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CHAPEL HILL – Symbology, a fair-trade clothing company started by UNC alum Marissa Heyle, is one of the leading ventures being developed in the 1789 business incubator in Chapel Hill. The goal of 1789 is to help Carolina students and recent graduates make their businesses successful and impactful on the local economy.
Symbology features clothing and accessories produced by artisans from in developing countries with fashion-forward designs. Heyl founded the company several years ago, drawing inspiration from her research into how fair trade empowers craftswomen in India. Heyl, who is currently in India, makes the trip once a year to search for new artisans and check in with current partners.
UNC senior and business major Minhaj Baqai is the Senior Operations Manager for Symbology.
"It's a unique company. There aren't the many fair trade clothing companies out there. When someone thinks of fair trade, they think of food or coffee, not usually clothing," Baqai said.
Jeremiah Kimball, a UNC graduate who helps with marketing and sales, explains that Symbology supports the efforts of female artisans to craft not only beautiful clothes, but to help make better lives for themselves by gaining financial independence and reinvesting in their local communities.
"It's fair trade; it is sustainable. We care about not just how it's made but who it is made by. We like to make sure that we are as responsible and give back as much as we can to the communities who make those clothes," Kimball said.
Kimball said 1789 has not only given Symbology a space to work, but a chance to use all of the resources the incubator offers. He explained that the Joe Start-Up Program has been helpful because it helps define what a venture needs to be successful. Participating in the program is a requirement to be able to use the 1789 space for free.
"Joe Start-Up basically puts everybody on the same footing for what they need to have done to have a solid foundation, a solid base for their company so that they can have the highest chance to be successful with their business. We have to make sure that we have a business plan and make sure that you know your target customer," Kimball said.
1789 hosts a variety of ventures, ranging from those in the development stages to those like Symbology, which is up and running.
"The resources that they provide us are great as far as Joe Start-Up and any and all connections between other businesses inside and outside of the space. We just have a very large network of resources that we can utilize here in order to push forward and make moves," Kimball said.
Savita Sivakumar is a junior at UNC and helps with inventory management. She's not only getting hands-on business experience but also enjoys the perks of working in an office with a ping-pong table and arcade games.
"It's really cool with the random games. and we get to take lunch breaks and play ping-pong which is really cool. It feels like a nice transition from school to work," Sivakumar said.
"This place and Launch are great places for people to have a space to start something. I feel like that's a big problem that comes with a start-up. Sometimes it's just nice to have a space to go to," Sivakumar said.
Baqui said the openness of 1789 helps ideas to flow easily between the venturists.
"You are learning not only from your own employees, your own interns, but also other ventures who maybe in similar situations," Baqai said.
You can find Symbology's products online or in stores like One World Market in Durham.


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For the first time in over a decade, a video with footage of a famous Afghan female singer was broadcast on public television. According to BBC News, the footage is seen as a victory for moderates in Afghanistan. The footage of the female performer came just a few weeks after the approval of Afghanistan's new constitution that endorses equal rights for women and men. "In the new constitution, men and women are given the same rights," Deputy Culture and Information Minister Abdul Hamid Mubaiz told Reuters. "There should be no discrimination between man and woman. Therefore, we wanted to have them appear on television to give them the same rights as men."
Afghanistan's Supreme Court has protested the video, stating that they "are opposed to women singing and dancing as a whole...this is totally against the decision of the Supreme Court and it has to be stopped," reports Reuters.
From 1992-1996, during Afghanistan's civil war, the Islamic mujahadeen did not allow images of women to be broadcasted on television. When the Taliban came to power in 1996, they banned television altogether.
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After seeing his side fall behind early on, the forward once more played a pivotal role as he equalised against the 10-man Rossazzurri before netting a brilliant second late on
Despite a positive start, the visitors found themselves one down after 11 minutes when Nicola Legrottaglie nodded in the opener.
An incoherent Rossoneri outfit struggled to worry the hosts thereafter but they received a massive boost when Pablo Barrientos was dismissed early in the second half. Stephan El Shaarawy equalised moments later and, after Kevin-Prince Boateng scored the second before being sent off, the 20-year-old bent in a sublime strike to seal Milan's third win in a row in all competitions.
Confident from their victory over Juventus last weekend, Milan instantly took hold of possession during the early exchanges. It took them just six minutes to forge their first chance but a strong hand from Mariano Andujar kept Boateng's driven effort out.
But five minutes later they surprisingly fell behind. Some painfully static defending enabled Legrottaglie to stroll into the box and send a bullet header home from Francesco Lodi's corner.
More shoddy defensive play from the Rossoneri presented the hosts with a fantastic chance to double their advantage soon after. Sergio Almiron was allowed time and space in the six-yard box but his header lacked conviction and went wide of the goal.
Milan's forwards were extremely isolated, with Riccardo Montolivo's efforts to link up with the front three being hindered by a lack of movement and support.
Yet once again the Diavolo's hesitant back line came close to costing them another goal 10 minutes before the break.
Excellent pressing from Gonzalo Bergessio enabled Barrientos to steal the ball from Kevin Cosntant inside the area but the latter's blushes were spared as Mattia De Sciglio hooked the Argentine's cross away from danger.
The onus was on Allegri's men as they emerged for the second half but they were offered a helping within five minutes of the second half when Barrientos took a wild and unnecessary swipe at Antonio Nocerino which earned him a second yellow card and reduced his side to 10 men.
It did not take long for Milan to make their man advantage count as, from Boateng's cross, El Shaarawy restored parity from an offside position following a touch from Robinho, Serie A's top scorer lifting the ball over Andujar in the 53rd minute.
The turnaround was completed just three minutes later as Boateng turned Lodi with ease at the top of the box before bending a brilliant shot into the corner of the net while the keeper stood idly by.
El Shaarawy and Robinho both wasted fantastic chances to enhance upon their side's lead and Urby Emanuelson failed to finish following a melee in the area as his shot came back off the post.
Boateng was dismissed in the final minute of normal time for a challenge from behind but El Shaarawy ensured no bitter taste remained with a spectacular second that he bent into the top corner with his right foot.
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Due to the large amount of threads lately regarding Linux distribution recommendations for individuals lacking experience with Linux, let's try to keep the topic here.
Please post why you think a particular distribution is good, and why it is especially suitable for "newbies", moderately experienced, or hardcore veterans who like to compile the kernel with an abacus. And whether it's primary area of use is for desktops or servers etcetera etcetera. And links to pertient resources are very nice to provide too.
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Ubuntu Linux
Recommended for: novice and upwards
Targeted Role: desktop/workstation primarily, but there are those who use it for servers too
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution that is based on Debian, and thus has all the good things of Debian, e.g. it's nice apt/dpkg package management system. Ubuntu have managed to smooth out some of the bumps that inexperienced users tend to encounter with Debian, this in combination with the smooth package management makes it highly suitable as a first distribution. Ubuntu has set up a 6-month release cycle to avoid the problem with release cycle creeping very long as in the case of Debian.
The installation of Ubuntu is very straightforward with the very minimum of questions, and performs a good autodetection and configuration of hardware, although in some cases the initial desktop resolution is a bit low, but that can be fairly easily corrected.
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Debian GNU/Linux
Recommended for: Intermediately experienced and upwards. Novices might encounter some difficulties with post-installation configuration.
Targeted Role: pretty much any, usually: server or desktop/workstation
Debian is one of the first Linux distributions around. It has a great package management (apt/dpkg) which makes software installation nice, quick and simple. Debian focuses on stability and has strict policies regarding the freedom of the software provided. The release cycle of Debian is a bit painfully slow though, which tends to lead to the stable release feeling a bit outdated after a while. There is some discussion going on how to improve this point - the main reason why the release cycle is so slow is that it takes time to make sure all the 15000+ packages work and to not have any release-critical bugs on all the 10+ hardware archtectures Debian supports.
