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On November 3 and 4, President Barack Obama met with leaders of the world's 20 major economies for a G-20 Summit in Cannes, France. Summarizing progress made at the summit, the President said, "…[W]e agreed to stay focused on jobs and growth with an action plan in which each nation does its part. In the United States, we recognize, as the world's largest economy, the most important thing we can do for global growth is to get our own economy growing faster."
Earlier this week, Vice President Joseph Biden addressed the London Conference on Cyberspace, where high-level representatives of 65 nations, high tech multinationals, academics, and Internet activists came together to discuss how to preserve all the benefits of cyberspace, while managing the increasing security challenges. The Vice President said, "…The Internet itself is not inherently -- to state the obvious -- is not inherently a force for democracy or oppression, for war or for peace…It's up to us to decide whether and how we will protect it against the dangers that can occur in cyberspace while maintaining the conditions that give rise to its many benefits."
In a speech to the World Affairs Councils of America National Conference, Deputy Secretary William Burns underscored Secretary Clinton's vision for "America's Pacific Century." He said, "…The growing economic and political ties across the Pacific are part of a broader narrative of the politics of integration of the 21st century that stretches and challenges traditional geographic concepts and bureaucratic structures. In each of these regions, the United States is bolstering relationships with existing strategic partners, and enlisting emerging powers to address global problems and join us in crafting the 21st century rules of the road."
The Wellington Declaration, a roadmap for deepening and expanding the bilateral relationship between the United States and New Zealand, demonstrates practical cooperation and enhanced dialogue in the Pacific region.
Deputy Secretary William Burns also led the U.S. delegation to the Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan on November 1 and 2. He said, "…I am especially encouraged to note that every country here has committed to stand behind an Afghan-led process of reconciliation. While outsiders cannot impose a solution, we should facilitate contact and provide support."
With respect to Turkey, Secretary Clinton highlighted Turkey's growing role in the region and on the global state at the 2011 Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkey relations. She said, "…[W]e are confident that as Turkey assumes the responsibilities that come with increased influence, our partnership will become even more productive in the years ahead."
To promote Secretary Clinton's vision of "economic statecraft," Deputy Secretary Thomas Nides joined Ambassador David Jacobson at a conference to spur economic recovery and create jobs in the United States and Canada. Similarly, Ambassador Phyllis Powers highlighted how the approval of the Panama Free Trade Agreement will benefit U.S. companies and strengthen the strategic partnership between the United States and Panama.
In an op-ed for the International Herald Tribune, Ambassador Ivo Daalder and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral Stavridis underscored that NATO's success in Libya was a result of the contributions of 14 NATO members and four partner countries.
Ensuring that women's issues are fully integrated in the formulation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy is a priority at the Department. This week, Ambassador Melanne Verveer spotlighted efforts to strengthen women's entrepreneurship in the Western Hemisphere via Pathways to Prosperity, and Ambassador Pamela Spratlen highlighted her experience witnessing the role of women in the recent Kyrgyzstan elections. Furthermore, Foreign Service Officer Joseph Bertini discussed the graduation of Afghan women corrections professionals, who recently completed a training course in Nebraska.
In Africa, Cape Verde's former President, Prime Minister and veteran political figure Pedro Pires received the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership for his contribution to Cape Verde as a "model of democracy, stability, and increased prosperity."
In other news, Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Daniel Rosenblum described efforts to mitigate the consequences of the Chornobyl disaster for future generations.
Marking important milestones this week, Secretary Clinton congratulated USAID on its 50th Anniversary, while Senior Population Policy Advisor Elizabeth Schlachter discussed the UN-designated "Day of 7 Billion" and addressed the opportunities and challenges that this population milestone presents.
I'd like to thank all of our readers for their feedback and comments from this last week, and we look forward to hearing from you in the week ahead. In particular, I encourage all of our readers to submit questions for a discussion on recent trends in anti-Semitism on November 9.
Dr. G. in West Virginia writes:
Excellent summary. I'm glad we're partnering with New Zealand.
Pam in West Virginia writes:
So glad to see the secretary involved in the world's economic crisis. Also sincere sympathy to Secretary Clinton on the loss of her great mother.
Jen in Virginia writes:
I'd like to sing a chorus with Pam and Dr. G -- great to see continued U.S. involvement around the world. My condolences to Secretary Clinton.
Scott in Washington, D.C. writes:
The Associate Editor should be commended for her clear writing style and her ability to organize a collection of news items in such a fluid way. This blog has all the highlights of FP's Morning Brief, yet also provides some context to understand each event within the global scope of U.S. foreign policy interests and objectives.
Tim in China writes:
Well written. Thanks for keeping me updated on the happenings of the State Department through your writings.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Political is political, also, must be economy is flow just like water at the Pipelines, stable and on time when we want. Just my's. We are, The Person. .
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Sarah Goldfarb,
You know what's really sad?
Well besides what Assad is doing to his people that is, and any number of other humanitarian crisis...
I think I'm correct in saying that in not one national US televised news broadcast were any of these "happenings" given air-time as "news worthy".
So if you're game, and Sec. Clinton will allow this citizen to experiment with her Public Diplomacy dept. ( actually it's the taxpayer's, so at least I can ask,...chuckle.);0
I'm wondering what greater public awareness of an informed citizenry will result by having you do the "week in review" on video, and do it as a Public Service Announcement in an "Around the world in 80 seconds on the coat-tails of diplomats." news segment.
These State Dept. PSA's to be aired over radio and provided, like all other PSA's to the various TV networks.
I would definately agree with the usefulness of the summary, and more broadly, if the US dept of State and USAID (happy 50th guys and girls!) is to be appreciated for doing so much on a thin taxpayer's dime by the American public, this format would keep folks in the loop, wheras most haven't a clue today, unless they read about it in the Wash Post, or the NYTimes or another publication.
Being a guy who's always loved to punch the envelope and am still alive to write this, I think it's time to take this public outreach format to a completely different level.
And if the Sec. of State were to say to me, "Nice idea, but we can't get mainstream media to air them."
Then I will be convinced that they intend to leave the American Public in the dark for as long as possible about what you folks are up to in the world.
And I would have to respond, " Then please tell them that dumbing down the citizenry is not allowed, Madam Secretary,...and give them to Jon Stewart and have him make fun of them for not airing your efforts and denying the public's "need to know"...he's up for just about anything if it truly serves the public's interest and gets a laugh that has a point. If you have to shame them into giving your dept it's "right to inform" the citizenry then that's probably more effective than a battalion of lawyers."
And if the big "neg." comes from on high and inside, well I don't know how the dept will get its budgets to what they need to be sans any threat of cuts in the future without solid public support; would be my answer to that.
I look at public diplomacy in terms of public relations on some levels, especially where it involves telling the State dept's story as "America's face to the world", to the American people.
If we don't "get it" who will?
Keep up the good work, and to the rest of Dipnote's staff as well..,
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
@Eric in New Mexico
@Sarah Goldfarb, Dipnote Associate Editor
This may also be of interest "Ten Things You Should Know...by Deputy Secretary Nides" Aug. 26,2011. I was thinking along the same lines. State Dept. and a media blitz campaign(see posted comments).
