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In my latest for Big Think, I use the whole "Oprah denies atheism" affair as a jump off point to examine her larger and damaging approach to thinking.
I don't view all celebrity as bad. What I worry about is the uncritical or unthinking engagement so many have toward things they adore: From people to video games, nothing is sacred. That doesn't mean we can't be sensitive in how we criticise, of course, but neither does it mean our silence for fear of offence.
Celebrities can do good, of course. But we shouldn't be afraid of calling them out just because their platform is larger than ours or just because they've, perhaps, done good in the world. As I indicate, doing good in one area doesn't absolve you of wrong done elsewhere.
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Gary Allan Working on First New Album in Two Years
Good news for Gary Allan fans who have been burning holes into their copies of his last eight albums. New music is finally on its way, and it could be in your hands as soon as this year! Earlier this week (Feb. 27), Allan held a press conference in Nashville from his high-end mens clothing boutique, the Label, to discuss his year that he has mapped out thus far, including his headlining slot on the 2012 Country Throwdown Tour.
Of course, we couldn't let him get away without giving us something to look forward to -- and he delivered, promising a new full-length album. "I've recorded about a fourth of my new album, so we're in the middle of working on it now," Allan told Taste of Country. "I go in and track it at the end of this month with [my producer] Jay Joyce, [so] that'll be something new."
Allan has been taking some of the new tunes and working them into his live shows in recent months, not only to give fans something new, but to see the reaction to his new babies. It's all part of Allan's new-and-improved show that he has been delivering since the release of his 2010 album, 'Get Off on the Pain.'
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This is a seafood dish that can be thrown together quickly and yet tastes like you spent the entire afternoon in the kitchen. The briny, sweet flavor of the sea scallops is reinforced by the natural sweetness of the roasted red peppers that form the sauce. The scallops of pan seared for a couple minutes right after preparing the sauce and cooking the pasta resulting in a meal that can be prepared in thirty minutes.
Start with 1-1/2 to 2 pounds of sea scallops. Clean the scallops by removing the small, tough muscle found on one side of each scallop (see picture below). If you don't peel off this piece from the scallop, then you'll have an extremely tough and chewy piece attached to your tender scallops after cooking.
Now, assemble the rest of the ingredients. Core three red bell peppers. Cut them in half and press down flat (with the skin facing up) onto a sheet pan lined with aluminum foil. Also, gather together 8 oz. sour cream, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, and a little bit of lemon zest. I also reserved a few sprigs of parsley for garnishing.
Start bringing four quarts or more of water to a boil. While the water is coming to a boil, we'll roast the peppers.
In the past, we've roasted peppers on the grill, but, since it's winter, we'll roast them under the broiler in the oven. Place the sheet pan with the peppers on a rack in the highest position. If your rack doesn't reach high enough (the peppers should be within 2 inches of the broiler), invert another sheet pan and place that on the rack first to raise the level of the peppers. Broil until the surface of the peppers bubble and then turn black, about 15 minutes. Rotate the pan as necessary for even roasting.
After the peppers are done roasting, stack the peppers and fold the aluminum foil over to seal the peppers in and steam them. Steam the peppers for five to ten minutes before peeling the skins off.
Once the water comes to a boil, add a tablespoon of salt to the water along with a pound of fettucini. Remember to stir the fettucini when ever you get a chance to avoid clumping.
In a large skillet, melt 4 Tbs. butter over low heat, then turn up the heat to medium until the foaming subsides.
Once the butter is brown and smells rich and nutty, place a single layer of scallops on the skillet and allow them to sear for about 2 minutes. If your scallops are truly fresh, then they should sear beautifully without releasing moisture faster than it can evaporate. Unfortunately, most scallops sold in the supermarkets are presoaked in water to give them a more uniform look at the store (and to increase the weight of each scallop for better profits). To big downside to the soaked scallops is that they don't cook well. The water tends to run out of the scallop and we end up either steaming or braising the scallops. If this is happening, remove the scallops from the pan after the first side is done cooking and allow much of the moisture to boil off before returning the scallops to the pan (with the raw side down). Sear the uncooked side of the scallops another 2 minutes. Our objective is to have the scallop turn opaque on the two flat sides, but leave a translucent center - medium rare. If we cooked them any longer, the scallops would turn stringy and lose a little bit of their natural flavors.
While you are pan searing the scallops, remove the skin from the red peppers and place them in a bar blender. Blend until the red peppers have been fully pureed. Now add the sour cream, salt, cayenne pepper, parsley, and lemon zest. You can also add a squirt of lemon juice to heighten the flavors. Blend until fully integrated and set aside.
As soon as the pasta is cooked to al dente, ladle out a 1/4 cup of the pasta water into a bowl or cup. Pour the rest of the pasta water (and the pasta) into a colander and return the pasta to the pot. Toss the pasta with the reserved pasta water to help prevent excessive clumping. Serve the pasta with scallops and sauce spooned on top. If desired, garnish with a sprig of parsley and a couple wedges of lemon.
Pan Seared Scallops with Quick Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
(serves four)
Pan Seared Scallops
4 Tbs. (55 g) butter
sear 2 min.
flip, sear 2 min.
1-1/2 to 2 lb. (680 to 900 g) sea scallops
Quick Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
3 red bell peppers
8 oz. (230 g) sour cream
1/4 teaspoon (2 g) salt
1/4 teaspoon (0.5 g) cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon (4 g) chopped parsley
pinch of lemon zest
Copyright Michael Chu 2004
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:50 pm
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Do you think using canned roasted red peppers are acceptable? What style would be ideal?
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:50 pm
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Oof... never could bring myself to try molluscs. The red pepper sauce sounds good, though.
As far as roasted red peppers go, they're so easy to do, it's almost not worth the flavor you lose by buying water-packed ones. Once they're roasted, the skin pretty much peels off effortlessly.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:51 pm
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re: canned red peppers
It is possible to use canned red peppers. Make sure you drain them so you don't introduce additional water into the sauce. You might need to augment the flavor of the sauce with additional spices.
You can also roast a bunch of red peppers (when they go on sale) and then freeze them for use later after removing the skin and sealing in freezer bags.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:51 pm
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I love your blog Michael. I read it every day. Keep up the great work! Also, the photographs are excellent. I think you mentioned it as one of your other hobbies and I'm slowly (haven't had much time to invest it in as I have with food and computers) getting into that as well.
Just today I was saying to myself, "wow, a lot of the photos on this site are very well composed and a good number of them look like professional food photography." Today's scallop photos are a great example of that in my opinion. Nice looking photos.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:52 pm
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Hi Michael, thanks for this post. I've been wanting to cook seared scallops for a while now. The red pepper sauce looks really good!
