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text: Anonymous 101: Introduction to the lulz Culture 08 November 11 by Quinn Norton cc-licensed Wired.com Inevitability Cultures don't emerge from vacuums, and Anonymous is no exception. The birthplace of Anonymous is a website called 4chan founded in 2003, that developed an "anything goes" random section known as the /b/ board. 4chan itself comes from Japanese language predecessor called 2chan, founded in 2001. Before that, the lulz and hacker pranking was alive and well in old-school IRC chat rooms, EFnet, and the 1990s hacker scene. But if you're going back that far, add as influences Mondo 2000, and publications like RE/Search, and a billion shitty zines that were dead by 1996. But those all came from something, too.Hacker culture, and almost all of computer culture back in the day is shot through with the Discordian edge of 1960/1970s counter-culture and Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's Illuminatus. So from there it's the yippies, Andy Kaufmann, and the Situationists we need to first comprehend, or do we head back to early 20th century absurdists of Dada? Or maybe we venture all the way to that olde booke of epic trolling lulze, Tristram Shandy?We're all the way to 1759 now.Perhaps this means the 1960s Discordians are right, and there's a Ha Ha Only Serious giggle that is cosmic in nature. That there is a part of reality, a force of physics, that is actually a Fundamental Sense of Humour. But the gravity we deal with can only be explained to an even larger amount of Dark Humour, woven into the fabric of the universe.The point is Anonymous, despite the false shock of contemporary news reporting, isn't sui generis. It's not a surprise, and it didn't spring fully formed from the forehead of Ceiling Cat.In this place and time, with the exhaustion of political discourse, the overwhelming pressures of modern life, and rise of the internet, the stochastic network organism of Anonymous was inevitable.I will confess up front that I love Anonymous, but not because I think they're the heroes.Like Alan Moore's character V who inspired Anonymous to adopt the Guy Fawkes mask as an icon and fashion item, you're never quite sure if Anonymous is the hero or antihero. The trickster is attracted to change and the need for change, and that's where Anonymous goes. But they are not your personal army -- that's Rule 44 -- yes, there are rules. And when they do something it never goes quite as planned. The internet has no neat endings.The trickster as myth proved so compelling that the network made it real. Anonymous, the net's trickster, emerged like supernatural movie monster out of the misty realm of ideas and into the real world.But to be historical, let's start with 4chan.org, a wildly popular board for sharing images and talking about them, and in particular, 4chan's /b/ board (Really, really, NSFW). /b/ is a web forum where posts have no author names and there are no archives and it's explicitly about anything at all. This technological format meeting with the internet in the early 21st Century gave birth to Anonymous, and it remains the mother's teat from which Anonymous sucks. (Rule 22)Once you pull your hands away from your face and start looking, /b/ is hard to look away from./b/ is the id of the internet, the collective unconscious's version of the place from which the base drives arise. There is no sophistication in the slurs, sexuality, and destruction in the savage landscape of /b/ -- it is the natural state of networked man.In this, it has a kind of innocence and purity. Terms like 'nigger' and 'faggot' are common, but not there because of racism and bigotry -- though racism and bigotry are easily found there. Their use is there to keep you out. These words are heads on pikes warning you that further in it gets much worse, and it does.Nearly any human appetite is acceptable, nearly any flaw exploited, and probably photographed with a time stamp. But /b/ reminds us that the id is the seat of creative energy. Much of it, hell even most of it, is harmless or even sweet. People reach out for help on /b/, and they find encouragement and advice. The id and /b/ are the foxholes of those who feel powerless and disenfranchised.That's what you'll find in /b/, the unspoken. '/b/tards', as denizens of the board are called and call themselves, create incest porn, fantasize about beating women, look for dataviz examples or coding tips. They are grown men that really want to talk about "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." Maybe it's ironic, maybe it's not. (I'm told by one such brony that the show is just a lot better than you'd expect.)At some moment lost in its unrecorded history, /b/ and Anonymous reached an inflection point, and the id spilled into the rest of the net in the form of " ultra-coordinated motherfuckery," as one anon described it to Coleman. This was the ability to use the technological tools of social coordination so quickly and well that anons working together could collectively attack targets for any perceived slight, or just for fun, without those targets ever having a chance to see it coming or defend themselves.These came to be called "raids."Over time raids took many forms, eventually moving into the regular world. They could look like protests, massively coordinated pranks, distributed denial of service attacks (DDOS) or straight-up hacking attacks. D0xing, ordering unpaid pizzas, signing people up for embarrassing junk mail were all common raids. There's a raid that you know for sure. It's likely you've even participated, and even more likely you've been a victim of it; the rickroll. The rickroll began as a tool of the /b/tard/Anonymous raid, before spreading so far into the culture that the Oregon legislature and even the US Speaker of the House were rickrolling the world.Anonymous spat out other memes like lolcats and pedobear that spread far enough for their origins to be lost to many, but with little profound effect on the rest of the world.Even then Anonymous had a vigilante streak, and it could be downright mean. They'd d0x someone who abused a cat. In particular they went after abusers of cats, because Anonymous loves cats and pictures of cats. They blocked the pool at the online kid's game Habbo Hotel with black, generously fro'd avatars declaring "Pool is closed due to AIDS" as a protest to perceived racism on the part of Habbo's admins.But Anonymous was never particularly focused. Raids could be devastating or funny, but either way they came and went quickly, the net's own little tornado system. Anonymous was never anyone's personal army, and never stayed on any one topic for very long. It took Tom Cruise to change all that and give Anonymous a political consciousness. Specifically, Tom Cruise as a cringe-worthy Scientologist. Read page 3 123 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk

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Reality star of "The Hills," Lauren Conrad recently revealed to the New York Daily News' Gatecrasher that she is fully aware of her limitations as a thespian.
Lauren Conrad tells us: "I don't want to act."
