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Diogenes' Lantern
I confess to having been in the dark concerning the contemporary re-incarnation of the ancient philosopher (happily this occurred prior to the Chinese Government's prohibition).
But several posts by Grant enlightened me to his existence.
So, from time to time, I've surreptitiously peeked into his lantern.
Here's an example of what I saw:
Let us now praise illustrious women
Posted by: Diogenes - Aug. 23, 2007 11:05 AM ET USA
InKing Lear (III:vii) there is a man who is such a minor character thatShakespeare has not given him even a name: he is merely "FirstServant." All the characters around him -- Regan, Cornwall, and Edmund-- have fine long-term plans. They think they know how the story isgoing to end, and they are quite wrong. The servant has no suchdelusions. He has no notion how the play is going to go. But heunderstands the present scene. He sees an abomination (the blinding ofold Gloucester) taking place. He will not stand it. His sword is outand pointed at his master's breast in a moment: then Regan stabs himdead from behind. That is his whole part: eight lines all told. But ifit were real life and not a play, that is the part it would be best tohave acted.
-- C.S. Lewis, "The World's Last Night"
Dismayed by Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger'slint-flavored observations on yet another predator priest he'd keptstashed in an Evansville parish, it struck me what a shabby figure myown sex has cut throughout the clergy abuse crisis, and, on thecontrary, how frequently the voices raised in opposition to the liesand injustice have belonged to women. None of these women was heeded,as it happens, but they deserve to be honored all the same for thedecency and guts to sound off in the face of iniquity.
High on the roll of honor is Boston housewife Margaret Gallant, who wrote letters to archbishops Medeiros and Law beseeching relief from Father John Geoghan's ongoing molestation of seven of her nephews.
"Our family is deeply rooted in the Catholic Church,our great-grandparents and parents suffered hardship and persecutionfor love of the Church. Our desire is to protect the dignity of theHoly Orders, even in the midst of our tears and agony over the sevenboys in our family who have been violated. We cannot undo that, but weare obligated to protect others from this abuse to the Mystical Body ofJesus Christ. ... [Fr. Geoghan's] actions are not only destructive tothe emotional well-being of the children, but hits the very core of ourbeing in our love for the church..."
Sorry, Margaret dear, no can do. Geoghan's "effective life of ministry" had another 16 years to run.
When I first read Margaret Galant's letter some years back, I was overwhelmed by the love and anguish it expressed. Love and anguish not only for the children, but for the church.
Diogenes' post gives further examples of such "illustrious women."
About the Author
Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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Illustrious women indeed, treated shamefully by numerous bishops.I find other parts of the Gallant letter of interest, such as: It was suggested that we keep silent to protect the boysbut I am very angry with you (Cardinal) nowWe did not question the Authority of the Church two years ago, but left it entirely in your hands. Now, we will not settle for this. But of course, Mrs. Gallant and so many others had to settle for inaction and insensitivity indefinitely.Note the terrible price families paid for deference to church Authority (capital A). Even going to the police, one was apt to encounter further deference that often prevented investigations and prosecutions. Here is a sample of NH Bishop John McCormacks record with Geoghan, indicating what he knew, and another mothers deference, that surprises even McCormack:McCormack said he first learned of past allegations of sexual abuse against Geoghan when he began his review of priest personnel files after becoming delegate for sexual misconduct ** in 1993.** (Union Leader 7/9/02) NOT true, as document diving proved in several instances, only one of which I include here.Part of handwritten memo by Bishop McCormack **3/6/89:** (four years earlier)Re: John Geoghan1. 2/12/86 abuse of boy born in 74 in fall of 84 2 years to disclose it fellatio would show up when child is asleep with lights off couple mos. Case is closed. Encopretic DAs office Mother couldnt press charges!! Encopresis is the soiling of the underwear with stool by children who are past the age of toilet training. (Severe regression, sexual abuse trauma may be factors.)My reasonable conclusion after reading countless documents and being with many survivors is that deference, based on positive assumptions about clergy simply because they wear a collar, has been and is dangerous. Verify always before accepting something is true; examine actions, not words. The two are often in conflict.The mistake is to think that everything is fine now, either in the Catholic church or other churches. A good corrective is to read the BishopAccountability.org Abuse Tracker daily at http://www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTracker/ Yesterday, a judge ordered trials in the San Diego diocese pursuant to the dioceses earlier submission of blatantly dishonest data in bankruptcy proceedings.
Carolyn, correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand it's a very rare legal occurrence for the statute of limitations to be lifted, for a brief time, in order that one particular group can be held liable for crimes committed in the past.
It is unusual for a statute of limitations to be extended, but in the case of sexual abuse of children there are very good reasons for doing so:" The majority of states that limit the time within which criminal prosecutions must be brought extends the time for cases of sexual offenses against children. Those states have recognized the power imbalance between child victims and the adult perpetrators, who are often family members. Child victims are more easily intimidated by offenders. The position of authority occupied by the perpetrator also enables the offender to confuse the child, by both assuring the child that the sexual conduct is not wrongful, and/or threatening the child with terrible consequences if he or she discloses the activity. This makes reporting of offenses very unlikely. Moreover, child victims may be too young to know how or what to report. States also recognize that child victims may suffer memory repression or severe psychological trauma from the nature of the offense. They may even be unaware of the fact that a crime has been committed against them. For all of these reasons, most legislatures have extended the limitations period for the prosecution of child sexualoffenses. "More at http://18.104.22.168/search?q=cache:4vCfRiGGor8J:www.darkness2light.org...
I wish this post by "Uncle Di" was representative of his usual offerings. Unfortunately, it's not even close.
There may be a trend in the making to allow survivors to seek justice after artificially short statutes of limitation. See http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-hamilton19jul19,... by law professor Marci Hamilton.BTW, the CA "window" led to the identification of 300 additional abusers. Since the criminal courts are time-barred for abuser prosecutions, civil redress is the only means of publicly identifying past abusers, who in some cases have been arrested elsewhere. As to window legislation bankrupting the church in CA (a point made in DE testimony by Villanova Law School dean Mark Sargent), survivor advocate Fr. Tom Doyle successfully rebutted him before the legislature. Doyle said that in Orange County, where the church settled for $100 million in May 2005, half was covered by insurance companies, half by a loan that has since been repaid. And in the last year, ground has been broken on a new $300 million cathedral. Oakland's new cathedral now under construction will be the most expensive in American history.DE passed its SOL reform bill overwhelmingly last month, establishing a two-year window and abolishing civil SOL. May many more states follow.The question of sovereign immunity has been something church supporters try to tack on to SOL reform bills to kill them. Public and private entities are usually handled in separate legislation, according to Prof. Hamilton.DE will take up waiving that immunity in Jan. and it will probably pass, setting a new standard.
