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UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam is of Optional Subject and consists of 2 papers. Each paper is of 250 marks with a total of 500 marks.
(Answers must be written in Santali) Section A Part – I History of Santali Language.
- Main Austric Language family, population and distribution.
- Grammatical structure of Santali Language.
III. Important character of Santali Language : Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Translation, Lexicography. IV. Impact of other languages on Santali.
- Standardization of Santali Language.
Part – II History of Santali Literature.
- Literary trends of the following four periods of
History of Santali Literature (a) Ancient literature before 1854. (b) Missionary period : Literature between 1855 to 1889 AD. (c) Medieval period: Literature between 1890 to 1946 AD. (d) Modern period: Literature from 1947 AD to till date.
- Writing tradition in History of Santali literature.
Section B Literary forms – Main characteristics, history and development of following literary forms. Part – I Folk Literature in Santali – folk song, folk tale, phrase, idioms, puzzles, and Kudum. Part – II Modern literature in Santali (a) Development of poetry and prominent poets. (b) Development of prose and prominent writers. (i) Novels and prominent Novelists. (ii) Stories and prominent story writers. (iii) Drama and prominent Dramatist. (iv) Criticism and prominent critics. (v) Essay, sketches, memoirs, travelogues and prominent writers. Santali writers. Shyam Sundar Hembram, Pandit Raghunath Murmu, Barha Beshra, Sadhu Ramchand Murmu, Narayan Soren 'Toresutam', Sarada Prasad Kisku, Raghunath Tudu, Kalipada Soren, Sakla Soren, Digambar Hansda, Aditya Mitra 'Santali', Babulal Murmu 'Adivasi', Jadumani Beshra, Arjun Hembram, Krishna Chandra Tudu, Rupchand Hansda, Kalendra Nath Mandi, Mahadev Hansda, Gour Chandra Murmu, Thakur Prasad Murmu, Hara Prasad Murmu, Uday Nath Majhi, Parimal Hembram, Dhirendra Nath Baske, Shyam Charan Hembram, Damayanti Beshra, T.K. Rapaj, Boyha Biswanath Tudu. Part – III Cultural Heritage of Santali tradition, customs, festival and rituals (birth, marriage and death).
PAPER II (Answers must be written in Santali) Section A This paper will require in-depth reading of the following texts and the questions will be designed to test the candidates' critical ability. Ancient Literature : Prose (a) Kherwal Bonso Dhorom Puthi – Majhi Ramdas Tudu "Rasika". (b) Mare Hapramko Reyak Katha – L. O. Scrafsrud. (c) Jomsim Binti Lita – Mangal Chandra Turkulumang Soren. (d) Marang Buru Binti – Kanailal Tudu. Poetry (a) Karam Sereng – Nunku Soren. (b) Devi Dasain Sereng – Manindra Hansda. (c) Horh Sereng – W.G. Archer. (d) Baha Sereng – Balaram Tudu. (e) Dong Sereng – Padmashri Bhagwat Murmu 'Thakur' (f) Hor Sereng – Raghunath Murmu. (g) Soros Sereng – Babulal Murmu "Adivasi". (h) More Sin More Nida – Rup chand Hansda. (i) Judasi Madwa Latar – Tez Narayan Murmu. Section B Modern Literature PART I – Poetry (a) Onorhen Baha Dhalwak – Paul Jujhar Soren. (b) Asar Binti – Narayan Soren "Tore Sutam" (c) Chand Mala – Gora Chand Tudu. (d) Onto Baha Mala – Aditya Mitra « Santali ». (e) Tiryo Tetang – Hari Har Hansda. (f) Sisirjon Rar – Thakur Prasad Murmu. PART II – Novels (a) Harmawak Ato – R.Karstiars (Translator – R.R. Kisku Rapaz) (b) Manu Mati – Chandra Mohan Hansda. (c) Ato Orak – Doman Hansdak. (d) Ojoy Gada Dhiph re – Nathenial Murmu. PART III – Stories (a) Jiyon Gada – Rup Chand Hansda and Jadumani Beshra. (b) Mayajaal – Doman Sahu 'Samir' and Padmashri Bhagwat Murmu 'Thakur' PART IV – Drama (a) Kherwar Bir – Pandit Raghunath Murmu (b) Juri Khatir – Dr. K.C. Tudu. (c) Birsa Bir – Ravi Lal Tudu PART V – Biography Santal Ko Ren Mayam Gohako-Dr. Biswanath Hansda


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Every now and then an event occurs in the adult entertainment industry that is of critical interest to every participant in the business. On October 28, 2009, such an event occurred. On that day the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit became the first to adopt the requirement that content distributed via the Internet that is alleged by the government to be obscene must be subject to a national standard and not a local community standard as has been the case since the inception of the commercial web.
The ruling is revolutionary for many reasons, but perhaps most importantly for the average online adult entertainment entrepreneur because the Ninth Circuit has taken a giant step in leveling the playing field for adult businesses under constant threat of obscenity prosecution by the government.
Obscenity prosecution, just the thought of it scares the hell out of just about every adult entertainment entrepreneur, and with good reason. Consider the following regarding the potential result of a conviction of violating the federal obscenity laws:
Each distributed item found to be obscene potentially carries a penalty of five years in a federal prison, heavy fines and forfeiture of money obtained from the distribution of the items.
Distribution of two or more obscene items is a specified predicate act that can trigger simultaneous prosecution under the federal law known as the "Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act", a.k.a. RICO, a heavy hitter law enacted to destroy entire mob operations. Persons convicted of a RICO offense face an additional ten years in jail plus the forfeiture of all property associated with the enterprise associated with the distribution of the items. Thus, for example, a webmaster running an online business from his home who has been charged with distributing as few as two obscene video clips from one of his sites could face a RICO action that might result in the forfeiture of his home.
Monies obtained from distribution of obscene materials are also subject to the federal money laundering statutes. These big boys can send you away for ten years for domestic money laundering, twenty years if the money is made or is moved offshore.
If more than one person is involved in the distribution of allegedly obscene materials, all parties could face an additional charge of conspiracy, which can add up to another ten years to a convicted defendant's sentence.
Thus, if you and a business partner, operate an adult membership site depicting two or more sexually explicit images or video clips, you could, in theory, face up to 50 years in prison! That's right fifty years for publishing a couple of photographs! That my friends, is an obscenity much greater than any two photographs could ever be, regardless of what may be depicted in them.
The morality driven, arcane law of obscenity, which criminalizes content depicting consenting adults when transmitted to other consenting adults seeking the content is, in my opinion, nothing less than a monumental offense to a free people and a shameful attack on our cherished and sacred freedoms of expression. As we spend our nation's blood and treasure in the fight for the freedom of Afghans from the tyranny of the Taliban it is a national embarrassment for the land that is supposed to be a beacon of freedom to the world to hold this 100 megaton Sword of Damocles over the heads of persons who dare to publish depictions of the natural act that got us all here in the first place.
But, unfortunately, that ghastly reality is what every adult entertainment entrepreneur and every adult entertainment business faces each day they operate to provide hundreds of millions of consumers globally with one of the most demanded products on the planet.
Unfair? Of course it's unfair. But sadly, seemingly nobody outside of the adult industry, except for first amendment attorneys, civil rights groups and fair judges goes to bat for the free speech rights of adult content publishers. And that is fundamentally why politicians see such great political opportunities and benefits by piling on more and more possible punishments for pornographers each election cycle. After all, what politician, particularly in today's sorry crop, is going to risk his or her career doing anything to help a group that is often portrayed as either greedy exploiters of women, subverters of the morality of our youth, or a satanic ally posing an apocalyptic threat to human civilization.
But despite how much hypocritical politicians and conservative interest groups have shamefully stacked the deck against the adult entertainment business, every now and then, something happens that confirms that our system of government, flawed as it is, still operates to protect our fundamental freedom of expression.
