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Relativistic iron K X-ray reverberation in NGC 4151
Article first published online: 6 MAR 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20587.x
© 2012 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2012 RAS
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume 422, Issue 1, pages 129–134, May 2012
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Zoghbi, A., Fabian, A. C., Reynolds, C. S. and Cackett, E. M. (2012), Relativistic iron K X-ray reverberation in NGC 4151. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422: 129–134. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20587.x
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- Issue published online: 17 APR 2012
- Article first published online: 6 MAR 2012
- Accepted 2012 January 17. Received 2012 January 17; in original form 2011 December 7
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Recent X-ray observations have enabled the study of reverberation delays in active galactic nuclei (AGN) for the first time. All the detections so far are in sources with a strong soft excess, and the measured delay is between the hard (1–3 keV) direct continuum and the soft excess (0.5–1 keV), interpreted as the reflection continuum smeared by relativistic effects. There is however an inherent ambiguity in identifying and studying the details of the lines in the soft excess. Here we report the first detection of reverberation in the iron K band in any AGN. Using XMM–Newton observations of NGC 4151, we find delays of the order of 2000 s on time-scales of 105 s between the keV band and the and keV bands, with a broad lag profile resembling a relativistically broadened iron line. The peak of the lag spectra shifts to lower energies at higher frequencies, consistent with the red wing of the line being emitted at smaller radii, as expected from reflection off the inner accretion disc. This is a first detection of a broad iron line using timing studies.


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Tech Tip: View Config Files Without Comments
I've been using this grep invocation for years to trim comments out of config files. Comments are great but can get in your way if you just want to see the currently running configuration. I've found files hundreds of lines long which had fewer than ten active configuration lines, it's really hard to get an overview of what's going on when you have to wade through hundreds of lines of comments.
$ grep ^[^#] /etc/ntp.conf
The regex ^[^#] matches the first character of any line, as long as that character that is not a #. Because blank lines don't have a first character they're not matched either, resulting in a nice compact output of just the active configuration lines.
invert it!
$ grep ^[#] /etc/ntp.conf
Egrep to remove comments and empty lines
egrep -v '^#|^$' /etc/ntp.conf
sed trick
alias cleanconfig='sed -e '\''s/#.*//'\'' -e '\''s/[ ^I]*$//'\'' -e '\''/^$/ d'\'''
I like vim syntax
I like vim syntax highlighting in these cases :)
My version of filtering is
My version of filtering is very similar to the last comment before mine:
egrep -v "^[[:cntrl:] ]*[#;] file
This also filters out comment lines starting with tab(s), followed by # or ; (openvpn's configuration file is a good example that uses both # and ; as the comment characters.)
To make filtering easier, I add the following function into my ~/.bashrc
cf() { [ $# -lt 1 ] && echo "Usage: $0 file" && return; egrep -v "^[[:cntrl:] ]*[#;] $1; }
If I want to view a config file without comment and empty lines, I simply do a
cf config_file
My version of filtering is
Sorry, dropped the part that filters empty lines, here's the corrected one:
egrep -v "^[[:cntrl:] ]*[#;]|^$"
And I found it to be more convenient to define the above command in alias, i.e., I add this line to ~/.bashrc
alias cf='egrep -v "^[[:cntrl:] ]*[#;]|^$"'
Now I can use it in either way of the followings:
I simply do this: $:
I simply do this:
$: "editor" /etc/file_to_view
where "editor" is your favorite editor...then I dynamically filter out the comments using my brain.
come on, this tip is sooo basic - are we going to permute all the possible little CLI tricks one can do and then
compete with one another over who's script is better? - geez.
Testy are we
A bit on the testy side. Get back in the lab, get to work and shut up.
Use 'cut' instead
Better use cut to clear comments from your files. This way you can clear away comments after regular text too. If you want to get rid of extra newlines, you can add a tr.
cut -f1 -d"#" FILENAME | tr -s '\n'
Here's mine
alias jdp='perl -ne "print unless (/^\s*([#!;]|\/\/|$)/);"'
"jdp" == "just data please"
I use this command to strip
I use this command to strip comments from any files I find
grep -vE '(^[[:space:]]*($|(#|!|;|//)))'
P.S. I made an alias ;)
grep -vE
grep -vE '(^[[:space:]]*($|(#|!|;|//)))'
That's not so good if you have some line something like that :
include /bla/bla.conf # include bla
you lost that line if you use that command.
This get very similar
This get very similar effect, with less type ;)
$ grep -v '#' /etc/ntp.conf
grep -v '#' file might filter out valid lines
Be careful when you use
grep -v '#' file
as it'll filter lines containing #'s, regardless # is the beginning character of a line or not. In other words, lines like this will be filtered as well:
var1=some_value # define var1
Obviously you don't want that line to be filtered.
I've used that one, too, but it's not as good
It won't strip out blank lines like the regex in the article.
Hi, I also use a lot: $
I also use a lot:
$ egrep -v "^[[:space:]]*#|^$" /etc/ntp.conf
In case there are spaces in front of the comments.
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Live Review
As suggested in their recent interview with The Skinny, Orbital are keen not to lean on their old hits in the live settings, but also to not disappoint the 'old skool' masses with excessive experimentation. It seems that in deciding the tour setlist the Hartnoll brothers have chosen to fire through Wonky's softer and melodic material at the start before plunging into harder familiar territory. Celebrated producer Mark 'Flood' Ellis's involvement on the new album is heavily sensed in live tracks such as Silent Sun, the melody of which draws comparisons with Depeche Mode.
A searing synth breakdown mid-set introduces the controversially divisive Beelzedub, a hardlined remix of 1991's malevolent Butthole Surfers-sampling techno anthem Satan. The original version's absence in the setlist is painfully noticeable, but this new dangerous venture effectively ignites the crowd's passion to dance. The fans have clearly been waiting Orbital's whole career for the duo to push that envelope and unleash these drilly snare rolls. The encore encourages a sea of writhing bodies madly convulsing to Chime Crime 303 acid squelches and the buzzing aggression of Where Is It Going?.
There's still a heavy presence of nostalgia throughout this current tour set; the sight of so many glassy-eyed 'never say die' ravers smiling, hugging and leaving their worries at the door during Belfast, and the now staple Bon Jovi/Belinda Carlisle mashup midway into Halcyon (to which every member of the audience sings along to) is a reminder that Orbital are still very much about a time and place.
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'Shutter Island'
Martin Scorsese's latest is a luridly effective thrill-ride of a movie that leaves no old-dark-house stone unturned. Now playing at several theaters. For showtimes, see p. I7. For Moira Macdonald's recent 3-star review, go to www.seattletimes.com/movies.
