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text: Does anyone know who makes and weathers the flightsuit? I have a LS4U neck seal and flak vest, but I have to weather them(which I am not sure how to do). I will be ready to order a flightsuit after the new year, but would like to have it weathered when I get it so I don't have to worry about doing it. I think BM does it but I don't know of any members that have his suit, and I like LS4U's stuff.


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Libby & Ryan
May 19
Munford, Alabama
Q & A with the Bride:
What was the one thing about your venue that made you know it was the one?
As I drove into The Cedars, a historic working cotton plantation, owned by close family friends, my breath immediately was taken away. The gorgeous cedar trees that lines the property, the historic mansion, the cotton fields with tractors in the background, and the bright red mule barn; all of these things reassured me that this was the absolute perfect venue to marry my best friend. Ryan and I wanted a venue that was much like our personalities and lifestyles- fun, interesting, eclectic and with just the perfect amount of southern charm.
Which three details from your wedding were your favorites?
- The bridal party's attire. The groomsmen wore blue seersucker suits with red bow ties adorned with cotton boles. The bridesmaids wore cotton, navy blue strapless dresses with gorgeous hand-made, no two alike, turquoise necklaces.
- The mason jars and milk glass used around the plantation were heirlooms. Every. Single. Piece was either my mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, aunts, or great aunts. Making it so personal was very important to me. I wanted everything to have a reason.
- My wedding cookie cake. I do not like wedding cake- or any other cake to that matter. But, I LOVE chocolate chip cookies and cookie cake. I was adamant on having a cookie cake-wedding cake and after twisting lots of arms, I got what I wanted (Although, I did have a "real wedding cake" as well, the cookie cake was MY wedding cake!).
Give us the one moment in your wedding day you can't stop thinking about.
I cannot quit thinking about the wonderful emotions and butterflies I felt when I was walking down the aisle and seeing my precious husband for the first time in 24 hours. We had both written our own vows and not shared them with each other so hearing our promises and vows to one another will last with me forever. Our ceremony was about us—110% and I am so blessed to have had it that way.


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Ok, well I decided to finally weather my pair of CA boots. I used a picture from the Fett Reference CD (Thanks Braks) to base my weathering from. The final product is far from perfectly screen acurate but I think they will work well once I make the toe spikes.
The colors I used were:
Polyscale: Rock Island Maroon, Steam Power Black and Undercoat Light Grey.
Now I did this all with the airbrush and be kind because it is only the 2nd thing I have ever airbrushed that was in 3 dimentions. The first was my shin tools.
I used the same technique someone else suggested here a while back about putting your hand inside the boot and crunching it in a forward step motion and then hitting it with the light grey so I get those wear creases on the fabric.
Let me know what you think.
The final picture is the reference photo I used to chose my colors.


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 249, June 28, 2002
Unix Tools for Portable Applications, Part IV of IV
[ Many thanks to Kate Hedstrom of ARSC for contributing this series of articles. ]
Autoconf (continued)
Last time we just barely touched the surface of the gnu autotools. This time we will introduce what to do when you need more than the tools provide out of the box. One of the most commonly required features is to search for a third-party software package, both its include files and its libraries. Here we will describe how to locate the NetCDF package, but a similar solution can be used for many other packages.Setup
The autotools are written in a mixture of Bourne shell programming and the m4 macro language. The AC_xxx names are all m4 macros that come with autoconf. It is possible to write your own m4 macros to be used with the autotools. First we have to decide where to put our macros. One option is in the [root]/share/aclocal directory where [root] is the place on your system where the autotools reside (possibly /usr/local ). For those of us who can't write to such a place, we have the choice of putting the macros in a directory within each project or in a central directory, e.g., $HOME/aclocal . This last option is what I have chosen.
Now that we have decided on where to put our home-grown macros, let's make a bootstrap script to point to it. Put this in $HOME/bin and set its permissions to executable:bootstrap:
#! /bin/sh # # Bootstrap the autoconf family of tools set -x aclocal -I $HOME/aclocal autoheader automake --foreign --add-missing --copy autoconf
Now we don't have to remember all those autotools commands, but we have to remember to type 'bootstrap'. Also, recall that these are the commands to create the configure script and the Makefile template. We still have to run "configure" and "make depend" on the target computer.Finding NetCDF
The idea here is that we want to tell configure where to find the NetCDF library and include file:
configure --with-netcdf=/scratch/me/netcdf-3.5.1-beta
otherwise it will use /usr/local as a default. We write a macro to accept the --with-netcdf argument and to check for the existence of the library and include file. We'll call the macro KH_PATH_NETCDF to make it clear that it is home-grown, not part of autoconf . The macro goes into a netcdf.m4 file in our $HOME/aclocal directory. We now have:configure.ac:
# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script. AC_INIT([forcing], [1.0], [email@example.com]) AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([forcing.F]) AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h]) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_F77 KH_PATH_NETCDF KH_CHECK_CPP AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT
The other custom macro here is looking for a nonstandard version of cpp . We use this cpp to convert .F files to .f files and we put that conversion step into the Makefile through Makefile.am:Makefile.am:
## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in ## SUFFIXES = .o .f .F .F.o: $(CPP) -P $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) < $< > $*.f $(F77) -c $(AM_FFLAGS) $(FFLAGS) $*.f .F.f: $(CPP) -P $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) < $< > $*.f .f.o: $(F77) -c $(AM_FFLAGS) $(FFLAGS) $< bin_PROGRAMS = forcing forcing_SOURCES = bes1d.F bes2d.F cppdefs.h crash.F cvector.F \ day_code.F def_info.F def_out.F def_var.F fields.h forcing.F \ forcing.h get_date.F get_grdfld.F get_grid.F get_ncfld.F \ init_vars.F inp_par.F lenstr.F ncparam.h opencdf.F param.h \ scalars.h wrt_out.F depend: sfmakedepend $(MDEPFLAGS) $(forcing_SOURCES) clean-generic: rm -f *.f
There are two versions of some flags, such as FFLAGS and AM_FFLAGS . This is so that we can set some FFLAGS in our macros and still allow the user to set FFLAGS when running configure. For instance, we might be telling it a search path while the user sets the optimization level.