For desktop and workstation use one may want to take some packages from testing/unstable though so it won't feel as outdated. The stable release is very nice for servers, but if the current slow release cycle continues, even there one will eventually feel the staleness.
The installation of Debian was once in a time infamous for the amount of questions presented in the installer. That has been pretty much fixed now. Even novices should be able to go through the installer without problems, but there are some post-installation configuration issues that tend to occur which is why I wouldn't recommend Debian for the novice that wants to everything to Just Work(TM) after the installler has done it's part.
The size of the installation is very much in your hands, if you want a slim system just pick and choose the things you want. Also from the other side of things it is easy if you want a desktop installation without having to bother with choosing packages yourself, just check the "Desktop Environment" option in the installation when you get to that point.
Documentation is extensive, but the format of it is not very much adapted to the "impatient novice".
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Recommended for: Novices who can read, intermediates and advanced.
BSD stand for Berkley Software Distribution, it is the most Unix like of all the *nix operating systems. It sticks to the roots of what Unix is and was. It utilizes probably the best package management systems, ports and pkg_add. Ports is a collection of source code that is compiled on your system, to compile a program from ports you find it on your harddrive and "make install clean", or if you dont want to compile just "pkg_add" and you get the binary installation. It has the most comprehensive instruction manual, every question that you could possibley ever have is answered. The "Freebsd Handbook" as it is known will take you from the first steps of installation to a complete operating system and beyond. It runs on a variety of processors and can be installed installed from a 300 meg iso, the core of the OS is installed the rest is compiled or get the 700 meg iso and install from binaries. Upgrading programs that are already installed is as simple as "portupgrade programname" if you installed from ports, or just pkg_delete and add again if you did a binary. A truly versatile operating system that is easy to use, reliable, and feature rich it will take you in and you will never go back to anything else.
Disclaimer: Any views or opinions presented in this post are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of anyone else.
Recommended for: System administrators, CS students
Targeted role: Enterprise servers/workstations
CentOS is a free clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) that aims to be 100% compatible with RHEL. If you're studying for a Red Hat or Linux certification, need a test environment for a RHEL network, or just want an enterprise-grade OS without the enterprise-grade pricetag, CentOS is for you.
As CentOS is nearly identical to RHEL, nearly all of the excellent RHEL documentation also applies to CentOS, making it an excellent starting point for someone looking to get into Linux/*nix system administration.
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Gentoo Linux
Recommended for: Novices who don't mind reading and up
Targeted Role: anything. Can be configured for use as a desktop machine, server, whatever.
General Description:
Gentoo is a nice distribution which is tailored towards those who want things set up their way. Many of the more popular distributions (RedHat, Mandrake etc.) come with their own ideas of the packages required for a desktop environment, as well as what desktop environment is standard. Much like Debian, you start with the bare necessities and set everything up as you like.
Gentoo Software Management System: Portage
Gentoo's biggest feature (and the one which sets it pretty much apart from the rest) is it's Portage system. Portage is Gentoo's software package system, which by default will install applications by downloading their source code and compiling it. This can be downright painful for users on slow systems, as some of the larger packages (ie., the X windowing system, or the GNOME desktop system) and their dependencies can take days to compile.
However, this mode of operation is Gentoo's strength. Experienced users can easily create repositories and variants of software packages by creating ebuilds. An ebuild is the actual file that directs Portage as to what actions to take to compile and install your software. Using ebuilds, one can have many flavors of the same software, such as different combinations of patches, and different compilation options.
Attributes of Portage:
Another thing that stands out about Gentoo's Portage is its completeness. Its monstrously huge, and you're almost garunteed to find the peice of software you're looking for within. Installing software is a simple matter of 'emerge {package_name}' Much like other, more mature package management systems (such as Debian's apt), Gentoo's Portage does full dependency checking and conflict warning. Using a convenient keyword system, Portage can be directed as to what dependencies and capabilities you generally want in the software packages you install. (make.conf's USE keywords)
(For example: you can have software which has support for both Gnome and KDE compile with only Gnome support because you don't use KDE. This results in less compiled code, and your software only has just those features that you need.)
Gentoo: Installation
To the new user, the most interesting aspect of Gentoo is its installation.
Yes, you heard right. The installation.
In most other distros, there is usually a setup or installation procedure that will help you choose the installation destination (disks and partitions) and do a lot of the mundane for you.
With Gentoo, you do everything yourself within a minimal Linux environment, with the aid of the Gentoo Handbook. You manually set up the partitions/disks, and you set up everything from bootloader to the default services.
Installation can be done from 3 "stages":
Trust me, if you're a novice in Linux architecture, after you're done going through Gentoo's installation procedure, you may learn a thing or two about how a Linux system works. (Well, at least Gentoo. )
Gentoo Ricers
I will take the opportunity here to address the outrageous performance claims of some over-enthusiastic Gentoo users, which have lead to the creation of this site: http://funroll-loops.org/
Since Gentoo allows you to compile from scratch, you can set compilation options within Portage's config files which make optimizations to the compiled code. Unfortunately, some folks have been claiming that these optimizations result in huge speed gains. The truth of the matter is that you will only notice a small difference in application speed. Also, some of the optimizations that these folk apply to the code can lead to unstable applications, resulting in a pretty much unstable system.
Since Gentoo lets you do what you want, starting from pure source code and leading up to a general Linux system, you're free to do what you want to it, whether or not your actions will detract from the stability of the system as a whole. Folks who simply abide by the suggestions of the Gentoo Handbook should be fine, while others (like the fools being ridiculed in funroll-loops.org) will search and collect a ton of compilation options which promise speed increases, but whose real impact will lead to overall instability.
Well, hope that this has been informative.
(Oh crap, I been rambling. )
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Recommended for: System administrators, experienced Linux users
Targeted Role: I say server, though you can use it for whatever you want.
General Description:
ArchLinux is a Linux distribution that adheres to the same spirit as Slackware and Debian: Keep It Simple, Sir. Its a very slim and bare bones distribution that was created to cater to the experienced Linux user looking for something as lightweight as Slackware, but with good package management. (This is not to say that Slackware lacks good package management, but in its history...well...you know..)
Software Management:
ArchLinux's package management is done by the pacman utility. I have not used Arch and pacman that often, but pacman and its software repository, although young compared to the other older heavyweights, did have all the necessary software for a Linux user to get the ball rolling. The ArchLinux community has increased, and we may see increased numbers and more recent versions of Linux software available through Pacman.
ArchLinux's simplicity makes it an excellent choice for the server role. It has a very simplistic service init setup, and provides a good environment for a relatively secure platform.
Again, this distro should be looked at in the same class as Slackware and Debian. (IMHO)
TinySofa Enterprise
Recommended for: Administrators, and experienced users
Targeted Role: Server
General Description:
TinySofa is a relatively lesser known Linux distribution created and targeting the Linux server platform. Its creator, Omar Kilani, is a knowledgeable *nix veteran who was not satisfied with the existing distributions for the server environment. So he did what most l337 folk do in the open source world: he created his own. TinySofa Enterprise is streamlined, and from its very kernel, its focused on doing the server thing right. Most of the patches that go into the kernels for RedHat Enterprise are surveyed, tweaked, then applied to TinySofa's kernel, so it has the same changes made for RedHat Enterprise, as well as more.
