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Welcome to Kalifornia...0 comments Posted by Mtn Man at 5:54 PM
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Sorry for the lack of posts0 comments Posted by Mtn Man at 10:21 PM
No, I've not fallen off the planet. I hope to be back soon. I have a lot of pent up posts, I just need to find time to get them typed up.
Thanks for your patience- both of you.
Mtn Man.
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Funny because it's true department1 comments Posted by Mtn Man at 5:03 PM
This Just in, from the Atomic Energy Commission:
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium(symbol=Gv), has one neutron , 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons . Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete. Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes . This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass . When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomesAdministratium (symbol=Ad), an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.
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Is it just me, or are these people stupid?0 comments Posted by Mtn Man at 11:02 AM
A very important vote is happening in the Tarheel state this week, one that I have been looking forward to for many years. Specifically, we gunnies are trying to get the elite in Raleigh to admit we have some civil rights. North Carolina currently has several restrictions on concealed carry, one of the most onerous being the prohibition of concealed carry in any restaurant that serves alcohol for consumption. (i.e. you can drink your beer while you eat.) It is already prohibited to consume alcohol in any quantity while packing, so the concerns of the wide eyed frothy mouthed hoplophobes are unfounded. All this bill would do is allow me and my family to go into the local steak house and enjoy a meal without me being forced to leave my CCW in the car, where it is more likely to be stolen (and thus be used in one of those infamous "GUN CRIMES.")
With this in mind, I have been following the bill (HR 111) pretty closely with the help of the good folks at Grass Roots NC, as well as the NC General Assembly. The bill itself can be found here.
Having left voice mails with my local representative, and emails with the list provided by GRNC, I was feeling pretty good about myself. That is, until I got this snippy reply from one of the 'swing' votes:
Thank you for your email. Representative Rapp believes that in order for this bill to be adopted it needs some tweaking. Thank you for taking time to contact us.
Meredith Matney
Legislative Assistant to Rep. Ray Rapp
Office 2213 State Legislative Bldg.
Raleigh, N. C. 27601-1096
Tweaking? TWEAKING? Not that I expect any respect from these clowns, but you'd think they could manage a better lie than that. Apparently, they think that will be the end of the matter, and they can forget about me. Obviously, they do not know me very well:
Dear Ms. Matney:
I appreciate your reply. However, I would appreciate very much some clarification on the term 'tweaking.' Specifically, could you explain what you find objectionable in the bill as written? Please be advised I will be following this vote very carefully, and like most honest citizens, would consider weakening amendments just as bad as voting against it.
I await your explanation.
Thank you,
That's where the matter stands at the moment. I'm not getting any hopes up for a polite reply, or for that matter any reply at all. Even if this bill gets passed, it's almost certain to be vetoed by our botox-enhanced Governess, and it is unlikely we have the votes to override a veto. Of course, if enough of us put pressure on the elected representatives, it could happen. So, what say you? Are you ready to fight for your God given rights yet, or are you content sitting in the back of the buss? You don't need to be a member of GRNC to use the email service there, but you really should be a member and join the fight. We can use all the help we can get.


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It is located off Hole In The Rock Road, in the Grand Staircase, Escalante National Monument, Utah USA.
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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Grading teachers based on how much their students learn should be a no-brainer.
In fact, state law for more than three decades has required that pupil progress be one of the factors in evaluating teachers.
But, as it turns out, when someone actually does that — measures teachers against their students' test scores — it becomes highly contentious.
It's also groundbreaking and revolutionary, a potentially long leap toward substantial reforms in California education.
And it's inevitable.
We're well into the 21st century. New technological toys are invented every week. Students take year-end standardized tests designed to measure their progress. That's public information. It doesn't take a Bill Gates to match those test results with the teachers to help gauge their effectiveness.
When the Los Angeles Unified School District declined to do that, some Times reporters did, using a Rand Corp. researcher to analyze seven years of math and English scores in third through fifth grades.
The newspaper plans to publish a database with the names of more than 6,000 teachers ranked by their ability to improve the students' test scores.
And teachers' unions are incredulous.
They're still living in the old, mimeograph-machine millennium. If they didn't want something to happen then, it usually didn't. Many school boards long have been dominated by members indebted politically to the unions. The unions have resisted tying teacher evaluations to standardized test results in California, so it hasn't been done.
Using old-school labor tactics, the president of the L.A. teachers union, A.J. Duffy, has called for a "massive" product boycott of The Times. That won't help the teachers or the students.
What union leaders and school administrations should have been doing is devising some fair, practical way to evaluate teachers, at least in part on the test results. Finally Friday, there were signs they soon may be doing that in L.A.
"We have to make it work," says state Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell. "It's coming. It's real. It's here."
Publishing the teachers' names will make some of them uncomfortable. It also will make some proud. But most important, it will make the public more informed.
"I'm a believer in transparency," O'Connell says.
I called former Gov. Gray Davis, who significantly upgraded student testing to meet new California academic standards.
"I think the taxpayer is entitled to have that information," Davis said of the teachers' data. "I don't think it's the only factor by which teachers should be measured, but I think it's the most important factor…. Teachers need accountability.
"A teacher can be the most interesting, scintillating person in the world, but if that teacher's students don't demonstrate any improvement from the previous fall, what's the point?"
Bonnie Reiss, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's education advisor, says: "Maybe in the private sector there's some expectation of privacy. But if you're in the public sector and supported by taxpayers, the people have a right to know."
As a teacher "would I love it? No, but I'd think it would be fair," she adds. "When kids are put in the care of someone, there's even more reason for that person to be the subject of public scrutiny."
The most influential teachers' union lobbyist in Sacramento is Joe Nunez of the California Teachers Assn. He contends that The Times is "completely misusing the test data." The tests originally were designed merely "as a dipstick" to gauge the effectiveness of California's academic standards, he argues.
That's certainly what the unions were told and why they allowed the testing to be approved by the Legislature. But it doesn't mean the tests shouldn't also be used now to size up teachers.
Nunez agrees they could be. But he says pupil progress should be only one of several factors considered in evaluating teachers. And the data, he maintains, should remain with the principal and the teacher.
Assembly education guru Rick Simpson, a former Davis aide and CTA lobbyist, brings up a good point: The students have no motivation to score well on the state standardized tests.
"I speak to hundreds of students every year and I ask them," he says. "They don't care how well they do. It has no impact on their grades, whether they get promoted, whether they get into college. Why would the kids give a rip if it has no effect on them?"
And he asks: "Should we be using low-stake tests for students to make very high-stakes decisions on the grown-ups?"
Probably not. So make the tests high-stakes for the students too. Require them to pass the tests to be promoted.
Another problem with making the teacher ratings public: Parents will demand that their kids be taught by only the best teachers.
Fine, says Sen. Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar), vice chairman of the Senate Education Committee. "That will put pressure on schools to improve the effectiveness of their teachers."
O'Connell says, "We shouldn't be afraid of data. This shouldn't be a gotcha."
Linking test scores to teachers can help identify those who need more training, he and virtually everyone agree. Schools can learn which teaching methods work and which fail.
All true.
But the public has about exhausted its patience with all government, including the school system. It's the most expensive item for California taxpayers, with the lion's share of the cost being teachers' pay. The public doesn't want to pay for any laggards.
The parents' children are being graded. Their teachers should be too. And the parents should see all the scores.


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As 'Glee' slips into hate-watch territory faster than Journey can crank out a cheesy power ballad, we're still willing to admit to the occasional viewing, if only to catch sassy, lady lovin' cheerleader Santana, played by the lovely Naya Rivera, steam up the screen.
The 25-year-old actress and singer quickly became a major player on the show after it premiered in 2009, but 'Glee' wasn't Rivera's first shot as a prime time TV star. The Valencia, California native has a long TV acting resume; she's appeared in everything from 'CSI: Miami' to 'Baywatch,' 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' and 'Family Matters.'
Rivera, who is of Puerto Rican, German and African descent, started acting in commercials as a baby, which pretty much makes her a showbiz vet. She's landed on several "Sexiest Starlets" lists in the past few years (Well deserved) and has ranked highly on Maxim's Hot 100 list for three years in a row.
We'll soon be seeing and hearing a lot more from Rivera. She signed a recording contract with Columbia Records to record an upcoming solo album, and she recently won a Logo NowNowNext Award in the "Cause Your Hot" category. Again, well deserved, Santana! Here's hoping you make regionals this year! Whatever that means.


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and they say that microsoft doesn't keep up
just a new version of 'dos isn't done till lotus won't run'
Customers visiting an Xbox Live billing site with Firefox are liable to get a false warning that Microsoft's digital certificate is "invalid". The certificate is fine and IE users are unaffected by the glitch, which represents the reappearance of an intermittent bug limited to gamers who use Mozilla's open source browser. Reg …
The xbox live billing site is useless anyway. All the account management can be done through the xbox. The only thing you might want to use it for is to cancel your subscription, but it won't allow you to do that. You still have to ring or email customer services. So no great loss.
