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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - [crit] I just might know why the (other) mech is at the repa Log in to check your private messages Goto page Previous 1, 2 Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "[crit] I just might know why the (other) mech is at the repa" JezebelmemberMember #Joined: 02 Nov 2000Posts: 1940Location: Mesquite, TX, US Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 8:25 pm Dang... what's wrong with you guys coming up with the topics/subjects that are hard to draw! Are you trying to kill me or what?? Why can't you come up with ideas like *aherm* a nice pretty elf girl or something? hehehe.... *runs away and hides* =} Don't think I'm not going to attempt this though, you've already got me started! *grumbles and mutters* -Beth ------------------ Take off your clothes. It's OK - I'm an artist. [url=http://div.dyndns.org/FOO!]http://div.dyndns.org/FOO![/url] http://div.dyndns.org/beth/photography Back to top burn0utmemberMember #Joined: 18 Apr 2000Posts: 1645Location: california Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 8:26 pm damn capt flush, nice angle, these all really kick arse Back to top ZosomemberMember #Joined: 23 Dec 2000Posts: 132Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 11:35 pm Boy, ya gotta love the sudden proliferation of mechs around here in the past few days. Thats a really solid looking design you have there Gecko, and the background has turned out well. Hopefully I will be getting the finalized version of the ROAC drawing I have been working on posted today. Back to top Capt.FlushGardenmemberMember #Joined: 12 Sep 2000Posts: 737Location: Seattle, WA Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 1:55 am Mamma Mia! Well, feel like I'm kinda weak at the missile part...so here is my little missileramp super ultraflex moucho dangerousos very invisible mech hehehe Back to top burn0utmemberMember #Joined: 18 Apr 2000Posts: 1645Location: california Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 2:16 am *drool* impressive Back to top v1510nArymemberMember #Joined: 31 Dec 2000Posts: 611Location: London , England Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 3:50 am How longs do these actually take you Cpt Flush and Frost ? Seems you knocking them out like (enter metaphoric phrase here) :P Back to top HazocmemberMember #Joined: 18 Jan 2000Posts: 50Location: Finland Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 3:57 am I KNEW THE MECHS WERE NEXT! I think'll try to bust some shit too... Back to top kigjunior memberMember #Joined: 26 May 2002Posts: 28Location: funland Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 4:23 am playing the waiting game ...with the trees. blur blur blurry.. didn't do any detailing [edit] Oh yeah, it's a Finnish Mech Force mecha, giving fire support to Gecko's Jennerific thing [This message has been edited by kig (edited December 31, 2000).] Back to top LeomemberMember #Joined: 24 Oct 1999Posts: 328Location: Russia Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 6:37 am Do you ever sleep guys?! New year is coming... it's 22:32 here Gecko dude, sorry for using your thread - i just reserved space for the pic later, leo Back to top TheMilkManmemberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 2000Posts: 797Location: St.Louis Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 8:51 am Gecko,Frost,Capt...they all look awsome...frost yours is so cool I love the color scheme!!! Back to top El CaseronmemberMember #Joined: 31 Mar 2000Posts: 254Location: Germany near Hamburg Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 10:05 am Germany vs. Canada and the US Will post one of my own later Back to top mickememberMember #Joined: 19 Jan 2000Posts: 1666Location: Oslo/Norway Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 10:31 am Great work you guys! all of you. -Mikael ------------------ Mikael's artwork Back to top kigjunior memberMember #Joined: 26 May 2002Posts: 28Location: funland Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 11:00 am Aight, added some detail and played with the colors (curves & hue/saturation to the rescue :P) I'll smack the tree on the left to an acceptable level of detail next. And maybe post the final pic in its own thread Back to top GeckomemberMember #Joined: 07 Mar 2000Posts: 876Location: Finland Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 11:19 am thanks for the comments! flush: really cool sketches, the desert unit looks great. But wtf are you doing commanding some middle eastern mech battalion? the green launch pad looks silly, with the "teeth" on the front at all.. heh, man, hope your country ain't putting any money into those.. i'm not sure if others could take you seriously.. :], I mean, the norwegians have been looking over the mountains for some time.. just waiting for their chance. kig: I need all the support I can get... even if they come from a frozen mechwarrior! The feet look like it's not very stable with that heavy armament... better launch some of the missiles, I'm sure we can find a common target :) el caseron: I'm not sure...after that thread I can't ever expect to fully recover.. so the masks are probably gonna stay :] haha it's a fun thread, I've got a couple of hours idling so I might have to start a war with some country... happy new year! ------------------ Gecko email@example.com GeckoArt.Net Back to top hennifermemberMember #Joined: 28 Feb 2000Posts: 247Location: toronto, on, ca Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 2:50 pm ok i've gotta come to the aid of my fellow canuck, frost. from the land of ice and snow, aimed directly at el caseron! (since he didn't provide me with a mech to demolish) btw, this is the first painting i've ever done without having linework underneath, and my first mech. interesting experience. ------------------ jeffery_ Back to top sheriftariqjunior memberMember #Joined: 16 Dec 2000Posts: 28Location: New Jersey Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 3:31 pm Let's see we've got mech's from Sweden, Finland, heck even Canada . Where's the US contigent? And the Russian bear? Guess I have to take matters into my own hands. On behalf of the US, I present the Boeing MK-52 Mech Killer. Armed with twin 600mm armour piercing Gauss cannons, and enough AGM missiles to flatten the entire Swedish, Canadian and Finnish mech forces combined Mwahahaha! ------------------ Sherif Tariq Member: Neuro Evolutionary Rostral Developers Society (N.E.R.D.S.) 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The Hope College Orchestra and Symphonette will perform on Wednesday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The two featured works of the concert will be the "Rienzi Overture," by Richard Wagner, and the Symphony No. 3 "Scotch" Op. 56, by Felix Mendelssohn. The concert brings the orchestra's 2008-09 season to a close.
The orchestra is directed by Richard Piippo of the HopeCollege faculty. An avid performer and promoter of chamber music, Piippo also brings a wealth of solo, orchestral, and conducting experiences to audiences. He has baccalaureate and master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Since 1996, Piippo has spent his summers on the faculty of Seminar at Western Michigan University, as conductor, solo performer, teacher and coach. His work with the Detroit Symphony has included tours of Europe, Japan, Carnegie Hall and numerous recordings. Piippo joined the Hope faculty in the fall of 1999 as professor of cello/chamber music and conductor of orchestras.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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Miniature Peanut Butter Cups
makes about 40 pieces
For the base:
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/3 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup peanut butter (any kind you like)
For the topping:
- 3 ounces of good chocolate, dark or milk, your choice
- 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, room temperature
Grease a nine inch square pan. Using an electric mixer, mix together all the base ingredients until combined and sandy. Press this mixture into the base of the square dish in an even layer. You might find that wetting your hands will make it easier to spread the mixture evenly. Combine the 2 chocolates and the butter, and melt together. You can melt them by placing them in the microwave for a minute or two and stirring, or by placing them in a glass bowl all together over a pot of simmering water, and stirring until all ingredients are melted together. Spread the chocolate mixture over the peanut butter mixture evenly. Place in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight. At this point you will be faced with a few choices: You may cut them into small squares or use any kind of cookie cutter to cut them into fun shapes. I like to use a small round cookie cutter (about the size of a quarter). It helps to let the square pan sit out for about half an hour before using the cutters, so it soften just a bit. Once I am done cutting them all out, I take whatever edges are left in the pan and smush it all together, and form another layer. I allow the layer to sit in the fridge until it hardens, and then I use the cutters once again to cut out more…I repeat this process until there's nothing left, I just hate to see any of this gorgeous peanut butter perfection go to waste.
