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Because "being smart" can only come from having part
if we told them the great majority of Europeans
aren't circumcised... Not to mention the rest of
the world... That man in the purple striped shirt
is smart; he's not buying it.
of your penis removed?I wonder what Africans would think
if we told them the great majority of Europeans
aren't circumcised... Not to mention the rest of
the world... That man in the purple striped shirt
is smart; he's not buying it.
It seems now, that organizers are aiming to "create" so-called "voluntary demand," or bust, by making Africans offers they can't refuse.
"Sports-based Interventions"
It looks like organizers are now using sports as an incentive to get men to get circumcised "voluntarily." You know? To keep the "voluntary" in "voluntary male medical circumcision." And no, I don't mean by celebrity endorsement by local footy legends. From what it looks like, organizers are now looking to make circumcision as a condition for participating in soccer programs.
In other words, you have to "volunteer" to have your genitals mutilated in order to play.
"In one presentation I sat through at a world AIDS conference (summer of 2010), a young doctor with these circumcision campaigns [in Africa] (he was marketing chief) took to the podium and explained a "successful" program. They went into the poorest communities, where the boys were mad for soccer, and bought them all new equipment and uniforms. Built them beautiful pitches to play on. Brought in well-known soccer players to inspire the boys, and got coaches. Let the boys play and get to love it. And when it came time to play in the regional tournaments, the bar came crushing down: they'd be sponsored to travel and play only if the team captain could convince most of the boys on the team to get circumcised. The peer pressure was tremendous not to let the team and community down. This doctor was positively gleeful at how successful this strategy was."
We really hoped this would be just a bad rumor, but now it seems making circumcision a condition for participation in soccer programs is an actually strategy being implemented in Africa, which is to be presented at the AIDS 2014 Conference in Melbourne, Australia, which is happening right now (July 20 - 25). A more detailed report about this can be read here.
"Sure you can eat... IF you volunteer to get circumcised first..."
As if making circumcision a condition for soccer programs weren't enough, it now sounds like organizers are using food, FOOD, as an incentive to get men to "volunteer" to be circumcised. This has got to be the most insulting strategy for "demand creation" that can be imagined for Africans.
African countries suffer poverty. They don't have adequate medical facilities. Men and women have to travel for miles to get medical attention. They don't have enough to eat. But yes, let's CIRCUMCISE them. Sure you'll get medicine, you'll get food, you'll get advice for better living. But the price is circumcision. Give us part of your penis, and part of your children's penises if you want food, the most bare of necessity for life. We can't actually guarantee that circumcision will actually DO anything for you, but it will guarantee some food for you and your family to eat.
All of this has got to be some sort of psychological experiment with Africans as guinea pigs. You can get men to do almost anything with the proper motivation. But how is this any different than lab mice in a skinner box?
The above scenario is basically being recreated with Africa, except instead of rodents, they're using Africans, and instead of a lever, it's circumcision, and instead of an electrifying wire mesh, it's social stigma.
If it's "get circumcised, or get fried," how in the world is this "voluntary?"
Is it not obvious that organizers have crossed over to the realm of madness?
This is outright exploitation of Africans using HIV prevention as pretext.
There is a problem when "success" in the fight against HIV is measured, not in how much less infections we have per year, not in how much closer we are to a vaccine, but by how many people we have brainwashed about circumcision, which, even if the best "research" is correct, still fails as HIV prevention (ergo circumcised men must still use condoms).
Smart men ask themselves, "If I still need to use a condom,
why even bother with circumcision?"
For heaven sakes, could we not just GIVE Africans food and water?
Could you we not just give Africans condoms and education MINUS the genital mutilation?
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Prairie Strips Field Day
Monday, August 16, 2021 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
This field day is free, open to the public and includes talks, opportunities for networking, and snacks! Kickoff event for the new MiSTRIPS program. Featuring Melissa Shaw of SKS Farms, Doug Landis and Corinn Rutkoski of Michigan State University and Marc Hasenick of Hasenick Brothers Farm. Read more about Prairie Strips Field Day

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The worst thing of all is that buying an option has nothing to do with owning a share of a company. When a company grows and prospers, all the shareholders benefit, but options are a zero-sum game. For every dollar that's won in the market there's a dollar that's lost, and a tiny minority does all the winning.
When you buy a share of stock, even a very risky stock, you are contributing something to the growth of the country. That's what the stocks are for. [...] In the multibillion-dollar futures and options market, not a bit of money is put into constructive use. It doesn't finance anything, except the cars, planes and houses purchased by the brokers and the handful of winners. What we are witnessing here is a giant transfer payment from the unwary to the wary.
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Warren Buffett thinks that stock futures and options ought to be outlawed, and I agree with him.
That's from the legendary mutual fund manager Peter Lynch in his 1989 classic, One Up On Wall Street.
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Among all the explanations of the current crisis, the one by Robert Feinman is possibly the best [thanks to Swarup for the link]. It describes in vivid terms the kind of crazy creatures that financial derivatives really are, and shows you that they just aren't investments at all!
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In 2003, Warren Buffett was as blunt as he was in 1989: he called financial derivatives "time bombs" and "financial weapons of mass destruction."
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In a short, but hard-hitting post, Dani Rodrik asks:
... What I would love to hear are some examples such financial innovation — not of any kind, but of the kind that has left a large enough footprint over some kind of economic outcomes we really care about. What are some of the ways in which financial innovation has made our lives measurably and unambiguously better?
If I had asked this question a little over a year ago, I suppose I would have been hearing a lot about how collateralized debt obligations and structured finance have allowed millions of people to purchase homes that they would not have been able to afford otherwise. Sorry, but you will have to come up with some other examples now.
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Two more links before I end:
1. Rahul's post on Markets and Honesty.
2. A gripping account a part of the on-going crisis [thanks to Lekhni for the link].


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The Balfour Declaration -- The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Jonathan Schneer Anchor Canada (Random House), Toronto, 2012.
Apr. 2, 2012 (Palestine Chronicle) -- This is the best that academic political history gets.
More than simply the dates and the 'facts', Jonathan Schneer is able to give some personality to the characters involved, including the all-too-human factors of lying, deceit, and manipulation that many political histories miss. The title, given to the letter that carried the name, The Balfour Declaration covers all the actors in the scene from the European empires, the Ottoman empire, the European Zionists, and the Arab politicians of the Middle East.
Lord Balfour himself certainly played a large part in the affairs of the world during that epoch, but the declaration itself owes its existence to these many other players and their machinations within the destructive chaos of World War I.
The cynicism, manipulation, and backstabbing is clear throughout the history. Before the Arabs joined in hostilities directed at the Turks, Egyptian High Commissioner Henry McMahon stated, "we have to ... tempt the Arab people into the right path, detach them form the enemy and bring them on to our side. This on our part is at present largely a matter of words ... we must use persuasive terms and abstain from academic haggling over conditions." In a later comment in the work, Schneer says these "telegrams ... inadvertently revealed the hopes, contradictions, tensions, guile, and prejudices now at work in shaping British and Allied wartime policy toward both the Jews and Arabs."
The history rests on these manipulations and "nebulous" proposals. The British wanted the Arabs on their side; they also wanted control of Palestine and Mesopotamia (Basra, Baghdad, Mosul). The French also wanted a share of the same region (mostly Syria, a largely undefined region at the time), and Britain wanted to limit their influence. The Arabs of course wanted their own governance out from under the Ottoman Turkish rule; they were willing to allow a very limited British and French presence, at the same time knowing they needed their military assistance to get rid of the Turkish military. There were early signs "of the incomprehension with which some important Britons initially pursued two mutually exclusive policies," from which as is generally the case, no one is satisfied.
The Jewish people were divided significantly between "assimilationists" -- those thinking that assimilation and remaining as a Britain who is a Jew as compared to a Jew who happens to be in Britain -- and the "nationalists," Zionists who worked for their own national state in Palestine. The British and the French overestimated the power of Jewish political influence and played this misguided feature (as did the Jews) to help in their victory over Germany, the Turks, and for Jewish support at home.
Familiar patterns
Throughout the history the parallels with later and more contemporary ideas concerning Israel and Palestine are obvious -- at least for those familiar with the more contemporary scene.
The first idea is demographics, always a concern for the Jewish population in Palestine/Israel. The many comments of later Zionists about needing a majority in the land (which contradicts any claims of a land without people) was understood by the very early Zionists. Already looking to the future, the Earl of Crewe (Asquith's secretary in India) noted from the British side, "when in the course of time the Jewish colonists in Palestine grow strong enough to cope with the Arab population they may be allowed to take the management of the internal affairs of Palestine ... into their own hands." As Schneer commented, "Weizmann could have asked for little more."