Never a truer word spoken, Grant, about Diogenes. Sampling wider is an eye opener.Readers may enjoy his comments about Commonweal - Kathy defends us - though I exclude myself from her generous comment (grin).See "the price of victory" about MSteinfels' post on ESCR at above link, scrolling down toPosted by: Diogenes - Aug. 14, 2007 2:19 PM ET USA.Fr. Imbelli, it is nice to find common ground occasionally, so thank you for that. On the whole, though, no thank you.
The question about "window legislation" is not whether it will bankrupt a diocese (although it seems improbable that funds earmarked and donated for a cathedral can easily be converted to cover legal costs) but whether it is just. Whether one group of persons out of the whole world of grievous sinners is being singled out for very unusual punishments by the state of California. How deep Catholic pockets are, because of the diocesan structure. And why this singularly punitive legislation is not enough.
When the very nature of a crime prevents legal remedies within SOL laws on the books, those laws need revision.All institutions guilty of criminal negligence in enabling sexual abuse of minors should be liable under the law. The gross injustice has been that institutions intentionally ran out the statutes to escape liability. They can no longer play that game. The punishments are the usual monetary settlements, which the Manchester, NH diocese calls requests for pastoral assistance. Finally, there is full access to justice for victims in accord with the realities of the crime, at least in CA and DE. My purpose in mentioning San Diego was to highlight a recent example of dishonesty, a reason to avoid the deference of the past (Mrs. Gallant, law enforcement). I believe SOL reform has been discussed at length in other threads, and may get picked up again sometime. But I'm out of time to go through the whole issue here. It's a long one!
Postcript: I received an email from a participant here who asked what DE stands for.It is the state of Delaware. I wanted to provide URL's to news stories but keep getting an error for the story key. I have only the sponsor's op-ed in my Word files, so will just include it here, and end with that. I hope it is not too long. (My recollection of sovereign immunity was incomplete; it apparently is in the bill.)"Should we put a time limit on justice?Opponents of S.B. 29 want to let the worst offenders get away with their crimesBy KAREN PETERSON Posted Sunday, June 17, 2007PERSPECTIVEIn recent weeks, the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington has published a number of articles, letters and editorials purporting to support the objectives of Senate Bill 29, The Child Victims Act, while urging the Legislature to pass amendments that would actually "gut" the bill. The church's claims about the legislation range from misleading to downright false. The purpose of this article is to set the record straight.First, some facts about the problem: 1 in 5 children is sexually abused. It's an epidemic. The average age of a child-abuse victim is 9. 85 percent of victims are molested by family members or family acquaintances. Less than 10 percent of victims are molested by clergymen or teachers. The majority of abusers are white, heterosexual, married men who consider themselves "religious." Abusers typically molest between 12 and 77 children.Delaware law gives abuse victims only two years to sue their abuser for damages.Last year, I was approached by a representative of the Diocese of Wilmington who wanted to talk to me about my efforts on behalf of child sexual-abuse victims. He said, "Do you realize how much money this could cost the diocese?" My response was, "They should have thought of that when they were allowing innocent little kids to be molested."To the church, S.B. 29 is all about the money and keeping its records of cover-ups secret. It should be about the children.In diocese after diocese, the church hierarchy not only protected known predators, they actually aided and abetted them in committing their crimes by moving them from one unsuspecting parish to another, setting them loose on a whole new batch of innocent children. As one mother said, "They threw our kids to the wolves." There were the kids at St. Mary Magdalen (two of whom committed suicide), St. Ann's, St. Elizabeth's (my alma mater), Our Lady of Fatima and virtually every parish in our diocese.Our diocese officials knew that children were being raped, sodomized and otherwise molested and did nothing to stop it. Now they are appealing to us, the Catholic faithful, to help them deny justice to our own children. That is unconscionable.The diocese claims that S.B. 29 isn't "fair" because it does not allow public employees to be sued. That is absolutely false, and the diocese knows it. Line 12 of the bill specifically includes "public entities" and the state solicitor has confirmed (in writing) that the bill does, indeed, cover public as well as private employees. The diocese has thrown this "red herring" out there in an attempt to garner support from private institutions to gut the bill. Some have fallen for it.Its argument relies on the notion that people will think that "sovereign immunity" means that public employees cannot be sued. The truth is that public employees are sued all the time (the numerous successful suits against the state police and Department of Correction are evidence of that). The state's "immunity" simply means that if a state employee performs an act that is a) within his/her discretion to do, b) is done in good faith, and c) is not done in a "grossly negligent" manner, they will have immunity from suit.I cannot imagine that any court would find that a public employee: a) had the discretion to sexually molest a child; b) molested the child in good faith, or c) was not grossly negligent in his/her duties when molesting the child. That is why the church's argument on this point is a "red herring."The second excuse the church is using is its claim that the bill isn't fair because in older cases, witnesses have died, records have been destroyed, and the accused could not get a fair trial.First, the burden of proof in proving a case is on the accuser, not the accused. Therefore, if the witnesses are all dead and the records are all gone, the plaintiff will never be able to establish that the abuse occurred and such a case would never get past the courtroom doors. But the truth is that the Catholic Church does, in fact, have the records -- and therein lies their real concern. As Father Tom Doyle testified in the Senate, canon law requires that the church keep such records and, as he said, the Catholic Church is the best record-keeper in the world.The third excuse the church has used is that the diocese could be "forced into bankruptcy" if this bill passes. Why would the Wilmington Diocese be "forced into bankruptcy" when the church has not been "forced into bankruptcy" anywhere else in the country?The church is banking on Catholics' not understanding the difference between Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation of assets) and Chapter 11 bankruptcy (reorganization).The church routinely chooses to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the last minute before a child sexual-abuse case is scheduled for trial. It pulls this legal maneuver to shield its assets and its records of cover-up from the plaintiffs. This maneuver has nothing to do with the church's ability to pay claims -- and not one diocese in this country has been "forced" into bankruptcy.During a public forum on child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, District Attorney Lynne Abraham said that the reason there is no statute of limitations on murder is because murder is so "unspeakably evil." So, too, she said, is child sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse kills children's innocence, their souls, and robs them of their childhood. Its effects last a lifetime.The diocese would have us believe that this matter is all behind us now and that they are voluntarily "taking care of" the victims. The truth is that this matter is far from over for the "kids" who were raped, sodomized and molested 20, 30, and even 40 years ago. They can tell you every single detail about the molestation, no matter how long ago it occurred. Those who didn't turn to suicide or drugs to escape the psychological pain are like the "walking wounded" or, as one victim described himself, "the walking dead." They fill our prisons, our mental-health clinics, our Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and our divorce courts in disproportionate numbers. Allowing the diocese to decide how to compensate its victims would be like the courts allowing the convicted criminal to decide his own sentence.The law needs to change and it needs to change drastically. Those who preyed upon our children and those who were complicit in those crimes need to be identified and brought to justice.Right now, child molesters in Delaware are "home free" two years after their crime. Senate Bill 29 would make it clear that child molesters will never again be "home free" in Delaware.State Sen. Karen Peterson represents the 9th Senatorial District."