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Bluegrass, "newgrass" and more share the stage at a lively four-day festival that begins Thursday. Hyatt Regency Hotel, 900 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue, $10-$125 (253-428-8056 or www.acousticsound.org).
Angélique Kidjo
The Grammy-winning artist from Benin appears at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds; $15-$35 (425-275-9595 or www.edmondscenterforthearts.org).
'Legally Blonde'
A stage treatment of the hit Reese Witherspoon movie about a ditz who discovers she has a legal-eagle brain and a moral backbone. Songs by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin. Opens Tuesday and runs through March 14, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle; $22-$93 (206-625-1900, or www.5thavenue.org).
Classical music
David Garrett
The German-born prodigy/violinist/model — a "classical hottie" — plays the Moore at 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle; $33 (877-784-4849 or www.stgpresents.org).
Literary events
Deborah Blum
OK, all you CSI freaks: Turn off the TV and learn something about the art and science of true forensics, when the author of "The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York" speaks at 7 p.m. Monday, Elliott Bay Book Co., 101 S. Main St., Seattle; free (206-624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com).
Mark Doty
Seattle Arts and Lectures present the 2008 National Book Award winner and author of the memoir "Dog Years." 7:30 p.m. Friday, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; $10-$50 (206-621-2230 or www.lectures.org/poetry.html).
Visual arts
Jim Olson
View and drool: A founding partner of Seattle-based Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects discusses some of the mouthwatering residential projects showcased in the book "Jim Olson Houses." 7 p.m. Wednesday, Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., Seattle; free (206-654-3100 or www.seattleartmuseum.org).
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Secret deal between FBI and police hides spying from the courts
Innovation + Police State = Lots of profits + no oversight
The FBI is taking extraordinary and potentially unconstitutional measures to keep local and state police forces from exposing the use of so-called "Stingray" surveillance technology across the United States, according to documents obtained separately by the Guardian and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Multiple non-disclosure agreements…revealed in Florida, New York and Maryland this week show federal authorities effectively binding local law enforcement from disclosing any information – even to judges – about the cellphone dragnet technology, its collection capabilities or its existence.
In an arrangement that shocked privacy advocates and local defense attorneys, the secret pact also mandates that police notify the FBI to push for the dismissal of cases if technical specifications of the devices are in danger of being revealed in court.
The agreement also contains a clause forcing law enforcement to notify the FBI if freedom of information requests are filed by members of the public or the media for such information, "in order to allow sufficient time for the FBI to seek to prevent disclosure through appropriate channels".
The strikingly similar NDAs, taken together with documents connecting police to the technology's manufacturer and federal approval guidelines obtained by the Guardian, suggest a state-by-state chain of secrecy surrounding widespread use of the sophisticated cellphone spying devices known best by the brand of one such device: the Stingray.
"The device has the ability to pull content, so all the sudden your text messages are at risk, your phone calls are at risk, and your data transmission, potentially," said John Sawicki, a former police officer who consults attorneys on technological evidence, of the Stingray device made by Harris Corporation…
The ACLU has shown that at least 48 agencies across 20 states likely use the devices. Documents obtained by the Guardian show police from states as such as Texas, Florida, Washington, Minnesota, Virginia, Florida, Maryland, Illinois,Arizona, and California utilize the devices.
The Florida agreement – obtained from the Hillsborough County sheriff's office by the Guardian after a series of Stingray-related Freedom of Information Act requests sent over the past seven months – reads in part:
"The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will, at the request of the FBI, seek dismissal of the case in lieu of providing, or allowing others to use or provide, any information concerning the Harris Corporation wireless collection equipment/technology, its associated software, operating manuals, and any related documentation."
Law enforcement agencies that sign NDAs similar to the one in Hillsborough County are barred from providing "any information" about the Stingray-style devices in search warrants, pre-trial hearings, testimony, grand jury proceedings, in appeals or even in defense discovery. Per the agreement, police can only release the "evidentiary results" obtained with the device.
RTFA. Just in case you mistakenly thought you lived in a country where constitutional freedoms were honored and the government is working to bring a new level of transparency to law enforcement.
Safe sex in the slammer
"Do you guys want condoms?" Deputy Javier Machado, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, asks a dormitory full of prisoners in the Men's Central Jail. "If you want condoms you need to get in line. If not, I need you on your bunk."
A worker with the county's Public Health Department places a box full of brightly colored condoms on a table and begins to hand them out, three at a time. Waiting in line, one prisoner loudly declares that he's getting the condoms "for someone else," drawing laughter from the others. The distribution takes only a matter of minutes, but the weekly act is hardly typical.
While Los Angeles has been handing out condoms in the county jail for more than a decade, it remains one of just a handful of jail and prison systems that do so. In September, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown took a step toward making condoms more widely available, signing a bill that will introduce them at the state's 34 adult prisons. As in most states, the jails in California are short-term facilities run by county sheriffs, while the prison system, which holds prisoners after they've been sentenced, is managed by the state government.
With its new law, California is only the second state, after Vermont, to distribute condoms to inmates in state prisons…
Providing condoms to prisoners is controversial because many state laws prohibit sex between inmates…But some prisons and jails have decided to allow prisoners to have condoms as a way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
"It definitely is a balance," says Capt. Joseph Dempsey at the Men's Central Jail. "The Sheriff's Department has taken the position that public health outweighs the concerns about sex in jail." According to Dempsey, if prisoners are caught having sex, a criminal report will still be filed. But if the sex is consensual, he says, it is "not very likely" the district attorney will prosecute the inmates involved.
'If it's going to happen, you might as well make it be safe.'
I'm not close enough to California to know if good sense will prevail. The Morality Police are certainly active on the Left Coast even if they don't rule as much as they might, say, in Texas or Mississippi.
But, like Captain Dempsey said, "If it's going to happen, you might as well make it be safe."
ComputerCOP: lousy "Internet Safety Software" coppers are giving to families
For years, local law enforcement agencies around the country have told parents that installing ComputerCOP software is the "first step" in protecting their children online…
As official as it looks, ComputerCOP is actually just spyware, generally bought in bulk from a New York company that appears to do nothing but market this software to local government agencies.
The way ComputerCOP works is neither safe nor secure. It isn't particularly effective either, except for generating positive PR for the law enforcement agencies distributing it. As security software goes, we observed a product with a keystroke-capturing function, also called a "keylogger," that could place a family's personal information at extreme risk by transmitting what a user types over the Internet to third-party servers without encryption. That means many versions of ComputerCOP leave children (and their parents, guests, friends, and anyone using the affected computer) exposed to the same predators, identity thieves, and bullies that police claim the software protects against.