No, that's not the issue - You didn't check your facts before commenting any more than the "expert" in the story did.
If you browse to the site in Firefox, the cert is issued by the following CA;
CN = Microsoft Secure Server Authority
DC = redmond
DC = corp
DC = microsoft
DC = com
If you browse to it in IE8, the cert provided was issued by the "Verisign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5", a known global CA trusted by both IE and Firefox.
So Microsoft have some sort of load balancers / reverse proxies in front of their webservers which serve content differently based on browser type. One group of servers uses an invalid cert, signed by a non-globally trusted CA, the others don't, they use a valid cert signed by a globally trusted CA.
This is a mistake by Microsoft, not Mozilla / Firefox, but the mistake is not that Microsoft browsers have a non-trusted CA in their cert trust list. Check before jumping to conclusions.
What's this, then, from a default install of IE:
KeyID=5b d0 70 ef 69 72 9e 23 51 7e 14 b2 4d 8e ff cb
Certificate Issuer:
CN=Microsoft Root Authority
OU=Microsoft Corporation
OU=Copyright (c) 1997 Microsoft Corp.
Certificate SerialNumber=00 c1 00 8b 3c 3c 88 11 d1 3e f6 63 ec df 40
Oooh, look - Microsoft trusts itsself, therefore we should trust Microsoft.
That cert / CA has nothing to do with the article, people are not psychic, and so cannot connect your non-sequitur with anything that went before.
If that's the point you intended to make with your previous post, you failed to do so.
It's also hardly surprising that Microsoft trusts it's own CA servers. Would you expect them not to? There's no implication anyone else should trust Microsoft.
For clarity, the cert presented by the site is not signed by that CA.
If you look at the certificate presented by billing.microsoft.com in IE, it shows the certification path (the chain of trust that SSL relies on) going back to the GTE CyberTrust Global Root certificate. All good. If you look at the certificate in Firefox, the certification path is just billing.microsoft.com so it just seems to be a self signed certificate with no chain of trust.
On that basis, Firefox is quite right to flag it up, but the question remains whether it's Microsoft's certificate issuing or Firefox's certificate reading which is at fault.
I encountered the same issue.
However the bigger problem was that once you get to billing.microsoft.com to cancel your gold subscription (as directed in MS email), it directs you to xbox.com. It says you can change the autorenewal option to off once you get there.
On xbox.com (us/international site) there is no way to cancel or turn autorenewal off, only buy more, and no indication on how you cancel. UK version of xbox site has no account info at all.
Eventually a Google search revealed a phone number where one has to go through a tedious process to cancel.
There is also no way to cancel from xbox itself, only buy more.
A dirty way of doing business. Won't be using live again.
is where you turn off auto-renew, assuming you enabled it.
If you want to downgrade to Silver (free) right now rather than at the end of your contract you need to ring. You won't get any money back though so there's no great advantage in doing so.
Its simply because the charge is annual which is cheaper for them and therefore you, since they'd just pass the cost of collecting millions of subs monthly back to the customer anyway.
>A dirty way of doing business. Won't be using live again.
Its a fairly common payment model, although I suppose they could give you the option of paying a higher rate and taking it monthly.
The CA certificate used to issue the billing.microsoft.com certificate, valid for one year from 9th July 2010, has the key ID:
08 42 e3 db 4e 11 66 f3 b5 08 c5 40 db 55 7c 33 46 11 83 38
and the name "Microsoft Secure Server Authority".
In Firefox 3.6/3.7 the current valid CA certificate for that name is valid for just under three years from 9th April 2008 and has the key ID:
14 55 c4 39 e0 3d 2e d1 55 2e 48 96 b0 d8 7e 14 22 06 93 bc
Looking at Firefox 4.0 beta 3 there are *no* Microsoft certificate authorities included in the default certificate store.
Doesn't look like it's a firefox to me. Looks like MS trust their own billing-related root cert in Windows and/or IE and firefox doesn't trust it:
jon@machine:~$ echo | openssl s_client -connect billing.microsoft.com:443 -CApath /etc/ssl/certs 1>/dev/null
depth=0 /C=US/ST=Washington/L=Redmond/O=Microsoft/OU=Windows Live Operations/CN=billing.microsoft.com
verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate
verify return:1
depth=0 /C=US/ST=Washington/L=Redmond/O=Microsoft/OU=Windows Live Operations/CN=billing.microsoft.com
verify error:num=27:certificate not trusted
verify return:1
depth=0 /C=US/ST=Washington/L=Redmond/O=Microsoft/OU=Windows Live Operations/CN=billing.microsoft.com
verify error:num=21:unable to verify the first certificate
verify return:1
Or do other people have a billing.microsoft.com cert in their root certs?
if hes trying to cancel his subscription then he might aswell let it expire if hes using those card number cards.but if hes using his credit card or somthing then it gets a little more tricky i personally dont use credit cards for xbox i use the digit cards but eventually when my xbox blows il be getten a ps3 cause im sick of microsoft and there money tactics paying for online when it should be free its a ripoff just like those microsoft points to and changing your name.
Well, looking Chrome checks IE for certificates, the screen that pops up in Chrome when you view certificates looks... suspiciously like the IE one.
I've had this exact same issue recently with my work. It's just the chain isn't set up properly. It's all well and good assuming your user has the certification authority etc installed. It might not.
Firefox and Opera both error.
And the chained certificates are both out of date.
How exactly is this a Firefox problem and not a 'MS can't manage their servers or set up SSL properly' problem?
Chris Boyd, a security consultant at Sunbelt and Microsoft MVP who has studied the security of online gaming in some depth, confirmed the glitch.
"It seems you get a cert error in Firefox 3.6.8 (the latest version), I don't have other versions to hand to try out," Boyd told El Reg.
Studies online gaming 'in some depth' - but doesn't have VM's or whatever to test out different browser versions. How can someone be a Microsoft MVP and not have the basics covered?
If you install IE Enhanced Security Configuration on your servers (i know 2k3 has this), your browser has all of Microsoft's sites (download/msn/update/windowsupdate) in its trusted sites list. If you use any 3rd party patch management tool, you should remove all of Microsoft's servers from the list (and the default, whereever it is kept).


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You're probably all well aware of this. I just thought it would be good to have the link to the site on this page also.
An Irish website was recently set up to help people who wanted to officially defect from the Catholic Church.
As the the title suggest the website is www.countmeout.ie.
I have no affliation or connection to the site other than having used it to defect.
Although it's primarily designed and aimed at Irish Catholics I can't see how the same process couldn't be applied anywhere in the world. The documents that the site has put together are the official Catholic Church defection documents which I'm sure are not specific to Ireland. So I'm assuming anyone can fill these in and send them to their local bishop/ priest.
If you're disgusted, as I was by the appalling way in which the Catholic Curch has behaved in relation to the sickening child abuse scandals around the world, vote with your feet.
How often do you hear the Catholic Church use its strength in numbers around the world as a way of exerting influence? No longer let them count you as a member. Sign up and sign out!
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Liberated German art was hauled away to secret locations to be distributed among American civilians1.
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5 outside-the-box secrets to help sell your home
Everyone who's trying to sell a home in today's real estate market has probably heard the same advice many times: Clean everything, declutter and depersonalize to appeal to buyers. But beyond following the usual rules, what other ways can you make your home stand out from the rest?
"Sellers need out-of-the-box ideas to have a better chance of selling," says Michelle Lohr, a designer in Austin, Texas who soon will be putting her own house on the market. Though the real estate industry is depressed, she believes that with today's low mortgage rates, she'll find a buyer for her home if she uses good, unique home-selling tips.
If you're also trying to sell your home in this highly-competitive market, here are five outside-the-box secrets from agents and design pros on ways you can make your house irresistible to buyers.
1. Create photos of hotspots
You've probably heard that you should depersonalize your home by removing photos of family and friends before showing your property. But instead of leaving the walls and tabletops bare, one secret is to replace them with artwork that showcases nearby hotspots, says Kara Russelo, owner of Little Virgo Organizing & Home Staging in Holly Springs, N.C.
Put up black and white photos of local landmarks, and colored photos of great views or landscaping, she says. By doing so, you help buyers envision themselves in your home, which needs to happen before a sale, she says. "You can even include menus from nearby restaurants. Place these items throughout the home to give it a sense of local flair," Russelo says.
2. Sweeten your home's scent
In the past, home sellers have attempted to make their homes smell like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to charm buyers. But according to Russelo, a better tip is to put a warm loaf of bread in the oven. "The cookie smell does work, especially when buyers get to eat some on your home tour, but I've found the warm bread smell often works better for sales," she says.
