some colored pencils, put in your headphones, and get creative.
Listen to Music
Listening to music while driving may be the most common way to reduce boredom, but it actually plays a big role in your driving performance. Jamming to your favorite radio station was proven to keep drivers in a good mood. But even more important, during a highly demanding ride—like those awful two-lane back roads to Grandma's!—drivers listening to music were able to remain more calm compared to those driving in silence. Flying or taking the train back home? If you have trouble sleeping en route, try listening to classical music. It's been shown to put you in a relaxed state, which can reduce sleeping problems. Time to switch Pandora to Mozart radio and catch some zzz's.
Let's face it, traveling is stressful. Between the hours spent getting from point A to point B and the big bucks you have to shell out, all you can do to survive is just breathe. It seems simplistic, but there are endless benefits to doing just that. Meditative breathing has been shown to help you fall asleep, feel more confident, and frankly, breathe out the BS. One study even found that regular meditators were able to harness parts of their brain that allowed them to make rational decisions under pressure—sounds like a holiday lifesaver, right? So take a time-out before you hop out of the car after a long ride, before you have to make any holiday decisions, so you can calm your nerves when it comes to meeting the future in-laws.
Write It Down
Journaling has long been linked to both emotional and physical benefits. Expressive writing has been shown in numerous studies to help you heal from emotional or traumatic experiences, encourage self-discovery, and even improve your pain threshold. Of course, you also know that food journaling can help you lose weight by tracking foods—something that can quickly get out of control during the holidays.
Play Crosswords or Other Brain Games
Crossword puzzles may seem pretty antiquated with all the iPad games and endless smartphone apps available now, but the old-school brain games and puzzles have been proven to preserve brainpower. Plus they'll help you grow your vocabulary, so you can impress all the relatives who haven't seen you in a few years. Another reason to pick up a real newspaper or crossword puzzle book at the travel center? The more time you spend on your phone and online, the more your brain struggles to recall information—not exactly useful when trying to fill out a tricky crossword.


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|Brand Name
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|Treatment, Prevention
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Symptoms of ulcers can be subtle or outwardly noticeable. A change from being well mannered to suddenly being difficult to handle, girthy, off feed, poor performance in the ring, grinding teeth, to a dull coat and of a general lacklustre demeanor are a good indication of Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS).
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1. is a single player OPG sufficient to maintain your Org data? No, new guidelines require a single sport OPG or greater
2. is a single card OPG sufficient? No, a single card OPG is not sufficient to allow Organize data
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5. will temporarily inactive users or those with "archived" Org data still have their data display publicly as either "wants" or "haves"? At this point in time, it may still appear, but the goal is to limit this to active users only.


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