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GreenPower Receives Purchase Order for Four Wirelessly Charged Buy America Compliant EV Stars from Grant Transit Authority in the State of Washington
Grant Transit Authority Secures FTA Low-No Funding to Support Purchase
Los Angeles, California, March 23, 2021 – GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV) ("GreenPower"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero-emission, electric-powered medium and heavy-duty vehicles, today announced that it has received an order for four wirelessly charged, FTA Buy America compliant EV Stars from Grant Transit in the state of Washington.
The Four GreenPower EV Stars ordered by Grant Transit will represent the first to include Momentum Dynamics' wireless charging system, allowing for hands free charging by simply parking the vehicle over the charging station. Grant Transit intends to leverage funding from the FTA's $180 million funding for the 2021 Low-No Program to support the purchase. As part of the process to secure the funding, GreenPower successfully completed a Buy America compliance audit at its southern California facility.
Ryne Shetterly, VP of Sales and Marketing at GreenPower, commented, "The state of Washington has always been on the forefront of early adoption of zero-emission vehicles. Grant Transit proactively solicited this funding and has demonstrated a commitment to their riders, their community, and the overall wellbeing of their service area by embarking on such a progressive project, which GreenPower is very proud to be a part of." Shetterly continued, "The fact that we are seeing orders outside the state of California speaks to the success that GreenPower has had in terms of market outreach and we expect this trend to continue. Our partners at Momentum Dynamics played a significant role in winning this deal, and we look forward to further collaboration in the future."
Greg Wright, General Manager at Grant Transit Authority added, "Grant Transit Authority is pleased to partner with GreenPower and Momentum Dynamics on our first zero-emission, battery electric bus project. The purpose-built battery electric EV Star buses will begin providing clean, quiet service on routes serving the greater Moses Lake area in the fall of 2021."
Brendan Riley, President of GreenPower, also commented, "We believe GreenPower has a significant competitive advantage in our ability to deploy Buy America compliant units, which leverage lucrative federal funding, on the road over the immediate term. This is the first order reflecting years of strategic planning, including undergoing additional prerequisites for federal funding such as the EV Star's completion of rigorous Altoona testing. By being in position today to leverage federal funding, along with incorporating progressive solutions such as wireless charging, we are very well positioned to meet the demand for all electric vehicles as the economy reopens, much as we did with Grant Transit."
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About GreenPower Motor Company Inc.
GreenPower designs, builds and distributes a full suite of high-floor and low-floor all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, including transit buses, school buses, shuttles, a cargo van and a cab and chassis GreenPower employs a clean-sheet design to manufacture all-electric vehicles that are purpose built to be battery powered with zero emissions. While integrating global suppliers for key components. This OEM platform allows GreenPower to meet the specifications of various operators while providing standard parts for ease of maintenance and accessibility for warranty requirements. GreenPower was founded in Vancouver, Canada with primary operational facilities in southern California. Listed on the Toronto exchange since November 2015, GreenPower completed its U.S. IPO and NASDAQ listing in August 2020. For further information go to www.greenpowermotor.com.
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DemocracyNow!, August 11, 2011. An interview with Kim Ives, editor of Haïti Liberté.
A new exposé on Haiti reveals how the United States led a vast international campaign to prevent former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from returning to Haiti while he was exiled in South Africa. It's part of a series of reports that draw from almost 2,000 U.S. diplomatic cables on Haiti released by WikiLeaks. The series is a partnership between The Nation magazine and the Haitian weekly newspaper Haïti Liberté. The cables cover an almost seven-year period, from April 2003 to February 2010, just after the earthquake that devastated Haiti.
The cables show high-level U.S. and U.N. officials coordinated a politically motivated prosecution of Aristide to prevent him from, "gaining more traction with the Haitian population and returning to Haiti." They reveal how U.S. officials and their diplomatic counterparts from France, Canada, the U.N. and the Vatican tried to vilify and ostracize the popular Haitian political leader, president, voted in twice. These officials allegedly poured tens of millions of dollars into unsuccessful efforts to paint Aristide as a drug trafficker, a human rights violator, a heretical practitioner of voodoo.
Another recent exposé based on the cables details how Haiti's unelected de facto authorities worked alongside foreign officials to integrate at least 400 ex-army paramilitaries into the country's police force throughout 2004 and '05. According to the report, hundreds of police considered loyal to Aristide's deposed government were purged. Some were jailed. A few were killed. The WikiLeaks cables reveal just how closely Washington and the U.N. oversaw the formation of Haiti's new police force and signed off on the integration of paramilitaries who had previously targeted Haiti's working classes and democratically elected governments. We're joined now by one of the authors of the report, Haïti Liberté editor Kim Ives. His latest article for The Nation.com is called, "WikiLeaks Haiti: The Aristide Files"
AMY GOODMAN: Kim Ives, welcome to Democracy Now! What were you most shocked by? I mean, you have been covering Haiti now for decades. What was most revealed to you in these State Department diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks?
KIM IVES: I could say it's the detail, the micromanaging that Washington employs in dealing with this. They really go and psychoanalyze, go in and sit down. And this is on a worldwide scale. A lot of these documents in, for instance, the Aristide piece, we were drawing—myself and Ansel Herz, who did it, and I should say Dan Coughlin played a major role in putting together The Nation version—we found that they were doing this across the planet. You had the Dominican Republic, France, the Vatican. They were all looking at how to block Aristide, keep him out.
AMY GOODMAN: Give us specific examples that you found in the documents.
KIM IVES: Well, the Vatican, for instance. Here, they said they had no regrets about Aristide being removed. They said, "The priest had to go." When he was out, and there was, after the earthquake, talk of bringing him back, they said, "This would be a disaster. It would be destabilizing." It was very interesting, too, how they were seeing it as similar to Cuba. And they said, "Cuba is a much harder problem, because that's a system there. In the case of Haiti, it's just Aristide. It's an individual. We can get him out easily." So, they're openly talking among themselves on this worldwide basis about how to block this guy.
AMY GOODMAN: What was revealed about the U.S.'s role?
KIM IVES: Well, the U.S. is, again, ringleader. This is really the—you can see, especially, for instance, in this week, Jeb Sprague did a piece on the paramilitaries that you mentioned. Here you see the U.S. really passing the commands down the chain to the prime minister, to the different ministers in the de facto government, telling them how they're going to integrate it. They have to "hew to our redlines," that was one of the quotes from James Foley, the ambassador at the time.
AMY GOODMAN: The U.S. ambassador to Haiti.
KIM IVES: Yeah, mm-hmm. They have to "hew to our redlines" in putting together the police force, integrating these coup-making ex-soldiers into the police force. I mean, here are people who carried out a coup, and you're putting them in charge of the state.
AMY GOODMAN: In March, Democracy Now! covered ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide when he returned to Haiti from South Africa. He was exiled for seven-and-a-half years. When he landed in Port-au-Prince, he was greeted by thousands of supporters. He addressed the crowd in a number of languages. When he spoke English, he said, "Exclusion is the problem, inclusion is the solution," not directly referencing his party, Fanmi Lavalas, which was excluded from the election. But when he addressed the Haitians in Creole, in their language, he was much more explicit.
JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE: [translated] You are right. If we don't salvage our dignity, our dignity will be gone. Yes, you are right, because the problem is exclusion, and the solution is inclusion. The exclusion of Fanmi Lavalas is the exclusion of the majority. The exclusion of the majority means that you are cutting off exactly the branch that we are all sitting on. The problem is exclusion. The solution is inclusion of all Haitians, without discrimination, because everybody is a person.
AMY GOODMAN: This was President Aristide when he returned in March to Haiti after seven-and-a-half years, talking about the exclusion of the largest party in Haiti, of Fanmi Lavalas, from the elections.
KIM IVES: Mm-hmm, yes. We see them excluded. We see—essentially, Janet Sanderson came, in a 2008 cable, and she said—
AMY GOODMAN: And Janet Sanderson's title?
KIM IVES: Janet Sanderson is the—was the ambassador of Haiti at the time. And she was pointing to the importance of keeping the occupation there, to keep Haiti locked down. She said, "The MINUSTAH is key to the core interests of the U.S."
AMY GOODMAN: And the MINUSTAH is? KIM IVES: The MINUSTAH is the U.N. mission to stabilize Haiti. This is what the now 13,000 troops that are deployed in Haiti, the only occupied nation in Latin America, which was the first independent nation of Latin America—you see they say this U.N. occupation is key to the core interests of the U.S. in Haiti, and that we have to keep it. It's a way—if we removed it—and this is coming up. That's why Haitians were out demonstrating this past week out in front of the U.N. If we removed it, it could make Haiti vulnerable to the anti-market forces that are on the ground in Haiti.
AMY GOODMAN: August 2nd, 2006, top U.S. and U.N. officials, "Aristide movement must be stopped." Explain whose title is that?
KIM IVES: That's James Foley at the time. He was Sanderson's predecessor. And—
AMY GOODMAN: U.S. ambassador to Haiti.
KIM IVES: Yeah, and he was talking with Edmond Mulet, who was a Guatemalan diplomat who headed the MINUSTAH at the time. And in fact, Mulet was saying to them, "We have to prosecute Aristide to keep him from getting traction with the people. We have to go after him." And in fact, Haïti Liberté has learned that there is in fact a U.S. team working to try to put together some kind of prosecution against Aristide. They've been trying to pin something on him for years—drugs, corruption, human rights. They can't do it. As his lawyer said, "They've come up with nothing, because there is nothing."
AMY GOODMAN: U.S. Ambassador Hertell, November 16, 2006, "Aristide had led a violent gang involved in narcotics trafficking and had squandered any credibility he formerly may have had."
KIM IVES: This was an extraordinary scene, where Fernández, the president of the Dominican Republic next door, had suggested at a meeting, a hemispheric meeting, that Aristide be brought into the process. He was admonished—admonished—by an ambassador, admonishing a president, in a pull-aside at the thing, where Hertell came with those words to Fernández, who said, "I haven't heard anything about that."
AMY GOODMAN: March 5th, 2004, U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican James Nicholson wrote a cable reporting that the Holy See's Deputy Foreign Minister had "no regret at Aristide's departure, noting [that] the former priest had been an active proponent of voodoo."
KIM IVES: Of voodoo, yes. Well, we have to remember, the Vatican has a huge grudge against Aristide. He was one of their star priests. That's how he rose to prominence as a Salesian priest, St. John Bosco in Port-au-Prince in the 1980s. He was talking about liberation theology, putting the hierarchy on the spot.
AMY GOODMAN: And very quickly—we have 10 seconds—Canadian diplomats, this is, "Even before these recent rumors, she said, Canada had a clear position in opposition to the return of Aristide." Two Canadian diplomatic officials met with U.S. embassy personnel, saying, "We are on the same sheet" with regards to Aristide.
KIM IVES: Canada played a support role to the U.S., just as France did trying to block Aristide's return through third countries, blocking commercial lines so he couldn't get back. So they all played it. And we can see it. You can read it in Haïti —
AMY GOODMAN: But he's back.
KIM IVES: He is back. He got back on March 18th.
AMY GOODMAN: Kim Ives, we're going to link to your report at Haïti Liberté and at Nation.com. Kim Ives, editor of Haïti Liberté.


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Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. Clean code can be read and enhanced by a developer other than its original author. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility and maintainability.
- Follow standard conventions.
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- Boy scout rule. Leave the campground cleaner than you found it.
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Praise be to Allah.
There is nothing wrong with keeping Islamic magazines that contain pictures, because a person keeps them for the useful information in them, not for the pictures. As for magazines which are published and bought and kept for the sake of the pictures in them, these are haram and it is not permissible to keep them, because the angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures.
Liqa' al-Baab al-Maftooh, 52/52.
If the magazine is useful and you want to keep it, then blot out whatever pictures are on the cover. And Allah knows best.


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European Conference of Presidents of Parliament
Oslo, 11-12 September 2014
Oslo, Norway, 11-12 September 2014
59 Presidents of Parliament met in Oslo on the occasion of the conference organised by the Storting and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. They discussed three major topical issues which go to the heart of the challenges facing European democracies today. Presentations on the themes of the conference were made by the Presidents of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini, the Danish Folketing, Mogens Lykketoft, the Parliament of Georgia, David Usupashvili, and the Dutch Senate, Ankie Broekers-Knol, as well as by the First Vice-President of the Venice Commission, Jan Helgesen.
Theme 1
Reference Documents for Theme 1
- Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1547 (2007) on the state of human rights and democracy in Europe.
- CDL-STD(1994)010, Introductory statement by President Antonio La Pergola and CDL-STD(1995)015, Rights suitable for protection by constitutional appeal procedures, Professor J.L. Cascajo Castro.
- Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1836 (2011) on The impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the Council of Europe and Resolution 1610 (2008) on The accession of the European Union/European Community to the European Convention on Human Rights, with further references.
- Doc. 12279, as well as Resolution 1746 (2010) and Recommendation 1928 (2010) on Democracy in Europe: crisis and perspectives.
- Website of the 2014 World Forum for Democracy.
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Theme 3
Reference Documents for Theme 3
- Doc. 11465 rev, as well as Resolution 1601 (2008) on procedural guidelines on the rights and responsibilities of the opposition in a democratic parliament.
- Doc. 12278 on Extra-institutional actors in the democratic system.
- Report of the Venice Commission on the Role of Extra-Institutional Actors in the Democratic System (Study 590/2010, document CDL-AD(2013)011, March 2013).
- Code of Good Practice for Civil Participation in the Decision-Making Process drafted by the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe in 2009.
- Doc. 12279, as well as Resolution 1746 (2010) on "Democracy in Europe: crisis and perspectives"
- Website of the 2013 World Forum for Democracy.
- Doc. 13386 on Internet and politics: the impact of new information and communication technology on democracy.


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Justice Hugo Black
The Question:
Recently, I learned that Justice Hugo Black was once a member of the KKK. With that in mind, do you know why he decided to go along with the other justices in the unanimous decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case?
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Alabama Sen. Hugo Lafayette Black was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1937. After his confirmation, Black was criticized by the public for his involvement with the Ku Klux Klan. Reportedly, Black became a member of the organization in 1923. He admitted to marching a few times and making a few speeches but didn't consider himself a Klansman, quitting three years after he joined. Eventually his experiences with the KKK were overshadowed in the short term by World War II and in the long term by his voting record.
