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Teaching Teachers to Reflect on Race
As America's schools grow increasingly diverse, powerful educators can't be "colorblind."
As a faculty member in a teacher education program, I have been part of a team of faculty who have created a new mandatory course, "Identity and Teaching," to help preservice teachers develop cultural competence and racial awareness that are vital for effectively teaching in diverse schools. The specific purpose of the course is to allow preservice teachers to grapple with their racial, cultural, and gender identities. The most vexing challenge for students has been their examinations of their own racial identities. Students engage in readings and activities, wrestling with questions such as, "Who am I racially? What do I believe about other racial groups? and "Does who I am and what I believe about race have ramifications for the students I teach?" The reflections and revelations that emanate from the course are invaluable, and the emotional outpouring is a testament to how difficult it is for many individuals to come to grips with their own notions of racial privilege.
Many of the students in the course explain how their discomfort is a result of race being a taboo topic for them. They express concerns such as not wanting their comments to appear racially insensitive, racist, prejudiced, or politically incorrect. Yet, facilitators guiding race-related discussions cannot allow individuals' discomfort or ignorance about race to become an escape for not addressing and analyzing their own beliefs about race. Teacher educators should be willing to push students into the uncomfortable spaces where race is being discussed on an in-depth level. Students can be asked to think about why race was not a part of their upbringing, or challenged to think about why students of color believe that race and racism are real issues in their lives.
The process of examining identity also can mean taking students to task in a respectful manner when racially inappropriate comments are made within the context of a course, such as when a White student in one of my courses stated, "Why do we spend so much time on this race stuff; these people need to just get over it." The tone and tenor of such a comment suggest that race-related issues are insignificant and need not be discussed. However, hearing the stories, learning from the experiences, and hearing some of the painful episodes that people of color encounter, may help to enlighten those who want to avoid race-related topics. The process of critically delving into race-related topics is especially important because if teachers do not have experiential knowledge regarding issues of race, they may feel inadequately prepared and retreat to the safety net of practicing "colorblindness," the practice of not acknowledging the racial identities of their students. With the best of intentions, colorblindness inadvertently renders students of color invisible.
Colorblindness can imply that there is something wrong with not being White, or that there is something embarrassing or insulting about acknowledging one's race or ethnicity. Colorblind perspectives also may reproduce racial and cultural hegemony in school practices, such as curriculum choices, teacher expectations, testing procedures, instructional practices, and even more pedestrian tasks such as seating arrangements. Because of the growing racial diversity in the United States, it is vital for teachers to understand and have the capacity to acknowledge racial diversity, and create safe, affirming, and supportive learning environments for their students to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to dialogue about race-related issues.
Preservice teachers in our identity course are informed that many of their students will see their racial identities as important—and in some cases primary—facets of who they are. The ability to talk with students openly, honestly, and from an informed standpoint about race can be a huge asset. An inability to create a learning environment that recognizes the salience of race could place these novice teachers at an extreme disadvantage.
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While research on the topic is sparse, it remains clear that one of the pressing challenges in teacher education is the largely White population of former teachers who serve as teacher educators, many of whom have not problematized issues of race. Nevertheless, they are given the daunting task of helping preservice teachers to think critically about race-related issues. Being able to effectively initiate and facilitate critical reflection about race requires the ability to critically examine one's own personal beliefs, opinions, and values about racial identity and the race of others.
The reflective process in the identity course was enhanced by a three-day workshop that each of the course instructors took before teaching the course. Each instructor engaged in activities identical to the ones they would take their own students through—activities that required the students to come to grips with their own identities around race, ethnicity, social class, and gender. The willingness on the part of teacher educators to share their own lived experiences, expose their own human frailties, and reflect on their ever-evolving identities within a community of peers is important. The practice of reflecting on race in teacher education becomes superficial if facilitators of discussions are not clear and comfortable with both their own identities and those of others.
Whatever reflective mechanisms are put in place, teacher education programs must go beyond reflection and actively engage preservice teachers in discourses about how race plays out in schools, how students make meaning of race, and to what degree race and race-related issues influence students' prospects for learning. Ray C. Rist's research on labeling and teacher expectations revealed that teachers' preconceived notions about students and their academic potential frequently were influenced by race and consequently contributed to the salience of self-fulfilling prophecies wherein students question their own potential for academic success.
The following suggestions are offered to inform teacher educators, preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and school administrators about ways to translate critical reflection into greater racial awareness.
- Develop teacher education faculty who are able to sufficiently address the complex nature of race, ethnicity, and culture. Clinical educators, lecturers, or mentor teachers can be helpful in facilitating this critical racial awareness with preservice teachers. These individuals can share their own frustrations with mistakes and strategies for making meaning out of issues pertaining to race in diverse schools. For teacher educators who have never worked in racially diverse schools, the process of critical reflection is likely to be incredibly difficult. Consequently, it can be fruitful for teacher education programs to identify former classroom teachers who have experience working in racially diverse school settings to work with preservice teachers.
- Recognize that reflection is a never-ending process. Just as the very nature of teaching is built upon always revisiting curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, the same holds true for critical self-reflection. Preservice teachers should realize that even the most seasoned and racially aware teachers are prone to mistakes, and lapses in judgment. However, they acknowledge their errors and improve their teaching accordingly.
- Emphasize that teaching is not a neutral act. It is highly political, and issues such as race and class are always tied to teaching. Teachers should be mindful of how their actions can contribute to or stifle the development of a healthy identity and sense of self among students. Teachers who refuse to monitor their own beliefs and classroom ethos can contribute to resistance on the part of students.
- Avoid reductive notions of race and culture. A critical reflection process allows teachers to recognize the array of differences that exist within groups. Not all Black students work well in groups, not all Latino students are second language learners, and not all Asian American students are high achievers. While there may be central tendencies within groups, teachers must avoid creating stereotypical profiles of students that may do more harm than good. Instead, teachers should develop individual profiles of students.
- Enumerate specific issues to reflect on. Teachers should consistently examine data and ask challenging questions about equity at their school. Such questions might include:
- What is the racial breakdown of students who are referred for special needs services?
- What is the racial breakdown of students referred for gifted education and recommended for AP/Honors classes?
- How frequently do I differentiate instruction?
- Do scoring rubrics give advantages for certain ways of knowing and expression?
- Do I allow culturally based differences in language, speech, reading, and writing to shape my perceptions about students' cognitive ability?
- Do I rely solely on traditional student assessments? How often do I allow nontraditional means of assessment such as role playing, skits, poetry, or rap to be a part of my class?
The development of a critical consciousness should not be viewed as relevant only to White teachers. One of the mistakes that can be made by teachers of color is assuming that being a member of the same racial or ethnic group as one's students automatically gives one a unique ability to connect to or effectively teach students of color. The ways in which race, ethnicity, culture, language, and social class are manifested in young people's lives are constantly in flux. Therefore, it is important to recognize that while there may be experiences that allow teachers of color to relate to certain realities of their students, this is not necessarily a given, and it is therefore highly advisable for teachers of color also to engage in the process of critical reflection.
Tyrone C. Howard is associate professor of education and Director of Center X in the Graduate School of Education at UCLA.
Adapted from Chapter 6, "Developing Cultural Competence and Racial Awareness in Classroom Teachers," from the book Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America's Classrooms, Copyright 2010 by Tyrone C. Howard. Reprinted with permission from Teacher's College Press. All rights reserved.
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Today it was above freezing in the garage, so I decided that it would be a great time to finally finish the 1972 Nova inner wheel house that I had started several weeks ago. We left off in the last post with the repair panel about 95% made. So today I just had to clean the surrounding areas up and prepare the new panel to be welded in. Easy enough right? I started by hitting all of the surrounding metal with the abrasive Roloc discs attached to the angle grinder. This removed all of the old paints, primers, and seam sealer from the "hot zone". I like to also chip off any nearby undercoating too because that stuff burns fast, and stinks like you wouldn't even believe. It's probably not so great to inhale either. Once clean, I tack'ed the new panel in place with a few spot welds, double checked everything, and then spot & stitch welded it into its new home. Then I ground the visible welds down, and snapped off a few pictures.