Software Management:
TinySofa uses a package management system based on a combination of RPMs and Debian's apt system. Most of the software I needed for my server setup, I found. But I speak for myself, your needs may be different. It has a small audience of users, but it is well maintained, and you can always seek help directly in TinySofa's IRC chan, where you can usually find someone capable of answering your distro (or even general) questions.
Overall, I'd recommend TinySofa as a solid platform for a custom server setup.
Pretty much the norm as any distro's install goes. There is a utility called "Disk Druid" which you will use to create your partitions or meta-RAID devices. From there on, you select your target packages and installation pretty much goes on from there.
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Recommended for: folks who've had experience with any general *nix
Targeted Role: Network infrastructure (firewall, gateway), and server (can be used a desktop too, but not by most average *nix users)
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OpenBSD, contrary to what its name implies, is a tightly built, secure from install, NetBSD based operating system. Its built from the ground up with security in mind, and in its history, I beleive that it has only had one remotely exploitable vulnerability. This operating system is the home of pf, a powerful general purpose stateful packet filter, and OpenSSH, the SSH package that everyone knows and loves. Because of this, its an excellent OS for use in firewall, gateway and other network infrastructure setups. I cannot argue whether or not pf is better than Linux's iptables, however what can be said is that it can definitely be used to create very articulate firewall behavior, and provide excellent address translation services (NAT, BiDirectional NAT and port redirection).
Software Management:
OpenBSD has 2 principal methods of software management:
This is the best part.
If you're an experience *nix user, installation is SUPER SIMPLE.
I just upgraded my OpenBSD box to the latest version today, and it took me less than 10 minutes. Actual installation from square one takes only slightly longer, and thats cause the hardest part is just setting up your disk slices***. Seriously, the whole of OpenBSD installation fits on ONE FLOPPY. (There are three, but really, you're mainly using just the 1st one) If your machine is hooked up to the Internet, you can start the installation of that floppy, and then bring in the gzipped tar files over the net. The entire size of the system isn't that big either. ALL tar files required to set up an OpenBSD system with ALL options enabled for intallation (X server, etc.) weighs LESS THAN 150 megabytes. The installer is capable of pulling the files over HTTP, FTP, off a partition or a CDROM, your choice. And mind you, this is all off a single floppy.
OpenBSD's installer doesn't get the praise it deserves, and I think that needs to be remedied.
Granted, the system doesn't come with as much software as a typical Linux's default isntall, but for a server or firewall system, you're aren't looking for that in the first place.
***: clarification: BSDs use the concept of disk slices. Think of them as partitions within a partition. One would create a BSD partition, then use BSD's disklabel to create disk slices within that partition. Filesystems are then assigned to these slices in fstab the way you'd assign them to partitions in Linux.
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Slackware Linux
Recommended for: advanced users, servers, hobbiests
Targeted Role: Good for servers and learning linux
Intro (from wikipedia)
Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. It has a policy of incorporating only stable releases of applications, and has a distinctive absence of distribution-specific configuration tools found in other distributions of Linux. Partisans have been known to say, "When you know Slackware, you know Linux... when you know Red Hat, all you know is Red Hat."
Quick Review
Slackware is rock solid and one if not the fastest package based distro out there. So why doesn't everyone use it?
Well it doesn't hold you're hand with helpful gui config tools, its linux in its pure form, no hacked on aids, no graphical installer, no . Want to learn linux or get a rock solid server going without all that overhead from redhats 'aids', the go for slack.
Be foreworned It's package management is very rudimentary, but once all programs are setup and installed you won't need to touch shit for months on end. No messing around with unnessacary updates every day that break your system.
It is the first and oldest linux distro for a reason. Once you go slack you never go back.
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Recommended for: EVERYONE.
Targeted Role: for anyone wanting to see what a decently prepared FreeBSD system looks like, or anyone who simply wants to give FreeBSD a try.
FreeSBIE: General Description:
FreeSBIE is a FreeBSD Live CD. What this means is that you can run the entire operating system straight off a CD-ROM. There is no hassle of trying to install, no risk of blowing away anything on your hard drives. If you ever wanted to give FreeBSD a test drive, then quite simply, look no further.
As with all Live CDs, you stick the CD in your drive, reboot, and if your BIOS is configured to and knows how to boot of a CD (most do), then you will see FreeSBIE come up and show you a menu. You'll be able to select wheter or not to boot with ACPI disabled, and a couple of other options.
Once the boot process is complete, you'll find yourself in an XFCE desktop. Experienced *nix/BSD users will find themselves right at home and instinctively know what to do. It comes prepacked with the most common tools, such as your editors, network utlities and etc.
Like all Live CDs, this is the best way for novices to test drive the operating system before making any attempt to install it to their machines. If you decide you don't like it, fine, just reboot and remove the CD. Your machine will then proceed as normal, booting your default OS. Definitely a choice for the curious.
Recommended for: everybodeh!
Targeted Role: for those who need Linux on the run. (And those who want to give the general Linux desktop environment a try.)
Knoppix: What is it?
Knoppix a Linux Live CD/DVD. Meaning that its a full blown ready to go operating system which runs entirely off a CD or DVD. If you've got a Knoppix disc with you, you can run Linux off of any machines that supports booting off CD. To my knowledge, Knoppix is the most complete Live CD distro that currently exists. The CD boasts an impressive suite of software, and the Knoppix DVD (released not too long ago) trumps that. You'll pretty much have everything you need.
Its an excellent choice for novices, once your machine boots off the disc, it will perform all the hardware detection for you automatically, set up your graphical environment and drop you into a full featured desktop environment. Another feature of Knoppix which really kicks a lot of ass is the toram option. Slightly experienced users can specify kernel options before Knoppix commences boot. By specifying knoppix toram as your boot line, Knoppix will copy the whole of the system to RAM. If you've got more than 1 gig of RAM, this is perfect, in that your entire OS and all of its applications now reside in memory. I mean everything. Which results in a super responsive environment. Its fast. Really fast.
Knoppix is considered as the standard Linux LiveCD. Many other Live CD distributions are based off of it. For the Linux user on the run, you couldn't have asked for more. Again, perfect choice for the novice because the only thing you need to do to run it, is stick the CD in your drive and reboot.
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I would also like to add that Knoppix is also good to have on hand for offline maintenance. If you need to resize partitions, do a full disk backup, or recover files from a trashed windows install or many other things, it is very useful to have.
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anyone familiar with *nix systems
Targeted role
Any! Server, Firewall, embedded systems, workstation, just about anything
General Description
NetBSD is mostly known to be the operating system supporting the broadest range of architectures, from i386 to mips to 68k to ppc to sparc64 to alpha to a toaster
NetBSD lets you do anything out of anything. The base system is very small, and is easily expandable using precompiled packages or pkgsrc. If you have to manage multiple systems, NetBSD eases the task by being very uniform - it shares the same source tree on all of its supported architectures.
The installation method is the thing that varies the most from platform to platform. For i386 systems you have a bootable CD available, with easy to follow menus. On some other systems, you need to load an install kernel which will boot the machine and get you in a menu-driver interface again. On more obscure systems, installation greatly vary. I have a Cobalt Qube2 (mips) which can have NetBSD installed on by booting a special CD on a i386 machine. The i386 will then load a DHCP & NFS server, and get the Qube2 to do a network boot and setup the base system automatically. You are then given an IP address to connect to and do the initial configuration.
What you want NetBSD to do is up to you
Once it is installed, NetBSD will behave the same from platform to platform, and if you get familiar with it, you'll feel familiar with all of the supported platforms running NetBSD.
