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Some residents waded or even swam through the flood waters that rushed across Hudson County streets and into homes and businesses during Hurricane Sandy. Others attempted to recover their possessions as water sped into their basements at unprecedented rates. Still others tried to evacuate their homes. But officials said last week that it wasn't necessarily a good idea to walk through the water.
"No, absolutely not," said Captain Bill Sheehan of the Hackensack Riverkeeper – a local organization that is part of a nationwide environmental group – last week. "People have to be aware that during the storm, several of the major wastewater treatment plants lost power and began releasing raw sewage and industrial waste."
Places like Hoboken, Jersey City, and Bayonne have an antiquated "combined sewer system" that collects storm water and sewage in one network. When the system becomes overwhelmed, flooding occurs and raw sewage ends up on public and private properties. And while places like North Bergen and Secaucus managed to sustain treatment operations on back-up power, contaminated water from the Hudson and Hackensack Rivers filled up many homes in low-lying areas.
However, tap water was a different story. Throughout the storm, the quality of drinkable water was never threatened because the piping and distribution system remained intact, officials said. During some past storms, the tap water quality was threatened and residents were advised to boil it before drinking it. (See sidebar.)
Meanwhile, Sheehan said that cleaning up your house and property can still make you sick if it's not done properly.
Some sewer treatment plants lost power
Sheehan, a Secaucus resident and active conservationist, started the Hackensack Riverkeeper in 1997 to protect the watershed and the public's right to clean water.
Sheehan said that local hospitals, laboratories, and companies discharge water into the area's sewer systems. While the discharge is treated regularly, when the sewage treatment plant stops working and the water rises, all of that discharge ends up in the flood waters.
"I see these pictures of people walking through the flood waters and I cringe," said Sheehan. "I wonder how many people know it is really sewage."
Throw away, and disinfect
During a flood cleanup, failure to remove contaminated materials and to reduce moisture and humidity can present serious long-term health risks, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The agency web site says that standing water and wet materials are a breeding ground for microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria, and mold, which can cause disease, trigger allergic reactions, and continue to damage materials long after the flood.
If people still have standing water, Sheehan said, "It is probably worse now than when it started. They have to definitely protect themselves or else hire professionals."
"It stunk," said Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli regarding the Hackensack River water that flooded Secaucus homes. "The river was churning… anything could possibly be in that water." He said an oil tank on a private property on Farm Road tipped over and leaked 50 gallons of oil into the flood waters in that area.
"It stunk." – Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli
Sheehan said, "the smallest nick allows that water to go into your system."
He added that people should be wearing rubber gloves and boots that should also be properly disinfected. People should use a bleach solution to disinfect their homes and throw out as much as they can of what came into contact with the flood waters.
Systems stretched during Sandy
The North Bergen and Secaucus Municipal Authorities did not lose power and managed to sustain their respective treatment plants on back-up generators. While the Hackensack River, which is deemed unsafe for direct contact, flowed into surrounding homes, the SMUA stretched to capacity and managed to treat approximately 20 million gallons of water, which was above the usual average of 3 to 4 million gallons.
Secaucus has a separated sewage system, but if it is stretched beyond capacity it could back-up into people's homes, which was the case during Hurricane Irene last year.
The North Bergen Municipal Utilities Authority, which has a combined sewer system (CSO), experienced some flooding and minimal equipment damage. Executive Director Frank Pestana commended his staff for the job they did during the storm.
"They were in four feet of water," he said. "Some of them were trapped." He said that he is not aware of any sewage back-up into homes that were flooded along the waterfront along River Road.
Overflow into rivers
The federal Clean Water Act prohibits releasing untreated or partially treated sewage overflow into waterways. Untreated wastewater contains E.coli and other pathogens, which can cause a variety of infections in people who come into contact with the contaminated water, according to the EPA.
In the case of Jersey City, the EPA in 2011 issued a consent decree that said the municipality was in violation of the Clean Water Act because of such overflows and the resulting pollution. Residents in the downtown area had asked city officials to confront the problem, which was worsened by Hurricane Irene in August, 2011.
The issue has not been resolved. The Riverkeeper is suing the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to get cities like Jersey City, North Bergen, and Bayonne to stop dumping overflow sewage in the river during heavy rains.
Sheehan said that while cities like Jersey City and North Bergen may want to do the right thing, they need more guidance from the state DEP.
Water remained safe to drink
While residents were asked to conserve water during and after Hurricane Sandy, the quality of the drinkable water was never compromised and no boil water advisories were issued, officials said. Tap water remained safe to drink and for use in homes and businesses.
That wasn't always the case in past storms. When the water becomes undrinkable, it could be due to a loss of power, a breach to the system, damage to piping, or a loss of system pressure, which can all lead to the potential for infiltration.
No such incident occurred this time.
"With significant backup generation in place, we have been able to maintain water service to our customers during and after the storm," Jim Glozzy, vice president and general manager of United Water New Jersey, said in a statement. "However, with a power grid that is still unstable, we continue to rely on fuel-powered generators and fuel is in short supply. Water restrictions seem prudent at this time."
United Water serves Guttenberg, North Bergen, Secaucus, Union City, Weehawken, and West New York. The company also serves Hoboken and Jersey City through public-private partnerships. According to Director of Communications Steven Goudsmith, the piping system and the integrity of the distribution system remained intact throughout the storm.
"We never lost system pressures. We never lost electrical power to our systems," said Goudsmith. "When a storm is on its way we take extra precautions." He said the company moved to back-up generators even before power went out in order to maintain service.
The company conducts an inspection of its facilities, the dam, and the water treatment plants, and ensures they have back-up generators 24 hours prior to the storm.
Sidebar 2
Sewage waste still flowing into harbor
Combined sewer overflows contain raw, untreated sewage and tons of nutrients that can damage natural ecosystems. Despite the hazards posed to the environment, the CSOs in Hudson County remain an issue especially during heavy rainfall and storms like Sandy.
Captain Bill Sheehan of the Riverkeeper environmental group believes that the Passaic Valley Sewage Commission, which treats sewage for Bayonne and Jersey City, continues to discharge partially treated sewage into the harbor. He is skeptical about whether cities will now address the problem and make it a priority.
"The optimist in me says, 'I hope so,'" he said. "The cynic in me says, that people will forget all of that as soon as people get back to some semblance of normal."
He added that while the state and country invests in rebuilding and infrastructure to repair bridges, roads, and transit systems, the most important part is the sewage and wastewater treatment systems. However, those are rarely treated as a priority.
"That is the last place politicians are willing to spend money," noted Sheehan. "If they fix it there is nothing they can stand next to and say, 'I did this.' People can't see it…the sewage system is buried underground."
"It would cost billions of dollars to separate the system," said Frank Pestana of the North Municipal Utilities Authority. He stressed that it was not about it being less of a priority. "It would cost too much money."
Adriana Rambay Fernández may be reached at email@example.com.


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embellished shoulder top and sequined leggings: H&M * plateau sandals: Sonia Rykiel for H&m * ruffled clutch: Zara
hey guys!
i know i have been absent from the blog. :(
but as some of you might have read in my twitter, i have this eye problem going on.
we were in the hospital yesterday and today we´re going to the eye doctor.
i am praying that everything´s gonna be alright.
as the doctor was examining my eye, the thought of suddenly becoming blind came to me and then tears just came out of my eyes (which made it more difficult to examine).
i honestly took my sight for granted.
anyway, these photos were taken before the weather suddenly changed his mind.
these has to do for now. i promise to be back once my eye gets better!
some old photos too but i thought i should share.
my one prayer everyday is that i´d be always a good mother to miguel.
not like mine.

