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By VINCE LITTLEMay 16, 2012
FORT BENNING, Ga. (May 16, 2012) -- Faith Middle School will welcome a new principal this summer as it looks ahead to the 2012-13 school year.
Administrators and garrison leaders met with parents last week at a town hall meeting to ease concerns moving forward while highlighting all the school has to offer. The session took place May 8 in the Faith gymnasium.
Lois Rapp, superintendent of the Department of Defense Education Activity's Georgia/Alabama District, said Faith officials are seeking feedback as they create a direction for next school year, when Assistant Principal Dan Perkins replaces Angie Cotton atop the faculty. Cotton is moving on to a Department of Defense Dependents Schools position in Germany.
"We want to make sure we're on the right path with our young people ... (and) make sure our parents have a voice, too," Rapp said. "This is a phenomenal school. I've challenged teachers before, 'Go teach one week outside the gate and come back and talk to me about Faith Middle School.' Because it's just a great place to be."
School officials outlined Faith's vision for next year and touched on several issues, ranging from school safety and security to sports and the curriculum.
Perkins said he'd focus on four areas in the upcoming year: community outreach to get more parent involvement, school culture, improving instruction, and targeting students who are struggling and excelling. Among school culture initiatives, Faith plans to build on the Boys Town positive behavior model, which helps children develop social skills and enhances interaction between students and teachers.
"We feel very good about where (Cotton) has gotten the school. She's turning over a school that's on the upswing," he said. "It's in good shape, and people feel good about where we're headed."
During her tenure, Cotton added college-prep classes into Faith's curriculum and enhanced programs such as math, science, technology and international studies, officials said. Child, Youth & School Services now sponsors several college visits each year.
"We want you to know what we're doing," Rapp told parents. "This is a great school. There are great kids here, there are great teachers here and there are great happenings going on here. … But it really matters to us that our parents come in and have an honest conversation with us about what's going well and what's not going well. We strive to fix any problems."
Misconceptions about Faith exist across the installation, said George Steuber, the deputy garrison commander. Oftentimes, he said, people hear about one or two students who misbehave and cause disciplinary problems rather than the multitude of "exciting" programs that benefit the student majority as a whole.
"We need to make sure everything we're doing ensures that those children have the best possible future," he said. "That's the 'why' everybody is here today. … All of us together can make this a better place for our students."
A parent asked about boosting safety and security at Faith and whether cameras could be installed in hallways and on the building's perimeter, as well as the office, cafeteria and other common areas. Video surveillance systems are used by many public schools off post.
"I can't say we can get (them), but we'll certainly research the issue," Rapp said.
Starting next year, however, Faith and other Fort Benning schools may adopt a system that snaps a photo of every person who drops off or picks up a child, she said. A link to the administrative office would reveal custodial identities and who may check a student in or out. Right now, adults are required to show photo ID.
Faith's sports program is expanding and support will continue, Rapp said. The football, basketball, volleyball, soccer and track teams are wrapping up their first full year of play in the Muscogee County School District. Some parents raised concerns about a lack of facilities and equipment needed to practice and grow more competitive.
"Athletics does so much in so many areas," said Col. Jeffrey Fletcher, the garrison commander. "We're in the infant stages, and this past year, we learned some lessons. In tandem with the garrison, I think we can probably address some of those shortfalls in regard to training and facilities."
Rapp said DoDEA regulations for middle schools only sanction intramurals. But officials recognize the impact sports have on child development and decided to take the extra step, she said.
"I don't know of many installations that have done that," she said. "Our school clubs and sports -- they are a bible to the mental well being of these students. We can keep them off the streets (and) keep them occupied. It teaches values and teamwork and all kinds of things."
Faith has partnered with CYSS, which provides transportation, uniforms and equipment, the superintendent said. School officials recently authorized the purchase of a large football sled for blocking and tackling drills.
"We took a lot of defeats this year, but we're already working on that," she said. "Our kids are going to summer athletic programs so they can start working together as a team and really gelling and meshing, because they do move a lot. … We have a long way to go, but we're in the right trajectory."
For more information about Faith Middle School, its policies and procedures, or activities and curriculum, visit www.am.dodea.edu/benning/faith/index.htm.


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Events for December 4, 2013
December 2013 Events
Five Star Tours: Spend The Day At Universal Studios Theme Park/events/ongoing/five-star-tours-spend-the-day-at-univers/
7:40 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Five Star Tours, 1050 Kettner Blvd San Diego, CA 92101
Maritime Museum Of San Diego Presents 'Gleason: California's Marine Art Master'/events/ongoing/maritime-museum-of-san-diego-presents-gl/
9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Maritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, CA
San Diego City Sightseeing Tour/events/ongoing/san-diego-city-sightseeing-tour/
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Five Star Tours, 1050 Kettner Blvd San Diego, CA 92101
Birch Aquarium: California Coastal Commission 2013 K-12 Art & Poetry Exhibit/events/ongoing/birch-aquarium-california-coastal-commis/
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La Jolla, CA
Interpretive Nature Walks/events/ongoing/interpretive-nature-walks/
9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego, CA
Free Guided Nature Walk At The Mission Trails Regional Park /events/ongoing/free-guided-nature-walk-at-the-mission-t/
9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego, CA
New Illustrations And Landscapes: The Art Of E. Roxburgh/events/ongoing/new-illustrations-and-landscapes-the-art/
9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Lemon Grove Library, 3001 School Lane, Lemon Grove
'Explor-O-Rama' Exhibit At The Fleet/events/ongoing/explor-o-rama-exhibit-at-the-fleet/
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA
San Diego Air & Space Museum Presents 'Ripley's Believe It or Not' /events/ongoing/san-diego-air-space-museum-presents-ripl/
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego, CA
San Diego History Center Presents 'Bottled & Kegged: SD's Craft Brew Culture'/events/ongoing/san-diego-history-center-presents-bottle/
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
San Diego History Center, San Diego, CA
NCM Exhibition 'Feast: The Art Of Playing With Your Food' /events/ongoing/ncm-exhibition-feast-the-art-of-playing-/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
The Fleet Presents 'On The Fly: Technology Takes Off' Exhibition/events/ongoing/the-fleet-presents-on-the-fly-technology/
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA
Oceanside Museum Of Art: 'Nature Improved: San Diego Artists Interpret Our Landscape' Exhibition/events/ongoing/oceanside-museum-of-art-nature-improved-/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
San Diego History Center: 'Nature Improved: San Diego Artists Interpret Our Landscape' Exhibition/events/ongoing/san-diego-history-center-nature-improved/
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
San Diego History Center & Oceanside Museum of Art
Mingei International Museum: 'Struck By Modernism – C. Carl Jennings, California Artist-Blacksmith'/events/ongoing/mingei-international-museum-struck-by-mo/
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mingei International Museum: Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
San Diego Private Winery Tours/events/ongoing/san-diego-private-winery-tours/
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Five Star Tours, 1050 Kettner Blvd San Diego, CA 92101
Oceanside Museum Of Art Presents 'Outside: Selections From The Doug Simay Collection' Exhibition/events/ongoing/oceanside-museum-of-art-presents-outside/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Free Walk Wednesdays Presented By Spirit In Motion Retreats/events/ongoing/free-walk-wednesdays-presented-by-spirit/
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
local neighborhoods throughout San Diego
OMA Presents 'Contemporary Landscape Photography: An International Perspective'/events/ongoing/oma-presents-contemporary-landscape-phot/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
OMA Presents 'Scape/Escape: Stephen Curry' Exhibition/events/ongoing/oma-presents-scapeescape-stephen-curry-e/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
OMA Presents 'Urban Entropy: James Enos' Exhibition/events/ongoing/oma-presents-urban-entropy-james-enos-ex/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Art Buffet At The New Children's Museum/events/ongoing/art-buffet-at-the-new-childrens-museum/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
'I Made This For You' Clay Bakeshop/events/ongoing/i-made-this-for-you-clay-bakeshop/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
Paint Farm At The New Children's Museum /events/ongoing/paint-farm-at-the-new-childrens-museum/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
Drawing Studios At The New Children's Museum/events/ongoing/drawing-studios-at-the-new-childrens-mus/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
Chicken Check-In At The New Children's Museum/events/ongoing/chicken-check-in-at-the-new-childrens-mu/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
'The Complete Frida Kahlo: Her Paintings. Her Life. Her Story. The Exhibition'/events/ongoing/the-complete-frida-kahlo-her-paintings-h/
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Liberty Station Barracks 3, 2765 Truxtun Road San Diego, CA 92106
New Children's Museum Presents 'The Daily Sprout' Garden Workshop/events/ongoing/new-childrens-museum-presents-the-daily-/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
'Papermaking Studio' At The New Children's Museum/events/ongoing/papermaking-studio-at-the-new-childrens-/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
New Children's Museum Presents 'Clay Cupcake' Workshop/events/ongoing/new-childrens-museum-presents-clay-cupca/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
New Children's Museum Presents 'Nature's Palette' Workshop/events/ongoing/new-childrens-museum-presents-natures-pa/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
Winter C-Note Event & Fundraiser 2013/events/ongoing/winter-c-note-event-fundraiser-2013/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
San Diego Model Railroad Museum Presents LEGO Train City/events/ongoing/san-diego-model-railroad-museum-presents/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego, CA
Books & Boogie Storytime At The El Cajon Library/events/ongoing/books-boogie-storytime-at-the-el-cajon-l/
10 a.m.
