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In the 25 years of its existence, the African Commission established itself firmly as the primary human rights body on the African continent. Through its progressive interpretation of the Charter, the Commission has given guidance to states about the content of their obligations under the Charter, and its provisions have inspired domestic legislation. In a number of countries, the Charter is an integral part of national law by virtue of the constitutional system in place, and in at least one state, Nigeria, it has explicitly been made part of domestic law through domesticating legislation.
The normative impact of the Charter has been significant. In its thematic resolutions, the Commission clarified the scope of rights and provided a yardstick for the development of domestic law, in particular in the 'Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial' and the 'Principles of Freedom of Expression'. It urged states to adopt a moratorium on the death penalty, thus supporting the trend towards abolition in Africa. The principle that indigenous peoples are rights-holders under the Charter was clearly established. In its Advisory Opinion on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Commission addressed the concerns of African states about this Declaration, and thus contributed to its eventual adoption by most African states. Through its active participation in the adoption of the Women's Protocol, the Commission provided clarity about the rights of women in the African context, and provided invaluable guidance to African states. A process to adopt a Model Law on Access to Information in Africa is on-going.
The sessions of the Commission provide an important space for the articulation of issues that are neglected or silenced domestically. More and more, NGOs and NHRIs benefit from interactions at these sessions, and are informed, strengthened and better equipped to perform their functions. Engagement with the African human rights system shapes the agenda of these role players.
Even if the findings and concluding observations of the Commission are not formally binding, states take serious note of them. The Endorois decision, for example, led to an intensive national dialogue about the accommodation of indigenous communities in Kenya.
The missions undertaken to state parties sensitise and support continuing efforts at the national level to improve human rights and inspire legal or institutional reform. Commissioners acting as Special Rapporteurs also engage with states in order to address allegations falling within the domain of the Special Rapporteurs.
The Charter's complaints mechanism provides an important avenue for recourse to complainants who could not find redress at the national level. The Commission's findings have in a number of instances been implemented. In many instances, the finding of the Commission assisted in garnering international awareness and solidarity, as was the case in Nigeria during the Abacha regime.
National courts are increasingly influenced by and use the Charter and the Commission's findings to assist them in interpreting national law. Prominent examples are the Constitutional Court of Benin, which in numerous case made reference to the African Charter, and in some applied it directly; and the Supreme Court of Lesotho, which relied on the African Charter together with other international human rights treaties in Molefi Ts'epe v The Independent Electoral Commission.
The findings of the Commission also reverberated in the jurisprudence of national courts outside Africa, in the judgments of regional courts (such as the case of Campbell v Zimbabwe, decided by the SADC Tribunal), and even the International Court of Justice (for example, in the case of Diallo (Republic of Guinea v Democratic Republic of the Congo).


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This is a talk in two parts. The first part is on evolution of a system under a Hamiltonian. First, a general method for implementing evolution under a Hamiltonian using entanglement and classical communication is presented. This method improves on previous methods by requiring less entanglement and communication, as well as allowing more general Hamiltonians to be implemented. Next, a method for simulating evolution under a sparse Hamiltonian using a quantum computer is presented. When H acts on n qubits, and has at most a constant number of nonzero entries in each row/column, we may select any positive integer k such that the simulation requires O((log*n)t^(1+1/2k)) accesses to matrix entries of H. The second part of the talk is on adaptive measurements of optical phase. Standard measurement schemes, using each resource independently, lead to a phase uncertainty that scales as 1/sqrt(N). It has long been conjectured that it should be possible to achieve a precision limited only by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, dramatically improving the scaling to 1/N. I present a Heisenberg-limited phase estimation procedure which has been demonstrated experimentally. We use multiple applications of the phase shift on unentangled single-photon states, and generalize Kitaev\\\'s phase estimation algorithm using adaptive measurement theory to achieve a standard deviation scaling at the Heisenberg limit.

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Everything a health-conscious or active holidaymaker could wish for.
The Schmallenberg area of the Sauerland is made up of 83 towns and villages offering a fantastic range of health facilities and not one but two healing caves.
Two places in particular, Bad Fredeburg and Nordenau in the Upper Sauerland, have a lot in common: a beautiful setting, a wealth of leisure activities and a cave that offers healing treatments.
Breathe away your aches and pains
The resorts are known for the practice of underground climatic therapy, or speleotherapy as the experts call it. Inside these 'healing caves' the temperature remains at a steady 9°C and the humidity at almost 100%, resulting in the constant replenishment of air, which keeps levels of dust, pollen and pathogens extremely low – a great boost for anybody suffering from a respiratory condition. Even patients with chronic lung conditions or whooping cough can benefit from a visit to the healing caves. The high humidity levels make it is easier to breathe and to clear the airways, and people often find that their symptoms are dramatically improved.
No place for allergens
Allergy symptoms are also alleviated here – not just inside the healing caves but in Schmallenberg too. The town as a whole bears the 'Allergy Friendly' seal of approval, issued by the European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation, which indicates that its hotels and shops are suitable for allergy-sufferers.
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There's also a whole host of leisure activities that ensure a feel-good holiday: you can learn about the healing powers of wild herbs on an educational walk or explore the picturesque surroundings on a sled pulled by huskies. And if that weren't enough, there are golf courses, leisure pools and saunas, as well as spas offering medical, wellness and beauty treatments. All this, combined with the restorative effects of the healing caves, guarantees a holiday to remember.
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Thanks for the Memory
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
The human brain has been described as having the consistency of tofu or soft butter, and as being like a three-pound Brie. It has been compared to a computer, though that's a misguided analogy since the brain does not operate through digital logic. Nor is its content—what we call knowledge—discrete. The brain is dynamic and plastic, changing in response to whatever comes its way. This is not a metaphor. Encounter something once and it is foreign to you. Encounter it many times and it is familiar. The thing itself hasn't changed; your brain has. Experience has laid down new neural pathways. They are biochemical and electrical. They are real. Within limits, they can be observed and measured.
Looking at brains, cell by cell, is a relatively new phenomenon. When the neuroscientist Eric Kandel was a medical intern in the 1950s it hardly had been done. Nor was it Kandel's ambition—not directly. Rather, he wanted to find the places in the brain where the ego, the id, and the superego reside. When one of his advisers, Harry Grundfest, suggested that to really understand the mind, one had to study the brain "one cell at a time," Kandel took up the gambit. In so doing, he became, over the next half-century, one of the preeminent neuroscientists in the world. In 2000, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the cellular basis of learning and memory.
Those fifty years saw exponential leaps in the understanding of how the brain works. Concepts were worked out, like "the neuron doctrine," that the nerve cell is the building block of the brain, and "the ionic hypothesis," which describes how charged atoms called ions, traveling across the cell membrane, can generate electrical signals that carry information within and between tissues. New technologies that allowed doctors and scientists to see brains in vivo were invented, and the armamentarium of psychotropic drugs was developed, all coincident with Kandel's rising career. As a consequence, his memoir, In Search of Memory, is an intimate tour of modern neuroscience. It is also a kind of intellectual joke: here is a book about the discovery of the biological basis of memory that has been written, essentially, out of one man's prodigious recollections. To read it is to appreciate what he has accomplished.
Kandel is the author of six earlier books, including the standard textbook on neuroscience, an encyclopedic volume that contains surprisingly felicitous writing for what it is. As with that book, Kandel uses In Search of Memory as a podium, a place from which to deliver a series of lessons on the basic science of mind, but to a more general audience. As a consequence, In Search of Memory is largely an exercise in translation, and there is a limit to how much of Kandel's native language, a patois of cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, neurology, psychiatry, pharmacology, and…
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North American River Otter
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus Species: Lontra canadensis
Range: North American river otters occur throughout Canada and the United States, except southern California, New Mexico, Texas and the Mohave Desert.
Habitat: North American river otters are found where there is a permanent food supply and easy access to water. They can live in freshwater and coastal marine habitats, including rivers, lakes, marshes, swamps, and estuaries. North American river otters build dens in the burrows of other mammals, in natural hollows, such as under a log or in river banks. Their dens have underwater entrances and a tunnel leading to a nest chamber that is lined with leaves, grass, moss, bark, and hair.
Physical Characteristics: North American River Otters are semi-aquatic mammals, with long, streamlined bodies, thick tapered tails, and short legs. They have wide, rounded heads, small ears and nostrils that can be closed underwater. The dense, soft fur of the North American River Otter is dark brown across the back while the underside is a lighter color. This thick fur helps to effectively insulate the otter in water. The North American River Otter has completely webbed feet which are great for running and swimming.
Longevity: North American River Otters have been known to live up to 21 years in captivity and 8-9 years in the wild.
Social Structure: North American River Otters are often found in groups. A family unit consists of a female and her pups, with or without an adult male. The family usually travels over an area of only a few square miles. Other groups may consist of an adult male and female, a litter of pups that remain together after the family separates, or a group of bachelor males. These groups have no apparent leader, and while they travel together and operate as a social unit, they don't cooperate in hunting or share what is caught. These groups travel over a wide area; there are no exclusive territories. Fighting among otters is extremely rare.
Diet: In the wild, they eat mainly aquatic organisms such as amphibians, fish, turtles, crayfish and other invertebrates. In Zoos, they eat raw chicken and fish.
Behavior: North American River Otters communicate in a variety of ways. They vocalize with whistling sounds, growls, chuckles and screams. They also scent mark using paired scent glands located near the base of their tails or by urinating/defecating on vegetation within their home range. These glands produce a very strong musky odor. They also communicate through posture and other body signals. Although about half of a river otter's time is spent sleeping, both young and adults are fond of play. They manipulate rocks or sticks, play tag and hide-and-seek, dunk each other, wrestle, and slide on mud or snow.
Reproduction: Males and females breed in late winter or early spring. Gestation lasts two months, but the young may be born up to a year after mating because these otters employ delayed implantation of the fertilized egg in the uterus. Females give birth to 1-6 young per litter which are nursed and cared for in a den near the water. The young are born with fur and open their eyes at about one month of age. They are weaned at about 3 months old and begin to leave their mother at 6 months old.
Interesting Facts:
· North American river otters are sometimes taken by bobcats, coyotes, birds of prey, alligators, and other large predators. They mainly escape predation through their agility in the water and on land, their vigilance, and their ability to fiercely defend themselves and their young.
Relationship With Humans: North American River Otters are often hunted for their attractive and durable fur. In recent years, more than 50,000 otters have been harvested in North America. Humans also have an effect on river otters through habitat destruction and through the use of harmful pesticides and chemicals.


