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Hi community,
I run BT5R2 Gnome 64 bits on a LG R510 laptop to get familiar with basic wifi cracking skills. I remember seeing a picture of an undocumented 10-wifi cards portable computer based upon a micro-ITX motherboard placed in a Pelican case. From this setup, I kept the idea of putting more than one card on the laptop, at least to monitor more than one network at once. Interestingly, the R510 doesn't have ne mini PCI-Express slot, but TWO (though it doesn't have spare antennas).
The good news is the internal card is recognized, and I also added a ZyDAS 1211-based USB interface that doesn't measure transmission power. But for some reason, it seems that the reaver attacks I'm trying to perform don't succeed (mostly timeouts).
From what I could find, this could mean the access point is too far, or the card doesn't properly perform raw injection. As such, I began looking for the "ideal" WiFi adapter that would support b, g and n, and perhaps a in monitor mode, be powerful enough to perform attacks dependant upon transmission power, and, of course, that would be supported out-of-the-box by major Linux distros, including BT5R2. Mac OS X compatibility would also be a big plus since it would allow for use with VirtualBox.
Then I came across this AWUS051NH, but a googling of the chipset + bt5 yielded varying experience from different peoples. There are many other variations of ALFA adapters, and I'm at a loss trying to find out the best one.
Does the 051 have two chipsets indeed?
Where can it be found at a reasonable price?
How does it perform in BT5 R2, really?
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Miley Cyrus gives away new dog Moonie
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It turns out a new puppy wasn't the solution to Miley Cyrus' dog problems. The pop star is telling fans she's given away her newest furry friend Moonie, who was a gift from her mother following the death of Floyd, Miley's late Alaskan Klee Kai.
Miley tweeted that "it's just [too] soon for [her]," but thanked Moonie for giving her "so much love, comfort and peace" while she dealt with the loss of Floyd, who is rumored to have been killed by a coyote.
Miley seemed to make reference to the reports about Floyd's death, tweeting a fan that she's "scared [to] have a tiny dog" after "what happened."
Moonie, thank you for giving me so much love, comfort, & peace. It's just to soon for me right now ❤ #missingmoonie pic.twitter.com/bMX9fO3tFk
— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) April 13, 2014
@gypsyhearttour my friends mom who has a tiny pup 4 him 2 play with Molly 💖 After wht happened Im scared 2 have a tiny dog😿 #moonieandmolly
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Commentators again tout poll results to make flawed claim that America is a "conservative" country
Research ››› ››› ADAM SHAH
Several conservative commentators have touted a Gallup poll finding that 20 percent of respondents identify themselves as "liberal," 36 percent as "moderate" and 40 percent as "conservative" to criticize President Obama and his agenda and to claim America is ideologically a "conservative" country. But political scientists dispute the reliability of voters' identification with political ideologies, and other polling has found that a strong majority favors the more progressive position on a number of issues.
Media conservatives claim Gallup poll shows America is "center-right"
Brit Hume: United States "is clearly center right. The president, though, is thought to enact an agenda which is clearly left of center." On the October 26 edition of Fox News' Special Report, Hume said: "If you're wondering why President Obama and his party are finding health care reform and much of the rest of his agenda such heavy lifting, look no farther than a Gallup poll out today. It finds 40 percent of Americans call themselves conservatives, 36 percent said they're moderate, and only 20 percent said they are liberal. That's no doubt why liberals today prefer to call themselves progressives. The findings are of a piece with a poll taken on Election Day last year in which people were asked to rate themselves on a scale of one to nine, with one being far left, nine being far right. It averaged out to 5.88, the answers did, which is clearly center-right. The president, though, has sought to enact an agenda which is clearly left of center." [10/26/09]
RedState.com's Erickson cites Gallup to claim, "When the GOP paints a clearly distinct picture of ideas and issues from the Democrats, they win." In an October 26 blog post RedState.com managing editor Erick Erickson quoted from Gallup's website and said:
I hope the RNC, GOP, NRSC, NRCC, etc. are paying attention to this.
As I have noted repeatedly, data from the 2008 exit polling showed that more people considered themselves "conservative" than "liberal." This new Gallup poll is in accord with that.
This goes straight to NY-23, where both the DCCC and NRCC are attacking Doug Hoffman, the conservative candidate. Apparently, unlike the NRCC, the DCCC sees a path to victory for Doug Hoffman.
When the GOP paints a clearly distinct picture of ideas and issues from the Democrats, they win. Voters do not want to vote for Democrat-lite when they get have the real thing. The GOP should offer competing ideas, not just repacked Democrat ideas that have lower price tags. [10/26/09]
NRO's Lopez cites Gallup to claim United States is a "conservative nation." National Review Online's (NRO) Kathryn Jean Lopez quoted from Gallup in a post on NRO's The Corner blog titled "Conservative Nation." Later, NRO editor-at-large Jonah Goldberg wrote of the Gallup poll: "I do think one plausible theory as to why the Democratic party is having some of its problems these days is that they misread their pre-election unity. I think this is understandable. Lots of polls suggested that America was becoming more liberal under Bush (at least on a bunch of issues). The differences between centrist and left-wing Democrats seemed trivial. Barack Obama won handily without ever tacking back to the center in the general election. In short, those eager to find evidence that the country was poised to lurch leftward had lots to go on." Goldberg later added: "I don't think they're doomed or anything like that. But, they've managed to rebrand themselves as a very liberal party again, and that's a problem when 80% of Americans don't describe themselves as liberals." [10/26/09]
Political scientists dispute reliability of voters' identification with political ideologies
Political scientists Erikson & Tedin dispute effectiveness of asking about political ideologies. As Media Matters for America has documented, in the 2005 edition of American Public Opinion, Robert S. Erikson and Kent L. Tedin, political science professors at Columbia University and the University of Houston, respectively, questioned the reliability of poll questions that ask voters to self-identify with a political ideology. Noting that "a standard poll question is to ask respondents their ideological identification, usually with three choices of liberal, moderate, and conservative," Erikson and Tedin wrote:
Ideally, ideological classification is a convenient way to measure individuals' core political values and to summarize their political views on a variety of issues. In practice, the result is mixed. The most politically sophisticated segment of the public approximates the ideal. For them, ideological identification goes a long way toward describing their political convictions. But when less sophisticated people respond to the ideological identification question with a response of liberal, moderate, or conservative, we can be less sure of what the response means. At worst, the response represents some idiosyncratic meaning known only to the respondent, or perhaps a doorstop opinion made up on the spot. [Page 67]
After listing traditionally conservative and liberal views, Erikson and Tedin continued: "These kinds of relative distinctions are familiar to people who follow politics closely. But the language of ideology holds less meaning for the public as a whole. One test is whether the individual can both identify the Republican as the more conservative party and offer a plausible definition of the term conservative. Roughly half the public passes this test of understanding of ideological labels" [Page 68].
Political scientists Ellis & Stimson: 34 percent "of self-identified conservatives rejects operationally conservative beliefs" in both "social welfare" and "moral issues" areas. In a working paper titled "Pathways to Ideology in American Politics," political scientist Christopher Ellis and James Stimson studied the positions self-identified liberals and conservatives take in areas dealing with "social welfare" and "moral issues." They defined "social welfare" to include "traditional 'New-Deal' spending and redistribution issues along with issues of race and civil rights." They defined "moral issues" to include "preferences for and against abortion, gays in the military, and the rights of gays to adopt children." The found that 34 percent of conservatives took the liberal position in both the social welfare and moral issues area, while only 4 percent of liberals did not hold liberal views in either area:
Only about one in five self-identified conservatives holds consistently conservative issue positions: right of center positions on both dimensions. Put another way, almost 80% of professed conservatives are not conservative on at least one of these dimensions. A larger group (30%) of conservatives is operationally conservative only on the narrow set of issues related to traditional morality, not the broader social welfare dimension. The "economic conservatives," conservative on social welfare issues alone, are not very numerous (15%). But the largest group (34%) of self-identified conservatives rejects operationally conservative beliefs on both the social welfare and the moral issue domains. This stands in contrast to the less than 4% of self-identified liberals who hold no liberal issue views. [emphasis in original] [Ellis & Stimson working paper]
Polling on a variety of issues shows that public holds progressive positions
Media Matters, Campaign for America's Future study shows public holding progressive positions on a variety of issues. In a study produced by Media Matters and Campaign for America's Future found that, based on several polls: "Polling data regarding a wide range of issues, including the role of big business, health care reform, gay marriage, stimulus spending, international trade, and Social Security, indicate that Americans are increasingly receptive to and comfortable with a progressive agenda."