During Black's term as associate justice, which lasted until his retirement in 1971, he was a passionate defender of civil liberties, an absolutist when it came to interpreting the First Amendment and an enthusiastic supporter of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal legislation. He prided himself on being a supporter of minorities in America and backed that up with his decisions. With that in mind, it's really no surprise that Black supported the court's decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, which struck down racially enforced school segregation.
Here is a link to a Web site on the topic of Hugo Black and the KKK if you want more information.
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Olson is a marketing company that promises its clients it will "revolutionize engagement" with its customers. In the case of client Oscar Meyer, this meant sending us eight packs of hot dogs, a loaf of bread, toothpicks, twine and instructions on how to make "the Hot Durkey," in the hope that it would go "viral," which is not the usual meaning of the word "viral" when applied to hot dogs.
At Sandwich Monday, we love both Thanksgiving and free food, so we cooked and assembled the creature in the WBEZ kitchens, and then served it to our Wait Wait family, who, owing to NPR rules about vacation time, are forced to be together today against our will. Just like your family!
Robert: Guys, I think the tradition is to watch football, not eat one.
Miles: Knowing what we know about hot dogs, there's a good chance that at least some of this is turkey.
Peter: The one at the kids' table is made of little Vienna sausages stuck to a dinner roll.
Ian: I'm really excited to watch President Obama pardon a bunch of random pig parts in the Rose Garden.
Lorna: You have to admire the hunters who spend hours sitting completely still, just waiting for a chance to bag a wild hot dog.
Miles: Who could forget the story of the first Thanksgiving, when the Native Americans showed up in the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile to save the starving pilgrims.
Ann: I look forward to making this for my immigrant parents, so they can finally realize their American dream ... obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure.
Miles: I'm typically excited for day-after-Thanksgiving leftovers, but, let's face it, this whole thing started as leftovers.
Peter: Honestly, if this was served when I was a kid, actual turkeys would have ended up being a horrible disappointment.
Ian: Hot dogs don't have tryptophan, so I just crammed mine full of Xanax.
Miles: Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the things you're most thankful for, which is important in this case, because we're all going to be dead soon.
[The verdict: disgusting in concept, delicious in execution.]
Sandwich Monday is a satirical feature from the humorists at Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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Anant Chaturdashi 2023
When is Anant Chaturdashi in 2023?
September, 2023
Anant Chaturdashi Puja Muhurat For New Delhi, India
Anant Chaturdashi Puja Muhurat :
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The Anant Chaturdashi fast holds a great deal of importance in the Hindu religion. The festival is also known by the name of Anant Chaudas. The day commemorates the Lord of numerous avatars, Lord Vishnu.
Coming on the 14th day of the Shukla paksha of the Bhadrapad month in the Hindu Calendar, the festival celebrates the spirit of oneness and a common brotherhood. On Anant Chaturdashi, after paying homage to Lord Vishnu, a thread is being tied onto his arm. This thread could either be a silk thread or cotton one and must have 14 knots in it. The Ganesh Visarjan is also celebrated on the same days as Anant Chaudas. The entire nation celebrates this festival with great zeal and enthusiasm. A lot many processions of the lord are also taken out in the masses to get everyone ringing in the festivity together.
Anant Chaturdashi as per the Scriptures
1. The fast on this festival is observed on the 14th day of the Shukla Paksha, of the Bhadrapad month in the Hindu Calendar. For this condition to be satisfied, the 14th day must start after 2 muhurats from the time of the sunrise.
2. If the Chaturdashi date falls after the sunrises two muhurats and ceases before it, then the festival of Anant Chaturdashi is to be celebrated a day prior to this. The whole procession of the festival, the worshipping, the paying homage, the fast, everything must take place in the first half of the day to maintain the auspiciousness of the rituals. If by any chance, you couldnt find time to do it at that phase, itll be better if you do it in the first time frame of the middle phase of the day. The first time frame of the middle phase of the day is from the 7th and the 9th muhurat.
Anant Chaturdashi Puja Vidhi and Vrat
In the Agni Puran, the importance of observing a fast is being stressed upon. This day commemorates the infinite forms of the Lord Vishnu. This worshipping is done in the noon time, the Pujan Vidhi is mentioned below:
1. On this day, after proper bath, take a bow and place a kalash on the Pujan altar.
2. Establishment of a kalash which has an Ashtadal lotus made of kush on a vase can be installed, or if you wish you can also use a picture of Lord Vishnu.
3. After this prepare a thread by dipping it in vermilion, saffron, and turmeric. It must have 14 knots. Keep this thread in front of the idol of Lord Vishnu.
4. Now, worship the thread and the idol of the lord with Shadoshopchar method and chant the mantra thats being mentioned below. After thats being done, you are to tie the sacred thread around your arm.
अनंत संसार महासुमद्रे मग्रं समभ्युद्धर वासुदेव।
अनंतरूपे विनियोजयस्व ह्रानंतसूत्राय नमो नमस्ते।।
5. The men are supposed to tie it on their left arm and the women are supposed to wear it round their right arm. After this offer food to the Brahmans and accept the prasad with your entire family.
The Significance of Anant Chaturdashi
As per the mythology, the festival of Anant Chaturdashi has its roots in the epic Mahabharata. The day is being celebrated as the day of Lord Vishnu. The lord created 14 loks, Tal, Atal, Vital, Sutal, Talatal, Rasatal, Paatal, Bhi, Bhuva, Jan, Tap, Satya, mah. In order to follow and protect these, he came down to this mortal world in the form of 14 different avatars, which gave him the name of being infinite. He knew he had save his people and his creations, for which these avatars played a major role. Therefore, the day of Anant Chaturdashi has great importance, since you can please the lord of creation himself and be blessed with his choicest blessings. The fast thats being observed on this day also holds a major significance. All this is said to please him and provide you with an eternal life full of bliss and contentment. It is also believed that along with fasting on this day, if any person recites the Vishnu Sahasranama stotra, all his wishes are fulfilled and he gets what he desires for from the Lord. This fast is done to attain wealth, abundance, and prosperity in ones life. The desire of having ample money, happiness and children etc lures the man to seek the lords blessings on his mortal existence. This fast is prevalent in many states of India. On this day folk tales of Lord Vishnu are heard by the members of the family.
Legendary tales surrounding A Anant Chaturdashi
According to the take in the epic Mahabharata, the Kauravas defeated the Pandavas in gambling with the help of turning against them and going behind their back in the act of deceiving. After this, the Pandavas had to lose their kingdom, their wealth, and all the luxuries and go for a period of exile in the wilderness. In this duration, they had to endure much pains and hardships to get through it. One fine day, Lord Krishna went to greet the Pandavas in the forest. After greeting him with proper respect, the eldest of the Pandavas, Yudhishthira asked him for a way, through which they can come back to the track and get their lost kingdom and wealth back with respect. The Lord upon hearing this, gave him an antidote that could solve all his problems in life and fulfill his hearts desire. This remedy was the fast of Anant Chaturdashi, that commemorates Lord Vishnu who is the sole provider of solace. He advised him to observe this fast and pay homage to Lord Vishnu with his wife and brothers.