"I tried it," she shrugged. "I was in 'Epic Movie' for, like, two seconds, and then I died."
Lauren also added:
"I don't enjoy it, and I can't make a career out of something I don't really like," she added. "It's not that fun, and I'm not that good at it."
I'm really not all that clear exactly who this woman is, but already I know that I like her.


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Politics get ugly on the White House lawn, Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, the Bambino and The King both die, and the Beatles find a new drummer, all on this day.
1958: Singer and actress Madonna is born Madonna Louise Ciccone in Bay City, Michigan. Her hits include "Like a Virgin," "Into the Groove," "Papa Don't Preach," "Like a Prayer," "Vogue" and "Music."


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I have a number of maven projects which build various components of a plugin framework for a 3rd party application. I have a master project which, using aggregation (<modules> element), includes all the sub projects. This master project also calls the maven assembler plugin. I can now build all the sub-projects and have the assembler copy their outputs/files/sources/resources etc into a master build directory, and then zip all these files up into a single distribution zip. I do this with the command:
mvn package assembly:assembly
This all works great. I now want to pass this zip file into another maven plugin which will open it up and create a custom manifest file which lists the zip contents and then insert this manifest file back into the zip file. I have written the plugin to do this and it works fine.
My problem is getting this plugin run by maven as part of the build process.
The plugin need the output from the assembler, but there doesn't seem to be anyway of running a plugin after the assembler.
Can anyone help?


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By: Ted Moran
I suppose any review is largely dependent upon the author's experience and expectations and mine is certainly no different. Aside from a few occasions of using friend's telescopes and a handful of joyful observatory visits nearly all of my sky viewing has been done with department store grade 60mm alt-azimuth refractors with 0.965 inch focusers and eyepieces. And almost always from very urban or more recently, suburban skies.
From the beginning I've always preferred refractors and almost immediately contracted aperture fever, though I never pursued obtaining a larger instrument. The combination of locally horrible sky conditions and a lack of large scale income always made the investment very hard to justify. But I've been persistently haunted by various astronomy guide book author's description of what can be seen with a "fine four inch refractorâ€.
A couple of years ago I found a renewed vigor in my amateur astronomy interests which I initially addressed by obtaining some decent binoculars, including a pair of 20x80's. I was still using a 1990's vintage Celestron C60 refractor and increasingly feeling that I had simply outgrown it. Combine the market emergence of fairly inexpensive (mostly Chinese) larger refractors with 2008's tax refund check and my wife and I made the decision to finally upgrade.
I did a lot of very careful market research, including endless hours spent pouring over the reviews and forums at Cloudynights. I'm long accustomed to the hideous Chromatic Aberration delivered by cheap, department store grade Achromatic refractors. I do almost no astrophotography, all my observing is visual with some limited (horrible) sketching attempts and I enjoy the star hopping challenge in my suburban skies. My main interests are lunar and planetary but I've also been enjoying attempting some limited deep-sky object observations as far as the local light pollution will allow. My locations and facilities are fairly limited to the back yard and driveway so grab and go or at least a quick setup and limited storage are also factors for us. Finally, my vision is, well, really quite poor.
I know that fast, short apochromatic refractors are all the rage these days and some of this equipment is extremely impressive, to say the least. But I really had to look at my observing habits and priorities. I knew I wanted a refractor with enough aperture to deliver fairly high magnifications with not too small eyepieces. I wanted to spend my limited money on glass and not on fancy mounts. Being willing to live with Chromatic Aberration and my local skies limiting hard core deep sky observing helped me make my final decision. I decided on the Skywatcher 102AR-AZ4 (four inch Achro) refractor.
I ordered directly from the Skywatcher USA web site. I also ordered their short model 1.25 inch Barlow;
I was not without concerns. I could find no reviews of this particular model telescope anywhere, though some U.K. web sites were giving the alt-azimuth mount itself very good early reviews. How bad would the Chromatic Aberration really be? What about overall build quality? Was this model even really yet available? Having zero experience with Plossl eyepieces, let alone 1.25 inch eyepieces or (gasp!) a two-inch focuser, a red-dot finder, Teflon bearings, dovetail plates and an awful lot of this other great sounding stuff left me more than a little concerned. When I didn't quickly get a shipping announcement e-mail from Skywatcher (I did get an order confirmation instantly) I assumed it would be a long wait on that proverbial slow boat from China.
Surprise! Only 5 days later I awoke to find a very large cardboard box on my front porch. Hooray! The Barlow arrived in a separate, much smaller box. The intact telescope box was marked "Celestron†(gasp! wrong model?) and was tightly double-boxed. Inside, more boxes containing all the various sub-assemblies; OTA, mount, head, optics, etc. I excitedly but carefully unpacked and assembled everything. Hooray! It IS the Skywatcher 102AR-AZ4 inside!
I was instantly struck with two first impressions, both of which have totally stuck. One, this thing is quite a bit bigger and heftier than I had thought and Two, the build quality, workmanship, craftsmanship and overall engineering of this thing are very, very impressive. The fit and finish leave little to be desired and everything works and goes together very smoothly. Sadly, it wasn't until a week later while cutting up the boxes for recycling that I discovered the owner's manual folded up between two box layers. The manual isn't the world's greatest, it suffers a little in the translation and it is of the generic style, covering 6 different Skywatcher alt-azimuth models. I could have used one more illustration covering mount assembly, but I figured it out without the manual fairly quickly. I'd also suggest Skywatcher consider including some sort of beginners guide on amateur astronomy.
The gold fleck on dark blue paint scheme on the tube looked a little on the cheesy side on the web page. Not so in person, it's really quite striking and attractive and very well applied.
Of course I immediately tried peering through my front door window at telephone poles and trees in my neighborhood. I discovered I couldn't get a good focus on anything much under 100 yards away but that night I was greeted with a couple of hours of decent suburban night skies.
