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In the Blue Division opener on Sunday, the United States scored five times in the opening 10 minutes and the first 12 goals of the game to improve to 3-0 with a 21-3 victory over Japan (0-3). Chris Eck (13-of-15) and Greg Gurenlian (10-of-11) were dominant on faceoffs to allow the U.S. to maintain possession and Ned Crotty (4g, 1a), Rob Pannell (1g, 5a) and Brendan Mundorf (3g, 2a) paced a balanced attack that had 10 goal scorers. Jesse Schwartzman made four saves and allowed just one goal before leaving the game in the third quarter with an injury. Drew Adams came on and made six saves while allowing two goals. Wataru Tsugu, Yuji Tadahira and Ryu Matsushita scored for Japan.
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Maria Callas, also affectionately known to her audience as La Divina, has certainly inspired many performing artists, movies and plays. She is the most exquisite American born Greek Soprano that changed the world of Opera forever in the 50is by bringing temperament and drama to the stage. Her "tempestuous, extravagant cascades of sounds, uncontrolled but full of drama and emotion" catapulted her to the top and led to her performing on every important stage in Europe such as La Scala, Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House.
Although she was soon married to an older wealthy industrialist, Battista Meneghini, she became famous for her scandalous affaire with one of the richest and crudest men in the world: Aristotle(Ari) Onassis who left her after ordering her to abort his child and married Jacky Kennedy instead which most likely contributed to her early decline of confidence and voice.
Astonishing critics and audiences in over 30 different Operas in the roles such as Violetta, Amina, Norma, Lady Macbeth and Aida, just to mention a few, even the most skeptical had to acknowledge not only the flexibility of her limpid, beautifully poised voice, and her splendid high notes but also her fiery interpretation of character.
Gigi Bermingham fearlessly embodies Callas in all her grandeur Sunday, March 24th, 2012 in Todd Nielsen's version of the Tony award winning play at the International City Theatre in Long Beach and has absolutely no problem filling this great diva's shoes on stage.
Having received numerous awards for her solo comedy Non-Vital Organs, herself, playing in classics such as HenryV, Twelth Night, The Heiress, Tartuffe and Cherry Orchard she has also starred in films like Alex and Emma and TV shows such as Hart of Dixie, C.S.I, 90210, Days of Our Lives and recently made her directing debut with You Can't Take It With you she gets the Greek/Italian accent just right.
Married to a composer, Matthew Goldsby, in real life Mrs. Birmingham brings much understanding to Callas' character. She even looks like her, sitting on her high chair with her footstool, elegantly, proud and incredibly poised. Hitting every beat she truly wears the audiences heart on her sleeve and much outshines Faye Dunoway's interpretation of Callas several years past.
The play itself, takes place during the last years of Callas' career as she teaches master classes at the Julliard School in New York City and gives an insight in her tragic life. Suffering from myopia, which left her nearly blind and later a deteriorating voice she is "helping" students understand how much courage, she calls it Mut (German word for courage), technique and discipline it takes to become a "real artist".
"Know your limitations" and "attentions must be paid to every little detail" speak of the courage and fear Callas must have installed into her students, often discouraging and criticizing them to the point of emotional break down. Still we believe her struggle as a teacher perfectly. Mrs. Birmingham brings humanity, warmth and expressiveness to Callas' character and although she barely remembers her accompanist's-, James Lent, and the stagehand, Jeremy Mascia's, name we forgive Callas and are amused.
Danielle Skalsky, playing first soprano Sophie de Palma convinces us of her innocence and brings out the " Tigress" in Callas only to win her sympathy in the end of her session. The student brings back the memory of her performances at La Scala and her tumultuous relationship with Ari Onassis who calls her his "canary" and just sees her as someone who is "for sale like everybody else" and makes him look "more classy" in public.
Tyler Milliron charms the audience not only with his voice but also with his acting ability as a handsome Tenor, almost gets Callas' unfiltered sense of humor and tries to flirt only to be barked at and praised by the "grande dame" all at once.
Jennifer Shelton's voice, as Second Soprano Sharon Graham, by far trumps all of the others. Drop dead gorgeous combined with an incredible stage presence and courage she fills the auditorium with her exquisite sound singing the role of Lady Macbeth for Callas not once but twice. Callas inspired by the voice, takes her through every beat of the character of Lady Macbeth showing her new things she never thought about during her session. Miss Shelton hypnotizes the audience with her powerful fiery voice and leaves us wanting more. The Aria is sung with so much passion one can't imagine why some people wouldn't like Opera. This is Opera at it's best which would make Callas proud hearing if she was still alive today.
The play is a great homage to the artist and the cast is a rare gem.
If you want intensity, music, drama and humor in one night you should definitely go see this play. Opera fan or not, you may just learn something new about classical music and what it takes to become an artist.
The play runs March 20-April 14, 2013 at International City Theatre in Long Beach. Ticket Information: 562.436.4610 or www.InternationalCityTheatre.org
Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 300 E Ocean Blvd.

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Marvell Pledges to Contest $1.17B Patent Verdict
After being hit with a massive $1.17 billion penalty, Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) said Thursday it plans to overturn the costly verdict that found the chip maker infringed on patents held by Carnegie Mellon University.
Despite the pledge to fight the negative legal finding, shares of Marvell retreated another 3% in premarket trading following a 10% plunge on the initial news Wednesday afternoon.
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Marvell said in a statement it believes "that the evidence and the law do not support the jury's findings of infringement, validity and the award of damages."
The $1.17 billion penalty would mark the third-largest patent verdict in history, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing statistics compiled by research firm Lex Machina.
Marvell and its U.S. subsidiary Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. said they believe "there are strong grounds for appeal. Therefore, Marvell said it "will seek to overturn the verdict" in post-trial motions before the U.S. district court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and "if necessary" via an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C.
Marvell noted that the district court in Pittsburgh has not yet ruled on certain defenses and motions employed by the company, including laches and a renewed request for a mistrial.
The chip maker, which has yet to accrue liability in its financial statements for the lawsuit, said it hasn't determined the financial impact, "if any," to its fourth-quarter results.
A federal jury on Wednesday agreed with Carnegie Mellon's claims that Marvell infringed on a pair of patents tied to technology aimed at improving the accuracy of hard-drive circuits.
The trial judge could still decide to triple the damages because the jury found the infringement was willful.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Marvell said it doesn't anticipate a "disruption" to its business or customers as a result of the verdict.
Spooked by the massive patent verdict, analysts at JMP Securities downgraded Marvell to "market perform" from "market outperform" on Thursday morning.
The chip maker's stock slumped another 3.38% to $7.15 ahead of Thursday's opening bell after diving 10.30% to $7.40 on Wednesday. Marvell has plunged almost 47% so far this year.


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I haven't posted any updates in, oh…4 months. Yeah, I'm a bit behind on that.
From way back in October: I know Carin picked Annika and Martha selected Olivia Mae, but I haven't heard from Rachel.
From November: Alexis chose Makena Leigh, Mercedes picked Brooklyn, Emily decided on Lauren, Steff did indeed go with Genevieve, and Pamela settled on Elliott Samuel. Not sure about Char.