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CBS Philly: Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Wednesday when a judge rejected his argument that his lawyers were not given enough time to prepare for the three-week proceeding that ended with a 45-count guilty verdict.
Judge John Cleland's 27-page order said lawyers for the former Penn State assistant football coach conceded that their post-trial review turned up no material that would have changed their trial strategy.
"I do not think it can be said that either of the defendant's trial counsel failed to test the prosecution's case in a meaningful manner," Cleland wrote. "The defendant's attorneys subjected the commonwealth's witnesses to meaningful and effective cross-examination, presented evidence for the defense and presented both a comprehensive opening statement and a clearly developed closing argument."
He also rejected post-sentencing motions regarding jury instructions, hearsay testimony and a comment by the prosecution during closing arguments that referred to the fact that Sandusky, who did not testify at trial, gave media interviews after he was arrested in November 2011.
Cleland said the prosecution's closing was not presented in a way that "was either calculated to, or did, create in the jurors a fixed bias toward the defendant."
Sandusky also argued that charges should have been thrown out because they were not sufficiently specific, but Cleland said the lack of specific dates did not prevent Sandusky from pursuing an alibi defense.
"The defendant has simply argued the offenses did not happen," Cleland said.
One of the jury instruction issues was whether Cleland should have talked to them about the amount of time it took for the victims to inform authorities that Sandusky had abused them.
"No one who has had the slightest experience with child sexual abuse or given a whit of thought to its dynamics could conclude that failure to make a prompt complaint, standing alone, is an accurate indicia of fabrication," Cleland said.
Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year state prison sentence for sexual abuse of 10 boys, including violent attacks on the children inside Penn State athletics facilities.
Sandusky defense lawyer Norris Gelman said Wednesday that while he had not read the decision, Cleland's ruling means an appeal will be filed to the mid-level Superior Court within the next 30 days.
The state attorney general's office, which prosecuted Sandusky, declined to comment.
Also Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved a bill that aims to keep Penn State's $60 million fine to the NCAA over the Sandusky scandal within the state.
The measure, sponsored by Sen. Jake Corman, a Republican whose district includes State College, would require such fines of at least $10 million to be deposited into a state-administered account, and be spent on Pennsylvania programs that address childhood sexual abuse.
"It makes sense that it should stay here to benefit organizations and the children of the commonwealth," said Corman, who also recently filed a lawsuit over the fine, an action currently pending in Commonwealth Court. He said the money "could do an extraordinary amount of good right here in Pennsylvania."
Sen. Judy Schwank, D-Berks, said the Legislature needed to act quickly.
"The victims were from Pennsylvania, the abuse was perpetrated in Pennsylvania, and the crimes were investigated and prosecuted by Pennsylvania authorities — not authorities from other states, the federal government or the NCAA," Schwank said.
In response, the NCAA issued a statement saying it was monitoring the legislation, "including examining whether, if enacted, the proposed legislation would violate both the United States and Pennsylvania constitutions."
It had previously said 25 percent of the annual grants would be reserved for Pennsylvania organizations.
Penn State agreed to the fine last summer as part of a deal that averted a potential shutdown of its football program by college sports' governing body. The university has already made the first of five $12 million payments.
Gov. Tom Corbett has filed a federal anti-trust lawsuit against the NCAA over the sanctions.


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Brian Eno
Drums Between the Bells
Warp Records
Producer, composer, musician and artist Brian Eno is undeniably a shapeshifter. It's little wonder, then, that his collaboration with Rick Holland has no limits where style, tempo, dynamics and mood are concerned.
Setting Holland's poetry to futuristic sounding, largely electronic backing, the album is so far from average that it commands attention throughout. From mellow to upbeat to silent for a whole, brave, minute, it surprises and renews with every track.
Eno and Holland are assisted greatly in their undertaking by the dramatic and distinctive voices reciting the words, including Eno's own actorly tones. On rare occasions, the narration threatens to tip over into advert voiceover territory – the most obvious example being the track Dreambirds – but it just manages to steer clear.
As separate works in their own right, both Holland's words reflecting on youth, creativity and life itself, and Eno's unique brand of music would have succeeded. It is a testament to the experimental spirits of both that they merged the two for this project and it works. www.brian-eno.net
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High Frequency Bandwidth (HFB)
Hell, Fire and Brimstone
Malicious Damage
HFB is comprised of Dr. Alex Paterson of British electronic group, the Orb, creators of the ambient house genre, and Dom Beken, who has worked with David Bowie and Placebo in addition to contributing to the score of Channel 4's Spaced. Hell, Fire and Brimstone is HFB's debut featuring a range of impressive vocals from artists including the MOBO award-winning Funky DL and Dynamax.
The music is an upbeat blend of laid-back hip-hop, funk and electronic beats, coupled with a number of otherworldly science-fiction elements. Several of the tracks on the album are also found on the BAFTA nominated soundtrack to the popular PS3 game, Shooter, which was scored by HFB. Hell, Fire and Brimstone moves through a complex variety of mixes: beginning with a gentle orchestral introduction, HeptoFleuroButryl, is an impressive blend of familiar beats, electronics and Funky DL's emceeing, overlaid with female vocals to create a sublime tune, whilst How Far Back? echoes of 2 Many DJs. From an artistic partnership that couldn't fail to please, this atmospheric album is hugely enjoyable. www.highfrequencybandwidth.com.
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Why Adobe InDesign CS6 Is Now the Best Desktop Typesetting Program
Ole's tale: "Late night. The pale glow from the monochrome monitor of my Compugraphic phototypesetter. The smell of the office standard 'French Vanilla' coffee—warming, now, for several hours and resembling nothing so much as battery acid. The gentle snoring of one of the staff writers, who is curled up in the warmth of the unit that holds the filmstrips containing the fonts I'm using to set his story.
"These are the things I think of when I hear the word 'typesetting'—they're memories from my job at Seattle's free rock and roll newspaper The Rocket, circa 1982. Desktop publishing didn't exist yet, and digital (as opposed to photo) typesetting systems—with their WYSIWYG displays—were rare. The codes and characters I saw on my screen wouldn't look anything like type until they were printed, one character at a time, on a strip of photographic film and developed. I could set just about any kind of type using that machine, provided the characters would fit on a piece of film not more than seven inches wide, and provided I didn't need to use characters from more than six fonts."
When desktop publishing appeared, we found that it couldn't do everything Ole could do with his Compugraphic—but that being able to see what our type would look like before we printed it more than made up for any deficiencies. These days, page layout programs are far more capable than Ole's trusty EditWriter. Does that mean, however, that there's no more room for improvement? For surprising new features? Is typesetting "done"?
Not a chance—InDesign offers a number of improvements and surprises in the area of typesetting. It's an evolutionary product—not a revolutionary one, but, on its release, InDesign became the best desktop typesetting program, and raised the bar for its competition.
In this chapter, we'll walk through InDesign's typesetting features. We'll start with character formatting (font, point size, kerning, and baseline shift are examples of character formatting), move on to paragraph formatting (indents, tabs, space above and below, and composition), and then dive into formatting using character and paragraph styles. Along the way, there may be a joke or two.