Next, I'm going to clean this whole area really well, and give it a good soaking in black POR-15. Sadly, I will have to wait for a warmer day because I don't have heat in my garage, and POR-15 doesn't flow or dry really well when it's sub-40 degrees F. Boooo Winter! Let's all cross our fingers and hope that we get a warm day this week. If we do, I may be able to tackle the quarter panel next weekend!

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V is for Vladimir
I can't keep up with Vladimir Putin anymore. The guy tires me out just reading about him. He discovers archeological treasures, drives tanks, arm wrestles guys twice his size and still finds time to cuddle with puppies. The man literally is the most interesting man in the world (sorry JV).
But the man scares me. Here's why:
Ask me if I'd rather get beaned by a Verlander fastball or spend 15 seconds alone with Putin in a locked room and I'll take the fastball any day of the week.


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I have just sent this suggestion to SUPPORT.
"I am a user of BW7, my primary tool. But I also use secondarily Libronix, since there I have the Anchor Bible Dictionary, Scripture in Context, HALOT, and Semitic Inscriptions. I have been reading about the ability of BW7 to set up external links and there is much discussion on the forum about these. But I have tried and simply cannot set up such a link. I have set up a group in Libronix (the workscited above) and would love to be able to right click on a word in the Hebrew of BW7 and have it either look for that verse in my Libronix group or even look for that Hebrew word in HALOT or Semitic Inscriptions. I have spent hours looking through the forum and have tried things there but cannot get them to work. Some of the models on screen are not complete since some windows are shortened or some don't even look like the External Link window I get on BW7. It would be so great if Bible Works could set up some workable Templates for connecting to Libronix that we programming illiterates could download. If you had a section in the Forum where these could be simply organized for downloading or copying, that would so increase the usability of Bible Works 7. Thank you.
Am I right in not finding such a list? Many of the numbered External Links (e.g. #28) do not look like the template I get when I open up External Links on BW7. Programming is definitely not my forte.
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Test::LectroTest::FailureRecorder - Records/plays failures for regression testing
use Test::LectroTest::Recorder; my $recorder = Test::LectroTest::Recorder->new("storage_file.txt"); my $recorder->record_failure_for_property( "property name", $input_hashref_from_counterexample ); my $failures = $recorder->get_failures_for_property("property name"); for my $input_hashref (@$failures) { # do something with hashref }
This module provides a simple means of recording property-check failures so they can be reused as regression tests. You do not need to use this module yourself because the higher-level LectroTest modules will use it for you when needed. (These docs are mainly for LectroTest developers.) The basic idea is to record a failure as a pair of the form [ <property_name>, <input hash from counterexample> ] and Dump these pairs into a text file, each record terminated by blank line so that the file can be read using paragraph-slurp mode. The module provides methods to add such pairs to a recorder file and to retrieve the recorded failures by property name. It uses a cache to avoid repetitive reads.
new(storage-file) my $recorder = Test::LectroTest::Recorder->new("/path/to/storage.txt"); Creates a new recorder object and tells it to use storage-file for the reading and writing of failures. The recorder will not access the storage file until you attempt to get or record a failure. Thus it is OK to specify a storage file that does not yet exist, provided you record failures to it before you attempt to get failures from it. get_failures_for_property(propname) my $failures = $recorder->get_failures_for_property("property name"); for my $input_hashref (@$failures) { # do something with hashref while (my ($var, $value) = each %$input_hashref) { # ... } } Returns a reference to an array that contains the recorded failures for the property with the name propname. In the event no such failures exist, the array will be empty. Each failure is represented by a hash containing the inputs that caused the failure. If the recorder's storage file does not exist or cannot be opened for reading, this method dies. Thus, you should call it from within an "eval" block. record_failure_for_property(propname, input-hashref) my $recorder->record_failure_for_property( "property name", $input_hashref_from_counterexample ); Adds a failure record for the property named propname. The record captures the counterexample represented by the input-hashref. The record is immediately appended to the recorder's storage file. Returns 1 upon success; dies otherwise. If the recorder's storage file cannot be opened for writing, this method dies. Thus, you should call it from within an "eval" block.
Test::LectroTest::TestRunner explains the internal testing apparatus, which uses the failure recorders to record and play back failures for regression testing.
The LectroTest home is http://community.moertel.com/LectroTest. There you will find more documentation, presentations, mailing-list archives, a wiki, and other helpful LectroTest- related resources. It's also the best place to ask questions.
Tom Moertel (email@example.com)
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Quoting from the website
The world's largest free genealogy search engine, Mocavo.com, provides genealogists access to the best free genealogy content on the web including billions of names, dates and places worldwide. Mocavo.com seeks to index and make searchable all of the world's free genealogy information.
I took a peek today and it's pretty darn good. The search is fast. Results lead you directly to the website where the genealogical information is found. There's no sneaky trying to keep you in a frame of the original website. Websites that snag the visitor in a frame make it so you never really know where you are or where you found the information. Mocavo doesn't do that and kudos to the creator(s) for keeping it honest!
Mocavo is new so the indexing of genealogy data sites is not complete. There is a link where you can suggest a site you think should be included in the search results so that will speed things up once visitors start utilizing that ability.
I tried a couple of genealogy searches and was impressed with the speed. I'm going to be watching Mocavo closely over the next few weeks to see how it grows. You might want to check it out at http://mocavo.com


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Ice-T's wife Coco found herself in the crosshairs of the Original Gangsta after photos of her getting cozy with another man were leaked to the web.
The reality TV starlet was all hugged up with a rapper named AP-9 while hanging out in South Beach, Miami. Ice-T allegedly vented on his Twitter feed but later deleted his statements. (Photos below via Instagram).
However, Coco has apologized on Twitter (@CocosWorld) to Ice-T and her fans, insisting that nothing happened with the man in the photos.
"Ice is right,the pics I took with this man were in poor taste & I disrespected my husband however the pics were the only thing that happened," she wrote on her page. "I feel so sad,the bottom line is I love Ice & I can understand why he's upset theres no excuse for my actions.I 'm so sorry baby & to evryone(sic)."
Ice T: "Coco Has The Best Butt On Reality TV"
Ice-T Slams Reality TV Women, Calls Coco "Perfect Wife"
Coco Turns Storm Coverage Into Wet T-Shirt Contest [VIDEO]
Ice-T's Wife Coco Apologizes For Flirtatious Flicks [PHOTOS] was originally published on theurbandaily.com


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Surprise HIV Diagnosis Becomes Life-Changing Moment
After denial, N.Y. woman finds way to keep the condition from controlling her life.
FRIDAY, Nov. 30, 2012 (HealthDay News) — It was 1995, and 36-year-old Maria Davis had it all: a successful career as a music promoter and a model, two kids, and a man she loved so much she was going to move thousands of miles to be with him.
Then she took a blood test, and everything changed.
The test was for a life insurance policy. She was young and healthy, but she wanted to make sure her children would be taken care of if something happened to her. She didn't think twice about giving a blood sample to get the insurance.
Ten days later, she received a green card from the post office telling her that there was a certified letter waiting for her.
"I'll never forget that moment when I opened up that letter," Davis said. "It said, 'We're sorry to inform you that you have the HIV antibodies.' My first thought was that my life was over. I thought I wouldn't get to see my children graduate. There wasn't a lot of information out there at the time."
She heard through a close friend that the man she loved in Jamaica was ill, which confirmed what she had suspected — that she had contracted HIV through him.
After having the HIV test confirmed, Davis went into a long period of denial. "I wasn't gay and I wasn't a white man — that's who had AIDS then," she recalled. "I didn't take any medications for a long time."
By December of 1998, Davis was very sick. She was down to 95 pounds and had a hole in her tongue from a yeast infection. She ended up in the hospital for almost two months.
"I had crossed over the line from HIV to AIDS," she said. "Someone at [a support group] told me if you don't get on a medication regimen, you won't live to see your children grow up."
That was the message she needed to hear. Davis and her doctors did not have an easy go of it, dealing with her complications and getting the virus back under control, but she said her viral load has been undetectable since 2007.
"I just started building myself up physically and spiritually, and growing in who I was," Davis said. "What I was before, I'm not now. Does that mean I'm a failure? No. I just have to do things differently. I can still run, but I run slower now." She's run in three New York City Marathons.
She also got to see her children graduate.