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Jose Fernandez
RHP / Alonso High School
Bats-Throws: R-R
Height/Weight: 6-3/215
Hometown: Tampa, FL
College Commitment: U. South Florida
Birthdate: August 31, 1992
SCOUTING PROFILE: Fernandez' route to a potential spot in the first round of the draft and the million dollar plus signing bonus that comes with it has been longer and more complicated than any other similar prospect in this draft….perhaps more so than all of them combined. Fernandez was born and raised in Cuba and even pitched for the Cuban National Junior team. However, like many talented Cuban players, Hernandez tried to escape the island for the greener pastures of baseball and life in the United States but was caught and returned before finally making it successfully to the United States on his fourth try in 2009. Once in Tampa things didn't get necessarily easier, as the Florida High School Athletic Association declared Fernandez ineligible this past winter, saying that year he spent in Cuba under arrest following his first failed attempt constituted a year of high school eligibility used. That decision was wisely reversed, ironically probably costing Fernandez money that he could have commanded as a free agent with 30 teams bidding on him in a Aroldis Chapman-type free agent situation. With a lifetime worth of politics and uncertainty behind him, that's left Fernandez to do what he does best, which is pitch. He is a power pitcher of the highest magnitude, with a big but loose body and smooth, easy throwing mechanics. Fernandez sits regularly in the 93-95 mph range with his fastball and compliments that with a low 80's slider that has excellent depth and sharpness at times and a deceptive change up. His defining moment as a prospect came at the WWBA World Championships last October while pitching for FTB Mizuno in a playoff game against the Dallas Patriots. With literally hundreds of scouts lining the field, Fernandez threw a complete game shutout, pitching in the 94-97 mph range with a present plus slider and pinpoint control. His combination of raw stuff and command had most scouts openly wondering if Fernandez could have pitched in the Major Leagues that night, with the answer almost universally being to the positive. Fernandez has enjoyed a strong and uneventful spring on the mound, leaving scouts only to worry about minor issues such as his real age (speculated to be a year older than his listed DOB) and his tendency to gain weight (up to 260 lbs at times in the past). The most likely draft scenario is for Fernandez to go in the second half of the first round, perhaps around where his "new" hometown Tampa Bay Rays begin their plethora of picks in the first two rounds.
Projected Draft Position: Second half of the First Round.
Perfect Game Events
2010 18U WWBA Memorial Day Classic
2010 National Showcase
2010 WWBA 2010 Grads or 18u National Championship
2010 18U BCS Finals
2010 AFLAC All-American Game
2010 WWBA Florida Qualifier
2010 WWBA World Championship


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Part I Introducing System Administration: IP Services
1. Oracle Solaris TCP/IP Protocol Suite (Overview)
2. Planning Your TCP/IP Network (Tasks)
3. Introducing IPv6 (Overview)
4. Planning an IPv6 Network (Tasks)
5. Configuring TCP/IP Network Services and IPv4 Addressing (Tasks)
6. Administering Network Interfaces (Tasks)
7. Configuring an IPv6 Network (Tasks)
8. Administering a TCP/IP Network (Tasks)
9. Troubleshooting Network Problems (Tasks)
10. TCP/IP and IPv4 in Depth (Reference)
What's New in TCP/IP and IPv4 in Depth
How Name Services Affect the hosts Database
Creating the Network Mask for IPv4 Addresses
inetd Internet Services Daemon
Network Databases and the nsswitch.conf File
How Name Services Affect Network Databases
Routing Protocols in Oracle Solaris
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
ICMP Router Discovery (RDISC) Protocol
13. Planning for DHCP Service (Tasks)
14. Configuring the DHCP Service (Tasks)
15. Administering DHCP (Tasks)
16. Configuring and Administering the DHCP Client
17. Troubleshooting DHCP (Reference)
18. DHCP Commands and Files (Reference)
19. IP Security Architecture (Overview)
21. IP Security Architecture (Reference)
22. Internet Key Exchange (Overview)
24. Internet Key Exchange (Reference)
25. IP Filter in Oracle Solaris (Overview)
27. Introducing IPMP (Overview)
28. Administering IPMP (Tasks)
Part VI IP Quality of Service (IPQoS)
29. Introducing IPQoS (Overview)
30. Planning for an IPQoS-Enabled Network (Tasks)
31. Creating the IPQoS Configuration File (Tasks)
32. Starting and Maintaining IPQoS (Tasks)
33. Using Flow Accounting and Statistics Gathering (Tasks)
34. IPQoS in Detail (Reference)
Each system on the network obtains its TCP/IP configuration information from the following TCP/IP configuration files and network databases:
/etc/hostname.interface file
/etc/nodename file
/etc/defaultdomain file
/etc/defaultrouter file (optional)
hosts database
In Solaris 10 11/06 and earlier releases, ipnodes database
netmasks database (optional)
The Oracle Solaris installation program creates these files as part of the installation process. You can also edit the files manually, as explained in this section. The hosts and netmasks databases are two of the network databases read by the name services available on Oracle Solaris networks. Network Databases and the nsswitch.conf File describes in detail the concept of network databases. In Solaris 10 11/06 and earlier releases, for information on the ipnodes file, see ipnodes Database.
This file defines the physical network interfaces on the local host. At least one /etc/hostname.interface file should exist on the local system. The Oracle Solaris installation program creates an /etc/hostname.interface file for the first interface that is found during the installation process. This interface usually has the lowest device number, for example eri0, and is referred to as the primary network interface. If the installation programs finds additional interfaces, you optionally can configure them, as well, as part of the installation process.
Note - If you create alternate hostname files for the same interface, the alternate files must also follow the naming format hostname.[0–9]*, such as hostname.qfe0.a123. Names such as hostname.qfe0.bak or hostname.qfe0.old are invalid and will be ignored by scripts during system boot.
Note, too, that a given interface must have only one corresponding hostname file. If you create an alternate hostname file for an interface with a valid filename, such as /etc/hostname.qfe and /etc/hostname.qfe.a123, the boot scripts will attempt to configure by referencing the contents of both hostname files and would therefore generate errors. To prevent these errors, provide an invalid file name to the hostname file that you do not want to use in a given configuration.
If you add a new network interface to your system after installation, you must create an /etc/hostname.interface file for that interface, as explained in How to Configure a Physical Interface After System Installation. Also, for the Oracle Solaris software to recognize and use the new network interface, you need to load the interface's device driver into the appropriate directory. Refer to the documentation that comes with the new network interface for the appropriate interface name and device driver instructions.
