text: On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 04:15:18PM -0700, Jim Lux wrote: > At 03:46 PM 8/27/2007, Lombard, David N wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:07:22PM -0700, Jim Lux wrote: > >> And here's a challenge at the other end of the spectrum. > >> > >> What's the lowest cost, simplest, closest to off the shelf way to > >> build a small network file server that can do DHCP/PXE booting, etc. > >> for a compact low power cluster. Something like a LinkSys NSLU-2 > >> (<$100 but you need to add a USB disk, and load a new version of the > >> OS that has dhcpd and tftpd) could probably do it, but it would be > >> nice to have an integrated solution. > > > >Putting dhcpd, xinetd, tftp, pxelinux, &etc on the head node? What > >precludes > >this "software only" solution? > Essentially, the mini-server IS the head node. It doesn't have to do > very much... get the worker bees up and running, and, I suppose, > potentially fire off the jobs on the workers, although that might > just be done in the startup script for the node. > > While this isn't the "Beowulf of Furbys" it's pretty darn close.. OK, so you're looking for a minimal server platform. Take a look at gumstix <http://gumstix.com/> -- David N. Lombard, Intel, Irvine, CA I do not speak for Intel Corporation; all comments are strictly my own.


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text: Lux, James P wrote: > > > > On 1/19/09 10:07 AM, "Joe Landman" <landman at scalableinformatics.com> wrote: > > John Hearns wrote: > > > BTW, re the discussion on processor frequency scaling, > > what finally did happen to Emitter Coupled Logic and gallium > arsenide? > > GaAs ... the material of the future. And always will be. > > > As a cub high energy physicist, I devoted many hours to learning about > > ECL and Fastbus - it was (still is) the fastest switching technology, > > therefore the Fastbus standard was based around it. Ditched now I > think > > for VMEbus systems. > > Sigh. Those big old crates were a reaql sight. > > > > I wonder out loud if any exotic semiconductor plus ECL will be revived > > in the future. > > The problems with GaAs are economic, and perceived safety (not to > mention the technological problem of controlling defects in the material > ... EL2 was/is a fun one). Economic, as Silicon has a huge installed > base, and you can't simply switch materials in the same foundery ... > different materials do require different processes and machines ... > which increases costs. There are no economies of scale for GaAs. > Perceived safety as the high temperature grown GaAs required 5+ > atmospheres of Arsenic gas at ~500C or thereabouts (quoting from memory) > to maintain an equilibrated growth. Not too many people want to live > near such a thing. There is a low temperature grown GaAs, though this > has a number of defects you have to get better control over for devices. > > > As if conventional silicon processes don't use delightful gases like > phosphine, arsine, and NF3, not to mention HF as an etchant? I doubt > that it's really a safety issue. If people actually knew how much ... which is why I used the word "perceived" ... :( "There are chemicals in them thar water ... Hydrogen Hydroxide ... a nasty solvent. Could cause cancer. Dissolves many things." These days, perception == reality :( > deadly stuff there is in the typical foundry/fab, there would be picket > lines down the block outside. > > It's all about yield. A) you can't grow as big GaAs as Si crystals, so As I remember, this is a technological problem. A solvable one (given enough time/money ... etc.) See the economic argument as to why this won't happen. > wafer size is smaller. B) defects are more common.. Less of an issue for Hmmm... I would say ... less well controlled. It took a long time to understand how to control and therefore engineer Si crystals with various properties. Ingots didn't start automagically growing in the lab. GaAs has well known defects. Well, ok, EL2 took a long while to understand (has it been finally put to rest?). It doesn't suffer from some of Si's problems. But it has its own set. > small die, where you can just throw away the ones with bad spots; tough > for big dice, where the odds of getting a defect in every die on the > wafer gets big Yup, but again, this is a solvable problem given enough economic incentive. > > And, GaAs is not what you'd call a low power technology. No equivalent :) > of CMOS for GaAs, it's all bipolar, and in the case of GaAs ECL, non > saturated, so it draws a lot of power. A saving grace is that you can > run the junctions a lot hotter with GaAs, but even so, getting the heat > out of the die is a challenge. The other issue with GaAs (and lots of GaX and GaXY) are threading defects. Took a long time to stabilize blue LEDs, originally Ga based. The junctions got hot enough that it would start to drive defect diffusion and threading dislocations. > > SiGe is probably more promising for real high speed stuff: you can > integrate SiCMOS stuff with the SiGe on the same die. > > For real speed and power GaN is interesting. ... again it all comes down to a pure CBA. I wouldn't bet against Si. Joe (who bet against Si when he wrote his thesis ... on modeling defects in GaAs some ... er ... years ago). -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com http://jackrabbit.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615


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Author Notes: This recipe is inspired by a salad at Franny's in Brooklyn. It's a new kind of bean salad -- one that's slicked with garlicky oil, kissed with vinegar, and crowned with a crisp pancetta chip. Use whatever kind of beans you like -- here, I went for borlotti, cannellini, green kidneys and controne. There's no soaking needed, not to mention very little effort. Just start the day before and do laundry while you simmer the beans (don't let them boil!). Then serve the beans however you like: as a lunch salad or a dinner party side dish. I like them at room temperature. —Amanda Hesser
Serves: 4
cup each 4 kinds of beans
garlic cloves, peeled
small carrots, peeled and cut into 4 pieces
sprigs thyme
cup olive oil, plus more for serving
Freshly ground black pepper
Splashes sherry or red wine vinegar
very thin slices pancetta
- Place each type of dried bean in a separate saucepan (yes, this is the only annoying part of the recipe; if you'd prefer to do them together, time them according to size, adding the largest beans first and add the rest progressively so that they all finish cooking at once -- good luck!). Cover with at least 3 inches of water. Add 1 carrot (in pieces), 1 garlic clove and 2 sprigs thyme to each pan.
- Bring to a gentle simmer -- the water should burp rather than bubble. Cook the beans until just tender but not at all mushy, 1 to 2 hours, depending on the size of the bean. Drain, rinse under cool water, and let cool. Discard the carrot, garlic and thyme.
- Mince the remaining garlic clove. In a large saucepan, briefly warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the beans and cook for 1 minute, just to slightly warm the beans and disperse the garlic oil. Season with salt and pepper. Strip the leaves from the remaining thyme sprigs and add them to the beans. Add vinegar to taste -- it should sharpen the flavors but nothing more. Taste and adjust the salt -- yes, again!
- Heat the broiler. Arrange the pancetta on a baking sheet. Broil until crisp.
- Spoon the bean salad onto a wide, shallow serving dish. Top with the pancetta and sprinkle with a little more olive oil.
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text: These fresh, hand made jumbo baked clams will be the talk of your party. We start with a hearty helping of chopped Long Island clams, add in clam stock, garlic, parsley, onions, butter and a light dusting of bread crumbs. Definitely more clams than bread crumbs. Our premium jumbo baked clams are always a favorite and would be an appetizing addition to a beach party, barbecue, shower, or any affair.


