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Processing Innovation is Alive and Well
Processing innovation is alive and well. We look at five technologies of tomorrow that are available today (or soon): supersonic processing, high-pressure sterilization, bioseparation, radio frequency heating and carbon dioxide extrusion.
Information technology and automation have dominated food industry capital investment in recent years. At times, processors have sat like wallflowers at a sock hop when innovative concepts asked them to take a spin around the dance floor.
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But make no mistake: Processing technology is alive and well and, in some cases, already knocking on your door with resolutions to timeless industry challenges as:
- Food safety
- Huge reductions in process times
- Qualitative improvements
- Energy savings
- Massive productivity gains
- More healthful products
- Fewer ingredients and cleaner ingredient labels
- Dramatic reductions in equipment and process line footprints
As we look ahead to the Oct. 29 co-located Pack Expo and Process Expo, Food Processing surveyed a number of food industry leaders to identify five processing technologies that appear ready to take their place in the food plants of tomorrow.
Supersonic processing
What rolls as many as five processing steps into one, compresses half-hour processes into minutes and cooks with supersonic technology?
It's a mixing-heating-pumping system called PDX Sonic, developed by Pursuit Dynamics in the United Kingdom and distributed in the U.S. by A&B Process Systems, Stratford, Wis.
The PDX Sonic unit mixes, pumps and heats instantaneously using low-pressure supersonic "shockwave" technology.
A unique technology developed by Pursuit Dynamics and applied to food manufacturing compresses multi-stage processes for sauces, gravies, jelly, soup, condiments, starch thickeners, salad dressings, custard and even complex meat soups into simple, single-station operations. And it is all done within a small footprint.
Initially designed by Australian Alan Burns to propel watercraft, the PDX Sonic system may be the 21st century's first leapfrog processing technology. Called a "steam-based supersonic shockwave technology," the PDX Sonic system is, quite literally, a blast, moving steam at supersonic speeds to process in minutes products that may normally take hours.
"PDX replaces several pieces of equipment: a heat exchanger, a pump, a jacketed vessel and a powder mixer," says Stuart Rigby, Pursuit Dynamics' head of product and process implementation. "A lot of recipes are multi-stage processes with a preparatory step and four to five processing stages. Multiple stages mean more opportunity for error, but this system limits chances of mistakes by mixing, heating, pumping and homogenizing simultaneously."
The process equipment is minimal and compact, consisting of hoppers, a mixing vessel and process piping. At the new A& B test center in Stratford, Wis., many products from jellies to ice cream toppings have been tested – with outstanding results.
PDX Sonic also can be used for rapid, precise, quality-controlled cooking of long-grain rice, pasta, scrambled eggs and other foods and for rapid and thorough dispersion of gums, sweeteners and other ingredients. Symbol and soul of the technology is a small (10-in.) and unassuming tube that took four years and roughly $15 million to develop.
As the ingredient mix is added to the hopper, steam enters the annular conditioning chamber wrapped around the PDX. The steam then enters the process flow. The geometry of the chamber drives steam to supersonic speeds, generating a "controllable shockwave."
When steam moving at such speed hits the fluid, it creates an environment ideal for mixing and heat transfer. The configuration of the PDX, which is available in three bore sizes, drives steam at speeds two and three times that of sound. "When the steam is injected at high speed, it has nowhere to go, so you have 100-percent use of the steam," explains Rigby.
The company boasts improvements in processing speed of up to 10 times and up to 80 percent decrease in cleaning time due to the eradication of burn-on contamination. According to Rigby, results to date include an Alfredo sauce with zero burn-off, barbecue sauces in 15 minutes instead of 90 minutes and other product successes – most with energy reductions of 50 percent or more. Better flavor and smoother texture are typical. Rigby estimates most companies will experience payback in 10 to 12 months. "It's wicked for making scrambled eggs as well," says Rigby.
High-pressure sterilization
High pressure is about to move from a processing technology with pasteurization side-benefits to a viable sterilization technique.
High-pressure processing sidled into the food industry in the early 1990s, catching the fancy of engineers and food scientists but making only slow progress with processors. Used since 1991 in Japan for jellies and jams, high-pressure processing has slowly entered the American processing arena through Avure Technologies Inc., a Gores Group company.
High pressure met its first commercial success in the U.S. market when Fresherized Foods in Keller, Texas, employed it for guacamole dip processing. The technology extended shelf-life fivefold – from 6 days to 30. The process also has been employed for sliced meats in Europe and in a variety of seafood applications.
Fresherized Foods has used high-pressure sterilization for guacamole, including that in its Mexican food kits.
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The Trade Desk is a buy-side platform providing access to all RTB inventory for display, television, video, social, mobile, and more.
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designand needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 53 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Hi guys and girls!
we need a 2 paged buisness card for our hobby store.
With logo and some form of products we sell, in background, foreground, shaded, dimmed or whatever you could have in mind.
bascially I´m thinking that it should look a bit like the design of our webstore, however this is not an requirement!
A car, helicopter, boat or something similar that corresponds with the RC (radio controlled) hobby is a must.
The card will only be used as PR-material, and as such not a personal card - so I would like some sort of WOW-effect.
We will sell all forms of hobby, mainly cars.
I would like to keep the name of my shop hidden, so you will find the name and the link of the store in the below given logo...ADD /RC to the name and you have the correct site! (its not the shop in root)
IF you cannot find the address please send a private message to me.
Cool photos for cars, helicopters etc. can as example be found here:
- http://www.hpiracing.com
- http://www.traxxas.com
- The logo of the shop, found here: http://ssdhd.dk/logo.pdf
- NOT a must, just an idea: Colorscheme and/or design as pr. the address + /rc (name of the shop) in the above logo.
- A photo or more taken from hpiracing.com or traxxas or a like sites.
- Contactinformation: simply put: http://www.address.com, Street xx, Zip, City and e-mail: email@example.com. You can put it just as you like.
- A text somewhat like(up to you): "adddress.com sells RC car, boats, helicopters and more..."


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A group of partiers in Boxford was sent out to pasture Sunday when a bunch of bovines decided to drop by and have a couple of brews.
"It started off with a call for loose cows in the area of Foster Street," Boxford police Lieutenant James Riter said. "On my way down Main Street, I did see evidence that cows were in the area."
That evidence, Riter said, was — well, let's just say you wouldn't want to step in it.
When the bovine bunch stopped in the frontyard of a home on Main Street, Riter directed traffic around the herd. Then the cows decided to run into the backyard, he said.
"I could hear screaming coming from the back of the house," Ritter said. "When I ran around back, a group of young adults were outside enjoying the nice weather and having a few beers.
