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November 03, 2009, 12:51:08 PM »
I'm thinking I can use a plug for (among other things) a Network Time Protocol (NTP) stratum-1 server.
To do this, I'll use a Garmin 18 LVC/OEM GPS connected to the second serial port as the stratum-0 device. "Second serial port?", you ask. Yes, the one that can be routed out the SDIO pins. I should be able to hack together a cable from the SDIO port and change the kernel to use two pins as the second serial port (TX/RX) and a GPIO as an input (for the pulse per second (PPS) signal). Then, I should "only" need to put together a bread board with a MAX3232 (plus capacitors), a USB connector (for 5V power), a connector to the SDIO port cable and a connector to the GPS cable.
The GPS and 5V side of the MAX3232 will be powered by the USB connection (I'll use a powered hub) and the TX/RX/PPS signals will level shift through the MAX part.
Considering my day job is writing SOFTWARE, does anyone see a problem with this logic?
By the way, this is not a new idea. There are write-ups for doing this on other little linux computers elsewhere on the net. The key, I think, is a second REAL (not USB) serial port and the PPS signal.
Please don't ask why I want to do this. I have a wife that will be happy to ask that question.
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November 03, 2009, 02:13:14 PM »
I have a stratum-2 server running happily on the plug providing public time service.
I used to have a Trimble GPS receiver as my clock, then I discovered the Galleon radio clocks that cost maybe £30 and with a bit of care my code (built on others') in xntpd (V3) was able to get to within 30ms of atomic time even given its 300 baud connection. All it needs is indeed a serial connection, but serial via USB should be fine at that speed! No PPS needed.
Though my code seems to have been broken in xntpd V4 it could probably be fixed quicker than you could do the soldering. I really ought to do it myself and have the Galleon sitting above my laptop now, unused.
Interested in that as a solution?
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November 03, 2009, 02:54:20 PM »
Thanks for the suggestion and offer!
I'm in the US so I don't think the radio clock solution will work here, will it? I think I need a WWVB or GPS solution. I think, given a choice, I'd like to use a cheap, readily available, GPS (with PPS) as it could be highly accurate. Also, if I'm successful, this may be an interesting project for people in other locations as well.
Most of this is very new to me so please correct me if my understanding is wrong.
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December 16, 2009, 07:06:42 AM »
I just ordered some of the parts for this.
I'm going to do this in two phases -
Phase 1:
NEMA time strings and PPS though a Prolific USB->Serial adapter. I want to see if the offset and jitter on the PPS signal is big enough when routed through USB to warrant doing phase 2b or if I can get away with phase 2a. I'm also going to change the NTP NEMA driver to have it do the PPS detection on the same usb/serial port (PPS attached to DCD, CTS or DSR) like the shared memory driver.
Phase 2a:
If PPS offset and jitter are small enough through USB, change this to use two readily available parts. The Garmin 18 LVC/OEM GPS and the FTDI TTL-232R USB - TTL Level Serial Converter cable or FTDI TTL-232R-PCB USB - TTL Level Serial Converter board. These may not be the lowest cost solutions but they may be the easiest.
I really wish Garmin's (or any other quality GPS vendor's) USB solution would bring PPS out as one of the RS232 signals or have an option to enable something like this.
Phase 2b:
If PPS offset or jitter are too big through USB, enable the second serial port replacing the SDIO port.
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December 16, 2009, 02:11:51 PM »
out of curiousity, running as stratum 2 or 3 via ntpd is not sufficient enough for you? Or is it because you can do it?
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December 16, 2009, 02:23:07 PM »
Running as stratum-1 means that you can provide a better public service and provide another independent 'top' node in the NTP network...
So why not? B^>
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December 16, 2009, 02:34:36 PM »
Three reasons:
1) I want to see if I can.
2) If you look at the time server pools at
you will see that there are regions of the world that are not served directly for what ever reasons. After pricing Time Servers on the web, I believe price may be one reason. If the price of a stratum-1 server was << $200 (US), this might change.
3) See 1.
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December 20, 2009, 10:46:30 PM »
I just recently setup my sheevaplug as a stratum-1 NTP server.
I used a USB Earthmate LT-40 GPS (bundled with Delorme Street & Trips) along with kernel 220.127.116.11 on Debian Squeeze.
After some tweaking I was able to get a fairly accurate time out of the GPS for use with ntpd. Most of the tweaking centered around determining the correct offset, in the case of my setup: -0.235. The jitter was usually between 1 and 3 ms, either close or better than the other startum-1 servers I was querying. (I don't normally query stratum-1 servers directly, but did so in this case in order to determine the proper offset for my GPS.)
The only problem I ran into was that the constant polling of the GPS kept the CPU in C0 state instead of C1 and averaged around 350 wakeups per second instead of the usual 5 per second. A problem for me as I'm trying to make the Sheevaplug as low power as possible.
Here are the relevant lines from my ntp.conf in case they help:
server 127.127.28.0 minpoll 4 maxpoll 4
fudge 127.127.28.0 time1 -0.235 refid GPS
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December 21, 2009, 12:54:40 AM »
NTP, even with a radio clock, shouldn't need to poll/wakeup that often. I managed to use a 30 baud radio clock where it couldn't muster that many interrupts if it tried!
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December 21, 2009, 07:11:34 AM »
notjeff -
Thanks for the info. Every little bit helps.
Does the LT-40 provide a PPS or is the lack of a PPS why you were polling the GPS so much?
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December 21, 2009, 03:47:20 PM »
I haven't had the chance to figure out what is causing all the wakeups. ntpd is only polling shared memory every 16 seconds so I don't think ntpd is the cause.
The large number of wakeups happen immediately after launching gpsd. (I'm not passing any special options to gpsd, just "gpsd /dev/ttyUSB0") According to powertop the top causes for wakeups are:
46.3% (236.3) USB device 1-1 : DeLorme USB Earthmate (DeLorme Publishing)
45.8% (233.3) <interrupt> : ehci_hcd:usb1
2.9% ( 15.0) <interrupt> : orion_tick
2.1% ( 10.7) <kernel core> : hrtimer_start (tick_sched_timer)
1.5% ( 7.7) <kernel core> : cypress_read_int_callback (delayed_work_timer_fn)
At this point I'm not sure if the above is from gpsd polling the GPS too rapidly, or if it is a result of the amount of output coming down from the GPS. I have not seen a way to tell gpsd how frequently to I will try to dig down further when I have time.
MarkF -
The GPS chip used in the LT-40 may provide a PPS (I haven't looked at the actual specs), but as far as I can tell any PPS is not available over the LT-40's USB connection. (What little research I have done on PPS seems to suggest that it can't be done over USB because it requires a dedicated pin.)
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I would ASSUME that, in it's standard form or standard "mode", the LT-40 provides a lot more information than just the time of day. After all, it is designed to be part of a positioning system, not a clock.
Having said that, unless you can tell the LT-40 to only produce time strings, you may be seeing a large amount of time spent retrieving data that won't be used for the ntp function. As you probably know, latitude, longitude, height, rate of change of each of those and possibly others are standard outputs of most GPS units.
The Garmin GPS unit I'm getting can be programmed to output only the strings I require so I'm hoping to minimize the time the plug spends gathering data that will be thrown away. I'm going to wire the PPS signal to either the DCD or CTS signal of the serial port which should allow me to see the PPS transitions using the standard serial driver. My biggest concern is whether the USB->serial software stack will cause too much jitter on the PPS signal and render it useless.