Polling has found that public option has widespread support. Media Matters has also documented that polling consistently shows broad support for inclusion of a public option in health care reform legislation.
From the October 26 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier:
BRET BAIER (host): Senior political analyst Brit Hume is here tonight with some insights into why perhaps the reform debate has been so difficult. Good evening Brit.
HUME: Hi, Bret. If you're wondering why President Obama and his party are finding health care reform and much of the rest of his agenda such heavy lifting, look no farther than a Gallup poll out today. It finds 40 percent of Americans call themselves conservatives, 36 percent said they're moderate, and only 20 percent said they are liberal. That's no doubt why liberals today prefer to call themselves progressives.
The findings are of a piece with a poll taken on Election Day last year in which people were asked to rate themselves on a scale of one to nine, with one being far left, nine being far right. It averaged out to 5.88, the answers did, which is clearly center-right. The president, though, has sought to enact an agenda which is clearly left of center.
That same Election Day poll also asked people their top priority issue: 44 percent said the economy. Only 5 percent, as you can see, said health care reform. Even after all the talk about it, health care still ranks far below the economy in current polling. After accepting what millions saw as a bloated stimulus bill to revive the economy, the president has spent much more time and effort on health care reform, even as the unemployment rate has climbed far past what his advisers said it would be.
Making great big changes on an issue as big as health care was never going to be easy, but especially not with a left-of-center program for a right-of-center country -- a country focused on an entirely different issue.
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The races may be over - Engines off, cars covered, pit crews at home, racing tees folded & put away for next year… So what's left of the Daytona 500? SIGNATURES! Signatures, upon thousands of signatures – in Sharpie ink!
Take a look at these pictures from Nascar's FOX Orlando gallery, of fans signing the Start/Finish line before the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 20th.


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Which Ohio teams do you support?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTVN) -- A new poll of Ohioans shows that the Buckeye State is evenly divided among pro-sports teams in Cleveland and Cincinnati and that Ohio State fans are lining up behind football coach Urban Meyer.
The poll from Public Policy Polling, which normally does political polls, found that 68 percent of Ohioans say they root for the scarlet and gray. Before last season Buckeye fans were nearly evenly split over who should be the coach, Jim Tressel or Urban Meyer, but that split is now gone.
"Now after the undefeated season Meyer has a 55-22 advantage on that question, so folks at this point getting pretty content with Meyer," said Tom Jensen, the polling firm's director.
Ohio State fans still like Tressel though. 62 percent give him a favorable rating while 72 percent say they approve of the job Meyer is doing.
The once popular president of the university, Gordon Gee, has slipped since his comments about Catholics and SEC schools. Only 22 percent of Ohioans polled say they have a favorable opinion of Gee.
"Even with Ohio State fans he's only narrowly positive 32-26," Jensen said.
When it comes to pro-sports the state tips north to the Cleveland Browns with 36 percent of Ohioans saying they are fans. While Bengals fans only get a quarter of the state's football fans in the poll, 43 percent of those polled say the orange and black will have a better season.
We've also seen a flip among Ohio's baseball fans. Two years ago the Indians held the advantage, but Ohio is now Reds Country by a 32-26 percent margin, according the poll.
"It looks like a lot of people have sort of jumped on the Reds bandwagon since we asked about this a couple of years ago," said Jensen.
Another interesting development, LeBron James has seen his image repaired among Ohioans. His favorability rating has increased 18 percent over the past three years to 32 percent. It's the first time more people in the poll have liked him than hated him.
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Struggle for Andhra State
The Andhras were struggling for the formation
of a separate Andhra Province since the period of British, but could not
succeed. When India attained Independence on the 15th of August, 1947, Andhras
hoped that their long-cherished desire would be realised soon. Inspite of
several renewed efforts put forth by the Andhra leaders before the Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel,
the desire for a separate Andhra State remained as a dream itself.
The Dar Commission, appointed by the Government
of India under the Chairmanship of S.K.Dar did not recommend for the creation
of States on the linguistic consideration. This report of the Commission
created such an adverse reaction in Andhra that the Congress leaders felt it
prudent to assuage the ruffled feelings of the Telugus. An unofficial
Committee, consisting of Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Pattabhi
Sitaramaiah, popularly known as the J.V.P. Committee, was constituted by the
Congress. The Committee in its report submitted to the Working Committee of the
Indian National Congress in April, 1949 recommended that the creation of
linguistic provinces be postponed by few years. However, it suggested that
Andhra Province could be formed provided the Andhras gave up their claim to the
city of Madras (now Chennai). This report provoked violent reaction in Andhra
as the Telugus were not prepared to forego their claims to the city of Madras.
Under the prevailing situation, a Partition
Committee was formed under the Chairmanship of Kumaraswami Raja, the then Chief
Minister of Madras. Andhra was represented by Tanguturi Prakasam, B.Gopala
Reddi, Kala Venkata Rao and N.Sanjiva Reddy. The Partition Committee could not
arrive at an agreed settlement. Prakasam disagreed with the views of other
members and gave a dissenting note. The Government of India, took advantage of
the dissenting note of Prakasam and shelved the issue. To express the
resentment of the Andhras, Swami Sitaram (Gollapudi Sitarama Sastry), a
Gandhian, undertook a fast unto death, which created an explosive situation in
Andhra. However, Swami gave up his 35-day fast on the 20th of September, 1951,
on the appeal made by Vinoba Bhave. Nothing came out of this fast except the
increasing distrust of the people of Andhra towards their own leaders and the
Government of India.
In the First General Elections of 1952, Andhras
expressed their resentment towards the Congress leaders by defeating them at
the polls. Out of the 140 seats from Andhra in the Madras Legislative Assembly,
the Congress could secure only 43, while the Communist Party of India bagged as
many as 40 seats out of the 60 it contested. In the Madras Legislative Assembly
itself, the Congress could secure only 152. The non-Congress members in the
legislature, numbering 164 formed themselves into a United Democratic Front
(U.D.F.) and elected T.Prakasam as their leader. But the Governor nominated
C.Rajagopala Chari to the Legislative Council and invited him to form the
After Rajagopala Chari became the Chief
Minister of the Madras State, he tried to divert the Krishna waters by
constructing Krishna-Pennar Project for the development of the Tamil area. The
Andhras agitated against this as they feared that the Project spelt ruin to
Andhra. The Government of India appointed an expert Committee under the
Chairmanship of A.N.Khosla, who pronounced that the project in its present form
should not be proceeded with and suggested the construction of a project at
Nandikonda (the site of the present Nagarjunasagar Project). The report of the
Khosla Committee vindicated the apprehensions of the Andhras regarding the
unfriendly attitude of Rajagopala Chari's Government towards the Andhras. The
desire of the Andhras to separate themselves from the composite Madras State
and form their own State gained further momentum.