From December: Debra decided on Silvia Raine and Lauren went with Hannah Reilly. I haven't heard from Lucas or Dacia.
From January: Jackie had a boy (not a girl!) named Lane Michael, Amy chose Alice Elisabeth, Rebecca picked Eva Grace, Jaime decided on Carlo Andrew, and Jamie stuck with Declan James. Zoe's adoption has not been finalized yet, so she still has time to decide (but she'll let us know when she does). No word from Jill.


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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, June 3
Today's recommended picks
Ichiro Suzuki, OF, Mariners
.400 AVG during 26-G hit streak
Carlos Lee, OF, Astros
13-for-35 (.371 AVG) lifetime vs. Rockies starter Jason Marquis; .349 AVG in May
Stephen Drew, SS, Diamondbacks
10-for-27 (.370 AVG) lifetime vs. Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
There was little suspense for BTS leader waw_3card, who extended his streak to 30 games with the first of Hanley Ramirez's three hits against Milwaukee. It marked the fourth time this season that a contestant reached the 30-game plateau.
ace21dlr and dlmead8 remained one game behind with their respective picks of Derek Jeter (3-for-4) and Ryan Braun (1-for-3). And while a few fans dropped from the cluster tied for fourth place, 11 were fortunate enough to receive at least one hit and push their streaks to 28 games.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 9.2%, 2-for-5
2. Joe Mauer (MIN): 9.1%, 3-for-3
3. Derek Jeter (NYY): 8.0%, 3-for-4
4. Albert Pujols (STL): 6.0%, 1-for-3
5. Justin Morneau (MIN): 4.2%, 2-for-4
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96 out of 172 people with streaks over 20 did NOT pick Ichiro this evening
Should make for an interesting evening
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The single animal study of pineal function indicates that fluoride exposure results in altered melatonin production and altered timing of sexual maturity. Whether fluoride affects pineal function in humans remains to be demonstrated. The two studies of menarcheal age in humans show the possibility of earlier menarche in some individuals exposed to fluoride, but no definitive statement can be made. Recent information on the role of the pineal organ in humans suggests that any agent that affects pineal function could affect human health in a variety of ways, including effects on sexual maturation, calcium metabolism, parathyroid function, postmenopausal osteoporosis, cancer, and psychiatric disease. SOURCE: National Research Council. (2006). Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards. National Academies Press, Washington D.C. p221-22. "In conclusion, the human pineal gland contains the highest concentration of fluoride in the body. Fluoride is associated with depressed pineal melatonin synthesis by prepubertal gerbils and an accelerated onset of sexual maturation in the female gerbil. The results strengthen the hypothesis that the pineal has a role in the timing of the onset of puberty. Whether or not fluoride interferes with pineal function in humans requires further investigation…" SOURCE: Luke J. (1997). The Effect of Fluoride on the Physiology of the Pineal Gland. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Surrey, Guildford. p. 177.
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USB to SATA Converter for Raspberry Pi and Development Boards
Connect any SATA device to your development board, to increase its data storage capacity and performance
Product ID: PIB2S31
- Connect your Raspberry Pi board to any SATA device: SSD, HDD, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, CD-ROM, or CD-RW
- Supports SATA I, II and III
- USB 2.0 with data transfer speeds up to 480Mbps
- OS independent with no device driver installation required
- Includes USB cable and mounting accessories for Raspberry Pi
Increase the data storage capacity of your Raspberry Pi or other development board, by connecting it directly to a SATA-based drive. Perfect for custom projects and applications, this USB to SATA converter supports all models of Raspberry Pi as well as other development boards.
Add data storage and enhanced capabilities to your development board
This convenient USB 2.0 SATA converter lets you overcome data storage limitations by enabling you to connect a SATA drive or SATA optical drive through your board's USB-A port. This enables you to access a wide variety of storage formats including solid-state drives or hard drives, DVD-ROM drives or CD-ROM drives.
A convenient integrated solution
The USB to SATA converter integrates seamlessly with your existing development board. It's the perfect addition for development-board based applications such as surveillance, media players and servers, digital signage and IoT/automation solutions.
Easy to install
Compatible with SATA I, SATA II and SATA III drives, the converter is easy to install, and doesn't require any device driver installation. It comes with a USB cable and all mounting accessories, including standoffs, so integrating it with your Raspberry Pi is fast and easy.
StarTech.com provides industry-leading support to get you up and running quickly. The PIB2S31 is backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.
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- Increase data storage capacity and capabilities for Raspberry Pi development boards to create custom applications
- Develop solutions for business applications, such as: surveillance; media applications, like news boards; simple servers to host a website or video; and IoT/automation solutions, such as lighting and temperature control
- Create custom development-board based applications for home use
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Technical Specifications
|Warranty Information
|2 Years
|Bus Type
|Chipset ID
|Renesas/NEC - µPD720231A
|Compatible Drive Types
|Number of Drives
|ATAPI Support
|Maximum Data Transfer Rate
|480 Mbps
|6,481,043 hrs
|Type and Rate
|USB 2.0 - 480 Mbit/s
|SATA III (6 Gbps)
|Drive Connectors
|1 - 7 pin SATA Data Plug
|Host Connectors
|1 - USB Micro-B (5 pin)
|OS Compatibility
|OS independent; No software or drivers required
|Power Source
|Operating Temperature
|5°C to 50°C (41°F to 122°F)
|Storage Temperature
|-25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F)
|Physical Characteristics
|Product Height
|0.4 in [1.1 cm]
|Product Length
|2.6 in [66 mm]
|Product Width
|0.9 in [23 mm]
|Weight of Product
|0.3 oz [7.6 g]
|Packaging Information
|Package Height
|1.3 in [32 mm]
|Package Length
|7 in [17.8 cm]
|Package Width
|5.6 in [14.3 cm]
|Shipping (Package) Weight
|2.5 oz [70.4 g]
|What's in the Box
|Included in Package
|1 - USB to SATA converter
|1 - USB-A to Micro-B cable
|2 - standoffs
|2 - nuts
|2 - screws
|1 - quick-start guide
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This device supports the ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) protocol. ATAPI is required for optical drives, including CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM drives, and Blu-ray players. Because this device supports ATAPI, optical drives are also supported.
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When you troubleshoot issues with a hard drive controller card, there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
IDE, SATA, and eSATA cables
Hard drives
Hard drive controller card
To test your setup components, try the following:
Use the IDE, SATA, or eSATA cable, hard drive, and hard drive controller card in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
Use a different IDE, SATA, or eSATA cable, hard drive, and hard drive controller card in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test your cables, it is recommended that you do the following:
Test each cable individually.
Use short cables when you are testing.
When you test the hard drive and hard drive controller card, it is recommended that you do the following:
To open the Device Manager, press the Windows key + R, type devmgmt.msc, and press Enter. Check the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers (for IDE) section, or the Storage controllers (for SATA) section.
Do one of the following:
If you do not see the hard drive controller card in Device Manager, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/support/faqs/technical-support?topic=expansion-cards#pci-pcie-cannot-boot-os-or-detect-windows.