I should get most of the hardware to test this in the next few days. However, with the holiday Friday and a house full of relatives, I probably won't get to put it together for a couple of weeks.
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"New study finds finds social and economic supports for women significantly reduce abortions"
That's the promise of the new study released today by Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. According to the group's news release, the study is the first of its kind and looks at the "long- and short-term effects of public policy on the abortion rate over a twenty-year period. The findings reveal that social and economic supports for women and families dramatically reduce the number of abortions. As Democrats gather in Denver for their national convention, and as Republicans prepare to gather next week, the study offers compelling findings that pro-life and pro-choice leaders from both political parties can unite behind to reduce abortions."Indeed, if this holds true, the findingswould (I would think) provide ammunition for those looking to move beyond the stalemate over Roe v. Wade. Apparently the findings were presented at a "town hall" meeting in Denver with Sen. Bob Casey, Rep. Heath Shuler and others,and sponsored by Democrats for Life of America. I haven't seen a write-up, so don't know what they may have added.Catholics in Alliance commissioned the study, which wasconducted by Joseph Wright, a political science professor at Penn State University and a visiting fellow at the University of Notre Dame, and Michael Bailey, a professor of American government at Georgetown University. You can read it here (in a 19-page PDF file). Tom Roberts at NCR also hascoverage.
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If this is all it seems, then it is very good news indeed.Of course, such a study can and will be used by both "sides" to bash one another. Here's hoping that principled legislators will cut through that clutter and sponsor legislation that enacts some/all of these recommendations.
This is indeed very good. I fully expect Republicans to endorse, support and move forward on the policy positions that flow from the study. Conservatives need to hold their elected officials accountable in this regard. Lets see what happens.
There is actually already some good legislation before Congress that would begin to address some of these concerns. I recommend looking at Feminists For Life's webpage for details on the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Act. They (FFL) have also just published an interesting study of how difficult it is for college age women (who account for half of all abortions) to find resources to support them when they face unplanned pregnancies.
Giving assistance to families and access to employment would significantly lower the poverty rate as well. There is a high incidence of poverty in single-parent households. Both my Mother and one of my sisters were Social Workers and they both felt that these two things were key factors, along with improving education, to lowering the poverty rate as well.
Exxon Sponsored Study Proves Global Warming a Hoax!Reynolds Tobbaco Scientists Prove Smoking Increases Lung Capacity!Aside from pointing out the obvious conflict of interest that I am sure Commonweal contributers would have mentioned had the subject been anything other than this, this study completely ignores the most obvious evidence that a direct cause and effect of social welfare spending and abortion can't be proved. From the late 1960's to the early 1980's social welfare spending grew at a faster rate than in any other time in US history, and both the number of procured abortions and and their rate more than doubled. There have been many studies about why the rate of abortion dropped - slightly - in the 1990's, and there are a number of reasons given - economics, changes in social stigma, the fact that the young women who may heve gotten and abortion in 1995 had been aborted themselves in 1975.Even assuming this study's findings are accurate, treating this a principal method to prevent abortions is morally dangerous. We have an obligation to care for young mothers - absolutely. And there is a connecttion between our obligation to the unborn and our obligation to care for the newly born - certainly. That doesn't, however, equate to social welfare programs as a means of abortion prevention. It is like saying that because we can fix a cancer patient's ingrown toe nail we don't have to take him to chemotherapy. Yes, fix the toe nail, but don't say you are working for a cure.Another point worth making. For all the talk about the GOP taking a hard stance on abortion without supporting social programs that help. During the period studied, at the federal level, and in most states, underlying legislative policy was dictated by Republicans, the rate of spending increases slowed, and abortion rates went down while in the period of booming social welfare spending under almost exclusive Democratic control, rates doubled.
"there is a connection between our obligation to the unborn and our obligation to care for the newly born"That connection is that Human life is Sacred because it is a Gift from God.The Pope, speaking to the general assembly of Caritas Internationalis, stated that:"Changing unjust structure is not in itself sufficient to guarantee the happiness of the Human person. The Church's mission is to promote the integral development of people which includes their spiritual and emotive dimensions. The greatest challenges facing the World...such as globilization, human rights abuses, unjust social structures, cannot be overcome unless attention is focused on the deepest needs of the Human person which is the promotion of Human Dignity, well being, and eternal Salvation."
Sean,You aren't suggesting, are you, that Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, is as little to be trusted on the issue of social services as are any of the major tobacco companies about health issues and smoking?
David,I think Sean is stating the obvious: that an organization strongly in favor of a particular outcome conducted a survey that reached the conclusion the sponsors of the survey hoped to reach ... and that in a similar situation, various groups would be questiopning the objectivity of the findings ... Moreover, his key point is that the actual historical record shows that abortions declined when social spending declined and rose when social spending rose, which objectively suggests that more money is not always the answer. Indeed, I recall other surveys that explored the reasons women had abortions even though contraceptives were easily available--reasons that included such grotesque answers as 'I wanted to see how my boyfriend would react' to "I wanted to test whether I could get pregnant' (I am paraphrasing from memory--I read about the study in graduate school 20 years ago)Thus, this 'Common Good' survey should not be seen as a blanket endorsement--or a blank check--for more spending.
Robert,I don't want to characterize Sean's position, although we have had similar discussions many times, but it seems to me there is "tension" between, on the one hand, Catholic social teaching on what government should do for the poor and, on the other hand, what American conservatives (including the Catholic ones) feel the government can actually accomplish and what they also feel is the appropriate role of government. So we have something like this:
On the contrary, it is the task of law to pursue a reform of society and of conditions of life in all milieux, starting with the most deprived, so that always and everywhere it may be possible to give every child coming into this world a welcome worthy of a person. Help for families and for unmarried mothers, assured grants for children, a statute for illegitimate children and reasonable arrangements for adoption - a whole positive policy must be put into force so that there will always be a concrete, honorable and possible alternative to abortion.
This seems to me to call for almost radical change, and a major role for the government. But the conservative argument is that government spending money only makes things worse, so something like "assured grants for children" is immediately tossed out the window.I guess my overall point is when the Church says something really quite clearly, there is always a way to argue against it, or to say you accept the goal of help for the poor, so you actually agree with the Church, and consequently, since you agree, then you are not bound to support "assured grants" because you are committed to doing what the Church wants, the only thing is that you have a different approach.So anything that comes out, be it the Declaration on Procured Abortion, or a study from the Catholic Aliance, can pretty much be dismissed once you say, "Of course I agree that we should work to end abortions, but that doesn't mean we have to do it the way so-and-so says.
Sean and Robert: Certainly one must be aware of the funders of a project, but it must always stand--or fall--on its own merits. Comparing Catholics in Alliance to Big Tobacco and Big Oil, who have track records of deceit, and implicating the two researchers in such deceit, is unjust. Moreover, before assuming the study is flawed one would have to explain how and why. I'd be interested in a critique of the study.
From the late 1960s to the early 1980s social welfare spending grew at a faster rate than in any other time in US history, and both the number of procured abortions and and their rate more than doubled.And yet the study excludes evidence about abortion prior to 1982, thus avoiding any need to explain the massive rise in abortion after Roe in 1973. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.