Also, as a individual citizen I can say that it is quite enjoyable to speak about some of the initiatives and the "one percent" budget invokes surprise. People smile when they learn that DipNote is available to "expresso thyself".
Have you seen and heard the spots on Famine, War Drought? How about a larger campaign encompassing "Ten Things..." by Thomas Nides being put out to the airwaves. That could stick. Thank you for your comments.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Maureen,
If I recall, I think I suggested an 11th "thing" in my comment on that thread to the Deputy Sec.
Something about US diplomacy "saving the world on occasion".
I guess my thinking here involved simply informing the public proactively about State's weekly activities on behalf of the American people. I'm not intending for the dept. to "sell policy" to the American public.
I think there are constitutional provisions that demand an independant media and only through a PSA could the Dept inform the public of what it is doing and why- to the American public as an external media (not aired via in house production) iniative, (other than C-span covering daily breifings) without pre-empting the media's role in reporting it's own assesments of these goings on in print media format and other types.
So as media blitz might be construed as "selling policy" or more like a political plug for the President's foreign policy, what I'm suggesting is a lot more low key with a simple public awareness effort to let folks know what the State dept did for the American public last week...a la...if Sarah can read the whole enchilada in 80 seconds on tape then the dept has its own non-political version of what the White house does without "selling policy" in the President's video-taped weekly address.
That's pretty much part of his job anyway...(chuckle).
State simply implements his policy, and that's what the public never gets exposed to, generally speaking.
" Oh and by the way USAID just helped feed several million folks globally with your taxdollars this week ( and every week) by some small miracle of logistics, otherwise they would have starved to death by now. ""All the while USAID agriculture programs are helping nations get off the humanitarian aid "dole"."
It's just basic stuff...
But I watched the last administration fail to take up the same argument I posted here long ago (on some dipnote thread or another back in the Bush era) and all the public got to go on in being informed on Iraq was car bomb after car bomb, and numbers of US casualties and not a wit about what folks were getting done to help the Iraqi people live in peace and good governance or the nation building going on in partnership. These things having failed to be noted by the American public have helped drive opposition to the effort and purpose in removing Saddam from power in the first place.
With us involved in any war, just give the press two weeks into it and they'll call it a "quagmire" every time from that point on till you've won the bloody thing...that's a "given".
You look at the public approval rating about how it thinks Afghanistan is going for us right about now and I see the same trend line taking shape in the public thinking...so "smart power" being the key instigator here,...part of that is simply not making the same mistake twice in a row in how the facts get presented to the public.
It's nice to know I'm not the only one using what brains I've got to try to help, State/USAID need all the help they can get given the state of the union...as well as the world.
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
I would say that with dates like 11/9/11 or 11/11/11 could be a warning date, we should never take the dates for granted, Keep security tight and without panic, people should use caution on these dates when travelling. Just because Osama bin laden is dead, doesn't mean the end of terrorism. I agree with President Barack Obama that our Nation will have to stay vigil to win the war against terrorism around the world. Be safe and think safe... use secuirty awareness... if something doesn't feel right, hairs on your back standup, or a gutt feeling happens, look around your environment, and see if anything is strange or unusual and if so, ensure to report it, "Use those 5 senses or 6 senses if you have it." Just make sure it is strange, another words use good common sense, don't make unnessary reports if it does not apply. Use good security sense. "If your ever in a fire, smoked filled building, just remember to walk like a duck... feel with the back of your hands to evacuate safely out! If you used the open parts of your hands, in darkness you might grab and stick to power cables and perish. The use of the back of your hand you pull away quiickly, like a knee jerk effect. Walk like a duck because more oxygen low then when standing straight up. This life saving tip could save you and your families. Good luck and Godspeed!
W.W. writes:
Everybody can shake hands
Eric in New Mexico writes:
According to a long time public servant (now retired) that only happens in Wash. D.C., a city renoun for folks walking around shaking their own hands at the expense of other's.
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
@ Eric in New Mexico
Thanks for your analysis. My thinking was that if the State Dept. initially had an informational campaign listing "Ten Things...†it would not be considered as "selling policy†nor the President's policy but a first glance introduction explaining in list format to the public what it is that the State Dept. does (people may decide to investigate further) and about how much of the taxpayers dollars are spent doing this "stuffâ€.
I found the "Ten Things....†by Deputy Secretary Thomas Nides to be so clear and well explained in short format- ready for the airwaves if you will. It jumps off the page for me. In summary, I guess it is about "presenting†the State Dept. and not selling it.
Your 11th thing PSA is well thought out and I agree. Do you think the target audience would be reached better by radio- NPR'ers, televised or social media? A video-taped State Weekly Address...who will go to it other than the policy people unless it gets disseminated in an inventive way? I just wonder about that aspect.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Certainly a better understanding of what State is about and doing about the dysfunctionality of the world we live in is as important to the public as it is to political pundits and talking heads, policy wonks, and the endangered species called dictators world wide...so as I don't have the end-all be -all solution to this folks have to take from a bare bones idea put forth here and put their own flesh to work on it and make it work for them if they think they can.
I'll be curious to see if anything at all comes from this conversation between Maureen in Mass and myself, but without any imput from the folks that should be most interested, as to whether it has promise or not...I've got nothing further to add to it, being a hypothetical can only go so far without being fed some hope that it has.
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Detroit, MI (02.06.12) – Start saving your change but don't wait too long. Audi says it plans to import only 50 copies of the hand-built R8 GT Spyder convertibles later this month.
The most exclusive version of what is already Audi's top-line model, the topless supercar will carry a sticker price of $210,000, making it the German maker's most expensive offering to date. And that's before you add on $1,200 for the destination charges and as much as $3,000 more for gas-guzzler taxes.
By comparison, that's a $38,000 premium over the current Audi R8 Spyder.
For the money, the 5.2-liter R8 V-10 gets bumped up to 560 horsepower, enough to launch the GT Spyder from 0 to 60 in just 3.8 seconds – also making it the quickest Audi ever – with a top speed of 197 mph.
The Audi R8 GT Spyder can hit 60 in 3.8 seconds and tops out at 197 mph.
The Lamborghini-derived engine pumps power out to all four wheels.
To maximize performance, Audi take a number of steps to slash 187 pounds of weight compared to the standard R8 Spyder – including the use of a light magnesium engine cradle, while a number of panels, including the rear spoiler, are made of carbon fiber.
Meanwhile, to improve aerodynamics and balance, the R8 GT Spyder is lowered by 10 millimeters, while the suspension is also stiffened.
To remind you what you're driving, if neck-snapping launches aren't enough, each of the 333 units Audi plans to build will have a custom production number etched into the gearshift.
Distinguishing features include an oversized front diffuser, front splitter and fixed rear spoiler. The Audi R8 GT Spyder features a distinctive black interior and a track-ready, flat-bottom steering wheel.
Other standard features include 19-inch wheels, carbon fiber exterior mirrors and interior trim, special aluminum door sills, R8 GT badging and Alcantra-trimmed sports seats, as well as LED headlamps and a navigation system.