One of these "somethings" occurred when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the case of United States v. Kilbride that allegedly obscene content transmitted via the Internet must be evaluated by a national community standard and not by the local community standards of a single community among the thousands into which the content was electronically transmitted.
The Kibride case involves the appeal of the criminal convictions of two spammers, Jeffrey Kilbride and James Schaffer, who distributed two sexually explicit images via email throughout the United States. The Defendants were convicted of violations of two federal obscenity laws (18 U.S.C. §§1462 and 1465), which prohibit the importation and the transportation in interstate commerce, of "obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy" books, pictures and other media. Both statutes have previously been interpreted to apply to distribution of content via the Internet, and specifically include distribution via an "interactive computer service," as defined by the Communications Decency Act.
Since 1973, Supreme Court decisions have held that the determination of whether content is obscene or not is a matter of evaluation of the materials through the application of the standards of a local community in which the publication was made (transmitted or received). However in Kilbride, the Defendants were prosecuted for their national distribution of obscene materials.
In that case at trial, the jury was instructed to use the community standards of " . . . society at large, or people in general" in determining whether the images at issue were obscene. The jury instruction stated that this "community" was "not defined by a precise geographic area". Applying the jury instruction, the jury found the Defendants guilty.
After their trial and conviction, Kilbride and Shaffer switched to new counsel and hired my firm and The Kaufman Law Group, respectively. We first entered the picture to prosecute their appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
We quickly determined that the jury instructions were inherently unfair and probably constitutionally infirm, in part because they asked the jury to apply a vague global or "societal" standard for obscenity determination, detached from any geographic bounds. Further, we felt that it was time to frontally challenge the inherent unfairness, impracticality and constitutionality of an obscenity evaluation mechanism that subjects persons using a currently necessarily world-wide distribution medium, the Internet, to the community standards of a single small community, which might be unusually or even uniquely intolerant of adult content.
One of our first critical tasks was to file a motion to keep Kilbride and Schaffer out of prison on bail pending their appeal. These motions are very difficult to get granted in part because defendants making such requests are, after all, convicted federal felons. Consequently, virtually all defendants convicted of obscenity law violations spend their time on appeal in jail. This is the case, for example, regarding Paul Little, a.k.a., Max Hardcore, who is currently serving out his sentence while his case is appealed.
However, agreeing with our briefs' assertion that significant constitutional questions were involved regarding the "community" the jury was instructed to use for its community standards evaluation to convict our clients, the Court granted Kilbride and Shaffer their freedom while we appealed their case.
In our appeal briefs and at oral argument before a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit in June Gary Kaufman and I argued that because the distribution of the emails at issue was a national distribution of content, the District Court should have instructed the jury to evaluate the materials in the context of a "national" community standard.
The 9th Circuit agreed with us. In its opinion, the Court adopted our view of Ashcroft v. ACLU, a United States Supreme Court decision regarding the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), in which Supreme Court Justices O'Connor and Breyer, had stated that a "national standard" should be used for laws involving distribution of obscene material over the Internet. In that Supreme Court opinion, Justice O'Connor, to her great credit, noted that community standards for obscenity vary greatly throughout the country and that, at least for now, persons using the Internet to publish materials are unable to precisely control the geographic location of their audience. As a result, subjecting Internet publishers of explicit sexual content to a "local community" standard for obscenity, would in effect require them to adopt the most restrictive view of obscenity taken by any community in the country. This, in turn, Justice O'Connor rightly concluded, would "potentially suppress an inordinate amount of expression." (535 U.S. 587).
The Ninth Circuit also agreed with our interpretation of the COPA case opinion, by citing the fact that a majority of Supreme Court Justices "viewed the application of a national community standard as not or likely not possessing" the serious constitutional concerns posed by using local community standards to judge explicit content distributed via the Internet in obscenity cases. Based on this interpretation of the COPA case, the Ninth Circuit stated that it was persuaded to join Justices O'Connor and Breyer in holding that "a national community standard must be applied in regulating obscene speech on the Internet, including obscenity distributed via email."
The Ninth Circuit also agreed with us that the District Court had committed error in allowing the subject jury instruction. Specifically, that the District Court had instructed the jury that "community" was "not defined by a precise geographic area" but represented the views of "society at large, or people in general." Agreeing with the argument we had made consistently from the moment we were hired to take on the defendants' appeal, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the jury should have been told to use a "national community standard."
The impact of this ruling for the adult entertainment industry is simply huge. In the nine western states under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Circuit (AZ, AK, CA, HI, ID, MO, NV, OR, and WA), with a stroke of a pen, the Ninth Circuit has entirely reworked the legal landscape for online adult entertainment businesses. No longer could the government rely with impunity on its tried and true strategy of indicting adult content publishers in ultra conservative communities with reputations for intolerance for adult content. No longer could the government count on its ability to stack the deck against defendants charged with distributing adult content via the Web by presenting allegedly obscene materials to jurors who would be required to apply the often outright regressive and intolerant standards of such cherry-picked conservative communities.
But The Fat Lady Has Not Yet Sung. What You Can Do To Keep The National Standard And Prevent A Slide Back To Local Community Standards.
As of this writing the government has sought and obtained leave from the Court to postpone its decision as to whether it will seek a rehearing before all of the judges of the Ninth Circuit through what is called a petition for an "en banc rehearing". Because my firm, Piccionelli & Sarno and The Kaufman Law Group represent the defendants at the time of writing in what is still an ongoing matter, I cannot comment what our response will be to the government's action.
However, I believe it is safe to say, it ain't over yet. In addition to petitioning for a rehearing, a request to have the United States Supreme Court hear the case is also possible.
Because of these avenues available to the government to potentially reverse the adoption of the national standard by the Ninth Circuit, it is clear that it is in the entire industry's best interest that the national standard ruling be preserved. Consequently, I strongly encourage you to visit the Free Speech Coalition website, or contact either Piccionelli & Sarno or the offices of The Kaufman Law Group for information regarding how you can support this effort.
This article is not intended to be, nor should be considered to be, legal advice.
1Gregory A. Piccionelli is an intellectual property and adult entertainment attorney. He can be reached at Piccionelli & Sarno at (805) 497-5886 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: Attended the Soul Train Music Awards in Las Vegas yesterday. As I walk, meet and mingle with the crowds I cant help but wonder how many of them remember who started all of this. I go to these events mainly to silently pay tribute and remember good friends. In this case my friend Don Cornelius, the original founder. He helped me a lot in getting our music to reach a larger audience. Watch my interview with him from back in November 1974. I have been in this business too long, there is really nothing new.


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January 23rd 2017, Day One of the production for Marvel's Avengers: Infinity Wars. confirmed by Marvel Studios that, Avengers: Infinity War, is in production, The movie will feature: The Avengers and The Guardians of Galaxy. They will be meeting each other for the first time, on the big screen to take on Thanos who is after the Infinity Gauntlet.The Avengers including Tom Holland's Spider-Man is a big deal but now two epic Marvel superhero teams will be joining forces to take down evil, this announcement just keeps getting better and better.
I am not the biggest Guardians of the Galaxy fan so this upcoming film could persuade me into thinking Guardians of the Galaxy is cool. I do like the fact that they are teaming up. Thanos will be incredibly difficult to defeat so this team up is necessary.
The three main actors who are featured in the Marvel Studios YouTube video below discuss are: Robert Downey Junior, Tom Holland and Chris Patt they are all featured in the YouTube video below where they all give their explanations and views and opinions on being in this upcoming movie: Avengers: Infinity War Part One.
Kevin Fiege is the producer of this film and has said "We know their going to face Thanos we've been preparing that since Iron man 1". This information reveals that Thanos will be the main super villain. Thanos seems to be after the Infinity stones and wants to resurrect The Infinity Gaunlet.
Thanos is the main super-villain who will be in this upcoming film: Avengers: Infinity War Part One. "Tony is not talking to Steve, The Avengers are basically a name, with nobody in it, the world is vulnerable". One of the writers explains, this writer for this film is called Christopher Markus. The writers go on to explain how Tony Stark is doing everything in his power to keep everyone safe in the trailer.
