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Tuesday, June 24, 2014
In a Civics Survey, More Teenagers Were Able to name The Three Stooges Than the Three Branches of the Federal Government
Many view America's education as a failure, but in at least one important way, it's been a success — a success in dumbing down the nation so that we fall easy prey to charlatans, hustlers and quacks. You say, "Williams, that's insulting! Explain yourself." OK, let's start with
a question or two.
Are you for or against global warming, later renamed climate change and more recently renamed climate disruption? Environmentalists have renamed it because they don't want to look silly in the face of cooling temperatures. About 650 million years ago, the Earth was frozen from pole to pole, a period scientists call Snowball Earth. The Earth is no longer frozen from pole to pole. There must have been global warming, and it cannot be blamed on humans. Throughout the Earth's history, we've had both ice ages and higher temperatures when CO2 emissions were 10 times higher than they are today. There's one immutable fact about climate. It changes, and mankind can't do anything about it. Only idiocy would conclude that mankind's capacity to change the climate is more powerful than the forces of nature.
During Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, his slogans were about hope and change. At the time, I asked people whether they were for or against change. Most often, I received a blank stare, whereupon I reminded them that change is a fact of life. Nonetheless, when candidate Obama uttered "hope and change," it was received with thunderous applause. There was also thunderous applause when Obama promised, "This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal." Only a deranged environmental wacko and duped people could believe that a non-god can change ocean depths.
Americans fall easy prey to charlatans of all stripes because of the education establishment's success in dumbing down the nation. Nowhere has this dumbing down been more successful than it has in creating a historical amnesia. Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. wrote in "The Disuniting of America": "History is to the nation ... as memory is to the individual. As an individual deprived of memory becomes disoriented and lost, not knowing where he has been or where he is going, so a nation denied a conception of its past will be disabled in dealing with its present and its future."
The National Assessment of Educational Progress tests students in grades four, eight and 12 on several broad subject areas every few years. Just 20 percent of fourth-graders, 17 percent of eighth-graders and 12 percent of 12th-graders were at grade-level proficiency in American history in the 2010 exams. Because students don't learn American history, they learn little about our founding principles and they fail to learn why America is an exceptional nation. But that's a part of the progressive/liberal agenda. If Americans knew and understood our founding principles and values, special interest groups and politicians couldn't run roughshod over our liberties.
But it's not just K-12 students who are ignorant of our history. In a 1990 survey — and there's been no improvement since — almost half of college seniors couldn't locate the Civil War within the correct half-century. More recently, 60 percent of American adults couldn't name the president who ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb, and over 20 percent didn't know where — or even whether — the atomic bomb had been used. The same people didn't know who America's enemies were during World War II (Germany, Japan and Italy). In a civics survey, more American teenagers were able to name The Three Stooges (Larry, Moe and Curly) than the three branches of the federal government (executive, legislative and judicial). A third of the people who were asked the origin of the statement "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" responded by saying it's from our Bill of Rights, when it's actually from "The Communist Manifesto."
I'd say that the education establishment has been successful beyond its wildest dreams in reducing Americans' ability to think and therefore causing them to have little knowledge of or love for our founding principles.
Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University and author of Race & Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?
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- AnonymousJune 24, 2014 at 8:02 AM
It's impossible to disagree with Mr Williams that public schooling is downright awful, however, there's something not right in his mention of the Three Stooges. I'm sure that most kids couldn't list the 3 branches of their own government, but does anyone here think that a teenager knows anything about the three stooges - much less that he could name them?! Sure, there was a 3 stooges movie in 2012, but I have a hard time believing that more than a handful of high school students could name them.ReplyDelete
It seems to me that whoever initially created the reference (I've seen it before) - most likely as a Republican talking point - did it with their target audience in mind: aging voters who remember seeing the original Larry, Moe and Curly movies.
In all fairness, stooges and our current government do go together. In fact, if the actual Three Stooges were running things, we'd soitenly be a lot better off.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM
Larry, Curly, and Barack?ReplyDelete


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Chronic pain: True or false?
Chronic pain is any type of pain that lingers for at least six months. And there's no denying it can interfere with the quality of life and your everyday activities. But many treatments and coping techniques can help. How much do you know about chronic pain?
True or false: Stress can make pain worse.
True. Physical pain can cause stress. And stress, in turn, can make it harder to cope with pain. But reducing your stress may help you manage pain. Exercising regularly, getting plenty of rest and eating a well-balanced diet are some positive stress-busting techniques.