I'd think that, to promote human flourishing, we must be willing to examine the problem of abortion in all its aspects. Legal hurdles do not exhaust the list of obstacles to achieving a just society. If the conclusions and policy recommendations of this research are as founded as they seem to me (not that I'm a regular reader of such things), then I'd think we'd be remiss not to at least take a long, serious look at implementing these policies.I warrant that I'm as jaded and cynical as the next person about the limitations of throwing government money at a problem to make it go away. But I guess I live in that shades-of-gray world of seeing the trade-offs in policy choices and wanting to use prudential judgement to achieve worthy goals, even if it costs more money.As I weigh things, saving the lives of several hundred thousand infants, and protecting their mothers and others from serious sin, is more important than balancing a state of Federal budget. And undoubtedly there are potential savings elsewhere in the budgets.
David N,Show me where in this statement there is a mandate for large, government sponsored bureacratic solutions to the problem?On the contrary, it is the task of law to pursue a reform of society and of conditions of life in all milieux, starting with the most deprived, so that always and everywhere it may be possible to give every child coming into this world a welcome worthy of a person. Help for families and for unmarried mothers, assured grants for children, a statute for illegitimate children and reasonable arrangements for adoption - a whole positive policy must be put into force so that there will always be a concrete, honorable and possible alternative to abortion.That I oppose large, and in my opinion, dehumanizing and often inhumane government programs in favor of "laws to reform society and of conditions of life in all milieux" that favor local solutions, individual incentive, and private enterprise is not in contravavention of this teaching. Spend a day in a family or probate court and see the great success that our social welfare system is. I don't oppose some of the initiatives described because I am cheap or don't care, I oppose them because I do care and throwing money at more and more failed polcies just to assuage middle class guilt doesn't do anyone a lick of good.David G.,Researchers don't have to lie to come to results that favor a result. In the case of these researchers, I think it is informative that they isolated their study to a period in which they knew abortion rates declined and ignored the period in which they dramatically increased. It is at best an incomplete picture.As for the conflict of interest - yes, I think it is simply prudent to consider the sponsorship of the study when judging its objectivity. While you are right that a study must stand or fall on its own merit, it has been my experience that those on the left frequently dismiss such studies sponsored by vilified industries before they are even fully published. It seems to me, in judging whether a conflict exists, "Big Oil" and Common Cause should be judged by the same standard.
The study strikes me as somewhat insubstantial.It demonstrates correlation, but as far as I can tell it simply asserts causation. It's not apparent to me that it does a sufficient job isolating the factors, either. And while the conclusions are certainly consistent with the statistics, I wouldn't say they are by any means proven by them.Also, if I'm reading the graph correctly, the report says that an increase of two standard deviations in male employment per population effects (again, I would say correlates to) about a 15% reduction (strictly speaking, somewhere between a tiny increase and about a 30% reduction, with 90% confidence) in abortion. But two standard deviations is 8%, and I doubt anyone is sitting on a plan to increase male employment per population by 8%. So I don't see the point of including that factor in the (not very extensive as it is) analysis. (And please correct the y-axis labels on Figures 3 and 4. A negative percent reduction is an increase!)That said, my recommendation would be to look more closely at the family cap data (which indicates that putting a cap on welfare increases the incidence of abortion) and the fertility data (which indicates that economic assistance doesn't increase the number of pregnancies). The former could lead to a clear pro-life-based recommendation to get rid of the cap, the latter could put to rest a conservative bugbear about getting more of what you reward.Oh, and also I'd try to write it as two reports, or at least as two distinct sections: one a piece of statistical analysis, the other a set of policy recommendations based on the analysis. As it is, they're intertwined, and it's not clear they're properly distinguished.
Tom: Many many thanks for the analysis. Your diagnosis sounds pretty much right. But I cannot be trusted with numbers.
I am a side-walk counselor here in Chicago and volunteer also at a center that gives material support to pregnant women through donations. I speak very often with people who are on the brink of abortion, or moments after as they come out. They continually speak of economic factors in their decisions. Last week a working class guy who had brought his sister there to the clinic told me with tears in his eyes, 'She has four kids, the dad's a loser, she makes seven bucks an hour, I'm laid off and can't help, what can she do? We're talking about food on the table. What can she do?"So it is in my mind a no-brainer that we must do more to help the average person in all those material areas. But this help must come in the form of Catholic proposals, Catholic solutions. Among these are broader distribution of ownership of the means of production. The state can assist there by selective taxation that prompts sell offs of concentrated holdings. Another Catholic solution is cooperative ownership, which no party has put forward although the perfect application could be those presently reserved oil-fields to be opened. It is incredible, given their record on alternative energy, that the big owners like Shell and Exxon should be given additional sources of profits, when those fields could be owned and developed by cooperatives. Catholic solutions preserve a firm commitment to private property and an equally firm commitment to just, fair, intelligent exercise of that ownership, and supports state intervention in both profits and wages, reference Quadragesimo Anno by Pius XI. Catholics are not allerghic to state intervention when it is necessary (but Protestants are; reference Max Weber and his thesis that unrestrained capitalism and unrestrained protestantism--unrestrained by a magisteriium--are twins).Pius XI said that economic justice was impossible for the Church to suggest without insisting with equal force on a corresponding fidelity to the moral teachings of the Church. I will not argue his points for him--it's a short encyclical, go pick it up. But I would like to say, it makes sense: if you really want effective economic change in the direction of the broadest ownership possible, with all the conflict with the very rich that this would involve, you must support moral rigor. It's too dangerous to let the tiger out of the cage unless he is firmly commited to respect for human life of any size, even millimeters, any age, any color. Neither the democratic party nor the republican party is presently delivering anything like the vision of Catholicism for a just society. Laura Ingraham et al notwithstanding.Meanwhile we absolutely cannot wait for economic justice before making abortion illegal. The great majority of women we see going into abortion mills are being pushed there by the hand of a sexual partner--I can't say boyfriend--or a parent. Just come and stand with me and watch the body language. These women will not say they are being 'forced' because they are not being whipped, but if you ask better questions, the truth comes out. We laugh bitterly, outside the clinic: going in, he's right behind her, with his hand on her back. Coming out several hours later, she's running to catch up with him.

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Here's a rack that will do six. I have no personal experience with this one and the fact that neither of the top two rack companies (Thule and Yakima) do a six bike rack makes me think you should approach with caution.
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I have seen, with mixed success, 4-bike bike racks where folks have strapped an additional bike into the mix. Again, proceed with caution.
I don't have any experience with hitch racks holding more than 4 bikes, but I do have an option that you may not have considered.
Forget the hitch rack and buy a small utility trailer. Most hardware stores sell trailer frames like this to which you can add a simple plywood box enclosure ore something more elaborate.
It looks like the market for a 6 bike rack is fairly small, and the racks are expensive ($700+ US). I am sure you could buy a small utility trailer for much less, you would be able to haul at least 6 bikes plus equipment and you would have none of the drawbacks of a hitch rack like:
If you decide to go the trailer route you can use plans like these to build your own PVC racks to keep the bikes upright.
Keep in mind that hitch racks intended to carry large numbers of bikes (including the North Shore six bike rack) tend to require heavy duty 2" receivers. Ensure your vehicle is properly equipped.