At this juncture, Potti Sriramulu, a
self-effacing Gandhian, began his fast unto death on the 19th of October, 1952
at Madras. Though the fast created an unprecedented situation throughout
Andhra, the Congress leaders and the Government of India did not pay much
attention to it. On the 15th of December, 1952, Sriramulu attained martyrdom.
The news of Sriramulu's death rocked Andhra into a violent and devastating
agitation. The Government of India was taken aback at this popular upsurge. On
the 19th December, 1952, Jawaharlal Nehru announced in the Lok Sabha that the
Andhra State would be formed with the eleven undisputed Telugu districts, and
the three Taluks of the Bellary district, but excluding Madras City.
On the 1st of October, 1953, Andhra State came
into existence. It consisted of the districts of Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam,
East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Nellore, Chittoor, Cuddapah,
Anantapur and Kurnool, and the taluks of Rayadurg, Adoni and Alur of the
Bellary district. On the question of Bellary taluk, it was included in the
Mysore State on the recommendation of L.S.Mishra Commission.
Kurnool became the capital of the new State,
under the terms of the Sri Bagh Pact of 1937 between the leaders of the Coastal
Andhra and Rayalaseema. T.Prakasam became the first Chief Minister of the
Andhra State and C.M.Trivedi was appointed Governor of this new State. With the
inauguration of the Andhra State by Nehru, the forty year old dream of the
Telugu people to have a separate State of their own was partly fulfilled. They
looked forward to the formation of Visalandhra with Hyderabad City as the
Police Action in Hyderabad State
Andhras were very much agitated over the
developments in the State of Hyderabad during the years 1946--48. The Nizam was
very anxious to become independent and he insisted that Hyderabad should be the
third dominion. He tried to achieve his ambitious desire with the help of
Khasim Razvi of the Ittehadul Muslimeen and its storm-troopers, the Razakars.
Meanwhile, the Hindus of the Hyderabad State
who accounted for 93 per cent of its population, launched the `Join India'
movement with the cooperation of a few patriotic Muslims for the integration of
the State with the rest of the country. The State Congress leaders, led by
Swami Ramanand Tirtha, invoked themselves whole-heartedly in the movement. As
the State Congress was banned by the Nizam, its leaders conducted their
activities from places like Vijayawada and Bombay. The Communists on their part
organised village defence squads to protect the villagers from the attacks of
the Nizam Police and Razakars.
All negotiations between the Nizam's Dominions
and the Indian Union proved abortive. The Nizam Government did not agree to the
accession of the Dominions to the Indian Union. The activities of the Majlis
Ittehadul Muslimeen and the Razakars within the Dominions were posing a threat
to peace and harmony. The growing violence of the Razakars seriously
jeopardised law and order. The Government of India, tried to make the Nizam see
reason and sign the Instrument of Assession with India. After tortuous
negotiations, the Nizam finally entered into a `Stand Still Agreement' on
November 29, 1947, with India for one year to maintain status quo, which
existed between the British and the Nizam before August 15, 1947. This
agreement of the Nizam was only to gain time to procure military hardware from
different parts of the world and smuggle them into Hyderabad. In the meanwhile,
the Nizam sent a delegation to the U.N.O. to refer the Hyderabad case to the
Security Council.
With the growing violence by the Razakars and
the Nizam's attempts to get himself independent, the Government of India
decided to curb these tendencies by launching a `Police Action' against the
Nizam. On the 13th of September, 1948 `Police Action' on Hyderabad commenced.
The Indian Army, led by Major-General J.N.Chaudhuri entered the State from five
directions and the military action was a brilliant success. On 18th September,
1949, Nizam's forces surrendered and Mir Laik Ali, the Prime Minister of the
Nizam, and Khasim Razvi were arrested. On September, 23, the Nizam withdrew his
complaint in the Security Council. The merger of Hyderabad Dominions into the
Indian Union was announced. Major-General J.N.Chaudhuri took over as Military
Governor of Hyderabad and stayed in that position till the end of 1949. In
January 1950, M.K.Vellodi, a Senior Civil Servant, was made the Chief Minister
of the State and the Nizam was designated `Raj Pramukh'. After the 1952 General
Elections, the first popular ministry headed by B.Rama Krishna Rao took charge
of the State.
Emergence of Andhra Pradesh
The creation of Andhra State in October, 1953
strengthened the general demand for linguistic States. Andhras had also long
cherished demand for the formation of Visalandhra, since the people of
Hyderabad State were unanimous in their demand for the trifurcation of their
State. Andhras hoped that the outlying Telugu areas in Orissa, Madhya Pradesh,
Mysore and Madras be incorporated in the greater Andhra.
The States Reorganisation Commission, with Syed
Fazl Ali as the Chairman, set up by the Government of India in December 1953,
who heard the views of different organisations and individuals, was though
convinced of the advantages of Visalandhra, however, favoured the formation of
separate State for Telangana. This report of the S.R.C. led to an intensive
lobbying both by the advocates of Telangana and Visalandhra. The Communists
reacted sharply and announced that they would resign their seats in the
Hyderabad Legislative Assembly and contest elections on the issue. In the
Hyderabad Legislative Assembly, a majority of the Legislators supported
The Congress High Command favoured Visalandhra
and prevailed upon the leaders of the Andhra State and Telangana to sort out
their differences, who, thereupon, entered into a `Gentlemen's Agreement'. One
of the main provisions of the Agreement was the creation of a `Regional
Council' for Telangana for its all round development. The enlarged State by
merging nine Telugu speaking districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Medak,
Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda, MahabubNagar and Hyderabad, into
Andhra State with its eleven districts of Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, East
Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Nellore, Chittoor, Cuddapah,
Anantapur and Kurnool, totalling 20 districts* was named `Andhra Pradesh' with
its capital at Hyderabad. It was inaugurated on the 1st of November, 1956 by
Jawaharlal Nehru. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the first Chief Minister of
Andhra Pradesh, who later rose to the position of the President of India.
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, last of the Chief Ministers of Hyderabad State was
elevated to the Office of the Governor of Kerala. C.M.Trivedi continued to be
the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
*Three more districts were added later by the
creation of Prakasam in 1970, Ranga Reddy in 1978 and Vizianagaram in 1979.
Thus, the State presently has 23 districts.
As stated above, on the formation of Andhra
Pradesh on the 1st of November 1956, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the first
Chief Minister of the new State. Consequent on his becoming the President of
the All India Congress Committee, he resigned the post of Chief Minister on
10th June, 1960 and was succeeded by D.Sanjivaiah, a talented young man from
the Scheduled Castes. After 1962 General Elections, Sri N.Sanjiva Reddy again
became the Chief Minister of the State on 12th March, 1962. But, he
relinquished the Chief Ministership in 1964 on moral grounds consequent on the
adverse verdict of the Supreme Court in Kurnool Transport Nationalisation case.
He was succeeded by Sri Kasu Brahmananda Reddy on 29th February, 1964. He was
in the office till 30th September, 1971. His long innings witnessed development
of the city as well as the State in many ways. True the Telangana agitation
erupted during his time paved way for rectification of defects and
implementation of measures to develop Telangana.
Political Crisis in 1969 and 1972
During the years 1969 and 1972, Andhra Pradesh
was rocked by two political agitations popularly known as the `Telangana' and
the `Jai Andhra' Movements respectively. Telangana agitation was started by the
people of the region when they felt that the Andhra leaders had flouted the
Gentlemen's Agreement which facilitated the formation of Andhra Pradesh.
The influx of the people from the coastal
region into the city of Hyderabad created many social tensions. Slowly the
discontent spread among the Telangana officials and the unemployed youth who
felt that they were exploited by the people of the Andhra region. The
discontent manifested itself when a student of Khammam went on a hunger-strike
in January 1969 demanding the implementation of the safeguards for Telangana
provided in the Gentlemen's Agreement. Slowly the agitation spread to Hyderabad
and other parts of Telangana. In the beginning, the movement demanded the
implementation of the safeguards agreed upon earlier, but later it wanted the
separation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.