Note that we have added a clean-generic line to get rid of the .f files on a "make clean" . Automake provides the "clean" target that will invoke "make clean-generic" along with the usual removal of *.o.netcdf.m4: (in $HOME/aclocal)
# autoconf macros for detecting NetCDF # AC_DEFUN([KH_PATH_NETCDF],[ AC_CHECKING([for NetCDF]) AC_ARG_WITH([netcdf], [Path to NetCDF installation (default: /usr/local )], [NC_PREFIX="$withval"], [NC_PREFIX="/usr/local"] ) AC_MSG_RESULT([NetCDF location: $NC_PREFIX]) if eval "test -d $NC_PREFIX/include"; then NC_INCLUDES="-I$NC_PREFIX/include" else AC_MSG_ERROR([$NC_PREFIX/include not found]) fi if eval "test -d $NC_PREFIX/lib"; then NC_LDFLAGS="-L$NC_PREFIX/lib" NC_LIBS="-lnetcdf" else AC_MSG_ERROR([$NC_PREFIX/lib not found]) fi save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $NC_INCLUDES" MDEPFLAGS="$MDEPFLAGS $NC_INCLUDES" LIBS="$LIBS $NC_LIBS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $NC_LDFLAGS" AC_SUBST([MDEPFLAGS]) AC_SUBST([NC_PREFIX]) netcdf=no AC_LANG([C]) AC_CHECKING([for netcdf.inc]) AC_CHECK_HEADER([netcdf.inc], [netcdf=yes], [netcdf=no]) AC_MSG_RESULT([NetCDF include result: $netcdf]) if test "x$netcdf" = xno; then AC_MSG_ERROR([NetCDF include not found]) fi AC_LANG([Fortran 77]) AC_CHECKING([for libnetcdf.a]) AC_CHECK_LIB([netcdf], [nf_close], [netcdf=yes], [netcdf=no]) AC_MSG_RESULT([NetCDF link result: $netcdf]) if test "x$netcdf" = xno; then AC_MSG_ERROR([NetCDF library not found]) fi # Put them back to how they used to be and set the AM versions # The AM versions must be substituted explicitly CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS" AM_CPPFLAGS="$NC_INCLUDES $AM_CPPFLAGS" AM_LDFLAGS="$NC_LDFLAGS $AM_LDFLAGS" AC_SUBST([AM_CPPFLAGS]) AC_SUBST([AM_LDFLAGS]) ])
We start by naming our macro and opening its definition. The AC_CHECKING and AC_MSG_RESULT simply write messages when configure is run. AC_ARG_WITH is the heart of the matter where it parses the --with-netcdf argument. AC_SUBST writes the named macros into the Makefile. Most of the rest is checking for the existence of the lib and include directories, then whether it can include netcdf.inc and link to libnetcdf.a . Note that the include check has to take place within a C language section, causing warnings from configure since netcdf.inc doesn't parse correctly as a C file.
I strongly recommend that you read the current autoconf manual if you plan on writing your own macros.Fortran 90
We also need a macro to check for netcdf.mod or NETCDF.mod and to see if we can compile using it:netcdf_f90.m4: (in $HOME/aclocal)
# autoconf macro for detecting NetCDF module file # AC_DEFUN([KH_PATH_NETCDF_F90],[ AC_CHECKING([for NetCDF module file]) save_FFLAGS="$FFLAGS" for flag in "-I" "-M" "-p"; do FFLAGS="$flag$NC_PREFIX/include $save_FFLAGS" AC_TRY_COMPILE([], [ use netcdf], [netcdf=yes; NC_FFLAGS=$flag], [netcdf=no]) if test "x$netcdf" = xyes; then break fi done AC_MSG_RESULT([NetCDF module result: $netcdf, flag: $NC_FFLAGS]) if test "x$netcdf" = xno; then AC_MSG_ERROR([NetCDF module not found]) fi FFLAGS="$save_FFLAGS" AM_FFLAGS="$NC_FFLAGS$NC_PREFIX/include $AM_FFLAGS" AC_SUBST([AM_FFLAGS]) ])
Once again we define our macro, called KH_PATH_NETCDF_F90 . The guts here are the for loop with the AC_TRY_COMPILE . Since different compilers use different flags to specify the path to that netcdf.mod file, we need to find out which one works by compiling a program containing "use netcdf". With this kind of check, we don't need to know the name of the module file, just where it lives.
The configure script must specify KH_PATH_NETCDF before KH_PATH_NETCDF_F90 . The resulting configure script can be run as:
yukon% configure --with-netcdf=/myplace FFLAGS="-em -f free" icehawk% configure FFLAGS="-qfree=f90"
Note that I am setting the free format flags with configure; this should be done in the configure.ac file with a FREE_FORMAT macro. This is left as an exercise for the student :-) Ditto the -em business on the Crays.
In general, the autotools check for how the system works today. It is strongly discouraged to check for what kind of computer we are on and then to set things for how we know that computer behaved last year. Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in learning more about autotools and Fortran - we can figure it out together.
Nirvana Editor
[ Thanks to Richard Griswold for this contribution, on the request of the editors. ]
There are a lot of text editors available for Unix systems, both text-based, such as pico, vi, and Emacs, and graphical, such as Emacs (again), but most of them are not easy to use for the novice user. Other text editors aim for the novice crowd, but end up being very limited. They often lack features that programmers and advanced users want, such as regular expressions, macros, and syntax highlighting. Fortunately there is one editor that is both powerful and easy to use. That editor is the Nirvana Editor, or NEdit.
NEdit is text editor for the X Window System. It is a GUI program top to bottom, unlike some other graphical text editors which are simply a shell over a text-based program. NEdit uses "standard" key bindings that most users of text editors and word-processors are used to. For example, the Home and End keys take you to the beginning and end of a line. CTRL-Home and CTRL-End take you to the beginning and end of the document. CTRL-Up and CTRL-Down take you to the beginning and end of the paragraph. And so on. If you can navigate your way around a document using WordPad or Word, you can use NEdit.
For programmers, however, NEdit has additional advanced features. It supports syntax highlighting and ships with patterns for most popular languages. If the language you want isn't included, you can download patterns off the web, or you can create your own.
NEdit also has a full-fledged macro language and the ability to execute external commands. The search and replace mechanism can take either normal case-sensitive or case-insensitive strings, or regular expressions.
On top of all of this, NEdit has the slickest rectangular selection mechanism of any text editor I've ever seen. You can cut, copy, paste, and move rectangular blocks of text at will. Unlike some other text editors that require strange key-combos to perform rectangular selections, with NEdit you simply hold down the CTRL key when you make your selection.
It has a nice middle-drag mode that allows you to copy text with a single mouse operation. This mode supports rectangular selections as well.
NEdit runs on almost any system. In addition to Unix and Linux systems, it has been ported to VMS, MS Windows (using Cygwin), IBM zSeries (formerly S/390), IBM iSeries (formerly AS/400, using the PASE environment), and MacOS X.
NEdit is simply the best text editor I've ever used, and with each release it keeps getting better. I've used it for over seven years for everything from jotting down quick notes to writing production code. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs to edit text. For more information, see: http://www.nedit.org/.
[ Editor's note: nedit is installed on the ARSC SGIs. ]
A Surprising Story
Thought you'd be interested in some local news concerning an Alaska dermatologist. He specializes in the removal of blemishes from the neck and face.
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He recently caught the world by surprise, setting a new record in the number of Boating Point operations per second, performed on the neck.
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A:[[ I've gotten used to NQS, and the other batch schedulers on [[ HPC systems, and would like to "submit" jobs on an SGI workstation [[ in a similar way. I want jobs to start, and keep running, even after [[ I've logged off. Can I do this?