Regardless of whether you have cookies, bread or nothing at all, make sure your home has a soft, pleasant smell. "If you don't have the opportunity to pop something in the oven right before a showing, then the home should smell like clean laundry, lavender, or no scent at all," Russelo says.
If your home has a strong odor--from pets or heavy cooking spices, for example--use an odor neutralizer so that the smell isn't too harsh for buyers' senses, she says.
3. Go to other sellers' open houses
Check out the competition to help you understand what you need to do to get your own home ready to sell, says Maria O'Dell, a real estate agent with Realty Executives of Kansas City in Leawood, Kan. "The homes that are selling are the ones that are in the best condition. Going to an open house lets the homeowner see what they're up against," she says.
Lohr, who also owns GnM Lohr Homes, an Austin-based design company, says that she gets staging and design ideas from open houses. "After touring other homes, I can analyze other properties and think about what makes my house different. Then, I can make sure that difference is mentioned in the listing remarks," she says.
4. Upgrade online pics
Many buyers will look at a home's photos on the Internet before deciding if it's worth driving by to make a visit, so good photography is critical in marketing a home," says O'Dell.
If your listing photos aren't taken in bright sunlight and show clean, uncluttered rooms, you may need to hire a professional photographer to re-take them, she says. (Many Realtors offer professional photography as a part of their services. Otherwise, the homeowner could expect to pay around $150 for such services, says O'Dell).
Another tip for homeowners is to create a video walkthrough of their property, but it would have to be done professionally, too, often at a cost of more than $250, O'Dell says. "If your budget requires choosing between a video or high-quality pictures, get the pictures," she says.
5. Write a letter to buyers
Another rarely used secret is to write a note to the people coming to view your property, says Russelo. "In the letter, mention all the reasons you bought the home in the first place, like a family-friendly kitchen, great storage or good schools nearby," she says.
"A letter lets you make the connection between the features in your house and the memories that can be made from them," adds O'Dell.
It's important to be sincere, however. Be sure to not make the note unrealistically positive. For example, don't mention that no appliances have broken down if it's not true, O'Dell says.
Instead, create a letter that helps buyers understand how you've created wonderful memories in your home, and now they'll have an opportunity to do the same.
Especially in today's competitive real estate market, sellers need all the help they can get to set their homes apart. Sometimes all it takes is for you to think outside the box.
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The Jail has adequate sizes of jail clothing; therefore, civilian articles of clothing will not be accepted at our facility, except under the following special circumstances:
JURY TRIAL: One change of clothing may be left at the Jail for a jury trial.
FINAL RELEASE: One change of clothing may be brought to the Jail for an individual being released.
FEMALE INMATES: May have the following items brought into the Jail. However, these articles are limited to no more than two each during their stay:
- 2 white bras (no wires or metal stays)
- 2 pairs of white panties - regular style only
Due to limited storage space, if clothes are brought to the Jail for an inmate who already has clothes, the inmate must sign a release for any clothing here, prior to accepting any other changes of clothes.
These items will only be accepted Monday - Friday, 8:00 A.M. - 4:15 P.M., except on County Holidays, at the Reception Desk in our Lobby. The only exceptions are clothes brought in for jury trials or release, which may be delivered to the Jail Night Entrance after regular business hours.
Eaton County Jail inmates will only be allowed to receive postcards, no bigger than 5 x 7", from friends and family, etc., thereby reducing the introduction of contraband into the facility, eliminating inmate to inmate correspondence, and eliminating correspondence between co-defendants while incarcerated at the same time. (This is for non-legal mail only)
Postcards are to be a plain white postcard, no bigger than 5 x 7" and have metered postage.
Friends and family wishing to mail money orders to an inmate of the Eaton County Jail must address the envelope as follows:
Eaton County Jail - MO
c/o Inmate's Name
1025 Independence Blvd
Charlotte, MI 48813
The envelope shall only contain a money order made out in the inmate's name. No personal checks for inmates will be accepted.
The Eaton County Sheriff's Office will not be held responsible for cash sent through the mail to inmates.
Inmates will still be allowed to receive subscriptions to magazines and newspapers through the mail.
Properly identified legal mail will be opened in the presence of the inmate to inspect for contraband. Increased monitoring of the mail will result if anything is found other than legal material enclosed in the envelope.
Outgoing mail rules have not changed; please review in the Eaton County Jail Inmate Guide.
All inmates are permitted and encouraged to have regular visits from family and friends. The inmate is permitted to have three visitors on their Visitor's List. Each inmate is authorized to have 30 minutes of visits per week. All visitors must be at the Jail at the same time. This is limited to one visitation time per week per inmate.
Visiting times are as follows:
Monday thru Friday 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
NOTE: The first Tuesday of each month, visitation does NOT start until 10:00 A.M. due to church services.
Any requests for changes to Inmate Visitor's Lists take 7 - 10 business days to process.
Please note: If there are any changes in visitation due to holidays, disciplinary actions, or emergencies at our facility, it is the Inmate's responsibility to notify family and friends of these changes.
1. Monday Night Jail Ministry Services are offered from 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
2. Protestant Services are offered the first Tuesday of each month from 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
3. Catholic Services are offered one Saturday each month from 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
4. Additional Services are offered on the third Wednesday of each month from 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
5. Jail Chaplain from Forgotten Man Ministries comes in on Mondays from 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Those who have received court orders to attend school will receive priority for this program. If sufficient space is available, the programs will be open to those who request to attend.
1. Adult Basic Education - Open to functionally illiterate inmates or special education students.
2. GED Test Preparation - Open to inmates who are working toward completion of the GED Test.
3. High School Completion - Open to inmates who have not earned a high school diploma.
School programs are not available for Maximum Classification Inmates.
Any inmate who violates a jail rule(s) and is found guilty of the offense(s) through a hearing, can be placed in a lock-down status ("23 and 1"). "23 and 1" means that they will spend 23 hours in lock-down and 1 hour out for a shower and phone time. In addition to this, they may forfeit any or all of their privileges, e.g., church, visitation, recreation, commissary, and/or loss of good time toward release.
Inmates confined to the Eaton County Jail are eligible to receive 1 day of good time for every 6 days of confinement "credit" toward their release date. However, this time may be forfeited for disciplinary problems.
Inmates have access to telephones located in their respective living areas. They are reminded that all calls are collect calls only, and as such, consideration should be given to those receiving the calls. If the phones are abused and calls are made to anyone which are threatening, including calling and harassing witnesses or victims, or violation of telephone company rules, a block is placed on the telephone number and/or phone privileges may be suspended.
Securus provides the Inmate telephone service and can be reached at 1-800-844-6591 for billing or connection problems.
Community Mental Health is available for male/female inmates who are deemed to have a need or those who request help. Priority is based upon needs, and there is no charge for this service.
Drug abuse counseling may be court ordered or on a voluntary basis.
Alcohol abuse counseling may be court ordered or on a voluntary basis.
Substance and Alcohol Abuse programs are not available to Maximum Classification Inmates.
Cognitive Restructuring Jail Group (STP) is a court-ordered program that is also provided at the Eaton County Jail.
The County maintains a small store from which inmates may purchase commissary items such as candy, communication, and health and hygiene products. There is a $60.00 per week limit on stores.
Indigent store orders are for those inmates with insufficient funds for necessary communication, health & hygiene products, including each inmate whose account is depleted and become eligible for indigent stores. Indigent stores are ONLY for the essential items necessary to maintain cleanliness, as well as basic health and communication materials.
Indigent items are restricted and are not free. Anything received will be paid for while housed or the inmate will be billed for these items after release.
Are defined as not having any money or an insufficient amount of money to cover the cost of basic health, hygiene and communication products. They are not denied medical treatment, dental treatment or necessary postage and writing materials to correspond with the courts and attorneys. However, special postage processing is restricted to verified legal mail. Inmates are permitted to receive two stamped envelopes weekly through the commissary to communicate with family and friends as part of an indigent store order.
If money is placed in their accounts while housed, those funds will go toward paying for any services and/or items received while housed, as permitted by law.
They are also advised that all indigent items and services are not free, and that they will be billed after release for these items.
The Work Release Program is set up, controlled and maintained by the courts. Inmates on Work Release are required to provide a letter of employment on valid company letterhead, weekly/bi-weekly paycheck stub and must meet all requirements for GPS Tether monitoring.
The Jail cannot grant work release to inmates. Only the Courts and Probation Officers have the authority to make any changes in the work schedules or hours worked through this program. Money owed on the Work Release Program must be paid at the Jail on a weekly basis, and is collected on Sundays. All payments for Work Release must be paid in cash for the full amount owed or by a certified money order (made payable to the inmate for deposit in their Inmate Trust Account). After deposit of monies have been made, a withdrawal transaction for the work release payment will be deducted. No personal or business checks will be accepted for this.
Work Release payments must be paid in full prior to release from our facility.
