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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:35 am
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people, there is a difference between a boning knife and fillet knife. the one he describes is a fillet knife. a boning knife is short with curved blade and is similar in thickness to a chefs knife. also u dont need to spend alot of money on ceramic or fancy knives, my chef bought a dexter chefs knife for 20 dollars 20 years ago, he still uses it and i've used it and it is still very sharp, all u need to know is how to properly maintain your knife. but comfort is also important, and price may need to be sacrificed.
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:55 pm
Post subject: Ken Onion Shun
I wanted to put in a word for the Ken Onion-designed Shun knives. When I decided to buy a Santoku I made sure to try each one I considered in the store to check the fit to my hand and the balance. The Ken Onion handle design just melted into my hand. I know it looks odd. But seriously, no other knife came close. And the blade is Shun quality and beautiful. I've had the knife for 2 years now, and I am still inspired every time I pick it up. I don't mean to imply that this should be everyone's knife, but really do try one for yourself if you are in the market for a new blade.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:44 am
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wanted to put in a word for the Ken Onion-designed Shun knives. When I decided to buy a Santoku I made sure to try each one I considered in the store to check the fit to my hand and the balance. The Ken Onion handle design just melted into my hand. I know it looks odd. But seriously, no other knife came close. And the blade is Shun quality and beautiful. I've had the knife for 2 years now, and I am still inspired every time I pick it up. I don't mean to imply that this should be everyone's knife, but really do try one for yourself if you are in the market for a new blade
I actually tried one of the Shun knives too. I agree, the knife did feel pretty damned good in my hand but I dunno, there was just something about it that didn't feel right with me. I think I'm so used to using my beloved
Global Knives
anything else seems wrong!
As far as where to buy blades, UK users should check this site:
Alliance Online Catering Equipment
- their prices are hard to beat.
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:10 pm
Post subject: Left-handed Shun knives
You've referenced several times that Shun only makes the "D" shaped knives for right-handers, so the left-handed folks are out of luck. This is not the case at all! Shun does make left-handed knives and are available online at most places where Shun knives are sold. Just FYI for any lefties that might be interested
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:35 pm
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What type of cutlery would you suggest to cut homemade pizzas with (hard, crispy, thin based)?
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:47 pm
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Anonymous wrote:
What type of cutlery would you suggest to cut homemade pizzas with (hard, crispy, thin based)?
If it's thin and crispy, I just use my chef's knife. For thicker pizzas I use a pizza wheel.
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:08 am
Post subject: Decent Knives
Was looking for a set of knives for the inlaws that aren't too expensive when i found this site and was intrigued on peoples views of different knives i've been a chef for 16 years now and have used many types of chefs knives and have found the best to be either shun or global knives, quite expensive but well worth it
Features of Global kitchen knives
The two most innovative features of Global knives are their edge and the way they are balanced. The most important feature of any knife is its edge, and the Global edge is truly its signature. The majority of the Global knives are sharpened or ground on both sides of the blade, just like Western style knives. However, their edges are ground steeply to a point and to an acute angle. This is in contrast to Western or European knives that use a bevelled edge - the straight edge results in a dramatically sharper knife which stays sharper longer. The edge on a Global knife is so large and prominent that it is easily seen with the naked eye and extends a quarter of an inch or more up from the tip of the knife.
To balance their knives, Global uses a hollow handle which is then filled with just the right amount of sand to create the correct balance. Global uses this method rather than using a full tang and a bolster to balance their knives for two reasons. First, it is far more precise than using a tang and a bolster. Second, Asian knives typically do not have bolsters, since they only serve as a hindrance to cutting and sharpening.
Other unique features of Global knives are their smooth contours and seamless, all stainless steel construction which eliminates food and dirt traps offering the ultimate in safety and hygiene.
How they are made
Global knives are made from the finest high carbon stainless steel available for producing professional quality kitchen knives. Yoshikin uses its own proprietary stainless steel called CROMOVA 18 Stainless Steel and this material has been designed exclusively for Global knives. This steel is hard enough for Global knives to hold the steep, acute cutting edge and keep their edge for a long time...but soft enough so that it is not too difficult to sharpen them. The CRO in CROMOVA 18 stands for chromium and the 18 is the percentage of chromium in the steel. This high percentage of chromium contributes to Global's excellent stain resistance. Care should be taken to keep your Global knives stain and rust free. To learn how to care for your Global knives, please click on the Care Guide button above. The MO and VA in CROMOVA 18 stand for molybdenum and vanadium and these are two metallic elements that give a knife good edge retention.
It is often asked why Global knives stay sharp so long without sharpening. The combination of the elements molybdenum and vanadium is one reason, but also refer back to the diagrams above of the straight edge vs. the beveled edge. Now take a piece of paper and gradually push it up your screen, slowly covering the tips of the two edge types, simulating the knives getting dull after use. Even as the Global straight edge gets dull it is still much thinner, and, therefore, much sharper than the knife with the beveled edge.
I now use these knives permanently Do you get calouses on your hands from using a knife too much, not any more with these no cheap plastic handles and i cant say anything more about these knives they are just pefect
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:35 am
Post subject: serrated or bread knives
I didn't read all the posts so this may have been addressed already
if so sorry for wasting your time.
Bread knives with their larger serrations are ideal for tasks other than their name implies.
My 9" bread knife finds as much use with soft items like tomatoes,loaf cakes, and fresh mozzarella cheese as it does with breads.
so...definitely more useful as a top five than the boning knife
top five most useful in majority of kitchens
dont forget the honing steel and correct cutting boards.
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:47 pm
Post subject: Carbon steel kitchen knife
I got a gift for xmas from a guy in Ashland, Oregon who made my a set of carbon steel kitchen knives ( ah, my husband is a gem for this gift ! ) . I was so blown away that I felt to share this , even if no one ever reads this.
Not only do they look good ( my handles have Myrtle wood ) but carbon steel is a real eye opener. I can actually sharpen them here !! Actually the maker, Michael Lishinsky, says they never need sharpening- only a proper light honing. He sent us complete instructions on how to care for the surface and the edge. All I needed to do for a sharpening when it felt dull, was re-hone the edge and it was ready to go . Took 15 seconds .
For the first time ever I feel competent to take care of my knives. The surface has taken on a dark patina, and I simply wipe them off after I use them. I got a 9 inch, a 1.5 x 7 and a 1 x 4. Highly recommended to any and all. His site is wildfirecutlery.com
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:25 pm
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In my home i usually used the Steak Knife (Dining Knife) because this is very much useful in cooking.
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:42 pm
Post subject: choking up on my knife
Hello, I seem to choke up on my knife handle and it winds up being painful on my index finger due to that being on the top side of the blade. Is there a knife out there that is made for people like me?
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:06 pm
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sometimes manufacturers leave 'sharp' edges on the spine -
I've used emery cloth to round over the edges on my chef's knives - only the fist 2-3 inches from the handle - helps make the choke grip 'less painful'
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:20 pm
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Thank you I will give that a try.
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Marky T
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:44 am
Post subject: Personal Choice
Globals are great performers, but they do have a delicate edge, and they are quite expensive too.
But they're not as fragile as true Japanese kitchen knives, on the other hand those cut a lot better compared to Globals and western knives and stay sharper much longer. So its personal preference. ( and budget )
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:52 pm
Post subject: Kiwi knives
I'm happy someone mentioned Kiwi knives! I bought a vegetable knife for $3.99 in chinese store. The wooden handle looks and feels cheap, but the blade is awesome! Cuts through any vegetable like butter.