Another concept carried forward and still emphasized today is that of Jewish superiority over the Arabs in all aspects. Asher Ginzberg noted, "We are used to thinking of the Arabs as primitive men of the desert, as a donkey-like nature that neither sees nor understands what is going on around it," and ends with a warning, "But that is a great error." He further warned against the " 'repressive cruelty' employed by Zionists in their dealings with Arabs," in 1891, well before events of WW I and the current repression in Palestine.
Judaism is seen as being divided into halve and then into quarters. As noted above, there were (and are) assimilationist and nationalist Jews, and within the latter, the home of the Zionists, there exists "cultural" Zionists, and "political" Zionists.
In Judaism in general there is the struggle between existing as a diaspora, working with the "liberal tolerant creed of Judaism," and against "the necessity and eternity of war." Cultural Judaism (and cultural Zionism) look on Judaism as "an ethos and approach to life," rather than a dispersed nation state. The political Zionists emphasize the need for military strength within a nation state -- this latter viewpoint gained huge currency after World War II and has become one of the main fallback arguments as to the reason why the current state of Israel is acting the way it is.
The nationalist Zionists won the argument, not necessarily by force of logic or emotion, but through the political manipulations within Britain and France, remaining ignorant by design of the promises made between Britain and France and Britain and the Arabs concerning the Middle East and Palestine.
Palestine and the Balfour Declaration
Another factor that comes through by implication and repetition is that the concept of Palestine as a separate Arab state is not a new idea, not an idea that came into being after the nakba of 1948, not an invented idea. It is a concept, a stated reality within the negotiations taking place throughout this period of time.
One of the more disconcerting features of the Balfour Declaration is its apparent acceptance as legal entitlement for the state of Israel. There is no validity to it being considered an internationally legal document supporting Israel. In political reality, it was essentially a statement, a "declaration" that Britain supported and would assist with the establishment of a Jewish home in the region. Even then, it was according to Schneer almost overcome by other then current negotiations with the French and the Arabs in the region, negotiations kept hidden from the Zionists, including the lead protagonist in the story, Chaim Weizmann.
Schneer presents the many arguments concerning the wording and intent of the Declaration, essentially indicating that it was a political statement to gain favour with Jews and pre-empt any such statement of a Jewish homeland coming from the United States or Germany. Edwin Montagu argued at the time that "Palestine will become the world's Ghetto," perhaps more correct than he anticipated in regards to the Palestinians themselves.
The conclusion reached by Schneer, stated twice:
"Because it was unpredictable and characterized by contradictions, deceptions, misinterpretations, and wishful thinking, the lead-up to the Balfour Declaration sowed dragon's teeth.. It produced a murderous harvest, and we go on harvesting even today."
His final summation:
"During World War I ... Britain and her allies slew the Ottoman dragon in the Middle East. By their policies they sowed dragon's teeth, Armed men rose up from the ground. They are rising still."
More reading
This is an excellent historical work, but it is dealing with a complex time and a complex issue with many undercurrents and counter currents to the mainstream of history that is usually understood for the First World War, its causes and its consequences.
To gain a strong view of the events before during and after WW I, other reading material will give a broader more detailed outline and make The Balfour Declaration by Schneer easier to follow. To gain a good overview, Barbara Tuchman's Guns of August (Random House, 1994) provides an excellent history of events before the war, and how the same features of deception and guile, of patriotic beliefs in empire, created a situation only needing a spark to set it off. For the period immediately after the war, when grand sounding rhetoric turned out to be the same old imperialist hype, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 (Random House 2003) is an excellent work. The events of the war itself are generally well covered by many historical works, although often without the insight that Tuchman or MacMillan provide into the underlying human errors and ignorance that breeds war. For more background on the current situation in Palestine/Israel, one of the best works covering the post Second World War period is Ilan Pappe's The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, (Oneworld Publications, 2007).
These four works combined will give the reader an excellent understanding of the roots of the current situation in Palestine/Israel. They reveal much that is not written in the standard history texts, of the standard military autobiographies written for the grandeur of the winning more powerful side.
Jim Miles is a Canadian educator and a regular contributor/columnist of opinion pieces and book reviews for The Palestine Chronicle. Miles' work is also presented globally through other alternative websites and news publications.


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Jim Marchant, a former Nevada state lawmaker who has made Donald Trump's baseless claims about fraud in the 2020 election a cornerstone of his own campaign, is the Republican nominee to oversee voting in the swing state, according to a race call by The Associated Press.
Marchant becomes the latest election-denying GOP candidate to take a step closer to running elections in their state — a trend that has alarmed experts on democracy.
The Republican Marchant lost a congressional race in 2020 — an election he claimed, without evidence, was stolen from him.
On Tuesday, Marchant defeated several other GOP candidates in the primary for secretary of state, including businessman and former state lawmaker Jesse Haw. As of 8 a.m. ET Wednesday, Marchant had 38% of the vote, well ahead of Haw's 20%.
Democratic candidate Cisco Aguilar was unopposed in his primary.
The current secretary, Barbara Cegavske, is term-limited. The Republican defended Nevada's elections in 2020 and was then censured by the state GOP back in April 2021 for not doing enough to investigate alleged election fraud.
On his campaign website, Marchant proclaims that his "number one priority will be to overhaul the fraudulent election system in Nevada."
He organized the America First Secretary of State Coalition, which says it aims to achieve "election integrity" through reforms such as implementing voter ID requirements, eliminating mail-in voting and returning to hand-counting ballots. (Election experts say doing away with vote-counting machines is a bad idea.)
According to its website, the coalition began last year with a planning session that featured Marchant and other Trump-aligned secretary of state candidates, including Jody Hice in Georgia, Kristina Karamo in Michigan and Mark Finchem in Arizona — all candidates who have spread false claims about election fraud in 2020.
Last month, Hice lost his primary challenge to Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who has defended Georgia's election administration. Karamo, though, got the backing of Michigan Republicans in an April endorsement convention.
Nevada is one of the closest states on America's political map. Its races this fall for governor, U.S. Senate and three U.S. House seats are all considered toss-ups by the nonpartisan election rater Cook Political Report. Trump lost the state by just over 2 percentage points in 2020.
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It is better for all objects on a page to conform, but there are certain circumstances where that may not be possible. There may be situations when an object or section of content targets people with certain disabilities while those same attributes make it inaccessible for someone else. There may also be other reasons not to have a conforming object on the Web page. When an object does not conform, then a link to a conforming alternate version is adjacent to the non-conforming object in the linear reading order or is associated with the the non-conforming content. The conforming alternate version conveys the same information as the non-conforming version.
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Hurricane Andrew, which slammed into South Florida on Aug. 24, 1992, was the second costliest storm in modern U.S. history. Here in Miami-Dade County, which took the monstrous brunt of Andrew's Category 5 winds, we're observing the 20th anniversary by battening down the hatches for a new cyclone, Tropical Storm Isaac – which could be a hurricane when it passes near Tampa and the Republican National Convention. That's a coincidental reminder that many Floridians aren't just cursing Isaac as they put up their shutters this weekend. They're also fuming about Governor Rick Scott and their state-run property insurance corporation, Citizens, both of whom are widely accused of trying to throw Sunshine State residents into a financial tempest.
That controversy, laid out in a Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times series this month, has a lot of recession-racked Floridians wondering if they can afford to stay on the peninsula. Scott, a Tea Party Republican who disdains just about everything in the public sector, seems especially contemptuous of Citizens, established in 2002 largely to give Floridians access to affordable hurricane insurance in the wake of Andrew. Today it's the state's largest property insurer, but Scott insists it's too big, and he and company honchos are on a campaign to jettison homeowners from Citizens coverage and into the private sector. This despite the prospect that residents' windstorm premiums, which alone can top $4,000 a year for a $200,000 home in Miami, may double or triple – provided they can even find a private carrier who wants to write windstorm policies in Florida – possibly leaving many unable to afford the coverage that their mortgages require.