Kevin Feige the producer for this upcoming film, confirms in the trailer that The Avengers will meet The Guardians of the Galaxy. This team up was unexpected yet exciting and beneficial for Earth speaking in terms of comic books Earth, since the Infinite stones are being protected by The Avengers and hunted by Thanos to complete the Infinite Gauntlet, Thanos was introduced to the Marvel cinematic world through, The Guardians of the Galaxy so this is a very interesting twist indeed. Check out the YouTube video below for more information on this.
Thanos mounts the six Infinity Gems (collected in the Thanos Quest limited series) on his left glove to form the titular Infinity Gauntlet. Each Gem grants its bearer complete mastery over one aspect of the multiverse: Time, Space, Mind, Soul, Reality, and Power.
Each Infinity Stone has its own specialisation:
Space Stone: Provides the ability to travel through space via teleportation and can interfere with the motion of objects.
Mind Stone: Near limitless psionic/psychic abilities, including telepathy and telekinesis.
Soul Stone: Allows the user to attack or steal another's soul and can be used to revert an individual to their natural state.
Time Stone: The ability to time travel, slow down or speed up the flow of time, and even slow or accelerate ageing. Also allows sight into the future.
Reality Stone: Ability to alter all of reality.
Power Stone: Gives the user the ability to manipulate energy, as well as enhancing strength and durability. It can also enhance any superhuman power one already has.
Avengers: Infinity War Part One has started production in January 2017, and is scheduled for release: May the fourth, 2018.
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The sources for this artice:
- Check out the twitter video from Marvel Studios it's official
- The three main actors
- Guardian of the Galaxy Cast
- Thanos the almighty Super Villain
- The Infinite Stones
- The importance of the Infinite Stones
- Avengers: Infinity Wars Info
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First of all this post has nothing to do with babies. It is actually about an interesting phenomenon that affects house builders, software developers, the government and possibly all types of jobs. Without adding too much hype it's about Brooks' law, so those of you familiar with it can move on to the next post.
Let's say you are a contractor and you currently employ 2 builders. Assuming the 2 builders work 40 hour weeks, you estimate that a house will be finished in 4 months' time. However for some reason the client isn't happy about this and would like the house to be built-in 2 months. In this case the contractor would employ another 2 builders thus doubling the productivity and finishing the house on time. If half way through the job one of the workers gets hurt the contractor puts more people on the job to make sure that the deadline is met.
Unfortunately if you had to do this in software development the results would be catastrophic. To understand this better we first need to understand the nature of software development. When one developer is in a team, let's call him Bob, he is familiar with all the code, and if he is smart enough, any technical questions can be answered either by Google or by himself since he wrote all the code. When Sam, another developer, is introduced to the team he will need to become familiar with the code produced by Bob. Sam then starts to produce his own code and thus introducing some aspects of the system which Bob isn't familiar with. In this case you'll need both Bob and Sam to answer the technical questions. This also means that Bob and Sam need to constantly share ideas between themselves, thus periodically interrupting each other.
In order to get their job done Bob and Sam need to store loads of information in their short-term memory including:
- Variable names
- Method names
- Commonly used API calls
- Other parts of the system which might be effected by the code they are updating
- Race conditions
- etc…
This also means that when Bob gets interrupted by Sam, Bob has to stop what he is doing to reply to Sam, then needs to start getting himself back in "the zone" and makes sure he re-obtains all the required information i.e. time is wasted on context switching. Let us assume that Bob needs 4 mins to get back all the required information stored in his short-term memory and let us also assume that Bob has to interrupt every other team member 4 times a day. Plotting this information we get the graph below:
As you can see when 31 members join the team no work will get done because everyone is getting too many interruptions.
But wait… this is not entirely correct first of all I pulled out the numbers out of a hat and secondly we are basing this on the fact that Bob had to ask all his team mates 4 questions a day. One can argue that you can limit the number of interruptions by adding documentation thus Bob can refer to the documentation instead of interrupting Sam. However when adding more team members this doesn't only affect the number of interruptions, but also has an impact on:
- Decisions that need to be taken as a team are greatly affected, sometimes it's hard to get an idea agreed by 3 developers, let alone by 31.
- There is a great overhead to induce 31 developers.
- Time spent in meetings is also greatly affected. If 31 developers speak for 2 mins each, you get a scrum meeting which lasts slightly longer than an hour.
- To create documentation you might need to consult with 31 developers.
- And I don't even want to think what a nightmare it will be to plan the tasks and manage a team of 31 developers.
Anyway you see it, adding more people to a team will not get the job done faster, on the contrary Brooks' law states that:
"Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later."
There is of course the optimal number of developers to get the right balance between the work produced and the time it takes to finish a project. This number tends to vary both on the nature of the project and the experience of the team. If you record sprint velocity it is always interesting to see what happens when someone is on sick or on leave for a sprint.
In general, teams which require communication amongst themselves do not scale. For your reference the number of communication channels in a team can be found by using the below formula, where N is the number of members in a team:
Communication Channels = N(N-1)/2
For the non-developers reading this post, this is why the government is so inefficient because we elect more than 60 members of parliament (1770 communication channels, for those doing the Maths) who all want to get their ideas across and convince the rest of the members that their idea is the best.
To conclude I don't believe that you should have more than 7 ± 2 (The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two) team members which amongst themselves do the required roles to deliver the project: planning, architecture, development, testing, project management, gathering functional requirements, documentation etc…


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The system allows, for example:
"Germany is looking for the super start" (abbreviation: DSDS) — this is the German competition
of the artists, which took place in Autumn 2002 in German channel RTL for the first time.
The key idea of the British show Pop Idol, which received the world license (for example,
show (American Idol) in the USA or «New Star» (Nouvelle Star) in France served the basis
for the German competition as well. In Germany the show is produced by GRUNDY Light Entertainment GmbH.
In 2003 year, the show «DSDS» was declared to be the best entertainment show and was marked
with the special prize of the German television. Three years later this prize was regained
by the show: Florian Wiederr got it for the decorations in the category named
"The best design of the studio".
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Das Reportage-Magazin für die Veranstaltungsbranche 04/2009
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Now I am only 5 cards from the finish line and
when that happens I will be a 100% finished with using up the Shop S.E.I. scrapbook kit.
Now, you might wonder what Mission Cards I am talking about. Well, it is about using one of my very first Scrapbook purchases and finally use it ALL up. And that will give me some piece of mind to spend a little on some new wonderful scrapbook stuff! And who doesn't want that!
This Mission is about the 8x8 S.E.I. "Scrapbook in a bag" book kit. Bought it years back! This kit has/had an awful lot of pastel coloured paper, so it is not too easy peasy a task.
Here is the 5th last card of this kit....
Here I have used one of the last sentiment stickers from the kit and combined it with a stamp from Simon Says Stamp. The bracket shape on the card is made using a die from My Favorite Things. It was one of my purchases at Scrap-A-Mania this year.
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When we talk about "the ancient druids," really, we are talking about ourselves – about our ideas of a better way to live, inspired by a time that seems untouched by the degradations of modernity. And when I revisit the Roman texts (disclaimer: I grew up in a family of Classicists) this is what I find most striking about my adopted spiritual forebears:
The Druids usually abstain from war — Julius Caesar
Often when the combatants are ranged face to face, and swords are drawn and spears are bristling, these men come between the armies and stay the battle, just as wild beasts are sometimes held spellbound. Thus even among the most savage barbarians anger yields to wisdom, and Mars is shamed before the Muses. — Diodorus Siculus
The keen-eyed among you will have spotted those qualifiers: "usually", "often", but not always. The mind harks back to Tacitus' description of those women in black attire like Furies, with hair dishevelled, waving flaming torches to defend the sacred isle of Mona. As you might expect among barbarians…
Peace is not pacifism, yet when the debate about the place of peace within druidry spilled beyond the nemeton of the Druid Network and into the more public forms of social media, I often saw the two conflated. People spoke of their need to defend, to resist, to fight for their beliefs.