If the device is listed with an error, reinstall the drivers by completing the instructions on the website.
If the hard drive is listed with unallocated space, the hard drive needs to be formatted. Right-click unallocated and click New Simple Volume. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the reformatting.
Note: Formatting a hard drive erases all of the data on it. Make sure that you back up all of your data before you reformat the hard drive.
To check Disk Management, press the Windows key + R, type diskmgmt.msc, and press Enter. Check to see if your hard drive is listed.
If the hard drive is listed as healthy but does not have a drive letter, for example, C:, right-click healthy and click Change Drive Letter and Paths. Click Add, assign a drive letter, and click OK.
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Beauty, Birchbox, Cosmetics, Glam Bag, Ipsy, Make, My Glam, Nail polish, product reviews, Product sample
I apologize for completely skipping the month of August. And since I received both my Glam Bag and Birchbox really late this month, in order to make sure this post goes live in September, I'm going to skip on writing down the sizes as I usually do. But I can finally say I have chosen a keeper between these two monthly subscriptions services and have officially unsubscribed from the loser. Not that is wasn't any good, but since this is Life of a Recessionista, I try my best to save money and look for the best deal, therefore forcing myself to only choose one of them. They both cost $10 a month each, making it $240 a year on beauty product samples if I were to keep both subscriptions, and in my opinion, it's a bit much.
September Glam Bag
The bags keep getting better and better. This sleek black bag with gold detail feels super high quality and can even double as a clutch. By the way, My Glam has changed its name to Ipsy. I have no idea why. It's exactly the same thing just different name.
- London Soho Smudge Brush (Full Size / Retail Price $6.99) – A full size smudge brush? Hell Yeah! It's really good quality, too. I absolutely love this.
- Jane Lip Gloss in the Color Sparkle Sparkle Pink (Full Size / Retail Price $9.99) – I'm not a big fan of glitter in my lip gloss but this glitter is subtle enough to make it wearable. And though the color seems very bright in the tube, it's actually very light and gives a very romantic look.
- Circus by Andrea's Choice Nail Polish in the Color Tightrope (Full Size / Retail Price N/A) – In all I've received three of the Nail Colors in the Circus line, the yellow (eww), the pink (amazing!), and in this bag I got the purple, which is more of a magenta, fuschia color than purple. I absolutely love it. I get so many compliments when I wear this color. It's not as durable as I wished it was, even after applying a long lasting top coat, but the color is to die for. My absolute favorite nail color ever.
- Mirabella Eyeshadow in the Color Semiformal (Full Size / Retail Price $10.00) – It's a light bronzey shimmery color that works perfect as a crease color for almost all skin tones. It does have a red undertone to it, so I have to be careful when applying it so that I don't look sleepy or tired.
- Carol's Daughter Split End Sealer (Trial Size / Retail Size sells for $25.00) – This stuff is amazing, it does a great job doing exactly what it promotes itself to do: seal split ends and makes them super soft. I hope I can make this sample last forever.
September Birchbox
The box is always the same so no photo. I also didn't notice that this month's box came with a them either.
- Color Club Nail Polish in the Color Insta-this (Trial Size / Full Size sells for $8) – This is a matte cobalt blue nail polish. Personally not my favorite color in the world but it does look really good on. It also doesn't last as long but it's still a really good polish.
- Dr. Jart Beauty Balm (Trial Size / Full Size sells for $32) – I'm going to be fair and honest and admit that I haven't had the chance to try this one out yet.
- Fekkai Technicolor Shampoo & Conditioner (Sample Size / Full Size sells for $25) – The only thing I really liked about this shampoo and conditioner is that it was surprisingly a pretty color baby pink and it got me distracted just by looking at it in the shower. It did make my hair super soft but other than that, nothing to write home about.
- Twistband Hair Tie (1 Qty / Set of 12 sells for $18) – I don't understand this hair tie at all. It's like taking a piece of elastic, tying a knot at the ends and then using it to tie up your hair. I could seriously do this myself and it would come out much cheaper than buying a set.
- Vasanti Brighten Up! Face Rejuvinator Wash (Trial Size / Full Size sells for $34) – This little scrub type face wash really does brighten up your face. I used it in the morning and my skin was glowing and looked very healthy.
- The Brush Guard (Full Size / Retail Price $5.50) – This is a very practical tool for traveling with makeup brushes. I'll be traveling soon so I'm glad I got this.
And now to announce the winner! And the winner of Birchbox vs My Glam (aka Ipsy) is…. (drum roll please)… My Glam! It should come as no suprise reading this month's reviews. The Glam Bag by far won over Birchbox. It has more full size products so you get more bang for your buck. It also sends more variety in my opinion. You also get a cosmetic bag each month. Even though it's starting to annoy me how they are starting to pile up, but it's nice to get something extra than just the beauty sample. I have officially unsubscribed from Birchbox and will continue my My Glam subscription until I'm either broke or they disappoint me and with they way they seem to be going, I don't think they'll disappoint me for a while.
Who would have you chosen? You can see the other My Glam vs Birchbox here & here. ♥


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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is one of the world's most assiduous collectors of classic Porsches. You can see him driving all manner of cars in the YouTube romp, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, but he's best known as a Porsche collector.
Back in 1996, he chanced upon what is thought to be one of the earliest 911 cars, once owned by Ferry Porsche, son of the founder of the eponymous auto maker. Seinfeld sent the car to the Porsche works in Germany, where it underwent a $250,000 restoration, according to this New York Times story.
Now Seinfeld has loaned the car to Porsche and it's on display at the Porsche stand at the New York auto show, which runs through April 7. Seinfeld's car sits next to the soon-to-be-released 911 GT3, which will sell for a few pfennigs north of $130,000. Paramount at Porsche was the dictum that "form follows function" — when you look at the new GT3 alongside Seinfeld's car, it's interesting to note that the shape of these two 911s hasn't changed all that much in the past half a century.


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A little fear is a good thing
OK, it doesn't look like it here, but there were Class 3 rapids on this run. I know, I ran them.
We did upper Clear Creek, from the little town of French Gulch to Whiskeytown Lake.
(All the rapids pictures I took with my underwater film camera and no, there is no instant joy with film.)
I forgot how much fun whitewater kayaking is. There's an element of danger, slicing through a rapid, getting bounced by a rock, ducking brush; it's all good. Then there's those flat sections where you float, shoot the shit with your buddies, rest up for the next set of rapids.
On this run, there's like six Class 3 rapids (Rapids are moderate with irregular waves which are difficult to avoid. Complex manuevering is required to avoid capsizing. Most danger can be avoided by experienced paddlers. Large waves and/or strainers may appear. Strong currents can make self-rescue difficult. Scouting is advised for inexperienced paddlers). Enough to keep your wits about you.
I did not dump (inflatables are very forgiving); and I feel very much alive.
And ready to go again...