El Cajon Library 201 E Douglas Ave El Cajon
'Buildings Of The Gaslamp: 19th Century To Now'/events/ongoing/buildings-of-the-gaslamp-19th-century-to-5/
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
William Davis House 410 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
MOPA Presents 'Staking Claim: A California Invitational'/events/ongoing/mopa-presents-staking-claim-a-california/
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Museum of Photographic Arts , San Diego, CA
Fantasy On Ice Outdoor Ice Rink/events/ongoing/fantasy-on-ice-outdoor-ice-rink/
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Outdoor Ice Rink at Horton Square, 225 Broadway Circle, San Diego, CA 92101
VONS Handmade Holidays: DIY Ornaments/events/ongoing/vons-handmade-holidays-diy-ornaments/
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
Friday Night Liberty - Shop For Holiday Gifts With A Creative Twist/events/ongoing/friday-night-liberty-shop-for-holiday-gi/
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
NTC Promenade Arts & Cultural District, San Diego, CA
Bravo School Of Art: Introduction To The Artist's Way/events/2013/dec/04/bravo-school-of-art-introduction-to-the-/?et=33798
10 a.m. to noon
Bravo School of Art, San Diego, CA
Mommy & Me Holiday Arts & Crafts - CANCELLED/events/2013/dec/04/mommy-me-holiday-arts-crafts-cancelled/?et=33967
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Center for a Healthy Lifestyle, 533 Lomas Santa Fe Drive Solana Beach CA 92075
The 'Cartes' Of Jo Mora/events/ongoing/the-cartes-of-jo-mora/
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Map & Atlas Museum of La Jolla, 7825 Fay Ave Suite LL-A La Jolla CA 92037
MiraCostsa: 'Boundless Horizons' Land Art Exihibit/events/ongoing/miracostsa-boundless-horizons-land-art-e/
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Kruglak Art Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, 1 Barnard Drive Oceanside, CA 92056
Art Pulse Presents Artist David Fokos/events/ongoing/art-pulse-presents-artist-david-fokos/
11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Art Pulse in Barrio Logan, 1955 Julian Avenue San Diego, CA 92103
'Put A Bird On It' Curated By Aaron Jasinski - Exhibit & Reception/events/ongoing/put-a-bird-on-it-curated-by-aaron-jasins/
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ArtHatch, Escondido, CA
Space 4 Art: Allison Wiese's 'Road Movie'/events/ongoing/space-4-art-allison-wieses-road-movie/
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SPACE 4 ART, 325 15th St San Diego, CA 92101
San Diego Potters' Guild Presents 'Clay, Form, Surface'/events/ongoing/san-diego-potters-guild-presents-clay-fo/
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
San Diego Potters' Guild, San Diego, CA
Spanish Village Art Center's Holidays In The Village/events/ongoing/spanish-village-art-centers-holidays-in--1/
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Spanish Village Art Center, San Diego, CA
Divorce Information Clinic/events/ongoing/divorce-information-clinic/
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Divorce Help Clinic, 11622 El Camino Real, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92130
San Diego Book Arts Presents 'Metamorphosis'/events/ongoing/san-diego-book-arts-presents-metamorphos/
noon to 6 p.m.
Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Thumbprint Gallery Presents 'Splice'/events/ongoing/thumbprint-gallery-presents-splice/
noon to 4 p.m.
Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
'A Voyage To Health' Exhibit/events/ongoing/a-voyage-to-health-exhibit/
noon to 8 p.m.
San Diego Central Public Library, San Diego, CA
'Literature Of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman & The Yellow Wall-Paper'/events/ongoing/literature-of-prescription-charlotte-per/
noon to 8 p.m.
San Diego Central Public Library, San Diego, CA
Hanukkah Luncheon & Party!/events/2013/dec/04/hanukkah-luncheon-party/?et=33492
College Avenue Center, San Diego, CA
Putting Our Houses In Order For Christmas: An Advent Study Program/events/2013/dec/04/putting-our-houses-in-order-for-christma/?et=33759
noon to 1 p.m.
United Church of Christ of La Mesa, 5940 Kelton Avenue, La Mesa, CA 91942
San Carlos Branch Library Art Exhibit: Judi Burnett & Christina Volz/events/ongoing/san-carlos-branch-library-art-exhibit-ju/
12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
San Carlos Branch Library, 7265 Jackson Drive, San Diego, CA 92119
Carlsbad Village Certified Farmers Market/events/ongoing/carlsbad-village-certified-farmers-marke/
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Roosevelt St between Grand Ave and Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad, California 92008
Music For Kids At The University Community Branch Library/events/2013/dec/04/music-for-kids-at-the-university-communi/?et=33786
1 p.m.
University Community Branch Library, San Diego, CA
WOW First Wednesdays Concert Series: Wyatt Lowe & The Youngbloods/events/2013/dec/04/wow-first-wednesdays-concert-series-wyat/?et=33980
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
California Center for the Arts: Escondido, Escondido, CA
San Diego City Sightseeing Tour/events/ongoing/san-diego-city-sightseeing-tour/
2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Five Star Tours, 1050 Kettner Blvd San Diego, CA 92101
Sumi-E Art Class/events/ongoing/sumi-e-art-class-2/
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Mission Valley Branch Library, San Diego, CA
Bravo School Of Art: Project Art 4 Weeks (Ages 7 - 12)/events/ongoing/bravo-school-of-art-project-art-4-weeks--8/
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Bravo School of Art, San Diego, CA
WOW First Wednesdays Concert Series: Wyatt Lowe & The Youngbloods/events/2013/dec/04/wow-first-wednesdays-concert-series-wyat/?et=33981
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
California Center for the Arts: Escondido, Escondido, CA
Origami With Bruce Gemmell/events/2013/dec/04/origami-with-bruce-gemmell/?et=33984
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA
Exploring Ethics: 'Emperor Of All Maladies'/events/2013/dec/04/exploring-ethics-emperor-of-all-maladies/?et=33987
5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA
eReader eClinic: Learn To Download eBooks/events/2013/dec/04/ereader-eclinic-learn-to-download-ebooks-17/?et=25983
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Paradise Hills Public Library, 5922 Rancho Hills Dr, San Diego, CA 92139
Alchemy Of The Hearth: Holiday Appetizers/events/2013/dec/04/alchemy-of-the-hearth-holiday-appetizers/?et=33146
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Alchemy of the Hearth, San Marcos, CA
Wyatt Earp's San Diego Adventures/events/2013/dec/04/wyatt-earps-san-diego-adventures/?et=33679
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
San Diego History Center, Casa de Balboa Building 1649 El Prado #3, San Diego, CA 92101
Tammy Greenwood's Fiction Read & Critique/events/ongoing/tammy-greenwoods-fiction-read-critique/
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Word's Alive, 5111 Santa Fe St #219 San Diego, CA 92109
Pajama Storytime At University Community Branch Library/events/ongoing/pajama-storytime-at-university-community-2/
6:30 p.m.
