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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Interview: Mariette Hartley Reflects on Her Acting Career, Part 2
"I started acting when I was 10," Mariette tells me. "It was so exciting, so fulfilling. I came to Hollywood and met Sam Peckinpah (legendary Western writer, director and producer who directed her in "Ride the High Country") — it was terrifying, yet exciting. Back then, television was new and powerful. Robert Redford was doing episodics; Leo Penn, Sean Penn's father, was a terrific director."
Mariette credits her agent with keeping her on the Hollywood map: "I had a very good agent, and I just kept working. I was very much a character actress. But I've never stopped doing theater. I did four plays with John Houseman's theater group. Theater has always been my less-fickle friend."
On those famous Polaroid commercials — where Mariette and James Garner were a playful, bickering husband-and-wife team — Mariette has fond memories. "Jack Dillon, who was one of the great advertising men, came up with the commercials. He wrote about 250 of them. I loved working with Jimmy; he was wonderful."
In fact, Mariette and Garner were so convincing as husband and wife that people thought they were married in real life. They were also early victims of the now ubiquitous paparazzi: While filming a kissing scene for "The Rockford Files," which she was co-starring in with James, a photog snapped a pic of the kiss and passed it off as a "real" kiss, insinuating that the actors were cheating on their spouses with one another.
Mariette remembers hearing that the picture was going to be in the next day's newspaper. "Nothing like that had ever happened to me. I'd never been a great sex symbol, but I was flattered."
Lately, Mariette has been doing a lot of series work, including "Grey's Anatomy" and "Law and Order: SVU." She tells me, "I loved my part on 'Grey's.' I had just come out of the hospital with a scare, so I could really relate to that fear. I love those kinds of parts that don't seem to be huge, but they really strike a chord with the audience. I wanted to bring my experience to it, the terror of not knowing where your life is going to go. I hope I brought that to the role for the audience to see.
"I also love the character I did on 'SVU.' I would like to do it more; I'm greedy, I know. I just really love them at the show. Mariska (Hargitay) is terrific, and Chris (Meloni) is just nuts — I adore them both."
Acting seems to run in the family: Her daughter, Justine, played a rape victim on an episode of "SVU." Mariette recalls: "I'm watching her film her scene, and I see Chris coming on to her. I said, 'Chris, I am that beautiful young woman's mother!' The look on his face — I laughed so hard."
As for her future in acting, Mariette doesn't plan to slow down. "My dream is to do my own series again. I just love to work, and I am always interested to see how an ensemble works together. I also love hosting shows. I love to be the host and make people feel comfortable. So, we'll see!"
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Interview: Mariette Hartley on Surviving, Understanding and Forgiving, Part 1
Mariette was kind enough to open up with me about her life.
Daytime Dial: What made you decide to put your life story out there in a book for all to read?
Mariette Hartley: Putnam Publishing called me in. This is when I was very, very actively involved in a career, although I still am, but people are not that sure of it anymore. And Putnam called me in, and nobody knew my life because I had been sworn to secrecy by my mother about my dad's suicide. I was sitting there with all these big, big agents, and I didn't have a clue about who these people were. And there was my publisher, Neil Nyren, and a couple of other people and my manager all in a small room in New York. I told them my story, and they all about fell off their chairs. And they decided they wanted to do it.
DD: Tell me about the different organizations you are involved with that help other people who are dealing with familial suicide.
MH: I co-founded the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in 1987 and am the national spokesperson, although they don't really use me enough. So, I don't really do it through them; I kind of do it on my own. I have survivor groups. That has had a profound affect on my life. I've met the most extraordinary people. Some people I have no idea, honest to God, how they're walking on this earth still — people who have had multiple suicides in their lives. I've learned a great deal about it. I don't know if the right word is "healing," but certainly listening and sharing my experiences and strength and hope with others about it. That has kind of become my life now, and I love it. It's wonderful when you have a book out that kind of really supports that. And I love speaking to young people too about it. Secrets don't work; you have to talk about it. For all that, and that's kind of what it's become. Who knew, you know? All I wanted to do was be Ingrid Bergman.
DD: You are still doing a lot of incredible acting work too. Tell me about your one-woman show, "If You Get to Bethlehem, You've Gone Too Far," which you put on a few years ago to rave reviews and sold-out audiences.
MH: What I tried to do with my one-woman show is to have people pulled into a life so profoundly that they could not shake it loose. That they could not say, "Oh well, that's an interesting play," and go home and go to sleep. People were so pulled in by the short hairs because I really took people into my world as a 4-year-old. I became that 4-year-old girl, and I was looking up to these two parents who were played by me. I think it is extremely healing, not just for me but for others. There was one person in the audience who came to see it twice, and he was ready to die. That was the main reason why I did everything ... to show people the effect it has on one's life, one who's still alive and well, and had been deeply enlightened by the experience.
But even so, when you go through that experience, it's excruciating. It's something in which you can hardly explain to anybody unless they've gone through it. The problem is that there is such a sense of isolation with it that you don't know who to talk to. You really begin to feel that there is nobody there. And of course, when my mother swore me to secrecy, there was nobody there but me. And I had no answers for it. So that is one of the reasons why I am so deeply committed to the groups, because of the people who I call my daily survivors, who have experienced it three months ago, five months ago, six months ago. I really wanted the show to be a lifesaver if it could be. And I do know it was for at least one person.
DD: Because you are opening up about your struggles with suicide and mental illness, it really lets others know that it's OK for them to be open as well.
MH: It's more than OK; it's lifesaving. And I think that's what people have to know. You can't keep quiet about this stuff — especially mental illness. I go up and down the countryside trying to erase the stigma of mental illness, because that's basically what my family had. My parents were not just alcoholics, they were both profoundly mentally ill. And they were covering it up because they didn't know it, bless their hearts. They had no concept of mental illness in those days, although my father was painting a picture of manic depression. He was trying to tell us, but even then we weren't educated. My mission now is to educate. And what the ASFP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) does, which is quite wonderful, is to support research. We support grants for college graduates or students who are studying the brain. There is a young woman at Johns Hopkins who received one of our research grants, and she is studying the suicide gene.
DD: And if they can find a physical cause, maybe they won't have to prescribe all these drugs left and right, especially if you are misdiagnosed, like you were.
MH: Yes, and it's very dangerous because it happens with many people. As you know, I was one of them, and that will probably be my next book. During my divorce — which was just awful, and it brought back so many memories — I ended up being diagnosed as depressed. I was given Prozac and I was given Zoloft, and this is what happens also to young people. Now they have the warning on the box, because those straight depression medicines can be extremely dangerous for bipolar. It can also show you if you are bipolar, but you don't want to go through that. So what I tell people is that if you need to, find a psychiatrist who's really good and give an entire family history — no holds barred. My diagnosis was absolutely by accident. But I kept after it, and it took me a good year to find out what was going on.
DD: Your grandfather, Dr. John B. Watson, the founder of Behaviorism, was of the school of thought that children should receive minimal affection. How has that affected you and how you look at parenting?
MH: I think it has affected whole eras, whole decades of childrearing, and we've swung back and forth and back and forth, and I really went the opposite way. I nursed my kids until they were 2 or 3, and I loved that. It was the most wonderful and nourishing experience for me and for them. And it has held all of us in good stead, I'll tell you.
When Dad died, I was in such a state of shock about all of it. The book actually gave me a sense of perspective. I realized I did blame my mother; I did blame Big John for that. I felt that on some level Dad was really misrepresented in that household. He was also so deeply ill. And my mother just didn't have a chance. It makes me so sad today. I was so grateful that when she did pass, our relationship had completely healed. And I was so grateful for that. She died in my arms, and my brother came down, and people were around her. It was a totally inclusive passing.