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Dramatic Gold and Grey Swarovski Crystal Pendant Earrings by DUBLOSDesigner: Dublos
A statement piece for sure! These sparkling earrings by Spanish high fashion accessory design house, DUBLOS, are handmade with brilliant Swarovski crystals and strass. They are elegant and eye-catching! No one else will be wearing this one-of-a-kind piece!
- 4.5"L x 1.55"W
- Hand placed Swarovski crystals and strass
- French Latch backs
- Handcrafted in Sevilla, Spain
More about DUBLOS and where we discovered it:
The couture Spanish "complementos" design house, DUBLOS, captured my attention back in 1995 while living in Sevilla, Spain. Dublos' two designers, Jose Cumplido and Alonso Romero, have reinvented the traditional Flamenco accessories to capture its romanticism and fantasy so that women can incorporate its glamour into our daily lives. Wearing one of their pieces makes every occasion a little more special.
For 25 years, Dublos has harnessed passion, imagination and talent to create truly wearable works of art using only the finest materials - Swarovski cyrstal, Mother-of-Pearl, Coral and Turquoise natural stones in all its collections. Each piece captures the essence of "una mujer universal," beauty, sensuality and elegance. Something special will happen each time you wear one of these exquisite, unique pieces.
To read more about this special design house check out our blog on DUBLOS here!


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The JVM Language Summit is an annual event sponsored by Oracle, attended by implementers of JVM-based languages and programming tools. This page has the slides for all the presentations at this year's event. Below is also a link to the video presentations.
|Lecture Title
|invokedynamic and Jython
|Shashank Bharadwaj
|Debugging in 2011
|Preshant Deva
|Project Fortress: Bytecode as Intermediate Representation
|Christine Flood
|JSR-292 Cookbook
|Rémi Forax
|From Lambdas to Bytecodes
|Brian Goetz
|Virtual Extension Methods
|Brian Goetz
|Method Handle Implementation Tips and Tricks
|Dan Heidinga
|Language Features As A Library (Gosu)
|Carson Gross
|The Case for Interface Injections
|Tobias Ivarsson
|The Kotlin Programming Language
|Andrey Breslav & Dmitry Jemerov
|Adventures in JSR 292 (Nashorn)
|Jim Laskey
|Adding invokedynamic Support to JRuby
|Charles Nutter
|JVM Language Summit — Getting Started Guide
|Cameron Purdy
|A Trace-JIT Compiler for the JVM
|Sunil Puri
|Rtalk - Smalltalk on the JVM
|Mark Roos
|Method Handles and Beyond...
|John Rose
|Moving Java Forward
|Georges Saab
|Dynamic Linker Framework for JVM Languages
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Were I in a theater it would be with my wife and son. Now my son is a good sized 14 year old kid but still just a kid and my wife is a 14 year army vetran but still my number 1,2 &3 thoughts would be getting them out of harms way period. If I was trapped or cornered and all I had to fight with was a bag of popcorn to give my family a split second to make their escape you better believe I would do it. But to think that you are going to do more than buy them some time with your life against the much better armed opponent (AR, 12 ga. shotgun, and 2 semi auto pistols) who doesn't have to worry about hurting innocent bystanders is little more than wishful thinking.
Think about how many "What is the best defense arsenal I can have to protect myself" scenarios have come across these forums. I have seen reccomendations for the AR; excellent weapons in the proper hands, the venerable 12 ga. shotgun; always a comforting thing to have, and a good quality semi-auto handgun, hell this nutjob had them ALL.
I can't even imagine the situation to my satisfaction, a dark crowded theater, lots of noise (besides the gunfire), flickering lights from the movie, a lunatic shooting at everything that moved, and dozens of people suddenly realizing the no-win situaion and trying to gang rush the exits, its a miracle that more people werent killed. You simply can't "win" every scenario, imagine trying to practice shooting in such a situation for fun, now try to imagine it where if you miss or fail you die.
BTW my daughter lives 70 miles from Aurora CO and yes for a few minutes after I heard about it my blood froze until a quick text and reply allowed my heart to beat again.
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For 99.99% of gun owners, this bit of wisdom "only fight with a pistol, to get back to the rifle" is generally worthless advise.
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Indeed, there may have been CCW's in the auditorium who exercised the "better part of valor" and decided to tactically retreat, protecting selves and family before making a tactically questionable engagement with a superior (equipped) force.
We may even yet find out that someone DID return fire (perhaps ineffectively) and has not come forward (for any reason you may speculate). We simply do not know. I expect that forensics technicians will be digging bullets out of the walls, people and clothing for weeks to come.
When I have carried, I have possessed fewer than 20 rounds, at most. Most often, 5 or 10 (SP101 with a speed loader, or second SP). My track record on target with hasty shots with the SP is not impressive at anything more than 10 yards and an aimed shot in a tear gas environment with confusion, low visibility and innocent bystanders running helter-skelter. No, discretion is the better part of valor.
My concealed carry is for the much more likely situation of a lone mugger/carjacker who will get my cash wallet LONG before one of my bullets.
Having said that, I will admit to taking my carry piece to a company picnic because of an unapprehended, armed kidnapper/carjacker in the area. When I saw the layout of the picnic area I left the piece in my car (no clear approaches to the area), but I did keep an eye on the perimeter.
You plan your tactics for the threat(s) most likely, then adapt as necessary.
But I do agree with your sentiment
There has been a lot of speculation about what would have been effective or successful to stop this massacre. The last I heard was that he wore body armor for his head, groin and legs as well as torso, which would have been disguised by his costume, the dark and the smoke/gas. I presume he might have used the exit door's curtains for concealment, also. Not the best recommendation for return fire. Speculation about what any of us WOULD have done is fed by a LOT of missing (assumed) information.
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I carry a full size Sig 1911. However, it isn't a good practice to change your weapons outfit because of one random incident. The odds of ever being in a firefight is low. The chances of engaging an armored active shooter is astronomically low. If it concerns you that much I would suggest practicing a double tap COM and then one to the head. Or even a "double-double". Practicing that is a better solution than lugging around a piece that isn't practical for you, because chances are if it's annoying you won't carry it as much, which is no good for anyone.
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Pistols/smistols, why in the world didn't at least one man rush the guy? A whole theater of cowards! Really! I thought American men had learned something on 911. I guess not. I'm ashamed.
In CHL and HD classes it is emphasized over and over that you must have the proper mindset or you shouldn't carry. You are coached over and over about the risks of entering an armed conflict - that you yourself could die, so think ahead about when you would make a choice to fight instead of retreat... That choice and mindset should not be attached to the pistol! If it is, quit carrying.
Many years ago my wife and I discussed our response to something like this. (Kids are raised and each of us can be self sufficient.) I would attack and she would help others. If there were no others to help then we would both attack. The more there are attacking then the better the odds of stopping the aggression. If several men my age had immediately rushed this guy, I can't imagine that he would not have been stopped quickly.
Am I mentally prepared to rush straight into a barrel? I think so. Once a neighbor child rode her training bike into the street when a car was coming. The driver was yacking and totally oblivious to the child. I knew I could make it to, grab, and shield the child, but not get out of the way. My feet were like lead; it took all my strength to make them move. Time just slowed. I got to the child, grabbed her to my chest with my back to the car, waited for what seemed like 10 or more seconds (but was more like 2), and then the car screeched just a very little as the lady swerved around us. I guess my motion caught her attention.