Furthermore, by providing a free keylogging program—especially one that operates without even the most basic security safeguards—law enforcement agencies are passing around what amounts to a spying tool that could easily be abused by people who want to snoop on spouses, roommates, or co-workers.
Producers of many versions of this crap software include bald-faced lies about capabilities, safety and legality as FAQs. Often, of course, coppers distributing this crap are disingenuous enough to think they're providing a real public service.
They ain't.
This is a long well-researched article about law enforcement being hustled, mostly by outsiders. Misconceptions and incompetence about what is legal and ethical also play a role within policing agencies. RTFA and, perhaps, consider checking out the local heat and updating them – if they've been suckered.
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Oklahoma Republican politics means you don't have to obey the president – but, you do have to obey the governor!
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill into law Monday that passes a statewide ban on raising the minimum wage and prohibits cities from legislating to establish mandatory employee benefits like vacations or sick leave…Opponents view the law as retaliation against grass roots organizers gathering signatures in the capital to raise the city's minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10.
After Fallin signed the bill, her office released a statement claiming that "most minimum-wage workers are young, single people working part-time or entry-level jobs."
Fallen said, "Mandating an increase in the minimum wage would require businesses to fire many of those part-time workers. It would create a hardship for small business owners, stifle job creation and increase costs for consumers."
You decide if she's ignorant or a liar. The average minimum wage earner is a single mom in her 30's.
A major paper published last year covered by the Washington Post found that economists agree that raising the minimum wage actually reduces poverty.
Reducing poverty is one of those goals that you never hear addressed by Republicans except as some kind of supposed inevitability from their favorite dribble-down economics. Which hasn't worked anywhere on Earth, yet.
They will get righteous about protecting profits, though.
US banks can accept legal marijuana money – if you believe?
The Obama administration has sought to lessen the fear of prosecution for banks doing business with licensed marijuana companies, further encouraging US states such as Colorado and Washington that are experimenting with legalising the drug.
The Justice and Treasury departments outlined the policy in writing to federal prosecutors and financial institutions nationwide…
The guidance stopped short of promising immunity for banks, but made clear that criminal prosecution for money laundering and other crimes was unlikely if they met a series of conditions…
Currently, processing money from marijuana sales puts federally insured banks at risk of drug racketeering charges, and they therefore refuse to open accounts for marijuana-related businesses, the AP news agency reported.
The guidance was intended to increase the availability of banking services, such as savings and checking accounts, to marijuana shops that typically deal in cash. Forced to deal in cash because of federal policy…
US Attorney General Eric Holder said last month that the administration was planning ways to accommodate marijuana businesses so they would not always be dealing in cash.
"There's a public safety component to this. Huge amounts of cash, substantial amounts of cash just kind of lying around with no place for it to be appropriately deposited, is something that would worry me just from a law enforcement perspective," Holder said on January 23…
The American Bankers Association expressed scepticism that the guidance would make much difference…Marijuana sales still violate federal law, so banks are still at risk, said Rob Rowe, a lawyer with the trade group.
"Compliance by a bank will still require extensive resources to monitor any of these businesses, and it's unlikely the benefits would exceed the costs,"…
I asked my favorite banker about this – and received the same answer given by Rowe. As long as the Feds base their practices on existing law, there's no one willing to be the test case after being arrested for violating federal banking regulations. Even if the DOJ says go ahead – we won't bust you.
Why should a bank trust pronouncements from a political body unwilling or unable to change their own regulations?
General who setup Gitmo prison says – "Shut it down!"
The U.S. general who opened the Guantanamo detention camp said Thursday it was a mistake and should be shut down because "it validates every negative perception of the United States."
"In retrospect, the entire detention and interrogation strategy was wrong," Marine Major General Michael Lehnert wrote in a column published in the Detroit Free Press.
Lehnert, now retired from the military and living in Michigan, was the first commander of the task force that opened the detention camp in January 2002 at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba.
He said the United States opened it "because we were legitimately angry and frightened" by the September 11 hijacked plane attacks in 2001 and thought the captives sent there would provide "a treasure trove of information and intelligence."
He quickly became convinced that most of them never should have been sent there because they had little intelligence value and there was insufficient evidence linking them to war crimes, he wrote.
"We squandered the goodwill of the world after we were attacked by our actions in Guantanamo, both in terms of detention and torture," Lehnert wrote. "Our decision to keep Guantanamo open has helped our enemies because it validates every negative perception of the United States…"
He added, "It is time to close Guantanamo. Our departure from Afghanistan is a perfect point in history to close the facility."
But, that's OK – because any attempt to redress legitimate grievances, to make things right by battlefield prisoners and kidnap victims held in violation of international law – will be met with disdain and denial by our Congress. The one body in US government which stinks worse than the Guantanamo prison camp.
The Nullification Party
…How does one party that has lost two presidential elections and a Supreme Court case – as well as two Senate elections – think it has the right to shut down the entire government and destroy the full faith and credit of the United States Treasury to get its way on universal healthcare now? I see no quid pro quo even. Just pure blackmail, resting on understandable and predictable public concern whenever a major reform is enacted. But what has to be resisted is any idea that this is government or politics as usual. It is an attack on the governance and the constitutional order of the United States.
When ideologies become as calcified, as cocooned and as extremist as those galvanizing the GOP, the American system of government cannot work. But I fear this nullification of the last two elections is a deliberate attempt to ensure that the American system of government as we have known it cannot work. It cannot, must not work, in the mindset of these radicals, because they simply do not accept the legitimacy of a President and Congress of the opposing party. The GOP does not regard the president as merely wrong – but as illegitimate. Not misguided – illegitimate. This is not about ending Obamacare as such (although that is a preliminary scalp); it is about nullifying this presidency, the way the GOP attempted to nullify the last Democratic presidency by impeachment.
Except this time, of course, we cannot deny that race too is an added factor to the fathomless sense of entitlement felt among the GOP far right. You saw it in birtherism; in the Southern GOP's constant outrageous claims of Obama's alleged treason and alliance with Islamist enemies; in providing zero votes for a stimulus that was the only thing that prevented a global depression of far worse proportions; in the endless race-baiting from Fox News and the talk radio right. And in this racially-charged atmosphere, providing access to private healthcare insurance to the working poor is obviously the point of no return…
I regard this development as one of the more insidious and anti-constitutional acts of racist vandalism against the American republic in my adult lifetime. Those who keep talking as if there are two sides to this, when there are not, are as much a part of the vandalism as Ted Cruz. Obama has played punctiliously by the constitutional rules – two elections, one court case – while the GOP has decided that the rules are for dummies and suckers, and throws over the board game as soon as it looks as if it is going to lose by the rules as they have always applied.