NetBSD also features very good cross-compiling support. If you have slower machines, it makes it a breeze to compile a new kernel or system on a faster machine for another architecture.
It comes with ipfilter which is a really great and easy to configure firewall. If you want fancier options, you can get OpenBSD's PF to work under NetBSD. NetBSD also supports ALTQ (Alternate Queuing) very well so more advanced users could use bandwidth shaping with ease. If you want to do a webserver, NetBSD is great again, as you can run just about any *nix software. (I personally run a NetBSD webserver with Apache, PHP, Ruby, Perl, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL) You can also use it as a desktop as it can run XFree86, xorg, gnome, KDE, xfce, fluxbox, firefox, etc. My Athlon XP 2500+ runs NetBSD as a workstation pretty well.
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Favorite Watercolor Projects For Kids
Today I'm sharing my favorite Watercolor Projects from the Blog.
Hope you find something to inspire a crafty play date with your favorite little artist!
Watercolors are kid friendly, easy to set up and clean up, inexpensive, and fun!
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* Keep Paper towels handy to mop up puddles and to wipe your brush.
* Always rinse your brush between colors and wipe it gently on the edge of the water glass.
* Protect your work surface from water (use newspapers, plastic placemats, or a vinyl tablecloth)
* Store your clean paint brushes bristles up (don't leave them on their heads!)
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text: IDC lowers global IT spending forecast to 4.6% this year By Kate Maddox. Published on August 13, 2013. Citing a slowdown in economic growth in emerging markets, International Data Corp. lowered its forecast for worldwide IT spending to 4.6% growth this year, down from a May projection of 4.9% growth. Excluding smartphones and tablets, worldwide IT spending will be up only 1.7% this year, down from a May forecast of 2.6% growth, IDC projected. "The big story since the last report three months ago is the change in momentum around emerging markets," said Stephen Minton, VP-global technology and industry research at IDC, during an Aug. 8 webcast to release the findings. "The slowdown in economic growth has lasted longer than we assumed it would at the beginning of the year." The report, "State of the Market: IT Spending Review & Forecast Q2 2013," breaks down IT spending by global regions and by specific technology investments. IDC projected that U.S. IT spending will also increase by 4.6% this year, up from a May forecast of 4.2% growth. "The U.S. economy overall is relatively stable," Minton said, pointing to expected economic indicators such as improving housing and automotive markets in the second half of this year, which will help drive IT investments. "The forecast for the U.S. economy going forward over the next 15 months is looking pretty solid." However, in emerging markets such as China and Asia-Pacific overall, economies are growing more slowly than expected. IDC lowered its IT spending forecast in China to 9.5% growth this year, down from a May projection of 12.9% growth, and for Asia-Pacific overall to 4.8% growth, down from an earlier forecast of 6.3% growth. "The slowdown [in China] has gone on longer than a lot of economists expected," Minton said. "Some of the most bearish economists are now forecasting less than 7% GDP growth in China in the second half of 2013. That would take a lot of oxygen out of the global economy, and it would also have a negative impact on what is going on from a business and IT spending point of view in every region of the world." Mobile devices are the bright spot in the IT industry. IDC now projects that worldwide spending on tablet computers will be up 39.0% this year, up from a May forecast of 32.5%. Spending on smartphones is expected to increase 18.5%, up from an earlier forecast of 17.2%. However, the rapid growth in mobile spending, combined with the economic slowdown in China, is negatively affecting PC sales worldwide, IDC said. The forecaster now projects that global spending on PCs will decline 7.2% this year, down from a May forecast of a 2.6% decline. Software spending (including software as a service) is expected to grow by 5.5% this year, unchanged from a previous forecast, IDC said. By the end of this year, almost 10.0% of total software spending will have moved to the cloud. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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2014 GMC Yukon: New Car Review
Regardless of the current price of a gallon of gas, the full-size SUV remains a popular choice for many drivers. Like many large sport utilities, the 2014 GMC Yukon offers spaciousness and versatility that are unmatched by smaller SUVs and crossovers. Whether it's the shorter wheelbase (116-inch) Yukon or longer (130-in) Yukon XL, this GMC's high seating position, excellent visibility and truck-based platform make it a great perch from which to navigate school zones, the morning commute or the Friday afternoon drive to a weekend getaway.
The Yukon/Yukon XL shares a chassis, a drivetrain and most sheet metal with the Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban. Both SUVs remain enduring examples of a plentiful American past in which gasoline was cheap, roads were wide and families -- or families and their friends -- were large. With the Yukon, GMC has attempted to keep up with the demand for more efficiency while still offering this capable full-size SUV. But the Yukon still demands a sizable investment. In return, drivers get abundant space for people and cargo, plus the simplicity, reliability and inexpensive maintenance that come with the Yukon's dated, truck-based architecture.
Some of that simplicity will change next year, when the Yukon is fully redesigned. It will offer a more modern cabin, a new exterior look and new technology. But for now, the Yukon soldiers on just as it always has: as a comfortable SUV with room for everything and everyone.
What's New for 2014?
The Yukon's hybrid engine is no longer offered for the 2014 model year. Additionally, the SUV's Convenience Package, once optional on SLE models, is now standard. Otherwise, the Yukon is unchanged ahead of its 2015 redesign.
What We Like
Exceptional capability; strong towing capacity; fits neatly between the Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban and Cadillac Escalade
What We Don't
Gas mileage; aging interior and platform; surprisingly expensive
How Much?
Fuel Economy
The Yukon 1500 is offered with two engines. Most models use a 5.3-liter V8, which makes 320 horsepower and 335 lb-ft of torque. Fuel economy with that powerplant is 15 miles per gallon city and 21 mpg highway, regardless of whether you choose the Yukon or the Yukon XL, or 2- or 4-wheel drive.
Step up to the Yukon Denali and you get a 6.2-liter V8 that makes 403 hp and 417 lb-ft of torque. It doesn't matter if you choose the Yukon or the Yukon XL. Either way, the Denali returns 14 mpg city/18 mpg hwy with 2-wheel drive, or 13 mpg city/18 mpg hwy with 4-wheel.
Standard Features & Options
The 2014 GMC Yukon is offered in three trim levels: base-level SLE, mid-level SLT and an upscale version known as the Yukon Denali. Regardless of whether you choose a regular-length Yukon or a Yukon XL, trim levels mostly include the same features and equipment.
The base-level Yukon SLE ($45,500 for a Yukon; $48,900 for a Yukon XL) features 17-inch wheels, OnStar, an iPod interface and auxiliary jack for music, power adjustable pedals, Bluetooth, a rearview camera, rear parking sensors, cruise control, tri-zone automatic climate control, automatic headlights, a Bose audio system and full power accessories. The Yukon comes standard with 8-passenger seating, but an optional rear bench can raise that figure to nine.
Step up to a Yukon SLT ($49,900 for a Yukon; $52,100 for a Yukon XL) and you get leather upholstery, fog lights and, more importantly, a longer list of options. Such features include power front seats, ventilated front seats, a navigation system and a power rear lift gate.
The high-end Yukon Denali ($59,300 for a Yukon; $62,000 for a Yukon XL) adds the 6.2-liter V8 engine. It also adds virtually every option from the Yukon SLT, including a navigation system, ventilated front seats, power front seats, heated rear seats and a power rear lift gate. There's also a load-leveling rear suspension, unique 20-in wheels, unique exterior trim and a blind spot warning system.
The Yukon's extensive options list includes a rear-seat DVD player, a power sunroof, a towing package and, for SLE and SLT models, several features that are standard on higher-level trims.