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text: Jason Clinton wrote: > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:08, Prentice Bisbal <prentice at ias.edu > <mailto:prentice at ias.edu>> wrote: > > I know breakin well. I used it a quite a bit a in 2008 when I was > stress-testing my then-new cluster, and sent some feedback to the > developer at the time (last name Shoemaker, I think). I did find that I > could run it for days on all my cluster nodes, and then a few days > later, when running a HPL as a single job across all the nodes, I'd get > memory errors. I haven't used it since. Not because I don't like it, but > I just haven't had a need for it since then. > > > Hum. It's possible that EDAC support for your chipset didn't exist at > the time. AMD and Intel have been pretty good about landing EDAC for > their chips in vanilla upstream kernels for the past year and so that is > why it is important to use a recent kernel. Or at least one with recent > backports of that work. At the time, I was using the latest version of Breakin available. I was testing on AMD Barcelona processors. I was using Breakin in September/October 2008, and the Barcelona processors came out in March - May of that year. I would assume that would be enough time for support for the new processors to trickle down to breakin, but that's just an assumption, I can't confirm/prove that. > > > I've also been testing this node by running a single HPL job across all > 32 cores myself, and even after days of doing this, I couldn't trigger > any errors, but a user program could trigger an error in only a couple > of hours. > > Based on these experiences, I don't think that HPL is good at stressing > RAM.Has anyone else had similar experiences? > > > HPL is among the most memory intensive workloads out there. This is why > architectural changes in the past few years that have increased the > aggregate memory bandwidth of the architecture have resulted in higher > measured platform efficiency. > > My guess would be that the difference you've seen between the two would > be statistical noise. How are you measuring errors? MCE events? I don't think this is statistical noise. This system has consistently reported SBE errors since it was installed several months ago. I've probably tried to trigger SBEs with HPL dozens of times. I'll often run it 2-3 times in a row without triggering errors over a period of several days. When the users go back to using this server, they usually trigger errors in less time than that. I think HPL resulted in triggering the error only a couple of times. The system is a Dell PowerEdge something or other. It has an LCD display that is normally blue. When hardware error is detected, it turns orange, and shows the error. I check that several times a day. Our central log server also e-mails any ciritical log errors that get sent to it, so even if I didn't check the display on the front of the server, I'll receive an e-mail shortly after the error is logged in my system logs. It's low tech, but it works. > > > > Since this system has 128 GB of RAM, I think it's a good assumption that > many programs might not use all of that RAM, so I need something memory > specific that I know will hit all 128 GB of RAM. > > > Breakin uses the same algorithm at > http://www.advancedclustering.com/faq/how-do-i-tune-my-hpldat-file.html > to calculate the "N" size which will consume 90% of the RAM of a system > using all cores (in as close to square grid as possible). > > > > So far, mprime appears to be working. I was able to trigger an SBE in 21 > hours the first time I ran it. I plan on running it repeatedly for the > next few days to see how well it can repeat finding errors. > > > I'm curious what kernel you're running that is giving you EDAC > reporting. Or are you rebooting after an MCE and examining the system > event logs? > > > -- > Jason D. Clinton, Advanced Clustering Technologies > 913-643-0306 -- Prentice


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has got a story to tell. The architect recalls how a trip to the motherland taught him a degree of humility:
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went to West Africa a couple of weeks ahead of me to get medicine for a condition he had -- diabetes. He was looking for some Wu-tonics. We met in Benin and when I saw him he was dressed in African garb, looking like Abraham. It was like I seen a lost brother. We were there for three weeks. We stayed in a village and some days we stayed in hotels. Me and Ghost were just building. We had brought some books and martial arts stuff.
The vibe out there on one level is super-oppression, but on an internal level it was like super-freedom and oxygen. In the village, they had no real water supply, so a pot of water is basically what we used to wash up with, and ain't no bathroom -- they build up some bricks and cut a hole in a can to get some of that sprinkling-water shit going on. I now understand when Africans move into my 'hood and are cool with their apartments. If niggas in the projects (in America) went over there they would love the projects, because here, we have water and a toilet.
We went to this place called the Port of No Return. It was the last port that the slaves had seen before they headed over to the New World. You would think that would be a real vengeful place, but this white lady came by on her bike and she looked safer than she would be in Brooklyn. That's how peaceful the people are.
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For those fans who were starting to question their recently-renewed faith in the Orioles during this difficult midseason stretch, it's probably a good time to take a breath and take a long look in the rear-view mirror.
The O's prefaced Wednesday night's victory over the Texas Rangers with six losses in their last eight games and suddenly find themselves looking up at the streaking Tampa Bay Rays, who have pushed them out of the second position in the American League wild card race. They certainly have not played particularly well of late, but there is some perspective to be found in the recent past.
Their loss on Tuesday came in their 91st game of the season, which – coincidentally enough – was the juncture last year when the Orioles were at their lowest point in the AL East standings. You can look it up and you should, because it also was the point when a lot of people were becoming convinced that the club was finally coming back to earth after a magical first half.
It sure looked that way. The O's had lost six of their previous eight games to fall a full 10 games out of first place. Everyone knows what happened soon after that, but no one can be sure if this team has what it takes to stage another terrific late-season rally to earn another playoff berth.
The good news is that the Orioles are in much better shape right now than they were at this time last year. They are eight games above .500 and just a few games out of the second wild card position. They are having trouble keeping pace with the Red Sox and the Rays at the moment, but they are very much in the hunt with a long way to go.
"I think that's all you can ask for,'' said first baseman Chris Davis. "Obviously, the Red Sox are playing outstanding right now. I think we've done a good job here and there, managing tough games. We had a stretch where we lost a few games and it was really tough to stay afloat. That's something you've got to be able to do in this game – bounce back every day and have a good attitude -- and I think we've done a good job of that. We're scuffling a little bit right now but it's the middle of the season. Everybody's kind of hitting a lull, so I think the break will do us good."
Davis is one of the main reasons the Orioles have been able to remain competitive in spite of all the uncertainty that has surrounded the pitching staff through the first half. He leads the major leagues in home runs and has been the power plant in the middle of an explosive batting order that until a few weeks ago was having its way with some of the best pitchers in either league.
Maybe this is just a soft spot in a long season, but it's fairly evident that the Orioles are struggling to reconstitute that strong offensive chemistry. Too many hitters have expanded their strike zones. Too few seem to be employing the "pass the baton" approach that manager Buck Showalter promoted so successfully last year and through the first couple months of this season.
"It's been a challenge for us, because everybody wants to contribute,'' Showalter said. "They want to be the guy. It's been part of why we're competing better, but it can also kind of get in your way a little bit. There are some guys that, try as you may, you're not going to change some things. You just have to dwell on all the good things they do."
There's no question that some key hitters are pressing. It's pretty obvious when high-quality hitters are flailing at balls that aren't anywhere near the strike zone and continually putting themselves in vulnerable counts.
"Of course they are, but there's a good pressing and a bad pressing,'' Showalter said. "I don't think it's anything that some real quality starts pitching-wise and making runs matter (won't cure). Like I said (Tuesday) night, we scored nine runs the last two nights. There should be a 'W' in there somewhere."