…If we cave to their madness, we may unravel our system of government, something one might have thought conservatives would have opposed. Except these people are not conservatives. They're vandals.
This time, the elephant must go down. And if possible, it must be so wounded it does not get up for a long time to come.
I agree. Too much work getting in winter's firewood to spend on elaboration of my own. But, Andrew Sullivan says it well enough for now.
The silliness of TV Talking Heads blathering about middle ground and negotiations are as ignorant as ever. When half the proposed negotiations is illegal and refutation of our constitutional rights to democracy – the topic is moot. Ended. As over as Romney's career as a national politician.
A woman is killed every hour in India over dowry
One woman dies every hour in India because of dowry-related crimes, women's rights activists have said.
The National Crime Records Bureau said that 8,233 women were killed across India last year because of disputes over dowry payments given by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
The conviction rate in dowry-related crimes remained a low 32 percent, according to statistics the bureau published last week.
Women's rights activists and police said that loopholes in dowry prevention laws, delays in prosecution and low conviction rates have led to a steady rise in dowry-related crimes.
Dowry demands have become even more insistent and expensive following India's economic boom, said Ranjana Kumari, a women's rights activist.
Suman Nalwa, a senior New Delhi police officer dealing with crimes against women, said dowry practices extended to all classes in society.
"Even highly educated people don't say no to dowry," she said.
Though the giving or receiving of a dowry is illegal under Indian law. Another demeaning icon of Indian culture is maintained by ignorance among the populace – and no enforcement, no real effort by the government to lift people up from the past.
EU takes tough stance on Israeli settlements
The European Union has dealt a harsh blow to the Israeli settlement enterprise in a directive that insists all future agreements between the EU and Israel must explicitly exclude Jewish colonies in the West Bank or East Jerusalem.
The move, described by an Israeli official as an "earthquake", prompted furious criticism from the Israeli prime minister over "external diktats".
But it was hailed by Palestinians and their supporters as a significant political and economic sanction against settlements.
The EU guidelines will prohibit the issuing of grants, funding, prizes or scholarships unless a settlement exclusion clause is included. Israeli institutions and bodies situated across the pre-1967 Green Line – including the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel in 1967 and later annexed — will be automatically ineligible.
In order to secure agreements with the EU in the future, the Israeli government will be required to concede in writing that settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are outside the state of Israel.
The directive, part of the 2014-20 financial framework, covers all areas of co-operation between the EU and Israel, including economics, science, culture, sports and academia…
The directive follows a decision by EU foreign ministers last December that "all agreements between the state of Israel and the EU must unequivocally and explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967". All Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
Overdue, of course. Something the United States should emulate, of course.
Sooner or later, something approaching historic justice must begin to govern the economic relationship between Israel and the countries providing a stipend for a guilty conscience.
Italy upholds verdict on CIA agents in rendition and torture case
Imam Abu Omar, now living in Egypt
Italy's highest appeals court has upheld guilty verdicts on 23 Americans, all but one of them CIA agents, accused of kidnapping a terror suspect.
Their case related to the abduction of an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003.
The man, known as Abu Omar, was allegedly flown to Egypt and tortured.
The Americans were tried in absentia, in the first trial involving extraordinary rendition, the CIA's practice of transferring suspects to countries where torture is permitted.
The practice has been condemned by human rights groups as a violation of international agreements.
The group of Americans – 22 of whom were CIA agents and one an Air Force pilot – are believed to be living in the US and are unlikely to serve their sentences.
Italy has never requested their extradition but they will be unable to travel to Europe without risking arrest…
The court upheld the sentences of the lower court which had sentenced all of them to seven years in prison, apart from Seldon Lady [CIA station chief], who was given a nine-year sentence.
The Court of Cassation also ruled that five senior Italian secret service agents – including the former head of the country's military intelligence agency – should be tried for their role in the kidnapping.
I have no idea if Abu Omar was connected to terrorism or not. What I do know is that my government, the government of the United States of America broke every relevant law on civil liberties with the rendition and torture program run under the governance of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
Anyone associated with that program – especially including the thugs whose only defense is that they were just obeying orders – is equally guilty in my eyes and I am certain in the judgement of history.


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"They are obviously the people who are out there every day, with all of our customers, making it happen," explains GM Michael Giddens. "They came to us without any commercial license. We've trained a lot of our drivers from scratch."
Due to this practice, Pacific Coachways has a loyal staff. Some drivers have been at the company for more than 15 years, according to Giddens.
Pacific Coachways maintains a School Pupil Activity Bus (SPAB) certification, which requires an annual California Highway Patrol (CHP) inspection and allows them to carry California school children.
Giddens says SPAB certification is vital to the company, which does a lot of business with local districts. The operation requires all of its drivers to be SPAB-certified, whether they will drive a school bus or not. The program requires 20 hours of behind-the-wheel training and another 20 hours in a classroom, as well as a test given by the CHP. To maintain the certification, drivers must receive 10 hours of reoccurring training every year.
"We also have bi-monthly safety meetings, where all the drivers come and we do classroom training with them," Giddens adds.
In addition, if any driver has an accident, they will undergo mandatory refresher training within a few days of the incident, which focuses on that driver's problem area.
Pacific Coachways' driver training helped the operator win the CHP's Annual STAR Award in both 2010 and 2012. The award is given to operators that hold exemplary safety records. Pacific Coachways has held 28 consecutive satisfactory reviews from the CHP over its 21 years in operation — and received another four glowing reviews this year, according to Giddens. They were also the California Bus Association's 2011 operator of the year.
Pacific Coachways also enforces driver safety through the use of DriveCam, which captures risky driver behavior. The operator installed the devices on its motorcoaches five years ago and saw an immediate improvement, Giddens says.
"[The drivers] would go around the corner too fast or they'd brake too hard and the DriveCams were set off," he explains. "But, they'd notice this and six months or a year later, we didn't have those anymore. So, it really changed the way that they were driving."
When it comes to finding customers, Pacific Coachways recently shifted its focus to online marketing.
"We've changed our website and tried to focus on search engine optimization," Giddens says. "Our website has been a big help, and we've gone from getting basically no leads online to 40 or 50 a month that come straight from our website, which is a big improvement."
Also important to the operator is its commitment to the motorcoach community. Giddens and his father Tom — president of Pacific Coachways — regularly participate in industry events, sit on a number of boards and attend trade shows.
"We try to stay involved with the industry," Giddens explains. "We think it's important to know and shape what's going on."
In fact, without the involvement of Tom Giddens — who was, at the time, president of the California Bus Association — California's party bus law might have gone unchallenged, creating expensive and potentially detrimental requirements for charter operators across the state.
