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Russia Tells IOC It Won't Discriminate
The Russian government assured the International Olympic Committee on Thursday that it won't discriminate against homosexuals during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, while defending the law against gay "propaganda" that has provoked an international backlash.
The IOC received a letter from Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak giving reassurances that the host country will comply fully with the Olympic Charter's provision against discrimination of any kind.
The letter still leaves open the question of what might happen to Olympic athletes or fans were they to make statements or gestures that could be considered propaganda.
The law has provoked harsh international criticism ahead of the Olympics in the Russian resort of Sochi, scheduled for Feb. 7-23. Some activists have called for a boycott of the games, though President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have ruled that out.
—Associated Press
Tampa Bay Players Hit With MRSA Infection
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were forced to clean their facility last weekend in the wake of two players being diagnosed with MRSA, a penicillin-resistant infection. Pro Bowl guard Carl Nicks (pictured) and kicker Lawrence Tynes were both treated, with Tynes needing toe surgery this week to scrape out the infection.
Tampa Bay general manager Mark Dominik said in a statement, "Our primary concern is always the health and safety of our players and staff. Our players were informed of the situation and we sought the advice of experts, including the NFL's medical advisor."
—Kevin Clark
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Hi Mike,
Would it be possible to build for CentOS 5.10 please, i get this error on starting :
./fr24feed_x86_242: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (required by ./fr24feed_x86_242)
* I'm running Centos 5.10 x86, here's my /proc/version :
Linux version 2.6.18-371.6.1.el5 (firstname.lastname@example.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)) #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 20:08:05 EDT 2014
* rpm -qa |grep libstdc++ gives me :
Thank you.
Does anyone is having problem with statistics page again (T-Feeder) with Rpi ???
I am using fr24feed_arm-rpi_242 with latest Dump1090 (MalcolmRob fork) and latest Rpi firmware.
I am using a ssh conection with Rpi and if i run the feeder in the foreground it seems to work ok. But if i send it to the background (&) , the statistics page does not seem to be updated, even when status shows "Online".
Mine works fine.
It's not somthing daft like a wrong shareing key?
How does the detatched mode log differ from th fg log?
Sharing key ok. The page shows that i am "online", so it is sending data.
I did not see any output message difference between the two situations.
I will grab the output for detailed evaluation and post here if i find something.
Getting nuts here It´s late, i´m tired and i´ll give up for today.
The only message that i noticed that don´t show on log in deatched mode is:
[e][stats] Cached feed_id=XXXX for network T.
This could be an account problem too, i really don´t know.
Any ideas ????
Maybe i should stop feeding for some days and try again ....

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Thursday, 13 September 2007
A Spring Gathering
Until around the time I reached school age my parents were keen entertainers. It was a rare occurrence to experience a Saturday night that did not involve a house full of guests and tables overflowing with food my father seemed to effortlessly throw together at the last minute. There were no guest lists or carefully choreographed shopping trips or planned menus yet somehow it always seemed to come together. There was never a recipe book or measuring cup in sight yet my father managed to miraculously produce dish upon dish. Regardless of how well received they were, no dish ever made a second appearance. When working from taste and what you have on hand, repeat performances can be difficult.
Unfortunately I fear I have not inherited his talent for catering to the masses without the least bit of planning. More often than not I resort to the tried and tested with small variations and so for the housewarming of a particularly delightful couple, I found myself producing these. The classic recipe pairs sweet caramelised pumpkin with a salty dose of feta and sometimes a little spinach for balance before the filling is delicately rolled in the crispest layers of filo. This time I have forsaken spinach for a sprinkling of chives, included haloumi for its beautiful texture and snuck in a smoky hit of paprika. I've incorporated the mellowest hint of garlic by leaving the cloves in their skins during the roasting. The result is a fat, crisp pastry roll encasing a burst of sweet and savoury. Given these are designed to be eaten with a wine glass in the other hand, unsurprisingly they've become a party favourite of mine. These are also my contribution Weekend Herb Blogging founded by Kalyn and this week hosted by Katerina from Daily Unadventures in Cooking.
Pumpkin, chive and feta pastry cigars
1/2 butternut pumpkin (cubed and skin removed)
4 cloves garlic (unpeeled)
few sprigs rosemary
200g/7oz feta
100g/3.5oz haloumi (cubed)
1 tsb finely chopped chives
2 tsp smoked paprika
1 package filo pastry
melted butter
Pre-heat oven to 180C and line 2 large trays with baking paper. In a roasting tin toss the cubed pumpkin in a hefty dose of olive oil. Sprinkle over the rosemary and unpeeled garlic cloves. When I am feeling a little lazy I bake the whole pumpkin and easily peel the skin away after cooking and prior to mashing.
Bake in the oven for 40 minutes or until the pumpkin is soft and caramelised. Remove the rosemary. Slip the garlic cloves out of their skins. Discard skins and add soft garlic cloves to the pumpkin. Allow the mixture to cool before roughly mashing the roasted pumpkin with the sweet garlic.
Crumble in the feta and add the chives and haloumi. Sprinkle over the paprika and season well to taste.
Lay your first sheet of filo pastry on the counter. Brush liberally with melted butter and repeat twice more until you have three buttery filo sheets. Cover your unused filo sheets with a damp tea towel to prevent them drying out before they are needed.
Cut your sheet into rectangles, slightly longer than a playing card. Place your first rectangle lengthways in frong of you. Place a spoonful of filling at the narrow base closest to you. Be careful not to overfill and slowly roll it away from you so the pastry encases the filling in a cigar shape. Tuck the top edges in as your roll to completely encase your filling in a cigar tube shape. Use a little extra melted butter to seal the edge. Repeat with remaining filling.
Place cigars on greased baking paper lined trays. Brush cigars liberally with melted butter for a crisp finish. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until brown and crisp. Serve immediately.
Note: These can be prepared ahead. Simply cover with a damp tea towel before the final brushing. When ready to serve brush with butter and bake.
37 comments:
- Amanda at Little Foodies said...
Yes please and thank you Truffle.
You can cook for a housewarming at ours anytime you like. I'm a great planner in theory, spend days writing lists but then don't use them and go with what I feel like at the time. Maybe it's the process of the planning that helps to bring it all together but I do wish sometimes that I could just stick to the plan...
- 13 September 2007 at 5:44 am
- Valli said...
You seem to have inherited your dads love of cooking with flair!!! Your dad made it look effortless but he had to plan to have ingredients on hand to feed that many guests. It was just all in his head. Those are wonderful memories of your childhood Truffle and I'm glad that the spirit is still there. I am a chronic list maker myself, but in these busy times I don't want to forget a thing!!!
- 13 September 2007 at 6:25 am
Your recipes are wonderful, so clearly written!
- 13 September 2007 at 6:31 am
- Truffle said...
Amanda- Thanks! I think the planning certainly helps. If it wasn't for the plan I think I'd be a crazy person on the day. Somehow it's reassuring even if you stray from it I think. I'm constantly amazed by your ability to cater for kids parties though. I think that's an amazing talent!
Valli- Thank you so much. That's really lovely of you. I think lists certainly do come in handy if you're forgetful like I am and the time is always getting away from you.
Anon- thanks very much!
- 13 September 2007 at 6:39 am
- Coffee & Vanilla said...
Wow, they look beautiful!!
I'm sooo happy to discover your blog!
If you have a while please visit my blog again and vote for the most Inspiring Food Photography! :)
Greetings, Margot
- 13 September 2007 at 7:16 am
- Kelly Mahoney said...
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm not sure if pumpkin is quite in its prime here yet, but this looks delicious.
- 13 September 2007 at 8:28 am
- Joanna said...
That looks lovely, and I bet it tastes delicious, too
- 13 September 2007 at 10:49 am
- Lydia said...
The combination of flavors sounds amazing! I'd be happy to move into a new house, just so you could make these for my housewarming.
- 13 September 2007 at 12:52 pm
- Nora B. said...
My mom is just like your dad - how do they do it? For me, the planning process is also the fun part because I have an excuse to pour over recipes and talk about food more then usual ;-)
These looks so wonderfully crisp and also I would imagine that it will have a wonderfully moist filling. I love the combination of pumpkin, feta and garlic - this is terrific Truffle. These will definitely make an appearance at my next party.
- 13 September 2007 at 2:08 pm
- Truffle said...
Coffee & Vanilla - thanks for popping by! I'll definitely vote.
Kelly Mahoney - Thanks very much!
Joanna- thank you and thanks for reading :)
Lydia - with pleasure! Thanks!
Nora B. - I take real pleasure from the planning too. Thanks so much!
- 13 September 2007 at 2:33 pm
- Lucy said...
No wonder you like to cook - growing up with a ready made chef in the home must have made for some wonderful and very memorable meals!