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I've managed to teach both my Sennies to fly back to me and give 'kisses' on command but whenever I've tried to add a clicker or a treat, or both, the birds almost seemed to act like I've insulted them (weird) by trying to offer them a treat for good behaviour. If I say well done and blow them a kiss their fine but if I try to use a clicker or hand them a piece of their favourite food as a treat for doing a trick correctly, they'l either ignore it, or take it and immdiately drop it onto the floor.
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Why Hire Interns?
Employers who host interns can benefit from the chance to meet enthusiastic and committed students who will be looking to start their careers after they graduate. Some specific ways that an organization can benefit from this arrangement include:
- Year-round source of highly motivated, well-prepared short-term employees
- Cost-effective way to recruit and evaluate potential long-term employees
- Increased name recognition of the employer on the UT Dallas campus
- Labor and skills available to complete special projects
- Fresh approach to an existing problem
- Facilitate partnerships between the employer and the university
Hosting interns can be a time-consuming prospect. Someone at the organization must be able to supervise and mentor the students, answer their questions, teach them about the field of work, and possibly complete paperwork required by the university. This can actually hinder an employer's own workflow at times.
Despite the extra time, energy, and resources that may be needed, the benefits listed above demonstrate good reasons for participating in an internship program. Employers can also feel good about helping students determine their career paths and make informed decisions about their futures.


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Two clean energy projects in Connecticut and Maine have been selected to help diversify Connecticut's energy portfolio.
Two clean energy projects in Connecticut and Maine have been selected to help diversify Connecticut's energy portfolio.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Friday that a wind energy farm in Maine and a solar installation planned for land in Sprague and Lisbon have each signed long-term contracts to provide electricity to the state's two largest power distributors, Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating. The contracts still require state regulatory approval.
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection chose the two projects after reviewing 47 proposals, submitted in response to legislation authorizing the state to procure energy from renewable sources. The state hopes to obtain 20 percent of its total electric power from clean energy sources by 2020.
"We are very elated by the results here," said DEEP Commissioner Dan Esty, noting how the cost of power from the two projects will average less than 8 cents per kilowatt hour, which he said is close to the cost of power generated by conventional fossil fuel plants. Also, that price will be locked in for the duration of the contracts - 20 years for the solar project and 15 years for the wind farm.
The two projects are expected to generate 270 megawatts of energy by the end of 2016, or 3.5 percent of the state's total energy load, according to the department.
The Number Nine Wind Farm is a 250-megawatt wind farm to be located in Aroostook County in Maine. It is being developed by EDP Renewables North America LLC, which describes itself as one of the largest players in wind energy worldwide.
The Fusion Solar Center is a 20-megawatt solar photovoltaic system planned for land that's owned primarily by Fusion Paperboard Co. The project's developer is HelioSage Energy, a Virginia-based solar project development firm. In 2011, HelioSage was chosen to develop a solar farm for CL&P in Somers.
Esty said his department will probably seek bids next month from companies that develop electricity from biomass and landfill gases to help procure additional renewable energy for the state's portfolio. DEEP officials are also meeting with officials in other states about procuring hydroelectric power from large-scale sources, but Esty said the state might select other renewable energy companies given the recent response for proposals.


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Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Darla Marburger was appointed to serve as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on November 18, 2002. In this capacity, she acts as the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary on the formulation, development and execution of policy affecting the delivery of education in grades pre-K through 12. She also orchestrates the Office's activities required for the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act to ensure states, districts and schools are accountable for providing every child with a quality education.
Prior to her appointment, Marburger served as the Senior Policy Analyst for the Texas Senate Education Committee where she was an active member of the policy team that affected education reform in Texas. As the Senior Policy Analyst, she advised the Committee Chair and served as a resource to the full Senate on various education issues at the elementary, secondary and post secondary levels. In this research and advisory role, she developed legislation in assessment and accountability, reading, bilingual education, P-16 initiatives, post-affirmative action, participation in and access to higher education, and teacher recruitment, certification and retention.
Marburger began her policy career in 1994 as a congressional advisor on agricultural and natural resource issues. She began working for the Texas Legislature in 1995. Her grasp of educational and legislative issues has made her the speaker of choice to local, state and national groups.
The daughter of Maynard and Dawn Marburger, she attended Texas A&M University where she earned a B.S. in Agricultural Journalism and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics. As an active member of her church and community, Marburger has organized many community service projects and served as a volunteer teacher of English as a Second Language. She attributes her desire to serve and much of her life learning to being the seventh of her parents' 20 children.