text: There are approximately 17,000 municipal wastewater treatment facilities in the US. Wastewater and municipal drinking water treatment systems account for about 3 percent of total US energy consumption and approximately 35 percent of the total energy consumed by municipalities. A breakdown of electricity consumption at a typical municipal activated-sludge wastewater treatment facility is shown in Figure 1. Electricity accounts for 90 to 95 percent of the total energy consumed by these facilities; the remainder is fuel (fuel oil or natural gas) used for back-up electricity generation or natural gas used to heat buildings. Average energy use data Figure 1: Electricity consumption by end use Aeration accounts for more than 50 percent of wastewater treatment plant electricity consumption. Top technology uses Drivepower Lighting Ventilation & air handling Quick fixes this section Wastewater treatment plants typically have one or more administration buildings that could benefit from the following energy-efficiency measures. These measures cost nothing or only a little, are easy to implement, and utilize proven technologies. Turning things off Turning things off seems simple, but remember that for every 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) you save by turning things off, you'll save $100 on your utility bill (assuming average electricity costs of 10 cents per kWh). Computers and monitors. Computers and other electronic equipment can contribute up to 20 percent of overall energy consumption. You can gain significant energy savings by verifying that computer power-management settings are enabled on individual computers and monitors, forcing them to enter sleep mode after a specified period of inactivity. Effective power-management settings can cut a computer's electricity use roughly in half, saving up to $75 annually per computer. Although most computers are now shipped with some sort of power management settings enabled, those settings can be disabled or made less effective, or they can be made more rigorous to maximize energy savings. For more information, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers detailed instructions on Energy Star's The Business Case for Power Management page. Other office equipment and plug loads. Like computers, devices such as printers, fax machines, and coffeemakers often have energy-reduction settings that can yield substantial energy savings. Additionally, consider using smart power strips with occupancy sensors, which are an easy way to shut off often-forgotten energy users such as printers, monitors, desk lamps, and radios. Lights. Lights should be turned off when not in use, but many people forget to take this step. When properly installed, occupancy sensors and timers can do this for you. A no-cost option is to simply train staff to turn off lights as part of their closing procedures (you can also help by posting a notice that identifies the locations of light switches). Chilled-water drinking fountains. Water fountains generally don't need to provide ice-cold water 24 hours a day unless it's required for health reasons. In most cases, you can turn off the cooling systems in drinking fountains. Vending machines. Refrigerated vending machines typically operate 24/7, using 2,500 to 4,400 kWh per year and adding to cooling loads in the spaces they occupy. Timers or occupancy sensors can yield significant savings because they allow the machines to turn on only when a customer is present or when the compressor must run to maintain the product at the desired temperature. Walk-through audits. For facilities that don't operate constantly, one method to identify energy-efficiency opportunities is a walk through the facility after hours. Much of the equipment that is left on overnight or over the weekend in an empty building is a good candidate for saving energy by switching it off. Consider recruiting volunteers from each shift as monitors. Motors. Identify motors that are operating unnecessarily and shut them down. This could be as simple as ceiling fans running in unoccupied spaces or as complicated as cooling tower fans still running after target temperatures have been met. Turning things down Some equipment cannot be turned off entirely but can be turned down to save energy. HVAC temperature setbacks. During closed hours, turn down temperature settings during heating seasons and turn them up in cooling seasons. Programmable thermostats make temperature setbacks a reliable option. Peripheral and back rooms. Make sure that HVAC settings in rarely used offices and other peripheral rooms are at minimum settings. Window shades and blinds. During warm weather, blinds can block direct sunlight and reduce cooling needs; in the winter, opening the blinds on south-facing windows will let in sunlight to help heat the space. Optimizing operations and maintenance Given all the moving mechanical parts in a wastewater treatment plant, it's very important to remember that regularly scheduled operations and maintenance (O&M) can keep equipment running smoothly and delivering energy savings. Check motors. Mechanical problems are the main cause of premature failures of electric motors. Routinely lubricating motors, checking for clean and adequate ventilation, and ensuring that motors aren't suffering from a voltage imbalance will help them achieve their full-life potential while simultaneously minimizing their energy consumption. Inspect fans, bearings, and belts. A thorough inspection of fan blades, bearings, and belts at least once a year can prevent failure and maintain efficiency. During the inspection, fan blades should be cleaned, bearings should be checked for adequate lubrication, and belts should be adjusted and changed if needed. Conduct a recommissioning audit. Professionals who are trained in identifying wastewater treatment O&M and capital opportunities offer audits similar to the walk-through audit described above, but focused on identifying a broader set of opportunities (not just turning equipment off). The audit typically lasts up to a day, and ends with the delivery of a report detailing potential savings measures, plus estimated costs and benefits. The audit is often done in conjunction with benchmarking, which involves collecting facility energy use data, billing data, and facility comparison data. Recommissioning audits identify efficiency measures that will restore the overall plant performance to original design levels, but they do not delve into specifics about the performance of process systems. Longer-term solutions this section Longer-term solutions are energy-saving measures that require more investment of capital or longer payback periods, but they may also result in larger energy and cost savings. Monitor energy usage For many wastewater treatment facilities, improved energy monitoring is a great place to start when trying to reduce energy consumption. Many utilities will provide access to 15-minute interval data from the facility's main meter. Installing additional submeters, such as for the pumps or blowers, can also be worthwhile. And there are many energy-information software products that can help facilities gather and display energy and process data in a way that helps operators optimize performance and save energy. According to EnerNOC, which has conducted research on energy monitoring and information systems for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), industrial facilities (including wastewater treatment plants) can save between 5 percent and 20 percent of their total energy consumption by installing energy-management and energy-information systems and by training facility staff to use the information. The wastewater treatment facility in Greeley, Colorado, installed a new system in 2014 to gather and display its electricity information in a way that is useful for plant operators. The city publishes the information online, so that the public can to see how much energy the facility is saving on a daily basis. Audit aeration and pumping systems The two largest energy-consuming end uses for wastewater treatment facilities are the aeration and pumping systems, and adding better controls to these systems can save energy. Often, your local utility will offer free or subsidized energy audits, and there are many consultants who have expertise in these systems. Aeration system controls. Upgrading the controls on the blower system can be a significant energy-saving opportunity. Improved controls can significantly reduce energy consumption when the aeration system is operating at less than full capacity. We spoke with a facility engineer at the Fort Collins, Colorado, wastewater treatment facility. He told us that in 2012, his facility upgraded the controls on its blower system, installing an automated control system with much better turndown capabilities and a blow-off valve to improve system performance. Along with other blower upgrades, the improved controls helped reduce energy consumption from the aeration system by about 30 percent. ASDs on pumps. Pumping systems are the next-largest energy consumers at wastewater treatment facilities. An energy audit will reveal any pumps that are consistently operated at partial loads; those may be good candidates for adjustable-speed drives (ASDs). ASDs can achieve significant energy savings in the right applications, and simple payback periods can be as low as three years. Utility incentives can help make these projects even more cost-effective. Upgrade to LED lighting Outdoor lighting fixtures at wastewater treatment plants are especially good candidates for LED upgrades. In addition to reducing lighting energy costs by about 70 percent, LEDs result in significant maintenance costs savings due to their longer life. In 2013, the city of Greeley completed a comprehensive upgrade of its outside lighting, switching from metal halide and high-pressure sodium lights to LEDs, spending a total of $47,000. After the utility incentive, the estimated payback period was about 5.7 years. Use turbo blowers There are several alternative technologies for providing process air to the aeration system (Table 1). The turbo blower is a newer and highly efficient alternative, offering high efficiency over a wide range of air flows in addition to low maintenance costs. This technology has become increasingly popular since its introduction to the wastewater treatment market in 2007, and there are seven or more competing manufacturers in the US, according to a report from Carollo Engineers, Overview of Blower Technologies and Comparison of High-Speed Turbo Blowers (PDF). Table 1: Typical blower efficiencies Turndown capability is an indication of the blower's ability to meet a range of airflow requirements. The Greeley wastewater treatment facility installed six 300-horsepower high-speed turbo blowers in 2011. The installation resulted in cost savings of about $100,000 per year and reduced the facility's total electricity consumption by about 15 percent. The simple payback period for investment in the turbo blowers, after rebates from Xcel Energy, was about 6.6 years. Take advantage of combined heat and power Most midsize or large (greater than 1 million gallons per day) wastewater treatment facilities have anaerobic treatment processes. These processes produce biogas, which typically consists of about 65 percent methane and 35 percent carbon dioxide and impurities, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) report Reduce Grid Required Energy to Utilize Your Wastewater Treatment Facility (PDF). Rather than flaring the biogas, it can be captured and used for on-site electricity generation through an internal combustion engine or combustion turbine. The waste heat from the power generation is used to heat the anaerobic digester, enhancing its performance, especially during cooler months. The waste heat can also be used to heat buildings in cooler months. Generating electricity and using the waste heat on-site is called combined heat and power (CHP). The potential benefits of CHP include energy cost savings, improved electrical reliability, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions (from reductions in purchased electricity, flared methane, and possibly natural gas consumption). Depending on the amount of solids being treated through the anaerobic process and their organic loading, the wastewater treatment facility may need to collect supplemental food wastes in order to generate an adequate and consistent quantity of biogas to supply the CHP system. The biogas also needs to be pretreated to remove the impurities. Add solar PV Another option for clean, renewable electricity generation is through a solar photovoltaic (PV) system. This option is attractive to wastewater treatment facilities in cities that have greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. In addition, many facilities are surrounded by open space that could potentially be used for PV arrays. With the price of PV systems coming down and financing options readily available (such as a ten-year lease), an increasing number of wastewater treatment facilities are installing PV systems to provide a portion of their electricity needs. For more information These are some of the most common energy-saving measures for wastewater treatment plants. A more comprehensive list of measures and strategies can be found in the Water & Wastewater Industry Energy Best Practice Guidebook (PDF) from Wisconsin Focus on Energy, and in Energy Efficiency Strategies for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities (PDF) from National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Content last reviewed: 08/04/2015