Selecting and Formatting Text
Generally, when you want to change the formatting of some text, you have to select it with the Type tool. However, there are two caveats to this statement. First, because paragraph formatting (which we'll discuss later) always applies to an entire paragraph, you don't have to select every character in the paragraph before applying it.
Second (and more interesting) is that you can apply text formatting to text frames you've selected using the Selection tool or the Direct Selection tool. When you do this, InDesign applies the formatting to all of the text in the text frame, including any overset text. InDesign won't let you use this method to apply formatting to text frames that are linked to other text frames. Tired of using the Type tool to select and format every photo caption on a page? Use the Selection tool to select them all and apply your formatting—it's easier, and it's quicker (see Figure 4-1).
Figure 4-1. Formatting the Text in Text Frames
The ability to apply formatting with the Selection tools is very powerful, but it's also slightly dangerous. Let's say you set a single character to Zapf Dingbats somewhere in your text frame. If you select the text frame using the Selection tool and then apply a new font, every character—including that dingbat—gets changed.
The only warnings that InDesign gives you that some of the text in the selected text frame uses a different font are: the Font field in the Character panel is blank, and the Font submenu (under the Type menu) has hyphens next to each font.


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Home » Electroacoustic/Contemporary » EASTLEY, MAX: Installation Recordings (1973 - 2008) (dbl CD)
EASTLEY, MAX: Installation Recordings (1973 - 2008) (dbl CD)
These 2 CDs offer, in 39 tracks, a long-needed overview of the installation work of one of Britain's earliest sound art/ kinetic art pioneers, updating and greatly expanding upon the 1975 LP New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments released on Obscure. These pieces are powered by nature (wind & water) or various motors and were recorded on hills, beaches and in woods and galleries. Shifting from micro-sound to large scale amplification. This is an important body of work. There are also 2 short performance tracks (on one George Lewis is credited with blade of grass). The tracks are musically organised and grouped together in suites. Interesting for historians will be that although the last four decades are covered here, the bulk of these pieces date from the mid-seventies, and are important markers in the history of a nascent form. Beautifully designed, with a 20pp full colour booklet of photo documentation and text by Max.L
Code: PARADIGMDISCS(PD26)
Price: £20.00


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Chad Billingsley (0-4) vs. Scott Olsen (3-0).
COMMENTS: Baseball players can be a superstitious lot. Bloggers, not so much—that is, until their team is on a four-game winning streak with a fifth win representing the difference between a losing April and a winning April. SoSG is doing its part to keep the streak alive, because who knows: Maybe, just maybe, the Dodgers' recent success has something to do with Game Threads being posted at four minutes after the hour. Or with me (Orel) writing them. Okay, we're not that deluded, but we're also not going to change our ways until the Dodgers lose.
Could it be today? Billingsley is still looking for his first win despite striking out 12 in his last start. But much more is right than wrong with the Dodgers, starting with the effectiveness of the bullpen, Jonathan Broxton's absence notwithstanding. Russell Martin has gone all EMT on his bat, resuscitating his production and resuming his team-leading ways. Even Andruw Jones has been playing a solid center field—and he's due to rise from the dead today. You heard it here first!


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Skills you will gain:
- Big Data
- Apache Hadoop
- Mapreduce
- Cloudera
What it includes
- 100% online : Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 1 of 6 in the: Big Data Specialization
- Flexible deadlines : Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Approx. 18 hours to complete
About this Course
Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape? This course is for those new to data science and interested in understanding why the Big Data Era has come to be. It is for those who want to become conversant with the terminology and the core concepts behind big data problems, applications, and systems. It is for those who want to start thinking about how Big Data might be useful in their business or career. It provides an introduction to one of the most common frameworks, Hadoop, that has made big data analysis easier and more accessible -- increasing the potential for data to transform our world!
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the Big Data landscape including examples of real world big data problems including the three key sources of Big Data: people, organizations, and sensors.
- Explain the V's of Big Data (volume, velocity, variety, veracity, valence, and value) and why each impacts data collection, monitoring, storage, analysis and reporting.
- Get value out of Big Data by using a 5-step process to structure your analysis.
- Identify what are and what are not big data problems and be able to recast big data problems as data science questions.
- Provide an explanation of the architectural components and programming models used for scalable big data analysis.
- Summarize the features and value of core Hadoop stack components including the YARN resource and job management system, the HDFS file system and the MapReduce programming model.
- Install and run a program using Hadoop!
This course is for those new to data science. No prior programming experience is needed, although the ability to install applications and utilize a virtual machine is necessary to complete the hands-on assignments.
Hardware Requirements:
(A) Quad Core Processor (VT-x or AMD-V support recommended), 64-bit; (B) 8 GB RAM; (C) 20 GB disk free. How to find your hardware information: (Windows): Open System by clicking the Start button, right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties; (Mac): Open Overview by clicking on the Apple menu and clicking "About This Mac." Most computers with 8 GB RAM purchased in the last 3 years will meet the minimum requirements.You will need a high speed internet connection because you will be downloading files up to 4 Gb in size.
Software Requirements:
This course relies on several open-source software tools, including Apache Hadoop. All required software can be downloaded and installed free of charge. Software requirements include: Windows 7+, Mac OS X 10.10+, Ubuntu 14.04+ or CentOS 6+ VirtualBox 5+.


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After 22 Years, Leno gave 'Tonight' his Farewell
Make way for Jimmy Fallon.
"Tonight Show" host Jay Leno ended a stellar if sometimes stormy run Thursday night with high emotion at concluding what he termed "the greatest 22 years of my life."
Calling himself "the luckiest guy in the world," Leno went out on top, which was where he stayed for most of his stretch as the successor to "King of Late Night" Johnny Carson.
His exit, not entirely by choice, now clears the deck for yet another chapter of the 60-year-old talk show, with Fallon taking over as "Tonight" moves back to New York from its longtime Los Angeles home on Feb. 17.
"You're very kind," Leno told his audience at the start of his last monologue. "I don't like goodbyes. NBC does. I don't care for them."
He had said goodbye to "The Tonight Show" before.
His first departure came in 2009, when he was briefly replaced by Conan O'Brien but reclaimed the show after a messy transition and O'Brien's lackluster ratings. In '09, he was moving to a prime-time show on NBC; this time he's out the door, and has said he'll focus on comedy clubs and his beloved car collection.
"I don't need to get fired three times," he cracked. "I get the hint."
Looking sharp in a black suit and bright blue tie, Leno was greeted by a standing ovation from the VIP audience. The typically self-contained comic betrayed a bit of nervousness, stumbling over a few lines in his monologue as he looked back comically.
"When I started hosting, Justin Bieber wasn't even born yet," Leno marveled. "That's why we called those 'the good old days.'"
The worst part of leaving NBC's employ, he joked: "Now I'll have to sign up for Obamacare."
But later Leno was serious, even choking up, when he shared that he'd lost his mother the first year he became "Tonight" host, his dad the second and then his brother.
"And after that I was pretty much out of family. And the folks here became my family," he said of the crew and staff of "Tonight."
The tender moments had a heightened effect on a show that was mostly aiming for laughs, with traditional monologue jokes, clips from old shows and a wild assortment of celebrities helping him close the book.