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Windmill Hut / Song of Storms (Metal Cover) - from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/
I've been waiting a long time to finally finish this metal cover of one of my favorite songs from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but to make it less repetitive I added an original twist to it. Let me know what you think!
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Honorees to be recognized May 11 at Siena Heights University
ATHENA Lenawee annually recognizes those in our community who are dedicated to cultivating and developing women in leadership. The 2017 award recipients are Deborah Keller, Ashley Gonzalez, and Gleaner Life Insurance Society.
"ATHENA Lenawee is pleased to recognize the very special group of honorees in 2017," said Julie Koehn, ATHENA Lenawee Council Chair. "We celebrate the accomplishments of each, and thank them for their service to women and the greater Lenawee community."
Deborah Keller, Siena Heights University, is the 2017 ATHENA Award recipient. The ATHENA Award was first presented in 1991. The award is given annually to a woman who assist women in reaching their full professional leadership potential, while demonstrating excellence, creativity and initiative.
Ashley Gonzalez, WLEN Radio, is the 2017 ATHENA Young Professional Award recipient. The Young Professional Award is new for 2017, and like the ATHENA Award, recognizes a woman who assists women in reaching their full leadership potential and serves as a role model for young women both personally and professionally.
Gleaner Life Insurance Society will be honored as the 2017 Parthenon Award. The Parthenon Award was first presented by ATHENA Lenawee in 2006 and celebrates businesses dedicated to raising the potential of all women as valued members of their business, profession and the community.
The ATHENA Award Event will be held May 11 at 5:30 PM in Dominican Hall on the campus of Siena Heights University, 1247 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian. Space is limited, and reservations are required by April 29th. To RSVP or for more information about the event please contact Sue Hammersmith at 517.423.1729.
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São Paulo, Brazils most populous state, has a total solar power generation potential of 12 TWh per year in areas with the absolute highest annual solar radiation, according to a new solar atlas unveiled by the states energy secretariat this month. These areas with the highest solar generation potential in the state total 732 square kilometers (0.3% of the states total area of 248,209 square kilometers) and the secretariat estimates they could host 9,100 MWp of installed capacity.
São Paulo's 2020 target for solar energy development is 1 GW of installed solar capacity. This target includes 799 MW of thermal solar capacity (207 MW are already installed), 50 MW of photovoltaic solar capacity and 50 MW of concentrated solar power. The remaining 100 MW is set aside for passive solar energy exploitation in the form of solar architecture projects.
The new atlas, which was developed with the aim of attracting new investments in the sector, includes 25 detailed maps that illustrate the best areas for photovoltaic energy development. Approximately 10% of the analyzed areas would have suitable technical and economic conditions for solar energy generation, according to the study.
Some of the best areas for large-scale PV solar developments in São Paulo state are Araçatuba (5,520 kWh per square meter a day), Barretos (5,509 kWh per square meter a day) and Rio Preto (5,512 kWh per square meter a day), according to the atlas.
José Aníbal, São Paulos energy secretary, said that investments in photovoltaic energy production will open the way for sustainable development in São Paulo, adding that the state has double the maximum global solar irradiation than that of Germany, where the solar industry accounts for 130,000 jobs and numbers 10,000 companies.
The new solar atlas was developed with support from Allianz, EBES, Eaton, Leros Energia, Martifer Solar, MES Energia and New Generation Power.


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President Trump signed into law on October 6, 2017 the Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017. The Act directs the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend Rule 139 under the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act) to expand the Rule's safe harbor to include certain investment fund research reports that are published or distributed by broker-dealers. The amended Rule will expand the safe harbor for research reports that are not deemed to be "offers" for purposes of Section 5 of the 1933 Act, or prohibited activities for purposes of Rule 101 of Regulation M, to include the publication or distribution of research reports relating to "covered investment funds." Covered investment funds include exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded managed funds (ETMFs) and publicly traded commodity pools that invest primarily in commodities, currencies, or derivative instruments that reference commodities or currencies.
Read "President Trump Signs Bill Directing SEC to Expand Safe Harbor for Certain Investment Fund Research Reports."


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I briefly talked about my experiences at the Google Summer of Code 2013 Mentor Summit. I've been pretty remiss in sharing what was actually discussed there and for that I must apologize! This will hopefully be one of a few posts about what I learned and discussed at the Summit.
The first part I'd like to talk about is the application period: welcoming students, requirements for student applications, etc. Much of what I say on here is just ideas I've heard other organizations implement (with my personal opinion on them, please don't think this represents what Mozilla is suggesting students do, or even what I'm suggesting Mozilla should ask students to do!)
I had many separate conversations about what is required for an application to be accepted. It seems that Mozilla is actually on the side of one of the easier organizations to apply to. We don't (to my knowledge) require that students have contributed at all to the community beforehand. It is possible that some smaller communities inside of Mozilla require more than just an application, but there does not seem to be any rule across Mozilla. I said I wouldn't offer my opinion above…but I lied: I think Mozilla should make it clearer to applicants what is expected of them before the application.
There seem to be a variety of things different organizations "require" before accepting a student application, for example:
I think all of these have pros and cons and making any a hard and fast rule would probably be a bad idea. Personally for Instantbird, we greatly encourage students to idle on IRC and get to know us; and to fix a minor bug or two or three. What I'm always looking for is: use, passion, and skill.
Asking for a patch / pull request (I include these together since they really just depend on how an organization accepts changes) can be a bit intimidating for a new user. I think this can be a pretty rough thing to ask for new contributors that might not want to share their work publicly with a large group of people (on a mailing list, public bug tracker, etc.) where they might be wrong. Even after being part of the community, I find that GSoC students are often very unwilling to publicly share code unless it's "perfect", but I digress. Anyway, if you're considering "requiring" this, I think it should be pretty clear that this changeset doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to show that the student is able to read code, understand a bug report, provide a fix and test it.
I think it's perfect reasonable to ask students to idle on IRC and join mailing lists. They should definitely be trying to understand the community before attempting to join it. It isn't just a matter of if the community thinks the student would be a good fit, but also the student must ensure they can fit into the community.
Filing a bug is a great way for a student to show a few different things: they've used your software; they've used your software enough to find a bug in it (and there most likely is one!); they're able to express themselves in a clear and concise matter. If you're lucky they'll find something that actually annoys them and fix it themselves!
I have fix a bug listed last. You might ask how this differs from submitting a patch…and it does! Fixing a bug requires a patch to go through whatever review process your project uses, but builds upon just submitting a patch. My thoughts on this are pretty similar to just submitting a patch, but it depends on how large the bug is.
Something I found interesting is that almost everyone I talked to didn't treat their GSoC students any differently than they would treat a new contributor to their project. They still had to prove they were worthy of commit access, etc. Is there anything else you ask of your students before they apply to GSoC? I'd love to hear it!
Some other topics I'll hopefully find some time to write about include: community lessons, and handling a failing student. The community one will be very not-GSoC focused and could apply to just trying to incorporate new contributors…but I'll include it in this series.


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New Council Presents United Front To State Lawmakers
By Joyce Lobeck
"It was a great day to build relationships," Mayor Douglas Nicholls said of the Yuma City Council's trip last week to the State Capitol to meet with Arizona's lawmakers.
"It was well worth the trip to Phoneix," he said of the council's legislative day. "We introduced the new council to the legislators and had a lot of good discussion. We have their ear … they're very interested in all our issues. It was all very positive."
And a concerted effort was made to present a united front, said Nicholls, whose overarching goal as mayor is his United for Yuma campaign. "We had the ability to show we're starting in a new, fresh direction and everyone is on board. That's one of those things you can't accomplish over the phone."
HURF – Highway User Revenue Funds – came up in discussions with legislators and Gov. Jan Brewer as city officials pressed for restoration of the funding to cities and towns to help pay for local roadway projects.
