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The challenges in education may not change too much over the years, but an educator does.
The teaching profession has always appealed to Pat Byrne. "I had teachers that truly cared and helped me gain confidence in my ability to succeed socially and academically," says Byrne.
So nine years ago Byrne began a teaching career at Wheaton Woods Elementary School in Rockville, Maryland.
Before his first day in the classroom, Byrne thought his biggest challenge would be his readiness to be a good teacher. "I wanted to make sure I was planned and prepped so that I could focus on my students and provide what they need," says Byrne.
Being in front of his students is what made him the most nervous. Now, that's where he's most comfortable.
It's safe to say that people begin a career in education because they are passionate about helping children gain the skills they need to learn and succeed. It's a stressful, exhausting profession, but the reward of shaping a student's future makes it all worth it.
Megan Lutz was one of those students who loved all of her teachers. Not surprisingly, she decided to become one herself. "I wanted to be a positive influence and pass on the love of learning to children like my teachers did with me," says Lutz.
Similar to Byrne, Lutz was most worried about classroom management when she started teaching at Ogden Elementary School in Ogden, Kansas. Three years later, her biggest concern became funding cuts to education programs.
"I already work with a tight budget to get the supplies my students need in the classroom," says Lutz. "My students could also lose those dynamic classes such as art, music, and physical education."
Education funding is just one of many on a list of challenges teachers and education support professionals (ESPs) deal with every day. Experience doesn't change what matters most to educators, but it does change how educators see themselves as part of a larger system.
For Byrne, that shift came as he realized how hard it is to keep up with all the shifting priorities dictated to teachers—constantly changing curriculums, grading standards, and school committees, for example.
"It seems as soon as a program is adopted and I feel confident with it, it all changes as a new program rolls down the line," says Byrne.
With 37 years of experience under her belt, Peggy Brookins has found the same three issues affecting public education. "The first is student performance, then teacher compensation, and third is the recognition and perception of the profession," says Brookins.
When Brookins, a math teacher and the program director for the Engineering and Manufacturing Institute of Technology at Forest High School in Ocala, Florida, first started teaching, she worried about how she would reach all her students. But she quickly became more concerned with the fact that people who didn't work in her school were making unhelpful decisions for her students.
Brookins believes that is still one of the biggest issues affecting teachers.
"We are one of the only professions that allows people from the outside to tell us how to do our job," says Brookins. "The main thing I've learned is that if you're going to become a better teacher, it's up to you to take control of your profession."
Empowering educators to be part of the decision-making process is a key to student success. After all, educators are the ones working with students every day, and they know best what they need.
For Donna West, empowerment came with experience.
West has worked in child nutrition at Brownwood Elementary School in Scottsboro, Alabama, for 10 years. She is a child nutrition manager with responsibilities ranging from making sure recipes are followed to reporting to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the food they served, how much, and how many students got meals, for example. Her goals have shifted from just making sure she followed all the rules and regulations at the beginning of her career to helping students make better decisions about both nutrition and manners. "We help them become an overall better citizen," West explains.
West has also come to feel a greater value with her role at school. "I see my career differently now that I have come to understand that education support professionals are part of the education process," says West. "I realized that my role in the cafeteria and trying to help the students learn nutrition is just as important as what's happening in the classrooms."
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*Data from a survey of 1,000 NEA member teachers
- Teachers put students first. 76 percent of teachers think advocating for the broad interests of children should be a top priority for NEA.
- 79 percent of teachers are "totally satisfied" with their job; however only 35 percent are "totally satisfied" with their working conditions.
- 93 percent of teachers agree that the best way to improve student learning is for teachers to have a real say on how they are prepared, trained, evaluated, supported, and held accountable.
Quick Stats Education Support Professionals
*Findings from NEA Research
- ESPs consistently rate the personal fulfillment they get from their job as the characteristic with which they feel most satisfied, with 95 percent satisfied in 2012.
- More than four in five ESP members (85 percent) intend to stay in the education support field.
- ESP earnings, adjusted for inflation, have not increased over 20 years.


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CC&ES is pleased to release our new Flavours Catering Menu to the Ithaca College community. The menu features a wide range of fresh and exciting options for the budget minded event planner. A brand new option to the campus is our Community Catering Drop & Go Service. Breakfast, lunch and dinner options are all available for under $8.00 per person. We'll bring the food to your event in disposable containers and let you get down to business.
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You can join the S.F. District 11 Democratic club or renew your existing membership from this page. There are two types of membership, Regular and Associate. Membership, dues, and voting privileges are documented in full in the Club's Constitution and Bylaws. To become a member, follow these steps:
- Download the application form, complete it, save it and send to firstname.lastname@example.com
- Pay the appropriate dues as listed below.
Dues: All members, Regular and Associate, shall pay the following dues per year:
- $20.00 for an individual;
- $25.00 for a couple;
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- $15.00 for a couple, at least one of whom is 65 years or older.
Membership Term: The membership year is the same as the calendar year.
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Membership is open to any District 11 residents of at least 17 years of age who declare their intention to register as Democrats when eligible and do so within one month of attaining their 18th birthday.
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The 2015 Open City Architour with the Arriva London Heritage Fleet
This year's Open City once again provided a thoroughly enjoyable and imaginative Mystery Architour, with the Arriva London historic Heritage Fleet bus RM 2217, itself an iconic piece of design, transporting the lucky ballot winners on a trip in London from Russell Square to Stratford, taking in St. Pancras, Kings Cross and the Boundary Gardens at Arnold Circus.
Our two guides for the tour were Joe Kerr, a lecturer at RCA and part time bus driver with Arriva London, and Paul Lincoln, the Deputy Chief Executive of the Landscape Institute. The theme for the day, as they explained, was to show how architecture, the landscape and people have interacted at various points in the history of London.
The first treat was to see how the Georgian influence, combining these elements, brought about the development of such beautiful spaces as Russell Square, with its tree-lined walkways and ample open spaces.
The next stage introduced the group to RM 2217, which had been parked up on the other side of the square. Joe explained its importance in the history of London transport and everyone was eager to get on board, but also to have a photograph taken with her.
Paul indicated that the next stop would be quite an eye opener, as the bus made its way down onto the Euston Road past the refurbished facade of St Pancras and then the new square outside Kings Cross Station.
The bus took a sharp left after Kings Cross and as Paul explained further, our next stop was to be Granary Square, where everyone would alight to see the now redeveloped area of the old railway yards that, until a few years back, had been closed to the public.
Fountains, a canal, St Martin's work areas, cafes, a natural swimming pool, a skip garden and an amazing array of new housing development and work areas, was just the tip of the vista that awaited. Plus, a clear view of the difference in heights of the two stations, Kings Cross and St Pancras, in the distance. There was so much to take in and experience, we could have spent the whole day there, but Joe and Paul had other plans.
Back on the bus, we headed east again to Arnold Circus, the site of the very first social housing project, initiated in 1889 by the new democratically elected London City Council. They had the task of clearing a place known as the Old Nichol, which had become the worst slum in the whole of London. All of the rubble from the slum was placed in the centre, and a mound built with a park on top to cover it, and then around the mound the housing was erected.
Newton, the Routemaster bus driver, had kindly stayed with the bus each time it stopped, so no one had to carry their bags and coats whilst walking. On returning to the bus again, it was explained that the last stop would be the Olympic park at Stratford to see the regeneration of the area, and the legacy that has been left in terms of housing and parks for the local communities.
At Stratford everything is new and modern, and so it was an interesting contrast to see the old historic Heritage Fleet Routemaster parked up outside Stratford Station at the end of the tour, again demonstrating the interaction of the landscape, people and architecture in all of our everyday lives, exactly as Joe and Paul had set out to illustrate back in Russell Square.
Our thanks go to Joe and Paul for their excellent tour and commentary, and to Newton the bus driver who delivered us safely and in style to our various destinations.
Joe Kerr holds a first-class honours degree in the History of Art from University College, London, and an MSc in the History of Modern Architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture, London. He joined the RCA in 1998, where he established the Critical and Historical Studies programme in 2001. He is responsible for teaching history and theory to students in the Architecture and Vehicle Design programmes. He is also a part-time Arriva London bus driver, working out of Tottenham Garage.
Paul is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Landscape Institute. He manages the team that develops and implements the Institute's policy programme, public affairs, marketing, internal and external communications, the journal, events programme, sponsorship, competitions, awards and knowledge services.
The Arriva Heritage Fleet is part of Arriva London and offers organisations and individuals the opportunity to hire these historic vehicles for events and special occasions. Arriva London works closely with Open City to supply these vehicles for free for the Architour, as part of their contribution to the communities they serve.