University Community Branch Library, San Diego, CA
Do You Want San Diego County To Become A National Drone Test Site?/events/2013/dec/04/do-you-want-san-diego-county-to-become-a/?et=33368
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Julian Library & Julian Town Hall, Julian CA 92036
BMW Encinitas Presents Belly Up Rockin' Wine Fest With Get Back Loretta/events/2013/dec/04/bmw-encinitas-presents-belly-up-rockin-w/?et=33977
6:30 p.m.
Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA
The Rhythm & Rhyme Of The Spirit Within Me/events/2013/dec/04/the-rhythm-rhyme-of-the-spirit-within-me/?et=34011
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library 5148 Market St, San Diego CA 92114
San Diego Humane Society's Pet Loss Support Group - Central Campus/events/2013/dec/04/san-diego-humane-societys-pet-loss-suppo-1/?et=34043
6:30 p.m.
San Diego Humane Society Central Campus, 5500 Gaines Street, San Diego 92110
Learn To Square Dance In San Diego/events/ongoing/learn-to-square-dance-in-san-diego/
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Rolling Hills Elementary School 15255 Penasquitos Drive, San Diego, CA 92129
Five Star Tours: San Diego Chargers Packages 2013-2014 Season/events/ongoing/five-star-tours-san-diego-chargers-packa/
7 p.m.
San Diego County
WCYG Playhouse Of The Air Presents 'A Christmas Carol: Live Radio Play'/events/ongoing/wcyg-playhouse-of-the-air-presents-a-chr/
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Old Town Theatre, 4040 Twiggs St, San Diego, CA 92110
December Nights Dinner Cruise /events/2013/dec/04/december-nights-dinner-cruise/?et=32738
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Grape St. Pier- 1800 N. Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92101
Free Seminar: Live Your Potential /events/2013/dec/04/free-seminar-live-your-potential-4/?et=33868
7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
San Diego Kabbalah Bookstore, 8935 Towne Centre Drive Suite 108, San Diego, CA 92122
Magee Park Poets 2014 Anthology Party/events/2013/dec/04/magee-park-poets-2014-anthology-party/?et=33923
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Carlsbad City Library, 1775 Dove Lane Carlsbad CA
WOW First Wednesdays Concert Series: Wyatt Lowe & The Youngbloods/events/2013/dec/04/wow-first-wednesdays-concert-series-wyat/?et=33982
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
California Center for the Arts: Escondido, Escondido, CA
The Sky Tonight: Space Weather/events/2013/dec/04/the-sky-tonight-space-weather/?et=33985
7 p.m.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA
The Old Globe Presents 'Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!'/events/2013/dec/04/the-old-globe-presents-dr-seuss-how-the-/?et=34071
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA
Festival Of Christmas - Catch A Falling Star /events/ongoing/festival-of-christmas-catch-a-falling-st/
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Lamb's Players Theatre, Coronado, CA
MiraCosta College: Applied Jazz & Commercial Music Showcase And Faculty Jam/events/2013/dec/04/miracosta-college-applied-jazz-commercia/?et=30630
7:30 p.m.
MiraCosta College Music Building, Studio A, Oceanside
Tedeschi Trucks Band At Balboa Theatre/events/2013/dec/04/tedeschi-trucks-band-at-balboa-theatre/?et=31424
7:30 p.m.
Balboa Theatre, San Diego, CA
'Side Show' At The La Jolla Playhouse/events/2013/dec/04/side-show-at-the-la-jolla-playhouse/?et=31801
7:30 p.m.
La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA

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Released: Oct 01st, 1996
Running Time: 82
Director: Mike Donner
Company: All Worlds Video
Cast: Max Grand, Drew Andrews, Ethan Michael Ayers, Sam Carson, Tony Piagi, Eduardo (I), Alex Kincaid
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: Gay and Bi
Buoyed by nominations-worthy performances from Sam Carson, Tony Piagi and Max Grand, this is one of the best-executed gay love stories of the year. Tight direction, editing (by the award winning James C. Stark) and great mood music (by Michaelangelo) make this a fascinating production. A must stock item for movie buffs.


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Open Search Server 1.1 with Synonym and ODF Support
Open Search Server, the free Web and document search engine, is now available in version 1.1.
The first stable release of the Open Search Server Java software now includes a Web and file crawler and uploaded documents can be searched. The server can handle MS Word and Powerpoint, Open Document Format (ODF), HTML, XML and PDF files.
Open Search Server supports 16 languages, including now Romanian, Turkish, Danish, Russian and Chinese characters. It includes a spellchecker and synonym dictionary, and the algorithm identifies language conjugations and declensions.
The server, that shares the acronym OSS with a few other entities, uses the Apache Lucene search engine and Tomcat servlet container. The OSS code is under GLPv3 licensing and available on the project homepage for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, as well as for Windows and Mac OS X.
Issue 26: Linux Shell Handbook 7th Ed./Special Editions
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SUSE Joins the Microsoft Test Drive Program
Customers can take a free test drive of SLES for HPC on the Azure Cloud
SiFive Launches a Line of Open Source Chips
San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
Fedora 24 Released
The whole distro gets rebuilt on glibc 2.3
Canonical Announces Cross-Distro Support for Snaps
Ubuntu Vendor tries to solve app packaging and distribution problem across distributions.
ownCloud Forked
Founder of ownCloud launches the Nextcloud project.
HP Enterprise Unveils a Futuristic Computer
Will The Machine change the way future programmers think about memory?
CoreOS Announces Distributed Storage System
The new Torus distributed storage system is available under an open source license on GitHub
Google Beats Oracle in the Android Lawsuit
Juries decides Google's use of Java APIs Was Fair Use
Linux is the Largest Software Development Project in History
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First, I got to this hotel and was given a smoking room because, "Nothing else was available". When I demanded my money back they found me a non smoking room, but it was disgusting. The crack under the door was at least an inch gap, the security door didn't work properly which meant anyone could enter and exit the hotel. Numerous shady women, who appeared to be hookers were seen coming and going. It was loud. But very worst of all it was VERY VERY dirty. Rusty fixtures, stained and worn carpets, broken mirror. Typically I love microtels for their value and cleanliness, but this one made me think twice.
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Luxury property next to a golf course and lake
Luxury home located in an elegant, quiet neighbourhood near all conveniences and amenities. It is also one hour from Disneyworld and the beach! One large...
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Heartland Institute's Chinese Academy of Sciences Fantasy
Update: The Chinese Academy of Sciences has released an official response to Heartland's "misleading statement", which reads in part:
The Heartland Institute published the news titled "Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes Heartland Institute research skeptical of Global Warming" in a strongly misleading way on its website, implying that the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) supports their views, in contrary to what is clearly stated in the Translators' Note in the Chinese translation. The claim of the Heartland Institute about CAS' endorsement of its report is completely false…
If the Heartland Institute does not withdraw its false news or refuse to apologize, all the consequences and liabilities should be borne by the Heartland Institute. We reserve the right for further actions to protect the rights of CAS and the translators group.
by Dana Nuccitelli, via Skeptical Science
As Cook et al. 2013 (also known as The Consensus Project) showed, the consensus in the peer-reviewed scientific literature that humans are causing global warming has been growing over the past two decades. In 2011, 98% of papers taking a position on the cause of global warming agreed that humans are causing it.
Percentage of "global warming" or "global climate change" papers endorsing the consensus among only papers that express a position endorsing or rejecting the consensus. From Cook et al. (2013).
However, as Graham Readfearn recently documented, over those same two decades, fossil fuel interests have engaged in a number of campaigns to cast doubt on the existence of the consensus on human-caused global warming. Convincing the public that this settled science is still in dispute has long been a top priority for industry groups.