When I let myself, I can get pretty angry at the son of a gun (Dr. Watson). But I also realize that he was sick. I've seen his lab experiments since then with "Little Albert," which was the famous one, all of these kids were orphans basically. When he made them afraid of these things in the experiments, he never unconditioned them. They went back to the orphanage scared to death of dogs or whatever the hell he was conditioning them to be afraid of. That was the cruelty to me. It was along with the books about not touching and not holding and all that. That must have come from his own background; I always tried to understand it with him. This strange background that he had with his Baptist fanatic mother and this father who had all these Native-American mistresses. Very strange. I have a very colorful background.
Tune in next week for Part 2 of my interview where Mariette discusses the wonderful change in her life now, the projects she is working on and those infamous series of Polaroid commercials with James Garner.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Interview: Catching Up With Leven Rambin
"All My Children" fans will remember Leven Rambin, who juggled the roles of half sisters Lily Montgomery and Ava Benton on the show. Now Leven plays the scatterbrained aspiring actress/model daughter of David James Elliott and Virginia Madsen on the new ABC show "Scoundrels" (airing Sunday nights at 9/8c). I caught up with her recently to discuss "AMC," "Scoundrels" and "Grey's Anatomy."
Daytime Dial: Your big break was as Lily/Ava on "All My Children." What was that experience like for you?
Leven Rambin: They taught me everything I know. I'll always be so grateful for that opportunity and that experience. It's a lot different than prime time or any other show that I've done, but I've definitely learned everything I know from there — from working those hours and working with those people and learning all of those lines and being those two different characters. Everything else seems kind of different and easier — the hours are also pretty grueling and demanding here on "Scoundrels" and on "Grey," but it's just different. I think that soaps are a really good place to start, and I'm really grateful to have been there.
DD: "AMC" is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. That is quite an accomplishment — you must be proud to have come from that.
LR: I was so honored that they wanted me to be a part of the 40th anniversary of the soap. Some people have been watching it from the very beginning, so for people to have liked me enough to want me to be a part of a big episode like that was really cool, and I'll always remember that.
DD: You played Eric Dane's daughter, Sloan, on "Grey's Anatomy." Tell me about that experience.
LR: It was crazy being on "Grey's Anatomy" and working with those people who are movie stars. That show is just so successful. It was definitely the most high-profile thing I've ever done, and it really taught me a lot. I'm just so grateful to have been there and to have learned from all of those people, and to have worked with Shonda (Rhimes) and Eric (Dane) and Ellen Pompeo. That was just the experience of a lifetime.
DD: Tell me about your new show, "Scoundrels." Is that a fun show to work on? How is your new cast to work with?
LR: Yeah, totally. The cast is amazing, and Virginia, obviously, is a legend. She is so inspiring and so creative and so nurturing, and she really took care of all of us while we were there in Albuquerque shooting. I had a great time just talking and getting to know everyone and being a part of something like that. The material was awesome and the producers were great. It was the best time that I've had on a show. I'm really grateful to have been a part of it.
The show has a really awesome blend of comedy and drama and intrigue and kind of a different family dynamic than what you're used to seeing on TV. I just thought it was kind of edgy for ABC, and I thought that the characters were so distinct and so different. I was really drawn to the writing, too. When I saw everyone together, it was perfect.
DD: Jason Priestley joined the cast, and he becomes smitten with your character, Heather. Were you excited to learn that Jason was joining the show, and what is he like to work with?
LR: He was so fun. He just came in and really embraced it, and really got the joke of the character. The character is an '80s washed-up TV star who is now doing a reality-hosting-type show. He came in and was such a pro, and I got along with him really well.


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Embarrassing: Man Uses Gym Weights To Stretch His Penis & Got It Stuck For 3 Days! (Police Come To The Rescue)
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Please take Notice that the right to redeem the following described property, to wit: Map & Parcel E003-038, more particularly described as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the City of Baxley, Appling County, Georgia, fronting on Bay Street 97.5 feet and extending 213 feet in equal width and being in the northwest corner of Beach Street and Bay Street. Said property bound now or formerly as follows: North by lands of A. M. Overstreet; East by lands of Mrs. Ruth Spivey; South by Bay Street; and West by lands of Sam Collins. This being the same property conveyed to Abba
Enterprises, LLC by deed from National City Home Loan Services, Inc., dated November 15, 2004, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Deed Book 397, page 388,
Will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on and after the 25th day of November, 2012.
The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated September 6, 2011, and is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Deed Book 481 at Page 28.
The property may be redeemed at any time before the November 25, 2012, by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address: 4 South Lee Street, Baxley, GA 31513
Stephen E. Tillman
Attorney at Law
4 South Lee Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513
(912) 367-2500
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It's been a couple albums since the Wonder Years last set foot on the Canadian prairies, and with only one stop in Calgary, it's no surprise...
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A nearly soldout crowd crammed into Dickens Pub to see one of Canada's most beloved heavy bands celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their...
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Letters written by "MER" to Dr Immelman, press cuttings and articles by and about MER; portrait.
Rothmann, M. E.
Letters written by "MER" to Dr Immelman, press cuttings and articles by and about MER; portrait.
Rothmann, M. E.
Correspondence, radio broadcast transcripts, poetry and other writings by H Mulder aka Willem Hessels.
Mulder, Hendrik Adolph
MSS van "Die dieper reg: ′n spel van die oordeel oor ′n volk" deur N.P. van Wyk Louw.
Van Wyk Louw, Nicolaas Petrus
7 original poems by Petersen
Petersen, Sydney Vernon
Received from the Estate of Mrs LE le Roux (formerly Leonie Pienaar), c/o Manager, Volkskas, Trans Oranje Gebou, Pretorius Street, Pretoria.5 Afrikaans plays including stage directions and notes.Tiekie, 'n kinderspeel in twee bedrywe deur Conrad S...
Pienaar, Leonie
The Adèle Naudé Papers occupy four archival boxes and comprise the following series:Series A: Personal papersThis series contains mainly news clippings relating to Adèle Naudé, the death of and obituaries about her husband Hugo Naudé, and their da...
Naude, Adele
MS of "Ballade van die eensame seeman": Four different versions of this poem; pagination varies. Published by Balkema, Kaapstad, 1949, 27 (2) pages.Letter from I D du Plessis to R F M Immelman. 2 Dec 1945.Letter from I D du Plessis to Mi...
Du Plessis, I. D.
3 typescripts of his novels:Dieprivier se monster. 157p. 1952Nagwolwe. 170p. 1950.Sy verlore nooientjie. 206p.
Conradie, B. J.
Viljoen, J. M. H.
The C Louis Leipoldt Papers were donated over a number of years, from 1947, mainly by Mrs H M L (Lulu) Bolus, Mr Jeff Leipoldt and Dr Peter Shields, but many of C L L's other friends also donated letters and memorabilia. The most recent contr...
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I LOVE autumn! I love the colors, I love the smells, I love running through the leaves every morning. It's still officially autumn, and since I live on the central coast of California, I won't even really see much of a change in the weather as it turns to "winter" here. But our front yard and house are now covered with Christmas lights, our Christmas tree is standing in all its glory in the living room, and the autumn decorations are disappearing. Denver wore a Santa hat to school today… with a skeleton shirt so it was a bit like sending Jack Skellington off to school. Maybe he's a little torn on the season change as well?
Don't get me wrong: I LOVE Christmas and I'm super excited as we pull out all of our decorations. Bailey is playing Winter Wonderland on the piano right now. I'm just a little sad to see autumn go. So here is my farewell post to autumn.