If you have room inside the van, you can use one of these to carry a few bikes (perhaps in addition to 4 bikes on a more typical hitch rack):
I use the Bike Tote in the back of my Toyota Tacoma pickup to carry two bikes. It works well -- it holds the bikes securely, and is very easy to install/remove the rack to/from the vehicle.
The hitch is not designed to take the kind of forces that 6 bikes can produce. A trailer sits on the ball and cannot twist the hitch, a rack adds twisting forces in all directions. The end result (I have a mate who manages a bike shop) can be pretty expensive - like the guys who's hitch (with 4 bikes on the rack) failed while being followed by a 30 ton B-Train. Luckily for him the remaining scrap metal only damaged one truck tire - you would think the cost of replacing the bikes was all you need you worry about.....
If you do, you need to strap the top of the rack to the roof of the car, and strap the rack and bikes to limit the twisting forces in the hitch.
The addition of 6 bikes on the back of the vehicle will also upset the balance. Most cars have a ball weight limit - some as low as 60kg, few above 100kg. I imagine your van is on the higher end of the scale, but 6 heavy mountain bikes + rack will be close to 100kg. (if you are US/UK and think pounds, thats 130lb - 220lb). You may find you are overloading the hitch and voiding warranty / breaking laws / voiding insurance
There is a reason most manufacturers stop at 4. Above 2, they almost always recommend/require straps and heavy duty hitches.
Well, not to encourage spammers, but the Totem Pole is an interesting design. It does have the advantage that the weight is carried fairly close to the vehicle, so there's less torsion on the hitch -- maybe this isn't sufficient to really allow the weight of 6 bikes to be carried, but it likely handles 4 better than the standard horizontal beam rack.
I would be a bit concerned about carrying the bike's weight solely from the front wheel, as this design does. At the very least you'd want your bikes to have "lawyer lips", and on a long ride I'd be concerned about stressing/distorting the wheel. Plus it's not clear (despite the cavalier statements to the contrary) that bikes wouldn't bump/rub each other while being jostled on a rough road.
Also, the rack probably has trouble with kids bikes, since the wheels will not hit the bottom bar.
I also have a Sienna. I put two bikes in upright racks on the roof. And, as someone else said, can you put any inside? That's what I usually do if I don't have people in the third seat; I can put four bikes inside if I arrange them carefully.
I have a Toyota Sienna and can load up to 6 bikes. I have the Totem Pole Bike rack. It works great with my two 3 girls bikes because it does not hang by the frame like other bike racks. Instead the bikes are held upright as shown in this video.
North Shore Racks makes a six-bike rack: http://www.northshoreracks.com
www.draytonsolutions.com Here is one that will carry eight (8).


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The movie Donnie Darko is timed in the 80s (to be precise 1988), but the movie was released 2001. I can see no significance, to put it in the past. Yes, there was the presidential election, but that is only background for the plot in Donnie Darko. The same plot would have been possible to place in 2001.
I think this was done as a way for Kelly to show a more simplistic time rather than a time with all the technological advances being made. Also, there is a theory I saw here, in fact about the way the number 88 is a theme in the movie which would explain a lot about using this time period.
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FLG614: AP German Language (2012-2013)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Advanced Placement
COURSE TITLE: AP German Language
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
SUGGESTED PREPARATION: German I, German II, German III, German IV
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The AP German Language Course is a college level course which prepares students to communicate proficiently through three modes: interpretive (receptive communication), presentational (1-way productive communication), and interpersonal (2-way interactive communication). This course emphasizes the five domains of learning found in the DoDEA Foreign Language Standards: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. AP German is conducted almost entirely in German. This course involves an intensity that significantly advances student proficiency and achievement in German. Additionally, students obtain practical cultural knowledge which enables them to interact in a variety of German speaking countries. The interactive nature of this course carries with it the expectation that students will be actively involved in all assignments and projects. Students will be assessed in all domains of learning and on major projects. Weighted grades are calculated for students completing the course and taking the AP exam. Students are expected to take the AP exam at the end of this course.
Major Concepts/Content: AP German Language is equivalent to a 3rd year college German language course. The 5 domains of learning (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities) involve the skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and developing cultural awareness. The analysis and examination of authentic literary texts is part of this course. Authentic materials and resources are used along with the required text.
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- Comprehend German (Advanced level on ACTFL scale) that is intended for native speakers, in a variety of settings.
- Demonstrate strong communication skills (Pre-Advanced on ACTFL scale) in the interpersonal, presentational, and interpretive modes, which include spoken and written German that is comprehensible to many native speakers, in a variety of settings.
- Demonstrate a strong German linguistic skills (Pre-Advanced on ACTFL scale) to support communication (accuracy/fluency)
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Like many Americans, Luke Mehall lost his job �when the economy went downhill.�
�I was left wondering, just as my 30s began, what now?�
Mehall considers himself luckier than most for not winding up depressed in front of a television, �waiting for work.�
�A climber does not have this problem of time. If a climber has a buck or two to scrape together, a climber goes climbing,� Mehall writes in the latest edition of The Climbing Zine.
Mehall is the publisher of the small magazine, called a �zine,� now into its fourth volume, available in a paper format and for downloads on Kindle and NOOK. Circulation information can be found at its website, www.climbingzine.com.
On the Fourth of the July, Mehall also published his first electronic book, a collection of essays about mountain town living called Climbing Out of Bed.
He likes mountain towns for the free spirits and open-minded atmosphere. Through his love of climbing, Mehall has gotten a grip on life.
He moved to Durango three years ago for the year-round climbing and quickly found employment opportunities.
Mehall writes for the Durango Telegraph weekly newspaper, cooks for Zia Taqueria and house-sits.
The jobs complement each other because Zia�s gives him a social outlet from the loneliness of writing and the house-stting gives him nice places to write. He finds house-sitting jobs from a free classified advertisement in the Telegraph.
But the payoff to living in Durango has been mountain climbing. He loves the adrenaline rush, the nature, the relative inexpensiveness and the camaraderie of the climbing community.
His favorite climb is Indian Creek near Canyonlands National Park in Utah. The mountains there have the �best cracks in the world,� he said.
Local climbers like to celebrate Thanksgiving there at an annual gathering called �Creeksgiving.�
Climbing also is a great way to meet the opposite sex because it�s one of the rare sports where men and women are on an equal footing, Mehall said. Women really seem to take to it.
�There�s a saying, �Climb like a girl,�� he said.
Through the informal networks of climbing, Mehall has found writers for the zine. Some submit their pieces online.
At an adaptive ice-climbing event in Ouray called �Gimps on Ice,� Mehall met Mike Reddy, who has a doctorate in epidemiology from Yale University.
For the zine, Reddy contributed an essay called �The Long Way Back� about recovering from a fall from Mount Sneffels that paralyzed his left leg and reduced his sensation in his lower extremities.
The Climbing Zine does not read like a glamorous catalogue for Patagonia or Northface outdoor clothing because it will show the consequences of a bad scrape.
The latest edition has a picture of a bloodied climber who is smiling in gratitude for the good fortune of not breaking his spinal cord or suffering a head injury after a 70-foot fall. He did, however, puncture a lung and break his wrist and ribs, requiring a helicopter rescue from Rocky Mountain National Park.
A nonclimber might have a �no thanks� reaction to trying the sport from reading the zine. Not all of climbing appeals to Mehall, either.