True or false: Positive thinking and self-talk can help make pain more manageable.
True. While good thoughts and optimism won't simply make the pain go away, they can make a difference. That's because, experts say, positive self-talk may help alter your perception of pain. Sometimes it's a matter of reminding yourself that you are moving toward feeling better and regaining a good quality of life.
True or false: Taking powerful narcotic medicines is the only way to treat chronic pain.
False. Other medications—and even nonmedication treatments—can often help people manage their pain. These include things like massage, physical therapy, nerve blocking injections and even surgical procedures. The options available to someone depend on the specific pain condition and other factors.
True or false: Taking part in relaxing pastimes can help you manage pain.
True. A positive distraction, such as a hobby, can help with pain management. Reading or listening to music are other ways to focus away from the pain. Connecting with other people—in person or online—can help too.
True or false: Sometimes you just have to grit your teeth and put up with pain.
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Chronic pain is a common problem that can pose many challenges. But it is also treatable or manageable. There are many ways to cope with pain—and live your life more fully.
- American Chronic Pain Association. "The ACPA and Stanford Resource Guide to Chronic Pain Management." https://www.acpanow.com/acpa-stanford-guide.html.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
What Would You....
38 comments:
Your aunt sounds like a neat individual.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure who I would come back as if I returned as a person, but if I were to return as an animal, I believe it would be a bird. A tropical parrot or an eagle. A bird who is strong, lives a long life and possibly mates for life. I've always wanted to fly. :-)
Great question! And I have absolutely no idea.ReplyDelete
Probably someone really rich, to see if it's all it's cracked up to be.
Having to learn the heartache of 'goodbye' is the price we pay for the joy of learning what love feels like...ReplyDelete
When I come back, I'll be the same spirit on the learning curve yet again. I will certainly be a different form...
We come to this life as men to learn to, 'do.'
We come to this life as women to learn to,'be.'
To be a complete Human Being, we come back again and again to learn to balance those two critical skill sets.
Or, perhaps I'll simply be my dog. Now that would be divine.
I'm sorry you are going through a period with a lot of loss. Middle age is no place for the feight of heart, is it?ReplyDelete
Your aunt sounds like a wonderufl friend.
Fascinating question to ponder! I think you hit the mark with coming back as a pampered pet... at least if my pets' lives are any indication of the luxury most other pets enjoy. I tell ya... I even raised pet ducks that got pampered.ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry you are in pain, Joanna. My greatest fear in life is losing someone I love very deeply - especially suddenly with no warning. Just the thought of death and grieving makes me shudder - but I also know that death is a part of life. And I have faith that whatever is on the other side will be so much more than our fleeting experience of life, that it will all be worth it in the end. For each of us and for those we must let go.
My heart is with you.
Honestly, I would want to start my life all over again but with the condition that I could start out with all the wisdom I have now. lol I'd love to see what my life would be like if I had made some different decisions. (good and bad! lol)ReplyDelete
I truly have no ideas. I know what you mean about losing those you care for, more and more as the years go on. I recently lost a friend who I often emailed with, we had enjoyed each other company at the last few class reunions. I knew he had health problems like all of us but all of a sudden one day his obit had been sent to our local paper. He lived about two hours away. It really bothered me. It was like "how could he do that, go off and leave me" when we were only friends. Isn't that weird?ReplyDelete
sorry to hear about your losses/illnesses among loved ones, it does seem to be a part of life that we have to come to terms with.ReplyDelete
I suppose it would be nice to come back as younger!
How horrible to deal with loss and in many ways, you're never really prepared.ReplyDelete
I wish I could come back as my dad's mom. She passed away during childbirth, when my dad was a young boy. I never got to know her but she sounded like she was wonderful!
When I go I want to come back as a cat. Lie on the bed sleeping all day, getting fed, petted and pampered then out on the prowl all night...ReplyDelete
What a burden of care you have. My sympathies to you.ReplyDelete
I have wracked my brain and can't come up with a single animal that I would want to be reincarnated as.
The inability to speak is a big reason plus the fact that there are no guarantees you will be cared for. The world is a dangerous place for wildlife and pets.