Leno brought his show full circle with Billy Crystal, who was his first guest in May 1992 and his last guest Thursday. Crystal played ringmaster at one point, calling on Oprah Winfrey, Jack Black, Kim Kardashian, Carol Burnett and others for a musical tribute to Jay with a "Sound of Music" song parody.
"So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye. If Fallon tanks you'll be back here next year," sang Jack Black.
"The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parson's contribution: "We've watched you when we're weary. Your great success is called the big chin theory."
In a videotaped segment, celebrities offered career advice to Leno.
"Why would I give a (expletive) about what he does? He's a grown man," said Mark Wahlberg.
President Barack Obama, like other politicians a favorite target of Leno's, struck back in his clip.
"Jay, you've made a whole lot of jokes about me over the years, but do not worry, I'm not upset," Obama said, adding that he was making Leno the U.S. ambassador to Antarctica. "Hope you have a warm coat, funnyman."
Crystal sang Leno's praises during the show, saying the late-night host made America feel a little better at bedtime and invoking his predecessor, Johnny Carson. Leno's "Tonight" tenure was second in length only to Carson's 30 years.
"You were handed the baton by one of the all-time greats. But once it was in your grasp, you ran the race," Crystal said. He and Leno, longtime friends, reminisced about the old days, with Leno recalling how Crystal and other comedians visiting his town, Boston, stayed in Leno's apartment.
"You're calling it an apartment. I'm calling it a bomb site," Crystal joked.
Leno told how he was poised to make his network debut on Dean Martin's show in 1974 when news came that President Richard Nixon had resigned in the Watergate scandal. Leno's appearance didn't happen.
"Making me the last guy screwed by Nixon," Leno said.
Garth Brooks performed his touching song "The Dance" before Leno's likewise touching farewell remarks.
"Now that I brought the room down," Leno joked, he asked Brooks to lighten it up. Another Brooks' song, "Friends in Low Places," closed out the show.
Leno, 63, has said he plans to continue playing comedy clubs, indulging his passion for cars and doing such TV work as comes his way — other than hosting on late-night.
"I'm real excited for Jimmy Fallon," Leno told his audience. "It's kind of fun to be the old guy and sit back here and see where the next generation takes this great institution."
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As the reigning Miss Browniebabe I am looking forward to passing on the apron to the lucky winners this month. I've already seen a few awesome and very tempting looking brownies pop up everywhere on the blogoshpere. I wonder how Myriam does it? Choosing from so many awesome entires. I'd have a huge problem - besides the fact of easily putting on the kilos just by looking at all of the entries, I'd never be able to choose just the one.
Being the current Browniebabe of the Month I thought I would share one of our favorite brownie recipes for everyone. Yes, you all know me well - it has to be one that has plenty of chocolate in it.
I have neglected my chocolate addiction throughout the summer and have been enjoying the more fruity desserts, sweets and cakes lately. I have to admit it was an awfully sweet month but my chocolate craving has come back with a vengeance. Like any addict, I humbly give in to it's calling and satisfy the temptation as best as I can.
This time with a rich, moist chocolate brownie, with crunchy walnuts and a sprinkling of espresso powder for an explosive combination. One bite and you'll be blown away - I am each time I make these. I really have to slap my hand away from over-indulging in these - it's so easy to.
Make these for your family parties, reunions, neighbors and friends - you will be loved for centuries to come. Here every time we have a neighborhood festival I am asked to make these in huge amounts and then I bathe in the "oohhs!" and "ahhhs!" and all the compliments that come my way. A boost for the ego trust me!
Are you all ready for the chocolate kick? Ok here goes!
Shake it, stir it or blend it - let's get this party rocking with your tempting drink creations. Liquid Dreams is all about mixing up some of the most delicious drinks and bringing it to this months mingle.
Deadline: September 10th!
300 g bittersweet chocolate - coarsely chopped
200g Californian walnuts - chopped
150g all-purpose flour
100g chocolate chips
20g cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons espresso powder
5 eggs
250g sugar
1/4 liter oil (canola)
For the chocolate glaze
200g milk chocolate - coarsely chopped - I used Lindt
200g cream
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C.
In a double boiler or a water bath melt the bittersweet chocolate. In a bowl mix together the walnuts, flour, chocolate chips, 20g of cocoa powder, salt, and the espresso powder. Set aside.
In another bowl whisk together the eggs and sugar until the mixture is thick and creamy. Drizzle the oil in a steady stream, whisking continuously. Slowly temper the egg mixture with the warm melted chocolate, then beat in the rest of the chocolate. Fold in the flour mixture into the egg/chocolate mixture. Do not over-beat.
Line the bottom of a rectangular baking pan (35 x 24 cm) with some baking paper. Pour in the batter and smooth the top. Bake for 25 minutes in the middle rack of the oven. Take out and allow to cool. Once cooled, run a knife along the sides and tip onto a rack bottom facing up.
In a small saucepan bring the cream to a gently boil. Add the chopped milk chocolate and allow to melt. Scrape the bottom of the pan every now and then to make sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan. Once the mixture has thickened slightly remove from heat and allow to cool a little bit. You will notice the mixture will thicken as it cools. Once it has reached a thickish consistency pour the mixture onto the cake.
Place in the refrigerator and allow to cool and set for 1-2 hours. Once the chocolate glaze has set, cut into squares. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder and serve with some hot tea or coffee.
Then watch everyone drool!
I wish I could reach out and give you all a piece of this so you can really experience the taste and texture of these brownies. They are moist, dense but soft. It's such a treat to sink your teeth into these brownies. Starting with the sweet milky chocolaty glaze down to the rich chocolate cake with the crunchy nuts and chocolate chips. The tongue bursts with flavors of deep espresso and bittersweet chocolate. Satisfying!
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- Černý MSS
- Collection
- 1918-1988
Notebooks, notes, card indexes, copies of inscriptions, a corpus of transcribed hieratic ostraca and papyri, photographs, correspondence, and personal items.
- Series 1 to 4, 6, 7 contain photographs, copies, transcriptions and translations of Egyptian texts, and photographs of objects and sites.
- Series 5 contains articles and lectures, some unpublished.
- Series 5 and 10 contain notes on Egyptian history.
- Series 8, 14, 22, 24, 26 contain notes and indexes on lexicography and grammar and card indexes for a late Egyptian and general hieroglyphic dictionary.
- Series 17 contains notebooks with transcriptions of texts from ostraca, graffiti, papyri and other monuments. There is a card index of ostraca with references to notebooks in series 28.
- Series 18 and 23 contain Coptic notes and a card index for Coptic grammar.
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Spring has finally started to make its presence known at the farmers market. Last week the first of the asparagus showed up and this week it was the peas. Of course I picked some up. I was thinking that I wanted to do something to showcase the freshness of the peas and that a fresh pea pesto would be perfect. Mint always makes things seem more refreshing so I added some of that along with some lemon to brighten things up. Pestos often contain a nut and I though that almonds would be a nice change. For the cheese I went with a sharper pecorino to contrast the sweetness of the peas. Pestos like this are super simple to make, just blend everything in a food processor. I really like to serve pesto on pasta so that was my first stop. The pea pesto on whole wheat penne was really good! It was light, refreshing, sweet and savoury all at the same time. I still had some of the pea pesto left over and it went well on crostini for a snack the next day.