The results of Cook et al. 2013 juxtaposed with some fossil fuel-funded campaigns to deny the scientific consensus. Image by jg.
The latest such effort comes from the Heartland Institute. The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) report is primarily a Heartland product. Recently, a branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences translated the NIPCC report. The Heartland Institute has trumpeted this fact far and wide, claiming for example,
"The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will present the two books at a June 15 event in Beijing, a landmark event that puts enormous scientific heft behind the questionable notion that man is responsible for catastrophically warming the planet."
"The trend toward skepticism and away from alarmism is now unmistakable,"
"Publication of a Chinese translation of Climate Change Reconsidered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences indicates the country's leaders believe their [failure to sign a global climate treaty] is justified by science and not just economics."
These comments sure make it sound like the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been convinced by the contrarian content of the NIPCC report! So what did the Chinese Academy actually say?
Here are relevant comments from the translator's preface on page 8 of the PDF:
"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued four assessment reports synthesizing scientific findings on climate change. The most recent report, released in 2007, was IPCC AR4, which found that most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely (>90%) due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations, represents the consensus scientific opinions on international climate change studies. Yet, as with any academic topic, there are still differing viewpoints and debates on the causes, facts, impacts and trends in climate change."
"In order to help Chinese researchers to understand different opinions and positions in debates on climate change, at the end of 2011, we contact The Heartland Institute, the publisher of these two reports."
"The work of these translators, organizations and funders has been in the translation and the promotion of scientific dialogue, does not reflect that they agree with the views of NIPCC"
So basically they acknowledge the existence of the consensus, and the fact that a few contrarians have "differing viewpoints", and want to give the contrarians a chance to make their case. Thus they translated the NIPCC report simply as a representation of "differing viewpoints", and specifically note the translation does not indicate that they agree in anyway with the views of the NIPCC.
Similarly, when asked about the NIPCC report translation and Heartland claims, the Chinese Academy of Science responded,
"…this is only a book cooperation between the Lanzhou Branch of the National Science Library and Heartland Institute, and is limited only to copy right trading, with no academic research work involved.
A few CAS experts participated in the translation of the book, aiming to demonstrate different voices in the global scientific field to the Chinese science community, however, that does not mean that we CAS joined the research or agree with their view point; neither does it mean that CAS will decide "promote" the climate "skeptic" view or group."
In fact, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has signed onto this joint statement, in which they endorse the IPCC consensus position on human-caused global warming and note,
"Responding to climate change requires both mitigation and adaptation to achieve a transition to a low carbon society and our global sustainability objectives."
Clearly the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the country's government have not bought into the Heartland NIPCC contrarianism. In fact, China has recently been taking a leading role in addressing climate change. They're testing out a carbon cap and trade system, are trying to ensure that their coal consumption has peaked, and have reached an agreement with the USA to reduce hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions, which are potent greenhouse gases. CO2 emissions per unit of electricity generation in China have been falling steadily as they diversify towards more low-carbon energy sources. Does this sound like a country that denies that human greenhouse gas emissions are causing climate change, as Heartland's Joe Bast suggests?
As if Heartland's misrepresentation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the nation's government weren't bad enough, they also distorted the positions of the Russian and Polish Academy of Sciences, claiming the translation "follows strong statements by the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences dissenting from claims that global warming is either man-made or a crisis."
If you follow those links, they lead to stories that are very different from Heartland's (mis)representations. The Russian Academy of Sciences claim is based on a statement from a single scientist from the Institute for Fundamental Problems of Biology of the Russian Academy Of Science. What does the Russian Academy of Science actually say about global warming? They signed the same joint statement as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, endorsing the IPCC consensus view that humans are causing global warming, and that we must "transition to a low-carbon society".
The Polish Academy of Sciences claim is based on a statement from the Academy's geologic science committee. The statement does express some skepticism about the causes of global warming, but the committee acknowledges,
"There is no doubt that a certain part of the rise of the level of greenhouse gases, specifically CO2, is associated with human activity therefore, steps should be taken to reduce the amount on the basis of the principles of sustainable development, a cease of extensive deforestation, particularly in tropical regions"
Like its Chinese and Russian counterparts, the full Polish Academy of Sciences has signed statements endorsing the human-caused global warming consensus. For example in 2007 (Google English translation) and in 2010:
"It is widely agreed that human activities are changing Earth's climate beyond natural climatic fluctuations. The emission and accumulation of greenhouse gases associated with the burning of fossil fuels, along with other activities, such as land use change, are the principal causes of climate change."
So Heartland's claim about "the trend toward skepticism" (where "skepticism" actually means contrarianism) is pure fantasy. The reality is that the Chinese, Russian, and Polish Academies of Science all endorse the consensus position that humans are causing global warming, and that consensus position is growing in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.
As for the NIPCC report itself, it's BS (Bad Science). Just as one example, the 2009 NIPCC report has an entire sub-section devoted to global warming "fingerprints," and yet it only discusses one – the tropical troposphere "hot spot" (a part of the atmosphere expected to warm particularly fast as a result of global warming). The NIPCC report has no mention of the many actual fingerprints of human-caused global warming which have been observed (Skeptical Science discusses 10 here). Instead, the NIPCC focuses on the one fingerprint which may (or may not) be missing, even though it's a fingerprint of any global warming, and is not specific to human-caused warming.
If that BS represents the "differing viewpoints" the Chinese will be exposed to, I wouldn't expect them to back off their endorsement of the human-caused global warming consensus anytime soon.
Dana Nuccitelli's piece was originally published at Skeptical Science and was re-printed with permission.
19 Responses to Heartland Institute's Chinese Academy of Sciences Fantasy
The 'official' deniers do not accept climate change science, but the deniers who post here are equally problematical. They deny the real problem (our addiction to the high energy lifestyle enabled by the unlimited availability of 'cheap' fossil fuels), and the immediacy of the necessary first step (elimination of all non-essential uses of fossil fuel NOW). Both are evidence that our species is not up to the task of overcoming the climate change challenge.
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We have the same access to the same information as you do so can you please explain why you won't mention the important fact that science only agrees it COULD be a real climate crisis and has NEVER said it is certain to be a crisis?
We need certainty for the ultimate crisis not "maybe" so how close to unstoppable warming will news editors and the entire world of science take us before they say it WILL or WON'T be a REAL crisis.
28 years of "maybe" a crisis proves it "won't be" a crisis and if this were a REAL crisis, science would end the debate and say their deadly crisis is as real as they love to say comet hits are.
Deny that!
I see it more as an IQ test for the species.
Lets hope we can pass the test.
Everything that I have seen from the Heartland Institute has been a distortion of the science. One has to admit that they are very skillful in doing that. Unlike individual events, like a war or a hurricane, climate change just keeps getting worse, decade by decade. When will be a crisis? I guess that that is a matter of perspective. As the cost of floods, droughts and fires increase from hundreds of billions to trillions per year, maybe most people will agree that we have a crisis. Sea level rise is very gradual. However, certainly by the time that we abandon the world's coastal cities, the economic and human toll be a crisis.
One often-unsaid aspect of the public discussion on whether human-induced climate change is real, is ideology. Several months ago, the University of Kentucky hosted of forum on climate change with three excellent speakers who were all self-described conservatives. Liberals reported how they better understand that there are thoughtful conservative perspectives on, and solutions to, climate change, thus allowing for a broadened public discussion. In turn, conservatives in attendance learned the same thing. You can watch the recording of this event at http://bit.ly/135gvNa. The starting time for each speaker is noted at this page, so you can listen to the speakers of greatest interest to you.
Science does not deal in certainty. Period.
It was not CERTAIN that CFCs were causing the ozone hole. Nations took action on the HIGH PROBABILITY (not MAYBE) reported by scientists, and we solved a problem.
If you wait for certainty on this issue, you will find it when the ocean is lapping at your chin.
The 'Big Lie' was recommended as a tactic by an infamous Rightwing German politician decades ago, and it is fit to see his latter-day acolytes sticking to it as a precious tactic and beloved heirloom.