First light was Venus at about 60 percent crescent phase. Wow! Nice and big! What a difference between a four inch refractor and a two point four 60mm! Like night and day. Yes, no shortage of Chromatic Aberration, but much less than what I was anticipating. The tips of the limbs showed some obvious yellow and purple fringing glows. But actually a good deal less than the Celestron and other 60mm refractors I've used and what I'd describe as more controlled CA. I can definitely live with this, what a relief!
Next up, the Orion Nebula. I popped in the 25mm Plossl and swung the scope around. Wow! It's the real and true Trapezium! There it is! I thought I'd spotted it many times in the past but instantly I realized that I'd never seen it even once before. The four primary stars perfectly resolved and separated floating awash in the nebula's well defined gassy glow. Amazing! I can even see the dark lane above it. (No, I still haven't caught five or six, but I'm a very happy suburban camper). I was particularly impressed with how much better this telescope reveals the nebula itself compared to my 20x80 binoculars. That extra 22mm's of glass does a lot, despite the much slower focal ratio. A nice half moon was up so that was next.
Again, wow. The 25mm Skywatcher supplied Plossl yields a razor sharp, high contrast, gorgeous, field filling lunar image. Far exceeds my expectations. Adding the Barlow really brought out the details while retaining focus and contrast. I never realized just how poor the plastic lens 0.965 Barlows I'd been using all those decades really were. Breathtaking difference.
I switched to the Skywatcher 10mm Plossl eyepiece. Slightly less impressive performance than the 25mm. Not a bad view by any means, but just a hair less sharp than the 25mm and a good deal less contrast. It's what I call just a little bit "mushyâ€. Still, a world of difference using 1.25 eyepieces as compared with 0.965 diameter ones. I tried Barlowing the 10mm just for kicks, but local seeing conditions didn't support that high a magnification (x200) and I was greeted with mostly mush.
Both of the Skywatcher eyepieces have acceptable eye relief for me, which I'm pretty sensitive to, and both are sharp to the edges of the field with no distortion that I can detect. The 25mm has an excellent, very wide viewing opening. The 10mm is a great deal more challenging but still vastly better than my old 6mm 0.965 orthos and kellners.
I can't say enough good things about this AZ4 Skywatcher mount. I'm an old wooden tripod guy so this was a big change for me. I was particularly concerned with what I'd read about vibration and steel tripod mounts. If you like alt-azimuth mounts, you'll love this thing. Mechanical build and alignment are excellent. Both axis employ very smooth Teflon bearings and use large, plastic hand wheels to lock and adjust tension. They work very, very well. It does take a bit of experimentation to find just the right tension settings but once you get there you are rewarded with buttery smooth eyepiece end hand slewing in both directions. Good tube dovetail mount balancing practices (easy) make things even better.
A hefty, pronged steel accessory holder tightens on a central threaded shaft hanging through the tripod head. This also attaches the mount to the tripod. Y-Fingers on the three prongs of the accessory holder mate up against the insides of the tripod legs. Careful but easy tightening of the thumbwheels on the shaft creates tensions which make the mount even more solid. It's a rock solid mount and does not pick up any external vibrations from passing vehicles, trucks, etc. Excellent isolation. Eyepiece end induced vibrations dampen out totally in one to two seconds, depending on orientation and tube balance. The sturdy slewing arm can be attached to the mount in one of two places, both above and below the tube. When attached in the low position the arm will collide with tripod legs when the telescope nears zenith point angles.
The accessory tray has five 1.25 inch holes and two 2 inch holes for eyepieces, filters, caps, etc. One of the 1.25 holes is partially obstructed by the lower mounting shaft thumb wheel underneath, but it still works for end caps. It is a solid steel casting, very sturdy. The mount head has setting circle like markings for degrees of azimuth and elevation.
Each tripod leg has one telescoping section which extends about 16 inches. Height from the ground to the pivot bolt center of the head assembly is 54 inches fully extended. This allows for a limited degree of height adjustment, but in practice I keep my legs fully extended all the time. The legs are well secured by thumbscrew bolts, but be careful not to under or over tighten them. The 102AR is the longest tubed telescope Skywatcher markets with this mount and in truth; it is a little too short for a telescope of this dimension. You'll find yourself sitting on the ground at times. I don't mind at all and I keep a hefty piece of corrugated cardboard handy for these occasions. I feel it's an acceptable trade off between height and the extreme stability this mount offers in this price class. Each leg is tipped with a well designed plastic foot spike which by some miracle come out of my yard mud easily and still mostly clean. They work nicely on concrete as well.
The legs appear to be some sort of stainless steel tubing, quite thick and sturdy. I am a little concerned about how well they'll stand up to dewing moisture over time.
The telescope optical tube is mounted to the tripod head using the familiar mounting rings and Vixen style dovetail plate. It's secured to the head using a single, large thumbscrew. While this enables easy tube balancing adjustments it is also none too secure. I'd encourage extreme caution when mounting, demounting and adjusting the tube to avoid the potential catastrophe of the tube falling to the ground. Be careful! The dovetail plate / mounting ring assembly is very sturdy and well made. The rings feature male and female mounting points for limited accessory attachment use.
The mount has no slow motion controls of any kind. Reaching the tension adjustment knobs can be challenging depending on how long your arms are and how far out the focuser is adjusted. Overall though, I rate the design, performance and slewing actions as all excellent, far exceeding my expectations.
The red dot finder is a new thing for me. Initially, I didn't care for it. After a few tries I've finally got it aligned highly accurately now and I'm getting a lot more comfortable with it. The hearing aid style battery is rated for 480 hours. I've already left it on for 24 hours once by mistake with the scope stored outside at 30 degrees Fahrenheit and it's still working fine. It's easy to use while remaining seated behind the eyepiece, which is nice compared to a conventional finder scope. Its dimmest red dot setting is still a bit too bright. I'm considering substituting an 8x50 illuminated reticule finder as an upgrade.