In-house medical charges are as follows:
1. Doctor or Dentist Visits are $25.00 each.
2. Nurse Visits are $7.50 each.
3. Prescription Handling Fees are $3.00 each.
4. Over the counter medication fees are based on the type of medication received.
If an inmate is called down to the Jail Medical Clinic for a physical examination, tuberculosis screening or re-check there will be no charge. However, if the inmate requests the visit, he/she will be charged.
These costs will be applied to the Inmate Trust Account for anyone receiving these goods or services. Any money received or on account will go toward payment of these items (as well as stores and hygiene kits, and other miscellaneous charges). Any unpaid balance will be billed after release.
Special medical charges will be billed to the inmate after release and not applied to their Inmate Trust Account. These types of charges include outside doctor/dentist visits or referrals, x-rays, hospital visits, laboratory visits, special prescription medications, etc. If the inmate has medical insurance, the inmate should supply a copy of the card to the Jail staff.
The Eaton County Jail will bill inmates $32.00 per day for housing charges. All other unpaid expenses incurred while housed (such as medical, commissary items, hygiene kits, etc.) will be included in this bill. The Financial Services Area will submit bills after release to each individual, where applicable. Individuals will need to contact Financial Services to make arrangements for payment of this bill. All necessary attempts will be made to collect this money for Eaton County. Any unpaid balances will be forwarded to a credit agency for collection, if necessary.
Inmates may receive money orders made payable to the inmate, through the mail. NO personal or business checks, change or foreign money will be accepted for Inmate Trust Accounts.
In addition, there are THREE NEW WAYS TO ADD MONEY to the inmate account.
Lobby Kiosks in Front Lobby
available 24 hours for cash and credit card account loads.
Online Money Load: www.eXpressAccount.com
Call 866-422-6833
If money is needed for court purposes (e.g., bond, restitution, fines & costs, etc.) during regular County Business Hours, they should be paid at the Eaton County Courthouse. The receipt should then be brought to the Jail Bond Lobby at the rear of the Sheriff's Office and given to the Corrections Staff for processing.
The E.C.S.D. Receptionist cannot accept bond or court money.
If bond money or fines/costs money (or other court monies) are needed after regular business hours, it must be delivered to the Jail Bond Lobby at the rear of the Sheriff's Office.
In addition, there are three new ways to provide bail.
Online Bail: www.EZRELEASEKIOSK.com
Lobby Kiosks in Front Lobby or Bond Lobby
available 24 hours for cash and credit card bail.
Call 888-497-2387
If any inmate in our facility has a question, complaint or concern, they are requested to direct that information to staff. They are advised to write a "kite" (note) to staff in order to review their request or grievance. These are given to an officer of the Jail and forwarded, if necessary, to the appropriate area(s).
Inmates should not request that family and friends continuously contact staff regarding their personal grievances.
The Eaton County Jail has a barber on staff who is also a Corrections Deputy. This individual provides barber services to inmates, via a written request for this service. The charge for a haircut is $15.00.
Inmates will not be permitted to accumulate a bill on their Inmate Trust Account, and request a haircut. They cannot "reserve" money for a haircut.
They will need to make sure that money is available for this service, should they need to request it. Once the request is made for the haircut, they cannot change their mind later just because they decide they no longer want a haircut.
Each inmate who will be spending time at the Eaton County Jail (more than two days) will be issued a hygiene kit. The cost for this item is $3.00 per kit. Each hygiene kit includes a bar of soap, a comb, a small container of shampoo, deodorant, a toothbrush and toothpaste.
This charge will be applied to the Inmate's Trust Account. If the individual does not have money to pay for this item while housed, they will be billed after release.
PLEASE NOTE THAT PERSONAL MESSAGES AND PERSONAL ITEMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR INMATES AT OUR FACILITY. Only verifiable emergencies will be the exception to this rule (for example, a death in the family, emergency hospitalization of an immediate relative, etc.).
This is a no-contact facility, and friends and family may not request such visits.
Inmates are not allowed to get married while in the Eaton County Jail.
This is also a no-smoking facility, in accordance with the Public Health Code P.A. 198 or 1986.
For questions regarding Visitation and general Sheriff's Dept. matters, please contact our Receptionist at (517) 543-3512 or 372-8217, Mon. - Fri., 8 A.M. - 5 P.M.
For questions regarding billing and housing charges, please contact the Financial Services Clerk at extension 5294.
For questions regarding Inmate Trust Accounts, please contact the Accounting/Corrections Clerk at extension 5041.
For Inmate medical questions, please contact our Jail Medical Clinic at extension 5104.
For questions regarding Inmate telephone problems, please contact Securus at 1-800-844-6591.
For questions regarding blocking your telephone from inmate phone calls or questions regarding mail sent to an inmate, which has been returned to you, please call Corrections Clerk at extension 5051.
For urgent questions regarding Jail Policies and Procedures, please contact our Jail Administrator at extension 5108.


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Even factoring in the normally turbulent life of a rock star, the last year-plus has been especially turbulent for Lita Ford.
But this summer, Ford, one of the members of the groundbreaking music group, The Runaways, who also went on to have a successful solo career, has hit the road touring and is having a blast doing so.
Ford and her band will stop at the Sandia Casino Amphitheater in Albuquerque Sept. 11. She will open for Def Leppard and Poison, whom Ford has joined for several dates across the country.
"It's been really great," Ford said of the tour. "We have a great crew. It's a great bunch of guys. I couldn't have asked for a better summer. The shows have been great and the fans are amazing."
Ford was the lead guitarist for The Runaways, an all-girl rock band formed in the mid-1970s, the lineup of which included Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee Joan Jett on rhythm guitar and vocals and, briefly, bassist Micki Steele, who would later join The Bangles.
Ford would find success as a hard rock act in the late 1980s, scoring Top 20 hits like "Kiss Me Deadly" and her highest-charting single to date, "Close My Eyes Forever," a duet with heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne.
Ford is on tour to help promote her new studio album, "Living Like a Runaway," the title track of which was dedicated to her time with the all-girl group.
Executives at Ford's new independent label, SPV/Steamhammer Records, liked the name "Living Like a Runaway" for the album's title. There was a problem, though: the song didn't actually exist.
"At the time, I didn't have the song written," Ford said. "It came to me within three days, and fortunately, it wasn't something I had to bash my head against the walls for."
The Runaways never had a big smash hit in the U.S., but were big overseas. While Ford's song "Living" sounds like she was generally fond of her time with the group and the adventures they went on, she said she moved on and grew as an artist.
"I don't think The Runaways have an influence on me musically, although The Runaways helped me develop my style of music and develop Lita," Ford said. "It was like going through college. It helps you develop who you are and your style of music. You don't just pick up the guitar and have a style."
"Living" is just Ford's second studio album since the mid-1990s. In 2009, she released "Wicked Wonderland," which was heavily influenced by Ford's then-husband Jim Gillette, the former lead singer of Nitro.
Gillette and Ford announced their divorce in early 2011. Ford said the rather messy breakup between the two was the major driving force behind her and producer Gary Hoey's songwriting on "Living."
"It pretty much says what's been going on for the last couple of years," she said. "This is a very aggressive album … if it were me, I would have a giant middle finger on the cover."
The album's leadoff track, "Branded," has hard-driving guitar riffs and dark lyrics, while the third track, "The Mask" compares a former love of Ford's to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ("I will never know what's buried inside/You won't let it show, it's one big disguise").
Ford also has a painfully sorrowful track in "Mother," which is written for her sons, with whom she reportedly had a falling-out with during her divorce from Gillette, asking them to try to understand what's happened to the family's relationship.
Ford's tour mates, Poison and Def Leppard, were two of the biggest hard rock bands in the world during the late 1980s and early 1990s and this tour, which has dates scheduled through mid-September, was named one of the top 10 tours of the summer by "Rolling Stone."
Poison scored mega-hits with "Unskinny Bop" and "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," while Def Leppard produced chart-toppers such as "Pour Some Sugar On Me" and "Love Bites."
Ford said it can be tough to be an opening act — she saw a Motley Crue show earlier this week and said she felt bad for the opening band, which had some good music but got little attention from the crowd.
"I'm ready to headline, but I thank God for this tour," Ford said. "I couldn't think of a better way to spend the summer, hanging out with Def Leppard and Poison."
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Ever pressed your old-fashioned monitor in the hope it responds? Sadly, unless you have magical fingertips, you'll need Windows 8 (and touch-enabled hardware) to turn your computer experience into one comprised swipes and presses that feel incredibly intuitive. Who says you need a start button?
Super speedy
Windows 8 needs some refinement if your view of performance is running Dishonored at full resolution on three 27in monitors, but when it comes to start up, shutdown and jumping between programs, Windows 8 is much, much faster than Windows 7. A PC can boot up in under 20 seconds – not even enough time to boil the kettle.