What is wonderfully ironic is that the authoritarian communists translated the Heartland's report in the interests of open debate, while the democratic free-marketeers (as the Heartland like to think they are) were using it to spread propaganda and lies.
Karl Popper (author of "The Open Society)and its Enemies") must be turning in his grave.
I'd like to be the first to say, "Watts Up With That?
If this is an IQ test for the species, so far we haven't left the single digits!
Heartland lies reflexively. It's a post truth world, unfortunately. Mainstream media will never call them on it.
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"… Last week, a New York Appeals Court ruled unanimously that that Georgia Pacific, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, must hand over internal documents pertaining to the publication of 11 studies published in reputable scientific journals between 2008 and 2012. At issue in the case: whether the firm can be held accountable for engaging in a "crime-fraud" by planting misinformation in these journals intending to show that the so-called chrysotile asbestos in its widely used joint compound doesn't cause cancer.
Science falsely presented as independent research—with lawyers suggesting revisions
Here's what we know …."
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What you say would have sounded alarmist to me a few years ago, but now, after unimaginable inaction; I fear our only hope would be to start growing algae on a mass industrial scale, and sinking that into the ground…… here is to hoping that China takes ancestor worship serious, and one day wants to one day be a worshiped ancestor.
Despite the great mistakes there is something reassuring having more than a billion people from a civilization that has been around for several millenia with us in the battle against accelerating climate change.
I'm a scientist and I am cautious and even skeptical of my own results. However, after I have repeated different versions of an experiment 5-10 times, each with p < 0.05, I feel very confident in my results. The fact that climate science is mostly descriptive, rather than experimental means that the results are less conclusive than experimental science. However, after hundreds and thousands of studies showing good support for predictions based on theory, climate science is very convincing and anyone who believes anything from the Heartland Institution is very naive.
Maybe you better familiarize youself with how science measures certainty. If you're looking for absolutes then your discussing math, not the physical sciences.
As has been used as an example, I wouldn't board a plane that only had only a 5% certainty of making it to my destination without crashing.
The people who provide some of largest shares of the Hertland Institute's funding are unreconstructed John Birch Society whackos. If you were to cite anything from "the Chinese" they couldn't manage to twist into lies, they'd be screaming about a commie conspiracy. Now that the Chinese Academy of Sciences has basically called them on their lies du jour, that's up next, I'm sure.
I understand your frustration and it points out a significant messaging problem for climate change.
But let's follow your logic to more everyday events:
You can't be "certain" you'll be in a car accident so you don't wear safety belts?
You can't be "certain" your children will get measles so you don't give them vaccinations?
You can come up with your own extensive list.


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Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
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Influence of Mercury Speciation and Fractionation on Bioaccessibility in Soils
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Ingestion of contaminated soils by children during hand-to-mouth activities can be a significant exposure pathway to toxic chemicals. Bioaccessibility, which corresponds to the fraction of an ingested contaminant dissolved in the gastrointestinal tract and potentially available for absorption, can be determined by in vitro extractions and gives a conservative value of relative oral bioavailability. The goal of this study was to investigate the validity of the CDM in vitro extraction protocol, developed by Camp Dresser and Mc Kee, by assessing the influence of soil properties and Hg fractionation on bioaccessibility. Mercury bioaccessibility was determined in two pure mercury compounds, two reference materials (a soil and a sediment), and three field-collected contaminated soils. Soils and reference materials were characterized and a sequential extraction procedure was applied to the samples. Bioaccessibility of HgCl2 was 99.8% in the gastric phase and 88.6% in the intestinal phase, whereas bioaccessibility of HgS was lower than 0.01%. In field-collected soils A, B, M, and, in ERM-CC580, mercury bioaccessibility was lower than 3.2% (below detection). In contrast, CRM 025–050 had a high Hg bioaccessibility (44.3% for gastric phase and 34.7% for intestinal phase). Gastric and intestinal bioaccessibility values were positively correlated with sulfate content in soils (r = 0.99, p < 0.001, for both gastric and intestinal bioaccessibility). In field-collected soils and ERM-CC580, the residual fraction represented near 100% of the mercury recovered, with less than 2% of mercury being in the water-soluble (F1) and CaCl2-exchangeable (F2) fractions. In contrast, 46% of mercury in the reference material CRM 025-050 was extracted in the CaCl2-exchangeable fraction. Results of the sequential extractions were in agreement with bioaccessibility values, with the sum of the water-soluble and CaCl2-exchangeable fractions (F1 + F2) highly correlated with intestinal bioaccessibility values (r = 0.99, p < 0.001). Hence, the sequential extraction procedure used in this study could be a simple means to help validate mercury bioaccessibility.
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Full body shiver… I really loath the sentence I'm about to type. In fact, I hate it so much, I've retyped it almost a dozen times; and there is no better way of articulating the disturbing truth: Paul Krugman was right.
Okay. I've showered. Also, I have slept on this thought. And yet, it's still haunting me. The Left's most adored "economist", who has managed to turn being wrong into a career option, actually stumbled across a small kernel of truth in an otherwise typically inarticulate column. The King-of-Keynes managed to write a completely, and unavoidably, coherent thought last week. I now have reason to believe that if you give a typewriter to a room full of monkeys, they will eventually type the work of Shakespeare.
In a column published in the New York Times on August 17th, Krugman wrote at length about the folly of Putin's interest in overthrowing the pro-western Ukrainian government. Almost every war of the 20th century, Krugman points out, made no economic sense whatsoever. The general point articulated isn't enough to merit a Nobel Peace Prize; but it is borderline insightful. Wait… Don't rush to sign me up for Code Pink just yet… I still have a few thoughts on this topic; and, unlike our loveable progressive hack over at the New York Times, my points are not the amalgamation of anti-war clichés.
Pondering why wars still happen, despite the obvious cost in lives and treasure, Krugman begins his pontification with a quick (albeit half-blind) trip through history:
Once upon a time wars were fought for fun and profit; when Rome overran Asia Minor or Spain conquered Peru, it was all about the gold and silver. And that kind of thing still happens.
I don't know that "fun" was a huge factor when Caesar was conquering Gaul… Heck, I'm not even sure that profit was a driving motive. Many generals (such as Caesar) fought to buy the loyalty of the army, so that they might have a little momentum in their hostile trek back across the Rubicon. (The die is cast!) But still; Krugman made a decent point. In days of yesteryear (I actually crafted this whole sentence around that phrase) war could be quite beneficial, financially speaking, to an emerging empire.


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Vegan Fried Rice
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Prep 10 mins
Cook 10 mins
Made this up when my grandmother was vegetarian for the day (beats me), and its good.
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- 5 cups leftover cooked rice
- oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
- 3 cups loosely packed bean sprouts
- 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
- 8 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 cup sliced button mushroom
- Heat oil in a large pan.
- Sautee onions and garlic till limp.
- Add in mushrooms and frozen vegetables.
- Cook till vegetables are no longer cold and have warmed through.
- Add in turmeric and mix well.
- Toss in rice and break up any clumps.
- Add light soy sauce in and toss till well incorporated.
- Serve.
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I enjoyed this recipe, well done! Nice and easy too. I added Tofu to mine...will post a pic.
This is a great use for leftover rice and is well seasoned. It turned out great, even when it turned out all I had on hand were alfalfa sprouts...lol.


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Bump Watch: Pregnant Evan Rachel Wood Steps Out To Whole Foods (Photos)Joanna Mazewski
How cute! Newly pregnant Evan Rachel Wood was spotted going on a little shopping trip with her husband, British actor Jamie Bell at Whole Foods in Los Angeles, Calif. on Tuesday afternoon.
The young Hollywood couple was beaming, despite the fact that paparazzi were following them in the parking lot. Something tells me that these two are going to be great parents soon!
Take a look at all of our fun photos below and let us know what you think.
Evan Rachel Wood 1 of 5Expectant parents Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell seem to be beaming as they head to Whole Foods in Los Angeles. After their healthy shopping spree.
Doting Dad-To-Be 2 of 5Jamie was also reportedly seen taking pregnant Evan to a doctors appointment.