Since 2004, the Legislature has swept a total of $231.7 million in HURF money from municipalities to help balance the state budget, leaving them with nearly empty coffers to fix streets and build new roads, according to the League of Cities and Towns. Yuma has lost $4.8 million while San Luis has lost $1.3 million, Somerton $737,000 and Wellton $148,680.
City Administrator Greg Wilkinson said there appears to be a lot of support among legislators to restore HURF to its statutory levels and he's hopeful there will be action on it during this year's legislative session. There's also hope the governor would support a HURF restoration bill if one is passed.
However, he noted that the governor's budget does not include HURF, and Brewer didn't comment either way on the issue during the council's 45-minute meeting with her.
Wilkinson also is optimistic there will be legislation allowing victims of graffiti to recover all costs of graffiti abatement, including materials and labor. A bipartisan bill is being introduced in the House of Representatives and appears to have widespread support, he said.
In addition, there was quite a bit of discussion about the proposed veterans home to be built in Yuma, Nicholls said. Last week, Brewer announced that her budget includes $9.2 million for the project.
"We want to keep it in the budget," Nicholls said. "There's a lot of support to make that happen."
Wilkinson observed that the Yuma contingent included five veterans: himself, Deputy Administrator Ricky Rinehart and Councilmen Gary Knight, Edward Thomas and William Craft.
While the council found a receptive audience among lawmakers on a couple of other issues, Wilkinson said he doesn't anticipate there will be any action on them this year.
One is a request for a bill to better define where candidates can place political campaign signs in rights-of-way adjoining a business or private property without the owner's permission as well as restrictions on signs in rights-of-way adjoining a city-owned building.
The issue has been upsetting to some businesses and individuals, who say the signs placed in front of their property give the impression they support the candidate when they may not, Wilkinson explained.
"I don't think there will be a bill this year but (lawmakers) were receptive," he said. "Maybe next year."
Maybe next year also was the impression Wilkinson received for the city's request for legislation to limit excessive requests for public records. "There's a lot of support," he said. "It's a matter of figuring out what can be done."
During the meeting with the governor, she was thanked for her "tremendous support for Yuma," Wilkinson said. And Brewer was presented with a Centennial coin commemorating the city's 100th birthday this year along with an invitation to attend the opening festivities on April 7 to flip the switch on the new Main Street signs in downtown Yuma.


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KOJIĆ defends the title, ĐURAK champion for the first time
Croatian National Championships
Frane KOJIĆ and Mirela ĐURAK are the winners of the Croatian national championship that was held at the venue Sveti Martin na Muri. While ĐURAK clinched her first ever title in Singles, KOJIĆ managed to defend his last year's title from Varaždin.
"Which title do I prefer? Well, this year's", said Kojić, only to change his mind a second later,"on a second thought, I don't know. I am proud of both titles, the one in Varaždin being my first and I like the second one from Sveti Martin na Muri because it is always more challenging to defend a title."
KOJIĆ was the only right handed player who reached the semi-finals, managing to win Roko TOŠIĆ in the finals 4:1 and Miho SIMOVIĆ and Ronald REĐEP snatching the bronze medal. Croatia's number one player Andrej GAĆINA did not participate at the championship and last year's finalist and this year's European Under 21 champion Tomislav PUCAR withdrew from the championship before the quarterfinals due to illness.
Mirela ĐURAK had challenging matches starting from quarterfinals, and managed to win the title by beating Dorina Srebrnjak with 4:2 in the finals.
"The entire tournament was very strenuous, I had a tough draw since the quarterfinals. I would like to complement the organisation of the championship, and give special thanks to Dr Časl and coach Arapović because without them I wouldn't have been able to win this championship", said ĐURAK.
The bronze medal went to Klara CAKOL and Ivana MALOBABIĆ.
In the doubles category the gold medal went to Roko TOŠIĆ and Tomislav JAPEC who beat Vedran BAKAČ and Josip MUSTAPIĆ in the finals with 3:1. In the women's doubles category Ivana MALOBABIĆ and Ida JAZBEC won Mirela ĐURAK and Mateja JEGER in the finals 3:1.
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Semifinal: Tošić/Japec - F. i M. Runjić 3:0 (8, 9, 5), Bakač/Mustapić - L. i M. Martinek 3:0 (8, 7, 7); final: Tošić/Japec - Bakač/Mustapić 3:1 (8, 8, -7, 8)
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– Turkey's Eurovision song video subject of dicussions
– Israel's Eurovision Song Contest Entry "There Must Be Another Way …
– Eurovision legends come to Margate
– Eurovision division in Israel
– Georgia's Eurovision entry exits over lyric
– Alexander Rybak Expected To Win Eurovision 2009 For Norway
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The 54th annual competition will take place May 12-16 2009 in Moscow. However fans of the contest are starting to generate buzz about various entrants. ne of the most intriguing is this year's song from Israel. "There Must Be Another Way" carries a message promoting peace and reconciliation in the Middle East.
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Eurovision division in Israel
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Yet that's exactly the charge that many in Israel's million strong Arab minority level against the elegant flamboyant actress and singer – because she is representing Israel in this year's Eurovision Song Contest alongside a Jewish performer. The hope is that Eurovision will give a message of peace but increasing tensions in the Middle East since Israel's Gaza operation in January have left the singer caught up in a very public row. Her fellow Arabs have urged her to step down from Eurovision because they see it as propaganda for a racist state. n the Jewish side support has grown for right-wing parties who worry that some Arabs are potential traitors. Mira's Eurovision story is in many ways a microcosm of the tensions that have polarised Israel since since the 22-day military operation which saw 1300 Gazans and 13 Israelis killed. Good intentionsThe story began several months ago when Achinoam Nini known as "Noa" – a Jewish-Israeli singer – was asked to represent Israel for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow this May.
Georgia's Eurovision entry exits over lyric
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Alexander Rybak Expected To Win Eurovision 2009 For Norway
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How Apple Will Change Indoor Location in 2016: Part 2
So back to the original question, how does this all impact the market? The obvious fear for location technology vendors is that as we have seen repeatedly in the location space, once Apple and Google's (expect something similar from them in 2016 also) solution is good enough, many will choose to use it, rather than acquiring/licensing from a third party. While this may be true for many non-retail apps, the presence of the retailer changes this dynamic somewhat. Retailers understand that relying on Apple, Google, etc. for indoor location information means giving up data about their customers. This is fine for SMBs, but less so for major chains. Ultimately, ABI Research believes most will be forced to work with Apple at some level on local search, but many will still chose to own the in-store environment themselves, or at least as much of it as they can, particularly for things like customer analytics and in-store advertising.
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Enhancing Product Details in WooCommerce
In the next WooCommerce WordPress plugin add-on guide, we will show you how to install and implement the Products Details Customizer Tab add-on, which allows you customize product details for the goods you are selling via your ecommerce website.
Step 1) On the Dashboard, head to 'WooCommerce' and click on 'Add-ons' from the dropdown.
Step 2) From the Add-ons section, click on 'Free' to bring up the list of free add-ons, and then click on 'Product Details Customizer' from the list provided.
Step 3) This will direct you to the WordPress.org plugin page for 'Product Details Customizer'. Give the details a read-through before clicking 'Download', which will send a copy of the plugin to your Downloads folder in the form of a .zip file.
Step 4) Back on your website Dashboard, scroll down your sidebar and click 'Plugins', and then 'Add New'. From the next page, hit 'Upload' and then 'Choose File', and find the .zip file for your new plugin and click on 'Install Now'.
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AZRRI: Agency for Rural Development of Istria Region Ltd, Pazin
The Agency for Rural Development of Istria, Pazin is a limited company 100% owned by the County of Istria, and works closely with all county authorities and businesses, especially with the Department of Agriculture of the County of Istria, on joint projects especially for linking the public and private sectors, and projects that build the public infrastructure for the rural areas of the county. AZRRI was the first agency of this kind in Croatia with a specific purpose to coordinate production-wise activities into rural areas of Istria.