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In "The Return of the Jedi," Darth Vader goes from Dark Side bad guy to enlightened hero by giving up his life to save his son, Luke – a powerful scene in theaters, but one that doesn't play quite as well on the 2011 Blu-ray version in which the former Anakin Skywalker screams, "No!" with his final heavy breath.
Fans can – and do – blame George Lucas for that insertion and other post-original-movie fiddling (Han shot first!), along with the three not-so-beloved prequels released between 1999 and 2005. But it's time to put a moratorium on the Lucas bashing and give him credit for making a sacrifice worthy of his darkest creation: His bold (and lucrative) decision to turn over "Star Wars" to Disney offers a new hope of saving – and extending – the franchise's legacy.
Some embittered fans, no doubt, will see the $4.05 billion sale this week of Lucasfilm to the Mouse House as the biggest sellout yet by Lucas, who hasn't been shy about milking "Star Wars" for big bucks over the years, via everything from action figures to altered movie rereleases. Many also likely fear that Disney's plans to produce at least three sequels beginning in 2015 – 38 years after the Millennium Falcon first zigzagged into our cinematic consciousness – will further dilute the memories of the classic original three films.
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But we're choosing to see opportunity in Lucas' surprise and risky move. Strong new films could allay the collective angst spurred by Episodes I to III. Weak new entries could blow what remains of our collective "Star Wars" faith to smithereens in Death Star fashion.
Recent non-"Star Wars" fantasy movie triumphs offer some reason for optimism. Christopher Nolan reimagined and revitalized the Batman movies two decades after Tim Burton's initially edgy take rescued the comic book hero from the campy reputation imprinted by the 1960s TV incarnation. The "Harry Potter" flicks benefited from changes in directors as the series matured and grew darker.
This is not your grandfather's Disney. In the post-"Beauty and the Beast" and Pixar era, Disney has forged a solid track record in its faithful, yet forward-looking reinterpretations of everything from "The Muppets" to "The Avengers." The key, as we saw with the big-screen rebirth of Jim Henson's and Stan Lee's babies, is putting the material in strong creative forces who grew up with the characters and are determined to use new storytelling technology to recapture the spirit of the originals. As Lucas aptly put it in a news release issued by Disney Tuesday, "It's now time for me to pass 'Star Wars' on to a new generation of filmmakers."
Lucas deserves kudos for releasing his Vader-like death grip and putting what could be his final redemption largely in the hands of others, as he assumes more of a Yoda-like role. The "Star Wars" series exerts a strong hold on fans, who have come to feel a partial ownership of the films and characters. It's time to give the fans – younger filmmakers, among them – a chance to use The Force in a bid to succeed where many believe Lucas failed in later efforts.
The results, hopefully, won't leave us screaming, "No!"
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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§9-6-1. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(1) "Adult protective services agency" means any public or nonprofit private agency, corporation, board or organization furnishing protective services to adults;
(2) "Abuse" means the infliction or threat to inflict physical pain or injury on or the imprisonment of any incapacitated adult or facility resident;
(3) "Neglect" means the unreasonable failure by a caregiver to provide the care necessary to assure the physical safety or health of an incapacitated adult;
(4) "Incapacitated adult" means any person who by reason of physical, mental or other infirmity is unable to independently carry on the daily activities of life necessary to sustaining life and reasonable health;
(5) "Emergency" or "emergency situation" means a situation or set of circumstances which presents a substantial and immediate risk of death or serious injury to an incapacitated adult;
(6) "Financial exploitation" means the intentional misappropriation or misuse of funds or assets of an incapacitated adult or facility resident, but does not apply to a transaction or disposition of funds or assets where a person made a good faith effort to assist the incapacitated adult or facility resident with the management of his or her money or other things of value;
(7) "Legal representative" means a person lawfully invested with the power and charged with the duty of taking care of another person or with managing the property and rights of another person, including, but not limited to, a guardian, conservator, medical power of attorney representative, trustee or other duly appointed person;
(8) "Nursing home" or "facility" means any institution, residence, intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability, care home or any other adult residential facility, or any part or unit thereof, that is subject to the provisions of §16-5C-1 et seq., §16-5D-1 et seq. §16-5E-1 et seq., or §16-5H-1 et seq. §16-5C-1 et seq. of this code;
(9) "Regional long-term care ombudsman" means any paid staff of a designated regional long-term care ombudsman program who has obtained appropriate certification from the Bureau for Senior Services and meets the qualifications set forth in §16-5I-7 of this code;
(10) "Facility resident" means an individual living in a nursing home or other facility, as that term is defined in subdivision (7) of this section;
(11) "Responsible family member" means a member of a resident's family who has undertaken primary responsibility for the care of the resident and who has established a working relationship with the nursing home or other facility in which the resident resides. For purposes of this article, a responsible family member may include someone other than the resident's legal representative;
(12) "State Long-term Care Ombudsman" means an individual who meets the qualifications of §16-5I-5 of this code and who is employed by the State Bureau for Senior Services to implement the State Long-term Care Ombudsman Program;
(13) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources.
(14) "Caregiver" means a person or entity who cares for or shares in the responsibility for the care of an incapacitated adult on a full-time or temporary basis, regardless of whether such person or entity has been designated as a guardian or custodian of the incapacitated adult by any contract, agreement or legal procedures. Caregiver includes health care providers, family members, and any person who otherwise voluntarily accepts a supervisory role towards an incapacitated adult.


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Saying he was now "paroled to my Father in heaven," a convicted killer in Ohio on Tuesday became the first person in the United States to be executed with a one-drug intravenous lethal injection.
The new method, which involved a large dose of anesthetic, akin to how animals are euthanized, has been hailed by most experts as painless and an improvement over the three-drug cocktail used in all other states that employ lethal injection, but it is unlikely to settle the debate over the death penalty.
While praising the shift to a single drug, death penalty opponents argue that Ohio's new method, and specifically its backup plan of using intramuscular injection if the authorities are unable to find a usable vein, has not been properly vetted by legal and medical experts. Since it had never been tried on humans before, they contend it is the equivalent of human experimentation.
But the United States Supreme Court refused to intervene on Tuesday morning, and the procedure went largely as planned.
The inmate, Kenneth Biros, 51, died at 11:47 a.m. Terry J. Collins, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said the drug took about 10 minutes to take effect, roughly the same length of time as the three-drug cocktail. It took about 30 minutes for the execution team to find a usable vein, after having inserted the needle several times into each arm.
Ohio adopted the one-drug method last month after a failed execution attempt in September in which the authorities spent more than two hours trying to find a usable vein in Romell Broom, 53, who was convicted of the 1984 abduction, rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl.
Mr. Biros was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing Tami Engstrom, 22, near Warren, in northeastern Ohio, in 1991 after offering to drive her home from a bar, then scattering her body parts in Ohio and Pennsylvania. She had been stabbed more than 90 times. Mr. Biros acknowledged killing her but said it was done during a drunken rage.
Ms. Engstrom's mother, brother and sister attended the execution, as did one of Mr. Biros's lawyers, John Parker, and two of Mr. Biros's friends. Thomas Altiere, the sheriff for Trumbull County, where the murder occurred, also watched the execution.
As Ms. Engstrom's family members entered the prison on Tuesday, a reporter asked if they were ready. "We've been ready for 18 years," one of the Engstroms said, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
Shortly before the execution, Mr. Biros gave his personal belongings seven CDs, an address book, a portable CD player, a rosary and a notebook to his siblings.
"I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart," he said after thanking his family and friends for their support.
It was the second trip to the holding cell for Mr. Biros, who spent a day and night there in March 2007 as his lawyers scrambled to halt his execution. The Supreme Court intervened that time because of challenges involving the three-drug cocktail.
Opponents of the death penalty have long argued that using a single drug is more humane than the three-drug cocktail, which involves a short-acting barbiturate to render the inmate unconscious, followed by a paralytic and then a chemical to stop the heart.
Still, death penalty opponents criticized the state for not allowing more time for closer scrutiny of the new protocol.
"The key is due process," said Richard C. Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington. He said that, for example, when New York introduced the electric chair in 1890, the case went to the Supreme Court, which decided that the punishment might be more humane than hanging.
"The court held that death row prisoner received due process because the New York Legislature had considered the punishment method carefully," Mr. Dieter added. "In this case, however, everyone has taken the Ohio Department of Corrections at their word, without an adversarial debate."
But Kent Scheidegger, the legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Sacramento, which supports the death penalty, said he doubted that the state's new protocol would merit a Supreme Court review.
Mr. Scheidegger also dismissed the criticism that the new approach was untested on humans. "What kind of test do they expect?" he said. "A controlled study with volunteers? Not likely."