So Cute 3 of 5They look like such a cute couple, don't they?
Fun Parents 4 of 5Something tells me that these two are going to be fun loving parents, for sure!
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Abide Therapeutics announced on Friday that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Celgene Corp. to discover and develop new drugs in inflammation and immunology.
According to a release, Celgene has paid an upfront payment to Abide and will take a small equity stake in the company, while retaining an exclusive option to acquire Abide later. Abide can earn additional payments if Celgene exercises its option to license the rest of the world rights on the first two products that reach the clinic.
Abide -- based in San Diego and focused on developing technologies to selectively target serine hydrolases, one of the largest enzyme families involved in regulating human physiology -- also reports it may receive additional milestone payments upon successful development of those programs.
The company's existing venture investor, Cardinal Partners, also participated in the equity financing.
Under the agreement, Abide will apply its technology platform, which it said can selectively target the more than 200 members of the serine hydrolase "superfamily," to discover new therapeutic targets and drug candidates for the treatment of inflammation and immunological disorders. Serine hydrolase enzymes play a regulatory role in human physiological processes, such as regulating CNS signaling, digestion, metabolism, inflammation, blood clotting, and life cycle of viruses and pathogens.
Abide's most advanced compund, AB101131, is included in the collaboration. The company estimates the compound to enter first human studies in 2015, and expects to generate another three to four developmental candidates during the term of the collaboration.
"This collaboration is a wonderful opportunity for Abide to focus in a therapeutic area that is ideal to explore the full potential of our therapeutic engine," Alan Ezekowitz, president and CEO of Abide Therapeutics, said. "This relationship will support Abide with Celgene's global expertise in discovery, development and commercialization of novel disease-altering therapies."
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Breach Lag Issues Fixed. One Hour Demo Now Available
Written Tuesday, February 15, 2011 By Richard WalkerView author's profile
As regular players of highly destructible XBLA military multiplayer shooter, Breach will know, the game has been suffering from some lag issues, but Atomic Games has now addressed these problems with an update, which is available to download as soon as you next fire up the game.
The update for Breach not only fixes several problems, as well as reducing lag significantly, but it also resets the clocks on the free demo version, giving players a full 60 minutes to sample the game's active cover and destruction in Convoy, Sole Survivor, Hardcore and any other mode you like on any of the maps. It's basically the full game at your fingertips for a whole hour.
Here's the complete list of fixes the new update provides:
Fixes included in this update:
- All known crashes fixed
- Many fixes to reduce lag
- Game connectivity improved by more than 33%
- Bug that caused Sole Survivor games to end in draw fixed
- Bug that caused invisible canister in Retrieval games fixed
- Bug that caused Vendetta icon to appear incorrectly fixed
- Server Browser can now sort by number of players
- Server Browser can now be manipulated with mouse scroll wheel
- Fixed bugs related to Friendly Fire settings
- Better ability for a game with lag to recover when bandwidth improves
Breach is available from the Xbox Live Arcade now for 1200 Microsoft Points. Give the free 60-minute demo a whirl to see what you think.


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The DCB103 is capable of charging just about every DeWalt battery out there
The best models have good runtime and cut dense material without slowing down
This is the abstract.
To help with the constant struggle of tool organization, DeWalt has released its new TSTAK line of tool-boxes.
I tear things apart so you don't have to. Well, not really – I tear things apart because I am curious about what's inside, especially when the manufacturer makes a big deal out of it. Lately, the big deal has been brushless motors so I disassembled DeWalt's new brushless impact driver and shot...
The growing emphasis on energy-efficient building has led to an increase in the number of companies making infrared cameras.
In June I reported on some sightings of 4.0 Ah batteries: a Metabo battery that had been released for sale in the U.S., a Hitachi battery that's available in Europe, and a photo of a DeWalt battery that was taken under mysterious circumstances in Australia and then posted on the DeWalt Owners Group...
In June I was in New York City for a Stanley Black & Decker media event, during which a large number of new tools from DeWalt, Bostitch, and Porter-Cable were unveiled.
Late last week DeWalt's parent company, Stanley Black & Decker, purchased Powers Fasteners.
Today's cordless drills are significantly better than the ones I used four or five years ago — they have more power and greater runtime, and take less time to charge. Many of them are lighter, too. The most obvious change has been the move from nicad to lithium-ion batteries, with lithium-ion...
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CPU – HardwareHeaven Photoshop V3 Benchmark (64-bit)
Most people are tired of running 3dmark and Pcmark and similar benchmarks, while these are visually attractive benchmarks they are not in many cases indicative of real world situations, this is not the case with Photoshop. This is a real world application with a myriad of uses appealing to all users from digital photographers to budding graphic designers. It is also a wonderful test of all round system performance, specifically memory bandwidth and CPU processing power. For full information and links to download this bench for yourself and to compare scores with other HardwareHeaven members, head over here – Photoshop Benchmark.
We are using Photoshop CS4 64-bit for this testing.
When testing Photoshop performance we see some good results from the Adamo XPS, placing it exactly where we would expect for a dual core mobile CPU.


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The Old Waverley is a landmark building located in the heart of Edinburgh's vibrant city centre. The Hotel is centrally located on the famous Princes Street, overlooking Princes Gardens and the Scott monument and with views across to Edinburgh Castle. Of all the hotels in Edinburgh, the Old Waverley is one of the best located, with the Waverley train station, Edinburgh bus terminal and the sightseeing tours departure point just 2 minutes walk from the hotel.
Some of Edinburgh's finest shops are situated on Princes Street, such as Jenners. All the major attractions - Theatres, Museums, Art Galleries and Edinburgh Castle - are within easy distance The hotel offers excellent value for money and the highest standards of customer service. Many of the en-suite bedrooms offer spectacular views of Edinburgh Castle. Both Cranstons Restaurant and the Abbotsford Lounge Bar are light and airy with superb views over Princes Street Gardens and of Edinburgh Castle. Both offer excellent cuisine and service. The hotel reserves the right to pre authorise (or charge if using maestro card) the credit card used to guarantee the reservation 24 hours prior to arrival. THE OLD WAVERLEY HOTEL IS COMPLETELY NON SMOKING.
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Traditional building, with traditional presentation and standards.
Room a little dated. Shame about the stairs at the entrance, as I could not see an alternative for the less able - though there was a lift from the first floor to upper floors. Only the bar menu tried, and we were disappointed that they had sold out of their home-made pies by mid evening. No flexibility at all on any of the options, so that we were refused a portion of chips with our revised order. Seemed strange, when the restaurant was in full operation. Breafast really needs to start earler than 8am, except maybe on a Sunday. Lots of guests like us went in at 7.45, and made a start on the juice and cereal stand, at least. This hotel's proximity to station and tours will regularly mean that guests will have an enforced early start.
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Fallout New Vegas - Anime by xZDisturbedZxWatch
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Fallout New vegas crossed with anime, where can you go wrong? XD lol
The girl is my Fallout character, I've animeised her. If thats even a word
over 10 hours using SAI, Hope you like it.
The girl is my Fallout character, I've animeised her. If thats even a word
over 10 hours using SAI, Hope you like it.
There is so much wrong with the weapon in this picture, first off it is ether really small and is a mock AMR (probably chambered in .308/7.62) or the girl is like tall as hell which seems unlikely, furthermore about the rifle in the game, there is no such thing as .50 MG bullets and this model does not match any real rifles I have seen. I'm getting bored sitting here so I'll just list the problems in this picture: Flat horizon in Nevada is next to impossible to find, the girls body is out of proportion to everything or everything is general is out of proportion. The hill on the right side is highly detailed yet the rock she is crouching next to looks like it could have used more work. The bolt on the gun is way too small for her hands despite the fact she has small hands, she'll still be fumbling with it. The rifle is way too small, the scope is a 6x or 4x despite the fact it is mounted on a rifle known to reach out to a mile easily, the bipod is too small and serves no purpose folded out like that (should have been mounted of the rock) the kick this rifle will shatter her shoulder if she shoots it holding it like that. Her pip-boy is an unknown model, what is that? A pip-boy 5000? Her foot looks broken. She is not wearing ears (hearing protection) so she is going to stun herself when she shoots the weapon. I'm just analyzing the situation so don't get upset or anything. Just using my judgement to keep this simple mistakes from becoming a problem.