"The cows chased them away from the table they were sitting at and started drinking their beers. They knocked the beer cans over with their noses and started drinking beer right off the table."
The cows — six Belted Galloways, to be exact — had a choice between Bud Light and Miller Lite. Riter said they seemed to prefer the Bud Light.
"When they ran out of beers on the table, one of them started to forage in the recycling to see if he could find any last drops in there," Riter said.
Kevin Spencer, whose daughter Lauren was hosting the gathering of nursing school friends at the house, said he did not believe it when his daughter told him about the cows.
"My daughter came in and said, 'Dad, there are cows in the backyard,' " he said. "I said 'Stop the party; you've all been drinking too much!' "
Riter said the police dispatcher called the cows' owner, who gathered a few friends to help herd them back home.
"Myself and another officer blocked traffic; we had one cruiser in front of the cows, and I followed behind them," Riter said. "We marched them about three-quarters of a mile up Main Street where they belonged."
Pat Canonica, who is hosting the cows at Rock Maple Farm in West Boxford, said the animals belong to his son, who has a farm in New Hampshire, and that he has fattened them up for the past few weeks. He said the cows were probably drawn to the bustle of the party.
"They probably heard the voices," he said. "They're very friendly."
Canonica also said his son sometimes feeds the cows the residue of hops, an ingredient in beer.
"Never have they gone so far and seemed to enjoy themselves so much," he said of the cows' party time.
Riter, a 21-year veteran of the Boxford police force, said he has had his share of encounters with the animal kingdom.
"I've been chased by Texas longhorns, chased by an ornery horned goat and his friend the donkey," Riter said. "Once I had a snapping turtle invade a 5-year-old's birthday party and then refuse to leave the cruiser when we transported it."
No one was injured Sunday night, he said, and there was no property damage.
"I went by where they keep the cows the next morning and they were all laying down," Spencer said. "I don't know if they had a headache or what."Globe correspondent Zachary T. Sampson contributed to this report. Colin A. Young can be reached at colin.young@globe. Globe correspondent Zachary T. Sampson contributed to this report. Colin A. Young can be reached at colin.young@globe.


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This editorial in the Greenfield Recorder is a good deal more optimistic than previous editorials about the progress of the movement for racial equality. The editors stress the large number of schools in the American south "that have started the integration process." They suggest that the struggle for racial equality is similar to the efforts of white immigrant groups to be accepted in American society. By this measure, progress is being made. The editors predict that full legal rights for blacks will take another decade and social equality much longer.
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Tara Carlson and Tyler Barrick were married June 4th, 2016 at First Baptist Church, Sioux Falls, with Pastor Warren Hoffman officiating. Parents of the couple are Ron and Julie Carlson of Renner and Dennis and Nyla Barrick of Sioux Falls. Maid of honor was Dawn Tysdal. Bridesmaids were Katie Carlson, Billi Steed and Tracy Pitts. Best man was Troy Barrick. Groomsmen were Todd Barrick, Tyler Hansen and Jordan Goeman. Flower girl was Natalie Barrick and the ring bearer was Mason Baum. Tyler and Tara traveled to Hawaii for their honeymoon. They currently reside in Sioux Falls.


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For many people, the movie Wrestling Queen is an entryway into the life of Vivian Vachon, and professional wrestling of the early 1970s.
According to Paul Vachon, the movie started as something different.
"That's not what it was supposed to be. They just wanted to make a documentary about wrestling," said "The Butcher."
"As it turns out, when they saw her, and started interviewing her, and grabbed onto her, at the end there, when they were doing the editing in Montreal, I was there. The guy said, 'Looks like this movie is going to be about his sister, because she's the most commercial thing in there.'"
The posters featured Vivian Vachon, even though the movie has a lot of other notable names, from Mad Dog Vachon to Killer Kowalski to Blackjack Mulligan to Vicki Williams to Grizzly Smith. The late pop culture artist LeRoy Neiman has a prominent role as well, shown at ringside sketching Mad Dog, then backstage interviewing him.
There's an original song, "Wrestling Queen" that told part of the story:
"Tell me, how does it feel to be a wrestling queen?
Sometimes the crowd loves you and then they're low-down and mean."
"Win or lose, it's the life you chose"
The movie, directed by Don Chaffey, never really got much of a theatrical release in 1973. Paul Vachon remembers seeing it at a drive-in theatre in the Maritimes. Or maybe you saw it on late-night TV, where the write-up was: "A female wrestler's rise to popularity is the focus of this look at the world of professional wrestling in Canada. (1 hr., 10 min.)"
The GirlsWithGuns website has a review of the film. "As a documentary on wrestling, it's thus a hit - as a feature on women's wrestling, it's less relevant, but anyone who has ever been embarrassed by what all too often passes for women's wrestling in the WWF, will undoubtedly feel a sense of nostalgia for an era when it was every bit as legitimate as the male version."
Nostalgia is certainly a good word to describe how her family feels about the film.
Vivian Vachon's son, Ian Carnegie, owns a copy and was thrilled to sign off on the use of the likeness of his mother for the Drew Barrymore movie, Going the Distance.
Paul Vachon gets to see his mom, Marguerite, and dad, Ferdinand, come to life. "There's a little bit of my mother in there, you see her. They talk to my dad. There's lots about him in there, but my mother's in there, and my daughter, Paulette, who is very, very young at that time."
In fact, in a documentary dominated by wrestling action (apparently from Louisiana and Ottawa) and interviews with fans, Ferdinand Vachon probably cracks off the best line. When asked about Mad Dog, he says, "He's the smallest of the family, but he makes out alright. Heh heh."
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laviolette99 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 101 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Design a modern and fresh logo for a fast growing Google Android blog and community.
Androinica - A Google Android blog
The logo needs to give a strong identity to the site.
Even though we need the logo to please the Android fan community, it needs to have its own look and feel.
- Be creative, unique and modern!
- The tagline is : A Google Android blog
- Provide a favicon
- Provide a vector format as well as web ready versions of the logo
- The logo will need to fit the alocated space you can see on http://www.androinica.com right now. (width: 190 px max.)
- Colors will need to evolve in the future. Keep this in mind in the design.
- We will use the logo on a white background and a black background. Please provide two versions of your logo.
- Don't submit logos using exact Android or Open Handset Alliance brandings
- No copying of other trademarks or designers
- No stock images
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I think sometimes we forget the power of our bodies. But this birth story will help you remember. A Michigan woman named Lindsay was pregnant with twins that she was giving up for adoption to Julie and Mike. And for the birth of these twins, this family was going to be bonded in such a beautiful way. Surrounded by a midwife, a doula, Mike and Julie, and friends, including a photographer, the birth took place at the adoptive parents home.