Davis has turned her experience into something positive. She's shared her story as an ambassador for the "Making AIDS History" project of amfAR (the American Foundation for AIDS Research) for about two years, and she's also a peer educator, saying she'll talk to anyone who'll listen about HIV. Davis is also still active in the music industry and offers HIV testing at the various showcases for new talent that she presents about once a month.
She said that people sometimes tell her they don't need to know about HIV because they don't have the disease. But, as she said, it's hard to prevent something you don't know anything about.
"HIV is a preventable disease, and you don't have to get HIV to learn about HIV," explained Davis. "HIV is an everybody thing. We should all be informing each other."
For anyone who's just been diagnosed, Davis offered some advice. "You can live," she said. "Enjoy your life. The challenges? There may be some, but you can live your life and be happy, or you can worry all the time and be negative. It doesn't have to be the center of your life."
Davis should know: She's been living with HIV for 17 years.


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I read the book like everyone else who reads books on lists. I thought it was … OK. It certainly didn't change my life or anything. Found the ending rather underwhelming. And, well, I have some serious fundamental issues with it that, um, are probably best left to another discussion. So I guess I'm not as excited about the movie as others may be.
Having said that, I'm a big fan of Emma Stone. I want her to be in good movies. And then came the trailer for The Help. Which… was I reading the wrong book?
Why didn't anyone tell me this was a Julia Roberts/Nora Ephron storyline?
I mean, isn't that what this 2 minute clip is trying to say.
On second thought, maybe what it's trying to say is "let me insult you as much as possible". Done.
This is the kind of trailer that talks down to people. And I suppose it's also the kind of trailer made for people who need to be talked down to. The kind of people who are afraid to go to the movies if they can't enjoy the lipstick and the pretty dresses for two hours.
"Oh look, we deal with heavy subject matter, and we have to bring up that boring old racism issue again, but don't worry, because we'll make it funny too and we'll throw in a LOT of stereotypes and you'll really love some of the outfits so you don't have to feel too uncomfortable. It'll be such a FABULOUS time!"
If your objective is to tell a story realistically about what it was like back then in the South, maybe you should cast that sh-t properly, non?
Since when was Hilly a slender woman? Since when was Hilly more Jacqueline Kennedy than Dolores Umbridge? It's on goddamn Page 5 per Aibileen:
"Miss Hilly got a round face and dark brown hair in the beehive. Her skin be olive colour with freckles and moles. She wear a lot of red plaid. And she be getting heavy in the bottom. Today, since it's so hot, she wearing a red sleeveless dress with no waist to it. She one a those grown ladies that still dress like a little girl with big bows and matching hats and such. She ain't my favourite."
You take a look at the movie version of Hilly played by Bryce Dallas Howard. Does that look "heavy in the bottom" to you???????????????????
Of course not.
Somehow they always have to Hollywood-ise this sh-t.
This must be why they had to caption out every character's name. Like movies for dum-dums. (Tina Fey reference of the day accomplished.)
Even Celia, who jammed her big tits into all her clothes, in my mind like a young Dolly Parton/Jessica Simpson look alike, somehow has the svelte physique of a model. All the white girls, in fact, have the physique of models. All the white girls have the physiques of all the girls today. Which is fine, I guess, except the story actually takes place in 1962. When body types were different.
Do we not want to see white girls with curves these days?
Details like, you know, authenticity are obviously not important. This after all is marketed towards the people who have no problem with those Sex & the City movies. Woo! Let's see this on our Girls' Night Out after we get our nails gelled up and throw back a few cosmos!
Attached – the ladies of The Help at CinemaCon in Vegas a couple of weeks ago.
Photos from Ethan Miller/Gettyimages.com


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Last night, I had biscotti for dinner. Not a biscotti after dinner. Nope, biscotti for dinner. I think I ate about five of 'em, gently dunking each one into an espresso. I'm not proud of it but I am strangely content about it. See, yesterday was another one of those court days. Court for immigration attorneys generally consists of two types of hearings- masters and individuals. Masters are basically a fast and painless check-in. On any given afternoon, there can easily be forty people in court for masters. Individual hearings are the real deal where the judge listens to the merits of your client's case.
I've always felt that masters are more relaxed than individual hearings. But after yesterday's masters, I may have changed my mind. See, yesterday I had eight master hearings. Eight! On average, an attorney will have one, maybe two, and maaaaaybe three masters if things are particularly busy. Eight is just nutty. I now know what Jon and Kate on Jon & Kate Plus 8 must feel like (minus the hundreds of helpful cast people, of course). This particular judge does a roll call for attorneys to ensure they are present with all of their clients. He (and the entire court) got a good laugh when I stood up and indicated that I was present with my eight clients.
So by the time I got home, I pretty much felt like a bus had rolled over me. Eight times. Oh, and don't worry, I looked it too. Somewhere between client four and five, my eyeliner started smudging so I was sporting the glamorous racoon-eye look. By client seven, my hair decided to rebel and do a Vanilla Ice thing on my head. And when I got back to the car and looked in the mirror, I noticed a giant yellow highlighter line on the side of my face (likely because I tend to wave my hands around crazily when I talk and sometimes, I forget that I'm holding a highlighter).
Simply put, it was a dessert for dinner night. Not the kind of night where you eat a healthy dinner and then have a delicate biscotti as dessert. Oh no, drastic times call for drastic measures. This was the kind of night where you build dinner around biscotti. Thankfully, I'd made some biscotti over the weekend and some were still around (partially, or mostly, because the hubster is still on his healthy kick). I did what any rational girl would do. First, put on pajamas. All the better if the pajamas all plastered with your favorite cartoon character (I am partial to SpongeBob SquarePants). Second, make espresso. You want it strong (unless coffee keeps you up at night. After years of drinking copious amounts of coffee, I'm essentially immune to all caffeine. If you're not, milk is a sufficient substitute). Third, take the container of biscotti and the espresso to your computer. Plates are merely superfluous at this point. Fourth, type http://www.perezhilton.com/ into your browser. Fifth, revel in the latest celebrity gossip while eating your biscotti.
Now that I have feeling in my brain again, I can talk about the intricacies behind the biscotti. Truth is, there are none. It's a rather simple recipe that will give you a giant batch of biscotti perfectly tailored to your preferences. Like the classic Italian anise flavor in your biscotti? Ground some anise seeds and throw them in the batter. Dream of a sophisticated biscotti perfect for the summer? Dump some grated lemon zest into the batter (save some zest for the topping). Want your biscotti to be a bit more cakey and not as crunchy? Bake for a shorter period of time after the biscotti are cut in pieces. Like different textures in your biscotti? Add chopped nuts or dried cranberries to your dough. Want to cover the entire biscotti in chocolate as opposed to just one half? Do it. You will be glad you did.
Yields: 2 dozen
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
dark or semi-sweet chocolate, for melting
almonds, finely chopped
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Line a heavy large baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk the flour and baking powder in a medium bowl to blend. Using an electric mixer, beat the sugar, butter, and salt in a large bowl to blend. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time. Add the flour mixture and beat just until blended.
Form the dough into a 13-inch long, 3-inch wide log on the prepared baking sheet. Bake until light golden, about 40 minutes. Cool for 30 minutes.
Place the log on the cutting board. Using a sharp serrated knife, cut the log into 1/2 to 3/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange the biscotti, cut side down, on the baking sheet. Bake the biscotti until they are pale golden, about 15 minutes. Transfer the biscotti to a rack and cool completely.
Stir the chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water until the chocolate melts. Dip a portion of the biscotti into the melted chocolate. Gently shake off the excess chocolate. Place the biscotti on the baking sheet for the chocolate to set. Sprinkle with chopped almonds. Refrigerate until the chocolate is firm, about 35 minutes.
The biscotti can be made ahead. Store them in an airtight container up to 4 days, or wrap them in foil and freeze in resealable plastic bags up to 3 weeks.
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Unisys introduced a tool to help law enforcement agencies organize and share case information and evidence securely across multiple jurisdictions and offices involved in pursuing the same case or investigation.
The Unisys Law Enforcement Application Framework or U-LEAF, provides "tools to cope with constantly evolving crime and threat patterns and the associated deluge of crime data," during a crime and its investigation, Unisys said.
With U-LEAF, police departments can close investigations more quickly, the company said. The tool documents and logs evidence and intelligence related to criminal investigations using a single, browser-based interface. The browser offers multiple analytical views of crime data to improve an investigator's ability to gather, analyze and act upon critical information.