(PHOTOS: The Most Destructive U.S. Hurricanes of All Time)
Granted, it's not ideal to rely on a state-backed insurer as much as Florida leans on Citizens, whose bosses argue that its premiums are too low and its exposure too big to weather the next Andrew. Still, a hurricane hasn't hit the state since 2005. And Floridians might not be so irked at Citizens' stepped-up efforts to cancel policies if it weren't for another of Scott's crusades: his dismantling of much of the state's growth management apparatus, which lawmakers and civic groups designed in part to keep the peninsula's burgeoning population and reckless development from making Florida even more exposed to the financial wreckage of hurricanes – and the insurance premium spikes that result from it. Scott, for example, has abolished the Department of Community Affairs, which helped limit chaotic sprawl and kept developers from encroaching on the Everglades.
The problem is hardly unique to Florida, as Hurricane Katrina, U.S. history's costliest storm, so painfully reminded us in 2005. But the GOP should ponder it next week as Isaac roars by the Tampa convention. As the U.S. population keeps concentrating in areas prone to hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires and other disasters – and as factors like global warming, no matter how hard some try to ignore its presence, exacerbate those phenomena – both political parties are going to have think harder about how to better minimize the risks and absorb the costs. Low-lying coastal areas, for example, "were never meant to house as many people as they do today," says Tim Chapin, professor of urban and regional planning at Florida State University in Tallahassee. "More rampant development will absolutely put more people at physical and financial risk."
So let's hope Isaac reminds the pols in Tampa – and the Democrats at their convention the following week in Charlotte, N.C., another hurricane-vulnerable state – about legislation that's been lingering in Washington for years: a national catastrophe fund system. The "CAT Fund" would keep premiums more reasonable by pooling money from about 20 disaster-prone states and using it to help governments and insurance companies handle the costs of large-scale catastrophes like Katrina. Says Adm. James Loy, a former Coast Guard commandant and co-chair of ProtectingAmerica.org, which lobbies for better national emergency preparedness, "I'd like to think now that we're gaining traction in Washington for this notion of a national backstop."
The CAT Fund wouldn't be a taxpayer-funded backstop – which matters in this age of deficit doom, when government disaster relief is strained at best. Instead, private insurance companies would contribute a portion of their policy holders' premiums to state CAT Funds; to be eligible for national relief, the states would then contribute a portion of their money to a national CAT Fund administered by the Treasury Department. The key, says Loy, is having "three tiers accruing money over time – insurers, state funds and the national fund – sharing the burden and not relying on federal bailouts." The fund would also support first responders, encourage smarter building codes and growth management at the state and local level and promote public education, "making it more evident to homeowners what they're signing up for when they choose to buy a house in one of these areas," says Loy.
(MORE: 5 Things to Know to Protect Your House Against Flooding)
Perhaps most important, Loy adds, a national CAT Fund would lure large private insurers – which have all but abandoned property and windstorm markets like Florida – back to those areas. As a result, experts like Chapin agree that Washington has to put ideas like the CAT Fund on its radar. "We've got to get away from the way we depend on the federal government to save everyone's bacon in a disaster," says Chapin, though he and others think that may inevitably require higher taxes for residents in catastrophe-prone zones. "It gives us the illusion that there's no risk to overdeveloping these areas, that every time a disaster hits we can just build everything back the way we've done before."
Chapin insists, however, that Florida, to its credit, has done a better job than most coastal states in the past 20 years improving building codes and infrastructure like drainage. Which makes Scott's assault on smart growth management all the more distressing — all the more a reminder of how much we haven't learned since Andrew.


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Every second crime committed in Russia goes unsolved, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, addressing a conference of the nation's high-ranking Interior Ministry officials. "The low crime-detection rate and impunity for the criminals do not serve justice but undermine public trust in law enforcement agencies, as well as the state per se," Putin said, according to his website.
The leader was right – impunity is a grave problem for his country. Among the unsolved crimes are numerous attacks on and killings of independent and critical journalists. In at least 17 cases of journalists murdered in Russia in the last decade, no gunman or mastermind has been brought to justice, CPJ research shows.
"I ask you to pay the most focused attention to improving the quality of operative and investigative work on all levels," Putin told the officials. A look at CPJ's Impunity Index, which calculates the number of unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of each country's population, shows how badly Russia needs just that.
The most recent murder took place just two months ago: Kazbek Gekkiyev, a news anchor with state-owned broadcaster VGTRK, was shot dead while walking home after work in Nalchik, a city in Russia's volatile North Caucasus. Shortly after the murder, authorities named the suspected killers as Zeitun Boziyev and Inoyat Tabukhov. Both are suspected members of a radical Islamist guerilla group, investigators told the press.
On January 31, the regional parliament in Gekkiyev's native Kabardino-Balkaria Republic asked federal authorities to consider toughening punishment for those involved in attacks against journalists. According to the independent regional news website Kavkazsky Uzel, the legislators suggested that such attackers be imprisoned for life or even face capital punishment, which is banned in Russia.
Although the legislators' call for tougher sanctions might sound appealing to those who want to curb journalist murders, it will hardly solve the problem of impunity. The fight to punish the killers of journalists requires not only naming the suspected killers and bringing them to justice but also finding and prosecuting the masterminds. This has not been happening in Russia, CPJ research shows.
Authorities have adopted a trend of declaring that the killers of various journalists belong to radical Islamist groups or guerilla organizations, and even announced the suspects to the public. However, none of those suspects have been able to publicly defend themselves, because they died before having their day in court. For example, in the case of prominent human rights reporter Natalya Estemirova, authorities said the alleged murderer was killed during a firefight with a special operations squad.
Gekkiyev's murder has been no exception. Last month police shot dead one of the suspects, Boziyev, during his attempted arrest. Now we will never know whether he was involved in the journalist's murder, and if he was, he will never be able to tell anyone who ordered it.


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Chocolate sponge cake
5 egg yolks
2 egg whites
40g sugar
30g flour
10g corn flour
15g cocoa powder - i used valrhona
65g margarine - i used unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
pan 20X20X4 cm
Coffee Syrup
1 tsp instant coffee - i used 1 tbsp
2 tbsp granulated sugar
70g water
2tbsp rhum - I used vanilla extract
coffee mousse
1 tsp instant coffee mixed with 1 tbsp hot water
75 g heavy cream - I used double cream
100 gr White cooking chocolate - I used Marmer white couverture
2 LBR gelatine, soak in cold water - i used 4g gelatine powder dissolved in a little hot water - stir
150g heavy cream, whipped until fluffy
chocolate mousse
75g heavy cream - i used double cream
100g Dark cooking chocolate - i used marmer dark couverture chocolate
2 LBR gelatin, soak in cold water - i used 4g gelatin powder
150g heavy cream, whipped until fluffy - I used double cream
Sponge cake
1. Beat sugar and eggs until fluffy and thickened
2. Sieved flour, cornflour, cocoa powder and baking powder
3. Fold in flour mixture gently till well combined
4. Fold in melted butter and mix well
5. Pour batter into greased pan and baked it for 15mins .. 175C
6. Sliced cake into two part and set it aside
Method for both mousse
1. Heat the heavy cream
2. Add into white cooking chocolate and let it sit for 5 mins bef stirring.
2. Add in gelatin and stir till combined.
3. In another bowl, whisk heavy cream till fluffy.. add chocolate mixture into heavy cream and stir gently - place in fridge.
For coffee mousse
Same as abv except u add ur coffee mixture after u add the rest to whipped cream.
- Place a piece of sponge cake in a ring pan (pan without base) square size 20x20
drizzle cake with half the coffee syrup
- Pour coffee mousse
- Cover with chocolate sponge cake
- Sprinkle cake with remaining coffee syrup
- Pour the chocolate mousse
- Let it sit in fridge overnight or at least for 4hrs bef serving.
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Name: libpulse0 | Distribution: SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 |
Version: 17.0 | Vendor: SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> |
Release: 150600.2.3 | Build date: Thu May 9 21:11:53 2024 |
Group: System/Libraries | Build host: h04-armsrv1 |
Size: 1037949 | Source RPM: pulseaudio-17.0-150600.2.3.src.rpm |
Packager: https://www.suse.com/ | |
Url: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/ | |
Summary: Client interface to PulseAudio |
pulseaudio is a networked sound server for Linux and other Unix like operating systems and Microsoft Windows. It is intended to be an improved drop-in replacement for the Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESOUND). This package contains the system libraries for clients of pulseaudio sound server.