A home birth of twins is amazing. I'm a mother of twins and I love hearing stories like this confirming that multiples can be born naturally. And having these beautiful babies in the home of the parents is just incredible. As the photographer Jaclyn Michele says about the birth, "It takes a village," and this story is proof.
Lindsay gave birth to these two babies in just two hours on their due date.
Two hours. That's faith in your ability to birth. Faith that our bodies know what to do.
Benjamin was born first, weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces. Adoptive dad Mike put his newborn son to his chest, skin-on-skin, while Benjamin's sister was being born. Adoptive mom Julie was there right behind Lindsay and helped catch both babies as they entered the world. Sophia was born weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces.
The twins had a fused placenta and if you are interested you can see photos of this twin placenta here. It's such a beautiful story, so beautifully captured by Jaclyn -- you can see more photos from the birth here.
What great weights for twins! Lindsay should be so proud of herself -- what an incredible woman she is. And Mike and Julie have such a fantastic birth story to share with Benjamin and Sophia when they get older.
Does this birth story give you more faith in our ability to birth?
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DanceEnvy needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
We need a logo for a new company - called Dance Envy it is a funky modern partner dance class & social evening for adults.
Dance Envy
The name Dance Envy comes from having the best venue, the best teachers, dj's & dancers so it will hopefully make other classes envious of us!
We were looking at possibly a black and green theme but are totally open to all ideas!
- Dance Envy (as the words)
- Colour - any but think black and green would be great
- Very striking we want people to be envious!
- Must work great on website, print, tshirts etc
- Final format must be in layered vector file ai etc
- We will need details of font - if used
- Dance Envy is all about dancing together so single people dancing doesn't work
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Thanks fellas, I appreciate all the info. But still am unsure of what this "Deuce Pass" is exactly lol? BUT it turns out that our trip is definitely in the works of FALLING THROUGH god damnit. One of my buddies ended up buying a motorcycle a couple weeks ago and is now concerned about getting that all paid for and once he pretty much backed out my other buddy did too because he really doesnt want to go with just me and him. But I am still dying to go, I have been saving a little bit here and there for some time now and gonna be pissed if we cant make the trip!!! Not to mention the longer I wait to book it, the more expensive it gets which obviously sucks lol...but thanks again guys and I will let yall know what happens
Oh, and I have actually considered going by myself if I have to but not sure how this would go or if it would be a blast or total waste?!? This seems like it would be a HUGE gamble but I have heard that going alone is the way to go but have also heard the exact opposite...
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Don't Get Bitten by an ASP
Nightmare on Broadband Street
All the computer world's atwitter over the arrival of the ASP (Application Server Provider) technology and business model. This is the shiny new way we'll all compute in the near future, some pundits and analysts (and, least surprising of all, some vendors) would have us believe. After all, why endure the seemingly infinite hassle and expense of maintaining desktop computers, whether it's just your family PC in the rec. room, or thousands of corporate desktops? In The Age of The Fat Pipe there's no reason to keep all that software on your desktop or (horrors!) on your laptop.
To be honest, I've long thought this was an enticing argument. I've been working with desktop computers since before IBM introduced theirs, and I've spent more time wrestling with bugs, hardware failures, and bizarre configuration problems on these beige monstrosities than I care to think about. And I've got the scars to prove it. So, when I read about surveys and studies that say a large part of the expense of a corporate PC, up to 80% over a four-year life cycle, is support, upgrades, training, and the cost of lost work and time due to system failures, I believe it. So why shouldn't we be eager to minimize the pain we're inflicting on ourselves by simplifying the box on the desktop, and centralizing control, configuration, and security as much as possible?
Nightmare on Broadband Street
But there's at least one troubling aspects to the rise of ASPs that I haven't seen mentioned, particularly in light of Microsoft's intention to ".Net" their entire company and product line. The issue is simply: How much will your ASP spy on what you're doing, and how will they use their knowledge of what you're doing?
Before you brand me as yet another paranoid fruitloop with a net connection, let's consider the possibilities in light of some of the things we're already seeing companies do in other corners of the industry. For the sake of an example, let's say you have an ASP account with Bill's Omnipresent Online Bits (BOOB). Your BOOB account gives you access to e-mail, the web, and an entire suite of first-class office apps, along with a hefty portion of encrypted online space for your documents. You can log in from any web browser in the world and work with your docs just as if everything lived on your desktop.
Would it bother you if BOOB tracked the way you configure your apps--which features you turn off, which ones you tailor--as well as which ones you do and don't use? Most people, myself included, probably would dismiss this as nothing more than another round in the game of hide and seek we've all been playing with market researchers for years. You can make a reasonable argument that this type of "spying" would let our friends at BOOB make their product adhere more closely to their users' wishes in future releases. Amazon.com customers are already used to this, in the form of their recommendations based on your prior purchases. I found this unnerving the first few times I saw it, but I adjusted quickly enough.
What if you stored some sensitive information in your ASP-resident files, like credit card information, and then found out that someone had cracked into BOOB's systems and made off with unencrypted copies of a million or so users? And further, you then found out that in the nanoprint of the service agreement you signed, you absolved BOOB in advance of all damages if such a thing should happen? Still feeling good about surrendering your desktop office suite for BOOB's offerings?
What if you wrote a letter to a kitchen appliance company complaining about the toaster oven you bought that flamed out after only six months, and you then started getting spam e-mail from other appliance companies, because BOOB's docbots read your letter and added your name and e-mail address to the list BOOB sold to appliance companies? Think this is far-fetched? I don't, and it feels like an all-too-short jump from getting banner ads in a search engine that relate to your search keywords to this scenario. After all, the ASP hasn't disclosed your documents to anyone else--they've merely sold your contact information to some companies with an assurance that you're a more likely than average candidate for their wares.
Let's go one more step up the creepy scale, and say that you get an off-color joke in e-mail from a friend, who's accidentally sent you the same file several times. (Hey, e-mail happens.) Just to kid your friend, you reply to the note with, "Stop stalking me already!". As soon as you click the Send button, BOOB "helpfully" pops up a dialog box offering to put you in touch with authorities, and providing information about how to prevent cyberstalking. Squirming yet? I am, and was, when a relative told me about exactly this happening to her on AOL--she sent an IM to her (adult-age) son using the magic word "stalking", and AOL sprang into action with a dialog box for her to report the incident.
If you skin's not crawling yet, think about what else BOOB might find of commercial value in your files. Got a spreadsheet that shows your firm is suffering from tight credit? No problem! Just leave the file there, and BOOB will surely sell your contact info to a commercial credit company. Got some copyrighted music MP3's? Better hope the authorities don't ask BOOB for a listing of everyone's files, because you can bet some of them will cooperate, even without a search warrant or any reason to think you've done anything wrong. Once you (or, more important, an ASP trying to survive in a highly competitive market) start thinking along these lines, there's almost no end to the things that you can program a bot to search for in that large a collection of files.