The agitation took a new turn when the Congress
legislators from Telangana supported the movement. Dr.Channa Reddy entered the
fray and formed the Telangana Praja Samiti to lead the movement. But by
November 1969, there was a split in the Praja Samiti when dissident Congress
legislators realised that the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was not in favour of
separate Telangana. The movement slowly petered out. In September 1971,
Brahmananda Reddy, the then Chief Minister, resigned his position to make room
for a leader from Telangana to become the Chief Minister. On the 30th of
September, 1971, P.V.Narsimha Rao* became the Chief Minister. The Telangana
Praja Samiti was dissolved and its members rejoined the Congress.
raised to the position of occupying the Chair of Prime Minister of India during
During 1972, another agitation known as the Jai
Andhra Movement was launched in the Andhra region. The agitation was a sequel
to the Telangana agitation which demanded that only `Mulkis' should be
appointed to the posts in Telangana including the Hyderabad city. The `Mulki'
issue had a long history behind it. As early as in 1919, the Nizam of Hyderabad
issued a firman laying down that only `Mulkis' are eligible for public
appointments in the State. `Mulki' was defined as one who was born in the State
of Hyderabad or resided there continuously for fifteen years and had given an
affidavit that he abandoned the idea of returning to his native place. Even
after the formation of Andhra Pradesh, the Mulki rules continued to be in force
in the Telangana region. As these rules stood in the way of the people of the
Andhra region to compete for the posts, their validity was challenged in the
High Court. A full bench of the High Court by a four-one majority held that the
Mulki rules were not valid and operative after the formation of Andhra Pradesh.
But on an appeal by the State Government, the
Supreme Court declared on the 3rd of October, 1972 that the Mulki rules were
valid and were in force. The judgement created a great political crisis in the
State. The people of the Andhra region felt that they were reduced to the
status of second class citizens in their own State capital. They felt that the
only way to uphold their dignity was by severing their connection with
Telangana and started a movement for the separation of Andhra region from
Andhra Pradesh.
As the agitation continued, President's rule
was imposed in the State on the 10th of January, 1973. Finally, a political
settlement was arrived at under the aegis of the Central Government. A
`Six-Point Formula' was agreed upon by the leaders of the two regions to
prevent any recurrence of such agitations in future. The `Six-Point Formula'
included (1) the abolition of Mulki rules and the Telangana Regional Committee
and (2) the establishment of a Central University at Hyderabad to augment
educational facilities.
On December 10, 1973, President's rule in the
State was revoked and a popular ministry with Sri Jalagam Vengala Rao as the
Chief Minister was inducted. With this, normalcy returned and the State enjoyed
political stability.
In the General Elections held in February 1978
for the A.P.Legislative Assembly, the Congress Party swept the polls and
Dr.M.Channa Reddy became the sixth Chief Minister of A.P. on the 6th of March
1978. He announced that separate Telangana was no longer an issue. Owing to
some factional squabbles in the party, Dr.Channa Reddy resigned in October 1980
and was succeeded by T.Anjaiah, who remained in office only for one year and
four months. In February 1982, he was replaced by Sri Bhavanam Venkataram, who
in turn was replaced by Sri K.Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy in September 1982. Thus
Andhra Pradesh was administered by four Chief Ministers in four years.
Frequent changes of the Chief Ministers by the
Congress High Command created dissatisfaction among the people. Taking
advantage of this popular discontent, Sri N.T.Rama Rao, a leading figure of the
film world formed a regional party called `Telugu Desam' in January, 1983 and
contested the General Elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly held
in 1983. His party became victorious and Sri Rama Rao was sworn in as the tenth
Chief Minister of the State. But, on the 16th of August 1984, Sri Nadendla
Bhaskara Rao, a cabinet colleague of Sri Rama Rao, succeeded in becoming the
Chief Minister by engineering the dismissal of Sri Rama Rao by the then
Governor. However, Sri Rama Rao was reinstated on the 16th of September 1984
consequent on the severe criticism on the action of Governor. In the elections
of March 1985, Sri Rama Rao proved that he continued to enjoy the confidence of
people by winning absolute majority in the House.
The Telugu people who were not quite pleased
with some of the policies of the Telugu Desam Government, returned Congress in
1989 general elections to the State Legislature with good majority. During the
following five years, three Chief Ministers, Dr.M.Channa Reddy, Sri
N.Janardhana Reddy and Sri K.Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy held the reins of power. The
discontentment of the Telugu public was reflected in pushing the Congress out
and handing over the power again to the Telugu Desam Party in 1994. In 1995
N.T.Rama Rao, has been succeeded by Sri N.Chandrababu Naidu, returned Congress
in 2004 Dr.Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the present Chief Minister of the
The changing fortunes of the political parties
at the hustings is, besides other things, a sure indication of the people's
awareness of their rights and privileges and their mature judgement of the
relative performance of the ruling parties.
A list of Chief Ministers and Governors of the
State with their period of stay in the office from the formation of the State
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We talk about four pillars of an airman in comprehensive airmen fitness.
My uncle, Wendell Grimke Freeland, my mother's brother, is 83 years old and here at the Inauguration as a Tuskegee airman.
There are many lessons like that which the airman who is new at the game must master.
The best that the airman can do is to repeat, "We're here, and we look at it like blind men."
Walter Severne the airman had said that her wedding had taken place on the same day with his own.
The airman handed his helmet to the girl and proceeded to unbutton his coat.
What appeared to be cavalry was seen to be retreating along the country road, and the airman returned hurriedly to report.
The airman glanced at his wrist-watch; it was half-past nine.
The Taube manœuvred over the German guns, and our airman followed, despite the unfriendly greeting of the landlubbers below.
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A Marvelous Crutch: An Interview with Brad ZellarBy John Lingan
Brad Zellar's writing has appeared in daily newspapers from Minnesota and in an expansive blog called Your Man for Fun in Rapidan; he has chapters and essays in collections like The 1968 Project and Twin Cities Noir, and occasionally he writes fiction, which he tells me he publishes "under an assortment of fake names." But he's most comfortable writing about photographs, as he did in the book Suburban World: The Norling Photos, and in his most recent project with the photographer Alec Soth, the LBM Dispatch.
Named for and printed by Soth's limited-run publishing house, Little Brown Mushroom, the Dispatch reimagines the iconic American road-trip photography book as a series of small newspapers, each of which chronicles a quick trip Zellar and Soth have taken through a different state or territory. Previous Dispatches have covered Michigan, Ohio, and California's "Three Valleys—Silicon, San Joaquin, and Death." The most recent includes images and stories from the Texas Triangle.
I wanted to know about the writing process for the Dispatch, and how Zellar chooses the issues' many quotations from historical and literary sources. But I was most curious to hear his thoughts on writing to accompany images. Not quite a photo-interpreter in the Berger/Sontag tradition (though he is a great writer in the "how to look" sense), Zellar embraces photography as a fan, and he's not afraid to let images do the talking when necessary. In Zellar's work, photos are windows, excuses for curiosity—above all, the Dispatch embodies the devotion to stay curious.
A lot of your work, here and elsewhere, has accompanied photos. How does it affect your own writing to know that pictures will share its space? How does it make you think about your purpose as a writer?
The public library in my hometown had a terrific collection of photo books when I was a kid. I was an obsessive reader, but it was from those photo books that I formed my first real impressions about what the world looked like. And they played a huge role in cementing a resolve that I very much wanted to travel and see that world. I used to spend hours hunched over William Eggleston's Guide, the first Diane Arbus monograph, and a book of vernacular American photographs called The Champion Pig.