It sharpens up and retains edge pretty well too. I am so happy with the purchase!
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I think that worrying about finances would be tiring as well. But remembering steps 2 and 3 helps. God does have a plan, although I may not like the plan! Hang in there.
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Last year's head coach, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill alum Ben Grimm, has moved on to be Oneonta State's baseball coach. Grimm will be the Silversmiths' president, though. Taking his place as head coach is Dennis Duffy, last year's pitching coach. Duffy played three years for Sherrill as did Mike Sherlock, who returns as a coach.
LeMoyne College senior Vincent Redmond, a graduate of the Ithaca area's Lansing High School, played one summer for Sherrill and will embark on his first as an assistant coach. Matthew Rafte, a Rome, New York native, is the team's general manager.
On the field the Silversmiths will have a roster of players from New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Hawaii and about half from New York. One, St. John Fisher College freshman Collin Laguzza, is a VVS alum.
"It was recommended through (St. John's Fisher head coach Brandon) Potter," said Laguzza. "I watched their games and loved to have my name added to that list."
Laguzza won't be the only familiar face taking the field for Duffy's squad this summer. Nate Eastman, a pitcher at Finger Lakes Community College, and Mark Sherlock, an outfielder at Marywood Univeristy in Pennsylvania, return after playing for the Silversmiths last summer.
The Silversmiths enter their third season in the New York State Collegiate Baseball League. Founded in 1978 and funded partly by Major League Baseball, the wood-bat league features 11 teams, mostly from the center and western part of the state. The teams play a 40-game schedule starting in early June and the top six teams advance to the playoffs. The NYCBL has several alumni playing Major League Baseball including Tim Hudson, Hunter Pence, Jason Motte, Brad Lidge and Dallas Braden.
Sherrill opens the season June 3 with a 3:00 p.m. doubleheader against the Syracuse Junior Chiefs at NBT Bank Stadium. The Silversmiths will play their first home game on June 5 against the Syracuse Salt Cats at 5:00 p.m. at Noyes Park, where they will play all of their home games.
The team still has some work to do before the season gets underway and is looking for community support. Host families are still needed for many of the players. Sherrill, Oneida, Vernon, Verona and Stockbridge Valley community members can take in as many players as they want. For more information about volunteering, call Rafte at 264-4334 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Silversmiths are also holding a can and bottle drive at Noyes Park on June 1.


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LOS ANGELES, June 17 (UPI) -- Leighton Meester and Adam Brody will soon reunite on the big screen.
The 28-year-old actress and 34-year-old actor both star in new movie Life Partners. The pair previously appeared in The Oranges in 2011, a collaboration that preceded the beginning of their relationship. The two started dating in 2012, and married in February 2014.
Gillian Jacobs stars alongside the husband-and-wife duo in the upcoming film. The actress portrays uptight character Paige, with Meester as her lesbian best friend Sasha. Paige vows she won't get married until Sasha has the same legal right, but her plan is interrupted when she meets a charming young doctor named Tim (Brody).
"[The movie] came along just by chance," Meester said in April. "I was like, 'I'm gonna be playing the person you're not dating. That okay? I'm gonna be playing the opposite of that.' And yeah, I'm biased, but [Brody's] incredible in it."
The film will open the 2014 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival on July 20. The annual event began in 1982, and seeks to promote LGBT equality "by creating, sharing and protecting LGBT stories on the screen."
Meester is scheduled to appear in several other films this year, including God Only Knows, Like Sunday Like Rain and The Judge.


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The Research Network for Environmental Online Communication (ECOresearch) presents and promotes interactive technologies for bringing together stakeholders of different disciplines and geographic regions to explore the design, implementation and evaluation of new media applications that advocate sustainability and the protection of natural ecosystems. Technology showcases such as the Media Watch on Climate Change, the Climate Resilience Toolkit and the Climate Challenge build upon the webLyzard media monitoring and Web intelligence platform, which is continually being extended and refined through research projects on natural language processing, information extraction, visual analytics and semantic technologies.
As part of the DecarboNet research project and ongoing collaboration between international partner organizations, the Media Watch on Climate Change has been transformed from a news and social media aggregator into a collective awareness platform including advanced support of real-time collaboration among citizens and environmental stakeholders. It also serves as a knowledge repository for the Climate Challenge, a social media competition in the tradition of games with a purpose.
The collective awareness platform was outlined in a recent IEEE Internet Computing article and presented by Prof. Arno Scharl at the 46th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, and at an expert workshop co-hosted by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Switzerland.
The Slideshare presentation outlines how to extract and visualize environmental knowledge from online sources, and how semantic technologies can contribute to integrated monitoring solutions and the identification of emerging issues.


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This post has no content related to databases, liek MySQL, tuning or anything like that. It is a precursor to such a posting though. And for those of you who have been around a bit and was reading Byte magazine in the good old days, featuring Jerry Pournelles "Computing at Chaos Manor" column, you might recognize a Chaos Manor style pattern here, along the lines of:
- A new printer is bought.
- It doesn't work on the laptop.
- The main computer is hooked up to the printer instead.
- Allowing network access fails as the gateway between the laptop and the main computer doesn't work.
- Gateway is reconfigured, but now the sons computer has no network access.
- While fixing the sons computer network access, the kitchen sink suddenly gets clogged.
- When the kitchen sink is fixed, the laptop suddenly burst into flames.
etc. etc.
Now, for my version of this, which is actually a true story.
It started with me upgrading main main Windows box. I do a lot of photo editing on this box, so there is a lot of disks in it. Was was chaning an old RAID-set of 2 250 Gb disks in RAID-1 (mirror) configuration to 2 1Tb disks, again in RAID-1. This box has had some hardware instability issies before, but it has always fixed itself. This times, after the upgrading the disks, the Mobo was dead.
This was not so bad, as I had wanted to upgrade the configuration of this box for some time now. So I went shopping. I now wanted 64-bit and some more memory, so I ended up buying a new Asus 1156 Mobo, an Intel i7 860 CPU, 8 Gb of DDR3 RAM and an SSD drive for programs and booting.
I immediate learned a lesson: With DDR2 memories, although these were shaky when DDR2 was new, current, most DDR2 within spec will fit. Not so with DDR3 though, they are in the same state as DDR2 when new, which means: Only get DDR3 memories as certied for the Mobo you used. Doh! I had to change from the planned (and bought) OCZ to a new set of Corsair memories. Luckily, memory isn't that expensive anymore.
Secondly, don't beleive everything you hear about SSD disks. Although in theory they are the same as just any plain SATA disk, that is not how Windows see things. My SSD was an 80 Gb Intel S25. If I had known in advance what I was up to, I would have done things differently, and I wouldn't have gone with an Intel drive, probably.
In the event, Windows 7 would let me install on the Intel drive. I called Microsoft support and after a few days they told me that I maybe needed a driver for the SATA controller. That was all bogus of course, but I expected nothing else. The SSD needed a firmware upgrade though, as the particular version in my copy was known to have a bug that would trash a Windows 7 installation (Thanx you Intel and Microsoft for that), but even after that, Windows 7 wouldn't install. The machine was a bit shaky.
I finally figured out how to install Windows 7 on that SSD anyway. I first let a Windows XP install disk do the partitioning and formatting, and interupted the Windows XP install after that, and then I let Windows 7 install on that partition. If you want to try this trick yourself, note that you should not touch either the partitioning or the formatting for this to work.