Take a Deep Breath
Let me be painfully clear about this: I'm not saying that ASPs are collectively evil or are planning to take away our civil liberties or spy on us. But we should all remember that we're at the convergence of a phenomenal set of technological, economic, and social forces. Between the lack of specific privacy legislation regarding online activities, the established and growing practice of using data mining to extract value from customer information, as well as the hyper-competitive nature of all online business, we're headed for uncertain times. And that, in turn, means we should all approach it with appropriate caution.
By all means, we should "embrace" new technology, and we should definitely be as creative as we can in figuring out ways to use it to work better and have more fun. But whenever we contemplate giving up physical control of our data to someone else, we should we should do so with our eyes wide open, and with just a pinch of paranoia, to keep from being abused by that same technology. If we don't, we'll be at the mercy of the BOOB's of the world, with no one to blame but ourselves.


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KIEV, Ukraine — Some Russian trucks in a massive aid convoy began the process of clearing customs Thursday at a rebel-held border crossing in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian border guard service said.
Russia has been trying to send in over 200 trucks carrying what it says is humanitarian aid to help civilians in the hard-hit city of Luhansk, but Ukraine fears the move is a ploy to aid the pro-Russian separatists who have been fighting government troops. The convoy has been held up at the border for a week in a dispute over the conditions under which Ukraine will let in the Russian trucks.
Ukraine has accused Russia of arming and supporting the separatists since fighting began in mid-April, a charge Russia has denied.
News about the convoy comes as Ukrainian troops have made significant advances into rebel-held territory this week in a conflict that has already claimed more than 2,000 lives and forced over 340,000 people to flee their homes. Ukraine celebrates Independence Day on Sunday and reports are rife that the government is aiming to achieve a breakthrough by that date.
Fierce fighting was still reported Thursday in Luhansk, a day after the government said it had captured much of the rebel stronghold 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Russian border, Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian National Security Council, told reporters in Kiev.
The city has been under siege for 19 days, lacking basic amenities like running water or electricity. Residents there are struggling to survive, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday following a visit to Luhansk a day earlier.
"People hardly leave their homes for fear of being caught in the middle of ongoing fighting, with intermittent shelling into residential areas placing civilians at risk," the ICRC said in a statement.
The agency said it has taken all necessary preparatory steps for the passage of the Russian convoy, which remains at the border. It said it was ready to deliver the aid to Luhansk if both Russia and Ukraine agreed on the strictly humanitarian nature of the convoy and all parties in the fighting gave the Red Cross assurances of safe passage.
An Associated Press journalist saw two Red Cross jeeps heading to an unknown destination Thursday in Ukraine after passing through the rebel-held Izvaryne border post. The Ukraine border statement referred to the Russian crossing on the other side of that post.
Rayan Farukshin, spokesman for Southern Customs district of Russia, said Thursday that 16 aid trucks had entered the Russian customs zone on Wednesday that links up with Izvaryne in Ukraine. He said four of the trucks have been successfully checked by the Russian side, while another four were in the process of being checked. After that, the trucks need to get Ukrainian approval.
Meanwhile, five troops were killed and two civilians died in the past 24 hours in rebel-held areas, authorities said. That followed over 50 deaths in the region Wednesday.
Troops were fighting separatists in and around Ilovaysk near the rebel-held city of Donetsk, even though the town is under government control, Lysenko said.
At least two people were killed and an unspecified number wounded Thursday in an artillery strike on a Donetsk suburb, the mayor's office said. Once home to 1 million, the largest city still held by the rebels has seen one-third of its population flee.
Ukrainian troops claimed Thursday to have seized two Russian armored vehicles outside of Luhansk. Photos provided by the defense ministry showed one vehicle and an array of Russian civilian and army IDs.
Moscow denied the reports. A spokesman for Russia's defense ministry told Russian news agencies that the armored vehicle in the photos did not belong to Russia and the documents found in the vehicle had not been used for five years.
Laura Mills in Moscow and Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report.


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For some of us, classic Warner Bros. cartoons handily trump the Disney animation from that era (roughly 1933 to 1960). Basically, if you want beautiful pictures and emotional involvement, you go Disney; if you want laughs, more laughs, and milk-out-your-nose laughs, you go Warner Bros. (This is not always true; there are exceptions on either side.)
Warner put out six "Golden" DVD collections, which were a mixed bag. (And the first two volumes exhausted a huge percentage of the most beloved shorts.) When they issued their first multidisc Blu-ray "Platinum" collection, I assumed — very wrongly, as it turned out — that it would be a straight duplicate of the equivalent Golden collection.
In fact, it was a different selection (with considerable overlap) and with yet more supplements added to an overlapping choice of the Golden One's already huge number of extras. That it would be visually improved in hi-def went without saying; but the Platinum releases may set a record for length and number of extra material.
Now, almost a year later, Warner has come out with Platinum Two, with the same ethos continued. The DVD version coming out simultaneously is lacking one of the Blu-ray version's discs, making the Blu-ray a much better deal, especially since that disc includes 12 new-to-digital Tex Avery cartoons, all of Chuck Jones's Private Snafu World War II training shorts, and a bunch of oddities.
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume Two (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray, 3 discs, $44.98; DVD, 2 discs, $26.99)
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I completely agree with everyone on not using the leash. I made the mistake of starting out with it, and it's definitely an annoying and dangerous habit to break. Body dragging upwind is not difficult, and will only help you once you're ready for the board.
One thing I haven't seen anybody mention yet is that leashes can be useful in some situations. In particular, if I've crashed my kite and am trying to relaunch it (especially in light winds), I'll clip in the leash while getting the kite in position to relaunch, and then unclip when I'm ready to go again. Same thing applies if you need to self rescue, clip in to the board while you're winding the lines / swimming in.
las time i checked, san felipe was south of la ventana.
I took everyone's advice and went leashless, althouth today one would have been nice.
Trying to relaunch a downed 17m kite in light wind + holding onto board= not fun.
listen to these people, they know what they are talking about. I'm a complete newb and I won't wear a leash if it meant to loose my board. One of my friends almost got his weener cut off by one of those retractable leashes the first day he bought it. The board went underwater right near the shore, the wind suddenly picked he went forward, the leash extended and smacked him right below the special area leaving a 10 inch by 8 inch bruise on his leg. It was the biggest freaking bruise I've ever seen.