Laptop resurrection
Windows 8's refined nature doesn't just speed up a PC that's relatively new. Older laptops and computers would benefit from a new lease of life, giving you a taste of a true 21st century computing without having to buy new hardware. It's not going to fix that cracked screen and clear away the cobwebs but improved responsiveness means less tech rage.
Beauty in the machine
Gone are the days of off-yellow and grey menus. When you're staring at a screen all day, a little colour and space goes a long way. Windows 8's bright, clear and downright gorgeous new clothes have made Apple OS design look rather ordinary by comparison.
Full integration
The pieces of Microsoft's cunning plan start to fall into place with Windows 8. The Smart Glass app means you'll be able to interact with your PC, tablet, smartphone and Xbox in new ways. Then there's access to Xbox Music and its unrivalled 30 million tracks, Windows 8 games like Cut the Rope and, hopefully, multiplayer gaming between every platform. Microsoft is even going to support Android and iOS devices for a number of its services, too.
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Shirttail Point is one of our favorites, Terry is a certified diving instructor, and that's where the lessons are held. It's easy access from the main road, and has ample parking, and a nice grassy area for a picnic or a lounge. If you're here in Camden at the moment, the crowds of people have yet to come, it's a nice time to enjoy a warm day with a good book and a beach towel.
If you're out and about, Lincolnville and their amazing coastline have what you're looking for. There's wonderful dining options on either side of you, and the nice calm bay area that's suitable for an "all age" family. Incredible views to the islands nearby, and a good stretch to walk along in hopes of finding some sea glass!
Laite Beach here in Camden is another optimal choice. A little closer to town than Shirttail, it's also got a pretty decent area to picnic or lounge.
Whatever your choice may be, we wish you the best of fun. Remember to find us on Facebook, and Twitter and comment below with your favorite spot here in Camden!


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When you work in retail, the holiday season is a busy time. Our bookshop gets flooded with gift-giving inquiries about various out-of-print titles, last-minute shoppers and daily trips to the post office to mail gift packages. Our eldest daughter was busy with her part-time jobs too, so all we wanted to do was collapse into a heap on Christmas Eve night, enjoy a lovely supper (cooked by the younger daughter elf as her present to us all) and then veg out with books, movies and Scrabble.
Watching my girls open their presents after we finally got THEM awakened (what a reversal from when they were tots!) and then cooking up some special treats has always been my special pleasure on Christmas Day, but since last year, I must admit I am finding another highlight to be the Crazy Mug contest that Dan and I engage in. This Second Annual Crazy Mug contest featured the two ugliest/craziest/weirdest mugs that we could find during the course of a year's bookhunting. We scoured the wilds of upstate New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and environs all throughout 2011 and I thought for sure that my entry on the left, "This Spud's For You!", a strange souvenir of Idaho with vaguely R. Crumb-esque grinning potato people, would claim the prize.
But alas, my better half once again took the top honors with his cutesy, pipe-chomping fisherman tankard, judged by all present to garner the coveted Crazy Mug Contest. Last year's winner, "Smashed Again", however, still remains the Craziest Mug of all time, and has a place of honor in my kitchen holding my collection of measuring spoons. I will perhaps extend my mug hunting throughout 2012 to more regions so as to try to capture the Crazy Mug crown next Christmas morning.
Enough tomfoolery. Let's talk about some great food here at The Crispy Cook.
I am honored to note that I am the featured poster on Trufflehead.com this week with my observations about a terrific recipe for Escarole with Garlic and Hot Pepper. Trufflehead is an Iphone and Ipad app that was started by Deborah Chud, a medical doctor and excellent cook, who is on a mission to get us all to cook healthier, delicious meals. You can download a free e-book with five Trufflehead recipes to explore yourself at the site. It was with pleasure that I test drove her escarole recipe (and another for a wonderful citrus-infused Sesame Slaw), because we love escarole in our house.
Escarole is a wonderful, slightly bitter green, that most people may be familiar with eating raw in salads, but which becomes meltingly tender when cooked. Italians have many recipes for braised and sauteed escarole and it is a traditional ingredient in Greens and Beans and Italian Wedding Soup. We love escarole so much that it is a regular part of our home garden. It's easy to grow, but it is the one vegetable that invites slugs into our usually very dry, sandy soil, garden environment. Escarole grows thickly at the base, so between the slug issue and the many grains of sand that hide in its crevasses, this vegetable requires thorough rinsing and several soaks before it's ready for the cooking pot.
If I had a greenhouse windowsill I would grow some escarole alongside some basil, parsley and chives for my winter meals, but instead, I buy escarole at the supermarket (overpriced and of much sadder quality than my home supplies!) to give us a little green tonic in the winter.
**Don't forget that there are still a few days left in my Red Pack Tomatoes giveaway (a cool tin filled with tomatoes and kitchen gadgets) so feel free to enter that by leaving a comment back on this previous post by Jan. 2nd at midnight.
Enjoy the rest of the year!


text: http://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2013/01/29.htm Researchers break million-core supercomputer barrier Stanford Engineering's Center for Turbulence Research (CTR) has set a new record in computational science by successfully using a supercomputer with more than 1 million computing cores. This was done to solve a complex fluid dynamics problem – the prediction of noise generated by a supersonic jet engine. Joseph Nichols, a research associate in the centre, worked on the newly installed Sequoia IBM Bluegene/Q system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL). Sequoia recently topped the list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, boasting 1,572,864 compute cores (processors) and 1.6 petabytes of memory connected by a high-speed five-dimensional torus interconnect. Because of Sequoia's impressive numbers of cores, Nichols was able to show for the first time that million-core fluid dynamics simulations are possible – and also to contribute to research aimed at designing quieter aircraft engines. The physics of noise The exhausts of high-performance aircraft at takeoff and landing are among the most powerful man-made sources of noise. For ground crews, even for those wearing the most advanced hearing protection available, this creates an acoustically hazardous environment. To the communities surrounding airports, such noise is a major annoyance and a drag on property values. Understandably, engineers are keen to design new and better aircraft engines that are quieter than their predecessors. New nozzle shapes, for instance, can reduce jet noise at its source, resulting in quieter aircraft. Predictive simulations – advanced computer models – aid in such designs. These complex simulations allow scientists to peer inside and measure processes occurring within the harsh exhaust environment that is otherwise inaccessible to experimental equipment. The data gleaned from these simulations are driving computation-based scientific discovery as researchers uncover the physics of noise. More cores, more challenges Parviz Moin, a Professor in the School of Engineering and Director of CTR: "Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, like the one Nichols solved, are incredibly complex. Only recently, with the advent of massive supercomputers boasting hundreds of thousands of computing cores, have engineers been able to model jet engines and the noise they produce with accuracy and speed." CFD simulations test all aspects of a supercomputer. The waves propagating throughout the simulation require a carefully orchestrated balance between computation, memory and communication. Supercomputers like Sequoia divvy up the complex math into smaller parts so they can be computed simultaneously. The more cores you have, the faster and more complex the calculations can be. And yet, despite the additional computing horsepower, the difficulty of the calculations only becomes more challenging with more cores. At the one-million-core level, previously innocuous parts of the computer code can suddenly become bottlenecks. Ironing out the wrinkles Over the past few weeks, Stanford researchers and LLNL computing staff have been working closely to iron out these last few wrinkles. This week, they were glued to their terminals during the first "full-system scaling" to see whether initial runs would achieve stable run-time performance. They watched eagerly as the first CFD simulation passed through initialisation then thrilled as the code performance continued to scale up to and beyond the all-important one-million-core threshold, and as the time-to-solution declined dramatically. "These runs represent at least an order-of-magnitude increase in computational power over the largest simulations performed at the Center for Turbulence Research previously," said Nichols. "The implications for predictive science are mind-boggling." A homecoming The current simulations were a homecoming of sorts for Nichols. He was inspired to pursue a career in supercomputing as a high-school student when he attended a two-week summer program at Lawrence Livermore computing facility in 1994 sponsored by the Department of Energy. Back then, he worked on the Cray Y-MP, one of the fastest supercomputers of its time. "Sequoia is approximately 10 million times more powerful than that machine," Nichols noted. The Stanford ties go deeper still. The computer code used in this study is named CharLES and was developed by former Stanford senior research associate, Frank Ham. This code utilises unstructured meshes to simulate turbulent flow in the presence of complicated geometry. In addition to jet noise simulations, Stanford researchers are using the CharLES code to study advanced-concept scramjet propulsion systems, used in hypersonic flight at many times the speed of sound.


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Stocks are set to open higher for a second day this week, as economic data out of China bolsters the case for a global economic recovery.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have gained 76 points this morning, while the S&P 500 has risen 9.2 points. The Nasdaq 100 has advanced 20 points.
The optimism is being driven by signs of improvement in the world's second largest economy. China's industrial production grew by 10.4%, above forecasts for 9.9% and the highest level in 17 months.
