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Little Lemon Goldenrod
Solidago 'Dansolitlem'
Plant Height: 10 inches
Flower Height: 14 inches
Spacing: 15 inches
Hardiness Zone: 4
A very compact form producing a splash of lemon yellow in the garden when little else is blooming; attracts butterflies and looks perfect in containers
Ornamental Features
Little Lemon Goldenrod is smothered in stunning panicles of lemon yellow flowers at the ends of the stems from late summer to early fall. Its narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the season.
Landscape Attributes
Little Lemon Goldenrod is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
- Self-Seeding
Little Lemon Goldenrod is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
Planting & Growing
Little Lemon Goldenrod will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity extending to 14 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 18 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 15 inches apart. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Little Lemon Goldenrod is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.


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How Are Businesses Investing in AI and Machine Learning?
Our research reveals how organizations are approaching innovation through AI and machine learning.
We conducted a global study in December 2020 and January 2021 on AI and machine learning adoption, usage, benefits, impact and future plans. The study surveyed 1870 IT leaders in various industries, including manufacturing, finance, retail, government and healthcare across the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Investing in AI and machine learning initiatives
Our research revealed that companies are spending an average of $1.06M per year on AI and machine learning initiatives. That spend is spread across the organization on current and planned projects to grow revenue, drive innovation, increase productivity and enhance user experience.
That spend is also supporting upcoming AI and machine learning initiatives. AI and machine learning projects currently in the planning phase lean more toward customer experience enhancements, with four of the top ten ranked areas specifically focused on improving customer relationships: offering new services (38%), understanding customers better (36%), delivering personalized content for their customers (33%) and understanding the effectiveness of their content marketing channels and content (29%).
Exploring research and development
We also found that the majority of respondents (82%) are still exploring how to implement AI or struggling to operationalize AI and machine learning models. Only 17% of respondents report mature AI and machine learning capabilities with a model factory framework in place. On average, respondents have four AI and machine learning R&D projects in place now. Just over one third of respondents project launching up to ten AI and machine learning projects over the next two years.
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Together with Aesthetic Everything CEO Vanessa Florez, our Wound Care Specialist Jennifer Hoover were invited to the Sonoran Living show of Arizona local TV channel ABC 15 (USA).
They had a chance to talk about our two film-forming wound dressings which can be used directly on open wounds to improve healing and aesthetic results – Stratamed and Stratacel.
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The Science of Towing and Recovery
Navigating the Complicated Sphere of Towing and Recovery
Exploring the complex fabric of the towing and recovery industry is similar to fully comprehending the delicate equilibrium between a painter's strokes and the physics that support a bridge. At its core, junk car towing new Rochelle New York is not simply about hitching a vehicle and transporting it away. It is a craft, honed by history, guided by science, and elevated through modern techniques.
Evolution through Time: Towing's Past and Present
Delving into the annals of history, you'll discover that towing has been a essential part of human civilization for as long as we've had vehicles. Ancient societies employed basic methods, such as utilizing manpower or animals to haul or transport incapacitated chariots or carts.
The advent of the internal combustion engine marked a pivotal moment for the towing industry. As automobiles became widespread, so did the requirement for efficient recovery mechanisms. The early 20th century witnessed the emergence of the first tow trucks, which slowly but surely advanced with winches, booms, and flatbeds, fundamentally altering the process.
Innovative Approaches in Vehicle Recovery
Today's towing and recovery methods represent a fusion of innovation. Advanced hydraulic systems permit precise control when lifting or adjusting loads. Flatbed towing, now a common technique, ensures a vehicle remains fully off the ground, minimizing potential harm.
Furthermore, integration of technology is crucial. GPS systems aid real-time tracking, guaranteeing the most secure and quickest routes. Drones are occasionally utilized to assess intricate recovery situations, providing an aerial perspective to strategize the most effective approach.
Scientific Foundations of Safe and Efficient Towing
Behind every towing operation, there's a core of scientific principles. Physics rules how a tow truck must distribute weight, how the angle of a lifted car influences stability, or how rapidly a truck can safely travel with a load in tow. Factors like friction, tension, and weight distribution transform into daily considerations.
Grasping these principles is vital to avoiding accidents, rollovers, or further damage to a towed vehicle. Thus, the towing industry doesn't merely rely on hefty machinery; it strongly leans on the science that governs its operations.
Achieving Balance: Load and Power in Towing
One of the most intricate aspects in the towing world is the interplay between a vehicle's power and the weight of its load. Enormous load can strain a tow truck's engine, impair its transmission, or lead to catastrophic failures in braking systems.
To prevent these issues, it's essential to:
– Match the towed vehicle's weight with the towing vehicle's capacity.
– Ensure even weight distribution across the towed vehicle.
– Regularly maintain and inspect towing equipment, ensuring it's in optimal condition.
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating the Towing Industry
While the towing industry has seen notable advancements, it doesn't come without its array of challenges. From navigating strict regulations, ensuring safety amidst adverse conditions, to managing the unpredictability of recovery situations – every day is a test.
Yet, with challenges come victories. The satisfaction of assisting stranded motorists, the continual growth driven by innovation, and the sheer resilience of industry players make the journey worthwhile. The industry's ability to adapt, evolve, and conquer stands as a testament to its enduring spirit.
Becoming an Expert: Training and Qualifications in Towing
Much like a master sculptor shaping stone, a towing expert is shaped through rigorous training and hands-on experiences. But it's not solely about the physical aspects. A profound understanding of vehicular mechanics, traffic regulations, and emergency response protocols is essential.
Recognized certifications, often from national towing associations, become the hallmark of professionalism in the industry. Continuous training programs, workshops, and seminars ensure that these professionals remain at the forefront, merging the art and science of their craft seamlessly.
In Conclusion: A Fusion of Art and Science in Towing
In conclusion our exploration of the towing and recovery landscape, it's evident that this industry, like any masterpiece, is more than the sum of its parts. It's an ever-evolving field, grounded in history, elevated by science, and propelled by the relentless spirit of its experts. The next time you witness a towing operation, remember you're not merely observing a vehicle being moved; you're witnessing the fusion of art and science in perfect harmony.


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Faridabad, Haryana: Deepti Gaba, mother to 1 child and a wife to a loving and supporting husband, was a workaholic and someone who couldn't sit idly ever. Until after her pregnancy, things took a sheer turn in her life towards the path she now walks on.
After her pregnancy, Deepti couldn't quite sit idly. She couldn't very much sit idly after she conceived, since she was an active person and was always willing to spend her time productively. With all the time that she had, Deepti decided to do something that she personally enjoyed. She took up the VLCC course and went ahead with level 1 make-up course. She tried out looks on her ever supportive family members who really loved the outcome and thus, her husband pushed her to go ahead with level 2 course as well. Soon after her level 2 was done, she started with level 3 as well and by the time she completed that course, she already had lined up clients and she was also teaching make-up to the many budding artists. Her interest only started building more and more and she willed to explore more in the beauty field. Thus, DBeauty came to life.
A makeup artist, now an entrepreneur to DBeauty brand, had a vision to provide the make up products which were rarely available in Indian market or were very much expensive. She created a beauty blender called velvety blender and also makeup brushes that could be fiercely used for many purposes. Her brand was not only providing the rare quality products, but were also pocket friendly to the many. She would also host giveaways of her venture's products which would help, even a few, who loved makeup and beauty products to create looks and feel the essence of it.
With all that was going, our make-up artist grew grandly on her Instagram. Many high end brands like L'Oréal and Sugar cosmetics approached her to create makeup looks with their products, recent one being Sephora. Sephora loved her way of creating looks, the authenticity of it, and thus wanted Deepti to use make-up from their venture to create looks. She has been thriving as an artist and as an entrepreneur. Soon enough, she started creating tiktok and YouTube videos and received tremendous response. A little while later, through many requests, she also started creating videos in Hindi and not just English. She would practice and make tutorial videos in Hindi for her viewers and for her audience. It gave her followers a safe space to reach out to her whenever needed, considering the national language of our country has the power and comfort, many have forgotten. She regularly posts tutorial videos on her Instagram @deeptigabatutorials. Check her socials and surely, you'll find your own comfort within her videos.