"We have a lot of good friends in the industry," Giddens concludes. "I think it's different from a lot of industries where no one gets along."
The funding is provided through FMCSA's Commercial Motor Vehicle - Operator Safety Training grant program.
This brings the IMG network to 54 companies and provides expanded coverage in Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Alabama.
The Ride the Ducks tour vehicle, heading northbound on the bridge, collided with one of the student buses, which was carrying about 45 students and employees in the college's international program. The National Transportation Safety Board sent a team of 17 officials to Seattle to investigate on Friday.
Drivers are invited to stop by the MCI hospitality tent for complimentary coffee and donuts, with opportunities to learn about MCI pre-owned coach inventory, parts specials, training on engine regeneration and wheelchair lifts, and more.
The purchase from MCI follows the operators' 2013 win on a four-year contract to provide transportation services to the Daimler division's Brand Immersion Experience, a program that will bring some 26,000 Mercedes employees to the plant in Vance, Ala., and other Birmingham-area locations by 2017.
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Subjective and polysomnographic characteristics of patients diagnosed with narcolepsy
ABSTRACT In order to better characterize the subjective and polysomnographic findings in patients with narcolepsy, a follow-up questionnaire was mailed to all patients diagnosed with the disorder at the Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders and Research Center. The questionnaire inquired regarding the present, previous, and change in status for the constellation of narcolepsy symptoms. Memory problems, problems of daytime function, and nocturnal sleep disturbance were included among the questions related to the symptomatic constellation. By definition, all patients were symptomatic of daytime sleepiness and were diagnosed with narcolepsy only if there were two or more rapid eye movement (REM) onsets documented on the polysomnographic evaluation. A high percentage of patients reported nocturnal sleep disturbance, which was one of the symptoms with the latest reported onset. Retrospective comparison of questionnaire responses to the clinical polysomnography revealed significantly more sleep maintenance difficulties in the group of patients reporting this symptom on the questionnaire. Patients with disturbed nocturnal sleep reported taking more naps during the day, although the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) failed to show differences in sleep latency. Interestingly, this group of patients was found to have a significantly higher number of sleep onset REM episodes on the MSLT. Finally, the findings are discussed as they compare to studies that required the presence of cataplexy as part of their inclusion criteria.
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- "In this study, 77.8% of the narcolepsy patients experienced cataplexy, which is in line with previous studies reporting over 70% narcolepsy patients showed cataplexy (20, 21). As the main pathophysiology of cataplexy, the imbalance between monoaminergic and cholinergic transmissions in the pons has been proposed. "
ABSTRACT: Cataplexy is one of the most pathognomonic symptoms in narcolepsy. This study was designed to investigate the frequency of the HLA-DQB1 allele and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hypocretin levels in Korean narcoleptics with cataplexy as compared with those who do not have cataplexy. Seventy-two narcoleptics were selected based on polysomnography and multiple sleep latency test as well as their history and clinical symptoms at Sleep Disorders Clinic. The patients were divided into a narcolepsy with cataplexy group (n=56) and a narcolepsy without cataplexy group (n=16). All patients were subjected to HLA typing to determine the frequency of DQB1 allele and to spinal tapping to measure the level of CSF hypocretin. In cataplexy-positive patients, as compared with cataplexy-negative patients, the frequency of HLA-DQB1*0602 was found to be significantly high (89.3% vs. 50.0%) (p=0.003). On the other hand, the frequency of HLA-DQB1*0601 was found to be significantly low (0% vs. 43.8%) (p<0.001). In 48 of 56 cataplexy-positive patients (85.7 %), hypocretin levels were decreased (<or=110 pg/mL). However, only 6 of 16 cataplexy-negative patients (37.5%) exhibited a decreased hyopcretin level (p<0.001). The high frequency of HLA-DQB1*0602, low frequency of HLA-DQB1*0601 and low hypocretin levels in cataplexy-positive groups suggest that cataplexy-positive narcolepsy might be an etiologically different disease entity from the cataplexy-negative.Journal of Korean Medical Science 03/2007; 22(1):127-31. DOI:10.3346/jkms.2007.22.1.127 · 1.27 Impact Factor
- "logical trait . SOREMPs during the MSLT also correlated with NPSG REM latency , a parameter independently scored by different technicians ( see Table 1 , data not shown for multivariate models ) . A very short REM latency during NPSG is also predictive of narcolepsy in clinical samples ( Rechtschaffen et al . , 1963 ; van den Hoed et al . , 1981 ; Rosenthal et al . , 1990a , b ; Folkerts et al . , 1996 ; Aldrich et al . , 1997 ; Overeem et al . , 2001 ; Dauvilliers et al . , 2003a ) . As in other studies ( Bishop et al . , 1996 ; Chervin and Aldrich , 2000 ; Singh et al . , 2005 ) , we found that the occurrence of SOREMP was strongly asso - ciated with short sleep latencies during the MSLT naps ( Table 1 "
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ABSTRACT: There are methodological difficulties in assessing cognitive function in narcolepsy, but despite these it appears that there is a defect in maintenance of attention, which is more significant than the problems with memory. The subject's perception of memory loss is however greater than what can be demonstrated objectively. There may also be a generalised executive dysfunction unrelated to attention and memory deficits. Anxiety and depression are common, particularly in younger subjects. Psychosis is usually drug-induced, particularly by amphetamines. The realistic dreams and hypnagogic hallucinations should be distinguished from schizophrenia and REM sleep behaviour disorder. There is considerable functional impairment due to the symptoms of narcolepsy with reduced quality of life, particularly in the domains of vitality and physical roles. Changes with age are probably important, but there are only few differences between the genders. Education, performance at work, social and recreational activities are all impaired by narcolepsy, but attention to lifestyle aspects and treatment with modern drugs, particularly modafinil and sodium oxybate, can improve functional capacity.


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Flight of the Butterflies, a breathtaking new giant-screen adventure that takes viewers on the epic 3,000-mile journey traveled every fall by half a billion monarch butterflies, opens at the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday, January 5, 2013. The film is the awe-inspiring story of two unlikely heroes that share a common strength. Based on true events, it follows the perilous journey of the iconic monarch butterfly in one of the most incredible migrations on Earth and the determined scientist, Dr. Fred Urquhart, who spent 40 years trying to discover the mysteries surrounding their journey and secret winter hideaway.
Produced by SK Films, with considerable funding support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Flight of the Butterflies is directed by Mike Slee (Bugs 3D, Legend of Loch Lomond), who co-wrote the script with co-executive producer Wendy MacKeigan (Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta, The Water Brothers). The film's executive producer is Jonathan Barker (Bugs! 3D, Into the Deep 3D, Mission to Mir).