In addition to the Strategic Program for Rural Development of Istria (2007-2013), the Agency focusses on the determination of typical Istrian products and on preparing and implementing economic development programs and projects in the following areas:
– Research and development – collection, processing and statistical analysis of data related to rural areas and activities therein, elaboration of scientific projects for the development of rural areas, holding presentations – Strategic planning – drawing up strategic development programs for Istria County – Project preparation – elaborating projects, selection and coordination of partners, drawing up final documents – Project implementation – team selection and creation, candidate training, implementation coordination, activity supervision, final evaluation – Managing economic development programs – implementation and management of programs in rural areas of Istria – Promotion of Istria County – participation in national and international fairs, promotion of typical Istrian products – Farmer training – seminars, information about tenders, improving the level of practical knowledge, consultancy services
AZRRI consists of the following: – Laboratory for the development of meat products from meat breeds and native wildlife from Istria (Istrian cattle meat, durable meat products, meat products from wild game meat) – Oil Mill San Lorenzo – Vodnjan
Type of service provided: – Consulting services for EU funds – Consultancy Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development – Innovation and standardization of processes and products – Quality standardization – Quality control
AZZRI's research and innovation have already had an impact in Istrian agriculture and the perception of the region as one of outstanding agricultural products which are known worldwide. They have led to a revitalization of traditional, authentic, meat processing. The institution has helped in the branding of Istrian meat and dairy products by setting standards in production processes and quality. The agency stands for and puts effort into balanced and sustainable development of the agricultural and agri-food sector in the Istrian region, by strengthening cooperation processes in the primary and secondary sectors, from within the county and broader. AZZRI has, and will do so more by being included in the NEXT project, increasing technology transfer and innovation in the production system. The activities of the Agency are also organized geographically into Local Activity Groups (LAG). The groups are LAG Rovinj, LAG Southern Istria, LAG Eastern Istria, LAG Poreč, LAG Central Istria and the LAG Northern Istria. The scope of the project is marked by a strong agricultural potential in participating countries and regions that can develop high-income and high-value production. These resources remain largely unexpressed on the southern side of the Adriatic coast, where the level of quality and quantity of production have room for a better growth trend. The agricultural sector in these countries, although it is one of the most important sources of employment and creates a large share of national GDP, is subject to many problems that the agency had to cope with in Croatia. AZZRI can assist companies as well as other research and development organizations and institutions to allow agricultural development by improving the quality of processes and products while preserving the environment. These problems are mainly related to the lack of technical assistance and innovation of production processes. The agency has also done its part in branding the whole region for their agricultural products such as olive oil and wine, as well as meat products. It has thereby contributed to the revitalization of rural Istria. Another benefit from the activities of AZRRI is its contribution to the tourism of the county. In the future AZRRI's research will concentrate a great part on olive orchards and the olive oil production process. Because of this future focus, the agency has bought an own olive oil mill. The mill represents one of the largest investments of the agency. It is necessary for AZRRI to have its own mill in order to be able to control every phase of the oil production for the smallest changes in the production process influence the quality of the oil.
The Agency went the same path during its efforts to brand the regional autochthonous Istrian cattle and meat products thereof, and did this to great success. The Agency will also invest further in olive orchards for the potential of the region in the production of highest quality olive oil has not been reached yet. The agency has also put much effort in the education and quality awareness of olive oil producers, but must intensify this effort even more. In 2013 another agency with similar fields of interest (MIH – Made in Histria d.o.o.) has been melted with AZZRI. In 2012 the annual turnover of both companies was 19,745,000 HRK (2,598,000 €). The total number of employees was thereby raised from 21 in 2012 to 28 in 2013. Because of the combined know-how of both agencies and their branding experience, services and research which the Agency now offers, especially the experience and expertise regarding EU funding, should be met with interest of similar agencies and businesses of partaking regions. AZZRI's expertize should be even more in demand once the NEXT-IS platform is established. All the know-how accumulated within the agency will be put to better use for other countries and regions which partake in the NEXT project will be able to lean on experience and knowledge concentrated within the agency. Research and services provided by the Agency and its experience in the branding of local agricultural and food-processing products can be of interest for other countries and regions partaking in the NEXT project because they face similar challenges as AZRRI. AZRRI's Center for Regional Rural Development and Biodiversity Protection represents a capital infrastructure within the Agency founded with the purpose of tracking and planning needs of rural areas, proposals for systematic implementation of development policy in rural areas and interdisciplinary coordination of all activities. The Center is a public institution permanently aided by the public sector in the interest of creating quality conditions for the development of private enterprise in rural areas, taking into account sustainable development. The center will be organized through sub-centers as a multidisciplinary center that will provide the infrastructure for the implementation and organization of activities authorized by interested professional – scientific businesses in order to preserve plant and animal species and their economic development and achieving stability standard of living in rural parts, but also the entire region of Istria. By connecting farmers with the necessary professional, scientific and administrative departments and bodies in the network, the Center will provide quality interaction of all stakeholders, which will lead to economic development and facilitated communication of all involved parties.
The Center will be organized through sub-centers for specific activities relevant to the development of rural areas, as follows:
– Sub-center for the sustainable development of animal husbandry, beekeeping and biodiversity protection – Sub-center for the sustainable development of olive growing – Sub-center for the sustainable development of viticulture and winemaking – Sub-center for the sustainable development of mushroom – Sub-center for the sustainable development of fishery
The Sub-centers will be located in Pazin, Poreč, Vodnjan and Buzet. The Center will operate on a system of networks and gather and disseminate all the multi-disciplinary knowledge, as well as develop and coordinate public and private economic interests for the purpose of sustainable development.
The map above shows the urban (blue) and predominantly rural (green) regions of the County of Istria. The map was created using OECD criteria for the determination of rural areas (less than 150 inhabitants per square kilometer). The map points out the importance of an agency focused on the development of rural areas in Istria. It is part of the Strategic Program of Rural Development for the County of Istria which was ordered by AZRRI and conducted by the University of Zagreb. Research results from the Agency for Rural Development of Istria Region are applicable in the agricultural, food-processi ng, health and tourism sectors. The Agency participated as lead partner and partner in many projects, some of them are ADRIENV, RI.MO.REG, TRUFFLINK, I-AGRI, INNO.W.A.TE, MULTIFARMERS, TOUR IN ADRI, AREFA, IPATECH, DESK ARTS, IRCOS, RETOUR, GREEN ECONOMY, S.Ma.P, and more.
Contact: AZRRI d.o.o. Pazin Šetalište pazinske gimnazije 13 52000 Pazin, Croatia Tel: ++385 52 619 610 Fax: ++385 52 616 610 e-mail: info(at)azrri.hr web: www.azrri.hr
Tags: Croatia, Innovation, Istria


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This is a quick guide on how I configured rar2fs on my FreeNAS-18.104.22.168 and shared a rar2fs directory using Samba. My disk is mounted on /mnt/vol1.
Did some tests on my "a few years old hardware" and I got average file transfer speeds around 50 MB/s using cifs.
unionfs: http://forums.nas4free.org/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=210
rar2fs: https://code.google.com/p/rar2fs/
I found that fusefs-kmod and fusefs-libs packages comes with the FreeNAS embeded install – nice. The module is however not loaded by default.
This can be verified with this command:
>kldstat | grep fuse
27 1 0xffffffff81aaa000 aa63 fuse.ko
That row will not be returned by default.
Load the module with command "kldload fuse.ko".
To be able to add the rar2fs binary to /usr/local/bin/ and the unrar library to /usr/local/lib/ you need to use unionfs.
First create a directory on your data disk which you can use to mount to /usr/local
>mkdir -p /mnt/vol1/opt/usr_local
Now mount the drive with command:
>mount_unionfs /mnt/vol1/opt/usr_local /usr/local
Note: If you also like to install ports using pkg_add , you also need create directory /mnt/vol1/opt/var and do a mount_unionfs /mnt/vol1/opt/var /var .
Now create a directory somewhere to put the source for unrar, fuse and rar2fs.