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* Tue Feb 27 2024 email@example.com - Do not BuildRequire pkgconfig(webrtc-audio-processing-1) on big endian architectures (s390, s390x, ppc64) as the dependency is not available: * WebRTC echo canceller will be disabled there * Tue Feb 13 2024 firstname.lastname@example.com - Add cherry-picks to fix UCM crashes * pulseaudio-replace-port-device-UCM-context-assertion-with-an-error.patch * pulseaudio-check-UCM-verb-before-working-with-device-status.patch * Thu Feb 08 2024 email@example.com - Update to version 17.0: * Updates to ALSA UCM-based setups * Battery level indication to Bluetooth devices * Support for the Bluetooth FastStream codec * webrtc-audio-processing dependency updated * Trigger role groups added to module-role-cork * XDG base directory spec for profile-set loading * PA_RATE_MAX increased * webrtc-audio-processing dependency updated For details, see: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/17.0/ - Drop obsoleted patches: echo-cancel-add-webrtc-AEC3-support.patch build-sys-Bump-cpp_std-to-c-17.patch build-sys-Bump-webrtc-audio-processing-dependency.patch * Wed Dec 20 2023 email@example.com - minor fixes for setup-pulseaudio * be sure /etc/profile.d/pulseaudio.sh exists before using grep * Wed Sep 20 2023 firstname.lastname@example.com - Remove with_old_webrtc define since webrtc-audio-processing 1.3 now also builds for Leap 15.x in multimedia:libs so there's no need for a special case. * Mon Sep 18 2023 email@example.com - Enable webrtc AEC3 support: echo-cancel-add-webrtc-AEC3-support.patch - Build fixes for webrtc-audio-processing 1.3 (only enabled for TW, so far; Leap 15.x still receives the old version): build-sys-Bump-cpp_std-to-c-17.patch build-sys-Bump-webrtc-audio-processing-dependency.patch * Fri Jun 30 2023 firstname.lastname@example.com - Drop pulseaudio-gdm-hooks subpackage including default.pa-for-gdm and pulseaudio-gdm-hooks.tmpfiles. Moved to gdm instead. * Thu Mar 23 2023 email@example.com - Enable LTO as the GCC issue is fixed with gcc13 (boo#1133278). * Thu Jan 26 2023 firstname.lastname@example.com - Move dbus-1 system.d file to /usr (bsc#1207584) * Mon Jul 18 2022 email@example.com - Update to 16.1 (bsc#1201331): * Fix parsing of percentage volumes with decimal points in pactl * Fix crash with the "pacmd play-file" command when reads from the disk aren't frame-aligned * Fix module-rtp-recv sometimes thinking it's receiving an Opus stream when it's not * Fix frequent crashing in module-combine-sink, regression in 16.0 * Fix crashing on 32-bit architectures when using the GStreamer codecs for LDAC and AptX * Tue May 31 2022 firstname.lastname@example.com - update to 16.0: * Notes for end users * Opus support in RTP modules * Improved hardware support * EPOS/Sennheiser GSP 670 USB/wireless headset * SteelSeries GameDAC * Behringer UMC22 generalized to Texas Instruments PCM2902 to support more products * NI Komplete Audio 6 MK2 profiles * Tunnel latency is now configurable * Bluetooth device battery level reporting added * Tunnel and combine-sunk latency fixes * patcl can show information in JSON format * Channel remixing can be disabled for module-combine-sink * A lot of fixes to ALSA, bluetooth, and other components. * Notes for application developers * Stream latency reports now include resampler delay * Module installation location changed, remember to upgrade paprefs to the latest version! * Notes for packagers * Opus support in the RTP modules requires enabling GStreamer * Bluetooth battery level reporting via BlueZ requires enabling experimentals features in BlueZ * New time smoother implementation * Change Meson option 'daemon-only' to 'client' * glib and fftw are now common dependencies, not only for the client. * Enable GStreamer-based RTP by default when available * Wed Feb 09 2022 email@example.com - As we now have gstreamer dependencies in place, pass gstreamer=enabled to meson, enable the features. * Wed Feb 09 2022 email@example.com - Enable GStreamer support in Pulseaudio. This allows to use Bluetooth Headsets with LDAC or OpenAptX codec when available. Add pkgconfig(gstreamer-1.0), pkgconfig(gstreamer-app-1.0) and pkgconfig(gstreamer-rtp-1.0) BuildRequires. * Thu Feb 03 2022 firstname.lastname@example.com - Drop unneeded nor used pkgconfig(gconf-2.0) BuildRequires: gconf support was dropped upstream in version 15. * Fri Jan 14 2022 email@example.com - Workaround for spurious errors in dump-modules command (bsc#1194379): pulseaudio-dump-module-Ignore-invalid-module-init-tools.patch * Wed Jan 05 2022 email@example.com - Fix parameters passed to meson: * access-group, => access_group, system-group => system_group, and system-user => system_user for them to actually have an effect. * Thu Dec 30 2021 email@example.com - Fix a typo in padsp LD_PRELOAD setup (bsc#1194074) * Tue Nov 23 2021 email@example.com - Improving the handling with pipewire (bsc#1188516): * Split the setup script to a sub-package pulseaudio-setup to be shared with pipewire-pulseaudio package * Modified setup script to adapt pipewire-pulse * Wed Nov 17 2021 email@example.com - Revert last change and BuildIgnore user(pulse) instead. * Tue Nov 16 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Use system-user-pulse instead of user(pulse) for PreReq; otherwise a new project can't resolve * Fri Oct 08 2021 email@example.com - Make system-user-pulse noarch * Mon Oct 04 2021 email@example.com - Split sysusers.d file to separate package as needed by brltty (bsc#1191465) * Thu Sep 16 2021 email@example.com - Remove obsolete translation-update-upstream support (jsc#SLE-21105). - Require perl-XML-Parser explicitly, it's needed by build. * Wed Aug 25 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Drop SDL_AUDIODRIVER override, as SDL already prefers PA as default; this also fixes the recent breakage with SDL2 (bsc#1189778) * Tue Aug 03 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to PulseAudio 15 - drop esound compat support - drop gconf support - convert to mason build system - disable doxygen doc generation - droped patches: drop bluetooth patches integrated in release: 0001-bluetooth-use-consistent-profile-names.patch 0002-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP.patch 0003-bluetooth-add-correct-HFP-rfcomm-negotiation.patch 0004-bluetooth-make-native-the-default-backend.patch 0005-bluetooth-enable-module-bluez5-discover-argument-ena.patch 0006-bluetooth-fix-headset-auto-ofono-handover.patch 0007-bluetooth-prefer-headset-HFP-HF-connection-with-nati.patch 0008-bluetooth-complete-bluetooth-profile-separation.patch 0009-bluetooth-use-device-flag-to-prevent-assertion-failu.patch 0010-bluetooth-rename-enable_hs_role-to-enable_shared_pro.patch 0011-bluetooth-clean-up-rfcomm_write-usage.patch drop parecord patches integrated in release parecord-fix-Failed-to-open-audio-file-for-FLAC-and-.patch parecord-really-fix-recording-OGG.patch - refresh disabled-start.diff patch - new features: * Support for LDAC and AptX bluetooth codecs, plus "SBC XQ" (SBC with higher-quality parameters) * Support for HFP bluetooth profiles * Support for Bluetooth A2DP AVRCP Absolute Volume * ALSA path configuration files can now be placed in user home directory * module-virtual-surround-sink rewritten * More options for module-jackdbus-detect * Improved hardware support * SteelSeries Arctis 9 * HP Thunderbolt Dock 120W G2 * Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 * OnePlus Type-C Bullets * Sennheiser GSX 1000/1200 PRO * New udev variable: PULSE_MODARGS * max_latency_msec argument added to module-null-source * module-filter-apply can take filter parameters from device properties * module-match can now be loaded multiple times * Improvements to FreeBSD support * Windows support added to Meson * Additional commands for pactl * Card profiles can be set to sticky * The startup script can now read additional configuration from the /etc/pulse/default.pa.d/ directory * * Notes for application developers * New API for sending messages from clients to PulseAudio objects * New mechanism for applications to disable shared memory on their connection to PulseAudio ( https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/15.0/ ) * Sun Jul 18 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Remove unneeded shadow dependency, no longer required due to systemd-sysusers * Sat Jun 26 2021 email@example.com - Change to using systemd-sysusers - Remove old SUSE RPM constructs * Mon Apr 19 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Really fix recording OGG with parecord (bsc#1183546) parecord-really-fix-recording-OGG.patch * Tue Mar 16 2021 email@example.com - move license to licensedir * Mon Mar 15 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Fix "Failed to open audio file" for FLAC and OGG (bsc#1183546) parecord-fix-Failed-to-open-audio-file-for-FLAC-and-.patch * Mon Mar 01 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Upstream fixes for supporting HFP in native backend (bsc#1167940): 0001-bluetooth-use-consistent-profile-names.patch 0002-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP.patch 0003-bluetooth-add-correct-HFP-rfcomm-negotiation.patch 0004-bluetooth-make-native-the-default-backend.patch 0005-bluetooth-enable-module-bluez5-discover-argument-ena.patch 0006-bluetooth-fix-headset-auto-ofono-handover.patch 0007-bluetooth-prefer-headset-HFP-HF-connection-with-nati.patch 0008-bluetooth-complete-bluetooth-profile-separation.patch 0009-bluetooth-use-device-flag-to-prevent-assertion-failu.patch 0010-bluetooth-rename-enable_hs_role-to-enable_shared_pro.patch 0011-bluetooth-clean-up-rfcomm_write-usage.patch * Thu Feb 25 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Let pulseaudio-utils require any pulseaudio-daemon provider so parecord and the other utils can be used with other pulseaudio implementations * Thu Feb 25 2021 email@example.com - Provide pulseaudio-daemon capability so pipewire-pulseaudio can also provide that capability instead of providing 'pulseaudio' itself which makes it difficult to recommend the pulseaudio package (boo#1182730). * Fri Jan 29 2021 email@example.com - Drop the bad patch: pulseaudio-wrong-memset.patch the patch has been wrongly refreshed, mutated into a harmful form. The original bug has been already fixed in the upstream commit 764eabd10. * Thu Jan 28 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Supplement pulseaudio-bash-completion against bash-completion, not bash. * Tue Jan 26 2021 email@example.com - Disable LTO on armv7 as it breaks the build * Sun Jan 24 2021 email@example.com - udpate to 14.2: * Support upto 8 mixer channels on ALSA devices * Handle ALSA jacks with the same name but different index values * Switch to plugged-in headset when mic availability is unknown * Fix a potential segfault in the Bluetooth oFono HFP backend * Fix a problem with module-ladspa-sink when avoid-resampling=true * Update to the NEWS file for 14.0 (and 14.1) * Fix database names containing canonical host for meson builds * Wed Jan 13 2021 email@example.com - Drop the outdated module-rescue-stream from gdm default config (bsc#1180869) * Thu Jan 07 2021 firstname.lastname@example.com - Fix copyright in the spec file for SLE submission * Tue Dec 15 2020 email@example.com - Enable LTO (boo#1133278) as it works now. * Wed Nov 25 2020 email@example.com - Update to pulseaudio 14.0: see details in: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/14.0/ - Build with --enable-stream-restore-clear-old-devices: This is a bit destructive option, it will clear the old PA routing once when upgraded prior to 14.0, but it's required for GNOME (see the release notes above). It should be a one-off action, and hopefully wouldn't bother too much. - Drop obsoleted patches: 0001-alsa-mixer-path-test-Hide-unused-functions-when-buil.patch 0002-alsa-mixer-recognize-the-Speaker-Jack-control.patch 0003-alsa-mixer-add-support-for-SteelSeries-Arctis-Pro-20.patch 0004-alsa-mixer-Add-support-for-SteelSeries-Arctis-5-2019.patch 0005-alsa-mixer-add-support-for-LucidSound-LS31-and-creat.patch 0006-alsa-ucm-use-ucm2-name-for-the-direct-card-index-ope.patch 0007-alsa-ucm-add-mixer-IDs-to-ucm_items.patch 0008-alsa-mixer-handle-the-index-for-ALSA-mixer-element-i.patch 0009-alsa-mixer-improve-alsa_id_decode-function.patch 0010-alsa-ucm-Support-Playback-CaptureVolume.patch 0011-alsa-ucm-Fix-volume-control-based-on-review.patch 0012-alsa-ucm-use-the-correct-mixer-identifiers-as-first.patch 0013-alsa-ucm-add-support-for-master-volume.patch 0014-alsa-ucm-split-correctly-JackHWMute-device-names.patch 0015-alsa-ucm-fix-parsing-for-JackControl.patch 0016-alsa-ucm-add-comments-to-ucm_get_mixer_id.patch 0017-alsa-ucm-validate-access-to-PA_DEVICE_PORT_DATA.patch 0018-alsa-Skip-resume-PCM-if-hardware-doesn-t-support-it.patch 0019-alsa-ucm-parse-correctly-the-device-values.patch 0020-alsa-ucm-do-not-try-to-use-UCM-device-name-as-jack-n.patch 0021-alsa-util-do-not-try-to-guess-the-mixer-name-from-th.patch 0022-alsa-ucm-add-control-and-mixer-device-items.patch 0023-alsa-ucm-get-the-mixer-names-from-ucm-don-t-guess.patch 0024-alsa-ucm-use-the-proper-mixer-name-for-ucm-pcm-sink-.patch 0025-alsa-mixer-handle-interface-type-CARD-PCM-for-mixer-.patch 0026-alsa-mixer-Add-the-ability-to-pass-the-intended-role.patch 0027-alsa-mixer-Set-the-intended-role-of-Steelseries-Arct.patch 0028-alsa-rewrite-mixer-open-close-cache-mixer-accesses-i.patch 0029-alsa-ucm-add-support-for-HDMI-ELD.patch 0030-alsa-mixer-do-the-quick-card-number-lookup-to-save-m.patch 0031-alsa-mixer-improve-check-for-the-empty-path-set-for-.patch 0032-alsa-ucm-allow-to-set-profile-priority-from-UCM-valu.patch 0033-alsa-Document-that-mixer-elements-can-be-identified-.patch 0034-alsa-ucm-correct-the-channel-default-logic-stereo.patch 0035-alsa-ucm-do-not-assign-JackHWMute-when-JackControl-i.patch 0036-ucm-Don-t-log-errors-during-normal-operation.patch 0037-alsa-handle-unavailbale-HW-volume-in-UCM.patch 0038-alsa-ucm-use-the-right-profile-name.patch 0039-ucm-fix-the-port-ucm-device-activation-on-boot.patch 0040-alsa-sink-source-fix-the-mixer-initialization.patch * Mon Jun 22 2020 firstname.lastname@example.com - Fixes for %_libexecdir changing to /usr/libexec * Sun Jun 07 2020 firstname.lastname@example.com - for libpulse-devel-32bit, require libpulse0-32bit + libpulse-mainloop-glib0-32bit to help wine development (bsc#1172301) * Wed May 13 2020 email@example.com - Backport upstream fixes for ALSA UCM profile handling (boo#1171492): 0033-alsa-Document-that-mixer-elements-can-be-identified-.patch 0034-alsa-ucm-correct-the-channel-default-logic-stereo.patch 0035-alsa-ucm-do-not-assign-JackHWMute-when-JackControl-i.patch 0036-ucm-Don-t-log-errors-during-normal-operation.patch 0037-alsa-handle-unavailbale-HW-volume-in-UCM.patch 0038-alsa-ucm-use-the-right-profile-name.patch 0039-ucm-fix-the-port-ucm-device-activation-on-boot.patch 0040-alsa-sink-source-fix-the-mixer-initialization.patch * Thu Apr 02 2020 email@example.com - Control systemd user socket activation in setup-pulseaudio script too (boo#1168393) * Wed Feb 12 2020 firstname.lastname@example.com - Backport upstream fixes / enhancements about alsa modules: mainly for UCM support (boo#1160914): 0001-alsa-mixer-path-test-Hide-unused-functions-when-buil.patch 0002-alsa-mixer-recognize-the-Speaker-Jack-control.patch 0003-alsa-mixer-add-support-for-SteelSeries-Arctis-Pro-20.patch 0004-alsa-mixer-Add-support-for-SteelSeries-Arctis-5-2019.patch 0005-alsa-mixer-add-support-for-LucidSound-LS31-and-creat.patch 0006-alsa-ucm-use-ucm2-name-for-the-direct-card-index-ope.patch 0007-alsa-ucm-add-mixer-IDs-to-ucm_items.patch 0008-alsa-mixer-handle-the-index-for-ALSA-mixer-element-i.patch 0009-alsa-mixer-improve-alsa_id_decode-function.patch 0010-alsa-ucm-Support-Playback-CaptureVolume.patch 0011-alsa-ucm-Fix-volume-control-based-on-review.patch 0012-alsa-ucm-use-the-correct-mixer-identifiers-as-first.patch 0013-alsa-ucm-add-support-for-master-volume.patch 0014-alsa-ucm-split-correctly-JackHWMute-device-names.patch 0015-alsa-ucm-fix-parsing-for-JackControl.patch 0016-alsa-ucm-add-comments-to-ucm_get_mixer_id.patch 0017-alsa-ucm-validate-access-to-PA_DEVICE_PORT_DATA.patch 0018-alsa-Skip-resume-PCM-if-hardware-doesn-t-support-it.patch 0019-alsa-ucm-parse-correctly-the-device-values.patch 0020-alsa-ucm-do-not-try-to-use-UCM-device-name-as-jack-n.patch 0021-alsa-util-do-not-try-to-guess-the-mixer-name-from-th.patch 0022-alsa-ucm-add-control-and-mixer-device-items.patch 0023-alsa-ucm-get-the-mixer-names-from-ucm-don-t-guess.patch 0024-alsa-ucm-use-the-proper-mixer-name-for-ucm-pcm-sink-.patch 0025-alsa-mixer-handle-interface-type-CARD-PCM-for-mixer-.patch 0026-alsa-mixer-Add-the-ability-to-pass-the-intended-role.patch 0027-alsa-mixer-Set-the-intended-role-of-Steelseries-Arct.patch 0028-alsa-rewrite-mixer-open-close-cache-mixer-accesses-i.patch 