Over the years, Deepti has dealt with many who have not liked her work, only she would take the negatives as a way of suggestions and not in a form of hate. She has created a promising career, and even though she has had clients who would get anxious before the end look, she has known how to handle her clients well. She has always remained authentic and herself, even when she had clients wanting something from her that very well did not make Deepti, as an artist, her authentic self. "Everyone is born beautiful the way they are, it's only about embracing oneself positively," Deepti lives by this motto though and through and makes sure her clients always feel confident and presentable the way they are.
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MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to give Floridians more power over what he calls "censorship" by big technology companies.
The governor on Monday signed a new law at Florida International University in Miami that aims to give consumers more protection against social media companies.
"This reform gives every Floridian the power to fight back against big tech," DeSantis said.
The new law allows Floridians who are "de-platformed" by tech companies to sue them. Courts may award up to $100,000 in damages, DeSantis said.
In addition, the law requires social media companies to be transparent about their content moderation practices, and they must publish detailed standards explaining how they decide whom to censor.
They also must give users proper notice of changes to those policies.
"We're the first state to hold these big tech companies to this standard of transparency and accountability," DeSantis said. "Their power up to this point has effectively been unchecked."
In a statement released Monday, Democrats in the Florida Senate called the bill "dangerous" and "anti-American," noting that DeSantis earlier this year signed a bill that increases punishments for crimes committed during protests.
Democrats also claimed the bill is in service of former President Donald Trump — a Florida resident who was de-platformed by several social media sites in January following the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
"This reaction to Donald Trump's ban from Facebook and Twitter following a dangerous disinformation campaign leading to the insurrection on January 6 is an overreach of government by the very party which claims to fight against such actions," the group said in a statement on Monday.
This story was originally published by Matt Papaycik on Scripps station WPTV in Palm Beach, Florida.


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Playlist: Ray Bradbury
Compiled By: PRX Editors
The iconic science fiction writer passed away on June 6, 2012.
These are picks chosen by PRX editorial staff. You can see more pieces on Ray Bradbury by using our search.
Fahrenheit 451: A Big Read Documentary
From National Endowment for the Arts | Part of the The Big Read series | 28:51
Explore Bradbury's terrifying vision of a future without books as the NEA discusses his groundbreaking 1953 novel, "Fahrenheit 451".
This is a fascinating program with Bradbury featured throughout, explaining his inspirations and writing process.
"If you can encourage people to fill themselves up with poetry, to fill themselves up with novels, to fill themselves up with films, to live in art galleries, and discover the metaphors there, it's the most important thing you can do. But find your love. Go to the library -- maybe it's waiting for you there." -Bradbury
A world without books. That's something writer Ray Bradbury has imagined and re-imagined for much of his 85 years. As one of the most influential science fiction writers in history, Bradbury's work, more than 500 short stories and 11 novels to date, has helped shape the last half century of American literature and popular culture. The program features Bradbury along with several cultural luminaries, including Orson Scott Card, John Crowley, Paquito D'Rivera, Hector Elizondo, Nat Hentoff, Ursula K. Le Guin, Azar Nafisi, Luis Alberto Urrea and Sam Weller.
Ray Bradbury Shares How He Wrote "Fahrenheit 451"
From National Endowment for the Arts | Part of the Literary Moments series | 01:00
A Literary Moment: Author Ray Bradbury discusses how he wrote his classic novel "Fahrenheit 451" in this one-minute piece.
This Literary Moment is part of the NEA's Big Reads Moments. The Big Read is an NEA program designed to restore reading to the center of American culture by providing citizens with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their communities. In 2007, nearly 200 communities nationwide participated in the Big Read, reading one of twelve classic American novels such as "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury and "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.
CyberFrequencies talks to Ray Bradbury about love!
From Queena Kim | Part of the CyberFrequencies, Pop + Tech Podcast series | 07:29
Ray Bradbury wrote a musical called "Wisdom 2116." He wrote it for an old couple he befriended as a young man. And it's taken Bradbury more than 50 years to see the musical performed on stage. Includes an interview with Bradbury.
Ray Bradbury has a musical up in Pasadena called "Wisdom 2116." He wrote it for an old couple he befriended as a young man. And it's taken Bradbury more than 50-years to see the musical performed on stage. "Wisdom 2116" is a love story about the secret to staying young!
We also spoke to the legendary science fiction and fantasy writer at his home in Los Angeles. He tells us about writing Fahrenheit 451 and the secret to living forever!
To see vidoes of Bradbury and the musical go to http://www.cyberfrequencies.com/


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Celebrate National Technology Day with a Look at the Evolution of Business Phone Systems
What would your daily life be like without technology? Adding a meeting to your calendar, ordering pizza, emailing your boss and checking your social feed: nearly everything you do uses technology. An entire day — Jan. 6 — has even been set aside officially as National Technology Day. So, it's the ideal time to consider the massive, major changes business phone systems have seen as technology has made everything faster, easier, and more automated.
From Party Line to Mobile Phone
At the center of this technology explosion is the telephone. Just a few generations ago, the telephone didn't even exist. When it was invented, households had to use a party line shared with other people, meaning that others could (and often did) listen to conversations. Soon, the party line evolved into private lines, but the phones were attached to the wall with a cord. If you wanted to make a private call in your house, you had to snake the telephone cord under a nearby door. And to make a call, you had to turn a rotary dial, which is where the expression "dialing a number" came from.
Fast-forward to the next evolution of telephones: cordless phones, push-button dialing, and then mobile phones. All three became popular at about the same time. However, first-generation mobile phones looked very little like today's versions, as they were up to two feet long and weighed as much as 40 pounds. Over time, they thankfully shrank in size and weight until we had the flip phone, which was smaller, mobile, but only made-- you guessed it-- phone calls. You know the rest: flip phones ultimately gave way to the smartphones we know and love today.
Smartphones: A Changing Way of Life
It's not an exaggeration to say that the invention of the smartphone changed life as we know it. The smartphone changed how people conduct both their personal and work lives. Today, you're reachable anytime, anywhere, not only by phone but also via video call, email and texting. Even more than that, this palm-sized device has become a hub for everything, including finding directions, checking the weather, taking photos, and posting on social media. It isn't just a phone — it's a control center for your life.
And the significance of this smartphone goes far beyond these uses. It sparked the invention of other technological tools like the tablet, the smart watch, fitness trackers, Google glass... What's more, the smartphone has become such an important tool in today's culture that many people who previously were resistant to using tech tools have become more technologically proficient and even depend on them in their daily lives.
Business Phone Systems Innovations
On the business side, smartphones have changed consumer expectations. Companies are using apps to communicate with customers and conduct transactions. They're creating experiences that work across devices for both employees and consumers. Employees can also seamlessly manage their connections with customers, regardless of the device, thanks to cloud-based CRM integrations. And business phone systems were influenced, too: new, advanced features have innovated in workplaces so that employees have the same excellent functionality and seamless experiences they've grown to expect from their personal devices. Modern business phone systems offer features like virtual receptionists, paperless fax, and voicemail transcription, enabling employees to work they way they want.
Without the invention of the telephone, today's culture would look very different. Thankfully, you don't have to imagine a reality without this vital piece of technology (you could just watch the Walking Dead).
Just for kicks, celebrate National Technology Day by counting every time you use a device related to the telephone. You might surprise yourself.
For more information on how a sophisticated business phone system can help your team, contact a Vonage Business representative.


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Welcome to the Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii
The Eye Surgery Center of Hawaii is a state-of-the-art facility designed for Cataract, Glaucoma, Lasik, Retina and other eye procedures. Our doctors, staff and surgical team members are specifically trained in eye surgery and its subspecialties (Cataract, Cornea, Refractive, Glaucoma, Retina and Occuloplastics), providing you with the expert attention that eye surgery requires — we even offer concierge services. Our convenient location is just minutes from downtown Honolulu. Our comfortable reception room, relaxed surroundings, easy parking and nearby shopping and dining enhance the experience for both you and your companion/driver.