Deborah W. Denno, a Fordham University law professor who is an expert on the death penalty and lethal injection, said she believed that the constitutionality of the new state protocol could be challenged if it was found not to be "substantially similar" to the three-drug method used by the State of Kentucky, which the court approved last year.
A federal judge in Ohio disagreed, however, and on Monday he denied a request from Mr. Biros to delay his execution until lawyers could conduct a review of the new protocol.
On Monday night, Mr. Biros's lawyers filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court asking for his execution to be stopped. That was rejected.
Mr. Biros was moved to the holding area for death row inmates about 15 feet from the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville on Monday morning, prison officials said.
In the afternoon, he had a snack of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. At night, he was to be served a meal of cheese pizza, onion rings, fried mushrooms, Doritos, French onion dip, blueberry ice cream, cherry pie and Dr Pepper, they said.
On Tuesday, Mr. Biros received communion and seemed calm as he awaited his fate, prison officials said.


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Stefan Mischook has written up an article about the combination of a popular, powerful web development tool - Dreamweaver - and how it works with PHP.
We are going to take a quick look at the changes to Dreamweaver CS4, specifically concentrating on the things related to working with PHP. At the same time, I may weave in a few nerd-concepts here and there, so that we can gently get you used to this stuff.
He starts off looking at the interface Dreamweaver has to offer and then moves on to more advanced topics like workspaces and some of the tools available (like the layout features and how it directly integrates things for PHP like database connections and the inclusion of a "classic" code editor).


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1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.
local death is going on at times and in all parts of the living body, in which individual cells and elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a process essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and death of the tissues. By the former is implied the absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the ultimate structural constituents of the body. When death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until after a considerable interval.
death is much used adjectively and as the first part of a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc. Black death. Civil death, the separation of a man from civil society, or the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm, entering a monastery, etc. Death adder.
(Science: zoology) a kind of viper found in south africa (Acanthophis tortor); so called from the virulence of its venom.
a venomous Australian snake of the family elapidae, of several species, as the Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica.
death applies to the termination of every form of existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words only to the human race. Decease is the term used in law for the removal of a human being out of life in the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.
Origin: oe. Deth, dea, as. Dea; akin to os. D, D. Dood, g. Tod, Icel. Daui, Sw. & dan. Dod, goth. Daupus; from a verb meaning to die. See die, and cf. Dead.


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When Priests get to the upper echelon of raiding, they're going to eventually run into one extremely important question. It's pointless to have more than one Priest pick up Improved Divine Spirit. Joveta did an excellent feature showcasing the differences between the two specs. I'm not here to regurgitate what she illustrated. I'm here to help you decide which lucky monkey gets to go IDS.
The Supremes is a raiding Guild with 3 Priests, 4 Mages, and a handful of Resto Druids. It also has miscellaneous DPS.
Raid times:
- Tuesday, 4 hours, farm content
- Thursday, 4 hours, farm content
- Sunday, 7 hours, progression content
Let's assume you've got 3 Priests:
- Steve McQueen: Always shows up, never missed a raid, sports 2350 healing
- Stevie Wonder: Can only commit to 2 of the 3 raiding days, sports 2100+ healing
- Steve Harvey: Able to only come on the last raiding day that Wonder isn't able to attend, sports 2100 healing
Optimizing for Time
When you're deep into raiding, it's either CoH or IDS. You don't need more than one IDS. From this perspective, you want to pick the most stable Priest who is able to come every day. This will ensure that every raid you go into has the IDS buff. This is the best bet since raids will go that much quicker. Just look at Joveta's post for all the numbers. Go with Steve McQueen for guaranteed IDS.
Optimizing for Performance
On the other hand, one would argue that farm content doesn't necessarily need IDS at all. By making Steve McQueen pickup IDS, his healing output does get slightly diminished. Another solution is to make Steve Harvey go IDS. This ensures that progression night raids will have the buff. If you really want to pick things up, you can ask Stevie Wonder and Steve Harvey to grab IDS. This way, you don't handcuff Steve McQueen's all star performance.
Picking out volunteers for IDS is never easy. I've rarely ever encountered an individual who wanted to do IDS. I myself had to respec IDS because our Priest corps is no longer as stable as it once was. One of them took off for college, the other's having computer issues. I'm the current lynchpin Priest and I swallowed an extremely bitter pill in order to pick up IDS knowing that our floater Priests can stay IDS.
Anyway, there's many ways to pick out who should get IDS. If you happen to have a Priest who wants the job, by all means let 'em have at it! If not, I highly suggest coin tossing as an alternative. I hear dice rolling is an excellent choice as well. Now dart throwing is a revolutionary way to make decisions as is bottle spinning…


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Despite a report claiming that Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt skipped out on Holly Montag's birthday bash due to a lack of an appearance fee for "The Hills" stars, a rep for the couple told Access Hollywood the story was "not true."
On Tuesday, FOX News claimed that Heidi and Spencer were no-shows at Holly's 26th birthday bash on Saturday at Empire Hollywood in LA.
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"Holly was really wishing that her sister could just be a sister and stop by her birthday party, but Heidi only goes places if she is getting paid," a FOX News source claimed. "I mean, this is her sister and she wouldn't even show up without a fee. That's disgusting."
But on Wednesday, a rep for the couple told Access that the FOX News report "is absolutely not true," explaining that they were not present as Holly had more than one birthday event.
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Heidi and Spencer might not have been in attendance, but the evening still had its fair share of drama.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Spencer's younger sister, Stephanie Pratt, was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence. She attended Holly's birthday bash earlier in the evening.
According to her booking sheet, "The Hills" star was arrested at 3:45 AM in Hollywood and held on a $5,000 bail. She was released the next morning.
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Stephanie was previously arrested in May 2006 on shoplifting charges.
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Hearings and Business Meetings
Jul 28 2005
Subcommittee on National Parks Hearing - Miscellaneous Parks Bills
SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room 10:00 AMTo receive testimony on the following bills: S. 584 and H.R. 432, bills to require the Secretary of the Interior to allow the continued occupancy and use of certain land and improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park; S. 652, a bill to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin; S. 958, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail; S. 1154, a bill to extend the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, to provide improved visitor services at the park, and for other purposes; S. 1166, a bill to extend the authorization of the Kalaupapa National Historical Park Advisory Commission; and S. 1346, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of maritime sites in the State of Michigan.
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Opening Remarks
The Honorable Susan CollinsU.S. Senate
Rick SantorumThe Honorable
Ms. Debbie StabenowSenatorU.S. Senate
Witness Panel 1
Deputy DirectorNational Park Service
Witness Panel 2
ManagerMichigan Lighthouse Project
President and CEOThe Franklin Institute


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Bottom Shelf Beer Olympics: Canada
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
I've been to Canada a couple of times and I really like it. In fact, I was considering Toronto for our honeymoon, but I couldn't convince Bottom Shelf research director Emily that certain neighborhoods on the south side are essentially almost pretty much tropical, if you think about it, really, and you wear a sweater. I might have had better luck talking her into Vancouver, because she has a friend out that way, but since the decommissioning of the space shuttle and the Marsening of that other thing, there's simply no efficient way for a New Englander to get there.
Because I am a small and petty man who would rather place blame than solve problems, I enjoy disparaging things that I cannot have. It's great fun to think up reasons why I'm better off without a boat or a pretty smile or a personal assistant to wash my lettuce and juice my citrus. You might think it would be hard to drum up reasons to disdain the Canadians, what with all their lovely health care and hockey and accents and the rest of it, but it was actually a pretty easy assignment for an informed naturalist like myself who recognizes the vital role Canada has played in American dog proliferation.
This isn't the proper forum in which to break it all down, but I'd be an irresponsible beer reviewer if I didn't provide at least a quick overview: Dogs, which in general I do not care for, are in some way related to wolves, which live in Canada. Wolves are, let's say for the sake of making shit up, some sort of evolutionary precursor to dogs, ergo, if Canada could keep its wolves under control, then I would not be sniffed—and potentially even licked!—by strange beasts whilst jogging around Fresh Pond.
I don't hate dogs, really, but they never bring me any joy and sometimes bring me annoyance, most often when their handlers refuse to consider the remote possibility that some of us don't like to be sniffed and potentially licked! by dirty stupid animals.
No one's ever asked me how long I intend to keep writing the Bottom Shelf, but let's assume someone had, and here's the answer: Until my wedding in October, when Serious Eats Underlord Kenji and I get in a gigantic fight because he's going to bring all nine of his dogs to the reception and play dumb when I say "Hey man, why on earth would there be things sniffing and potentially licking! me at my wedding reception? I only invited YOU because I thought it would look weird to just invite your wife, and while I realize I have no one but myself to blame should you start sniffing and potentially licking! people, it's outrageous that you just assumed—or pretended to assume because it's more convenient that way—all nine of your dogs were welcome."