When investigating a crime, law enforcement often must contend with information from multiple agencies and data sources. With most law enforcement data in unstructured formats, officers must sift through huge quantities of digital data before making their next moves.
U-LEAF gives them a flexible tool to easily reconfigure systems as threats, crime patterns, legislation or public expectations affecting a case change, says Unisys. The firm says the platform can reduce costs by driving more efficient investigations and reducing downtime related to configuration changes
The U-LEAF framework is based on technology Unisys successfully provided to major police organizations in the UK, according to John Wright, Unisys's global director, public safety and justice, Unisys.
U-LEAF handles multiple aspects of an investigation, including security and auditing; workflow and evidence management; compliance; mobility; analytics, data visualization; watch lists; geographical information systems; and social media analytics.
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On the Master Zend Framework site today Matthew Setter has a new post covering the configuring of the service manager using abstract factories.
One of the best features about Zend Framework 2 is undoubtedly the ServiceManager; because it makes it almost painless to configure and retrieve services in a consistent and predictable manner, anywhere in your application, at any time. [...] But the catch is, there's quite a bit to learn if you want to use it properly. As well as that, there's quite a number of ways to use it.
He walks you through some of the pros and cons of the various ways to work with the ServiceManager and where the factories fit in. He takes a bit of time to introduce the concepts behind abstract factories and how to define them in a Zend Framework v2 application. He finishes out the post with a more practical, working example using the interfaces provided to get a "MyUserTable" service.


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The Blacksburg Farmer's Market happens every week in Blacksburg Market Square (Saturdays only January - March, Wednesdays and Saturdays April - December). Come see live music, sample fresh harvested produce, or spin a hula hoop in the sunshine. More than a market, it's a community gathering place, with a full calendar of entertainment and educational activities. See www.blacksburgfarmersmarket.com for lots more information.
Would you like to find a business or organization in the area? Suggest an announcement or event? Click below to find out how!
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Gov. Bob McDonnell is not commenting on a $6,500 Rolex watch that published reports say he received from a major campaign donor who has lavished his family with thousands of dollars' worth of gifts he has not disclosed publicly.
When asked on his monthly radio show Thursday about the watch, McDonnell cited ongoing federal and state criminal investigations in declining to comment. The Washington Post reports the watch was purchased by Jonnie Williams, chief executive of nutritional supplement maker Star Scientific Inc.
"What I would say to everybody is that I wish that I could say more about this, but given the reviews that are being done, that's probably all I can say at this point,'' McDonnell said on Richmond's WRVA radio.
McDonnell called the anonymously sourced reports false and misleading, but didn't specify what about them he considered to be less than accurate. He noted the six months remaining on the single term Virginia allows him and implementation of transportation funding reforms that will increases some taxes when they take effect July 1 as well as education reforms.
"I've got a lot that I want to do and I'm not going to be distracted by anonymous sources and naysayers,'' he said.
He voiced qualified but unspecific support for updating state financial-disclosure laws that public-interest organizations rank among the most porous in the nation. He said perhaps the definitions of the law need to be clarified to eliminate exemptions such as those he invokes in refusing to disclose gifts he and his family received from Williams.
McDonnell first came under scrutiny after reports that Williams had given his daughter, Cailin, a $15,000 check that she used to help pay the catering bill for her Executive Mansion wedding reception in June 2011. McDonnell justified not reporting it on the statement of economic interest filed in January 2012 by noting that state law requires only gifts directly to officeholders to be disclosed.
State law also exempts gifts to public officials from family members or close friends. McDonnell has said he considers Williams as a personal friend, a distinction that could cover his decision not to report the Rolex watch as a gift.
The Post also reported that Williams purchased the watch for First Lady Maureen McDonnell's at her suggestion during a shopping spree in New York so that she could give the watch to her husband.
McDonnell said changing the law to close the family-and-friends loophole in the Virginia's conflict-of-interest reporting laws could become unrealistic or unmanageable.
"Much is left to the officeholder, I think, to determine under the very little law that is out there _ some of it going back to 30-year-old attorney general's opinions _ whether or not something should or should not be disclosed,'' McDonnell said.
The governor noted that he has five adult children, including a married 32-year-old Army-veteran daughter who lives in Virginia Beach. ``I don't have much of an idea about what she gets for Christmas or her birthday, so I think that would be (a) tough ... duty to impose on any officeholder to know what their adult children, for instance, are getting, but there might be some other appropriate limits for children who live in the house,'' he said.
He noted that a Richmond prosecutor is reviewing his required economic disclosure forms and said he'll amend them to disclose unreported gifts if any omissions are deemed improper.
McDonnell expressed frustration over the continuing reports about large, unreported gifts and a parallel investigation into operations of the Executive Mansion kitchen that resulted in theft charges against the mansion's former chef, Todd Schneider. In defense motions filed in Richmond Circuit Court, Schneider alleges that members of McDonnell's family took state-purchased items for their personal use from the kitchen, and contends he was told to do likewise as compensation for private catering services he performed.
"I don't mind it myself ... but sometimes the attacks on my kids and my wife, in particular,'' he said.
He closed his on-air discussion of the issue with an allusion to the Jesus Christ: "Well, there's only one perfect man. He lived 2,000 years ago.''
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Gov. Bob McDonnell is not commenting on a $6,500 Rolex watch that published reports say he received from a major campaign donor who has lavished his family with thousands of dollars' worth of gifts he has not disclosed publicly.


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National Science Foundation Technical Education Pathways Partnership.
TEPP is a National Science Foundation supported partnership between Fulton-Montgomery Community College & the Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES Career & Technical Center.
The main goals are to:
- Develop two years of project-based high school curriculum (11th and 12th grades) of STEM subjects.
- Integrate 15 college credits into the above material to create a vertically aligned high school and college program.
- Adapt coursework in an A. A. S. Electrical Technology program to have a top-down / systems approach to learning the material. This will be accomplished by developing modules that break down ten consumer products to determine fundamental working principles and how they work together.
- Create innovative learning environments to support the team-oriented project work.
- Create a replicable model and disseminate the materials.
The three-year project to create this started in October of 2010.
Project description:
- Project Rationale and Need
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- Two-year High School Technology Program
- Revision of the A.A.S. Electrical Technology Program
- Timeline
- Sustainability, Results and Evaluation
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Partners and Committees: Individuals and organizations advising and working on the project.
News: Announcements, information, etc.
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NSF TEPP, Fulton-Montgomery Community College
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A comet is heading for a close encounter with the sun later this month, and if it is not vaporized or torn apart, it should be visible to the naked eye in December.
Comet ISON is expected to pass just about 621,000 miles (1 million km) from the sun's surface on November 28.


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Less than 2 weeks ago, a colleague and I set out to accomplish what proved to be a challenging task: successfully loading BlackBerry 10 OS onto a BlackBerry PlayBook. We knew it wouldn't be easy, and we knew the risks involved. We knew that our PlayBooks may never work properly again. But we decided to give it a try, and I'm very glad we did. Check out the video above for a quick walkthrough of BlackBerry 10 on the BlackBerry PlayBook, or continue reading for a more in-depth analysis.
Now before we get into the details, let's be clear. This is NOT an official BlackBerry 10 for BlackBerry PlayBook build. In fact, it isn't even an official BlackBerry 10 OS. This particular version was built for the BlackBerry Dev Alpha device, and was released to developers on September 25th, 2012. If you only have one PlayBook, and don't want to risk the possibility of the device becoming bricked, you should not try this. If you're feeling adventurous and you just can't wait to load BlackBerry 10 OS onto your PlayBook, instructions will be listed in detail very soon. For now, let's take a look at the the operating system, and how it performs on the PlayBook.
Getting Started
The first thing you will notice when you boot up BB10 on your PlayBook is that it still contains the Tablet OS style UI. That means no active frames, no BlackBerry Hub, and unforunately the incredible BlackBerry 10 virtual keyboard is also absent. Now you may ask, "If all of these great features are missing, what's the point in having this OS?" The point is that BlackBerry 10 has native cascades support.
App Performance
Since we have only been testing this OS for less than 48 hours, we haven't yet had the chance to install or test many apps. So far, I can confirm this:
Browser - The BB10 Browser does work, but there are a few minor bugs. For instance, when typing a website address into the address bar, the keyboard covers the text input box, and you cannot see what you are typing. This keyboard bug is consistent across many other apps as well, including BBM. The Bookmarks page also fails to load.