OK, Windows 7 install, all i well then? No, the thing was very unreliable. I found out then about the DDR3 issue mentioned above. Having gotten myself a new set of DDR3 memories, and which were supported for my Asus Mobo, I was now rocking and rolling? Well, sort of.
In the process of upgrading, I wanted to clean out some stuff in the box, so I had the old bootdisk removed, as this was substituted for the SSD anyway, and another disk that was my "work disk", containing all sorts of programs, my own source code for stuff, some archived data and stuff like that, was also removed from the box.
The machine worked fine now, the Adaptec 1420 SATA-II RAID controlller was alive, and I started building the new 1Tb array. The work-disk was placed in a eSATA / USB external enclosure and I was to access that from the box this way instead of having the disk in the box itself and eventually copy all that stuff to a RAIDed internal or external disk, as this stuff was actually rather important.
When I attached the external enclosure to the box though, there was an issue. The disk did not shouw up in explorer, and in Disk Management I was told this disk was "Dynamic" and the the status was "Invalid". So I had read up on this. A Dynamic disk is the "new" was of setting up disks in Windows, the "old" way is using "Basic" disks. Now, that is how I would like it to be, but not so Microsoft. Dynamic disks has the advantage of being possible to software RAID in Microsoft. In an attempt at not allowing us mere mortals to protect out disk data by RAIDing though, Microsoft decided to keep Dynamic disks for the non-Home users only. Why? If you ask me, for no good reason, except to make life difficult for us Windows users. Now I had a disk that was "dynamic", as it was partitioned on a Win2K box ages ago. Windows XP which is suppoed to be better than Win2K really isn't in this respect, so my other Windows box, a Win XP Laptop, could not work in this disk either, as it was "Status: Invalid" and didn't like this dynamic disk, despite this was a Win XP Pro.
Now Windows has two ways of handling disks, Basic and Dynamic, and although Dynamic is much better, I really recommend against it, as it cannot be used all over, so you cannot easily move one disk from one box to another. And it doesn't stop there of course, sometimes Microsoft does things to incredibly complex for no good reason at all.
A Basic disk can be upgraded to a Dynamic disk, no problems. But a Dynamic disk cannot be converted to a Basic disk, or rather, it can, but all data will be lost. Again, for no good reason, and this I know as this is only about formating the partition, nuthin' else. A dynamic disk contains some metadata about the disk, I guess this is for when you work with disk groups, volumes, software RAID etc. So converting to a Basic disk would require you to just get rid of that. Nope, Windows will not do that for you.
In my case, the Dynamic disk was also flagged in Windows 7 as "Status: Invalid". Googling on this I found numerous issues with this, and only a few replies. In Disk Management help in Windows, this status isn't even mentioned, thank you Microsoft. Although Windows 7 can import a Dynamic disk, it cannot import one with Status Invalid, there is nothing it can do it it actually. In the process of getting access to my disk, and I was getting desperate, I checked out Dynamic Disk Converter. This is a software kit that would do what Microsoft Windows 7 cannot, which is fix the partition table of a Dynamic disk and convert it to a basic disk, without touching the data on the disk. Why Windows 7 cannout do this is beyond me, it's just a partition table in heavens name, why do you insist on overwriting all the data just to change that! And why can't all Windows versions use the same kind of "good" disk setup? Why? But OK, this 3rd party software then can fix this. Turns out it can't. The software sux, and it cannot do it's work with any kind of Dynamic disk, specifically not a disk with "Status: Invalid", in this case it will instead do something much more interesting: Crash, after a completely unintelligible error message. Thank you again Microsoft!
So no disk yet. Now I was really upset with Microsoft and Windows 7 and all stupid people involved with "Dynamic" disks. I will keep all my disks Basic on all systems in the future, and Microsoft has just forced this on me, after Microsoft spending lots of R&D dollars on developing something that is so much better than the Basic disk, but delivering it in such a way that it is just useless and incredibly annoying.
So what did I do? Well, what was left was an Open Source hack called TestDisk. I downloaded this on a Linux box and then I attached the "Status: Invalid" Dynamic USB disk on a USB port on this box. Look here, Microsoft: This is a disk created on an OS provided by you. I want to use it on a box with an OS provided by you. ANd before you ask, I am a paying customer. I have payed for all these OSes, and I have used it in accordance with the licence. And you guys still suck. And you guys cannot handle the disks that I created with your software on your operating systems. Linux and TestDisk had no problems at all! None. The disk was that, as was all the data! I used TestDisk to backup all the data on the disk, easily, all I had to fix was to make sure I had enough disk on the Linux box for the backup. TestDisk found the drive, figured out the partitioning, just like that, and found all the data on the disk. Also, TestDisk allowed me to backup the the files on the disk, to be safe. After this, I had TestDisk rewrite the partition table.
Now, for the scary part: Remounting the disk in my Windows 7 box. And it worked like a charm: The disk was found, it was "Basic" and all the data was intact.
All this is not to say that I dislike Windows per se, or even that I think Microsoft does everything wrong. But here, Microsoft flunked, big time: Come on, let all versions of Windows use all kinds of disk, any way the like. Maybe Microsoft forgot about it, or didn't know, but we, ordinary users, often have more than 1 computer. And we sometimes move disks and data between them. And surprisingly, we sometimes upgrade the OS, even though it seems MS doesn't want us to.
If you want to use the Dynamic to Basic Disk trick with TestDisk, the instructions I mainly followed are here: http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/
Who just has to fix the eSATA port to be happy now


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Mets and Yankees fans: Food for a chilly night
When Met pitcher Matt Harvey warms up Wednesday night at Citi Field, the temperature will be 45 degrees, give or take a few, with 10 to 15 mile-per-hour winds blowing to right.
If you're headed for the upper deck, it might be a bit cooler.
The immediate advice is to think sunny thoughts while enjoying Shake Shack, Box Frites and El Verano Taqueria at the ballpark. Citi Field has some of the best ballpark food in the majors.
But, before or after the game, there are en-route options, too.
Arturo's in Floral Park is close to the Cross Island Parkway. Pre-game, try the torta primavera, a layering of crepes, cheese, cured meats and flavor that at least should put you in a springtime frame of mind. Follow with chicken scarpariello and zabaglione.
And if the game goes very, very late: visit Kum Gang San on Northern Boulevard in Flushing. This Korean-Japanese landmark is open 24/7. The spicy casseroles of kimchee and dumplings or seafood in beef broth definitely will brace you against any gusts.
In bipartisan spirit, fans headed to see Hiroki Kuroda pitch at Yankee Stadium, where the conditions will be the same, may do likewise.
For consolation: It feels like 33 degrees with the wind chill at Target Field in Minneapolis this afternoon.
Arturo's, 246-04 Jericho Tpke., Floral Park; 516-352-7418.
Kum Gang San, 138-28 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718-461-0909.


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Abbott, Andrew James and Easaw, Joshy and Xing, Tao (2008) Trade integration and business cycle convergence:is the relation robust across time and space? The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 110 (2). pp. 403-417. ISSN 0347-0520
Ahmed, I. and Parsons, A. J. and Rudd, C. D. and Nazhat, S. N. and Knowles, J. C. and Guerry, P. and Smith, Mark E. (2008) Comparison of phosphate-based glasses in the range 50P(2)O(5)-(50-x)CaO-xNa(2)O prepared using different precursors. Glass Technology-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 49 (2). pp. 63-72.