Which of course brings us to my admitted prejudice against Canadian beer. I want to be open-minded, but every time I try to think happy thoughts of "Strange Brew," my brain just tastes dog hair. I was able to heroically overcome this bias for long enough to conduct a thorough and scientific survey of the entirety of budget-friendly Canadian beer options, however. By which I mean I grabbed singles of Labatt Blue, Molson Canadian, and Moosehead, NONE OF WHICH ARE REAL "BOTTOM SHELF" YOU HOSER BLAH BLAH WHINE EH BLAH WHINE. Yes, dears. You're all right, and handsome. Now, as I was saying...
I had to try nine liquor stores before I found Moosehead, and I would have skipped it altogether if so many of you hadn't said it belongs in any honest Canadian beer roundup. Thanks a lot, jerks. My buddy Pavlov likened it to cat piss, to which I can only say he must be hanging around with the wrong kind of cats, because my Moosehead sample was so nasty it could only have come from the darkest parts of a dog who'd eaten a skunk.
Molson Canadian goes a fair way toward redeeming the nation. It has a slightly sour apple candy flavor that sounds off-putting but was in fact endearing: such a weird thing to find in an otherwise basic macro lager. It's also highly carbonated and not particularly "beery," if you know what I mean, and you do.
Labatt Blue was my favorite. It's a touch more bitter than it needs to be and could use a bigger malt kick for balance, but the faint lemon soap note is very nice. The Canadian representative in the Bottom Shelf Beer Olympics is looking like a serious contender.
Up next: Maybe Australia or Italy or someplace else.
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They are old friends and sometime political rivals, each a gregarious, backslapping politician and legendary — some would say long-winded — talker.
So when Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton came together Monday on the campaign trail, they seemed to energize each other as they competed to lay out the best case for sending President Barack Obama and Biden back to the White House.
Clinton got the ball rolling, introducing Biden with a speech that reprised some of his lines from the Democratic National Convention last month while offering a new attack on Romney's claim in a campaign speech last week that automaker Chrysler was shutting down some North American operations to make its Jeep brand vehicles in China.
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Even Jeep said "that's the biggest load of bull in the world that they would ever shut down American operations," Clinton said. An earlier statement from Chrysler said the company "has no intention of shifting production of its Jeep models out of North America to China," but is "simply reviewing the opportunities to return Jeep output to China for the world's largest auto market."
Clinton said Obama told him the Jeep claim "hurt my feelings," because the first new car Obama ever owned was a Jeep.
Clinton also said Romney's $5 trillion tax cut proposal "makes George W. Bush look like a piker." Bush "must have been asleep at the switch, to only add $1 trillion" to the federal deficit, Clinton said. The Romney campaign has also been critical of Obama for his handling of deficit spending.
Clinton called Romney 's tax-and-spending plan, which lacks many specifics, a "hide-and-seek budget": and said Romney "ties himself in more knots than a Boy Scout does in a knot-tying contest" on the auto bailout and other issues.
Not to be outdone, Biden said Romney's claims about the auto industry were "bizarre,'" adding: "This guy pirouettes more than a ballerina."
Biden told about 4,800 people at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown that it was something of a turnaround for him to be introduced by Clinton, since he had often introduced Clinton when Biden was in the Senate and Clinton was serving two terms as president.
The 69-year-old Biden called it a pleasure to work with the 66-year-old Clinton, then and now.
Thelast time he spoke ahead of Clinton was at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, when Biden spoke before Clinton's prime-time address. Clinton spoke in a time slot normally reserved for the vice president.
Biden was a fill-in for Obama, who canceled scheduled appearances with Clinton Monday in Florida and Ohio because of Hurricane Sandy.
The Obama campaign announced shortly after the Youngstown event that Biden was canceling scheduled stops Tuesday elsewhere in Ohio, as well as an event scheduled for Thursday in his hometown of Scranton, Pa. Biden has two events in Florida scheduled for Wednesday.
Biden said in his remarks that he had been all over Ohio and enjoyed all of it, except when he returned to his hotel at night and saw Romney attack ads saying he will be tougher on China than Obama and Biden.
"As President Clinton said in a different context, that takes a lot of brass" Biden said.
Clinton, seated behind Biden on a tall stool, roared with laughter. At other points, Clinton clapped his hands, held his chin on his hand and pumped his fist as Biden spoke.
Picking up where Clinton left off, Biden said Romney's comments about Jeep moving jobs out of Ohio were offensive.
"I mean, what are you talking about? I have never seen anything like that. It's an absolutely patently false assertion," Biden said.
"Ladies and gentlemen, have they no shame? Romney will say anything — absolutely anything — to win," Biden said.
Ryan Williams, a spokesman for Romney, denied the allegations by Clinton and Biden.
"It appears the Obama campaign is less concerned with engaging in a meaningful conversation about President Obama's failed policies and more concerned with arguing against facts about their record they dislike. The American people will see their desperate arguments for what they are," Williams said.


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Wenas Wildlife Area Exploring Run (Sept 12th, 09)
Not much of a 4x4 area this time of year. Add rain or snow parts could get real challenging.
Wenas Wildlife Area Exploring Run
September 12th, 2009
On September 12th, 2009 we meet up at the Sheep Company Road entrance.
Only two rigs on this run, Craigen's and mine. CentalGrand rode shot-gun in my rig. My three little boys and puppy came too.
We use Bell Tel. Road to get up on Umtanum Ridge. We turned on Durr to drop off the North Slope.
Here is looking down toward Ellensburg.
At Umtanum Creek we stopped for a break.
We saw something standing on the ridge above us.
There were some goats looking down at us.
Odo trying to cross the water without falling in. Kind of in a strange way.
Trouble x 4.
After a short break we headed on up the ridge. The goats just watched up drive on by.
At the end of Durr Road we turned up the Ellensburg Pass.
A few miles down the gravel road we turned off onto Hanson Pond Road.
Hanson Pond.
We worked out way up Manastash Ridge to the observatory.
We lucked out that there was a guy there that offered us a tour of the observatory.
The basement area had bedrooms.
Heading upstairs to see the telescope.
This was upstairs.
There are rooms between floors.
Back on the bottom floor.
Our group of the day.
Looking at Mt. Rainier from the Manastash Ridge Observatory.
Looking back at the towers on Durr road we had pasted earlier.
We turned on Mud Flats Road and headed down to the North Fork Wenas Road.
After getting on the pavement I started looking for a Green Dot to take us back up onto Umtanum Ridge.
Later I found out I missed the first Green Dot road which I though was this one. This was is call Black Canyon Road.
Here we found out this Green Dot road stops.
We headed on down North Fork Wenas Road toward Wenas Lake.
We turned off onto Hessier Flats Road.
We turned onto Kelley Hollow Road. At the top we stopped for a break.
Next we turned onto the Ridge Road and then back down Durr road to go back home.
This was a fun day thanks to the people who came.
Wenas Wildlife Area Exploring Run - Part II
September 13th, 2009
On September 13th, 2009 after the Jeeping Nomads 4x4 Swap meet in Yakima I came home to a hot house. I talked the wife into going for a drive in the 99 XJ that has air conditioning.
We headed out toward the end of the North Wenas Rd. to find the Green Dot road I missed the day before.
We found the entrance near the end of the pavement.
There was no big yellow sign like the other area.
On up around the bend there was a gate.
Working our way up the ridge we found this sign facing the way we just came from.
Up on top of the Umtanum Ridge we could see the Manastash Ridge Observatory.
Zoom in view.
Looking at the road ahead.
The view to the right, Cleman Mountain.
On up the road we found the top of Black Canyon. To bad the road did not still go through.
Up near Kelley Hollow Rd. we came up to the back side of a "No unauthorized vehicles" sign.
We were on the Green Dot road so the sign must have been for an old road across the brush.
We headed on. We dropped down Durr Rd. to the Sheep Company entrance and then headed home.
This was a fun trip. I would like to see this area with snow on it. It would be very challenging.
A special thanks to JayW and SuperGlock for the info on the road I could not find on the first day out.
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This chapter describes what you need to do before you can configure an lx branded zone on your x64 or x86 based system. This chapter also describes how to use the zonecfg command.
The following primary machine considerations are associated with the use of lx branded zones.
The machine must be either x64 or x86 based.
Sufficient disk space to hold the files that are unique within each lx zone must be available. The disk space requirements for an lx zone are determined by the size and number of RPMs, or Linux packages, that are installed.