I made the above chocolate autumn leaves for my friend, the carefree Cari. Carefree, because she visited family for Thanksgiving and her assignment was cookies. These were a change of pace for me and I really liked how they came out. And the chocolate? mmmm I made a couple extra entirely for quality control purposes. I'm committed like that. It took about 5 cookies to get a definite conclusion because I am dedicated to culinary perfection. ummm, did I mention that 4 of those cookies were in cookie dough? Ahhhh, sometimes life as a cookier is hard.
Speaking of Thanksgiving… we had a fabulous time with friends and family. All told we had 20 people here who shared delicious food and conversation. The one snag in our day: Mr. John is my turkey man and he woke up early to stuff the bird and get it roasting. Well, he found it half frozen still… after 6 DAYS of thawing! He made a run to the grocery store and luckily they had a fresh 24 lb bird and everything turned out beautifully.
So, you ask, "What happened to that other ginormous turkey that has probably thawed by now?" So glad you asked. We made that turkey last night and plan to be eating turkey the rest of our lives. Actually, we invited some friends over and we made a good dent in it, but guess what is for dinner tonight for the 6th day in a row? Surprisingly I'm not tired of it yet, but the turkey fatigue is setting in for the kids.
And here is the latest contribution to the Dessert of the Month gift that I have been giving to my father in law this year. I would post a link to the pecan pie recipe, but I really guessed here while making these. I roughly cut down the recipe in my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook and then added melted chocolate chips to the filling. Sadly, one mini pie did not survive the evacuation of the muffin tin and I HAD to eat the crushed pie. Once again… challenging times for me, but I do what I have to. If you love pecan pie, try adding some melted chocolate to the filling. You will not be sad.
I will post the recipe for the pie crust because I love it so much and it is all I ever use because it is awesome for everything from pies to quiches and it makes a ton!
I don't know Mary Jo, but this is the recipe my mom has used since forever and when she shares the recipe she always calls it MaryJo's Pie Crust. I bet my mom has made it more than MaryJo by now and it should be called Daphne's Pie Crust, but I digress…
With electric mixer, mix:
In a 2 cup glass measuring cup:
Buzz briefly with handmixer to blend liquids, then add to the above flour/shortening mix, stirring together.
Separate into balls of dough about softball size. Keep out what you need to use and freeze the rest in a ziplock bag. Freezes nicely. Makes about 5-6 balls of dough. Roll out for pie shell. Bake about 350* for 15-20 minutes.
These are all my mom's terms by the way. I love how unfussy this recipe is. No chilling, no fancy ingredients. One thing to keep in mind: I once tried butter flavored shortening, thinking that would be a yummy idea. DO NOT DO THIS! I don't know what is different in the butter flavored shortening than regular shortening, but it was a complete disaster!
Now that I've said goodbye to autumn, I'm ready… bring on winter!


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At a Glance
- Faster consultations and improved healthcare
- Developed world-class healthcare system
- Introduced accessible life-saving resources
- Gained ability to educate regional doctors
Polycom solutions breathe new life into the healthcare systems of developing countries
Video communications brings much need knowledge and a new direction into a collapsed medical system hurt by a devastating war and years of neglect.
The International Virtual e-Hospital (IVeH) Foundation is a non-profit organisation created to assist in rebuilding the public healthcare system in developing countries by introducing and implementing telemedicine, telehealth, and virtual educational programmes. IVeH is managed solely by its volunteers and governed by an international Board of Directors. Their objective is to train and educate healthcare providers of developing countries in the use and implementation of telemedicine, e-health and electronic libraries. After their incredible success in Kosova, they implemented a second programme in Albania which officially launched in September 2011.
The IVeH built the National Telemedicine Center as part of the Integrated Telemedicine and e-Health programme of Albania, in partnership with USAID, the Albanian Ministry of Health, the United States Department of Defense, and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The programme is mostly founded by the United States Agency for Internation Development (USAID). The network consists of a National Telemedicine Center in the capitals of both Prishtina and Tirana, headquarters at the Mother Theresa Hospital, regional Telemedicine Centers in Shkoder, Durresi, Vlora and Korqa, three other hospitals plus the Regional Autistic Center of Albania. The Albania foundation of the national telemedicine and e-health network addresses the issue of rural access to patients care along with medical education for health professionals.
From Conception to Delivery
The Albania Telemedicine Programme is modeled on the existing and successful programme in the Republic of Kosova. Led by professor Rifat Latifi, founder of the IVeH, it was developed and operational within two years. For IVeH, it was easy to utilize the trusted partners which helped make the Kosova programme successful and therefore the Polycom RealPresence Platform as the collaboration solution, and the central element of the project. The IVeH requirements are specific as they need to collaborate and hold video meetings within their network, and most importantly with hospitals and healthcare professionals outside of their network, all over the world. Professor Latifi explains their choice of the Polycom RealPresence Platform, "The Polycom RealPresence Platform delivers the flexible architectural design and infrastructure which is vital to our project. We need a solution that is simple to manage, and interoperability is crucial".
The Polycom Platform
For this project, the platform is composed of the Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server, the Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager, The Polycom RealPresence Virtualisation Manager (DMA), the Polycom Recording and Streaming Server (RSS), Polycom Video Border Proxy (VBP), and several Polycom HDX room Telepresence solutions. The endpoints are located in telemedicine centers, hospitals, the center for Autism and health centers throughout the country.
Main functions of the Polycom Platform for IVeH
The Polycom RealPresence platform has 3 main purposes. The first being remote medical care. Many departments of the Tirana University Hospital center 'Mother Theresa' are using the telemedicine network to consult with partner hospitals in different countries in Europe and the USA. Health professionals are also able to examine patients in any other telemedicine centers in Albania and Kosova, giving patients from all over the country access to experts.
The second is the Electronic Library. The telemedicine center is equipped with 20 computers and has access to the World Health Organisation data base HINARI (Health Inter Network Access to Research Initiative). It allows full text access to a large number of scientific journals, books and live surgery recordings.
The third is the Distance Medical Education. This continuous programme is one of the most important components of the Integrated Telemedicine and e-Health Programme of Albania. It consist of lectures, seminars, conferences, workshops and other education events organised nationally and regionally which are transmitted via the Polycom RealPresence Platform to all the centers facilitating and increasing knowledge sharing.
Beyond these 3 main functions, the platform is also supporting prevention and wellness, by bringing medical care to rural and remote locations. The solutions also allow for multi-disciplinary team meetings, between medical staff, local government authorities, and other key–project individuals.
Professor Latifi's project is based on his IBOT strategy: Initiate, Build, Operate, and Transfer. The first phase of the project includes the establishment of basic infrastructure, info-structure, policies and procedures. Training and education is an imperative component of the programme, and is accomplished using the Polycom platform.
Professor Latifi confirms "The most important part of the programme is the continuous education of the local health professionals to keep them autonomous, the best way to
do this is with the Polycom RealPresence platform". The priority for the Albania project is to implement innovative ways for expanding the distance medical care program for different medical disciplines.
Future Plans for the IVeH
The IVeH is in the process of implementing national telemedicine programs in Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Gaza, Palestine, Cape Verde, Tanzania, Nigeria and Southeast Asia. Each of these programmes have been established and/or are supported by Ministries of Health and/or organisations that play key roles in their regions in both healthcare and education and funded by different donors.