The basic /etc/hostname.interface file contains one entry: the host name or IPv4 address that is associated with the network interface. The IPv4 address can be expressed in traditional dotted decimal format or in CIDR notation. If you use a host name as the entry for the /etc/hostname.interface file, that host name must also exist in the /etc/inet/hosts file.
For example, suppose smc0 is the primary network interface for a system that is called tenere. The /etc/hostname.smc0 file could have as its entry an IPv4 address in dotted decimal notation or in CIDR notation, or the host name tenere.
Note - IPv6 uses the /etc/hostname6.interface file for defining network interfaces. For more information, refer to IPv6 Interface Configuration File.
This file should contain one entry: the host name of the local system. For example, on system timbuktu, the file /etc/nodename would contain the entry timbuktu.
This file should contain one entry: the fully qualified domain name of the administrative domain to which the local host's network belongs. You can supply this name to the Oracle Solaris installation program or edit the file at a later date. For more information on network domains, refer to System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP).
This file can contain an entry for each router that is directly connected to the network. The entry should be the name for the network interface that functions as a router between networks. The presence of the /etc/defaultrouter file indicates that the system is configured to support static routing.
The hosts database contains the IPv4 addresses and host names of systems on your network. If you use the NIS or DNS name service, or the LDAP directory service, the hosts database is maintained in a database that is designated for host information. For example, on a network that runs NIS, the hosts database is maintained in the hostsbyname file.
If you use local files for the name service, the hosts database is maintained in the /etc/inet/hosts file. This file contains the host names and IPv4 addresses of the primary network interface, other network interfaces that are attached to the system, and any other network addresses that the system must check for.
Note - For compatibility with BSD-based operating systems, the /etc/hosts file is a symbolic link to /etc/inet/hosts.
The /etc/inet/hosts file uses the basic syntax that follows. Refer to the hosts(4) man page for complete syntax information.
IPv4-address hostname [nicknames] [#comment]
Contains the IPv4 address for each interface that the local host must recognize.
Contains the host name that is assigned to the system at setup, plus the host names that are assigned to additional network interfaces that the local host must recognize.
Is an optional field that contains a nickname for the host.
Is an optional field for a comment.
When you run the Oracle Solaris installation program on a system, the program configures the initial /etc/inet/hosts file. This file contains the minimum entries that the local host requires. The entries include the loopback address, the host IPv4 address, and the host name.
For example, the Oracle Solaris installation program might create the following /etc/inet/hosts file for system tenere shown in Figure 5-1.
Example 10-1 /etc/inet/hosts File for System tenere
127.0.0.1 localhost loghost #loopback address 192.168.200.3 tenere #host name
In Example 10-1, the IPv4 address 127.0.0.1 is the loopback address. The loopback address is the reserved network interface that is used by the local system to allow interprocess communication. This address enables the host to send packets to itself. The ifconfig command uses the loopback address for configuration and testing, as explained in Monitoring the Interface Configuration With the ifconfig Command. Every system on a TCP/IP network must use the IP address 127.0.0.1 for IPv4 loopback on the local host.
The IPv4 address 192.168.200.1 and the name tenere are the address and host name of the local system. They are assigned to the system's primary network interface.
Some systems have more than one network interface, because they are either routers or multihomed hosts. Each network interface that is attached to the system requires its own IP address and associated name. During installation, you must configure the primary network interface. If a particular system has multiple interfaces at installation time, the Oracle Solaris installation program also prompts you about these additional interfaces. You can optionally configure one or more additional interfaces at this time, or manually, at a later date.
After the Oracle Solaris installation, you can configure additional interfaces for a router or multihomed host by adding interface information to the systems' /etc/inet/hosts file. For more information on configuring routers and multihomed hosts refer to Configuring an IPv4 Router and Configuring Multihomed Hosts.
Example 10-2 shows the /etc/inet/hosts file for system timbuktu that is shown in Figure 5-1.
Example 10-2 /etc/inet/hosts File for System timbuktu
127.0.0.1 localhost loghost 192.168.200.70 timbuktu #This is the local host name 192.168.201.10 timbuktu-201 #Interface to network 192.9.201
With these two interfaces, timbuktu connects networks 192.168.200 and 192.168.201 as a router.
The NIS and DNS name services, and LDAP directory service, maintain host names and addresses on one or more servers. These servers maintain hosts databases that contain information for every host and router (if applicable) on the servers' network. Refer to System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) for more information about these services.
On a network that uses local files for the name service, systems that run in local files mode consult their individual /etc/inet/hosts files for IPv4 addresses and host names of other systems on the network. Therefore, these system's /etc/inet/hosts files must contain the following:
Loopback address
IPv4 address and host name of the local system (primary network interface)
IPv4 address and host name of additional network interfaces that are attached to this system, if applicable
IPv4 addresses and host names of all hosts on the local network
IPv4 addresses and host names of any routers that this system must know about, if applicable
IPv4 address of any system your system wants to refer to by its host name
Figure 10-1 shows the /etc/inet/hosts file for system tenere. This system runs in local files mode. Notice that the file contains the IPv4 addresses and host names for every system on the 192.9.200 network. The file also contains the IPv4 address and interface name timbuktu-201. This interface connects the 192.9.200 network to the 192.9.201 network.
A system that is configured as a network client uses the local /etc/inet/hosts file for its loopback address and IPv4 address.
Figure 10-1 /etc/inet/hosts File for a System Running in Local Files Mode
Note - The ipnodes database is no longer included in releases after Solaris 10 11/06. In these subsequent releases, the IPv6 features of ipnodes migrate into the hosts database.
The /etc/inet/ipnodes file stores both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Moreover, you can store IPv4 addresses in either traditional dotted decimal or CIDR notation. This file serves as a local database that associates the names of hosts with their IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Do not store host names and their addresses in static files, such as /etc/inet/ipnodes. However, for testing purposes, store IPv6 addresses in a file in the same way that IPv4 addresses are stored in /etc/inet/hosts. The ipnodes file uses the same format convention as the hosts file. For more information on /etc/inet/hosts, refer to hosts Database. See the ipnodes(4) man page for a description of the ipnodes file.
IPv6-enabled applications use the /etc/inet/ipnodes database. The existing /etc/hosts database, which contains only IPv4 addresses, remains the same to facilitate existing applications. If the ipnodes database does not exist, IPv6-enabled applications use the existing hosts database.
Note - If you need to add addresses, you must add IPv4 addresses to both the hosts and ipnodes files. You add IPv6 addresses to the ipnodes file only.
Example 10-3 /etc/inet/ipnodes File
You must group host name addresses by the host name, as shown in this example.
# # Internet IPv6 host table # with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses # ::1 localhost 2001:db8:3b4c:114:a00:20ff:fe78:f37c farsite.com farsite farsite-v6 fe80::a00:20ff:fe78:f37c farsite-11.com farsitell 192.168.85.87 farsite.com farsite farsite-v4 2001:db8:86c0:32:a00:20ff:fe87:9aba nearsite.com nearsite nearsite-v6 fe80::a00:20ff:fe87:9aba nearsite-11.com nearsitell 10.0.0.177 nearsite.com nearsite nearsite-v4 loghost
You need to edit the netmasks database as part of network configuration only if you have set up subnetting on your network. The netmasks database consists of a list of networks and their associated subnet masks.
