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University of Delaware
February 1987
Statistics Server
This RFC specifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts and gateways on the DARPA Internet that choose to implement a remote statistics monitoring facility may use this protocol to send statistics data upon request to a monitoring center or debugging host. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Many host and gateway implementations include a facility which records traffic statistics, such as packet counters, error counters and significant event counters for debugging and performance evluation. Simple data-access and formatting programs can be used to display these statistics along with the status of connections, etc. Several operating systems, including the various Unix systems and Fuzzball systems, already provide extensive facilities to capture and display these data for local users and/or operators.
In many instances it is highly useful to observe statistics data on remote hosts and gateways from a monitoring center or debugging host. Indeed, several protocols have been implemented and used expressly for this purpose [1-6]. In many cases the data can be retrieved using conventional services such as remote login or even file transfer. However, use of these heavyweight mechanisms is awkward and intrusive if conducted on a regular, frequent basis and may involve substantial intrusion in the operating system if retrofitted to existing systems.
The Statistics Server (STATSRV) protocol is intended as a lightweight mechanism similar in spirit to NETSTAT [7] and complementary to it. STATSRV is designed to capture statistics data with minimal intrusion on existing systems or networks. It is intended for use with existing hosts and gateways primarily for casual monitoring and debugging purposes. It is not intended as a full-function monitoring protocol [1,5,6] providing detailed, standardized reports suitable for machine analysis, for example, but could be useful in exploratory development leading to enduring systems of this type.
The STATSRV model is based on the native host command language used for statistics monitoring and display. The client sends a null- terminated ASCII command to the server, which then responds with a null-terminated ASCII response suitable for a printer or CRT display. Although in principle STATSRV could be used over TCP, it is less intrusive and more efficient to use it over UDP. In the case of UDP, commands and responses must fit into a single 576-octet IP datagram. In both UDP and TCP the assigned port number is 133 (decimal).
As is conventional in other lightweight services of this type (NETSTAT, FINGER, etc.), there is no provision for access control or authentication in STATSRV. If necessary, each command could include a password or other mechanism to discourage casual abuse.
The Fuzzball system includes many local commands to display internal data structures, including one that produces the following billboard for each network device, in this case "dm0" on host "udel2.udel.edu":
Process type: 000027 options: 040000 Subnet: DMV status: 376 hello: 15 timeout: 2000 Foreign address: [188.8.131.52] max size: 576 Input packets 3645 Output packets 3690 bad format 0 ICMP msgs 0 bad checksum 0 Input errors 0 returned 0 Output errors 0 dropped 2 No buffer 0 HELLO msgs 2286 Preempted 0
The same billboard is returned as a null-terminated ASCII string in a UDP datagram by sending the null-terminated ASCII command "dm0" in a UDP datagram to the host. Similar billboards can be produced for most processes in the system. Unix programs and shell scripts have been built which send commands like these to selected hosts on a periodic basis in order to construct a simple, ad-hoc monitoring facility.
[1] Flood Page, D.,"Gateway Monitoring Protocol", DARPA Network Working Group Report IEN-131, Bolt Beranek and Newman, February 1980. [2] Flood Page, D., "The CMCC Terminal Process", DARPA Network Working Group Report IEN-132, Bolt Beranek and Newman, February 1980. [3] Flood Page, D., "CMCC Performance Measurement Message Formats", DARPA Network Working Group Report IEN-157, Bolt Beranek and Newman, September 1980. [4] Jones, R.G., " A Proposal for Simple Measurement Support for Users", DARPA Network Working Group Report IEN-161, University College London, November 1980. [5] Littauer, B.M., A.J. Huang and R.M. Hinden," A Host Monitoring Protocol", DARPA Network Working Group Report IEN-197, Bolt Beranek and Newman, September 1981. [6] Hinden, R.M.," A Host Monitoring Protocol", DARPA Network Working Group Report RFC-869, BBN Communications Corporation, December 1983. [7] Reynolds, J.K., and J. Postel, "Assigned Numbers", DARPA Network Working Group Report RFC-990, USC Information Sciences Institute, November 1986.