Davis, who should be exempt from any such scrutiny by virtue of his 33 homers and 85 RBI, said it's only natural to try to do too much when an opportunity arises to make a difference in the game.
"I think any time you're in a close game, the competitor in you wants to go out there and do something to change that,'' Davis said. "I mean, you can pass the baton as much as you want, but eventually somebody has got to step up and carry it."


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In the dawn of an era where Facebook has added a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender, and an oscar nominated film about AIDS and a famous male, straight musician playing a transgender role (aka Dallas Buyers Club), we are bound to see more projects like JJ Levine's in the mainstream media.
The Montreal based photographer, an avid cataloguer of trans and queer communities since early 2000's, creates Alone Time, a series of photographs in which he recreates typical domestic environments that play around with the idea of gender stereotypes. For this project he uses one model only; the one model is to play both the male and female characters in the image. The result, Levine said, "challenges the normative idea that gender presentation is stable or constant. Rather, gender expression can be fluid and multiple."
"work is emerging at a moment when people are starting to talk more about gender and sexuality in the public sphere, which allows more space for queer cultural production and representation in the mainstream."The thought-provoking work gives us the chance to become vulnerable and empathetic towards
The thought-provoking work not only give us, the viewer (of any gender,) the possibility to become vulnerable and empathetic, but also the ability to imagine ourselves in this specific situation. What would it be like to be a member of the opposite sexes? Do I, in anyway, resemble some of all the male/female/transgender characteristics?
Levine, a trans and queer man, uses his sexuality, gender and past experiences in his art in order to reach out to those who are not necessarily familiar with the subject. He intends to expand awareness through creating work that is familiar to all, and not just one gender. He notes that his images "talk about and celebrate marginality from a place of familiarity and self-exploration as opposed to voyeurism." (via Slate)


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WASHINGTON – The National Zoo says its female giant panda cub is growing quickly and is spending more time away from her mother.
In an update Wednesday on the zoo's website, Panda Keeper Nicole MacCorkle writes that panda mother Mei Xiang (may SHONG) is now venturing outside for breakfast and is spending up to two hours away from her cub at a time.
Animal keepers are using Mei Xiang's time outside to do more regular exams on the cub. They weighed and measured the cub Monday. She now weighs about 7.7 pounds and is 23 inches long. Her front paws are 2.4 inches long, and her hind paws are 3 inches long.
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London-listed miners Randgold Resources and Fresnillo suffered the heaviest losses on the FTSE 100 in early trading, while mid cap Petropavlovsk was also under the cosh following downgrades by Citigroup.
The brokerage cut Randgold and Fresnillo to "sell" and Petropavlovsk to "neutral."
"We have been concerned about gold and silver prices for some time and the recent further loss of momentum has concerned us even more," its analysts said.
They noted that Randgold's key assets are located in African countries, all of which have a recent history of political instability. For Fresnillo, Citi's number crunchers pointed to the company's rich valuation. And on Petropavlovsk, Citi said that Polymetal recently announced that it was having troubles with its POX technology, which is the same technology Petropavlovsk will be using in future.
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A some what vintage term used widely amongst the older men to rate woman. If a man and his buddies saw an attractive woman walk by they'd rate her from 1-40. 40 being a sheem - or thirty-eight-two. Therefore a sheem is a fine woman, top-notch, dime-piece... the dream woman, especially in the physical sense.
by Frosted Flakes July 23, 2006
A turd that has been flattened slightly by the pressure of a toddler's booty on his or her undies or diaper. Essentially, a sheem is a poop that has been executed covertly and then squished. Usually there is some reluctance on the part of the sheemer to acknowledge that he's carrying a load, probably because he's in the midst of potty training and doesn't want to get with the program.
Today (says my three-year-old son about another kid at daycare), Brady had a sheem in his pants and it was in his diaper because he doesn't go on the potty!
by Gussysmom August 16, 2006
Sheems is legit. Sheems is someone you want to be friends with because she will always have your back. She is smart in school and has high goals for herself, she wont be let donw in life. She makes you feel better no matter what and i love her.
Sheems is my sister <3
by ning&ging April 20, 2010
The same thing as gettin molded except you gotta know how to use it. Or you could like Meesh yo little cookiez, Meesh is Sheem backwards.Itz a BAY AREA thang
Like if a bitch gettin hyphy and be like im a whip dat bitch ass and end up gettin her ass beat every body be like Meesh!!
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I left our another one of my favorite designer frags: Terre d'Hermes. Thanks!
So, following DerangedGoose, I too am interested in getting into niche fragrances and am wondering what everyone might suggest given my tastes in designer frags.
Some of my favorites include:
John Varvatos (original one AND vintage)
Spark by Liz Claiborne
Body Kouros by YSL
Jaipur Homme by Boucheron
Opium Pour Homme by YSL
Desire (Red) by Dunhill
The Dreamer by Versace
Guerlain Vetiver
Ones I also like, but am a timid to admit...
L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme by Issey Miyake
Acqua di Gio
Le Male
Any Ideas on different niches that might match with some of my tastes or are similar to any of the above? thanks...much appreciated!
I left our another one of my favorite designer frags: Terre d'Hermes. Thanks!
It's really hard to tell from a look at a list of scents which one or several could please the same nose. And it makes the stakes high for anyone answering--he/she can be at fault for offering an idea that ends up being repugnant.
That said, I want to take a shot and say the vetivers and aquatics that you like, the mineraly elements as well (TdH), and some hints of the sweetness in others, as well as an open, summery sort of look to a lot of the scents you have, make me say go somewhere and smell L'Artisan Parfumeur's Timbuktu. You might hate it! Don't forget that--I've got no idea what smells that you haven't smelled will please your nose.
MPG's Racine is another, a very sunny citrusy vetiver.
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So I posted this also in the on the men's board but am interested in getting as many suggestions as I can and from women as well. I am interested in starting out in niche fragrances and am wondering what everyone might suggest given my tastes in designer frags.
Some of my favorites include:
John Varvatos (original one AND vintage)
Spark by Liz Claiborne
Terre d'Hermes
Jaipur Homme by Boucheron
Opium Pour Homme by YSL
Rive Gauche by YSL
Guerlain Vetiver
Body Kouros by YSL
Desire (Red) by Dunhill
The Dreamer by Versace
Safari by RL
Ones that I am a bit timid to admit that I also like:
L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme by Issey Miyake
Acqua di Gio
Le Male
Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin
I have read a lot of reviews here on BN and I am particularly interested in sampling the following niche fragrances:
Dzongkha by LArtisan Parfumeur
Mechant Loup by LArtisan Parfumeur
Dia for Men by Amouage
Jubilation XXV by Amouage
LHomme Sage by Divine
Parfums*PARFUMS Series 3 Incense: Avignon by Comme des Garcons
Idole de Lubin by Lubin
Bois du Portugal by Creed
Millesime Imperial by Creed
Himalaya by Creed
Silver Mountain Water by Creed
Erolfa by Creed
Musc Ravageur by Frederic Malle
Any Ideas on which of these or other niches that might match with some of my tastes or are similar to any of the above? thanks...much appreciated!