From an early age I used to write stories based on photographs, and I've never really stopped. I have a large collection of found photos, I like to take photos myself, and I just get a kick out of looking at pictures and trying to animate them with words. I love that photos represent so many possible realities, and they're sort of a laboratory for exploring points of view. You have the people in the pictures, obviously, each of them a different voice with a different version of whatever story is being told, you have the people outside the frame or lurking in the peripheries, and then, of course, you have the photographer. Read More


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Bernard Salt to keynote at AIMC
Bernard Salt, KPMG partner, author and advisor, will deliver the keynote address at the 68th Australian International Movie Convention (AIMC).
His presentation is entitled Managing and Engaging Generation Y: How demographic shifts are changing the mass market in Australia.
AIMC runs Oct 13-17 on Queenland's Gold Coast and more information can be found here.
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Celebrate mom with the 23rd annual Mom & Me at the Zoo presented by Verity Credit Union. Moms get half off admission!
The Northwest family tradition features a day of fun for moms and families on the North Meadow such as live entertainment by Arc School of Ballet, Pepper Proud, and Musicians of Bremen Greene, Cougar Mountain cookies, and a rock climbing wall and bounce house.
Other activities and keeper talks will take place including the Elephant Conservation Program, raptor free flight demonstrations, singing, dancing and puppet shows in Zoomazium, elephant poo papermaking, and elephant and bird experience feedings (additional cost for feedings).
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Four spunky South African lion cubs born in November are a must-see as they play, romp around, stalk, and roll on logs under the watchful eyes of their mama (weather permitting). And don't miss the zoo's 4-month-old twin sloth bear cubs making their public debut on May 4. Watch these curious explorers climb, jump, dig, scratch on logs, and play with one another (viewing hours vary).
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LONG BEACH - The Long Beach Police Department will seek City Council approval Tuesday to sell two helicopters for $1.55 million.
The Eurocopter EC-130B4 helicopters were bought in 2001 for $5.76 million and went into service the following December.
Police purchased two replacement Eurocopter AS350B-2 AStar helicopters in February 2011 for $3.52 million from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The acquisition was intended to reduce operating costs by 42 percent - from $768 per hour to $448, according to a staff report - and allow the department's Field Support Division to increase its flight hours.
Police Administrative Bureau Chief Braden Phillips said the flight schedule has been held to about 20 hours weekly.
"We haven't made any changes based on our expectations," Phillips said. "We want to see what those actuals are going to be."
The city initially received three bids for the rotorcraft in September, but deemed them too far below the appraised $3.24 million. The winning bid was received on Dec. 8 from a Canadian man.
Phillips called the price a reflection of economic conditions and speculated that a dip in tourism played a role in low demand for the helicopters.
Funds exchanged in the sale and purchase of police helicopters go through the department's asset forfeiture fund.
Council members will also be asked Tuesday to enter into a contract with Paradies-Long Beach LLC for food and beverage services at the Long Beach Airport's new passenger concourse.
The company would invest $4.34 million in capital to open two restaurants, one speciality restaurant and two retail shops at the concourse.
Prospective partners include Polly's Gourmet Coffee, Sweet Jill's Bakery, George's Greek Cafe, Taco Beach Cantina, McKenna's on the Bay, Long Beach Clothing Co., Long Beach Business Journal and CNBC News.
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Paradies Shops runs more than 500 retail concessions at more than 70 airports and hotels in the United States and Canada.
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I think Xavier is much better than his recent record suggests, good fight IMO
I think Xavier is much better than his recent record suggests, good fight IMO
I still don't see how BAMMA can market from this...
Marshman wins, he defeats a guy very much on the decline whos won 2 in his last 11 meaning he's being fed opponents.
Xavier wins, Marshman is overrated and trying to turn him into the next BAMMA MW Champion ultimately fails.
Why has he not been matched against... Denniston? Both beat Leeroy, both coming off a win on the last BAMMA show.
In Pro X you have a guy who has fought all over the world, UFC experience and will be a good name to sell in the new star.
Well they never had a star in Wallhead because they never give him Watson following his win over Trigg but you're right he has been taken out of the equation. Watson was a big UK name and I like they're trying to create another however they're creating the whole Promotion around one fighter because Marshman is all you hear about, I'd like them to mix it up a little and start crowning champions at other weight classes and get some of the bigger UK names out there, no offence to Marshman because he's a great fighter but he isn't even ranked in the top 10. He is capable of knocking people out but if he fought someone like Trigg he'd be dismantled like Phillips, he would just wrestle him and highlight his flaws unless he got to him first and sparked him out, a big ticket seller doesn't matter on a show were they're needing to shift thousands and thousands of tickets.
If they want an ex UFC dude who's a serious threat that will test him, stick him in with this dude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucio_Linhares
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Number 9 in the September YourMMA rankings...
I apologise because I haven't looked at September but look at Watson he's ranked two, that were he was when he walked into the UFC, Marshman has Zikic, Fields, Phillips, Da Silva and Zelg all above him... You'd be a good fight Lovey.
Would love to but I don't think BAMMA would be interested in it. If they are I'd be all over it.
Didnt realise Prof X's career had hit such a bad run, was a decent fighter many moons ago to be fair but agree the UFC stint seems to have wrecked him, haven't seen him fight in ages so no idea if he's on the decline but he was a reasonably talented fighter to be fair, should be a decent fight.
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Giambattista Valli Fall 2014
The silky, ivory-color shag-pile carpet of the Giambattista Valli runway set the tone for a gentle collection that the designer explained was about "a lot of textures, a lot of softness."
Backstage before the show he said that he wanted "a tender attitude—celebrating the introspection of the Valli woman. There are designers that like a men's wardrobe for women," he continued, "but I like the woman's softness."
Those seductive and innovative texture treatments included fur given a gleaming, lacquer surface, and graphic butterfly wing or animalier jacquards with the design in a top layer of shaggy mohair that had been combed to create an undefined, shimmering effect. Giant rose prints turned out, on closer inspection, to be woven textiles, whilst a trellis of bugle-bead embroideries, for instance, was used with a shimmering fabric woven from tinsel fronds, and wool lace in a floral motif was given further dimension with appliquéd flowers on top. It was all deliciously tactile, evoking, as Valli promised, "the desire to hug!"
Valli kept his silhouettes simple—predominantly a shapely hourglass, with the season's strong, rounded shoulder (and a brace of drop-waist flapper frocks)—and his hemlines hovering way above the knee, just the way his customer likes them. Every look was shown with the same black suede ankle boot, and occasionally Luigi Scialanga's thick platinum-color chain-link necklaces garlanded a neck, adding an edge to the prettiness of the clothes.
The controlled palette segued from graphic black-and-white for those smudged Op Art effects to a romantic blush rose, a deeper rich pink, and finally a sugar plum.
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mark hutker & associates architects, vineyard haven, mass. Architect Mark Hutker divided this guesthouse on Martha's Vineyard into two sections, both based on traditional vernacular building forms. The long, low structure contains the home's public space, an open kitchen/living/dining room. And the taller portion holds bedrooms upstairs and down. A foyer topped with a roof deck links these elements, creating an image that looks and feels like a natural evolution. "We tried to make it look like a series of outbuildings that had taken on new uses over time," says Hutker.
While the house is very much in keeping with local design traditions, Hutker and his team put their own spins on time-honored ideas. They inserted a freestanding, built-in pantry cabinet between the kitchen and living/dining room to visually separate the spaces without blocking light or sight lines. The trellis that extends from the cabinet over the kitchen's island evokes the outdoor trellises on the property, and it provides a place from which to hang light fixtures. "This project pushes the Martha's Vineyard vocabulary in the right direction," said a judge.
project architect: Mark Hutker, Mark Hutker & Associates Architects
general contractor: Colin Whyte, Martha's Vineyard Construction, Vineyard Haven
landscape architect: Horiuchi & Solien Landscape Architects, Falmouth, Mass.
project size: 2,000 square feet
site size: 14 acres
construction cost: $330 per square foot
photographer: Brian Vanden Brink


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Mint, Linux Mint
On Google+ recently, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols brought back a May 2011 item he posted on Linux Mint because "[w]ith all the chatter on one of my posts about Linux desktops, perhaps it's time for me to drag out this review of my current favourite Linux desktop."