Fresh Pea and Mint Pesto
- 1 cup peas
- 2 tablespoons mint
- 2 tablespoons almonds (blanched and peeled)
- 2 tablespoons pecorino cheese (grated, or parmigiano)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- salt and pepper to taste
- Mix everything in a food processor or with a mortar and pestle.
- Serve over cooked pasta or gluten free pasta and enjoy!
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Asparagus Pesto on Penne
Wild Leek Pesto Pasta
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Busy as all heck today, so all I have time to throw at you is a quick announcement.
Aidan Gilbert has gone and done it. He's organized a knitting meet-up for Chicago men, yclept Stitches in Britches.
The location:
Argo Tea CaféThe dates and times:
16 W. Randolph Street
Second and fourth Tuesdays of each monthThe first meet-up will be tomorrow night, January 10, 2006.
6:30–9:30 p.m.
Alas, I will not be there due to a prior commitment. I have to photograph 40 chocolate truffles for a print brochure. (If you can't be surrounded by knitters, it's nice to at least be surrounded by chocolate.)
There's a Yahoo group in conjunction with the meet-up, which you can join here.
A Response to an E-mail
The above announcement ties in with an e-mail I got a few days ago, in which a person who remained anonymous asked the question "If you didn't like the women kicking you out of the Stitch 'n Bitch in your neighborhood, why are you plugging for a men's group? Sounds like you are just as big a sexist."
Dear reader, in response I wish to make the following points.
- If you think I'm a sexist and/or hate women, you haven't been reading my blog very long. Please reference this, point 32; or this; or this; or this; or this before typing the letters P-I-G.
- The group that told me I was unwelcome as a male had advertised itself as "for all knitters" without any mention of gender requirements. Had the group labeled itself as "for women" I would not have intruded in the first place.
- Sometimes, even now, each sex needs and has a right to spaces in which its members can associate in exclusivity. The spaces will take various forms to suit various needs: a locker room, Wellesley College, or a knitting group. But the need is valid and should be respected.
- Should you feel the need to explore this issue further, your own blog would be the ideal place to do so. I have no interest. I'd rather talk about yarn and camera lenses.
- Oh, and cowboys.


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1. Nintendo DS
DSLinux, a port of the Linux operating system, made it possible to install Linux on Nintendo DS. DSLinux runs a modified µClinux kernel. It is currently based on uCLinux 2.6.14 (Linux-2.6.14-hsc0). It only runs in textmode and nano-x which is displayed via a custom framebuffer console driver. Input is done via a keyboard displayed on the touchscreen of the Nintendo DS. DSLinux has no package management facilities. Instead, DSLinux builds are distributed as a single tar archive.
With the exception of the microphone, all hardware inside the Nintendo DS, including the wireless is supported by DSLinux. The Nintendo DS firmware can be read from /dev/firmware, but write support is left out for safety reasons.
2. Apple iPod
iPod, everybody's favorite music player can be installed with Linux. A µClinux-based Linux distribution called iPodLinux is able to run on several iPod models. When the iPodLinux kernel is booted it takes the place of Apple's iPod operating system and automatically loads Podzilla, an alternative GUI and launcher for a number of additional included programs such as a video player, an image viewer, a command line shell, games, emulators for video game consoles, Computer programming demos, and other experimental or occasionally unfinished Computer software.
Here are some of Podzilla's features:
* An iPod-like user interface
* Video playback with sound
* Support for AAC, MP3 and basic OGG playback (4G & 5G Music Player Daemon is multifunctional, but can be fixed)
* Many games, including TuxChess, Bluecube (Tetris clone), Chopper, StepMania (a Dance Dance Revolution clone) and more
* Recording through audio jack at much higher quality than Apple's firmware
* Ability to play the games Doom and Doom II (and presumably any Doom Total Conversion; Chex Quest for instance)
* Ability to run many emulators, such as iBoy (Nintendo Game Boy Emulator), iNES (Nintendo Entertainment System Emulator), iDarcNES (port of the multiple system emulator DarcNES), iMAME (port of Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator), and iGPSP (Game Boy Advance emulator)
If you are interested in installing Linux on your iPod (5th Generation Video iPod), perhaps this will help: 13 Not-So-Easy Steps to Install Linux on iPod
3. Microsoft Xbox
Xbox Linux is a project that ported the Linux computer operating system to the Microsoft Xbox. There is also a newer project for the Xbox 360, Free60. Because the Xbox uses a digital signature system to prevent the public from running unsigned code, one must either use a modchip, or find an alternative system for running unsigned code. Since the Xbox is essentially just a PC, with a custom processor, a hard drive, RAM, and 4 USB ports, it is capable to run several readily available Linux distributions smoothly. "Xebian", an Xbox compatible version of Debian, and Gentoox, a similarly customized version of Gentoo are known to run successfully on Xbox.
An Xbox with Linux can be a full desktop computer with mouse and keyboard, a web/email box connected to a TV, a server, router or a node in a cluster. One can either dual-boot or use Linux only; in the latter case, one can replace both IDE devices. One can also connect the Xbox to a VGA monitor. A converter may be needed to use keyboards/mice in the controller ports, however this is fairly easy to achieve because the Xbox uses the standard USB bus.
4. Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo GameCube Linux is a project to port Linux to the Nintendo GameCube (and now the Wii) in the same manner as Xbox Linux. The GameCube was seen to be a less attractive system to port Linux to since it not only lacked an on-board Ethernet port and internal hard drive, but also an optical drive natively capable of reading DVDs.
Nintendo GameCube Linux also recognizes SD Cards and Multimedia Cards and is able to use them normally, given the appropriate adaptor.
5. Sony PlayStation
Linux for PlayStation 2, a kit released by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2002, allows the PlayStation 2 console to be used as a personal computer. It included a Linux-based operating system, a USB keyboard and mouse, a VGA adapter, a PS2 network adaptor (Ethernet only), and a 40 GB hard disk drive (HDD). The PS2 Linux distribution is based on Kondara MNU/Linux, a Japanese distribution itself based on Red Hat Linux. PS2 Linux is similar to Red Hat Linux 6, and has most of the features one might expect in a Red Hat Linux 6 system.
The Linux Kit turns the PlayStation 2 into a full-fledged computer system, but it does not allow for use of the DVD-ROM drive except to read PS1 and PS2 discs due to piracy concerns by Sony. Noted open source software that compiles on the kit includes Mozilla Suite, X-Chat, and Gaim. Light-weight applications better suited to the PS2's 32MB of RAM include xv, Dillo, Ted, and AbiWord. The default window manager is Window Maker, but it is possible to install and use Fluxbox and FVWM.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Sorry to see 100-watt bulbs disappear from stores because they were energy hogs? You can now get LED bulbs that roughly match the 100-watters for size and brightness, but use far less energy.
Until recently, your only alternative was a compact fluorescent bulb, which has several drawbacks compared with light-emitting diodes. Most people see the light quality as less pleasing, and the bulbs contain a small amount of mercury that's released if the glass breaks. LEDs, by contrast, don't contain any volatile, hazardous substances and are durable. They also last longer.
Osram Sylvania, a division of Germany's Siemens AG, said Monday that it's shipping the first batches of its Ultra LED bulb to some Lowe's stores. The bulb uses 20 watts of electricity and costs $50. It's slightly larger than a regular 100-watt bulb, so it may not fit in all fixtures. Osram claims 25,000 hours of use, or more than 20 times the lifespan of a standard, incandescent bulb.