The dew shield is coated metal and is of the press to fit variety, but fits quite well and snug. The dew shield end cab cover also has a sub-cap to enable limited aperture use when desired.
I know the standard 2 inch Synta focusers have something less than a perfectly stellar reputation among higher end scope users here at Cloudynights, but I have to say that I'm very happy with it. It is an enormous step up from the bumpy, draw tube junk I've used in the past. It will accommodate both 2 inch and 1.25 inch eyepieces and has a little over 5 inches of travel. In that last inch you will encounter just a tiny bit of side to side wiggle slack, though. The 1.25 eyepiece mount has a single securing thumbscrew; the 2 inch position has two. Using very high power eyepieces does require some very fine tuning, slow focusing efforts but it works for me. I've had the scope out for hours at 10 degrees Fahrenheit and none of the lubricants in either the focuser or the mount show any sign of stiffening up in the cold, wonderful. The top of the focuser mount has a bar shaped extension with a couple of screw holes and one thumbscrew for an unspecified "accessoryâ€, but there is only one real dovetail opening for a finder scope, etc.
My biggest single criticism of this scope is that Skywatcher includes a 1.25 inch, 45 degree erecting image roof prism instead of a real 90 degree diagonal. I suppose they are trying to keep costs low while still appealing to the terrestrial viewing crowd. In fairness, the erecting prism does seem to work fairly well without introducing too much optical "mushâ€, but I'm shopping for a high quality, 2 inch mirror diagonal.
The objective lens assembly appears to be precisely engineered and well designed. It's held in its somewhat complex looking mounting ring with what appears to be an old fashioned C-style steel bayonet ring fastener. I haven't worked up the probably ill-advised "courage†to attempt to dig deeper to see about collimation adjustment possibilities, but it does look like there's something along those lines down in there. The scope arrived in what appeared to be near perfect collimation so I haven't been so inspired. Perfectionists may differ… The lens coatings look beautiful, a nice shade of mellow blue. I can see at least a couple of tube internal baffles and everything inside is a wonderful shade of jet flat black.
I've had the scope out in the yard a half dozen times over the past few weeks. It far, far exceeds all my expectations in terms of both optical and mechanical performance. Although I bought it almost exclusively for lunar and planetary work its actually also a great performer on deep sky objects, at least to my tired and light polluted eyes. I'm sure it's no Apochromatic on DSO's but I've already found a half dozen open clusters that I'd searched for over the decades with 60mm scopes and they are all breath taking. Quite surprisingly good for an F/10 system, in my opinion. Stellar color presentation is excellent. I'm seeing well into 10th magnitude in suburban skies where the visual limiting magnitude hovers around 4 on good nights. I know, I should be doing all sorts of field of view measurements and checking resolution against test doubles, etc. I'll eventually get around to that stuff but I'm having too much fun for right now. I can tell you I got down to under 4 mile features on the half moon tonight under really lousy conditions. I've got about 40 years of lunar observing under my eyelids and I can tell you, this is a great lunar telescope. No distortions, great flatness, very sharp and high contrast.
I was planning on getting a high power planetary and a low power, wide field eyepiece as upgrades. For the high power I was figuring on the old 50x to the inch of aperture formula and thinking 4 or 5 mm. After trying the Barlow out on the Skywatcher 10mm Plossl I re-thought my plans, my local seeing conditions are simply never that good. I went with 40x to the inch and got a 6mm TMB planetary from Astronomics, instead. It works very well with this telescope optically, but requires racking out the focuser to the point where I'm getting some focuser wiggle – so I'm using the erecting prism with it for now to take up some focuser travel. I might try some focuser rack screw adjusting to see if I can tighten things up just a tad.I'm considering the Williams Optics 40mm 2 inch SWAN eyepiece for DSO work.
If you, like me, are an old time 2.4 inch alt-azimuth refractor guy and you've always lusted after a bit more telescope I cannot recommend the Skywatcher 102AR-AZ highly enough. Trust me, you don't know what you've been missing all those years – it's really an amazing step up. This is one heck of a lot of telescope for 400 bucks. The only real negative I can find is that it is a good deal heavier and bigger than I had pictured, not really in the quickie grab and go realm. Still though, it breaks down very easily and stores nicely. I keep the head attached to the tripod and just take the tube off at the dovetail rail. Two trips in and out in under ten minutes and I'm up and running. With my small house and narrow doorways I'm actually glad I didn't opt for anything much bigger, a 5 or 6 inch refractor would have been a lot more challenging. Set up it is heavy but I can still pick it and maneuver it around the yard and driveway with one not very strong arm, it's pretty well balanced when setup, overall.
Well, like I started out with, I guess reviews and satisfaction largely hinge on individual expectations and experience. From where I'm coming from, this is a great telescope. Your results will likely vary, but I'm happy as a clam.
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Wesley, looking at the pictures on your site from wrestling, I came across this basketball photo from 1986. Is this McDermott with the ball? This is an awesome photo!
Jeff Grayer and Daryl Spinks, Iowa State Cyclones 1986, Photo by Wesley Winterink
For I for S forever!
Thats a great photo, looks like Grayer was about to jump outta the gym.
I actually think Mac is about to get hammered after the pump fake got both of 'em in the air - how was he from the line?
Is that really Mcdermott? That is a great pic...
The photo has been posted here and discussed before. Yes, that's Greg.
Sorry, I missed that it has been posted in the past.
No worries, just letting ya know it's our Greg in the photo. :)
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Thats a great photo, looks like Grayer was about to jump outta the gym.
And that was after he hurt his knee!
I cheer for two teams, Iowa State and whoever is playing the hawkeyes.