Note - When you create subnets, each new network must be a separate physical network. You cannot apply subnetting to a single physical network.
Subnetting is a method for maximizing the limited 32-bit IPv4 addressing space and reducing the size of the routing tables in a large internetwork. With any address class, subnetting provides a means of allocating a part of the host address space to network addresses, which lets you have more networks. The part of the host address space that is allocated to new network addresses is known as the subnet number.
In addition to making more efficient use of the IPv4 address space, subnetting has several administrative benefits. Routing can become very complicated as the number of networks grows. A small organization, for example, might give each local network a class C number. As the organization grows, the administration of a number of different network numbers could become complicated. A better idea is to allocate a few class B network numbers to each major division in an organization. For example, you could allocate one Class B network to Engineering, one Class B to Operations, and so on. Then, you could divide each class B network into additional networks, using the additional network numbers gained by subnetting. This division can also reduce the amount of routing information that must be communicated among routers.
As part of the subnetting process, you need to select a network-wide netmask. The netmask determines how many and which bits in the host address space represent the subnet number and how many and which bits represent the host number. Recall that the complete IPv4 address consists of 32 bits. Depending on the address class, as many as 24 bits and as few as 8 bits can be available for representing the host address space. The netmask is specified in the netmasks database.
If you plan to use subnets, you must determine your netmask before you configure TCP/IP. If you plan to install the operating system as part of network configuration, the Oracle Solaris installation program requests the netmask for your network.
As described in Designing an IPv4 Addressing Scheme, 32-bit IP addresses consist of a network part and a host part. The 32 bits are divided into 4 bytes. Each byte is assigned to either the network number or the host number, depending on the network class.
For example, in a class B IPv4 address, the 2 bytes on the left are assigned to the network number, and the 2 bytes on the right are assigned to the host number. In the class B IPv4 address 172.16.10, you can assign the 2 bytes on the right to hosts.
If you are to implement subnetting, you need to use some of the bits in the bytes that are assigned to the host number to apply to subnet addresses. For example, a 16-bit host address space provides addressing for 65,534 hosts. If you apply the third byte to subnet addresses and the fourth byte to host addresses, you can address up to 254 networks, with up to 254 hosts on each network.
The bits in the host address bytes that are applied to subnet addresses and those applied to host addresses are determined by a subnet mask. Subnet masks are used to select bits from either byte for use as subnet addresses. Although netmask bits must be contiguous, they need not align on byte boundaries.
The netmask can be applied to an IPv4 address by using the bitwise logical AND operator. This operation selects out the network number and subnet number positions of the address.
Netmasks can be explained in terms of their binary representation. You can use a calculator for binary-to-decimal conversion. The following examples show both the decimal and binary forms of the netmask.
If a netmask 255.255.255.0 is applied to the IPv4 address 172.16.41.101, the result is the IPv4 address of 172.16.41.0.
172.16.41.101 & 255.255.255.0 = 172.16.41.0
In binary form, the operation is as follows:
10000001.10010000.00101001.01100101 (IPv4 address)
ANDed with
11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000 (netmask)
Now the system looks for a network number of 172.16.41 instead of a network number of 172.16. If your network has the number 172.16.41, that number is what the system checks for and finds. Because you can assign up to 254 values to the third byte of the IPv4 address space, subnetting lets you create address space for 254 networks, where previously space was available for only one.
If you are providing address space for only two additional networks, you can use the following subnet mask:
This netmask provides the following result:
This result still leaves 14 bits available for host addresses. Because all 0s and 1s are reserved, at least 2 bits must be reserved for the host number.
If your network runs NIS or LDAP, the servers for these name services maintain netmasks databases. For networks that use local files for the name service, this information is maintained in the /etc/inet/netmasks file.
Note - For compatibility with BSD-based operating systems, the /etc/netmasks file is a symbolic link to /etc/inet/netmasks.
The following example shows the /etc/inet/netmasks file for a class B network.
Example 10-4 /etc/inet/netmasks File for a Class B Network
# The netmasks file associates Internet Protocol (IPv4) address # masks with IPv4 network numbers. # # network-number netmask # # Both the network-number and the netmasks are specified in # "decimal dot" notation, e.g: # # 188.8.131.52 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0
If the /etc/netmasks file does not exist, create it with a text editor. Use the following syntax:
network-number netmask-number
Refer to the netmasks(4) man page for complete details.
When creating netmask numbers, type the network number that is assigned by the ISP or Internet Registry (not the subnet number) and the netmask number in /etc/inet/netmasks. Each subnet mask should be on a separate line.
For example:
220.127.116.11 255.255.248.0
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This morning (Wed/16), outside the San Francisco Community Recycler's Center in the parking lot of the Safeway at Church and Market streets, a group of protesters stood in a cluster, chanting: "Cans not condos!"
As the Guardian previously reported, Safeway is in the process of evicting the recycling center, which continued to operate up until yesterday. The San Francisco Sheriff's Department, which carries out evictions on Wednesdays, had signaled to the center's operators that they could be forced out anytime after July 16.
That led supporters and volunteers with the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness to show up at 5:30am in a bid to beat the sheriff there. They stood on the sidewalk outside the recycling center's locked gate, waving signs.
"We'll be holding space as long as we can," Lisa-Marie Altorre, of the Coalition on Homelessness, told the Guardian a little after 7am. Calls to the Sheriff's Department were not returned, but Altorre said around 12:15 that supporters had received "official word" that the eviction would be going forward, "likely later in the day."
[UPDATE: Sheriff's Department deputies showed up at 7am the next morning to enforce the eviction, and the center is now closed.]
Sup. Scott Wiener told the Guardian in an earlier interview that his District 8 constituents had complained about the recycling center's presence, saying the facility draws too many unruly patrons, who are often homeless. A new condominium development looms over the recycling center from one direction, while a mixed-use condo development with a Whole Foods on the ground floor lies just across the street.
But recycling center operators argue that the eviction will be harmful to patrons, who need the extra money to get by, and that it will erode the city's environmental goals. There's also an issue of impacts on surrounding small businesses, which could be required under state law to accept recycling in-store, a burdensome task for smaller retailers, or to pay fees.
"Eliminating community-based recycling has grave impacts on San Francisco, from public safety to huge environmental fails, including moving us away from goals of being Zero Waste in 2020," said Ed Dunn of the San Francisco Community Recyclers Center. Dunn was previously affiliated with the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council Recycling Center, which was evicted from a parking lot in Golden Gate Park. "It is sad to think any elected leader would support a move like this," Dunn said, "and a corporation like Safeway would get away with turning their back on their corporate civic responsibility to something as vital as recycling."


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On November 20th, 1938, Edgar Cayce was asked to give a reading for Study Group #1 on with an explanation of the true spirit of Thanksgiving. It was a challenging time, like today, and the world was filled with fear and uncertainty. Following is the text of Reading 3976-21. May it fill you with inspiration and a greater appreciation of Thanksgiving. Best wishes for a very Happy Thanksgiving from Edgar Cayce's A.R.E.