BBM - BlackBerry Messenger is functional on this device/OS. The UI is very smooth and (almost) everything appears to work just fine. I was able to have a few conversations on BBM and the only minor annoyance I encountered was not being able to set a display picture (as well as the keyboard bug mentioned above). NOTE: The OS is currently experiencing an issue retrieving my BlackBerry ID, therefore BBM is no longer working on my device. I am working on a fix for this issue and will keep you updated.
BlackBerry World - Due to the BlackBerry ID issues mentioned above, BlackBerry World also fails to load. I did not have a chance to test this app before the issues began, so unfortunately I cannot yet confirm whether or not this app works. I will be working on a fix for this issue in the coming days.
BB10 Settings app - This app is hit-and-miss. Certain options work, others don't. Thanks to the Tablet OS UI, you can just swipe down from the top bezel to access the OS2 style Settings page whenever you need to.
Camera - The BB10 camera does work. I was able to take a few pictures with it without any issues. Normal camera mode, video recording, and Time Shift are all functional.
Contacts - Unfortunately the Contacts app does not function properly. It opens in landscape mode, and initially seems like it will work, but the problems begin when you try to add a contact. The top bar gets stretched too far across the screen, and the 'Save' button is not visible. Without that button, you can't add a contact.
Calendar - The calendar app loads, and seems pretty smooth, but the UI gets stretched a bit too much when viewing the month tab.
Known Issues
In this particular build, the icons in the top right corner of the home screen are inaccessible. Rotation Lock, Bluetooth, WiFi, and Battery indicator icons do not work, though oddly enough, the Settings icon does work.
Software Updates and BlackBerry ID Settings are not functional in the OS2-style Settings menu.
It appears that BlackBerry Bridge does not work.
The backlight appears to timeout much quicker than the length of time defined in the settings.
If you only have 1 PlayBook, this OS build is definitely not a suitable replacement for OS 2.1. If you have an extra PlayBook lying around, or if you really want to try BB10 on the PlayBook, I will be posting a tutorial very soon with specific setup instructions. Be sure to check back here at BlackBerryOS.com in the coming days to find out more!


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Phone: 503-823-7300
Email: email@example.com
1900 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97201
A building permit is required for any addition to a single-family dwelling. Any project that changes the building envelope such as building a dormer or a new second story is considered an addition. Depending on the scope of work, your project will most likely require electrical, plumbing and/or mechanical permits.
Your permit will be reviewed for compliance with the Portland Zoning Code, the Building Code and other local regulations.
General Information
Our "New Users" tab is a good place to start for overall information about the permitting process.
1. Researching Building Permit Records for Your House
Before preparing building permit plans, it is important to verify that existing finished space in your house was legally permitted. BDS maintains building permit records that can help you prepare plans for your current house project. Historical inspection cards or microfilmed permit plans may be available to determine the existing "permitted" condition of your house. Although the Multnomah County Assessor maintains information about your house's living area (available on PortlandMaps.com), this information may not match the building permit history. There is no "grandfathering-in" of unpermitted finished or living areas, and to be considered legal living area, a permit is required.
2. Major Alterations and Additions
Projects that add square footage or height to an existing house or duplex may qualify as "Major Additions" depending on the size of the addition and scope of work relative to the existing structure. These types of permits have additional requirements for notification of the neighboring properties and neighborhood association. There is a waiting period between the time of notification and when the permit can be issued, so it is important to plan ahead.
(3) Included Work, such as Enlarging the Footprint
This page covers projects that expand the house vertically by adding a dormer or second floor. If your project will include other types of work, such as enlarging the footprint or adding a garage, please see those information pages for additional requirements.
Please refer to the Residential Permits summary page for more information.
(4) Evaluating Existing Space
In unfinished areas, existing features such as ceiling heights, windows, stairs and insulation may not meet current Building Code requirements for finished space. These conditions could make it expensive, difficult or even impossible for you to change your attic into living space. It is best to complete your research on the existing conditions before submitting plans for review. Habitable space standards for existing space are explained in Brochure 9, "Converting Attics, Basements and Garages to Living Space".
(5) Attic Conversions
You must determine if the existing attic floor structure is strong enough to carry the weight of people and furniture.
If converting attic space to living space would mean raising the roof, the Zoning Code height regulations may affect your project.
(6) Residential Engineering
Your project must be designed to meet all structural requirements in the Building Code. The construction drawings must show how both gravity and lateral (wind and earthquake) loads will be resisted. Please see our page on Residential Engineering for more information on these requirements.
Note that plans and calculations will not be required to show that a structure will resist wind and earthquake loads if it can be considered a "minor" addition. See Lateral Bracing for Minor Additions and Dormers. Please note that a "minor" dormer for the purpose of determining lateral bracing requirements may still be subject to the requirements of a "major addition" per City Code Chapter 24.55 (see item 2, above).
When the scope of work will change the structural load in the house, it is important that you submit engineering calculations that show the continuity of the load path from floors or other affected members all the way to the foundation of the house. It is very common that when tracing floor loads from the converted attic, it is the beam in the basement that will be overstressed. Situations like this are required to be resolved as part of the permit application.
(7) Floodplains
If your house is located in a floodplain, there are restrictions that may limit your ability to add to or significantly improve your house without retrofitting it to be flood-resistant. Please contact Site Development staff at (503) 823-6892 to discuss your project.
Permit Fees
Permit fees are based on the fair market value of the work included in the permit.
The following information must be submitted when applying for a permit to add a dormer or second floor to an existing one or two family dwelling. Since every project is unique, there may be some situations where you will be asked to provide additional information.
Additional required materials depending on the scope of work, or specific site conditions:
To submit for a permit, bring the above materials along with intake fees to the Development Services Center.
The Bureau of Development Services sells a "Residential Combination" permit package. This allows you to call for all inspections using just the Building Permit (RS) IVR number and pay for all the permits at one time. You will need to submit the trade (mechanical, electrical, and/or plumbing) application(s) signed either by you, if you are doing these portions of the work yourself, or by your licensed subcontractors. If you do not have your completed subcontractor forms when you are applying for your residential permit (RS) you will have to apply for trade permits separately from the building permit. Sub-contractors that you hire must be registered with the State of Oregon and carry the correct licenses in association with their trade.
Some simple permits can be reviewed and issued "over the counter" in the Development Services Center. You will meet individually with city staff from different departments. Each staff person will review your plans with you to verify that the proposed construction meets requirements. If information is missing or if corrections are needed, you will be asked to update your plans. In this case, another trip to the Permit Center may be needed.
If the project is more complex and a review cannot be completed over the counter, the plans will be taken in for further review. You will be sent a checksheet requesting any clarifications or corrections. For additional information on the review process, see the permitting process overview flowchart.
Neighborhood Notification for Major Additions
If your project qualifies as a Major Addition, then the required notification delay can overlap with the time the permit is being reviewed; however, the permit cannot be issued until 35 days after the neighborhood notification requirements have been completed.
The bureaus/review groups that will check your project vary depending on the scope of work and may include:
A checksheet is sent to the applicant when a reviewer needs additional information or a correction has to be made to the plans. When you have gathered the additional information or made the corrections, bring the plans/information to the Development Services Center. Reviewers will be notified that a checksheet response has been received and review will continue.
More information on checksheets
Status Reports
Status reports are available after your project has been assigned to reviewers. Status reports show all reviews and include the reviewer's name and phone number. To obtain a status report, call (503) 823-7000 and select option four to have a status report faxed to you or call (503) 823-7357 to have one mailed to you.
Permit Issued
When the last technical review is approved, your permit will pre-issued. You will be contacted to let you know when your permit is ready, and of your final fee total. Fees may be paid by cash, check, Visa or Mastercard.
When your permit is ready to be issued, you may pick up your permit at Permitting Services, located on the 2nd floor of 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR. For more information call (503) 823-7357. For hours, see the hours listed on the Development Services Center page.
The yellow inspection card lists all the inspections you will likely need during your construction project, and what work needs to be done first.
Once your building permit is issued, erosion control measures must be installed, prior to beginning any further ground disturbing activities.