The lx brand supports only the whole root model, so each installed zone will have its own copy of every file.
There are no limits on how much disk space can be consumed by a zone. The global administrator is responsible for space restriction. The global administrator must ensure that local storage is sufficient to hold a non-global zone's root file system. Given sufficient storage, even a small uniprocessor system can support a number of zones running simultaneously.
The following options can be used to restrict zone size:
You can place the zone on a lofi-mounted partition. This action will limit the amount of space consumed by the zone to that of the file used by lofi. For more information, see the lofiadm(1M) and lofi(7D) man pages.
You can use soft partitions to divide disk slices or logical volumes into partitions. You can use these partitions as zone roots, and thus limit per-zone disk consumption. The soft partition limit is 8192 partitions. For more information, see Chapter 12, Soft Partitions (Overview), in Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide.
You can use the standard partitions of a disk for zone roots, and thus limit per-zone disk consumption.
Each zone that requires network connectivity has one or more unique IP addresses. IPv4 addresses are supported. You must assign an IPv4 address for the zone. For more information, see Branded Zone Network Address. Optionally, you can also set the default router for the network interface as shown in How to Configure the lx Branded Zone.
The zonecfg command is used to:
Set the brand for the zone.
Create the configuration for the lx zone.
Verify the configuration to determine whether the specified resources and properties are legal and internally consistent on a hypothetical x86 or x64 based system.
Perform a brand-specific verification. The verification ensures the following:
The zone cannot have any inherited package directories, ZFS datasets, or added devices.
If the zone is configured to use audio, the specified devices (if any) must be none, default, or a single digit.
The check performed by the zonecfg verify command for a given configuration verifies the following:
Ensures that a zone path is specified
Ensures that all of the required properties for each resource are specified
Ensures that brand requirements are met
For more information about the zonecfg command, see the zonecfg(1M) man page.
This section covers the following components:
Zone resources and properties that can be configured using the zonecfg command
Resources included in the configuration by default
You must choose a name and a path for your zone.
The autoboot property setting determines whether the zone is automatically booted when the global zone is booted.
If you have configured resource pools on your system as described in Chapter 13, Creating and Administering Resource Pools (Tasks), you can use the pool property to associate the zone with one of the resource pools when you configure the zone.
If you do not have resource pools configured, you can still specify that a subset of the system's processors be dedicated to a non-global zone while it is running by using the dedicated-cpu resource. The system will dynamically create a temporary pool for use while the zone is running.
A zone configuration using a persistent pool set through the pool property is incompatible with a temporary pool configured through the dedicated-cpu resource. You can set only one of these two properties.
The dedicated-cpu resource specifies that a subset of the system's processors should be dedicated to a non-global zone while it is running. When the zone boots, the system will dynamically create a temporary pool for use while the zone is running.
The dedicated-cpu resource sets limits for ncpus, and optionally, importance.
Specify the number of CPUs or specify a range, such as 2–4 CPUs. If you specify a range because you want dynamic resource pool behavior, also do the following:
Set the importance property.
Enable the dynamic resource pool service as described in Enabling and Disabling the Pools Facility.
If you are using a CPU range to achieve dynamic behavior, also set the importance property, The importance property, which is optional, defines the relative importance of the pool. This property is only needed when you specify a range for ncpus and are using dynamic resource pools managed by poold. If poold is not running, then importance is ignored. If poold is running and importance is not set, importance defaults to 1. For more information, see pool.importance Property Constraint.
The cpu-shares rctl and the dedicated-cpu resource are incompatible.
The capped-cpu resource provides an absolute limit on the amount of CPU resources that can be consumed by a project or a zone. The capped-cpu resource has a single ncpus property that is a positive decimal with two digits to the right of the decimal. This property corresponds to units of CPUs. The resource does not accept a range. The resource does accept a decimal number. When specifying ncpus, a value of 1 means 100 percent of a CPU. A value of 1.25 means 125 percent, because 100 percent corresponds to one full CPU on the system.
The capped-cpu resource and the dedicated-cpu resource are incompatible.
You can use the fair share scheduler (FSS) to control the allocation of available CPU resources among zones, based on their importance. This importance is expressed by the number of shares of CPU resources that you assign to each zone.
When you explicitly set the cpu-shares property, the fair share scheduler (FSS) will be used as the scheduling class for that zone. However, the preferred way to use FSS in this case is to set FSS to be the system default scheduling class with the dispadmin command. That way, all zones will benefit from getting a fair share of the system CPU resources. If cpu-shares is not set for a zone, the zone will use the system default scheduling class. The following actions set the scheduling class for a zone:
You can use the scheduling-class property in zonecfg to set the scheduling class for the zone.
You can set the scheduling class for a zone through the resource pools facility. If the zone is associated with a pool that has its pool.scheduler property set to a valid scheduling class, then processes running in the zone run in that scheduling class by default. See Introduction to Resource Pools and How to Associate a Pool With a Scheduling Class.
If the cpu-shares rctl is set and FSS has not been set as the scheduling class for the zone through another action, zoneadmd sets the scheduling class to FSS when the zone boots.
If the scheduling class is not set through any other action, the zone inherits the system default scheduling class.
Note that you can use the priocntl described in the priocntl(1) man page to move running processes into a different scheduling class without changing the default scheduling class and rebooting.
The capped-memory resource sets limits for physical, swap, and locked memory. Each limit is optional, but at least one must be set.
Determine values for this resource if you plan to cap memory for the zone by using rcapd from the global zone. The physical property of the capped-memory resource is used by rcapd as the max-rss value for the zone.
The swap property of the capped-memory resource is the preferred way to set the zone.max-swap resource control.
The locked property of the capped-memory resource is the preferred way to set the zone.max-locked-memory resource control.
Applications generally do not lock significant amounts of memory, but you might decide to set locked memory if the zone's applications are known to lock memory. If zone trust is a concern, you can also consider setting the locked memory cap to 10 percent of the system's physical memory, or 10 percent of the zone's physical memory cap.
For more information, see Chapter 10, Physical Memory Control Using the Resource Capping Daemon (Overview), Chapter 11, Administering the Resource Capping Daemon (Tasks), and How to Configure the lx Branded Zone.
Only shared-IP network configurations are supported in an lx branded zone.
Each zone that requires network connectivity must have one or more dedicated IP addresses. These addresses are associated with logical network interfaces. Network interfaces configured by the zonecfg command will automatically be set up and placed in the zone when it is booted. Starting with the Solaris 10 10/08 release, optionally, you can also set the default router for the network interface through the defrouter property.
Generally, the file systems mounted in a zone include the following:
The set of file systems mounted when the virtual platform is initialized
The set of file systems mounted from within the zone itself
This can include, for example, the following file systems:
automount-triggered mounts
Mounts explicitly performed by a zone administrator
Certain restrictions are placed on mounts performed from within the application environment. These restrictions prevent the zone administrator from denying service to the rest of the system, or otherwise negatively impacting other zones.
There are security restrictions associated with mounting certain file systems from within a zone. Other file systems exhibit special behavior when mounted in a zone. See File Systems and Non-Global Zones for more information.
The preferred, simpler method for setting a zone-wide resource control is to use the property name instead of the rctl resource. These limits are specified for both the global and non-global zones.
The global administrator can also set privileged zone-wide resource controls for a zone by using the rctl resource.
Zone-wide resource controls limit the total resource usage of all process entities within a zone. These limits are specified for both the global and non-global zones by using the zonecfg command. For instructions, see How to Configure the lx Branded Zone.
The following resource controls are currently available:Table 32–1 Zone-Wide Resource Controls
Control Name
Global Property Name
Default Unit
Value Used For
In the Solaris 10 5/08 release, sets an absolute limit on the amount of CPU resources for this zone. A value of 100 means 100 percent of one CPU as the project.cpu-cap setting. A value of 125 is 125 percent, because 100 percent corresponds to one full CPU on the system when using CPU caps.
Quantity (number of CPUs)
Number of fair share scheduler (FSS) CPU shares for this zone
Quantity (shares)
Total amount of physical locked memory available to a zone.
Size (bytes)
locked property of capped-memory
Maximum number of LWPs simultaneously available to this zone
Quantity (LWPs)
Maximum number of message queue IDs allowed for this zone
Quantity (message queue IDs)
Maximum number of semaphore IDs allowed for this zone
Quantity (semaphore IDs)
Maximum number of shared memory IDs allowed for this zone
Quantity (shared memory IDs)
Total amount of System V shared memory allowed for this zone
Size (bytes)
Total amount of swap that can be consumed by user process address space mappings and tmpfs mounts for this zone.