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Kids sizes are pretty much standard AU sizing but you can use the chart to check the size
- To check your size - grab a shirt you already have that you like the fit of
- Lay it flat and measure across the width (this is the most important measurement)
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CINCINNATI — Jonathan Frierson of Lincoln Heights, Ohio says he's honored to have known Sen. John McCain personally as his bus driver.
"Driving the 'Straight Talk Express Coach' for Senator McCain," Frierson told WCPO. "Got started in 2000. I was a backup driver."
By February 2008, though, when McCain was running for president and made a campaign stop for a rally at Memorial Hall, Frierson was behind the wheel and standing beside the door when McCain got off the bus.
McCain had called him in 2007 to take over, Frierson said.
Frierson said he liked that McCain called him by his nickname.
"He always called me 'Fry,' " Frierson said.
Frierson flipped through a scrapbook and saw himself in several photos and newspaper articles with McCain, who died Saturday after a long fight with brain cancer.
"Felt honored," Frierson said.
One picture in a newspaper clipping from Aug. 29, 2008 showed McCain and Frierson sitting side by side at a Skyline Chili. McCain was looking over the menu.
"He said, 'Fry, what do you think I should get?' " Frierson remembered.
"I said, 'Try a 3-way, Senator."
"He said, "What about a 4-way?'
"I said, 'Senator, you might want to consider those beans.' "
Frierson laughed, but he quickly gave way to sorrow after learning the man he drove and got to know on a personal level had died.
He said McCain had represented "civility and common decency toward each other."
"You have to agree to disagree. I come from a family of 14. Pop would always tell us you might have a disagreement, but remember you're always brothers and sisters. Senator McCain really pushed that," Frierson said.
Another local man, Earl Corell, said he established a personal relationship with McCain over the phone.
"He was so easy to talk to," Correll said.
Corell, a Vietnam vet like McCain, said he started reaching out to McCain by phone in the 1980s and he figured that they talked eight to10 times on a landline over the next 30 years.
"I thought, 'I can't get my local politicians to call me and you have a U.S. senator from Arizona calling someone he doesn't even know.' I respected him for that," Corell said.
Now they cherish the memories they wish they could share with the man they admired.
"I'd tell Senator McCain, 'Thank you for the great opportunity that you allowed me to transport you safely around the country,' " Frierson said.
Frierson said he and his family plan to visit Washington, D.C., this week to pay their respects.


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Crosby Arboretum Bugfest set for Sept. 16 and 17
PICAYUNE, Miss. -- Families and school groups can have fun while learning about insects and their habitats at the annual Crosby Arboretum Bugfest Sept. 16 and 17 in Picayune.
The hands-on event, held at the Mississippi State University Crosby Arboretum, encourages children, teachers and parents to get curious about the world of entomology.
Attendees can participate in insect-themed games, educational presentations, arts and crafts, and collection and identification opportunities. A staffed mounting station will be available throughout the event.
Special events include pollinator walks, spider walks, Madagascar cockroach races, a cricket-spitting contest, bog walks through the Ross Hutchins Trail, and an in-depth session on beekeeping by Extension Bee Specialist Jeff Harris. Organizers also will have an aquatic insect identification station and a mini entomology zoo. Entomological Moments presentations will provide information on migratory butterflies, skulls and bugs, insect repellants and mosquitoes, and first aid for stings and bites. The Bugfest butterfly face board and cricket mascot will be available for photos throughout the event.
Bugfest is open to school groups from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 16. Admission is $2 for students and free for teachers, chaperones and bus drivers until 6 p.m. School groups must reserve an arrival time by calling the arboretum at 601-799-2311.
The event opens to the public from 2 to 10 p.m. on Sept. 16. Participants can enjoy entomology-based games and other activities on the Buggy Midway from 6 to 8 p.m. Night collecting begins at dusk. Bring a flashlight or headlamp.
Bugfest is again open to the general public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 17. The Buggy Midway is open from 10 a.m. to noon. The New Orleans Audubon Institute's Bugmobile will present several programs between 1 and 2:30 p.m.
Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children after 6 p.m. on Sept. 16 and all day on Sept. 17. The event is free for arboretum members.
For more information, visit the Crosby Arboretum website at http://crosbyarboretum.msstate.edu/september-calendar.
The Crosby Arboretum, operated by the MSU Extension Service, is located at 370 Ridge Road in Picayune, off of Exit 4 of Interstate 59.


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Microsoft at E3 2013: our top 5 moments
Come Xbox One, come all
After all the theatrics, controversy, zombies and booth babes, we're finally able to reflect on our favorite moments for Microsoft at E3 2013.
The company struggled a bit, to tell you the truth, with weird messaging on its once every 24-hour online check in requirements and used game policies. While it certainly delivered on revealing the games headed for the Xbox One, the $499/£429/€499/AU$599 looked high when stacked up against the PS4's $399/£349/€399/AU$549 price tag.
Granted, there are some features and even hardware the Xbox One comes with that the PS4 doesn't, so at the end of the day consumers who are looking for a camera included with their console may be willing to shell out the extra dinero.
But the Xbox One wasn't all there was to Microsoft at E3, so for more on our favorite Microsoft moments, read on.
1. Hands on time with the Xbox One
Aside from all the Sony-created distractions on price, DRM and daily check-ins, the Xbox One is one serious next-gen console.
Though it's priced $100 more than its primo competitor, Microsoft's offering is awash with innovations. We found it forward-thinking, screaming with horsepower, and a mighty fine game player.
Thanks to that HDMI in port, this is a true all-in-one device, and the pricey machine does come alongside a 1080p Kinect. The PlayStation Eye camera, meanwhile, is sold separately.
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So when the dust settles and the console finally hits the market in November, we think consumers who decide to go the Xbox One route are going to be generally pleased with their purchase, even if it does cost some big bucks more.
2. Did somebody say games?
Microsoft delivered on its promise to talk about games during its June 10 press conference, and you have to hand it to the company for sticking to the game plan.
We got peeks at the "Drivatar" features of Forza Motorsport 5, Killer Instinct, Dead Rising 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Titanfall and even a mysterious new Halo title, which was revealed without a number. We should know more next year.
There was a Ryse: Son of Rome battle and talk of Sunset Overdrive, which will feature new content daily. By the end of the press conference - which also saw a McLaren P1 rise from the belly of the stage - our ears were ringing from the high-impact demos of so many titles.
If gamers were feeling slighted after May 21, Microsoft's E3 press conference should start to heal the wounds, especially with what are generally gorgeous looking titles.
3. Xbox 360 reclaims some swagger
Microsoft breathed new life into its aging console by showing off an Xbox One-inspired hardware redesign for the Xbox 360.
The console will be slimmer and sleeker while still selling for the same price as the version we've known for so many years.
As if a new look wasn't enough, Microsoft talked up new titles coming to the 360, like World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, and Dark Souls 2.
How the refreshed 360 fairs when the Xbox One hits the market is anybody's guess, but since Microsoft says it's serious about keeping the older system a mainstay of its offerings for the foreseeable future, we think the company has hit on the right note to do just that.
4. Microsoft loves McLaren
And honestly, so do we.
Sure it's a marketing ploy for Forza but it was impossible to ignore the gorgeous drop tops circling the blocked off L.A. lane outside USC's Galen Theater. They were eye-catching, sleek and shiny (there are those words again), and set abuzz those waiting to in line prior to the June 10 press conference.
We're sure commuters didn't appreciate the traffic jam caused by the dedicated McLaren lane, but may stuck their heads and camera phones out the window to snap a pick. And the crowd inside the theater ooo-ed and awed when a P1 rose out of the mist.
Though indirectly related to Microsoft's hardware, we appreciated the eye candy the company provided us while also pining for a raise to buy one. One day...