Such a great post. really makes me think.ReplyDelete
I'd like to come back as myself, only this time with the wisdom gained so I could be easier going and nicer as a kid.ReplyDelete
I am so sorry for your losses. I have lost several relatives lately, too. I would not want to live my life over and know what I know now because I think I would make bigger mistakes than the ones I made in this life. I would have to think about who I would like to come back as if it was another person or animal. Maybe, an eagle, so that I could spread my wings and fly over land and sea!ReplyDelete
I am sorry you have had so much loss around you too. It seems to come in waves. Your Aunt must be a very special woman - now that is wonderful work. Very emotional work.ReplyDelete
To be honest I wouldnt like to come back as anyone. No, not even a man. Maybe a fly on a few strategic walls if Obama doesn't swat me that is lol!! That is not to say I dont believe in coming back in another form. I dont know, that is possible but I wouldnt want to do it. If heaven exists I am not coming back I can tell you.
This might be a very strange thing to say but I accept that we are here for a short time. That none of us know our use by dates and we dont know what is around the corner. If I found out I was dying tomorrow I would be sad that I wouldnt see grandchildren but I think I would be accepting.
I have been delving into this subject for some time. I am a firm believer that our spirit never dies. I have gone to three psychics/clairvoyants in my life and at the risk of sounding crazy each one has said that my spirit guide is my grandmother and described her in detail. Hearing her messages (which no-one would have known)just makes me feel ok about death. Its not an end but just another door we go through.
My father has also spoken about a time he was in intensive care many years ago and he saw a bright light and heard people calling him to come. My daughter was visiting him at the time and he told her to go and get my mother because he didnt know whether he should go with them or not until my mother said it was ok to go (my Dad was on painkillers but who knows). Given he is with us ten years later Mum must have said no, lol.
I am not a big animal lover but I find watching animal documentaries is really useful too. I love David Attenborough ones. They help to show that we all have a cycle of life.
I think acceptance is the key. I think each of use has a different journey in life and people come into our lives to teach us things. People see living on earth as the pinnacle when maybe we should look as death in that way. It happens so we should all be prepared when and if it does. Doesn't mean its not sad and devastating to lose people we love.
Middle age is a time for reflection. the good thing is we still have time to correct a few things and try a few things. My advice is to live in the present. Do the bucket list. I also had lots of questions about this issue (inc the why do bad things happen to good people and I have also taken some time to develop my spiritual side a bit more. It needed some work. So I have been reading and consequently sound like a nutter, he he.
Hope you had a great family wedding.
I'm with you about being a pet. I'd want to be my pet, though and I don't think that's quite possible.ReplyDelete
Reading this brought tears to my eyes. Best family friend in the world passed away 5 years this year. I'm sorry but I don't think the grief ever goes away for those who've loved you back, when they're gone. MIL passed away 3 years ago. The void is still there for me. Blogging helps. I've met so many wonderful people who help me through those tough times. So sorry for your losses.....
Big hugs for you, Joanna!!
thanks for stopping by today. a man for 24 hours. if that all it would take. lol. think the pet is a much better choice. Sorry lifes been a tough row recently. better days ahead. off to check out some of your others posts.ReplyDelete
It is very sad losing loved ones, certain people and the relationships we have with them just cannot be replaced.ReplyDelete
This is a juicy question, Joanna. Experiencing sex from a man's perspective would be very interesting to discover. I could think of probably 100 people I would like to be, if only for 24 hours. Singer, Pink, who is rocking Australia at the moment with sell out concerts would be my number one choice.
Thanks for the extra mention top right.
While my beliefs follow Liily's. and I don't believe this would be possible, if it were, I do have somebody I would like to be for just a week. That would be my mother. We have never gotten along, never seen eye to eye and most days I wonder how on earth I came out her body. So I think walking in her shoes and feeling what she feels, would truly help me understand her and love her on a deeper, different level. I wish I had a mother daughter relationship with her, but I am old enough to know that my fantasy of that, is just that, it's a fantasy. In reality, my mother and I spend far more time on the outs. We struggle to function together and yet we both continue to try and only end up hurting each other over and over and over.ReplyDelete
Sorry for the vent. That would be my choice though.
- AnonymousJune 22, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I could really relate to this post. I've had 2 unextected deaths this past week. Really out of left field and it slaps you right in the face.ReplyDelete
I think a well-loved pet would be a perfect existence.
You fascinate me, Joanna. It is rare that a blogger makes me stop and think as much as you do.ReplyDelete
I love it.