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AT&T Launching HTC Desire 610 On July 25
by Brandon Chester on July 15, 2014 11:09 PM EST- Posted in
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Today AT&T and HTC announced that the HTC Desire 610 is coming to AT&T. The Desire 610 was announced back in February and so it has taken quite some time to make its way over to the US. It competes in the same price class as devices like the Motorola Moto G and the Huawei Ascend Mate2, and its specifications are laid out below.
HTC Desire 610 | ||||||
SoC |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8926) 4 x Cortex A7 at 1.2GHz Adreno 305 |
Memory and Storage | 8GB NAND + MicroSDXC, 1GB LPDDR3 | |||||
Display | 4.7" 854x480 Super LCD at 199ppi | |||||
Cellular Connectivity | 2G / 3G / 4G LTE (Qualcomm MDM9x25 UE Category 4 LTE) | |||||
Dimensions | 143.1 x 70.5 x 9.6 mm, 143.5g | |||||
Camera | 8 MP Rear Facing, 1.3MP Front Facing | |||||
Battery | 2040 mAh (7.75Whr) | |||||
Other Connectivity | 802.11 b/g/n + BT 4.0, USB2.0, GPS/GNSS, NFC | |||||
SIM Size | Nano-SIM | |||||
Operating System | Android 4.4.2 KitKat with HTC Sense 5.5 |
The Desire 610 shares many common hardware features with other devices in its price point. The MSM8226 and MSM8926 have become ubiquitous among smartphones in the $200-300 price range. When compared to the Moto G we see that the Desire 610 brings along a higher resolution rear-facing camera but takes a significant step down in resolution. Something to note is that AT&T's press release states that their Desire 610 has an 854x480 display at 199ppi, while the Desire 610 that has shipped in other parts of the world has a 960x540 display for a pixel density of 234ppi. It is unclear if AT&T's model of the Desire 610 is a special variant or if this is simply an error in the specifications AT&T has listed. The inclusion of MicroSD and LTE support is welcomed, as it was not long ago that phones aimed at the low and middle ends of the market would forgo LTE support to reduce costs. Beyond that it is a fairly similar device to others in its price bracket, and for many consumers choosing a smartphone in thise price bracket the choice may be more about size and appearance than what's inside.
The Desire 610 will be available for purchase on July 25 for AT&T customers. It will be available for $199 with no carrier contract, or for $10 or $8.34 a month on AT&T's 12 and 18 month financing plans respectively.
Source: AT&T
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usama_ah - Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - link
I'm glad to see this is finally coming. Though of course HTC could have positioned/priced this better than their competition. The Moto G is $20 more (LTE model is the one that competes with this) but with better screen resolution and a better (recent) track record of updates to even mid-to-low range devices. Though the camera on this device is a smidge better than the Moto G, or so I read. But big picture is, people looking for inexpensive phones will have more options that can match their individual style or needs. Perhaps some people prefer HTC's skin. -
piroroadkill - Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - link
Moto G 4G is far more compelling.
Higher res screen, already has 4.4.4, microSD slot. -
usama_ah - Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - link
Yup. That's exactly what I said in my post there :-) (I mention screen res and updates as why the extra $20 is worth it). But I didn't mention microSD because this Desire has it too.
But I ended with an acknowledgement that some people buy devices based off the look of a device or wanting a skin they have experience with or because they are loyal to a particular brand. For them, this is a decent second option in this price range. -
extide - Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - link
Did you mean Cortex A7, instead of Krait 400 ? -
danielfranklin - Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - link
They must have, there is no way they are Krait 400s...