My point is that I didn't rush a car on instinct. My wife and I not only had our son but many foster kids and other kids we "helped". Some of the situations with the kids were not without risk. We had had more than one talked about just how far we were willing to go to protect someone "not our own". When the neighbor girl rolled in front of the car, my action wasn't something I had to think through - it was just acting on a decision already made.
Guys, especially single guys and empty nesters like me, I encourage you to think what you would do - and hopefully there will be some that will decide as my wife and I have decided.
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SerenityNetworks, we can all be internet heroes. You can say all you want about the people who ran for their lives from an extremely armed man being cowards. However, this just shows how foolish you are. You can talk a big game, but I promise you, even if you were to run faster than any man on Earth, a .556 is much faster. I feel ashamed to have people like you on this forum after you go calling innocent people(mostly children or teenagers) who are attacked without warning cowards. It is not like these people had time to form a plan of any type. They were ambushed with gas and bullets.
You must think if you had been there you would have saved the day. Do not worry fellows, SerenityNetworks is here to protect us from all the evil in the world. Now we can all sleep at night.
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I've read about situations where people have been without power and utilities for weeks and I know it COULD happen here, but the 3-5 days of drinking water I usually have on hand is as far as I'm willing to go.
I've read about incidents like the Tyler Courthouse shooting (happened not many miles from here--I've actually been there a few times), the North Hollywood shootout, and now the Aurora Theater shooting that all involved bad guys with rifles and body armor. I know it COULD happen to me, but I'm still going to keep carrying an 8 shot 9mm and a spare magazine.
Now I do make sure my tires and my spare are in good condition, I make sure I rotate the water so it doesn't get too old and I maintain my carry gun and make sure I can use it properly, but there has to be a limit somewhere and I've found mine. I've already thought these things through and come up with the compromise between total preparedness and total unpreparedness that works for me.
Mark Wilson (shooting range owner who lived near the Tyler Courthouse) had a full-sized .45ACP pistol, engaged Arroyo (armored rifleman) in broad daylight without people running around to confuse him and with no tear gas in the air. Wilson scored a hit or two on Arroyo that had no effect and then Arroyo killed him. The North Hollywood bandits were engaged by multiple police officers shooting shotguns and full-sized pistols. They soaked up a lot of hits and kept on shooting.
It's not really a matter of what pistol you have, going up against an armored rifleman with a pistol is not a winning proposition.
The Aurora Chief of Police stated clearly in the official press conference that the shooter was wearing torso body armor, neck protection, limb protection, groin protection and a ballistic helmet. I could see someone getting a standard ballistic vest confused with a tactical vest and reporting that incorrectly, but the rest of it doesn't play.
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Hi gang,
I have run into many issues. To give an update...
I crafted some nice PKGBUILDS that used the rpm's AdamW has posted at rpm-fusion to generate arch packages. So in order to test my handy work, I removed all the packages I previously whittled together by hand, and installed all new packages. Now my xserver wont start. So, until I can work out the issues, I do not want to post anything.
My dilema is that the kernel-psb module loads, and I have a nice framebuffer. But when xserver starts to load, it craps out with no logging to help me. I suspect it is due to how AdamW's libdrm-poulsbo is installed along side of libdrm. Also, I recently upgraded to xserver 1.7.1. AdamW says his packages will work with this server and kernel.
sorry for the delay, but it is not for lack of effort.
There are 10 kinds of people in this world.
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But when xserver starts to load, it craps out with no logging to help me.
I seem to remember having similar issues while I was trying to configure this driver on Ubuntu. In that case it didn't seem like it was a libdrm conflict, but the following xorg.conf snippet worked for me:
Section "Device"
Identifier "GMA500"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
# Option "DRI" "off"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "IgnoreACPI" "yes"
Driver "psb"
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
You can find the original thread I pulled this from here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7885128
In my case the symptoms were X failing, and then X trying to reinitialize itself on other display ports. This would occur just before the GDM login screen. Again, not sure if this is at all related, but hopefully it helps.
EDIT: Ah, forgot to mention this from that thread as well:
I think the key elements are:
* Alberto's libdrm-poulsbo1 which doesn't collide with Karmic's librdm2
* Blacklisting i915 and updating initramfs, so i915 and wrong drm.ko are *not* loaded
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Hello Darkness, my old friend. I've come to speak with you again.
Hello there!
Wouldn't be nice to have a archlinux wiki page about how to make this video card work!? I've read that the pkgbuild itself can't be posted on AUR but I don't think that a wiki page would have a problem.
Plus I could configure my Acer A0751h , I couldn't do it by myself (maybe I've screwed up to something...) and that would be clarifying
Waiting for new replys here. And if I have news here, I'll manage a wiki page for this!
Any updates?
I installed Arch on my Mini 10 (aka Inspiron 1010 as they're called in UK) on the weekend. I've not had chance to try getting the psb driver working yet so I've been checking this thread daily waiting for either a PKGBUILD or step-by-step instructions as I understand the instructions and repo given here don't work (properly) with the current Arch xorg server, correct?
I'm hoping I'll be able to get the psb driver working with the RT kernel pkg from ArchAudio. 3D accel would be nice but I'm not really that bothered about it- I'm much more concerned about getting the correct res, good 2D accel and I also need Xv and pref. Xvmc support too for decent video playback.
Some of you will have read on phoronix that Intel have actually wrote a proper psb xorg driver and its actually quite exceptional in that it includes prob. the first fully functional Gallium3D driver. Sadly the G3D module is still a binary blob but the 2D stuff is FOSS- phoronix didn't let on when we could expect a public release of the full driver but could this be the new psb xorg driver and will we get better 2D performance using this than hacking the Ubuntu driver into shape:
Here is what I got! I have been able to get all my PKGBUILDs to work, and I am ready to publish them. Just out of curiosity, is there like a place to post these unofficially to get feedback, or should I just post them in AUR and handle any problems that may come up. Anyone posted PKGBUILDs out there can give me advice?
So here is the skinny. The poulsbo drivers can work with kernel 2.6.31.x(arch package kernel26-220.127.116.11-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz), but do not work with xserver 1.7. So, I had to downgrade back to xserver 1.6.3 (xorg-server-18.104.22.1681-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz). Also, although AdamW says his libdrm-pouslbo will work along side libdrm, I was not able to do so. So, you will have to forcefully remove libdrm and replace it with libdrm-poulsbo.
my xorg.conf is very basic, it just includes a Device node with an identifier and driver set to "psb". The xorg psb driver already has all default option values set.
However, while working on all this, I also used the uvesafb with i915resultion framebuffer option. I would say for basic 2d, that would be sufficient for most people. I am struggling myself with which option I should continue to use. I actually got better movie playing performance (with vlc) using the framebuffer (xorg-video-fbdev + uvesafb + i915) than with poulsbo drivers. Not being competent in graphics benchmarks I can only go by how applications I use perform.