Omg those body proportions XD
I wish they actually made a anime of Fallout New vegas.
Very well done! I'm unfamiliar with the anime style, I admit,t so some of the proportions look a bit skewed, but that's probably just me.
Otherwise, I'd be careful using that rifle: something chambered in .50 BMG being fired by a waif like that is likely to cause some severe topplage!
Girl + Anime + Fallout: New Vegas = COMPLETELY EPIC!!
"Animeised"?! :\
So she's a Shojo character? XD
So she's a Shojo character? XD
The AMR looks a little small.
Wow. I found you here. lol. I agree.
Mmm hmm.
That's... a lotta LOLs.
nice ^^
that is a awesome picture and a awesome game
Leather armor with..anti-materiel rifle is she hunting deathclaws? xD
that or the mother deathclaw or deathclaw alpha male
<333 MORE O.O I like this picture so much... Imma favorite this.
Favorited - 20G
I adore your style even. I'm even going to Watch you.
Favorited - 20G
I adore your style even. I'm even going to Watch you.
What a tiny rifle
Hey man, not to be a downer here but the rifle is a .50 cal and therefore should be a bit bigger....beyond that the picture is perfect...^_^
Ohhh! A fallout Aname would be so badass! Your character is cool too!
The coolest thing ever.
You without using VATS is lik
I'd lik to see more
I'd lik to see more
wait, so.... is there actually any armor like that in the game?
yep, its the black combat armor worn by the Van Graffs in Freeside
So Cool
Barret 50 calibre? Nice choice. Yeah I know, I shouldn't know about guns coz im a girl, but I do, so F*CK OFF!!!!
Excellent artwork! Very nice job.
Look gorgeous
May I use this picture in a Courier slideshow I'm making?
May I use this picture in a Courier slideshow I'm making?
yea, why not
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There was no need for protection for The Bodyguard at
Riverton yesterday as he picked up his first win from 11
The 4yr-old son of Painted Black has looked like a stayer in
the making and his tough run for 12th at Wingatui last
Saturday did not put too many punters off, as he bounded
clear to win a 1600m maiden by three lengths.
The gelding was bred by trainer Paul Richards, who shares in
the ownership with his wife, Leanne.
''We're thrilled with him and Doni,'' Leanne Richards told
Trackside TV.
''He made a nice job of that ride.''
The Bodyguard, who had placed four times prior to yesterday's
win, is the second foal out of the Random Chance mare Solo
Star to make it to the races for Richards in a breeding role.
Anzac Star has won seven of his 20 starts, with his last
appearance a win at Oamaru in July last year.
Problem overcome
One horse to the races yesterday for one win might have
looked easy for Wingatui trainer Steve Anderton, but Ginty's
Choice's win in the rating 75 1600m belied the effort
Anderton had to put in behind the scenes.
The Coats Choice mare has suffered from tying-up (or
cramping) problems which Anderton told Trackside TV he had
been trying to get on top of.
''We just went through a stage where it was a bit
frustrating. You've just got to work around it - there's no
real known cure for it,'' he saidGinty's Choice gave Toni
Direen her second riding win of the day, after she earlier
teamed up with Split Decision to win at long odds for Tapanui
trainers Nikkie and Barrie Blatch. It was the
husband-and-wife team's first training success since
Manonthemoon won at Winton in November 2011. The couple now
have 32 wins to their name as a training partnership.
First win for Kahlon
Apprentice jockey Taminder Kahlon fought back the tears after
her first winning ride, guiding home Sandfly for trainer
Sally McKay in the rating 85 1200m. Kahlon was apprenticed to
John and Karen Parsons for three years after arriving from
India, before coming under the tutelage of McKay. She had
seven unplaced rides prior to yesterday's win. Sandfly's win
completed a race-to-race double for McKay, who prepared
Saperavious to win the 1200m maiden at long odds in the
previous event.
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Hello everyone,
first of all, i'd like to apologize for my english ^^
Now my problem :
When I created my site (Kiwaz & Minus) with localhosting, everything used to work perfectally.
Then I published it a few days ago for testing and i discovered that after validating an order, the checkout form doesn't appear on the checkout page.
It seems to load for a few seconds, then disappears and the following message replaces it : sorry, your session has expired.
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i just install next-gen gallery, very nice plug-in thanks a lot.
I fact i use for the moment no effect, and i put in the option resize = 800x600
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NHRA icon takes over Fishermen's Wharf
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Like I alluded to in the post Using win32 GUI from posix code using mixedmode. , there are more than one way to write mixed mode programs.
There are atleast two distinct approaches that we can take when we write code that transgresses both posix and win32 worlds.
1. SUA code with inline calls to win32 functions
2. SUA Application that links to a custom Win32 dll which exposes functions and data whose datatypes are consistent with that of SUA datatypes.
From a technical standpoint, both these approaches are the same. Even in the second approach we still make calls to win32 functions within posix code; but the difference lies in the fact that in the second approach we make calls to custom written functions that act as wrappers to the win32 function/ code that we want to access from posix code.
I'll discuss the first approach in detail in this post. The second approach will have to wait for the next post J.
SUA Code with inline calls to win32 functions:
'inline' here doesn't refer to inline functions , rather it refers to the practice of calling win32 functions from within posix/sua code. In this paradigm, calls to Win32 functions are interspersed in the SUA Applications code. In other words calls to Win32 functions will be in the same source file as that of SUA code. This is an intuitive and straight forward approach and increases readability and enables easier debugging as developers need not develop additional libraries as is the case with the other approach. Also not e that, this is the only approach possible when only static libraries of the Win32 library is available.
If I were to break down this approach into simple steps, this is how it will look.
1. Identify the function in the Win32 library that you want to call in SUA/POSIX code.
2. Identify headers that need to be included to call the win32 call identified in step 1.
3. Include the header in the SUA/POSIX code and make calls to the WIN32 function .
Note: When some Windows hearders are included in a SUA/POSIX application, the application may not compile because of conflict in data type definitions. This happens because particular datatype/function prototypes/macros may be defined in different fashion in the Windows header from that of SUA headers. I'll discuss at the end of this post how to identify and resolve header conflicts.
4. If you have to use the data that is returned by the Win32 call in SUA/POSIX, make sure care is taken to covert data from the type that the Win32 call returned to the type that SUA application is expecting.
Lest look a sample code that was written following the above approach. Below is a small SUA application that connects to SQL server, creates a table and fills the table with data.
Function calls that start with SQL* are win32 calls that reside in the odbc32.dll which is a win32 dll.