When confronted with a collision scenario, size does matter. The Yukon will be bigger than most things it collides with. But to improve your survivability if a collision does happen, the Yukon includes standard side-curtain airbags with rollover protection for all seating rows and standard seat-mounted side-impact airbags for the driver and right front-passenger, as well as seat belt pretensioners, which minimize passenger movement during a collision. The Yukon also offers an available blind spot warning system. We expect the 2015 model will include even more options.
In National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) tests, both Yukon models -- the regular-length and the XL -- received four overall stars, including five stars for front and side impacts, as well as three stars in the rollover test.
Behind the Wheel
Within the context of a 20th-century design, GM's engineering team has done a remarkable job of keeping the Yukon driver connected to the pavement. However, with 6,000 pounds of mass and a fairly conventional front suspension and live rear axle, there's only so much a design team can do without scrapping all the hardware.
We found the Yukon delivered what you'd expect from a big, 2-box design intended for people-hauling and trailer-towing. The ride is comfortable, the handling fairly remote and the power delivery seamless. In these times, and at these price points, it would be difficult to ask for more.
If the Yukon's separate body-on-frame architecture is a tad long in the tooth, so is its interior. To GMC's credit, the instrument gauges are easily readable, but the Yukon's center stack is decidedly last century. The automaker has added those technological bits and pieces necessary in the luxury truck category, but they appear to be an afterthought and not an integrated part of the design. And although the seating is comfortable, it provides just the smallest suggestion of real lateral support.
For those who regularly carry a bunch of people, or a few people in combination with a bunch of things, the Yukon and Yukon XL are better equipped for the task than most vehicles. Both front and middle rows are genuinely spacious. The Yukon's third row is one an adult can actually enjoy, not the for-kids-only penalty box common to smaller vehicles. For those who carry a lot of stuff on a regular basis, we'd go for the extra space of the XL. It gives you three rows and prodigious cargo space. And if you're towing, the Yukon XL 2500 is a three-quarter-ton platform with more than 9,000 pounds of towing capability.
Other Cars to Consider
Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban -- The Tahoe and Suburban are mechanically similar to the Yukon and Yukon XL. The Yukon, especially in Denali form, offers more high-end features. But if you just want a big SUV for carrying your family and towing, both will suffice.
Ford Expedition -- While its popularity has waned in recent years, the Expedition was once the Yukon's chief rival. It's similar in many ways, with a body-on-frame chassis, 3-row seating and V8 power. However, it is also getting old.
Infiniti QX80 -- Infiniti's large SUV is especially a competitor for the Yukon Denali. It offers a lot of gadgets, 3-row seating and a large V8 engine.
Mercedes GL-Class -- If you're looking at the Yukon Denali, consider this Mercedes full-size, 3-row SUV. The prices and amenities are similar, and you get the alluring Mercedes name.
AutoTrader's Advice
The best Yukon largely depends on your needs. If you want luxury, it's hard to pass up the Yukon Denali and its long list of standard features. But if you're looking for the best value, we'd recommend a modestly equipped Yukon SLT. It'll give you everything you want, without the huge cost -- or the frivolous features -- of a Denali.
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No pedals turns the bike into a balance bike.
Well kind of...
We shelled out nearly $300 for a Firstbike and our daughter got well over 2y use out of it before I sold it through these forums for $120.
Regular bikes with no pedals
- are not low enough to the ground for an under-3yo
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- don't have a brake that is suitable for a 3yo to reach and use
- are heavy, not just for a parent to carry, but moreso when the child falls with the bike onto one of their legs which is GOING to happen
I like the look of some of the other balance bikes now on the market, but would avoid a plywood one due to the weight.
it's a steel bike so I suppose it can be used indoors and outdoors
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Computer scientists at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (FAU) have demonstrated that it is possible for unauthorized parties to recover data from encrypted Android smartphones using cold boot attacks. And when they say cold, they mean it – below 10°C, to be precise.
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Cool that they can now do it on ARM architectues, the attack is nothing new, cold keeps the ram from self-erasing, but cold boot attacks are their for pulling encrypted stuff from RAM so as to gain access to TrueCrypt or Bitlocker encrypted files, alas few things simmilar to this exist for Android, and there is the small problem that you've got to get the data from the RAM, difficult when it's a fuckton harder to get to inside a smartphone...
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Muse Receptor v1.2 Update Now Available
Muse Research is pleased to announce that the version 1.2 update for Receptor is now available in the updates section at Plugorama!
The version 1.2 software adds several new features including ADAT output support that increases the number of outputs to a total of ten - Receptor now allows you to return individual channels of audio signals back to your DAW or mixer through the ADAT outputs, providing you with complete routing control over 10 individual outputs streams. The new output routing feature also allows you to send the Effects bus assignments to their own individual outputs, allowing you to create three complete separate stereo mixes inside of Receptor, dramatically increasing its flexibility in the studio and on stage.
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Manchester United still want Paul Scholes at the club next year despite his public criticism of Wayne Rooney and Ed Woodward.
Scholes was employed as a coach under Ryan Giggs during the Welshman's four games in charge of United towards the end of last season.
The former United midfielder is yet to be given a role by Giggs' successor Louis van Gaal though.
Some believed Scholes' comments in an online blog for Betfair during the summer had reduced his chances of a return to the coaching staff at Old Trafford.
Speaking about his former team-mate Rooney, Scholes wrote: "There's a chance he's worn out. Wayne's peak may have been a lot younger than what we'd expect of footballers traditionally. Age 28 or 29 has been the normal 'peak'. With Wayne, it could have been when he scored 27 league goals in 2011-12 when he was 26."
The former England midfielder also hit out at executive vice-chairman Woodward for failing to land United's top targets last summer.
Scholes wrote: "Edward Woodward has an awful lot to prove this time that he's good enough at his job. He has to bring the players in that the new manager wants. It's obvious that last year he didn't manage to do that. If he doesn't we are not going to get anywhere near the top."
But despite the barbs, Press Association Sport understands the United hierarchy are keen for Scholes to have some sort of coaching role at Old Trafford next season.
One of the roles under consideration for the 39-year-old, who played 718 times for United, is as an assistant to Nicky Butt, who is in charge of the Under-21s.
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Sometime in next fortnight Sir Paul Holmes will have been my friend for half a century.
For me, this has been an unalloyed piece of great good fortune. Paul is quite simply one of the most extraordinary Kiwis of his generation.
In February 1963 I started at Karamu High School in Hastings and it was there that I and Peter Beaven, (recently retired CEO of Pipfruit NZ) who was already my mate from Hastings Intermediate School, first met Paul.
Read tributes from more of Sir Paul's friends and colleagues here.
Although Paul was not in the same class as Peter and me in the third form, we got together to eat our lunches in what seemed to be the endless Hawkes Bay sun and found much in common.
We were sons of the manual working class. Paul's dad grew crops in his glasshouses at Haumoana, mine was a factory fitter and Peter's was a plumber.
World War Two was part of our upbringing and I rapidly discovered that Paul's father Henry had, like my father, survived the nightmare battle of Monte Cassino.
Neither Henry Holmes nor my dad liked to talk about this part of their lives, and one day, I understood why.
There was a photograph on the Holmes family mantelpiece in which six young soldiers in uniform stood at ease in the desert and smiled into the camera.
I asked Henry if he'd kept contact with who were obviously his wartime mates. No, he told me - he was only one to return.
A year later when Paul and his family moved from the seaside village of Haumoana into Hastings, their family home became a second home for Peter and me.
When I attended Paul's Mana Lodge investiture I marvelled again at the stunningly beautiful garden he and Deborah have created and I recalled that he's always had what my mum would have called 'green fingers'.