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Laura's New Sunroom
George heads to Springfield, Virginia to the home of Laura Balun, an inspiring woman who has spent 30 years improving the lives of American armed service heroes. Watch now.
Rebuilding Sojourner Truth Academy
An E2 tornado struck Sojourner Truth Academy bringing the 2010-11 school year to an abrupt end. George and his team renovate their dingy, hot cafeteria space in to a comfortable, multipurpose room. Watch now.
Dream Garage Makeover
George head to the home of Dana Zachary in Queens Village, New York. George and his crew surprise her with a rescue, taking her rundown garage and transforming it into the perfect space to accommodate her labor of love. Watch now.
A Dream Home for the DiMarco Family
George visits the DiMarco family in Franklin Square, NY, and with the help of his crew, create a home for the DiMarcos that they've always wanted. Watch now.
A New Backyard for the Kennedys
After ironworker Kevin Kennedy was seriously injured on the job, his wife and four daughters asked George for help in their underdeveloped backyard. The Rescue crew answered the call. Watch now.
Rescuing Real-Life Heroes
George and his team answer the call of a unit of volunteer EMTs in Plainsboro, NJ by completely revamping their lounge space and bunk room. Watch now.
A Town Barber Gets His Dream Home
Ralph Anilo has been a devoted town barber for over 50 years. George surprises Ralph with some much-needed repairs in his home and shop. Watch now.
Sandy's Home Makeover
Sandy (a beloved first grade teacher) has conquered cancer, but is now unable to have kids of her own. Since Sandy devotes all of her time and energy to her students, she is unable to work on much-needed home improvement projects. That's where George comes in. Watch now.
A New Family Room for the Paniccias
Ron, a regular handyman and a 17-year FDNY lieutenant, suddenly found himself unable to finish his home improvement project after a stroke. George and his crew transform the unfinished floor of the family's home into a spacious and comfortable living room. Watch now.
Past Rescue Updates
George revisits some amazing past Rescue families and tackles a home improvement project of his own. Watch now.
Preparing a Home for Triplets
Only one year after Sean and Michelle's two-year-old son Gavin was born, the couple learned that Michelle was pregnant... with triplets! George and the Rescue crew prepare the Kearney's home for a family of six. Watch now.
Chris and Rachelle's New Home
After a friendly prank left newlywed Rachelle paralyzed below her collarbone, George teams up with over 200 community members to give her family a gift they will never forget. Watch now.
The Conway Family
Jennifer Conway was born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and has been confined to a wheelchair all of her life. George meets her incredible family and revamps the Conway's southern home. Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
The Kosovrasti Family
Noticing the Kosovrasti family's string of bad luck, George helps the family get the dream home they deserve. Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5
St. Joseph's Children's Hospital
George makes over the infusion room at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in New Jersey (a place very dear to his heart). Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5
Roseanne's Kitchen
After cancer and her children's college tuition prevent Roseanne from attaining her dream kitchen, George surprises her family and tackles the project with Bruce Woolf (Quaker Road Associates). Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5
John's Porch
A mere five months after Debbie and John were married, a massive stroke left John paralyzed on his right side and with limited speech. Joined by contractor Matt Wendorff (RPI Design Build), George constructs a new porch to help John spend more time with his friends and family. Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5
Katie's Bedroom
Three-year-old Katie suffers from tumors on her brain and spine. George and his team transform her family's nursery into a dream bedroom (while whipping up a surprise for her mom and dad). Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5
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In the Red Zone
Team sports pride themselves on their uniformity. It's how you tell one team from the other and it allows the players to bond within a certain sameness. Which, when you think about it, isn't so different from what the Soviets attempted to do. Treat everyone the same, make them wear the same clothes and assume that this will create a sense of community out of thin air. How'd that work out?
Is it any surprise, then, that those who play organized team sports back here in the US chafe against these strictures? We grow up hearing about how unique we are and how we can do anything. Then we go out to play a game and we're put in matching uniforms and tied into a system.
The worst offender by far is NFL football. Just try wearing an unauthorized pair of shoes or the wrong color socks and see what happens. It doesn't matter for the superstars because their wallets can absorb it but imagine being one of these guys making the league minimum yet wanting to show his individuality. That's going to cost you.
I guess that's another reason why I like baseball. Sure, you still have to wear a uniform and you still have to play by the rules but there's some leeway. You can wear stirrups or the long baseball pants. You can wear a different colored shoe. You can cover your batting helmet in pine tar to the point that the team logo is barely discernible.
It's one more reason why baseball is America's pastime and why it's stuck around through three different centuries. It evolves and it allows the players to show their individuality within the confines of the game in a way that no other sport can. MLB is Kennedy to the NFL's Kruschev. We all know who came out on top in that one. Well, except that whole assassination thing.


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A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 4, Mageia 7, PCLinuxOS, MX 19, PicarOS, Elive 3, and AntiX 13.
viernes, 25 de julio de 2014
On LibreOffice and the Challenge to Install Linux to the New Office Computer
However, the presence of LibreOffice is becoming more visible this year:
1. At the School meetings, you see that the computers now run LibreOffice.
2. LibreOffice substituded MS Office in all lab computers.
3. The School acquired new computers, which where placed in the professors' offices. I was not hoping those machines to run on Linux, but it was good to see that they come with Windows 7 (not the 8 disaster) and it was great to see that LibreOffice was included.
4. Yesterday, at a meeting, the speaking professor delivered her presentation using LibreOffice Impress, not PowerPoint.
5. Occasionally, one .odt document hits my institutional email mailbox.
So, there is hope :)
Now, regarding the new office computer... It has Windows 7 professional and UEFI. My brother Megatotoro activated legacy boot so that we could run Linux distros on that machine and yesterday, he presented me with a challenge: to install a Linux distro.
I was hesitant because I only had an OpenMandriva Lx USB and I had never installed it as a dual boot with Windows 7. I remember having installed Mageia to a Win7 UEFI desktop as a dual boot, but I was not sure this was going to work.
Anyway, I took the leap of faith and proceeded with the installation. OpenMandriva Lx worked like a charm: it took care of the partitioning (interestingly, it said "Moondrake" instead of "OpenMandriva" :D) and installed itself in less than 10 minutes. When we booted the machine (expecting a catastrophe, if I must be honest), none of our visions of doom panned out. GRUB2 picked up Windows 7, that OS was fully operational, and OpenMandriva also launched (desktop effects included, yay!).
So, my brother pimped it up with the Ghost desktop theme and window decorations, we updated the distro, installed some packages, and got ready to enjoy Linux on that office machine.
Yes, I am feeling happy ;-)
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It was indeed impressive how easy it was to set the dual boot install.ResponderEliminar
sugoi! omedetou xD I'll try it when I make a new build. actually now I run linux mainly on VMs because it's easier for me to back it up (just copy paste the folder where it's stored). However yeah, you better have the hardware you need for that. Thankfully plenty of distros can run under 512 MB of ram so I can open severall at the same time if I want.ResponderEliminar
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- Are all Hedge Funds hedged?
- Are all hedge funds highly aggressive?
- Are hedge fund returns reported before or after fees?
- Are there restrictions as to who can invest in hedge funds?
- Can a qualified client place IRA or ERISA assets in a hedge fund?
- Can the returns posted on HedgeCo differ from the actual returns of the fund?
- Do I have to make a financial commitment to join HedgeCo?
- Do I still pay fees even if the fund loses money?
- How many investors may invest in a hedge fund?
- What are 'offshore' hedge funds?
- What are hurdle rates?
- What are lock-up periods?
- What are the tax implications of becoming a limited partner/investor in a hedge fund?
- What does it mean to hedge?
- What if I have more questions?
- What is a hedge fund?
- What is a qualified purchaser?
- What is an accredited investor?
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Organizations that make use of SSH keys for secure access to servers should be aware that they may need to make some changes soon when it comes to managing any of their networks related to payment-card processing, according to the CEO of SSH Communications security, Tatu Ylonen.
That's because the next version of the Payment Card Industry (PC) standard to be published in early November, PCI v.3, is expected to include some new guidance on authentication and remote access to any network segment that processes or stores payment cards that could impact use of Secure Shell (SSH) cryptographic technology, Ylonen says.