In earnings news, Five Below (FIVE) boosted its after-hours gain following better than expected earnings. Not only did the teen retailer report a profit of 11 cents a share, topping forecasts for 9 cents, it boosted its full-year guidance as well. Its shares have gained 14% to $46.58 in pre-open trading.
HD Supply Holdings (HDS) topped earnings forecasts of 20 cents with its profit of 23 cents a share but offered disappointing revenue guidance for the full year. Its shares have dropped 8% to $22.77 before the market's open.
Model N (MODN) has dropped 38% to $9.20 after it lowered its guidance for the quarter and year following yesterday's close. Nearly everyone has downgraded the stock this morning.
Mylan Labs (MYL) has jumped 1.4% to $37 after it was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Bernstein.
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To be precise, Tampa Bay does not refer to any particular municipality. In fact, it is a large, natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico located on the West Central coast of Florida. The "Tampa Bay" area that is most often referred to is the group of neighborhoods surrounding Tampa Bay itself. According to the US Census Bureau, this region is the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), comprised of the Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties.
Together, the three cities, Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater, including the unincorporated city of Brandon, comprise more than 100,000 residents. These communities are mostly white (76%) and may be considered "young" with as much as 70% of them between 0-54 years of age. It is not surprising that demographics lean this way since Tampa Bay has a high concentration of business and information services companies in the area. Employment in Finance, IT and the Academics industries is very high and drives up the median income for the area.
Another driving force in the economics of the Tampa Bay area is tourism. Tampa Bay is a very famous tourist destination primarily for its beaches, three of which have been awarded "America's Top Beach" by Dr. Beach. These are North Beach on Fort De Soto, Caladesi Island and Siesta Key on Sarasota. There are plenty of choices for accommodations, water-related activities, shopping and dining in the Tampa Bay area.
Tampa Bay is also noted for its cultural attractions. Art museums abound in the area, like the Tampa Museum of Art, the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum and a host of others that also show the rich Cuban heritage of the area. One of the events that truly espouse the arts that is a major crowd drawer in the Tampa Bay area is the Gasparilla Arts month that lasts throughout March. This event brings as many as 250,000 visitors to the area.
Based on recent demographics, the area will continue to see an influx of residents who will migrate to the area in the coming years. Either this is due to employment prospects or the desire to own beachfront property, this will drive the real property market to new levels following the real estate crash before. This will be a chance to recoup what was lost and start anew. Beach property market values are still high because of the demand and the rarity of property. Real estate market prices are back on track and there will be many choices for first-time buyers to start fresh. There are still homes that are in the $50,000 - $100,000 range, perfect for a 2-3 Bedroom house for a family starting out.


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Oracle's $1.7 Billion Acme Packet Deal Enters Tough Competitive Fray
Oracle Corp.'s first purchase of 2013 ramps up its rivalry with Cisco yet again. But some analysts have questioned if the target's competitive position is all that strong.
Oracle plans to buy Acme Packet for $1.7 billion, net of Acme's cash position. Acme makes network equipment that helps wireless providers and carriers move users to an all-internet communications system.
But Acme, while labeled as a pioneer in the technology, has faced stiff competition in the market, analysts say, including from networking leader Cisco, which William Blair says is "very aggressive" in the sector.
Mizuho analysts, in a recent note ahead of Acme's fourth-quarter results, raised concerns about Acme's ability to maintain its current positions as the world goes increasingly mobile.
"While we appreciate Acme's pioneer status and historically dominant position in fixed wireline networks, we argue that the company's current wireless strategy will achieve limited success over time," Mizuho wrote. "Intensifying competition in 2013, particularly in enterprise, coupled with a weak story in wireless, puts Acme's relative market strength at risk throughout the year and beyond. We have several long-term concerns on the story. "


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Apple have just release their latest set of figures to show their product sales over the last quarter, showing that in the past 90 days they have successfully sold 35.1million iPhones. This shows a substantial 88% growth in the sale of iPhones compared to the same time last year.
Along with the 35.1million iPhone sales, Apple sold 11.8million iPads, 4million Macs, and 7.7 million iPods, bringing the total tally of iOS devices sold to more than 365 million.
So, does this mean there will be more cinematographers, videographers and editors using these types of devices to capture and edit film footage to create films? We can only hope so!
Take a look at our 5 great video making apps for your iPhone and our run down on 'How to make a movie on a Smartphone'.
mobislyder by Glidetrack are proud to announce the arrival of the mobislyder bag – a high quality neoprene bag for your mobislyder with drawstring top.
The mobislyder bag is available in two sizes; normal or large, to suit both the regular and longer rail. Each bag has a handy pouch to store the various mounts in. Handy for keeping your mobislyder safe when you are on the go.
mobislyder is the world's first portable camera slider designed specifically for a broad range of small video-enabled devices such as iPhones, smart phones, compact cameras and small D-SLR cameras. Stylish and compact, mobislyder adds controlled flowing movements to your production, letting you create a variety of shots in an effortless and elegantly simple way. mobislyder comes with five different mounts so there are numerous ways to attach it to your device, and now a hand neorprene bag to keep everything in.
Already own a mobislyder? Then treat yourself to this handy bag to keep everything safe.
iPhone Film Festival | MacWorld 2012
mobislyder are proud to announce that we are official sponsors of this year's Beverly Hills iPhone Film Festival (IFF3).
Film producer Ruben Kazantsev came up with the inspirational idea of creating the iPhone Film Festival as he walked past a building where his friend runs a local film festival – iPhone in hand of course. The idea of a film festival coupled with the smartphone sparked the idea of creating a film festival specifically for iPhone users.
The iPhone Film Festival aims to give an outlet channel for thousands of talented film makers that don't have the resources to create a big budget production like many film companies, but do have talent, creativity and an iPhone.
Do you think you have what it takes to win the iPhone Film Festival (IFF3) ?
There are just a few simple rules you need to follow:
All submissions must be made by April 27, 2012.
If you fancy taking part in IFF3 but are not sure where to get started, read over our 'How to make a movie on a smartphone' blog post.
This is a handy blog for all you videographers out there who are looking to make a movie with your smart phone but are not sure what you need. Smart phones have the great ability to allow you to do almost anything, from capturing your footage to postproduction special effects.
BBC Click created a fantastic 'How to make a movie on a smart phone' video, detailing step by step which pieces of equipment and apps you need to create a mobile masterpiece.
Which phone to choose?
Currently most postproduction apps and external hardware attachments are made for the iPhone. Although the iPhone may not capture the best footage, it will give you more options when it comes to deciding which attachments to use to maximise the quality of footage captured and which apps to pick for editing and applying postproduction effects.
So now you have your weapon of choice, you are ready to begin shooting. Smart phones are as they say – 'Smart', and try to be as helpful as possible but this is not always handy when trying to capture video footage. While you are filming, your phone will automatically change the exposure and focus, which can leave you with unprofessional looking shots. To combat this, try out the Filmic Pro app – this clever little app allows you to choose your exposure and focus mode then lock this, so you capture smooth footage.
How do you want your film to look?
There are many lens attachments that you can buy to help you capture a range of shots. To create a professional look, try out a telephoto lens like the vTec iPhone 4 x12 Telephoto Lens. To ensure the footage captured, BBC Click decided to use our famed mobislyder – the world's first portable camera slider specifically designed for small video enabled devices. The mobislyder allows you to capture smooth-tracking shots while gently gliding your phone across the dolly.
If you are looking to capture footage while moving, try out the Steadicam Smoothee. This stabiliser will counteract the shake of your movement, giving you a smooth shot as you move with your smart phone.
But what about the audio?
In-phone microphones don't pick up good quality audio but by plugging in the iRig Mic you can capture professional audio recordings anywhere with your iOS device.
Now if you are creating a sci-fi film, like BBC Click were, then you will want to use the free Action Movie FX app. Action Movie allows you to add in Hollywood FX to your footage to create explosions, missile attacks and car crashes.
One of the main issues with shooting a film on your smart phone is the huge amount battery power required, so make sure you have something similar to the Eix Power Case which plugs into you iPhone and charges your phone while you are on the go.
BBC Click also discovered that the huge amount of memory needed for the film shots ate up the iPhone memory, and found themselves periodically dumping the film footage onto a laptop to free up the iPhone memory.
Now your footage is captured with good quality audio, it's time to take your footage into postproduction. To apply a video filter across raw footage, try out Movie Looks HD -this handy app applies a colour grading to you footage. For any shots that require a different video effect, try out the CinemaFX for video app to apply filters such as 'Night vision'.
Now to stitch your mobile masterpiece together! If you fancy editing the footage on your iPhone you can try out iMovie, or if you can't face editing you footage on such a small screen, then YouTube offers a simple editing function.
Et voila, you will have a film fully captured and edited on your smart phone!
Watch BBC Click's full sci-fi thriller created on a smart phone.
What's the deal with 4G?