Check the man pages for the "at" and "batch" commands. We prefer you use "batch", as it "nices" your job so that the system remains useful to interactive and other users who may show up. A:[[ More on Fortran 90's exit and cycle # Thanks to Alan Wallcraft: In Fortran 90, the CYCLE statement does exactly what you want: do n=1,m : if (i .eq. j) cycle : enddo As pointed out above, there is also an exit, e.g.: do n=1,m : if (i .eq. j) goto 100 : enddo 100 continue becomes: do n=1,m : if (i .eq. j) exit : enddo With cycle and exit, I suggest always using Fortran 90 "block" do-loops, i.e. every loop has its own enddo (and no loop labels). This avoids confusion over which loop is involved. If you want to cycle to an outer loop, then "name" the loop e.g.: do_l: do l=1,8 do n=1,m : if (i .eq. j) cycle do_l : enddo enddo do_l Q: Let's take a computing break! June is mosquito month in Fairbanks, and 2002 has been impressive by all accounts. Send us your favorite mosquito story, remedy, or advice. Any luck with mosquito traps, DEET-free dope, or personal concoctions?
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'"I always wanted to sign with the Thrashers," Audette said. "(Waddell) knew I wanted four years (guaranteed) or three and an option. When he offered me two (guaranteed) plus two (options), it was like offering me nothing. He knew I would turn it down. This wasn't my decision, it was their's. "I understand it's a negotiation. But I don't think I went overboard. I did my job on the ice and I expected them to do their's."'
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Some days, without warning, Darrin Jaquess is taken back to that dark place on Interstate 71 late on a Saturday night in May, nearly 25 years ago, after a fun-filled, memory-making day at King's Island.
Harold Dennis, Carey Aurentz Cummins and Ciaran Foran Madden are reminded of that night with a look in the mirror or when they get out of bed each day.
Jaquess remembers the smell from the burning school bus that had carried 67 people to the amusement park and the start of the return trip to Radcliff. Only 40 would make it home alive.
"I never know when it's going to hit me, but when it does, it's like that night all over again," Jaquess said. "It smells like a faint burn. It's hard to describe, but it's the smell I smelled that night. There was a lot of things burning that night on the bus."
Twenty-seven people, including 24 children, died in the May 14, 1988, crash near Carrollton that night when a black pickup truck driven by a drunken Larry Mahoney struck the church bus from Radcliff First Assembly of God.
Mahoney, who lived in nearby Owen County, was driving north in a southbound lane of I-71 with a blood alcohol level later revealed to be 0.24 — more than two times the legal limit then and three times the legal limit now. He would serve 10 years and 11 months in prison for the deaths.
Mahoney was convicted of 27 counts of second-degree manslaughter, 16 counts of second-degree assault, 27 counts of first-degree wanton endangerment and one count of driving while under the influence of intoxicants.
It remains the deadliest drunken driving crash in United States history.
For some survivors, as weeks turned to months and then into years, that night remains a snapshot in their minds, etched deep in their memories that time won't erase.
Then children, many now are parents. Some survivors can reel off the actions of others, noises, smells and chaos that ensued after the collision triggered a fire ball through a crowded bus with few paths to escape.
Many survivors have a hard time finding words to adequately describe what they experienced from the moment of impact to what followed. There have been sleepless nights, tears, fears and agonizing paths to physical recovery.
"It was horrific and unimaginable," Cummins said. "It's amazing to me that 40 of us were able to get out of that bus; it was a deathtrap."
Cummins, a married mother of a 4-year-old son, suffered third-degree burns on about 65 percent of her body. Part of her right leg was amputated 12 days after the crash because of fourth-degree burns.
For Dennis, Madden and others, there are facial scars from that night. There's no hiding from the reflection of the bus crash.
Dennis, who excelled in football and soccer at North Hardin High School and later played at the University of Kentucky, has been the face of the bus crash for many. His face was deeply scarred. While he can't give a specific number, he knows he had at least 10 surgeries to aid his recovery.
"I couldn't hide from it," Dennis said. "The first few months, the first few years, were hard. But this is who I am."
Dennis has shared his story countless times to young and old, attempting to turn a night of tragedy into a platform for anyone who may listen to the dangers of drinking and driving.
In some ways, he says, being in the public eye more than most has been therapeutic for him.
Others have dealt with the crash in various ways. Some who were together that night, like Kim Farmer and Jess Durrance, Pam Uhey and Larry Flowers and Wayne Cox and Christy Pearman, are married.
"We were just friends back then," said Kim, who was pulled from the bus by her now husband. "I think he had a crush on me then, and then after that, we started hanging out more and started dating that September."
The couple will have been married 19 years in June. They have four children together.
Jerry Wheeler lost a child, a 6-month-old son, Isaak, nine years ago. That loss, coupled with haunting memories of the crash, brought him to a point in his life to seek professional therapy for a time.
He has, with apprehension, driven by the crash site near Carrollton.
"I've tried," he said. "Maybe three or four times. It's weird, it's almost like a second sense that it's coming around the corner. It's just an eerie feeling to go there."
He never has returned to King's Island. He was 14 at the time of the crash. He says time hasn't made it easier for him.
"I think of it quite frequently," he said. "Now more than ever."
For decades, Wheeler avoided Madden, who was severely burned in the crash. She sat behind him on the return trip and he wondered if he had impeded her escape as he sought an exit.
"I avoided her for 20 years," he said. "I'd see her in Wal-Mart, I would go another way. If I saw her at a restaurant, I would leave. It was just the guilty part for me."
Jason Booher, now a successful high school boys' basketball coach at Holmes High School in Covington, sat in the front of the bus on the way up to King's Island and found a spot near the back on the return trip.
"When we hit, I just remember being shoved into the back of the seat in front of me and then the explosion," he said. "It was just awful from there."
A married father of three, Dennis said he has mailed a letter to Mahoney with hopes that he would agree to an interview for the documentary, "IMPACT: After the Crash." Dennis said he never heard from Mahoney, who has stayed out of the public eye since he left prison in 1999 after serving less than 11 years of a 16-year sentence.
"I hoped he would feel compelled to not only speak out to the families for the first time," Dennis said, "but for young kids in a position to make the same kind of decision he made that night."
Asked if he felt Mahoney's sentence was fair — less than five months served for each lost life — Dennis said everything is subjective.
"I tend to not think about it like that," he said. "Hopefully, he learned something in the time he was incarcerated. You can't put a number of years on those lives that are gone. The system finds a way to do that, I know."
The word "survivors" is a loose term for those who lived through that night.
Some were the children who didn't die in the crash, and all the parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, brother and sisters left with a void in their hearts or emotional wounds from the night.
Others were classmates.
Tammy Barker of Vine Grove had attended J.T. Alton Middle School with some of the children who did not survive. One was Phillip Morgan.
"He was so sweet," Walker said. "We were in band together. All the girls had a crush on him and my best friend was in love with him."