I'll take a different tack than DustB, with the following caveat: sample before you buy.
The common thread I see here is oriental and woody oriental scents. (Jaïpur, Opium, The Dreamer, Body Kouros.) Along those lines, I'd suggest sampling some scents from the Serge Lutens and Parfumerie Generale lines, both of which excel at this type of fragrance.
If you like John Varvatos and want to to try something boozier try Lubin's Idole. Made by Olivia Giacobetti it is a stunner and my next full bottle. DustB's disclaimer about take all care but no responsibility applies here too
It seems that you like spicy orientals so Ambra Tibet by Ava Luxe, Ambre 114 by Histoires de Parfums, Ambre Sultan by Serge Lutens and Ambre Precieux by MPG might be worth checking out.
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. - Immanuel Kant
Hi aechols! Well, I don't know about matching your exact preferences but if you are interested in sampling, try getting a hold of some samples of the following... at least this way you'll be in the know when a lot of these popular niche fragrances come up in threads. You'll be sure to find some you love! (ok, so these are some of my favorites too )
Serge Lutens: Ambre Sultan, Chergui, Arabie
Le Labo: Rose 31, Patchouli 24
Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle: French Lover, Musc Ravageur, Vetiver Extraordinaire
Montale: Black Aoud, Patchouli Patch, Blue Amber
Tauer Perfumes: L'Air du Desert Marocain
Creed: Millesimme Imperial, Silver Mountain Water
By Kilian: Straight to Heaven
Comme des Garcons: 2 MAN
for fresh aquatics, it's my opinion that there's no need to delve into niche fragrances.
the fact that you like The Dreamer makes me think you might like some iris fragrances but I'm not very well versed in niche iris offerings. Others here would be better at helping you out with that. Good luck!
Last edited by nthny; 4th March 2009 at 02:13 AM.
This is a very hard question. You've done some research, you now must get sniffing. Seek out samples of what you want to try, either through swapping or purchasing them. Start there, then see where your nose (and pocket, these days) leads you.
Have fun
Always hard to divine what it is you like out of each scent but I have sense that Vibert is on the right track with Serge Lutens. I'd love to say try Penhaligon's, but Serge Lutens as a whole strikes me as a better fit from a completely parapsychological perspective.
Support your local Leonberger rescue.
If you are interested in iris scents then Bois d'Iris by The Different Company might please you. Light, ethereal and transparent but very beautiful.
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. - Immanuel Kant
I think The Perfumed Court has an introductory niche sampler pack...may be worth a try!
Thanks for the suggestions everyone...very helpful and much appreciated. After looking at the reviews for some of your suggestions I think I will try to sample Ambre Sultan by SL , Ambre Précieux by MPG and Idole de Lubin. Blue Amber by Montale, Chergui by SL and L'Air du Desert Marocain by Tauer also seem like possibilties that I may sample. I was planning on ordering decant samples from theperfumedcourt.com and then deciding on which to buy a bottle of. Can anyone tell me where the best places to purchase these niche fragrances are? Places in Los Angeles?
You might want to first dive into Creed as they are much easier to obtain and cheaper
then move up to the others
thats just my tip
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You and I seem to have similar taste. Take a look at my wardrobe.
I think you will really enjoy the frags that you have listed, and I will add:
Ambre Sultan
New York -Parfumes de Nicolia
Acqua di Parma Colonia
No. 88
If you are in LA you should definitely go to the Scent Bar. They carry all of the frags that you are interested in and the SA will be able to give you more recommendations based on what you smell in-store. They may also make free samples of some of your favorites for you as well.
Scent Bar
8327 Beverly Blvd (map it)
Los Angeles CA 90048
323 782 8300
PS: Creed produces some very nice fragrances but in many cases are more expensive than the fragrances you have decided to test, not cheaper like another BN mentioned.
For example:
MPG Ambre Precieux = 3.3oz (90mL) for $112, or $1.24 per mL
Blue Amber = 100mL for $175 (but much cheaper if you buy directly from Montale in Paris ~$120) or $1.75 per mL
Idole 2.5oz for $89 or $1.19 per mL
SL Ambre Sultan = 1.69oz (50mL) for $120 or $2.40 per mL
SL Chergui = 1.69oz for $140 or $2.80 per mL
Creed Santal Imperial (one of the less expensive Creeds) = 2.5oz (75mL) for $140 or $1.87 per mL
Creed Green Irish Tweed 2.5oz for $210 or $2.80 per mL
All prices from Aedes.com except Blue Amber which is from Luckyscent
Last edited by surreality; 4th March 2009 at 04:01 PM.
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. - Immanuel Kant
Another 'easy' route to exploring niche (besides Asha's recommendation above) is to check out L'Artisan. You can order 5 samples for $7 shipping via their website. It's a good house with solid fragrances that aren't as 'challenging' as some houses can be. For $14 you'll get 10 samples and that's a pretty good, inexpensive start. Bond No.9 used to have a similar deal but it's now only available with purchase. Bummer.
In addition to theperfumedcourt, Aedes does 7 samples for $15 and lusciouscargo does 8 samples for $21. Rats to beautyhabit for canceling their sample program.
Does anyone have a suggestion on which of the Creed fragrances I should sample given my designer frag tastes? Thanks.
Does anyone have suggestions of what Creed fragrances I should sample given my designer frag tastes? Thanks!
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Just go smell them--we have no way of knowing which ones you might like better than others based on the sample list you make.
I'm sorry not to be able to say it's as simple as X will be best for you, but the truth is smelling them will be best for you.
That girl, that bottle, that mattress and me.
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I merged two threads by Aechols into this one. That should explain any confusion.
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Architectural elements of Sacred Mounts have a particular
'relation' both with the vegetation inside their walls and with the surrounding environment, which turns each complexe into a sort of
unique, typical and recognizable landscape. Different Pre-Alps-sites morphologies and environmental situations have determined, in
the course of time and during the various building phases, new landscape compositions which, according to the present-day conception
of landscape heritage protection, are considered as important as historical, artistic and architectonical values.
The contents of Franciscan preaching concerning Sacred Mounts foundation were inspired by the easiest, almost hermit-like aspects of
natural environments, meant like ideal means to bring mankind next to Creation's misteries; the primordial meaning of woods became a
symbolic value and a useful way to represent a spiritual world ideally separated from earthly life. Following the counter-reformists
dictates, they modified religious issues, and therefore related sculpture and painting's scenes within chapels; in this period Sacred
Mounts locations and their original vegetation environments suffered the biggest changes in shape.
Woodland slopes are typical features of Sacred Mounts. As buildings stand out against the surrounding environment, there is always a
well-defined visual relation among architectural elements, woods and beautiful surrounding Pre-Alps arc's landscapes (that is mountains,
lakes, vineyards and cultivated terracings), and the same is between natural environment and the underneath urban one.
Outside Sacred Mounts complexes there are cultivated and protected environments, unmistakable signs of human work, such as mountains villages,
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Shikara on Dal lake, Srinagar.
Water lilies on Dal lake, Srinagar.
Traditional saree pallav design & fabric converted into a cushion cover (cotton) Natural dye; Aal root (madder).