"Key access clearly can be used in a PCI environment," Ylonen notes. "But key access across from a boundary forces problems." Any organization storing or processing payment cards must follow the PCI standard's requirements for network security.SSH keys are often used for automated machine to machine security and SSH keys grant access with a password, Ylonen notes. Boundaries for PCI networks define segments in which card storage or processing takes place -- often called PCI network "scope" -- and it must conform to PCI requirements as defined in the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) published by the PCI Security Standards Council.
Ylonen says he is encouraging systems administrators -- the individuals often responsible for setting up SSH key management for enterprise networks -- to start discussions about the upcoming PCI DSS v.3 standard with those in their organization most involved in making sure there will be PCI compliance. These individuals might be chief security officers, CIOs or internal auditors, for example. From what he's seen of the draft of the PCI v. 3 standard, Ylonen says, "the rules themselves are good but guidance is vague."
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Ylonen says any enterprise using SSH must be sure exactly how SSH has been deployed. In large organizations, use of SSH keys has sometimes not been managed sufficiently and has become sprawling, he acknowledges. Some large financial institutions, for example, have over 1.5 million authorized SSH keys but sometimes "80% to 90% are just forgotten," he points out.
Ylonen has embarked in recent weeks on a vigorous campaign to convince the PCI Data Security Standards Council to tweak the upcoming PCI v. 3 standard to clarify the machine-to-machine use of SSH and the PCI boundary "scope" question related to SSH.
Ylonen has come out strong on this in the last few weeks in a last-minute push, says Troy Leach, CTO at the council.
Bob Russo, the council's general manager, notes that Ylonen publicly discussed his concerns at the recent conference on PCI the council organized, and has also met privately with council members. The draft of the PCI v. 3 standard is still subject to change before its expected issuance on Nov. 7, Russo pointed out. Russo says the council is still "tweaking" the draft PCI v. 3 standard before it is issued. More input is expected over the next weeks from businesses and vendors in Europe and Asia as well.
Leach says as far as SSH is concerned, the PCI v.3 standard for card-processing environments is intended to "fix bad implementations of SSH." The council wants to make sure SSH is used appropriately in a secure way. The issue of a password "was a big focal point" in discussions with Ylonen, who appears to want some changes in PCI v. 3 related to SSH and passwords that would give SSH Communications Security more leverage, Leach says, adding, "What he wants is for us to include more prescriptive language" about SSH that is technical in nature that would be relevant to the banking industry.
Russo and Leach point out that there is much more to the upcoming PCI v.3 standard than just guidance that might impact SSH.
A new requirement expected out in PCI. v. 3 relates to network segmentation for cardholder data environments and requires validation of that segment by a form of penetration testing, says Leach. There will also be more emphasis on secure development life cycle, as well as some "common sense requirements" how point-of-sale terminals are set up in shared areas. The overall PCI "guidance" that was previously more separate from the simple list of requirements will be woven into the standard as column explaining the intent of requirements.
Russo says once the final PCI v. 3 rule is published in November, it becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2014 but companies are allowed to continue using the PCI v. 2 standard for payment-card security until Dec. 31, 2014 at the latest.
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It is located above the entrance door of the building of the elementary schools of S. Piero in Bagno, in Largo Moutiers n ° 8.
Alfredo Oriani, who passed this cemetery while cycling in the summer of 1897 described it as "one of the most elegant and refined little cemeteries I have ever seen". Indeed, this cemetery, which was built between 1890 and 1895, is beautiful. Together with that of S. Piero in Bagno, this is one of the most polished of the many works that the architect and engineer Cesare Spighi (1854-1929) created in this area, his adoptive home, over half a century.
The elegant nineteenth-century cemetery of S. Piero in Bagno (1888-1891) is the most polished of the many works that the architect and engineer Cesare Spighi (1854-1929), who was one of the most important building experts to have worked in Tuscany between the nineteenth and twentieth century, created in this area which became his adoptive home, over a career spanning fifty years.
Cippus located in 1998 along one of the most evocative routes of the "Val di Bagno Trek", in a point where you can enjoy a vast panorama, just below the summit of Monte Carpano, where the Mulattiera flows from Bagno di Romagna to Pietrapazza and the "Path of the Wolf".
It was placed on the summit of Passo di Serra (1148 m asl), on the saddle between Romagna and Tuscany, from the Municipality of Bagno di Romagna in 1998 during the construction of the trail network "Val di Bagno Trek" to remember the transit of medieval pilgrims on this medieval "Romea" way.
Just outside the town of Bagno di Romagna, in a southerly direction, where the Via Casentinese crosses the SP. 138, there is a high cross of worked iron that rests on a stone base.
Tombstone and bust were placed in the top of the south entrance of the church of Corzano, under the porch, to remember what Msgr. Andrucci, parish priest of S. Piero in Bagno, made for the sanctuary and for the reforestation of the bleak hill.
It is located in S. Piero in Bagno, Via Garibaldi No. 60, on the facade of the current headquarters of the Cassa dei Risparmi of Forlì, which until 1926 was the seat of the Town Hall.
This plaque is on the front of the Garibaldi Theatre in Via Cavour. The rectangular marble plaque is affixed with four metal studs and reads: "INESTINGUIBILE AMORE DI POPOLO / VOLLE CHE / GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI / QUI / RICORDATO FOSSE / NEL PRIMO CENTENARIO DEL SUO NATALE / AUSPICE / LA SOCIETA' OPERAIA DI S. PIERO IN CORZANO"
Placed on the façade of the Town hall of S. Piero in Bagno, at No. 1 Piazza Martiri. This marble plaque is affixed with bronze studs and reads: "VOI, FASCISTI E NAZISTI, METTENDO A FERRO E FUOCO, QUESTE CONTRADE, CREDESTE SINONIMI, FORZA E DIRITTO. NOI, MORTI DEL CARNAIO, COL PETTO INFRANTO DAL VOSTRO PIOMBO, COLLE CARNI RIARSE DAI VOSTRI ROGHI, ELEVIAMO, ACCANTO ALLE CROCI DEI PARTIGIANI NOSTRI, L'INNO ALLA LIBERTA', E ALLA PACIFICA CONVIVENZA DEI POPOLI. S. PIERO IN BAGNO 25 LUGLIO 1954. NEL DECENNALE DELLA RESISTENZA, LA CITTADINANZA POSE A RICORDO"
Placed in the external wall of the Basilica of S. Maria Assunta next to the side entrance, inserted in a sandstone frame, it is elegantly carved in marble.
The monument, erected by memory in 1983, is located along the municipal road that reaches Poggio alla Lastra from Santa Sofia, in front of the parish church, on the edge of the large churchyard.
It is placed in S. Piero in Bagno on the facade of the Town Hall.
It is placed in S. Piero in Bagno on the facade of the Town Hall.
It is located on the façade of Palazzo Salvetti at No. 18, Via Fiorentina. This rectangular plaque reads: "LEOPOLDO II / NOSTRO AMATISSIMO PRINCIPE / NEL SUO AVVENTO FAU[STO] FEL[ICE] / ALLE TERME DI S. AGNESE / IL XXX SETT[EMBRE] MDCCCXXXQUATTRO / PERNOTTATO IN QUESTA CASA / LA BEO' CON INVIDIABILE ONORE / DI SUA REGIA AFFABILITA' / E ANTONIO SALVETTI / A CONSERVAR MEMORIA DI TANTA VENTURA, Q. LAP. P
It is located on the facade of the former "Raggio dei Mandrioli" building, located at km. 202 of the former SS 71 of Passo Mandrioli.
Placed on the outer wall of the Basilica di S. Maria Assunta in Bagno di Romagna, this plaque is set in an elegant frame of carved stone with a tower depicted at the top and created from a design by the sculptor and engraver Romolo Mainetti of Bagno (1858-1918). The marble plaque has a carved image of the Blessed Giovanna over a cloud and reads: "ALL'INCLITA CONCITTADINA, GIOVANNA, MIRACOLO DI SANTITA', IL POPOLO DI BAGNO ERESSE, DOPO OTTO SECOLI DALLA MORTE, CHE LE CAMPANE, PER DIVINA VIRTU' SQUILLANTI, ANNUNZIARONO COME UN TRIONFO. ANNO MCMV. P. G. MANNI
It was placed in 1808 to commemorate the house where on 20 January 1498 a woodcut depicting the Madonna poured blood because of the great discords that tore the inhabitants of Bagno.