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Browsing through the Topic about I.A.S.I.Philidelphia reminded me of this. It's a pretty un-heard of show, and unfortunatly never got past 14 episodes (but that's Teletoon's thing... They never continue their shows). But the show is fucking great, hilarious and serious at the same time. If it had continued then it would easily be my favorite show. My friends always watched it. I was Gimpy, the freaky looking one.
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Here are the books that are hot-hot-hot this summer at the FDL Public Library.
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
They're so smart it's scary, and more than half the U.S. population owns one, but just because a smartphone can take pictures, it doesn't mean those pictures are really very good.
Two seasoned photographers will offer tips and advice to remedy that problem with Making the Most of Your Smartphone Camera, at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 3, at the Fond du Lac Public Library downtown. The program is free, no registration required.
Area artists are invited to submit pieces for a themed exhibit, A Dog's Life, at the Fond du Lac Public Library in October.
Have you ever looked at a book cover and wanted to crawl right in and be part of the setting? That was my first thought when I spotted The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs. The cover pictures the perfect summer scene of a white, casually laid table with mismatched white chairs set among apple trees loaded with succulent looking apples. I could almost hear the bees buzzing around the beautiful pitchers filled with colorful wild flowers gracing the center of the table.
It's Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, a light-hearted novel that features an unusual bookstore where customers come in at all hours to borrow obscure books.
The Solutions Center will show the movie Holes at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, at the Fond du Lac Public Library.
The free movie (rated PG) is adapted from the best-selling novel by Louis Sachar. It tells the story of down-on-his-luck Stanley Yelnats (played by Shia LaBeouf), who's sent to Camp Green Lake, where he's thrown into the adventure of his life.
Rain and sunshine have worked their magic, and gardens across the Fond du Lac area are bursting with good health. Capture your gorgeous greenery with the Fond du Lac Public Library's Picture a Garden display.
The city Transit Dept. has extended the Buses to Books program through the month of August.
Every Thursday, kids ages 6 to 17 can ride to and from the Fond du Lac Public Library for free when show their library cards. Kids ages 6 to 9 must be accompanied by an adult; adults pay full fare.
The BookCellar's annual bag sale will take place Saturday, July 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the lower level of the Fond du Lac Public Library. The sale is being held in conjunction with the downtown Sidewalk Sale.
Fond du Lac Literacy Services is planning a Scrabble Bee fundraising event on October 3. Teams will compete for highest scores and prizes.


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Facebook Thoughts
Lots has happened in the world of technology today specifically for Facebook. Facebook has been in the news lately for a variety of reasons, but NPR noted that in recent days Facebook has experienced a nice hike in revenue that boosted stocks. Okay, so I guess this is good for the stock world, but what I am really interested in is how people use Facebook.
First, a little about my Facebook usage. I initially used Facebook when it first came out almost ten years ago. Remember when you had to be a college student whose college had access to Facebook? Yep, that's when I first used it. I was a grad student teaching Composition classes and used Facebook as a supplement to my class. My students would spend hours trolling this early version of Facebook (as they still do now), so I figured why not try to utilize that technology?
So, I had a wall. As my students were perusing and experiencing the then new technology, they would send me messages or post on my wall about their papers. It was amazing how the technology enhanced our communication. I was thoroughly impressed with how well it worked and pretty excited that when I tried something new, I experienced a positive outcome.
Then Facebook went viral and that was just too much for me. Plus, I graduated from grad school and found a full-time position, so I closed my account, and for years did not think of opening a new one. That is, until last August when I needed to contact a family member and could only do so through Facebook, so I was back. Now, I have a bittersweet relationship with this social media.
I have enjoyed the connections with loved ones. I have friends and family worldwide whom I cannot always see in person; Facebook has allowed us to connect virtually. We can view pictures, send messages, and write notes to each other. I like this.
I also like the discussions that I can have with people. They might post something that catches my attention, so I comment, and then an impromptu discussion ensues. I like the spontaneity of this.
I do not like how people from my past who are pretty much strangers to me other than we went to high school together or something want to be my friend. Of course, I confirm, but all I can think is why? Why ask me after years of nothing? Why do I accept? I have almost no contact with them after they find me and friend me. In fact, I don't even know if I want to have contact. I constantly wonder why I approved their friend request, yet I do nothing about it. Both their request and my acceptance are weird.
I also do not like the incessant game requests. Ick.
Finally, I do not like how some people use Facebook. I do not mind people who post often, nor do I mind people who post about their menial daily activities. I may not participate in Facebook in this way, but who am I to complain about others doing so? For some people, I even enjoy their banter and wit. And, let's face it…if I don't like how often someone posts, I can hide their updates. I do mind when people use Facebook to spout their rhetoric. I've found that some people just want to use Facebook to dictate to others. Some even use Facebook specifically to offend others. I do not like this.
I also mind when people use Facebook to stalk. I didn't even know that's how some used it until doing research for an article I'm working on. That's just not right.
Facebook has been good to connect me with people I have missed, but it has also brought new issues to me that I wouldn't have thought of previously had I not been an account holding Facebook member. My relationship will continue to be bittersweet with FB, but I will also continue to be a willing participant—at least for a while.


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SEC 'Proxy Access' Rule Could Empower Unions, Political Activists
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable have filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a "proxy access" rule they say will open the door to political activism at odds with investor interests.
"While Congress may have authorized the SEC to consider a proxy rule, Congress never exempted the SEC from following the law when promulgating new regulations," said Robin Conrad, executive vice president of the National Chamber Litigation Center, the Chamber's public policy law firm. "The SEC failed to engage in evidence-based rulemaking, and we intend to hold the SEC to its statutory obligation to conduct a thorough cost-benefit analysis."