After hearing this, Yudhishthira asked Krishna to explain who is Anant. Lord Krishna went in great details to let him know that Lord Anant is another avatar of Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu rests in the Chaturmas on the sheshnaag for an infinite time. Anant lord in the avatar of Vaaman went through the three loks in just 2 pags. No one knows about his start, his end and thats one of the major reason hes called and known by the name, infinite. By worshipping him all the woes and issues that you gave on your life will cease to exist and youll be able to live a life that youve always wanted.
After the tale got ended, Yudhishthira pledged to observe this fast with his family, and after its successful completion he was able to regain his lost kingdom and wealth.


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U.S. trade officials have ruled that South Korea's Samsung infringed on patents owned by Apple for specific smartphone features, ratcheting up a tit-for-tat legal battle between the two electronics giants that is matched only by the ferocity of their marketplace competition.
Bloomberg says the patent dispute is over multitouch features and phone jack detection, and that the U.S. International Trade Commission has ordered Samsung to quit importing, selling and distributing devices in the U.S.
"The ruling doesn't make clear how many of Samsung's phones would be affected by the import ban, which is subject to review by the [Obama] administration. Samsung can import all of its phones during that period."
The ITC decision follows another last weekend in which U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman overturned a ban on the import of the iPhone 4 and the iPad2 after an earlier ITC ruling that those Apple products had violated patents held by Samsung.
And in March, a judge overseeing another Apple-Samsung patent case threw out half of a $1 billion damage settlement against Samsung.
It all comes as competition in the smartphone market has heated up and Apple, with the iPhone, has seen its once-dominant position eroded by Samsung's Galaxy.
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• Snowden files reveal emails of BBC, NY Times and more
• Agency includes investigative journalists on 'threat' list
• Editors call on Cameron to act against snooping on media
GCHQ's bulk surveillance of electronic communications has scooped up emails to and from journalists working for some of the US and UK's largest media organisations, analysis of documents released by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals.
Emails from the BBC, Reuters, the Guardian, the New York Times, Le Monde, the Sun, NBC and the Washington Post were saved by GCHQ and shared on the agency's intranet as part of a test exercise by the signals intelligence agency.
The disclosure comes as the British government faces intense pressure to protect the confidential communications of reporters, MPs and lawyers from snooping.
The journalists' communications were among 70,000 emails harvested in the space of less than 10 minutes on one day in November 2008 by one of GCHQ's numerous taps on the fibre-optic cables that make up the backbone of the internet.
The communications, which were sometimes simple mass-PR emails sent to dozens of journalists but also included correspondence between reporters and editors discussing stories, were retained by GCHQ and were available to all cleared staff on the agency intranet. There is nothing to indicate whether or not the journalists were intentionally targeted.
The mails appeared to have been captured and stored as the output of a then-new tool being used to strip irrelevant data out of the agency's tapping process.
New evidence from other UK intelligence documents revealed by Snowden also shows that a GCHQ information security assessment listed "investigative journalists" as a threat in a hierarchy alongside terrorists or hackers.
Senior editors and lawyers in the UK have called for the urgent introduction of a freedom of expression law amid growing concern over safeguards proposed by ministers to meet concerns over the police use of surveillance powers linked to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Ripa).
More than 100 editors, including those from all the national newspapers, have signed a letter, coordinated by the Society of Editors and Press Gazette, to the UK prime minister, David Cameron, protesting at snooping on journalists' communications.
In the wake of terror attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices and a Jewish grocer in Paris, Cameron has renewed calls for further bulk-surveillance powers, such as those which netted these journalistic communications.
Ripa has been used to access journalists' communications without a warrrant, with recent cases including police accessing the phone records of Tom Newton-Dunn, the Sun's political editor, over the Plebgate investigation. The call records of Mail on Sunday reporters involved in the paper's coverage of Chris Huhne's speeding row were also accessed in this fashion.
Under Ripa, neither the police nor the security services need to seek the permission of a judge to investigate any UK national's phone records – instead, they must obtain permission from an appointed staff member from the same organisation, not involved in their investigation.
However, there are some suggestions in the documents that the collection of billing data by GCHQ under Ripa goes wider – and that it may not be confined to specific target individuals.
A top secret document discussing Ripa initially explains the fact that billing records captured under Ripa are available to any government agency is "unclassified" provided that there is "no mention of bulk".
The GCHQ document goes on to warn that the fact that billing records "kept under Ripa are not limited to warranted targets" must be kept as one of the agency's most tightly guarded secrets, at a classification known as "Top secret strap 2".
That is two levels higher than a normal top secret classification – as it refers to "HMG [Her Majesty's government] relationships with industry that have areas of extreme sensitivity".
Internal security advice shared among the intelligence agencies was often as preoccupied with the activities of journalists as with more conventional threats such as foreign intelligence, hackers or criminals.
One restricted document intended for those in army intelligence warned that "journalists and reporters representing all types of news media represent a potential threat to security".
It continued: "Of specific concern are 'investigative journalists' who specialise in defence-related exposés either for profit or what they deem to be of the public interest.
"All classes of journalists and reporters may try either a formal approach or an informal approach, possibly with off-duty personnel, in their attempts to gain official information to which they are not entitled."
It goes on to caution "such approaches pose a real threat", and tells staff they must be "immediately reported" to the chain-of-command.
GCHQ information security assessments, meanwhile, routinely list journalists between "terrorism" and "hackers" as "influencing threat sources", with one matrix scoring journalists as having a "capability" score of two out of five, and a "priority" of three out of five, scoring an overall "low" information security risk.
Terrorists, listed immediately above investigative journalists on the document, were given a much higher "capability" score of four out of five, but a lower "priority" of two. The matrix concluded terrorists were therefore a "moderate" information security risk.
A spokesman for GCHQ said: "It is longstanding policy that we do not comment on intelligence matters. Furthermore, all of GCHQ's work is carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework, which ensures that our activities are authorised, necessary and proportionate, and that there is rigorous oversight, including from the secretary of state, the interception and intelligence services commissioners and the parliamentary intelligence and security committee.
"All our operational processes rigorously support this position. In addition, the UK's interception regime is entirely compatible with the European convention on human rights."
James Ball
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The Drug Abuse Problem
When a loved one is struggling with addiction, families and other loved ones need fast, reliable information on how they can help, what signs to look for, as well as the consequences of substance abuse. Addiction is a complicated subject, and there are many opinions as to how it develops and progresses. However, for the millions of individuals who have suffered from an addiction, it has become a way of life.
Below you will find some of the most common questions and answers we often hear from families and individuals seeking help:
Q: What Are Some of the Common Signs of Drug Abuse?
The signs that an individual may be using drugs become more apparent as time progresses. Some important signs to be on the lookout for include:
- Changes in personality or behavior
- Bloodshot eyes or other unexplained physical changes
- Changes in friends or routines
- Disregard for personal hygiene
- Slurred speech, trembles or shakes
- Unusual spending habits or requests for money
The effects of drug addiction on an individual may vary but generally worsen over time. It's easy to ignore the signs at first but as addiction progresses they become obvious. Learning how to spot the signs may one day save a loved one's life.