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:52 pm
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The idea of roasting the peppers on foil and then steaming them in it is ingenious. Every other recipe for RRP has you roasting right on the pan and then steaming in a paper or plastic bag. The problem is you end up having to scrape hot peppers off the tray and trying to get them into the bag before they cool too much.
Your way makes so much sense. Thanks.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:53 pm
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I found your site today while researching Google for "professional food photography" and was so impressed with the recipe that I put our 18 month old son in the radio flyer wagon and pulled him to the store to buy fresh scallops for dinner tonight. It was so delicious! The roasted red pepper sauce was sweeter than I anticipated and I don't think I waited long enough for the pan to get sufficiently hot to brown the scallops as much as you did, but we really enjoyed it.
Thank you for sharing,
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:53 pm
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I loved your web page and thought the photos were great, it inspired me to cook for this evenings dinner. I will be using a jar of marinated red peppers as I dont have time to shop, so hopefully it will be tasty. Thanks
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:43 am
Post subject: method without an oven
if you don't have an oven (rare here in korea), do you think it would work to just roast the peppers directly on a gas burner and then steam them briefly in a steamer set up (bamboo or otherwise) before peeling off the skins and continuing your recipe?
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:51 am
Post subject: Re: method without an oven
nondescriptboy wrote:
if you don't have an oven (rare here in korea), do you think it would work to just roast the peppers directly on a gas burner and then steam them briefly in a steamer set up (bamboo or otherwise) before peeling off the skins and continuing your recipe?
Yep, you can roast them over the burner and then toss them into a paper bag or something else you can seal them in to self steam.
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:33 pm
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Great photos. Sounds good. Those muscles you remove before cooking are really a treat raw as a snack while making the peppers.. They are not tough before they are cooked. Only eat them if you are sure the scallops are fresh (not a bad way to check for freshness). Day scallops also are better for browning.
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 10:17 pm
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I put my Red Peppers in a toaster oven on broil came out great quick and easy.
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:49 am
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I used a jar of roasted red peppers with oregano and garlic. I drained them well to keep it from getting too runny. It worked well and tasted great. The extra spices in the peppers added some nice flavor.
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:18 am
Post subject: Well done?
After being inspired by reading this recipe, I have been watching and waiting for scallops to go on sale at the super market. So far, I have made pan seared scallops twice.
I think I really needed to cook the scallops a lot longer the first time I tried this because I didn't think medium-rare scallops were that great. The second time I did this, I cooked them pretty much all the way through and I thought it was awesome! I guess I prefer scallops well done.
By the way, the red pepper sauce is awesome too!
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This soup is pure, unadulterated mushroom goodness and goodness is the perfect word to describe this soup. Since it's pureed, it's creamy as hell, yet, if you can believe it, has no cream, milk and only 2 tbsn. of olive oil! The addition of 1 single potato makes it thick and luxurious and it really is magical. If you love mushrooms, this soup is for you. It's pure mushroom flavor and super easy to make.


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Loophole is setting convicted military rapists free; Congressman introduces bill to close it
Critics say a loophole in the military justice system is allowing service members convicted of sexual assaults to have those convictions overturned.
A congressman is now hoping to close that loophole, and he's getting help from an Air Force veteran who survived an attack by one of her instructors.
Harmony Allen joined the Air Force at 19. Three months after enlisting, while she was training as a radiology technician, one of her instructors, Master Sgt. Richard Collins, brutally raped her.
That was in 2000. It wasn't until 2014 that Allen reported her rapist's identity to military officials.
"The PTSD didn't go away. It only got worse," Allen said. "It just ate at me. And then having a daughter, the fear was even worse."
In 2017, a military court found Collins guilty of rape and sentenced him to 16 and a half years in prison.
But he was released after serving just two years due to a decision by the top U.S. military appeals court last year.
When Allen was raped in August 2000, it was believed there was no statute of limitations for military sexual assaults. If there was enough evidence to convict, the verdict would stick, years or even decades later.
That changed in February 2018, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces found that only a five-year statute of limitations applied to sexual assaults that occurred between 1986 and 2006.
Because Allen was raped in 2000 and Collins was not convicted until 2017, he successfully appealed his guilty verdict under the new ruling.
"There was hard evidence," Allen said. "There were witnesses. There was the nurse who did the same exam, who said that out of 15 years she still remembered my case. Because I was the only case that after she did the rape kit, she had to send on to a trauma center for the beating that I took during the rape."
Today, Collins is a free man. His lawyer declined to comment for this story.
"Why would they free a convicted rapist who can do it again?" Allen said. "And I feel scared for myself and my family. Is he going to come after me for the years that he did serve?"
Allen said after Collins' conviction was dismissed, she received a letter from the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The correspondence acknowledged the "damage" that had been done to her and her family. It read, in part: "Please know that I am sincerely sorry for everything that happened to you while you were on active duty."
Republican Rep. Brian Mast of Florida – a combat veteran and Allen's representative in Congress – has introduced a bill in her name to close the statute of limitations loophole for rape and sexual assault in the military prior to 2006.
Harmony's Law has 16 co-sponsors so far – nine Republicans and seven Democrats.
This effort comes as a new report from the Pentagon shows sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by nearly 40 percent from 2016 to 2018.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan recently announced that the military justice system will now treat sexual harassment as a standalone crime. The Department of Defense views sexual harassment as a significant predictor of sexual assault.
"People that are entering the military or are currently serving in the military, they have to know that it's a justice-for-all system," Mast said. "And they have to know that there's zero tolerance for any actions like this: rape, sexual assault, inappropriate behavior like that of any kind."


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This tutorial will introduce the concept Linear Independence. It will also briefly introduce Matroid Theory, which branches into the realms of graph theory and abstract algebra as well.
In Graph Theory, Abstract Algebra, and Linear Algebra, there is a concept known as (in)dependence. The idea behind independence is if a structure is acyclic. In Graph Theory, that is pretty easy to see. Any forest or tree is independent, as they are acyclic. Another way to look at independence from a Graph Theory perspective is that there exists a unique path between two vertices. If there is a cycle, there are at least two paths between two vertices. Consider the trivial cycle C3 with vertices labeled A, B, and C. From vertex A-C, there are two paths: A-C and A-B-C. There are two paths from A-B and B-C as well. Consider the examples below of independent and dependent graphs. It is clear that the first graph is independent, as it has no cycles. The second graph is dependent, as it contains a cycle as a subgraph. The last graph is a circuit itself, so it is clearly dependent.