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My 3 year old toy poodle has been tentatively diagnosed with GME. A type of encephalitis that has no known cause. The only way to diagnose is to have very costly neurological exams ($2500) such as spinal tap etc. Her symptoms; disorientation, fearful of touch, has some difficulty picking up solid food, does well lapping liquids. I now make all her food, vitamins, etc. in a blender. I take her for her walk & she seems disoriented & doesn't want to walk. Before this she was lovable, went to basic obedience school, loved riding in the car, loved her walks & was just a wonderful loving companion. Can anyone share with me any similar challenges or other types of neurological conditions their pet may have encountered. I'm still not sure this tentative diagnosis is what we're dealing with. She is taking prednisone to reduce inflammation. Thanks for any input.
Hi Lacey
To do everything you do, you must love your dog very much. May i suggest one more thing. Try swimming - dog hydrotherapy.
See if there is a pool near you and ask them what they think. Swimming is a weightless form of exercise and once you have done a couple of sessions with the hydrotherapy centre, maybe look at ebay and buy a 'dog life jacket'. To help you save costs and the fact your dog is a small dog - you can easily swim your dog yourself, simply by filling up your bath at home and swimming her in there.
Its infact very simple. You place a a little step on one side of the bath. Place your dog in the life jacket. They will always come with a handle at the top. Place her into the water and teach her to swim towards the step. Very quickly she will build up muscle. S
tart by 3 sets of 1 minute a day with 5 minute rest breaks in between. Do this for 2 days, then nothing on the third day. Then do another 2 days and give her the other two days off. The days off are very important. Slowly increase the swims times over a period of 4 weeks to build up to 10 minutes a day.
I have treated a lot of dogs (swimming) with neurological problems and this really does help.
There is something else that may help - this helps all sizes of dogs that are unsteady on their feet. The harness helps dogs from all sort of things; Hip dysplasia, cruciate ligament injuries, chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy (CDRM), Spinal, etc - basically it helps with any problems to do with walking.
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Good luck - and i really hope this has helped - please do try the swimming and let us all know how she is getting on 4 to 5 weeks time.
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Welcome to the board. I'm so sorry you are going through this. My hubby and I got a puppy last year and he has had SO many issues. I won't get into all of it... I could probably write a novel (and one of our specialists keeps saying she's going to ) with all of the issues he has. His are mostly neurological as well. I still, to this day, don't know if I believe all of the diagnoses he received. I don't think there is any "conclusive" evidence either way.... it's a lot of guessing and narrowing things down from what I have learned. He had his first grand mal seizure at around 8.5 weeks old was diagnosed with meningoencephalitis (ME) at about 3 months old. He then started having many, many other issues and has since been diagnosed with Idiopathic(meaning unknown origin) Eosiniphilic Syndrome(an immune disorder similar to Lupus, neurological and gastro related in his case), EPI, Epilepsy(neurological), Hyperesthesia (neurological), Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (Dry Eye), Immune-mediated Hypothyroidism and I'm sure something else here that I am forgetting. They want $2800 just for the MRI here. If I take him down to Washington State University, to the teaching hospital (they saved me $6,000 on surgery to remove a cancerous lung tumor from my other boy, over going to a vet here in Canada) it will be so much more affordable. The teaching hospital want's $1800 for an MRI, CSF tap (spinal tap), full blood and chemistry panels and a full day evaluation with a neurologist. See if there is a teaching hospital in your area. They, along with our regular and holistic vets and chemo therapy,gave us a few more months with our old boy
One thing, did your girl have any recent vaccinations prior to displaying the symptoms? They are quite sure now that some of Nanooks (19 month old Malamute) issues were brought on by vaccinations (not caused by as he probably had bad genes to begin with). The disorientation you mention, we still see that with ours, mainly in the mornings. A good example is yesterday morning. I took him our for a pee and he just seemed a little lost and confused, then he bumped into the back of my car and on the way in to the house, he bumped in to the door jam. He does things like that quite often. Again, it's mainly in the mornings for him (and once in awhile at bedtime). Traditional western veterinary medicine almost killed him (he got internal bleeding from all the drugs, along with joint and muscle damage). We decided to see a holistic vet, who has saved his life, at least for now
I know how difficult and stressful it is when you don't know what's going on, or what to expect. I hope you can find some answers, or at least treatment that will help, if not cure.
Take care, Robyn
P.S. Oh, one more thing... Our babys ME was diagnosed through CSF tap, not MRI.
"Obey my dog!" - Mugatu
"Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" ~ Theophile Gautier
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole" - Ok... whoever said this has never had a sick or special needs baby. They ARE our whole life!
R.I.P. my sweet, handsome Thorin. You are missed dearly Dec. 25, 1999 - Mar. 4, 2012
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If you want to compare notes or ask questions, please feel free to PM me. If you can't PM me for some reason, let me know and I'll ask a mod to set it up for you. I looked all over the internet for anyone who was going through something similar, but with no luck at all. It was scary, and very frustrating. I don't know if any of the info I have will help, but I'm more than willing to share in hopes you may get something out of it to take to your vet (most vets are just not able to do much as these disorders are so rare).
"Obey my dog!" - Mugatu
"Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" ~ Theophile Gautier
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole" - Ok... whoever said this has never had a sick or special needs baby. They ARE our whole life!
R.I.P. my sweet, handsome Thorin. You are missed dearly Dec. 25, 1999 - Mar. 4, 2012
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haha I love how how the to most problems are the easy ones...Hmmm..after reading this I'm temped into going over there, signing up ,with alot of info and trashing the inept staff members and that uh..azzhole to no end until I get banned too!
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I forgot how much I love Jedi Defender. Can't quite leave RS though... I will eventually though. It's a shame too.For the good of the collector's!
Man JoshEEE you're like a gossiping betty!! Running over here to give the JD'ers all the gossip and going's on at the scum!! LOL!!So you followed him?
I totally knew you would do that!!
Like Chris said... You have an account here and I really think you're a welcomed member over here. So "who cares?" as he says? Scum's a resource now, and nothing more. There hasn't been a "community" at that site for years now, and there never will be anything more than an uncontrollable, uncared for meeting place for people to get together in my view. We've been hopping in activity, we're happy as a clam with that, and we actually care about this place from the forums to the front page and back again. To me, Scum's a place to consider doing some trading (though given how many scalpers and con-artists frequent it now without close supervision, I am wary of that as well), and as a vintage section read now and then... Otherwise the inmates run the asylum and I personally don't want to interact with that too often.Been there over a year and a half. When I first got there, there used to be a good community sort of... But since those few months it has gone to ****. I'm really disappointed in rebelscum... Guess I'll just have to get used to Jedi Defender!