She found out about the crash the next morning from a friend who ran to her house yelling, "They're gone!"
"I don't think I have gotten over it," she said. "I don't think I ever will."
Many of those who survived the crash plan to gather Tuesday. Some plan to be at North Hardin High School to hear Booher, who lost his best friend, Chad Witt, in the crash. Many also plan to attend a memorial service that night or a private showing of the documentary.
Jaquess said it will be "a blessing" to see friends and the families of those who didn't make it out of the bus.
"You really never get to hear about the ones who don't get to speak and their loved ones," he said of the deceased. "It will be a reunion for us and a lot of reminiscing. It's going to be very emotional because we went through something together like we went through on that night and something we go through every day."
Those who died:
Jennifer Ann Arnett, 13
Cynthia Anne Atherton, 13
Sandy Jean Brewer, 12
Joshua Michael Conyers, 14
Mary Catheryn Daniels, 14
Julie A. Earnest, 12
Kashawn R. Etheredge, 14
Shannon Rae Fair, 14
Dwailla Dawn Fischel, 12
Richard Keith Gohn, 19
Lori Kathleen Holzer, 11
Charles John Kytta, 34
Anthony Marks, 15
April LuAnn Mills, 15
Phillip Lee Morgan, 13
Tina A. Mustain, 14
William J. Nichols Jr., 17
Patricia Nunnallee, 10
John Robert Pearman, 36
Emillie Suzanne Thompson, 13
Crystal Erin Uhey,13
Denise Ellen Voglund, 13
Amy Christine Wheelock, 14
Kristen Joy Williams, 34
M. Joy Williams, 34
Robin Jill Williams, 10
Chad Anthony Witt, 14
Those who lived:
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Jason Booher
Angela Bryant
Greg Burlem
Amy Constant
Aaron Conyers
Wayne Cox
Tammy Darnell
Harold Dennis
Kim Dennis
Jess Durrance
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Another great day in America. It seems that the first amendment only applies to Christians. You should be able to practice your religion regardless of whether you are Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Scientologist, or Atheist.A new bill from a Republican lawmaker in Alabama would require all schools to start each day with a 15-minute prayer session — just as Congress members do.
Under Rep. Steve Hurst's mandate, school days would open with the study of the procedures of Congress, followed by a word-for-word reading of the prayer that members on Capitol Hill used, the Anniston Star reported.
Or, teachers could opt for a prayer that was aligned with that day's lesson plan, he said.
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
KDE SC 4.5.2 released
4.5.2 brings a number of improvements:
- KSharedDataCache, the new performance tool has seen scalability and performance improvements.
- Performance of loading icons has been improved by better use of the new shared data cache.
- The display of tooltips in Dolphin has been fixed in certain cases where it would display outdated previews.
- KWin and especially its compositing manager has seen some optimizations and bugfixes for specific filters.
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You can further read about these and other enhancements and bugfixes from the OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT and the (almost) complete CHANGE LOG for this release.
As a PCLinuxOS user I got these updates even before the release announcement went live (now, ain´t that sweet). If you are using KDE SC 4.5 series I very much encourage you to update to 4.5.2. It should bring stability and performance without any impact otherwise.
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- AnonymousOctober 7, 2010 at 1:58 AM
Hi Chema,ReplyDelete
I agree - updated PCLinuxOS KDE to 4.5.2 with no negative impacts on my Thinkpad X61T.
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2010 at 3:14 AM
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Could you post what icons set and them you use on your current PCLinuxOS setup please
Icon theme is Oxygen, but I customize icons like crazy. I simply save icons I like from here and there and apply them to the apps I like. In other words, what you are seeing on the panel is not coming from any icon theme.
As for plasma desktop, the theme name is "G-Remix".
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2010 at 8:37 AM
I think you have done a great job customising PCLinuxOS you should produce your own remix and post it on PCLinuxOS forum!ReplyDelete
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You mean creating LiveCD out of my current setup? I have never done it before, so any guidelines are welcome.
On a different note, I have to say that I requested my PCLinuxOS forum account long ago and I think I was not accepted, because I never got any confirmation back.
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2010 at 1:20 PM
I have never done this myself but this instructions look very straight forward:ReplyDelete
I read those instructions and yes, it does look easy. Having said so, my customization is merely cosmetic, so not sure it's worth uploading such a big iso file just for that.
Here's a list of the changes I have put together:
1.- Classic Menu layout with each entry item renamed (I think the menu looks better if titles are longer, so the menu ends up being a bit wider).
2.- ttf-droid 8 size fonts by default.
3.- Emerald window borders.
4.- Compiz compositing, pretty standard effects.
5.- Pry folder set for folders (find it here: http://www.veryicon.com/icons/folder/)
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So I pose another scenario. What do you think would happen if we did not have a president? What if we were ruled by governmental body that did not ask us our opinion but rather made decision's and passed laws, rules and regulations based on the what a few thought served the greater good? What then do you think would happen?[/QUOTE]
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I don't think birth control should be provided by the government as per the latest political argument out there, but the reality of it is the more ghetto baby makers are on birth control the lower the tax burdern on the rest of us. It may be a sick view of the world, but if you can't stand on your own two feet financially, you shouldn't be able to shoot 10 kids out of a clown car vagina to get more money. In some form, I guess I'm a proponent of population control.
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Fuck the wat?
To me the people that LIVE on welfare are freeloaders and should be gone. But that's not really why I even started this topic.
For me:
Hatred of freeloaders >> dislike of abortion
Therefore I vote
I guess if anything I've learned from this topic is that we are all pretty much the same. are anti- and are anti- more than they are anti-(insert the other guy here) and far, far more than they are pro-(insert your party's candidate here).
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I want what I think most Americans want. I want to be free to live my life without interference from others, government, religion, or otherwise. I want ordered liberty.
I didn't vote for Obama last time and I won't be voting for Barack, Mitt, Rick, or Newt this time. It will be Ron Paul or third party. I see a vote for the establishment Republican candidate as 8 more years of pretty extreme misery. I see a vote for Obama as 4 more years of very extreme misery. Neither is acceptable and I won't support either.
I am hoping for a brokered convention. This will favor Paul heavily as he has stacked the delegate's in every state with his supporter's who will be free to vote for any candidate they wish during a brokered convention.
Anyone who believe's that the economy is improving, or has improved since the mid 90's, or will improve under either establisment party candidate isn't paying attention. Obama is no more or less to blame for this than Bush I, Bush II, Reagan, Clinton, Carter, Ford, Nixon... none of them did much of anything real to the economy, but they all took credit or blame from voters. This plays into the red team vs. blue team game that keeps us divided.
As far as the real ecomomy goes...
9% unemployment? Thats' funny and completely false, but it sure looks good to uninformed voters during and election year. At least compared to the real number, closer to 22%.
Inflation 2%? Stop it you're killing me! Real annual inflation, using the old method that included things like food and gasoline, is more like 9.6%
When the numbers look bad, then just change the accounting method until you get the number you want. EASY! Expect the numbers to improve slightly until after election day.