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If you don't wear lower lash mascara, now is the time to start. It instantly opens up your eyes, creating that coveted doe-eyed effect. Incentives, incentives.
That said, we get it. Sometimes you swipe a few coats on your bottom lashes and then you find it traveling down your face, leaving you with unsightly raccoon eyes come 4 p.m.
If this is your greatest lower lash fear, we're here to tell you that this can all be avoided thanks to a cool beauty trick we learned from makeup artist Bruce Grayson:
"When you apply mascara to your bottom lashes, a tip I use on my clients is to only put it on the highest, curved point near the root—don't take it clear to the ends," he says. "This will still give you the eye-opening benefit, but since you didn't apply any to the tips, it won't allow the formula to transfer onto your skin."
Um, that's kind of genius.
What do you think about this tip and will you be using it to apply you lower lash mascara?
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While most of us are paying very close attention to the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, it is worth noting that the part of government that will have the most profound effect on our day-to-day lives is local government. This is truly where the rubber meets the road. Much of this important work is done by you and your neighbors who volunteer time for work on boards and commissions associated with the county or municipalities, or in some cases, the state government. Ideally, there should be a waiting list for each of these opportunities to serve. This is rarely the case.
One of the functions of your Beaufort County Delegation is to appoint members to many of these crucial advisory bodies. Listed below are some of the appointments we would like to make if there are candidates to consider:
• Beaufort County Transportation Committee (two vacancies)
• Beaufort/Jasper Higher Education Committee (three commissioner's terms expiring)
• Beaufort/Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (one opening)
• Coastal Empire Mental Healthcare Center Board of Directors (five terms set to expire with one immediate vacancy)
• Lowcountry Tourism Commission (one vacancy)
• South Island Public Service District (five terms expiring)
As the chairman of your delegation, I have set the next meeting for 10 a.m. Monday in council chambers of the courthouse in Beaufort. If you have business before us, please contact Ashley at firstname.lastname@example.com to get on the agenda. Today is the deadline, but this has been in the papers for the last two weeks or so. I cannot overstate the importance of having qualified, motivated people to serve on these boards and commissions. If you want to get involved, we will find a place for you.
Speaking of involvement, the Bluffton Town Council elections are coming up Tuesday. There are two seats at issue with four good people running. There are a host of very pressing matters facing us in Bluffton, not the least of which are the quality of the May River water, the current affordable housing effort, reopening and revising development agreements, and annexation policy. The candidates have been working the neighborhoods, but with more than 50 square miles and nearly 15,000 residents, it will be difficult for all of us to have a personal conversation with each candidate.
However, the League of Women Voters of the Hilton Head/ Bluffton Area has stepped up to conduct a candidate's forum at 7 p.m. tonight at Bluffton Town Hall. I urge each of you to attend and hear for yourselves what positions the candidates put forth and how they articulate and defend those positions. The second most important thing a citizen must do is become an informed voter. From my conversations, it is clear that there are numerous and stark contrasts between and among the positions of the four people running for office. Hope to see you there.
The most important thing a potential voter must to do to fulfill his or her obligation of engaged citizenship is to vote. Please become familiar with the issues and then vote. It's that simple. Unfortunately, there are parts of Bluffton, especially the newer neighborhoods, whose record of voter participation leaves room for improvement.
We all have excuses for not doing those things we know we should. We are all busy. I get it. Having said that, I want to make clear that the absolute foundation of our representative democracy is the vote. The vote is our voice: It is "We the People." Silence in this context is simply failure.
Bill Herbkersman, R-Bluffton, represents District 118 in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He can be reached through his website at www.herbkersman.com or by telephone at 757-7900.


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Strategic Plan
This first-of-its-kind plan will guide the Indiana Department of Correction over the next four (4) years. The Department will strive to reach the goals and objectives contained in the 2010-2013 Strategic Plan by means of clearly identified value statements, strategic issues, strategic goals, strategic statements, objectives, responsible parties, action plans, and working groups.
The development of the IDOC's Strategic Plan began in January 2009 with the establishment of four (4) Regional Strategic Planning Teams: North, Central, South, and Headquarters. Included on each team were representatives from all facets of corrections: custody, administrative, supervisory, education, adult, juvenile, parole, community corrections, universities, non-custody, etc. In all, over 100 individuals worked in collaboration over seven (7) months to develop a final product that will direct the Department for the next four (4) years and serve as a catalyst into future partnerships, collaborations, and positive achievements.
IDOC Vision Statement:
As the model of public safety, the Indiana Department of Correction returns productive citizens to our communities and supports a culture of inspiration, collaboration, and achievement.
IDOC Mission Statement:
The Indiana Department of Correction advances public safety and successful re-entry through dynamic supervision, programming, and partnerships.


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In a previous post, I talked about my fatigue and my diagnosis of sleep apnea. I mentioned that I've been prescribed modafinil, a wakefulness promoter that's not really a stimulant, because using the CPAP machine every night did not restore my energy right away.
I've been taking my modafinil faithfully, and it helps a lot, but not enough to wean me off pretty high-dose caffeine—not yet. I seem to be slowly gaining energy, so I might be able to stop using this stuff eventually. In the meantime, though, it's very helpful.


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Event formerly known as Redneck Olympics getting under way in Maine
HEBRON, Maine (AP) � The event formerly known as the Redneck Olympics is getting under way in Maine.
After being forced to change its name, the event now known as the Redneck "Blank" begins Thursday and runs through the weekend with unorthodox events like lawn mower races, mud runs and burnouts in Hebron, Maine.
The event will feature a pig roast, beer tent and live music, including nine bands.
One of the highlights on Friday will be a demolition derby. The Sun Journal newspaper says other events include bobbing for pigs' feet, toilet seat horseshoes and a greased watermelon relay race.


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Michael Dell Met With Blackstone, and More
What's News: Michael Dell met with officials from Blackstone Group earlier this month. UPS to settle web pharmacy probe for $40 million. Bank of America tops Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's list of complaints. Photo: AP
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The Daily Word: 7.21.2011- Oslo bombing, Greece bailout, Malawi protesters and gays in the military
And do those newspaper mugshots of DWI arrestees do anything?
Oslo rocked by bombing.
Pentagon repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" law.
Let's save Greece.
Lucian Freud, significant artist and grandson of Sigmund, dies at 88.
Ostalgia: New York exhibition features work by artists from former Soviet Block.
Newspaper mug shot shaming of DWI arrestees may not be working.
Heatwave seizes United States and Canada. Yep.
Malawi citizens protest unemployment, lack of aid and president, Bingu wa Mutharika.
Canada deports Chinese man accused of smuggling, who sought refugee status.
How to identify Southeast Asian sea life.