I wish they went back to last years chips, dual Krait 200s were better than this quad A7 crap... -
Brandon Chester - Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - link
Indeed I did, thank you. -
Eri Hyva - Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - link
I am so much waiting a Moto G LTE v2 with Snapdragon 410. -
htcfan - Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - link
HTC lists the Desire 610 with a qHD display (960x540), and not a FWVGA display (854x480). -
MrCommunistGen - Thursday, July 17, 2014 - link
If you read the whole article, the author acknowledges that:
"Something to note is that AT&T's press release states that their Desire 610 has an 854x480 display at 199ppi, while the Desire 610 that has shipped in other parts of the world has a 960x540 display for a pixel density of 234ppi. It is unclear if AT&T's model of the Desire 610 is a special variant or if this is simply an error in the specifications AT&T has listed."


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Office of the Press Secretary
October 18, 2004
Statement on the Expanded African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan
The President has directed the Secretary of Defense to make available two military transport aircraft for two weeks starting near the end of October to support a portion of the deployment of the expanded African Union (AU) mission in Sudan. The United States is working with other international partners, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the European Union to support the AU expansion of the mission to about 3,500 personnel. Secretary of State Powell is in close contact with our international partners to encourage their support for this African Union initiative.
The first 1,000 additional troops are expected to come from Rwanda and Nigeria. The immediate task of the expanded AU mission is to intensify monitoring of the cease-fire and help create conditions to increase the free flow of humanitarian assistance to the people of Darfur. Australia has also offered to provide two C-130 Hercules to airlift African troops. The United States has also allocated an additional $20.5 million to provide for logistical assistance to support the AU mission in Darfur.
The President appreciates the leadership of AU Chairman Nigerian President Obasanjo in dealing with the Darfur crisis, and in particular the AU's willingness to take on the challenge of expanding their Darfur monitoring mission. We anticipate a meeting of the AU's Peace and Security Committee on October 20 to discuss the issue of mission expansion. We believe that an AU decision to deploy additional African troops by the end of October will greatly help to improve security and create conditions in which humanitarian assistance can be more effectively provided to the people of Darfur.
The United States calls upon the Sudanese Government and the Darfur rebels to adhere to the cease fire, to allow for the free movement of humanitarian workers and relief supplies and to work in good faith toward a negotiated settlement.
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I just love it when a dessert or snack has a nutritional benefit that doesn't make me feel guilty about taking seconds. This pie is a good example, but I will always have a soft spot for cookies. These cookies in particular have a rather heart heathy flair to them: most of the fat in from tahini instead of butter. The recipe is from EatingWell magazine.
Out of the oven, they were crisp on the edges and soft in the center. The flavor was very nice. I found the cookies to have a nutty undertone, both from the whole wheat flour and the tahini. I'm sure that if you didn't know there was tahini in the cookies, it would be difficult to determine the source of the nuttiness. I sent these out with success to some people as part of Blogging By Mail, so they do ship well. The added benefit was that I was able to get additional feedback, because Jessica noted that these weren't particularly buttery in flavor. Not suprising, considering that there is not much butter in them!
I left out the walnuts in case of allergies, but there is no doubt that they would be tasty with them. This omission would also lower the fat slightly from the nutritional information given by the article. Of course, there are still the chocolate chips to contend with, but that is one sacrifice I'm not willing to make in the search for healthy treats.
Tahini Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
(from EatingWell March 2005)
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup tahini
4 tbsp butter, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg white
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Whisk together oats, flours, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
Beat tahini and butter together until blended. Add sugars and beat until well combined. Add in egg, egg white and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Stir in oat mixture until nearly incorporated, then add in chocolate chips. Do not over mix.
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STR Holdings, Inc. Announces Loss of Key Customer, Operational Restructuring and Review of Strategic
STR Holdings, Inc. Announces Loss of Key Customer,Operational Restructuring and Review of Strategic Alternatives
ENFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- STR Holdings, Inc. (NYS: STRI) , believes that First Solar, Inc., a long-standing customer, will terminate its relationship with the Company in 2013. Though the exact timing remains uncertain, the Company expects that First Solar will begin a transition away from STR in the first quarter of 2013, completely cutting over to a new supplier during the course of the next few months.