Love the smoked paprika and haloumi.
- 13 September 2007 at 2:53 pm
- Anh said...
Truffle, I do know what you mean! I cant do anythign without proper planning either! And I love your cigar pastry... Great job!
- 13 September 2007 at 3:31 pm
- Cynthia said...
I love cigars at parties :) I find them wonderfully surprising when I bite into them because one never knows what deliciousness awaits... Yours is definitely a winner.
- 13 September 2007 at 7:30 pm
Hello, these look delicious and I plan on trying them... I thought a salad of roast pumpkin, the feta, fresh spinach leaves and pinenuts would be yum too, dressed with syrupy balsamic and good olive oil, yummy, must head off to make dinner... Bye, Vida
- 13 September 2007 at 10:11 pm
- Mike said...
Hi Truffle
These look so good. Its something that I will try over the weekend.
- 13 September 2007 at 11:22 pm
- Allotment Lady said...
FAbulous recipes - can the 'cigars' be prepared and frozen?
- 14 September 2007 at 1:25 am
- Truffle said...
Lucy - he's certainly been a great culinary influence! I love the textural element the haloumi adds. Give it a bit of substance!
Anh thanks so much! I do love a bit of pastry!
Cynthia - I agree completely. They make perfect party food I think.
vida - your salad sounds delicious!
Mike - hope you enjoy! Thanks for reading :)
Allotment Lady - I haven't done it myself but I'm pretty sure that would work. Filo pastry seems to freeze well. If you try it let me know how it turns out. It's a great idea.
- 14 September 2007 at 2:00 am
- Agnes said...
Oooh, pumpkin and feta AND crunchy filo... even without the photos I would be sold. They look gorgeous!
- 14 September 2007 at 3:49 am
- katiez said...
I'm afraid neither of my parents were much for cooking... maybe that's why I started?!?
Great recipe! I was just down at the potager eyeing my butternut squash - another week, I think.
These are going on my list (pumpkin, garlic, cheese, phylo,,,yum!)
- 14 September 2007 at 8:14 am
- Susan said...
With that flavor combo, these cigars must have tasted as fabulous as they look. I have a question for you: Is your butternut pumpkin the same as our butternut squash in The States, or is it actually a miniature pumpkin? Pumpkins aren't quite in season yet, but I think butternut squash would be a good substitute. Thanks!
- 14 September 2007 at 3:33 pm
- ilingc said...
Truffle, these look gorgeous! I wish I had come across them earlier. They'd be perfect for my vegetarian friend who was visiting earlier this month.
- 15 September 2007 at 12:24 am
- IronEaters said...
they look divine.n they also look like spring rolls =)
my grandma n my mum just like ur dad too,don't really need recipe books or plan extensively.lol. I think experience does play an important role =D
- 15 September 2007 at 1:49 am
- R2K said...
: )
- 15 September 2007 at 6:32 am
- Truffle said...
Agnes - Thank you! I love that combination of flavours and textures too.
katiez - That's really interesting. Perhaps that is why you've got such an interest in cooking now.
I hope you like them!
Susan- Thank you! I have a feeling they are one and the same so go ahead and try it with squash.
ilingc - thank you! I've been thinking a lot about vegetarian cooking lately so am sure to have more vegetarian friendly recipes in the future.
IronEaters - they do look a little like spring rolls, don't they? You're right, experience (and confidence) probably have a lot to do with it when it comes to that style of cooking.
R2K - thanks for reading :)
- 15 September 2007 at 3:53 pm
- stickyfingers said...
That so reminds me of my own childhood. The house would be overrun with people to the point where folding chairs were deployed in every available space and sensational dishes would be served.
I was the bartender on arrival, then they would deploy me with platters of hors doeuvres and yes they made cigars too, there were mini stacks, Chinese prawn toast and also dumplings. It was my role too to make the profiteroles - how seventies - LOL!
Thanks for the flashback :-)
- 16 September 2007 at 1:27 am
- Kelly Mahoney said...
Sounds delicious. I wish I had entertaining in my blood!
- 16 September 2007 at 7:54 pm
- Truffle said...
stickyfingers - I love that imagery. Sounds fabulous!
Kelly Mahoney - Thanks so much! I wish I did it more often and perhaps that way it would start to come more naturally.
- 16 September 2007 at 8:29 pm
- Serenity Later said...
As always your cooking looks beaut Truffle! What a great combination of flavours you've got here.
Was your father a chef or involved in the food industry? Either way how lucky are you to have a dad who lovingly prepared such great feasts for his family and friends! Lovely!!!
- 17 September 2007 at 12:48 am
- Big Boys Oven said...
they look so lovely......I am now salivating myself....lol...well done.
- 17 September 2007 at 1:22 am
- Kelly-Jane said...
These look wonderful, just my cup of tea!
I'm a bit of a Monica from 'Friends' in the organisation department. Which is probably as scary as it sounds :) :)
- 18 September 2007 at 1:33 pm
- Truffle said...
Serenity Later - thank you!
He wasn't but I think that he should have been!
Big Boys Oven - thanks!
Kelly-Jane - thank you! To be honest, I can turn into a bit of a Monica myself :)
- 18 September 2007 at 1:58 pm
- jeena said...
Hi there you have a great blog,lovely recipes. Feel free to visit my blog too :)
Jeena xx
click here for food recipes
- 26 September 2007 at 10:19 am
- Cris said...
Oh I wish I were your neighbor, with such delicious treats and background on cooking you received from your parents, it must be so fun to be around you! :-) Love that last picture.
- 27 September 2007 at 9:30 am
- Mansi Desai said...
truffle, even today i find it hard to measure and use ingredients while I'm cooking!! its just natural to feel and touch stuff and use it on an estimate, especially the spices!!!
but yeah, planning is very imp, in cooking and in life:)
- 27 September 2007 at 10:56 am
- Truffle said...
Cris- Thanks so much!
Mansi Desai- I seem to always be altering recipes but I think it has more to do with laziness than any natural skill.
- 29 September 2007 at 12:13 am
those sounds amazing
- 29 September 2007 at 12:57 am
- Truffle said...
Thanks Tara :)
- 30 September 2007 at 3:54 am


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Major changes are being made to scale back a bill that would pay for private-school tuition vouchers across Ohio.
Rep. Matt Huffman, a Republican from Lima, announced the revisions to House Bill 136 at a news conference Monday. Officials in more than 300 school districts have voiced opposition to his proposal, which would cost them students and state funding.
Huffman said he was making the changes to address the biggest concerns of districts.
"But it still gives a lot of kids an opportunity who weren't going to have an opportunity before," he said.
The original bill, which was approved by the House education committee in September, tied eligibility to family income. That's a switch from the state's existing voucher programs, which mostly direct the aid to children who would otherwise attend failing schools.
The upshot was that thousands of students in highly ranked districts could have qualified for vouchers ranging from $2,313 to $4,626 a year, as long as their families had a household income under $95,000. Within a few years, even children already in private school could have qualified.
To pay for the program, about $5,700 per student would have been deducted from the home district's budget. But districts that are considered property-wealthy by the state -- including many in the suburbs around Cleveland and Akron -- don't get anywhere near that much from the state for each pupil.
Huffman said he'll change the funding mechanism so that no voucher will be worth more than the amount of per-pupil state aid that the home district receives. In a high-wealth district, that could be as little as a few hundred dollars.
"The practical effect is that not a lot of students from that district will use them," he acknowledged.
Huffman also said he'll limit the number of available vouchers to 1 percent of the home district's enrollment, which is roughly how many he expected would participate. Statewide, that would be up to 17,000 students - far fewer than would have been possible in the original version of the bill.
He also will change the eligibility guidelines, tying them to the income levels that qualify children for state health coverage. And he will eliminate a provision that would have allowed families to spend unused voucher money on private high schools or college.
Huffman said the changes are too extensive for an amendment, but he doesn't know yet whether he will start from scratch with a new bill or roll his proposal into a new school funding formula now being drawn up by Gov. John Kasich's office.
Huffman got immediate support from organizations like School Choice Ohio.
The group's legislative director, Jason Warner, said in prepared statement, "The goal of this legislation has always been to expand school choice options to more Ohio families and these new adjustments do just that."
But Barbara Shaner, associate executive director of the Ohio Association of School Business Officials, said her group of school treasurers is still opposed.
"The issue that we have is diverting public funds to private institutions with little accountability," she said. "We don't support that concept."
Damon Asbury, director of legislative services for the Ohio School Boards Association, said even with the proposed changes the proposal is "still bad public policy and is not necessary."
He added that he hopes Huffman keeps his plan in its own bill rather than merging it into a larger budget or funding-formula bill.