Who would I come back as? I'm not sure. Whenever I've played this game, it has always been along the lines of what decade would you live in? That question I can answer...which is the 1920's or the 1950's. Both seem like a fairly happy time in American history.
You know, my culture always assumes that reincarnation is a happening thing. But I too have seen too many deaths in the family, the effect of which was magnified because most of what we consider family were resident in different countries. For some reason, the mechanics of nursing, understanding, nurturing, and seeing a person through his/her last moments, has kind of blown all this reincarnation stuff out of my mind. I dont want to come back as anyone. (One assumes that coming back as a lizard, housefly, GWB, or a tree is equally possible).ReplyDelete
I just want to live this life, in a decent, altruistic way, making a difference to someone, who simply may not be as lucky as me in some ways. And its not about money at all.
I learned this from a young chap:ReplyDelete
It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes years to know what love is. And that it takes some old to make you young and it takes a loss before you found it.
Life is wonderful. Try as you may, but which blessing you have today would you trade?
First of all, I want to say how much I look forward to reading your blog and miss you when you aren't "on" for a couple of days...that is the selfish side of me shining through!ReplyDelete
I agree with Maggie; I wouldn't mind coming back as myself only with the knowledge and confidence I have now...and maybe side stepping the school years somehow!
Congrats on the interview.
Wow, great post. Sad, but I suppose a reality. I'm 44 so I'll be going through the same thing shortly. Death is so so so sad, but yet then I think those people must have filled their purpose here and are ready to go on to the next step. Plus now they know all the secrets. :)ReplyDelete
In my next life, I don't know. Hopefully the karma and dharma I'm working on will give me something decent. :)
- AnonymousJune 23, 2009 at 6:15 AM
This post really hits home with me, as I am grappling with my FIL's dementia (and trying to help my husband get Dad into the right assisted living home) AND dealing with my widowed mom's health issues. Also lost my only uncle to cancer less than 2 yrs ago ... and looking hard to keep the old sense of "joy" in our empty nest. I still believe this is part of life - and accept it along with all the good we've had. As for coming back in another form, I watch my cats and think they've got it made ....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2009 at 6:38 AM
We-ell ... great post and great question :)ReplyDelete
Firstly, although the frequency of losing family at least may increase with age, losing friends is more a function of having them than how old you are (even when young they move on or move away). If you don't have friends, if you don't let people into your life, then you won't be hurt by their loss, but what a dull and often pointless existence that would be.
Given that I'm not entirely sure I want to go through all this again, what would I want to be? Oh, VERY definitely a woman, but unlike you I'd want a whole life like that, but for much the same reasons as you. I just think it would take a lifetime to understand the female sex, rather than just twenty four hours. However, talking of the sex angle (as you did), most women CAN get far more out of sex than most men - whether they do or not often depends on their partner, of course.
I just want to be skinny in my next life...that's all I ask. :-)ReplyDelete
Your aunt sounds great. I love aunties. They are the best and I am sorry about your loss.ReplyDelete
I wouldn't want to come back as anyone else but myself. I just would do things better. Great question though.
I think the magic is in the not knowing...ReplyDelete
But, I've always been partial to monkeys. Not sure why...
I am sorry for your sadness and losses. There certainly is no rhyme or reason...
I don't know, and quite frankly, I don't want to know :)ReplyDelete
The not knowing is part of the adventure, for me!
And you are so right about middle age--lots of loss. Losing my parents to illness, and a good friend in a tragic accident, have taught me how precious every day of life is.
Great post...sorry for your recent losses, trials and tribulations! Coming from a large family I've had my share of losses...most recently my Aunt who shared my birthday...40 years apart...so I celebrated my 40th this month, a birthday for the first time without her. I like you, have a hard time with it all. Still trying to figure out and accept: )ReplyDelete
Good Luck on your journey...you're a beautiful person, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
You are an interesting person, Miss Joanna Jenkins. I think your aunt has a very good heart.ReplyDelete
Cute Hubby told me if he could come back, he would be a ground hog.
For me, once is enough. Although the thought of non-existence is scary, I guess that I should be happy with what I've done and what I have now. When it's done, it's done. When my mother was dying, she told me not to be sad. She said that it's only sleep.