Gertrude Cayce:
You will give at this time information which may stimulate in the hearts and minds of those gathered here a greater appreciation of the true spirit of Thanksgiving, and which may be to all those to whom it is sent an inspiration and an explanation for Thanksgiving even in the face of personal problems and spreading world-wide fears and hatreds that seem to dominate so many minds today.
Edgar Cayce:
Yes, we have the subject here; and many there be that appear with the desire to give their own interpretation upon such a subject. But rather would we choose--from the more universal need of those here, as well as mankind everywhere that thought, that purpose, that attribute of man's choice to show, to give thanksgiving for not only the blessings as may be the experience of many but the fuller meaning of the appreciation of Life itself and the opportunity which is offered to all through same to become more and more aware of their relationship to the Creative Force or God.
It is well that ye be reminded, then, of how--in those periods when there were the preparations in the lives and experiences of a peculiar people, under unusual circumstances, in extraordinary environments--they were reminded, not in their days of plenty but in the days when each day they were given only sufficient for that day, that periods were to be, should be, set aside when thanksgiving was to be a part of their activity--their remembrances for all the joys, the sorrows, the disappointments, the hopes that were and might be theirs if--if--they would but hold to those promises; relying--as it was necessary in those days, those hours, for a complete dependence--upon the bounty of a merciful Father, who had a purpose in the bringing out, in the edifying, in the directing.
And today, as ye look back upon those experiences, ye--too--find thyselves chosen.
Have ye chosen Him? For as was given then, "If ye will be my people, I will be thy God!" This is a universal experience, then. To each soul gathered here, to each soul throughout the land, to each soul as may be in all lands: "If ye will be My people, I will be thy God!"
Then in this land--as ye understand--when in the experiences of a handful of those seeking a place where they might worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience, the bounties of the land were in such measures as to preserve their lives--then there was the proclamation that thanksgiving must be in the mind and heart of each soul. So in this land was set the precedent that has come to mean so much that year after year thy rulers of the several States, thy director in the general, have kept, do keep that precedent.
Then, to all: As ye do in the spirit of true thanksgiving come to realize, as ye find in thy daily experience with thy fellow man--he that is unappreciative of opportunity, of care, of thought, of longsuffering, to thine own mind becomes very little. What, then, will ye - as servants--yea, as children of a living God, of a living promise to thee--do about such a period, such a day?
For the day itself is as nothing. Remember how He as the Teacher of teachers gave that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath!
Then remember, Thanksgiving is thy opportunity to show thy appreciation to thy friend, thy home, thy mother, thy children--yea, most of all to thy God! As it may be truly said--of all the days for man's opportunity, of man's making, of man's concern, truly Thanksgiving should be nearer and dearer to the hearts of those who are appreciative of Life and its opportunities, under any experience! For remember, it was instituted not under plenty but under needs.
What is the need then of man in this day of disturbed mind, of anxieties?
That ye may reconsecrate, rededicate - each of you - thy heart, thy body, thy purpose, to the living God! This is the message then that should be to all.
Let this day of Thanksgiving be not only that wherein to enjoy that which may satiate the body, that which may make for the gratifying of appetites of the body, but that day when each of you may give thanks to God for being alive--with the opportunities to raise thy voice in prayer, in praise, in thanksgiving for the love He hath shown, that He showers upon thee day by day!
And as ye do this--in the spirit of love, in the spirit of truth, of patience, of longsuffering--ye will receive that awareness of His closeness to thee. And this will bring you to the greater knowledge, the greater understanding of what He would have thee do.Let thy life, thy experience then, be not without purpose.
What do ye then purpose to do with His promises to thee?
In this land ye may give praise for freedom of speech, for the opportunities to raise thy voice in whatever way and manner ye choose. For know, as He taught, the principles of life are that as ye do unto the least of thy brethren ye do unto thy Maker. Then, as ye give thanks, as ye give praise to thy friends for kindnesses, for gentlenesses, for those things that make thy experience more bearable in a cruel world--under circumstances oft where a troubled heart is made lighter--how much greater in this day, then, that is set aside by thy laws, by the judgments of thy governors and of thy president--how much more ye would give thanks to God!
For it is in Him indeed that ye live, that ye move and have thy being. Let thy heart then be glad. And as has been indicated, let each raise his voice in thanksgiving for all that has, that may come to pass in the experience of each soul that prays, "Thy will, O God, be done in me--now. Not as I will, but as Thou would have me go."
Pray that peace may be in the minds and hearts of those who direct the destiny of the many, throughout the world. For they are not in power of themselves, but that ye--too--may learn a lesson to do, and to seek to do, the will of thy Father; and not to do that which is IN direct contradiction to that of praise to thy Lord, thy God.
Keep then that Day in praise, in thanksgiving, in such ways, such a manner that ye show to thy conscience that what ye worship as thy God is aware of thy appreciation of life!
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In Richard Carr's role as Senior Administrative Assistant at Yale Cancer Center, he supports the Department of Hematology.
Richard's job entails managing calendars, travel, and administrative tasks such as making copies, putting together binders, and assisting with department functions when needed. Richard has twelve years of experience as an Administrative Assistant, and half of that time has been spent working in the medical field at places like Proctor and Gamble, in their pharmaceutical division, Bayer, and Biotech. He has been at Yale for a year and a half.
"At some point everyone's life is affected by cancer, and knowing that the small things I do each day may make a difference in some way is very rewarding," said Richard.
Richard serves as the eyes and ears of the Hematology Department and makes sure things are running smoothly. He explained that each day he is presented with some new challenge and that is one of the things he enjoys about his job. Dr. Dhodapkar commented, "Richard has an exceptional work ethic. He always has a smile on his face and a "can do" attitude coupled with remarkable organizational skills. He is always willing to help out, pays attention to detail and is extremely reliable."


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With the advent of Twitter I've blogged a lot less. It's tempting to think that I've been sacrificing long, thoughtful blog posts for short, mindless Tweets. It turns out that a decent portion of my blogging volume, especially in my early blogging years (say 2003-2006) involved short posts. I recently reviewed a lot of my earlier blog posts, and noticed many of them looked just like Tweets. They may not have fit within the 140 character limit, but they were short indeed.
For me, Twitter is a very compelling medium. It's more interactive, more frequently updated, and just easier to use. I have only ever blogged from a laptop. I use Twitter a lot on my phone and increasingly on my tablet. The ability to send a Tweet while reading a Web page is especially compelling.
On the down side, Twitter surely lacks the "institutional memory" of a blog. I can easily search my blog for past content, navigate via time or label, and read fairly complete thoughts in a narrative format. I can build a new book around ideas on my blog; I can't do that with old Tweets.
Note: can anyone remember who posted the analysis of blogging vs Tweeting output? I was listed in that post but I don't remember who wrote it. Also, thanks to activating a setting on the blog, I now get an email whenever a visitor posts a comment for moderation. Expect faster response times now!


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What is left of the village of Khuzaa after the summer 2014 war in Gaza. Photo by Lazar Simeonov.
An independent UN Commission mandated to investigate the possible breach of international humanitarian law during the last year's Gaza War published its findings yesterday, June 22. The report suggests that actions that may be war crimes were executed by both sides of the conflict and called upon Israel and the Palestinian factions to collaborate with the International Criminal Court.