Atherton, Andrew (2008) From 'fat pigs' and 'red hats' to a 'new social stratum':the changing face of enterprise development in China. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 15 (4). pp. 640-655. ISSN 1462-6004
Atherton, Andrew and Johnston, A. (2008) Clusters formation from the 'bottom-up':a process perspective. In: Handbook of Research on Cluster Theory. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. ISBN 9781845425166
Atherton, Andrew and Price, Liz (2008) Can experiential knowledge and localised learning in start-up policy and practice be transferred between regions?:the case of the START network. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 20 (4). pp. 367-385. ISSN 0898-5626
Bowmaker, Graham A. and Hanna, John V. and Hahn, F. Ekkehardt and Lipton, Andrew S. and Oldham, Carolyn E. and Skelton, Brian W. and Smith, Mark E. and White, Allan H. (2008) Structural and spectroscopic studies of some copper(I) halide tert-butyl isocyanide adducts. Dalton Transactions, 2008 (13). pp. 1710-1720. ISSN 1477-9226
Byrne, N. and Howlett, Patrick C. and Macfarlane, Douglas R. and Smith, Mark E. and Howes, Andrew P. and Hollenkamp, A. F. and Bastow, T. J. and Hale, P. and Forsyth, Maria (2008) Effect of zwitterion on the lithium solid electrolyte interphase in ionic liquid electrolytes. Journal of Power Sources, 184 (1). pp. 288-296.
Carta, Daniela and Qiu, Dong and Guerry, Paul and Ahmed, Ifty and Neel, Ensanya A. Abou and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Smith, Mark E. and Newport, Robert J. (2008) The effect of composition on the structure of sodium borophosphate glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 354 (31). pp. 3671-3677.
Chetwynd, Amanda (2008) A higher degree of concern:Postgraduate degrees in Science, Technology and Mathematics. In: Royal Society Report. Royal Society, London. ISBN 9780854036738
Choy, Mun-Kit and Sullivan, James A. and Theobald, Julian C. and Davies, William J. and Gray, John C. (2008) An Arabidopsis mutant able to green after extended dark periods shows decreased transcripts of seed protein genes and altered sensitivity to abscisic acid. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59 (14). pp. 3869-3884. ISSN 1460-2431
Crainiceanu, C. and Diggle, Peter J. and Rowlingson, B. S. (2008) Bivariate binomial spatial modelling of Loa loa prevalence in tropical Africa. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 103 (481). pp. 21-37. ISSN 1537-274X
Diggle, Peter J. and Sousa, Inês and Chetwynd, Amanda G. (2008) Joint modelling of repeated measurements and time-to-event outcomes: the fourth Armitage lecture. Statistics in Medicine, 27 (16). pp. 2981-2998. ISSN 1097-0258
Dodd, Ian C. and Davies, William J. and Belimov, A. A. and Safronova, V. I. (2008) Manipulation of soil : plant signalling networks to limit water use and sustain plant productivity during deficit irrigation – a review. Acta Horticulturae, 792. pp. 233-239.
Dodd, Ian C. and Egea, Gregorio and Davies, William J. (2008) Accounting for sap flow from different parts of the root system improves the prediction of xylem ABA concentration in plants grown with heterogeneous soil moisture. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59 (15). pp. 4083-4093. ISSN 1460-2431
Erbad, Aiman and Blackstock, Michael and Friday, Adrian and Lea, Rodger and Al-Muhtadi, Jalal (2008) MAGIC broker:a middleware toolkit for interactive public displays. In: Sixth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California, pp. 509-514. ISBN 9780769531137
Fanshawe, Thomas R. and Diggle, Peter J. and Rushton, S. and Sanderson, R. and Lurz, P. W. W. and Glinianaia, S. V. and Pearce, M. S. and Parker, L. and Charlton, M. and Pless-Mulloli, T. (2008) Modelling spatio-temporal variation in exposure to particulate matter : a two-stage approach. Environmetrics, 19 (6). pp. 549-566. ISSN 1099-095X
Fischer, Reinhard X. and Kahlenberg, Volker and Voll, Dietmar and MacKenzie, Kenneth J. D. and Smith, Mark E. and Schnetger, Bernhard and Brumsack, Hans-Juergen and Schneider, Hartmut (2008) Crystal structure of synthetic Al4B2O9: A member of the mullite family closely related to boralsilite. American Mineralogist, 93 (5-6). pp. 918-927.
Forsyth, Maria and Kemp, Thomas F. and Howlett, Patrick C. and Sun, Jiazeng and Smith, Mark E. (2008) A potential novel rapid screening NMR approach to boundary film formation at solid interfaces in contact with ionic liquids. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 (36). pp. 13801-13804. ISSN 1932-7455
Gervais, Christel and Laurencin, Danielle and Wong, Alan and Pourpoint, Frédérique and Labram, John and Woodward, Bleddyn and Howes, Andrew P. and Pike, Kevin J. and Dupree, Ray and Mauri, Francesco and Bonhomme, Christian and Smith, Mark E. (2008) New perspectives on calcium environments in inorganic materials containing calcium–oxygen bonds:a combined computational–experimental 43Ca NMR approach. Chemical Physics Letters, 464 (1-3). pp. 42-48. ISSN 0009-2614
Holmes, Lesley and Peng, Luming and Heinmaa, Ivo and O'Dell, Luke A. and Smith, Mark E. and Vannier, Rose-Noelle and Grey, Clare P. (2008) Variable-temperature O-17 NMR study of oxygen motion in the anionic conductor Bi26Mo10O69. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20 (11). pp. 3638-3648. ISSN 1364-5501
Johnes, Geraint (2008) Cherry-picking in the economics of education orchard: a selective survey of recent developments. In: Economia del Capitale Umano: instituzioni, incentivi e valutazione. FrancoAngeli, Milano, pp. 17-31. ISBN 978-88-568-0108-8
Kemp, Thomas F. and Wong, A. and Smith, Mark E. and Bishop, P. T. and Carthey, N. (2008) A natural abundance Se-77 solid-state NMR study of inorganic compounds. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 34 (4). pp. 224-227. ISSN 1527-3326
Kwan, Irene C. M. and Wong, Alan and She, Yi-Min and Smith, Mark E. and Wu, Gang (2008) Direct NMR evidence for Ca2+ ion binding to G-quartets. Chemical Communications (No.6). pp. 682-684. ISSN 1364-548X
Laurencin, Danielle and Wong, Alan and Dupree, Ray and Smith, Mark E. (2008) Natural abundance Ca-43 solid-state NMR characterisation of hydroxyapatite: identification of the two calcium sites. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 46 (4). pp. 347-350. ISSN 1097-458X
Laurencin, Danielle and Wong, Alan and Hanna, John V. and Dupree, Ray and Smith, Mark E. (2008) A high-resolution Ca-43 solid-state NMR study of the calcium sites of hydroxyapatite. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (8). pp. 2412-2413. ISSN 1520-5126
Martin, Richard A. and Salmon, Philip S. and Carroll, Donna L. and Smith, Mark E. and Hannon, Alex C. (2008) Structure and thermal properties of yttrium alumino-phosphate glasses. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20 (11). ISSN 0953-8984
McMillan, T. J. and Leatherman, E. and Ridley, A. J. and Shorrocks, J. and Tobi, S. E. and Whiteside, J. R. (2008) Cellular effects of long wavelength UV light (UVA) on mammalian cells. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 60 (8). pp. 969-976. ISSN 0022-3573
Moss, Robert M. and Pickup, David M. and Ahmed, Ifty and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Smith, Mark E. and Newport, Robert J. (2008) Structural characteristics of antibacterial bioresorbable phosphate glass. Advanced Functional Materials, 18 (4). pp. 634-639. ISSN 1616-3028
Neel, Ensanya Ali Abou and O'Dell, Luke Austin and Smith, Mark E. and Knowles, Jonathan Campbell (2008) Processing, characterisation, and biocompatibility of zinc modified metaphosphate based glasses for biomedical applications. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 19 (4). pp. 1669-1679. ISSN 0957-4530
O'Dell, Luke A. and Guerry, Paul and Wong, Alan and Neel, Ensanya A. Abou and Pham, Tran N. and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Brown, Steven P. and Smith, Mark E. (2008) Quantification of crystalline phases and measurement of phosphate chain lengths in a mixed phase sample by P-31 refocused INADEQUATE MAS NMR. Chemical Physics Letters, 455 (4-6). pp. 178-183.