If the law needs to change, change the law. But what is the justification for opening a window for action against a particular group? Is this ordinarily a legal possibility?The timing of the window is just right for suing Catholic dioceses, not the many other organizations whose dirty laundry could be aired.
Kathy,I read your comment as implying the Catholic church is the "particular group" singled out for "punitive legislation." Every group is covered by the window law, not just the Catholic church. This allows anyone to air the dirty laundry of any organization, whose victims now have the opportunity to seek justice. That Catholic dioceses qualify so amply is a tragedy and disgrace. But it is their own fault, and they need to be held responsible. If it had turned out to be any other church or organization, no matter. Their strategy of using SOL to escape accountability for past crimes is foreclosed, and mirabile dictu (correct usage?), they don't get away with it.This has not been an ordinary legal possibility but thank God the law is evolving to accommodate new understandings of the inability of victims to come forward within the old punitive limits.As Sen. Peterson wrote: Our diocese officials knew that children were being raped, sodomized and otherwise molested and did nothing to stop it. Now they are appealing to us, the Catholic faithful, to help them deny justice to our own children. That is unconscionable.I do call it justice that past victims can get into court, identify abusers, and let us hear the truth of what was done in the name of the church. I believe the church has the largest list of unregistered sex offenders anywhere due to their corrosive secrecy. Now, thanks to window legislation, what was done in secret can come into the light.I believe I have posted beyond the endurance of many, including myself, and respect that we have opposing views. I doubt we will ever persuade each other, and believe the issues have been sufficiently laid out.Peace.
Yes Indeed there is a trend in the making to allow survivors to seek justice after artificially short statutes of limitation. =======================ChristineAddiction Recovery Delaware


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The surgeon was known as a good technician but everyone agreed he had neither personality nor bedside manner. He was engaged to remove a small benign lump from the side of my face. He arrived on a Friday night, 24 hours after the surgery to announce the results. "The surgery went well, the facial nerve is intact and the parotid gland was completely removed and sent to the lab." "However, . . ." The pause after however was less than second, but my mind raced to anticipate the next words. " . . .you have Lymphoma." I didn't know what lymphoma was, but I knew that the "OMA" part was like carcinOMA and melanOMA. He quickly added, "It's not curable but very treatable, it's not cancer." Sounded like I should be grateful, it was VERY treatable and it wasn't cancer. "I'll refer you to an oncologist. "Whatever it was or wasn't, I knew about oncology.
Five years have passed since that day. I know about non-Hodgkin's lymphoma .I know about CT scans, bone marrow biopsies, blood counts, and chemotherapy .I know it is in my bone marrow and it probably won't go away. I know about depression, anger and fear created by the disease. It is my constant enemy but it has also become a teacher. These are some of the lessons I have learned so far:
My lymphoma began a long time before the diagnosis, perhaps years. With the exception of one swollen lymph node, I did not feel "sick" at any time from lymphoma prior to diagnosis, and I have not felt "sick" since the diagnosis. Anyone could have my lymphoma right now and not know it. We don't know what causes it, so prevention is not directly possible. How many others walk around feeling healthy and yet carry a life threatening illness? Good health is an illusion and outside our direct control. (Control is a word that echoes daily when living with lymphoma.)
I weathered 3 divorces, unemployment and Mom's death prior to my diagnosis. I felt a lot of pain in my 48 years, but nothing prepared me for a life threatening illness that brought me face to face with death. 24 hours after the diagnosis was the worst day of my life. When the surgeon pronounced the word "lymphoma" my chest felt as if all the blood were suddenly being sucked downward. This feeling recurs and I know it to be a physical sign of terror. Alone in the hospital room that first night, I could find no emotional relief, nothing to hold on to. Somehow morning arrived, and I insisted upon being released no matter what the doctor preferred. Anne, my partner, took me home and was a source of strength, but I couldn't bring her strength inside me where it hurt. The doctor said it was "treatable," but I couldn't find hope inside. I remembered my Mom's doctor saying her cancer was "treatable but not curable." She died 3 months later.
Humor had always carried me through life's other dark times, but it had disappeared. Since there was no relief from the pain I yielded to the paradox of "moving into the pain." I asked Anne to rent the movie "Fearless" on the way home. It is the story of a man who survives a plane crash and struggles with his mortality and the meaning of his life. The movie made me look at death, loss, pain and life outside my own story. Anne and I cried through the whole movie. Anne listened to my sorrow, shared my tears and demanded courage, saying, "I WILL NOT LET YOU GIVE UP."
Religion and spirituality were never structured in my mind and a higher power, at this point, could be blamed easily for a disease with no known cure. I began to hear old sayings in my head. "God gives us only the burden we can handle." "If you survive an ordeal, you are stronger for it." Anne told me the story of the Holocaust survivor asking God where he was when they were being killed in the camps and why he hadn't stopped it. God replied, "Was there in the camps suffering by your side." I thought about the poem," Footprints," about how God carries you in the worst times. I never had concept of a God like that. My spirituality involves the spirit of goodness in people that causes them to act in ways that transcends their own needs. It would feel good to be carried right now.