Let's now discuss Linear Independence, which is what pertains to Linear Algebra. A set of vectors (set S) is defined to be linearly independent when no vector in the set can be formed from a linear combination of the other vectors. Another way to describe linear independence is in terms of span. So if S is linearly independent, then all the vectors in span(S) (the span of S is the set of all vectors formed from linear combinations of the vectors in S) are formed from a unique linear combination of the vectors in S. A set of vectors that is not linearly independent is called linearly dependent.
This concept of linear independence is a little abstract, so let's decompose it. Consider the following vector sets:
- S = {(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6)}: Here, S is linearly independent. There is no way to form (4, 5, 6) from multiples of (1, 2, 3).
- S = {(1, 2, 3), (2, 4, 6), (3, 4, 5)}: Here S is linearly dependent. It is clear that (2, 4, 6) = 2(1, 2, 3) + 0(3, 4, 5), so a vector in S is formed from a linear combination of the other two vectors.
Let's back up and revisit the graph theory intuition. A structure is graphically independent if there exists a unique path for all pairs of vertices. Regarding linear independence, if there is a unique linear combination for each vector in span(S), that could be thought of as a unique path. Similarly, if S is linearly dependent, then the linear combination to form an arbitrary vector v in S could be substituted in for v to create two linear combinations. Thus, there are two paths to the same end result.
It is easy for small sets to determine independence. It gets trickier to eyeball and construct linear combinations for larger vector sets, especially when the Vector Space is bigger than a 2-3 dimensions. Let's talk about some heuristics to use:
- The Multiples Test: If there are two vectors in the set, a and b, such that ka = b, for some constant k, then the set of vectors is linearly dependent.
- Determinant Test: If the Vector Space is of dimension n and |S| = n, then the determinant test can be used. Consider a matrix M whose column vectors are the vectors in S. The set S is linearly independent if and only if det(M) != 0.
- Dimension Test: If the Vector Space is of dimension n and |S| > n, then S is linearly dependent. Let's explore the intuition behind this a little more. If there are n dimensions, then there are n independent coordinate axes. So a subset of independent axes (or vectors) is independent. However, any extra axes produce a dependence. It isn't necessary to have two y-axes when only one will do.
- Linear Combinations Test: When all else fails, this is a good test to fall back on. Row reduction can help expedite the process. Consider a matrix M whose column vectors are the vectors in S. If |S| = n and there are n distinct vectors that will satisfy the equation Mx = 0, where x and 0 are vectors, then S is linearly independent. Otherwise, S is linearly dependent.
Introduction to Matroid Theory
Matroids are structures that encapsulate this concept of independence found in graph theory, abstract algebra, and linear algebra. A Matroid is constructed from a ground set G. From this ground set, a second set I is constructed that contains all the independent subsets of the ground set. Thus, if the ground set is independent, then the I = P(G), where P(G) is the power set of G.
Matroids allow for isomorphisms between Linear Algebra and Graph Theory. When dealing with Graphs, Matroids are constructed from the edge sets. Thus, the intuition developed above regarding graph theory and independence is more than just intuition. Matroids are a tool to answer graph questions using linear algebra, and linear algebra questions using graph theory. Some of these applications include path finding, matchings, scheduling, spanning trees, and planarity.
Matroids have three fundamental properties or axioms. This first property states that no subset of a circuit is a circuit. Think about it this way. If a set of vectors is linearly independent, that means that no vector in the set can be formed from a linear combination of the other vectors. So removing a vector from the set won't change this fact. From a graph theory perspective, a circuit is formed by adding edges, not removing them. Thus, this first property makes sense.
The second property states that the null set is independent, which follows from the first property. The null set has no elements; thus, no circuits.
The final property states that all maximally independent subsets of the ground set all have the same cardinality. Consider the graph Cn. Clearly, removing one edge from the graph leaves a spanning tree, which is independent. Any arbitrary edge can be removed for the same result- a maximally independent subgraph. The same argument can be made for a set of Vectors.
I hope that this tutorial has been helpful in introducing the concept of Linear Independence. The introduction of Matroids is but the beginning of where Linear Algebra overlaps with Graph Theory. There will be future tutorials on Algebraic Graph Theory, which utilizes Linear Algebra to analyze graphs.


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Betty White has received golden news – her new sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" has been picked up for a second season.
TV Land gave the OK to film 20 new episodes of the "Golden Girls" actress' new project less than one month through the show's first season, UsMagazine.com reported.
The comedy, which co-stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendi Malick as best friends who've relocated to Cleveland and are living under one roof with White as the caretaker, is TV Land's first original scripted program.
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Earlier this week, the "Hot in Cleveland" gals released a special promo segment in the hopes of persuading star Cleveland Cavaliers guard LeBron James to remain in the city.
White, 88, has received a career renaissance in recent months, following a well-received Snickers Super Bowl commercial and star turn on "SNL," the May appearance itself the culmination of a Facebook campaign.
In other White news, The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the actress is set to appear in her own 2011 calendar opposite a group of shirtless men.
Proceeds from the $12.99 "Betty White Calendar" are set to go to the Morris Animal Foundation, according to the AP.


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Sarah Knox Taylor (March 6, 1814 – September 15, 1835) was the daughter of Zachary Taylor, who was a career military officer during her life and later became President of the United States. She met Jefferson Davis when living with her father and family at Fort Crawford during the Black Hawk War. They married in 1835 and she died three months later of malaria.
Margaret Mackall (Smith) and Zachary Taylor had three daughters and one son. Sarah Knox Taylor was their second child and spent some years growing up in military installations. Her father became a general and commanded forts; her mother provided most of her education. Sarah was given the nickname "Knoxie", which originated from her middle name and from Fort Knox II in Vincennes, Indiana, where she was born. In the early 1830s, her father commanded Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and was involved in waging the Black Hawk War. His wife and children were living there with him.
At age 17, Sarah fell in love with Jefferson Davis, a recent graduate of the United States Military Academy and a lieutenant, who was second to General Taylor at the fort. Davis was transferred toSt. Louis in 1833, yet managed to keep in contact with the woman whom he wished to marry. Taylor admired Davis for his soldiering skills, but opposed the romantic match. The Taylors' older daughter had already married Army surgeon Robert C. Wood, and they were raising three young children in a desolate frontier outpost. Together with their own experience, the Taylors felt that the military life was too hard and did not want Sarah to be an Army wife.
Davis resigned from the Army, perhaps to respond to Taylor's objection, and returned to Mississippi to develop his plantation next to Hurricane Plantation, owned by his older brother Joseph Emory Davis. Joseph gave Jefferson the land, called Brierfield because it was largely covered with brush and briers.[2]
He and Sarah Knox Taylor married on June 17, 1835 at the home of her aunt, near Louisville, Kentucky.[3] Both of the newlyweds contracted malaria on a summer visit to Davis' sister in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Sarah Taylor Davis died of it three months later, still at his sister's home.[4]
Taylor is buried along with other members of Jefferson Davis' family in the cemetery located on the former site of the Locust Grove Plantation. The cemetery has been preserved by the state and is now known as the Locust Grove State Historic Site.