IVeH has been rewarded with the Computerworld Honors Programs, "21st Century Achievement Award". Computerworld Honors Program recognises the organisation which creates and uses information technology to promote and advance the public welfare, benefit society and change the world for the better. IVeH does just that, and continues one country at a time. The motivation for the award was the elaboration of the IBOT strategy and its successful implementation in Kosova and Albania. Then, in December 2011, URAC (originally known as the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission) and the Care Continuum Alliance awarded to the IVeH, in recognition of its IBOT strategy, the 2011 "International Health Promotion Award" in the International Community Health category. Most recently, the IVeH and the seven telemedicine centers in Kosova received the 2011 "Visual Communications User Application Healthcare Award" at the Telepresence and Video Conferencing Editor's Choice Awards ceremony.
About Polycom
Polycom is the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC) solutions for telepresence, video, and voice powered by the Polycom RealPresence Platform. The RealPresence Platform interoperates with the broadest range of business, mobile, and social applications and devices. More than 400,000 organizations trust Polycom solutions to collaborate and meet face-to-face from any location for more productive and effective engagement with colleagues, partners, customers, specialists, and prospects. Polycom, together with its broad partner ecosystem, provides customers with the best TCO, scalability, and security for video collaboration, whether on-premises, hosted, or cloud-delivered.


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Lettuce grown during the winter months may contain higher levels of toxic rocket fuel
Lettuce grown in the fall and winter months in Southern California or Arizona may contain higher levels of toxic rocket fuel than is considered safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to independent laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG).
In the first-ever tests of perchlorate in supermarket produce, 18 percent of lettuce samples contained detectable levels of perchlorate, and an average serving of these contaminated samples contained 4 times more than the EPA says is safe in drinking water. EWG estimates that by eating lettuce, 1.6 million American women of childbearing age are exposed daily during the winter months to more perchlorate than the EPA's recommended safe dose. EWG's findings of perchlorate in retail produce confirm previous tests on greenhouse-grown lettuce seedlings by the EPA and field-grown vegetables by a San Bernardino, Calif. farm whose irrigation water supplies were contaminated by defense contractor Lockheed Martin's abandoned rocket-testing facility.
Winter Lettuce Growing Region
Perchlorate, the explosive component of rocket and missile fuel, can affect the thyroid gland's ability to make essential hormones. For fetuses, infants and children, disruptions in thyroid hormone levels can cause lowered IQ, mental retardation, loss of hearing and speech, and motor skill deficits. Currently there are no enforceable perchlorate safety standards but EWG argues that a national safety standard should be no higher than one-tenth the EPA's currently recommended level.
California newspaper's lettuce tests also find perchlorate.
Perchlorate contaminates more than 500 drinking water sources in 20 states, serving well over 20 million people. Among contaminated sources is the Colorado River, which not only provides drinking water for Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas and other cities, but also irrigates 70 percent of the nation's lettuce grown from October to March.
- Perchlorate contamination of Lake Mead and the Colorado River must be cleaned up.
- The Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture must move quickly to conduct a definitive study of perchlorate contamination in the American food supply, and make all results public.
- All future drinking water standards must adequately reflect the potential for exposure through food.
- Farmers and landowners must be fully compensated for lost profits and property values.
- Irrigation water sources — not just drinking water sources — must be tested for perchlorate.
- The Bush Administration's current proposal to exempt Department of Defense sites from environmental regulations, including perchlorate cleanup, must not go forward.
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Round the Track: Recent test a step in the right direction for NASCAR
NASCAR's research and development group spent several hours Monday tinkering with race cars in hopes that it can find a way to make them race better on intermediate tracks.
That's a good thing. The race Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway certainly wasn't the best, saved by a late (and debatable) caution that bunched up the field and had teams deciding between two or four fresh tires. The result: An entertaining final 23 laps.
With no apparent easy solutions, hopefully NASCAR will remain aggressive in trying new ideas. That might be against what drivers and teams want—they want time to figure things out, and change often drives up costs.
But if the empty seats in the grandstands (they appeared just a little more than half-full) Saturday are any indication, the fans don't want to wait. The fans need to leave happy, and they need to come to a track expecting excitement, expecting fireworks. They didn't get that for much of the race Saturday night, and didn't get that for many of the races on the intermediate tracks in the last few months.
The Cup race came a day after an entertaining Nationwide race where several battles occurred for position among the top three drivers.
NASCAR must find a way for that dicing to occur with Cup cars on intermediate tracks. It has done so periodically this year, but it appears that depends on a tire that wears out, when drivers must manage tires as well as their competition. When the tires don't wear out differently during a run depending on the line and setup, then tire management doesn't come into play.
Changing the tire can help, but it's good that NASCAR is working in other areas.
NASCAR asked teams to try several things Monday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. There were roof wickers. There were larger spoilers. There were screens cut into the rear bumpers. There were different splitters. All for the sake of trying to make the racing better.
It was the first test where NASCAR's new innovation group directed the research project instead of it being under the competition department. The new structure is designed to make more meaningful change more quickly.
Robin Pemberton attended the test but not as the man in charge. The test was run by Gene Stefanyshyn, hired this year to oversee changes in how the cars are built. Stefanyshyn's group will set the technical rules; Pemberton's will enforce them.
Having a group dedicated to improving the racing, it shouldn't be interrupted by the day-to-day running of the competition side of the sport.
With better racing as the goal and with the resources and time to explore, the group can go down paths already knowing that some might not work but without the feeling that it cost itself precious time and effort. If there are bumps in the road, the group can continue and see if things can be smoothed out rather than just abandoning the effort.
NASCAR must have the ability to change quickly. It must explore avenues for car development without staffing or time being an impediment.
Improving the racing is no easy task. The tracks were built to allow for both IndyCar and stock-car racing. That means moderate banking and wide enough tracks that have resulted in stock cars getting strung out if there is only one viable line.
So the test Monday was a good step in the right direction. It is a sign that NASCAR is serious about change.
Change is needed. The "Gen-6" car has had better racing overall this year, especially at tracks with more tire wear. But it's not where it needs to be.
Some people want to say that not every race can be a great race, which happens when a driver hits on a setup and stinks up the show. That's true. But there's nothing wrong with wanting as many good races as possible, that when single-file races occur to look at solutions. When people are dicing for position, the more likely there are cautions that will bunch up the field and create more excitement, especially at the front of the field.
Hopefully NASCAR has reduced the hurdles and barriers to change with its new structure and its focus on improving the racing workds. NASCAR needs to keep pushing forward to make changes to the car with the zeal of a Kyle Busch and the attitude of a Brad Keselowski.


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PER vol.16 n.3 Potchefstroom Jan. 2013
The third issue of 2013 contains 12 contributions ranging from two orationes, nine articles and one note. The first oratio is an address delivered by Karthy Govender at the Law Faculty, University of Michigan, to commemorate the 2013 Martin Luther King Day at the Law Faculty, University of Michigan. He draws parallels between King, Ghandhi and Mandela and discusses the influence they all had in the development of South Africa into a democratic state. In the second oratio Mike van Graan airs his views on the Revised White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage of 2013, published by the Department of Arts and Culture. His main concern is the haste in which the white paper is being taken through the process, and he cautions against the adoption of a far-reaching policy which has not been thoroughly considered.