It may seem trivial to some, but Steven calls Linux Mint "Mint" throughout the review, and in the back and forth on the comments, that seems to be OK with some. Correction: It seems to be OK with everyone but me. In my opinion, calling it just "Mint" is wrong — especially since the screen shot featured in the article says "Linux Mint" and the symbol is an "LM" — and I find it a little grating to do so, like someone calling me by my last name (Note: Unless you're a drill sergeant, don't do that).
So who's right? Is it "Mint" or "Linux Mint"?
Let's ask Clement Lefevbre, the lead developer at, ahem, Linux Mint. When I e-mailed him that question — "Mint or Linux Mint?" — he responded with the following:
Hi Larry,
You're right. The official name is "Linux Mint" and this is what we should call it.
With that said, most people nickname it "Mint", myself included. I think, when it's within a conversation or an article, it's ok to call the distribution "Mint". It's like a nickname of sorts. But when referring to it officially, we should use its proper name instead. So for instance, its entry within Distrowatch should not be "Mint", but "Linux Mint".
Personally, when I talk about the distribution to other "Mint" users, and when I talk with the other "Mint" devs, we all refer to it as "Mint". When I adress the public or anyone outside our project, I call us "Linux Mint".
Clement Lefebvre
Linux Mint
So . . . I guess that means that both Steven and I are right then.
A couple of things about Linux Mint, going forward: I've used Linux Mint off and on for a couple of years now and I've always found it solid; particularly, and most recently, the Linux Mint Debian Edition which runs flawlessly on a ThinkPad R30. Also, I think the naming convention is one of the best: in initial letter order, a woman's name ending in the letter "a" (I asked Clement once what is going to happen when he reaches "Zelda" — or whatever the "Z" name is — and he said that they'll start with "A" again, ending the name in "e")
If it's up to me, I'll keep calling it Linux Mint, thank you.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software in his new home office. Watch this space.)


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Hi, I am having a problem with using BT3 on my laptop. I have an ati x1100 radeon express graphics card which I am assuming is causing the problem.
I have downloaded the cd image and checked the md5, the disk worked fine on my desktop but not on the laptop. After doing some reading I then downloaded the usb version (and checked the md5), I got the ati.lzm kernel module, put it in the modules dir and made an iso with the make_iso.bat and burned it to disk.
Again the disk worked fine on my desktop but not on the laptop. All I get on the laptop when I try to boot is the following;
And then just a black screen.
This happens no matter which option I choose. My question is can this be worked around? And if so, how? I am only experiencing this problem on my laptop and both disks work fine on all the desktops PCs I've tried it on in the office.
Any help would be very much appreciated, thank you.


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Down 3-1 after five, the Wright State baseball team scored five runs in the sixth, four coming after two outs, to pull out a 6-3 win at Youngstown State Saturday afternoon.
The Raiders scored quickly in the first as, with one out, Zach Tanner tripled to right center and Tristan Moore followed with a hit up the middle to drive in Tanner.
Youngstown State tied the game with a run in the fourth and went in front with a pair in the fifth, only to see WSU answer right back with the winning rally in the sixth.
With one out, Ryan Ashe walked and after Garrett Gray singled, Corey Davis doubled down the right field line to plate Ashe and make it 3-2. Michael Timm was intentionally walked, but Sam Picchiotti hit a pop up for the second out.
Justin Kopale, though, hit a grounder between first and second for a hit to tie the game and the go-ahead run came in to score as an attempt to get Kopale at first went towards the first base dugout. Jake Hibberd then hit a grounder to short that was misplayed by the first baseman as two more runs scored to make it 6-3.
The Penguins managed just two singles the rest of the way as Jordan Marker and Michael Schum preserved the win. Marker (9-1) picked up the win as he threw four shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks while striking out four, while Schum earned his 12th save with a perfect nine, including a strikeout.
Offensively, Tanner and Moore each had two hits.
Wright State (35-16, 19-7 Horizon) wraps up the three-game series with a single game Sunday starting at 11 am. The game was originally set for noon, but was moved up an hour due to a forecast of rain later in the afternoon.


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Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham has long touted the need for a new football complex to keep pace with the facility race in the Pac-12.
Well, Whittingham has his building now, plus a few great views.
While others were taking a break during the holiday weekend, Whittingham and his staff were moving into the new $32 million football facility located by the Spence Eccles Field House on Guardsman Way.
The building, which covers more than 120,000 square feet, boasts a training room, cafeteria, offices, meeting spaces, equipment areas and more.
Whittingham broke ground on the new facility in March of 2012 by blasting through the walls of the old Dee Glen Smith Center, which was built in 1991, with an excavator.
Now, he hopes the facility will help the Utes blast through the stronghold of recruiting areas in the Pac-12.
"It is extremely vital for us," Whittingham said of the building earlier this summer. "You can't underestimate the impact such a facility has for recruiting, for functioning as a football team, for everything."
The center houses a 17,000-square-foot sports medicine clinic which boasts hydrotherapy pools and other state-of-the-art equipment that all teams will use. But for the most part, the building will be used by the football team, which in the past has worked out of the Dee Glen Smith Center and the Alex Smith Strength and Conditioning Center, which also has been expanded.
While there was enough weight equipment and the like to keep the players in shape, the facilities were insufficient for a team to hold daily functions such as meetings and dining events as a group.
Now, instead of having lunch outside under a tent because of a lack of indoor space, the Utes can dine in a 250-seat cafeteria.
The team will also enjoy a 6,500-square-foot locker room and a 3,600-square-foot players' lounge that is equipped with flat-screen TVs, group study areas and game areas.
A two-level observation deck overlooks the practice fields and the Salt Lake Valley. Inside, coaches have over 47,000 square feet of office and meeting space at their disposal.
While the space might sound luxurious, particularly for a program still short on funds compared with its foes in the Pac-12, investing in such a building is exactly what the Utes needed to do to be competitive in a BCS conference, Utah athletic director Chris Hill has maintained.
Oregon, USC and Arizona have all spent $68 million or more in recent years to upgrade their football facilities.
The Utes' football facility is just a chunk of the $64.2 million the Utes have invested in upgrades, which include $24 million for a basketball facility, $4.2 million for a new softball complex, $2.5 million for track upgrades and $1.5 million for an outdoor tennis facility.
"We had to make some big investments, but by year four [in the Pac-12], we are going to be on our way to being in the middle of the league or better by the standard of most facilities," Hill said earlier of the upgrades.