What began with a small boy daydreaming about where butterflies went each winter became a lifelong pursuit by Dr. Urquhart, who ingeniously enlisted the help of legions of volunteers across North America, known as "citizen scientists," to help with tagging and tracking the butterflies. The decades-long quest yielded the ultimate discovery of the monarch butterflies' overwintering sites in the sanctuaries set 10,000 feet high in the remote mountains of Mexico.
The film follows the butterflies' amazing journey in what is the longest insect migration on Earth. Audiences are transported into the tiny world of one intrepid creature, Dana (Danaus Plexippus), and her offspring as they migrate north from Mexico and back south again. As the film illustrates, it takes two to three generations of butterflies to migrate north from Mexico through the U.S. to Canada and one "super generation" to complete the migration back south to Mexico. In the immersive giant-screen environment, moviegoers will experience this journey up close and see the evolution from egg to caterpillar to pupa to butterfly, captured for the first time thanks to MRI and micro CT scans, which bring audiences closer to the action than ever before.
The film also includes an extensive Educational Outreach Program with lesson plans for all curriculum levels, and is supported by the NSF, in partnership with The Maryland Science Center. Monarch butterfly experts, including Dr. Chip Taylor, Dr. Karen Oberhauser, and Dr. Lincoln Brower, served as scientific advisors to the film. Major support has also come from the Mexican Federal Government (Environment & Tourism) and the States of México and Michoacán, as well as Coca-Cola FEMSA, and Grupo Bimbo. Significant portions of the film's box office revenue will go towards Monarch butterfly conservation.
Flight of the Butterflies will be shown daily in the LeFrak IMAX Theater, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm (hourly) through July 7, 2013. To purchase tickets in advance, the public should call 212-769-5200 or visit amnh.org. A service charge may apply.
Visitors interested in learning more about species featured in Flight of the Butterflies can visit the Museum's The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter. An annual favorite visited by millions of children and adults, The Butterfly Conservatory transforms the iciest day into a summer escape, inviting visitors to mingle with up to 500 fluttering, iridescent butterflies among blooming tropical flowers and lush green vegetation in 80-degree temperatures. The Butterfly Conservatory is on view through May 27, 2013. The butterflies are housed in a vivarium that approximates their natural habitat, including live flowering plants that serve as nectar sources.
In addition, A Night at the Museum-the Museum's popular sleepover program-will introduce special activities during the run of the film, beginning on January 5. The evenings will include a screening of Flight of the Butterflies, a walkthrough of The Butterfly Conservatory with knowledgeable Museum explainers, and special activities including folding origami butterflies; discovering how far butterflies can glide by modifying paper airplanes to make the most efficient glider possible; and learning about warning coloration by creating an artistic rendition of an organism with warning signs. The evenings also include flashlight tours. Attendees will end the evening falling asleep in one of the Museum's darkened halls.
The American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869, is one of the world's preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The Museum encompasses 45 permanent exhibition halls, including the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the Hayden Planetarium, as well as galleries for temporary exhibitions. It is home to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, New York State's official memorial to its 33rd governor and the nation's 26th president, and a tribute to Roosevelt's enduring legacy of conservation. The Museum's five active research divisions and three cross-disciplinary centers support 200 scientists, whose work draws on a world-class Permanent Collection of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts, including specialized collections for frozen tissue and genomic and astrophysical data, as well as one of the largest natural history libraries in the Western Hemisphere. Through its Richard Gilder Graduate School, it is the only American museum authorized to grant the Ph.D. degree. In 2012, the Museum began offering a pilot Master of Arts in Teaching with a specialization in earth science. Approximately 5 million visitors from around the world came to the Museum last year, and its exhibitions and Space Shows can be seen in venues on five continents. The Museum's website and collection of apps for mobile devices extend its collections, exhibitions, and educational programs to millions more beyond its walls. Visit amnh.org for more information.
The Museum offers a broad array of programs for adults, children, families, students, educators, and scientists. These range from special exhibitions to symposia, lecture series, workshops, and film festivals. Highlights include Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture (November 17, 2012-August 11, 2013), an exhibition that explores our complex food system from farm to fork and is devoted to growing, transporting, cooking, eating, tasting, and celebrating food; Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large (September 29, 2012-September 29, 2013), an exhibition of 34 striking images featuring the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths from Ottawa-based photographer Jim des Rivières; Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies (June 25, 2011-June 24, 2012), an exhibition of more than 20 sets of striking large-format prints, showcasing advanced imaging technologies used by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and revealing once-hidden, intricate details of both natural phenomena and cultural artifacts; Journey to the Stars, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg; and a year-round calendar of engaging and educational public programs that feature dynamic encounters with living cultures and authentic science.
The Museum is open daily, 10 am-5:45 pm. The Museum is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Suggested general admission, which supports the Museum's scientific and educational endeavors and offers access to the Museum's 45 halls including the Rose Center for Earth and Space, is $19 (adults) suggested, $14.50 (students/seniors) suggested, $10.50 (children) suggested. All prices are subject to change.
The Museum offers discounted combination ticket prices that include suggested general admission plus special exhibitions, IMAX films, and Space Shows.
- Museum Plus One includes one special exhibition, IMAX film, or Space Show: $25 (adults), $19 (students/seniors), $14.50 (children)
- Museum Supersaver includes all special exhibitions, IMAX film, and Space Show: $33 (adults), $25.50 (students/seniors), $20.50 (children)
Visitors who wish to pay less than the suggested Museum admission and also purchase a ticket to attend a special exhibition, IMAX film, or Space Show may do so on-site at the Museum. To the amount they wish to pay for general admission, they should add $22 (adults), $18 (students/seniors), or $12 (children) for a Space Show, special exhibition, or IMAX film.
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Cannes: South Korea's 'The Pirates' Pre-Sells to 15 Countries
Lotte Entertainment's presale to North American, European and Asian territories marks a rare feat for the local period genre.
South Korean maritime action film The Pirates was picked up by 15 countries across North America, Europe and Asia at the Cannes Film Market, Lotte Entertainment announced Wednesday. The successful presale for the summer release title marks a rare feat for local period films.
Preselling rights went to distributors across North and South Americas, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Mexico, India, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Myanmar, among other territories.
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"This marks the highest presale rate for a Korean period film this year," said a spokesperson for Lotte Entertainment. "After only seeing just a short clip, foreign buyers have noted the quality and scale of the computer graphics, as well as the impressive action sequences that demonstrate wide mainstream appeal."