The first article, by Irma Kroeze, examines the concepts of multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and their application in a legal context. She comes to the conclusion that the first happens quite often whilst the latter two methods of research rarely happens in a legal context. In the second, Hanri du Plessis investigates whether or not the common law rule of "unilateral determination" in contract law should be retained in the South African law and concludes that the final answer would depend on the facts of each case with due consideration of public policy, bona fides, contractual equity and other relevant factors. In the third article Pieter Bakker discusses the application of chaos theory in family law. He is not in favour of the current trend of deregulating intimate relationships and argues in favour of one statute regulating all such relationships. In the fourth, Jamil Mujuzi debates the initiative of the South African government to enter into prisoner transfer agreements and the challenges such a move would pose within the correctional services system. The author of the firth article, Raymond Koen, gives a philosophical perspective on the interconnectedness of the theory of restorative justice developed by Christie and the general theory of law formulated by Pushukanis, especially in the context of property law. Heidi Schoeman is the author of the sixth article. She deals with the Companies Act 71 of 2008 which grants rights to trade unions to represent employees at the workplace, and argues that these rights should be given only to trade unions that are registered in terms of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995. The seventh article, co-authored by Jadesola Lokulo-Sodipe and Abiodun Osuntogun, explains that the decision of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to re-design its executive secretariat into a quasi-independent commission was taken with the purpose of converting ECOWAS into a supranational entity. Their contribution considers whether or not a supranational system is indeed essential for the attainment of ECOWAS' objectives. The second last article, by Chantelle Feldhaus and Chantelle van den Heever, deals with the important question of whether or not the sexual orientation of a parent is a factor to be considered when the care of a child needs to be evaluated. In the last article, by Zannelize Strauss and Debbie Horsten, the authors argue that adequate access to essential medicines, as an element of the right of access to health care, could contribute to the alleviation of poverty.
Michelle Fuchs, the author of the only note, deals with the Constitutional Court's interpretation of section 129(1) of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005, that describes the execution procedure in case of a mortgage bond, in Sebola v Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd 2012 5 SA 142 (CC).
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First, Chapter 2 is coming to an end very soon, and I plan to have a little "ask the cast" comic again before Chapter 3 starts. So if you have questions, feel free to send me an email or to go to my Tumblr page and ask away ! ^^
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Earlier this month, TIME sent contract photographer Marco Grob to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) in Nashville to photograph comedian Jerry Lewis. Now 86 years old, Lewis, profiled by Richard Zoglin in this week's issue of TIME, is filling his days directing a musical version of The Nutty Professor—adapted from the film he originally wrote and starred in back in 1963. The new stage version, in collaboration with the late composer Marvin Hamlisch and lyricist Rupert Holmes, is being performed at TPAC through the end of the weekend in a bid for a slot on Broadway.
Although he's photographed subjects as diverse as Hillary Clinton and Lady Gaga, Grob still felt nervous as he waited for Lewis to arrive for his portrait shoot. Experience photographing other comedians led Grob to expect Lewis to be a handful—a worry that proved to be completely unfounded when the legendary funny man showed up.
During the ten-minute shoot, Grob learned that Lewis shared a passion for photography. "He carries a camera with him everywhere he goes," says Grob. "It's pretty much the same equipment we use to film. He's very professional."
Grob was also excited to photograph a man he had grown up watching on television. "He's a legend in Europe," says the Swiss-born Grob. "It's always fascinating to meet people who were around all my lifespan, especially someone with as crazy a career as Jerry."
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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
TARICAYA RESEARCH CENTRE: September/October 2011
My apologies for the delay in getting back to you all with the comings and goings at our research centre in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon. With so much going on time just seems to fly by and before I knew it I have two months worth of news to report and little time to do it in. A great problem as far as our project's success goes, slightly more demanding on a personal front trying to fit everything in! As we continue to grow and develop more ideas the snowball effect means that we need more and more people to get everything done and fortunately we are smashing our record for number of volunteers this year and that means one thing- achieving so much more!
Over recent months I have been privileged enough to be able to bring you success stories and positive feedback often having to leave some of it out but in the type of work we are committed to that is not always the case. Sadly, this month I must report on some setbacks we have suffered both at the rescue centre and on the turtle project. The nature of an animal rescue centre can provide us with rollercoaster emotions from the success of releasing healthy animals back into their natural habitat from watching on helplessly as an animal must be euthanized due to incurable diseases contracted in captivity. However, this month we hit a new high only to plummet into a depression soon after.
Our captive tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) have huge potential to become a successful breeding pair and should this happen we would be able to release their offspring back into the reserve and helping re-establish wild numbers. Little did we know that a year ago they had already mated and whilst we suspected that the female might well be pregnant we had no idea she was so far along until last month a young female was born un-expectedly. One Saturday afternoon we were performing our routine feeding run when staff and volunteers noticed something in the tapir pool next to the large female. It turned out to be a new born calf and after 2 hours of struggling we were able to rescue it from the pool. The first-time mother had immediately raced to the water having given birth and the youngster soon followed. The problem resulted in that tapirs defecate in water and we do not know how much water the calf swallowed floundering around chasing her mother. If that was not enough, the new mother seemed unwilling to feed her baby and after close monitoring we decided after 12 hours that we must separate them or risk losing the calf to starvation. It is not uncommon for first-time mothers to struggle with their parental responsibilities and in the wild this can often lead to the death of first born babies. Such problems are well documented in some species such as elephants! However we were determined to keep this young tapir alive and so we removed her from the enclosure, took her to the animal hospital and began a bottle feeding regime of formula and vitamins. Esperanza (Hope), as she had now been named, accepted the bottle readily and for the first 48 hours we were very optimistic about her survival chances. Sadly as the week wore on it became apparent that her 2 hour swim before being discovered had exposed her to many potential infections and her new-born immune system was unable to fight them all off. After just 8 days and intensive treatment Esperanza died. Volunteers and staff were heart-broken and many tears shed. I was truly amazed by the commitment of everyone at the centre, there were often 3 or 4 people on call to help out day and night and it was a huge group effort to try and keep her alive.
After such a traumatic experience it is difficult to focus on any positives but the team spirit shown during that long week left me stunned and confident that as a team we can overcome almost any difficulties. We have already built a small fence around the tapir pool that will allow the adults access but babies will be unable to climb over. In short we are ready for the 12 month wait and I can assure you that our next captive born tapir will be a success story from birth to release!
Elsewhere at the artificial beaches we were eagerly awaiting the birth of our first young freshwater turtles (Podocnemis unifilis). After a collection phase of mixed success due to the cold weather spell in late August we were hopeful of a high occlusion rate and los of young hatchlings to release back into the river. We were to be disappointed as we checked on the first nests we found thousands of tiny carnivorous ants feasting on the now damaged eggs. In our 7 years of undertaking this project we have never experienced anything like this and this plague of insects threatened to destroy all our hard work from earlier in the year. We quickly cleared out the eggs from all the nests and rescued the ones yet to be attacked by the ants. As a precaution we always prepare an extra artificial beach and so all the unaffected eggs were relocated in the pristine sand. Nevertheless the casualties were high and some of those that were undamaged could also have been affected by the transfer. All we can do now is wait and hope for a small miracle. Thus far we have collected, marked and released just over 100 young babies and I hope that I can report on some more hatchlings surviving for release next month. Fingers crossed!
Time for some good news! Fortunately there is never a shortage of this at Taricaya and this month it was time for a visit from an old friend Marco Delgado eager to continue inventorying the Lepidoptera of the reserve. So far Marco is concentrating on diurnal species of butterflies and with manual capturing techniques (big nets!) and hanging traps he was back out patrolling the trails ably assisted by keen groups of volunteers. After 2 weeks of hard work I am very pleased that our current total for butterfly species is 281 with many more still being processed in Marco's home university in Arequipa. I will keep you posted on the latest tallies as the specimens are identified.
In the rescue centre it was time to move our three margays (Leopardus wiedii) into their beautiful new compound and as they left the small quarantine cages it was amazing to see them explore the new surroundings and within just days we were able to open the adjoining doors and allow them to get to know one another. A huge success all around and the future looks very bright for these magnificent felines and our long term plans to release their offspring back into the wild.