You've either heard people talking about it online, in conversations or you know about it anyway because you're clued up on all things tech. Chances are 99% of you have heard about 4G mobile phone service.
But what exactly does 4G mean for mobile phone users?
4G stands for Fourth Generation, or fourth generation of mobile phone communications. 4G will be the successor of 2G and 3G and is rumored to be up to ten times faster than current 3G speeds.
4G consists of three different technologies:
HSPA+ — this is more like an upgrade to regular 3G. HSPA+ offers faster speeds, which take advantage of the same infrastructure. T-Mobile's '4G' network in the U.S. is HSPA+. Likewise, the first stage in AT&T's 4G roll-out includes HSPA+.
LTE — LTE, or Long Term Evolution, doesn't fully comply with 4G requirements. But it is what most people consider 4G. This is the system being adopted by Verizon, Metro PCS and AT&T in the U.S. Most European carriers have also committed to LTE. It is upgradable to LTE Advanced — so once that kicks in, it will be easy to upgrade an LTE phone into full-on 4G.
WiMAX — This is what Sprint, Nextel and Clearwire are using in the U.S. It's also the dominant service in Canada. Sprint's 4G network combines the Clearwire 4G data network with Sprint's 3G voice network.
The three definitions above were taken from a blog last year posted on the Zomm News website.
Should I buy a 4G phone?
Only if you like being an early adopter should you buy a 4G phone just now. Both Sprint and Verizon have 4G compatible phones, which could be upgraded to actual 4G when it eventually comes out.
What are the benefits of 4G on my phone?
What does this mean for me?
It means that you can instantly share videos you've shot using your mobislyder without having to have a Wi-Fi connection. You can shoot a really weighty video and upload it wirelessly without the aid of Wi-Fi. Effectively, you'll always have a perfect internet connection. You'll be able to stream HD movies with no stalling or stuttering. If you're gamer then your possibilities of playing with friends online from your mobile device will be significantly increased. From a work perspective you can indulge in better video conferencing without fearing that your network will become busy and gridlocked. Reporters in the field will be able to stream on-the-scene reports without a pixilated face ruining the drama.
The smartphone and 4G were made for each other; one gives all the applications your mobile life craves and the other offers the kind of streaming capability only previously available at home or at work.
Phone Artistry: Online art and craft iPhone centre
Ever wondered how you can get your iPhone working to the best of its ability when it comes to art and craft? Step forward phoneartistry.com – a website dedicated to showing you the best art and craft apps for your iPhone. Phoneartistry.com reviews apps for you so that you don't have to waste your time trawling for apps only to find that they weren't what you were looking for.
Phoneartistry.com is brought to you by the same people than own and run Digital Outback Photo. Digital Outback Photo has been around for about 12 years but has really been making strides recently. Phone Artistry is a great little website for useful hints and tips on getting the best out of your iPhone. Recently they offered hints on photo beaming apps (sending images directly from one iPhone to another), sketch club painting apps and a pro camera app. They also review videography apps and accessories for shooting / filming with your iPhone.
Phone Artistry and Digital Outback share social media platforms – the Facebook page can be found here and the Twitter account is accessible here. The Twitter account is actually the account of Uwe Steinmueller, the website's owner and creator. Uwe also has a Vimeo page that he uploads lots of video to on a regular basis.
We love it when we stumble across websites like Phone Artistry and Outback Photo – these are the people that make videography really fun to share with. Uwe has also created a gallery for all the shots that he has taken. This is a great idea as it gives people inspiration for their next photo shoot or video filming session.
Uwe sums up his thoughts on iPhone art beautifully: "If we look at the iPhone we always have to balance the simplicity of the handling versus getting the results we want. There is also the "fun" factor when using the iPhone. Fun is a key motivation in taking photos in the first place. Making things too complicated can easily take the "fun" away. iPhone photography is the early 21st century equivalent to Polaroid: instant, fun and expressive at all times."
Uwe also reviews products for designers and inventors. His experience of working within the photography / videography industries gives him excellent experience to review products with impartiality.
So if you have a spare few minutes, why not check photoartistry.com or Digital Outback Photo out for yourself. You'll be pleasantly surprised.
First look: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V
At mobislyder HQ we pride ourselves on keeping up to date with the latest smartphones and small digital cameras. Last week we gave you the lowdown on the Samsung Galaxy Beam, now it's the turn of the new Sony digital camera: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V looks very sleek and stylish. The lens is hidden internally so you have a smooth, polished glass exterior that makes your camera look like the latest smartphones on the market. The 'is it a smartphone, is it a camera' style is going to be in this year, my sources tell me. This bad boy is very easy on the eye.
The DSC-TX200V has some great little features, too, such as new picture effects, GPS, compass, soft skin mode and a personal favourite of ours, an anti-blink function.
The HD 1080/60p video records crystal clear movies at the highest resolution available with capabilities for 60p in 1080.1 This provides stunning, fast motion video with less distortion for playback on your HD TV.2 With dual record of stills and movies, you can shoot both at the same time. This is a great feature and will go down really well with budding videographers who like the stills, too.
Currently only available on pre-order, it should be available around 30th March for £315 / $499. The Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V will work perfectly with a mobislyder. Both are small and compact enough to pack with you wherever you go, no matter if it's for the day or for a two-week holiday. We love seeing more and more stylish compact camera designs coming on to the market – it just means more people will be able to enjoy a new camera and a new mobislyder at the same time.
Pinterest and YouTube: A match made in heaven
This is a handy little blog for all you budding videographers out there who have been trying everything under the sun to increase your YouTube views but just can't seem to get the numbers to budge. Have you started a Pinterest account yet?
Pinterest, a social bookmarking site that lets users collect and share things they like on the web, is too hot right now to ignore and with categories such as Photography already installed as a pre-programmed dropdown on Pinterest, lots of people will be adding / looking for cool pictures, which can lead on to them seeing your videos.
Pinterest enables users to create online bulletin boards, or "pinboards," for popular categories such as home decor, food and wedding inspiration. Members can use the "Pin It" tool and iPhone app to save things they see online and offline, and explore and repin the images their friends collect via their personal newsfeeds.
Ever since the launch of their YouTube channel on January 3, 2012, independent film and entertainment studio Lionsgate have found that Pinterest has been their most successful traffic generator. Liongate's digital brand and content manager says that within five days of February 1, 2012, which is when Lionsgate introduced video content to their Pinterest profile, Lionsgate BeFit's YouTube activity doubled, from 200,000 to 400,000 views.
"I think we are reaching our audience in such a way that makes them highly, highly engaged with our product," says Campbell.
Pinterest has helped referral traffic numbers soar in recent months. Pinterest users are turning that traffic into video views, and video views into business opportunities. The good thing about the video views on any Pinterest account is that videos are embedded, i.e. you don't need to leave the vicinity of Pinterest to watch them so it fits seamlessly into your social browsing experience.
You don't use Pinterest if you're not going to click on a board so you know you'll get genuine video views. The added interest from your Pinterest account is that your videos will appear in search results, up in featured and higher in suggested videos .
Evidence from the use of Pinterest so far suggests that the social website adds some personality to your social media efforts. The Lionsgate example above says: "I'm a person and this is what I want to do to get my body looking as good as it can".
You can now apply that same way of thinking to your own category. Take videography, for example. Your Pinterest account could easily say: "These are some examples of work I'm passionate about and these are fellow videographers I admire." Instantly, you are adding a social and personal connection that you just can't get on Facebook or Twitter, no matter how hard you try.
The megapixel mystery: How much is enough?
So we wrote a blog last week about the Nokia 808 Pureview, which has an incredible 41 megapixel camera. Since its launch every tech blogger or columnist has been talking about the Pureview and asking: Is 41 megapixels really necessary?
To the ordinary Joe Public (who is unfamiliar with photography terms) the guiding principle is the higher the number of megapixels, the better the camera, and therefore the better quality the picture. If this were really true, then the 808 Pureview would replace almost every professional camera around at a tenth of the cost.
In laymen's terms, a megapixel refers to the number of dots (pixels) that your camera can capture. One megapixel is the equivalent of 1,000,000 pixels, which, when seen on a screen, is 1,000 pixels wide by 1,000 pixels high. You would think that the more megapixels you had, the better your image would turn out. This is in fact correct, but only to an extent. The truth is, though, that 6 megapixels is enough to make a very nice 8 x 10″ print. However, in fact most people take these pictures on their phone and never print them out so high megapixels become redundant.
Compare the 808 Pureview to any other smartphone and a professional camera. Smartphones have an average of 8 megapixels, while professional cameras (D-SLRs) that are used to film large print adverts have roughly 25 megapixels. So when you're choosing a small handheld digital camera or even a new smartphone with a built-in camera, you should be concentrating more on the lens type, the size of the lens, the lens sensor and things such as image stabilization. Image stabilization is probably a more important factor than megapixels in small handheld cameras, as your hands shake more than you think.