#include <stdio.h>
#include "CommonHeader.h"
#define ROWS 3
#define NEWBALANCEVALUE 2000
#define TIMESTOSQLFETCHSCROLL 5
#define SQLTEXTLEN 1024
/* buffers for inserting values into the table */
#define INPUTCOUNT 9
int accno_array[]={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
float bal_array[]={1000,2000,3000,4000,5000,6001,7000,800,9000};
SQLRETURN CreateAndFillTables(SQLHENV henv,SQLHDBC hdbc)
SQLRETURN retcode;
SQLINTEGER ACCOUNT_IDArray[ROWS];
SQLINTEGER ACCOUNT_IDIndArray[ROWS];
SQLINTEGER BalanceArray[ROWS];
SQLINTEGER BalanceIndArray[ROWS];
SQLUSMALLINT RowStatusArray[ROWS], RowNum;
SQLHSTMT hstmt;
SQLCHAR cursorName[NAME_LEN];
SQLINTEGER cursorLen;
SQLINTEGER NewBalance=NEWBALANCEVALUE;
SQLINTEGER NewBalanceInd;
char SQL_Text[SQLTEXTLEN];
int CursorTypeValue = 0;
int i=0,k=0;
if(SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, hdbc, &hstmt)!=0)
printf("Error In Setting The Connection Handler\n");
return MYFAIL;
retcode=SQLSetStmtAttr(hstmt, (SQLINTEGER)SQL_ATTR_CONCURRENCY, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_CONCUR_VALUES,0);
if(retcode== SQL_ERROR)
else if(retcode==SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO)
printf("Required cursor not set, Cursor type set is %d, but wanted %d \n\n",CursorTypeValue,SQL_CONCUR_VALUES);
retcode=SQLSetStmtAttr(hstmt, SQL_ATTR_CURSOR_TYPE,(SQLPOINTER)SQL_CURSOR_KEYSET_DRIVEN,0);// , 0);
printf("Required cursor not set, Cursor type set is %d, but wanted %d\n\n",CursorTypeValue,SQL_CURSOR_KEYSET_DRIVEN);
if(SQLSetStmtAttr(hstmt, SQL_ATTR_ROW_BIND_TYPE, SQL_BIND_BY_COLUMN, 0)!=0)
if(SQLSetStmtAttr(hstmt, SQL_ATTR_ROW_ARRAY_SIZE, (SQLPOINTER)ROWS, 0)!=0)
if(SQLSetStmtAttr(hstmt, SQL_ATTR_ROW_STATUS_PTR, RowStatusArray, 0)!=0)
if(SQLSetCursorName(hstmt, "MY_CURSOR", SQL_NTS))
// Bind arrays to the ACCOUNT_IDArray
if(SQLBindCol(hstmt, 1, SQL_C_SLONG, ACCOUNT_IDArray, 0, ACCOUNT_IDIndArray)!=0)
if(SQLBindCol(hstmt, 2, SQL_C_SLONG, BalanceArray, 0, BalanceIndArray)!=0)
// delete the existing table
SQLExecDirect(hstmt, "drop table accounts", SQL_NTS);// ignore errors if any
/* create the table accounts */
if(SQLExecDirect(hstmt, "create table accounts(account_id int not null unique,bal decimal(11,2))", SQL_NTS)!=0)
/* insert the values in the table*/
sprintf(SQL_Text,"insert into accounts values (%d,%f)",accno_array[i],bal_array[i]);
if(SQLExecDirect(hstmt, SQL_Text, SQL_NTS)!=0)
return MYFAIL;
// Execute a statement to retrieve rows from the Customers table.
if(SQLExecDirect(hstmt, "select * from ACCOUNTS", SQL_NTS)!=0)
// Fetch and display the rows, from the table
if(SQLFetchScroll(hstmt, SQL_FETCH_NEXT, 0))
printf("ACCOUNT_ID: %d Balance: %d \n",ACCOUNT_IDArray[k],BalanceArray[k]);
return MYPASS;
return MYFAIL;
int main(int argc, char **argv)
char dsn[256] = "ODBC-TEST";
char user[256] = "sa";
char passwd[256] = "111_aaa";
SQLHENV henv;
SQLHDBC hdbc;
if (argc > 1)
strcpy(dsn, argv[1]);
if(argc > 2)
strcpy(user, argv[2]);
if(argc > 3)
strcpy(passwd, argv[3]);
if(MYFAIL == ConnectToDB(dsn, user, passwd, &henv, &hdbc))
printf("Could not establish connection\n");
return 1;
CreateAndFillTables(henv, hdbc);
return 0;
You would see lots of dataypes alien to posix used here. These are types that are defined in sql headers like sql.h, sqltypes.h etc.
Below is the code in commonheader.h. I've included this so that if you want to try building this application, you have all the sources.
#include <interix/mixedmode.h>
#include <odbc/sql.h>
#include <odbc/sqlext.h>
#include <odbc/sqltypes.h>
#include <odbc/odbcss.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <odbc/odbcinst.h>
#include <errno.h>
#define NAME_LEN 50
#define MYFAIL -1
#define MYPASS 0
/* displays the last error message */
void ShowError(SQLHSTMT hstmt,SQLSMALLINT HandleType)
SQLCHAR SqlState[6], SQLStmt[100], Msg[SQL_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH];
SQLINTEGER NativeError;
SQLSMALLINT i, MsgLen;
SQLRETURN rc1, rc2;
i = 1;
while ((rc2 = SQLGetDiagRec(HandleType, hstmt, i, SqlState, &NativeError,Msg, sizeof(Msg), &MsgLen)) != SQL_NO_DATA)
printf("SqlState %s,NativeError %d ,Msg %s \n",SqlState,NativeError,Msg);
/* establishes the connection with the DB */
int ConnectToDB(char *DSN,char * UserId ,char *passwd,SQLHENV *henv,SQLHDBC *hdbc)
if(SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE, henv))
printf("SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_ENV, SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &henv) failed\n");
if(SQLSetEnvAttr(*henv, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_OV_ODBC3,0))
printf("SQLSetEnvAttr(henv, SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (SQLPOINTER)SQL_OV_ODBC3,0) failed\n");
if(SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, *henv, hdbc))
printf("SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DBC, henv, &hdbc) failed\n");
if((retcode =SQLSetConnectAttr(*hdbc, (SQLINTEGER)SQL_ATTR_ODBC_CURSORS,(SQLPOINTER)SQL_CUR_USE_IF_NEEDED,0))!=SQL_SUCCESS)//SQL_CUR_USE_ODBC
printf("Error In Using Cursor Library\n");
//Setting Connection Attribute
if((retcode=SQLSetConnectAttr(*hdbc,(SQLINTEGER)SQL_LOGIN_TIMEOUT, (SQLPOINTER )5, 0))!=SQL_SUCCESS)
printf( "Error In Setting The Connection Handler\n");
//Connecting to SQL-SERVER
if((retcode =SQLConnect(*hdbc,(SQLCHAR *)DSN,SQL_NTS, (SQLCHAR *) UserId,SQL_NTS,(SQLCHAR *) passwd,SQL_NTS ))!=SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO)
printf( "Error In Connecting To The SQLSERVER \n");
void CloseConnection(SQLHENV henv,SQLHDBC hdbc)
//Free the Connection Handle
if( hdbc)
SQLFreeHandle( SQL_HANDLE_DBC, hdbc );
//Free the Environment Handle
if( henv)
SQLFreeHandle( SQL_HANDLE_ENV, henv );
The help files that come with 'Utilities and SDK for SUA' has detailed help on how to build applications that access SQL and Oracle databases. You can find that in the section 'Developing database connectivity applications'. I strongly recommend you to read this if you want to develop database applications that talk to either SQL server or Oracle.
Header Conflicts:
A hurdle that one will have to overcome when following the above approach is header conflicts. 'Header conflicts' are a result of conflicting type definitions in SUA headers and Windows headers. For example, ULONG is defined in mixedmode.h a SUA/POSIX header. When mixedmode.h and a windows header that defines ULONG is included in a SUA/POSIX application, then a header conflict results. Header conflicts can be identified by looking at the compile error.
Below are sample header conflict errors
With CC/C89
c:\winnt\sua\usr\include\odbc\sqltypes.h(122) : warning C4142: benign redefinition of type
With GCC
In file included from /usr/include/odbc/sql.h:25,
from CommonHeader.h:4,
from sample.c:2:
/usr/include/odbc/sqltypes.h:122: error: conflicting types for `ULONG'
/usr/include/interix/mixedmode.h:33: error: previous declaration of `ULONG'
How to resolve header conflicts?
1. Construct a new header file with the types required by the Win32 function and include that instead of the standard windows header. Often, a type that is not used results in header conflicts.
2. Change the Win32 header to resolve header conflicts. While changing the header it is advisable to make a copy if the headers and change the copy. This method of resolving header conflicts is advisable when the win32 header that resulted in type re declaration error is the first level header included in SUA/POSIX code and the number of re declaration error is limited to few type conflicts.
I strongly recommend this if you are developing sql applications – the help file also suggests this.
3. Use a different programming approach – by segregating the scope of data types of SUA and Windows, thereby removing any possibility of conflict.
This post should have given you a brief idea of one of the approaches in mixed-mode programming, In the next post, I'll discuss the second approach.


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