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Pre-children, I was a Sporty and Perky 34B.
Post-3 breastfed children, I am a National Geographic 34B.
Containing my tah-tahs is not really an issue, as there is not really all that much to strap down.
A good, comfortable, and most importantly NON-ANNOYING running bra is important!
As I've shown you before, I own a plethora of sport bras, from UnderArmour to Champion to GapBody to Old Navy to Danskin:
That bra? I got it for $5.00!
You guys. It's, by far, the best sports bra I have ever owned. Soft material, criss-cross back, tighter in the upper chest and looser in the waist, and a perfect length. With a little zip pocket in the front for my iPod. I bought size M (10-12) and while the inner bra part is a little too big for my mosquito bites, the overall fit is excellent. And it does not, at all, ride up when I'm running. KEY. It's the only bra I've ever owned that I feel comfortable enough in to wear without a tee shirt over it!
website to find some more. It's on sale marked down from $40 to $29. In both black and white. And Lands' End ALWAYS has free shipping codes.
[I bought both.]
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Targeting OS X 64 Bit
A while back, I targeted the D programming language compiler to generate 32-bit code for OS X, and 64-bit code for Linux. For the last several years, all Mac OS X machines include 64-bit CPUs, so the obvious next step is to target 64-bit code for OS X.
Having a debugged and working 32-bit port to OS X, and a debugged and working 64-bit code generator, this should be straightforward. (Hah!)
The object file format for OS X is the Mach-O, which is unique to OS X (the Linux universe uses the ELF format). The first step is to convince my dumpobj utility to recognize and dump the Mach-O 64 format.
Yes, I know there are existing off-the-shelf object file dumpers, but by writing my own I learn how the file format really works. This was a quick and straightforward job, as the Apple documentation on it is good. The next job was to retarget the obj2asm disassembler. Obj2asm already was doing 64-bit instructions, so it just had to learn the Mach-O 64 format. Again, this was simple, and soon I had the tools to examine the output of GCC.
The D compiler can generate library (.a) files directly, so the next job was to figure out that format and adjust the compiler as needed. This turned out to be trivial, as the .a format was the same for 32-bit object files; it just had to deal with Mach-O 64 files. With the knowledge I gained from dumpobj and obj2asm, this was quick work.
Tackling the compiler output involves:
- Adjusting the object file generator to output Mach-O 64 format. This was easy, now that I'd learned the format by adjusting dumpobj.
- Conforming to the 64-bit ABI. Fortunately, OS X follows the same C ABI as 64-bit Linux does. This meant that all the agony I went through figuring out how to compile variadic functions worked out of the box for OS X. I didn't have to change a thing. Phew!
- Fixups. When a reference is made in a source file to a symbol, such as
printf, the compiler doesn't know what address to use for the symbol. Instead, it outputs a "fixup record" that consists of a symbol, and a location in the object file that must be "fixed up" with the real address of that symbol when it becomes known. These become known by the linker when it combines object files and resolves symbols like
printfand later the loader to adjust those addresses to where the program actually winds up in memory.
Fixup records and schemes are different for every system. They're usually defined by the object file format, which is called Mach-O for OS X.
Fixups used to be simple. Back in the early MS DOS days, there weren't any fixups at all for COM programs. Just copy the bytes into memory and jump to it. (Any relocation was done by the hardware through the segment registers.) Those glory days didn't last long. Now we've got multiple addressing modes, multiple sections, shared libraries, position-independent code, offsets known and unknown by the compiler, etc.
Just for starters, there's:
- data referencing other data
- data referencing code
- code referencing code
- code referencing data
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Madden Leads Hogs Past Savannah State
Junior scores career high 21 in 72-43 victory
Arkansas men's head basketball coach Mike Anderson had only one wish for his 54th birthday. It took his team a while to wrap it up for him, but he eventually got it.
Rashad Madden scored a career-high 21 points and Bobby scored 10 with 11 rebounds as the Razorbacks outlasted Savannah State for a 72-43 win Thursday night at Bud Walton Arena.
"I told my guys that my birthday wish was, first of all, to get a 'W' and they got that," Anderson said after the game. "It wasn't easy looking at that first half."
"We said 'Happy Birthday' to him right before the game," said senior guard Rickey Scott. "We had a little birthday cupcake. His wish was just to get a win, so that's what we did tonight."
The Razorbacks (7-2) led just 27-25 at halftime, playing the first half without leading scorer Michael Qualls, who was disciplined for being late to practice earlier in the week.
But Qualls started the second half for Arkansas, and his two-handed dunk at 15:59, assisted by Madden, gave the Razorbacks a 36-29 lead, and Savannah State never came close again.
A junior from Lepanto, Ark., Madden shot 8-for-11 from the field, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range to eclipse his previous career best of 15, which he scored against Grambling State in 2011.
Portis, a Little Rock native who was named SEC Freshman of the Week days before the game, set a new career high in rebounds. His average of 5.2 per game is now second on the team.
With the win, Arkansas has now won 20 consecutive games at home, the fifth-longest current streak in the nation. The Razorbacks will have a week between games to finish up their final exams before hosting Tennessee-Martin on Dec. 19.


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Moshi is probably better known for its stylish iPhone and iPad cases, but it also makes several different models of earphones with intriguing designs -- and names. The midrange Keramo model, which retails for $120, features sculpted ceramic earpieces that are not only eye-catching but feel more substantial than your typical in-ear headphones. And while their sound isn't exceptional for their price class, it's quite good, though their flatter sound profile probably won't appeal to you if you're looking for a more bass-heavy earphone.
Design and features
The earpieces themselves have a glazed finish to them and they look like polished onyx. They're a little bigger and slightly weightier than some earpieces, but they fit comfortably and securely in my ears. The build quality seems good.
The cord isn't particularly thick but it is covered in cloth, which makes it less prone to tangling up -- or at least it's easier to untangle.
An Apple-friendly inline remote/microphone is onboard for making calls, and the earphones come with a stylish case that holds each earpiece in its own little protective compartment. Like other earphones, this model comes with a few different-size silicone eartips. I went with the largest size to get a tight seal, which is imperative for achieving maximum bass out output.
When I first put the Keramos in my ears I'd come from listening to a few pairs of full-size, over-the-ear headphones, as well as the bass-heavy V-Moda Remix Remote earphones, so the bass initially seemed a little slim. But as I played through my array of test tracks, I warmed up to their sound.


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Daughter motivates mother to finish school
Graduating from college some have said is one of the biggest accomplishments in the world.
56-year-old Sarah Hinton said it's something she always wanted to pursue but things didn't go as planned.
"Life happened I had babies and I had to take care of them," said Hinton.
One of those babies is Hinton's daughter Cecelia Anderson who's all grown up.
Anderson came to the University of Arkansas in Fall of 1997 on a basketball scholarship earning her Bachelors and Masters degree as a first generation college student.
Anderson said she knew finishing school is something her mom always wanted to do. So she gave her that extra push
"For her first week on campus I did walk her to all her classes so she could learn the lay of the land," said Anderson.
" So why not now any person and I don't care how old you are if you have a dream go after it," said Hinton.
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Bob Dylan may not be "Forever Young," but he's the next best thing.
As he turns 70 today, Dylan remains the icon, enigma and superstar he was in the 1960s, when his music set the tone for the protest movement. As Today.com reports, Dylan remains germane, if not for his frequent concerts and appearances, then for his nostalgic ties to the past.
In the 1960's, Dylan was an unlikely figure for counterculture movement—a so-called "anti pop-star" who paved the way for new music genres such as punk rock.
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Dylan brought intellectualism into the mainstream—songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the Civil Rights movement and anti-war sentiments.
"There is a definite mystique about him," June Skinner Sawyers, author of "Bob Dylan: New York," told Today. "He's an enigma. We know him, yet we really don't know him.
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Fairfax County Police are seeking the man they believe purchased the alcohol that contributed to the death of 16-year-old Lauren Sausville of Fairfax. Police have obtained three warrants for Landon C. Cousins, 27, whose last known address was Wolf Run Shoals Road in Clifton.
Lauren, then a junior at Fairfax High School, died on Dec. 3, 2004 when the SUV she was driving rolled and hit an embankment on Colchester Road near its intersection with Fairfax Station Road in Fairfax Station. Lauren was with friends drinking alcohol prior to the crash.
Beer was found in the vehicle at the time, and preliminary reports indicated that Lauren had been under the influence of alcohol. The medical examiner confirmed these reports and determined that she had a blood alcohol count of .13, said Capt. Jesse Bowman of the Fairfax County Police. The legal limit for people 21 and older in Virginia is .08.
Another minor was driving a different vehicle at the time of the accident. He has been charged with driving while intoxicated.
Bowman did not wish to absolve Lauren of responsibility in her death. "The decision to consume was, in fact, Lauren's. The decision to drive was also Lauren's," Bowman said.
Police believe, however, that Cousins provided the alcohol to Lauren. He has been charged with one count of purchasing alcohol for a person under 21 and with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. All three are misdemeanors and each carries a maximum penalty of $2,500 in fines and up to one year in jail.
The two cases of beer that have been connected to the investigation were purchased at a store in Fairfax County, but police would not disclose which store, and do not anticipate charging anyone at the store, Bowman said.
Bowman would not disclose details of the investigation.
Police obtained the warrants on Jan. 27, but have not been able to locate Cousins. Bowman hopes that he will turn himself in. The officer noted that anyone who knows that there are warrants outstanding and provides shelter to Cousins may be subject to charges.
Anyone with information on Cousins' whereabouts is asked to call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131 or Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-8477.
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It's a shame that most city residents never look up, because their skyline might be forming a badass bat signal right above their unsuspecting heads.
The first official poster for "The Dark Knight Rises" is out, and it's a beauty. Keeping with Christopher Nolan's minimalist teaser campaign (remember "Brooding Batman" and "Why So Serious"?), it shows you just a hint of the thematic weight of the movie (a city in crisis) without tipping its hand too much.
Now, of course, we want a teaser trailer.
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Not that we expect a teaser trailer to give us much more than the poster, because unlike some Nolan understands the concept of "teaser." We don't need plot, just flavor. Rewatch the "Dark Knight" one and tell us it still doesn't bring the goose pimples...
It was so well done, The Avengers just straight up jacked it wholesale.
We've got a poster, we've got a look at Bane, now make with the cryptic voice-overs and stylized graphics, Nolan.