As previously disclosed, First Solar is STR's largest customer and such loss is likely to have a material adverse effect on the business and financial results of the Company. Sales to First Solar during 2012 were approximately $39 million.
Robert S. Yorgensen, President & Chief Executive Officer commented, "We have enjoyed a very long and prosperous relationship with First Solar. Their loyalty over the years is a testament to our value as a reliable supplier of excellent quality products and service, for which First Solar honored us with their Top Supplier Award just over a year ago." Yorgensen continued, "We have had no claim for defective product from First Solar, nor have we had any returns, and the product we have been supplying for years has been according to specification. Unfortunately, I cannot elaborate on their decision to work with another supplier at this time. On a more positive note, we have recently added three new customers in China, two of which have qualified and ordered our next-generation encapsulants. While this new work won't make up for the loss of First Solar's business in the short-term, we believe it represents very important progress toward increasing our share of the burgeoning Chinese market."
The Company will continue its comprehensive review of its cost structure, and expects to cease manufacturing operations at its East Windsor, Connecticut facility by the end of the first quarter of 2013, and make significant headcount reductions throughout the organization. The Company is assessing its long-lived assets for impairment and expects to incur significant restructuring charges in 2013. The Company will communicate its restructuring plan in more detail at a later date. The Company plans to service its North American customer base from its production facilities in Spain and Malaysia.
Joseph C. Radziewicz, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, said, "While the loss of First Solar as a customer is certainly an unfortunate development for STR, we have already taken swift action to reduce our costs, which will help to preserve our strong balance sheet as well as our options going forward."
Separately and unrelated to the loss of First Solar as a customer, the Company engaged UBS Investment Bank as its financial advisor in December 2012 to assist the Board of Directors with a review of the Company's strategic alternatives.
As of December 31, 2012, the Company had $81.9 million of cash and no debt.
About STR Holdings, Inc.
STR Holdings, Inc. is a global provider of high quality solar encapsulants to the photovoltaic module industry. Further information about STR Holdings, Inc. can be obtained via the Company's website at www.strholdings.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and any oral statement made in respect of the information in this press release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements present the Company's current expectations and projections relating to its financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business and are based on assumptions that the Company has made in light of its industry experience and perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors management believes are appropriate under the circumstances. However, these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or financial or operating results. In addition to the risks and uncertainties discussed in this press release, the Company faces risks and uncertainties that include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) technological changes in the solar energy industry or the Company's failure to develop and introduce or integrate new technologies could render its encapsulants uncompetitive or obsolete, particularly in China; (ii) excess capacity in the solar supply chain; (iii) its ability to increase its market share; (iv) demand for solar energy in general and solar modules in particular; (v) the timing and effects of the implementation of government incentives and policies for renewable energy, primarily in China and the United States; (vi) the effects of the announced reductions to solar incentives in Germany and Italy; (vii) trade complaints and lawsuits diminishing the growth of the solar industry; (viii) the extent to which it may be required to write-off accounts receivable, inventory or intangible assets; (ix) product pricing pressures and other competitive factors; (x) customer concentration in its business and its relationships with key customers; (xi) its ability to protect its intellectual property; (xii) volatility in commodity costs, such as resin or paper used in its encapsulants, and its ability to successfully manage any increases in these commodity costs; (xiii) its dependence on a limited number of third-party suppliers for raw materials for its encapsulants and materials used in its processes; (xiv) operating new manufacturing facilities and increasing production capacity at existing facilities; (xv) its reliance on vendors and potential supply chain disruptions, including those resulting from bankruptcy filings by customers or vendors; (xvi) potential product performance matters and product liability; (xvii) the extent and duration of the current downturn in the global economy; (xviii) the impact negative credit markets may have on the Company or its customers or suppliers; (xix) the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on financial results, and the geographic distribution of revenues and earnings; (xx) maintaining sufficient liquidity in order to fund future profitable growth and long-term vitality; (xxi) outcomes of litigation and regulatory actions; and (xxii) the other risks and uncertainties described under "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in subsequent periodic reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. You are urged to carefully review and consider the disclosure found in the Company's filings which are available on http://www.sec.gov or http://www.strholdings.com. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of these assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement contained in this release, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
STR Holdings, Inc.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii could become the first state in the United States to enter gun owners into an FBI database that will automatically notify police if an island resident is arrested anywhere else in the country.