Add to that: Real interest rates are negative and cannot be changed, debt has exceeded GDP, The five biggest American banks are on the hook to bail out the euro when it fails but don't have the capital to do it. And China, India, Iran, and Russia are considering trading oil in gold, not dollars, directly threating the petro-dollar scam that's kept this country alive since the we went off the gold standard. The housing market is still in free fall while the banks are holding on to their forclosed inventory, for fear of taking a loss that will bankrupt them.
Try reading at zerohedge.com for a couple of weeks and then come back and tell me how the economy is really doing.
Meanwhile there is only one current candidate who has a real grasp on these issues.
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The unemployment thing kinda gets me. All they ever seem to talk about is the amount of new claims or even the number of people that are still collecting benefits. How about a good hard number for the public of how many people have exhausted their benefits and have fallen off the records? I would imagine that's where the 22% you mention comes in to play that they never speak of.
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Thank you, I was hoping I got that right. I haven't even got my first cup of mud down my throat. Kinda dangerous to spin off like that with out caffeinated encouragement.
But my point was that we are headed down this road. We are getting a president, whoever it is, that is a puppet for the elite, regardless of what party affiliation they claim. We need to find a president that can represent the people, not the representatives for the elite that have been placed by the elite.
Fresh ideas......that would be a fresh idea. Political hats are hung on these old debates that people have been conditioned to rate important to them. Not because it is truly important, in most cases, but it poses a potential mark in the victory column if a debate is won in their favor by their party, and people like to see someone win. A mark in that column translates to some sort of superiority on all fronts, which makes concrete the concept of that party being the best party in power. These are conditioned victories, A conditioned victory, is that of a sales pitch, strategically placed at the right moment, so it boosts confidence in the whole picture. It is a well wrote movie that we cannot see the end of because we are drawn into the current .
It is the sheep that are looking to a false shepard or false shepards, and the false shepard's are paid under the table by the wolves, the elite.
We need to wake up and fight the true problem. No one ever lost a fight because they fought, they lost because they did not defend themselves effectively or didn't fight at all to begin with.
I don't know many people on here, and my comments are based on one opinion, mine and what ever I learn along the path that has been set before me. I bet there is not one elite-ist on here. But I can tell you this, the wolves are counting on all of the middle class, us, to fight each-other over everything. A civil war among the middle class, rendering it voiceless and bound by its own failure, will put a mark in the win column for the wolves. And let me be clear, the wolves are not just the Elite in America, they are worldwide. Period.
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I have coworkers who are Canadian who can tell you the horrors of government health care. They take health insurance from our company because they would rather have our system than just being left to die if an issue arises. If I lived in Canada when I had my heart problem I would have probably died. Even a person without health insurance would have been saved in my scenario.
I personally wouldn't vote for Obama. I think that Romney is much better honestly.
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The scenario I posed was not meant to reveal something new and innovative, but rather point out that this is the current scenario, and that if it does not change we are going to suffer the same results. Change the status quot, unless you're satisfied.
I meant not to sound obvious, but rather to levitate the current problem and shed more accurate light on it. This is an administration that is not one puppet, but many. A characteristic of a large government.
Look here is the deal. We can bash this around again and again and again. And maybe that is as far as this goes. But the true undeniable difference that we are all looking for is not going to come at the hands of a forum, like this, but at then hands of an organized, well thought and loud voice, that is the middles class.
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We won this one.
I havent stopped shouting yet! Go zimmerman!!!! If i ever need an attorney Omera and West are my guys!!!
Oh he's not free nor will he ever be for the rest of his life. Whether he was found guilty or innocent, his life was pretty much over already. I didn't follow the trial because I didn't care about it, but can't help but to feel bad for the guy having to spend the rest of his life checking his 6 all the time in public.
I sleep with a GLOCK 23 by my bedside. If it were to get out of hand, I will be ready to roll!
i hear there be RIOTS brewing.
4th i hope you got your powder dry!
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Raleigh, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Carolina Hurricanes center Eric Staal underwent surgery for a core muscle injury he suffered during offseason training and is expected to be ready for the start of training camp.
The procedure was performed by Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia.
"Eric notified us of the injury late last week, and flew to Raleigh and then Philadelphia to be evaluated," said Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis in a statement Tuesday. "By having this procedure now, Dr. Meyers believes Eric will be able to return to action for training camp and be at full health for the start of the regular season."
Staal will enter his 11th NHL season with Carolina and last year notched 21 goals with team bests of 40 assists and 61 points in 79 games. He has 289 goals and 399 assists for 688 points in 769 games.
The 29-year-old Ontario native was selected by the Hurricanes with the second overall pick of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and was named captain in January 2010. He is a four-time All-Star and helped the Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup title, also winning Olympic gold with Team Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Games.


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As part of the Club's celebrations to mark its 125th anniversary, July saw the launch of 'The 125 Project', which was developed in collaboration with our partner, Nike.
'The 125 Project' became an evolving collection of unique Arsenal stories submitted by players, staff, celebrities including Spike Lee and, most importantly, our supporters. There was an overwhelming response to the project, with 1250 stories uploaded from around the world, with the microsite sitting on the Club's facebook site receiving 45,000 unique visitors and 112,000 page impressions since its inception.
Among those memories uploaded were personal stories of supporters' first glimpses of the Gunners, tales of sheer joy when the team of 2003/04 finished the domestic season unbeaten, and even of the extraordinary lengths some fans went to in order to attend a game.
The best stories were selected by our Facebook followers, and have now been installed onto some of the benches by the Spirit of Highbury team picture above The Armoury Store. A snapshot of those stories is below, with inclusions from Pakistan, New York and closer to home, Lewisham in South London.
The Invincibles
2003/04 was the season Arsenal made history by going 49 games without a defeat.
I can still remember how, as the season swept on, pride turned to disbelief, to hope, to amazement, to pure joy. I felt like every Arsenal fan in London was one of my mates. You walked taller because you were a Gooner and you were part of something special. It was one of the greatest times of my life.
We became the Invincibles that season, and whatever highs and lows come, my faith in the world's best football team hasn't wavered since then.
- Amy Gould
Two German Girls in New York...
I moved to New York City in August 1999, and I knew I was entering Baseball Country.
Bergkamp was my hero, Wenger had just brought in this kid Thierry Henry and I was curious how he would do.
Nobody here cared about football - hell, they called it soccer!! There was only one bar (an Irish pub) in the whole city where you could watch a game. One morning I went to an old German bakery on the Upper East Side, wearing my precious Gunners shirt.
The young woman behind the counter took my order, looked up and said with a big smile : " Nice shirt."
Then she proceeded to lift her apron - and revealed a Tottenham shirt. It was hysterical.
Two German girls, in New York City, wearing the shirts of two of the fiercest English Premier League rivals.
Football had finally come to America.