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According to an article on Slate.com:
According to the Associated Press Stylebook—Slate's bible for all things punctuation- and grammar-related—there are two main prose uses—the abrupt change and the series within a phrase—for the em dash. The guide does not explicitly say that writers can use the dash in lieu of properly crafting sentences, or instead of a comma or a parenthetical or a colon—and yet in practical usage, we do. A lot—or so I have observed lately. America's finest prose—in blogs, magazines, newspapers, or novels—is littered with so many dashes among the dots it's as if the language is signaling distress in Morse code.
What's the matter with an em dash or two, you ask?—or so I like to imagine. What's not to like about a sentence that explores in full all the punctuational options—sometimes a dash, sometimes an ellipsis, sometimes a nice semicolon at just the right moment—in order to seem more complex and syntactically interesting, to reach its full potential? Doesn't a dash—if done right—let the writer maintain an elegant, sinewy flow to her sentences?
Nope—or that's my take, anyway. Now, I'm the first to admit—before you Google and shame me with a thousand examples in the comments—that I'm no saint when it comes to the em dash. I never met a sentence I didn't want to make just a bit longer—and so the dash is my embarrassing best friend. When the New York Times' associate managing editor for standards—Philip B. Corbett, for the record—wrote a blog post scolding Times writers for overusing the dash (as many as five dashes snuck their way into a single 3.5-paragraph story on A1, to his horror), an old friend from my college newspaper emailed it to me. "Reminded me of our battles over long dashes," he wrote—and, to tell the truth, I wasn't on the anti-dash side back then. But as I've read and written more in the ensuing years, my reliance on the dash has come to feel like a pack-a-day cigarette habit—I know it makes me look and sound and feel terrible—and so I'm trying to quit.
The problem with the dash—as you may have noticed!—is that it discourages truly efficient writing. It also—and this might be its worst sin—disrupts the flow of a sentence. Don't you find it annoying—and you can tell me if you do, I won't be hurt—when a writer inserts a thought into the midst of another one that's not yet complete? Strunk and White—who must always be mentioned in articles such as this one—counsel against overusing the dash as well: "Use a dash only when a more common mark of punctuation seems inadequate." Who are we, we modern writers, to pass judgment—and with such shocking frequency—on these more simple forms of punctuation—the workmanlike comma, the stalwart colon, the taken-for-granted period? (One colleague—arguing strenuously that certain occasions call for the dash instead of other punctuation, for purposes of tone—told me he thinks of the parenthesis as a whisper, and the dash as a way of calling attention to a phrase. As for what I think of his observation—well, consider how I have chosen to offset it.)
Perhaps, in some way, the recent rise of the dash—and this "trend" is just anecdotal observation; I admit I haven't found a way to crunch the numbers—is a reaction to our attention-deficit-disordered culture, in which we toggle between tabs and ideas and conversations all day. An explanation is not an excuse, though—as Corbett wrote in another sensible harangue against the dash, "Sometimes a procession of such punctuation is a hint that a sentence is overstuffed or needs rethinking." Why not try for clarity in our writing—if not our lives?
It's unclear—even among the printing community—when the em dash came into common usage. Folklore—if you're willing to trust it—holds that it's been around since the days of Gutenberg but didn't catch on until at least the 1700s because the em dash wasn't used in the Bible, and thus was considered an inferior bit of punctuation. The symbol derives its name from its width—approximately equal to an m—and is easily confused with its close cousin the en dash, used more frequently across the pond, but here meant only to offset sports scores and the like. The em dash isn't easily formed on computers—it requires some special keystrokes on both PCs and Macs—and so I will admit that at least some of my bile comes from, as a copy editor, endlessly changing other writers' sloppy em-dash simulacra (the double dash, the single offset dash) to the real thing.
Perhaps the most famous dash-user in history—though she didn't use the em dash conventionally—was Emily Dickinson. According to the essay "Emily Dickinson's Volcanic Punctuation" from a 1993 edition of The Emily Dickinson Journal—a true general-interest read!—"Dickinson's excessive use of dashes has been interpreted variously as the result of great stress and intense emotion, as the indication of a mental breakdown, and as a mere idiosyncratic, female habit." Can there really be—at the risk of sounding like a troglodyte—something feminine about the use of a dash, some sort of lighthearted gossamer quality? Compare Dickinson's stylistic flitting with the brutally short sentences of male writers—Hemingway, for instance—who, arguably, use their clipped style to evoke taciturn masculinity. Henry Fielding apparently rewrote his sister Sarah's work heavily to edit out some of her idiosyncrasies—chief among them, a devotion to the dash. In Gore Vidal's Burr, the title character complains—in a charming internal monologue—"Why am I using so many dashes? Like a schoolgirl. The dash is the sign of a poor style. Jefferson used to hurl them like javelins across the page." So is the rise of the dash related—as everything seems to be these days—to the End of Men? (I kid—calm down.)
More likely, it's the lack of hard-and-fast usage rules—even the AP's guidelines are more suggestions than anything—that makes the dash so popular in our post-sentence-diagramming era. According to Lynne Truss—the closest thing we've got to a celebrity grammarian, thanks to her best-seller Eats, Shoots and Leaves—people use the em dash because "they know you can't use it wrongly—which for a punctuation mark, is an uncommon virtue."
So, fine, the em dash is easy to turn to—any port will do in a storm. But if you want to make your point—directly, with clarity, and memorably—I have some advice you'd do well to consider. Leave the damn em dash alone.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) It wasn't the crisp start to bowl camp South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier hoped for Saturday with several players finishing up final exams and not at practice Saturday.
Spurrier said there was confusion about when his team would be wrapped up with fall semester exams so he cut short the planned workout as the 11th-ranked Gamecocks (10-2) began preparations for the Outback Bowl. The players, who hadn't practiced since a satisfying, 27-17 victory over rival Clemson on Nov. 24, were sent to the weight room after about 75 minutes.
``It was a helter-skelter type practice,'' Spurrier said. ``The guys that are going to play in the game, they're all taking finals.''
Exams end Monday, although Spurrier expected things back on track when the team reconvenes Sunday. Spurrier said preparations for No. 19 Michigan, the Gamecocks' New Year's Day opponent, will get going then.
Spurrier and his assistants have been on the road recruiting. Spurrier also spent time the past week consulting with injured Gamecocks running back Marcus Lattimore, who announced Wednesday he'd give up his senior year in college despite a second significant knee injury.
``Coaches have been traveling around, players taking finals and we'll really start getting into Michigan and getting game plans ready,'' the coach said.
South Carolina won't have senior receiver D.L. Moore for the bowl game because of a violation of team rules. Spurrier did not detail what rule Moore may have broken. Moore, who started five games this season, had eight catches for 139 yards. Two of his receptions went for touchdowns.
South Carolina's leading receiver, two-sport standout Bruce Ellington, would play one final game with the basketball team Wednesday night against Appalachian State before returning to the football team fulltime through the bowl game.
Ellington has 38 catches for 564 yards and six touchdowns, all coming in South Carolina's final seven games. It was originally thought Ellington would be all football once practice began, but ``we're going to turn him loose and let him play'' Wednesday night, Spurrier said.
Spurrier also said injured starter Connor Shaw would return to his role under center against Michigan, although backup Dylan Thompson was likely to see action as early as the opening quarter.
Shaw has a sprained left foot and missed the Clemson game. Thompson, though, threw for three touchdowns and 310 yards in the victory over the Tigers.
Spurrier said Shaw ran around some on Saturday and told the coach he'd be able to practice fully in the team's next workout.
``We'll just get both of them ready to play,'' Spurrier said. ``See how it goes.''
If South Carolina hopes to have success against Michigan - and reach 11 victories for a second straight season - it will need its highly regarded defense to lock up quarterbacks Devin Gardner and Denard Robinson.
The Gamecocks feature one of the game's best in defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, a consensus All-America who got four first-place votes in Heisman Trophy balloting. One of those came from his coach, the 1966 Heisman winner at Florida who says he's always votes one of his players for the award.
Clowney, a sophomore, was tied with Florida State star Bjoern Werner for first in the country with 13 sacks, 4 1-2 of those coming in the victory over Clemson three weeks ago. Plenty of Heisman voters might join Spurrier next fall in putting Clowney on their ballots with a similar season.
``Oh, I don't need to worry about that. We're worried about Michigan right now,'' Spurrier said. ``But it would be hard for a defensive guy to win it, because (Notre Dame linebacker) Manti Te'o did have a super year.''
Te'o finished second behind Heisman winner quarterback Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M. Spurrier said he voted for Manziel and Te'o behind Clowney.
Michigan coach Brady Hoke said Friday his team, too, juggled practice and final exams. ``You go through all those kind of things and find the times that you can'' practice, he said. ``We like how they've come out. I know they've all had good weeks, lifting and running and technique work. It's all been positive.''
Spurrier says his early look at Michigan shows strength on defense and the ability to make big plays on offense. ``Hopefully, won't be too tough to hit a few (long) balls on, but who knows?'' Spurrier said. ``They're a very good team.''