Most people entered in the "Rap Back" database elsewhere in the U.S. are those in "positions of trust," such as school teachers and bus drivers, said Stephen Fischer of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Hawaii could be the first state to add gun owners.
"I don't like the idea of us being entered into a database. It basically tells us that they know where the guns are, they can go grab them" said Jerry Ilo, a firearm and hunting instructor for the state. "We get the feeling that Big Brother is watching us."
Supporters say the law would make Hawaii a leader in safe gun laws. Allison Anderman, a staff attorney at the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said the bill was "groundbreaking," and that she hadn't heard of other states introducing similar measures.
Sen. Will Espero, who introduced the bill, and the Honolulu Police Department said Hawaii could serve as a model for other states if it becomes the first to enact the law.
Yet others say gun owners shouldn't have to be entered in a database to practice a constitutional right.
"You're curtailing that right by requiring that a name be entered into a database without doing anything wrong," said Kenneth Lawson, faculty at the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law.
Legal experts say the bill could face challenges, but would probably hold up in court. Recent Supreme Court rulings have clarified states' ability to regulate gun sales, said David Levine, a law professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
The bill will undergo a legal review process by departments including the Attorney General's Office, which supported the bill, before Gov. David Ige decides if he will sign it into law, said Cindy McMillan, a spokeswoman for the governor.
The cost to enter names in the database will be covered by a fee paid by gun owners, which wasn't defined in the bill.
Even though other states don't enter gun owners in the database, Honolulu Police Department Maj. Richard Robinson said it will still benefit Hawaii police. Right now, Hawaii gun owners undergo a background check only when they register a gun, so police have no way of knowing if they're disqualified from owning a gun in the future unless they try to register a new firearm.
"We were only discovering things by accident," said Robinson, who helped draft the bill. "They happen to come register another firearm, we run another background check, and then we find out they're a prohibited person."
That happens about 20 times each year, he said.
Some local gun owners say the law confirms their fear that the government would know exactly who and where people keep their firearms.
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I prefer these questions over the ones that follow. I don't know whether the non-preferred variants are asked more frequently or whether I am more likely to remember them. My blogs, smalldatum and mysqlha, have a lot more detail.- Q: Why are you using Y?
- Q: What would it take to get you to migrate?
- A: One of the most important reasons that doesn't get enough attention is the value of operations expertise. That is hard to find and it takes time to get expertise for new products. That expertise can make a good product great. Migration requires something that is significantly better to be worth the cost, time & risk of migration. [insert many more reasons].
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Here the question morphs into an assertion. I tend to get this at conferences. There are a lot of new DBMS products in development. Some of them are very interesting. They are more likely to win new customers than migrate existing users of "legacy" products. Alas, no team has the resources to do proper benchmarks or even spend a few days thinking about each of them.- Q: Why aren't you using X?
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Title: Owned By The Badman
Series: Russian Bratva #1
Author: Hayley Faiman
Genre: Romance—Mystery & Suspense
Release: January 28, 2016
Haleigh knows nothing of love. Raised to be no more than the ballerina her mother could never be, she eats, sleeps, and breathes dance. Then, when she is blindsided by the news that her parents have arranged for her to be married, she does as she has always done—exactly as she is told. However, despite the fact that the man she is to call her husband is a complete stranger, Haleigh cannot help but hope that maybe, just maybe, she will finally get the chance to know love.