"The report in hand was commissioned by a notoriously biased institution; it was given an obviously biased mandate; it was initially headed by a grossly biased chairperson who received money from the Palestinians and was forced to resign," said Netanyahu in an immediate attempt to discredit the UN document.
The report questions the proportionality of the Israeli attacks that targeted densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip. The type of weapons used and the timing of the attacks "indicate that the IDF may not have done everything feasible to avoid or limit civilian casualties" - conduct that could amount to a war crime.
Hamas, on the other hand, has welcomed the report labelling it as "a clear condemnation of the occupation" that will bring "its leaders to the International Criminal Court and try them for their crimes against our people," Ma'an News Agency reported.
Nonetheless, the Commission chaired by Mary McGowan Davis voiced equal concerns about the appropriateness and legitimacy of the acts carried out by the various Palestinian factions operating in the Gaza Strip, Hamas included. In this respect, it directly condemned the "extrajudicial executions of alleged collaborators" and "the use of inherently indiscriminate projectiles towards Israel" that caused "immense distress and disruption" to Israelis' lives.
With regards to Israeli accusations that Hamas used Gaza's civilian population as human shields, the UNHRC expressed regrets that due to repetitive Israeli bans on access to Gaza, it was unable to verify these allegations.
Yet, it has acknowledged that, "In cases where the goal may have been to use the presence of civilians to protect military assets from attack," this would amount to a violation of the international law that prohibits the use of human shields in armed conflicts.
PLO Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat said that the PA will review the findings "with the highest consideration, in line with its staunch commitment to ensuring respect for these esteemed bodies of international law," reported Ma'an News Agency.
To the contrary, the Israeli Foreign Ministry criticised the impartiality of the UN and said that, "The United Nations Human Rights Council has a singular obsession with Israel. It has passed more resolutions against Israel than against Syria, North Korea and Iran combined."
All other reports published by senior generals from the U.S. and NATO have confirmed that "Israel upholds the highest standards of international law," and in the laws of armed conflict, it even "exceeds the highest standards," the statement continued.
Mary McGowan Davis, chair of the UN-appointed Commission said that, "The extent to the devastation and human suffering in Gaza is unprecedented and will impact generations to come." 1,462 Palestinian civilians were killed and tens of thousands wounded. On Israeli side, 6 civilians died from Hamas' launched rocket attacks and 1,600 were injured.
During the 50-day war, Israel carried out over 6,000 airstrikes hitting both civilian and military targets across Gaza. Palestinian armed factions fired 4,881 rockets and 1,753 mortars, a majority of which landed in uninhabited areas in southern Israel, reads the report.
Secretary General of The Palestinian National Initiative, Al-Mubadara, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti told the Palestine Monitor, "Although the report does not cover the full scale of Israeli violations, it does provide definite proof that the Israeli army and government committed war crimes that should be immediately investigated by the International Criminal Court."
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Audiences don't seem to mind Charlie Sheen's off-screen antics and neither does one of his "Two and a Half Men" guest stars.
Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson caught up with Jenny McCarthy, who kicks off her guest-starring arc alongside Sheen on the CBS comedy on Monday night, at the 2010 American Music Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.
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The actress said she returned to the "Two and a Half Men" set, where she previously kicked off her guest-starring role as Courtney (a con-artist, who causes trouble for Sheen's character on the show) in 2007, with an open mind – despite Sheen's recent headlines.
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"What I've learned in this business is to never have assumption about anything, be opened minded and I always am," she told Shaun. "I've done the show before, and he was awesome, really, really awesome."
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Capri Anderson, the adult film actress found in Charlie Sheen's New York City hotel room last month, appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday and claimed she was planning on suing the actor over their recent incident at New York's Plaza Hotel.
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Our research is based upon the values of Norwegian early childhood education. We have close contact with the early education area, and our research has great influence on the development of the Norwegian early education and care sector.
Read more about ECEC research at the University of Stavanger.
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Project management team: Anne Mangen and Trude Hoel, Norwegian Reading Centre, Margrethe Jernes, Department of Early Childhood Education, UiS
Project owner: City of Stavanger
Partner institutions: Nettop UiS, University of Agder, University of Oslo, University College of Southeast Norway, University of Helsinki.
Scientific Advisory Board: University of Edmonton (Canada), Sterling University (UK), Sheffield University (UK)
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Jeremy's influence on the sport is hardly limited to riding the most technical lines around the globe. Jones is founder and CEO of the non-profit Protect Our Winters, uniting the winter sports community in a fight to slow global warming. In 2010, he launched Jones Snowboards to further progress the growing backcountry and splitboard scene that he has revolutionized.
Jones, the nine-time Snowboarder Magazine "Big Mountain Rider of the Year," is currently filming around the world for Further, the two-year film follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2010 snowboard movie, Deeper.
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Cool Tools has previously recommended Finale Allegro but I have been hearing about MuseScore and open source software music scoring apps. If you have experience using alternatives to Finale, would you make a recommendation?0
There are lots of music notation software packages out there, and they can be pretty pricey. Not having that kind of money, I cast my lot long ago with Noteworthy Composer, and have been very happy with it. Admittedly my use of it is very narrow: I sing in a community chorus, and sometimes when we commission a new work with tricky aspects, the music director asks me to create MIDI files that singers can listen to for learning their parts. Noteworthy is perfect for this. I use its typewriter keyboard input mode, but if you have a MIDI keyboard you can use that. It costs around $50, far less than the expensive and probably more flexible programs. http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/
I've been using Finale since Mac's System 6. A book said find the software you want and then find the computer to run it - Finale was the best out there and was Mac only at the time. I compose and arrange and Finale lets me do all kinds of things with the layouts and to use unusual time signatures. If you're willing to work with it, it can produce beautiful looking scores and parts.
The downside is that since it went PC and well as Mac some years back, it got clunkier on Macs. There's definitely a learning curve, and it's seems less intuitive than it once was. The other pro program I've heard lots of good things about is Sibelious, but it was never worth it to me to go learn a whole different way of doing things when I'd gotten Finale to do what I wanted.
There is a holy war between Finale and Sibelius users that nearly rises to the level of Mac v PC. I won't add fuel to that fire but if you don't need to make huge, complex, orchestral scores, there is a great web app for notaion called Noteflight. There is a free version for trying it out and doing simple layouts, and a subscription model (called crescendo) that opens up many additional features, such as midi input, high-quality playback samples, individual part output, templates, and others. Definitely worth a look, and there is a demo mode for the pay version as well. http://noteflight.com
I've had a great experience with Lilypond, an open source music notation system. But, it helps to be pretty geeky to use it, because it relies on text input, not a GUI. But, the output looks great, and it is pretty darn flexible. http://lilypond.org/
Back when I was in grad school for music composition, I was the lone PC user in the department. I was using what was, at the time, the industry standard tool for professional music engraving: SCORE. It ran on DOS (even though Windows and Mac were ubiquitous at the time) and the interface was arcane. The results were nothing short of spectacular. For whatever reason, I could never get comfortable with Finale. I had better luck learning Sibelius, and continue to use it for some things, but when I engrave final scores and parts, I invariably re-do it in SCORE. I'd be hesitant to recommend Sibelius, though, given Avid sacked the entire Sibelius development team and moved development to a brand new team of developers.