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(The Root) — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's decision this week to restore the voting rights of nonviolent felons returned to society is already different things to different people. It's a sign of a welcome and surprising centrism from the leader of the state called "the cradle of the Confederacy." It's one of the most politically counterintuitive moves from a Republican governor in a Southern state in a long time.
Mostly, it's an uncharacteristically bold conservative reach for the center — and for minority voters, in a state apparently turning its back on some of its corrosive past. It could also be McDonnell's first dramatic step onto the national stage, positioning him optically as someone with vision and reach enough to be a possible presidential contender in 2016.
"Once somebody has done their probation, parole or incarceration and they've paid all their fines and costs and don't have any pending charges, we're gonna automatically restore their voting rights and their civil and constitutional rights," he said on Thursday's Morning Joe program on MSNBC. McDonnell will restore rights on a case-by-case basis, something he's been doing piecemeal since taking office in 2010. He has restored voting rights for more than 4,800 felons, more than any other governor in the Commonwealth's history.
McDonnell, who opened the state's General Assembly in January advocating for the change in felons' status, made the move independently — in what amounts to an executive order — after his measure was defeated in committee. "We tried to get a constitutional amendment passed this session, with Republican and Democrat support … and that failed," the governor said. "Because of that, I'm using all the power I've got as the chief executive under the [state] Constitution to automatically restore rights on an individualized basis."
The change goes into effect July 15. The process will be streamlined; felons will receive notice of the governor's decision individually within 60 days of application.
"America is a land of opportunity and second chances, a land where we cherish and protect our constitutional rights. For those who have fully paid their debt for their crimes, they deserve a second chance to fully rejoin society and exercise their civil and constitutional rights," McDonnell said in a press release from his office.
Principle Above Politics
There's been praise from unlikely places. "For too long, Virginia has been successful in implementing a law designed to target minority voters: one in five African-American adults in the state is disenfranchised," said ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Claire G. Gastañaga in a Wednesday statement. "This expedited process is a move towards repairing some of this damage. We look forward to working with the Governor as he implements the new system."
In an interview with The Root, NAACP President Ben Jealous praised McDonnell for putting policy above politics. "What makes this courageous is that he did not take politics into consideration," Jealous said. "This is clearly about principle; he believes in the principle of redemption. In the past, we've met with Democratic leaders, but we also sat down with Republican leaders who share the same conviction and believe in the sacredness of the right to redemption."
Jealous said that the governor's executive order could affect between "100,000 and 200,000 people," an estimate partly derived from a database that lists offenders up to 1995. "About 100,000 are nonviolent offenders. The assumption is, there's a large number of people who were not in the database" before then, he said. More than 350,000 Virginians are barred from voting, according to a January report by the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reforming incarceration and sentencing policy.
Jealous was baffled by the reluctance of Tim Kaine, the former Democratic governor, to adopt a similar plan while in office. "It wasn't quite clear what his reason was," Jealous said. "The flaw of politicians again and again is that they know the right thing to do, they wrestle with their consciences and they win. And the rest of us lose. [McDonnell] put principle above partisan self-interest, and that's what so remarkable about this action. It's a very big deal."
Jealous envisions a heartening scenario for the GOP if other pols similarly step out on faith. "What's in this for the Republican Party and a Republican politician is the possibility of getting a larger share of votes from the African-American community," Jealous said.
"A Republican presidential candidate who can assure black voters that [he or she has] courage when it comes to civil rights and [is] willing to step out could pick up 15 percent more of the black vote than [GOP nominee Mitt] Romney received," Jealous said. "That's what at stake here for this governor.
"One issue does not a general commitment prove," Jealous added. "He would have to do more, have to show more. But there's real potential."
Virginia's Corrosive Legacy
The Commonwealth of Virginia has long marched to its own drummer on felons' rights. In 1870, after the passage of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right to vote, the Old Dominion went in the opposite direction, ushering in the state's felon-disenfranchisement legacy by amending the Virginia Constitution to deny voting rights to any convicted felon.
Until McDonnell's action, Virginia was one of two states in the country (Kentucky is the other) imposing a lifetime ban on restoration of citizen rights to felons. With the governor's sweeping changes, the state is pushing back on a sad legacy.
In the past, felony-disenfranchisement laws in Virginia weren't just tolerated — they were strategized, usually with race as the motivator. Carter Glass, a Lynchburg newspaper editor and a state delegate to the 1901 Constitutional Convention, wrote about one such measure in the convention minutes, almost wistfully: "This plan … will eliminate the darkey as a political factor in this State in less than five years, so that in no single county … will there be the least concern felt for the complete supremacy of the white race in the affairs of government."
Some may resist any rush to anoint McDonnell as the Great Emancipator 2.0. This is the same governor who, in April 2010, issued a proclamation celebrating Confederate History Month at the request of the Sons of Confederate Veterans — reviving a tradition that had been discontinued in two previous (Democratic) administrations, and doing it without so much as a mention of slavery, the "peculiar institution" that gave the Confederacy its reason for being.
A few days later McDonnell made amends, saying, "The failure to include any reference to slavery was a mistake, and for that I apologize … "
And he's the same governor who just last year was ready to sign into law SB 484, a controversial measure passed by the state's House of Delegates and Senate, requiring any woman seeking a first-trimester abortion in Virginia to undergo an invasive transvaginal ultrasound procedure to "determine gestational age." The procedure was widely condemned by protesters and activists as state-sanctioned rape. After withering criticism, McDonnell and Virginia Republicans revised the bill, opting instead to require women to undergo the less invasive abdominal ultrasound procedure.
A Bright Future?
If McDonnell is positioning himself for a 2016 run, his state's economic picture is doing its part to make him look good. Virginia has a 5.2 percent unemployment rate — a 54-month low and the 10th lowest in the nation. For years the state has been a high-tech magnet. In the Dulles Technology Corridor, AOL, Apple, Boeing, Verizon and Northrop Grumman (among others) have headquarters or regional offices.
The state also enjoys an increasingly diverse demographic (black people make up about 20 percent of the population; minority residents overall, about 35 percent), and a homeownership rate and median household income both higher in recent years than the national average, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
There's room for other states to follow McDonnell's lead. Marc Mauer, director of the Sentencing Project, wrote in February (pdf) that Tennessee, one state over from Virginia, has felony-disenfranchisement policies that are "among the strictest in the nation." The Volunteer State "is one of just twelve states that deny voting rights not only to individuals incarcerated, on probation, or on parole, but also to ex-felons … [W]hile it is debatable whether felony disenfranchisement laws today are intended to reduce minority voting power, it is inescapable that this is their effect," Mauer wrote.
For Jealous, the new Virginia policy opens the door to nothing less than the future. "[Former offenders] won't have to keep reconfessing," he said. "They'll be able to contribute as citizens. For communities, their voices will be stronger at the ballot box, whether it's working-class white communities or working-class black communities. This gives the state the possibility of moving further down the road of reconciliation and healing from a very divisive, hurtful past — and present."
Michael E. Ross is a regular contributor to The Root and the author of American Bandwidth: Weblogs & Essays, on the 2008 Obama campaign and the first days of his presidency. He blogs on politics and national affairs at Short Sharp Shock and Open Salon.


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Mo. Man Gets Life in Prison for Daughter's Death
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- A Cass County man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his 4-month-old daughter.
Twenty-two-year-old Moreno Antonio Salinas of Lake Winnebago was sentenced Monday in the April 2010 death of his daughter, Avee Marie Hunter.
Salinas was convicted of first-degree murder in December, after a cousin told authorities that the two conspired to kill the baby by abusing her.
The Kansas City Star reports Salinas repeatedly threw the girl on the bed, hanged her upside down, shook and flipped her around and squeezed the air out of her lungs.
The child had injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome when taken to the hospital. She had been treated earlier for seizures.
Salina's cousin is awaiting trial on assault charges.


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Hot sax: Originals mix it up
Joshua Mayo and Dain North
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Saturday, August 2
Going outside my comfort zone has never been something I've been that good at. Whether it be friends, girlfriends, or parental units, many moments of exasperation have been caused by my tendency to say "no," before I've given the voiced idea a real chance. But I think I am getting better... hence this week's outing to O'Neil's on the Corner, which at least during the school year, is the height of button-down Greek life (never, even in my school days, my particular cup of tea).
The show at hand featured singer/songwriter Joshua Mayo and saxophonist Dain North, an acoustic duo of sorts, and after Mayo warmed up with a little of the Beatles' "Blackbird" played meticulously on his acoustic, the two launched into it.
"Stuck in the Middle With You," by '70s two-hit wonder Stealers Wheel (a fact even I had to look up), started things off, with Mayo's smoke-tinged, high voice hitting all the right notes.