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Best Mod: Spring re-arch
Worst Mod: No V-8
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Owner: Brad Hlinko, Bedford, VA
Tires: 39.5x18-15 Bogger
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Lift: 6 1/2-inch Superlift suspension, 3-inch body
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Performance Mods: 3-inch dual exhaust, chip, headers, K&N air filter
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Best Mod: Gears
Worst Mod: None
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Owner: Ben Smith, Richmond, UT
Tires: 35x12.50-16.5 Super Swamper
Wheels:16 1/2x9 3/4 Ultra
Lift: 4-inch Tuff Country EZ-Ride suspension, 2-inch reverse shackle kit
Drivetrain: 460ci engine, Detroit Locker, 4.10 gears
Performance Mods: 3-inch Cat Back system
Other Doodads: Toolbox, bedliner, tinted windows, Kenwood stereo system
Worst Legal Violation: None
Best Mod: Avoiding body lift
Worst Mod: None
Top Gun
Vehicle: '77 Jeep CJ-7
Owner: Patrick Bennett, Las Vegas, NV
Tires: 33-inch Uniroyal MT
Wheels: 15x10 steel
Lift: 5-inch homemade spring-over
Drivetrain: AMC 304, T-18 transmission, Dana 20, AMC 20 Lock-Right, Dana 30
Performance Mods: Modified rear springs, coil shocks, three-link setup
Other Doodads: $80 paint job, homemade rocksliders, tire carrier
Worst Legal Violation: Still trying
Best Mod: Spring-over, T-18
Worst Mod: Spring-over (Lot's of R&D)
Kid's Jeep
Vehicle: '70-'97 Custom CJ-5
Owner: Clay Houston, Laverkin, UT
Tires: 33x12.50-15 hand-me-downs
Wheels: 15x8 unknown
Lift: Homebuilt coil suspension
Drivetrain: 350ci engine, Dana 18 transfer case, Dana 44 rear
Performance Mods: Hedman headers
Other Doodads: Not enough room to begin
Worst Legal Violation: Driving on sidewalk
Best Mod: Suspension lift
Worst Mod: Not having enough bread to make it pretty
Axle Bender
Vehicle: '78 Ford Bronco
Owner: Toby Sieger, Aurora, CO
Tires: Super Swamper
Wheels: 15-inch unknown
Lift: 4-inch suspension
Drivetrain: 400ci engine, NP205 case
Performance Mods: Howell EFI Other Doodads: Hedman headers, Cobra CB
Worst Legal Violation: None
Best Mod: Fuel injection system
Worst Mod: Driver-side fender is now black
Forest Green
Vehicle: '70 GMC Jimmy 4x4
Owner: Bill King, Pueblo, CO
Tires: 33x9.50-15 Wild Country TRX
Wheels: Factory Rally, 3-inch trim
Lift: New springs in front, 2-inch blocks in rear
Drivetrain: 350 TH, NP205 transfer case, 3.73 Eaton Posi 12-bolt, Dana 44
Performance Mods: 383 Vortec Stroker, Edelbrock intake, Holley carb
Other Doodads: MSD ignition, K&N air filter, Dynomax headers
Worst Legal Violation: Going over the Rockies too fast
Best Mod: 383 Vortec Stroker
Worst Mod: Not doing it sooner
Call the Cops
Vehicle: '85 Ford Ranger
Owner: Danny Oldick, St. Johnsville, NY
Tires: 31-inch Fun Country
Wheels: Stock
Lift: Nope
Drivetrain: 2.8L V-6 engine, five-speed
Performance Mods: Don't think so
Other Doodads: Custom window and door mods; this truck cost me $40
Worst Legal Violation: This truck is a legal violation
Best Mod: Cutting out fenders, removing doors, selling the brakes
Worst Mod: Body mods from the rollover
Bayou Brawler
Vehicle: '94 Dodge Ram
Owner: Steve Huber, Santa Fe, TX
Tires: 295/75R-16 BFGoodrich All-Terrain
Wheels: 16x8 Center Line Sabre
Lift: Factory height
Drivetrain: 360ci V-8, NP231 case, Dana 44 front, Chrysler 9 1/4-inch rear
Performance Mods: K&N air filter, Mopar Performance computer
Other Doodads: Whatchamacallits and thingamajigs but no doodads
Worst Legal Violation: Talk to my lawyer-no comment
Best Mod: Truetrac front diff
Worst Mod: Front fender by a tree trunk while backing out of a snow drift
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Numerous enthusiast groups exist as outlets for events, community involvement, and make strides by partnering with the DNR to maintain and expand wilderness in our state. One such group is the Hoosier Hikers Council, which I have had the opportunity to speak with and join. Through their and other groups efforts Indiana wilderness is as good as ever and ready for you to come out experience.
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Parent Directory | Revision Log
Stop inactive dependencies too
Replace grep with [[ $(</proc/foo) =~ reges ]] where appropriate.
drop pointless quoting around var=$()
vlan id's can now be treated as individual interfaces via init scripts provided they depend on the real interface, #137029
runscript.sh now supports the --verbose flag setting RC_VERBOSE="yes" When RC_VERBOSE="yes" and RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP="yes" and there is no exclusive lock (ie, init script not started via rc) then we don't hide init script output by setting RC_QUIET_STDOUT, #136034.
{start,stop}_volumes moved to rc and halt.sh respectively. net services are now depended upon more correctly.
Fix "before net" dependencies, #135872 thanks to Oldrich Jedlicka. pppd.sh now uses passwordfd instead of very nasty regex stuff, thanks to Oldrich Jedlicka, Alin Nastac and me :), #134337
Only report inactive start once.
Start the trap a little earlier
RC_COLDPLUG is now just a yes|no setting and the service list allowed is now in RC_PLUG_SERVICES. New RC_HOTPLUG setting similar to RC_COLDPLUG is now in place too.
Fix silly globbing
RC_COLDPLUG is now a pure pattern list which defaults to "*"
Allow finer grained RC_COLDPLUG control
RC_COLDPLUG now controls if we add coldplugged services to the boot runlevel or not, #129331.
Renamed .rcafterinit to .rcboot for better clarity
runscript.sh now stores the fact that it failed to to /dev/.rcsysinit existing in the directory /dev/.rcafterinit. rc adds services in /dev/.rcafterinit to the boot list and then rm -f's that directory. This solves the issue of udev-089 forcing coldplug removal.
runscript.sh now has a --nodeps option so that no depends are checked when starting and stopping a service. net.lo and system modules now support resolvconf instead of using our own internal system. DHCP and PPP clients no longer have helper scripts. As such they don't change service status at all. Moved helpers.d/functions back into net.lo Moved {get,save}_options from functions.sh to rc-services.sh Removed whole load of crud from hostname init script, fixes #38172 again and #122794. Also, it's no longer a critical service as defined by rc. Added net modules for ccwgroup (s390 qeth ethernet) and br2684ctl (speedtouch usb). Removed xargs and find from all net scripts as /usr maybe net mounted, #107260. Punted the domainname script. Functionality has been in conf.d/net so you can do this. ppd module now checks to see if link exists if prefixed with /, #126916.