O'Dell, Luke A. and Gunawidjaja, Philips N. and Holland, Mark A. and Mountjoy, Gavin and Pickup, Dave M. and Newport, Robert J. and Smith, Mark E. (2008) Characterisation of sol-gel prepared (HfO2)(x)(SiO2)(1-x) (x=0.1, 0.2 and 0.4) by H-1, C-13, O-17 and Si-29 MAS NMR, FTIR and TGA. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 33 (1-2). pp. 16-24. ISSN 1527-3326
O'Dell, Luke A. and Savin, Shelley L. P. and Chadwick, Alan V. and Smith, Mark E. (2008) Structural characterisation of the silica and alumina Zener pinning phases in nanocrystalline CeO2 by 29Si and 27Al nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 10 (8). pp. 1263-1270. ISSN 1388-0764
Parkinson, B. G. and Holland, D. and Smith, Mark E. and Larson, C. and Doerr, J. and Affatigato, M. and Feller, S. A. and Howes, A. P. and Scales, C. R. (2008) Quantitative measurement of Q(3) species in silicate and borosilicate glasses using Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 354 (17). pp. 1936-1942.
Pickup, David M. and Neel, Ensanya A. Abou and Moss, Robert M. and Wetherall, Kate M. and Guerry, Paul and Smith, Mark E. and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Newport, Robert J. (2008) TiK-edge XANES study of the local environment of titanium in bioresorbable TiO2-CaO-Na2O-P2O5 glasses. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 19 (4). pp. 1681-1685. ISSN 0957-4530
Pickup, David M. and Speight, R. J. (Richard J.) and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Smith, Mark E. and Newport, Robert J. (2008) Sol-gel synthesis and structural characterisation of binary TiO2-P2O5 glasses. Materials Research Bulletin, 43 (2). pp. 333-342.
Pickup, David M. and Wetherall, Kate M. and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Smith, Mark E. and Newport, Robert J. (2008) Sol-gel preparation and high-energy XRD study of (CaO)(x)(TiO2)(0.5-x)(P2O5)(0.5) glasses (x=0 and 0.25). Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 19 (4). pp. 1661-1668. ISSN 0957-4530
Qiu, Dong and Guerry, Paul and Ahmed, Ifty and Pickup, Dave M. and Carta, Daniela and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Smith, Mark E. and Newport, Robert J. (2008) A high-energy X-ray diffraction, P-31 and B-11 solid-state NMR study of the structure of aged sodium borophosphate glasses. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 111 (2-3). pp. 455-462.
Qiu, Dong and Guerry, Paul and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Smith, Mark E. and Newport, Robert J. (2008) Formation of functional phosphosilicate gels from phytic acid and tetraethyl orthosilicate. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 48 (3). pp. 378-383. ISSN 1573-4846
Rao, Y. and Kemp, Thomas F. and Trudeau, Michel and Smith, Mark E. and Antonelli, D. M. (2008) 17O and 15N Solid State NMR Studies on Ligand-Assisted Templating and Oxygen Coordination in the Walls of Mesoporous Nb, Ta and Ti Oxides. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (46). pp. 15726-15731. ISSN 0002-7863
Shaban, E. M. and Ako, S. and Taylor, C. James and Seward, Derek W. (2008) Development of an automated verticality alignment system for a vibro-lance. Automation in Construction, 17 (5). pp. 645-655. ISSN 0926-5805
Shorrocks, Julie and Paul, Nigel D. and McMillan, Trevor J. (2008) The Dose Rate of UVA Treatment Influences the Cellular Response of HaCaT Keratinocytes. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 128 (3). pp. 685-693. ISSN 0022-202X
Smith, Mark E. (2008) Biological materials. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 46 (4). p. 307. ISSN 0749-1581
Urry, John (2008) Climate change, travel and complex futures. British Journal of Sociology, 59 (2). pp. 261-279. ISSN 1468-4446
Urry, John (2008) Governance, flows and the end of the car system? Global Environmental Change, 18 (3). pp. 343-349.
Urry, John (2008) Leisure places. In: Greetings from Europe. Landscape and Leisure. OIO Publishers, Rotterdam.
Urry, John (2008) The London Olympics and global competition: on the move. Twenty-first Century Society: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences, 3 (3). pp. 289-293. ISSN 1745-0144
Urry, John (2008) Moving on the mobility turn. In: Tracing Mobilities. Towards a cosmopolitan perspective in mobility research. Ashgate, Aldershot.
Urry, John (2008) Speeding up and slowing down. In: Social Acceleration. Princeton University Press.
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Hello, I already know how to use the runtime method to get the number of available processors but what I need is how to control the number of processors to be used during each round of test or execution in a multicore environment.
Put differently, I want to experiment on one node of a multicore computer with 12processors, but I need to be able to specify at each round of the experiment (execution) how many processors should execute my threaded application. I need to be able to specify the use of 2 cpus, 4 cpus, 6 cpus,8 cpus, 10 cpus and 12 cpus.
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In what some consider one of the most surprising decisions of the 2013 local political season, Kinston Mayor B.J. Murphy formally announced Tuesday morning he will not be running for reelection.
In what some consider one of the most surprising decisions of the 2013 local political season, Kinston Mayor B.J. Murphy formally announced Tuesday morning he will not be running for reelection.
He said he and his wife Jessica came to the decision Saturday night on a family drive back from Durham. He also said he wanted to make the decision early, so other candidates would potentially step forward.
�Jessica and I have been praying and discussing this in depth for about eight months,� said Murphy, who is employed by LegalShield, a company that installs small business plans and employee benefits. �It just came down to us growing our business and enjoying our time with our family.�
Murphy, Kinston�s first Republican mayor since Reconstruction, will keep the Committee to Elect B.J. Murphy open, although he told The Free Press he�s not targeting any particular office now or in the immediate or longtime future.
�I�m only 32 and I have plenty of political life in me,� Murphy said. �I don�t need to run for office to prove myself to the City of Kinston; I�ve enjoyed it and I�m going to continue to give back to my community.�
The mayor�s job and two city council seats � currently held by Democrats Bobby Merritt and Robbie Swinson � are on the November ballot. All three races will be nonpartisan races for the first time.