If I was a certain type of person (especially a squeal-happy young lass) I would describe Mayo's voice as extremely "cute" and "awww-worthy"– the type that can win a certain type of girl's heart (especially a squeal-happy young lass's) just by doing what comes naturally. Of course, I'm not that type of person. North's sax work was admirable– for this song it was kept rather on the D.L., but from his solo work near the end of the song, as well as his habit of inserting little riffs at the end of vocal lines, it was plain to see the man has talent. Though sax has equally never been my cup of tea, the unusual duo formed by Mayo's guitar and North's instrument actually worked rather well, and I found myself enjoying North's solos with a bobbing head.
Mayo's comment, "I'm going to be playing a bunch of originals tonight– I hope you don't mind," led off the duo's second song, not surprisingly, an original. Slightly reminiscent of the Beatles' "I Feel Fine," at least in terms of that song's lazy change-over from verse to chorus, the song saw Mayo reigning in his high voice to match the song's relaxed feel, while North provided, not one, not two, but three sax solos.
Except for a rousing rendition of John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads," which had the 10 or so barflies around O'Neill's downstairs singing, the rest of the pair's set I witnessed (about 10 songs in all), appeared to be made up of all original tunes. One song did bear a striking resemblance to local singer/songwriter Jan Smith's tune, "Mama Says," but I'm guessing that neither of the two have ever seen/heard the other, so I'll put it down to coincidence.
Mayo and North oscillated between playing folk and folk-rock with originals that, although not instantly grabbing, were more than acceptable. If I was, in fact, a squeal-happy young lass, I'd probably sum up the show by saying, "It was totally like, good and stuff, and Mayo is soooo cute. And I loved the sax. [squeal] :-)." But, alas, I am not.


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We just said good-bye to our very first intern at Mend My Dress Press and we are so sad to see her go! We had an awesome five months with Helen, who helped us us table to first few stops of our 1-year anniversary tour, helped keep our inventory up to date, edited manuscripts, reviewed zines, kept us laughing, and entertaining us with educating us on sci-fi literature. But now Helen is on her way to explore different things and we are so sad to see her go, but so glad she dedicated her time and efforts to helping us.
Check out what Helen thought about her internship:
I had no idea what I was getting into when I applied for the internship at Mend My Dress Press, but I am so glad and privileged to have had this experience. Being an English Literature major and having a life long interest in books, I have always been intrigued by publishing. Even with my basic knowledge I can see that the publishing industry is changing and small presses like MMDP are becoming much more common. I liked MMDP's focus on zines and zine culture, social justice issues and personal stories. It was a very different world from my academic one, one that sometimes felt more real than my college experience.
My tasks at MMDP were wide ranging and varied. I helped Neely and Colleen put together inventory for tabling events and run book readings. There were several late nights and long hours and schedule changes to deal with. Even exhausted, I enjoyed these readings and getting to meet both authors and readers. I edited manuscripts and made calls about potential titles. It was amazing and rewarding to be given so much independence and trust in my tasks.
Of course, there were less interesting tasks like counting inventory, pricing, or putting together various mailing lists, but I got to work with Neely at MMDP headquarters which was always fun and usually involved the softest cat in the world sitting on my lap!
Whatever the tasks included, whether it was researching zine libraries or potential tabling events, I was so happy to get to help out the Press. Independent publishing companies like this one are hugely important, but they take a lot of time and effort to run. I feel honored to have met and worked with Colleen and Neely and to have gotten a glimpse into this world of independent publishing.
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Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) 640-864 DESGN
Course Title: Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions
Course Code: DESGN 640-864Duration: 5 days
Course OverviewThe Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) Cisco training course has been designed to enable you to understand the internetworking requirements, identify solutions, design the network infrastructure and services to ensure the basic functionality of the proposed solutions. This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to achieve Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) level competency in network design.
Target AudienceCandidates who should consider attending the DESGN 640-863 Cisco training course are those aiming to achieve Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) certification and those individuals targeting towards achieving Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) certification. The course is also targeted at pre-sales and post-sales network engineers involved in network design, planning and implementation.
Course ObjectivesOn successfully completing the DESGN 640-863 course you will be able to:
- Discuss network design methodology
- Describe how to structure and modularize the network design using the Cisco Enterprise Architecture
- Design the enterprise campus and enterprise data center modules
- Design the enterprise edge and remote modules as needed
- Evaluate security solutions for the network
- Recommend a design for basic voice transport across the network
- Recommend a design for a basic wireless solution
- Design a network addressing plan and select suitable routing protocols for a given network design
Course PrerequisitesCandidates attending the DESGN 640-863 Cisco training course should hold a valid CCNA Certification. Building Converged Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) is also strongly recommended and students with Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent level of knowledge and experience are likely to have the advantage of being able to participate more actively in classroom discussions.
Testing and CertificationThe DESGN Cisco training course is the recommended preparation for the 640-863 DESGN exam and helps to prepare candidates for their CCDA certification. Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) and Designing Cisco Network Architectures (ARCH) are recommended for further study and form part of the Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) Certification.
Associate Level CoursesThe following is a list of other Associate level courses that we offer:
- Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching Certification
- Cisco CCNA Security Certification
- Cisco CCNA Voice Certification
- Cisco CCNA Wireless Certification
Course ContentApplying a Methodology to Network Design:
- Introducing the Cisco Service-Oriented Network Architecture
- Identifying Design Requirements
- Characterizing the Existing Network and sites
- Using the Top-Down Approach to Network Design
- Designing the Network Hierarchy
- Using a Modular Approach in Network Design
- Using Infrastructure Services
- Identifying Network Management Protocols and Features
- Describing the Campus Design Considerations
- Designing the Campus Infrastructure Model
- Describing Enterprise Data Center Considerations
- Identifying Wan Technology Considerations
- Designing the Enterprise WAN
- Designing the Enterprise Branch
- Designing IP Addressing
- Reviewing Enterprise Routing Protocols
- Designing a Routing Protocol Deployment
- Defining Network Security
- Understanding the Cisco Self-Defending Network
- Selecting Network Security Solutions
- Reviewing Traditional Voice Architectures and Features
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- Identifying the Requirements of Voice Technologies
- Introducing the Cisco Unified Wireless Network
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NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Canadian pop star Justin Bieber made history Wednesday by racking up his fifth No. 1 album in the United States before his 19th birthday, which is March 1.
More than 211,000 copies of "Believe Acoustic" have been sold since its Jan. 29 release.
"With this week's incredible success of 'Believe Acoustic,' Justin continues to impress everyone with the magnitude of his artistry," Steve Bartels, president and chief operating officer of Bieber's record label, Island Def Jam Music Group, said in a statement.
"His vision for 'Believe Acoustic' was an organic extension of his growth as a musician on tour and in the studio, consummately devoted to his fans. The album reflects an artist who is not afraid to step outside of every stereotype, regardless of his age. Congratulations, Justin."


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Jason43125 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
See attached PDF file, "sherpa manifesto" for more detail. tShirt Sherpa (http://www.tshirtsherpa.com) is a new online t-shirt community that connects guys to the newest and most interesting t-shirts from leading designers from around the world. Additionally, tShirt Sherpa serves as an exclusive web marketing tool for the designers/producers of great fashion t-shirts. The tShirt Sherpa strives to help guys live outside the box of normal - in short, tShirt Sherpa helps guys break the traditional rules of fashion by delivering fresh new buying opportunities and letting guys realize how their own unique choices/desires/interests/lifestyles can drive buying decisions, not simply the availability of product from traditional sources (i.e. boring department stores, giant online retailers, etc).
tShirt Sherpa delivers t-shirt fashion ideas to guys. The t-shirt market surely exists. It is huge. It is too huge for anybody to effectively navigate on their own. Just as a mountain sherpa provides guidance, advice, and the expertise necessary to climb the highest mountains, tShirt Sherpa provides the same insight for guys seeking out the best within the world wide t-shirt market. tShirt Sherpa does the hard work of navigating the online universe, the specialty boutiques around the globe, and seeking out the undiscovered/unknown new designers that have yet to hit the market and gain widespread visibility for their brand. Without the tShirt Sherpa, guys may never find and experience the best - they will simply be victim to the traditional retail outlets currently available to them.
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2) logo must be delivered in both .jpg and .psd formats (logo must be editable, if we choose to modify in the future)
3) logo must include the following tag line, "Break the rules and find your game"
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Topic Page: Rimbaud, Arthur (1854 - 1891)
(ärtür' răNbō'), 1854–91, French poet who had a great influence on the symbolists and subsequent modern poets, b. Charleville. A defiant and precocious youth, Rimbaud at 16 sent some poems to Verlaine, who liked his work and invited him to Paris. In 1872–73 the two poets lived together in London and Brussels. In a drunken quarrel Verlaine fired a pistol, wounding Rimbaud, and their relationship ended. Rimbaud returned home and finished Une Saison en enfer (1873), a confessional autobiography in which he renounces his former hellish life and his work. At an undetermined time he produced Les Illuminations, consisting of prose poems that transcend all traditional syntax and narrative elements.