The lawsuit contends the proxy access rule violates the First Amendment and the Taking Clause of the Fifth Amendment by forcing the majority of a company's shareholders to use company resources to subsidize special interest minority shareholders. It also accuses the SEC of "arbitrary and capricious" violations of the Administrative Procedure Act, because the agency disregarded data on costs and other issues from numerous letters during the public comment period.
'Afoul of Constitutional Liberties'
One of those commenters was John Berlau, director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI).
In a statement, Berlau said: "On behalf of American investors and entrepreneurs, CEI applauds the suit for pointing out that the 'proxy access' rule is essentially a wolf-in-sheep's clothing: it will not only harm job creation and retirement savings, but will also run afoul of companies and shareholders' constitutional liberties."
Berlau said the SEC's proxy access rule "would empower unions, animal rights activists, and other political special interest groups in the corporate boardroom at the expense of ordinary shareholders."
Threshold at Just 3 Percent
The SEC's ruling came on a 3-2 vote in August on authority granted by the recently enacted Dodd-Frank financial reform law. The proxy access rule forces a company to subsidize the campaigns of director candidates nominated by as few as three percent of the firm's shareholders.
The lawsuit points out, "'Even if holders of 95 percent of a company's shares find this use of a proxy to be a waste of corporate assets, they are barred from preventing it.'"
SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes was one of the commission's two dissenters. He warned the rule may empower "special interest directors" with "goals that compete with maximizing firm value."
'Special-Interest Group Clout'
"A fundamental principle of state corporation laws is that all shareholders holding the same class of securities have the same rights. The new rule will discriminate among shareholders, since the SEC would increase the clout of special-interest groups at the expense of the vast majority of shareholders," said former SEC commissioner Paul Atkins, who served from 2002-2008.
David Hirschmann, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, said in a statement, "The SEC's proxy access rule empowers unions and other special interests at the expense of the vast majority of retail shareholders. This special interest-driven rule will give small groups of special interest activist investors significant leverage over a business' activities. This will undermine a company's ability to grow and create jobs."
Larry Ribstein, a professor in the College of Law at University of Illinois, said, "One of the great myths about the SEC's new proxy access rule is that it is pro-shareholder, or at least gives new clout to shareholders. This is simply wrong, since the SEC evidently did not intend to help shareholders, or at least anything like a significant fraction of the universe of shareholders, and almost certainly has not succeeded in doing so."
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Sam Champion Marries Partner
By PAIGE MARA FEIGENBAUM
December 21, 2012
Love is in the forecast! Good Morning America anchor and ABC News weather editor Sam Champion wed partner Rubem Robierb on Friday afternoon at his New York City apartment.
On this morning's GMA, Sam said, "The whole family is at the house right now, so I should be able to walk in and have everything [done]."
RELATED: 'GMA' Team Joins Robin Roberts to Deck the Halls
Co-anchors Robin Roberts, Lara Spencer, and Josh Elliott were present to witness the intimate exchanging of vows. Rubem's family wasn't there in person, but joined the festive occasion via Skype from Brazil. NY State Supreme Court Justice George J. Silver presided over the nuptials.
Recovering from her bone marrow transplant, Robin read a poem written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to give her blessing to the couple.
The newlyweds, who announced their engagement in October, were introduced a few years back by a mutual friend. They'll celebrate having tied the knot at a reception on December 31 in Miami, the city in which they met and where Rubem resides.
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Amazon Teen Bestsellers: The Mortal Instruments
Slots 5 through 9 on the current list of Amazon teen bestsellers are books from the The Mortal Instruments series. Not a bad showing for author Cassandra Clare. The popularity of her series may be fueled by the August release of the film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The book City of Bones, which sounds exotic and exciting, is described on Amazon: "When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died . . ."


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An explanation of peripheral neuropathy
Does peripheral neuropathy affect only hands and feet?
The tingling or numbness usually begins in the hands or feet but it may spread up into the legs and arms. It can turn into burning or jabbing pain. Skin may become extremely sensitive to touch. If motor nerves are impacted, muscle weakness or paralysis is possible. If autonomic nerves are affected, bowel or bladder problems may develop. Peripheral neuropathy can affect only one nerve or it may affect many nerves.
Who is at risk for peripheral neuropathy?
At least 50 percent of people with diabetes develop some form of neuropathy. Others commonly at high risk are alcoholics, who often have vitamin deficiencies due to poor dietary choices; people with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus; those exposed to toxic substances, certain medications, viral or bacterial infections, and nerve trauma such as repetitive sports injuries or accidents where nerves are damaged.
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Any time you notice tingling, weakness or pain in your hands or feet, you should make an appointment with a primary care doctor or a neurologist, a doctor that specializes in disorders of the nervous system. Because peripheral neuropathy isn't a single disease, it can be difficult to diagnose. Determining the location of the nerve damage and its cause is important for successful treatment.
How does a doctor treat peripheral neuropathy?
When your doctor determines the cause of your peripheral neuropathy and treats that underlying cause, the neuropathy often improves. Several different prescription medications can reduce the pain. Your doctor will evaluate the degree of your neuropathy and work with you to find the best medications for your particular symptoms and type of neuropathy.
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Wear soft cotton socks and shoes with good padding and support. A hand or foot massage improves circulation, stimulates nerves and may decrease pain. If you have diabetes, good control of your sugar is necessary. If you smoke, quit. Smoking affects circulation, increasing your risk of foot problems and possible amputation. Healthy eating is essential because vitamin deficiencies can cause or increase neuropathy symptoms. Preventing further nerve damage is essential. The right kind of regular exercise can reduce pain. Talk to your doctor about a healthy eating and exercise plan.
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Four Loko Agrees to Grow Up
Don't worry, they still believe "alcohol and caffeine can be consumed safely and responsibly."