While in the abyss, terror waves washed over me out of nowhere - my chest got tight, my breath shallow, my hands were weak and shaky. A word on TV could trigger it - anything about life length, a person's worth or death. Questions, Questions! Why this now, I'm just getting on my feet? How can I ever live alone? How can I help my kids with this? How will I concentrate at work? How do I tell my friends? How will I deal with their tears? Will they withdraw from the pain? When I have chemotherapy, will I lose my hair? How do I manage my finances - long term, short term or both? I always wanted a chance to be heroic, to be truly tested. Is this my chance? Why couldn't it have been a burning building?
It was early in the morning on Day 3 when I opened the shades to see the sun. The stereo was on and the music felt good. It was the first time I realized that I was feeling better than the day before, that there was a possibility of coming out of the abyss. Anne and I rode to a garden supply shop. I sat in an unfinished Adirondack chair facing the sun while smelling the dampness of growing plants. I scooped up a handful of wood chips and held them to my nose, deeply inhaling while I felt the texture. It was rough and cool. I moved close to the flowers and looked at the intricacy and, again, inhaled the fragrance. This was life asserting itself, telling me," come back to the present, leave the pain and terror, forget about tomorrow, live fully today."
Calls and cards began to descend. Friends, family and acquaintances all reached out. It felt as if I was being lifted up by dozens of hands and carried forward. I have touched many lives and those people reached out to say thank you and offer support. My 11-year-old daughter wrote to me daily. My ex-wife said, "don't worry about support payments." Flowers and stuffed animals also arrived. All my life I looked for my special "thing," my special talent. I tried teaching, photography, music, boating, shooting, gardening, motorcycles, writing, management, marriage, parenting and sports, but I never felt fully satisfied. I now think the special skill was people, relationships. It never really mattered what I did, my special thing was right in front of me.
The evening I received the diagnosis one of my first desires was to speak with someone with lymphoma to learn how they cope. Within a week I had found two lymphoma survivors who inspired me with their stories and gave me hope and courage. Within my own organization and professional relationships are eight people who live with cancer, about whom I had never been aware. Each is a member of the survivor family. Each has been to the abyss and rejoined the living. Each reached out to me to help the next survivor move forward.
Before the diagnosis I used to occasionally ask myself, "If I had six months to live, what would I change in my life?" The answers were sometimes useful, but because the question was only an exercise, the amount of change in my life was buffered by, "Yes ...but..." A life threatening illness with uncertain time frames causes the question to be asked for real. "Your life and its length are uncertain, you may not live to be old. In light of that, do you want to make changes in your life?" For me the answer was yes. The changes are now driven by clear priorities: health, family, friends, contributing to society (which may include work), and, hopefully leaving a legacy of some sort. Quality becomes important in all areas. One person asked, "Why don't you just quit your job and travel? I would." Lymphoma is a long term battle most likely over many years. Quitting a job might be a good move for some, but for me work feels like a worthwhile contribution to the world. I would love to be independently wealthy and work less, but I would still want to do something useful. My children are very important tome. I want to give them my knowledge as best I can. I also want to be a role model of which they can be proud.
Standard medical procedures offer help and I augment them through visualization, massage, vitamin supplements, positive attitude and supportive friends. Spontaneous remissions happen but we don't know what causes them. I can do all these things and believe that I'm having an effect, but there is no way to know until it is over one way or the other. The sense of control is an illusion. I am now in remission and during the remission I am aware of every lump, bump and pain. If it returns I will have to struggle again with the emotional roller coaster. In the other parts of my life, I control what I can, but I must remember there is no control for lymphoma.
What have I accomplished in life? What is left undone? What has given me great joy, a sense of worth? Did I make a difference in the world? These questions have helped me frame my legacy. I have felt better after taking stock of my contributions to the world. I am finding many facets to my legacy, none of which involve money. This area is a work in progress, and writing is playing a major part.
Each day the mirror reveals a normal looking person. A few joints are sore from sports injuries or arthritis, but other than that I feel fine. Yet even as that image of health stares back at me, I'm aware of a life threatening illness lurking inside. It's not just in one spot but throughout my bone marrow and lymph system. But each morning I shower, dress and head off for work. I ride my Harley, plant seeds in the garden, adore my children, complain about taxes, devour the news and make love as often as possible. The river of life sweeps me forward and when the disease tries to pull me down, I swim harder.
As of October 2006 I remain disease free - 11+ years of full remission. Life really does go on.
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National Center For Science Education Launches Fight Against Climate Denial In Schools
Long a leader in the fight to defend the teaching of evolution in public schools, the National Center for Science Education now sees creationist-like tactics being used in the attack on climate education. A recent survey of science teachers found over half had encountered skepticism from parents, and a quarter dealt with climate-denying administrators. Climate deniers are increasingly sending hate mail to scientists and teachers. As the Los Angeles Times reports, state legislators are increasingly promoting climate denial in classrooms:
Texas and Louisiana have introduced education standards that require educators to teach climate change denial as a valid scientific position. South Dakota and Utah passed resolutions denying climate change. Tennessee and Oklahoma also have introduced legislation to give climate change skeptics a place in the classroom.
After decades in which climate denial was driven primarily by industrial polluters, much in the way the tobacco industry lied about the dangers of smoking, the climate fight is becoming more intensely personal and political. As extreme weather disasters rise and the effects of global warming become unmistakable in daily life, right-wing climate deniers are trying to subvert the obvious moral and ethical necessity of action, trying to tie their fossil-fueled denial to religious faith.
"We consider climate change a critical issue in our own mission to protect the integrity of science education," said Dr. Eugenie C. Scott, NCSE's executive director, announcing the new initiative. She discussed the parallels and differences between creationism and climate denial in a podcast with Steve Mirsky.
Mark McCaffrey, a climate and environmental education expert, has joined the NCSE as its new climate change programs and policy director. Mark is a co-author of the Essential Principles of Climate Literacy and co-founder of the Climate Literacy Network. Pacific Institute hydroclimatologist Peter Gleick, one of the leading climate communicatiors in the nation, has joined their board of directors.
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Please help with this question. Show that for a finite set $A$ of cardinality $n$, the cardinality of P(A) is $2^n$, where $P(A)$ is the power set of $A$. Thank you in advance for any help that is given.
Think of how you could go about constructing a subset of $A$. For each element, you choose to either include it or exclude it from the subset you are building. That gives you 2 choices for each of the $n$ elements of $A$. Multiplying your choices together, you get $2^n$ total possibilities. That is, there are $2^n$ different subsets you can build from $A$.
Suppose I am choosing elements to put in some subset of the power set. Then each element can either be in, or not be in, my subset. So this means that altogether...