>mkdir -p /mnt/vol1/opt/build
Download the needed files.
>cd /mnt/vol1/opt/build
>wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-5.2.1.tar.gz
See: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse/files/fuse-2.X/ (In my case 2.9.3)
See: https://code.google.com/p/rar2fs/ (in my case 1.20.0)
Extract fuse.
>tar zxvf fuse-2.9.3.tar.gz
Compile libunrar.
>tar zxvf unrarsrc-5.2.1.tar.gz ; cd unrar
For some reason I needed to edit the makefile and make the below changes, otherwise I got some errors, not sure if it is due to differences between linux and freebsd. (Using gmake may also work but its not included in freenas embeded)
Change row 98:
Comment out these 2 rows around row number 134.
#lib: WHAT=RARDLL
#lib: CXXFLAGS+=$(LIBFLAGS)
Compile and copy the unrar library.
>make lib -f makefile
If I remember correctly, I got some make error regarding missing lgcc , I solved it by creating a temporary mount like "mount_unionfs /mnt/vol1/opt/usr/lib /usr/lib" and then a "ln -s /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so /lib/libgcc-something". Only needed when building libunrar.
>cp libunrar.so /usr/local/lib/
Now you can compile rar2fs.
>tar zxvf rar2fs-1.20.0.tar.gz ; cd rar2fs
> ./configure –with-fuse=/mnt/vol1/opt/build/fuse-2.9.3/include –with-fuse-lib=/usr/local/lib –with-unrar=/mnt/vol1/opt/build/unrar –with-unrar-lib=/usr/local/lib
>cp rar2fs /usr/local/bin/
Try if its working (don´t forget to do a kldload fuse.ko first):
>/usr/local/bin/rar2fs /mnt/vol1/path/to/your/rars/dir /mnt/vol1/rar2fs_myrars
rar2fs[90982]: mounted /mnt/vol1/rar2fs_myrars
If its not working, you can add "-o debug" to run it in debug mode.
If it is working, unmount your rarfs with "umount /mnt/vol1/rar2fs_myrars".
Now create a startup script to run at freenas start. I added it to /mnt/vol1/opt/rar2fs.sh , dont forget to chmod 755 rar2fs.sh.
I´ve added seek-length=1 option to rar2fs for performance reasons.
The allow_other option is needed for non-root access to the file system. If you want to browse it with samba, you need this option.
#!/bin/sh echo "Loading module fuse.ko ..." /sbin/kldload fuse.ko echo "Mounting unionfs filesystem /mnt/vol1/opt/usr_local => /usr/local ..." /sbin/mount_unionfs /mnt/vol1/opt/usr_local /usr/local # Uncomment below if you want this as well. #echo "Mounting unionfs filesystem /mnt/vol1/opt/var => /var ..." #/sbin/mount_unionfs /mnt/vol1/opt/var /var echo "Starting rar2fs ..." /usr/local/bin/rar2fs --seek-length=1 -o allow_other /mnt/vol1/path/to/your/rars/dir /mnt/vol1/rar2fs_myrars
Create a init script in FreeNAS. Go to System / Add Init/Shutdown scripts.
Type: Script
Path: /mnt/vol1/opt/rar2fs.sh
Pre init
Reboot your freenas box.
You can check the console output and you should see the script output like "Starting rar2fs …" etc. (Make note of any error messages)
If your rar2fs mounts well, share it using CIFS if you like.
Note: Sharing using NFS is not working according to some forum threads, something about NFS interacts with the filesystem differently.
You can also add the rar2fs filesystem as storage to a freenas jail, like Plex 🙂
UPDATE: Someone told me that gcc isnt a part of FreeNAS 9.3 , I haven´t confirmed it myself though. Its possible to just add a compiled rar2fs executable and unrar library to a 9.3 install so I made it available in the tar archive below.
If you use these you could get by with just copying rar2fs/unrar-lib to your data disk and perhaps setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the correct directory before running rar2fs.
THE QUICK WAY (verified it myself on a clean 9.2 and 9.3 installation):
mkdir /mnt/vol1/opt
# Download the file below
tar xvf rar2fs-freenas9-x86_64.tar
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /mnt/vol1/opt ; /sbin/kldload fuse.ko ; /mnt/vol1/opt/rar2fs –seek-length=1 -o allow_other /mnt/vol1/path/to/your/rars/dir /mnt/vol1/rar2fs_mountpoint


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Olivia, MN
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Olivia is a city in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,484 at the 2010 census. It is also the county seat of Renville County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km²), all of it land.
U.S. Routes 71 and 212 are two of the main routes in the city.


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last night i watched a man die.
i was on my way for drinks and dinner with julia, my cousin who'd been living in australia for the past 7 or 8 months. i changed my route because the road was blocked by an engine and a paramedic's van. i was riding through the park across from hubba's hide out when i thought i should go watch. see what they do, how the professionals handle things. you know, for educational purposes. when i rode up there were three or four folks just standing back, watching. about 6 paramedics surrounded him. he was laying on the ground, on his back, his shirt was torn open. it was the first time i'd seen compressions done on an actual human being. it was hard to watch. the amount of force put on his chest. how deep down his sternum went. you could see the waves go down through his stomach to his legs. they shocked him a few times. i watched for about five minutes. the whole thing had been going on probably about ten minutes total.
he was a tourist. fat and touristy looking. his wife was sitting on a bench next to him. on the phone with lord knows who. family, emergency department, dispatch? she was deep in shock. her face had no expression. it just looked long. like her skin was no longer attached to her skull. like it had given up. at about 8 minutes in one of the paramedics began to collect her things so that he could take her away, walk her away from this horrible thing happening to her husband. as he was collecting her things he accidently dropped a brand new eggshell white and burgundy SF 49ers hat in a puddle. he picked it up and started to shake the water and dirt off but i could see it was going to have a stain. it occurred to me that the stain on that hat, if she decided to keep it, would always remind her, always draw her back to that day, that exact minute in a park in san francisco where her husband passed away.
i imagined her alone on the airplane, still in shock, gripping that hat. her fist clenched, her knuckles white, her eyes staring blindly out the window at the gray fog trying not to see the empty seat next to her. fighting that empty seat with everything she had. how she would be numb, blank in everything that she'd do from exiting the plane, not really seeing the flight attendants with their smiles and their 'thank you for flying with us'. how she'd walk through the airport not really seeing the people running their chocolate stands. how she'd wait, tense and empty for her luggage. would their be two suitcases? how she'd have to travel all these miles, all this time fighting. that it wouldn't be until she was in her family's arms that she could break. that she could crumble. that she'd have the support that she needed to let go, to lose the fight and let go and be overwhelmed.
they put her husband on a back board, then a stretcher and then loaded him into the van and drove off.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
3 comments:
That is just so sad, but thanks for sharing your thoughts. Mombo
- August 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- Deme said...
You are a beautiful writer. Eggshell white.
- September 8, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- Logan Ryan Smith said...
hard moment. yr a terrific writer, sakkis.
- October 10, 2009 at 12:36 AM
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Home > Activities > Fishing
There is good fishing in the many mountain rivers and the lakes of the Slieve Bloom area. Contact;
Mountrath Angling Club
Fishing Shop
Game Angling
Course Angling
Ballyfin Lake contains pike, tench and rudd.
Brittas Lake (near Clonaslee) - a man-made lake with picnic area and nature walk. Recently stocked with trout.
(Permits and baits are available locally)


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City, Jungle and Beachoffered by supplier M20519 (read about supplier)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 11 day(s)
Group Size: 1 - 10 people
Destination(s): Thailand
Specialty Categories: Cultural Journey
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 340 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 2071 US Dollar (USD)
- Duration: 11 days, 10 nights
- Destination: Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, River Kwai, Cha Am
- Category: Culture, history, beach
- Class: 4 stars
- Description: Experience Bangkok, discover Kanchanaburi and enjoy a beach holiday with our all-in-one holiday.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrive Bangkok. Transfer Bangkok Airport to your hotel for check-in. The remainder of the day at leisure.