5. Ready and fight!
We love us a good versus, so when we got the chance to pit the Xbox One gamepad against the one belonging to the Xbox 360, we couldn't resist.
We came away with some stand out comparisons, such as the Xbox One's much improved D-pad, better X, Y, A and B button access on the new controller and, best of all, infrared sensors to contact the always-on Kinect.
All in all, the new Gamepad is much improved over the older version, so though with worries about how it will feel compared to what we're sure are warn 360 controls, fear not.
If you're a sucker for nostalgia and like to, as we do, carry around 7-year-old gamepads, you may want to start saying your sweet goodbyes now.
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How to write an author bio that sells books
Isn't it fun to write about yourself? Wouldn't you love to make a career out of coming up with new ways to talk about how interesting you are? Me neither.
Can author bios sell books? If you believe that a great cover, glowing reviews and a spot-on book description can sell books, then you'll believe me when I say yes. The author bio is a featured data point all over the web. If a reader loves your bio, then imagine what they can get out of an entire book! Yeah, author bios sell books.
The fact is, author bios are the best way to make yourself compelling to a complete stranger who's thinking about buying your book. Very few authors over the years have enjoyed crafting bios. But we still need them.
And we need to write more of them! For example, you need to tailor unique bios for your marketing efforts. Blogs, newsletters, deal sites, listings… many of them want a unique bio and book description when you submit. It's frustrating but it makes sense. They don't want their audience (or Google) to see them as redundant.
So here are some best practices that I've discovered on my journey. They've saved me time. They've made promotion just a tad bit easier just when I needed it most. And they've sold a few books!
Author bio tip 1. Your bio isn't about you. It's about your audience. Okay, technically that's not true, but think about it. You've caught someone's attention! That's a big win! Don't lose it by taking your eyes off of your goal here.
So make the bio appeal to your target audience. If that means showing off your snappy, friendly and entertaining self to sell your kids book, then cool. If you're going for insightful, deep and intelligent for your paranormal romance then let it fly.
But please, whatever you do, don't neglect your bio. It's not below you. Some readers consider it a key part of their decision to buy, so treat your bio with the respect it deserves.
While all five of these tips will help you make a better bio, tips 2 and 3 are the best advice for how to write an author bio that sells books.
Author bio tip 2. Write the bio for the site where it will live, and mention your reading interests. As I've advised before, you should dig into the online store that you're selling on. Even a smattering of research can yield insights that will help focus your bio.
What kind of books do you enjoy? Mystery? On Amazon you get the following drop-down results when you type that term in the search window:
On B&N:
My advice for this genre is to mention you like "mystery series" on your B&N bio. Mention you enjoy "mystery books" or "mystery and thriller" on your Amazon bio.
See what I'm doing there? I'm leveraging the site's search engine to tell me what customers search for. All the terms that you see in the drop-down are arranged by popularity, so it's great info that you can use to connect with readers.
I've written on this method of finding your target audience before, so I won't belabor the point.
But one last thing, don't get bogged down on this step. Really, what you should do is…
Author bio tip 3. Be passionate. When you write about your passions, your writing gets better. So mention your passions — hobbies, family, travel stories. It will help you connect with the reader.
Author bio tip 4. When you do finally get in the mood to hammer your way through your author bio, don't just write one! Hey, you're on a roll, so take advantage. Write five to ten quick and dirty bios that you can adjust later. Keep it in one file, somewhere safe. Then when you run into one of those sites that requires you to give them a unique author bio, you'll have some fresh ones to choose from. Tighten it up and you're done.
Author bio tip 5. First or third person? Great question. More independent authors are choosing first person. I think the reason for this is two-fold. One, it's more comfy. Two, they want to convey their brand in a more casual way.
The counter argument is "first-person is amateurish and third person is professional." The bios you read on books in the bookstore are rarely in first person, after all.
But I think most bios sound dull. And I'll bet they're dull because they're written by authors who aren't comfortable writing about themselves in the third person. Or they're written by a hired hand who doesn't know the author. Either way I lean toward first person myself because that's what comes naturally.
How about you? Go ahead and paste your author bio in the comments section. We'd love to hear your thoughts on how to write an author bio that sells books!
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Challenges in EHR Conversion: A Roundtable Discussion with Several Healthcare Leaders
Recently, Datamark, a provider of digital mailroom, data entry and document processing services, sponsored a webinar hosted by Creative Healthcare, a provider of performance improvement solutions including Six Sigma, Lean and ISO 9001, who gathered together several healthcare leaders to discuss data management and the use of electronic health records and how those systems are changing the way their hospitals practice and administer care.
Though the group shared a variety of experiences about the use of EHRs, the comments – both good and bad – seemed to reach a consensus among the group. As such, each of the comments about ease of use and even innovation are hard to ignore. Nor can we dismiss the fact that the issues shared by this group are not experienced by many of their colleagues at hospitals throughout the country.
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Peter Sauber has admitted the recent media coverage of his formula one team's financial crisis is "extremely" hurtful.
Amid rumours Nico Hulkenberg terminated his contract because he was not paid, team boss Monisha Kaltenborn admitted recently that the Swiss team is in trouble, but said talks with potential sponsors or investors are taking place. But then it emerged that dozens of unpaid suppliers have filed formal debt claims against Sauber, amounting to about EUR 1 million, and that the team is lacking the many millions it needs even to complete the 2013 season.
69-year-old Peter Sauber, though, is known as perhaps the most honest and straightforward figure in the F1 paddock, running a typically clockwork-like and always-competent team that managed even to survive BMW's shock exit. "And now I get in the car in the morning and the first news is how many prosecutions I have against me," he told Blick newspaper. "Yes, it hurts — extremely. And how the whole thing is being spread among the public, and in those dimensions — I don't understand," added Sauber.
He gives an example: "Recently, in eastern Switzerland, hundreds of jobs were lost, but it was just a side-note. But we have not laid off a single employee." Nevertheless, the seriousness of Sauber's predicament is obvious. And the Hinwil based team's founder even acknowledges it: "I am using all of my energy to rescue the team, and did not need all of this (media) noise."
Also, deep down, Sauber knows that his team's crisis is important news, not only because of the international scope of formula one, but also because the name 'Sauber' is loved not only in Switzerland, but also by millions of fans. "The solidarity we feel is enormous," admitted Sauber.
Blick, for example, said a private citizen has offered Sauber an interest-free loan to the tune of $500,000. "That is touching," said Sauber. "But we need a new, big, strong partner. And we're working on it. "We will remain the national team of Swiss motor sports — and in formula one."
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CPU Features¶
Hollis Blanchard <email@example.com> 5 Jun 2002
This document describes the system (including self-modifying code) used in the PPC Linux kernel to support a variety of PowerPC CPUs without requiring compile-time selection.
Early in the boot process the ppc32 kernel detects the current CPU type and chooses a set of features accordingly. Some examples include Altivec support, split instruction and data caches, and if the CPU supports the DOZE and NAP sleep modes.
Detection of the feature set is simple. A list of processors can be found in arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c. The PVR register is masked and compared with each value in the list. If a match is found, the cpu_features of cur_cpu_spec is assigned to the feature bitmask for this processor and a __setup_cpu function is called.
C code may test 'cur_cpu_spec[smp_processor_id()]->cpu_features' for a particular feature bit. This is done in quite a few places, for example in ppc_setup_l2cr().
Implementing cpufeatures in assembly is a little more involved. There are several paths that are performance-critical and would suffer if an array index, structure dereference, and conditional branch were added. To avoid the performance penalty but still allow for runtime (rather than compile-time) CPU selection, unused code is replaced by 'nop' instructions. This nop'ing is based on CPU 0's capabilities, so a multi-processor system with non-identical processors will not work (but such a system would likely have other problems anyways).
After detecting the processor type, the kernel patches out sections of code that shouldn't be used by writing nop's over it. Using cpufeatures requires just 2 macros (found in arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h), as seen in head.S transfer_to_handler:
#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
mfspr r22,SPRN_VRSAVE /* if G4, save vrsave register value */
stw r22,THREAD_VRSAVE(r23)
#endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
If CPU 0 supports Altivec, the code is left untouched. If it doesn't, both instructions are replaced with nop's.