Maxim is not a good man. His strength is foreboding and his handsome features are merely a distraction for the dangerous person that lies beneath. When he collects a debt by way of a beautiful, ballerina bride, he relishes in the fact that he owns something so pure, so innocent—so undeniably his. Yet, Haleigh is better than he ever expected, and it is not long before his ownership begins to turn into something much, much more.
But when the darkness of Maxim's past comes back to haunt him, the illusion of love's safety is shattered. Maxim's demons seek to destroy everything he holds dear. Suddenly, being owned by the badman is worse than Haleigh imagined. In order to protect her, Maxim has to decide just how bad he can be, and if letting go is the best choice.
**Recommended for readers 18+ due to graphic sexual content, violence, language and sexual abuse - possible trigger.
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Barrie Segal shares the wildest parking ticket stories from around the world in his new book The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness and Traffic Warden Hell
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How Stevie Ray Vaughan Confirmed His Legend With 'Couldn't Stand the Weather'
Like the tornado blasting across its cover, Couldn't Stand the Weather confirmed the arrival of a musical force of nature Stevie Ray Vaughan. He would, with the release of this second album on May 15, 1984, continue to redefine the electric guitar in ways arguably not seen since Jimi Hendrix's death.
And to think that the bulk of Vaughan's career — begun in 1971 when he dropped out of high school — went largely undocumented for the remainder of the next decade.
That is, until a lengthy apprenticeship in seedy blues clubs paved the way to a celebrated appearance at the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival, where that funnel cloud finally took shape. Over the the course of 1983, the Texan parlayed his watershed performance into a demo session sponsored by a very impressed Jackson Browne, then a memorable guest spot on David Bowie's Let's Dance album and, at last, a long-deserved recording contract of his own with Epic Records.
Vaughan and Double Trouble's debut, Texas Flood, struck an immediate chord, selling two million copies and scoring two Grammy nominations.
In January 1984, Vaughan and Double Trouble entered New York City's Power Station under the watchful eye of legendary A&R man John Hammond, though Richard Mullen and Jim Capfer technically handled production and engineering duties. Less than 20 days later – a major luxury considering they whipped up the debut in 72 hours – Vaughan, bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton walked out with their second album, Couldn't Stand the Weather. When it arrived in record stores, some four months later, early-adopter SRV fans were duly rewarded with another blues-rock tour de force.
Listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'Couldn't Stand the Weather'
Right out of the gate, the fleet-fingered "Scuttle Buttin'" took listeners down into the countless sweaty clubs where Vaughan had cut his teeth. Next, the title track poured them a scotch, heightening their buzz with its vaguely jazzy voicings. Then came the the steady-rolling, slow burnin' "The Things (That) I Used to Do," which boasted rhythm guitar from big brother Jimmy Vaughan.
The album progressed with more straightforward blues like "Cold Shot" and "Honey Bee," then switched to the pure jazz of "Stang's Swang," but not before a stunning cover of Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)." Vaughan did the unthinkable, matching Hendrix chop-for-chop, and then taking his work even further. In contrast, there was SRV and Double Trouble's absolutely epic, sparsely arranged reworking of the standard "Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town)" displayed a capacity for subtle textures, tension and release, even though it was captured on the first take.
Couldn't Stand the Weather proved Vaughan was fully capable of building his own sound out of blues fundamentals. His ability to walk between the past, present and future of the blues seemed like conclusive evidence that Vaughan and Double Trouble were indeed the music's next great hope.
Vaughan notched his first Top 40 hit album with Couldn't Stand the Weather, and the title track of this double-platinum smash would receive heavy rotation on MTV. Unfortunately, just three projects – including the posthumously released Family Style – and barely six years later, Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash at the age of 35.