Size (bytes)
swap property of capped-memory
The limitpriv property is used to specify a privilege mask other than the predefined default set. When a zone is booted, a default set of privileges is included in the brand configuration. These privileges are considered safe because they prevent a privileged process in the zone from affecting processes in other non-global zones on the system or in the global zone. You can use the limitpriv property to do the following:
Add to the default set of privileges, understanding that such changes might allow processes in one zone to affect processes in other zones by being able to control a global resource.
Remove from the default set of privileges, understanding that such changes might prevent some processes from operating correctly if they require those privileges to run.
There are a few privileges that cannot be removed from the zone's default privilege set, and there are also a few privileges that cannot be added to the set at this time.
For more information, see Privileges Defined in lx Branded Zones, Privileges in a Non-Global Zone and privileges(5).
You can use the attr resource type to enable access to an audio device present in the global zone. For instructions, see Step 12 of How to Configure, Verify, and Commit the lx Branded Zone.
You can also add a comment for a zone by using the attr resource type.
The devices supported by each zone are documented in the man pages and other documentation for that brand. The lx zone does not allow the addition of any unsupported or unrecognized devices. The framework detects any attempt to add an unsupported device. An error message is issued that indicates the zone configuration cannot be verified.
Note that access to an audio device running in the global zone can be added through the attr resource property as shown in Step 12 of How to Configure, Verify, and Commit the lx Branded Zone.
The file systems that are required for a branded zone are defined in the brand. You can add additional Solaris file systems to an lx branded zone by using the fs resource property as shown in Step 9 of How to Configure, Verify, and Commit the lx Branded Zone.
Adding local Linux file systems is not supported. You can NFS mount file systems from a Linux server.
Processes are restricted to a subset of privileges. Privilege restriction prevents a zone from performing operations that might affect other zones. The set of privileges limits the capabilities of privileged users within the zone.
Default, required default, optional, and prohibited privileges are defined by each brand. You can also add or remove certain privileges by using the limitpriv property as shown in Step 8 of How to Configure, Verify, and Commit the lx Branded Zone. The table Table 27–1 lists all of the Solaris privileges and the status of each privilege with respect to zones.
For more information about privileges, see the ppriv(1) man page and System Administration Guide: Security Services.
The zonecfg command, which is described in the zonecfg(1M) man page, is used to configure a zone. This command can also be used to persistently specify the resource management settings for the global zone.
The zonecfg command can be used in interactive mode, in command-line mode, or in command-file mode. The following operations can be performed using this command:
Create or delete (destroy) a zone configuration
Add resources to a particular configuration
Set properties for resources added to a configuration
Remove resources from a particular configuration
Query or verify a configuration
Commit to a configuration
Revert to a previous configuration
Rename a zone
Exit from a zonecfg session
The zonecfg prompt is of the following form:
When you are configuring a specific resource type, such as a file system, that resource type is also included in the prompt:
For more information, including procedures that show how to use the various zonecfg components described in this chapter, see How to Configure the lx Branded Zone.
The concept of a scope is used for the user interface. The scope can be either global or resource specific. The default scope is global.
In the global scope, the add subcommand and the select subcommand are used to select a specific resource. The scope then changes to that resource type.
For the add subcommand, the end or cancel subcommands are used to complete the resource specification.
For the select subcommand, the end or cancel subcommands are used to complete the resource modification.
The scope then reverts back to global.
Certain subcommands, such as add, remove, and set, have different semantics in each scope.
In interactive mode, the following subcommands are supported. For detailed information about semantics and options used with the subcommands, see the zonecfg(1M) man page for options. For any subcommand that could result in destructive actions or loss of work, the system requests user confirmation before proceeding. You can use the -F (force) option to bypass this confirmation.
Print general help, or display help about a given resource.
zonecfg:lx-zone:net> help
Begin configuring an in-memory configuration for the specified new branded zone.
With the -t template option, to create a configuration that is identical to the specified template. The zone name is changed from the template name to the new zone name. To create a Linux branded zone, use:
zonecfg:lx-zone> create -t SUNWlx
With the -b option, to create a blank configuration for which you can set the brand.
zonecfg:lx-zone> create -b zonecfg:lx-zone> set brand=lx
With the -F option, to overwrite an existing configuration.
Print the configuration to standard output, or to the output file specified, in a form that can be used in a command file.
In the global scope, add the specified resource type to the configuration.
In the resource scope, add a property of the given name with the given value.
See How to Configure the lx Branded Zone and the zonecfg(1M) man page for more information.
Set a given property name to the given property value. Note that some properties, such as zonepath, are global, while others are resource specific. Thus, this command is applicable in both the global and resource scopes.
Applicable only in the global scope. Select the resource of the given type that matches the given property name-property value pair criteria for modification. The scope is changed to that resource type. You must specify a sufficient number of property name-value pairs for the resource to be uniquely identified.
Clear the value for optional settings. Required settings cannot be cleared. However, some required settings can be changed by assigning a new value.
In the global scope, remove the specified resource type. You must specify a sufficient number of property name-value pairs for the resource type to be uniquely identified. If no property name-value pairs are specified, all instances will be removed. If more than one exists, a confirmation is required unless the -F option is used.
In the resource scope, remove the specified property name-property value from the current resource.
Applicable only in the resource scope. End the resource specification.
The zonecfg command then verifies that the current resource is fully specified.
If the resource is fully specified, it is added to the in-memory configuration and the scope will revert back to global.
If the specification is incomplete, the system displays an error message that describes what needs to be done.
Applicable only in the resource scope. End the resource specification and reset the scope to global. Any partially specified resources are not retained.
Destroy the specified configuration. Delete the configuration both from memory and from stable storage. You must use the -F (force) option with delete.
This action is instantaneous. No commit is required, and a deleted zone cannot be reverted.
Display information about the current configuration or the global resource properties zonepath, autoboot, and pool. If a resource type is specified, display information only about resources of that type. In the resource scope, this subcommand applies only to the resource being added or modified.
Verify current configuration for correctness. Ensure that all resources have all of their required properties specified.
Commit current configuration from memory to stable storage. Until the in-memory configuration is committed, changes can be removed with the revert subcommand. A configuration must be committed to be used by zoneadm. This operation is attempted automatically when you complete a zonecfg session. Because only a correct configuration can be committed, the commit operation automatically does a verify.
Revert configuration back to the last committed state.
Exit the zonecfg session. You can use the -F (force) option with exit.
A commit is automatically attempted if needed. Note that an EOF character can also be used to exit the session.
In command-file mode, input is taken from a file. The export subcommand described in zonecfg Interactive Mode is used to produce this file. The configuration can be printed to standard output, or the -f option can be used to specify an output file.
Zone configuration data consists of two kinds of entities: resources and properties. Each resource has a type, and each resource can also have a set of one or more properties. The properties have names and values. The set of properties is dependent on the resource type.
The resource and property types are described as follows:
The zone name identifies the zone to the configuration utility. The following rules apply to zone names:
Each zone must have a unique name.
A zone name is case-sensitive.
A zone name must begin with an alphanumeric character.
The name can contain alphanumeric characters, underbars (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).
The name cannot be longer than 64 characters.
The name global and all names beginning with SUNW are reserved and cannot be used.
The zonepath property is the path to the zone root. Each zone has a path to its root directory that is relative to the global zone's root directory. At installation time, the global zone directory is required to have restricted visibility. It must be owned by root with the mode 700.
The non-global zone's root path is one level lower. The zone's root directory has the same ownership and permissions as the root directory (/) in the global zone. The zone directory must be owned by root with the mode 755. These directories are created automatically with the correct permissions, and do not need to be verified by the zone administrator. This hierarchy ensures that unprivileged users in the global zone are prevented from traversing a non-global zone's file system.
zonecfg zonepath
Root of the zone
Devices created for the zone
See Traversing File Systems for a further discussion of this issue.
You can move a zone to another location on the same system by specifying a new, full zonepath with the move subcommand of zoneadm. See Solaris 10 11/06: Moving a Non-Global Zone for instructions.
If this property is set to true, the zone is automatically booted when the global zone is booted. Note that if the zones service, svc:/system/zones:default is disabled, the zone will not autoboot, regardless of the setting of this property. You can enable the zones service with the svcadm command described in the svcadm(1M) man page:
global# svcadm enable zones
This property is used to set a boot argument for the zone. The boot argument is applied unless overridden by the reboot, zoneadm boot, or zoneadm reboot commands. See Branded Zone Boot Arguments.
This property is used to associate the zone with a specific resource pool on the system. Multiple zones can share the resources of one pool. Also see Specifying the dedicated-cpu Resource.
This property is used to specify a privilege mask other than the default. See Privileges in a Non-Global Zone.