I'm sorry you've had such a rough time lately. I know it's hard when so much hits at once. I agree a lot with Lilly but I'm not very articulate so it's kinda like "yeah, what she said".ReplyDelete
Thank you all for your support and kind words. I appreciate you so much.ReplyDelete
Yes, my Aunt is pretty amazing. I think you would all love her.
Ahhhh....long discussion for me :) Good post woman....:)ReplyDelete
I'd come back as Catherine Zeta Jones. Before she hooked up with creepy old Mike, that is. ;-)ReplyDelete
I would like to give my own life another try. :-)ReplyDelete


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Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS - perl xs interface for a portable traditional crypt function.
use Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS qw/crypt/;
my $hashed = crypt( $password, $salt );
use Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS qw/crypt_rounds fold_password
base64_to_block block_to_base64
base64_to_int24 int24_to_base64
base64_to_int12 int12_to_base64/;
$block = crypt_rounds( $password, $nrounds, $saltnum, $block );
$password = fold_password( $password );
$block = base64_to_block( $base64 );
$base64 = block_to_base64( $block );
$saltnum = base64_to_int24( $base64 );
$base64 = int24_to_base64( $saltnum );
$saltnum = base64_to_int12( $base64 );
$base64 = int12_to_base64( $saltnum );
This module implements the DES-based Unix crypt function. For those who need to construct non-standard variants of crypt, the various building blocks used in crypt are also supplied separately.
This is the conventional crypt interface. PASSWORD and SALT are both strings. The password will be hashed, in a manner determined by the salt, and a string is returned containing the salt and hash. The salt is at the beginning of the returned string, and only the beginning of the salt string is examined, so it is acceptable to use a string returned by crypt as a salt argument. Three different types of hashing may occur:
If the salt is an empty string, then the password is ignored and an empty string is returned. The empty salt/hash string is thus used to not require a password.
If the salt string starts with two base 64 digits (from the set [./0-9A-Za-z]), then the password is hashed using the traditional DES-based algorithm. The salt is used to modify the DES algorithm in one of 4096 different ways. The first eight characters of the password are used as a DES key, to encrypt a block of zeroes through 25 iterations of the modified DES. The block output by the final iteration is the hash, and it is returned in base 64 (as eleven digits).
If the salt string starts with an underscore character and then eight base 64 digits then the password is hashed using the extended DES-based algorithm from BSDi. The first four base 64 digits specify how many encryption rounds are to be performed. The next four base 64 digits are used to modify the DES algorithm in one of 16777216 different ways. If the password is longer than eight characters, it is hashed down to eight characters before being used as a key, so all characters of the password are significant.
This is the core of the DES-based crypt algorithm, exposed here to allow variant hash functions to be built. PASSWORD is a string; its first eight characters are used as a DES key. SALTNUM is an integer; its low 24 bits are used to modify the DES algorithm. BLOCK must be a string exactly eight bytes long. The data block is passed through NROUNDS iterations of the modified DES, and the final output block (also a string of exactly eight bytes) is returned.
This is the pre-hashing algorithm used in the extended DES algorithm to fold a long password to the size of a DES key. It takes a password of any length, and returns a password of eight characters which is completely equivalent in the extended DES algorithm. Note: the password returned may contain NUL characters. The functions in this module correctly handle NULs in password strings, but a normal C library crypt cannot. If you need the short password to contain no NULs, perform the substitution s/\0/\x80/g: the top bit of each password character is ignored, so the result is equivalent.
This converts a data block from a string of eleven base 64 digits to a raw string of eight bytes.
This converts a data block from a raw string of eight bytes to a string of eleven base 64 digits.
This converts a 24-bit integer from a string of four base 64 digits to a Perl integer.
This converts a 24-bit integer from a Perl integer to a string of four base 64 digits.
This converts a 12-bit integer from a string of two base 64 digits to a Perl integer.
This converts a 12-bit integer from a Perl integer to a string of two base 64 digits.
None by default.
Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS provide a fast portable crypt function. Perl's internal crypt is not present at every system. Perl calls the crypt function of the system's C library. This may lead to trouble if the system's crypt presents different results for the same key and salt, but different processid's. Crypt::UnixCrypt is the cure here, but it is to slow. On my computer Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS is about 800 times faster than Crypt::UnixCrypt.
crypt(3), Crypt::UnixCrypt
Boris Zentner, <firstname.lastname@example.com>, the original C source code was written by Eric Young, email@example.com.