On the way back I went past his former family home in Reka Street to see if the Pepper Tree he'd planted in the front garden had survived all of these years.
It's still there; large, gnarled, healthy, and beautiful.
There was a warmth and inclusiveness about the Holmes family and, what seems with hindsight, joyful eccentricity.
Henry always had a batch of home-brew going in the garage and one day I made the mistake of insisting on a sample. Henry tried manfully to buy me off with a Tui from the fridge, but I was not to be deterred.
This was an experiment I didn't repeat. Shortly after ingesting a jam-jar of Henry's innocuous looking brew, the veins on my arms were protruding in an alarming fashion and the television set was coming and going.
Paul's mum, Chrissie, treated us all like family and we loved her for her warmth and good humour.
There was sadness about her which I inadvertently fathomed when I played The Skye Boat Song on my bagpipes one Sunday evening.
Chrissie quietly wept.
Besides Paul's brother Ken, there had been a third Holmes boy, Christopher, who died shortly after his birth. The same bagpipe tune had been played at his passing.
Chrissie was a quiet achiever and for most of her life was the administrator at the largest Law firm in Hastings.
We used to marvel at how she could add up an immense column of figures in her head and get it right every time, a talent which didn't extended to punting on the horses.
When I expressed an interest in the odd flutter, Chrissie told me that the only sure way to make money out of horse was to "follow it with a shovel".
Looking back, Paul demonstrated many of the talents that were to take him to the very top of his profession while a young man.
In the Fifth Form Paul and I learnt an entire scene from the Moliere play Le Bourgeois Gentihomme in French and performed it to the great mirth of our peers. Paul had designed "period costumes" for us both which consisted of ingeniously draped bed linen.
I was the Maître de Philosophe and Paul was the main character.
We can still recite the opening lines:
It is a measure of the man that, while I carried on with French at University, it was Paul, not me, who was to become fluent in that language.
Peter, Paul and I formed the Karamu High School debating team and tasted success at an inter-school tournament in the Hutt Valley.
Our sports teams were generally thrashed and when the results were announced to the school assembly we found that, just for once, debating was mentioned before rugby.
Even then Paul could be side-splittingly funny.
One of his party pieces was a racing commentary whereby he called the 'Royal Auckland Cup Race' at three hundred words a minute replete with dodgy double-entendres - "There's the Royal meet up in the Royal Box".
Early in 1968 Peter, Paul and I boarded a train to Wellington.
Typically Paul was accompanied by a house plant, some sort of aspidistra, I think, which he'd christened 'Foreskin Fred' after the lewd Australian doggerel, much of which we knew by heart.
We got off the train somewhere along the Kapiti Coast to stretch our legs and Foreskin Fred got left on the platform.
We'd enrolled at Victoria University and been accepted as residents at the large men's student hostel, Weir House.
In all of our extended families, we were the first to go on to University and our families were justifiably apprehensive.
These were blissful years, and we linked up with Peter Taylor and John Armstrong from Hawera and John Heath from Napier.
The time at Victoria University now fades into a three year party interrupted by lectures and exams; we didn't allow our studies to interfere with our education.
Paul decided that his future was on the stage. The success of Dustin Hoffman had got his juices flowing.
Finding little enthusiasm for his talents amongst the executive of the Victoria University Drama Club he resolved to stack its AGM with Paul Holmes supporters and make a takeover.
Peter and I were willing conspirators.
This was my first, but not last political takeover.
The coup caught the old guard napping, Paul was elected President and the new executive resolved to mount a production of the Shakespeare's Scottish Play.
The plot was that Paul would come to the attention of the scribbling class for his stunning portrayal in the leading role.
This was not entirely self-serving. The play was, at the time, part of the School Certificate syllabus so audiences were guaranteed.
We must have had access to some funding, because the club hired a director and auditions were called.
This is where our carefully constructed plot came unstuck.
When the cast list was published, Paul was insulted by the offer of the role of third murderer.
To make matters worse the lead role had gone to an unknown interloper from Canterbury called Sam Neill.
Paul then turned his thespian talents towards a series of late-night revues at Wellington's seminal Downstage Theatre sequentially called Knackers, Knickers and Knockers.
He involved Peter and me.
Peter was persuaded to lead a marching team complete with tiny tutu and full makeup. I played some appalling imitation classical piece that I'd transcribed for the bagpipes.
There was always a comedic anarchy about Paul.
Early one frosty morning my girlfriend and I arrived at Paul's flat on Mt Victoria to pick up a parcel to take to Hawkes Bay.
Paul answered the door clad only in a pair of purple scants.
Feigning horror at discovering my girlfriend also at the door he exclaimed "Oh my dear lord, I'm not properly dressed".
He briefly disappeared back inside and quickly re-emerged clad in a pair of purple scants, plus a matching cravat.
After Victoria University we went our separate ways, but met often and always made a bee-line for Hawkes Bay at Christmas.
Paul began his broadcasting career, but was quite soon fired by Radio New Zealand for phoning the Archbishop of Canterbury in the wee small hours and getting through.
Paul had the dismissal letter framed and for as long as I can recall, it has graced a wall in his lavatory.
This apparent misfortune was great good luck.
Paul headed overseas and built a career in broadcasting in Amsterdam, Bedfordshire and Vienna.
On his return to New Zealand his now well-developed skills were in high demand, and he again became a fixture in our lives when Brent Harman of 1ZB hired Paul to front a radical experiment in radio, the newstalk format.
Paul moved to Auckland and bought a Grey Lynn property around the corner from Peter and myself.
At first this was not an easy time for Paul.
He'd replaced a long-serving radio legend and it took the ratings a while to justify station manager Brent Harman's brave (and we know now), brilliant choice.
By this time Peter and I had wives and families and were engaged in raising buckets of money for the Labour Party.
Peter and Paul became popular and welcome uncle figures for our kids, though their determination to teach swear words to the toddlers, tiddlers and rug rats who adored him (and still do) was of limited appeal to my wife.
With the advent of the Holmes programme, Paul became public property; wealthy and in demand.
We were all delighted when he, like me, found a wife and an instant family. He was just as good at fatherhood as he was on the airwaves.
Paul had entered the most public and demanding phase of his life, bracketing the day with a dominant radio programme in the morning and a top rating television show in the evening.
It demonstrates his diligence, professionalism and plain grit that he was at the top of two of the greasiest of poles for so long.
I suppose inevitably, Paul's marriage broke down and a sad, lonely period followed when the children he loved became rationed.
The dawn broke when he met Deborah Hamilton in a Takapuna bar.
Paul's opening gambit missed a generational difference. "You look like a young Lauren Bacall", said Paul.
"Who the f*** is that?" Deborah replied
For Paul, that was it.
He found her beautiful, earthy, sexy, bright and grounded. She didn't seem impressed with him at all but in short order they were inseparable.
When we got to meet her, we all nodded sagely, as if it was any of our bloody business.
Close friends will agree that Deborah is the best thing that ever happened to Paul.
Deborah brought Paul management, focus and peace of mind, all of which were in high demand as his career reached its zenith and his health and family problems began, all played out in the glare of the portable flood-light.
I'd begun my long slog as president of the Labour Party and repeatedly met Paul over microphones and in front of cameras.
He gave me no quarter, nor I him.
He was simply the best interviewer I ever encountered. His memory alarmingly faultless, his preparation deep, and his eyes could drill into your soul.
I learnt more about Margaret Thatcher with one Paul Holmes question than I'd gleaned from the hours of reading time I'd invested in that pivotal political figure.