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Directed by Lee Seok-hoon, The Pirates follows the face off between pirates and a tyrannical captain to score a kingly booty during the 14th century Joseon Kingdom. The film made headlines for starring actress Son Ye-jin, who has been popular across Asia for romantic heroine roles, as a charismatic pirate. Other notable cast members include heartthrob Kim Nam-gil, who will be appearing opposite Cannes jury member Jeon Do-yeon in A Bastard, and Sulli of K-pop girl band f(x).
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|The sixth hole on the West nine at Tanglewood Golf Course features a replica of the Mackinac Bridge. (Courtesy of Tanglewood G.C.)
SOUTH LYON, Mich. -- Tanglewood Golf Course probably doesn't get the credit it deserves for helping to reshape metro Detroit's public golf scene.
When Bill Newcomb opened Tanglewood's North and South nines in 1991, Detroit was still a country club town. There were only a few, if any, public courses offering that "country club for a day" experience to public golfers. Many of the region's best public courses -- The Orchards Golf Club in Washington, Shepherd's Hollow in Clarkston, The Majestic at Lake Walden -- hadn't been developed yet.
The Lion at Tanglewood set the building boom of the mid 1990s in motion.
The 27-hole Tanglewood -- the West nine was added in 1995 -- remains a favorite to this day. The houses of the surrounding upscale subdivision encroach play a couple of times, but for the most part, it's a clean routing without any gimmicky holes.
"It is a fun course," said Joel Smith of Novi after playing the North and West nines. "It is a fair course. You can score. It has challenge, but it's a course for all levels. It is in good shape, and for a good price."
Head Professional Brad Stedry finds pleasure in playing any of the three nines for various reasons. Water comes into play on 15 holes. He likes Tanglewood's South-West combination best but says the sixth on the North nine -- a dangerous par 3 over water -- is the best hole.
"That green, without being tricky or stupid, it is a monster," Stedry said.
His favorite nine is the South, where water dictates the plan of attack on five holes.
"It is the most challenging," he said. "You need to hit more shots. There are longer par 4s and the par 5s are risk-reward."
A brief romp in the woods gives the West nine some flavor at No. 3 and No. 4, two interesting par 4s. The signature moment comes at No. 6, a short par 4 with water up the right side. The bridge behind the green is a miniature replica of the Mackinac Bridge. Unbeknownst to players, the entire green complex is shaped like Michigan's glove-shaped Lower Peninsula. It's a subtle tribute to one of Michigan's landmarks.
If your ball lands near Monroe with a flag located near Harbor Springs, you know you're in trouble. Get ready for a long, wild ride.
Tanglewood doesn't have that wow hole that separates the area's cream of the crop from the competition, but you'll never a bad experience playing there. It's a sure a thing you'll enjoy the course.
June 1, 2012
Jason Scott Deegan has reviewed more than 700 courses and golf destinations for some of the industry's biggest publications. His work has been honored by the Golf Writer's Association of America and the Michigan Press Association. Follow him on Twitter at @WorldGolfer.
Any opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the management.
A round at Royal Links Golf Club in Las Vegas lets you take on replicas of 18 historic golf holes that have been used in the British Open rotation, including three from this year's host, the Old Course at St. Andrews.
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It's my turn to be in the spotlight over at the Gecko Galz Blog. Some I have already shared here, I have some new ones to tell you about today plus there are one or two waiting in the wings for … Continue reading
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4 years ago
The small satellite mission I worked on in College, the Radio Aurora Explorer launched last night! The first ground station to make contact was in Honolulu, Hawaii, and we started getting our first packets from our ground station in Ann Arbor early this morning.
If you happen to be an amateur radio operator with packet radio equipment, you can join the ground station network!
This is Michigan's first satellite, and the first satellite funded by the National Science Foundation. Find out more if you're interested at rax.engin.umich.edu .
American Journey 2.0 and AJtheFiesta
5 years ago
Heading out on a drive from Ann Arbor to Maker Faire in California today!
This last semester, I took a class at Michigan called Cloud Computing in the Commute, a joint venture between a couple of professors here and some Ford engineers. The task was to build interesting social applications that can run on the prototyped computing system which will eventually make it's way into the production Ford Fiesta.
We built CaravanTrack, a way for people to road trip together. It shows the other cars in your group on the map, their fuel levels and speeds, lets you search for nearby food and gas stations and let others know where you plan to stop.
Our group won the class competition at the end, and the prize is taking the American Journey 2.0 with the Ford engineers we got to work with during the course. We're taking I-80 west through Ann Arbor MI, Chicago IL, Omaha NE, Boulder CO, Reno NV and ending in San Mateo CA.
The American Journey site has both the University of Michigan road trip site and the Ford road trip site. On our's, you can add points of interest you know of along our route, and they'll show up in our application as we're driving. On Ford's, you can put together a road rally for us to follow by adding interesting places to visit in one area.
The car the Ford engineers will be driving is a 2011 Fiesta nicknamed AJ. It has software loaded that will send tweets depending on the vehicles "mood". If you're driving quickly, winding around roads, and moving through traffic well, the car will be happy. If you're sitting still with the wipers on, that might call for a sad tweet.
American Journey 2.0
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Loud Humming Noise from Subwoofer
Hopefully there are some audio folks here who might have an idea.
I have a set of Altec Lansing speakers and subwoofer for my computer. I don't know the model number exactly, but here's the manual to a model that seems to be it or very close to it:
When I plug the subwoofer into power, it puts out an obnoxiously loud humming noise. I've tried it in a couple of different power strips and I get the same problem. It doesn't even need an audio source or the speakers plugged into it, and starts as soon as it powers up. I've been able to pull the back cover off the sub and take a look inside, but nothing looked out of the ordinary. My view is limited though, the cables are glued to the board that comes out and limits how far I can pull the part out.
The sub plugs into the computer through the standard stereo out jack on my motherboard, then the two satellite speakers plug into ports on the sub itself.
This may or may not be relevant, but I have felt over the last few weeks I've had to turn the volume on the speakers up slightly louder in order to get the same sound, but that is completely subjective, and may have just been due to environment changes I didn't notice.
Thanks in advance!
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Valve Complete Pack for $99
EVERYTHING Valve is on sale for $99 (including latest and greatest Left 4 Dead). You can get it here:
This includes all the Half-Life games, TF2, TF: Classic, Ricochet, Portal, Everything Counter Strike, Left 4 Dead, DoD, and DoD:Source, pretty much everything Valve has ever made. You save about $130 over buying individually. You get to gift anything you already have to a friend. Hop to it Valve fans. :-D
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Pidgin 2.5.0 Crashes on Away Tooltip
I'm sure lots of you use Pidgin for chatting. If you've upgraded to 2.5.0 and are having crashes when bringing up the tooltip of an away AIM buddy. The problem has been identified and fixed. Just download the updated DLL and place inside your main Pidgin folder (usually C:\Program Files\Pidgin).