Reaction across the area on Tuesday was that of surprise at Murphy�s decision.
�I was totally shocked when I found out,� Kinston Mayor Pro Tem and longtime Kinston City Councilman Joe Tyson said. �I immediately picked up the phone to call B.J., because I was concerned it might be something very serious with his family.
�But I also wanted to tell him he�s doing a good job. B.J. is an up-and-coming person who is known throughout the state for doing good things for this city when it comes to working with ElectriCities and the DOT.�
Kinston City Councilwoman Kelly Jarman was elected to her post in 2011 and said she had enjoyed working with Murphy. She, too, was surprised when contacted by The Free Press � who broke the news to her.
�I am totally shocked, because I�d heard he was going to run,� Jarman said. �I�ve only been on the council for a year, but in the short time I�ve been on the council, we�ve worked well together.�
Kinston City Manager Tony Sears assumed his position in November 2011 and said he appreciated the job performed by Murphy.
�I�ve enjoyed my time working with the mayor,� Sears said. �He�s a consummate professional. All elected officials bring something unique to the table and he was no different.�
Murphy, who grew up in Kinston and is a Kinston High School and ECU graduate, burst on the local scene early last decade when he became the director of Pride of Kinston, the downtown revitalization organization. In 2005, he made an unsuccessful � but surprisingly strong � run for mayor against Kinston legend O.A. �Buddy� Ritch, losing to the Democrat by less than 300 votes.
�It showed me that people were willing to accept the idea of change,� Murphy said of his close loss to Ritch. �They weren�t ready for me just yet; four years later, they were.�
Murphy won the mayor�s post in 2009 in a three-way race that pitted him again against two political veterans, former Lenoir County commissioner Earl Harper and former city council member Jimmy Cousins. At 29, he was the city's youngest mayor in history and one of the youngest mayors in the state.
�I was a viable candidate, I knew the issues and I would argue that I was on the right side of the issues,� Murphy said. �I knocked on the right doors and raised $15,000, as opposed to $6,000 the first time I ran. I learned a valuable lesson from the first race when Mayor Ritch raised $12,000 and I only raised $6,000.�
The mayor listed a number of accomplishments during his term, including the legal fight that finally convinced the U.S. Department of Justice to allow Kinston to move from a partisan election system, where candidates run under party labels, to a nonpartisan system. That fight was actually waged by a group of residents without the city�s direct support, but Murphy advocated for a nonpartisan system in his campaign and in the years since.
Murphy also said as mayor he actively pursued regional partnerships for economic development, led efforts to challenge the status quo in the public power business, supported increased street resurfacing funding, vocalized support for pro-active community policing, and encouraged ongoing demolition and community re-development efforts.
Regardless of what happens in his future, Murphy said he is not going to disappear from the public view.
�I�m going to stay involved in the political realm,� Murphy said. �The question is going to be how public it�s going to be. I�m a very opinionated person and I don�t mind sharing those opinions, so don�t be surprised to see me writing letters to the editor, endorsing candidates or getting behind legislation, state or federal.�
Free Press Publisher and Editor Patrick Holmes contributed to this report. Bryan C. Hanks can be reached at 252-559-1074 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at BCHanks and check out his blog at bhanks.encblogs.com.


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I really liked it. A nice step up after the disappointing Iron Man 2 and Cap movies. I thought most of the characters were given a fair amount of time.
I really enjoyed The Hulk. It doesn't hurt that Detective Toschi has assumed the green rage. Question, why did the Hulk turn grey for awhile in the comics?
I liked how Tony was poking Banner and trying to get him to flip his lid.
I had a good laugh, as did the rest of the theater, when
Loki was talking down to the Hulk and then the Hulk proceeded to smash up Loki like a rag doll. Loki was gasping for air as Hulk muttered "puny god."
The last scene after the credits
where Tony makes good on his shawarma promise and The Avengers are just sitting in this destroyed little restaurant was another nice humorous moment.
That was
grinning after the initial credits, right?
I am sure more will come to me but all in all I had a great time. Now I am looking forward to Iron Man 3 under the direction of Shane Black!
Oh yeah, it was also cool getting to see the latest TDKR trailer and Spidey trailers on the big screen. I think this latest installment of the Spidey series should age well. Excited about them both, more so the Dark Knight.


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Wake up, folks: There is no health risk in rousing a sleepwalker from their somnambulistic stroll. Well, no risk to them, anyway. You, on the other hand, might suffer a swift, roundhouse kick to the dome.
Long-repeated medical myths have held that if you forcibly snap a sleepwalker back to a wakeful state it will A) induce a state of shock or possibly even insanity, B) give them "lockjaw," and, C), our personal favorite, cause their soul to become trapped outside their body. The truth matters now more than ever: On Monday, the Stanford University School of Medicine released new research estimating that 8.5 million U.S. adults (3.6 percent of the grownup population) went sleepwalking during the past year -- a far higher rate of nocturnal wanderers than previously thought by doctors.
"It's not dangerous for the sleepwalker to wake him up," said Dr. Mark R. Pressman, a psychologist and sleep specialist at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Pa. "You're not going to do them any harm."
But there are two potential pitfalls in attempting to yank them back to the conscious world. First, sleepwalkers take their short journeys with eyes open yet without turning on a key part of their brain -- the frontal lobe, a portion that controls social interaction. They are momentarily trapped in an altered, gray state that falls between alertness and full sleep, making them quite difficult to bring back to the real world, Pressman said.
"You just can't talk to them and say 'Hey!" and have them wake up," Pressman said. "I'm not even sure where that myth began that you shouldn't wake them. But the more you dig back (to try research that legend), the more you'll find that sleepwalking once was thought to be mixed in with spirits and demonic possessions."
Most sleepwalking episodes last only seconds or a few minutes, ending with the person either sitting or lying on the floor and returning sleep or eventually trudging back to bed.
"It's very likely to go away on its own while the family is watching," Pressman said.
You can try to verbally redirect a sleepwalker -- especially a child -- by standing a short distance away and speaking to them in short, easy commands: "Stop, turn around, go back to bed." But don't expect them to answer or even to recognize you, Pressman said. Those particular neurons are still snoozing. "Hopefully they turn around and go the other way.
"There's really no reason to dive in and stop it unless the sleepwalker is about to climb out a window or fall down some stairs. If that's the case, the family member doesn't really have much choice," he added.
If you do approach a sleepwalker -- especially if you physically block or grab one -- they may flash some "defensive aggressiveness," Pressman said. "This is a very primitive response to what they see as a potential attacker. They may become violent.
"The first thing, obviously, is you have to protect them anyway you can. That's the bottom line: safety. So you may have to be prepared to take a punch or kick."
Just don't expect your zombified loved one or housemate to offer an apology.
- Sleepwalking more rampant than thought, study shows
- Suicide while sleepwalking is a real nightmare
- Why do our eyelids get heavy when we're sleepy?


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Why is everyone gunning for Anna Hazare? 6
Since his moral victory in forcing the government to form a joint panel for drafting the long pending Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare has been facing sniper attacks from politicians of all hues.