At the pilot farm we were working hard on our latest plant nursery and with hundreds of cedar seeds and ironwood seeds now in the germination beds I am hopeful that next month we will have a healthy crop of young saplings to transfer downriver to the Palma Real community where we are currently operating an ongoing reforestation project. Still we needed to continue our ongoing battle with the secondary vegetation that continually threatens to re-cover our forest transects and twice a month we sharpen our machetes and head down river to renew our battle with the thick jungle understory. It is hard labour and many volunteers come back to camp with blisters and covered in grime but it is immensely satisfying to be part of a project on such a large scale and with the potential to expand even further so there is never a shortage of enthusiasm and I can only stand back and admire the hard work that everyone is so used to undertaking at Taricaya month in and month out...
November will see us celebrating our 10 year anniversary, the start of the release of our second group of spider monkeys (Ateles chamek), arrivals from the Wachipa Zoo in Lima for the rescue centre, moving our plants to Palma Real and much more...until then!
Stuart Timson
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In March it was announced that Jerry Rice Jr. — yes, that Jerry Rice — was one of three UCLA players who were foregoing their final year of eligibility.
As it turns out, Rice was merely foregoing his final season of eligibility with the Bruins.
On his Twitter account Friday night, the son of the Hall of Famer announced that he will be continuing his collegiate playing career at UNLV. As Rice will graduate from UCLA this weekend, he will be eligible to play immediately in 2013 for the Rebels.
"Well it's been real Ucla… Ended a little sooner than I thought but will always be a bruin..That said I'm bout to be a rebel bruin at #UNLV," Rice's tweet read.
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Sun Life Financial Finds California Sports Injuries Cause 290,000 Emergency Room Visits Annually – Nearly Half by Youth
Study Explores Injury Risk and Medical Cost of Popular Team Sports
WELLESLEY, MA (September 18, 2014) – The U.S. business group of Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE: SLF, TSX: SLF) projects that California athletes will make 290,000 emergency room visits this year due to sports injuries,[1] nearly half experienced by athletes age 22 and younger.[2]
By correlating sports injury rates to participation levels of amateur athletes, Sun Life projected the total number of emergency room visits caused by each of seven popular California team sports: baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey, soccer, softball and volleyball. The study also analyzed per person emergency room medical costs on a national basis for thirteen popular sports.
Sun Life conducted the study to educate workers and their employers about the risk and cost of sports injuries amidst the rising popularity of high deductible health insurance plans. Twenty percent of U.S. workers covered by employer-sponsored health insurance have a high deductible plan with a savings option, a five-fold increase in seven years.[3]
- Basketball is projected to send the most Californians (approximately 114,000 out of 2,850,000 participants)[4] to the emergency room this year, at an average per player medical cost of $3,764.[5]
- Football is projected to send the second highest number of Californians (62,000 out of 730,000 participants) to the emergency room this year, at an average per player medical cost of $4,494.
- Soccer is projected to send the third highest number of Californians (46,000 out of 1,600,000 participants)[6] to the emergency room, at an average per player medical cost of $4,284.[7]
- Football has the highest injury rate (8.5%). This means the sport generates a fairly high number of injuries, despite a relatively low participation level compared to the other six team sports.[8]
- A household has a fifty percent chance of experiencing an emergency room injury within five years if just a single family member plays football, ice hockey and soccereach year.[9]
- A household has a fifty percent chance of experiencing an emergency room injury within three years if family members play a total of seven team sports each year.[10]
- A popular California winter sport trigger the costliest average ER visits of thirteen popular team sports and recreational activities: downhill skiing ($6,962).[11]
"A lot of Californians end up in the emergency room each year due to sports injuries," said Brad Fleiss, Sun Life's California Group Market Manager, Assistant Vice President of Distribution. "Medical treatment can easily run into the thousands of dollars, meaning a family with high deductible health insurance could be out $4,000 or more[12] in aggregate deductibles before their insurance kicks in, while someone with single high deductible medical coverage might be out $2,000.[13]"
Sun Life offers two Group Voluntary Accident Insurance plans, including a Preferred Plan, which offers a robust benefits schedule geared to employees with active lifestyles and families with athletes who play sports with higher rates of injury, and an Essential Plan, which offers a straightforward plan design and streamlined benefits schedule geared to younger workers and employees with low savings.
"As more workers adopt high deductible health insurance, we want people to understand how to protect themselves and their families against the financial risks of an injury," said Brenda Randall, Sun Life's California and Pacific Northwest Voluntary Benefits Practice Leader, "whether due to recreation or a random accident."
For more information, see Sun Life Financial's Sports Injury Highlights.
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[1] State Emergency Room (ER) Visit Projections
Sun Life Financial, Sports Participation and Injuries by Region, 2014 Research Study. Injury levels were derived from correlating sports participation levels to injury rates. Sources: (a) Sports participation: National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) report, "Sports Participation, State-by-State, Year-2012" (ages 7 and older), except for hockey, from: United States of Hockey, year 2012–13: http://unitedstatesofhockey.com/2013/09/13/hockeys-growth-in-the-united-states-2003-2013/; (b) Injury rates: Safe Kids Worldwide, analysis of Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), ages 12–17 2011 injury rates, based on emergency room visits per 100 athletes. The total number of estimated California emergency room injuries for seven team sports in 2012 is 291,698. The total projected 2014 California sports injury figure represents a conservative approximation, since it omits: (a) injuries from many activities, including lacrosse, wrestling, skiing, skateboarding, and cheerleading, and (b) the small number of injuries that sent athletes directly to hospitals or to urgent care centers without going through an emergency room. These factors help counterbalance potential 2012 to 2014 declines in sports participation.
[2] State ER Visits for Athletes Under Age 22
National Sporting Goods Association. Estimates that 50% of the projected emergency room sports injuries are experienced by youth age 22 and under compared to all athletes age 7 and older were estimated based on the proportion of participation by youth under age 18 versus under age 25: On a weighted average basis, the proportion of participants under age 18 in baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, and volleyball comprised 42% of all participation in 2012, according to the National Sporting Goods Association. The proportion of participants under age 25 comprised 57% of all participation.
[3] Rising Popularity of High Deductible Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
According to Kaiser Family Foundation's 2013 Employer Health Benefits Survey (http://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/8466-employer-health-benefits-2013_summary-of-findings2.pdf).
[4] State Emergency Room (ER) Visit Projections
See footnote 1.
[5] Paid Medical Costs
Sun Life Financial, Sports Participation and Injuries by Region, 2014 Research Study. For athletes ages 65 and younger. Represents total medical charges paid by medical insurance, the athlete, or by the athlete's parent or guardian. Based on Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) data on: (a) ages 65 and younger emergency department and hospital admissions (2012), (b) 2008 medical costs, adjusted to 2012 based on medical cost inflation data from Economic Report of the President, 2013. Note: Health insurance may cover some or all accident medical costs, though in many cases, the insured must first pay a deductible.
[6] State Emergency Room (ER) Visit Projections
See footnote 1.
[7] Paid Medical Costs
See footnote 5.
[8] Injury Rates
Safe Kids Worldwide, "Game Changers." Analysis of Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), ages 12–17 2011 injury rates, based on emergency room visits per 100 athletes. Sun Life assumed injury rates by sport were constant in each U.S. state.
[9] Injury Risk: Playing Multiple Sports
Sun Life Financial, Sports Participation and Injuries by Region, 2014 Research Study. Each injury rate per year was extrapolated over multiple years and multiple sports, assuming each year and sport was independent of all others. For example, it was not assumed that either: (a) having an injury in a sport; or (b) not having an injury over a period of time created a greater (or lesser) chance of future injury. Projections estimate the risk of at least one injury occurring and do not assess the risk of experiencing more than one injury.