Number the elements of $A$ as $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n$. Consider the map $\chi:P(A) \to \{0,1\}^n$ given by $\chi(X)=(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)$, where $x_i=1$ iff $a_i \in X$. Then $\chi$ is a bijection.


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Would you prefer an "all edges" brownie pan, or an "all centers" brownie pan?
Just noticed a small discussion cropping up in one of the community deals about edges vs center brownie pieces.
which one do you prefer?
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Where is the discussion to which you refer?
I'm not quite convinced that an "all center" brownie pan is possible.
@chris12345: It isn't, of course, but a poster on that deal made a correct statement. The Amazon choice he (or she) posted is the only one that makes all edges. That other one often gets tossed out, with much cursing.
If you actually want something with as little edge as possible, be sure that the pan is greased and then dusted with flour, the old fashioned way.
@shrdlu: ooo, I have been lusting for one of those amazon ones ever since I laid eyes on it in a skymall catalog.
I never thought I would covet any item I found in a skymall. but there it is.
really what those pans give you is a mini brownie cake with edges and a great middle instead of over cooked edges, supposedly. In ads they actually look like little cupcakes with out the cupcake wrapping, there isn't much difference.
Me? I like the edges.
Depends on if it's a cake brownie or an gooey fudge brownie. As long as you guys are arguing, why don't you just let me have the brownies. I promise they'll be safe.
@shrdlu: Actually it is aesthetically better to dust the greased pan with some of the dry brownie mix. The finished brownies will look better when turned out of the pan.
EDGES all the way baby!!! I'd like to have a brownie sticks pan!
BROWNIES???? Brownies make a GREAT breakfast......
Damn, I KNEW I shouldn't have read this thread....
CENTER is my vote - It is so much more moist.
@zippy the pinhead: I don't think I said this (about properly flouring the pan) for esthetics, and more to the point, I don't use mixes. A mix for brownies is just silly, on my planet. They aren't that hard to make. Mixes don't taste very good, either (to me).
Mixes. Kids today. What's the world coming to? I need more coffee.
Here you go. A recipe for brownies:
1/2 cup butter
2 sq. unsweetened chocolate
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup walnuts
1/4 cup grated orange
3 tbs. orange juice peel
Melt butter and chocolate together over hot water. Beat eggs; add sugar gradually while beating. Add chocolate mixture to eggs; beat hard 1 minute. Mix in dry ingredients. Fold in orange peel, juice, and walnuts. Pour into greased, 8" square cake pan. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 50 minutes, or until done. Cut into squares.
@shrdlu: I use cocoa powder to 'flour' my pan when I make brownies, it is raw chocolate with no sugar works great.
A standard pan works best for us. I like edges; my wife likes centers. And the kids don't care, so long as there is milk to go with them!
@hobbit: Thanks for the cocoa tip; will try that next time.
@shrdlu: No nuts, please. @hobbit is allergic. And @sgoman5674 considers them sacrilege.
I'll take the center brownies. Good thing the significant other likes the edges. :) A match made in brownie heaven.
@heymo: I put Almonds or Macadamia nuts in my brownies. Salted ones are best, the saltiness counteracts with the sweetness making for a tasty treat that I won't share with anyone.
@shrdlu: Not enough eggs, a proper brownie recipe has 5 to 6 eggs.
3 sticks plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
12 ounces best-quality bittersweet chocolate
6 eggs
1 3/4 cups superfine sugar
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
@hobbit: Blasphemy!
@heymo: Thats right! Nuts in the brownies are bad!!!!
@hobbit: Oh, so it's just walnuts you can't have?
The edge and the center are like yin and yang, you should not toy with their complimentary natures or else suffer the wrath of the heavens.
Please put the nuts on top of the brownie not mixed in, so I can pick them off.
Also get fresh raspberries, squish them through a strainer to remove all seeds, and fold the raspberry juice into the brownie mixture in the pan just before baking.
@shrdlu said,
"1/4 cup grated orange
3 tbs. orange juice peel"
Did these lines get mixed up, or are there things I don't know about oranges?
I'm guessing it's supposed to read,
"1/4 cup orange juice
3 tbs. grated orange peel"
As for me, I definitely prefer the centers. My wife and I both like them gooey.
That's it! I am going home and making brownies. From a MIX!!!!! With NO nuts!!!
@anotherhiggins: I hear that if you bake them less, they will be more gooey.
Okay for the record
I am allergic to:
Most peanuts, except Spanish Peanuts - don't ask we don't know why
Non organic Walnuts and Pecans
Brazil Nuts - really I think they are kind of nasty anyway
I have to watch how many hazel nuts I eat because they can make me sick too.
Soy Nuts
I am not allergic to:
Macadamia nuts
Pine Nuts
Sesame Nuts
Sunflower Seeds (yet)
@hobbit: you should add to the list that you are not allergic to: Deals.woot nuts.
@sgoman5674: the jury is still out on those nuts
@sgoman5674: We nearly always under-bake our brownies to make sure they're extra gooey.
Actually, we haven't made brownies in many months. We don't eat that many deserts anymore, and I just made a pecan pie a couple of days ago.... Still, I might just have to try a recipe from this thread soon.
Somewhere I have a recipe for brownie pie. The outside edge and bottom are "crispy." The inside is heavenly moistness. It does call for nuts, but I'm sure it can be tweaked. Maybe replace the nuts with chocolate chips?
Since we are all about deals and stuff, might I suggest getting some Boyajian Citrus Oils http://www.amazon.com/Boyajian-Mini-Citrus-Set-Pack/dp/B001EO5NAS
These are from cold pressed citrus fruit skins, absolutely not artificial flavoring. They are incredibly strongly flavored, so these small bottles last for many many uses. They are great for baking, and cooking. Really improves my Lemon Chicken, and Duck l'Orange, as well as my cookies and cakes.
@bippythebeardless: mmmmmmm raspberry and chocolate.......yummy
@anotherhiggins: Yeah, I mixed up the lines. I thought I'd caught all of it, but I missed those. Thanks for pointing it out. I actually have all of my recipes, my mother's recipes, and a few others, in a word doc, that I gave to my daughter, my neice, and sundry other relatives that wanted it. It's all prettified, including nice little tables for the ingredients.
I recommend saving favorite recipes like that, so that you can share them with your family.
For those that don't like nuts, fine, leave them out. It's the orange juice and orange zest that set this recipe off.