He has no desire to hike the Himalayas, for example, because he cannot stand the cold. Warmer winters is one of the reasons he left Gunnison for Durango.
Mehall was first attracted to the sport as a youth growing up in the plains of Illinois.
He said he was a Ritalin child because of his restless spirit.
�My family didn�t know what to do with me,� he said.
Then he found an outlet for his energy at a gym where old corn silos were recycled into climbing walls.
�Some are 70 feet tall,� he said. �The one I went to had four or five big solos.�
When he went to Western State in Gunnison for college, �I stumbled upon my niche,� he said.
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- Is there a unique concept of God (within Christianity)?
- If so, since different people probably have their own interpretation on Bible/Christianity/God (albeit the differences between different interpretations could be subtle), how can you (i.e. the Christian community) know that the God you have in mind are the same?
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I'm sure you're familiar of the story of the three blind men and the elephant. One of them finds the tail and concludes the elephant is soft, long and round. One of them finds the tusk and concludes the elephant is hard. One finds the side and concludes the elephant is like a wall.
They are all describing the same elephant, but they have caught on to different aspects of it. There is truth in each description of the elephant, but there is error if they assume their description is complete.
So the trick is not to assume your understanding is complete, and this explains the disagreements over the details. But you are all "pointing to" the same thing.
My experience when I talk to others who are serious followers of Jesus, is that we both know the same person. Even if we are in different denominations and have disagreements about peripheral things, I can just tell after talking to a person for a while that we have something in common.
Now some Christians may disagree with me on this, but I have even experienced this to a lesser extent when it comes to people in other religions. Some of their beliefs will be very strange to me, but I have had conversations where I suspect that at the core of their experience there is an element of a real encounter with the same God I encounter. Theologically, I believe this is possible because the Holy Spirit draws all men to Christ, no matter what their religious background. Some people may respond to that drawing in a gradual manner, and may have some experience with God in the context of a religion which is flawed in its doctrines. They may convert to Christ in this life, or maybe it won't be until the end of their lives that they realize that the one they were following was really Jesus.
It is only through Jesus that any human can approach God because Jesus is the only one who is God and man, bridging the human and divine in his own person. So when anyone has an encounter with God, I believe it takes place through Jesus, whether the person knows that or not.


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I'm working on a site that uses the Facebook PHP SDK. It is working great, and after 2 hours, whenever I try to get onto one of the general pages on the site, I get...
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For some odd reason, many apps downloaded from their source (well known websites) are not opening for me in Lion. They just try to open, stays in the Dock, does the blinking dot and they goes back without opening.
I've noticed this with few apps so far. But does not happen to any of the apps from the App Store so far.
I've done Disk Repair, Permission Repair etc. without success.
What might be the problem?
"The Hit List" was one app with the issue. It's universal, 64Bit. However, I went and deleted everything related to it and it's opening now. So, I guess the problem was with corrupted preference or support files.
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I need to make a small correction in a video I uploaded to YouTube. Googling shows that this is not possible. However, I remember seeing it done before. I posted a comment on a video saying that a certain part of the video was missing. I got a reply back that it was fixed, and when I went to see the video again, it was changed. How was this done?
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What you are wanting to do is not possible.
Quote from YouTube Help (Replace old video with a new one):
It should't be possible and I hope it's not. The reason is simple: Let's say you are uploading one really interesting video that goes viral with few millions views and then you are changing it to something completely boring. Wouldn't it be a little bit confusing for the new viewers on why exactly this video got so many views?
I think you can make few tweaks to the video from what YouTube offers you and maybe the editor could help, but I'm not a YouTuber to know anything more.
In my opinion, probably the issue is not that YouTube would or would not allow video replacement but it's the original content that can't be altered. By allowing such ability, it would contaminate the authenticity of original content.
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Where specifically on the arm/hand should rapid picking speed come from?
It depends completely on the technique that you are trying to gain speed on.
The one thing that took me a long time to realize is that at the end of the day, you'll be faster if you are relaxed. It may not feel like that to begin with, but tensing up never really helps.
i would say it's all in the flick of the wrist, man
the goal, i'd say, is that you don't really want to be straining your muscles much if at all. it's really about twitching the wrist quickly without flexing or constricting muscle much so to not tire your arm. you don't need strength for this. just speed.
Just like my other favorite past-time: It's all in the wrist. With that being said, Al DiMeola has forearms like a ham, but if you watch him play it's amazing the economy of movement that's concentrated in his wrists. Steve Morse, at his peak in the late 70's seemed to use his entire arm, which always looked like it shouldn't produce the insanely accurate, musical flurries of notes - especially during his "country" solos's.
Herb Ellis, one of jazz's fastest guitarists, always seemed to get most of his speed/strength out of his thumb and forefinger - which, seems to be the case for a majority of accurate speed players: a wrist movement that eventually becomes such a second nature muscle memory that it winds up being a fluid motion in the thumb and forefinger area.
There is a famous part of Eruption that quotes Etude No 2 by Kreutzer (reference here). For that style of picking, it is important to lock the wrist, and use the forearm in a tight, fast pattern (yet staying relaxed ;-)
Here is a link to the quote, which shows Eddie's technique
There are likely as many routes to fast picking as there are pickers... For bluegrass-type fast runs that are mostly done in a pretty strict alternate-picking style, it seems to come from the elbow with the wrist relatively rigid. Doc Watson refers to "picking from the elbow" when digging in on such passages.
Note that I'm talking about steel-string acoustics here, and usually set up with rather stout medium-gauge strings.
The pick type makes a great difference to me - if I'm chugging I'll use a fairly thick pick, but for speed I'll go for a 0.4 or 0.45 mm pick, and as new as possible...if it is worn you have to move it further to get the point of the pick past the string to return back across it.
A fast picking speed comes from mainly the hand both working to move the pick quickly. However the bicep does a little work, keeping the hand and arm steady to provide accurate picking.


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Playing Around, Then Just Playing, With Musicians From Marlboro
Wisps of spirit from the Marlboro Music Festival could be detected in the commitment and thoughtfulness of the music making.
May 15, 2006, Monday
The Listings: May 12 - May 18; 'FREE FOR ALL AT TOWN HALL'
This worthy series means what it says: it offers free performances by artists whom you could pay a lot to hear elsewhere. And while past years have featured prominent players from the classical mainstream, this season kicks off refreshingly with...
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Mr. Latry proved an ideal guide to Maurice Duruflé's complete works for organ on Sunday at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola.
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Peter Serkin made no attempt to tame Friday night's program at Carnegie Hall with an imported Romantic sentimentalism.
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Maybe it has something to do with her menswear designer-husband Adam Kimmel, or perhaps she's just decided to sharpen up her look. Either way, the actress has been earning some serious style cred.
It was impossible not to take notice of her ensembles during the Tribeca Film Festival this year.
From her white Jil Sander stretch cotton gown at the festival's Vanity Fair party to the pink, high-collar Chanel dress she wore to the brand's artist dinner, Sobieski made a sartorial statement at every event.
Fast-forward to Paris Fashion Week in late September, where Sobieski was once again turning heads with her slightly offbeat, chic fashion sense. She made an appearance at the Christian Dior show in a red wool coat, bulky metallic belt and demure mauve heels. She looked like a mystery film heroine, poised in a perfectly fitted coat in come-hither red.