Competitors aren't far behind. Royal Philips Electronics NV plans to start selling its own, slightly brighter 100-watt-equivalent LED bulb at Home Depot's website starting in a few weeks for about $55. Startup Switch Lighting Bulb Co., with its unusual liquid-filled bulbs, plans to start selling 100-watt equivalents late this year or in January.
The federal government banned the manufacture of regular 100-watt bulbs on Jan. 1 as a consequence of new energy-efficiency standards. Much the way it forces car manufacturers to improve fuel efficiency, the government is forcing the lighting industry to move away from incandescent bulbs because they convert relatively little of the electrical input into light. Most of the energy is dissipated as heat. In the next step, 75-watt bulbs will be banned at the start of next year, and 60-watt and 40-watt bulbs at the start of 2014.
Compact fluorescent bulbs that produce light equivalent to 100-watt bulbs have been available for a few years and cost as little as $4 each.
LEDs are small chips that produce light when current passes through them. In their red and green incarnations, they've been around for decades. Technical breakthroughs in the 90s allowed the manufacture of chips that produce white light.
LED bulbs equivalent to 60-watt bulbs have been available for a few years and now cost around $25 each. The problem with making brighter models is that while LEDs produce less heat than regular bulbs, the heat they do create shortens the lifespan and reduces the efficiency of the chips. Cramming a dozen chips together in a tight bulb-shaped package that fits in today's lamps and sockets makes the heat problem worse, and the brighter the bulb, the more heat is produced. LED bulbs have large, finned metal collars to radiate the heat.


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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Audie Cornish. In Cairo today, three journalists with the al-Jazeera English channel were back in court. They're accused of being terrorists and spreading false information and it's a case causing international condemnation. The journalists have now been in jail for more than 100 days, part of a wide crackdown on Islamists, critics of the government and the press.
NPR's Leila Fadel was in the courtroom today and joins us now. And Leila, let's start with a little background. Remind us how things got to this point.
LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Well, in December, three al-Jazeera journalists were arrested: Peter Greste, an Australian correspondent for the channel and award-winning journalist, Mohammed Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian journalist, also award-winning and Baher Mohammed, an Egyptian producer with the channel. They, along with 17 others were charged with an incredible amount of accusations, including being or aiding terrorists and falsifying news that would hurt Egypt.
CORNISH: What happened in court today?
FADEL: Well, today was supposed to be the day that they presented the really hard evidence against the defendants, the videos, and as they were showing the so-called evidence, it ended up being footage from other news channels, from SkyNews Air, like of horses eating in Luxor, from Arabiya, a different Arabic channel, from Peter Greste's computer of reporting that he did in Kenya actually not for al-Jazeera English and family pictures.
And you could see Peter Greste sort of chuckling in the cage because he, you know, he was saying the case is falling apart and yet we're still in jail. And you say Mohammed Fahmy, the Egyptian-Canadian journalist saying it doesn't matter that we're innocent. Innocence is not enough. This is politicized. We're fed up.
CORNISH: Now, you've attended every session of this trial and every couple weeks these journalists are taken from jail to court. But given what you've just said about what happened today, I mean, how much evidence is really being presented here?
FADEL: That's really what human rights groups are asking. They're saying there is no evidence here. There is a lot of bad blood between the Gulf nation Qatar, which funds al-Jazeera and Egypt right now. Egypt feels that Qatar is funding and helping the Muslim Brotherhood, which is now banned and ousted here. And so these journalists say their being scapegoated. They don't even know the other defendants and there's a case trying to be created by the prosecution that just isn't there.
And the evidence that we've seen presented are witnesses from the state security services that haven't really said anything that back up the charges, saying they don't remember who had what. They don't remember what footage there was, those types of things. So really, nothing compelling has been presented and it's unclear why these men are still in jail.
CORNISH: You mentioned human rights groups watching this, but there has been a broader international pressure to release the journalists, but is there any sign that that will happen?
FADEL: Really, right now, they're isn't a sign that they will be released. Repeatedly, they've been denied bail and they've said, we'll give you our passports, just let us out and that hasn't happened. There have been letters from the interim president here saying he'll do everything to make sure this is a fair trial and these people are reunited with their families, indicating that he might give a pardon.
But right now, in these court proceedings, quietly, even the defense lawyers are saying they're not sure this is going well and this will go in the direction of an acquittal.
CORNISH: So Leila, how is this case being perceived in Egypt?
FADEL: There really isn't that much sympathy with these defendants. There is a lot of partisan press here, a lot of Egyptians saying we need a strong state. We need to go after what they see as terrorists. There's a lot of instability here. And so despite the fact that this is only one trial in many, many people being convicted on little to no evidence, there really isn't that much domestic outcry over these abuses.
CORNISH: That's NPR's Leila Fadel in Cairo. Leila, thank you.
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The lights went out in the fourth inning at Wrigley Field Wednesday night, but the Dodgers had brought the curtain down much earlier that evening, scoring five runs in the first two innings to give Chad Billingsley (5.1 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 Ks) some breathing room in which to operate. Casey Blake went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI and a solo HR, and James Loney was a HR short of the cycle, having gone 3-for-5 with an RBI. Jonathan Broxton earned a five-out save, entering with one out and a runner on first and getting Ryan Theriot to hit into an inning-ending double play, and then had a 1-2-3 ninth to seal the win.
Padres and Giants are each still in play in their respective games this evening, but second place was secure for us irrespective. Let's see if we can pick a game up pending these outcomes.
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If a heart attack sends you to an American hospital, you'll probably go home after only two or three nights. That's faster than virtually anyplace else in the world.
But your chances of needing to go back into the hospital within the next month are also higher than they are for heart attack patients in 16 other countries. That's the finding from a Duke University-led study in this week's JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
On the face of it, the results suggest that hurry-up hospital care for U.S. heart attack patients may be pushing them home too quickly.
But, not so fast, says Dr. Manesh Patel, a cardiologist and the senior author of the study, which may be the first to compare international rates of hospital readmission after heart attacks.
"We certainly haven't shown in this study that U.S. heart attack patients need to be in the hospital longer," Patel told Shots. Rather, he says, the study triggers a passel of questions about how other countries do post-heart-attack care — both in the hospital and beyond — that results in fewer return stays.
We'll come back to those questions. But first, consider the study's main findings. They involve so-called STEMI heart attacks. The acronym stands for ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Around 1 in 3 heart attacks is a STEMI, and they pose the gravest risk to victims.
The study looked at nearly 5,600 heart attack survivors in 17 nations, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and 13 European nations.
Everywhere but the U.S., about 10 percent of the survivors had to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of their heart attack. But in this country, the readmission rate was 15 percent.
The higher U.S. rate wasn't due to differences in age or the presence of other illnesses.
Some of the higher U.S. readmission rate was from patients who were brought back to the hospital on an non-emergency basis to ream out other clogged arteries discovered at the time of the first admission. Many heart specialists hope that will lessen the chances of a subsequent heart attack, although the evidence for that isn't clear, Patel says.
But even when these elective hospitalizations are taken out, the U.S. still has the highest rate of post-heart attack readmissions.
Since the U.S. has the shortest hospital lengths-of-stay, it would be tempting to conclude that the pressure to cut costs here has compromised quality. Early readmission is considered a marker of poor quality of care.
Readmission also imposes an additional cost burden, so policymakers also consider it a red flag for inefficient care.