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One of the most sensitive indicators of interest rates appears to have turned a corner. Does that mean rates on savings accounts and other deposits could soon be headed upward?
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Thirty-year Treasury bond yields are a good indicator of the investor consensus about interest rates, both because they are publicly traded and because they represent such a long-term interest rate commitment. Recent months have seen 30-year Treasury yields make a significant step higher. The question now is whether this signals a new trend for interest rates in general.
Recent action in 30-year bonds
Thirty-year bond yields bottomed out in July 2012 at 2.45%. In early February they reached 3.21%, more than three-quarters of a percentage point higher.
As the uncertainty about the election and the fiscal cliff have cleared, the bond market has been able to respond to signs of strength in the economy. The early months of 2013 will be crucial in determining whether this trend can continue.
A limited response from savings accounts
So far, the response from savings accounts to rising bond yields has been muted. The most recent MoneyRates.com rate survey found that savings account rates continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 2012, albeit slightly. Money market rates, however, increased just a little bit. In particular, for both savings accounts and money market accounts, online banks increased rates during the fourth quarter.
In short, rates on most savings accounts have not yet headed higher, but there are starting to be signs that some banks are willing to buck the trend.
Two caveats
In the big picture, rates on savings accounts should eventually follow bond market trends, but they certainly don't move in lock-step with bond yields. In particular, two things can cause bank rates to be left behind by a change in bond yields:
- The consensus can be wrong. Bond yields react quickly to what investors in aggregate think is the direction of interest rates, but investors have been known to be wrong. Bankers setting rates on savings accounts have the luxury of waiting awhile to see if they need to change, or if the trend will come back to them.
- Long bonds can be more concerned with if than when. For a bond paying interest over 30 years, an investor simply needs to get the idea that rates may be headed higher soon in order to adjust yields accordingly. That investor mostly cares if rates are headed higher, not when. Bankers, on the other hand, can adjust savings account rates any time they want, so they tend to wait until the need to adjust rates is immediate, rather than having to anticipate the future.
It seems it is still too early for most bankers to feel they need to follow bond yields higher. However, as the trend toward higher yields approaches seven months and a full percentage point, it may be too strong for even bankers to ignore.
The original article can be found at Money-Rates.com:Will savings accounts follow bond yields higher?