- Cora Bauer
Midnight Boom
Here in Pakistan, the Champions League matches air somewhere around midnight or later. So when I was in school my parents wouldn't allow me to watch any matches, since I would have school the day after. But I used to get out of bed when everyone was asleep, pick up a chair, put it inches in front of the TV and plug in my earphones, so no one would hear me watching the TV.
I remember once, Thierry Henry scored at Highbury against Real Madrid which made me jump with joy, but that also pulled the earphone cord out of the TV, which led to the cheers of the fans echoing all through my house.
Long story short, I got grounded for a month, but it was one of the most memorable nights of my life. Glory Glory Gunners, Glory Glory Arsenal!
- Mohammad Syed
Jens, oh Jens
It was around 5am here in Manila, Philippines. As the sun was slowly rising, I forced my eyelids open to endure a goalless match between The Gunners and Villarreal. It was the Champions League Semi Finals 2nd Leg and we were up 1-0 in aggregate. Just when I thought that Arsenal had secured another victory, Clichy manages to bring down a Villarreal forward inside the box and the ref points to the spot for a penalty in the final minutes of stoppage time. Anger, shock, disbelief, and hope. Riquelme steps up and takes the penalty.
Jens dives.
Jens saves.
We're on our way to Paris.
- Dijo Songco
The Club and its partner Nike would like to thank everyone that took the time to submit a story, and hope the lasting legacy of the project stands as a testament to the amazing support shown by our fans over the years.
Supporters can take a look at the messages and 'The 125 Project' by going to www.facebook.com/arsenal, where they can select 'The 125 Project' tab and follow the simple instructions, or read the stories in person in situ above The Armoury Store at the south west corner of the ground.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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text: Kinda off topic but i just read a preview of 2008 olympic champion gymnast Shawn Johnson´s book and she said that Michelle sent her a sweet text in Beijing the night after she didn't win the all-around gold. Shawn said it felt like Michelle was the only person in the world who really understod how it feels to not win and get a silver medal instead. I thought this was cute and one more reason to love Michelle!


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Pescanova SA (Public, MCE:PVA) is a Spain-based company engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the fishing industry. The Company is a parent of Grupo Pescanova, whose principal activities include production, processing and distribution of fish as food products. The Group includes such companies as Argenova SA, Bajamar Septima SA, Frinova SA, Pescafresca SA, Marnova Lda, Pescamar Lda, Pesquerias Belnova SA,Frigodis SA, Krustanord, SA, Pescafina, SA and Novagroup among others.
The Company's activities can be divided into three areas: wild catch, farmed fish and food products. In the wild catch division, Pescanova operates through the Fishco group, which owns a fishing fleet of more than 130 vessels and several factory tankers where fish and shellfish are processed and frozen immediately after being caught. Within the farmed fish area, it operates through Acuicultura, engaged in the development of technology for the fishing activities. In the food products area, it is active through Aliholding, offering deep-frozen foods.
In 1980 Manuel Fernández de Sousa-Faro, son of the founder, together with Alfonso Paz-Andrade, son of the co-founder, took the presidency and, after a restructuring period, Pescanova became what it is now. In 1985 it joined Madrid Stock Exchange Today Pescanova Group is one of the most important Seafood Group in the world and manage fishing, acuiculture, processing and catering service with pre-cooked products.
Pescanova Group operates in 21 countries with aprox.3,400 employees.
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2003: Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles distant. [ + - ]
2000: The 1,772-foot-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, killing three people. [ + - ]
1990: Guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, who helped ignite the blues revival of the 1980s with his band Double Trouble, dies along with three others when the helicopter he's riding in crashes into a hill following a performance in East Troy, Wisconsin. He was 35 years old. [ + - ]
1990: With the retractable roof at Toronto's SkyDome open on a beautiful night, a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Toronto Blue Jays is delayed for 35 minutes after clouds of gnats descend on the stadium in the fifth inning. Closing the roof stopped the bugs and allowed the game to continue. [ + - ]
1979: Actor Aaron Paul, best known for his TV roles on "Breaking Bad" and "Big Love," is born in Emmett, Idaho. [ + - ]
1976: Actress Sarah Chalke, best known for her TV roles on "Roseanne," "Scrubs" (pictured) and "How I Met Your Mother," is born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [ + - ]
1969: Dog trainer Cesar Millan, known for his TV shows "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" and "Cesar 911," is born in Santa Clarita, California. [ + - ]
1967: The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, is found dead in his London home from an overdose of sleeping pills at the age of 32. [ + - ]
1965: The Beatles, who are in Los Angeles to do two nights at the Hollywood Bowl, pay an informal social visit to Elvis Presley at his home in Bel-Air, California. [ + - ]
1964: Actress and comedian Gracie Allen, who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, dies of a heart attack at age 69 in Los Angeles, California. She's seen here with Burns in 1952. [ + - ]
1964: The Walt Disney movie "Mary Poppins," starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, premieres in Los Angeles. The movie would go on to become the No. 1 movie at the box office in 1965, earning a net profit of $28.5 million. It also earned 13 Academy Award nominations, winning five, including Best Actress for Andrews and Best Original Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee." [ + - ]
1963: Civil rights activist and scholar W. E. B. Du Bois, the first black student to earn a doctorate from Harvard and one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, dies at age 95 in Accra, Ghana. [ + - ]
1962: The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA. It later would become the first space probe to conduct a successful planetary encounter. [ + - ]
1955: "The Guinness Book of World Records" is published for the first time. It would reach the top of the British bestseller lists by Christmas. The following year it was launched in the U.S. and sold 70,000 copies. [ + - ]
1953: Actor, director and playwright Peter Stormare, best known for his roles in movies like "Fargo," "Armageddon," "Minority Report" and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," and the TV series "Prison Break," is born Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm in Kumla, Sweden. [ + - ]
1952: Actor Paul Reubens, better known as Pee-Wee Herman, is born in Peekskill, New York. [ + - ]
1947: Actress Barbara Bach ("The Spy Who Loved Me," "Force 10 from Navarone") is born in Queens, New York. She's seen here with husband Ringo Starr in July 2016. [ + - ]
1943: Actress Tuesday Weld, best known for movies like "Play It As It Lays," "Looking for Mr. Goodbar," "Once Upon a Time in America" and "Falling Down," and the sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," is born Susan Ker Weld in New York City. Weld earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for "Looking for Mr. Goodbar." [ + - ]
1942: Musician Daryl Dragon, best known as the keyboardist for the 1970s Grammy Award-winning pop duo Captain & Tennille, is born in Los Angeles, California. Together with his wife, Toni Tennille, Dragon had five albums certified gold or platinum and scored numerous hits during their highest period of popularity, including "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Do That to Me One More Time and "Muskrat Love." They also hosted their own television variety series in 1976?77. [ + - ]
1939: The turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft, makes its first flight. [ + - ]
1908: Lyndon B. Johnson, who would go on to become the 36th president of the United States, is born in Stonewall, Texas. Johnson ascended to the presidency following the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy, completed Kennedy's term and was elected president in his own right, winning by a large margin over Barry Goldwater in the 1964 election. He died of a heart attack at age 64 on Jan. 22, 1973. [ + - ]
1896: The Anglo-Zanzibar War, the shortest war in world history, takes place from 9:02 to 9:30 a.m. between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. [ + - ]
1883: The island volcano Krakatoa erupts and the resulting tidal waves kill 36,417 on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. [ + - ]
1859: Col. Edwin L. Drake strikes "rock oil" in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well. The resulting oil boom was the first in the United States. [ + - ]
1813: French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. [ + - ]
1783: Jacques Alexandre César Charles, a member of the French Academy of Science, launches the first balloon inflated with hydrogen gas. The unmanned flight ascended from the Place des Victories in Paris to a height of nearly 3,000 feet and came down some 15 miles away where terrified peasants attacked and destroyed it. [ + - ]
1776: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under Gen. William Howe defeat Americans under Gen. George Washington in the Battle of Long Island. The battle is the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War following the United States' Declaration of Independence and the first battle in which an army of the United States engaged an enemy, having declared itself a nation only the month before. [ + - ]


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Leaked documents allege that Canada's electronic spy agency tracked people who accessed airport Wi-Fi in an effort to ferret out kidnappers and terrorists. But critics question the legality of accessing information on people's private devices.