In any case, I am ready to post these PKGBUILDs in the hopes of helping anyone. Stay tuned.
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However, while working on all this, I also used the uvesafb with i915resultion framebuffer option. I would say for basic 2d, that would be sufficient for most people. I am struggling myself with which option I should continue to use. I actually got better movie playing performance (with vlc) using the framebuffer (xorg-video-fbdev + uvesafb + i915) than with poulsbo drivers. Not being competent in graphics benchmarks I can only go by how applications I use perform.
Oh yeah! I've just realized that VESA is WAY worse than FBDEV. Thanks for saying it. Now I can play with this Poulsbo shipped netbook better (although 720p isn't going good (and may I expect some improvement on this?!)).
How I done that:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
Driver "fbdev"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Generic VGA"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "another layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
Don't forget also to have the xorg-video-fbdev package:
pacman -S xorg-video-fbdev
I guess that is it! If you also plan having a good resolution on ttys (the non-graphic terminal, that appears on boot before the login screen) use the 915resolution package. A suficient guide is the one found on the archlinux wiki:
ps: I know... there was some of this information on this thread already, but somehow I missed it so I'm posting this for othere people like me to get a reasonable solution on this.
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Use 915resolution-static and not the other package. It's patched to work with the GMA500 where the other one isn't.
uvesafb works pretty well if 2D is the only thing needed. The colors are a bit dull, but the overall performance is surprisingly good.
Is where any solutions to control the display brightness with fbdev driver?
I'm eagerly awaiting your pkgbuild although its both surprising and very sad you say that fbdev gives better video playback than using a psb driver. Sounds like you're using a bare-bones xorg.conf though- have you not tried some of the various xorg.conf options recommended to speed up 2D in this thread and elsewhere (Ubuntu forum etc.)?
Thanks for sharing your fbdev tips with us but I suspect if I used that xorg.conf I wouldn't be getting my full 1024x576 res but I'd prob be stuck on a (virtually unusable) 640x480 desktop on my Mini 10 right? I had a quick google and it would seem xbox Linux uses this same res and people have been successful in getting fbdev running at 1024x576:
http://osdir.com/ml/ports.xbox.user/200 … 00273.html
I should've checked that link to the psb driver source on the t2 site that I posted before as the link is dead- sorry. Does anyone know if that archive contains the same source that Ubuntu/ AdamW/ Chris are using? Also, I was wrong about the Phoronix article not giving a time for the proper psb driver release. It doesn't give an exact date but it is expected late this year or early next:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n … &px=NzY2Mg
Speaking of phoronix, we could use the Phoronix Test Suite to benchmark the 2D performance of fbdev against the psb driver:
I'll have the chance to test out Chris' PKGBUILD this weekend, if he posts them soon- fingers crossed!
Thanks for sharing your fbdev tips with us but I suspect if I used that xorg.conf I wouldn't be getting my full 1024x576 res but I'd prob be stuck on a (virtually unusable) 640x480 desktop on my Mini 10 right? I had a quick google and it would seem xbox Linux uses this same res and people have been successful in getting fbdev running at 1024x576:
Well, the resolution here is set up correctly. But I remember having a VESA working with only 1024x768 (my native resolution (from Acer A0751h) is 1366x768) and the 915 had fixed my problem. Try that out for the X. (For a good resolution on tty framebuffer try the uvesafb)
Is where any solutions to control the display brightness with fbdev driver?
Great question! I have that issue too. But at least it isn't too boring because it's stucked on the lowest brightness level. If it was the highest (like it happens with some nvidia cards) it'd be worse.
If it was the highest (like it happens with some nvidia cards) it'd be worse.
It happens with my 751's display
gsscalet wrote:
If it was the highest (like it happens with some nvidia cards) it'd be worse.
It happens with my 751's display
Strange... is that any hardcoded way to change that? On this thread we've seen that but I think it was adhoc for psb driver.
Edit: Found that! Check if you have anything like "/sys/class/backlight/psblvds/brightness" and change it. Post here if it works
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# ls -l /sys/class/backlight
total 0
Hi gang,
I finally got those PKGBUILDs submitted. As this is my first attempt at this, I would appreciate any and all comments. As I mentioned in previous posts, you will need to remove libdrm in order to install libdrm-poulsbo. Also, you will need to be using xorg-xserver < 1.7 in order for x11 driver to work properly. In previous post I said that xorg-video-fbdev gave better performance, well the jury is still out on that one. But I am not completely satisfied with with the psb driver or framebuffer. I can't wait for the new version of these drivers to come out at end of year.
You will want to build and install in this order...
1) psb-firmware 0.30-1
2) psb-kmod 4.41.1-1
3) libdrm-poulsbo 2.3.0-1
4) xpsb-glx 0.18-1
5) xorg-x11-drv-psb 0.31.0-1
Enjoy and hope this is helpful,
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I downgraded my xorg-server to 1.6.3 and install all PKGBUILDs chris.griffith's. This is xorg.log:
X.Org X Server 184.108.40.2061 (1.6.4 RC 1)
Release Date: 2009-8-25
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux netb 2.6.31-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 10 19:48:17 CET 2009 i686
Build Date: 04 September 2009 03:37:03PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 14 22:49:21 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) module ABI major version (6) doesn't match the server's version (5)
(EE) Failed to load module "psb" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.
But now I can control brightness levels Thanks.
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Great to see Chris' PKGBUILDs have arrived but he does say he's been unable to get them to work with X 1.7.x which is what you get if you do a 'pacman -S xorg' right now. Anyone know of an Arch repo with X 1.6 packages or a way to get X 1.6.x without having to compile from scratch? Its been years since I had to compile X but it was one of the biggest, longest things you could compile- I remember waiting hours for it in the era of Athlon 2000's.
Before seeing that Chris' PKBUILDs had arrived I had an unsuccessful attempt at getting fbdev X working. Contrary to what what has been posted before the package is called 'xf86-video-fbdev' not 'xorg-video-fbdev' but it didn't work for me anyway as I seem to be missing a /dev/fb0 device and 'cat /proc/fb' returns nothing. On the plus side I have been successful in getting the VESA X driver to run at 1024x576 by using 915resolution-static although I can't see me wanting to use the VESA driver as its painfully slow.
I'd recommend to everyone to get uvesafb working until the official driver comes out:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n … &px=NzY2Mg
Holy F****** S***! There's an official driver in the pipeline!
Hi. I'm trying to get uvesafb working on 1101HA, and it doesn't work
I followed wiki article, and all I am gettign is uvesafb error:
uvesafb: Intel Corporation, Intel(r)Poulsbo Graphics Controller, Hardware Version 0.0, OEM: Intel(r)Poulsbo Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS, VBE v3.0
uvesafb: VBIOS/hardware supports DDC2 transfers
uvesafb: monitor limits: vf = 60 Hz, hf = 48 kHz, clk = 72 MHz
uvesafb: scrolling: redraw
uvesafb: cannot reserve video memory at 0x3f800000
uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error -5
I am using 2.6.31 kernel.
"fbset -i" says "open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory" so there is no FB at all.