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Welcome to the B-C-S Transportation Department. Please see below for important information about our department. Our priority is to safely and efficiently transport students to and from school and other activities. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions at (419) 898-6214.
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As the school year begins, the bus drivers spend the first couple weeks getting to know their new students, learning new routes, and confirming pick up and drop off times. Although pick up times are within minutes, there will be occasions the bus may be late due to construction, traffic, trains, or weather conditions. Our ultimate goal is to deliver your children safely to school and home. To keep them safe there are rules the drivers and the students need to follow. Take a moment to go over these questions with your child and if you have questions or concerns feel free to call me at 419-898-6214.
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Are sidewalks required for my child to get to his/her bus stop? Many students walk alongside of roadways to reach their bus stop and in some instances no sidewalks exist. While we understand this may be of concern in some situations, the Department of Education does not promulgate bus stop placement. Issues relating to where a child's bus stop is located and safety concerns along the way to the bus stop must be addressed with the district in which you reside.
I transport my child to a nonpublic/community school each day and just learned a program exists for reimbursement. How can I be reimbursed for transporting my child? As a parent, you should contact your public school district and request transportation. If it is not practical for them to do so, they will work with you to initiate a process to establish payment-in-lieu of transportation. Parents are not afforded the option of being paid for transporting their own child in cases where the service is provided by the district but is not the service parents prefer.
I make my child wait inside of my house until the bus is at the stop. I have heard this is not allowed – is this true? Ohio law requires children to be waiting at the bus stop prior to its arrival. Bus drivers count the students at the bus stop before they load and as they get on the bus to ensure all children are safely on board. If students are not waiting at the bus stop the bus driver cannot count them and cannot be certain the students are all safely on board. Waiting at the bus stop before the bus arrives further ensures that no one chases after the bus – this is a very dangerous thing to do. Many districts also instruct their buses to not stop at locations where no students are waiting.
My child has an I.E.P. but transportation is not being provided. Why is this? A child who has an I.E.P. does not automatically receive transportation unless the I.E.P. team writes this into the related services. If transportation is not included on the I.E.P. your child will be transported similarly to regular education students in your district.


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MT. HERMON � Cassidy Jordan scored 21 points to lead the Williams High School girls� basketball team to a scrappy 51-26 victory against Cummings High School in the Tony Perrou Classic at Southern Alamance on Monday.
Jordan scored 12 points in the first half and, along with Dajea Scott�s nine points, guided the Bulldogs (9-6) to a 24-6 halftime lead. Scott finished with 18 points.
Williams used a hard-nosed defensive effort and a fast-paced offense to make up for its smaller lineup.
�We just don�t have any size to get any rebounds,� Williams coach Tommy Cole said. �As long as they hustle and do what we ask them to do, that�s all we ask. But they were scrappy. We had a very good defensive game in the first half, which is what I like.�
Aundrea Walker accounted for most of the Cavaliers� offense until the third quarter, scoring the team�s first nine points. She finished with 13 points to lead Cummings (6-9), which has lost six of its last seven games.
-- EAST CHAPEL HILL 52, BURLINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 26: At Mt. Hermon, Adrienne Davis scored 23 points as East Chapel Hill rolled in an early game in the Tony Perrou Classic at Southern Alamance. Ali Cyr-Scully added 16 points for the Wildcats (4-10).
Haley Stokes and Alanie Welch scored eight points apiece for BCA (1-10), which was within 28-17 at halftime before East Chapel Hill�s 16-4 third-quarter edge.
-- GREENSBORODUDLEY 55, RIVER MILL 42: At Greensboro, Akela Maize scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while teammate Kennedy Currie had a game-high 22 rebounds and added 10 points as Greensboro Dudley handed River Mill a loss in the MLK Super Showcase at Southeast Guilford.
Lenaira Ruffin led the Jaguars (13-2) with 18 points, 11 rebounds and six steals.
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As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we're collecting great local stories. Here's a quick report from TED@Tunis, held May 8, 2012, at Cité des Sciences de Tunis, and locally hosted by Houssem Aoudi of the TEDxCarthage team.
Start with attendee Atef Zayati's Picasa album of the event, here or on his blog.
Event organizer Houssem Aoudi tweeted:
producing the TED talent search in tunisia in less then a week with @natemook @maroo_king and @walidhached ... Just after TEDxSummit :s—
Houssem Aoudi (@nayzek) April 27, 2012
Then, peel your eyes away (if you can) and read one TED photographer's story of giving his first TEDTalk, at TED@Tunis, on his blog: DuncanDavidson.com.
Finally, check out the Break Point Blog wrapup video of the event below:
And don't forget to check back on the TED Talent Search site in a few weeks for full versions of talks given at each salon.
Research: Larissa D. Green
Photo: Atef Zayati