Fixes, Bug Reports, Docs have been generously provided by:
Andrew Main (Zefram) <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Guenter Knauf
Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Boris Zentner
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
To install Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.


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Maryland HBCU Desegregation Trial Nearing An End
By George E. Curry
NNPA Columnist
After six weeks of testimony, a major trial to determine whether Maryland's four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been routinely denied funding and other needed resources that would have made them "comparable and competitive" with White universities in the state is expected to end this week, with a ruling expected by this summer.
The overwhelming majority of HBCUs, originally established shortly after the Civil War to prevent African-Americans from attending all-White state universities, are located in the South. The Maryland case (Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, Inc., v. Maryland Higher Education Commission, et al.) has attracted national attention, in part, because it involves a border state that, like the South, operated a rigidly segregated school system, but unlike the South, has largely escaped intense public scrutiny.
U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake presided over the non-jury trial in Baltimore. The lead attorney for the plaintiffs was Jon Greenbaum of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Pro bono work was provided by lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis law firm and the Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic.
The suit was originally filed in 2006 by the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, Inc., a community-based group comprised of alumni of public HBCUs in Maryland and other interested parties. It is seeking approximately $2.1 billion to upgrade the four state HBCUs: Morgan State University, Bowie State University, Coppin State University and the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.
Named as major defendants are officials of the University of Maryland Higher Education Commission, Gov. Martin O'Malley and Secretary of Higher Education James E. Lyons, Sr.
The state of Maryland's higher education system has a long history of racial segregation, according to witnesses and court documents.
"Throughout its history, Maryland has systematically engaged in policies and practices that established and perpetuated a racially segregated system of higher education," the suit asserts. "Maryland first instituted its system of public higher education in 1807 by establishing the University of Maryland at Baltimore. This was a White-only institution.
"Maryland subsequently established four other White-only, public institutions of higher education: the University of Maryland, established in 1865; Towson University, established in 1866, Frostburgh State University, established in 1898; and Salisbury State University, established in 1922," the suit continued. "The state began its dual-system by assuming control of The Baltimore Normal School, an all Black teacher's school now known as Bowie State University. This was the beginning of Maryland's segregated system of higher education."
Maryland was forced to expand educational opportunities for Blacks in order to qualify for federal land-grant funds. That led to the state also acquiring what is now the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State University and adding Coppin State University in 1950.
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court issued its Brown v. Board of Education ruling, holding that segregated school systems violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. "Following Brown, Maryland did nothing more than lift the rule excluding Black students from White schools," the lawsuit recounts.
After passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the state ended de jure segregation, opening the doors for African-Americans to attend all-White public universities.
"In 1965, however, rather than encourage integration at Morgan State, Maryland established University of Maryland Baltimore County ("UMBC"). UMBC was a complete duplication of Morgan State's entire institution, not just its programs," the lawsuit stated.
In 1969, the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights notified the state of Maryland that it was one of 10 states operating a racially segregated system of higher education in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Two decades later, the only two states in the group still in noncompliance were Maryland and Mississippi.
Facing the possibility of losing all federal education funds, Maryland reached agreements with the U.S. Department of Education in 1982 and again in 1985. The later called for "the enhancement of HBCUs to ensure that they are comparable and competitive with TWIs [traditionally White institutions] with respect to capital facilities, operating budgets and new academic programs."
A major component of the plan to strengthen HBCs and encourage more Whites to attend them called for the avoiding program duplication at nearby White universities.
However, Maryland allowed the creation of an engineering program at UMBC that duplicated an offering by Morgan State. Salisbury University was permitted to offer a computer science degree that was already being offered by University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. Especially controversial was the decision made by the state in 2005 to allow Towson University and the University of Baltimore to operate a joint Masters in Business Administration program, which had been offered by Morgan State since 1964. Overall, more than a half dozen programs at TWIs duplicated programs already in existence at Maryland's HBCUs.
Testifying as an expert witness, University of Wisconsin Education Professor Clifton F. Conrad said that the state of Maryland still operates a segregated higher education system.
"The dual education systems remain," he testified. "There continues to be substantial differences – severe differences – in terms of the number of programs and the quality of programs. Those students who enter Maryland's historically Black institutions – whether Black, White, or other races – do not have an equal educational opportunity as those students who attend the state's traditionally White institutions."
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The controversy surrounding San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem protest continues.