As part of a legal agreement with 20 states, Four Loko — or "blackout in a can," as it was charmingly known in its glory days — has agreed to seriously curtail marketing to underage and college-age kids. Per the agreement, it's quite the neutering: no more college promotions, no using models under 25, all of the states' $400,000 legal fees — even no "depictions or descriptions" of Santa Claus.
Most important is that Phusion Projects, Four Loko's manufacturer, also agreed never to make another "CAB" — that is, "caffeine-alcohol beverage" — but that was sort of just salt in the wound. Four Loko hasn't had its 150-milligram caffeine jolt since 2010, when the FDA banned concoctions with this really ignorant mix.
To show Loko's still got bite, the company did work a middle finger to the Man into its official statement on the changes: "Phusion continues to believe, however, as do many people throughout the world, that the combination of alcohol and caffeine can be consumed safely and responsibly."
There's no word on when the energy drink's zippy new ad campaign, featuring senior citizens chugging cans in regular, non-festive cardigans, will hit retirement homes.
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One of the most significant changes in paediatric food allergy management in recent years has been in strategies to prevent food allergy in early infancy.
Previously the idea prevailed that if the most highly allergenic foods are withheld from the infant until the immune and digestive systems are more mature, allergic sensitization would be prevented or significantly reduced. Frequently the advice regarding introduction of the most highly allergenic foods was, "the later the better". It was hoped that this would in turn prevent not only allergy to food but to inhalant and contact allergies in later life. However, new research seems to indicate the very opposite - that exposure to allergens in early life may actually tolerise the infant's immune system, and prevent allergic sensitization to food .
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The current directives from position papers and consensus documents from many countries now recognize that restriction of the maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation is contraindicated in allergy prevention7, ,
In summary, professional groups do not recommend the elimination of any specific foods from the maternal diet during breast-feeding except for the mother's own allergens unless the baby has been diagnosed with allergy to one or more foods, in which case the baby's allergenic food should be avoided by its mother as long as she is breast-feeding.
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Summary of Dietary Guidelines for the High Risk for Allergy Baby during Pregnancy, Lactation, and Early Infant Feeding
• A high risk for allergy is defined as a baby with one first degree relative (parent or sibling) with a diagnosed allergy
• There should be no dietary restriction during pregnancy except:
It is essential that mother should obtain complete balanced nutrition appropriate for pregnancy, and eat as wide a range of foods as possible
• Mother should not restrict her own diet while breast-feeding except:
• Exclusive breast-feeding should be continued for 4 – 6 months.
• For the breast-fed baby the introduction of solid foods or infant formula (complementary foods) should be delayed until at least 4-6 moths
• If breast-feeding is not possible, hydrolyzed infant formula can be used as a measure to prevent food allergy. Extensively hydrolyzed formulas are thought to be more effective than partially hydrolyzed formulas in allergy prevention
• Soy-based formulae and other milk-based formulas (e.g. goat's milk) are not recommended for reducing the risk of food allergy
• If the child is allergic to cow's milk, extensively hydrolyzed casein based formulae or amino acid based formulae should be used if breast-feeding is not possible
• If the baby is not allergic to cow's milk, a normal cow's milk formula can be introduced as complementary food at 4-6 months
• There is no benefit in delaying the introduction of solid foods beyond 6 months of age
• There are no recommendations regarding the sequence in which complementary foods are introduced. Even highly allergenic foods can be introduced early (e.g. before 1 year) in order to maximise the development of tolerance
• Each food should be introduced separately and mixed foods introduced only after each food in the mixture has been introduced and tolerated
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Von Berg A, Koletzko S, Filipiak-Pittroff B, Laubereau B, Grubl A, Wichmann HE, Bauer CP, Reinhardt D, Berdel D, and the German Infant Nutritional Intervention Study Group. Certain hydrolyzed formulas reduce the incidence of atopic dermatitis but not that of asthma: Three–year results of the German Infant Nutritional Intervention Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007;119(3):718-725
Von Berg A, , Filipiak-Pittroff B, Kramer U, Link E, Bollrath C, Brockow I, Koletzko S, Grubl A, Heinrch J, Wichmann HE, Bauer CP, Reinhardt D, Berdel D, Berdel D.and GINIplus study group. Preventive effect of hydrolyzed infant formulas persists until age 6 years: Long-term rewsults form the German Infant Nutritional Intervention Study (GINI). J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008;121(6):1442-1447
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Dr Janice Joneja, patron of Action Against Allergy, has 30 years' experience as a clinical counsellor in the area of biochemical and immunological reactions involved in food allergy and intolerance. Born and growing up in England, her home is now in Canada, where for 12 years she was head of the Allergy Nutrition Programme at the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre. She lectures at universities, colleges and hospitals internationally and her books are highly respected manuals providing practical guidance for both the professional and lay reader. Her book Dealing with Food Allergies in Babies and Children is available on special offer, £10.50, from Merton Books (www.mertonbooks.co.uk, 020 8892 4949).
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Obafemi Martins scored, as did a Chivas defender on his own goal, as the Sounders improved to 5-4-3 in MLS play.
CARSON, Calif. — Sounders FC bounced back from a difficult week with a far better showing than in their last trip to The Home Depot Center just six days ago, pulling out a 2-0 victory over Chivas USA that served as sort of a microcosm of this up-and-down campaign.
Obafemi Martins scored a nifty goal in the 21st minute and the Sounders were gifted another one 12 minutes later on an odd own goal, and the three points felt good after last week's debacle against the Los Angeles Galaxy and the U.S. Open Cup loss to the Tampa Bay Rowdies three days later.
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Martins teamed with Lamar Neagle up top, and they connected on the opening goal, finishing a superb sequence up the left wing. The Sounders carved up Chivas' defense with three quick passes, from Leo Gonzalez to Mario Martinez to Neagle and into space for Martins, who streaked alone into the box and chipped goalkeeper Dan Kennedy.