But Patel says it's simplistic to blame high U.S. readmission rates on short U.S. lengths-of-stay. As a case in point, he cites Canada — perhaps the closest comparison with U.S. medical culture.
"In the U.S., the 30-day readmission rate was 14.4 percent. In Canada it's in the 5 percent range," Patel notes. "The U.S. length-of-stay is three days, in Canada it's five."
But in all of Canada there are only 45 hospitals that provide the kind of acute heart attack care available in hundreds of U.S. centers — clearing of the clogged coronary artery within hours, followed by placement of a metal stent to keep it open.
"In Canada," Patel says, "patients are often transferred back to the hospital from where they were initially referred, and then they're linked up with their primary care physicians and local cardiologists so their rehabilitation can start."
He says the U.S. often falls down on that post-hospital coordination.
"I think we both do very well from when the patient has chest pain to getting the clogged artery open," Patel says. "But it looks like Canada does better in going from the hospital to home."
That involves things like making sure the patient knows all the things he or she needs to do to prevent a subsequent heart attack, such as stopping smoking; setting up a followup visit with a primary care physician who has access to the hospital records; and ensuring the patient knows what to do if new cardiac symptoms arise.
Importantly, the study found no difference in 30-day death rates following STEMI heart attacks between the United States and the 16 other developed countries.
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Jos olet kiinnostunut GRAMPSistä, mutta et halua tai voi asentaa GRAMPSiä (esim.Tietokone ei ole sinun, ei internet-yhteyttä kotona, työpaikan kannettava,..). Silloin voit kokeilla GRAMPSiä turvallisesti Linux CD Live-levyltä. Tällöin voit kokeilla GRAMPSiä ja muita vapaita sukututkimus-ohjelmia levyltä asentamatta niitä. Kun olet varma, että asennat GRAMPSin voit asentaa sen Ubuntu 10.10 milloin haluat.
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Ennen kuin lataat GRAMPS:in tarkista käyttöjärjestelmäsi.GRAMPS:in eri versioita eri käyttöjärjestelmille löytyy Sourceforgesta(tästä linkistä). Katso käyttöjärjestelmäsi asennus ohjeet:
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sudo apt-get install gramps
- Gentoo (and Sabayon):
sudo emerge gramps
- Mandriva:
sudo urpmi gramps
- Redhat based systems (Fedora, CentOS...):
sudo yum install gramps
GRAMPSin manuaalinen lataus ja asennus
If you can't access the current version from your operating system's repositories you'll need to get it from this site. Some helpful users of GRAMPS have made packages for various systems. If you're lucky you'll find your system below. If it's missing you can contact the developers email list for advice.
- Ubuntu and derivatives (Kubuntu, Mephis, ...): Ubuntu packages are available on GRAMPS download page. See OldFiles for archives.
- SuSE: Richard Bos has been providing the GRAMPS releases for SuSE's apt repository. They are available from his rbos repository. See also the forum entry about satisfying GRAMPS dependencies for SuSE with the rbos and SMART.
- Mandriva: Newer versions of GRAMPS are sometimes backported. To install backports you must enable the backports repository (make sure you understand the instructions on the Mandriva wiki). If the latest version is not in the backports repository you cab try the contrib repository.
- Fedora: For Fedora Core 6 look on the GRAMPS download page for a package containing fc6 and ending with .rpm. For Fedora 7, fc7 and so on. The alternative to installing from source is to build a package from an rpm spec file, or install a binary from fedora testing.
- Debian: the latest version should be in the unstable repository (Sid Gramps) and can be upgraded from your package manager. The testing repository is updated 10 days later (except near a new stable release), see Lenny Gramps.
Note: Different GNU/Linux distributions have different preferred ways to download and install packages for GRAMPS. Please read the installation instructions specific to your distribution before downloading.
In all other cases, you must download the source package (the file ending with '.tar.gz') and install GRAMPS manually. See the section about installing from source for details.
Windows, BSD, MacOs, Solaris
For Windows, there is an experimental Windows installer. If this installer does not offer the most recent versions of Gramps in Windows, you need to wait until a new installer is made available. For Windows user: See also some additional information on page Gramps_and_Windows.
For MacOSX, both the Fink project and MacPorts have Gramps as a installable package. Fink currently has very old versions available it in the package database. Detailed instructions on using both these systems to install recent versions of gramps are given under Installing from source code on Mac OS X
For BSD and Solaris there are experimental install instructions below. For FreeBSD use the /usr/ports/science/gramps port.
Gnome ja KDE
You can use both, but GRAMPS fits in better with GNOME. For KDE there are some minor issues due to some (GTK) issues outside of GRAMPS. Check the KDE page to know what these problems might be.
Additional software GRAMPS can benefit from
GRAMPS does not rely on the following programs, however, having them will increase your productivity:
- Gnome-print: It adds the ability to directly print, to preview, and to generate fully internationalized PS and PDF output. At this time, one needs to install gnome-python-desktop to obtain this package (it might be known under different names, eg on debian python-gnome2-desktop).
- Spell checking: Installing python-gnome2-extras provides the gtkspell module, which adds spell checking in the notes
- Graphviz, Inkscape: Gramps can make nice Genealogical trees (relationship graphs). These are generated by the Graphviz package, which defines a code (dot), as well as programs to produce graphs (dotty, to be called from command line). This gives you as researcher most power over how your tree will look, but has a learning curve. An alternative is to make a graphical report, converting the tree to an svg file, which you then can open/edit/refine in eg Inkscape.
- ttf-freefont: Useful as a font that supports a large subset of the unicode and is a true type. This works well with both gnomeprint and graphviz output.
- pyexiv2 is a module that allows Gramps to read and write metadata embedded in image files. It is used in the Metadata Viewer and Image Metadata gramplets.
Other packages might also be useful:
- desktop-file-utils: see list of programs to open a media file on right click on an image
Lähdekoogista asentaminen
General Requirements
GRAMPS 5.2.2 requires python 2.6 and pygtk2 packages. The pygtk package should be version 2.16 or greater.
Also librsvg2-common is needed. This is a common error at the moment in some packages. Without this library, the icons are not shown.
Linux Package Requirements
Debian /Ubuntu | Fedora /Redhat | Comment |
python | python | Required (needs version 2.6 or later) |
pygtk2 | pygtk2 | Required (needs 2.16 or greater) |
xdg-utils | xdg-utils | Required (Gramps-3.1.x or later) |
rcs | rcs | Suggested for running |
librsvg2-common | librsvg2 | Required for building |
librsvg2-devel | Required for building | |
intltool | Required for building | |
gcc, make, gettext | Required for building |
Obtaining the source
- The lastest stable version of GRAMPS can be downloaded from the GRAMPS SourceForge page. As of this writing, this is gramps-5.2.2.tar.gz. Extract this file into a directory:
tar xzvf gramps-zzz.tar.gz
and then go into this directory:
cd gramps-zzz
- If you are interested in testing out the very latest development versions of GRAMPS, they can be obtained from SVN, see Brief introduction to SVN. The SVN versions of GRAMPS are potentially very dangerous as they have not been extensively tested - especially the "trunk" version which contains features that may still be partly implemented. Be aware that they may be prone to crashing and cause extensive data loss. Please use with extreme caution - and only ever on a copy of your data!
Please, now is the time to read the INSTALL and README files accompanying the code. They come with the most recent information.