One important aspect of addiction to remember when confronting someone you may believe to be using drugs is to remember that they may become hostile when confronted about their use. You should never approach them in anger no matter how bad the addiction has become.
When Does Drug Abuse Turn into Addiction?
Addiction is a condition characterized by repeated, compulsive seeking and use of drugs, alcohol or other similar substances despite adverse social, mental and physical consequences. It is usually accompanied by psychological and physical dependence on the abused substance and the appearance of withdrawal symptoms when the addictive substance is rapidly decreased or terminated. When addiction exists, the drug use controls the individual rather than the individual controlling the usage. When a person loses the ability to make a rational choice about whether or not to use a drug or alcohol, he or she is addicted.
How Quickly Can a Person Become Addicted to a Drug?
With some drugs, addiction can occur very quickly. What that means is that after just one, two or three uses, a person can have such strong cravings for the drug that they are driven to use it again even though they might know better. Because no two individuals are the same, some may experience addiction much more quickly than others. Also, some drugs have a much more powerful effect and can result in the desire to use again almost immediately. Methamphetamine and Crack Cocaine are two examples.
How Does Drug Addiction and Abuse Effect Society as a whole?
Communities with high levels of drug abuse usually also have increased levels of crime and violence, accompanied by higher levels of domestic and child abuse and neglect. The prevalence of "drugged" driving in which the driver of a vehicle has taken a mind-altering substance has risen significantly. Similar to the problem of driving under the influence of alcohol, drugged driving is harder to detect at a traffic stop. Drug abuse also had a financial effect. Millions of dollars are spent every year by governments and individuals dealing with the consequences of use. Hospitals stays, outbreaks of disease and increased homelessness all have a significant financial impact.
What Happens if a Pregnant Woman Abuses Drugs?
Many drugs pass through the placenta to affect the fetus. Crack cocaine, prescription opioids including methadone, hydrocodone, and oxycodone, heroin or methamphetamine use can cause a baby to be born addicted to those drugs. Alcohol use can result in lowered birth weight and physical deformities as well as developmental and intellectual problems. Cocaine use can result in congenital disabilities. Hallucinogens such as LSD, ketamine, and MDMA may cause miscarriage or premature delivery.
How Can I Help a Person Who Is Abusing Drugs?
No matter what excuses a person makes, abusing addictive drugs or other substance such as inhalants is dangerous and damaging to themselves and other people around them. Many addicts fail to see the damage they are creating around them, and eventually, the problem grows until they are unable or unwilling to find a solution for themselves. At this point, finding a support group and a drug rehabilitation center may be the only solution.
What Does Drug Abuse Cost?
The current estimate of how much America is paying for drug and alcohol abuse is $416 billion each year. This amount is the equivalent of billing every man, woman, and child in America $1,300 every year. In Europe, the 16 member countries of the European Union spent an estimated 2.25 billion Euros on the drug abuse problem in 2008. In Russia in 2008, it was estimated that the problem cost the country $54 billion.
The financial consequences of drug addiction represent a clear and present danger for any country dealing with them.
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- https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/media-guide/science-drug-abuse-addiction-basics
- https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/understanding-drug-use-addiction
- https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/methamphetamine/what-are-immediate-short-term-effects-methamphetamine-abuse
- http://www.who.int/violenceprevention/interpersonal_violence_and_illicit_drug_use.pdf
- http://www.drugabuse.gov/faqs
- https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/drug-use-during-pregnancy/drug-use-during-pregnancy
- https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/drugged-driving
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created 2001 · complexity intermediate · author Charles E. Campbell, Jr. · version 6.0
Here's a (what should be a one-line) map to help you tell just what syntax highlighting groups the item under the cursor actually is:
nnoremap <F10> :echo "hi<" . synIDattr(synID(line("."),col("."),1),"name") . '> trans<' \ . synIDattr(synID(line("."),col("."),0),"name") . "> lo<" \ . synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line("."),col("."),1)),"name") . ">"<CR>
Once known you can override the current highlighting with whatever you want.
If you're debugging a syntax highlighting file (a rare occupation), sometimes you'll wish to know the entire chain of syntax highlighting. For that, see HiLinkTrace.
See also :help synstack()
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Example: Looking at the syntax/vim.vim file's
syn match vimSpecFile "<c\(word\|WORD\)>" nextgroup=...
Put the cursor on the "\(" in the string, press F10:
hi<vimPatSep> trans<vimPatSep> lo<Special>
will show up on the status line. You may envisage the highlighting as a push-down stack of highlighting groups. The "highest" one is the most limited in scope, and is the name of the syntax keyword, match, or region. Generally such a syntax group is linked to a highlighting group. The "lowest" one is the basic highlighting specification, and probably has a broad reach -- in this case, "Special" is a default highlighting group used in 179 syntax highlighting files (vim 6.0) for a variety of purposes.
Syntax groups can be specified as being transparent, so that whatever group they're in is what is used for highlighting. If that's the case, the group mentioned in "trans<>" will be the name of that group, else it is a repeat of the "hi<>" group name.
With the highlighting script (hilinks.vim), you'll get (via \hlt):
vimPatSep -> SpecialChar -> Special
which shows the entire highlighting chain. Thus, a "\(" is identified as being highlighted as a vimPatSep, which is a link to SpecialChar, which itself is a link to Special. Actually a "\(" is a vimPatSepZone region which has vimPatSep as its "matchgroup".
Slightly updated version:
com! CheckHighlightUnderCursor echo {l,c,n -> \ 'hi<' . synIDattr(synID(l, c, 1), n) . '> ' \ .'trans<' . synIDattr(synID(l, c, 0), n) . '> ' \ .'lo<' . synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(l, c, 1)), n) . '> ' \ }(line("."), col("."), "name")


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Can a young woman single-handedly change the fate of a magical kingdom? Set out on a voyage with Jane Lockwood into a mysterious world of danger and adventure, into a whirlwind of magic and wonder! As you encounter a host of unusual and amusing creatures and help them in their troubles, you will inch closer and closer to your final goal – finding Jane's long-lost parents, all the while freeing the great and wise Time Keepers from the grip of oblivion. Find out why time came to a standstill, and drive the ancient evil out of Nearwood once and for all! Bring back peace and quiet to the land! Save Nearwood!
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When you go out and have a drink on the weekend night, some would normally desire to wear jeans and shirt to feel comfy. However, note this kind of does not give that you' hot serve. You need to do more experimentation on during you dress so that you may not look boring. If you do are quite heavy, good attire would have been slacks and blouse along with nice accessories to cause you to look more beautiful. Seeking have an attractive body, a hot alternative would be club wear mini clothing. By wearing such, is usually sure you will get the interest of the boys in the club, especially that you are showing some skin.
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TechRadar Verdict
Fun toy-like tool for web authoring, but is hard to use and short on picture quality
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Picking a camcorder has always involved tricky choices between competing formats. Forget old-school battles between VHS-C and 8mm. You're now looking at a minefield of different digital recording formats…
The advantage of camcorders that use SD cards is their size, and the Panasonic S26 proves this. Unlike video cameras that use DVDs, Mini DV tapes or hard-disk drives, the removable flash memory card means there are no moving parts to bulk up the recording mechanism. If you want a movie camera you can carry around, this is it. You can almost wrap the fingers of one hand around the S26.