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Cantata No. 212 'Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet' : Work information
- Composers
- Johann Sebastian Bach ( Music, Images,)
- Performed by
- Christine Schäfer (Soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (Bass), Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling (Conductor)
This work
- Work name
- Cantata No. 212 'Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet'
- Work number
- Key
- n/a
- Genre
- Composed
- 1742-01-01 02:00:00
This recording
- Label
- Hänssler
- Producer
- Richard Hauck
- Engineer
- Teije van Geest
- Recording date
- 1996-05-01 01:00:00
Track listing
- Ouvertüre 2:14 min
- Duet: \'Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet\' 0:40 min
- Recit: \'Nu, Mieke, gib dein...\' 1:02 min
- Aria: \'Ach, es schmeckt doch gar zu gut\' 0:58 min
- Recit: \'Der Herr ist gut\' 0:28 min
- Aria: \'Ach, Herr Schösser\' 1:10 min
- Recit: \'Es bleibt dabei\' 0:25 min
- Aria: \'Unser trefflicher, lieber Kammerherr\' 1:38 min
- Recit: \'Er hilft uns allen...\' 0:38 min
- Aria: \'Das ist galant\' 1:20 min
- Recit: \'Und unsre gnädge Frau\' 0:48 min
- Aria: \'Fünfzig Taler bares Geld\' 0:53 min
- Recit: \'Im Ernst ein Wort\' 0:24 min
- Aria: \'Klein-Zschocher müsse\' 6:00 min
- Recit: \'Das ist zu klug vor dich\' 0:26 min
- Aria: \'Es nehme zehntausend Dukaten\' 0:46 min
- Recit: \'Das klingt zu liederlich\' 0:25 min
- Aria: \'Gib, Schöne, viel Söhne\' 0:30 min
- Recit: \'Du hast wohl recht\' 0:22 min
- Aria: \'Dein Wachstum sei feste...\' 5:36 min
- Recit: \'Und damit sei...\' 0:22 min
- Aria: \'Und daß ihrs alle wißt\' 0:48 min
- Recit: \'Mein Schatz! erraten\' 0:36 min
- Chorus: \'Wir gehn nun, wo der Tudelsack\' 1:17 min
The Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
One of the greatest composers in history, Johann Sebastian Bach (father of C.P.E, J. C. and W. F. Bach) was by far the most significant member of the Bach dynasty of musicians.
He outshone his forebears and contemporaries, but did not always receive the respect he deserved in his own lifetime. After a brief engagement as a violinist in the court of Weimar, Bach became organist at the Neukirche in Arnstadt. In June 1707 he moved to St. Blasius, Mühlhausen, and married his cousin Maria Barbara Bach. In 1708 he was appointed court organist in Weimar where he composed most of his works for organ. In 1717, he was appointed Court Kapellmeister to the young Prince Leopold at Cöthen, but was refused permission to leave Weimar. The Duke only allowed Bach to go after holding him prisoner for nearly a month.
While at Weimar, Bach wrote his violin concertos and the six Brandenburg Concertos, as well as several suites, sonatas and keyboard works, including several, such as the Inventions and Book I of the 48 Preludes and Fugues (The Well-tempered Clavier). In 1720 Maria Barbara died, and the next year Bach married Anna Magdalena Wilcke. Bach resigned the post in Weimar in 1723 to become cantor at St. Thomas' School in Leipzig where he was responsible for music in the four main churches of the city. Here he wrote the Magnificat and the St. John and St. Matthew Passions, as well as a large quantity of other church music. In Leipzig he eventually took charge of the University "Collegium Musicum" and occupied himself with the collection and publication of many of his earlier compositions.
Over the years that followed, Bach's interest in composing church music declined somewhat, and he took to writing more keyboard music and cantatas. As his eyesight began to fail, he underwent operations to try and correct the problem, and these may have weakened him in his old age. He died at age 65, having fathered a total of 20 children with his two wives. Despite widespread neglect for almost a century after his death, Bach is now regarded as one of the greatest of all composers and is still an inexhaustible source of inspiration for musicians. Bach's compositions are catalogued by means of the prefix BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) and a numbering system which is generally accepted for convenience of reference.
Related Composers: Pachelbel, Telemann, Handel, Couperin
Also influenced: Mendelssohn, Brahms, Stravinsky, Hindemith


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ONTARIO - The decline in passengers may be taking a toll on the tenants inside the twin terminals at LA/Ontario International Airport. The Applebee's Grill & Bar restaurant in Terminal 2 has been temporarily shut down, airport officials confirmed.
Maria Tesoro-Fermin, spokeswoman for the airport said it "is an item that will be discussed by LAWA and Delaware North Companies (the restaurant's operator at ONT) in the very near future."
Los Angeles World Airports manages ONT, Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airports.
It is widely known that many of the eateries and stores inside the two terminals at ONT often close early.
The news of the closure comes as airport officials released passenger traffic figures for ONT which shows the airport saw a 5.4 decline in 2012 compared to 2011. In December alone the airport saw a 7 percent decline from the same month in 2011.
But airport officials say they are trying to address the issues.
Late last year, airport officials said they were considering three incentive proposals - aimed to increased flights coming into the troubled facility.
Officials last year also made several attempts to develop a marketing plan for ONT but nothing was approved by the agency's governing board.
"Work on the cooperative marketing and incentive programs is ongoing even though the airlines have not endorsed these initiatives up this point," Tesoro-Fermin said. "We expect to share more details on these initiatives in the coming months."


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Watch new clips airing on Sesame Street this week!
Watch new clips airing on Sesame Street this week!
Evan Lysacek and Elmo talk about the word "confidence".
What words start with the letter "w"?
Watch videos with your favorite Sesame friend Elmo.
Tune in for some alphabet fun.
Murray sets out to learn the meaning of the word "confidence".
Look at the stars in the sky.
Sing along with Sesame songs!
Nom nom nom! Have some cookies and watch Cookie Monster videos.
Grover shows us how to use force.
Jenny McCarthy explains the word "insect."
Encouraging healthy habits can be simple and fun.
Get to counting with these videos.
Usher and Bert talk about things that are "unique".
Cookie Monster can't reach the letter "h".
Watch Word On the Street videos with Murray.


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THE MOST HALLOWED OF EENS: Wednesday, according to the event-packed Mayan calendar, is Hallowe'en, the most sacred day of the year for children whose parents don't make them go to "alternative" "parties" with the downer word "harvest" in the title.
We're not sure why Halloween became such an unholy holiday. It's really pretty simple and innocent. Because today's column is choked with lists, we'll start out with the three simple and innocent things that Halloween's all about:
1. Scoring free candy.
2. Wearing costumes.
3. Pledging fealty to Beelzebub, Leader of the Demons.
And, really, hardly anyone does the No. 3 thing anymore. We blame Bush.
WHERE TO GO TRICK-OR-TREATING: We think we can all agree that the best place to go trolling for high-dollar candy is the Presidio Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.
We can agree because the real-estate Web site Zillow says so in its 2012 list of best cities in the United States for the sport of candy-hunting. Zillow combined variables of its own Home Value Index, population density, walkability (as determined by the Web site Walk Score) and local crime data. It then broke each top city into its top five neighborhoods. Here are the Top 5 cities and their best neighborhoods, with No. 7 thrown in for trick-or-treaters without private jets.
1. San Francisco (Presidio Heights)
2. Boston (Beacon Hill)
3. Honolulu (Kapahulu)
4. Seattle (Loyal Heights)
5. San Jose (Cambrian)
7. Los Angeles (Cheviot Hills, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Studio City, Beverlywood).
WHERE TO GO TRICK OR TREATING IN LONG BEACH: For this one, we used our own scientific methodology, which is based mostly on more than a half century of trick-or-treating in this town. For the past three decades we've gone as three kids in a trenchcoat disguised as a newspaper columnist.
1. Naples
2. Park Estates
3. Country Club Drive
4. University Park Estates (The Hole)
5. Bluff Park
WHAT TO WEAR ON HALLOWEEN: Methodology is all over the road in this category, ranging from search-engine requests to figures from companies in the costume business. We chose to go with the reputable-sounding National Retail Federation. The NRF says Americans will spend $3 billion on costumes this year.
You need to go trick-or-treating in the very best neighborhoods to make that kind of money back in candy. You can tell from the rankings that the bulk of the population doesn't put a lot of thought into dressing up.
You get the feeling they wouldn't do it at all if it wasn't a legal requirement for getting free candy.