Davis was devastated by the death of his young wife, as were her parents. Her death caused years of ill will between Davis and Zachary Taylor; he and his wife felt that Davis should have known better than to go to St. Francisville in the fever season. The men met by chance in 1845 on a Mississippi steamboat and achieved some reconciliation.[6]
After recovering from malaria, seeking respite from the loss of his wife, Davis sailed to Havana, Cuba, and then to New York City. In 1836, he returned to his Brierfield Plantation in Warren County, Mississippi, to take up cotton cultivation. After being reclusive for years, he gradually became active in politics. He remarried in 1845 and had six children. He served in Congress and was elected as President of the Confederate States of America after secession in 1861.
When Jefferson Davis married Varina Banks Howell on February 26, 1845, he insisted that the newlywed couple visit Sarah's grave during their honeymoon.
Davis served as Colonel under the command of General Zachary Taylor in the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican-American War in 1847


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After months of waiting, Atlanta finally got some Nub love this weekend. On Friday, Sam Leccia, one-time Oliva cigar rep and brains behind the new Nub cigar line, loaded up the Nub Mini Cooper and drove into Georgia. His destination was La Casa Del Tobacco in Buckhead which locals may know by previous incarnations as "Georgia Cigar" or "Cigar World".
Nub Mini Cooper
In case you haven't heard about the Nub cigar yet, here's a quick explanation of these unusual looking stubby smokes. The theory is that these chubby four inch cigars capture "the sweet spot" of the tobacco, which they say generally begins around the 3 1/2 to 4 inch point on a normal cigar. At the same time the larger than normal girth of the stick gives you the same quantity of tobacco as a much longer cigar and keeps the cigar cool at the same time. So in theory, you're doubling up on the best part of the cigar.
Nate and Eddy
In the months between the announcement of the Nub and it's arrival in Atlanta, I had plenty of opportunity to talk with people about both the concept behind the cigar and the cigar itself. As you might expect, early on the buzz was huge. People who had only just seen pictures and a read a quick blurb about the cigar were asking if they could buy boxes of them. But then as time wore on, I started to notice more an more skepticism. Some of it made sense, and some of it just seemed like the natural backlash against the initial feeding frenzy.
Nub Connecticuts
And then a month or so back I finally got my hands on a sampler. I'll be honest, they weren't that impressive. The Cameroon had a flaky ash and none of the Cameroon flavor I so enjoy. The Connecticut and the Habano had a better ashes, but the cigars seem to have no soul. Where was this "sweet spot" flavor I heard so much about?
So it was with a healthy dose of skepticism that I headed over to the event. I knew it would be a great time, but I had serious doubts as to whether I'd enjoy the cigars. After taking a quick moment to check out the Mini Cooper and say hi to some of the folks, I picked up a few to smoke there at shop. I decided to start with the Cameroon, both because it because it had been the poorest performing before, and because, oddly to me, Nate, the local Oliva rep who joined Sam on this leg of the journey, said it was probably his favorite.
Nub Mini Cooper
I quickly lit it up, and noticed something I hadn't before. Flavor. This cigar had a very pronounced and very enjoyable Cameroon flavor! Hey, this was great, what's the deal? So I asked Nate. He told me that some of the early sampler cigars were rushed a bit, and that he had actually had the same experience.
Nub Cameroon Ash Stand
So with a tasty cigar in hand and drink in hand, I sat back and watched the Sammy the Roller show, starring Sam Leccia, a pile of tobacco and the cool rolling table Walt White made for him. It wasn't like touring a cigar factory, watching torcedors (or tabaqueros) pounding out cigar after cigar. This was more like "cigar hacking." And I mean "hacking" in a good sense. Sam was creating little Nub masterpieces by stealing wrappers from other cigars to create double wraps, triple wraps, pipe shaped cigars and even more interesting wrapper combinations.
Sam Leccia Rolling Another Special Edition
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And then it got even more interesting. Sam turned the table on us literally and had a number of us roll our own cigar. Yes, I'm happy to say that I tried my hand at making a cigar. After 20 or 30 minutes of applying and re-applying the habano wrapper (and pained grimaces from Sam), I succeeded in making a Nub Habano "gummy bear." Let's just say it had the shape of a cigar, with the gooey, vegetable-gluey consistency of a pudding.
Brian Rolling: More Idiot Than Savant
Finally, the evening was winding down. I opted to buy a mixed box of Nub torpedos, now that I found myself enjoying them. (Interestingly, I found myself enjoying the Connecticut and Cameroon more than the Serie V-esque Habano) And I wanted my shot at winning the Mini Cooper. A name was called for the Mini Cooper finalist and it wasn't mine. But hey, I walked out of there happy, with a box of good cigars and a free t-shirt. And the knowledge that I won't be rolling cigars for a living any time soon.
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One of the biggest changes in golf equipment in recent years has been the switch from long irons (#s 2-4) to the hybrid clubs. Technological changes in both clubs and balls made this come about, and almost by necessity.
For one, the advent of the longer, low-spin golf balls of today has made long iron shots really only feasible for players with extreme club head speed. Meanwhile, advanced club making technology has led to the development of wide variety of hybrid clubs that allow the casual player to get distance and loft from these shots when they need it. The great long iron players of the past like Jim Barnes and Sam Snead -- who carried driving irons, cleeks and midirons -- could hit both the low-running long iron (especially necessary on links-style courses) and a high trajectory shot which landed softly. The wound ball of that era had the spin rate to allow both types of shots. The multi-layered ball of today has a much lower spin rate, so the high-lofted long iron shot has effectively become a thing of the past for the casual player. To replace it, hybrid club makers moved the center of gravity of the club back and down from the face of the club, so shots are launched at a higher angle with less spin. This allows for shots that carry a greater distance but roll less. This type of club works much better for people with slower swing speeds than the hard to hit and control long iron.
The down side to hybrids, however, is that these clubs are not as effective in hitting lower, more boring shots that have the ability to roll a long way, such as the shots that Tiger Woods has played repeatedly off the tee on his way to winning several of his British Open Championships. The swing used with the hybrids is different than with the long irons. Typically the ball position is toward the front foot and the swing path is a shallow, sweeping motion, similar to a fairway wood. Then the ball is struck like a fairway wood with no divot.