But it's not the only mobile camcorder that shoots video and fits in your pocket. So, what makes it stand out? There's a 2.7-inch fold-out LCD screen, and a joystick-driven menu system that offers a range of tweaks. But its main selling point is its 70x zoom.
An optical image stabilisation system aims to produce steady shots. This works at low image magnifications, but fails to give wobble-free footage when the full power of the lens is unleashed. Even on a tripod, the 70x setting is shaky.
The long lens is made possible by using an image sensor, so don't bother looking for an HD setting; maximum image quality is limited to 625-line standard-definition. Using the top XP mode, you can record around 50 minutes of video on a 4GB card. Slot in a 32GB card and use LP mode and it can keep shooting for more than 26 hours straight.
The low resolution and handy form factor make this a useful machine for authoring online footage. There's a Web Mode button that keeps file sizes down. But in Top Quality Mode, the footage lacks punch, and the variable bit rate used means you get mosaic effects when shooting moving subjects. Lowlight footage is murky, and the VGA stills camera offers less resolution than a mobile.
The convenience of the SDHC format makes it is easy to transfer files. The S26 offers Mass Storage support – connect with a USB lead and your Mac sees all the files.
But here ends the Apple support. Video is recorded in the .MOD format (also used by JVC Everio camcorders) which Mac apps don't recognise. You can change the extension manually (or by batch command) to .M2V so that VLC plays it.
For iMovie and elsewhere, you'll need a conversion app such as Aimersoft Video Converter. Is it too much effort for what you get?


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Welcome to the forum, to try and cut down on stuck threads, I am going to try and keep track of the important threads here.
Other stuck threads will include this weeks and last weeks beer of the week thread and pub of the month. As these move out of date they are archived in the Beer of the Week forum (you can still post to them there).
If you are new to the forum why not do a post on Your Favourites to let us know a little about yourself.
If you are looking for something to post you could use This week, I'll be mostly reading / listening to / watching / going to see.... thread.
If you have seen a video you think others would enjoy why not post it on the youtube thread.
Alternative news that some may have missed can be reported in the Random News of the Day thread.
Know a good joke? Tell it in The Buffalo Theory and beer thread.
Some behaviour that irritates you in or about pubs, then Pub annoyances #834 is the place to vent (don't forget to assign a number to your annoyance).
You could join one of the Premier League Prediction Game or Pubs Galore Fantasy Football League 2010/2011, no need to know about football, I am in both of them so you will beat at least 1 person.
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Enjoy Your Life
Enjoy Your Life! The Art of Interpersonal Relations as Exemplified in The Prophet's Biography is a comprehensive guide towards improving interpersonal skills and hence, enjoying life. The author, Dr. Muhammad 'Abdur-Rahmân al-'Areefy, writes. An enjoyable life entails learning and practicing multiple skills; the few who truly apply them savour the success that comes with it. Of course, atop the list of the successful is the chief of humanity, Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). His entire life was an ocean of pearls that I have scattered throughout the pages of this book. Enjoy Your Life! is not the product of an effort of a month or a year. Rather, it has resulted from the research that I devoted myself to for twenty years. I inscribed it with my tears, pouring my soul and squeezing my memories into it. I penned down various incidents involving the joy of our eyes – our first teacher, Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). I highlighted his exceptional talents; his skills in dealing with people and enjoying his life. Enjoy Your Life! contains personal memories, real-life experiences, and incidents that I have publicised for the first time - praying that Allah, the Exalted, makes them a source of benefit for you. Enjoy Your Life! contains words that are straight from my heart, hoping to find a place in yours. It is the dearest and most beloved of my books. I ask ALLAH, the Exalted, to benefit others with it, make this effort solely for His sake, and amply reward all those who have contributed to spread it.
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Mastebolin (Drostanolone) 100mg/1ml 1vial 10ml, Alpha Pharma
Masteron (Drostanolone) is a unique anabolic steroid because of the way it is derived from DHT (dihydrotestosterone). It is altered by the addition of a methyl group at the carbon 2 position. This structural change is what makes masteron anabolic, and what makes it function the way it does.
Masteron is extremely popular in bodybuilding; in fact, it's used in cutting, hardening, and even as an aromatase inhibitor (AI). This makes it a great choice as a finisher during a cycle; though, it should always be stacked with other steroids to get the most benefits out of it. It is especially a good choice with aromatizing compounds like testosterone and dianabol because it works in synergy to counteract estrogen based water weight.
Drostanolone Propionate is a dihydrotestosterone (DHT) derived anabolic steroid. Specifically, Masteron is the DHT hormone that has been structurally altered by the addition of a methyl group at the carbon 2 position, This protects the hormone from the metabolic breakdown by the 3-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase enzyme, which is found in the skeletal muscle. It also greatly increases the hormone's anabolic nature. This simple structural change is all it takes to create Drostanolone, and from here the small/short Propionate ester is attached in order to control the hormone's release time. Drostanolone Enanthate can also be found through some underground labs, which does not have to be injected as frequently, but it is somewhat rare compared to the Propionate version. The majority of all Masteron on the market will be Drostanolone Propionate.
On a functional basis, Masteron is well-known for being one of the only anabolic steroids with strong anti-estrogenic properties. Not only does this steroid carry no estrogenic activity, but it can actually act as an anti-estrogen in the body. This is why it has been effective in the treatment of breast cancer. In fact, the combination of Masteron and Nolvadex (Tamoxifen Citrate) has been shown to be far more effective than chemotherapy in the treatment of inoperable breast cancer in postmenopausal women. This also makes it a popular steroid among bodybuilders as it could actually prohibit the need for an anti-estrogen when used in the right cycle. This will also prove advantageous during the cutting phase due to the hardening effects it can provide.
Masteron was developed in 1959, alongside anadrol, by Syntex Pharmaceuticals, but it did not hit the market until 1970. At first, it was sold under the brand names Masteril and Drostanolonum. Later, when Eli Lilly received a license for the drug, it was sold as Drolban. First developed to combat breast cancer, today it is used exclusively for bodybuilding as a cutting steroid.
The original Masteron was only available as propionate, so many old timers are not even aware that the enanthate version exists. In fact, we can give thanks to the underground labs (UGL's) we have today, who have made masteron enanthate available.
The anabolic/androgenic ratio of Masteron is only 62:25; testosterone is the baseline 100:100. Do not let these numbers fool you into thinking masteron is weak. There isn't a better hardener out there, but it is true that if ran alone, masteron will be woefully inadequate for gains.
Masteron was used for many years to combat advanced inoperable breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The FDA still approves drostanolone for this purpose, but it is rarely used today due to the other options available to women.
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is a sex steroid and androgen hormone. In the body, the 5a-reductase enzyme synthesizes DHT in the adrenal glands, testes, hair follicles and prostate, giving males man-like features. In males, 5% of testosterone that is produced gets converted to DHT, so anytime testosterone is increased, you will also increase DHT. DHT does not convert to estrogen. Since Masteron is a DHT derived compound, you can expect much more increased DHT in the body, without estrogen increasing. Masteron carries relatively low anabolic and androgenic ratings; however, these ratings are somewhat misleading. It's important to remember DHT, the basis of Masteron, is five times more androgenic than testosterone with a much stronger binding affinity to the androgen receptor. This again promotes a harder look and can also enhance fat loss. Most all anabolic steroids are well-noted for enhancing the metabolic rate, but strong androgens have a tendency to directly promote lipolysis.
SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin) is a protein that binds to sex steroids, and renders them inactive for as long as SHBG is bound to them.
There is a difference between 'free' testosterone and 'bound' testosterone. Free testosterone is what matters, so the higher you can get that relative to total testosterone the more benefits you can expect. Masteron, being a DHT derivative, will strongly bind to SHBG, this will increase free testosterone, which is why it works so well as part of a steroid stack instead of alone.
There are several injectable anabolic steroids which carry different esters: testosterone, trenbolone and nandrolone are the most popular examples. Longer esters like enanthate (enan) can be injected less often, usually once (1) or twice (2) per week. On the other hand, shorter esters like propionate (prop) are usually injected every day or every other day (ED and EOD). For those who would rather inject twice a week, they can pick the enanthate version.
Users who use masteron propionate tend to stack it with another shorter ester such as trenbolone acetate, testosterone propionate, or NPP (nandrolone phenylpropionate). Stacking keeps esters consistent with each other. On the other hand, those that go with the enanthate version of masteron tend to stack testosterone enanthate or cypionate, trenbolone enanthate, or deca durabolin (nandrolone decanoate).
Propionate ester will reach peak levels in the body faster than the enanthate ester. As a result, it will be out of the system faster, so recovery will be faster. It is important to remember the body's HPTA will not recover until steroid esters are completely out of your system.
The best recommendation is if you are running a cycle 8 weeks or less, then go with Masteron Propionate; however, if you run a longer cycle, then it's a good idea to use Masteron Enanthate. In the end, it may come down to personal preference, some users swear prop works better for them, and others say there is no difference.
Masteron should be used as part of a steroid stack, so that the user can benefit from the SHBG binding. Average dosage is 400-500mg per week, some experienced users will go up to a gram (1000mgs) per week.
Masteron works best for those with lower body fat who are looking to harden up the muscles, so it's mainly used as a finisher to a cutting cycle, ahead of a competition, or before a photo shoot. It's a mainstream belief that masteron is primarily a cosmetic compound, so a person should have a nice physique before wasting their time expecting tremendous results from using it alone.
I generally do not recommend those who have higher amounts of body fat (over 10-13%), or who do not have muscle mass on their frame, to use Masteron. However, this does not mean they cannot get the benefits of increased free testosterone, low side effects, and water shedding if that is their goal.
The detection time for masteron propionate is 3 weeks with a 3-4 day half life. For masteron enanthate, the half life is about 8-10 days, and the detection time is up to a whopping 3 months. Those who will be tested should always choose propionate and stop at least 3 weeks before testing. Recently, a well known MMA athlete, Anderson Silva, was busted for masteron.
Side effects with masteron are low in terms of estrogenic effects; in fact, it can lower estrogen during a cycle because of its AI like properties. However, this does not shield someone from negative DHT side effects, such as head hair loss, which is very common with this compound. Masteron, like all anabolic steroids is suppressive, so a post cycle therapy (PCT) is needed.
Since masteron is a DHT derivative, women are discouraged from using it, in even moderate doses, due to the risk of virilization (enlarged clitoris, facial hair, deepening voice). If it is used, it should be a tiny dose and for short periods.
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Roll your own Linux with Slax
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With its novel package manager, Slax makes it simple to install new software and easy to build your own distributions.
Because the Linux kernel and all its attendant utilities are open source, you can combine the software any way you'd like. Indeed, many Linux distributions, Live CDs, and virtual appliances are available, each with its own bent or specialty.
Ideally, building a custom Linux distribution would be as simple as burning a CD. In practice, though, the process is more complex, typically requiring the expertise of a developer or system administrator.
Slax is a notable exception. Akin to shopping online, you can assemble and generate a custom Linux distribution with a few clicks of your mouse. Slax is so incredibly friendly and easy to maintain, you won't believe it.
First, let's look at Slax and its package manager, then let's handcraft a Linux distribution. The test machine is a virtual computer running in Parallels Desktop on Mac OS X. Nonetheless, you can achieve the same results with physical media and hardware.
Introducing Slax
The standard Slax distribution comprises a core and a large collection of modules that can be added to the core. In this respect, Slax is similar to other Linux kits. For instance, Ubuntu Linux contains everything you need to get started, but it can be customized extensively with the Aptitude package manager. However, the similarities between Slax and other Linux distros end there because adding a Slax module is as simple as clicking an icon on a web page.
Figure 1 captures a portion of the Slax games catalog. Each of the four modules shown has an icon, a name and version number, a description, and three buttons: download, add to build, and activate. Clicking on activate enables a module in an instant.
To try Slax, go to the Slax homepage [1], download the ISO image, then burn a CD or load the ISO onto a virtual machine and boot. In a moment, you will see the Slax desktop.
To launch a terminal window, click on Konsole (the screen icon) in the status bar at the bottom. Next, click on the K Menu at the bottom left, launch the Konqueror browser, and point it at the Slax homepage. Now click on modules then develop in the next page, then switch to Konsole and type python --version.
Because Python is not part of the Slax core, you get an error message. To fix that problem, go to your browser again, navigate the list of developer modules until you find Python, and click activate. A series of message balloons should pop up at the top left. After the balloons indicate success, return to the terminal window and retype python --version. This time the Python version number should be output to your screen.
Disabling a module is just as easy. To remove Python, click on the K Menu and choose System | Slax Module Manager. From there, select the Python module and click Remove Selected Module. If you try the python command as before to confirm the uninstall, the response is No such file or directory.
Interestingly, activating a module does not physically copy software to the local hard drive. Instead, it uses two file systems – httpfs and AUFS – to make it appear as if the module's files are local.
Httpfs mounts a remote ISO image on the local system, making its contents available immediately. Meanwhile, AUFS (short for Another Union FileSystem) unions one or more directories into a single, virtual directory. AUFS treats each directory as an overlay.
For instance, if directory /usr/bin contains bash (the Bash Shell), directory /tmp/a contains usr/bin/zsh (the Z Shell), and directory /tmp/b contains usr/bin/fish (the Fish shell), the union of these three directories makes all three shells available from /usr/bin. Thus, activation mounts a remote ISO image to a local directory and unions the contents of the remote directory with the contents of a local directory to make megabytes of software available in an instant.
To see the list of activated modules, turn again to the Slax Module Manager, which you can also use to browse the local filesystem and activate local modules. With web activation, whenever you shut down Slax, all activated modules are deactivated and must be re-activated via the Internet at the next boot. Luckily, you can store a module locally and re-activate it every time or just some of the time, as you'll see next.
Installing a Module
In addition to the web browser interface, Slax provides alternative techniques to activate a module. For example, recall that each module in the Slax catalog has a download button. Clicking this button downloads the module to the local filesystem (a destination you choose) and leaves it in its bundled form. Once a module is local, you can activate/deactivate manually, activate at every boot, or activate only when you need it.
To activate a local module manually, simply double-click its file from Konqueror or use the activate command.