@catbertthegreat: You used chocolate pieces instead of real chocolate. You have your nerve suggesting that eggs make a difference (actually, your recipe is more cake-like, and less brownie-like). Maybe someday we can have a bakeoff instead of a wootoff.
I wonder if you can use that brownie pan to make a molten chocolate snake...
(I say this because, why not have edge and gooey?)
@lavikinga: Nuts is an ingredient that can be safely left out of most things without materially altering the recipe. They are inert. They provide flavor, and interest, but do not affect the baking time, the amount of liquids or flour required, and any nut can be exchanged for any other nut (kind of like Deals nuts, as has been pointed out).
A fun substitution for nuts is cocoanut. Yep. Use about 3/4 cup of shredded cocoanut instead of 1 cup nuts. Very tasty.
@shrdlu: That'd be fun!
I used to love to bake, then I had kids - who ate spaghettios and oreos & pretty much anything ending in an o. They asked for dirtcake or ricekrispie treat pie over a carefully baked & decorated cake. Discouraged, I succumbed to the mixes, but with fixes..
How to "fix" mix brownies - upon removal from the oven drizzle about 1/3 cup amaretto on the cooked brownies, put back in turned off oven for a few minutes & then remove & allow to cool. Grand Marnier works too.
How to "fix" cake mix - raspberry flavoring or lemon flavoring use as little as 1/2 tsp. It refreshes the flavor lost in packaging.
I don't like brownies. Pastry, good flaky pastry or lemon pie - yum. But the best thing is Cheesecake, that is one thing my kids would eat over the "O" foods.
good stuff, I tweeted about this very thing this morning when I saw the All-Edges pan made it to popular.
I'm a middles girl.
All parts of a brownie are good. But given a choice, I prefer the middle. Some of you have posted recipes that look yummy! I love to cook and bake, and will try some of these very soon.
@combustiblekitty: That sounds good with the Amaretto. Going to have to try that.
@combustiblekitty: amaretto (ends in O) brownies given to the kiddos hahahahahaha
@shrdlu: I was thinking more of texture/mouthfeel. I'll be interested to see if this will evolve into cookies. My kids love Kitchen Sink Cookies. Oatmeal/Tollhouse base that is both chewy and crispy with anything and everything thrown in. Chocolate (all types)chunks, nuts, coconut, caramel chunks, dried fruits, etc. Just depends on what I have on hand. Except for raisins. They're not raisin fans. I used to make them by the dozens and send in with my husband to work. Never met a sailor that didn't appreciate a homemade cookie.
@lavikinga: I like raisins on their own.
I don't like them in anything.
They look like little flies in body bags.
@anotherhiggins: exactly how it is in my house. Little red boxes of raisins are fine. In cookies and other food, no way. The ONE exception is Cuban Picadillo. That has not only raisins, but also green olives and occasionally capers. Sounds odd but very delicious.
Don't have time or physical ability to read through the thread now. But I vote for all edges with a little bit of center. That pan in the amazon link is amazing! I love the snakiness of it. Too bad last night when I had a free moment at work, I bought another type of brownie pan that also does all edges. I bought this one for all my siblings because we all love gimmicks.
As a tip for brownies... I used to put some marshmallows mixed into the batter, and it makes them really gooey and great! Another twist is to add cut up caramel (like Brach's) that's out around Halloween for making candied apples.
As for raisins... my mom told me when I was a kid I would learn to like them. I still haven't learned to like raisins or nuts.
ewwww raisins in food are nasty.
I vote for centers, centers, and more centers!
Tips: add 1/4 cup of choc chips to any brownie mix and it lifts them to a higher level of yumminess without being sickly. Or (or and), if you sprinkle choc chips on the top of the brownies after they come out of the oven, wait a couple minutes and then you can spread with a knife and have instant no-fuss chocolatey frosting. This is also good with butterscotch chips or white choc chips or any other of your choice. :)
@hobbit: doesn't like raisins
Sure you wouldn't like some Eccles Cakes then;)
Soak raisins in Rum for a few days before using, then they won't be nasty in your food.
@bippythebeardless: blechk! I boycotted oatmeal for years and still will not eat cornmeal mush because of raisins. And for me to eat oatmeal now as a grown adult, I have to doctor it with a lot of brownsugar and milk, which kind of defeats the heart healthy purpose of eating it.
I made brownies tonight! Who wants some?
@faughtey: I'll take an edge brownie, please :)
I was just thinking, some sort of raspberry or maybe even blueberry brownie would be delectable...


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Congress's rocky path to avoiding a government shutdown became even rougher Thursday, as Speaker John Boehner said the House wouldn't accept the spending plan likely to emerge from the Senate.
The Ohio Republican's announcement foreshadows a set of last-minute legislative volleys between the House and Senate to fund federal agencies ahead of a deadline Monday, the final day of the fiscal year.
The Senate is expected to pass a bill Friday that would fund the government for the first 1½ months of the new fiscal year. But Senate Democrats plan to restore money for the Affordable Care Act that House Republicans had stripped out, leaving the two chambers in conflict.
While the House and Senate struggled for agreement on a government-funding plan, Mr. Boehner was wrestling with the more daunting task of persuading members of his own party to support an increase in the federal debt ceiling.
Some of the most conservative House members were wary of the Republican leadership's plan to pass a one-year extension of government borrowing authority, even though it would be linked to a yearlong delay of the health law and other prized GOP policy goals. They expressed concern that the bill wouldn't cut spending enough and questioned the strategy of moving forward in the midst of a separate budget fight.
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Tensions were high on the Senate floor as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) exploded in anger when he was blocked from holding the vote Thursday by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah), a leading opponent of the health-care law.
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Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.), accused Mr. Lee and Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) of grandstanding in refusing to allow quicker action on the bill.
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Mr. Lee said the debate was too important to cut short. "The American people are paying attention to this," he said.
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Rep. Mo Brooks (R., Ala.) accused Democrats of gunning for a shutdown for political gain. "They crave a government shutdown, because they believe it would give them a campaign advantage in 2014," he said.
House Republicans are considering a range of options for amending the Senate bill to make it more palatable to conservatives, which would force the Senate to consider the bill again before the Monday midnight deadline.
Adding a one-year delay in the health-care law's individual mandate is an option that House GOP lawmakers are considering, as is a repeal of the law's tax on medical devices, senior Republican aides said.