Rimbaud is thought to have stopped writing poetry at the age of 19, and he never wrote another literary work. Thereafter, he wandered throughout Europe and N Africa, working in various jobs, from circus cashier to commercial traveler to African gunrunner, and engaging in numerous business ventures. Six months after the amputation of his leg due to cancer, he died in Marseilles at 37. Rimbaud's poetry has been called hallucinatory because the poet seems to write not of material reality but of his dreamworld; his technique anticipates the symbolists in its suggestiveness, its abstract verbal music, and its images drawn from the subconscious. "Le Bateau ivre" ("The Drunken Boat") is an outstanding example. Rimbaud's works were published by Verlaine in several posthumous editions, the first complete collection appearing in 1898.
- See Mason, W. , ed. and tr., Rimbaud Complete (2002) and I Promise to Be Good: The Letters of Arthur Rimbaud (2003);.
- biographies by E. Starkie (3d ed. 1961, repr. 1968), G. Robb (2000), and E. White (2008);.
- studies by W. M. Frohock (1963), W. Fowlie (1966), R. G. Cohn (1974), K. Ross (1980), C. A. Hackett (1981), and C. Nicholl (1999).
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Verdict in Saddle Rock assault case on mayor
A Saddle Rock man on trial in an assault on the village mayor was found not guilty of four charges Tuesday, but was convicted on a lesser charge tacked on at the eleventh hour.
Meanwhile, the mayor now faces an investigation into allegations of financial wrongdoing by him that emerged during the trial.
Sasha Masri was found guilty of attempted assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor, by acting Supreme Court Justice Philip Grella in a bench trial in Mineola. That charge was added Tuesday at the request of prosecutor Christine Geier.
Grella found Masri not guilty of the four original charges he faced, including the most serious, felony assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon. For that he would have faced up to 7 years in prison.
Masri now could get a maximum 90 days in jail and a year of probation when he is sentenced in August. He left court without comment Tuesday.
Masri faced a felony charge based on Levy's contention that Masri hit him while holding keys in his hand. Masri's attorney, Bob McDonald of Mineola, said Masri slapped Levy but the impact didn't injure him, contrary to the prosecution's arguments.
"I think the judge's verdict speaks for itself," McDonald said. "Those charges were not proven beyond a reasonable doubt."
Levy's attorney, Elizabeth Kase of Garden City, called Masri a "criminal" and said she was disappointed that the most serious charge didn't stick.
"We respect Judge Grella's decision, but we had hoped the severity of the crime and the seriousness of the mayor's injuries would have resulted in a felony conviction," Kase said. Levy was left with a broken shoulder and head cut after the incident.
The judge also amended an order of protection Levy had against Masri, changing it from a stay-away order to one prohibiting harassment. The change will allow Masri to resume attending village meetings.
The verdict followed closing arguments in a trial that has focused nearly as much on alleged financial wrongdoings by Levy as the assault itself.
According to testimony by witnesses for the defense and prosecution, Levy had been causing village checks to be written to a third-party corporation, then endorsing and cashing them himself.
The defense centered on the idea that Levy wanted to stop Masri from asking questions about village financials and a recent audit after the Oct. 3, 2012, meeting, so he began ridiculing Masri as a way to deflect attention from Levy's own alleged wrongdoing. The assault occurred after Levy cursed Masri and Masri's mother, court testimony indicated.
A law enforcement source confirmed that Levy's actions are now under investigation.
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2002 Isuzu Rodeo Sport Reviews and Ratings
Utility Soft Top 2WD (5 Spd)
Expert Reviews
Once known as the Amigo, the Isuzu Rodeo Sport is a spunky little two-door sport-utility vehicle that comes in hard and soft-top versions.
The Rodeo Sport should enjoy a slight performance advantage over the four-door Rodeo on and off the road, thanks to its shorter wheelbase and lighter weight. It is, after all, simply the Amigo by another name, with the same short, stout body and semi-convertible soft top; the same rugged four-wheel drive and optional V6 power. And yes, a glass-window hard top is still available for travelers who want more weather protection than the soft-top affords.
The Rodeo Sport comes in two-wheel-drive and two four-wheel-drive versions. 4WD versions have automatic transmissions.
The base 2WD Rodeo Sport comes with a 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine and a hard top for $16,100. The soft top version is $16,375. Add an automatic transmission and the hard top with a four-cylinder engine starts at $17,100.
Insert a 3.2-liter V6 engine and automatic transmission into the 2WD Rodeo Sport and the price is $19,295 for the hard top and $19,570 for the soft top.
The list of standard equipment is generous, but air conditioning costs $1,000 as a stand-alone option. The Preferred Equipment Package for V6 models ($2,320) includes air conditioning, power windows/locks/mirrors, floor mats, remote keyless entry, a six-CD changer, cargo convenience net, front door courtesy lights, dual horns and a cargo tray.
For 2002, all Rodeo Sports come standard with alloy wheels.
The first decision when buying a 2002 Rodeo Sport is whether to get the soft top or the hard top. Which you choose says a lot about your lifestyle and where you live. The soft top looks best turning onto Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach on the way to the Hungry Valley off-road park. The hard top looks ready to head into Michigan's Upper Peninsula for a week of trout fishing.
Although they cost less, hardtop models look more upscale and are ultimately more practical than soft-top models. Made of polypropylene, the hard top covers the rear half of the body formerly occupied by the fold-down soft top. The hard top comes only in black and is non-removable. (Isuzu officials said their research indicated most Jeep Wrangler owners never removed their removable hard tops.) Compared with the soft top, the hard top provides better soundproofing, better visibility with its glass windows, improved weather protection, and heightened security for valuables. It comes with a heated rear window, and neatly hides the huge rear roll hoop and support bars. The hard top also lends the Rodeo Sport a more handsome and sophisticated appearance. It complements the already athletic look of the lower body, where wheel wells are packed with 16-inch mud-and-snow radials.
If you opt for the soft top, you'll want to remove it when the weather permits. You'll find it easy to remove. By releasing two interior clamps, unzipping the rear and side windows and unsnapping the top from the roof frame, the top can be removed and stored. Rear and side windows are replaceable should they become scratched or lost.
Adding to the Rodeo Sport's visual appeal are small optional fog lamps and art deco taillights. The large rear tailgate door, with its relatively short window, eliminates the square appearance of most sport-utilities. Blister fenders with the optional gray overfenders and form-filling tires add an appealing muscular demeanor. The spare tire-mounting bracket supports a high-mounted rear stop lamp that is fastened to the lower portion of the tailgate door. When the tailgate is opened, the spare swings with it, allowing safe and easy access to the curb whether the soft top is up or down.
The 2002 Rodeo Sport interior is straightforward and utilitarian in appearance. The dash and center console are in a standard arrangement. The floor shifter in four-wheel-drive models can be easily reached from the driver's seat. The seats could use a greater range of adjustments and a bit more lumbar and side support. Also, the steering wheel isn't perfectly aligned with the driver's seat, a common occurrence on many vehicles, but more noticeable on this one. Operating the radio underway is a challenge with buttons that are hard to read.
In the back seat, there's enough room for three adults. Folding the rear seat down reveals 62 cubic feet of cargo room. Climbing up and into the back seats isn't easy, however, because the passage is narrow.
The hard top comes with two moonroofs. The front moonroof has a tilt option and can be removed. The rear moonroof can also be removed. The most obvious benefits of the hard top are the glass side and rear windows in place of the somewhat fussy zip-in plastic units on the soft-top. The glass dramatically improves visibility out the sides. A rear defroster and wiper are standard.
The available 3.2-liter V6 revs quickly, providing quick getaways from intersections. Strong low-end torque peaks at 214 pounds-feet at 3000 rpm. The Rodeo sprints from 0 to 60 mph in about 8.5 seconds, a strong performance for a small SUV.
Wide 245/70R16 tires are standard on all Rodeo Sport models. They don't provide a lot of grip in paved corners, but the Rodeo Sport's handling is very predictable and that makes it entertaining to drive. The 16-inch tires do offer excellent compliance with the coil-spring suspension, which smoothes out the ride considerably, although the rear tires do have a tendency to bounce around over really big bumps.
With its ladder-type frame and live rear axle, the Rodeo Sport retains some of its truck heritage. It shudders over bumps. In comparison, the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4, which are based on passenger-car chassis, ride smoother but cannot match the off-road capability of the Rodeo.