The Sounders were gifted the second goal. Mauro Rosales took a pass into the box from DeAndre Yedlin and sent a looping cross toward the far post that was several yards away from Martins, the only attacking player nearby. Chivas right back Mario de Luna tried to nod it back to Kennedy but hit it too hard, sending the ball past his goalkeeper and into the net for an own goal.
"I thought our character was good," Schmid said. "We got up the first half 2-0, started off the second half slowly, but I thought we were getting close, getting some chances again, and then at that point the game changed as we had to roll up our sleeves and just work to get out of here 2-0."
It changed when Martins was sent off by referee Ricardo Salazar, hardly a Sounders favorite, after tangling with Gabriel Farfan near midfield. They battled, fell to the turf, and Martins scraped his feet over the Chivas midfielder as he got up.
"For me, I didn't do anything," Martins said. "I was trying to get up and get the ball back, and (Farfan), he screamed, and the referee just looked at him, and they gave me a red card."
Salazar refused to talk to the media, and Schmid didn't want to discuss the call.
"Sometimes you agree with calls, sometimes you don't agree with calls," he said. "The league doesn't care what my opinion is, and the referee doesn't care what my opinion is.The thing I will says is in the NBA you foul out when you commit six fouls. When you have a player on the other team that is committing six, seven, eight fouls, he should foul out. He should be off the field. How he can stay on the field and get a yellow card after his seventh foul and you have other players getting yellow cards after two is amazing to me."
Farfan was cautioned following his seventh foul, four minutes later.
Martins nearly netted a third goal twice before halftime. The Nigerian forward couldn't turn on a ball from Andy Rose in the goal mouth and knocked it over the cross bar in the 38th minute. Two minutes later, Kennedy made a fine reaction save on Martins' header from 7 yards, and defender Joaquin Velazquez smothered the ball to prevent Martins from getting off a second shot.
• The Sounders will be missing a lot of key guys for the Vancouver game. Martins will be out after the red card, and midfielder Shalrie Joseph has one more game on his suspension. Eddie Johnson and Brad Evans are with the U.S. for another 2 ½ weeks, and Mario Martinez now joins Honduras' national team.
• Chivas, in turmoil following head coach Jose Luis "Chelis" Sanchez Sola's dismissal this week, managed just two decent opportunities, and goalkeeper Michael Gspurning dealt with both of them, a first-half shot from Jose Erick Correa off a through ball and Tristan Bowen's blast, parried past the post, in the 89th minute.
• The victory gave the Sounders their second-best MLS record, with 18 points, following 12 games. Their best mark, 7-3-2 for 23 points, was posted last year.
• Chivas USA was guided by Sacha van der Most, its academy director, after Chelis' ouster Wednesday. Jose Luis Real, a former technical director for Mexican club Guadalajara and its crosstown rival Atlas, arrives next week to take the reins.
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Seattle — Michael Gspurning, DeAndre Yedlin, Zach Scott, Djimi Traore, Leo Gonzalez, Lamar Neagle, Mario Martinez (Marc Burch, 77th), Mauro Rosales (David Estrada, 76th), Osvaldo Alonso (Andy Rose, 21st), Servando Carrasco, Obafemi Martins.
Chivas USA — Dan Kennedy, Walter Vilchez (Tristan Bowen, 70th), Mario De Luna, Joaquin Velazquez, Bobby Burling, Carlos Alvarez, Eric Avila, Gabriel Farfan, Jorge Villafana, Oswaldo Minda (Marvin Iraheta, 64th), Jose Correa (Miller Bolanos, 61st).


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Ah, puberty. It can be a very interesting time in a guy's life, what with all the changes going on. In fact, it seems like every day something on your body grows bigger or hair begins sprouting somewhere. Each day brings a new change or two, and it can sometimes feel like it's hard to keep up.
It doesn't happen to every guy, but one of these changes can be the development of breast tissue. It's called gynecomastia (pronounced: guy-nuh-ko-mas-tee-uh) and it's completely normal — and almost always temporary. So how exactly does a guy happen to develop breast tissue?
Gynecomastia is a condition in which breast tissue forms in guys, usually due to normal hormonal changes during puberty. Hormones are chemicals produced by your body's glands. In a guy, hormones produced in the testicles are responsible for the physical changes that begin to take place during puberty — facial hair, muscle development, a deepening of the voice, and the lengthening of the penis, for example. Guys and girls produce both androgens (hormones that help develop and maintain male characteristics) and estrogen (a hormone that is responsible for most female characteristics).
Guys have mostly androgens in their systems, but they also have small amounts of estrogen. In girls, breast growth is caused by high levels of estrogen. Normally, when going through puberty, a guy's production of androgens increases significantly, whereas estrogen production remains low.
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It's estimated that about half of all males going through puberty experience some degree of gynecomastia in one or both breasts. Gynecomastia is almost always a temporary condition, and it's very unusual for the breasts to stay developed — they will eventually flatten out completely within a few months to a couple of years. It usually goes away on its own and no medical treatment or surgery is needed.
Even though it's just a temporary change for most teens, some guys with gynecomastia feel embarrassed or self-conscious about their appearance. Many guys find that wearing loose-fitting shirts helps make the condition less noticeable until the breast tissue shrinks over time. Surgical removal of the breast tissue is an option in some cases. If a guy finds his gynecomastia is bothering him, he can talk to a doctor about it.
Although the most common cause of gynecomastia is puberty, it can sometimes be caused by certain diseases or side effects of some medications. Using illegal drugs such as anabolic steroids, marijuana, or heroin can also disrupt hormonal balance and lead to gynecomastia.
There's also something called pseudogynecomastia (or false gynecomastia). This has nothing to do with puberty or hormones. It's just simply due to the fact that some guys have extra fat in the chest area, making it look like they have breasts. A doctor's exam can tell whether a guy has gynecomastia or pseudogynecomastia.
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