Ultimately, the best notation software will depend on a few factors (in no particular order): 1) the complexity of the music; 2) personal use/posterity or to put in front of performers? ; 3) preferred interface/input method and UI; 4) special notation requirements? (e.g., guitar tablature, harp pedals, etc.); 5) how important is MIDI playback?; 6) What's your budget?
For music that is no more complex than "common practice era" Western concert music (Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, etc.) you're probably going to get more than adequate output out of just about any of the more well-known packages, commercial (e.g., Finale, Sibelius, Notion, Igor, Noteflight) or Open Source (LilyPond, MuseScore). More complex music or special notation requirements filter the list.
There is, unfortunately, no one-size-fits-all answer. Even the most expensive and arguably most entrenched modern professional tools fall short, which is why I keep SCORE running.
I use Sibelius; I started with version 4 and now am on 7. As a poster above mentioned, people either swear by Finale or Sibelius, and the 2 tend to leapfrog each other with features. I purchased Sibelius because people I collaborated with were using it but the thing I appreciated most was the well-written, easy-to-follow manual. At the time Sibelius had a reputation of being easier to learn than Finale although I'm not sure this still holds true. I tend to use just a fraction of the features available in Sibelius; I use it for type-setting scores (mostly lead sheets), and find it to be reasonably easy to use, with great output. Each new version has improved functionality that I felt was worth the price of the upgrade. Version 7 introduced a Microsoft Office-style ribbon for features, which generated a lot of controversy. I guess if you like it in Office, you'd like it here. For me it often gets in the way of getting things done; I tend to use the program just seldom enough to forget where lesser-used features reside on the ribbon (the same complaint I have with Office). Sibelius was purchased by Avid a couple years ago and the design team responsible for Sibelius versions 1-7 (and apparently much of the early development in the next version) have left the company. This has concerned many long-time users, who feel that Avid hasn't supported Sibelius to the extent it needs. Guess we'll see what happens next with the company...
I've always leaned toward Finale myself. In my one year of music school, we actually learned both Sibelius and Finale, and for me, Finale was more intuitive. I felt like I picked it up fairly quickly and I liked the interface.
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Jeff Samardzija was about as dominant as a pitcher could be today, unfortunately the final score really doesn't tell the story. The Cubs offense got back to normal as they could only manage five hits and one run against Braves starter Tim Hudson in the loss. The game changed in the sixth as the Braves looked to get a break as the home plate umpire ruled that Chris Johnson was hit by a pitch, it looked like it missed him on the replay but it was a close call. That loaded the bases and Ramiro Pena followed with a ground ball base hit, which arguably could have been had by a Major League second baseman, unfortunately the Cubs had Alberto Gonzalez there. Just like that it was 3-1 Braves and basically over given the Cubs lack of offensive anything. Home opener tomorrow!
At The Plate – Nothing good really. After yesterday's "explosion" the Cubs could only manage five hits, and only one extra base hit. Starlin Castro might be on the verge of getting hot as he was 2-for-4 with two singles. Anthony Rizzo provided the only RBI of the game and finished the day 1-for-4, and David DeJesus doubled for his only hit of the game. The Cubs left seven guys on base and were o-for-4 with runners in scoring position today.
On The Mound – It was the Jeff Samardzija show, and it's really unfortunate that he didn't get a win, or a no decision and was hung with a loss because he really didn't deserve it. Samardzija went 5.2 innings giving up four runs on four hits while walking four and striking out thirteen. Hector Rondon had a solid inning of work out of the pen as he allowed nothing while striking out two. Hisanori Takahashi gave up a run in his inning of work, a solo home run to Dan Uggla, he also struck out one.
Up Next – The home opener! Something to get excited about after two mind numbing losses. Edwin Jackson gets the honors and will face off against Marco Estrada and the Brewers.
Stat Of The Night – Jeff Samardzija set a career high with thirteen strikeouts in only 5.2 innings, besting his previous high of eleven.
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US Labor Law for Farmworkers
Farmworkers frequently encounter abusive labor practices at the hands of unscrupulous employers. Workers all too often labor for employers who skirt the minimum wage laws or practice other forms of wage theft, work under unhealthy or dangerous conditions, or are made to live in grossly substandard housing. Employment abuses in agriculture are difficult to address because farm work is not covered by many important labor protections enjoyed by most other workers in this country. Nonetheless, farmworkers do rely on some of the provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ("AWPA") to provide minimum levels of worker protections. These laws and their impact on the lives of farmworkers are described in some detail below.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
FLSA, originally enacted in 1938, guarantees most workers a minimum wage for each hour worked. FLSA also provides for overtime pay by requiring that most employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek be paid one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for each hour over forty hours per week. FLSA further requires employers to comply with recordkeeping requirements, including maintaining payroll records for employees
Until 1966, the FLSA excluded farmworkers. FLSA now applies the minimum wage and recordkeeping provisions to most agricultural workers and employers. Agricultural workers who are paid on a piecework basis rather than an hourly basis are entitled to receive the minimum wage — their average earnings should be sufficient to yield an average hourly wage at least equivalent to the minimum wage. The overtime pay provisions of FLSA, however, are still not applicable to farmworkers. Further, the many agricultural workers employed on smaller farms — any farm that employs fewer than roughly seven workers in a calendar quarter — are not even protected by the minimum wage provisions of the FLSA.
The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour (as of July 24, 2009). Previously, the federal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour had not been raised since 1997, leaving a significant proportion of farmworkers below the poverty line and unable to meet the basic costs of living.
Most states have also enacted minimum wage laws. View the state minimum wages map (January 2020).
FLSA and Hot Goods
Farmworker Justice Factsheet on Hot Goods in Agriculture
► Rep. Schrader's HR1387 Bill Protects Minimum Wage & Child Labor Violators– Farmworker Justice Analysis of proposed FLSA amendment.
FLSA and Child Labor
The FLSA has child labor protections that offer less protection to agricultural workers than to all other workers. Under the law, for tasks designated by DOL as "hazardous," there is a minimum age of 18 years for all industries except agriculture, which has a minimum age of 16 for such tasks, even though agriculture is one of the three most dangerous industries. In other ways, the child-labor protections in agriculture are lower than in other industries. For example, for most jobs the normal minimum age is 16 years (with few exceptions), but in agriculture it is 14 years (with many exceptions). Moreover, there are fewer restrictions in agriculture on the number of hours that children are permitted to work. There are no restrictions on agricultural work being done by children as young as 12 years old early in the morning or late into the night. Nor does the FLSA contain any restrictions on the number of hours worked per day or per week by young farmworkers (except that no work can be done during school hours). The law's protections against the hazards of students working in shopping malls are stronger than the protections against children working in agriculture where toxic pesticides, heavy machinery and other hazards threaten their future. In addition, agricultural employers' ability to employ low-cost child labor (often "off the books") helps to perpetuate adult farmworkers' low rates of pay, which in turn prevents farmworkers from earning enough to obtain child care or prohibit their children from working in the fields.