On smooth highways, the V6 gallivants happily. It's a pleasure to drive on curvy mountain highways where torque is at a premium. The transmission shifts smoothly and the power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering responds well. At lower speeds, the steering is precise, which is equally helpful when negotiating crowded city streets or tight dirt trails. The Rodeo Sport handles much better and is more fun to drive than the similarly priced Kia Sportage.
Four-wheel-drive models come with disc brakes front and rear, which provide ample stopping power. Drum brakes in the rear are standard for two-wheel-drive models. Four-wheel anti-lock brakes are standard on all Rodeo Sports. With all that off-road suspension travel, there is some nosedive under hard braking.
When equipped with the automatic transmission, the Rodeo Sport can be shifted from rear-wheel drive to four-wheel drive on the fly. Simply press the button on the dashboard. Most off-road hazards don't occur on the fly, but it's nice not having to stop when the pavement turns to gravel. For extreme off-road conditions, stop and shift into the low-range gears for maximum torque by engaging a floor-mounted lever. The Rodeo's part-time four-wheel-drive system is designed for loose surfaces and should not be used on dry pavement.
The Rodeo Sport really shines on steep, difficult grades. We learned this in the San Bernardino Mountains where the Rim of the World Pro Rally is held. The torque of the V6 works well with the tough but compliant tires. Shifting into four-wheel drive, we drove over huge rocks and climbed through deep ruts. We explored craggy logging roads loaded with large rocks near Lake Arrowhead, thankful for galvanized steel shields that protect the radiator and fuel tank.
The 2002 Isuzu Rodeo Sport offers distinctive, funky styling that helps it stand out from a herd of boxy SUVs. The hard top appeals to buyers who want practicality and a more sophisticated appearance, while the soft top model delivers top-down, fun-in-the-sun motoring.
One of the most attractive features of the Rodeo Sport is its price, which is competitive with the Toyota RAV4, Kia Sportage and other small SUVs. Yet Rodeo Sport offers more space and more driving entertainment.
The Rodeo Sport is, in a word, endearing. It may no longer be an Amigo, but it's still a friend.


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Governor Rick Snyder
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Greetings Mr. Snyder,
You sent me a nice form letter. No doubt you or your staff thought it would be enough to silence myself and the many others you sent it to. It's not what you say, but what you do that reveals who you are. You are bad for the people of Michigan.
Your budget doesn't break bad habits, it lines the pockets of your good old boys club and corporations, who have created the financial crisis in Michigan by outsourcing jobs. The fiscal reality is that you have chased away an industry that was bringing hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of good paying jobs to the state.
In two years, the Film Incentive program had a 6 to 1 profit margin for the state. It was profitable with tax revenue, good paying jobs, it supported local businesses, and made the state look good internationally for both tourism and investment. But it was bad for the good old boys club. They couldn't just pay minimum wage and withhold benefits and still keep quality workers. They would have been forced to compete by paying a living wage and benefits.
Also new money means diversifying the power base. The broader the base the stronger the structure. But a broad base also means sharing power, wealth and control. All of which you and buddies are fighting to prevent even if it means destroying the state in the process.
If you hadn't attacked the film incentive program, I would be wrapping up my first feature film. It's a 7 million dollar project, most of which was going to be spent in the state.. I would be paying business taxes, payroll, and buying locally. Michigan, specifically Traverse City, Manistee, Michigan State University and several business, including the Henderson Castle would have been shown in a very positive light to an international market. Instead, many of the people I would have hired are unemployed or under employed, including myself.
I am still looking for financing. Never Can Say Good-bye will be shot in Michigan, but only because so many people put their faith in me and it. I won't let them down. However, the TV series, Operation Home Base, along with the tax revenue, jobs, support for local business and the good PR is going to Oklahoma. Once it hits the air waves, I'm going to make sure everyone knows why I took the project out of Michigan and exactly who is responsible.
Your actions have qualified you for a very special honor from the people of Michigan. Seven Governors have been impeach. The people of Michigan are going to add your name to that list. You and your buddies are corruption and selfishness as basest level. You don't care who your hurt or how many people's lives you destroy. The only thing you care about is power and money.
The people of Michigan are not complacent. Your actions have mobilized us. We are standing together against you, those who vote with you and all you stand for. We are the people of Michigan and we are not for sale.


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New Jersey Transit's board has approved a proposal to provide wireless Internet service at train stations and on trains.
But it's not clear if it will cost commuters.
The contract with Cablevision Systems Corp. is for 20 years and won't cost NJ Transit anything.
The project is expected to be largely completed by the end of 2016. The first phase of the project will provide wireless access by the end of this year in major stations such as Newark Penn Station, Hoboken and Secaucus. Other stations will then be equipped, followed by rail cars by line.
NJ Transit said riders have indicated in surveys and other forums that they are interested in having Wi-Fi access in stations and rail cars.


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2014-2015 CCL together with the VMU Faculty of Informatics and Kaunas Technological University is implementing the project "Automatic extraction of style applied to individual authors and groups of authors" (project manager J. Kapociute-Dzikiene).
One of the goals of the project is to compile the corpus of authorship attribution. The corpus consists of transriptions of parliamentary debates of Lithuanian Seimas:
- 2012.05.09 - started the implementation of the project "Syntactic and Semantic Analysis System of the Lithuanian Language for Corpus, Internet, and Public Sector" which is financed according to the third priority (Information Society for All) of the Econimic Growth Operational Programme.


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Best Buy is preparing the HTC 8X for consumers and we've been sent some shots of the demonstration units that will be presently available in-store for the public to experience Windows Phone before making the purchase.
The HTC 8X is the manufacturer's flagship Windows Phone, which Best Buy has priced at just $199 when accompanied by a 2-year contract. Available on Verizon's network, the handset takes full advantage of 4G LTE speeds.
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Sunday, 14 February 2010
ODI Series - Will the real ODI-HFM blog please stand up.
Yes, I have already seen a one off blog about ODI/HFM but to honest I was not impressed with the quality and depth of it so I thought it was time to put my version together, I will let you decide which one to use.
I would first like to make it clear I am not a HFM consultant so apologies if I use any incorrect terminology or don't go about some of the methods in the correct way, no doubt I will be contacted as usual if I make any slip ups.
I am not setting out to go into too much depth just enough to get people up and running and gain a little knowledge of using the adaptors, my end game really is to be able to move metadata and data between essbase, planning and HFM but we will see how it pans out.
In this first blog I will go through installing the HFM client, configuration in ODI and some pitfalls that may be encountered and hopefully finishing up with a successful reverse of an FM application.
I have wrote a number of articles in the past using the Hyperion adaptors and I am not going to replicate the detail I have in the past so if you don't understand you may have to read back through my earlier blogs.
I will be using a two-machine architecture, one machine hosting HFM and EPM foundation (Workspace and shared services). I have created a FM application named SAMPLE that is based on the "Simple Demo" information that can be found in "Hyperion\products\FinancialManagement\Sample Apps\Simple Demo\" of the HFM installation.
The second machine will be hosting ODI; both machines are windows based as that is a pre-requisite for HFM and also the HFM client that has to be installed on the ODI machine.
The EPM version installed is 22.214.171.124
Ok, lets start with the installation of the HFM client.
The files you will need (based on 126.96.36.199) are
Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installer, Fusion Edition Release 126.96.36.199.0 Foundation
Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Foundation Services Release 18.104.22.168.0 Part 1
Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, Fusion Edition Release 126.96.36.199.0
Extract all the files to the same location and execute "InstallTool.cmd" to launch the installer.
Select "Choose components individually"
Uncheck all, expand Financial Management and select "Financial Management Client"
Should not take too long to install and after installation there is no need to run the configurator.
After installing the client I wanted to make sure I could connect to my HFM instance.
I opened up the FM configuration utility from the start menu > Oracle EPM System > Financial Management > Client Configuration
I added the server name of my HFM instance (HFMV11), enabled DCOM and that was all that was required to be done in the utility.
Next opened up the FM desktop to make a connection to my SAMPLE FM application.
When logging in make sure the Domain box is cleared and don't enter the HFM server as it will not use Shared Services security and when you try and open the application it will generate a funky error.
I connected to the cluster and the SAMPLE application appeared in the list on application, clicked on Open and no errors were received so that is enough for me to believe the client is working successfully so on to ODI.
Open the Topology Manager
This is where we will define the connection to the HFM server, define the application to use and associate this with a logical schema and context.
Enter a name for the connection, the Cluster name and an account that has been provisioned with a FM admin role in Shared Services.
Do not click Test as this is only for JDBC technologies, the HFM is using an API so clicking it will just generate a driver error, I have lost count the number of times people have clicked the Test button and thought there was a problem.