CSEC accused of spying on Canadians via airport Wi-Fi
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An amazing man. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jessica Chastain should be smiling. Number one and two at the US box office this weekend.
Britney Spears out and about this weekend.
Courtney Love at Sundance.
David Beckham and his son sledding in London. 80 degrees yesterday in Los Angeles Dave.
Speaking of snow, Jennifer Hudson is enjoying some at Sundance.
Jillian Michaels gives her daughter a ride.
Kate Bosworth just happens to show off her ring to the photographers.
Kristen Bell surrounded by men with Uggs.
Kevin Costner and Ne-Yo in Paris.
Katy Perry and John Mayer in Washington DC.
Curtis Stone and Lindsay Price in a rare pap photo.
Sunday is shirt optional in Liev Schreiber's world.


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Networks blacked out on DeLay aides' indictments
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On September 21, three top aides to U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) were indicted on charges of illegally raising political funds from corporations in 2002. Major newspapers carried the story, some of them on the front page -- but the evening newscasts on the three major TV networks did not.
As The Washington Post noted on September 22, the grand jury has not questioned DeLay or sought records from him, but the fund-raising activities in question "were at the heart of one of DeLay's most cherished, high-profile endeavors of the past several years: giving Republicans control of the Texas legislature so the state's 32 U.S. House districts could be redrawn in a way likely to send more Republicans to Congress." Both The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times pointed out on September 22 that the charges against DeLay's aides come at a time when DeLay himself is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. The Los Angeles Times stated that the investigation pertains to "improperly involving a federal agency in a Texas partisan matter, soliciting campaign contributions in return for legislative favors, and violating campaign finance laws."
The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Houston Chronicle carried front-page stories on the indictments on September 22, and a LexisNexis database search for September 21 and September 22 news reports on the indictments returned 84 results.*
Yet ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News failed to report the indictments on September 21 and on September 22.
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Bill Gates' foundation and Abu Dhabi's crown prince are donating $50 million each to vaccinate children in Afghanistan and Pakistan against polio and other diseases.
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In a new study, scientists at the University of Maryland and the Institut Pasteur show that bacteria evolve new abilities, such as antibiotic resistance, predominantly by acquiring genes from other bacteria.
The researchers new insights into the evolution of bacteria partly contradict the wid... Read More
The assertion that autism is linked to childhood vaccinations has run and run, even as study after study has failed to find such a link, either with MMR vaccines or ones containing thimerosal, an organic compound that contains mercury.
One prominent article fingering thimerosal was "Deadly... Read More
When it comes to breaking down plant matter and converting it to energy, the cow has it all figured out. Its digestive system allows it to eat more than 150 pounds of plant matter every day. Now researchers report that they have found dozens of previously unknown microbial enzymes in the bovine ... Read More
Half of the states have widespread flu activity, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From January 16 to 22, flu activity increased and three flu-related deaths were reported in children, according to the CDC. During this flu season, which started in October, there have bee... Read More
The Health Service was put on red alert yesterday after nearly 400 cases of infection by deadly superbugs were identified in hospitals.
At least five deaths have been linked to the strains of bacteria that are resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics.
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Antibiotics are met by resistance from germs; so researchers develop new drugs and germs become resistant again.
Now some scientists believe genetics will be the new weapon in the fight, with doctors consulting bacterial genomes when treating disease.
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The type of bacteria that colonize the placenta during pregnancy could be associated with preterm birth and other developmental problems in newborns according to research published in the current issue of the online journal mBio®.
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Google and the iPhone are American inventions. But the first mass-produced gas-electric hybrid car was made in Japan.
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They give you joy. They give you loyalty. They give you sloppy kisses.
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It's a good idea to read all the posts before responding, as your question(s) may already have been answered.
Sound advice, Nalioth. Unfortunatly, I sometimes am guilty of not reading all of the posts either. I don't always search completely before posting new threads and have missed the fact that it had been discussed before or even that it was being discussed at the same time, just with another title. I try to read them all and thoroughly search, but I don't always get it done. OOPs!
renegade, I sent you a PM here. thanks. mike...
Hey Renegade, I am very interested in the adapter. I am currently overseas,but as soon as I get back I would like to get one. Can you send me a PM with the info. Thanks
Seabee; you can't send/receive PM's here unless you have at least 15 posts. I'm pretty sure that is the setup. But renegade can answer your questions here. This thread is actually pretty extensive. Also; if you google search "reneage AR15 adapter saiga" or similar, you'll find a lot of information on how his adapter works. When the time comes for you to want one, you'll be all knowledgeable and ready to go.
For what it's worth, I'm waiting on renegade to get some more adapters built. I want to get one as soon as they're available. I asked about a week ago, so hopefully he'll have some more available soon. Welcome to the forum.
He can receive them, he has to get the posts to send.Seabee; you can't send/receive PM's here unless you have at least 15 posts.
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I would like to do an art experiment, I will be purchasing a journal and I will start the journal off my addng my own art&collages to the pages, but then what i'd like to do is postit to another person who will add 1-3 pages of their own art work and then post it to the next person. I'm looking for a group of people maybe 5-15 people who would like to be added to my mailing list and who would like to participate in adding to my art journal. At the end of my experiment i would like the journal sent back to me and i will photograph the pages and post them on here.
I'm thinking of even re-producing thr journal and i can send it to people who would like a copy.
haha so who's interested? calling all artists!
The pages in my art journal can be in any media and any theme, let your imagination run wild!
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This sounds like a wonderful idea!
If this is still going, I'd love to join in!
Count me in.