Change RC_GOT_SVCNAMES back to RC_GOT_SERVICES as it shouldn't have been changed
Allow more than 1 inactive dependant service to start us when it is started, #125819 thanks to Arnuad Fabre.
$myservice is now deprecated for init scripts. $SVCNAME should be used instead and is read-only so it cannot be clobbered. Several variables in global scope that provided functions rely on, such as BOOTLEVEL, SOFTLEVEL and svcdir are now read only for init scripts. depscan.sh now accepts the --svcdir option so that svcdir can now be specified as the variable is marked readonly in functions.sh. Splash programs will have to be updated.
On restarting, don't start twice if we fail to start again.
New variable RC_ULIMIT applies ulimit commands before starting a service. This should be configured in /etc/conf.d/foo for service foo, but can also be configured in /etc/conf.d/rc on a global basis. RC_DAEMON now works in a similar way, instead of RC_DAEMON_foo. Fixes, #120151.
Dependant services are restarted correctly when the restarted service is started and not inactive, #120154.
Fix quoting in iwconfig, #119629. Fix process pid selection in rc-daemon.sh, #119631. Both of the above thanks to Dominik Buerkle. init scripts no longer run during the sysinit runlevel, #118419. Thanks to Greg KH and the Linux Hotplug mailing list for advice.
Give a better error message when no valid DHCP client is installed. Tidy up some runscript logic.
Services should not get stuck in rc anymore, #119242.
Removed sparc interactive fix - will disable in ebuild.
Improved messages returned by runscript.sh a little.
Interfaces names with a dot in them now work.
Renamed restart in $svcdir to scheduled as it makes much more sense.
Changed runscript.sh to store it's services to restart like rc.
Misc quoting fixes. Fixed scheduling restart services a little.
Services that need a service which is inactive at boot are now scheduled to start when the inactive service starts, #118801.
Exit with the correct code
cp portability fixes
Only return 0 on status calls if we are actually started.
Only wait for the net services that we actually start ourselves.
inactive fixes
Stop a possible deadlock
runscript.sh now traps interrupt signals and rolls back its status to what it was when before it started. bonding module now supports space seperated and array variables, #118590.
Removed runlevel dependancies from runscript.sh as they're now in rc. runscript.sh now has much better locking, #118418. We now store services to restart when we end up as inactive from a restart or we were stopped with IN_BACKGROUND=true, #112088. We no longer stop and start services already running on runlevel change if they're in the runlevel we're changing too. We can now wait_sevice on services started outside of rc. rc-status now reports "Could not locate" instead of "Could not local", thanks to Christian Heim.
Ensure that specific configuration is loaded after net.
Save a few CPU cycles by storing add_suffix in variable.
update copyright years
check LC_ALL, then LC_MESSAGES, then LANG dirs for .mo files
Set TEXTDOMAIN and TEXTDOMAINDIR. Install locale into $svclib.
New net scripts depend calls - functions, variables and provide. This saves having to create 3 seperate functions in each module which means a saving of around 600-800 bytes per module. Split apipa out of arping module due to user demand for seperate functionality. arping module now works correctly. runscript sets RC_KILL_CHILDREN=no when restarting a service, otherwise things like your ssh session get killed. adsl module supports new rp-pppoe-3.6 ebuild, #102820 Config profile is now changed correctly when doing 'rc foo' and you're in the default runlevel, #101105
Tweak runscript error output to only show the invalid arg once rather than twice #110558
Lots of syntax and quoting fixes.
Update rc-help.sh to show custom init.d opts #49663 and in general make the output a lot more useful.
service status requests (either by /etc/init.d/foo status or rc-status) now update the service status by checking daemons and/or pidfiles to check if they are still running or not. To update the status in your own code, source "${svclib}/sh/rc-daemon.sh" and call update_service_status "${service}" Trimmed $Header$ from a few files
RC_AUTO_INTERFACE defaults to NO - but we still default to DHCP consoletype is now cached. This has the benefit of being very slightly faster and you now get coloured text for parallel startup Parallel startup also does parallel shutdown as well You're now warned if you're using a deprecated conf.d/net syntax
Rationalise if/then/else login in runscript.sh svc_start() and svc_stop()
Fixed failure in runscript.sh to proceed when a non needed dependency (ie use, after, before) failed to start.
Removed the parallel depend for init scripts and related functions. The RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP works well for all - no need for init scripts to state if they parallel or not.
When a service is stopped, the IN_BACKGROUND variable is cleared before any dependencies are stopped so they are not marked inactive. The IN_BACKGROUND variable is then restored so the parent script can be marked inactive.
Fixed some start/stop/restart logic for #99663.
Fix hangs in bootup, bug #99663.
Changed wpa-supplicant to wpa_supplicant when reporting that it is not installed. Fixes #99381 Fixed some startup problems caused by a mixture of inactive + begin_service/end_service functions.
Fixed module depends in net.lo Remove the 'no net scripts in boot runlevel' restriction as we now have a hotplug policy setup instead
Minor tweaks to all dhcp modules - basically better quoting so that the eval calls work better pump can now be backgrounded Tweaked the dhcp helpers so that more code is shared A few tweaks to runscript.sh and rc-services.sh to avoid races
runscript and rc-service fixes for inactive status
etc/{resolv,ntp,yp}.conf now link to /var/lib/net-scripts
report ${myservice} instead of $0 when disallowing net scripts to work in the boot runlevel - fixes #91534
added #!/bin/bash or #!/bin/sh to modules and helpers so they now get nice syntax highlighting and indenting
Fixed init runscript.sh output when RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP is set runscript.sh now checks if service was made inactive on start - if so, exit
Merged Paul Pacheco's parallel startup #69854 and modules update #55329 patches If RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP==yes then we no longer output einfo/ebegin messages as they don't line up on screen correctly - instead we output service ${myservice} starting/started/stopping/stopped/failed
add the -f option to the unset exit
touchup syntax error message
make sure devs dont call exit in init.d scripts #85298
simplify init.d syntax checking and allow users to run /etc/init.d/script status #85892
export the service name for scripts to access #86348
Fixed ifconfig and iproute2 erroring from new lo code - fixes #88006 If /proc/net/netlink does not exist then iproute2 will fail the check_installed function with an appropriate error - Thanks to Jeremy Huddleston for the patch. If /proc/net/packet does not exist then wpa_supplicant will fail check_installed function with an appropriate error Background fixes for net.lo, udhcpc and wpa_supplicant
have the status function of init.d scripts affect the exit value #88319 by Josh Nichols
added a bash_variable to functions.sh which converts the given string into a variable that bash can use - fixes #88175 net scripts can only launch if we're not in ${BOOTLEVEL}
Fix tracing for current service as list_depend_trace() was removed.