The fix won't be officially in until Pidgin hits 2.5.1 which may still be a few weeks away, so if you want to fix the crashing now, here's the way to do it.
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Reading XML from JavaScript?
Why is this so hard in Javascript?
Generated PHP file is here:
Snapshot (which I've been trying to load from) is here:
I'm trying to get Google Maps to work by placing plane markers on the map (that part is easy) but I can't for the life of me read the XML file I created with PHP. For now, I'm just trying to pull the first element out of the first pilot and echo it to the status box, but it keeps coming up blank (or null, in Internet Explorer's case).
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Loud '03 Malibu
I recently made my first car purchase, a 2003 Chevy Malibu from a private owner. It has 130,000 miles on it, and is an automatic transmission, front wheel drive.
I've noticed that around 45-50 MPH, the road noise picks up suddenly and is quite loud. It could be that I just can't hear it below 45, and other noises are droning it out before then. I'm fairly certain it doesn't have anything to do with RPMs, I can slow down with the sound changing with speed, I can drop the car into neutral and rev the engine up to 3000 RPM without noticing any difference in the sound as I'm rolling down the road.
It's tough to describe the noise in text, but its kind of a rolling rahrahrahrahrah, very cyclic, and comes in time with the wheels rolling.
I don't feel a pull to either side of the road when driving, and the wear on the tires is pretty well even, so I don't think its alignment.
Today, I had the car up on the jack and was able to spin the tires a bit. (I put the car in neutral to spin the front) There isn't any play in the wheels (which I've read can be an indication of a bearing failing) but there is a slight scraping noise on 3 of the four wheels as they spin. The scrape always comes when the wheels are at the same angle of rotation.
On the front wheels only, there is a slight "winding" noise, like the one you would hear if you were winding up one of those little cars that zip across the table, but I assume this is because they're connected to the transmission.
I believe, although don't have the tools to check, that the slight scraping sound is a brake rubbing. I know the basics of getting around a car, common problems and such, but I'm certainly no expert, and most of my knowledge comes from my Dad doing the little bit of work he did on our cars.
I feel like the noise I hear up around 45-50 is too low a pitch for brakes, but I'm not sure what else would be causing the noise. Besides the slight scraping noise and the winding explained earlier I didn't hear anything while spinning the wheels.
So, do I just need to get in and adjust the brakes? Or does anyone think there is something else more "sinister" () at work here?
Thanks a lot everyone,
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CSS/XHTML Puzzle
The problem will be apparent when you look at the site.
I have a news box floated to the right, inside the content div that holds all the stuff in the left hand column. The text wraps around the news box just fine, but I can't figure out how to keep the background on the <h2> section from overlapping.
Any ideas?
Relevant parts of CSS below (You can of course see the entire thing at the site):
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background: url("images/theme/head2Corner.png") top left no-repeat #666666;
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Put the "Back to Top" button back.
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Thanks for giving me another resorce, but I'm staying with phpbb, since wussie is a big help with it. That way I have a reasorse.
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Haha, you blocked me. Cute. And way to miss the joke.
First of all, I'm going to assume English isn't your first language because I'm nice. If it is, then wow.
I think its a cheche filled overrated waste of money.
So was Halo...
I watched Hedgehog play the entire game out as a male Commander Shepard, which was excruciating,
So you didn't play it yourself? Wow.
A lot of the side quests were very boring and repetitive, contrary to what Slashdot says, there really isn't as much areas to explore as there was in Oblivion.
Oblivion was "go to dungeon here/kill monsters/acquire loot/etc" for just about all of the side quests. A lot of the areas were copypasta'd. Mmm, copypasta.
Each semi important mission always ended with you just going in, killing everything then reporting to the command that there was no other option but to kill everything.
No other Adventure RPG so far can hold a candle to Oblivion, many have tried and failed.
For fuck's sake. Morrowind. Fallout 1/2. Deus Ex can count as an RPG.
There really isn't much side quests and once one plays though the abrupt main quest there is no replay value as you cannot go back into the universe and do other quests and explore everywhere else in the Milky Way Galaxy.
You could do everything in Oblivion in one fucking playthrough, and be Guildmaster of every guild. There were no choices.
The game was pretty much about some alien race as usual coming to end all life in the universe for the sheer fact that they can do it, some type of machine race at that
Oblivion was an evil demon race coming to end all life in the world for the sheer fact they could do it, a demon race at that.
then the actual other important aspects of the game such as the maps and replay value.
Oblivion, again.
not to mention the story was redundant, cleche filled and rather anticlimactic when it ended.
Halo, and Oblivion on both counts.
I am also not in the mood to argue so please don't harass me with comments saying that I took Mass Effect for face value, when many take Halo for face value as well.
There's opinions, then there's hypocrisy. I've played all 3 of the fucking Halos and found nothing special. Oblivion was a prettier, watered down Morrowind with no brains or originality.
Oh, and don't type in all blue if you want to be taken seriously. On final notes, I'm not 40, Jim Cramer is a hilarious TV personality, and I will proceed to use logic and reasoning to prove you are horribly flawed due to the fact you made the dumbest, most soulless pun you could think of. (Sounds like Oblivion...)
If you want to argue, go ahead. I've had plenty of experience in all of these titles you've mentioned (and I can recommend many more, and better titles that urinate all over Halo and Oblivion) but at least have the decency to not be a brickhead.
Copy pasta here.
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Given his record, it's entirely possible that a President McCain could get a lot done with a Democratic Congress. The problem is that his "achievements" could become the stuff of conservative nightmares. Any Republican more comfortable taking questions from Tim Russert than Sean Hannity is hardly well-positioned to resist leftward pressures from the Washington establishment.
Conservatives must be aware that, liberated from the constraints imposed on him by a campaign, a President McCain would lack any incentive to continue even the grudging outreach he's offered them so far. What's more, McCain surely would know, given the gravity of the issue, that he could count on Republican support for a vigorous prosecution of the war on terror – along with a few Democrats who would, no doubt, gladly help him out in exchange for his support on an important domestic issue.
Given his admirable record in the war on terror, even a President McCain is infinitely preferable to any Democrat alternative. But any Republicans who support McCain in the primaries should understand that they risk driving conservatism to the sidelines at home.
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Accusations of fraud mar Election Day in 4th, 5th wards
By JEFFREY BISHKU-AYKUL Staff Writer Election Day went smoothly at many 4th and 5th ward polling places, but not without some serious concerns. In the 4th Ward, Ald. Will Burns' challengers Tracey Bey and Norman Bolden are calling on Ald. Will Burns to reject Tuesday's results in light of alleged electoral fraud. Burns was re-elected(…)