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You, therefore, are the sources of trouble in human affairs; on you lies the blame of public adversities, since you are ever attracting them—you by whom God is despised and images are worshipped. It should surely seem the more natural thing to believe that it is the neglected One who is angry, and not they to whom all homage is paid; or most unjustly they act, if, on account of the Christians, they send trouble on their own devotees, whom they are bound to keep clear of the punishments of Christians. But this, you say, hits your God as well, since He permits His worshippers to suffer on account of those who dishonour Him. But admit first of all His providential arrangings, and you will not make this retort. For He who once for all appointed an eternal judgment at the world's close, does not precipitate the separation, which is essential to judgment, before the end. Meanwhile He deals with all sorts of men alike, so that all together share His favours and reproofs. His will is, that outcasts and elect should have adversities and prosperities in common, that we should have all the same experience of His goodness and severity. Having learned these things from His own lips, we love His goodness, we fear His wrath, while both by you are treated with contempt; and hence the sufferings of life, so far as it is our lot to be overtaken by them, are in our case gracious admonitions, while in yours they are divine punishments. We indeed are not the least put about: for, first, only one thing in this life greatly concerns us, and that is, to get quickly out of it; and next, if any adversity befalls us, it is laid to the door of your transgressions. Nay, though we are likewise involved in troubles because of our close connection with you, we are rather glad of it, because we recognize in it divine foretellings, which, in fact, go to confirm the confidence and faith of our hope. But if all the 49evils you endure are inflicted on you by the gods you worship out of spite to us, why do you continue to pay homage to beings so ungrateful, and unjust; who, instead of being angry with you, should rather have been aiding and abetting you by persecuting Christians—keeping you clear of their sufferings?
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In a creation myth, Vishnu took the form of a boar to rescue Bhuvedi, the Earth goddess from the depths of the primordial waters. In this sculpture, Bhudevi stands to the right of the boar's head, while a serpent-goddess (nagini) appears in front. Rows of sages, deities and other figures appear on the body of the cosmic boar. The prominent conch shell, discus and mace below are all symbols of Vishnu.
Harle, J. C., and Andrew Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), no. 40 on pp. 33-34, pp. 36 & 52, illus. p. 33
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Vishnu is, with Shiva, one of the two most important gods in later Hinduism. He is regarded as sustainer of the universe and maintainer of order. Assuming various forms (avatars), he restores the balance of good and evil in the world.
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Election-shy Liberals are suddenly threatening to bring down Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government as early as next month over legislation to implement the latest federal budget.
The about-face Tuesday followed several weeks of humiliation for Liberals, who've been finding novel ways to avoid defeating the government on crucial confidence votes – including a series of votes on the very budget that they're now warning could prompt a spring election...
Actually, others are suggesting the same:
Some Liberals in high places now believe there's a window of fresh opportunity opening that could make what seemed like a mission-impossible takedown a theoretical possibility.
But Liberal hawks with influence dissected the latest Ipsos Reid poll conducted for Canwest News Service and from the raw numbers, mysteriously deciphered 123 Liberal seats versus 114 for the Conservatives. Unless the Libs suffer a St. Paddy's Day massacre on Monday and lose more than one of the four by-election contests, they predict spring election fever will continue to rise.
The most comforting line I've read recently, that people might just get it:
Privately, a good number of Liberal MPs, including deputy leader Michael Ignatieff, have been urging Dion to pull the plug. They fear that propping up the government has made the party appear spineless and unprincipled, a perception that will only get worse the longer Liberals refuse to take a stand.
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About this illustrated book
Heather Hess, German Expressionist Digital Archive Project, German Expressionism: Works from the Collection. 2011.
Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German printmakers of our time) brings together woodcuts, lithographs, and reproductions by thirty-one artists representing a cross-section of styles from Impressionism to Expressionism, uniting under a single cover works ranging from naturalistic self-portraits to left-wing political caricatures. It features works by artists associated with the Berlin Secession (an exhibiting society comprised primarily of German Impressionists), with Expressionist groups like the Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter, and with the political Novembergruppe, as well as artists like Max Beckmann who were not affliliated with any group.