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Looking for a business book to add to your end-of-summer reading list?
I'd highly recommend a new book by Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation and president of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation titled "Creativity, Inc. Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration" (Random House, $28).
This is one of the best business books I've read.
Catmull, with co-author Amy Wallace, tell the fascinating story of how Pixar became a multi-billion dollar company with such box office hit films as the "Toy Story" trilogy, "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo."
Catmull gives a behind the scenes look into Pixar Animation while providing a treasure trove of advice for building an innovative and creative company.
The story of how Pixar was built over almost 20 years is not unlike the stories of other successful companies, but the real value of "Creativity, Inc." is discovering Catmull's management philosophy as it is interwoven with his chronicle of the company's development.
I found myself jotting down notes as I was reading, something I've never done with any other business management books.
It is clear that Catmull, in addition to producing blockbuster films, has spent quite a bit of time thinking about and reflecting on the importance of building a creative, positive and productive culture.
Time and time again throughout the book, Catmull emphasizes that the nature of Pixar's culture made the success at the box office possible.
I found of particular interest three chapters near the end of the book.
One chapter highlighted how Pixar successfully engaged the entire organization (1,200 employees) to get feedback on cutting costs and dealing with a negative change in the company culture. Their approach, called "Notes Day," could be used in smaller companies.
Another chapter provided his perspective on Steve Jobs (one of the co-founders of Pixar) and Jobs' impact on the firm's eventual success. Jobs' financial backing is the reason Pixar survived the very difficult, early years.
The last chapter titled "Starting Points" summarizes the 33 principles Catmull has "developed over the years to enable and protect a healthy creative culture."
These principles are now posted on my bulletin board in my office.
Here are my top five from Catmull's list of principles for managing a creative culture:
"Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they will screw it up. Give a mediocre idea to a great team, and they will either fix it or come up with something better. If you get the team right, chances are that they'll get the ideas right."
"There are many valid reasons why people aren't candid with one another in a work environment. Your job is to search for those reasons and then address them."
"When looking to hire people, give their potential to grow more weight than their current skill level. What they will be capable of tomorrow is more important that what they can do today."
"The desire for everything to run smoothly is a false goal — it leads to measuring people by mistakes they make rather than by their ability to solve problems."
"An organization, as a whole, is more conservative and resistant to change than the individuals who comprise it. Do not assume that general agreement will lead to change — it takes substantial energy to move a group, even when all are on board."
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E4/Running the demos
e4 Photo Demo
To run the e4 photo demo (a RCP style example app), you can follow these steps:
- see Project Set Files for info on how to get the files for org.eclipse.e4.ui.releng
- import the PSF files 'e4.ui.psf' and 'e4.ui.examples.psf'.
- Open the Run Configurations dialog (Ctrl+3 MRC), expand 'Eclipse Application', select 'e4 photo demo', and click Run.
- The demo app should open, looking empty. Click on "Create Album".
- Check the outer Eclipse's Console view, it should have printed a location on disk where it created the album. (It created a project in an Eclipse workspace.) Copy sample photos from your workspace (under demos/sampleData/photos in the old location, HEAD/e4-incubator/demos) into the album directory. You can do this while the demo application is running, it will pick up the changes in its "Library" view.
Project Set Files
You can get the latest versions of the project set files from the appropriate team releng project under 'e4/releng' :pserver:email@example.com:/cvsroot/eclipse
- Start with Eclipse 3.5 and an empty workspace.
- Open the CVS Repositories view (Ctrl+3 CVSR).
- Right-click in the view and select New > Repository Location.
- Copy the following string and paste it into the 'Host' field: :pserver:firstname.lastname@example.com:/cvsroot/eclipse .
- (Optional: Adjust user name, password and connection method if you are a committer.)
- Expand the repository, then HEAD, e4, releng
- Right-click on the appropriate releng project, like 'org.eclipse.e4.ui.releng', and select 'Check Out'.
- In the Package Explorer, expand the releng project and select the file PSF file, like 'e4.ui.psf'.
- Select 'Import Project Set' from the context menu on the the psf file
- A dialog will open asking you to create repository locations. Select each location and click 'Create', providing username 'anonymous' unless you are a committer. Click OK.
SWT for Flex
The SWT port for Flex consists of the Adobe Flex environment (the ActionScript compiler), the Eclipse host environment (the plugins needed to compile and launch Java code in a Flash player) and the Eclipse target environment (the running plugins, the SWT port itself and example code). NOTE: That the both the tools and the port are in the pre-alpha stage. You are living on the bleeding edge. Good luck!
The Eclipse target environment provides support for compiling, launching and debugging java applications in flash player.
Setup Flex environment:
- Download and install the Adobe Open Source Flex SDK (available from http://opensource.adobe.com). NOTE: The path where you install the Flex SDK must contain no spaces. This is due to a bug in FCSH.
- update your eclipse.ini file and add another line at the end, -Dflex.sdk=<your path to the installed sdk>
- Verify that your Flex install works by opening a command prompt, changing to the Flex SDK bin directory, typing "mxmlc" and hitting Enter. If you get a message like the following, you will need to add a JAVA_HOME environment variable that points to the home dir or edit the bin/jvm.config file in the Flex SDK.
Error: could not find JRE Error: could not find Java 2 Runtime Environment.
Setup the Eclipse host environment:
- Create a new Eclipse Workspace. NOTE: The path were you create the workspace must contain no spaces. This is due to a bug in FCSH.
- Download the project set file (link above) and extract.
- Create a java build path variable in Preferences > Java > Classpath Variable preference page. The variable should be called FLEX_SDK and point to the root of the Flex SDK.
- Import the 'e4.swt.as.psf' project set ("Import..." -> "Team" -> "Team Project Set"). IMPORTANT: You must use anonymous:anonymous when prompted for username:pwd.
- Refresh the project org.eclipse.swt.tools.actionscript.core.
- Create a new "Eclipse Application" launch configuration and in the Arguments tab add "-Xmx512M" to its VM arguments. IMPORTANT: If you do not increase the amount of memory that the VM can use, the Eclipse target will fail with out of memory errors.
- Launch the target environment
Setup the Eclipse target environment
- Turn off auto build ('Project' -> 'Build Automatically')
- Create a workspace variable in Linked Resources preference page ('Preferences' -> 'Workspace' -> 'Linked Resources'). The variable should be called WORKSPACE and point to the root of the target Eclipse workspace.
- Add a new ActionScript VM. ('Window' -> 'Preferences' -> 'Java>Installed JREs').
- Click Add...
- Select ActionScript VM, click next.
- Click Directory... and browse to either your Firefox or IE install directory.
- Click OK.
- Click Finish
- Import the swt-e4Demos project set. IMPORTANT: You must use anonymous:anonymous when prompted for username:pwd.
- Change the .classpath_flex to .classpath for the following projects. (Note that in order to see the classpath files, you have to either do this in the Navigator view or turn off the resources filter in the Packages Explorer by clicking on the drop down arrow menu in the top right hand corner of the package explorer, selecting Filters and unchecking *.resources).
- org.eclipse.swt
- org.eclipse.swt.e4.jcl
- org.eclipse.swt.examples
- Refresh the org.eclipse.swt project to pick up the linked resources.
- Turn on Build Automatically (You can watch the build progress in the ActionScript Build Console, available from the Console view)
- You can run any of the demos from org.eclipse.swt.e4.examples by clicking on them and Selecting "Run As>ActionScript Application". Note that for the Flickr example, you must select static linking in the launch configuration dialog.
Setup a sample SWT ActionScript project from scratch
Note that this assumes you have gone through the steps above.
- Create a Java Project.
- Add the ActionScript nature to the project "Select Project>Popup Menu>Action Script Tools>Toogle Nature".
- Add the org.eclipse.swt project to the Java Build Path projects tab.
- Change the execution environment of the project JRE container to J2AS-1.5
- Add this class, save and Run as ActionScript Application
public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, false)); Button b = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH); b.setText("Push"); shell.pack(); shell.open(); } }
SWT for Dojo
*** Due to project refactoring (moving from the incubator to a fully fledged project), these instructions are out of date and the demos are broken. We are working to fix this situation. Please stay tuned.
Common setup between the two SWT demos:
- Create new Eclipse Workspace.
- Import the swt-e4Set.psf file into your workspace. (Just click "OK" when it asks for "compatible locations".)
- Change "Preferences -> Java -> Compiler -> Building -> Build path problems -> Circular dependencies" to Warning.
Steps specific to Dojo:
- Copy .classpath_dojo to .classpath in both the org.eclipse.swt and org.eclispse.swt.e4 projects. (Note that in order to see the classpath files, you have to either do this in the Navigator view or turn off the resources filter in the Packages Explorer by clicking on the drop down arrow menu in the top right hand corner of the package explorer, selecting Filters and unchecking *.resources).
- Download the Google Web Toolkit for Linux (use version 1.4.62 for now). Note it is important to get the Linux download regardless of the OS you are running on.
- Download the Dojo Toolkit (use version 1.1.1).
- Create a Java Project, call it "DojoResources".
- Create 2 subfolders, named "public" and "gwt". In the "public" subfolder, create another folder named "dojo".
- Extract the Dojo download and import the folders into the "dojo" folder. Your directory structure should look like this:
public --dojo -- dijit -- dojo -- dojoX -- util
- Extract the GWT download and import "gwt-dev-linux.jar" and "gwt-user.jar" into the "gwt" folder. Your directory structure should look like this:
gwt -- gwt-dev-linux.jar -- gwt-user.jar
- Copy the dojoLib.gwt.xml file from org.eclipse.swt.e4\Eclipse SWT PI\dojo\build to the root of the DojoResources project.
- To build the example, run the script org.eclipse.swt.e4.examples\dojo\build.xml. To run the script, right click and select Run As>Ant Build... Click on the JRE tab and select "Run in the same JRE as the workspace".
- Copy the index.html file from /org.eclipse.swt.e4/Eclipse SWT PI/dojo/build/ to the generated controlexample folder (org.eclipse.swt.e4.examples/dojo/bin/www/controlexample).
- Replace the following line in the index.html file :
<!-- <script src="NAME_OF_GWT_XML_FILE.nocache.js" language="javascript"></script> -->
with this:
<script src="controlexample.nocache.js" language="javascript"></script>
- Open the index.html file in a browser (embeded or system one).
Scriptable Workbench
Common setup between the two Platform UI demos:
- Download 3.4.
- Install XULRunner 18.104.22.168 as described in the SWT FAQ.
- Create a new workspace. This is important - the demo will not run with the SWT projects from above.
- Download the "Mozilla XPCom for Java" feature from this update site: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/releases/126.96.36.199/contrib/eclipse/
- Import the ui-e4Set.psf file.
Running the "Scriptable Workbench" demo:
- Run an inner Eclipse.
- Open the "Workbench Model" view by using the Quick Access (CTRL+3) and entering "Workbench Model"
Note that this is experimental code, and many things in the inner Eclipse don't work. Try and play around by changing and running the Javascript code in the right pane of the Model View.
Eclipse Web Client
Common setup between the two Platform UI demos:
- Download 3.4.
- Install XULRunner 220.127.116.11 as described in the SWT FAQ.
- Create a new workspace. This is important - the demo will not run with the SWT projects from above.
- Download the "Mozilla XPCom for Java" feature from this update site: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/releases/18.104.22.168/contrib/eclipse/
- Import the ui-e4Set.psf file.
Running the "Eclipse Web Client" demo:
- Run an inner Eclipse.
- Create a new project (for example, the RCP Mail project)
- In Firefox 2, go to about:config and change the value of network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to 4 (default is 2).
- Start Firefox 2 and point it at http://localhost:8000/e4/files/workbench.html.
Note that the demo only runs in Firefox.