net_service() now returns 1 for non net-services - fixes bug #83352 rc-daemon.sh now uses requote()
It's now possible to configure addresses and routes for the loopback interface if required - however you cannot override our defaults wpa_supplicant and iwconfig now loop for 5 seconds if essid is not returned straight away fixed depends error in run_script
style updates
net dependancies corrected in runscript.sh - fixes #77839
added service_stopped function to make reading code easier and trying to avoid race conditions
added rc-script status "stopping" now creates starting stopping and inactive directories in $svcdir
added rc-script statuses "starting" and "inactive" dhcpcd, udhcpc and dhclient now support backgrounding - fixes #52975
last change to protect people was bogus
make sure people dont run runscript.sh directly
stop using /etc/conf.d/basic
net-scripts/init.d/net.lo - we remove all added functions when restarting an interface this relies on the diff command being available added isdn support via the new ipppd module net-scripts/conf.d/net.example - added sample isdn setup net-scripts/conf.d/wireless.example - added better descriptions to the _sleep variables Fixed boolean logic error when testing is_net_up in /sbin/runscript.sh - fixed bug #70022
Add the 'lo' option to RC_NET_STRICT_CHECKING to resolve bug #29225.
use pam_console_apply on udev and dont run $(id) when we have $EUID
Add v-e-commands (veinfo, vbegin, etc) to sbin/functions.sh that depend on RC_VERBOSE which defaults to no. Add --verbose to args understood by runscript.sh. Use veinfo and friends in net-scripts/init.d/net.lo when loading modules since this information is confusing to users. Always load global "modules" setting in following "modules_iface" since this is a little easier for users to understand.
fix copyright lines
Apply Spock's bootsplash patch from bug 45784. This moves most of the splash functionality out of baselayout.
Fix bug 60719 (request for better error messages from runscript) by allowing errors to show on the screen when they're encountered in wrap_rcscript
Fix bug 60719 (request for better error messages from runscript) by allowing errors to show on the screen when they're encountered in wrap_rcscript
swap words "start" and "stop" in runscript.sh error message
Fix bug 48595: Make sure $(id -u) is zero (root user) when running init scripts to avoid a lot of error messages.
update copyright years
Update to enable checking of mtimes on rc-scripts, and auto running depscan.sh if needed. Also try to run depscan.sh when RC_GOT_DEPTREE_INFO is not set instead of just erroring.
Do not use depinfo_<scriptname>() functions to set rc_<type> variables, bug #24092
More bootsplash fixes, bug #21019 (comment #21).
Bootsplash fixes from Michael Aichler <firstname.lastname@example.com>, (comment #15 and #16 from bug #21019). Bootsplash coded did not play nice with boot profiles, so I fixed that as well. Some other style tweaks.
New release, version 220.127.116.11p2. This add new bootsplash implementation, bug #21019.
adelie fixes, add better logger support
Adelie updates and some other fixes
more fixes
some more fixes
new release; supporting parallel startup and new dep system with many fixes
updates from Rach
various fixes; moved .c files to src
many fixes/optimizations
type-o fixor
lot of changes; hopeful release of rc-scripts-18.104.22.168
new release
fix some quotes
small fixes and enhancements
fix sourcing of helper scripts
move daemon stuff to rc-daemon.sh
add some flexiblity to net dependency
change license
misc form updates
fix help output
small fixes
speed improvements; order fixes
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Dart: Throwing Darts from CouchDB
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CouchDB provides an excellent NOSQL database with simple REST API. Continuing on with the odds and ends in Dart, I'd like to show how one could interface with CouchDB in Dart. Following the "Getting started with Python" I was able to stub out a simple wrapper implementation in no time. At some point a full wrapper should be done, I'll possible look into it in the coming months.
CouchBase provides full standalone community build, best option if you don't want to deal with building and deploying on your Mac. Pairing that up with XAMPP and you'll be able to write the client side that communicates to the apache web server which then proxies to CouchDB. After installing XAMPP two files need to be edited to ease the local deployment.
XAMPP/etc/http.conf - Add the ProxyPass configuration. XAMPP/etc/extra/httpd-userdir.conf - Add the user directory to point to the default dart folder location.
Fire up CouchDB and Apache, then open chrome http://127.0.0.1/couchdb and you should see the following.
From here we can use XMLHttpRequest provided in the dart:html library to make requests to the Apache web server which proxy to CouchDB. One issue I ran into was DOMException INVALID_STATE_ERR when trying to set the headers. You must call open() before your able to call setRequestHeader().
// Basic http methods getHttp(var uri) { XMLHttpRequest c = connect(); c.open('GET', uri, false); c.setRequestHeader('Accept', 'application/json'); c.send(); return c.responseText; } postHttp(var uri, var body) { XMLHttpRequest c = connect(); c.open('POST', uri, false); c.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/json'); c.send(body); return c.responseText; } putHttp(var uri, [var body]) { XMLHttpRequest c = connect(); c.open('PUT', uri, false); if (body is String && body.length > 0) { c.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/json'); c.send(body); } else { c.send(); } return c.responseText; } deleteHttp(var uri) { XMLHttpRequest c = connect(); c.open('DELETE', uri, false); c.send(); return c.responseText; }
From there stubbing out a simple interface for dart with default implementation was easy.
The CouchDBWrapperImpl does wrapping for calling to the CouchDB using the default keyword helps to hide the implementation from the interface in a factory type way.
Opening up chrome to http://127.0.0.1/<username> provides access into the users dart directory.
Clicking on CouchDBExample.html should run the sample code.
The interfacing with CouchDB was simple and quick, a more elegant solution would be a full client implementation that lets you modify objects more indirectly. Sample code on github.


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Vice Presidential Election: Christine Simmonds-Moore * Alejandro Parra
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Student Representative Election: Erika Pratte * Michael Tremmel
* Those elected are indicated by an asterisk. ** Additional Board vacancy to replace new Vice President Christine Simmonds-Moore
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Google's Hangouts to Go High-Def
File this under "pretty cool": Google announced Wednesday that it plans to bring high-definition quality to its Hangouts video chat product. The company first plans to introduce HD to its live "On Air" Hangouts, while rolling HD out to the public at large in the coming weeks. Caveat, from Google+ engineering honcho Chee Chew: "HD hangouts require an HD-capable webcam, more bandwidth and more processing power than standard definition."