A number of veterans have come out in support of the NFL star using the hashtag #VeteransForKaepernick, while former NFL player and NBC sports analyst Rodney Harrison complained Kaepernick wasn't even Black. After swift backlash on social media, Harrison quickly apologized for his comments.
With all the drama surrounding Kaepernick's protest, his critics have not even acknowledged why the embattled NFL quarterback has decided to sit during the National Anthem at games.
On Wednesday's edition of NewsOne Now, Roland Martin and his panel of guests discussed the backlash against Kaepernick and how the overwhelming majority of his detractors are missing the point.
Dr. Jason Johnson, Political Editor for TheRoot.com, is tired of the sports media asking other athletes about Kaepernick's comments – especially when they have not experienced violent encounters with law enforcement officers. Johnson proposed members of the media should ask James Blake, the former tennis pro who was assaulted by an NYPD officer while waiting outside of a hotel, about police brutality.
Dr. Johnson also believes the media should talk with the NBA's Thabo Sefolosha, who suffered a season-ending injury after an altercation with the NYPD. Sefolosha's leg was broken as a result of that encounter.
Johnson said, "If we're going to have this conversation, why don't they talk to professional athletes who can speak to this the same way Colin Kaepernick can do? But we know that they're not asking that question because it's all about attacking a Black man who took a stand on the issue that's important to Black people."
Lauren Victoria Burke, Political Analyst and Writer for NBCBLK, said Americans want athletes "to shut up and entertain them and not really have a personality or an opinion, because they are paid extremely well and they should just be quiet."
Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, said, "The people who are criticizing Colin Kaepernick don't want to talk about why he is doing this, they want to only focus on the fact that he is doing this because it is nice and convenient to avoid the reality of what he is talking about.
"It forces Americans to deal with police brutality, to deal with accountability, to deal with income inequality, to deal with all of these matters."
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A Navy-sponsored project to design a biologically inspired, swimming jellyfish robot has led scientists to the surprising discovery of common bending rules for the tips of wings, fins, flukes, mollusk feet and other propulsors across a broad range of animal species.
The study, led by John H. Costello of Providence College and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., where he is a visiting scientist, is published this week in Nature Communications.
By studying videos of 59 different animals—from fruit flies to humpback whales—propelling in steady-state motion through air or water, the team discovered that the animals' propulsors bend in a similar way at the tip, with a highly constrained and predictable range of characteristic movements. (Steady-state motion is continual, replicable cycles of propulsive motion, in contrast to rapid acceleration or deceleration.)
"We were interested in looking at how many animals use flexible margins (or tips) on their propulsors because we know in the jellyfish vehicle, propulsive proficiency improved by orders of magnitude when we put a passive, flexible, silicone margin around the [jellyfish] bell," Costello said. "The question for us was, how and why does flexibility increase thrust? And from an engineering standpoint, how do you incorporate flexibility into a design so it does increase thrust?"
The team looked at natural propulsors, which have had millions of years to evolve design efficiencies, for guidance with their models. "We found that the way the propulsors moved—the kinematics—seems to be selected for across this wide range of animals, rather than the material properties, such as feathers or scales, being key," Costello says. "Discovering these uniform bending characteristics has reoriented our search for understanding the advantages of flexibility in propulsion."
The paper's lead author, Kelsey N. Lucas, was an undergraduate advisee of co-author Sean Colin of Roger Williams University at the time of the study, and is now a graduate student at Harvard University. Colin is also an MBL visiting scientist and principal investigator with Costello on the Navy's jellyfish robot project. The MBL is a world-renowned lab that is affiliated with the University of Chicago.
"Flying and swimming animals have a much lower cost of transport (energy needed to move a mass a given distance) than present man-made designs of similar scale," Costello says. "That is part of our motivation for understanding biological design: animals do it better."


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Communications Australia to Distribute Matrix Proximity Technology
Communications Australia to Distribute Matrix Proximity Technology
NEWBURGH, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Matrix Design Group, LLC (Matrix) and Communications Australia announced that they are partnering to provide Matrix's advanced safety & productivity technology to mining companies in Australia and other mining markets. Matrix's advanced technology includes the IntelliZone™ proximity detection system, the only underground proximity system to feature true X,Y positioning and SharpZone™ technology.
"Matrix is excited for Communications Australia to distribute its proximity technology," said Matrix President, Aric Pryor. "As a leading supplier abroad, Communications Australia understands the importance of proximity system technology and its applications in mining. Currently, there are over 100 systems in use in the U.S., and we are pleased to provide this state-of-the-art technology to mines in Australia as well."