In his introduction, art historian Kurt Pfister identified Expressionism as the leading force in German art at the time, while stressing the plurality of approaches to style and subject matter that the movement encompassed. Pfister emphasized the openness of German artists to foreign sources, and cited the importance of Paul Cézanne, Edvard Munch, and Pablo Picasso as well as Japanese, Indian, African, and Gothic art for the development of German art. There was a fifty-year difference in age between the oldest artist, Max Liebermann, and the youngest, Conrad Felixmüller, featured in the collection. The volume also included Lyonel Feininger, an American who had lived in Germany since 1896, as well as Austrian artists Oskar Kokoschka and Alfred Kubin.


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Signals are a simple form of ``interruption'' in the Unix-like OS world, and are an ancient part of Unix. A process can set a ``signal'' on another process (say using kill(1) or kill(2)), and that other process would receive and handle the signal asynchronously. For a process to have permission to send an arbitrary signal to some other process, the sending process must either have root privileges, or the real or effective user ID of the sending process must equal the real or saved set-user-ID of the receiving process. However, some signals can be sent in other ways. In particular, SIGURG can be delivered over a network through the TCP/IP out-of-band (OOB) message.
Although signals are an ancient part of Unix, they've had different semantics in different implementations. Basically, they involve questions such as ``what happens when a signal occurs while handling another signal''? The older Linux libc 5 used a different set of semantics for some signal operations than the newer GNU libc libraries. Calling C library functions is often unsafe within a signal handler, and even some system calls aren't safe; you need to examine the documentation for each call you make to see if it promises to be safe to call inside a signal. For more information, see the glibc FAQ (on some systems a local copy is available at /usr/doc/glibc-*/FAQ).
For new programs, just use the POSIX signal system (which in turn was based on BSD work); this set is widely supported and doesn't have some of the problems that some of the older signal systems did. The POSIX signal system is based on using the sigset_t datatype, which can be manipulated through a set of operations: sigemptyset(), sigfillset(), sigaddset(), sigdelset(), and sigismember(). You can read about these in sigsetops(3). Then use sigaction(2), sigprocmask(2), sigpending(2), and sigsuspend(2) to set up an manipulate signal handling (see their man pages for more information).
In general, make any signal handlers very short and simple, and look carefully for race conditions. Signals, since they are by nature asynchronous, can easily cause race conditions.
A common convention exists for servers: if you receive SIGHUP, you should close any log files, reopen and reread configuration files, and then re-open the log files. This supports reconfiguration without halting the server and log rotation without data loss. If you are writing a server where this convention makes sense, please support it.
Michal Zalewski [2001] has written an excellent tutorial on how signal handlers are exploited, and has recommendations for how to eliminate signal race problems. I encourage looking at his summary for more information; here are my recommendations, which are similar to Michal's work:
Where possible, have your signal handlers unconditionally set a specific flag and do nothing else.
If you must have more complex signal handlers, use only calls specifically designated as being safe for use in signal handlers. In particular, don't use malloc() or free() in C (which on most systems aren't protected against signals), nor the many functions that depend on them (such as the printf() family and syslog()). You could try to ``wrap'' calls to insecure library calls with a check to a global flag (to avoid re-entry), but I wouldn't recommend it.
Block signal delivery during all non-atomic operations in the program, and block signal delivery inside signal handlers.


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Oscar Nominations 2010 – 82nd Annual Academy Awards
Anne Hathaway and Academy president Tom Sherak today have the honor of announcing the nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, California.
Fantasy "Avatar" and war movie "The Hurt Locker" claimed nine Oscar nominations each, including best film, pitting the two against one another as front-runners for the world's highest film honors. This year Best Picture has ten nominees!