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I would like to be part of the art journal experiment if I may. Please reply.
I love drawing and collage and I have been for some time making a webcomic autobiographical diary. That's my journal.
Hey I'd love to participate in this. My email: the.real.lucille [at] gmail [dot] com
Any themes you would like submissions to follow? I am happy to contribute creatively or editorially.
Sorry my email address is: thomasmarino11 at aol dot com


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By Nick Ames in Kiev
Theo Walcott believes England's Euro 2012 campaign has helped him and his international team-mates improve as players.
The Arsenal forward featured for the final hour of Sunday night's quarter-final clash against Italy, as Roy Hodgson's men exited the tournament after a penalty shoot-out defeat.
Despite that disappointment, Walcott is certain the future remains bright for the national team.
"I think that, in a short amount of time, the way Roy got the team to play was great to watch at times," he said.
"We are only going to be better players going into the World Cup qualification matches because we will learn more. We will play teams that aren't as good as those we have played in this competition."
Walcott is confident that the knowledge gained in Poland and Ukraine this summer will stand a youthful, new-look England squad in good stead ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
"There are a lot of young players who have gained good experience, me being one of them," he said. "Going into the next tournament, we will be better and there are loads more players who can get into this team as well.
"It is most important that we have a rest now because it has been a long season for everyone. I am not going to think about football. I think it is important to rest mentally, not just physically, because it's always up and down and can be tough."


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Most folks around the forum know that Finski keeps bees in one of the coldest environments on the planet so his advise on wintering is always appreciated even if its a bit condescending at times :-D. Finland is somewhat colder (40-50 below zero) and their Winter is about a month longer than North Wisconsin (We can reach 30-40 below).
I've found that the bees produce plenty of condensation to 'wet' down the sugar enough to make it digestable.
For one, Winter bees can survive inside for more than six months!!!!!! Going for as long as 3 months around here/without taking a poo. S
In that situation they should sing to bees twinkle twinkle lonely star...
I'm almost looking forward to winter again and the lively debates about wintering bees again :)Insulation vs No insulationTop entrances vs Bottom EntrancesOpened bottom screen vs closed bottom screenCandyboard vs No CandyMoisture vs DrySingle deep vs Mediums vs 2 or 3 deepsHeat vs No heat.
Thanks Finski and T Beek! Good stuff.I saw 2 people mentioned 5 lbs of dry sugar going into winter. Do you pour it out of the package on newspaper? or are you just leaving it in the paper packaging from the store and letting the bees chew into it?


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Lucas: Paige Learning Lessons
Roy Williams's hesitancy to call timeouts in late-clock situations was learned at the feet of the late-game master, Dean Smith. Williams, like his mentor, often prefers to let his players determine the outcome when the clock ticks under ten seconds, believing they've been prepared for that exact situation through practice and other game experience.
It doesn't always work, especially early in the season, when fans can sometimes be baffled by the refusal to stop and set a play. But, as we've learned over these last few weeks, Williams isn't always coaching to win games in December. He's coaching, as he's fond of saying, for a program.
That program showed the benefits of his approach on Sunday afternoon against Florida State. The Tar Heels won, 79-58, but the most telling play came late in the first half. After a made free throw, Carolina had 5.8 seconds to get the last shot of the half.
Williams caught the eye of freshman point guard Marcus Paige and delivered one simple order: "Attack."
"Earlier in the season, I learned Coach isn't going to call a timeout there," Paige said. "At the beginning of the year, I would've rushed something or tried to throw up a shot that wasn't there. But through experience I've learned how to play with a tight clock situation."
Paige took the inbounds pass below the block/charge arc, but he caught it--as the Tar Heel coaches teach--on the run, with his momentum going upcourt. He raced up the left side, where FSU sent two defenders to challenge him near midcourt.
"They sent two guys to cut me off, and that kind of surprised me," Paige said. "I thought about throwing crosscourt, but I thought they might anticipate that."
Indeed, it looked like the Seminole defense expected Paige to throw across the court to Dexter Strickland or P.J. Hairston. Instead, he found James Michael McAdoo slicing down the middle of the lane for an easy hoop.
"Luckily, 'Mac' saw the same thing I saw, so he slipped to the basket and made a great play," Paige said.
In a 21-point victory, the basket didn't make an enormous difference. But in the context of a season, the late-clock execution might be important. It was a subtly brilliant--and mature--play. If Paige had in any way predetermined where he was going with the ball, it would have ended poorly. Instead, he stayed patient despite the ticking clock, read the floor, found an opening, and adjusted his attack accordingly. At some point in the next month, it's very likely the Tar Heels will have a similar time situation and need a similar hoop. Now, there's evidence they can do it.
That's due to Williams's learn-by-experience teaching method, but it's also due to the progression of Paige, who has evolved into a steady floor general. The rookie has 21 assists and five turnovers over his last three games, and 33 assists and 10 turnovers over his last seven games. After posting just one zero-turnover performance in the nonconference schedule, he already has three such games in ACC play.
Paige has shown a more confident approach in recent games. In Sunday's second half, he was guarded by Florida State's Michael Snaer--one of the league's best perimeter defenders--late in the shot clock on three possessions in the span of four minutes. Paige took him to the basket all three times.
"I'm more confident in trusting my abilities to make a play," Paige said. "He's a very good defender, but when he reaches, I want to be able to take advantage and use the angles to get by."
Of course, as with most freshmen, sometimes that confidence can turn into overconfidence. Paige picked up a sweet assist on his first drive against Snaer, but then tried to do a little too much and committed a turnover on his next try.
"That one," Paige grinned afterward, "was unnecessary. That was a freshman mistake."
Predictably, his head coach loves that kind of accountability. Williams took the somewhat rare step of naming Paige the starter before practice even began. There was some skepticism during the first month of the season, but the Iowa native has proven his head coach correct.
And even when Paige has made mistakes, Williams likes the way he has handled it. "I've believed in him from the start of the year, and he hasn't done anything that makes me not believe in him," Williams said. "He's so mature about the game of basketball. When he makes a mistake, he takes responsibility for it."
The 6-foot-0 freshman also possesses a characteristic most coaches love: he very rarely makes the same mistake twice. Tonight's game against Maryland (7 p.m. on ESPN, and yes, the Tar Heels arrived in town last night ahead of the snowstorm that is currently dumping sheets of snow at the team hotel) marks the back half of the fifth home-and-home series Carolina has played this year.
In the first meeting against teams the Tar Heels have played twice, Paige averaged six points per game and handed out 21 assists against 16 turnovers.
But in the second meeting against those five opponents, Paige is averaging nearly ten points per game and has 29 assists with seven turnovers.
Both of Carolina's remaining games are against repeat opponents. Williams spent the first portion of the schedule teaching a few lessons. Now he's ready for Paige to continue to demonstrate what he's learned.
Adam Lucas is the publisher of Tar Heel Monthly and the author or co-author of seven books on the Tar Heels.