Privileges are added by specifying the privilege name, with or without the leading priv_. Privileges are excluded by preceding the name with a dash (-) or an exclamation mark (!). The privilege values are separated by commas and placed within quotation marks (").
As described in priv_str_to_set(3C), the special privilege sets of none, all, and basic expand to their normal definitions. Because zone configuration takes place from the global zone, the special privilege set zone cannot be used. Because a common use is to alter the default privilege set by adding or removing certain privileges, the special set default maps to the default, set of privileges. When default appears at the beginning of the limitpriv property, it expands to the default set.
The following entry adds the ability to set the system clock and removes the ability to send raw Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets:
global# zonecfg -z userzone zonecfg:userzone> set limitpriv="default,sys_time,!net_icmpaccess"
If the zone's privilege set contains a disallowed privilege, is missing a required privilege, or includes an unknown privilege, an attempt to verify, ready, or boot the zone will fail with an error message.
This property sets the scheduling class for the zone. See Scheduling Class in a Zone for additional information and tips.
This resource dedicates a subset of the system's processors to the zone while it is running. The dedicated-cpu resource provides limits for ncpus and, optionally, importance. For more information, seeSpecifying the dedicated-cpu Resource.
This resource groups the properties used when capping memory for the zone. The capped-memory resource provides limits for physical, swap, and locked memory. At least one of these properties must be specified.
Each zone can have various file systems that are mounted when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state. The file system resource specifies the path to the file system mount point. For more information about the use of file systems in zones, see File Systems and Non-Global Zones.
The network interface resource is the virtual interface name. Each zone can have network interfaces that should be set up when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state.
Only shared-IP network configurations are supported in an lx branded zone
The rctl resource is used for zone-wide resource controls. The controls are enabled when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state.
To configure zone-wide controls using the set global_property_name subcommand of zonefig instead of the rctl resource, see How to Configure the lx Branded Zone.
This generic attribute can be used for user comments or by other subsystems. The name property of an attr must begin with an alphanumeric character. The name property can contain alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), and periods (.). Attribute names beginning with zone. are reserved for use by the system.
Resources also have properties to configure. The following properties are associated with the resource types shown.
ncpus, importance
Specify the number of CPUs and, optionally, the relative importance of the pool. The following example specifies a CPU range for use by the zone my-zone. importance is also set.
zonecfg:my-zone> add dedicated-cpu zonecfg:my-zone:dedicated-cpu> set ncpus=1-3 zonecfg:my-zone:dedicated-cpu> set importance=2 zonecfg:my-zone:dedicated-cpu> end
Specify the number of CPUs. The following example specifies a CPU limit of 3.5 CPUs for use by the zone lx-zone.
zonecfg:lx-zone> add capped-cpu zonecfg:lx-zone:capped-cpu> set ncpus=3.5 zonecfg:lx-zone:capped-cpu> end
physical, swap, locked
This resource groups the properties used when capping memory for the zone. The following example specifies the memory limits for the zone my-zone. Each limit is optional, but at least one must be set.
zonecfg:my-zone> add capped-memory zonecfg:my-zone:capped-memory> set physical=50m zonecfg:my-zone:capped-memory> set swap=100m zonecfg:my-zone:capped-memory> set locked=30m zonecfg:my-zone:capped-memory> end
dir, special, raw, type, options
The lines in the following example add read-only access to CD or DVD media in a non-global zone. The file system is loopback mounted with the options ro,nodevices (read-only and no devices) in the non-global zone.
zonecfg:lx-zone> add fs zonecfg:lx-zone:fs> set dir=/cdrom zonecfg:lx-zone:fs> set special=/cdrom zonecfg:lx-zone:fs> set type=lofs zonecfg:lx-zone:fs> add options [ro,nodevices] zonecfg:lx-zone:fs> end
Note that section 1M man pages are available for mount options that are unique to a specific file system. The names of these man pages have the form mount_filesystem.
address, physical, defrouter,
In the following example, IP address 192.168.0.1 is added to a zone. A bge0 card is used for the physical interface, and the default router is set.
zonecfg:lx-zone> add net zonecfg:lx-zone:net> set address=192.168.0.1 zonecfg:lx-zone:net> set physical=bge0 zonecfg:lx-zone:net> set defrouter=10.0.0.1 zonecfg:lx-zone:net> end
To determine which physical interface to use, type ifconfig -a on your system. Each line of the output, other than loopback driver lines, begins with the name of a card installed on your system. Lines that contain LOOPBACK in the descriptions do not apply to cards.
name, value
Available zone-wide resource controls are described in Zone-Wide Resource Controls in an lx Branded Zone.
zonecfg:lx-zone> add rctl zonecfg:lx-zone:rctl> set name=zone.cpu-shares zonecfg:lx-zone:rctl> add value (priv=privileged,limit=10,action=none) zonecfg:lx-zone:rctl> end
zonecfg:lx-zone> add rctl zonecfg:lx-zone:rctl> set name=zone.max-lwps zonecfg:lx-zone:rctl> add value (priv=privileged,limit=100,action=deny) zonecfg:lx-zone:rctl> end
name, type, value
In the following example, a comment about a zone is added.
zonecfg:lx-zone> add attr zonecfg:lx-zone:attr> set name=comment zonecfg:lx-zone:attr> set type=string zonecfg:lx-zone:attr> set value="Production zone" zonecfg:lx-zone:attr> end
You can use the export subcommand to print a zone configuration to standard output. The configuration is saved in a form that can be used in a command file.


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Manel Rhaiem, a women in tech, from Tunisia, Manel joined the IT World since 2010, started as developer involved in Club of open source in her University focusing more in the web technologies. Helping always in organizations stuff, facilitating sessions and trying to improve more her Skills in Talks, Mozilla Representative since 2013 and Tech speaker recently, Helped in the RTL work for Firefox OS and mozilla.org project, contributed in QA for unit Test, automation Test and Integration Test, and now Contribution in connected devices program specially with haiku and metrics Team. you can read more about her experience in Mozilla here mermi.xyz <3 Love Mozilla <3
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Briefly inhaling cannabis three times a day eases a kind of chronic pain that affects tens of thousands of Canadians — without making them high — Montreal researchers are reporting.
The new study, the first clinical trial in the world to allow patients to take marijuana home with them and "self-dose," found that for people with neuropathic pain — a common and dreaded condition that causes electric, stabbing pain — smoking cannabis reduced pain, improved mood and helped them sleep.
Three different potencies (2.5 per cent, six per cent and 9.4 per cent) of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, were tested against a placebo, or "dummy" pot in 21 patients with neuropathic pain, none of whom had responded to standard treatments.
Participants inhaled a single dose through a pipe three times daily for five days, followed by a nine-day "washout" period. They were instructed to inhale for five seconds while the cannabis was lit, hold the smoke in their lungs for ten seconds, and then exhale.
Pain was measured on an 11- point scale ranging from "no pain" to "worst pain possible."
Patients reported less pain, better sleep and less anxiety when they were smoking the highest concentration of THC, compared with the placebo.
It wasn't a massive reduction in pain: The average daily pain intensity was 5.4 with 9.4 per cent THC, versus 6.1 with the placebo.
"But the patients that we were recruiting had to be patients that had tried and failed all other conventional treatments," said lead author Dr. Mark Ware, director of clinical research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit at the McGill University Health Centre.
Neuropathic pain — which is caused by damage to nerves — affects as much as two per cent of the population. The Montreal study involved patients with post-trauma or post-surgical pain — radiating pain from prolapsed discs, for example, or burning pain from an incision.
"Through no fault of the surgeon's, it's impossible to do an operation without cutting through some nerves," Ware said. "For some people, for some reason, even after the tissue has healed they have persistent pain at the site of the operation.
"All of these were very refractory, very difficult pain problems to resolve. Any improvement in pain was quite remarkable."
As many as 15 per cent of patients with chronic non-cancer pain and multiple sclerosis report using marijuana, and Ware said that when he asked his own pain patients, similar numbers reported using marijuana. "There clearly was an unmet need."
"We're not going to argue that smoked cannabis is the be-all and end-all of pain management," Ware said.
"It simply opens the door to the fact that cannabinoids may be an additional tool in the physician's tool box, along with other medications and other non-pharmacological approaches."
During the study, "psychoactive effects" were rare: After more than 1,000 different "administrations" of cannabis over the course of the study, people reported feeling "high" on only three occasions.
Ware said it's possible their plasma levels of THC didn't reach the levels found with recreational smokers. "Street users have access to cannabis that can be anywhere from 15 to 20 per cent THC."