The reason for the massive increase in pixels is so that people can become familiar with an industry term called 'oversampling'. This is where 41 megapixel images are compressed to around 5 megapixels after the image has been cropped, zoomed and edited without fear of your image becoming fuzzy and losing the original quality.
Even though smartphone designers such as Samsung, Apple and HTC seem to be constantly increasing the number of megapixels your built-in camera has, the market trend is actually going against this. Apps such as Instagram and Hipstamic are now offering ageing effects to give our pictures that old and weathered vintage look. An artistic photo taken on your phone that has been made to look like it was taken in the 1920's can be more popular than a really sharp image now. This will probably change over time and people will get bored of old-looking images and want the clearest HD images around.
Alastair Brown? Q & A
Ever wondered what the background of an inventor is before they start their new walk of life? Wonder if they think the same was a you? Look no further – below is a quick question & answer session with glidetrack / mobislyder inventor, Alastair Brown.
Occupation before starting Glidetrack?
I have had a weird and twisted work life. At various times have been a….
Bank Clerk, Car Restorer, Computer builder, Videographer, Injection Moulder, Medical Technician, Wedding Videographer
How did you come into this line of work? By accident!
Reason for Starting Glidetrack?
No master plan. Just made something to make my own life easier and improve my own videos. People liked the idea and started asking me to build them for them. Pretty soon, everybody wanted one and the rest is History!
Interesting fact about yourself?
I am a born tinkerer. Never happier than when I have a project to work on.
Favourite thing about running your own company?
Have been able to spend WAY more time around my kids than a normal job would have allowed.
What's your favourite film / movie?
Changes week by week. Ones that I remember from being younger are The Shining and Silent Running. Young Frankenstein, The Jerk.
Who's your icon? Er….nobody.
Favourite videographer?
None. So many creative people out there that make truly inspiring video.
Do you have a favourite video / picture you've taken / shot yourself?
I have a soft spot for the very first Glidetrack promo video as it was the one that really started it all.
Any videography tips your have for the Glidetrack family?
Porsche 356 from Alastair Brown on Vimeo.
Do a search for Glidetrack on Vimeo. You will find over 5500 user videos that are sure to inspire you.


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18.12.2011, 15:47
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In the last week Nepomuk Service Stub started crashing several times per hour on only one of two logins on this computer. Before that, no crashes for many months. Nepomuk is active on both user logins simultaneously. I think all that has changed is maybe one or two desktop effects. I have not yet tested with desktop effects turned off. Below is the backtrace. Any ideas?
Application: Nepomuk Service Stub (nepomukservicestub), signal: Aborted
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f13851f4760 (LWP 5608))]
Thread 4 (Thread 0x7f137396d700 (LWP 5629)):
#0 pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_cond_wait.S:162
#1 0x00007f1384bf80bb in wait (time=18446744073709551615, this=0x26a8b40) at thread/qwaitcondition_unix.cpp:88
#2 QWaitCondition::wait (this=<optimized>, mutex=0x26a9ae0, time=18446744073709551615) at thread/qwaitcondition_unix.cpp:160
#3 0x00007f1373fa1b01 in Nepomuk::IndexFeeder::run (this=0x26a9ac0) at ../../../../nepomuk/services/strigi/nepomukindexfeeder.cpp:188
#4 0x00007f1384bf7c25 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x26a9ac0) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:320
#5 0x00007f1382540b50 in start_thread (arg=<optimized>) at pthread_create.c:304
#6 0x00007f138282b3bd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
#7 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
Thread 3 (Thread 0x7f136461b700 (LWP 5630)):
#0 0x00007f1382543155 in __pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x7f136c0022e8) at pthread_mutex_lock.c:61
#1 0x00007f1381a60d29 in g_main_context_acquire () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007f1381a623f1 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x00007f1381a62a99 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0x00007f1384d08d06 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x2799da0, flags=<optimized>) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:424
#5 0x00007f1384cdd372 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=<optimized>, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149
#6 0x00007f1384cdd56f in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x7f136461adf0, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201
#7 0x00007f1384bf520f in QThread::exec (this=<optimized>) at thread/qthread.cpp:492
#8 0x00007f1384cc039f in QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::run (this=0x279bde0) at io/qfilesystemwatcher_inotify.cpp:248
#9 0x00007f1384bf7c25 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x279bde0) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:320
#10 0x00007f1382540b50 in start_thread (arg=<optimized>) at pthread_create.c:304
#11 0x00007f138282b3bd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
#12 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f1363e1a700 (LWP 5631)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6 0x00007f1382788405 in *__GI_raise (sig=<optimized>) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
#7 0x00007f138278b680 in *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
#8 0x00007f13827bee0b in __libc_message (do_abort=<optimized>, fmt=<optimized>) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
#9 0x00007f13827c8656 in malloc_printerr (action=3, str=0x7f138289c30a "free(): invalid pointer", ptr=<optimized>) at malloc.c:6283
#10 0x00007f13827cd38c in *__GI___libc_free (mem=<optimized>) at malloc.c:3738
#11 0x00007f137012d72d in avio_close () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.53
#12 0x00007f13701b48a5 in avformat_open_input () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.53
#13 0x00007f13701b4a50 in av_open_input_stream () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavformat.so.53
#14 0x00007f1371242961 in FFMPEGEndAnalyzer::analyze(Strigi::AnalysisResult&, Strigi::StreamBase<char>*) () from /usr/lib/strigi/strigiea_ffmpeg.so
#15 0x00007f137b99b0aa in ?? () from /usr/lib/libstreamanalyzer.so.0
#16 0x00007f1373fa3c7a in Nepomuk::Indexer::indexFile (this=<optimized>, info=...) at ../../../../nepomuk/services/strigi/nepomukindexer.cpp:135
#17 0x00007f1373f96a0a in Nepomuk::IndexScheduler::analyzeDir (this=0x26408c0, dir_=<optimized>, flags=...) at ../../../../nepomuk/services/strigi/indexscheduler.cpp:450
#18 0x00007f1373f9878c in Nepomuk::IndexScheduler::run (this=0x26408c0) at ../../../../nepomuk/services/strigi/indexscheduler.cpp:338
#19 0x00007f1384bf7c25 in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x26408c0) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:320
#20 0x00007f1382540b50 in start_thread (arg=<optimized>) at pthread_create.c:304
#21 0x00007f138282b3bd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
#22 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f13851f4760 (LWP 5608)):
#0 0x00007f138281f3ed in read () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:82
#1 0x00007f1381aa3a9f in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x00007f1381a61d17 in g_main_context_check () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x00007f1381a625f2 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0x00007f1381a62a99 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5 0x00007f1384d08c9f in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x24c1c90, flags=<optimized>) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:422
#6 0x00007f138308ca4e in QGuiEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=<optimized>, flags=<optimized>) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:204
#7 0x00007f1384cdd372 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=<optimized>, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149
#8 0x00007f1384cdd56f in QEventLoop::exec (this=0x7fff7556b7b0, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201
#9 0x00007f1384ce1717 in QCoreApplication::exec () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1008
#10 0x0000000000403c1f in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fff7556bdd8) at ../../../nepomuk/servicestub/main.cpp:167
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RE: Nepomuk Service Stub crashing a lot
19.12.2011, 15:40
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No difference with desktop effects disabled. Nepomuk seems to crash every few minutes. Turning it off in the system settings is the only "fix" I've found so far. The KDE crash handler complains about missing debug files, though I have them all and even reinstalled them. Reinstalling libnepomuk4, libnepomukquery4a and libnepomukutils4 had no effect. Next I'll try resetting my user Nepomuk settings.
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RE: Nepomuk Service Stub crashing a lot
19.12.2011, 20:36
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Resetting user Nepomuk settings had no effect. Downgrading libavformat53 and ffmpeg, based on the backtrace messages, to the versions currently in Sid (4:0.7.2-1+b1 for both) has so far solved this (no crashes in the last hour or two with Nepomuk active versus crashes every few minutes before). I'll have to change my apt pinning.
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20.12.2011, 02:49
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I'm happy to report this is dragon stuff, due to unsupported Debian packages that I pulled in with a cinelerra-cv install a while back. There is probably a better way to install cinelerra-cv on Sid.
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IT WORKED! Read our statement here
Facebook has long allowed content endorsing violence against women. They claim that these pages fall under the "humor" part of their guidelines, or are expressions of "free speech." But Facebook has proven willing to crack down on other forms of hate speech, including anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and homophobic speech, without claiming such exemptions.
That's why we're calling on Facebook to make the only responsible decision and ban gender-based hate speech. Can you help?
Below are prominent companies whose Facebook ads have appeared alongside violent, hateful content. Will you join us in asking them to stop advertising on Facebook until Facebook takes real action to end gender-based hate speech on its site?
CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Over 60,000 tweets and over 5000 emails later, it worked! Read our statement here