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act of 1983
The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA/MSPA)is the principal federal employment law for farmworkers. While the law does not grant farmworkers the right to join labor unions or access to collective bargaining, it does contain some important protections. Its roots are in a 1963 law that was enacted in the wake of Edward R. Murrow's shattering documentary film about farmworkers Harvest of Shame, aired by CBS during Thanksgiving in 1960.
AWPA includes the following requirements: agricultural employers must disclose terms of employment at the time of recruitment and comply with those terms; employers, when using farm labor contractors ("FLCs" or "crewleaders") to recruit, supervise or transport farmworkers, must confirm that the FLCs are registered with and licensed by the U.S. Department of Labor; providers of housing to farmworkers must meet local and federal housing standards; and transporters of farmworkers must use vehicles that meet basic federal safety standards and are insured. Like FLSA, AWPA does not apply to smaller employers.
Congress enacted AWPA in 1983 to replace an earlier law, the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 (FLCRA). FLCRA focused on regulating farm labor contractors, who were notorious for refusing to pay workers their wages and subjecting farmworkers to debt peonage and even slavery. In enacting AWPA, the legislature established labor law obligations on the part of the growers who employ farmworkers even if the growers use the services of farm labor contractors. Some growers have claimed that they do not "employ" any farmworkers and therefore need not comply with the minimum wage or other labor laws; such growers contend that the labor contractor is the sole "employer" of the farmworker. In some instances, growers contend that farmworkers are "independent contractors" and not "employees" at all. To address such problems, Congress also adopted a broad definition of employment relationships so that in most cases a farmworker is an "employee" and the grower who uses a FLC is responsible, as a joint employer with the FLC, for providing farmworkers with AWPA's labor protections. The law is administered and enforced by DOL's Wage and Hour Division, and through lawsuits in federal courts that may be filed by farmworkers.
In the past, agricultural employers have sought Congressional intervention to substantially weaken AWPA's protections and enforcement. These companies generally lobby through trade associations, such as the National Council of Agricultural Employers, the American Farm Bureau Federation, state Farm Bureaus, the California Grape and Tree Fruit League and other commodity-based organizations. Such groups make various arguments, including that compliance with AWPA is onerous, that it "unfairly singles out agriculture," that the enforcement of the law is heavy-handed, and that they are competing in a global economy where many countries have even fewer protections for workers. Legislative proposals have attempted to lower safety requirements for the transportation and housing of farmworkers, weaken enforcement mechanisms, and narrowly define employment relationships so that many growers could not be held responsible as "employers" for labor violations. The agricultural employers' demands for changes in AWPA are unjustified. Instead of being weakened, AWPA and the enforcement of AWPA should be strengthened.


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This is what you get when you combine a MAME arcade cabinet with a home made TARDIS replica box. Sad, yet impressive, all at the same time.
How do we know it was a man? Do you know any women who would make something like this? Q.E.D.
Building a MAME console inside a TARDIS [Asciimation via Neatorama]


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I had some errands to run after work that required me to go home via Westport. On my way south on Main, I saw the beginnings of Kansas City's Tax-Day #Teaparty. I don't completely grasp what the deal is with this "Tea Party" business.
I do know that despite what they say about being a non-partisan grassroots movement, it is unsurprisingly heavy on conservative participants. It's strange to see conservatives protest with this kind of turn-out. Usually, you only get this kind of sign-holding crowd with people decrying the war, fighting for gay rights and civil liberties. Sure, a few conservative extremists might picket abortion clinics, but I'm talking about hundreds of protesters, perhaps even a thousand. I've never seen anything like this from a conservative group.
Anyhow, here's the photos from near the Liberty Memorial.
The current Flag of the United States of America is a complex one with no official meaning to its symbols other than one star for each state in the union. While it tugs at the heart-strings of America, its meaning is open to interpretation.
Unless you're a history buff, you've probably never seen or heard of the Gadsden Flag until recently, when it started regaining popularity. There's not much left to interpret. It's a freaking rattlesnake ready to strike, with the words "DONT TREAD ON ME" [sic] written on it. It was one of the earliest flags from our history. It was blunt and to the point. It still is.
It's hard to tell from these photos (some of which were taken at the limit of my point-and-shoot camera's digital zoom) but there are also droves of protesters on the memorial structure in the background.
Time to reel this back into bicycling, though.
I have never ridden home from Westport before. That was interesting. I ended up taking Westport Road out to Mission Road, taking that more or less all the way to Tomahawk, then back through old-town Overland Park as if I were coming back from the usual Monday night ride.
I had one interesting moment on Shawnee Mission Parkway (which I had to use as a detour for a short section of Mission road) where I found a kid on a 49cc Honda scooter attempting to race me. While I'm certain his top speed would have bested my own, I had the jump on him when it came to accelerating. I haven't hit 37 MPH on my bike (without the help of a serious downhill) in months. It felt good to sprint for a bit.
All in all, the day's errands added a mere two miles to my homeward. I also learned about a few stretches of bike-friendly road... and a few dicey sections that I am not quite sure I want to ride on in evening rush-hour again.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
I had some errands to run after work that required me to go home via Westport. On my way south on Main, I saw the beginnings of Kansas City's Tax-Day #Teaparty. I don't completely grasp what the deal is with this "Tea Party" business.
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- Bryan said...
Our current flag does have more meaning than just 50 stars representing each of the states. The 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies while the color red symbolizes hardiness & valor, white symbolizes purity & innocence, and blue symbolizes vigilance, perseverance, and justice.
Since 31 May 2002, the US Navy has been using the Culpepper Flag in place of the typical Jack on all ships. It's a variation of the Gadsden Flag but has 13 red and white stripes with a rattle snake on it. It has the words "Don't Tread On Me" on it as well.
- April 16, 2009 9:45 AM
- Noah said...
I couldn't find anywhere that said there was any official meaning. Sure, we know what red, white and blue "stand for" - As it's been passed down through the generations. The US Code specifies all kinds of things about the flag and how it should be represented, but doesn't define what the symbols mean. It is, indeed, open to interpretation.
I'm also familiar with the Culpepper flag variant.
I wasn't so much arguing that the current flag is somehow lacking, but I can say that if one sees the Gadsden flag, there's no hidden meaning in its symbolism. It's pretty blatant.
- April 16, 2009 10:00 AM
- Bryan said...
My bad. Didn't realize you said "official" meaning. Guess I need to read a little closer next time.
I wasn't trying to start any kind of political argument over the flags either. I just tend to pay extra attention to what's said since I served in the military for so long.
- April 16, 2009 10:28 AM
- Miguel said...
The tea party organizers are:
FreedomWorks, the conservative action group led by Dick Armey; dontGO, a tech savvy free-market action group that sprung out of last August's oil-drilling debate in the House of Representatives;
and Americans for Prosperity, an issue advocacy/activist group based on free market principles. Conservative bloggers, talk show hosts, and other media figures have attached themselves to the movement in peripheral capacities
- April 17, 2009 9:38 AM
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