[10] The seven team sports are: football, baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, ice hockey and soccer. For more information, see footnote 5.
[11] Paid Medical Costs
See footnote 5.
[12] High Deductible Health Insurance Costs
Employer-sponsored health insurance with a deductible averages $1,135 for single coverage, with aggregate deductibles for family coverage averaging approximately $2,000. Deductibles for high deductible employer health insurance, average approximately $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families with aggregate deductibles.
[13] See footnote 12.


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text: Booked sight seeing and skip the line tickets for Mar 2012. Tour was lovely and welcome break from walking and weather. However when we got to the tower, the " guide" Jean Paul took a long time to explain the different instructions for the differing groups of tours (boat etc)- 20mins+, then we were rounded up to "skip the line"! Only to be told we would have to wait in line for at least an hour! One of the lifts was out of action. We were the last tour of that day so I really think they should have found this out and given us this info before. Also I only got this info by stopping the giude to tell me the situation, he cleared off very quickly! So we did have to wait in the rain and wind, standing up for over an hour with 2 kids- not my idea of what I had paid for!!


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Hello everyone
Sorry for the spelling. English is not my first language.
I've made a small program consisting of several bash-scripts. In order to make it available to others and to learn how this is done, i've made a git-repository and a PKGBUILD which i've uploaded to the AUR.
The first mistake i made was, that i didn't add the "-git" suffix to $pkgname, because i haven't learned about it at that time.
So question one: Please could anybody delete the PKGBUILD of experms, maintained by dynaMIX, so that i can upload it as experms-git again?
The second question i have is about updates:
Let's say my program has the version 0.1. Now there is an update to 0.2. How do i handle this in the PKGBUILD? Do i just have to edit $pkgver?
And my third question:
How do i handle $md5sums since makepkg -g seems only to work with files entered in $source?
Maybe you find other mistakes i did in the PKGBUILD or have some tips for me how to make things better. I would be happy to hear about them!
Thank you very much in advance!
Here's the PKGBUILD:
# Maintainer: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
pkgdesc="Runs as daemon, monitors file-changes and adjusts permissions and ownership."
depends=('bash' 'inotify-tools' 'grep' 'procps-ng')
md5sums=() #generate with 'makepkg -g'
build() {
cd "$srcdir"
msg "Connecting to the GIT server..."
if [[ -d "$srcdir/$_gitname" ]] ; then
cd "${_gitname}"
git pull origin
msg "The local files are updated..."
git clone "$_gitroot" "$_gitname"
msg "GIT checkout done."
package() {
cd "$srcdir/$_gitname"
install -d $pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname
install -d $pkgdir/etc
install -d $pkgdir/usr/bin
install -d $pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1
install -m644 -t $pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname/ check-config.sh daemon-functions.sh COPYING README
install -m755 experms $pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname/
install -m644 experms.conf $pkgdir/etc/
install -m644 experms.1.gz $pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/
ln -sf /usr/share/$pkgname/experms $pkgdir/usr/bin/experms
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If it's a -git package, my belief is that the pkgver should be the date (in YYYYMMDD format), and that you should only bump that if you change the PKGBUILD. The pkgrel should remain as "1". Since it's a -git package, you shouldn't be bumping the version after every commit or label, or whatever, since it's the enduser's responsibility to keep track of the project's status. If they're not willing to do that, then they should stick to using "static" release packages, which should be bumped whenever there's a new version.
EDIT: Oh, and you should post your renaming/deleting query on the AUR-General mailing list.
Last edited by WorMzy (2012-11-09 18:58:03)
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Thank you very much for your answer!
I've decided to make a "static" release package. This solved at the same time my md5sum-question and rename-request.
Oops, didn't see your third question. I'll answer that now, in case you're curious. The md5sum/sha*sum arrays are only used to validate the files in the source array. As far as I'm aware, in -git packages, the files are checked by git as they're cloned/pulled from the repo, so you shouldn't need to manually checksum them.
Glad you got your problem sorted in any case.
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3371-Alpha wrote:To be fair PerseusSpartacus, Rokyo has a point
3371-Alpha wrote:To be fair PerseusSpartacus, Rokyo has a point
RyokoTK wrote:
3371-Alpha wrote:RyokoTK wrote:
You do have a point Rokyo
PerseusSpartacus wrote:I'm not going on YouTube.
3371-Alpha wrote:If you really want to do some type of Let's play, you should try YouTube.
PerseusSpartacus wrote:@W'rk: I told you not to ask, and you asked.
HelviusRufus wrote:while a ToD could be called a text based let's play, it has some advantages over a youtube such as usually some added analysis or background that is just not feasible in a video.
PerseusSpartacus wrote:If you hadn't noticed, Narcogen and Blackstar have already done their own YouTube Let's Plays of... a wide variety of games that's likely to draw in viewers from other parts of the gaming world and (hopefully) link them up with Aleph One.
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Friends and Board of The Museum of American Glass [MAG].
Today, a little after 5 PM, I signed what I believe is the most significant piece of paper I have ever signed. I practiced law for 8 years signing papers that changed lives, and entered into business agreements, I have purchased buildings, businesses and more. YET this is the Big league.
MAG will need to act quickly to put in place the financing (our pledges!) and hire movers and trucks. The contents of the American Flint Glass Workers Union archives and museum are coming to Weston.
The potential for this to make us a MAJOR academic archive, a serious piece of American history and one of the MAJOR players in glass museums is immense.
Are we ready!?
I believe we must be. This opportunity comes but once. And of all the venues from Corning to Lancaster Ohio, U of Pitt and more WE are the recipients of this trust.
Now given the opportunity we must act. Quickly, decisively and wisely.
Now for some background: The AFGWU archives, which consists of photographs, historic documents, booklets, newspaper articles, ledgers, collective bargaining agreements, plaques, and numerous other mementos, including records of thousands of glassworkers and hundreds of companies, not only has extraordinary value to those of us who collect glass, but considering that the AFGWU was the oldest independent labor organization in the United States prior to its merger with the United Steel Workers, it has similar importance to the history of labor in this country. The AFGWU headquarters in Toledo has housed these archives and a museum for years, but that building has been sold and it has become necessary to move these materials to another home.
MAGWV began negotiations over two years ago to become the recipient of this archive in competition with the other museums mentioned in Dean's message. We are very excited that the AFGWU has chosen to place the archives with us, but know that this will be a tremendous responsibility as well. The cost of moving the collection from Toledo to Weston is our first concern. We have a couple of estimates indicating that it will cost between $5800 and $6200. I can't emphasize how important these materials are and how essential it is that they are preserved and made available for study, so we are sending out a plea to glass lovers everywhere. Donations in any amount would be greatly appreciated (and are tax deductible). You can donate through our eBay store or by using PayPal to send money to email@example.com. Of, course, you can also do it the old fashioned way by mailing a check to WVMAG, PO Box 574, Weston, WV 26451. Our deadline for moving the materials is February 25, since the AFGWU headquarters building has been sold, so that makes it urgent that we raise the money as quickly as possible.
Thanking you in advance for any help you can give -- and signing this as Archivist of the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia --
Tom Felt
Stonewood, WV


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I Don't Want It To End!!!!!!!
I really never thought it would be over. There is always another game, right? No? The season ends? Oh….Well, at least we are in the postseason. The last game of the regular season was amazing, definitely fitting for the Drama club. The Yankees won 10-2.