Kapil Sibal took a pot shot at him for his obsession with the Lokpal bill claiming that the people's problems were different and that the bill had no significance for the illiterate and thirsty. This was a specious argument, considering the fact that the poor and the illiterate are most affected by corruption because it denies them the their much needed entitlements. Digvijay Singh then suggested that Anna Hazare should fight elections. This was a subtle reminder that the influence veiled by him was extra constitutional and that the government may not be willing to oblige him all the time. His reference to elections is consistent with the thinking of the political class that considers electoral victory (by fare or foul means) to be the touch stone of all power in a Democracy and attaches no significance to morality. Pranab Mukeherjee dubbed the joint panel as a 'new experiment', the success or failure of which will determine its outcome, hinting government unease and a possible future snub. L.K. Advani in a veiled attack, criticized persons close to Anna Hazare for demonizing politicians. There was even a tame protest by various political parties against the overt attempt of agitating Civil Society activists to distance themselves from all political parties by refusing entry to them. To top it all, an anonymous CD surfaced just days before the first meeting of the joint panel, accusing the Civil society co-chair,Shanti Bhushan of trying to negotiate to fix a judge. Another bomb shell was dropped by the Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde, who is also a civil society representative on the panel, by his statement that he was considering to resign from the panel in view of the ongoing slander campaign against them.
All of the above may seem like disparate and disjointed criticism, but their real target is the Lokpal Bill itself. Politicians fear that the presence of civil society members will throw up a draft that will be politically very costly to oppose. This is why they are desperately trying to nibble away the credibility of the civil society members to turn the panel into a nonstarter . They were all together in condemning Anna Hazare for his denigrating of the politicians. This despite the fact that everyone agrees that the movement would have fallen flat on its face, had it been perceived to be obligated to any political party. This predicament of politicians where it is hard even to argue that there are good as well as bad politicians, is what worries the top political leaders most. Yet the decline has not been sudden. Things have grown from bad to worse. For years civil society activists have waged a loosing battle for reforms. Thinks have failed to take off wherever interests of the ruling elite have converged. Political leadership have also failed miserably in isolating the bad apples amongst them. For too long the law makers have reveled in being the chief law breakers.
Even though in the past too there have been many fasts unto death inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, most have faced public apathy, some were dubbed as maverick acts, some were even made fun of. Very few have received the wide spread public support that Anna Hazare got. His honesty and simplicity though were only part of the reason. The other important reason was the in rising public anger against rampant corruption and the recently unleashed season of corruption that never ends. Even though there is no denying the danger of a sustained denigration of politicians in general, corrective measures are needed to restore the balance of public concern in governance. Only massive public support can ensure that the involvement of civil society does not remain an isolated experiment but leads to more responsive governance that acts instead of stalling crucial reform legislations such as Women's reservation, Election reform, Police reform, Witness protection act etc. apart from the Lokpal Bill and the anti corruption measures.


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Kids in South Africa tell us what they really think about our volunteers!
In January, Projects Abroad started a new project at a primary school in Steenberg, Cape Town. We revisited the school last week and interviewed some students. They had some interesting things to say about our volunteers!
Making a difference for the children
Jodi (11), Belita (12), and Nicole (10) are in grade five and come from a community where children are exposed to drugs and abuse from a young age. They have all experienced the arrival of volunteers at their school since January and are personally affected by the changes they have brought.
When the first volunteers arrived to help teach at the school, their impact was immediately felt. Since the school is understaffed, the volunteers were able to add that personal attention that some children need. "They are wonderful, caring, supportive and helpful", Belita explains, "they are assisting the weak children in the class, and if you are struggling, you just have to lift your hand and they will come to you". One volunteer even started a reading club for those behind in their reading.
A few volunteers have also taught sports at the school, and have radically transformed the P.E. classes. Due to the lack of resources, the teachers would take the children out and let them run around freely and improvise games with tyres and a few balls. Thanks to a recent donation by two volunteers, the school has been provided with various sporting balls, a volleyball net, goals, a table tennis table and much more. This will ensure that future volunteers will be able to run P.E. classes with a variety of activities. "I am very thankful, because not all schools have the opportunity to get these things", expressed Jodi.
The presence of a few volunteers at a school in need makes a great difference in the lives of the children. Jodi, Belita and Nicole are looking forward to new volunteers coming to their school.
Here's a video showing the full interview with the students:
The Project
Steenberg is situated in the Cape Flats area, and is regarded as an underprivileged area of Cape Town. The region is subject to high unemployment, crime and substance abuse. Schools in the area are mostly understaffed and classes can go up to 60 children.
The need for volunteers at the school in Steenberg is high, and they have the opportunity to teach a variety of subjects, either as assistant teachers or as independent teachers with their own class. Furthermore, the project offers the opportunity for the volunteers to teach sports in the form of Physical Education lessons to the various classes of the 600 school pupils.
Find out more about how you can join this project to help with volunteer teaching in South Africa.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you celebrate St. Patrick's Day by drinking a can of Pledge and antagonizing everyone around you. LET'S GO!
NCAA TOURNAMENT – All Day starting at 12:15PM (CBS, TNT, TBS, truTV) Don't you just love it when the first full day of the NCAA tourney coincides with St. Patrick's Day? It's like taking one excuse to drink and multiplying it with another and then exploding a beer vat on the street. By 4PM today, your entire office may have alcohol poisoning. I love it. Now, there are some things you need to know about the tournament's TV coverage this year. First off, if you're stuck at work, you can watch the tourney online at cbssports.com. Secondly, if you're watching on TV, the tourney games have been split up between CBS, TNT, TBS, and truTV. That means you're going to have the power to cut away from lousy games all day long, instead of praying that Greg Gumbel makes the right choice for you. So sit back and enjoy. It's a gorgeous day for beer and basketball. ANTICIPATION: MADNESS!
KATHY GRIFFIN: 50 AND NOT PREGNANT – 9:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) If you're the polar opposite of a college basketball fan, then why not flip over to Bravo for an all-new Kathy Griffin stand-up special? Expect many a Charlie Sheen joke. ANTICIPATION: BOTOX!
BLOND VS. BEAR – 10:00PM (Animal Planet) Oh, my money is definitely on the bear. It's like rock-paper-scissors. Bear beats blonde. Blonde beats traffic ticket. Traffic ticket angers bear. Anyway, this new series profile Ann Bryant, a bear protector (aren't bears pretty good at protecting themselves?) in Lake Tahoe trying to prevent human-bear clashes. No clue why she'd do that. Clashes between humans and bears are crazy awesome. There are honey jars thrown and limbs bitten off… it's really something. ANTICIPATION: NATURE!
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART – 11:00PM (Comedy Central) Thrice yearly, Jon Stewart is contractually obligated to bring on a guest who won't put you right to sleep. Tonight, he fulfills that obligation by having Howard Stern on. ANTICIPATION: BABA BOOEY TO Y'ALL!
30 ROCK – 10:00PM (NBC) Susan Sarandon guest stars. And if you saw "Solitary Man," you know just a little dash of Susan Sarandon makes everything 3% classier than it ought to be. ANTICIPATION: COUGARS!
Thursday Watch List: THIS IS MADNESS!
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you celebrate St. Patrick's Day by drinking a can of Pledge and antagonizing everyone around you. LET'S GO!


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Happy 2012! I don't think the world is going to end anytime soon so we might as well keeping living and doing what we do. It's a new year with new goals. I'm not going to bore you with my personal resolutions of weight loss, spending more quality time with my mom, break dancing and increased bike riding. We're not here to talk about that. As far as the Yarn Graffiti Documentary goes the goal for the year is to wrap up primary production. To wrap up production the Yarn Graffiti Doc team is working around the clock to get money to finish this movie.