The END_FTR_SECTION macro has two simpler variations: END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET and END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR. These simply test if a flag is set (in cur_cpu_spec[0]->cpu_features) or is cleared, respectively. These two macros should be used in the majority of cases.
The END_FTR_SECTION macros are implemented by storing information about this code in the '__ftr_fixup' ELF section. When do_cpu_ftr_fixups (arch/powerpc/kernel/misc.S) is invoked, it will iterate over the records in __ftr_fixup, and if the required feature is not present it will loop writing nop's from each BEGIN_FTR_SECTION to END_FTR_SECTION.


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Management Guidelines for the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Endpoint Identifier (EID) Block
Document | Type |
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Status changed by status-change-lisp-eid-block-to-historic
Authors | Luigi Iannone , Roger Jorgensen , David R. Conrad , Geoff Huston | ||
Last updated | 2023-12-01 | ||
RFC stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) L. Iannone Request for Comments: 7955 Telecom ParisTech Category: Informational R. Jorgensen ISSN: 2070-1721 Bredbandsfylket Troms D. Conrad Virtualized, LLC G. Huston APNIC September 2016 Management Guidelines for the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Endpoint Identifier (EID) Block Abstract This document proposes a framework for the management of the Locator/ ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Endpoint Identifier (EID) address block. The framework described relies on hierarchical distribution of the address space, granting temporary usage of prefixes of such space to requesting organizations. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7955. Iannone, et al. Informational [Page 1] RFC 7955 LISP EID Block Management September 2016 Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2016 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Requirements Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. EID Prefix Registration Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. EID Prefixes Registration Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. EID Prefix Request Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7. Policy Validity Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 10. Procedures to be Followed by RIPE NCC . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1. Introduction The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP [RFC6830]) and related mechanisms ([RFC6831], [RFC6832], [RFC6833], [RFC6834], [RFC6835], [RFC6836], [RFC6837]) separate the IP addressing space into two logical spaces, the Endpoint Identifier (EID) space and the Routing Locator (RLOC) space. The first space is used to identify communication endpoints, while the second is used to locate EIDs in the Internet routing infrastructure topology. [RFC7954] requests an IPv6 address block reservation exclusively for use as EID prefixes in the LISP experiment. The rationale, intent, size, and usage of the EID address block are described in [RFC7954]. Iannone, et al. Informational [Page 2] RFC 7955 LISP EID Block Management September 2016 This document proposes a management framework for the registration of EID prefixes from that block, allowing the requesting organization exclusive use of those EID prefixes limited to the duration of the LISP experiment. 2. Requirements Notation The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119]. 3. Definition of Terms This document does not introduce any new terms related to the set of LISP Specifications ([RFC6830], [RFC6831], [RFC6832], [RFC6833], [RFC6834], [RFC6835], [RFC6836], [RFC6837]), but assumes that the reader is familiar with the LISP terminology. [INTRO] provides an introduction to the LISP technology, including its terminology. 4. EID Prefix Registration Policy The request for registration of EID prefixes MUST be done under the following policies: 1. EID prefixes are made available in the reserved space on a temporary basis and for experimental uses. The requester of an experimental prefix MUST provide a short description of the intended use or experiment that will be carried out (see Section 6). If the prefix will be used for activities not documented in the original description, renewal of the registration may be denied. 2. EID prefix registrations MUST be renewed on a regular basis to ensure their use by active participants in the experiment. The registration period is 12 months. A renewal SHOULD NOT cause a change in the EID prefix registered in the previous request. The conditions of registration renewal are to be the same as the conditions of the first EID prefix registration request. 3. It is preferable that EID prefixes whose registrations have expired not be reused. When an EID prefix registration is removed from the registry, then the reuse of the EID prefix in a subsequent registration on behalf of a different end user should be avoided where possible. If the considerations of overall usage of the EID block prefix requires reuse of a previously registered EID prefix, then a minimum delay of at least one week between removal and subsequent registration SHOULD be applied by the registry operator. Iannone, et al. Informational [Page 3] RFC 7955 LISP EID Block Management September 2016 4. When the reserved experimental LISP EID block expires, all EID prefix registrations expire as well. The further disposition of these prefixes and the associated registry entries are to be specified in the announcement of the cessation of this experiment. 5. EID Prefixes Registration Requirements All EID prefix registrations MUST satisfy the following requirements: 1. All EID prefix registrations MUST use a globally unique EID prefix. 2. The EID prefix registration information, as specified in Section 6, MUST be collected upon initial registration and renewal, and made publicly available through interfaces allowing both the retrieval of specific registration details (search) and the enumeration of the entire registry contents (e.g., RDAP ([RFC7481]), WHOIS, HTTP, or similar access methods). 3. The registry operator MUST permit the delegation of EID prefixes in the reverse DNS space to holders of registered EID prefixes. 4. Anyone can obtain an entry in the EID prefix registry, on the understanding that the prefix so registered is for the exclusive use in the LISP experimental network, and that their registration details (as specified in Section 6) are openly published in the EID prefix registry. 6. EID Prefix Request Template The following is a basic request template for prefix registration to ensure a uniform process. This template is inspired by IANA's online "Private Enterprise Number (PEN) Request" form <http://pen.iana.org/pen/PenApplication.page>. Note that all details in this registration become part of the registry and will be published in the LISP EID Prefix Registry managed by RIPE NCC. The EID Prefix Request template MUST at a minimum contain: 1. Organization (In the case of individuals requesting an EID prefix, this section can be left empty) (a) Organization Name (b) Organization Address Iannone, et al. Informational [Page 4] RFC 7955 LISP EID Block Management September 2016 (c) Organization Phone (d) Organization Website 2. Contact Person (Mandatory) (a) Name (b) Address (c) Phone (d) Fax (optional) (e) Email 3. EID Prefix Request (Mandatory) (a) Prefix Size + Expressed as an address prefix length. (b) Prefix Size Rationale (c) Lease Period + Note well: All EID Prefix registrations will be valid until the earlier date of 12 months from the date of registration or August 2019. + All registrations may be renewed by the applicant for further 12-month periods, ending on August 2019. + According to the 3+3 year experimentation plan, defined in [RFC7954], all registrations MUST end by August 2019, unless the IETF community decides to grant a permanent LISP EID address block. In the latter case, registrations following the present document policy MUST end by August 2022 and a new policy (to be decided -- see Section 7) will apply thereafter. 4. Experiment Description (a) Experiment and Deployment Description (b) Interoperability with Existing LISP Deployments (c) Interoperability with Legacy Internet Iannone, et al. Informational [Page 5] RFC 7955 LISP EID Block Management September 2016 5. Reverse DNS Servers (Optional) (a) Name Server Name (b) Name Server Address (c) Name Server Name (d) Name Server Address (Repeat if necessary) 7. Policy Validity Period The policy outlined in the present document is tied to the existence of the experimental LISP EID block requested in [RFC7954] and is valid until August 2019. If the IETF decides to transform the block into a permanent allocation, the usage period reserved for the LISP EID block will be extended for three years (until August 2022) to allow time for the IETF to define, following the policies outlined in [RFC5226], the final size of the EID block and create a transition plan, while the policy in the present document will still apply. Note that, as stated in [RFC7954], the transition of the EID block into a permanent allocation has the potential to pose policy issues (as recognized in [RFC2860], Section 4.3); hence, discussion with the IANA, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities, and the IETF community will be necessary to determine the appropriate policy for permanent EID prefix management, which will be effective after August 2022. 