0029-alsa-ucm-add-support-for-HDMI-ELD.patch 0030-alsa-mixer-do-the-quick-card-number-lookup-to-save-m.patch 0031-alsa-mixer-improve-check-for-the-empty-path-set-for-.patch 0032-alsa-ucm-allow-to-set-profile-priority-from-UCM-valu.patch * Mon Feb 03 2020 firstname.lastname@example.com - No longer recommend -lang: supplements are in use. * Thu Dec 19 2019 firstname.lastname@example.com - BuildRequire pkgconfig(libudev) instead of libudev-devel: allow OBS to work with the -mini flavors. There is no need to be scheduled behind the full systemd. * Mon Oct 07 2019 email@example.com - Update pulseaudio-gdm-hooks.tmpfiles to use the same ownership and permissions as in specfile for pulseaudio files. - Update default.pa-for-gdm to not load bluetooth support in pulseaudio gdm instance. This ensure headset are not stolen by gdm instance instead of user instance. Idea from ArchLinux. - Update pulseaudio-old-systemd-workaround.patch to disable LockPersonality also on Leap 15.x. * Sun Sep 22 2019 email@example.com - Pass --disable-running-from-build-tree to configure for improving build reproducibility. - Add pulseaudio-rpmlintrc: Filter out false positive warnings about hidden files in pulseaudio-gdm-hooks. * Mon Sep 16 2019 email@example.com - Update to version 13.0: * Added support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio * Improved initial card profile selection for ALSA cards * Bluetooth card profile choices aren't persistent any more by default. * Added support for SteelSeries Arctis 5 USB headset. * New "max_latency_msec" module argument for module-loopback. * New "stream_name" module argument for module-rtp-send. * Fixed S/PDIF for CMEDIA USB2.0 High-Speed True HD Audio. * Use source sample spec and channel map by default in module-loopback. * New "avoid_resampling" module argument for module-udev-detect and module-alsa-card. * "avoid_resampling" also tries to avoid format conversion if the ALSA device supports it. * New function to enable realtime scheduling for client threads. * Removed BlueZ 4 support. * Dropped intltool. * Introduction of the Meson build system. * Const-ification of parameters across headers. * Minor bug-fixes, bindings updates. * Updated translations. - Update drvver to 13.0. * Sat Sep 07 2019 email@example.com - Use make_build macros. * Tue Aug 27 2019 email@example.com - Workaround for old systemd on Leap 15.x, as the recent hardening relies on the new systemd: pulseaudio-old-systemd-workaround.patch * Tue Aug 06 2019 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to 13 RC2 (12.99.2) * Added support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio * Improved initial card profile selection for ALSA cards * Bluetooth card profile choices aren't persistent any more by default * Added support for SteelSeries Arctis 5 USB headset * New "max_latency_msec" module argument for module-loopback * New "stream_name" module argument for module-rtp-send * Fixed S/PDIF for CMEDIA USB2.0 High-Speed True HD Audio * Use source sample spec and channel map by default in module-loopback * New "avoid_resampling" module argument for module-udev-detect and module-alsa-card * New function to enable realtime scheduling for client threads * Removed BlueZ 4 support * Dropped intltool * Some initial work on a Meson build system * https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/13.0/ - Removed patches already included in the source: pulseaudio-alsa.patch pa-set-exit-idle-time-to-0-when-we-detect-a-session.patch * Thu Jul 11 2019 email@example.com - Remove SuSEfirewall2 service since SuSEfirewall2 has been replaced by firewalld (which already provides a service for pulseaudio). - Remove some obsolete macros and conditionals. * Tue Jun 11 2019 firstname.lastname@example.com - Rebase qpaeq-shebang.patch to python3 instead of python, as we build pulseaudio with python3 support and not python2. Aka pulseaudio requires /usr/bin/python3 and not /usr/bin/python. * Tue Jun 11 2019 firstname.lastname@example.com - BuildRequire pkgconfig(systemd) instead of systemd: allow OBS to shortcut the build queues by allowing usage of systemd-mini * Fri Apr 26 2019 email@example.com - bsc#1130588: Require shadow instead of old pwdutils * Wed Apr 24 2019 firstname.lastname@example.com - Disable LTO (boo#1133278). * Sun Apr 21 2019 email@example.com - Fix the UCM module build due to the removal of alsa/* include path (bsc#1132880): updated pulseaudio-alsa.patch * Wed Mar 27 2019 email@example.com - Remove one redundant Requires: systemd, and add BuildRequires: systemd-rpm-macros. * Tue Mar 26 2019 firstname.lastname@example.com - Use alsa API properly. Consumers are expected to use <alsa/asoundlib.h> instead of <asoundlib.h>. This is in preparation of an change to pkgconfig(alsa) to not pollute CFLAGS with -I/usr/include/alsa anymore (bsc#1130333) pulseaudio-alsa.patch * Wed Jan 30 2019 firstname.lastname@example.com - Make /var/lib/gdm %ghost again in pulseaudio-gdm-hooks so we don't create the directory when installing the package. gdm was just changed to create that directory as %ghost too to keep both packages in sync. - Add /var/lib/pulseaudio (which is already created by systemd-tmpfiles) as %ghost so users can easily query who created the directory, it gets uninstalled on package removal and rpmlint doesn't complain about it. * Tue Jan 15 2019 email@example.com - Enable systemd user socket for activating PA (bsc#1083473) - Disable auto-spawn along with the change above * Sun Nov 18 2018 email@example.com - Drop ghost from gdm hook dir to sync with gdm package itself * Thu Nov 15 2018 email@example.com - Fix setup-pulseaudio script to deal with the new alsa/conf.d setup that was introduced since alsa-lib 1.1.7 (bsc#1116153) * Fri Oct 19 2018 email@example.com - Add a Supplements line to pulseaudio-gdm-hooks so it's selected for installation when gdm and pulseaudio are installed. * Thu Oct 18 2018 email@example.com - Don't create files under /var on package installation but using systemd-tmpfiles to be friendly to transactional updates (bsc#1098063, fate#325524) - Add pulseaudio.tmpfiles and pulseaudio-gdm-hooks.tmpfiles * Mon Jul 16 2018 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to 12.2 * Fixed broken configure script (building failed when gsettings was enabled) - Update to 12.1 * Fixed a crash when switching to the A2DP bluetooth profile * Fixed the plugin search path in module-ladspa-sink * Fixed file permissions for the pipes created by module-pipe-sink and module-pipe-source - Remove patch 0001-Revert-ladspa-sink-fix-Windows-compilation.patch * Thu Jun 21 2018 email@example.com - Update to 12 (for complete changes see RC1 + following) * Better latency reporting (and hence better A/V sync) with the A2DP bluetooth profile * Fixed a crash or high CPU use problem with Intel HDMI LPE * module-pipe-sink can now use an existing pipe * Fixed Native Instruments Traktor Audio 6 detection * Updates for the Vala bindings * Compatibility with glibc 2.27 * The esdcompat tool isn't any more installed if esound support is disabled * Tue Jun 19 2018 email@example.com - Revert the gconf module removal; plasma5-pa still requires it (while paprefs git version moved to gsettings) (bsc#1092871) * Thu Jun 14 2018 email@example.com - Fix LADSPA sink regression: revert the affecting commit (bsc#1097170): 0001-Revert-ladspa-sink-fix-Windows-compilation.patch * Wed Jun 06 2018 email@example.com - Drop pkgconfig(gconf-2.0) BuildRequires: No longer mandatory, following this, replace --enable-gconf configure call with - -disable-gconf and add explicit pkgconfig(gio-2.0) BuildRequires. - Following the above, drop pulseaudio-module-gconf sub-package, and obsolete it from pulseaudio-module-gsettings. * Tue May 15 2018 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to 12 RC1 (11.99.1) * Much more accurate latency reporting for AirPlay devices * module-switch-on-connect now ignores virtual devices * When using passthrough for compressed audio, set the "non-audio" bit * Prioritize HDMI output over S/PDIF output * HSP support for more bluetooth headsets * Choose the A2DP bluetooth profile by default instead of HSP * New "sink_input_properties" module argument for module-ladspa-sink * New "use_system_clock_for_timing" module argument for module-pipe-sink * Steelseries Arctis 7 USB headset stereo output support * Dell Thunderbolt Dock TB16 speaker jack support * Fixed digital input support for some USB sound cards * Ability to disable input or output on macOS * New "dereverb" option for the Speex echo canceller * New module: module-always-source * State files not any more readable by all users in the system mode * module-augment-properties now uses XDG_DATA_DIRS to find .desktop files * The GConf dependency can now be avoided * qpaeq license changed from AGPL to LGPL * qpaeq ported to Qt 5 - 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Abort PA process at session exit properly (bsc#1052437): pa-set-exit-idle-time-to-0-when-we-detect-a-session.patch * Thu Feb 15 2018 firstname.lastname@example.com - Add pulseaudio-glibc2.27.patch: Fix build with glibc 2.27 (boo#1081023, fdo#104733). * Thu Nov 23 2017 firstname.lastname@example.com - Replace references to /var/adm/fillup-templates with new %_fillupdir macro (boo#1069468) * Tue Sep 19 2017 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to 11.1 * Fix a crash in filter modules related to flat volumes and volume sharing * Fix a crash when the bluetooth adapter reports weird MTU size * Disable bluetooth MTU autodetection by default * Add mixer handling back for hardware that doesn't have any alsa-lib configuration * Prioritize USB devices over built-in sound cards (11.0 was supposed to have this feature, but the implementation turned out to be incomplete) * Tue Sep 05 2017 email@example.com - Update to 11 (11.0) * The default sink and source configuration is remembered better * https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/11.0/ * Fri Jul 28 2017 firstname.lastname@example.com - 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Removed BuildRequires pkgconfig(json) * Sun Sep 04 2016 email@example.com - Stop passing --disable-bluez5-ofono-headset when using bluez5. * Wed Jun 22 2016 email@example.com - Update to 9.0 * Automatic routing improvements * Beamforming and various other new features in the WebRTC echo canceller * Various improvements in module-role-cork and module-role-ducking * LFE remixing disabled by default * memfd-backed shared memory transport * Support for sample rates up to 384 kHz * webrtc-audio-processing dependency minimum version bumped to 0.2 * Changed the C standard from C99 to C11. - Updated depencency webrtc-audio-processing to 0.3 * Sun May 29 2016 firstname.lastname@example.com - Update to 9.0 RC2 (8.99.2) * Fri May 27 2016 email@example.com - Update to 9.0 RC1 (8.99.1) + memfd support (off by default) + refinements to automatic switching to HDMI outputs + improvements to our echo canceller (including the addition of beamforming) + lots of other changes - Updated dependency webrtc-audio-processing >= 0.2 - Do not mark shell completion includes as configs (solves some rpmlint warnings) * Thu Apr 14 2016 email@example.com - Use /etc/pulse/client.conf.d/50-system.conf as a system setup by setup-pulseaudio script instead of modifying the global config. * Mon Apr 04 2016 firstname.lastname@example.com - Move libpulsedsp.so into pulseaudio-utils subpackage and add it to baselibs.conf so that 32bit compat lib is built (boo#968568); also recommends is added in libpulse0-32bit for easy installation - Fix padsp script to support bi-arch libs (boo#968568) with padsp-biarch.patch - Call bootstrap.sh for rebuilding properly with patches - Drop the obsoleted disable-srbchannel.patch, which has been fixed in upstream already * Mon Mar 21 2016 email@example.com - Add pulse-%{drvver} and modules subdirectories to any module package; (boo#971960). * Wed Feb 24 2016 email@example.com - Disable flat-volumes by default with config disable_flat_volumes.conf Remedy for fate#310668. * Fri Jan 22 2016 email@example.com - 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spec-cleaner run * Fri Aug 28 2015 email@example.com - Update to 7.0 RC1 (6.99.1) + LFE channel synthesis with low-pass filtering + New libsoxr based resamplers + Socket activation support for TCP + The "srbchannel" IPC mechanism enabled by default + More flexible jack detection support when using UCM + Exiting due to SIGTERM isn't considered a failure - remove patch 0001-alsa-mixer-Make-line-out-path-unavailable-when-Front.patch (upstreamed) * Fri Jul 31 2015 email@example.com - Add pkgconfig(udev) BuildRequires: we explicitly expect udev.pc to be present to define _udevrulesdir. * Thu Jul 23 2015 email@example.com - Fix missing speex resampler due to the recent split of speexdsp (boo#939225) * Tue Jun 16 2015 email@example.com - Fix missing dock line-out jack detection (boo#934850): 0001-alsa-mixer-Make-line-out-path-unavailable-when-Front.patch 0002-alsa-mixer-Recognize-Dock-Line-Out-jack.patch * Tue Apr 07 2015 email@example.com - create symlink providing extra-hdmi.conf (pointing to default.conf) it seems that some HW may get unitialized without this (check pulseaudio RC1 announce) * Fri Feb 13 2015 email@example.com - 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Beard Hat (Dark Grey- Black Beard)
The World's Only beanie with a foldaway, detachable and adjustable beard! The Beardo beard hat is ideal for snowboarding, skiing, hiking and all other winter or outdoor sports. They are also becoming popular Hockey fan beards and a great way to support your favorite NHL Hockey team! Click here to see a fun video of the Beardo beard beanies in action!
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Guitar building is an ongoing process of discovery. We are devoted to the guitar's rich heritage while committed to new technologies that will enrich our products with uncompromised tone, playability and beauty. Our success depends on our ability to listen, implement positive change and continually refine our craft.
Believing this, we strive to build the best guitars and guitar products possible and to serve our employees, customers, suppliers and community with distinction.Paul Reed Smith Guitars is one of the world's premier guitar and amplifier manufacturers. Since our humble beginning in 1985, PRS Guitars has always strived to create the highest quality instruments possible. Guitar and amplifier building are very personal things here, as most of us are dedicated players, refining our craft as builders, musicians, and artists of all kinds. Our deep commitment to the craft and our culture of quality are what drives PRS in the workplace and the marketplace.
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Isn't everyone looking for ways to enjoy their days more—with less effort?
Try this heart-friendly advice:
Sleeping 7 to 9 hours each night helps your mind and body work better. For example, quality slumber helps repair heart and blood vessels. Too little ups your risk for falls, depression, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar. To sleep better, set a bedtime. Stay within an hour of it every night. Avoid screen time and large meals an hour beforehand. Limit any daytime naps to 20 minutes and early afternoon. Talk with your healthcare provider if you have trouble sleeping.
They're not as entertaining as current best-sellers, but they're a reliable way to avoid packaged foods with high amounts of (sneaky) sodium. For example, the amounts listed for many breads, rolls, cold cuts, and poultry are likely to be an unexpected twist. Take home options that are lower in sodium.
They're out there! For example, the American Heart Association offers a free, monthly Heart Insight e-newsletter. You can also request the free Shop Smart, Eat Smart digital recipe booklet.
Disrupting your morning routine isn't always a bad thing. You can start balancing out natural tendencies to focus on the negative in just a few minutes each day. Pick a time, like before showering or after dressing. Get comfortable and take a few slow, mindful breaths. Then, think about something that you're thankful for, such as a special moment or person.
Here are more ways to bring gratitude to your day:
● On your next outing, no matter where it is, pause and look for something beautiful. You're likely to find wonderful things in unexpected places.
● Share the pleasure of a good book by giving it to a friend, family member, or colleague to read.
● Think of someone who made you smile or feel good recently. Send them a funny meme, virtual hug, or text with three specific reasons you're grateful for them.
Over time, you just might find that practicing gratitude helps you keep up with other positive behaviors, like eating healthy, avoiding alcohol, exercising, and staying on track with your medicines.