For a similar red coat, try the Calvin Klein wrap coat from Bloomingdale's for $292 or the Anne Klein wool cashmere blend walker from Macy's for $169.98.
Sobieski's metallic belt gave the actress' coat some shape and transformed her simple look into an outfit worthy of fashion week.
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NEW YORK-- The uncertain economy will slow travel over the
Memorial Day holiday to a two-year low, according to a survey
by travel group AAA.
Air travel in the May
23-May 27 period is expected to drop 8% from a year earlier,
while the number of Americans hitting the roads at the start of
the peak driving season is expected to inch up by 0.3%.
AAA projects 34.8 million Americans will
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The drop off is due to "an up-and-down economy", said Robert
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Eighty-nine percent of travelers, or some 31.2 million, are
expected to make trips by car over Memorial Day, up from 31.1
million during the 2012 holiday. That's the most holiday
drivers since 2005, but a huge 16.4% below the number back
AAA surveyed travelers in early April, when the national
average price of gasoline was around 10 cents a gallon lower
than now and about 9% below a year earlier. More than 60%
respondents said prices wouldn't impact their plans.
The nationwide price of regular gasoline on Wednesday was
$3.66/gal, up 4% from a month ago, and 2 cents below the
year-earlier level, AAA said in its Daily Fuel Gauge
But prices in 17 states top year-earlier levels by an
average of nearly 30 cents/gal, due to rising crude-oil costs
and refinery slowdowns.
AAA said nationwide pump prices likely will stay high and
may reach a two-year high for the Memorial Day holiday, topping
$3.64/gal in 2012.
"The primary driver of the decline in holiday travelers is
an eight percent decrease in the number of people expected to
take to the skies this holiday," Mr. Darbelnet said. "American
travelers are experiencing fee fatigue and frustration with
everything from higher fares to airport security. As a result,
many are choosing road travel in higher numbers due to the
lower cost and convenience it offers."
AAA said air fares for the top 40 routes are up 10% from a
year earlier for the holiday period.
Median spending over the holiday is expected to drop by more
than 6% from a year earlier, to $659 from $702, with fuel costs
accounting for 16% of expenses, up 4.2% from a year earlier.
The average journey is projected to be 690 miles, up from
642 a year earlier, with drivers extending their range. Trips
of less than 150 miles made up 21% of all holiday travel last
year, but will account for just 13% this year, AAA said.
Car-rental costs will be at a four-year high for the holiday
and up 19% from a year earlier, while hotel rates are flat to
4% higher, AAA said.
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I'm writing my first wp plugin and I have many problems, most of those I got to solve by just reading the codex, but I don't know how to write into a css file within my plugin's options. Maybe there's a better way of doing it, but what I had in mind was using a text field and saving that into an empty custom.css file that would be packed with the plugin. I don't want having to save css info into the wp_options table. Is there a standardized way of having custom css for your plugins which could be changed by the user without having to open the css file themselves??
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How can I change an integral binary form $ax^3+bx^2y+cxy^2+dy^3$ with the usual discriminant $D =b^2c^2-27a^2d^2+18abcd-4ac^3-4b^3d $ into a form $ax^3+dy^3$ which has a simple discriminant $-27a^2d^2$, which matrix (with $\operatorname{det} =1,-1$) can transforms it ? thanks...
One can solve the problem explicitly over $\mathbb{C}$ then try to work out the extra constraints due to working over the integers. For the complex case, and continuing on the approach in the comment by Frank Thorne, you can also use the so-called canonizant. Let $C(x,y)$ be your cubic. The canonizant here is the same as the Hessian which classically normalized is: $$ H(x,y)=\frac{1}{36} \left(\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x \partial v}-\frac{\partial^2}{\partial y\partial u}\right)^2\ C(x,y) C(u,v)\ |_{u:=x, v:=y} $$ meaning: take the derivatives then set $u=x$ and $v=y$. If one can write $C=L_1^3+L_2^3$ where $L_1$, $L_2$ are linear forms in $x,y$, then $$ H(x,y)=2 \Delta(L_1,L_2)^2\ L_1(x,y)\ L_2(x,y) $$ where $\Delta(L_1,L_2)$ is the determinant formed with the coefficients of the two linear forms. The matrix you are looking for essentially is that which sends $(x,y)$ to $(L_1(x,y),L_2(x,y))$. So to find it you need to compute the Hessian and then factor it. This means solving a second degree equation instead of a cubic equation as suggested in Frank's comment.


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I'm scratching my head about this question... I have a debian squeeze machine that is connected to an internal lab network. We have a lot of machines that have default proxy-arp configurations on them, and occasionally one of those machines starts hijacking a lot of lab addresses.
After resolving the latest Proxy-ARP incident which brought down most of our lab, I found a few residual entries like this in
/var/log/syslog (below). For those not accustomed to reading
arpwatch logs, the machine that owns
00:11:43:d2:68:65 is fighting with 192.168.12.102 and 192.168.12.103 about who owns those address.
Sep 13 14:25:27 netwiki arpwatch: flip flop 192.168.12.103 00:11:43:d2:68:65 (84:2b:2b:4b:71:b4) eth0
Sep 13 14:26:24 netwiki arpwatch: flip flop 192.168.12.103 84:2b:2b:4b:71:b4 (00:11:43:d2:68:65) eth0
Sep 13 14:29:03 netwiki arpwatch: flip flop 192.168.12.102 00:26:b9:4e:d3:71 (00:11:43:d2:68:65) eth0
Sep 13 14:29:03 netwiki arpwatch: flip flop 192.168.12.102 00:11:43:d2:68:65 (00:26:b9:4e:d3:71) eth0
The very alarming thing is that
00:11:43:d2:68:65 belongs to the same machine I was running
arpwatch on... First, I validated that
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/proxy_arp is
0. Next, I used
tshark to validate that my machine really is spoofing ARPs to others...
[mpenning@netwiki ~]$ ip addr show eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 00:11:43:d2:68:65 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.12.239/24 brd 192.168.12.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::211:43ff:fed2:6865/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
[mpenning@netwiki ~]$
[mpenning@netwiki ~]$ arp -an
? (192.168.12.46) at 00:15:c5:f5:81:9d [ether] on eth0
? (192.168.12.236) at 00:1e:c9:cd:46:c8 [ether] on eth0
? (10.211.180.1) at 00:1e:49:11:fe:47 [ether] on eth1
? (192.168.12.20) at f0:4d:a2:02:81:66 [ether] on eth0
[mpenning@netwiki ~]$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/proxy_arp
[mpenning@netwiki ~]$ sudo tshark -i eth0 arp and ether src 00:11:43:d2:68:65
Running as user "root" and group "root". This could be dangerous.
Capturing on eth0
0.000000 Dell_d2:68:65 -> Dell_02:81:66 ARP 192.168.12.102 is at 00:11:43:d2:68:65
84.954989 Dell_d2:68:65 -> Dell_f5:81:9d ARP 192.168.12.103 is at 00:11:43:d2:68:65
[mpenning@netwiki ~]$ uname -a
Linux netwiki 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 14 09:42:28 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[mpenning@netwiki ~]$
The facts are undeniable. I have a debian box that is spoofing ARPs and I have no idea why. I am the only user on this machine, I run
fail2ban to prevent brute-force attacks, and it's on an internal lab network behind a door that requires a badge for entry; I highly doubt it has been hacked.