Perpetuates the memory of Pellegrino Scotti (Meldola 1844 - Forlì 1916) who for many years was a hermit or a lay custodian of the Sanctuary of Corzano and contributed not a little to making the bleak hill green and welcoming.
It was placed on the facade of the current building of the Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì, once a municipal and elementary school, on the road where the most cherished places of the childhood of Manara Valgimigli are condensed, which in S. Piero in Bagno was born and childhood lived.
It was placed on 29 October 1961 to commemorate the figure of Dr. Quirino Zattoni (Castiglione di Ravenna 1862 - Bagno di Romagna 1939), for over forty years a tireless medical conduit from San Piero in Bagno and the surrounding countryside.
It is located in S. Piero in Bagno in Via Garibaldi No. 60, on the facade of the current headquarters of the Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì, which until 1926 was the town hall.
It was placed by the Province of Forlì in 1984 in Seghettina, a hamlet of the Municipality of Bagno di Romagna, now surrounded by the artificial lake of Ridracoli.
It was placed in 1895 on the facade of the then municipal headquarters to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Liberation of Rome.
The monument is placed on the high spur of Rondinaia (579 asl) which rises up at the confluence of the Bidenti di Pietrapazza and Ridracoli.
Designed by the engineer Pietro Mandò from Arezzo, this monument was inaugurated on 25 April 1926 at the initiative of the "Società Operaia di Bagno" and don Angelo Vestrucci. It consists of a pyramid in sandstone with a bronze votive lamp at the top; at the base there is a trophy, again in bronze, with the inscription: "GUERRA 1915-1918. BAGNO DI ROMAGNA AI SUOI CADUTI". (War of 1915-1918. Bagno Romagna to its fallen).
On the side of the parish church of S. Quirico, along the road that crosses Selvapiana, it is shaped like a small temple, supported by 4 columns of bricks and enclosed by iron gates.
The Chapel or monument to the Fallen of Valgianna is located 500 meters from the parish church of Valgianna, along the SP. 43 per km. 4.00.
The sacellum is located on the Colle del Carnaio, on the side of the SP. 26, in a small square surrounded by cypress and fir trees.
Located on the Corzano hill, on the side of the mule track that climbs from S. Piero in Bagno, it is a dangerous concrete column, about 8 meters high, at the top of which a sandstone ball surmounted by a metallic star and a lighthouse.
Francesco di Luca Albizi was Captain of Bagno from October 1, 1491 to September 31, 1492.
Francesco Bondelmonti's Manente was Captain at Bagno di Romagna from May 1, 1570 to April 30, 1571.
Lorenzo di Recco Capponi was Captain at Bagno di Romagna from October 1, 1487 to September 30, 1488.
Antonio di Manetto Carnesecchi held the position of Captain or Giusdicente in the Capitanato della Val di Bagno from October 1, 1512 to September 30, 1513.
Rectangular sandstone slab (250 x 160 cm) with a small temple on which there are 3 coats of arms and 3 inscriptions.
Gaspare di Simone Della Volta, "ferraiuolus artifex", held the position of Captain at Bagno di Romagna from October 1, 1474 to September 31, 1475.
Nicolò di Bartolomeo Del Troscia, a craftsman, twice held the position of Captain at Bagno di Romagna: from 1 October 1494 to 30 September 1495, and from 1 September 1522 to 31 August 1523.
Benozzo by Domenico Federighi was Captain at Bagno di Romagna from October 1, 1484 to September 30, 1485.
Rectangular slab of sandstone (155 x 120 cm) made in 1543 by Antonio Masi - in that year Captain of Bath - within which is placed the emblem of Cosimo de 'Medici, second Duke of Tuscany and future Grand Duke.
Ferdinando di Giorgio of Mr. Ferdinando Mendes was Captain at Bagno di Romagna from 22 June 1620 to 21 June 1621.
Pier Francesco di Alessandro Rondinelli was Captain at Bagno di Romagna from 15 June 1652 to 14 June 1653.
Bartolomeo Tucci, "artifex" ie craftsman, held the position of Captain in Bagno di Romagna from October 1, 1482 to September 30, 1483.


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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - I LOVE DOGS Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in I LOVE DOGS Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Pets View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message edgarsolorzanoJoined: 13 Dec 2006Posts: 11 Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject: I LOVE DOGS HI! MY NAME IS EDGAR, I´M FROM COSTA RICA AND I´M 21 YEARS OLD. I HAVE 2 DOGS, THEY ARE PISTBULL BUT THEY ARE VERY AFFECTIONATE WITH ME, BUT THE BETTER OF EVERYTHING IS THAT WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS BECAUSE THEY TAKE CARE VERY WELL OF EVERYTHING. ALTHOUGH PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DANGEROUS, FOR ME THEY ARE THE BEST PETS IN THE WORLD SO, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SHARE THE HISTORIES OF THEIR PETS, ESPECIALLY DOGS, CAN WRITE ME. 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Because He wants us to find the other one! Back to top harrison72Joined: 14 Jan 2010Posts: 2 Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:45 pm Post subject: Anuradha Chepur wrote: I love dogs too. Our dog (pomeranian) died last month. She was 12 years old. She made a lot of cute puppies in her lifetime. We have decided not to go for another one, because they are shortlived, and it becomes very sad when they depart. I love dogs and one of the saddest days of my life was when my 'Bear' had to be put down. I held him in my arms as he died. I felt terrible. He was only 3, born a bit deformed (he had no tail vertebrae) and had digestive problems. FortiFlora was what I gave him and it helped alot. I also fed him a lot of canned pumpkin which he liked. But he was always in good humor and was our favorite boy. He was such a character! 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Ski lessons are an essential part of skiing safely and improving your technique, whether you're a beginning skier just learning how to stay vertical on skis or a seasoned skier interested in learning how to navigate bumps and powder.
Ski lessons are offered at nearly every ski area across Europe. They differ dramatically in price and quality from one resort to another. So, what should you look for when signing up for ski lessons?
Ski lessons are typically sold as either group or private lessons. Some resorts offer special interest clinics that may combine aspects of both.
Group ski lessons typically accommodate six to nine students per class, are less expensive than private lessons, and are a great way for "never-evers," beginning, and intermediate skiers to learn the basics of skiing at affordable prices.
Private ski lessons are generally more expensive than group lessons and offer all levels of skiers more personalised attention to their skiing. They allow you to improve at your own rate of learning instead of waiting for the other members of the group.
Private ski lessons are very popular with intermediate to expert skiers who want to break through learning barriers or want to be guaranteed a unique skiing experience, such as how to master moguls, powder or skiing through trees. There's an added advantage: You can cut lift lines while skiing with an instructor, so you often get two to three times more skiing in a day.
On the surface, private lessons may appear to be cost-prohibitive and a luxury reserved for the rich and famous. However, most resorts allow private lesson students to bring along up to five of their friends. If you take a private ski lesson with a few friends and divide the cost among you, you'll find that you end up with a better experience for the same price as a group lesson.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Michael Henry, a senior majoring in immunology and infectious disease in the College of Agricultural Sciences, and Michael Passiment, a senior majoring in public policy in the Capital College at Penn State Harrisburg, have been named recipients of the 2013 Ralph Dorn Hetzel Memorial Award.
Named for Penn State's 10th president, the Hetzel Award recognizes a combination of high scholastic attainment together with good citizenship, and participation and leadership in student activities.
Henry, from Mechanicsburg, Pa., is campus chair for Global Brigades and co-founded the Penn State chapter of Global Water Brigades, now one of the largest chapters at more than 200 universities. He has worked with the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania on controlling malaria and other infectious diseases.
"The success of the Penn State GWB is dominantly due to Michael's leadership and organizational abilities and to his enthusiasm for the work," a nominator said. "In addition to the benefits to communities in developing nations, Michael's efforts have enhanced the ability of other Penn State students to contribute and to learn."
Passiment, from Carbondale, Pa., has served as chief justice of the Penn State Harrisburg Student Court, leader of the Penn State Worthington Scranton Student Senate and chief justice of the Penn State Worthington Scranton Student Government Association, and he founded and was president of the Current Events Club. Last fall, he was an intern in the office of U.S. Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr.
"He has impressed me with his ability to speak honestly with his peers in order to resolve conflict among organizational members," one nominator said. "His talent to provide an unbiased perspective will take him far as he enters his career path."