8. Security Considerations This document does not introduce new security threats in the LISP architecture nor in the Legacy Internet architecture. For accountability reasons and in line with the security considerations in [RFC7020], each registration request MUST contain accurate information about the requesting entity (company, institution, individual, etc.) and valid and accurate contact information of a referral person (see Section 6). Iannone, et al. Informational [Page 6] RFC 7955 LISP EID Block Management September 2016 9. IANA Considerations IANA allocated the following IPv6 address block for experimental use as the LISP EID prefix [RFC7954]: o Address Block: 2001:5::/32 o Name: EID Space for LISP o RFC: [RFC7954] o Further details are at: www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6- special-registry To grant requesting organizations and individuals exclusive use of EID prefixes out of this reserved block (limited to the duration of the LISP experiment as outlined in Section 7), there is an operational requirement for an EID registration service. Provided that the policies and requirements outlined in Sections 4, 5, and 6 are satisfied, EID prefix registration is accorded based on a "First Come First Served" basis. There is no hard limit to the number of registrations an organization or individual can submit, as long as the information described in Section 6 is provided, in particular point 4: "Experiment Description". For the duration defined in [RFC7954], RIPE NCC will manage the LISP EID prefix as described herein. Therefore, this document has no IANA actions. 10. Procedures to be Followed by RIPE NCC RIPE NCC will provide the registration service following the EID Prefix Registration Policy (Section 4) and the EID Prefix Registration Requirements (Section 5) provided in this document. The request form provided by RIPE NCC will include at least the information from the template in Section 6. RIPE NCC will make all received requests publicly available. While this document does not suggest any minimum allocation size; RIPE NCC is allowed to introduce such a minimum size for management purposes. Iannone, et al. Informational [Page 7] RFC 7955 LISP EID Block Management September 2016 11. References 11.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>. [RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226, DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5226>. [RFC7954] Iannone, L., Lewis, D., Meyer, D., and V. Fuller, "Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Endpoint Identifier (EID) Block", RFC 7954, DOI 10.17487/RFC7954, September 2016, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7954>. 11.2. Informative References [INTRO] Cabellos-Aparicio, A. and D. Saucez, "An Architectural Introduction to the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)", Work in Progress, draft-ietf-lisp-introduction- 13, April 2015. [RFC2860] Carpenter, B., Baker, F., and M. Roberts, "Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Technical Work of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority", RFC 2860, DOI 10.17487/RFC2860, June 2000, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2860>. [RFC6830] Farinacci, D., Fuller, V., Meyer, D., and D. Lewis, "The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)", RFC 6830, DOI 10.17487/RFC6830, January 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6830>. [RFC6831] Farinacci, D., Meyer, D., Zwiebel, J., and S. Venaas, "The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) for Multicast Environments", RFC 6831, DOI 10.17487/RFC6831, January 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6831>. [RFC6832] Lewis, D., Meyer, D., Farinacci, D., and V. Fuller, "Interworking between Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) and Non-LISP Sites", RFC 6832, DOI 10.17487/RFC6832, January 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6832>. Iannone, et al. Informational [Page 8] RFC 7955 LISP EID Block Management September 2016 [RFC6833] Fuller, V. and D. Farinacci, "Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Map-Server Interface", RFC 6833, DOI 10.17487/RFC6833, January 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6833>. [RFC6834] Iannone, L., Saucez, D., and O. Bonaventure, "Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Map-Versioning", RFC 6834, DOI 10.17487/RFC6834, January 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6834>. [RFC6835] Farinacci, D. and D. Meyer, "The Locator/ID Separation Protocol Internet Groper (LIG)", RFC 6835, DOI 10.17487/RFC6835, January 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6835>. [RFC6836] Fuller, V., Farinacci, D., Meyer, D., and D. Lewis, "Locator/ID Separation Protocol Alternative Logical Topology (LISP+ALT)", RFC 6836, DOI 10.17487/RFC6836, January 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6836>. [RFC6837] Lear, E., "NERD: A Not-so-novel Endpoint ID (EID) to Routing Locator (RLOC) Database", RFC 6837, DOI 10.17487/RFC6837, January 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6837>. [RFC7020] Housley, R., Curran, J., Huston, G., and D. Conrad, "The Internet Numbers Registry System", RFC 7020, DOI 10.17487/RFC7020, August 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7020>. [RFC7481] Hollenbeck, S. and N. Kong, "Security Services for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", RFC 7481, DOI 10.17487/RFC7481, March 2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7481>. Iannone, et al. Informational [Page 9] RFC 7955 LISP EID Block Management September 2016 Acknowledgments Thanks to A. Retana, J. Arkko, P. Yee, A. de la Haye, A. Cima, A. Pawlik, J. Curran, A. Severin, B. Haberman, T. Manderson, D. Lewis, D. Farinacci, M. Binderberger, D. Saucez, E. Lear, for their helpful comments. The work of Luigi Iannone has been partially supported by the ANR-13-INFR-0009 LISP-Lab Project <www.lisp-lab.org> and the EIT KIC ICT-Labs SOFNETS Project. 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According to the Globe & Mail Mr. McVety claims to have enjoyed numerous meetings with Minister of Public Safety Stockwell Day, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson and officials in the PMO. Evidently, all of that lobbying effort has paid off in a fruitful way, praise Jesus Mr. McVety, praise him. Indeed, isn't it time that those who work so hard behind the scenes got to share the spotlight with the members and ministers of government with whom they share their great mission. Why without Mr. McVety's organization and their lobbying, things might not have changed. Artists might not have to answer to an "independent committee", under the auspices of the Heritage Minister, for the labour tax exemptions and the funding from Telefilm Canada that often means the difference between a film being shot or shelved. Isn't that wonderful!
So just who are these swell folks that have put in so much effort to ensure that Canadians don't get to make films that are controversial, that deal with homosexuality in anything but a negative light, that don't celebrate or glorify violence unless it is the sacred scourging of the saviour performing the stations of the cross? Well according to their web site, the executive committee consists of Brian Rushfeldt, "family and addictions counsellor, Bible college dean, associate pastor, and air traffic controller." So when the rapture comes, even if your pilot is a godless commie, you still might be going down, sinner. And then there's Mr. Dr. Charles McVety himself, let's just grab his whole bio blurb:
Dr. Charles McVety President Dr. McVety is President of Canada Christian College in Toronto, with satellite campuses around the world. He holds several degrees and has authored a book, Victory Guaranteed. Dr. McVety has a long history of involvement in political issues in Canada, and has served with CFAC since our inception as a founding Board member. He hosts a national TV program – Word.ca, and is a regular columnist in several newspapers. Dr. McVety brings a wealth of expertise in political, educational, and ministry leadership to CFAC.
Pastor, minister, Christian College, Word.ca (Christian News Source/TV show) hmmm... call me crazy, but I sense a theme developing. Fundamentalist Christian whack jobs? Why yes, yes they are. Not convinced, dig this from the Canada Christian College site under the heading, Ministerial Organization.
"The Evangelical Association was founded in 1963 by Godlymen and women who were moved by the Holy Spirit to band together for the purpose of promoting Evangelical Christianity throughout the World. They were motivated by a strong persuasion that the Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments is the Divinely inspired and inerrant Word of God.
The Association was founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba by leaders under the direction of Dr. Elmer S. McVety. They shared a vision to develop and build on Biblical principles. The Association is governed by a board of directors currently consisting of eight persons. This board appoints and dismisses all officials by a majority vote at a duly called meeting with at least a quorum in attendance."
"...our members have allowed denominational differences to fade into insignificance and have joined hands under our banner in the interest of Fundamental Christianity. We are a body of Evangelical ministers who hold our membership with the Association while we labour in our respective churches."
Yes indeed brothers and sisters, these are the folks influencing not only what you should or shouldn't be able to see but what artists should or should not be able to create in this great free land of ours. See, if artists had any sense they'd declare themselves a fucking church, skip taxes all together, start a college which would then supply all of the manpower and technical expertise to shoot a TV show, just like Herr Dr. McVety has done with word.ca, broadcast by CTS and the Miracle Channel. Of course, looking at word.ca something occurs to me. Let's just go back to that Globe article a moment...
"Mr. Day and Mr. Nicholson said through officials yesterday they did not recall discussing the issue with Mr. McVety."