Before the historic interview, Paul had discovered that it was Mrs Thatcher's grandchild's birthday.
What, he inquired, have you got for a present?
A cheque for his/her trust account, she replied.
I beg your pardon? Some granny!
With the luxury of a little time for reflection, I don't believe it was Paul's natural talents, which are extensive, or his extreme diligence which took him to the very peak of his profession(s); it is the character of the man.
He has a huge heart. Everywhere you'll hear tales of his generosity from the down-at-heal bride-to-be (a complete stranger) who got to travel to and from her own modest wedding in his spanking new Jaguar, to the depressed DJ who came right when Paul shouted him an expensive new suit out of the blue.
Two years ago Paul invited Peter, me and our wives to celebrate his 60th birthday at a boutique resort in Fiji. I remember paying for our fares to Nadi, but nothing else.
He'll give anything a go that takes his fancy and whatever it is will get his full attention - fast cars, aviation, singing, journalism.
He's dead honest, sometimes too honest. A female friend was advised "don't let yourself go" when she answered the door in her dressing gown.
He's tough. I've lost track of how many times he's been counted out - fired by RNZ, a serious car accident, two plane crashes, and one health crisis after another.
He didn't seek this, but he became a beloved rock in the landscape of this country.
At the investiture the 1ZB reporter brought folders congratulatory emails. Paul was too weak to take them so I did.
There were nearly a thousand.
Were there too many women earlier in his life?
Maybe, but it takes two to tango.
Does he like the firewater too much?
Maybe, but all of us did and it never affected his work.
Should he have put his feet up and smelt his roses years ago?
Maybe, but that wouldn't have worked, he would have just found another passion.
Fifty years of friendship with Paul Holmes: You could live ten lives and not have my luck.
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Stars finish dual season with rout at So. Wells, 70-12
PONETO — In a dual wrestling meet that lasted 34 minutes, South Adams dominated ACAC rival Southern Wells with six falls and took five forfeits in a 70-12 victory.
The win concluded the Starfires dual-meet season at 13-7, while Southern Wells, which competed without standouts Ben Fiechter at 132 and Daniel Beeks at 138, fell to 7-22.
"It was what it was," stated South Adams coach Eric Myers.
"I thought we wrestled well tonight. (LJ) Moser looked good. He's just not where he wants to be," said the coach of his 120-pound senior, who returned to the lineup after missing several matches, including Class A State, because of suspension.
Moser was in the only six-minute match of the night, holding off a feisty Raiders' freshman T.C. Perry 13-3. Prior to that, SA's Sawyer Miller used a couple of cradles to get up on sophomore Drew Rockwell, then scored the 3:35 fall at 113 pounds. Adding in a pair of forfeits, the Stars led 22-0 after the Moser victory.
The Starfires' Eric Pimentel tried to fight off a tough single-leg attempt by the Raiders' Paul Renner, but ended up on his back and down 5-0 in the opening seconds at 126 pounds. He used a Peterson roll to close the gap to 5-4, and then used the same move to come back after another Renner takedown in period two. He caught Renner for a 2:35 fall.
"Pimentel ... he looked ugly, but a win's a win," commented Myers.
Matt Nussbaum used a headlock to down Austin Wells in 2:50 at 132. After Boaz Marbach and Isaiah Amstutz added in forfeit wins, the Stars led 46-0.
Gage Conner then used a headlock to dump Jacob Weldy in 1:17. Shea Pyle locked down Ethan Smith at 160 in 2:50 for the 58-zip lead.
Southern Wells won their only match as senior Michael McClain headlocked Nic Myers and survived a gator roll to come out on top for a 51-second win.
At 182, Starfires' standout Klayton Hinshaw gave up a takedown to big Jacob Stout, a strong sophomore. He utilized his quickness on a pair of shucks to get the lead and then locked in a side-cradle for the 3:32 fall. Myers noted that Hinshaw will be at 170 pounds for the postseason.
The Raiders took a forfeit at 195, and Mavrick Morningstar ended the meet the same way his younger brother, Mason, started it, with a forfeit win at 220.
"If you could find a bright spot, it was McClain getting that win in his final match in front of the home crowd," stated Southern Wells coach Ryan Landis.
"We were missing guys who usually give us a couple of wins, and that hurt. I was happier with the way we wrestled tonight, though, compared to the meet at Norwell. At least we had a little bit of effort. Several times we were in the match and just got caught."


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There is always the danger that when you mix political matters with religion on a forum like this that you will inevitably alienate some readers. I know I can have very staunch opinions on matters myself, and that they can make me stop listening to the reality of the world around me. A huge part of me did not want to author this piece. I am not any kind of authority in the world of Zen and worry that I do not have the insight or even level-headedness that is required to broach the topic. I fear that I have nothing to say. Thanks to a very thoughtful teacher I know, I was encouraged to write this precisely because of those fears.
As I sit here, striving to find the right words, some words, any words, about this situation unfolding around us, I am afraid. I am afraid of what Florida pastor Terry Jones and those who subscribe to his sort of ideology will do, not only in terms of damage to our country, but indeed the world at large. I fear that the hatred in their hearts will consume them. I am afraid for the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the Muslim cleric behind plans for the so-called 'Ground Zero mosque' in New York, who himself seems as fearless as anyone aiming to be a Bodhisattva that I've ever seen. I fear for the sector of the American public who teaches their children that it is OK to hate someone based on the color of their skin, or their religious dress, their sexual orientation, or their gender. I fear for myself, a person who often feels lost in a world that makes no sense, where people fight and kill one another over ideas and material gain. I fear that I too will hate Terry Jones and his followers because I am so afraid to love him. I am afraid I don't have the capacity within me to do that, and what that might mean, for my well-being, and for the well-being of those who love me.
I mourn for those who value words on a page more than their human brother and sister. For those, too, that think liberty may be had without justice.
I fear that tomorrow the world may find itself in a nuclear holocaust or embroiled in a campaign of genocide. I fear that many will forget the basic tenets of this practice, trying however hard we may be to make it through in such a bizarre world.
Each of us is going to die one day. We might fear this fact, we might not. That is far less difficult to address than our fear to live, as human beings, as bodhisattvas, as good brothers and sisters, and assuming the courage and conviction with which we must have to engage a world filled with those who may even wish to kill us, for our ideas.
Fear is what is fueling all human suffering. I must dispel that fear within me. It is my job as a citizen of this world to remember that this practice isn't found in a forum, on a cushion, in a book or magazine. Also, it is not not found in those. I fear that after my tears this evening dry that I will soon forget the power of my own message, of my own conviction, crouching back in to the safety of the armchair army. This practice is about living, about doing my part. It is about speaking truth to power and ignorance, both within ourselves and in the world 'around us.' It is about knowing what you can do, and working with that. I believe this world has some hope, so long as I do.
"May we keep a mind which is clear like space, believe completely in ourselves, get Enlightenment, and save all beings from suffering." – Zen master Seung Sahn (TY Soen sa Nim)


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Palestinian intellectual Rashid Khalidi has long been seen as the successor to Palestinian-American historian Edward Said, who died in 2003. Now he has another claim to fame – friend of the new American president. Rudolph Chimelli introduces Rashid Khalidi
Arab intellectuals have long considered Rashid Khalidi as the successor to the Palestinian historian Edward Said. Khalidi inherited Said's Chair as Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and is, like his predecessor, an accepted spokesman for the Palestinian cause in academic circles.
Now another distinction has been added – friend of the American president. "He was my colleague at the University of Chicago, my neighbour and a friend of my family," says Khalidi of Barack Obama.