Pitching Analysis: A.J. Burnett was a beast, probably because Molina was catching. That's fine with me! As long as we succeed, I don't care who is behind the plate, although I would have liked to see my Cervelli a little more. Anyway, A.J. pitched a nice ballgame. He went 5 innings and allowed just 2 runs. Then the bullpen guys pitched, to get in their final work before the postseason! Aahh! Postseason!
He's a BEAST!!!!!!!
Robertson, Chamberlain, Coke, Hughes, and Mo all pitched yesterday. Yes, Joba did relieve. And he did an exemplary job. His 1-2-3, 7 pitch 7th gave me some confidence in him. Way to go, Joba! And yes, even though we had a 10-2 lead in the 9th, Mariano pitched. So it wasn't a save situation, big deal. He needed some work, and we all know that Mo is more than happy to take the ball.
See? He is happy. Mo loves his job.
Offensive Analysis: The Yankee bats were quiet through the first 5 innings, but they were ear-splittingly loud in the 6th. They put up a 10 spot! Arod provided some drama. He was 2 homers away from 30 and 7 RBI away from 100. It didn't look like he would get there. BUT….these 2009 Yankees have a way of surprising us! Arod hit a 3-run homer to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead!
It was funny. I said that if the Yankees didn't score after the 5th, then I would have to go write my essay for history. They didn't score, so I grudgingly kept to my word and made my way into the computer room to write a history DBQ essay. It was hard for me to break away from the Yankees to do the essay, but somehow I did. Right when I was getting started, Arod hit that homer in the 6th. "Are you kidding?" I thought. "They do good when I go away? Fine, then. I had the other TV on behind me now. I had to have it on in the background. It was the last game, and I needed them. Moral support for the essay! That was my excuse 🙂
So the Yankees batted around, and Texy-wexy was intentionally walked to load the bases for Arod. They only did that because they didn't want Tex to break Pena's league-leading home run total. So they decided to pitch to Arod with the bases loaded. (Chuckle) Smart move, Rays. Arod was now 1 homer away from 30 and 4 RBI away from 100. I was thinking grand slam. AND HE DID IT! Alex Rodriguez hit a no-doubter for a grand slam, and a 10-2 Yankee lead! And he got his season totals where they are supposed to be! I would say it was Yankee Stadium Magic, but the game was in Tampa! It was just the Drama Club.
Alex, I LOVE YOU! I'm so proud of you! CONGRATS!
The Yankees went on to win it 10-2, ending the regular season. I almost cried during that video they showed after the game. All those Yankee players, the moments, the walkoffs, the pies, it was so touching. I cried a bit afterword, my vision becoming blurry as I was attempting to explain that "JOIN or DIE" image from the American Revolution for my essay. I just did not want this season to end, for so many reasons:
1) It has been a thrill ride. I have enjoyed this season so much, and I really feel like the team is pary of my family. I just love them so much and don't want it to end. 2) Will I ever see Mitre again? God, I don't want to even think about that. You all know how I feel about that man; you can imagine what I'd do if they got rid of him. 3) Melky's contract is up, and I want to know that I will see him next year. 4) What about Cervelli? What's going to happen to that kid? Will I see him again? 5) All that remains is the postseason. If we don't win, it's over.
Aahh, who am I kidding, we will win.
The heroes for the victory are Alex Rodriguez, A.J. Burnett, and everyone else. I love them all so much right now, how can I exclude anyone?
I'd just like to take a minute to thank my Yankees: Yankees, thank you. I have had more fun watching you guys this season than I have ever had before. I have truly become addicted to you, but that's okay. I wouldn't want it any other way. During the nights you were not playing, I felt lost, lonely, confused. What was I going to do with myself? Actually go out and hang with friends like normal high-school girls do? That pales next to watching you. I need you guys. I don't just watch the games, I live them with you. I hang on every pitch, I laugh, I scream, I cry, I throw an occasional shoe, (hahaha, none of that recently, you guys have been playing awesome!) I act as if the world will end if you lose. And when you win, I feel that I am on top of the world. I want you to win the World Series because I think it is time, but the main reason is because I want to see you for as long as possible. I want you to go all the way, so the offseason is shorter, and so my countdown to February when pitchers and catchers report is not as long. Yankees, I just want you to know that I love you, I LOVE you, and I love you ♥ I love you more than anyone else. I think it is safe to say that is a fact 🙂
**Note** My job started! I am writing for a website called Fan Huddle. I am part of the writing team for the Yankees! This is the perfect job for me. Anyway, I just wanted to get the word out about Fan Huddle. I would greatly appreciate it if you guys could check out that site, especially my stuff. Fan Huddle is a site for all sports, not just baseball. I hope you visit it often, because the more popular Fan Huddle is, the better for me and the rest of the writers. Feel free to mention it to any sports-lover you know. The link doesn't work yet, I don't think. But please check it out if you get the chance. To see my stuff, you have to go on MLB and then Yankees.
www.fanhuddle.com If that doesn't work, you can get to Fan Huddle via google. Thank you!


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Police chief vows justice for 10-month-old boy fatally shot
An infant was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon as his father was taking him for a walk outside his southwest Houston apartment.
At a press conference Thursday, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo vowed to track down the perpetrators of the shooting and to end violence at the apartment complex in the 5400 block of Braesvalley.
"We're not going to put up with this," Acevedo said. "Gangsters ... killing a 10-month-old boy being held by his father, that's outrageous. And I promise you we are going to come after these people."
CrimeStoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information that leads to suspects' capture.
Police believe three men in the early 20s are responsible for the shooting, which happened around 1:30 p.m.
The father was taking his 10-month-old son for a walk outside of the Nob Hill apartment complex when the three men approached them.
One of them was armed with a pistol. "He began shooting at the father. The father turns and runs," said Sgt. Mark Holbrook with the Houston police homicide division.
The boy - identified by Acevedo as Messiah Marshall - was struck by the gunfire.
Joshua Levy was returning home from work when the father ran up to his car.
"He was yelling, 'Help me. Help me.' I was kind of shocked. I didn't know what was going on," Levy said.
The father was holding his bleeding son in his arms. At first, Levy thought the child might have merely been injured in some sort of accident.
Levy said he remembered seeing a Harris County constable minutes earlier at a Valero station down the street from the apartment complex.
"I hoped he (the constable) was still there. I didn't know where else to take him," Levy said.
They raced down the street to the service station about a block away. The constable hadn't left yet.
The father got out, still carrying his son. The constable called for help after Levy told him what had happened.
"I saw him (the father) walking around with the baby - basically dead in his arms," Levy said.
An ambulance was called, but the child died at the Valero.
Levy said he lived in the same complex as the child's father but didn't know him.
HPD investigators said the father told them he didn't know the assailants. It wasn't immediately clear whether they had targeted the man, police said.
"I don't know at this time. Maybe, maybe not," Holbrook said. Police did not have a detailed description of the gunman or the two men he was with at the time. They remained at large Thursday morning.
All three could be held equally responsible for the 10-month-old's death, Acevedo said Thursday.
Police are continuing to canvass the neighborhood around the location where the child was shot for any clues into the fatal shooting.
Acevedo added he plans to increase police presence at the complex.
Speaking directly to the criminals, Acevedo said, "You got our attention, and we're going to start paying very close attention to your complex."
"We're going to turn that place around," Acevedo said.
Acevedo asked community members during Thursday's press conference to come forward.
"There's no doubt that there are people right now who know who these suspects were," Acevedo said. "And there's no doubt in my mind that we're going to bring justice to this little boy."
He cautioned community members against retaliating on their own.
"Retaliation is just going to lead to more bloodshed," Acevedo said. "Let us bring these people to justice so they can rot in prison, as far as I'm concerned."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.