For adults, the top five costumes are:
1. Witch
2. Vampire
3. Pirate
4. Batman
5. Zombie
For children:
1. Generic Princess
2. Batman
3. Spider-Man
4. Witch
5. Disney Princess
For pets (and we're guessing they mean dogs. Putting a cat in a costume is a good way to lose an eye):
1. Pumpkin
2. Devil
3. Hot dog
4. Cat
5. Bee
WHAT TO HAND OUT ON HALLOWEEN: Remember, it's still called "trick or treat." That's not just a holiday phrase, it's an ultimatum. Hand out pencils, Dots, generic hard candy or toothbrushes at your peril. And don't act all surprised when you discover some prankster has tipped over your outhouse.
This one's pretty tough. The skittish National Confectioners Association, which should be able to give us a definitive list of the bestsellers, just went all lazy on us and broke down its top 5 thusly:
1. Chocolate (Thanks. Great research, guys)
2. Hard candy/lollipops (That's just a lie)
3. Chewy/gummi candy
4. Chewing or bubble gum
5. Caramel treats
So, obviously, we're going to have to make up this list by ourself, though we're going to depend a bit on the excellent and semi-definitive Candy Hierarchy 2012, as determined by the Web site boingboing.net.
1. Full-size candy bars consisting of, at a minimum, chocolate and caramel. Your Snickers, your Mars bars, your Rolos and Carmellos.
2. Things made by Reese's
3. M&Ms
4. Tie between Starburst and Butterfinger
5. Kit Kat bars.


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The city of Long Beach's smartphone app has processed 22,685 service requests since its launch two years ago, with a 97 percent closure rate, according to officials.
Go Long Beach, launched in October 2010 and proposed by Vice Mayor Robert Garcia, allows community members to report problems such as potholes, graffiti, sidewalk damage and other service needs to the city. Users upload a picture of the problem through the application, reporting the location of the issue with GPS tracking technology.
Mayor Bob Foster said in a statement that the tool is an example of the city's effective use of new technology.
According to the city, the most common request is graffiti removal, with 9,724 requests. Illegally dumped items was second at 3,605, followed by potholes with 1,976, street sign damage at 1,892 and sidewalk damage with 1,273.
Android users can download the Go Long Beach app from Google Play, and iPhone users can download the software from the App Store. BlackBerry users can access the service at www.golbcity.com.
Go Long Beach is also available at the city's website, www.longbeach.gov.
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Employers and schools would not be able to request passwords or user names to social media accounts from workers or students in most circumstances under a bill passed by the Utah House on Wednesday.
The proposal, HB100, would allow employees and students to collect a fine of $500 if such a violation took place.
It was sponsored by Rep. Stewart Barlow, R-Fruit Heights, and passed 65-4 on its way to the Senate.
"I think this is a great example of where people ought to have some privacy in their social media networks," Barlow said. "I think it's a necessary bill as we go forward into a new era of technology."
The measure does offer employers and schools protections if it is discovered the employee is taking proprietary information and disclosing it on a personal social media account or if the employer or school has given a personal account to the individual.
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Eastman Kodak (PINK:EKDKQ) surprised few by declaring bankruptcy last week. And just a few months earlier AMR Corp. (PINK:AAMRQ), the parent of American Airlines, was the last of the "legacy carriers" to suffer bankruptcy reorganization, and the boneheaded antics of John Corzine and other ne'er-do-wells sunk one of the largest financial firms on Wall Street and drove MF Global to bankruptcy.
But how do these failures stack up in the pantheon of corporate failures? Well MF Global's demise is the most dramatic of the group, with a total price tag north of $40 billion … but unfortunately, that's not big enough to make the list.
Here's a look at the seven largest corporate bankruptcies in history — so far, anyway — and a brief rundown of the causes. As should be no surprise, financial firms are well represented on this list:


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A Poet Remembered
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The 75th birthday of Seamus Heaney was celebrated in the auditorium of the Science and Mathematics Center, before an audience of 125 fans of the late Irish poet. The program was titled, "Celebrating Seamus Heaney: Old Friends, New Stories."
"We are here today not to mourn but to celebrate his life and stories of those not only lucky enough to have known him, but also those who have been lucky enough to call him a friend," said Orson Kingsley, university archivist in the Maxwell Library.
BSU's primary connection to the Nobel Prize-winning poet, who died last year, is Maureen Connelly, professor emerita of English and friend of Mr. Heaney, and her donation to the library of a collection of his personal correspondence, signed first edition books, photos and other material.
"The collection, combined with Heaney's recent passing, sparked the idea of holding an event at BSU honoring his impact and influence," said Mr. Kingsley.
The program included a discussion featuring Kevin Cullen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The Boston Globe; Dr. Shaun O'Connell, professor of English at UMass-Boston and author of a number of articles about Seamus Heaney and a companion of the poet for three-plus decades; and Mr. Robert Breen, a retired Boston firefighter and published poet who was the inspiration for Heaney's poem, "Helmet."
Each shared personal memories of their experiences with Heaney.
Also participating were Dr. Ellen Scheible, professor of English at BSU, who served as moderator of the program, and John Mulrooney, a poet, filmmaker and musician who also teaches in the English Department. Mr Mulrooney read passages from the poet's published works.
Dr. Thomas Curley, professor emeritus of English at BSU, provided introductory remarks and Maired Doherty played the Irish harp during the ceremony. (Story by David K. Wilson, '71; photo of Mr. Heaney is from the archives; event photos by Mr. Wilson and student Steve Rowell, University News)


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- Upon receipt, carefully remove the wreath from the shipping carton. Hang the wreath or use as a centerpiece. When used as a centerpiece, place on a tray to protect the furniture's surface. When mounted to the wall, allow the wreath to dry thoroughly to prevent possible damage, and display on a sealed surface only.
- Light: Indoors, place in a bright area. Outdoors, the succulents prefer partial sun. In warm climates, give the plants morning sun and afternoon shade. In cooler climates, give the plants morning shade and afternoon sun.
- Water: Thoroughly water, then let dry. Succulents need to dry out completely between each watering. Plants will start to pucker when they need water. Occasionally mist plants to help keep them clean.
- Fertilizing: Succulents require very little fertilizer. Fertilize once in early spring and again in late summer using a basic liquid houseplant food added to the watering schedule.
- Pruning: To maintain shape or repair damaged plants, pinch or cut the plants for the desired effect. Plants or cuttings that have been removed should be left in a cool area for a few days so that the cut ends can callous over. Cuttings can then be planted in a well-draining pot with succulent or cactus potting soil. Hanging succulents can be switched to hang from opposite ends to keep the plants growing evenly.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Blizzie from Beautiful lifel like wreath I ordered this wreath & was very surprisided how life like it looks. But the most amazing part of this order was how quickly WS handled a delivery problem that was MY error without any additional charge & no hassle! WS is my go to place to order! Never disappointed in quality of products!Date published: 2017-05-06Rated 5 out of 5 by Anita from Beautiful wreath I just opened the box to this beautiful wreath. I chanced it thinking I would have to be patient while it grew but, it's breathtaking right out of the box.Date published: 2017-03-16Rated 1 out of 5 by Andbella from Disappointing Nothing like the photo... see photo of what I received & compare to the advertised photo... Pales in comparison... Unfortunately it is nonreturnable. Don't waste your money like I did.Date published: 2016-06-16


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Deep and tech house are on the menu at CJC tonight, with versatile local DJ, Sebzz, taking to the stage.
The Tap East in New Cairo kicks gears up for a night of deep and tech house, courtesy of DJ Misty.
This weekend's edition of Friday Heat is a special one, with Lebanese superstar, Maya Diab, set to perform on a night that will also see belly-dancer, Maya Maghraby, and DJ Hadi Sabaa also taking to the stage.
Downtown's Zigzag continues it's pre-season warm-up with Man-O and Ouzo.
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