An expert in pain relief at Oxford University said the study "adds to the trickle of evidence" that cannabis may help some patients struggling with chronic pain. Dr. Henry McQuay lauded the Montreal team for even taking on the study, "given that the regulatory hurdles for their trial must have been a nightmare."
Those hurdles included getting through ethics approval; setting up a ventilated room where patients could use the drug under supervision for the first dose; finding a safe, legal supply of cannabis that had well-controlled levels of THC (cannabis was obtained from Prairie Plant Systems Inc. in Saskatoon) and finding a believable placebo.
Ware ended up importing a THC-extracted cannabis from the U.S. National Institute of Drug Abuse. It still looked like cannabis. It just had no THC in it.
"These weren't experienced cannabis users," he said. "They didn't have a lot of prior expectations to go on."
Side effects increased as the THC dose increased. The most common included headache, dry eyes, dizziness, numbness and cough.
Some of the patients continued to use cannabis after the study was over.
"When we started the study there was no evidence this was effective," Ware. Three other trials have since been completed, two that were restricted to neuropathic pain in patients with HIV.
"Now it's clear that smoked cannabis does have analgesic properties," Ware said. "The question now is, where do we go with that?"
His team is just concluding another study on the long-term safety issues.
"Chronic pain isn't a life-threatening disorder," he said. "If patients use cannabis, they may use it for many years. We want to know what the long-term safety issues are. Are there other ways of administering this drug that doesn't require smoking?"
Some prescription sprays and medications are now available that contain cannabinoids. Cannabinoids bind to receptors in the brain that play a role in modulating pain.
The study, which appears in the latest issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, comes as more than 5,000 health professionals from across Canada and the world gather in Montreal this week for the 13th World Congress on Pain.
As of Aug. 6, 4,903 people in Canada had authorization to possess dried marijuana for medical reasons under the federal government's medical marijuana access program.


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A new campaign on crowd-funding site, IndieGogo, seems to be doing well. From March 19 until today (March 31), it has managed to raise $8,171 (US), which is eight times the original goal. What is this important project people are furiously throwing money at? It's none other than a creepy little camera device to take pictures of non-consenting adults (i.e. without their knowledge), who are more than likely in vulnerable positions!
Please welcome the Spy Cam Peek-I!
You know how you've always wanted to take pictures of people, but were afraid they'd get angry because you didn't ask their permission? What weirdos, amirite? Sheesh! All you want to do is take advantage of their current state, record it and do gods-know-what with your image of this stranger. Why are they being so paranoid? Do they think they're Edward Snowden or something?
Yes: apparently "discreet" is cool, not creepy or potentially harmful.
Let's examine what this item is doing exactly.
no one will ever know you were the ONE who took THAT picture or film THAT video!!! So do you feel like James Bond yet?
Sweet. It's not like people – particularly women – suffer massively from having pictures circulating the web, without their consent, potentially damaging their reputations, their loved ones and their lives because of aggressive ex's, stalkers, etc. Luckily, every person who takes a picture of a non-consenting person is a good-hearted, perfectly good individual – who knows exactly what will happen when he uploads those pics!
Good thing it can't be used to look at people entering passwords, pins, etc., too. Haha! No, it's good fun! Calm down.
Do I feel like James Bond? You mean like a creepy person who is aggressive toward women? YEAH, I DO! THANKS!
Make awesome shots of your friends, completely unaware that they were on camera!!!
I already hate it when they do that. Why would I be ok with them doing it with your invisible device? Why would they be ok with it? If you're saying I shouldn't care about my friends' feelings regarding photographs, then the problem is your device – not my respect for others' autonomy.
Don't scare your astonishing award winning picture away! Peek-I is there for you!
I assume you mean the target of your picture, not the picture itself. And that you might scare someone away is probably a reason to reconsider whether it's a good thing to take that picture. Oh, those pesky morals!
Surely, every one of you was in a situation where it would be nice to take a picture, but…
Not comfortable to do it!
Therefore, you pretend to do something on your device, and at the same time trying to capture the desired scene with device's camera.
And of course just because we want to do something, we should have all the tools available to do so. I really want every first edition of Dostoevsky: will someone start an Indiegogo campaign to give me the tools to break in to various museums and literary archives to obtain them? But… but why? I really want them! And apparently it's sufficient justification for people to make tools to see any desires met. Like taking picture of non-consenting others, for example!
Again: that people feel uncomfortable both taking pictures and, importantly, not wanting their picture taken is a sign maybe… maaaaaybe something is not right with the situation. Maybe the problem is your creepy desire, not the negation of it.
Only a few of us have the courage to openly take pictures of other people or objects, at times it's merely impossible.
Er, people seem very willing to ask others. There might be hesitation because of personalities and so on, but presumably you could just ask. If you can't ask, then that doesn't give you free licence to just take the picture.
You can also get great shots of weirdoes walking down the street right next to you, without them realizing what you are doing.
Yeah. Those damned "weirdoes" and their weirdness. Let's photograph and laugh at how stupid they look. There's absolutely nothing wrong with laughing at strangers, mocking them, sticking their face all over the Internet: it's not like they have feelings, loved ones, or careers. Nope: they're just there for us to laugh at. If they didn't want to be photographed, they should stop being weirdos!
And here comes the obvious one.
Want a picture of your secret crush? You can make that happen and your crush won't even think you are stalking him or her, because you will be looking in a different direction
Did you know creepy behaviour is negated by looking in another direction! Wow! That's amazing! Tell me more, Gandalf.
Just because you don't get caught doing a crime, doesn't mean you didn't still do a crime. Similarly, just because someone doesn't catch you being stalkerish and creepy doesn't mean you aren't. Indeed, a problem we have is that people refuse to believe they're capable of creepy, stalkerish, harassing behaviour. This seems particularly the case with men.
Also that's a helluva way to become "closer" to your crush (Indeed: I'm not sure such a person should be with a partner, if they treat people without regard to consent.)
Throughout the campaign page, they demonstrate exactly what you should and can use it for. I don't know about the legality of pictures, so have a look at my two screencaps on my Twitter page: here and here. The first shows the device being used to photograph down a woman's top; the second shows the device being used to capture a picture under the table, aimed at a woman's legs, while she's wearing a skirt.
OK. Let that sink in: on the page proudly promoting this device are two images showing exactly what you can do with it. I imagine that the majority of women would not be OK with having such pictures taken of them, without their consent. Or maybe I'm just a "weirdo" that should be photographed too?
But here comes the best part. After all this – all of this – comes this sentence:
If you want to take sneaky pictures of people without them knowing, this is the way to do it. Just don't be creepy about it.
Excuse me?
Just don't be creepy about it.
Just don't be creepy about it.
Just don't be creepy about it.
Just don't be creepy about it.
Just don't be creepy about it.
Just don't be creepy about it.
This… Ok. Wait. You're basically saying the following:
You've designed a device that is the epitome of creepiness but telling people not to be creepy or invasive? How? What?
Throughout this, I'm not asking for this device to be banned – I don't know what the ramifications will be. There is certainly an argument to be made if people/most likely women will be violated in their personal space. I can't see what good reason there is to own such a device beyond mere "fun". And yet such a minor benefit doesn't measure up against potential harms that could occur, considering that anyone can own these.
I don't know what the solution is. What I do know is that I want this device to have never existed; for such actions to not gain such support; for creepshots of women not to be part of advertising a device, without raising any concerns (for IndieGogo, commenters, etc.). I don't pretend to speak for anyone, least of all women. And I'm not against adults wanting sexy pictures to be taken, to have it distributed – but that can be done with full consent and acknowledgment of such people as persons and them willingly doing so. But we should not be so casual or dismissive of people's autonomy – especially when it comes to creating environment and scenarios where an invasion of privacy is treated as a joke and unimportant.
I apologise for frequent posts on sexism, but I they just seem to be in my radar. And I won't have only supporters of creepy devices having their voices heard when it comes to such actions, behaviours, attitudes and items.


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Brooklyn, NY, US
I just graduated from Pratt Institute with BID industrial design degree. Attending four year education of industrial design in Pratt Institute, I learned how I see objects from 3 dimensions, model making and computer software. My many projects which are comported from 3 dimensions sketches. Also I designed the chair which was very successful. At that time, I understood that I am really interested in furniture design. And my works gave me experiences of model making and computer software. All of my projects were done with good skilled model and nice rendering from computer software.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, US, Bachelors, Industrial design
Maker Faire 2012, Other
Selected "The Movement" musical instrument for exhibiting and playing
ICFF 2011 Pratt Institute + Cappellini, Other
Selected by Cappellini and Pratt Institute on Perpetual Motion section
Cappellini Furniture Finalist, Other
Selected by as Finalist for displaying on Cappellini show room