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A code consisting of a group of printed, variably patterned bars and spaces scanned by lasers into a computer to identify the object it labels.
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A parallel array of alternately spaced black bars and white spaces representing a coded number, numbers, or letters, depending on the format employed. It is used clinically for patient sample identification as well as analyzer and operator ID.
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+Weekend Extra – 11/25/17 – How Do We Talk to People About Their Faith?
+Weekend Extra with Pastor Jeff and Pastor Joe.
There are always extra thoughts, topics, and insights that cannot be covered in the conversations on the weekend. The Weekend Extra is to help further the conversation from the message. In this episode Pastor Jeff discusses the first week's conversation of So This is Christmas.
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The Second Amendment: Ramifications of Repeal
The shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords in Arizona this weekend and the flurry of constitutional commentary upon the start of the 112th Congress–including talk of repealing or altering the 14th, 16th, and 17th Amendments and, thanks to Justice Scalia, a renewed call for an Equal Rights Amendment–has led me to think about what would happen if there was a push for a new constitutional amendment that would repeal the Second Amendment (2A). Indeed, just a few of hours ago, Elie Mystal at Above the Law went there. The more I think about it, the more it appears that such a repeal effort would paradoxically lead the most passionate gun rights advocates to embrace the dissenters' views in Heller and McDonald in ways never anticipated by Justice Stevens et al.
The 2A, literally read, tethers gun ownership to militia membership, however hard the Heller majority tried to convince us otherwise by marginalizing the Amendment's militia-speak as a "prefatory clause." Because we had no standing federal army at the time of the 2A's ratification, and because states formed militias comprised of each state's able-bodied men, individuals needed the right to own guns in case a tyrannical federal government did raise an army to invade the states.
But if we were to take Sharron Angle's incendiary and irresponsible "Second Amendment remedies" quip from this summer in a charitably originalist manner, then those remedies mean the right of any people to rise up in revolution against a tyrannical government. This right is explicitly stated in our country's Declaration of Independence and endorsed by Thomas Jefferson with his quote, "[t]he tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots." And, unless an American revolutionary wants to wage guerrilla war or commit acts of terrorism, the accepted way to do this is to form militias, armed by individuals exercising their 2A rights, to engage in conventional warfare with the federal government. Of course, just because the right to rise up in revolt exists doesn't mean the cause is actually righteous or that the federal government cannot seek the perpetuation of its own just existence by putting down the revolt. See, e.g., the Whiskey Rebellion or the Civil War.
Now, it's currently unimaginable to think of Congress as currently situated ever passing a 2A repeal amendment, let alone finding 38 states willing to ratify it. But if we can get past that hurdle of unimaginability, it's absolutely imaginable that some states and certainly many individuals would consider Congressional passage of a 2A repeal amendment, whether or not it is ratified, to be a tyrannical act by the federal government that threatens to take away both a fundamental right to bear arms as interpreted by the Supreme Court as well as a mass taking of legally obtained property without just compensation.
And here comes the paradox: anti-repeal states could very well then vindicate liberals' 2A interpretation by calling up "well-regulated militias" to "secure" their "free states" comprised of individuals who, in joining the militias, are exercising their "right of the people to keep and bear arms."
In other words, an amendment to take away peoples' guns could trigger the very scenario, in the eyes of Second Amendment supporters, that the framers imagined in drafting the Second Amendment. In creating that scenario, then, gun owners would throw into relief through actual practice just how unoriginalist Scalia et al. were in their theory supporting the Heller majority.
I believe both components of this scenario–(a) the passage of a repeal amendment in Congress that (b) will trigger the mainstreaming of the militia movement–will never come to pass. As an intellectual exercise, however, it's worth thinking through possible consequences of our responses to heinous acts such as the one that took place this weekend in Arizona.
If the shooting inspires enough political momentum for Congress to re-up the statutory Federal Assault Weapons Ban and inspire state and local governments to strengthen their gun regulations, then it is worth looking to the Court for how politics has and will influence its shaping of the Second Amendment.
Heller could not have been decided the way it was had it not been for the rise in the last half-century of the "individualist" narrative. Whether or not that narrative constituted "fraud," as Chief Justice Burger stated from retirement in 1991, it became a tenet of modern conservatism and so mainstream a strain of American political thought that many Democratic politicians–including then-Senator Barack Obama, former Senator Russ Feingold, and Representative Gabby Giffords–supported Heller's result. In essence, the conservative majority in Heller may have inflamed the half of the public rooting for the "collectivist"–or militia-based–interpretation, but the political winds had pushed the Court's decision into safe harbor.
Had the liberal dissent prevailed in Heller, the country would have had a massive administrability problem that could have quickly descended into political chaos and violence. Who gets to keep his or her guns? What guns remain protected? Can the federal government, finding militias anachronistic, ban guns altogether throughout the country?
While the Heller decision is often rightly explained in ideological terms, it still got the pragmatics right: it relieved the country of its polarized, zero-sum politics over gun rights on the side of least ideological and practical resistance, while defining the right so narrowly as to leave for later cases the true scope of reasonable regulations of the individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense.
It remains easy to imagine that a Democratic nominee to Justices Kennedy's or Scalia's seat could lead to a reversal of Heller or so broad an acceptance of reasonable regulations as to limit Heller to its specific facts. But now that this country's steady stream of massacres has finally flooded into Congress and the Judiciary with the shooting of Rep. Giffords and the slaying of Chief Judge John Roll, perhaps the Court as presently constituted will be inspired by Justice Breyer's Heller dissent to look more kindly upon state, local, and federal gun regulations than they would have had such violence remained for them a political and legal abstraction.
UPDATE: Josh Blackman responds.
UPDATE II: Michael Doyle of McClatchy has an article headlined, "Arizona shootings unlikely to change federal gun laws." (h/t How Appealing)
UPDATE III: Jo Becker & Michael Luo of the New York Times posit Tucson's gun culture against federal regulatory efforts.
UPDATE IV: Patrick J. Charles responds at his site, The Charles Law & History Blog.


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Whilst exploring the ICAPGen.org website this morning, I discovered a new book from this organization:
Edited by Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA; Tristan L. Tolman, AG; and Linda K. Gulbrandsen, AG; Becoming an Excellent Genealogist: Essays on Professional Research Skills (Salt Lake City, Utah: International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists, 2012). Softbound, 234 pages. $19.95 plus shipping.
Description: Genealogical research has become one of the most popular pastimes in the United States. As the popularity of genealogical research continues to grow, so does the need for guidance that takes the researcher beyond basic, introductory instruction. This book provides higher levels of instruction to help you become a more excellent genealogist. It illustrates how to use sources and information better, develop more advanced research and analytical skills, and learn new methodologies.
Note: This book does not appear to be available in epub format, surprising in this day and age.
Has anyone read it yet? Might be good study material for our Second Life Just Genealogy group.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
Your friend in genealogy.
Blog: http://blog.DearMYRTLE.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DearMYRTLE
Twitter: @DearMYRTLE
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Second Life: Clarise Beaumont


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How are the puppies picked for the Puppy Bowl? How do they get the pups to behave live on TV? Where do the puppies go afterward?
—I.C., Virginia, via Twitter
I usually frown on triple-dipping, but I'll make an exception because puppies are involved. Also: an estimated 9 million viewers this year. And kittens. And, oh: hedgehogs. Yep, really. Here's all you need to know about the most popular non-football-related TV event that goes down on Super Bowl Sunday.
Every puppy and kitten comes from a shelter or rescue organization in the United States. We're talking 63 puppies and 21 kittens for this year's Puppy Bowl IX. As for the hedgehogs—9 of 'em—they're the cheerleaders this year. They're dressed in tutus.
Some more Puppy Bowl questions, answered, rapid-fire style:
How are the breeds selected?
"Animal Planet works in conjunction with Petfinder during the selection process for the puppies," an Animal Planet spokesman explains. "Petfinder reaches out to shelters and rescue organizations to see if they have puppies that meet the age and size requirements and if so, asks if they would be interested in having those animals be part of Puppy Bowl."
Are any pup breeds, such as pit bull pups, never considered for the bowl?
"All breeds are welcome."
What happens to the pups after the Bowl? Are they for sale or adoption and how do I nab one?
"They're never for sale," the spokesman ensures me. "In years past, all of the puppies and kittens have been adopted to loving families. As of now, only one puppy from this year's lineup is still up for adoption."
They're almost all gone already?! Well can I have a hedgehog at least?
"The hedgehogs were provided by loving families who originally adopted them," the spokesman says.
Has any specific pup proven the most popular over the years...an MVP?
The spokesman says that the Puppy Bowl VIII MVP was a chihuahua-terrier mix named Fumble. And he got serious press.
How do they get the puppies to behave so cutely on camera?
"We taped it in November," the Animal Planet spokesman says. In other words, any footage of pups acting less than fascinating or totally adorbs is edited out before the show airs. So the show may be, technically, "fixed." Not that there's anything wrong with that, because: puppies!