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Washington, D.C. - Mychal Massie, chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, is asking President George W. Bush to pardon jailed U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean.
"This is Christmas, and in the spirit of Christmas, it is time for President Bush to show some compassion and pardon Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean," said Massie. "Earlier this month, the President saw fit to pardon drug dealers, a moonshiner and thieves. It is time to give similar but more deserved relief to two men who have put their lives on the line in their service to our nation."
Ramos and Compean are serving federal prison sentences of 11 and 12 years, respectively, after being convicted of assault, obstruction of justice and civil rights violations related to the shooting of suspected drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila in 2005. Davila was shot by the agents during a chase in February of 2005 in which Davila was allegedly smuggling 743 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $1 million. Because federal prosecutors gave Davila immunity in exchange for his testimony against the agents, jurors were never told of Davila's alleged smuggling activity.
Davila was arrested last month in connection with his involvement in marijuana smuggling in September and October of 2005.
Ramos and Compean appealed their convictions to the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. During their December 3 hearing, Judge E. Grady Jolly criticized the actions of the prosecution in the case, saying, "For some reason, this one got out of hand, it seems to me." It is not clear when the court will rule, and observers expect U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton to appeal the decision if the agents' convictions are overturned.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and congressman has already appealed to President Bush to commute the sentences of the agents.
"I am appalled and sickened by the President's heretofore obstinance and apparent preference to protecting the questionable rights of a foreign criminal juxtaposed to government agents and the citizenry that are charged with safeguarding," added Massie. "His failure to do so can only be viewed as a flagrant abrogation of support for the superior and dangerous work Americans in uniform are doing throughout the world to protect our freedom.
Project 21, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research, has been a leading voice of the African-American community since 1992. For more information, contact David Almasi at (202) 543-4110 x11 or email@example.com, or visit Project 21's website at www.project21.org/P21Index.html.


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This information has been filed in civil division of Marion County District Court.
Yoben B. Ratzlaff vs. Kayla Dawn Ratzlaff, 408 Date St., Hillsboro; marriage settlement reached Aug. 21, plaintiff ordered to pay $376 in monthly child support.
Michelle Broadnax vs. Troy Schreiber, 582 Norwood St., Peabody; protection of abuse order dismissed Aug. 28, plaintiff failed to appear.
Small Claims
Marion County EMS vs. Johnnie E. Liles et al., 23705 S. 637 Lane, Grove, Okla; judgment of $529.30 made in favor of plaintiff Sept. 4.


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Optimizing transportation networks
By working with our partners, looking at more efficient modes of transportation (shifting from air to sea, for example) and optimizing route selection, we can cut waste and reduce carbon emissions. This applies both to outbound and to moving materials around our supply chain as well.
|Retail partner expansion
We've also found ways to complete retail orders closer to end customers and consolidate them into fewer shipments. This reduces travel distance, fuel consumption and carbon emissions. For example, we process some orders in the U.S. through distribution centers, while others are handled directly. In Europe, we expanded our fulfillment center network for retail orders on the mainland and changed the way we deliver accessories.
Both changes reduced truckload volumes and fuel consumption.
The shape and size of packaging has a profound effect on how many units can fit on a pallet or in a container. We've concentrated on reducing the size of our packaging through our 3 Cs strategy, which allows us to ship more units per pallet or per container. We've also refined our processes for both pallet building and trailer loading to take advantage of changed dimensions and to decrease load times, helping reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
Reverse logistics (product returns)
We make every effort to decrease product returns, but it happens. If an order is cancelled or returned, we will quickly return it to usefulness by refurbishing (if necessary) and reselling approximately 90 percent of what comes back – about 800,000 units per year. These are resold via the Global Dell Outlet and whether they are Certified Refurbished, Dell Outlet New, or Scratch and Dent, they all carry the Same-as-New warranty. The remaining 10 percent that cannot be refurbished/resold are responsibly recycled.
Many of our partners voluntarily comply with the ISO 14001 standard, which helps companies improve their environmental performance. These improvements include transmitting shipping documents electronically and using recycled cardboard dunnage to protect freight.


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Not Rated Timbre ~ Silver
$ 49.95
- 1 x 7
- 1 x 9
- 1 x 9.5
- 1 x 10
At Be You Boutique, we want to provide our loyal customers with the absolute best shopping experience available. It is important to us that our customers feel their best when wearing clothes from Be You Boutique. If you are not satisfied with your order, we want to try and do everything we can to make it better! You can always email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
We hope all our customers love their items, but we understand that sometimes returns are required. We have tried to simplify our return process, in hopes that our customers will not have to go through too much hassle! Please note the refunds are not issued on returns. All returns will be credited through a Be You Boutique store credit by being placed on a gift card, that will be issued directly to your email.
Returns Process:
- Store Credit is only given on items when we are notified within 7 business days of you receiving your shipment. Please note that all returns must be returned to us within 14 days of you receiving your items.
- Item must be in NEW condition. All items must remain unwashed, unworn, free of any pet hair or odors & still have all tags attached. If you return an item with makeup, deodorant, perfume or similar product stains, your item is not considered to be in NEW condition. Any item not received in NEW condition will not be refunded in any way.
- Anything purchased at a SALE price is a FINAL SALE and is not eligible for a return. Discounts for 20% or more are considered to be a SALE item. (This includes all Clearance items and any discounts (byb cash, etc) that are considered more than 20% off original retail value. If you choose to return a SALE item to us, a 20% restocking fee will be deducted.
- Jewelry, sunglasses, bralettes, hats and any other accessories are non-returnable.
- Shoes must be returned in the original box and placed inside an additional, protective shipping box. Damage to the shoe box makes shoes ineligible for return. (Please do not attach shipping labels on the shoe box. Shipping labels attached directly to a shoe box will make your item ineligible for a return, as we will be unable to sell them.) If the box is damaged the shoes will be shipped back to you and you are subject to the return shipping cost.
3. Return Shipping is the responsibility of the customer. We do recommend purchasing tracking and insurance on all packages as Be You Boutique cannot be held responsible for packages that have been lost or damaged during transit. If Be You Boutique has to to pay additional postage, it will be deducted from your refund along with a $5 inconvenience fee.
Items can be returned to:
4. Once we have received your return we will process your return within 7 business days. Refunds will only be issued in the form of store credit, applied to a Be You Boutique gift card.
5. If you make a purchase during "Open Shop" our return policy is still in affect. If you are unable to attend an "Open Shop" within 14 days you are welcome to return your item to the above address or contact us to make other arrangements.
Holiday Returns
Due to the nature of gifting during the Holidays, Be You Boutique will extend our 14 day return window to January 10th. During this period, all other Return policies are still in effect. The Holiday Return policy will be effective Small Business Saturday ~ January 10th.
Due to the limited availability of our items, Be You Boutique cannot guarantee exchanges. Therefore, if you would like to exchange an item we recommend returning the original item to us & repurchasing the item from our site. We are unable to hold guarantee items for exchange.
Refused or Undeliverable Packages
Refused or undeliverable packages are subject to return shipping costs that vary by shipping method.
- Domestic Shipping - $7.00 return cost
- If you choose not to have your order re-delivered, we can refund you the cost of the items as a store credit, but the original shipping cost and the undeliverable charges will be deducted from the refund as well as a 20% restocking fee.
Damaged or Defective Items
Please inspect your items immediately upon receiving them. If you feel you have received damaged or defective items, please contact us within 2 business days of receipt of your order. Unfortunately we are unable to make exceptions once merchandise has been in your care for more than 2 business days, has been worn, or washed. (Also note… slight pattern variations and placements are not considered defective.)
Damaged or Defective Return Process:
- Notify us of your intent to return the item within 2 business days by contacting us at email@example.com .
- Please include clear pictures of the damaged/defective area of your item
- Once we receive your email you will hear back from us within 24-36 hours.
- If we confirm that your item is damaged/defective we will issue you a prepaid return label as well as our return form for you to include with your shipment.
- We ask that you mail your item back to us within 7 days of you receiving the item. Please mail your item back to us in the original (or like) packaging. We recommend that you have your item scanned when dropping off at the USPS so you can keep the receipt for tracking purposes.
- Once we have received your return we will process your return within 7 business days. Please keep in mind that banks & credit card companies can take anywhere from 24hr - 10 days to post a refund to your account.
If you still have questions, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or through our "Contact US" page.
- *Canvas upper with rhinestone accents on the heel
- *Dual side zip closures for easy on/off
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June 5. 400 block W. Moreland Ave. Police responded to burglar alarm at 2:40 p.m. and found side door forced open. Witness saw offenders get into a black SUV with tinted windows, license plate #HZN0234.
June 6. 8100 block Ardleigh Street. Between 4:30 p.m. on June 3 and 7 a.m. on June 6, an unknown person broke out glass panel from front door and stole jewelry box with jewelry inside.
Summary – Two crimes for week: two burglaries.
Town Watch.
If you have been the victim of a crime and would like information, service or support, call Northwest Victims Service, 6301 Germantown Ave., Second Floor, Suite One, 215-438-4410. The service is free.