Cushion cover 30″x30″ woven as a single piece on loom,
Natural dye; Aal (madder) and tea leaves.
Table mat and napkin (cotton) using traditional texture woven in the Bastar area. Natural dyes; Aal (madder) and Tea leaves.
Cushion cover design being woven on the loom, using traditional weaving technique of Bastar called Aanchi Thok
Traditional design & fabric (Cotton) embroidered with gold thread and sequins adding a contemporary touch.
Master weaver Sindhu Das at his home in Tokapal village Bastar.
Village scene; woman at work surrounded by children , Bade Morenga, Bastar.
Woman at work wearing a traditional saree;
a rare sight today.
Weaver at work on a pit loom Nargarnar village, Bastar.
Cotton (2/80's) saree with tussar weft in Pallav. Natural dyes; Aal (madder) and tea leaves.
Double Ikat cotton bedspread; made in Koyyalaguddem.
Cotton table cloth and napkins, using the double Ikat technique (warp & weft); made in Koyyalaguddem.
Preparation of tie & dye warp for weaving. The full length of the village street is utilised.
Weaver at work on a pit loom.
Weft yarns being tied, with rubber tube (cycle tyre) for resist dyeing..
Double Ikat table cloth, mats and napkin (cotton); made in Koyyalaguddem.
Double Ikat silk cushion cover and bedspread; made in Pochampally.


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Confessions of a Pilgrim more deeply explores the terrain of Sue first book, My Camino. She returns to the celebrated ancient pilgrimage path to walk 500 kilometers alone on the Portuguese Route. Prior to leaving, she is entrusted with a sacred Eagle Feather by a Native friend. Her mission, a result of a vivid dream, is to find a worthy recipient before returning home.
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RAIN ReportIn 1995, TAPR provided space on our server to support streaming media for other amateur radio related projects. During those early days of Internet streaming, TAPR provided a number of RAIN reports for accces by the amateur radio community. These audio segments remain in our archives because of the quality of the information presented.
If you like this content, be sure to visit the RAIN REPORT for the latest reports.
Selected RAIN Reports
RAIN Report #23 March 1995 (Play all segments)
- 1) Connie Dunn, KB5LES -- The Story behind YL News
- 2) Greg Jones, WD5IVD -- Packet Radio for the Beginner or listen at 28.8
- 3) Frank Terranella, N2IGO -- ECPA goes Cordless
- 2) Greg Jones, WD5IVD -- Packet Radio for the Beginner or listen at 28.8
- Al Lotze, W6RQ
Cycle 22 - Its Past, Present, and Future,
- Al Lotze, W6RQ
Mastering the HF Bands,
- Mitch Stern, WB2JSJ
25 Stress Reducers for Hams,
- some humor from WD1V, read by Blair Alper, KA9SEQ
The Code vs No Code Debate,
- Dave Miller, NZ9E commentary
Sucessful Contesting,
- Mitch Stern, WB2JSJ, 1995 Dayton talk
Amateur Radio Newsline - A Retrospective,
- Robert Sudock, WB6FDF interviews its producer,
Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF
Amateur Radio's Wouff Hong Legend,
- author unknown, read by Larry Miglore, KB9DIP
Shack Wall Sign,
- Packet humor, posted by KA3VSP, read by Blair Alper, KA9SEQ
Is there Life after the HT?,
- Mark Thompson, WB9QZB


text: On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Ken Chase wrote: > > (I'll admit to finding this interesting since I'm one of the people > > who originally founded Meiko where this technology was originally > > developed [a few generations ago...], but I have no commercial > > interest here.) > > Anyone have stats on the top 500 in FLOPS per $? > > Does anyone care? ("no.") Shouldnt we? Isnt that what Beowulf (but > HPC itself, obviously) is about? Yes. Yes. Yes. Although things like "fastest" almost always have nonlinear cost premiums associated with them -- the secret is in finding someone with incredibly deep pockets to pay. The US Govt does nicely (he says, bellying up to the trough:-) although larger corporations can sometimes be convinced to as well. The really interesting issue is the overall lack of consideration of Moore's Law in cluster purchase design and long term economic strategy by the granting agencies. For example, let's pick a project "X", which accomplishes some worthy HPC goal, whether it be computing properties of a quark-gluon plasma, studying critical phenomena, simulating nuclear devices, computing cosmological evolution. One thing that is almost NEVER done is to do an actual CBA of the value of the result. Sometimes such a result has an obvious and real-dollar value (rational drug design, weather prediction). Sometimes the result's value is subtle -- "increasing our general understanding of the Universe while incidentally supporting an important component of our national scientific educational infrastructure in the persons of the various researchers". Either way, one thing we (as a society) never do is ask the question "should we try to (pay to) answer this now or wait until later". This is a tough one, because in many cases paying those nonlinear costs to answer the question "now" makes the answer three, ten, fifty times more expensive AND results in the actual answer being available only months sooner than it might have been if the project were postponed. The reason, of course, is Moore's Law. It is hard to remember, but every desktop sold in the US today (presuming that even slow, cheap, plodgy OTC desktops are at least 1 GHz) are faster than massive, multimillion dollar vector supercomputers as of a decade or so ago, systems that were considered controlled exports as potential nuclear weapons design platforms. Many is the discussion we had on this very list back in its first few years out of concern that beowulfs -- which provided this sort of capability cheaply in an interpolant timeframe -- would be considered controlled exports just like the SP2's they frequently could outrun. Fortunately this never QUITE came to pass. SO, a question that could ONLY be addressed on a $12 million Cray-YMP a decade plus ago (at the cost of literally millions of dollars in amortized depreciation on the hardware plus operational time in a shared facility) can NOW be addressed for a couple of thousand dollars. Worse, a project that might have taken ten years of that Cray-time can now be accomplished on a very modest (<$100K) beowulf in months. If one were given $12M to accomplish the task in 1992, with the understanding that it would take a decade, one could have spent the money like water, living in total luxury and not doing a lick of work, and started at the beginning of the year and finished FASTER than that Cray would have done it if one had committed the entire budget to the Cray. It would be lovely if time, CBA, and Moore's Law were prominently associated with project proposal and approval, IF our goal was really to Probe the Secrets of the Universe most efficiently. Of course, our REAL purpose is to Have A Job probing those secrets, and imagine the pain if I were told "sorry, we can do your Monte Carlo computations now at a cost of $50K/year for eight years or wait until year seven and complete them in year eight for $100K total, and you'll just have to wait". Multiplied by thousands of the nation's top University researchers. I personally think that we'd be a bit better off as a country if we sort of split the difference -- recognize that our real goal is supporting the people and the infrastructure, and spending a bit less on ginormous supercomputers whose primary benefit is that they provide us with the answers to questions of interest to (and understandable by) perhaps a few hundred of the humans on the planet. That is NOT to say that those answers aren't important to pursue -- I am a scientist and in hot pursuit myself -- but I question the wisdom of spending quite as much as we do to get these answers "right now" without the perspective associated with Moore's law and the real goal of stretching out human support anyway. rgb > > /kc > > > -- Jim > > > > James Cownie <jcownie at etnus.com> > > Etnus, LLC. +44 117 9071438 > > http://www.etnus.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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Steven Hayward, a "green conservative," will be the University of Colorado's first visiting scholar in conservative thought and policy.