The link came in handy at Tel Aviv airport recently when it helped him avoid the kind of harassment that having an Arab name often entails. Khalidi spent two weeks in Jerusalem where his family lived since the fifteenth century and where his uncle was mayor until the British removed him from office and deported him to the Seychelles (the uncle was later prime minister under King Hussein of Jordan).
The Israelis allowed Khalidi into the West Bank, but not into Gaza. Before returning to America he paid a visit to Beirut, the city where he began his studies at the American University and where he later spent some time teaching.
Underhand Republican tactics
Rashid Khalidi was born in New York in 1948, the year that saw the establishment of Israel. His father, who would later work for the UN, was a Saudi citizen, married to a Lebanese Christian, and still a student at that time.
The Republicans employed some rather shady tactics in their highlighting of the Khalidi connection during the Obama election campaign. Obama and Khalidi were once guests at a dinner where the speaker compared Israeli settlers in the Occupied Territories to Bin Laden terrorists. Both, he claimed, were "blinded by ideology". It was enough for the Democratic candidate later to be dubbed "friend of a Palestinian hater of Israel."
Khalidi graduated from Yale University before going on to do a PhD at Oxford. Besides his academic activities, he is also a member of the American Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East, which describes itself as an "organization of Jews, Christians and Muslims dedicated to dialogue, education and advocacy for peace." He also edits the Journal of Palestine Studies.
Bitter political reality
He is pessimistic about the situation in the Middle East. The Palestinian people, he believes, have grown weary of the dispute between the fundamentalist Hamas movement and the PLO-Fatah government.
Before the Palestinians could become signatories to any agreement with Israel, the PLO would have to agree to a "historic compromise" with Hamas. This compromise would then have to be approved by a plebiscite.
The two-state solution, he admits, is only "an ideal" after what has now been four decades of Israeli occupation. And his opinion on the policies of George Bush in the Middle East? – "a disaster."
Rudolph Chimelli
© Süddeutsche Zeitung / Qantara.de 2009
Rudolph Chimelli is an expert on Middle East affairs. He has worked for many years as a correspondent for the German "Süddeutsche Zeitung" newspaper.
Translated from the German by Ron Walker
Edward Said's "Orientalism" in Arab Discourse
Instrumentalised on All Sides
Edward Said published his seminal work Orientalism thirty years ago. For western academics, the book emerged as the manifesto of theoretical decolonisation – but how was his intellectual legacy received in the Arab world? Markus Schmitz has the answers
The Obama Administration's Middle Eastern Policy
In Search of a New Strategic Imperative
According to the political scientist Thomas Jäger, a fundamental re-orientation of American policy on the Middle East under President Obama is highly unlikely. The key factor for the USA's activities in the Middle East will be whether American foreign policy receives a new framework for law and order beyond the "War on Terror"
Essay: Sadiq Al-Azm
The Fight over the Meaning of Islam
The Syrian intellectual Sadiq al-Azm proposed Self-Criticism after the Defeat to the Arabs in 1968, and in the following year a Critique of Religious Thought. He sees a third way for the Muslim faith between radicalism and state Islam
Rashid Khalidi at the Middle East Institute, Columbia University


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BUDDING film-makers and animators across the Bradford district were recognised at an Oscars-style celebration event at the city's National Media Museum today.
Bradford Council's Curriculum Innovation team, in partnership with Zu3D, worked with 12 schools throughout the year on the tenth annual 'Film and Animation' competition, the winners of which were decided by the 170 pupils who took part in the programme.
Today's event saw the best of digital animation, visual story, film and photography work produced in schools over the course of the academic year shown on the big screen at the museum's Pictureville Cinema.
Paul Scott, Bradford Council's curriculum innovation service manager, said: "There is a wealth of talent among the district's pupils, and year on year we see highly imaginative works being created and submitted to this competition."
The 2014 event saw 26 entries submitted by 12 schools across Bradford and Keighley, in different age groups varying from key stage one to year six.
The school which saw the most entries shortlisted for the finals was Ingrow Primary School in Keighley, and teacher Jenna Mudd said the children always enjoyed the "amazing experience."
"It's a fabulous event that consolidates the work the children do throughout the year," she said.
"The work towards the competition is embedded into everyday lessons like science, literacy, numeracy, and it's a different and practical avenue for their learning, doing things they wouldn't normally get the chance to do.
"The impact it has on their learning is immense, and they're so excited and proud to be here today. They are in awe of the whole event and it's an amazing way to end the school year, a real highlight."
James Langley, a curriculum innovation consultant for the Council - who has been working with all the schools taking part in this year's competition - said: "The entries are always of a high standard, but some this year are just absolutely brilliant.
"And we're using a new interactive voting system developed by Ombea, so the children themselves will be voting for the winner, which is fantastic."
Ingrow triumphed in the key stage one and year 3/4 animation categories, and also won the key stage one and year 3/4 visual stories awards.
Fagley Primary School won the year 5/6 visual stories section, and the year 3/4 film prize.
All Saints CE Primary School were voted winners for the year 5/6 animation, and in the film category, Aire View Infant School triumphed at key stage one and Brackenhill Primary School at year 5/6.
In the photography section, Nessfield Primary School won the key stage one award and Rhys Spencer at St John's CE Primary School won the prize for key stage two.


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Every time another distro is created, some complain "Why do we need another distro? It'll never have enough users to matter; it just takes away from distro A or B".
I think it's actually a good thing, the distro doesn't have to become the "next greatest thing", it just needs to scratch a particular itch, try some ideas that may be too drastic in the established distros...
If it has good ideas, the common large distros will adopt (or "copy" if you like to complain) some of the changes and we'll all be better for it, maybe the new distro presenting the alternative viewpoint won't be needed at some point in the future because everyone else implemented the good ideas from this one and it'll naturally die off because it's unneeded.
Some good ideas are a bit extreme and may never get adopted or may take longer to get adopted (filesystem structure from Gobo comes to mind); but I definitely think they should be tried.


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Tanakh (also spelt Tanach or Tenach) is an acronym for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible, based upon the initial Hebrew letters of each part: Torah ("The Law"; also: Teaching or Instruction, Chumash - "The five", also Pentateuch or The five books of Moses) Nevi'im ("The Prophets") Ketuvim ("The Writings" or "Hagiographa") The Tanakh is also called Mikra or Miqra.
According to the Jewish tradition, the Tanakh consists of twenty-four books (enumerated below). The Torah has five books, Nevi'im contains eight books, and Ketuvim has eleven.
These twenty-four books are the same books found in the Protestant Old Testament, but the order of the books is different. The enumeration differs as well: Christians count these books as thirty-nine, not twenty-four. This is because Jews often count as a single book what Christians count as several.
The Catholic and Orthodox Old Testaments contain six books not included in the Tanakh. They are therefore called deuterocanonical books.
Holy Tanakh - Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim (split by parts) is the Jewish Bible and is a sacred text of Judaism.


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The cracks in Mars' surface may be the fossilized remains of a web of water, according to new research released Tuesday.
The findings, accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, may explain a mysterious network of ridges that vein across the Red Planet's subsurface -- describing a watery underground that may be an ideal spot to search for evidence of past life.
Researchers from Brown University used data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to examine more than 4,000 of these strange ridges across two crater-pocked areas, the Nilosyrtis highlands and the Nili fossae area, studying the ridges' orientations and the composition of the rocks.
The ridges probably started out as the cracks from impact craters, the researchers concluded, an idea bolstered by the fact that the ridges' orientation seems to match those of the craters where they're found. And they seem to appear only in areas where the rock is rich in iron-magnesium clay – a mineral that signals the past presence of water.