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Architecture Council/Meetings/March 10 2011
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|Meeting Title:
|Architecture Council Monthly Meeting
|Date & Time:
| Thursday March 10, 2011 at 1600 UTC / 0800 SFO / 1100 Ottawa / 1600 London / 1700 Berlin attention DST change
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| NEW Canada 1-877-727-8553 toll free / 1-416-840-9801 caller paid
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NEW passcode 428029063
All AC Members are invited.
- PMC Reps please confirm attendance or list your delegate below. Every PMC is required to name a primary and backup delegate, and to ensure that one delegate attends the meeting.
|Gary Xue
|Brian Payton
|Linda Chan
|Mike Wilson
| John Arthorne
Boris Bokowski
|Ed Merks
| Cédric Brun
Sven Efftinge
|Steffen Pingel
|Mik Kersten
|Jeff McAffer
|Tom Watson
|Antoine Toulme
|Oisin Hurley
|Gunnar Wagenknecht
|Wayne Beaton
|Doug Schaefer
|Jonathan West
|Tim deBoer
| Dave Carver
Neil Hauge
- Regrets: Oliver Cole (standing conflict), Wenfeng Li (standing conflict)
Agenda / Notes
- Feel free to edit, but not during the call!
Review of Last Meeting
- Architecture Council/Meetings/February 10 2011
- (old) Antoine / Dave C bug 316642 Requirements Wiki for build systems
- Nick linked the Google Doc spreadsheet, Martin in touch with Henrik
- Kim - Source Rererences
- Still open items moved to #Action_Items
New Topics
Maven @ Eclipse progress
- bug 283745 Maven @ Eclipse progress, workinggroup? (Along with bug 288644 naming)
- Wayne: Building with Tycho
- Wayne: been doing Tycho, got help from Jetty for pack200 + sign via Maven plugin (Chris does it manually; Pascal doesn't sign, want to use Jetty's plugin)
- We should provide a Guide for the Eclipse.org community to help them set up their builds
- AI Pascal provide a pointer to what's available for pack200 + sign
Updating to latest version of a lib
- Andrew: Versions of non-eclipse.org dependencies
General Topics
- Introducing new members: Christian Campo (Appointed) and Steffen Pingel (Mylyn)
- Steffen has been appointed as the representative of the new Mylyn top level project.
- Christian Campo of compeople - lead of the Riena project; also committer on Windowbuilder, Examples project, SWT (for the Qt port)
- Pascal's bug 331385 naming conventions for p2 Repos
- No progress so far, continue discussion on the bug
- News from the Board, EMO and Councils
- Security Vulnerabilities
- Eclipsecon
e4 - current state of affairs
Old Topics
- bug 324125 architecture diagrams - 2006 version - relationship to e4 ?
- Build systems requirements - Antoine, Dave C
- Martin in touch with Nick and Henrik
- IP Logs - Martin and Wayne - project woolsey exists and open for community, Wayne hopes get soemthing downloadable by Christmas
- Allow projects to file bugs which list collections of libraries that are used for testing (and mark these collectively as exemt prereqs)
- Couldn't distribute those libs or put them in scm, but could have them on the build server
- Allow projects to file bugs which list collections of libraries that are used for testing (and mark these collectively as exemt prereqs)
We need to reduce our bug backlog, by actually coming to a common resolution on some. Here are the most recent ones:
- DaveC would like to discuss New Committer Guidelines; Scrum / Agile techniques
- bug 285074 - Dave Carver - Hudsonbuilder and write access to the cvs / svn repo
- bug 288393 - Denis - Bugzilla Best Practices
- AC Bugzilla backlog
- See also Architecture Council/Open Issues for overflow items that were not discussed
- News from the EMO and Councils ?
Action Items
- (old) Michael to flesh out the Patterns idea and remind the EAC -- started Architecture Council/Top Ten Recommendations#Design Patterns, backed by EclipseCon tutorial proposals
- While these show how well-known GoF patterns are applied in Eclipse, Michael's idea was more to find and describe new patterns which are specific to Eclipse
- (old) Michael to draft an E-Mail about the "plugin granularity" idea, searching for people to lead the effort
- (old) Tools and Tech PMC's to encourage incubating grandfathered projects find a mentor; mentorless projects due to AC members quitting or falling dormant
- (old) Martin to add Eclipsecon meeting notes onto the wiki
- (old) Mik to create initial "architectural walkthrough" material for Mylyn -- 1 wiki page not too large, send link to the mailing list
- (old) Dave C work with Wayne on a "handbook" for project criteria for becoming a committer (referencing committer guidelines)
- Martin - recently updated the Eclipse/Workspace/Committer_FAQ#Becoming_a_Committer with pretty strict criteria (committed contributions)
- (old) Dave C come up with a document how to save build resources
- (old) Dave C to try bugzilla UNCONFIRMED state
- (old) Wayne to ask Sonatype about Nexus test installation
- (old)
Wayne to try doing a 3.6m2 API Report on Helios m2Chris A did this.
- (old) Martin to file bug for asking Mik hyperlink Wikitext / crowdsourcing Docs handbook on the Architecture Council/Top Ten Project Development Practices page
- (old) Tom S Athena Common Builder Cookbook
- (old) Tim write up an initial wiki page with information for people to standardize on the tracing API
- Martin revise the AC Wiki to make it easier to find the New Member Process. More links on homepage. More usage of categories.
- Martin bug 315210 Make the AC mailing list open / moderated
- Antoine / Dave C bug 316642 Requirements Wiki for build systems


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What does the average Mac user look like?
BlueStacks, a company whose technology allows people to run apps designed for smartphones on Mac and Windows desktops, pulled together a quick study on the average Mac user's physical appearance.
It pulled data from Nielsen and asked its 1.1 million Facebook fans to take a survey. The results aren't exactly scientific, but they paint a good picture of common Mac-user characteristics.
And they're not what you'd expect.
Most of them, BlueStacks says, are females under the age of 20, who have freckles. They wear jeans, T-shirts. and ponytails frequently.
After going through the findings, we're a little skeptical—the findings suggest most of the freckle-faced Mac users also have black hair, attributes that don't often go together. Also keep in mind that BlueStacks' Facebook users likely skew younger. You'd have to do some adjustments to match the findings to the general population. Consider the following with a grain of salt, produced more for your enjoyment than as a scientific conclusion.