Hayward was one of three finalists for the position. On Wednesday, CU announced his appointment, which will begin in the fall.
In an interview, Hayward said he'd like to teach a course on "free market environmentalism." He'll also teach political science courses on constitutional law and American political thought. Hayward said he would like to co-teach a lecture with a professor who has liberal leanings.
Hayward -- the Thomas W. Smith distinguished fellow at Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in Ohio -- said the conservative perspective is often missing at universities because many professors are simply not familiar with serious conservative literature and don't spend much time in discussion with conservative scholars.
"I'm not going to pick any fights or start any gratuitous controversies," he said.
His appointment will be for one year.
"Dr. Hayward brings an impressive breadth of knowledge to this position, having researched a range of environmental, historical and political issues," said Steven R. Leigh, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CU.
Leigh added that Hayward's recent investigations of environmental issues "bring important dimensions to discussions on campus. ... He also shows dedication to our teaching mission, planning a well-defined range of courses. We are pleased that he will join us as a visiting scholar."
The other finalists for the position were Linda Chavez and Ron Haskins.
The visiting scholar in conservative thought and policy is a three-year pilot program supported by private money. More than 20 donors have raised $1 million to support the program.
Hayward said the new position is a bold experiment for the university and that good teaching should make students -- no matter their political leanings -- better thinkers.
He said he wants students with every kind of opinion to feel welcome in his classroom.
Hayward holds a Ph.D. in American studies from Claremont Graduate School. He has been the F.K. Weyerhaeuser fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he was principal author and project director of the AEI's "Energy and Environment Outlook."
He has been a visiting lecturer in the government department of Georgetown University and is a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy. He has also served as a Bradley fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
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Bubba Sparxxx, 'Made on McCosh Mill Road' – Exclusive Video Premiere
Bubba Sparxxx says he's back to being the man his real fans fell in love with and he's proving it with a new song called 'Made on McCosh Mill Road.' Watch the video for the track — the title-track from an album set to drop on June 24 — exclusively on Taste of Country and sister sites.
Sparxx says the song is a tribute to the road he grew up on in Lagrange, Ga. Filmed on his family's farm, 'Made on McCosh Mill Road' shows life as he knows it, full of principled, hard-working folks that play hard.
"It was really awesome to be able to show people where, and how I really grew up," the 37-year-old Sparxx says. "Not a similar place, but the actual place. Not in a similar way, but in this actual way. "
Sparxxx's evolution — beginning with his 'Dark Days, Bright Nights' album, including the 'Deliverance' album through singles like 'Ms. New Booty,' 'The Charm' and later 'Country Folks' —has shown all sides of this country hip-hop star's personality. He says he did a lot of soul-searching for this album, deciding not to take himself too seriously or worry about things not in his control.
"It's getting warm again, and this is definitely a high energy song people are going to want to play at parties, in clubs, and out on the water this summer," he says. Listen to the song, enjoy the video and decide if you agree.


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Un-Bricking Linux Plug Computers
uBoot, iBoot, We All Boot for uBootLittle Linux wall wart computers have a thousand and one uses. But what if you accidentally brick your little plug server? No worries, for Akkana Peck shows us how to un-brick them.
The last article on plug computers covered the basics of choosing a plug and talking to it over a USB-serial connection. But what if something goes wrong? Today's article will cover uBoot and how to "unbrick" your plug.
When you first power on your plug computer with the serial line connected, you'll probably see something like this:
U-Boot 2010.03-01161-gd91b0a9 (Apr 22 2010 - 03:24:41) Marvell-GuruPlug SoC: Kirkwood 88F6281_A0 DRAM: 512 MB NAND: 512 MiB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: egiga0, egiga1 88E1121 Initialized on egiga0 88E1121 Initialized on egiga1 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 3
Now you're in uBoot, a boot loader similar to grub or syslinux, but optimized for small embedded Linux systems. It's used on a wide variety of small Linux systems: I've seen uBoot controlling Atmel circuit boards, Chumby toys and Android phones.
The uBoot environment -- especially details like where to find the kernel and the root filesystem -- varies quite a bit from one device to the next. Some plugs have a helpful collection of uBoot aliases built in; others don't. To see yours, type:
Marvell>> printenv bootcmd=${x_bootcmd_usb}; ${x_bootcmd_kernel}; setenv bootargs ${x_bootargs} ${x_bootargs_root}; bootm 0x6400000; bootdelay=3 baudrate=115200 x_bootcmd_usb=usb start x_bootcmd_kernel=nand read.e 0x6400000 0x100000 0x400000 x_bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 x_bootargs_root=ubi.mtd=2 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs ethaddr=02:50:43:16:d0:2b ethact=egiga0 eth1addr=02:50:43:fb:31:71 bootargs=rootwait stdin=serial stdout=serial stderr=serial Environment size: 441/131068 bytes
Whenever you first start working with a new type of plug, I recommend you run printenv and save the results safely on another machine. It might save hassle later if you fiddle too much and break something.
If you need to change environment variables, use setenv:
Marvell>> setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.55 Marvell>> setenv serverip 192.168.1.1 Marvell>> setenv netmask 255.255.255.0
If you change something and want to make it permanent, saveenv saves the current settings to the plug's flash memory.
uBoot has a surprisingly good built-in help system: type help for a list of commands, and help command for more details. If you want more, you'll find a complete uBoot command list at the AVRFreaks uBoot Command Reference, and there's a nice overview of uBoot in this PDF presentation on uBoot.
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Hotel Desire Costa Rica
Welcome to Hotel Desire Costa Rica
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Erotic and sensual, Hotel Desire Costa Rica's clothing-optional atmosphere tropical experience is without compare! Enjoying an all inclusive vacation amidst beautiful Costa Rican volcanoes and lushness. Intended for open-minded adults, the Hotel Desire Costa Rica has estate villa accommodations, gourmet dining, and intriguing activities for your enjoyment.
Seductively placed on the slopes of the San Jose valley, the resort offers seclusion yet with a central location for a world of pleasure and excitement in the resort and outside in happening San Jose, or on either Pacific or Caribbean coast, only a day trip away! A sensual setting for adult activities such as yoga classes and other couples sports, thisadults only experience is the perfect couples hideaway to surrender to passionate endeavors in an enclave of luxuriant atmosphere, Costa Rica's renowned lushness in an amazing setting.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A public opinion poll conducted by Israel's War and Peace Index revealed that a plurality of Israelis blame US President Barack Obama for the strained relations between America and the Jewish state.
Sixty-one percent of respondents said Israel and the US still have good relations, though that number is considerably lower than in the past.
A 56 percent majority said they do not blame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the rift, and gave him a positive grade in handling Israel's relations with the US. Only 43 percent said the same of Obama, while 48 percent said the US president has done a poor job handling relations with Israel.
Nevertheless, most of the respondents did not chalk Obama's behavior up to hostility, but rather 43 percent said he is pragmatic and indifferent toward Israel. At the same time, 55 percent said Obama is overtly friendly and supportive toward the Arabs.