I tried with and without 915resolution and it doesn't help.
Downgradign to 2.6.30 solved the issue.
Apparently uvesafb included in 2.6.31 doesn't work with this chipset
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uvesafb works fine with 2.6.31. Are you using the 915resolution-static package? The other one (without the -static) doesn't work.
To everyone, you may want to upgrade 915resolution-static today. I made some changes to the PKGBUILD that will help keep the configuration persistent between kernel upgrades. That's assuming that you are upgrading the package regularly. That part is unnecessary though; There hasn't been any changes at all to the functionality for Poulsbo chips. Unless there's bugs found in the patch, it's also the last upgrade that I'll do. Within a few days I'll orphan the package.
Thanks for the links but I'm new to Arch/pacman and I cannot for the life of me work out how I'm meant to install any version of xorg from the schlunix repo that isn't the very latest.
I have uncommented the schlunix repo in my mirrorlist, then I 'pacman -Syy' to update the sync db but then if I 'pacman -Ss xorg' it only lists the latest versions but I know through having browsed the packages available on schlunix that there are multiple Xorg 1.6.x versions there. I have read the wiki page you linked to, the pacman man page and asked on #archlinux but the answer is always the same 'Arch Linux does not support installing old versions' or variations on that response.
I could probably download all the xorg packages and then manually install them with 'pacman -U' but I'd have to figure out the right order to install all 10 or so so it would prob be easier to compile from scratch rather than do that- there must be an easier way. Please provide step-by-step instructions that an Arch newb like myself can follow.
I know skottish is advocating using uvesafb until the proper driver is released but I'd much rather get this driver working. As I say I'm not really bothered about the weedy 3D accel but I do like and use the HDMI output functionality which works for me under Ubuntu and I very much doubt would work using uvesafb.
Please provide step-by-step instructions that an Arch newb like myself can follow.
I downloaded only xorg-server-184.108.40.2061-1 and xf86-input-evdev-2.2.5-1 packages and then:
#pacman -R xf86-input-evdev
#pacman -Rd xorg-server
#pacman -U /path/to/downloaded/xorg-server.pkg.tar.gz
#pacman -U /path/to/downloaded/xf86-input-evdev.pkg.tar.gz
May be I'm wrong, because I getting errors with xorg.
Sounds like you're probably using a hybrid, mix-n-match xorg. I'm guesing your other xorg components are up-to-date with the Arch repos and you've only downgraded the xorg-server and input modules which I can't imagine the psb PKGBUILDs would like, nor anything else for that matter.
So Chris G - whats the easiest way to cleanly install an older xorg? Obviously you do a 'pacman -R xorg' to remove any existing X but then what?
@skottish: Yes, I do have 915resolution-static.
But I have also tried using one of the normal resolutions, without 915resolution hack at all.
And still no luck - error while loading uvesafb module, and no /dev/fb0 device.
And a little bit offtopic: Does anybody has Asus Eee 1101HA? I can't get internal microphone to work properly
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My patients have the impression that I am a perfect role model when it comes to nutrition — never deviating from the health and wellness regimens that I espouse. I've even been called the Queen of Quinoa, as I'm either handing out my latest favourite quinoa recipe, or running to my office fridge to show off Dembe's longevity special for the day (often Tuscan kale salad).
So you can imagine the shock on a patient's face when I bumped into them at Costco's snack bar where I was face deep in the most delicious beef hot dog, bun oozing with Heinz ketchup, French's mustard and Bick's green relish. Oh, and I was also inhaling a side of fries.
Initially I had no intention of eating "junk food". My girlfriend and I out were in the midst of a shopping expedition and we got hungry. We passed the snack bar, and the aroma seemed to awaken some joyful childhood memories deep within the recesses of my neurons. I surveyed the tables packed with shoppers and I noticed it wasn't just the kids eating those damn amazing hot dogs.
My girlfriend laughed as she listened to me moan with delight as I took my first bite.
From a psychological standpoint, that hot dog and 3 familiar condiments represented more than lunch — they were my solace objects.
Solace objects are items that recapture the soul of our childhood and that deep sense of soothing comfort we felt when we were young. I recognized my need for solace objects when I lived alone after my marriage ended. I noticed that when I slept on flannel sheets, I would have the most wonderful feeling of safety and comfort and I would fall asleep immediately.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — France and Britain are pressing the European Union to end its embargo on arms for the Syrian opposition, in the hope that they can encourage President Obama to follow their lead.
French and British leaders' frustration with U.S. waffling on Syria was palpable in Brussels last week. As the flood of refugees from Syria grew to tsunami levels, threatening to destabilize much of the region, French President Francois Hollande declared bluntly, "The biggest risk is inaction."
Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington won't stand in the way of its allies' moves to arm the opposition, but the administration still refuses to provide mainstream Syrian rebel groups with weapons — even as radical Islamists obtain money and guns.
The French make a convincing case that this position should be rethought.
"We believe there will only be a way out when the military situation on the ground changes," said the French Foreign Ministry's director of policy planning, Justin Vaisse, at the Brussels Forum, an annual conference organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Vaisse said the current European Union embargo on arms for the rebels was backfiring. Regime forces get weapons from Iran and Russia, while the moderate opposition often lacks bullets. The regime can bomb and shell Syrian civilians with impunity, with more than 70,000 Syrians dead so far.
"The arms embargo is now backfiring," Vaisse said emphatically. "The playing field is not level. The opposition is fighting with hands tied behind back.
"This is why Great Britain and France will ask for an end to the (EU) embargo when it expires at the end of May." If the EU fails to vote down the embargo, France may send arms anyway.
U.S. officials say, rightly, that the Syrian crisis can only be resolved by a political solution, not a military one. Toward this end, Washington is still hoping Moscow will pressure the regime to negotiate, and is still backing U.N. efforts to broker talks.
France and Britain also seek a negotiated solution. But, said Vaisse, negotiations "will be taken up by Bashar Assad only when he has no other option. The political process … isn't going anywhere, (because) the situation on the ground isn't conducive."
He is correct. The current military stalemate leads Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to believe he can survive the fighting. On a recent visit to Moscow, France's Hollande tried unsuccessfully to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to facilitate talks between opposition leaders and less-tainted officials in the Syrian government. Putin's lack of interest convinced the French that Russia won't play a positive role.
France believes that if the allies provide ground-to-air weapons, known as MANPADS, to vetted opposition commanders, it might break the stalemate.
"One of the big advantages of the regime is air control," Vaisse said. "Once one or two jets are downed, conditions may change."
This brings us to the second major concern of the Obama administration: that sophisticated weapons might wind up in the hands of radical Islamists. "That is what has happened already," British Prime Minister David Cameron pointed out during a press conference in Brussels last week. With the most money and the best guns, Islamists are best positioned to capture such weapons from the Syrian army, or to buy them on the black market.
The CIA spent a year vetting non-Islamist opposition commanders and believed it knew whom such weapons could be delivered to. So why not deliver MANPADS to vetted commanders rather than wait for radical Islamists to get them?