House Republican leaders have been telling conservatives that efforts to limit the reach of the health-care law would be a central element of the battle over raising the debt limit.
The draft debt-limit bill being circulated included a range of GOP policy proposals. In addition to delaying the health-care law, it included instructions for overhauling the tax code, blocking environmental regulations and clearing the way for building the Keystone XL pipeline.
National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R., Ore.) said the policies are intended to stimulate the economy, which in turn would reduce the deficit. He said they also were designed to broaden the GOP message beyond its traditional antispending, small-government focus.
"It's not just about cutting spending; it's not just about cutting government," he said. "We have to grow the economy. Our message hasn't resonated as positively as we would want."
Democrats derided the legislation as a political gesture. "The House is attaching the Republican Party platform to the debt ceiling," said Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.).
Even with its broad reach, the draft bill didn't include any major deficit-reduction initiatives, such as structural reforms to Medicare and Medicaid.
Conservative critics said it represented a retreat from Mr. Boehner's past promises to support increases in the debt limit only if they are matched by spending cuts of equal value, with the goal of balancing the budget in 10 years.
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Gearing up for the 2014 gubernatorial election, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is desperate to portray himself as a tax cutter. But even if he prevails in ending municipal taxes on vehicles worth less than $28,500, he can't really believe voters would forget he boosted state taxes by $3.8 billion in this biennium and wants to increase them a further $1.9 billion in the next.
In reality, his car-tax plan is a small herd of Trojan horses for taxpayers because scant few people actually will see a net decrease in their tax burden, already the third highest in America.
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The Godfather Collection (The Coppola Restoration) [Blu-ray] for $19.99
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Are all the movies on just one blue ray
@bigfrank: Under product details it shows "number of discs 4." Also in the pictures it shows Godfather I, II, and III all having their own disc.
Fake. There was no Godfather 3.
Actually, there was a Godfather Part 3. Not as good as the previous two films but still.


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I have just received my 'new' HTC one V. The instructions clearly state to charge the phone up before first use, yet the the phone switched on and showed full charge straight away, before I had chance to charge it. My worry is that I have been sent a phone that someone else has had and I really want to be sure it is brand new to me.
Although I was told to charge my Android device before first use, it was already charged. Have I been given a phone rejected by someone else?
It is not uncommon that rejected/refurbished phones find their way back to the market as "new" ones.
But in my (and at least Al Everett's) experience, batteries are almost always shipped with some charge. I wouldn't worry, as long as there are no other indicators that your device was pre-owned.
See Wikipedia on Lithium-Ion battery technology (especially sections "cell life" and "safety").
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As a trade off, it's charged to (my guess) 60% and then shipped. It's not full and may be even almost discharged when the customer gets it, thus tell them to charge it the first time. I guess the manual doesn't say it's empty, does it? It's the best tradeoff between cell life and the customer's first user experience with the device.
All batteries have some self-discharge so whatever their charge was initially they will discharge when sitting on the shelf. Also most batteries effectively "die" if they undergo very deep discharge. This is why all batteries are shipped charged - either fully or partially. So when you buy a battery (or a device) the battery will always be charged to some level which will depend on the manufacturing process and the time the battery spent on the shelf. This is why the battery level showing "full" chargealone is not a sign of the phone being not new.


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NEWBIE question : problem with keyframes
Hi, I just downloaded Sencha animator 1.3 trial version. I want to start with the basic boat animation. When I select my object in the object tree, I double click to insert keyframe, I just have one keyframe created and I should have two as said in the documentation.
What do I do wrong? Is it a bug?
5 Jul 2012 8:30 AM #2
No, that is expected behavior. In 1.2 the software would create the first keyframe for you so you always had two keyframes at least. 1.3 supports having only 1 keyframe so that works as well. All you'll have to do extra to follow the tutorial is to create an extra keyframe so that you have two keyframes.
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Thanks a lot for the answer. In fact, as a fool, I was reading the tutorial of the1.1 version.My Company is Studio MEZKLADOR [france]: http://www.mezklador.com
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assume we say 128bit keys are secure so a 16 character long password is safe, but if i even use lower case and upper case letters with numbers and special characters on my keyboard its about 80 different character i can choose, as we have 256 different byte in nature so it look like the 16 character random password i choose is about a 60 bit secure key ... ?! how to fix it and what is secure length to use ?
If your alphabet (set of all possible characters) has size $s$ and your password has length $l$, a randomly generated password has a strength of $\log_2s^l = l\cdot\log_2s = l\cdot\frac{\log_{10}s}{\log_{10}2}$ bits.
This means if you want to create a 128-bit password using a 80-character alphabet, you need at least $\left\lceil128\cdot\frac{\log_{10}2}{\log_{10}80}\right\rceil = \left\lceil20.25\right\rceil = 21$ characters.
In practice, humans aren't very good at creating random passwords; and the greater the alphabet gets, the greater gets the bias. Non-random password (e.g., sets of dictionary words) are even worse (as low as 1 bit of entropy per character).
If possible, you should generate your passwords randomly (with a program, not by hand) and store them with a password manager, or use a KDF (as Thomas already suggested in the comments). Trucrypt actually uses PBKDF2 for key derivation. (source)


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8 Racist Ads You Won't Believe Are From the Last Few Years
#4. Vitaminwater (2007)
In this ad, Red Sox star David Ortiz and Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher destroy a pair of Asian badminton players, "Yang" and "Lau," thanks to a steady supply of questionably healthy sugar water.
"Eat it Yang, or Lau. Whatever, they all look the same." - Vitaminwater
It doesn't seem so weird... until you realize the Asian guys aren't played by a couple of random actors--they're American Olympian badminton players, Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong. So why the hell were they called Yang and Lau? Were "Howard" and "Bob" too hard to pronounce?
The ad was supposed to generate exposure for badminton prior to the 2008 Olympics. If Vitaminwater was trying to publicize under appreciated athletes, it might have been a smidge more effective to actually tell viewers the players' names instead of giving them names more appropriate for prank calling a Chinese food restaurant.
3 and #2 Intel (2007) and Microsoft (2009)
When Intel published this advertisement...
...the Internet was quick to point out that the ad featured six black men bowing down to a nerdy white guy. Well, technically it's just one black sprinter who's been lazily Photoshopped six times, but that's sort of worse.