Three questions...
- First, is there any cause I may have missed? What steps should I use to isolate whether this is an application or kernel problem?
- If this is a kernel bug, which mailing-list should I report it on? FYI, the normal kernel.org bug reporting tool seems to be down right now.
- Is there anything I can do to to solve the problem other than waiting for a patch?


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April 5: 167 children taken into custody by Child Protective Services workers. Law enforcement officials with search and arrest warrants look for Dale Barlow, the man named in the young woman's phone call. A SWAT team breaks into the FLDS temple located on the ranch despite protests.
April 6: Sixty FLDS mothers voluntarily leave the ranch to be with their children at a makeshift shelter in San Angelo. State officials continue to search the compound for children. Child welfare workers say 18 children showed evidence of possible abuse.
April 7: A judge orders children, now numbered at 401, into temporary protective custody based on determination of significant risk of harm. A total of 133 women have now left the compound. Men on the ranch are not allowed to leave while investigation continues. Twelve attorneys hired to defend church members.
April 8: Affidavit released by the court outlines claims of physical and sexual abuse made by the teenage caller. A groundswell of opinion, pro and con, begins to grow.
April 9: Dale Evans Barlow, the accused abuser, denies allegations, says he hasn't been in Texas since 1977. Arizona probation officials agree it's unlikely he has been in Texas recently. Records and other items are seized amid allegations such seizure could violate pastor/parishioner confidentiality. A Deseret News/KSL poll shows 62 percent of Utahns find the raid "probably or definitely " justified.April 10: Three mothers report to the Deseret News they are being denied access to their children. Officials in Utah and Arizona say they hope information from Texas raid will help them in their investigations into other FLDS enclaves
April 11: Authorities release 88 pages detailing items seized from the ranch.The search continues for the girl now identified as "Sarah" alleged to have made the initial call. The Texas Bar seeks volunteer lawyers for each of the now 416 children in custody
April 12: Barlow meets with Texas Rangers in St. George, leaves a free man. Rangers refuse to say if he's still a suspect. Deseret News reporters and photographers become first media ever allowed inside ranch. Women from shelters speak with Deseret News on cell phones complaining of crowded conditions and uncertainty.
April 13: A judge orders all cell phones confiscated from FLDS women and children amid allegations the move was triggered by women talking with Deseret News reporters and sharing pictures taken with the phones. Utah Attorney General says Texas raid could compromise Utah efforts to keep communication with polygamists open. Eldorado newspaper prints legal notices of the court's actions, preparatory to upcoming court hearing.
April 15: Public opinion intensifies. Child welfare officials defend the raid, say they have homes lined up for children if the state retains custody. Former FLDS members have little sympathy, say the abuses of which the Texas group are accused really happen. The ACLU decries "colliding issues," declines to take a stand.
April 16: Hearings begin in 51st District Court with Judge Barbara Walther presiding. Tom Green County courthouse is filled to capacity, with overflow going to City Hall.
April 17: Ten hours of testimony stresses that while no signs of physical or sexual abuse have yet been documented among children in custody, the general culture of the polygamous sect puts them at risk. Hearing is punctuated by dozens of objections and lawyer requests to be heard on issues of unlawful search and seizure, venue, freedom of religion and authenticity of records. Police in Colorado Springs announce they have arrested a woman, Rozita Swinton, for investigation of making a false report to authorities and make a tentative connection to the Eldorado raid. Texas Rangers go to Colorado to investigate.
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Infusion time again
November 29, 2011
I had my Remicade infusion yesterday and it went fine, as usual. And it was boring, as usual. There was a young girl in the "infusion bay" next to me who was watching TV and had Ru Paul's reality drag show blaring. So annoying. There was a young guy in another bay blabbing really loudly too, which was also getting on my nerves. If I have to sit hooked up to an I.V. for three hours I'd prefer it to be quiet, but eh, what can you do? I had planned to read a lot more of my book but instead wasted a lot of time playing with my new iPhone. So addictive! That's all I have to report, really. I'm glad the infusion is done until the next one in eight weeks. Then I'll have to start fighting with my insurance company and deal with the stress of getting financial assistance for the year. My insurance "starts over" January 1st AKA turns to crap. I know I shouldn't complain though because at least I have insurance. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who have RA or other chronic illnesses who can't afford insurance. It's criminal, really. I end up paying a ton in out-of-pocket costs, but I'd be so far in debt if I didn't have any insurance.
Ah, what else is new? I drove again tonight for a bit. Exciting! I also have not taken any pain medications today, although I might have to pop a Percocet before bed. Ok, I'm going to go watch a movie or something.
3 Responses to "Infusion time again"
November 29, 2011 at 10:11 pm
I've taken Remicade before and my boyfriend actually had a treatment today (he's on it for ulcerative colitis). I completely understand what you mean about the insurance issues in costs and covering things like treatments. My family ended up paying big money for my treatments even though we have very good insurance. Hate to hear you're feeling badly! Hope things get better for you soon and that your appointment goes well tomorrow with your therapist. Don't be discouraged! RA can take lots of things away but don't let it rob you of your joy :)
December 5, 2011 at 11:12 am
Hope you're having a good day Angela.
One of the things I did several years ago, with the advice from my GP, was to get very good shoes to wear at all times in the house in place of my slippers. And, I remember that evening very well!
First it was to the pharmacy where teary eyed I paid for Vioxx, hobbled to the fountain to take the pain med, then to my car where I sobbed for a bit in pain, then to a department store where I hobbled in to the shoe department teary eyed, chose a pair of Born shoes for home slippers, out to the car where I sobbed a bit more in pain, then on home. I am on my 4th pr. of Born shoe "slippers". And, all my foot wear for out of doors have orthopedic inserts if they are not special shoes. This has helped me tremendously, at least with my feet.
Now, if there was something for the fatigue, I might be a happy camper for a while.
January 6, 2012 at 6:20 am
I just found your blog for the first time tonight. I am considering starting my own blog or writing a journal to be able to express my feelings about living with RA. I also live in Mpls, but don't have any sympathetic ears to whine to.
Thank you for taking the time and being brave enough to share your experiences. It helps to know that I am not crazy or over reacting.


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The Brief: The world of football has moved on inexorably. 2-3-5 gave way to 4-4-2 which gave rise to 4-5-1 which, in turn, gave rise to the current 4-3-3 that is in vogue. Now and then, you get coaches and teams appear with systems that break the mold or reinvent the wheel. Roles such as the trequarista, the false Number 9 have sprung up in order to make sense of the fast-changing tactical world of football. However, I propose to try to go back in time and try to take a Serie C2 side all the way up to Serie A, using the famous Catenaccio method designed by Karl Rappan and popularised by Inter's manager Helenio Herrera in the 1960's. I will attempt to play with a sweeper, but if none can play, I shall use a flat back system. I will also borrow from LLM, in that I will advertise ALL jobs for the club and only sign players I have scouted and/or trialled. Forza Italia!
The Goal: The goal is simple. Reach Serie A using the Catenaccio method. I will start as a young Italian manager who never got past the semi-pro stage. Once I reach Serie A, I will need to stay up for at least one season. Then I will consider my options. The ultimate goal overall is to win a Scudetto with Torino, in honour of the great side that was sadly lost to us. I will also try to keep the club as Italian as possible overall. Every time I'm sacked, I can only consider jobs at the same level or below in Italy.