Manually enter the HFM application name into the Catalog and Work Catalog boxes, make sure you enter exactly the same name into both boxes as I have also seen problems with integrations where this has not been done.
Select a Context which you want to use and associate a logical Schema, you will need to manually type the name of the logical schema you want to use. If you don't understand about Logical Schemas and contexts then I suggest you have a quick read here
That is all you need to do in the Topology manager for now so on to the Designer.
I have created a new project for the purpose of this HFM blog.
Once the project has been created the HFM knowledge modules will need to be imported. There are currently five HFM knowledge modules
IKM SQL to Hyperion Financial Management Data
IKM SQL to Hyperion Financial Management Dimension
LKM Hyperion Financial Management Data to SQL
LKM Hyperion Financial Management Members to SQL RKM Hyperion Financial Management
All the xml based KMs are situated in OraHome_1\oracledi\impexp
I am only going to be using the RKM today to reverse engineer the FM application into an ODI Model.
Right click the project and select Import Knowledge Modules. Multi-select the KMs I have highlighted above and import.
In the models tab create a new Model, the model is basically going to be an ODI interpretation of the structure of the HFM application broken down into manageable Datastores.
Give the model a name and select "Hyperion Financial Management" and select the Logical Schema you have just defined, this will create the link to the physical connection information for the FM application.
In the reverse tab, select customized, select the context and logical agent you want to use to do handle the reversing, you can choose a local agent if you have not created another agent, if you want to understand how to create agents look back to one of my earlier blogs.
You will need to the select the RKM that was imported earlier, I have left the other options default for now, I will go into them in more detail at a later stage. Click Reverse and go into the operator. This is where you may encounter some issues.
You may receive an error "Error occurred while loading driver", this is due the agent not being able to see the ODI HFM driver (HFMDriver.dll / HFMDriver64.dll) in the \oracledi\drivers directory.
Depending on what sort of agent you are using will determine what you need to do to resolve this issue.
If you are using the "Local Agent" you will need to add the driver location to the windows environment variable (Path)
Once you have added the location make sure you restart all the ODI components to pick up the driver or you will continue to receive the error message. If you are using an agent created as a windows service you will have to update a configuration file, when the windows service agent is started up it retrieves some of its parameter information from OraHome_1\oracledi\tools\wrapper\conf\snpsagent.conf
Edit the file and add the following line below "wrapper.java.library.path.1=…."
This means the DLLs in the drivers directory will be picked up. Restart the agent once the changes have been made.
Reverse again.
If you using EPM version 220.127.116.11 or above like I am then you will encounter the error "Error occurecd in driver while connecting to Financial Management application [xxxxx] on [xxxxx] using user-name [xxxxx]..."
Don't panic it is a known bug.
8725017: IKM SQL to HFM - Is not compatible with Oracle's Hyperion Financial Mangement 18.104.22.168.0. NOTE: Oracle's Hyperion Financial Management – Fusion Edition Release 220.127.116.11 is the only release supported for this patch.
Tbere are currently a couple of solutions to fix the problem, you could download and install the following patch from "My Oracle Support"
Patch 8785892 - ORACLE DATA INTEGRATOR 10.1.3.5.2_01 ONE-OFF PATCH
Or you could install one of the following later patches as they address another issue with using HFM adaptor with ODI
9201073 - Cannot load metadata that includes shared members into HFM 184.108.40.206
Patch 9327111: ORACLE DATA INTEGRATOR 10.1.3.5.6 CUMULATIVE PATCH Or Patch 9285774: ORACLE DATA INTEGRATOR 10.1.3.5.5_01 ONE-OFF PATCH
I opted for patch 9285774, it is really simple to install, stop all ODI components and agent, extract the three files in the patch to \oracledi\drivers overwriting the existing files and start up the ODI components again.
Reverse once again and this time it should be successful.
Check the model and make sure all the Datastores have been created.
That concludes the first part and should get you up and running with the adaptor, in the next blog I will start looking in more detail at using the available FM KMs.
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Hi John,
I get the error you mentionned needed a patch:
File "", line 38, in ?
com.hyperion.odi.common.ODIHAppException: Error occurred in driver while connecting to Financial Management application [ ] on [ ] using user-name [ ].
However I am working with ODI v.10.1.3.5.6, does the same patch need to be applied (Patch 9285774)?
- 2 March 2011 at 14:15
- John Goodwin said...
Hi Mary,
You shouldn't need to install the patch as you are already using a patch version higher than 9285774
- 3 March 2011 at 11:20
I got ODI configured with HFM. However, once I click reverse, the designer closes automatically and the reverse process never works. Out of 3 steps, reset metadata completes but gets stuck on second step 'Reverse'.
What can we try?
- 4 March 2011 at 12:13
- John Goodwin said...
Hi Amit,
Have you tried reversing using different agent instead of the local agent.
- 5 March 2011 at 10:33
Hi John,
One more question I was able to reverse HFM by changing the environment variables path. In fact, HFM drivers are installed in a different folder (other than ODI_Home1\oracledi\drivers). However now I can't reverse HP (is it because it's drivers in another folder?)
I get the following error:
org.apache.bsf.BSFException: exception from Jython:
Traceback (innermost last):
File "", line 32, in ?
com.hyperion.odi.common.ODIHAppException: com.hyperion.odi.planning.PlanningConnectionFactory{app.planning.factory.class=com.hyperion.odi.planning.PlanningConnectionFactory, app.essbase.factory.class=com.hyperion.odi.essbase.EssbaseConnectionFactory, app.hfm.factory.class=com.hyperion.odi.hfm.HFMConnectionFactory}
at com.hyperion.odi.connection.HypAppConnectionFactory.getFactory(Unknown Source)
Thank you
- 7 March 2011 at 13:27
We got our issue fixed where HFM reverse was closing the designer.
We had ODI driver path listed in environment but HFM with ODI is strictly looking to HFM ODI driver path. Once we explicitly listed HFM driver path in variables, the issue was resolved.
- 8 March 2011 at 07:09
- Fernando Parra said...
Hi Jonh,
I have the same issue http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__2AaArK5lW8/S3gNEJtNZTI/AAAAAAAACDM/mF8-gGc06zU/s1600-h/17.png
with ODI 220.127.116.11. We need another patch to solve that? Because in this post you mention ODI 10.1.3 version.
Fernando Parra. Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 9 June 2011 at 08:38
Like your blog.. Do you have tips on how to extract full metadata from LCM on an HFM 11 environment? I'm looking for all dimensions, members, attributes and hierarchies in .ads format?
- 21 October 2011 at 13:08
Hi John,
Thanks for the blog and info. All your blogs have been extremely helpful. I was able to get past this issue after following all your directions. I did notice that the path for the snpsagent.conf file is off as it is missing a period:
currently you have: wrapper.java.library.path.1=./drivers
it should be: wrapper.java.library.path.2=../drivers
It took me a few hours to figure that out as I was able to reverse the application using the Local Agent but not using the windows service agent.
- 10 January 2012 at 23:33
Hi John,
I was wondering to extract the data for all the base members of Account or Entity dimension at a go in ODI. I know we can provide the members as comma seperated values, but say my Entity dimension has 20000 member and I need to extract data for all the members at a go, what is the best way to proceed. Please suggest.
- 6 February 2013 at 13:50


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The big end of the year recap story of 04 will not be Bush reelected, but peak oil. After years of underground speculation, the specter of Die Off in our time, right around the corner, is being debated even on the business pages.
Of course, the tyranny of the present discounts any perspective that demands radical change, but the reality of peaking production and escalating demand (especially in China and in India where oil use increased by more than 5% this year) is hard to ignore and the consequences are just a little bit scarier than even four more years of one of the worst US administrations ever.
The mother of all depressions, transportation stroke, a Fortress America trying to keep horrific catastrophe outside the walls. The specter of global-scale problems such as peak oil and global warming - even the Bush administration finally this year had to recognize that burning fossil fuels is leading to dangerous warming of the planet, and new disturbing climate science postulates run away warming - puts a much different lens on present day events such as Iraq.
If these global-scale problems are going to be the hallmark of the 21st century and in turn generate much more severe societal breakdown and turbulence, then we must make a conscious attempt to rid ourselves of lingering 20th century lens bias or at least add this global-scale appreciation to understanding how events and policy formation today will effect us tomorrow.
Iraq is a very good example. It's the crude, dude. No WMDs; no link with terrorism; no danger to the US or even it's Middle East neighbours - could Iraq have been an illegal war? Not just technically; not just fudged UN resolutions; not just impotent UN when something had to be done about Saddam. Saddam on hindsight was a mouse or rather, the danger from Iraq was wildly overblown. Saddam was only an excuse.