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(Pocket-lint) - A decent set of headphones for sport is hard to come by. Most of the time you are given a choice: either a set that stays in but sounds terrible, or one that gives you decent audio quality but keeps falling out.
We are already fans of Atomic Floyd, having used a set of SuperDarts as our main headphones for a good while now. Now Atomic Floyd has a sports headphone; the AirJax + Remote. Hoping some of that sound quality had been transferred, we wrapped a set of the new headphones around our ears and headed out for a run.
Right from the off we had an issue with the AirJax design. Not the actual earphones, their metal construction and use of premium materials is brilliant. No, it was the metal band used to attach them to your ears. It just isn't comfortable and they are far too delicate in your pocket. We didn't manage it, but we can easily see that band bending if you accidentally sat on them or squashed them in a pocket.
Atomic Floyd does include a set of rubber covers for the earhooks and a hex key so you can adjust them in different directions but they are still just not comfy sat on the ears. The problem is that over time the earhooks move slightly, especially while running, resulting in them putting just enough weight on the top of your ears for it to become uncomfortable. Admittedly this might be the shape of our ears causing an issue, so for some the Atomic Floyds might prove a lot more comfortable. One thing is for sure, they certainly don't fall out in a hurry.
Included in the Atomic Floyd box is a pouch to store the headphones, DJ jack, flight adapter, earhook covers and a hex key. All of it comes in that usual metal material that Atomic Floyd wraps its headphones in. It looks ace and has a seriously premium feel. The SoundControl remote is also placed high up on the left-hand side of the headphone cable and is light enough not to interfere when running.
Plenty of logical design touches and a premium feel ensure the Atomic Floyds justify the price tag on feel. Shame about the earhooks being uncomfortable but we can't help but feel the fundamental idea is flawed. Would have been nice to see Atomic Floyd try something different.
Atomic Floyd tends to change the way its headphones sound across the range. We like the SuperDarts for their balanced yet rich and detailed sound quality. For the AirJax it went for something different, adding a lot more treble and doing away with most of the bass. Listening to them at home, this results in audio that is a touch flat. Outdoors though they make perfect sense.
By putting a bit more into the top end of the treble you can make out more detail in music when running or doing other sports that generate a lot of background noise. Going downhill on our bike for example we could hear much more from our test audio than from other sports headphones, despite all the wind noise in the background.
You also don't get total noise isolation, which is important when wearing the headphones and doing things outside. Running with them on allowed us to hear enough going on that it wasn't dangerous, yet we could still enjoy the best bits of our music collection. It might not be the best sound, but the audio design is so logical with the AirJax we can't really fault it.
The AirJax is a tricky one to score. On the one hand it's a great set of sports headphones, but that's it. They are pricey and most other non-sports orientated headphones in the same bracket sound a lot better.
So if you are the running, cycling or gym type, who mostly listens to music while doing sports, then the AirJax is a no-brainer. For anything else, saving money and looking at other headphones might be a plan. Atomic Floyd has plenty else in its product line up worth considering.


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Here's a little from Maggie:
Hi there -- my name is Maggie Whitley and I'm the owner/designer of Gussy Sews. I spend equal time working on my blog and my shop. On my blog you'll find updates on my handmade shop, tips on how I left my day job 1 year ago to focus on my business, and different prompts/projects that help build a handmade community of inspiration & adventuring. Interested in what fills the "shelves" of my shop? All sorts of sassy, girly, colorful accessories: tote bags (3 different sizes), zipped pouches, eReader cases, headbands -- all sporting my signature ruffle!
To enter:
1. Visit the Shop Gussy site.
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*for additional entries, you can blog about this giveaway or share it via Twitter using the tweet below (just be sure to leave a separate comment for each one):
{Giveaway!} Win a $75 credit to the Gussy Sews shop via @danihampton and Sometimes Sweet! http://tinyurl.com/3nb7d62
I'll choose a random winner on Monday, June 27th. Good luck!


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Matt Cooke suspended for knee-on-knee hit
Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cooke's three-year effort to reform his game ended on Monday when he delivered a knee-on-knee hit that will put Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie out of action for four to six weeks.
The league responded Wednesday with a seven-game suspension that could also take money out of Cooke's pocket.
If the Wild are eliminated from the playoffs before the suspension is fully served, the remaining games will carry over to the start of the 2014-15 season, costing him regular-season pay.
Considering that the Wild trail the Avalanche 2-1 in the series, he would have to sit out five regular-season games if Minnesota loses the next two. Five days of regular-season pay would cost him more than $60,000.
The decision came after Cooke met in person with new league disciplinarian Stephane Quintal in New York.
Cooke had been suspended five times previously by the league before but not in the past three years because he had been trying to change the way he approached hits to avoid further suspensions after getting 10 games and the first round of the 2011 playoffs for an elbow to the head to New York Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh.
Though he caught a lot of criticism when his 2013 check tore Ottawa Senators star Erik Karlsson's Achilles tendon, the league ruled it was a hockey play gone bad.
Not so this time because Cooke had his knee extended as he approached Barrie.
"Cooke is leading with his left knee," the department of player safety's Patrick Burke said in a video. "After Barrie released the puck, Cooke continues in this posture, furthers extends his knee and makes contact with Barrie's left knee."
The Avalanche's top offensive-minded defenseman suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament on the play.
Barrie had shifted to his right to avoid Cooke, but Burke said the onus was still on Cooke to deliver a legal check.
"While this evasive action might have worsened the extent of the injury, it should have been entirely predictable to Cooke that Barrie would have attempted to avoid contact," he said.
The distance that Cooke traveled with his knee out, plus the further extension of his knee and the severity of the injury combined to make the suspension the longest for a knee-on-knee hit since the department of player safety took over supplemental discipline in 2011. Kevin Porter got a four-game suspension for kneeing and injuring David Booth in 2011. Bryan Marchment got eight games for kneeing in 1998 under a previous disciplinarian.
Cooke's history played a role in the league's decision, too. In addition to the suspensions, he has been fined four times in his 15-year career.
Cooke has the option to appeal the ruling.
Even if he serves the full seven games in the playoffs, he would be back before Barrie. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was asked in Philadelphia this week whether a player should be suspended for the amount of time that his victim is out and said he didn't think that was realistic.
"What if a guy's actually playing injured and you don't know it?" he said. "What if a guy is wearing a short cuff glove and he gets slashed on the wrist and it turns out that if he was wearing a long cuff glove, it wouldn't have been an injury? I mean it's too subjective and the likelihood for game playing would be too intense."


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Rhubarb & custard pie with butter crumble
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal456
- fat28g
- saturates13g
- carbs49g
- sugars24g
- fibre2g
- protein6g
- salt0.43g
- 350g rhubarb
Botanically, rhubarb is a vegetable (it's related to sorrel and dock) but its thick, fleshy…
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 350g sweet shortcrust pastry
- 1 large egg and 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 284ml carton single cream
For the topping
Cut the rhubarb into bite-size pieces, then put them in a frying pan with half the sugar and warm through just until the sugar dissolves. Immediately tip the rhubarb into a bowl with the juices and leave to cool. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C.
Roll out the pastry quite thinly and use to line a deep, loose-based 24cm fluted flan tin. Line with greaseproof paper and baking beans and bake for about 20 minutes until the pastry is pale golden and no longer raw.
Beat together the egg and egg yolk, vanilla extract, remaining caster sugar and the flour. Gradually whisk in the cream with any juice from the rhubarb (you should have a tablespoonful or two). Now spoon the rhubarb into the prepared pastry case and pour the cream mixture over.
Turn the oven temperature up to 200C/gas 6/ fan 180C and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the custard is very lightly set and there is a thin skin on the top.
Mix together all the topping ingredients and spoon evenly over the pie. Return it to the oven for a further 15 minutes or until the crumble is golden and the custard set with just a little wobble. The top of the pie may have risen and cracked when you take it from the oven but don't worry as it will settle back again on cooling. Serve warm.
Recipe Tip
Give it a twistThe crumble topping can be varied according to what's in your cupboard. Replace about 25g/1oz of the porridge oats with the same weight of flaked almonds, crunchy muesli or pine nuts.