Hybrids today come in many different shapes and lofts. But even if you decide to add several to your set make up, still allow your irons to be part of your arsenal of shot-to-green club choices. In any matters of equipment, remember that it will truly pay off to consult your PGA Professional first. He or she has the trained expertise to help you not only decide which clubs best fit your game, but also to work with you on the types of swings you will need to make with each new club you add to your set. With hybrids in particular, many people have made the mistake of expecting magical results based on the "easier-to-hit" promise, only to come away disappointed because they are not making the necessary swing adjustments.
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The True Man
At the time of America's founding, its justice system adopted the "duty to retreat", a longstanding doctrine in the English common law. This duty to retreat represented a desire to keep violence from escalating. Noted British jurist Sir William Blackstone recognized that the law could, at its best, serve as a kind of moral ideal. With respect to violence, then, it could not equivocate. On retreat, Blackstone wrote, "[A man using violence] in his own defense, should have retreated as far as he conveniently or safely can, to avoid the violence of the assault, before he turns upon his assailant . . . from a real tenderness of shedding his brother's blood."
In the nineteenth century, the "True Man" doctrine emerged in American common law in stark contrast to our inherited duty to retreat. A true man never backs down or flees from a fight. The American justice system began chiseling away at the duty to retreat in the nineteenth century, at first in courts in the west and then more broadly across the nation. Historians like Richard Maxwell Brown and Garrett Epps have detailed how the right to stand one's ground solidified into precedent by the turn of the twentieth century. In 1895, the Supreme Court took up the cause of the true man in Beard v. United States. The Court held that "[i]f the accused did not provoke the assault and had at the time reasonable grounds to believe, and in good faith believed that the deceased intended to take his life, or do him great bodily harm, he was not obliged to retreat . . . ."
In subsequent decisions, the "Castle Doctrine," which was a time-honored exception to the duty to retreat in defense of one's own home, expanded into a new regime, in which those castle walls extended potentially to the very edges of the universe.
The introduction of stand your ground statutes did not represent a sea change in American law, despite the great deal of attention such statutes receive, particularly in light of the Zimmerman case. In many states without such laws, the common law true man doctrine already excuses those who refuse to retreat. The innovation in stand your ground laws consists in their deterrent effect against prosecutors. Such laws require that prosecutors prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self-defense. By handcuffing the handcuffers, the statutes threaten to fill our streets with killers. Predictably, the successful use of the justifiable homicide defense has skyrocketed in Florida.
Ultimately, because such laws excuse those who meet violence with the same, they essentially emasculate those who shy away. Any man who flees from violence has only his cowardice to blame. They can no longer claim that but for the law they would have stood their ground. Lawmakers and citizens who take up the cause of codifying the violent norms of masculinity have blood on their hands.


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Of the two types of Corgi, the Cardigan is thought to be the older. The word Corgi is thought to be rooted in the Celtic 'cor' meaning dwarf and 'gi' – dog. They are both short legged which equips them well for the job of driving livestock forward.
The Cardigan has always been undocked, and was once known affectionately as the Yard Dog (Ci Llatharid), because the measurement from his nose to the end of his tail was a Welsh yard (102 cm/40 in). He is the longer bodied of the two breeds and his front legs are slightly bowed.
The two breeds have traditionally been used as heelers, driving cattle by day and guarding them at night. At one time the Cardigan and the Pembroke were allowed to interbreed freely but in 1934 the Kennel Club recognised them as two separate breeds.
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The Pastoral Group consists of herding dogs that are associated with working cattle, sheep, reindeer and other cloven footed animals.
Usually this type of dog has a weatherproof double coat to protect it from the elements when working in severe conditions. Breeds such as the Collie family, Old English Sheepdogs and Samoyeds who have been herding reindeer for centuries are but a few included in this group.
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Screenwriter Richard Curtis — who directed Love Actually and penned the beautiful and heartbreaking Doctor Who episode "Vincent and the Doctor," Notting Hill, and Four Weddings and A Funeral — is finally giving us more science fiction. Curtis is currently writing (and planning to direct) his own time-travel feature film, which will shoot sometime this year.
The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Curtis is behind the dramedy About Time. While there's still no news on the movie's plot, we're fairly certain that Curtis' name will bring in some amazing actors. Even though Pirate Radio was a flop, it's just one flick in a mountain of superior screenplays and one holiday staple. Fingers crossed for a giant ensemble cast with appearances from Martin Freeman and Hugh Grant.


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Sticky lemon chicken
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- Healthy
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- kcal193
- fat4g
- saturates1g
- carbs6g
- sugars4g
- fibre0g
- protein33g
- salt0.83g
- 4 chicken breast fillets with skin, about 150g/5oz each
While it's the traditional Christmas bird, turkey is good to eat all year round, though…
- 1 large lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves or a generous sprinkling of dried
This popular herb grows in Europe, especially the Mediterranean, and is a member of the mint…
- 1½ tbsp clear honey
Honey is made by bees from the nectar they collect from flowers. Viscous and fragrant, it's…
Preheat the grill to high and lightly oil a shallow heatproof dish. Put the chicken in the dish, skin side down, and season with salt and pepper. Grill for 5 minutes. While the chicken is grilling, cut four thin slices from the lemon.
Turn the chicken fillets over and put a slice of lemon on top of each one. Sprinkle over the thyme and a little more seasoning, then drizzle with the honey. Squeeze over the juice from the remaining lemon and spoon round 2 tbsp water. Return to the grill for 10 minutes more, until the chicken is golden and cooked all the way through. Serve the chicken and the sticky juices with rice or potatoes and a green veg – broccoli or leeks are good.


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Chapter: I-2-1
Subject: Prehearing Analysis and Case Workup
This transmittal amends the Hearings, Appeals and Litigation Law (HALLEX) manual Chapter I-2-1 to update and clarify processes when an administrative law judge (ALJ) may seek clarification of an Appeals Council (AC) remand order. We modified our procedures to allow an ALJ to submit a clarification request at any time before a supplemental hearing is held.
This transmittal revises I-2-1-85 to update and clarify when it is appropriate for an ALJ to request clarification of an AC remand order. Although we did not make changes to the existing criteria, we added examples to clarify that the criteria is broader than is generally understood. We made minor changes to the procedures and removed the time period in which the request must be made, so long as a new hearing has not been held. We also made significant organizational and editorial revisions.
I-2-1-85 A. — We moved the information regarding valid and invalid clarification requests currently in subsection A to subsection B, and we added a brief general summary that more accurately reflects the intent of the subsection. We also added a NOTE clarifying when the AC will not vacate a remand order.
I-2-1-85 B. — We added a new subsection B to clarify when a clarification request may be appropriate. Using the existing criteria, we provided illustrative examples of when clarification may or may not be appropriate. Additionally, we added two NOTEs to clarify when the ALJ may not request clarification based on a supposed violation of law or agency policy. We also added an additional NOTE to clarify when an ALJ may not request clarification based on a factual or clerical error.