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Sitting on the edge of squaw canyon in the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park. From this point you get about the best view of the needles without having a jeep.
Utah is a state located in the westcentral region of the United States of America. Utah is the 13th largest state by area, ranks 34th by population and 10th by population density of the 50 United States. Utah was the 45th state to be admitted into the Union, on January 4, 1896. Utah is landlocked, being bordered by the states of Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the northeast, Nevada on the west, Colorado on the east and Arizona to the south. Utah is very mountainous and is a popular outing destination of the outdoorsman. The state population is about 2.82M with 95% being Caucasian, 2.4% Asian, 1.7% Native American and 1.3% Black. The state capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.Source: wikipedia


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What the hell just happened? That is the question that many Americans should be asking themselves following the news conference where Obama unveiled his plan for destroying the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. At first glance it appeared to be a case of Obama shamelessly using the deaths of innocents, and some live children as a backdrop, to push for the passage of radical gun control measures by Congress. Most of these have no chance of passing, yet, Obama's signing of Executive orders initiating 23 so called Executive actions on gun control seemed like an afterthought.
Unfortunately, that is the real story, but it is generally being overlooked. The fact is that with a few strokes of his pen Obama set up the mechanisms he will personally use to not only destroy the Second Amendment to the Constitution, but also the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments. It will not matter what Congress does, Obama can and will act on his own, using these Executive actions, and will be violating both the Constitution and his oath of office when he does it.
Here are the sections of the Executive Order that he will use:
"1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background-check system."
What exactly is relevant data? Does it include our medical records obtained through Obamacare, our tax returns, our political affiliations, our military background, and our credit history? I suggest that all of the above, even if it violates our fourth Amendment right to privacy will now be relevant data for determining if we are allowed to purchase a firearm.
"2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background-check system."
This should be read in conjunction with section 16 of the order that says:
"16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes."
One of the few amendments successfully placed in Obamacare by conservatives does appear to prohibit doctors from asking such questions. Yet, with these two Executive actions, Obama is illegally amending an act of Congress and setting up a procedure for him to force doctors to gain information from patients about gun ownership, and to get our medical history.
Section 3 of Obama's order states:
"3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background- check system."
Once again, what does this mean? What information does the Federal government want from the states? Copies of state personal and business income tax returns or court records of divorce and child custody cases are possibilities that come to mind as well as our voter registrations showing our party affiliations. How does any of this figure into our right to purchase a firearm?
One of the most dangerous and troubling sections of the Obama order in Section 4 that states:
"4. Direct the attorney general to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks."
This section directs Eric Holder, the architect of Operation Fast and Furious that illegally transferred several thousand semi automatic weapons to Mexican drug cartels and resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Mexican citizens and several U.S. border patrol agents, to now add people indiscriminately to the list of Americans ineligible to purchase firearms. Who might be added to the list?
Well, let's look at the record of the Obama administration. Shortly after being appointed as the Director of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano sent a list of potential domestic terrorists to law enforcement agencies around the country. The list included individuals who were pro-life, who supported the Second Amendment, who had Ron Paul bumper stickers on their cars, and most disturbing, all members of the military returning from combat in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The list has recently been supplemented to include individuals who hoard more than a week's supply of food and water, and those who support individual liberties and oppose big government. I belong on most of these lists and I suspect that Eric Holder will be adding all of us to the list of dangerous people not qualified to own guns. In other words, you will no longer have to be a convicted felon or mentally ill to make the list; you will qualify simply by being an American patriot.
This is not a conspiracy theory, at the United States Justice Foundation we are seeing increasing evidence that military veterans are being specifically targeted by the Obama administration when it comes to prohibitions against purchasing firearms. Any veteran diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is in danger of being banned from owning a firearm. Even those veterans suffering from mild depression are being added. None of these conditions constitute a mental illness that makes them a danger to themselves or others.
However, in Obamaland veterans who took an oath to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic", are definitely considered a threat to the new Fuehrer and must not be allowed to own firearms.
If we skip to Section 6 of the order we get a good idea of Obama's real intentions when it comes to gun control. That sections states:
"6. Publish a letter from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers."
This is particularly interesting because one of the legislative proposals is to require universal background check requirements for any firearm transfer even between private citizens. In other words, you can't sell your firearm or even give it to someone s a gift without Federal government approval. It is doubtful that this proposal will pass in the House of Representatives, yet Obama is already setting up the mechanism for enforcing the requirement. That is a clear signal that he doesn't care what Congress does, he is going to violate the Constitution and bypass the Legislative branch in order to push his agenda to disarm the American people. I suspect he will ultimately use Executive orders to ban many weapons including most rifles and pistols.
There are numerous other actions dictated in the Obama order, but I think you get the idea. Our Second Amendment right is going to be taken from us for whatever reasons Obama decides. The simple act of opposing these actions can cause the Attorney General to place you on the list of "dangerous people". Our privacy will be violated and all of this will be done without due process of law. That is what just happened.