Zimbabwe's President Mugabe has put a motion before the Organization of African Unity to marshal a force to bring badly needed democracy to the United States. Sorry, just kidding, but the notion that the war in Iraq was white hats liberating Iraq and bringing democracy to the Middle East is ludicrous.
This years awakening to the reality of peak oil must force a reappraisal of US actions in Iraq. Of course, there was a bundle of reasons for war, ranging from somewhat legitimate fear of open enemies of the US such as Saddam's Iraq; through domestic political, Bush Admin personal and ideological reasons; post 911 hysteria / shock and awe deterrence; military-industrial complex and oil business opportunities; non-oil geopolitical reasons (Israel); and certainly most importantly, a range of control of oil geopolitical reasons.
Factoring in the peak oil specter, especially into re-evaluating the evidence of Bush Admin (PNAC/neocon) premeditation, and a scary new vista of 21st century resource wars emerges.
Iraq was a grab for oil, a first preemptive move in the endgame for oil. It was dangerously, criminally illegal because Iraq was a cynical and premeditated attempt to control oil for America's future. As we move over the peak to the rapidly sloping fall off of oil production, seizing control of Iraq - whatever the pretense - will certainly be perceived as the choice of a military instead of possible cooperative, science-based approachs, and will increasingly be seen as such with disturbingly uncertain future consequences in a world were the rule of law has been seriously compromised.
In perhaps the best op-ed so far focusing on the differing American policy choices given peak oil, including the grab the oil policy, Robert Freeman delineates this unappreciated most important choice for Americans today:
"To date, we have chosen the second alternative: to secure oil by force. The evidence of its consequences are all around us. They include the titanic US budget and trade deficits funding a gargantuan, globally-deployed military and the Patriot Act and its starkly anti-democratic rescissions of civil liberties. There is little time left to change this choice before its consequences become irreversible.
"As long as the US chooses the Grab the Oil alternative, the implications for national policy are inescapable. The combination of all these facts fixed supply, rapid depletion, lack of alternatives, severity of consequences, and hostility of current stockholding countries drive the US to have to adopt an aggressive (pre-emptive) military posture and to carry out a nakedly colonial expropriation of resources from weaker countries around the world."
While peak oil enjoyed a break out in 04, and even though most Americans know in their heart of hearts that Iraq was about oil, Americans, this election, have yet to really make the connection. And they do not yet remotely appreciate that the US must lead but at the same time subsume itself in rapidly developing a global-scale governance and cooperation framework necessary to deal with emerging global-scale problems.
Given this bigger picture a Kerry win in November might be worse then Bush reelection because what is really needed is a catalyst to escape business as usual thinking about a future that promises immense dislocation. A very educational big Bush loss after reelection might be that needed catalyst. Those that remember Watergate will recall that the hardballer Tricky Dicky won reelection in 72 and then the fun started. There is still a lot to come out about Iraq and its not too late yet to reverse from the grab the oil policy path.


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Just found out India are out (been that sort of night/day). I don't think a big deal should be made of it, they were a bit sluggish, a bit out of form and lost their best player. Not to mention it's the nature of the shortened format that this can happen. I think major changes will only hurt a growing team more, although I can't disagree with ret's continuous improvement stance as long as it's nothing drastic.
Rest In Peace Craigos
The point is, confidence and form tend to overcome lots of deficiencies. There is a good chance that he would have been found out at 3 anyways but he was shuffled down, his form went down, his rhythm went out and then suddenly he was back at 3 for the crucial games and looked lost.
Even if Raina had failed at 3, had he been batting at 3 all along, at least it could be put down to inability. Now, it is inability plus incompetent captaincy...
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Frankly, some of the picks in the squad didn't deserve to be there. Ravi Jadeja is a complete misfit in this form of the game, with bat and ball. Pragyan Ojha doesn't add much value apart from his bowling; both Amit Mishra and Yusuf Pathan are better, well-rounded options. Dinesh Karthik scores in bits and pieces, and only one fifty in the IPL, which doesn't inspire any confidence. Rahane and Badrinath were better, while T20 centurion Manish Pandey should have played.
"Talent is nothing without opportunity"
"You're not remembered for aiming at the target, but hitting it"
Twenty20 used to be boring.
one good point for me abt India's exit is that I will be able to follow the rest of the games from a neutral perspective and enjoy good cricket
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Nassir Hussain to Harsha Bhogle in the commentary box after India's exit "No matter what you say in the end it is the technical inadequacy to play the rising ball that cost India"
He summed it up nicely. I wonder if he writes columns.
So what is Gary Doing in the team apart from playing Poker with rest of his crew ?
At the moment, he is being a backroom boy, letting all of the spotlight on Dhoni and the rest of the team. When they did well, they were glorified. When they have played poorly (as they have done now), they are being pilloried. I don't understand what the problem with Kirsten is here.... He is being consistent in being out of the spotlight...
And if Dhoni can take the praises, he gotta take the criticisms too. You are being completely unfair here... Plus, if Dhoni's excuse is that as a captain, he can have bad games and tourneys, the same can happen to the coach too.
It is not juz Gary btw, Venky and Robin are there too plus the medical staff.
My question was directed at the new perception (or fact) that "it is the technical inadequacy to play the rising ball that cost India", well in that case it has been a year and half since Gary took over, why have they not recognized this shortcoming yet ?
wasn't it WI who exposed that on June 12th!
Indian misery ends with 3 loses in a row .... Would like some of the guys to rested for the WI tour, which would also give them an opportunity to analyze their games
my recommendation for the squad
openers: Rohit, Panday, Vijay
other batsmen: Yuvi, Badri, YP, Karthik
pacers: RP, Praveen, IP, Nehra, Munaf
spinners: ojha and mishra
15th place: jadeja / another wk like Saha / Virat Kohli / ?
Now, after a public apology by Dhoni, the team management, particularly Gary Kirsten, started the excuse-o-matic before this match, blaming IPL fatigue on their below-par performance here. Then how was South Africa doing so much better? Or Sri Lanka? Both teams had all their top players in the IPL and they're doing well here. The result of Delhi and Punjab crashing out and Deccan winning the IPL was a bigger factor than any fatigue.
The Indians (batsmen in particular) were less than dire throughout the IPL, and that has showed here too. It is difficult to comment on the bowling, as they did well, though let down by fielding and field placings, but Zaheer and Ishant not being in form in England was a factor. The batting, however, looks completely misfit in T20, lacking technique, power, innovation and intelligence. Strategies were also weird, but when your best T20 players are on the bench, you're out of it.
And there's Yusuf Pathan. Tipped as one of the best T20 players around, Dhoni has relegated him far back into the sidelines, when he can contribute so much to this team.
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Pushing yourself in workouts is beneficial to other areas of your life. Learning how to ignore your body's signals of pain teaches you lessons about work, family life and everyday stress.
Pushing yourself in workouts is beneficial to other areas of your life. Learning how to ignore your body's signals of pain teaches you lessons about work, family life and everyday stress.
A normal slow-paced circuit workout, easy cardio session or "arms day" type of workout will not take you there. In order to gain mentally from workouts, you must find a way to workout so that you are not only physically challenged but also mentally challenged.
Are your workouts mentally challenging? Start to take note on what thoughts go through your head during your workout. If you are thinking about work, what to wear this weekend, what your girlfriend said to you this morning or if you can read a magazine or book during your workout, you are NOT getting any mental gains.
If you are constantly having an inner battle with yourself during your workout (keep going, don't quit, just two more minutes, just five more reps, etc.) chances are you are pushing yourself mentally and physically. This goes along the same lines as intensity, pushing yourself past your limits. If you aren't having this inner battle with yourself, you are wasting your time in the gym.
Learning to listen to your inner voice and becoming aware of the things it is saying to you is the first step to making gains towards being mentally and physically fitter. Once you start to recognize this, you are able to start to control those thoughts into positive, encouraging words that will keep you working hard. They also help you learn how to push past the pain and ignore it, knowing that you aren't going to get injured, you are just going to get stronger and fitter from it.
This mental edge has a very strong effect on other areas of your life. Problems with work become easier to handle. Putting yourself through a painful workout and doing more than you ever have before is so empowering that it makes challenges at work, with family, and daily struggles seem like nothing. Your thoughts become more positive and encouraging and you are able to face problems with a more organized thought process.
This same principle applies to any type of challenge in your life. Workouts can be spiritual, once you can become aware of the fact that your thoughts control everything. This could be compared to realizing God is in each of us that we can become "enlightened" like Buddha, the Divine Sprit is with us or whatever your religious beliefs are. This is such a giant step in your life that will not only take you physically further but mentally further in everything you do.
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