Another big resolution is to make sure to keep all of you updated through this blog. I've let this blog fall to the wayside. I promise to stay on top of this.
The holidays were good to me in strange way, (I love my family) but bad for the documentary. For 2 weeks I didn't really think about it. I'm happy to be back to normal life where I think about this documentary all day long like a monkey on my back.
I'm back to work on the doc! More coming soon.
I'm making a documentary about the yarn graffiti movement and I'm writing about it here.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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The 7 Deadly Sysadmin Sins
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We've all been there, needing to fix something and not having the time, energy, etc to fix it the right way. Sometimes this is the easiest way to avoid a massive rabbit hole. But you know it's wrong you do it and keep going but part of you dies inside. The 7 Deadly Sysadmin Sins.
- chmod 777
- chmod 4755 $file
- setenforce 0
- echo " |passwd –stdin root
- service iptables stop
- echo 'reboot' > /etc/cron.daily/fix-hanging-db.sh
- curl http://randomwebsite/foo.sh | bash
The last one bugs the crap out of me when good software developers assume this is a valid way to install software (outside of your personal machine).
Categories: Sysadminery devops, doing-it-wrong, sysadmin


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In the 2002 movie, "About Schmidt," a recently retired insurance agent (portrayed by Jack Nicholson) goes on a road trip in a brand new RV to see his daughter, and a bit of America along the way. What unfolds is a story as complex and convoluted as Schmidt's new life. He realizes that his work of many years has quickly become irrelevant, and that his ties to family and friends have long frayed. Now he is intent on making up for the many sacrifices and missed opportunities in his past. Even his wife's sudden and unexpected death doesn't change that. There is still more to come in his "Golden Years," or so he hopes.
More so than any other generation before them, today's retirees have great expectations about what they will be able to accomplish after officially leaving the work force. There are many good reasons for that. People live longer, have a wider variety of skills and interests, are more mobile, and can take advantage of technologies not available only a short time ago.
On the downside, a great number are not financially secure enough to be able to afford retirement. They hope to continue working, at least part-time, to supplement pensions and savings. According to surveys, three fourths of Americans say they plan on working beyond retirement age in some capacity.
But that may be easier said than done. In actuality less than one fifth manage to remain in the work force. Many retire even sooner than they had envisioned – in most cases not by choice. According to the AARP, older Americans may want to continue working because it provides them with much needed income, keeps them busy and engaged, allows them to stay socially connected, and so forth. But often retirees underestimate the difficulties of finding any job, let alone one that fulfills them and gives them pleasure.
True, much of today's work environment does no longer require hard physical labor, so aging people are not necessarily as disadvantaged as they used to be. But well paying jobs, as scarce as they are, typically demand long work hours as well as skills older workers may not have and find hard to acquire.
Also, while blatant age discrimination is unlawful, many employers are hesitant to hire workers late in their careers, even those with valuable expertise, if they can get their needs met by younger ones for less money and fewer benefits.
There are, of course, numerous examples of retried persons finding meaningful and rewarding things to do. Those who can afford to busy themselves for free are invited to volunteer for countless causes. But for the majority that's no solution. According to consumercredit.com, more than 70 percent of Americans are financially too insecure to retire without some source of income in addition to their pension plans and/or social security checks.
Among the greatest concerns, unsurprisingly, are rising healthcare costs. This is where many of the elderly feel most vulnerable. Whether the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. "Obamacare") will change that remains to be seen, but presently there is much uncertainty about the new law's impact, particularly on those who suffer from chronic ailments.
For this and other reasons, we all, but especially the now retiring baby boomers, are well advised to pay close attention to our health needs, preferably in terms of disease prevention through diet and lifestyle improvements. Contrary to widespread belief, illness and decline are not inevitable parts of aging. In fact, with few exceptions, we have considerable control over our own aging process. And how well we do health-wise determines greatly what else we can hope to accomplish in every other aspect.
So, to my fellow-retirees who are still highly active and full of plans for the future, I say: let's keep up our zest for life, but let's start with the fundamentals, and see where we can go from here.
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Ischigualasto/Talampaya Natural Parks (Argentina)
Property: Ischigualasto/Talampaya Natural Parks
Id. N°: 966
State Party: Argentina
Criteria: N (i)
The Committee inscribed Ischigualasto/Talampaya Natural Parks on the World Heritage List under natural criterion (i).
Criterion (i). The site contains a complete sequence of fossiliferous continental sediments representing the entire Triassic Period (45 million years) of geological history. No other place in the world has a fossil record comparable to that of Ischigualasto-Talampaya which reveals the evolution of vertebrate life and the nature of palaeoenvironments in the Triassic Period.
IUCN noted that existing pressures on the site are low, that the site is effectively managed and that a positive response was received from the State Party concerning a cooperative management plan.
A number of delegates, in supporting the nomination, highlighted the uniqueness of the site covering the whole Triassic period.
The Observer of Argentina thanked the Committee for the decision, which will strengthen the protection of natural areas in his country. He informed the Committee that the two areas are now well integrated and that a joint management plan is in place since 2 October 2000. He also agreed to a name change from Ischigualasto Provincial Park and Talampaya National Park to Ischigualasto/ Talampaya Natural Parks as suggested by some delegates who felt the name was complicated.


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text: My grandmother Edna May Buckman was born Christmas day in 1882, the daughter of Charles Harper Buckman and May Phipps Begley. I found a 1910 article about a Christmas suffrage tree and holiday party that shows how the holiday festivities were tied to the suffrage organizing in New York City and it's precisely the kind of event Edna and daughter Serena would have enjoyed. The children attending the 1910 suffrage holiday party walked away with candy wrapped in suffrage colors and a Votes for Women button.


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Perimeter Institute hosted the Honourable John Milloy, MPP for Kitchener Centre, as he named 20 local recipients of Ontario's Early Researcher Awards (ERAs), which support highly promising early-career faculty with $140,000 grants. The program's goal is to improve Ontario's ability to attract and retain the best and brightest research talent from around the world.
Perimeter Director Neil Turok said, "We are very proud of our young faculty members who are receiving Early Researcher Awards today. They are exploring some of the most basic questions in physics. They are each highly creative thinkers, cutting their own paths across disciplines, questioning established ideas, and moving the whole field forward. History has shown us that time and again, basic discoveries open doors to the future – new technologies, new understanding, and the progress of human society."
"Kitchener-Waterloo leads some of the most innovative research in this province. I am delighted to announce Ontario's support for the ground-breaking, world-class work being conducted at three of our fine educational facilities," Milloy said.
Four Perimeter researchers received ERAs:
Dmitry Abanin, who is a pioneer in the theory of graphene, a revolutionary material now finding its first applications in a wide variety of devices. Abanin is working to develop a deeper theoretical understanding of the broader class of materials to which graphene belongs.
Bianca Dittrich, who is working to discover whether space itself is built out of some kind of fundamental building blocks, called spacetime atoms. This is one promising way to unify the theory of quantum mechanics with Einstein's theory of gravity, into a theory of quantum gravity.
Davide Gaiotto, who works to extend the basic vocabulary of physics by discovering and defining new classes of quantum field theories. His research has led to unexpected progress in mathematics, and is aimed at a deeper understanding of the laws governing the universe.
Natalia Toro, who has invented ways to use existing particle accelerators to search for possible forces of nature beyond the four we know about, and who is developing a startling new theory about the way known forces might work.
Further details at http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/node/93589