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Beetroot-Jaggery halwa
Honestly I was not happy with the JFI-jaggery announcement by Kay of Towards a Better Tomorrow, as I use jaggery only for chakara pongal (sweet rice) and dont experiment with it at all. But after days of thinking I decided to make beetroot halwa with jaggery. Ive only made carrot halwa in the past so decided to try something new as suggested by kay. I was sure that the method was almost the same, but decided to replace sugar with jaggery. The end result was very tasty and different.
Some more useful information about the goodness of jaggery that I obtained from the net. Jaggery is often used for ayurvedic medicinal purposes.It is very useful for dry cough, cough with sputum, indigestion and constipation. Jaggery has potassium, which conserves the acid balance in cells and combats acids and acetone. It is also rich in iron, and especially recommended for expectant and lactating mothers.
I am thinking that from now on I will be using more of jaggery in my dishes, thanks Kay.
Beetroot (grated) - 2 cups
Jaggery (powdered coarsely) - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Half and Half - 1 cup
Cardomom powder - 1 tsp
Cashews (broken) - 20 pieces
Raisins - 20
Ghee - 3 tbsp
Water - 1 cup
Boil water in a pan and add the jaggery powder and let it melt (This can be done in the microwave too). Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel and roast the cashews and raisins to a golden color. Remove and keep aside. In the same pan add the remaining tbsp ghee and fry the shredded beetroot for a few minutes. If your'e kitchen is well lit you will notice a change in color. Add the milk and half and half and cook in medium heat till most of the liquid evaporates. Add the jaggery water and cardomom powder and continue stirring till the halwa reached desired consistency.I like mine a little semisolid. Add the roasted cashews and raisins and remove from heat and serve it warm. Remember that the beetroot shrinks so not matter how much quantity you start with the end product is always less. But definitely a small portion of this halwa goes a long way.


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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Technical information about the corpus
Web crawling and text processing
Documents in the Oxford English Corpus consist of a series of text segments derived from closely related pages within a single website. Pages are considered related when they link to each other and all discuss a particular topic, or are all written by a particular author etc. Text is collected using a custom-built web crawler. A configuration file is used to direct the crawler to a particular website (or an area of a website) and to define the behaviour of the crawler within that site: the navigational route it should follow, and the type of pages it should collect along that route.
Collecting text in this way is more labour-intensive than randomized or exhaustive crawling methods. Collection of each document requires a new entry to be added to the configuration file in order to specify the crawler's route and behaviour. However, this approach has two important benefits. Firstly, it means that metadata (domain, year, author, etc.) can be accurately defined in advance. Secondly, it facilitates removal of 'boilerplate' text: that is, standardized pieces of text used as part of a computer programme. Boilerplate can be identified by comparing a cluster of related pages and looking for similar HTML strings.
Having collected and boilerplate-stripped a series of web pages, the pages are stripped of tags, links, and other coding, and normalized to plain-text without formatting. The text is then 'tokenized' into individual words, annotated for part of speech, and parsed. Finally, the annotated text is converted to XML, and document metadata is added.
Each document has the following metadata:
- title
- author (if known; many websites make this difficult to determine reliably)
- author gender (if known)
- language type (e.g. British English, American English)
- source website
- year (+ date, if known)
- date of collection
- domain + subdomain
- document statistics (number of tokens, sentences, etc.)
In addition, each page within a document has metadata giving the URL of the source webpage.
Tagging and parsing
The corpus is tagged using the Tree Tagger developed by Stuttgart University. Each word in the corpus is annotated with its lemma and tag, drawn from a fine-grained tagset based on the Penn Treebank. Major grammatical relations between the words, such as subject, objects, and modifiers, are then determined using a sketch grammar.
Corpus analysis
The principal tool used for analysis of the Oxford English Corpus is the Sketch Engine, software developed by Lexical Computing Ltd: see www.sketchengine.co.uk.
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LCAA Presents Tuesdays with Morrie
- Liberty Center
- 111 W 5th S., Sedalia, MO 65301 United States
Additional Information
The Liberty Center Association for the Arts will host its production of Tuesdays With Morrie, February 8-10, 2013. The show runs one weekend only and will be dedicated to the memory of local journalist, Ron Jennings. Friday and Saturday shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday matinee will begin at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 each.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a non-fiction novel written by Mitch Albom. Chris Clark and Nick Karson will star in and direct this true story of an old man, a young man and life's greatest lesson. A dedication and opening remarks in memory of Ron Jennings will be made by Bob Satnan, editor of the Sedalia Democrat, prior to each show.
The Liberty Center invites you to make it a day of fun in historic downtown on February 9. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. various businesses will host a Chocolate Crawl, enjoy dinner at one of our many fine restaurants and end the day with the live performance of "Tuesdays with Morrie". Tickets are now available and can be purchased by calling (660) 826-2899.
The Liberty Center Association for the Arts, Inc. culturally enriches the greater Sedalia region through quality arts programming and providing an historic arts destination as a space for people to come together and celebrate the arts. Funding for the LCAA is provided in part by the Missouri Arts Council.


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A mansion in Makaha…yes, Makaha
At first glance, this huge house doesn't look like something you would usually see in Hawaii, much less Makaha. But here it is, a two-story, four-bedroom mansion on more than an acre of land in West Oahu. (Click here for details.)
It's located in Mauna Olu Estates, which is actually a prestigious, gated, luxury subdivision—most townies don't even know about this area. The lots here are divided into three classifications: residential, retreat and resort, to accommodate family, corporate and hotel usage. With only the mountains surrounding three sides of the subdivision, the front boundary looks out toward the ocean over twin 18-hole golf courses used by golfers from around the world.
The residence is next to the Kaneaki Heiau, so it's very quiet (with the exception of roaming peacocks). It's one of the older homes in Mauna Olu, at 21 years, so although the interior has new paint, the kitchen and four bathrooms need updating. Also, as a disclosure, this is a foreclosure property via Chase Mortgage.
Aside from the 4,056-square-foot home, there's not much else on the property, but it's huge—so you can add a pool or create a yard.
"Although it's a beautiful area, it is still Makaha—which is as far from Honolulu as you can get and always the least expensive," says realtor Sylvia "Elsie" Foster of Foster Realty. "If you took this house and put it in East Oahu, it would cost millions of dollars."
Money talk: $865,000 fee simple
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An upgrade to power recline offers endless possibilities since you can recline your back and legrest into infinite positions. Synchronous operation allows you to raise the legrest without reclining the back, helping you get to the customized comfort that you crave.
For an additional charge you can turn your reclining loveseat or sectional sofa into high tech theater seating, complete with lighting cupholders and charging ports. Adding the power bundle to your center console takes your furniture to the next level by adding two electrical outlets and two USB ports to the inside of the console. Stream video and keep your devices charged without leaving the comfort of your recliner.
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Keep your drink within reach as you enjoy a movie, your favorite TV show or a sporting event. Having built in cup holders also helps eliminate spills and stains in your living room as you don't have to keep your beverage by your feet on the floor.
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