Well that might just be some Gonzo worthy forgettering! Pop on over to word.ca and have a gander at the big, grinning line up of Christian luminaries. You got your fat, dead ignorant pig-faced Jerry Falwell and a hand full of greasy... hey! Wait just a second, who's that smiling off the screen, third from the right? Isn't that, yes, yes it is Safety Minister Stockwell Day!
I'm going out on a limb here but I'm going to suggest that crazy, fundie fuckwit Dr. Senor McVety is telling the truth. I'd bet my bottom dollar that he did use his access to fellow fundamentalist Christian retard Stockwell Day, to peddle this back door economic censorship. Because one of these godly gents is a lying, disreputable shit and while it could easily be either or both, in this instance Stockwell has something to hide and McVety just has a bloated ego to feed. Given that he has a college and a TV show to feed his ego, I'm going with weasel boy Day trying to sneak out of culpability as the most likely scenario.
Here's a thought for Mr. Day, Dr. McVety, Conservative MP Batters, Mr. Nicholson and the rest of the self righteous pissants waving their Jesus flags and declaring that they know best, keep your dirty fingers out of the arts. You can vote for or against a film at the box office. Keep your grubby faith off our bodies, out of our bedrooms and private lives. You are the most destructively meddlesome herd of inbred pricks that walk upright. Lead your lives in all of your smug, self-righteous bliss. What others do, how they live and what they practice or believe is none of your business. You are unwelcome nannies. Fuck off.
UPDATE Additional Readings:
An excellent examination by Dave at The Galloping Beaver.
The fabulous JJ let's 'em have it at the Award Wining Unrepentant Old Hippie.
Standing for your freedoms of expression and personal autonomy, the ever heroic over-achievers at A Creative Revolution.
Superstar blogger and stalwart defender of free speech, fair use and electronic liberty, Canadian science fiction author Cory Doctorow weighs in at boingboing.
The awesome matttbastard asks the musical question, will selfish, prissy whingers like Ezra (me, me, me) Levant side with freedom of expression for anyone other than his own plump, privileged self? mattt lays it down over at bastard.logic.
And last but certainly not least, the show-offs over at Stageleft have two entries. Treehugger leads off with Fat Steve, Auteur and Stageleft caps it off with what is truly offensive.
An oversight on my part as the ACR team knocks more than one out of the park. A second helping won't hurt a bit over at A Creative Revolution.


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Carsulae, Italy.
The Via Flaminia emerges from a hillside—literally—and climbs up a gentle hill toward a ruined forum. Like all Roman roads, it was well built, considerably more so than the modern ones jammed with trucks and cars that crisscross the Umbrian countryside. The large limestone slabs that surface it are still rutted with the wheels of ox carts on their way to Ariminum on the Adriatic.
Wendy Hallinan is pointing out how Carsulae was laid out, with its shops, amphitheatre, and cisterns, and the almost hidden wound that marks the city's moment of death: a side road that suddenly dips and twists, wrenched by a catastrophic earthquake almost 1500 years ago.
In a way, Carsulae is a little like modern Italian politics: trying to make sense of it is not easy, and much of it is hidden.
On Oct. 7 Italian politics was shaken by its own variety of earthquake. The Constitutional Court ruled that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was subject to the same laws as everyone else in Italy. For Berlusconi—who holds outdoor rallies near Rome's coliseum and fancies himself a reincarnation of a Roman emperor—it was a serious reversal in his drive to control Italy's media, lock, stock and barrel.
The court found a law passed last year by the Berlusconi –dominated parliament that makes the Prime Minister, the President and the speakers of the upper and lower houses immune from criminal charges is a violation of the principle that all Italians are equal before the law. In practice, it means that Berlusconi will face charges of tax fraud, bribing a judge, and paying off his British lawyer to lie in court. The lawyer, David Mills, has already been sentenced to 4 1/2 years. Burlusconi will also have to cough up $1.1 billion to a media rival.
The decision came amidst several scandals linking the Prime Minister to prostitutes, under age women, and parties filled with naked people. The Financial Times termed the uproar "Circus Maximus," and there was indeed a flavor of ancient debauchery about the whole matter. Nero's reign comes to mind.
But if Silvio's personal antics are comedic, his political and economic machinations are anything but. There is an odor of 1922 about the man, the year Benito Mussolini's Blackshirts marched on Rome and put the fascists into power. By owning three of Italy's most watched television channels, plus controlling the public channel RAI through his command of the government, Berlusconi can determine what Italians see. That means lots of sports, soap operas, and cleavage, but virtually nothing about silent factories and the economic crisis.
According to the International Monetary Fund, Italy's economy will shrink 5.1 percent in 2009. It contracted 1 percent last year, and its growth rate has been less than 1 percent a year since 2000. Among the G7 countries, only Japan has a bigger GDP loss.
According to Concita de Gregorio, editor of the former Communist Party newspaper L'Unita— one of four newspapers being sued by the Prime Minister for defamation—Italians are anesthetized by Berlusconi's TV stations, the medium from which most of them get their information. Fewer than 10 percent of Italians read newspapers.
De Gregorio argues that unlike Spain, where a new generation overthrew the legacy of fascist Francisco Franco, in Italy "…the personalities, the dark forces, the Mafia, the Masonic lodges and the unexplained bombings of the past and the secret service, none of this has disappeared."
Masonic lodges have been linked to violent fascist groups and shadowy elements in the state's intelligence services. The 1969 bombings in Milan and Rome were the work of the neo-fascist Ordine Nuovo (New Order), a group with ties to SID, Italy's military intelligence agency. There are also persistent charges that the CIA knew of the bombings beforehand, but remained silent because it thought the attacks would discredit the Left.
Prosecutors in Naples and Palermo are currently investigating ties between the Mafia and Berlusconi, and the recent Constitutional Court decision means that investigators will soon be closing in on Fininvest, the Prime Minister's massive holding company, worth $6.5 billion.
Fininvest owns Mediaset, one of the largest media companies on the continent, which controls not only Italy's three most watched channels, but a majority of Telecinco, a Spanish station. Berlusconi also owns the publication company Mondadori, the financial services company Mediolanum, and trophy assets like the soccer team AC Milan and the Teatro Manzoni.
The Prime Minister's reaction to criticism is imperial. When newspapers printed stories about his legal difficulties, he sued them and called on business to withdraw their ads. When one of RAI's programs interviewed a call girl who said Berlusconi had purchased her services, he tried to cancel the program—it is one of RAI's most popular, with an audience of 7 million—and he got two hours on another RAI program to answer the charges.
But there is a growing sense that the Prime Minister is in trouble, and, like in ancient Rome, any hint of weakness is liable to bring forth the daggers.
One of his allies, Gianfranco Fini, founder of the neo-fascist National Alliance Party and currently Speaker of the Parliament, has already begun positioning himself as a successor. The National Alliance joined with Berlusconi's Forza Italia Party to create the current right-wing ruling party, the People of Liberty.
The Prime Minister's reaction to Fini's maneuvers has been to unleash his media attack dogs, accusing the Speaker of disloyalty and being involved in sex scandals. Fini is suing.
Roman emperors always worried about Italy's north, with its restive Celts and intense regionalism, and right now the north is trouble for Berlusconi. Umberto Bossi's rightwing and openly racist Northern League dominates much of the region, and the party gives the Prime Minister a majority in the upper house.
But Bossi is a loose cannon that brought down the 1994 Berlusconi government. When Bossi dropped a hint that he might again withdraw his support, Berlusconi snapped that he didn't think much of people who wore "colanders on their heads." When League members gather annually to bless the Po River, they sport an odd looking hat that vaguely resembles something for draining pasta.
The Prime Minister has also picked a fight with Italy's powerful Catholic bishops by forcing the resignation of an editor of a Vatican run newspaper who had questioned his morals. He is also in a nasty battle with another ally, Rupert Murdoch, a war Berlusconi apparently initiated.
Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad?
Maybe. The polls do show some erosion of support, but many Italians shoot up the soaps and shrug.
Not all of them, however.