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For Kouta and Yuka, finding the bloody naked young girl on the beach would change their lives forever, for better or for worse. Unable to speak or function as a normal human being, she is named Nyu by the duo, and taken into their home in an effort to save her. But what neither teenager knows is that this innocent young girl is actually a killing machine -- an experiment gone terribly wrong -- and it is only a matter of time before the murderer in her awakens again...
(Sub) Begegnung: Encounter
(Sub) Vernichtung: Wipe Out
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By Ying Zhu, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Ying Zhu is professor and chair of the Media Culture Department at City University of New York-College of Staten Island and is currently working on the book 'The Sino-Hollywood Courtship.' The views expressed are the author's own.
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino's irreverent but brutal and profane film about slavery in America's Deep South, has had China's media and streets abuzz after it was banned from Chinese screens at the last minute. The move – which The Guardian says came with the dramatic pulling of the plug in a Beijing cinema less than a minute into a screening – came despite heavy promotion, including local media telephone interviews with star Leonardo DiCaprio. Emergency notices halting all screenings soon appeared at other cinemas.
No specific reason has been given for the ban, but speculation is rife that the full-frontal shots of male slaves and brief female nudity, together with the movie's extreme violence and profanity, might have triggered the censors' ire. Some media outlets tied to human rights groups have, for their part, been quick to connect the dots between the ban and the depictions of torture in the film, suggesting that the scenes might have unsettled Chinese officials concerned that audiences might see a parallel with the state's own alleged torture of dissidents.
Regardless, the sudden move came as a shock to cinemas and audiences alike.
"To stop such a high-profile film on its first day of release in such a manner, to such immediate effect – it's really unheard of," one local theater manager told the Guardian. Tarantino fans, meanwhile, took to Weibo (China's version of Twitter) to express their frustration, and the film's Chinese publicists have announced that they are working hard to secure a new release date.
The drama is reminiscent of the fuss generated back in 2009, when Chinese officials abruptly removed Avatar from 2-D screening rooms to make way for a heavily promoted domestic film, Confucius. Though Avatar continued in its 3-D format, Chinese theater chains and audiences took to social media in huge numbers to express their support for the Oscar-winning film. The government eventually backed down, and Avatar was soon back in all theaters at the expense of the insipid Confucius.
None of this is new – movie censorship in China dates back to the late Qing Dynasty. In 1907, a domestic film, Jian se chimi (Obsession) was banned for its supposedly graphic portrayal of sexual activity. In China, entertainment is supposed to teach moral lessons, not push cultural/artistic boundaries or expand markets. It should come as no surprise, then, that early Chinese cultural guardians found the violence in Hollywood films excessive, and a threat to the moral fabric of Chinese society. (And it wasn't just the violence – as Prof. Zhiwei Xiao notes, one commentator warned over Hollywood's musicals, with their "forest made of women's legs and the permeation of decadent music.")
Such sanitizing of movies has worked both ways – at one point, Zhao says, "a Chinese who previously served on the Nationalist government's film censorship board was hired as a Hollywood consultant to make sure 'China pictures' would conform to Chinese moral codes." While making The Good Earth, he adds, "MGM carefully evaluated the China 'angle,' studying a Chinese film dealing with rural life, soliciting opinions from Chinese cultural elites, and making a number of adjustments to the film's plot and characterization."
This was by no means an isolated incident during the period, and may have contributed to the popularity of Hollywood movies in the Republic era, when American films made up more than 85 percent of the films screened in China. And while domestic production companies resented Hollywood's market dominance, local distributors and theater chains salivated over Hollywood films. Indeed, a local movie theater's status "was often measured by its ability to win a contract with Hollywood for new releases".
Fast forward to the 1990s, and Hollywood returned to China with a vengeance, with cash starved Chinese studios lobbying hard for the right to distribute Hollywood films as a sure way of generating profits. Still, the privilege of distributing imports was tied to studio performance, with studios producing "quality" domestic pictures awarded the right to distribute the big imports (The quota was one big import for one quality domestic film). Generally speaking, then as now, Chinese screeners were Hollywood's closest allies, while Chinese filmmakers would often try to appeal to nationalist sentiment to try to build opposition to U.S. films.
But even as Chinese production companies and theater chains frequently find themselves at odds, an emerging market force has gone largely unnoticed – the rise of the Chinese audience.
The fact is that China watchers have generally paid far too much attention to the country's policymakers and cultural elites, over-emphasizing government control and censorship without taking into account the role of audiences as a driving force in cinema trends. The Chinese state, meanwhile, has also been giving audiences too little credit, adhering to a deep-rooted paternalistic management of culture and information.
Yet Chinese audiences are no longer passive recipients of state directives – they are increasingly active participants who demand that media be responsive to their needs. As I've stated previously, "Media regulation in China is now a bargaining process in which the twin forces of state control and commercial imperatives must negotiate with each other." In the case of Avatar, Chinese theater chains triumphed in their battle to get the film on screens because they had the backing of audiences.
More immediately, this means the outlook for Django Unchained is promising, and it will likely be back in theaters before too much longer. As studio boss Samuel Goldwyn once put it: "If the audiences don't like a picture, they have a good reason. The public is never wrong."
China's overbearing government and censors will increasingly have to accept that audiences rule – and if it's Hollywood they want, it's Hollywood they will ultimately get.
Maybe I'm a bit goofy, but I like the movie Confucius, it spanned at great time period in Chinese history, I have no asian genealogical association being of Irish/ Native/ and French background. I also thought Avatar was a great movie as well as Django Unchained, which I though was really great. I found myself clapping at a couple of points, and I watch it by myself. During the next ten years of China's rule under new political leadership, I think things will change for the people of China in a positive way. The new leaders can't survive with their heads in the sand and with introduction of social media in the mix it makes that impossible, trying to control a country of more than 1.3 billion and those people realizing its wants and needs actually give hope for more reforms within the Chinese autocracy. Well I hope so anyway.
What happens if the government tells you, "No, you cannot watch Avatar. Here, watch Confucius instead."
You're going to watch Avatar and not Confucius.
You absolutely nailed it.
This movie should be banned from US as well. BS story with lame ass actors ..
I need to put this movie on my watch list.
Beware he who would restrict your access to information for he dreams himself your master.
simply because the penis in the film,ban the film.
you watch on PC is one thing,show it on big screen is another,it is huge.
The Chinese government banned it because the penis in the film puts all theirs to shame.
There are many ways to entertain the public, but there are also many categories of audiences and they are the spenders.
If entertainment in China were supposed to teach moral lessons, much of the entertainment in the West has made imbeciles out of its audiences.
I haven't seen the film, but if the Chinese say not to, that's goos enough for me.
thanks for share
Dr. Zhu's insights on the unfolding drama of Chinese media and how it is being shaped by the dialectic dance of Government and Business are fascinating.
I watched the movie. don't say D jangle, or u l be shoot. it's just jangle. verycool. from estern China.
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Pasadena residents and visitors have enjoyed the great outdoors for well over a century, and the conservation of our natural resources has been equally high on the priority list.
On Saturday, Feb. 28, come to Pasadena City Hall for a very special event in the courtyard (or in the grand entrance if it's drizzling) from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
This is the kick-off the update of the Open Space and Conservation Element of the General Plan, which will set goals and priorities for the future of our natural resources.
You'll examine maps and exhibits, meet one-on-one with city leaders and visit with like-minded residents.
Will Rogers, president of The Trust for Public Land, will be the guest speaker, and there will be exhibits and children's activities.
Visit www.cityofpasadena.net/openspace to find the Open Space and Conservation Committee's agendas, minutes and backup materials as well as draft maps, a work plan and other important documents. You'll also find links to other cities and organizations that are doing inspiring work in this field.
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borisbauer needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Ames Capital
Just starting out as a financial company I am in need for startup necessities. I am a one man shop with growth potential and I am looking to establish a relationship with a designer. I am pretty sure that we will need more shortly.
I am creating an investment fund that invest in securities.
The look of the home page and logo should be appropriate for a financial company, it should be modern and sophisticated.
The creative should be resonating with people that are wealthy. Typically I would say people of 45 and up, fairly well educated and sophisticated.
I am in need of the following things:
- a logo (suitable for web, as an attachment for an e-mail, and for stationary).
- a one page home page (copy below)
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Color wise I am going either into green or blue (but I am open to appropriate suggestions)
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Ames Capital LLC
12100 Wilshire Blvd. 8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(p) 310 806-9225
Ames Capital LLC is a value focused investment management company. The firm seeks to invest in securities where price has diverged from long term value. The firm invests across the capital structure and in structured products.
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Color Struck: Draya Michele Defends Her Choice Of Using Only Light Skinned Women To Model Her Clothing Line
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Draya Michele Defends Using Light Skinned Women To Model Clothing Line
Reality star Draya Michelle has been facing a lot of scrutiny over the image of her clothing line. The banger was under fire for the choice of skin color of the models representing her brand.
Let's just say, they are all of the fairer variety…
And Draya likes it that way!
Welp! Draya doesn't mind excluding a lot of potential buyers, even the *GASPS* darker skinned ones. We wish her skanky t-shirt line nothing but the best. Hit the flip to peep how the brighter girls rock the clothing line.
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Assassin's Creed 3 Battle Hardened Pack Now Available on XBL
Do you enjoy the stealthy kill-fest that is Assassin Creed 3's multiplayer? Is your weapon of choice an Xbox 360 controller? Then go get the new Battle Hardened Pack now!
This pack of downloadable content will add some new life to your multiplayer experience by introducing new characters and maps. You'll be able to stalk your prey using the Governor, the Highlander, or the Coyote Man. And as an unadvertised bonus, if there's someone else using the Highlander on a map, you can yell out, "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"
There are three new locations for you to turn into your assassination playgrounds: Charlestown, Fort St-Mathieu, and Saint Pierre. It looks like good things come in threes, doesn't it? Well, the pack also includes customization items and achievements, in case you were looking for more.
The DLC will cost Xbox 360 players 800 Microsoft Points (or $10), or absolutely nothing if they have a Season Pass, and is available for download now on the Xbox Live Marketplace. PlayStation 3 and PC gamers will have access to these goodies later in the month on January 15th, 2013.


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On Friday, March 7, 2014 C4C will be at a Sacramento Habitat for Humanity build site. Never built a house before? No problem! SHFH accepts volunteers of all skill levels. If they ask you to do something you don't know how to do, they will train you then and there!
SHFH recently completed their 100th home!. Let's help them build one more.
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The Micro Air Vehicle Student Challenge will be held at the AHS Forum 69 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday May 21. The Challenge will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the exhibit hall during the Industry/Exhibitor Reception.
Sikorsky Aircraft has generously pledged $3,000 in prize money!
The competition is designed to award both "form" and "function" of the MAV. With respect to "form", teams with unique, innovative and robust VTOL MAV air-vehicle design would be awarded points. With respect to "function", teams that demonstrate the best flight and autonomy capabilities would be awarded. Teams can receive multiple awards based on these aspects.
See the MAV Student Challenge rules for more details!