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- Photos of friends and family (optional)
- This is a long-term project that is great for rainy afternoons.
- Help your child print a letter of the alphabet on each page of a small notebook, or use loose sheets of plain or colored paper.
- Your child can draw a picture of something that begins with that letter, cut pictures from old magazines and glue them onto each page, or use photographs of friends and family members.
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WOODWAY (February 8, 2013)--Carter BloodCare is making progress on a new facility being built on six acres of land on Archway Drive.
The building will consolidate the administrative and recruitment offices with mobile staging, training and collections departments and a new blood donation center.
Currently the company operates out of three leased facilities in Waco, a spokesperson said.
The expected cost is $8.5 million.
In a symbolic gesture, well-wishes were signed on the beam to be placed at the highest point of construction.
The topping out is expected to be completed this week.
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Could a lighter version been made of this by using egg beater in place of the 5 eggs?
Mini Mushroom-&-Sausage Quiches
From EatingWell: April/May 2005
These crustless mini quiches are like portable omelets. Turkey sausage and sauteed mushrooms keep them light and savory. Small and satisfying, they're also a good finger food for your next cocktail party.
87 Reviews for Mini Mushroom-&-Sausage Quiches
I made these once April 2009 for my mom's birthday party. Since then every funtion I have this is requested from the children to adults.
My husband and I really like these. They did come out a touch watery, but not enough that it mattered. They did stick to a well-sprayed regular tin, so, will make sure to use 'papers' next time.
The recipe makes 12 mini QUICHES--the batter is not poured into mini MUFFIN tins. Just recipe quantities should be a cue. Also, substituting pork sausage and cheddar cheese is going to change the composition--each is naturally 'greasier' than its called-for recipe counterpart and is going to affect the final results.
I had no problem with these, and, will definitely 'keep' it.
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justducky - My batter was
justducky - My batter was poured into mini MUFFIN tins, results were terrific. What did you pour your batter into? Maybe you have a better way, please share.
These were very good. My sister, who doesn't like turkey sausages, enjoyed them.
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This is on an outdoor power receptacle that looks like it should be some kind of timer for switching power on/off. I'd love to use this for Christmas lights, but I can't seem to get it's little display to light up regardless of what I press. Does anyone know what this is so I can find a manual online?
This is a GE device, though I think a Leutron or Leviton also make a pretty similar unit. Here's a link to it on Home Depot's website.
My experience with these units is that they fail very rapidly - I went through 3 of them in a year before I switched brands. You can see the comments on Home Depot echo this. They also can fail closed so that with a dead switch, everything is still powered and you have no way of turning it off - quite annoying if you ask me!
I would recommend that you replace it with another brand. They are not serviceable.
I agree that it is definitely a timer for controlling the adjacent outlet. Have you tried activating the reset button by pressing it with a sharp tool (even a pencil)? Then try pushing and holding the clock button. If that works, you should be able to set the hours and minutes using those buttons. Then pushing the program button should allow you to set the timer on and off times. If this doesn't work, try cycling the bottom slide switch from off to timer. If nothing works, it may be that no power is getting to the timer and/or the outlet. Can you check that the outlet has power on either position of the slide switch. If not, then you need to check further as to how the outlet is getting power (perhaps a fuse or breaker is off). One way to check is to push the check button the GFI that is part of your power socket. That should cause the reset button on the outlet to pop out. If that doesn't happen, then either the socket does not have power or the GFI is defective.


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Archives 325
"The Great Russian" Production Films
Acquisition And Processing Information
This collection was received at the Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) from Lee Fruits of the Instructional Media Center on June 26, 1989 and accessioned as UA1989-18. It was processed in 2012 by Susan Vetter, Mark O'English, and Katrina Burch.
Extent/Quantity Information
Number of containers: 1 box
Linear feet of shelf space: 1
In 1960, Cal Watson produced a 30 minute film titled "The Great Russian" about Russian author Leo Tolstoy in observance of the 50th anniversary of Tolstoy's 1910 death. During the creation of this film, Watson interviewed Tolstoy's daughter, Alexandra Tolstaya. The film was scripted and narrated by WSU News Bulletin editor Henry Grosshans. It first aired in November of 1960.
Cal Watson had begun working with KWSC radio in 1950, and then with KWSC-TV in various capacities from the 1962-1963 school year forward. He was Director of KWSU-TV when he left WSU in 1969.
A very small amount of further information on the film can be found in the late November / early December 1960 issues of the WSU News Bulletin (WSU 115).
Collection Description
The collection consists of ten reels of film apparently used to produce "The Great Russian," including the interview with Tolstoy's daughter (on two reels). Though the original negative of the film is present, there appears to be full no playable positive. The titling of each reel within the collection is recorded here as it was given when it was transferred to MASC.
The collection is arranged solely for ease of storage and preservation, save that multi-part items have been placed together sequentially.
This collection is open and available for research use. Copyright applies.
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Hearty Soup and Stew Recipes (Slide 13)
I have never heard of Borscht being made with beef. It has always been chicken where I have been. Chickens can be raised in numbers on the small plots of land, while the few cows I saw were always dairy. In fact I saw mostly goats for dairy all over Eastern Europe since they take up less space.
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Dsappointing. Most of these are soups (hardly hearty at all) and there are few stews. The better title would be Soups and a Few Stews.
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Wow, I loved this soup. So did everyone who i gave a taste to.
It was definitely worth the bit of work it took. It was almost... zen making this on a rainy Saturday with the peeling and the scooping and the chopping.
It took 2 1/2 pie pumpkins. I added the 6 cups of chicken stock to my dutch oven and used an immersion blender.
It went great with a warm baguette.
I was surprised how flavorful the 4 apples made this dish.
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Rubio: 'Only one savior, and it is not me'
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) brushed off his recent TIME Magazine cover, which prominently labels him "The Republican Savior."
In a Tweet on Thursday, Rubio — rumored to be considering a 2016 White House bid — responded to the cover and said that only Jesus Christ is a savior:
There is only one savior, and it is not me. #Jesus— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 7, 2013
Rubio has taken a more prominent role within his party in recent weeks. He helped co-author a bipartisan proposal on immigration that provides a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants and increases border security.
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Lend a Paw
The Party
Citizens for Animal Protection supporters filed into the ballroom of the Hilton-Americas for the furry and fabulous Celebrity Paws soiree, this year chaired by Diane Mattly and Kim Padgett and featuring a theme a la the swingin' 1940s.
The Scene
The night's honorees—including Saks GM Bobby Dees, TV weatherman Frank Billingsley and his partner Kevin Gilliard, Jana and Scotty Arnoldy, and Dominic Cellitti—took to the catwalk with their prized pets, as 600-plus gala-goers cheered them on between bites. Later, the live auction touted big-dog prizes, and a raffle featured a 2014 Subaru Forester, courtesy of West Houston Subaru.
The Highlights
Members of the Richard Brown Orchestra, dressed in WWII uniforms, had lively swing dancers join them onstage. The crowd also sang a heartfelt rendition of "God Bless America" and saluted service members at the start of the evening. –Photos by Kim Coffman