More than a quarter of a million people, led by the trade union movement and opposition journalists, rallied Oct. 3 in Rome's Piazza del Popolo to challenge Berlusconi's control of the media. "Not since Mussolini's time has an Italian government's interference with the media been more blatant or alarming," editorialized the Economist on the eve of the rally.
In Roman days the swords of the Praetorian Guard would have solved Berlusconi's problems. From 215 AD to 305 AD there were 12 emperors, all but two died by violence, five were murdered.
The problem in Italy today is that while the Right appears rudderless, the Left is fractious, divided, and with a political program that has yet to generate much traction. That may change, particularly if the economy continues to stall, a subject about which the Right has virtually nothing sensible to say.
Wendy is angling down a grassy slope to some stairs and a section of wall she unearthed last year. It doesn't look like much, particularly compared to Carsulae's Arch of San Damiano and Augustan theater. But Roman towns, like contemporary Italian politics, have multiple layers.
This particular wall is not Roman, thus accomplishing what archeologists the world over love to do most: overturn established fact. According to the official site guide: "Urban development of Carsulae along the Via Flaminia dates back to the 2nd century BC." Nope. The rough-hewn wall with its cut stone staircase says there were people here long before Rome rose on the Tiber. Who and how long ago? That's for another season's dig.
Carsulae had been in decline since the Via Flaminia divided at Narnia, and traffic shifted to the road's shorter, eastern arm. By the time the earthquake finished it off, it was a ghost of its former self. Finally the town disappeared beneath the rolling Umbrian hills until archaeologists unearthed it. Most of Carsulae is still hidden. Wendy looks longingly at a huge field. "That's where the houses are. I'm sure of it," she says.
What we do know is that the Umbrians who came together almost 3,000 years ago to build a town around a spring faced pretty much the same problems that people face today: how to build a society that feeds, clothes and houses its members. Then, as now, the powerful build monuments to themselves and discovered that circuses are a handy way to divert people's attention.
But when Giuseppe Garibaldi marched to free Umbria from the Pope in 1860, the people of Perugia, the province's capital, rose up and smashed the grim castle that dominated their hill top city. Maybe the lesson buried in Carsulae is that, while cities may vanish, people endure, and sooner or later they tire of emperors, lords, Popes, and one hopes, prime ministers.
Archaeologist Wendy Hallinan is also my sister-in-law.
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The Vahinis, written by Sri Sathya Sai Baba (translated into English)
Vahini, in Sanskrit, means "stream". These writings are Swami's streams of thought on a range of subjects: meditation, right action, wisdom, peace, divine love, and Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads and the story of Rama. The Vahinis originally appeared in the ashram's monthly magazine Sanathana Sarathi (The Eternal Charioteer).
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Dharma Vahini
Dharma is a Sanskrit word with many translations. In this volume, Swami discusses the broadest meaning - that of right-action, or the moral path, as it affects the Atma-dharma (the inner reality). He focuses on the dharma of women, of husband and wife, dharma in the temple and in education, as well as on the Gayatri Mantra and the nature of man.
Dhyana Vahini
Swami defines dhyana (meditation) as the practice that frees the mind of all instincts and impulses. He tells us that this freedom is itself liberation. Included are suggested forms of meditation, guidelines for correct practice, related disciplines, and ways to overcome common pitfalls.
Gita Vahini
Compiled in 1966, this is a collection of articles by Sathya Sai Baba on the principal teachings of the most famous of Indian scriptures, The Bhagavad Gita. In his opening preface, editor Professor Kasturi notes, "...when Arjuna was overcome with grief at the prospect of the fight, Krishna instructed him in the science of recognizing one's Oneness with all and removed the grief and fear." The spiritual practices and attitudes recommended by Krishna in the Gita are elucidated here by Swami.
Jnana Vahini
Sathya Sai Baba says that grasping the secret of the universe and its origin is "jnana" (knowledge, spiritual wisdom), the power that removes ignorance and reveals true reality. He explains the process of moving through the delusion of "maya" (this unreal illusory world) in progressive stages of consciousness to the full realization of Brahman (God).
Leela Kaivalya Vahini
Published to coincide with Sathya Sai Baba's 65th birthday, this collection of questions and answers between the spiritual aspirant and Sathya Sai Baba revealing pertinent knowledge of ancient scriptures such as the Vedas and Upanishads. It dissolves obstacles like doubts and dogmas, purposeless arguments and flimsy fancies that might deter the spiritual aspirant.
Prema Vahini
Sathya Sai Baba has said that if He were to be identified by one characteristic more than any other, He could most aptly be called 'Prema Swaroopa', the Embodiment of Love. The very first Vahini (stream) that flowed forth from his pen to fertilize the mind of man was the book, 'Prema Vahini'.
Ramakatha Rasavahini Part 1
The story of Rama sounds sweeter each time one hears it, and, indeed, it assumes the flavor of nectar when retold authentically by Sri Rama Himself. Sathya Sai Baba elevates our perspective of the story of Rama to spiritual heights when He describes Rama as the indweller of every being.
Ramakatha Rasavahini Part 2
The story of Rama sounds sweeter each time one hears it, and, indeed, it assumes the flavor of nectar when retold authentically by Sri Rama Himself. Sathya Sai Baba elevates our perspective of the story of Rama to spiritual heights when He describes Rama as the indweller of every being.
Sandeha Nivarini
A series of articles by Sathya Sai Baba published to remove the weeds of doubt growing wild in the hearts was collectively entitled 'Sandeha Nivarini'. Even in his teens and twenties, Sathya Sai Baba took delight in prodding those who gathered at His feet to ask Him questions on spiritual matters. These became the cues for dissertations, short and long, with many an interspersed parable, poem or song, to lead the questioners from darkness to light.
Sathya Sai Vahini
The spring of wisdom in Sathya Sai Vahini gushes forth like the sacred Ganges to flood our hearts and minds, and to carry us with urgency toward the ocean of light, truth and bliss. Moved by the conflict and the quest for knowledge about oneself, Sathya Sai Baba said, "See, here it comes, the Sathya Sai Vahini."
Sutra Vahini
Sathya Sai Baba offers a sublime treatise on the essence of the science of Vedanta (ancient Vedic scripture) revealing the wisdom of the eternal, indwelling Divine, and the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. He blesses mankind with lucid and enlightening explanations of twelve Brahma Sutras, lighting the lamp of Brahma Vidya (supreme learning) in the hearts of the readers.
Vidya Vahini
Nineteen essays by Sathya Sai Baba clarifying the sublime significance of proper education - the higher learning that hastens and expands the universal urge to know and become Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. He opens our eyes to the futility of exclusive materialistic education, and dwells upon the noble qualities the ideal education that should be impart to students.
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Origapy is a Python interface to Origami, a PDF parser written in Ruby. It provides access to pdfclean.rb, in order to sanitize PDF files by disabling all active content (javascript, launch actions, embedded files, etc). Because Origami is a full PDF parser, it is much more effective than PDFiD (when sanitizing/disarming PDF files), but also quite slower.
Origapy uses a simple Python/Ruby bridge based on pipes, as described on this page.
WARNING: this is still work in progress. The current version of the Origami parser may trigger errors on some PDF files.
Origapy and Origami are open-source, published under GPL v3.
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Unzip and run install.bat on Windows, or "python setup.py install" on other platforms.
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I really don't understand. PDFid is not a tool for sanitizing PDF files. Primaly, it's a mean for us to get a quick view at a particular PDF file to see if the file is malicious. So what are the advantages of Origami over PDFid?
PDFiD is primarily an analysis tool, but it may also be used to disarm PDF files by disabling JavaScript, embedded files, launch actions, etc with the "-d" option on the command line, or the disarm=True parameter. This is the same as using the pdfclean.rb script provided with Origami.
The advantage of Origami over PDFiD is that it is a full PDF parser which can decode all complex PDF structures (such as indirect objects hidden inside object streams), whereas PDFiD is only meant to quickly find well-known keywords in the structure without analyzing the content of objects.
Let's me try it out. Anyway, thank you so much for this exciting tool! :)