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House of Commons
Session 2013-14
Publications on the internet
The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 3rd February 2014
ROSINDELL, Andrew (Romford)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
Name of donor: Romford Conservative Support Club
Address of donor: 58 Heath Drive, Romford, Essex RM2 5QR.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,804.34
Date of receipt: 20 September 2013
Date of acceptance: 24 September 2013
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 24 September 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation
Address of donor: Stora Nygatan 30, Box 2080, SE-103 12, Stockholm, Sweden
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights valued at £2,989.43; accommodation valued at £605.52 and meals and miscellaneous expenditure at £92.33, making a total value of £3,687.28
Destination of visit: Venezuela
Date of visit: 14-17 December 2012
Purpose of visit: to participate as a member of a team of international election observers, observing the democratic process and meeting representatives of political parties, media, universities and civil society organizations.
(Registered 31 January 2013)
Name of donor: Office of the London Representative for Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Address of donor: 29 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ED
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,092, comprising flights, accommodation, meals and related expenditure.
Destination of visit: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Date of visit: 18-22 July 2013
Purpose of visit: to take part in a cross-party delegation of members of the House of Commons and Lords visiting the TRNC for Peace and Freedom Day celebrations.
(Registered 9 September 2013)
Name of donor: Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar
Address of donor: Government of Gibraltar London Office, 150 Strand, London WC2R 1JA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,431, comprising flights and accommodation.
Destination of visit: Gibraltar
Date of visit: 7-11 September 2013
Purpose of visit: as a guest of the Government of Gibraltar for Gibraltar National Day celebrations
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We all love Anamorphosis, and have seen it done wonderfully before ([edit] even spectacularly). Well, I've done a few simple things around the office, here's one I just did:
Vimeo and YouTube videos.
That was done with painter's masking tape, with the help of Cat, in about 2.5 hours.
Here's an earlier project, the old Gamebryo logo done with post-it notes:
Post-it notes were handy after a late night in the office and no prep. The masking tape is obviously much better. Both were done by setting up an image on my laptop and using a projector to cast it into the room. The perspective for both is just in a doorway, to help guide viewers to the right position. Both also are cast in a way that the image is heavily distorted as soon as you move slightly away from the right point.
Share links if you've done similar projects, or know of good ones. ;)
Falice Varini is the link you want to follow! See e.g. this.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
4 comments:
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2010 at 7:55 AM
Sweet stuff. If you havent checked out Felice Varini, do it. It's just amazing.
http://www.varini.org/08agra/dos2009/004-agr-09.html Thanks! I was looking for links to Felice Varini, I had forgotten his name!
http://www.varini.org/08agra/dos2009/004-agr-09.html is a great link.
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Height: 18 inches
Spacing: 18 inches
Hardiness Zone: 3
Edible Qualities
Oregano is a perennial herb that is commonly grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well. The fragrant round green leaves are usually harvested from late spring to mid summer. The leaves have a pungent taste and a distinctive fragrance.
The leaves are most often used in the following ways:
- Fresh Eating
- Cooking
- Seasoning
Features & Attributes
Oregano features tiny pink trumpet-shaped flowers in mid summer. Its tiny fragrant round leaves remain green in color throughout the year.
This is an herbaceous evergreen perennial herb with a mounded form. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Aside from its primary use as an edible, Oregano is sutiable for the following landscape applications;
- Border Edging
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
- Herb Gardens
- Container Planting
Planting & Growing
Oregano will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 18 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 5 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.
This plant can be integrated into a landscape or flower garden by creative gardeners, but is usually grown in a designated herb garden. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is not originally from North America.
Oregano is a good choice for the edible garden, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.


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ABUS EOT cranes and HB systems at the company EgoKiefer AG in Switzerland
Windows have always had the purpose to let light and air into buildings. However, today a window is not just a window: Windows are building elements and have to meet the highest demands of design, safety, and technology. Thermal insulation reduces the loss of heat, and sound proofing keeps the noise out. Using laminated safety glass provides additional safety should the glass shatter and also protects against burglaries. Architects use windows as design elements. They give new buildings individuality through their selection of window sizes and frame materials. However, listed buildings require that windows, and window frames in particular, should complement the external façade perfectly thus conserving the original character of historic buildings.
The company EgoKiefer AG (www.egokiefer.ch), one of the leading Swiss producers of windows and doors with headquarters in the town of Altstätten in the canton of St. Gall, has a total of 13 sales points all over Switzerland. EgoKiefer's product range satisfies the varied and manifold customer requirements. The company EgoKiefer AG dates back to 1932 when Mr Ernst Göhner first acquired a joinery thus laying the cornerstone for the company. Today EgoKiefer AG see themselves as integrated suppliers of window solutions using materials and combinations such as vinyl, vinyl / aluminium, timber, and timber / aluminium. EgoKiefer also supply doors for external applications. The company has about 1,000 staff that produced over 663,000 m² of windows in 2013, all designed according to the individual requirements of their customers, as well as 2,840 exterior door units. A service team of 80 staff is available for assistance with any matters concerning doors and windows. Economic production methods, high-tech production lines, their own research and development departments, and a holistic system for quality, for safety, and for environmental friendliness make for first-class products and services.
The high quality standards of EgoKiefer AG are also applied to the production processes which are continually optimised. When it comes to the conception of the systems for the internal transport and the material transport EgoKiefer have relied on the company Marti-Dytan AG (www.brunmartidytan.ch) with headquarters at Horw-Luzern for many years. Marti-Dytan is the Swiss distributor for ABUS crane systems. Once specialised engineers of Marti-Dytan had analysed in detail the requirements of EgoKiefer they advised them to install four ABUS single girder cranes type EHB with load capacities of 500 kg each from the ABUS product range of suspended rail systems. This modular HB system is capable to fit almost all shapes and sizes of rooms and halls and is able to lift up to 2 tonnes of loads when fitted with ABUS electric chain hoists. EgoKiefer AG continuously operate these HB systems in connection with suction lifters to handle the windows in their production plant. For logistic purposes they use ABUS single girder cranes type ELK with load capacities of 2.5 tonnes to load and unload lorries. The load hooks of the EOT cranes have been fitted with automatic catch and opening systems. The cranes are also frequency controlled that allow sensitive loads to be offloaded and positioned precisely when using reduced speeds. The EOT cranes are operated via radio remote control to enable the crane user to keep an eye on the whole area of the loading zone from a safe distance. Mr Hans Beutler, head of technical services at EgoKiefer AG, stressed that adding safety to the system was very important to the company, but they were also pleased with the improved design layout of the material handling system which had been achieved perfectly with the ABUS crane systems.


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The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to clarify on what grounds public schools may punish students for their off-campus online speech.
The justices have not squarely addressed the student-speech issue as it applies to the digital world — one filled with online social-networking tools such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and others. The issue before the justices tests whether public schools may discipline students who, while off campus, use social-networking sites to mock school officials.
The lower courts have been all over the map on the First Amendment issue because they maintain they have been saddled with a Vietnam War-era high court precedent that predates the internet.
In the leading case of the three petitions the justices declined to review Tuesday, the lower court opinion urged the Supreme Court to end the confusion of whether that older case does indeed still hold in the internet age. The National School Boards Association also urged the high court to review the issue.
The association and others told the justices that "The ubiquitous use of social networking and other forms of online communication has resulted in a stunning increase in harmful student expression that school administrators are forced to address with no clear guiding jurisprudence."
The 1969 Supreme Court precedent holds that student expression may not be suppressed unless school officials reasonably conclude that it would "materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school." In that landmark case, the Supreme Court said students had a First Amendment right to wear black armbands on campus to protest the Vietnam War.
But that precedent, which addressed on-campus speech, is often now being applied to students' off-campus online speech four decades later — a conclusion that some lower courts have said is out of touch with today's reality.
The leading case before the justices comes from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled last year that local Pennsylvania school district officials overreacted and breached the First Amendment rights (.pdf) of a junior high student who ridiculed her principal online, using a computer off-campus.
But in 2010, the same circuit court with a different set of judges approved of the 10-day suspension (.pdf) that the Blue Mountain School District handed the 14-year-old student, who mocked the principal with a fake MySpace profile. The 2007 profile insinuated the principal was a sex addict and pedophile.
In both rulings, the circuit based the decision on the 1969 Supreme Court precedent.
Five judges in the 2011 opinion wrote separately that the courts should abandon that precedent, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, because it does not pertain to online speech.