And wouldn't it make far more sense to let the opposition create its own no-fly zone by using MANPADS rather than — as some Republican and Democratic senators now advocate — use U.S. bombers or troops?
At the Brussels Forum, Louise Arbour, head of the International Crisis Group, asked whether the French were prepared for the chance that Assad wouldn't bend despite their arming of the opposition. What would they do then?
That question is valid. But the more pertinent question is: What will Washington do if U.S. inaction results in a failed Syrian state penetrated by jihadis who will get their hands on Assad's weapons? France and Britain are willing to take a risk to try to prevent this. But they can't convince Assad (or Moscow) that his days are numbered unless the United States helps them shift the balance on the Syrian ground.
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Sick of Canberra? Tired of all the talk about the federal budget? Are the hipsters in Braddon making you feel too old?
If you're a public servant looking for a change of lifestyle there are many exotic places to head.
Some are located far enough from the Australian capital to provide safety at the moment of impact. This is when Joe Hockey and his henchmen are expected to walk through the corridors of federal departments swinging battle-axes to protect the country from lazy bureaucrats - such as those civilians in the Defence Signals Directorate who protect us against terrorism. Since when was terrorism ever a thing?
Below is top five a list of escape jobs for public servants. The benefits of moving are obvious - some of the jobs offer a 13th month's pay. But the application criteria can be very specific - you may need a Turkish driver's license and be able to show a demonstrated ability at driving an armoured car.
1. Thursday Island, Queensland (3000km from Canberra)
With annual mean temperatures fluctuating between 24 and 30 degrees Celsius and views of spectacularly blue water, this would surely have Canberra public servants daydreaming over their keyboards as bare tree branches ominously claw their office window in the middle of winter.
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is looking for a number of staff across most classifications from APS1 through to to executive level 2 - that's salaries of $42,334 to $130,164 - to go on a register for temporary positions working for the Torres Strait Regional Authority in areas such as administration, finance and human resources.
Only part of the Torres Strait Islands capital is self-sufficient when it comes to water.
2. Antarctica (6000km from Canberra)
The Bureau of Meteorology and Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) are constantly seeking people willing to work on the icy continent as part of future expeditions.
The bureau recruits technical officers, observers and meteorologists while the AAD finds scientists, stationsleaders, mechanics and plumbers. There is a lengthy selection process involving a fitness test and psychological assessment.
Beware: In such as isolated environment, major disputes can erupt from minor issues such as the crispiness of the bacon.
3. Taipei City, Taiwan (7000km from Canberra)
With a population of 2.6 million people, Taiwan's monsoonal capital already has something Canberra lacks: a light rail system.
Like Canberra it is also very proficient at recycling garbage.
The city beckons a public servant to provide high-level executive support within the Australian government's trade office.
It requires someone who can keep secrets after listening to confidential conversations as well as do some research tasks and organise events.
4. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (10,000km from Canberra)
A great place to go if you want somewhere colder than Canberra.
The temperature averages -9 degrees Celsius in winter. In even better news, Austrade is searching for a new trade commissioner to be based in the Mongolian capital, which has more than one million people.
The job is classified at executive level 2 (EL2) with a salary of up to $125,178.
Part of the role involves pushing Australia's mining interests (you can't get rid of those guys no matter how far you travel). One drawback is the pay is slightly less than the advertised post of senior trade commissioner to New Delhi, India, who will receive $145,388.
5. Istanbul, Turkey (14,000km from Canberra)
The Australian Trade Commission wants a driver who can double as an administrative assistant but the job description suggests this role may not be as easygoing as it sounds.
Applicants need a Turkish driver's license and the ability to drive and "operate every device" in the armoured vehicle.
Every trip will require the successful applicant to plan routes, plan alternate routes and identify "safe havens, emergency resources, and choke points" before departure.
The person also needs to "learn and practise surveillance detection and pre-attack recognition and avoidance skills" as well as have the ability to "employ vehicle bomb-search protocol when required".
The government's Smart Traveller website advises visitors to exercise a high degree of caution in Turkey because of terrorist threats.
"Pay close attention to your personal security at all times and monitor the media for information about possible new safety or security risks," the website says.
"Terrorist attacks can occur anywhere at any time in Turkey."


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Prepare your palate for three days of food, music, art and much more as the 26th Annual Taste of Dallas returns July 13 - July 15 to Fair Park in Dallas.
Housed in a 150,000 square foot indoor and air conditioned area, the Taste of Dallas remains DFW's largest tasting event and will host activities for the entire family.
Enjoy culinary demonstrations from Dallas' top chefs, a culinary marketplace featuring specialty food items, and a Kids' Taste Town which includes an interactive petting zoo, kids cooking demos and much more!
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Families can sample food from over 60 Dallas restaurants as well as several food trucks, in an all-new feature called Taste Curbside.
In addition to food and drinks, Taste of Dallas will offer visitors a taste of the local art and music scene.
Guests have the chance to listen to live music at the Taste Music Stage and view new and emerging artists at the Artist and Crafter's Enclave.
One day admission tickets can be bought at the gate for $8, while children 12 and under get in free with an accompanying parent or guardian. Advanced tickets can be bought at Kroger for $5.
A portion of the proceeds from the Taste of Dallas benefit the American Heart Association and their mission to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
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Since having kids Hank and I still try to keep our wanderlust spirit alive, but as our family has grown, trips have become a little trickier. With a 10-month old and a 3-year old, the term "vacation" always makes me a laugh a bit since taking care of Henry and a very active, cruising Charlie can be anything but relaxing; and even more so when we're away from home. But having a safe space for the baby to play and sleep, be it in a hotel room, vacation house, wherever you are away from home, is imperative. Without a playard we'd be chasing our wild man 24/7, he wouldn't be able to move around and crawl as much, and naptime and nighttime sleep would be difficult. With Henry we had a little pack-n-play that was functional, but it literally took us at least 5 minutes and a few tries to put together every time we wanted to use it. Not fun.
So when I found out about the 4moms Breeze and read that it opens and closes with one easy step, I had to try it. Seriously, watch this video and I know you'll be a Breeze believer too. The first time we took it out of the box I had to take a video myself and send it to my Mom and sister- they had be present during some funny "can someone (anyone?) get this pack 'n play set up?!" so they too were in awe at how easy the Breeze was.
Now we take it everywhere. Last month we took a trip to Palm Springs and the Breeze was inside, outside, in the bedroom for naps, on the porch while we all hung out, on the patio while we swam. Because it's so easy to open and close, it's no big deal to move it to a more convenient place and let Charlie continue to happily play.
And when we're at home the Breeze is always set up too. I often bring it into the backyard while Henry and I are running around, and we also set it up in the living in case I have put him down for a second and need him to be safe and secure.
And great news, today 4moms is giving away one Breeze to one of you, right here. If you've never tried a 4moms product before, I'm crossing my fingers for you...we're total 4moms believers in this house and I hope you become one too!
Good luck to all who enter, and be sure to follow along with the 4moms Facebook too- they're giving away one Breeze a day during this blog tour.
This post was in partnership with 4moms, and the Breeze was provided to us for review purposes.
But as always, all opinions are my own.