For example, if you download the game Pix Frogger to ~/pixfrogger.lzm, you can activate the module with a double-click via Konqueror or with the activate command:
# activate ~/pixfrogger.lzm module file is stored inside the union, moving to /mnt/live/memory/modules first...
Now you can run pixfrogger, which you'll find (virtually) in /usr/bin.
To deactivate the module, double-click the file /mnt/live/memory/modules/pixfrogger.lzm, use the Module Manager, or use deactivate:
# deactivate /mnt/live/memory/modules/pixfrogger.lzm
Only the superuser, root, can activate and deactivate modules.
If you run Slax from writable media and want to activate a module at every boot, copy the module to directory /slax/modules. Then, to keep pixfrogger available at all times, run:
# cp /mnt/live/memory/modules/pixfrogger.lzm /slax/modules
However, if want to activate a module selectively at boot time, copy it to /slax/optional and name the module in the boot command. For instance, if pixfrogger.lzm is in /slax/optional/pixfrogger.lzm, the command boot slax load=pixfrogger will activate Pix Frogger during boot.
Optionally, you can name entire subdirectories in the boot command. Assuming all of your games are in /slax/optional/games, the command boot slax load= games would activate every module in the games subdirectory. A request for a nonexistent module or directory is silently ignored.
If you download a module and activate it, it is copied automatically to /mnt/live/memory/modules – a virtual path for /slax/modules – and activated after reboot.
Building a Distribution
To build your own Slax-based distribution, you combine the core with all of the modules you want, then let Build Slax aggregate them and package it all into a single downloadable ISO.
To start, go to the Slax homepage and click build slax. By default, Build Slax starts each distribution with six modules, as shown in Figure 2. The first module, Core, is mandatory; the others – Xorg, KDE, Apps, KOffice, and Devel – can be removed at your discretion by mousing over each icon and clicking the red X that appears.
To add more modules, click on the Add more modules link and browse the catalog of all available modules. To add a module, click Add to build. To remove a module, click Undo build.
When finished, or to see your progress, simply return to the Build Slax page. Now the Python module appears under verified modules. The estimated size has increased from 190 to 195MB. Again, you can mouse over a module and click the red X to delete it.
When you are finished choosing modules, simply click the Download ISO button at the bottom of the window and save the file. Then, either burn a CD or load the ISO into a virtual machine and boot the image. When the desktop appears, run the python --version command to see that it is indeed present. Now you can disseminate your handiwork to Python coders everywhere.
Build Slax can save and restore your module selections, too. These features are useful if you want to bootstrap a new distribution from an existing one. Just above the list of modules are two links: one to save your selection, which keeps the file on your local hard drive, and one to restore it later, which produces a list in simple text that it uploads and interprets.
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July 1st — Canada Day, Lady Diana's birthday, the day for massive marches in Hong Kong, and if I remember right, my own birthday as well. (Don't ask how old I am; I stopped counting.) My first birthday at home in America in years. Posts may be sparse as I have to spend time with the family, but I'll try to slip off and blog whenever I get the chance. To my friends in HK, have a great time at the march.
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On The Many Faces of Fear and the Quest for Closure
I recently received a telephone call from a gentleman I met last year at the Khe Sanh Veterans reunion in Nashville, TN. He reminded me that he had come to the reunion back in September to see if he could find out information about his cousin, Glenn Sanders from Alpha Company, 1/26 who was KIA at Khe Sanh in late June, 1967.
When we met in Nashville, I couldn't help him because Glenn Sanders was with a different outfit than mine, so I introduced him around to some of the men I knew who were in Alpha 1/26 and that's the last I knew of him until he called me last week.
Here's some background: In the early morning hours of June 27, 1967, the NVA rocketed and mortared the Khe Sanh Combat Base, killing and wounding a number of Marines from 1/26. Later that day, elements of CAC Oscar-3 and the Third Battalion, 26th Marines, first probed and then assaulted Hill 689 southwest of Khe Sanh where the incoming from that early morning was fired.
A number of men were killed and wounded before Hill 689 was secured by the Marines of 3/26. All tolled, the number of men KIA on those days, according to Reverend Ray Stubbe's Battalion of Kings, was 28.
I was up on Hill 881 South with Bravo Company when all this action took place. We could hear the combat and were on 100% alert while the fighting occurred.
During the dark hours the fog was so dense you could carve it with a K-bar. Jim Richardson from Albany, Georgia, and I manned a bunker on the west side of the 881 South. We whispered back and forth to each other. Jim had been a mortician before enlisting in the Corps, so we probably whispered about death and dead bodies. We did that to keep our minds off what was out there crawling around, intent on killing us.
I recall one instance in particular when we heard something out to our front. The mist was so thick that water dripped off the top of the bunker and down onto the sandbagged parapet at the front of our position. Drip, drip, drip. But what we heard beyond that was more distinct. It was scraping, like maybe someone was crawling up to the concertina wire in front of our bunker. We snapped our M-16s off safe and leaned against the parapet.
It happened in less time that it took for one of those drips to leave the moldy green sandbags and fall the foot or so to the parapet below. An enormous rat—he must have been two-and-a-half feet from the end of his tail to the tip of his nose—leapt down on the parapet right in front of Jim and me.
At first I thought a grenade had hit the front of our position. Both Jim and I ducked as the rat slapped the sandbag and still not sure what had hit the parapet, we fell to the deck and covered our necks until we heard the critter scrabble off the sandbags and into the night.
How we had the discipline not to light up the night with our M-16s and send that rat to rodent hell, I do not know. Or maybe it wasn't discipline at all; maybe we were too frightened to do anything more than react.
We both laughed. We laughed so loud that the platoon sergeant and the squad leader came down the line and hissed at us to shut up.
The dichotomies and ironies of combat were and are never ending. Down below us at the combat base and out on Hill 689, Marines and Corpsmen were dying. NVA soldiers were dying. And we were up on Hill 881 South giggling that we had been attacked by a rat. And we were so relieved that it was only a rat, all we could do was laugh.
One of those dying men was Glenn Sanders, the cousin of the man who I met in Nashville and who called me last week. He wanted to report that he had made contact with a number of the men in Alpha Company, 1/26, and even though none of them remembered Glenn, they did tell him the circumstances of the attack the early morning of June 27, 1967.
Consequently, this man who was searching for clues and information about his cousin's death has been able to pass on to friends and relatives news about this Marine who didn't make it out of Khe Sanh. And furthermore, on Memorial Day, 2014, this Marine who was killed at Khe Sanh was honored by the family's local church. It may be 47 years late, but at least the honoring happened and hopefully those friends and family who remain alive, who knew this Marine, have some kind of closure.
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The ICS folks didn't make life easy for themselves by explicitly stating that they wanted "conceptual contributions". But looking over the list of papers, a few things come to mind:
- It's a great list of papers. Nothing to complain about really, and any of these could have been a credible paper at FOCS/STOC
- The Arora et al paper on designing derivatives using NP-hard problems has already received so much chatter, one might argue that the conference mandate has already been satisfied. Similarly for the quantum money followup.
- Even if the whole 'conceptual contributions' thing doesn't pan out, I see no harm in having a third conference inserted between FOCS and STOC - the more the merrier.
- I guess innovation = "game theory + crypto + quantum + misc" :)
Update: Shiva Kintali has PDFs for the accepted papers.