Dealing with earlier versions
If you have an older version of the Gramps source code installed you need to make a decision what you want to do with it before installing a later version. If you wish to keep the old version, make sure that you read the instructions in the INSTALL file regarding the use of the --prefix option to specify where the new version gets installed.
Should you just want to do a straightforward replacement instead, make sure that you remove the older version before you install the new version. Do not install over the top of the old version. As new versions of Gramps are developed, some functionality is occasionally rewritten in different ways. If you install over the top of an existing installation you run the risk that the old code left behind from the old version may be used instead of the new, sometimes with unintended consequences. If you installed from source, the best way of removing the old version is to run
make uninstall
as root from where you installed the version from. Use your distribution's package manager to uninstall if your old version was installed as a package.
Installing from source code on Linux
GRAMPS provides a script that can be used to prepare the code for building. This script automatically calls the standard configure script:
as user
This script will report any missing dependencies. Install these (see also INSTALL file). Building from source code typically requires that the development versions of the required libraries be installed. You might consider setting a prefix path with autogen.sh, see the INSTALL file for instructions. Standard install is in /usr/local.
Once a successful run of autogen.sh has been completed, you can run the typical make procedure.
make (as user)
make install (as root)
Installing from source code on BSD
Installing on BSD is as straithforward as on linux, apart from some minor issues like tools having different names. See the BSD page for details.
Mac OS X:Build from source
There are several different ways of building Gramps from source on Mac OS X. An overview of building from source is given at Mac OS X:Build from source.
Macports and fink versions of Gramps have been used.
The latest version of MacPorts Gramps is 5.1.6. The latest official unstable fink version is 3.0.4 for Mac OS X 10.5 on both PPC and Intel. There is currently no official stable fink version of Gramps. (As at February 2012)
Instructions for building the pre-built binary version (Mac OX X Application package) are given at Mac OS X:Build from source:Application package. Some discussion about earlier attempts is at Mac OS X:Build from source:gtk-osx with bugs reported at Mac OS X:Build from source:gtk-osx:bugs
An older build approach is given at Mac OS X:Build from source:Native OS X.
Installing from source code on Windows
Fortunately for users of Microsoft Windows, some users have made a Windows installer. So far there have not been any reports of serious differences between the official builds of Gramps and the Windows Installer, so the future looks promising. But please, use this at your own risk. The developers of GRAMPS provide the space for this install page, but are not responsible for it.
If the dependencies are in place, the development version can be tested by getting the source (see above), renaming the file const.py.in to const.py, and executing "python gramps.py" from within the src directory. Of course, this is a development version on an unsupported platform, so warnings apply even more to this case than when using the installer. (I have not managed to get a localized build working this way.)
Installing from source code on Solaris
Version 3.0.1 has been successfully installed from source on both Solaris 10 (SPARC) and OpenSolaris X86 (2008.05). Please see the Solaris page for step-by-step details.
GRAMPS on handhelds
GRAMPS can run fine on some small-factor devices. Users have been successfull in using GRAMPS on:


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Fitness Terminology
Before you start an exercise program, consult your therapist and physician.
We would like to introduce you to some common fitness terms that will hopefully improve your knowledge of and interest in physical fitness.
Fitness - sound physically and mentally; AKA healthy
Repetitions (commonly called "reps") - the number of times one repeats a movement. For example, if you lift a weight with your arm 10 times, you have performed 10 repetitions.
Set(s) - a discrete number of repetitions. For example, if you lift a weight 10 times, rest, and lift the weight 10 times again, you have performed "two sets" of 10 repetitions.
Muscle - the contractile unit responsible for moving your bones.
Tendon - the non-contractile unit that transmits the force of the muscle to the bone. Tendons connect muscles to bones.
Ligament - the soft tissues that hold two or more bones together.
Cartilage - connective tissue that covers the ends of bones and acts as a cushion to absorb shock and a smooth surface to decrease friction between two or more bones in a moving joint.
Aerobic Exercise - The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) defines aerobic exercise as "any activity that uses large muscle groups, can be maintained continuously, and is rhythmic in nature." Aerobic means in the presence of oxygen. In other words, your body is burning its fuel (glucose) in the presence of oxygen. It is performed at less than 85% of your maximum heart rate. An aerobically fit individual can work longer, more vigorously and achieve a quicker recovery at the end of the aerobic session. Jogging, cycling, swimming, aerobics classes, and rowing are examples of aerobic exercise.
Anaerobic Exercise - working at higher than 85% of your maximum heart rate. It involves short bursts of exertion followed by periods of rest. Anaerobic means in the absence of oxygen. In other words, it is the burning of glucose, by the body, without the use of oxygen. Weight training and sprinting are examples of anaerobic exercise.
Plyometrics - Exercises characterized by the application of a quick muscle stretch followed by rapid muscle shortening enabling muscle(s) to achieve maximal rates of force development. They are intended to improve reactive/explosive muscle performance.
Circuit Training - selected weight-training exercises performed one after another in an exercise sequence, usually using lighter weights and short periods of rest.
Flexibility - the total range of motion in a joint or joints.
Strength - a muscle(s) ability to generate force. It is usually measured with a one repetition maximum.
Resistance Training - the use of external force to build up the body's ability to exert muscular force. AKA - weight or strength training.
Endurance - the ability of muscle(s) to contract repeatedly and resist fatigue.
Core Strength - a multi-joint exercise, involving larger muscle groups such as the chest, back, hip/thigh, and shoulder muscles. Core exercises should receive priority because of their direct application to a sport.
Cross Training - the use of more than one type of exercise to achieve your training goals.
Periodization - according to the American College of Sports Medicine, periodized training is planned variation in the total amount of exercise performed in a given period of time (intensity and volume of exercise). All periodization terminology describes either a certain type of training, a certain portion of a training cycle, or a certain length of time within a training cycle.
Proprioception - the body's ability to sense where it is in space. For example, close your eyes and touch your nose. How were you able to move your finger to your nose without seeing it? Your body uses its sensory system in the joints and muscles to know where it is going. Balance and coordination both depend on your body's proprioceptive skills.
Pilates - a series of non-impact exercises designed by Joseph Pilates to develop strength, flexibility, and balance.
Bosu Ball - an exercise ball that's been cut in half with a platform on the bottom.
Exercise Ball - a large rubber ball 55 to 85+ centimeters in diameter used for strength, balance, and flexibility exercise. AKA therapy ball or Swiss ball.
Medicine Ball - weight balls (4-12 inches in diameter) used for resistance or plyometric training.
Dumbbell - Weights used for exercising consisting of a handle with either detachable metal plates or fixed weights at each end.
Barbell - Weight used for exercise, consisting of a rigid handle 5-7 feet long, with detachable metal plate that slide on and off the ends.
Maximum Heart Rate - the fastest your heart can beat. It is found by taking 220 and subtracting your age. (Max HR = 220 – age)
Target Heart Rate - your target heart rate is a range you exercise in and should be 60-85% of your maximum heart rate. - (220 – age) x 60% = bottom end of Target Heart Range - (220 – age) x 85% = top end of Target Heart Range - Exercise is considered aerobic if performed within this range.
Warm Up - a five to eight minute period of gradual exercise (involving the larger muscles of the body) to increase circulation and decrease joint stiffness, in preparation for exercise of a greater intensity.
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Which items can I, or can't I return?
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