The ad is a metaphor for how Intel's new processors are super fast and make employees way more efficient, but whoever designed the ad has apparently never seen a 100 meter dash before. Instead of sending a message of lightning fast efficiency, we see what's about to be a hilarious pile of concussed sprinters the second the starters pistol goes off.
Still, Intel's gaffe pales in comparison to the whitewashing Microsoft gave a black board member on the Polish version of their website...
Seriously, Microsoft? You're a multi-billion dollar computing conglomerate and you couldn't figure out how to Photoshop one damn hand?
#1. Kia-Ora Orange Drink (1980s)
Now this UK ad does go back a few years (mid-80s) but holy shit, these 40 seconds of insanity make the brain-trusts behind our previous ads look like NAACP Image Award nominees:
If this weren't in color, we would've guessed that it was made around 1950. The other ads we've looked at just had one or two poorly chosen elements, but this is a literal parade of racial stereotypes.
No, seriously. A parade.
The ad is what Uncle Remus's fever hallucinations look like. It's what Aunt Jemima sees when she drops peyote. It is not a viewing experience that makes us thirsty for some orange drink.
We've start with some jive-talking crows, something that was already offensive when Dumbo used it in 1941, and we only regress from there. Follow along as they run through all the harmful black stereotypes from our embarrassing century. There's ...
... a mammy ...
...Sunflower from Fantasia, and finally ...
... the basketball-playing crow.
Hey, but at least they resisted the urge to make the next word out of the sax "watermelon."
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This article highlights how open DNS resolvers are being used to create DDOS attacks across the internet. How can I identify whether any of our DNS servers are open? If I find that we are running open DNS servers, how would I close them to prevent them being abused for DDOS attacks?
x.x.x.x = DNS server IP
nmap -sU -p 53 -sV -P0 --script "dns-recursion" x.x.x.x
Possible output would be:
If you prefer make use of online services, openresolver project is very good, it checks also subnets of /22 width, so check it out ---> http://www.openresolverproject.org
After an Open DNS server discovery with online tools is a good idea to do a double check getting a proof about recursion ---> http://www.kloth.net/services/dig.php
Example output, watch the "ra" flag means recursion available:
Disable Recursion in Windows Server 2003 and 2008
Disable Recursion in Linux
An Open DNS server is one that answers DNS requests from anyone for anything. As a general rule, the DNS servers you run should only respond to the requests you want them to.
In a typical organisation, for example, you want machines inside your network, such as your laptop to be able to resolve anything, and machine outside your network to only be able to resolve your public facing services, such as your web server and inbound mail. Of course, your organisation might not be typical.
To identify if your DNS servers are responding to requests you don't want them to, make such requests and see what happens! Using a machine outside your network, point a copy of dig at your resolvers, and try querying things.
To secure your DNS servers, consult the documentation for your particular brand of DNS server, and configure them to do what you want.
There are a few sites out there that scan the internet for open DNS resolvers and publish lists of them to help ISP's detect and shut down the resolvers. Here is one, you can use it to search for ip's whithin your network that are open resolvers:
As for secureing them it's fairly simple - just restrict the dns resolvers to only allow queries from inside your network. Either configure the dns to only reply queries from addresses that are inside your network, or use firewall/packet filter rules to restrict access to port 53.
Team Cymru has a guide here: http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Resolvers/instructions.html
Just make sure you don't filter out your authoritative nameservers, the internet needs to reach those for your domains to work!


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User Groups and User Group Associations are a primary focus for AUGI! In this section you will find links to both Local User Groups and other User Group Associations.
Within the local user group communities, you will find information regarding all Autodesk industry product groups. Look for a group near you, click on the group's name and join the group vy visiting their website. By attending local user group meetings and visiting their website regularly, you will learn what your local peers are doing to better their design skills and network with other professionals in your area.
AUGI also wants to reach out to its audience on international level with User Group Associations (UGA). The following User Group Associations have been developed by members like you in English and non English speaking countries to bring their peers learning material and information in their own language. These User Group Associations can use our language based forums and provide a great way to get connected to fellow AUGI members in your area!
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About Audio Mixers:
Audio mixers can go from the sheer simplicity of a mono summing mixer, with a bunch of inputs and a single output with a knob to control output volume to the complexity of a multi-bus digital mixer with more built-in DSP power than a small recording studio such as the Behringer X32. So, it's kind of a big topic, and we'll try and break down a few basic categories to get you started.
Line mixers are designed to handle, as you might suspect, line level signals. Most frequently, they're used as sub-mixers for things like multiple keyboard setups on stage or simple summing mixers. The things to look for in a line mixer are flexibility in connections and quality internal electronics—high-quality, low-noise op amps and capacitors. They tend to be fairly stripped down—no EQ, no inserts, no DSP—but are compact and very simple to use.
Larger mixers, in addition to more channels, will start to have features like multiple sends, subgroups, and built-in DSP for effects. The EQ will also get more sophisticated and you'll begin to have assignable routing on channels and returns.
Digital mixers start to hit the crossover point between live and studio mixing, with some intended to do both such as the Slate Raven MTI. These mixers have analog to digital conversion at the inputs and do everything in the digital world once the signal is in the board. They will have a USB or FireWire output so you can record the stereo mix directly to a computer system. They'll have more internal processing power, with some even doing some internal guitar amp or microphone modeling, giving you more options for sound. A convenient feature of many of these boards for live sound use is the ability to store presets, so you can easily recall the settings for a particular venue, saving a lot of setup and sound check time when you come back to someplace you play regularly.
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I have a Google account so I would see it as straight forward to use only Google Docs for storage and everything. I have read that Dropbox does not permit uploading of folders which is time consuming. Is Dropbox then redundant with Google Docs? Other programs similar to Dropbox exist as well and I am trying to see what the difference is between categories or if there even is one.
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The great thing about Dropbox is that anything in the Dropbox folder is always up to date on your computer, even if you have multiple computers, or are working with multiple people. They do require that everything be in one folder (on Windows 7 it's C:\Users\me\Dropbox\, on OSX its /Users/me/Dropbox/, etc.) but one thing you can do is just use softlinks on OSX/Linux or Junctions on Windows so you can leave your files where they are and just put the link in the Dropbox folder. There are tutorials and tools that make this easier than it sounds - see http://wiki.dropbox.com/ for some good tips.
Google Docs thinks of things differently - your stuff is always "in the cloud" -, which means there is only one copy, so things don't get out of sync, but it also means that you can't get to it if you don't have an internet connection.