I-2-1-85 C. — We moved the information in prior subsection B to subsection C. We made substantial editorial changes to correct misunderstandings about the procedures required to request a formal clarification, and we removed the deadline required to submit clarification requests. We made significant changes to how a formal clarification request is submitted to the AC to ensure the requests are properly routed and to reduce the potential loss of paper folders. We added a NOTE to clarify contact procedures for ALJs and Hearing Office staff. We also added a NOTE to clarify the Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge's responsibilities regarding notification procedures for clarification requests. We added two additional NOTEs to clarify instructions for paper cases.
I-2-1-85 D. — We moved existing subsection C, which explains the procedure to request expedited clarification, to subsection D. We made several minor editorial changes. We added a NOTE to explain when expedited clarification is not appropriate. We made changes to NOTE 1 under subsection 2 to clarify the instructions in converting electronic files to paper files, when appropriate.
I-2-1-85 E. — We changed existing subsection D to subsection E, and modified the title.
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Speech and Language Processing: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, and Speech Recognition
Prentice Hall, 2009 - Computers - 988 pages
An explosion of Web-based language techniques, merging of distinct fields, availability of phone-based dialogue systems, and much more make this an exciting time in speech and language processing. The first of its kind to thoroughly cover language technology - at all levels and with all modern technologies - this book takes an empirical approach to the subject, based on applying statistical and other machine-learning algorithms to large corporations. KEY TOPICS: Builds each chapter around one or more worked examples demonstrating the main idea of the chapter, usingthe examples to illustrate the relative strengths and weaknesses of various approaches. Adds coverage of statistical sequence labeling, information extraction, question answering and summarization, advanced topics in speech recognition, speech synthesis. Revises coverage of language modeling, formal grammars, statistical parsing, machine translation, and dialog processing. MARKET: A useful reference for professionals in any of the areas of speech and language processing.
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The previous best book on NLP was James Allen's (1995), which was considered ambitious at the time because it covered syntax, semantics and some pragmatics. But Martin and Jurafsky is far more ambitious, because it covers speech recognition as well, and has far expanded coverage of language generation and translation. It also covers the great advances in statistical techniques that have marked the last decade. It is a beautiful synthesis that will reward the experienced expert in the field with new insights and new connections in the form of historical notes that are not well known. And it is well-written and clear enough that even the beginning student can follow it through. Before this book, you would have had to read Allen's book, Charniak's short book on statistical NLP, something on speech recognition, and something else on generation and translation. Like squeezing clowns into a circus car, Jurafsky and Martin somehow, improbably, manage to squeeze this all into one book, but in a way that is elegant and holds together perfectly; not at all the hodge-podge that one might expect. I expect that this book will be seen as one of the landmarks that pushes the field forward. It's worth comparing this book to the other recent NLP text: Manning and Shutze. Jurafsky and Martin cover much more ground, including many aspects that are ignored by Manning and Schutze. So if you want a general overview of natural language, if you want to know about the syntax of English, or the intricacies of dialog, if you are teaching or taking a general NLP course, then Jurafsky and Martin is the one for you. But if your needs are more focused on the algorithms for lower-level text processing with statistical techniques, or if you want to build a specific practical application, then Manning and Schutze is far more comprehensive and likely to have your answer. If you're a serious student or professional in NLP, you just have to have both.
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Jake's Dead - Premiere Screening
Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 7:00 PM (PDT)
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In the works for nearly 4 years, Jake's Dead is a psychological horror thriller film that is finally ready to see the light of day!
Jake's Dead will be screened for the very first time at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco's Mission District.
Showtime is Saturday, March 16th, 2013 @ 8PM, and a limited number of tickets are available.
The theater is located at 16th St @ Mission St.
Parking is very limited; we recommend you take Bart as the theater is one block from the 16th Street Mission Bart Station.
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After years of testing, Gmail has finally added a very useful security feature: tracking open sessions. If you log in to Gmail from more than one computer and you forget to sign out, you'll be able to see the list of locations where your account can still be accessed.
Until now, the only solution when you forgot to log out from Gmail after using a public computer was to change your password. Otherwise, anyone could access your account without knowing the password. Now you can sign out remotely from all the locations where your Gmail account is still open.
If you click on "Details" in Gmail's footer, you'll find a lot of interesting information about your sessions. "The top table, under Concurrent session information, indicates all open sessions, along with IP address and access type -- which refers to how email was retrieved, for example, through iGoogle, POP3 or a mobile phone. The bottom table, under Recent activity, contains my most recent history along with times of access. I can also view my current IP address at the very bottom of this window, where it says This computer is using IP address...".
This could be useful if you want to find whether someone else has access to your account: you'll be able to find the IP address and the date of the most recent activity in your account.
Gmail's blog mentions that this feature is currently being rolled out in the new version of Gmail, so you may not see it right now. Google AdSense, PayPal and orkut are three other services that show the time of your last login so you can protect against abuse, but Gmail's new feature is much more advanced.
Among the things you can do to protect your Gmail account, it's a good idea to sign out after reading your email, not to select "remember me" when you log in from a public computer and to choose a good password that should remain secret.


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Former Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Chief Financial Officer Delton de Armas, pleaded guilty for his role in a $2.9 billion fraud scheme that brought down the firm and Colonial Bank.
On Tuesday, de Armas admitted to charges of making false statements and conspiring to commit bank and wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for June 15.
Ocala, Fla.-based TBW was once the 12th largest mortgage lender in the U.S. It originated, serviced and sold pools of home loans to Freddie Mac. It also wrote mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration.
In June, former CEO Lee Farkas was sentenced to 30 years in prison for orchestrating a fraud scheme designed to sweep funds and cover overdrafts in its Colonial and Ocala Funding facility accounts.
The fraud lasted from 2002 through August 2009. The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program caught onto the scheme when TBW applied for $553 million in bailout relief.
Six co-conspirators at TBW, Ocala and Colonial were sentenced last year with prison terms ranging between three months to eight years.
U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride said when de Armas learned of a hole in Ocala Funding, which was a TBW subsidiary built to use investor money to fund the loans, he decided to cover it up.
"Today's plea is the eighth conviction in one of the nation's largest bank frauds in history," MacBride said. "As CFO, Mr. de Armas could have put a stop to the fraud the moment he discovered it. Instead, the hole in Ocala Funding grew to $1.5 billion on his watch, and as it grew, so did his lies to investors and the government."