Day 2: Bangkok. Breakfast followed by a tour of the home of the Kings of Siam of the Chakri Dynasty, originally built by King Rama I, it served as the royal residence until 1946. Today the palace is still used on certain occasions for visiting royalty or special guests of the Kingdom. Adjoining the Grand Palace you will find the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Keo), this is probably the best known of the royal temples.
It is regarded as the most important temple in all Thailand and it is the venue of many of the numerous religious ceremonies in which the King participates, especially at the beginning of each of the three seasons when His Majesty personally changes the elaborate robes of the Buddha image, carved out of a single piece of emerald-green jasper. There is no better way to wrap up the evening after spending the day visiting the city and especially the Grand Palace.
In the Thai-surroundings, the traditional Thai food, served in traditional Thai manner, is just a prelude to a presentation of some of the most colorful, classical and folk dances of the Kingdom - some of them dating back hundreds of years to the early days of Siam. This spectacular performance more than compensates for the small inconvenience of removing your shoes and sitting on the floor, Thai-style. Includes: (B, D).
Day 3: Bangkok. Free day at leisure for shopping or optional tours. Includes: (B).
Day 4: Bangkok - Kanchanaburi. Following breakfast at the hotel you will be picked up along with other passengers before leaving Bangkok for River Kwai. Our first stop in Kanchanaburi will be at the Railway Museum which will give you a good overall view concerning this portion of the track.
After visit the War Cemetery and the famous bridge over the River Kwai before proceeding by long tail boats for the River Kwai Jungle Rafts for check-in and lunch. In the afternoon visit the Hell Fire Pass. Dinner at the hotel followed by a Mon cultural dance and song. Includes: (B, L, D).
Day 5: Kanchanaburi. Wake up to the sounds of nature. Breakfast at the rafts, followed by a stroll to the Mon tribal village. The remainder of the day is at leisure for personal activities. Includes: (B, L, D).
Day 6: Kanchanaburi - Cha Am. Breakfast at the resort. Just before lunch we head down stream to take a ride along the infamous Death Railway as we pass hanging cliffs and river scenery. After transfer to Cha Am, a quiet beach resort town located on the West Coast. Includes: (B, L).
Days 7-10: Cha Am. Breakfast followed by a full day at leisure for personal activities or optional tours. Includes: (B).
Day 11: Depart Cha Am. Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out time is at 12 noon. Pick-up for Bangkok International Airport will be approximately 5 hours prior to your flight departure time. Includes: (B).
Note: Some portions of the itinerary will be provided on seat-in-coach basis.
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Hotel accommodation
- Sightseeing tours and transfers as outlined
- Meals as stated
- English-speaking tour guide
Price Excludes:
- Services not mentioned
- Tips and porterage
- Expenses of a personal nature.
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Father's Effect on Children
Father's are a very positive influence. On Father's Day we honor fathers but often we do not realize the changing and challenging role they play in children's lives.
Consider the following from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Fatherhood Initiative:
"Children who live with their biological fathers are, on average, at least two to three times more likely not to be poor, less likely to use drugs, less likely to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, less likely to be victims of child abuse, and less likely to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live without their married, biological (or adoptive) parents."
Below are some resources about families and fatherhood:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Fatherhood Initiative http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/index.shtml
President's Father's Day Proclamation By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/06/20030613-8.html
American Coalition for Fathers and Children (ACFC)
World Wide Web: http://acfc.org
Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study
The Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW)
World Wide Web: http://crcw.princeton.edu/fragilefamilies/index.asp
The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study is a joint effort by Princeton University's Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW) and Columbia University's Social Indicators Survey Center (SIS Center). The Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study addresses nonmarital childbearing, child development, family formation, the impact of welfare reform, and the role of fathers in low-income families.
National Center for Fathering
World Wide Web: http://www.fathers.com
The National Center for Fathering was founded in 1990 to conduct research on fathering and to develop practical resources for dads in nearly every fathering situation. Their primary goal is to help men be better fathers.
National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI)
301-948-0599 http://www.fatherhood.org
NFI is a nonprofit organization that conducts public awareness campaigns promoting responsible fatherhood; organizes conferences and community fatherhood forums; provides resource materials to organizations seeking to establish support programs for fathers; publishes a quarterly newsletter; and disseminates material to men seeking to become more effective fathers.
Fathers can have an important influence on children's mental and physical health. Children in two parent families are more likely to have access to private health insurance. Children in two parent families are likely to use more preventative and illness-related ambulatory care than single parent families even after income and health insurance is taken into account. Fathers warmth and closeness to their children appears to affect health status many years later.


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Sucre comes through with bat, behind plate
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Jesus Sucre continued to impress in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Red Sox.
Saturday, Sucre hit a solo home run. Sunday, he had an RBI single, threw out a would-be basestealer and threw out another runner on a bunt attempt. Chris Archer, who started in his spring debut, couldn't say enough good things about his batterymate.View Full Game Coverage
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Jesus Sucre continued to impress in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Red Sox.
Saturday, Sucre hit a solo home run. Sunday, he had an RBI single, threw out a would-be basestealer and threw out another runner on a bunt attempt. Chris Archer, who started in his spring debut, couldn't say enough good things about his batterymate.View Full Game Coverage
"I like a lot of things Sucre can do," Archer said. "I like him a lot."
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Archer likened pitching to Sucre to throwing to a "younger, slimmer Jose Molina with the actions, the hands and his ability to throw. It's up there."
"He's worked with one of the best pitchers in the league the past couple of years with [Seattle's] Felix Hernandez, so I like that we're able to communicate already," Archer said.
Video: BOS@TB: Archer, Sucre combine for double play in 1st
Smith making slow progress
Outfielder Mallex Smith is still not up to full baseball activity due to a slight problem in his left oblique area.
"Just a little something-something," Smith said. "Just precaution. I'll be out there soon enough. I'm definitely eager. All the guys are playing. You want to be out there."
Smith came to the Rays in the trade that sent Drew Smyly to the Mariners, and given his speed, he could bring a different component to the outfield mix. When asked about Smith's progress, Rays manager Kevin Cash told reporters, "I think we're going to try and ramp him up a little bit."
"It's an oblique thing he came in with, and we were a little sensitive to it," Cash said. "But at the same time, he looks pretty active shagging batting practice and balls off the bat."
Smith took batting practice in the cage on Sunday.
"Our hope is to build him up pretty quick," Cash said. "We want to get him into some games. We're excited to see him."
Video: BOS@TB: McCarthy hammers a two-run homer to right
Williams, McCarthy get in action
Justin Williams was in the lineup, taking advantage of an opportunity to step up from Minor League camp to participate in the game against the Red Sox. The 21-year-old outfielder came to the Rays in the November 2014 deal that sent Jeremy Hellickson to the D-backs.
A legitimate power threat, Williams hit .295 with 10 home runs and 59 RBIs for Double-A Montgomery, and Class A Advanced Charlotte in 2016. Cash got to see Williams play during the Arizona Fall League this past fall and came away impressed.
"I liked him a lot," Cash said of Williams, who went 0-for-3 Sunday. "Swung the bat really well. Really an easy guy to talk to. It's pretty unique how hard he can hit a ball. He's that guy who can hit a lot of line drives that are like a 2-iron off the bat. The four or five days I was out there, it seemed like he barrelled up everything."
Joe McCarthy also came over from Minor League camp and erupted for an RBI double, a two-run homer and two walks.
"I just went in there with the mentality that I was going to let it go," McCarthy said. "I just went up there taking hacks today."
McCarthy hit .285 with eight home runs and 60 RBIs while playing for Class A Bowling Green and Charlotte in 2016, so he felt right at home at Charlotte Sports Park.
"I played here all last year, so I was comfortable with it," McCarthy said. "I'm just happy to be back to baseball. ... Long offseason working toward this day. It's good to be back."
Bill Chastain has covered the Rays for MLB.com since 2005.