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Writer/directors Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer recently unveiled their ridiculously ambitious adaptation of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas with an awe-inspiring extended trailer, directors' commentary, and poster, and now we've got a closer look at some of the film's characters. The pic spans multiple time periods and locations, with the cast assuming numerous roles across different races and genders. The idea is that we're all connected, and relationships can play out the same way no matter the time or place. The official site has now released images of the actors in all their character makeup, and it's a sight to behold. Where else can you see Hugh Grant playing a futuristic tribesman, Tom Hanks done up as a gangster, and Halle Berry as a white woman?
Hit the jump to take a look at the images. The film also stars Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Xun Zhou, Keith David, David Gyasi, and Susan Sarandon. Cloud Atlas opens on October 26th.
Here's the official synopsis for Cloud Atlas:
"Cloud Atlas" explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Simple NAT setup with Xen
What if you want to setup a private network for a set of virtual machines running on dom0? What if you want this private network to still be able to access the WWW (when available) ?
I found myself in this predicament as I have a set of virtual machines (Windows, SLES, SLED etc) running on my Thinkpad T61p. The nature of my [mobile] work is such that there isn't always a LAN cable or a wifi connection available readily. Irregardless of my network environment, I need to perform testing and demonstration of software running on these virtual machines. Thus, I need a flexible setup with private networking for my domUs with Network Address Translation (NAT) for accessing the WWW when a physical LAN or Wifi becomes available.
Thanks to Till and Kai, my new German connections , the following is how I did it on SLED 10 SP2* ...
* - Note that official production support for Xen is for SLES only. I'm using SLED as a development & testing desktop and the following steps will work on SLES as well.
Attention: Linux commands in braces [ ] are executed as root
1) Stop Xen daemon with [ rcxend stop ]
2) Remove the default bridge networking by editing the config file /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp. Look for the following 2 lines and comment them out with hashes ##:
(network-script network-bridge)
(vif-script vif-bridge)
##(network-script network-bridge)
##(vif-script vif-bridge)
3) Setting up the bridge to physical network (eg eth0)
Create a network bridge br0 to the physical network device (ie eth0) by creating the file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-br0 with the following contents:
For br0 to work, it has to have the IP address. Therefore, change the physical network device (ie eth0) to not start the DHCP client routine by editing the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-xxx file with the following setting:
4) Setting up a private network (eg. 192.168.1.x)
Create a private network bridge br1 by creating the file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-br1 with the following contents:
5) Changing the firewall settings for br0 and br1.
Change the firewall to allow network traffic for br0 and br1 as an external and internal network device respectively. Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 and change the following settings as shown below:
6) Restart networking and start Xen daemon
Execute the following in order:
[ SuSEconfig ]
[ rcnetwork restart ]
[ rcxend start ]
7) Edit each domUs config in /etc/xen/vm directory to include ,bridge=br1 as follows:
vif=[ 'mac=00:16:3e:75:06:c3,model=rtl8139,type=ioemu', ]
vif=[ 'mac=00:16:3e:75:06:c3,model=rtl8139,type=ioemu,bridge=br1', ]
Refresh this change for each domU via:
[ xm delete domUName ]
[ xm new domUName ]
8) Boot up your virtual machines (domUs) and setup IP address in the range of 192.168.1.xxx. Remember to set the default gateway to 192.168.1.1.
For Windows VMs: Control Panel, Network Connections, from network device, right-click properties, double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), set a unique fixed IP within the range of 192.168.1.[2-254], subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 and your Default gateway to 192.168.1.1. Click OK and OK again to affect the change.
For SLES VMs (Linux): setting IP to 192.168.1.10 in example below:
[ ip addr add 192.168.1.10/24 dev eth0 ]
[ ip link set eth0 up ]
[ ip route add default via 192.168.1.1 ]
You should now be able to ping all your virtual machines (domUs) from dom0 and vice versa.
Have fun!
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I like this article. It is very clear and describes in detail. I can ping Dom 0 from other domains. However, I still cannot access the Internet. I cannot ping with IP or domain name. Could you give me some hints about how to deal with this problem?
Hi Tommy,ReplyDelete
One thing I did left out is that the domUs must have the same DNS as the dom0. Since we did not configure DHCP or DNS, you will need to manually create an IP and the DNS search within each domU.
Hope this will help. Thank you.
Hi Kam han,ReplyDelete
Thank you for quick response. I tried but still no luck. I used plain ip nor domain name to ping google but failed, so I think probably the problem is not due to DNS. By the way, I use DHCP to fetch the real ip and dns. Any ideas?
Hi Tommy,ReplyDelete
Running out of ideas... I did recall seeing in another setup where the domU can surf but just not ping google. Its not my machine and I did not have time to debug it about a month back.
Are you running SLES10 or Windows as your domU (not that it matters), try copying the /etc/resolv.conf values into the domU and see if that works.
Sorry, I can't help you further on this one. :)
Never mind. Thanks a lot for helping me on this issue. I use SLES11. I don't know why setting up network in xen is such a pain:-(. What is the "proper" way to set up network in DomU? Or should I use other linux distribution to make it work? Thank you.ReplyDelete
hii.. i need to know will this work for a "static ip" on the eth0..? if there is any configuration changes required can u let me know..??please...ReplyDelete
Hi Sri,ReplyDelete
Yes, you can have static IP on dom0 eth0. :)
hii.. i treid the above steps exactly, and when i restart network, the system goes out of network reach.. is there any extra configuration to make..??i have the same configuration..ReplyDelete
Really interesting and good basic explanation. Anyway this way would not be good if either you use NetworkManager or you disabled SuSEFirewall at all. Is it right?ReplyDelete
Hi Sri,ReplyDelete
Please define "out of network reach"...
I've looked at my blog entry and the only thing I have not included is the need to sync your /etc/resolv.conf.
If your host IP is static, can you surf the web and ping other hosts? If so, your domUs should be able to at least ping the other hosts as well. To surf, you will need to copy the host's /etc/resolv.conf entries into the domUs.
Good luck. :)
Hi Jan,ReplyDelete
Not really understand your statement...
This setup is meant for those who uses NetworkManager and not the Traditional Networking (ifup/ifdown). Yes, if you disable the SuSEFirewall, the internal bridge will not be able to route the domU network packets out to the world.
If you were to use the default and supported Traditional networking (ifup/ifdown) with the default and supported Xen Bridged networking instead of NAT, it will work irregardless if SuSEFirewall is up or not. Having said that, call me paranoid but it always makes me nervous to not enable Firewall.
Hi Kam,ReplyDelete
I did a mess. You are right, this setup is right for those who uses NetworkManager.
I personally don't use the SuSEfirewall as much as you, I prefer dedicated firewall.
Anyway, eventually I managed to create a similar configuration on SLE11 where netconfig is used and no firewall is enable (actually a mansquarade rule needs to be set from console). All is done by a dummy interface which seems to be not good for NetworkManager (I'll work it out).
Bridged can be well managed instead, and with the iptables rule rather than SuSEFirewall described here the job is done.
Hi Jan,ReplyDelete
Glad to hear it worked for you. :)
I will be posting another blog entry later this week (hopefully) on this topic based on my recent encounter with a customer who uses NIC bonding with Xen.
- AnonymousSaturday, May 16, 2009 1:07:00 PM
Hi Kam,ReplyDelete
I had a question regarding this procedure for OpenSuSE 11.1
It seems to work for creating a private network, I can get the two domU's to communicate with each other just fine. However, they cannot seem to route to the outside following these instructions. Do you have an suggestions on what might be different in OpenSuSE 11.1, or what diagnostics I might run to help trouble shoot this problem? Thanks,
Hi kfox,ReplyDelete
I've not done any Xen work on openSUSE... however, I find it very surprising if it would not work since both the openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise are similar.
Since both domUs are up and can ping one another and your challenge is getting to the outside world (ie www) from domU, have you look at my comment about sync-ing /etc/resolv.conf on dom0 (on this same page) posted on 18 April 2009? See if that will work out for you.
Han (Kam is my last name) :)


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The Navy-Marines Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md, is pictured in 2012.
Three U.S. Naval Academy football players are under investigation for alleged sexual assault last year against a female midshipman, sources have confirmed to NBC News.
It's alleged that the victim and the three students had been drinking when she reportedly had sex with one of them, her boyfriend, in the back seat of a car, sources said. The other two then allegedly had sex with the woman.
One was a senior set to graduate last week; his graduation was put on hold pending the investigation. The other two are juniors at the Annapolis, Md., school.
The sources said the victim initially reported the incident in February 2012 and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service immediately launched an investigation. Four months later, the woman essentially withdrew her complaint when she stopped cooperating with investigators, and the investigation was halted.
This past February, the woman renewed her complaint and the investigation was restarted.
No charges have been filed. The investigation is ongoing.
In 2007, the Academy expelled Navy quarterback Lamar Owens, Jr. in a sexual assault case. Although he was acquitted of any sexual assault, he was found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer.
The problem of sexual assault in the military has been getting increasing attention, and data released recently shows that reported assaults are on the rise.
In fiscal year 2012, the number of reported assaults increased 6 percent to 3,374 — up from 3,192 from fiscal year 2011 – and the number of people who made an anonymous claim that they were sexually assaulted rose from 19,000 to 26,000, according to an annual Pentagon report released earlier this month.
The military's sexual assault-prevention unit has been in the news this month because of several high-profile cases involving abuse prevention officers.
On May 6, the Air Force officer in charge of that service's sexual assault program, Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, was arrested in an Arlington, Va., parking lot for allegedly groping a woman. He was charged with sexual battery and removed from his position pending an investigation.
On May 14, the Pentagon said an Army sergeant first class, assigned to III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, was under investigation for allegedly forcing at least one subordinate into prostitution, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates. He has been suspended from his duties pending an investigation.
And on May 16, the head of the Army's equal opportunity and sexual assault-prevention office at Fort Campbell, Ky., was relieved of his duties over a dispute with his estranged wife. He was arrested by civilian authorities for violating a protective order sought by his wife, according to the Pentagon, and released on a $15,000 bond.
Last Friday, in a speech to the class of 2013 at the U.S. Naval Academy, Obama urged the 1,047 graduates to "live with integrity" and help restore trust in the military.
"Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that make our military strong," he said.
NBC News' Courtney Kube, Tom Curry, and Elizabeth Chuck contributed to this report.


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Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor opened last weekend as the third highest grossing film at the box office. Despite the film's commercial success—like many other Tyler Perry productions—many of the reviews have not been kind. Three characters in the film are HIV positive. Some critics have eviscerated Perry for using HIV/AIDS as a "plot device." And this isn't the first time.
"Less a film than a morality play .. it presents HIV as a 'sinner's disease'," writes Buzzfeed's Louis Peitzman.
Whether or not one condones cheating on a spouse, the implication that a person deserves HIV is horrifying. What's worse, however, is that Perry has written Temptation as a morality play. ... Viewed in this context, it's not simply that Judith (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) deserves HIV, but that it's a "sinner's disease." HIV — at least, HIV the plot device — is Tyler Perry's punishment for our sins.
This isn't even the first time that Tyler Perry has used HIV to drive a point home. In For Colored Girls, he gave us Jo, played by Janet Jackson. She contracted HIV from her husband's infidelity with other men. I won't even go into the film's homophobia, another recurring issue in Perry's movies, but the basic idea is the same: Jo's husband gets HIV because he cheated on his wife. And Jo herself is apparently culpable, because she knew her husband was gay and chose to ignore it.
Lindy West at Jezebel asks if Perry is "shaming" his audience—many of whom are Black women: "That Perry would have the gall to use HIV as a punitive measure against black women who don't fit his idea of "goodness"—black women, by the way, account for 2/3 of new HIV infections among women—betrays a frightening selfishness and lack of empathy."
The epicenter of the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic is Black America. African-Americans and other Black communities represent only 14% of the nation's population but account for about 44% of all new HIV infections, report the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Black gay and bisexual men suffer the highest new infection rates in the country. Read more at EBONY: "The State of HIV/AIDS in Black America."
One of the most thoughtful critiques of Perry's shameful HIV narrative was written by R20 frend Chris MacDonald-Dennis, a Minneapolis/St. Paul-based university administrator, writer, and seminary student. He is also a gay man living openly with HIV.
In Temptation, you choose to make HIV be seen as a disease that people "deserve" for cheating on their partner. HIV is understood as a punishment for our sinful behavior. The end of the movie is the most telling: the woman with HIV is lonely and ugly, while the people withoutH IV are beautiful and coupled. You could not have made this movie any more of a so-called morality play.
Mr. Perry, I found out that I was living with HIV in 1996. Do you know my "sin"? Not loving myself enough to demand my partner use acondom. I did not deserve this disease. This was not a punishment formy supposed sinfulness. It is a virus, period.
Contrary to what you think, my life has actually blossomed since I wasdiagnosed 17 years ago. I met my life partner, received my doctorate,married my partner, had two wonderful jobs and begun seminary. HIVactually allowed me to see the beauty in humanity. I have experienced an outpouring of love and support. Is everything perfect? Of course not but my life is full of wonderfulness. HIV has not taken that away.
Chris MacDonald-Dennis' words are so powerful because they are personal and come from almost 20 years of experience. Within 24 hours, the open letter to Tyler Perry has almost 6000 views. If there is one thing you read tonight, read it HERE or AFTER THE JUMP ...
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