"We recognize the safety and economic benefits of bringing Matrix's proximity technology to Australia's mines," stated Tony Lucassen, Communications Australia's General Manager. "The benefits of the technology, combined with Communications Australia's in-depth market knowledge and experience, will enable our mining team to deliver cost-effective, tailored and technically advanced solutions to Australian miners."
For more information about IntelliZone, or other Matrix safety systems, please visit www.matrixteam.com.
About Matrix Design Group, LLC
Matrix is a designer, developer and marketer of safety and productivity technology for use in the underground mining industry. Its innovative and industry leading products include communications and tracking systems, mine atmospheric monitoring systems, belt control, and proximity detection systems. Matrix is a subsidiary of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ("ARLP"), a diversified producer and marketer of coal primarily to major United States utilities and industrial users. For more information, see www.matrixdginc.com.
About Communications Australia
Communications Australia is a communications & safety systems supplier to the minerals and energy industry globally and to enterprise customers in niche industries including the medical and power fields in Australia. Offerings include wireless infrastructure services, safety systems, telephony services and integrated communications services. Communications Australia was formed in 1994 and has Australian offices in Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney. For more information, see www.commsaust.com.au.
About Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
ARLP is a diversified producer and marketer of coal to major United States utilities and industrial users. ARLP, the nation's first publicly traded master limited partnership involved in the production and marketing of coal, is currently the third largest coal producer in the eastern United States with mining operations in the Illinois Basin, Northern Appalachian and Central Appalachian coal producing regions. ARLP operates eleven mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia. ARLP is also constructing a new mine in southern Indiana and is purchasing and funding development of reserves, constructing surface facilities and making equity investments in a new mining complex in southern Illinois. In addition, ARLP operates a coal loading terminal on the Ohio River at Mount Vernon, Indiana.
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Sleeping Giants || Mt Bromo Indonesia
The stars dance above the extraordinary Mt Bromo Indonesia as the morning fog rolls through the caldera.
Radiant Flow || Seljalandsfoss Iceland
Colors seem to dance as the soft light warms the waterfall Seljalandsfoss in the Southern Icelandic Countryside.
The Valley Of Fog || Meteora Greece
Misty Melody || Tuscany Italy
Colors and light blend beautifully as soft fog rolls through the enchanting hills of Val d'Orcia Tuscany.
Winters Grasp || Iceland
A burning sky over Aldeyarfoss, one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Northern Iceland.
The Forest's Awakening || Kyoto Arashiyama Japan
Warm sunlight shines brilliantly through the extraordinary Sagano Bamboo Forest near Kyoto Japan.
Breath of Life || France
Long rows of beautiful lavender lead into three perfect trees.
Frozen in Time || Iceland
Exploring an extaordinary glacial ice cave in southern Iceland.
Heaven and Earth || Iceland
We watched in awe as the Aurora Borealis danced around us, all alone in the Icelandic Countryside.
Winds of Inspiration || Japan
An old pagoda and a sea of cherry blossoms frame the beautiful and timeless shape of Mt. Fuji in Japan.
Beyond Karst Peak || Xingping China
A beautiful sunset view from the top of Karst Peak in Xingping China.
Burning Sky || Iceland
The sky burns over jokulsarlon Glacial Bay, one of the wonders of Southern Iceland
Rising Tide || New Zealand
The sky explodes with color as ocean waves wash over the St. Clair Beach pylons in New Zealand.
Along The Meguro River || Tokyo Japan
A beautiful evening in Tokyo as hundreds of beautiful cherry blossom trees bloom along the Meguro River.
Tuscan Dreams || Italy
In the morning twilight, soft fog sweeps through the beautiful rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany, Italy.
Castle In The Sky || Bagnoregio Italy
A remarkable sunset over Civita di Bagnoregio. Italy's Castle in the Sky.
Twilight Monastery || Meteora Greece
In Perfect Harmony || Osaka
Illuminated in soft twilight, Osaka Castle floats on a sea of beautiful cherry blossoms.
The Sleeping Dragon || Guilin China
Enter the Reed Flute Cave, one of Guilin China's most interesting and ancient attractions
Tip Of The World || New Zealand
Warm light illuminates the beautiful Nugget Point Lighthouse in Southern New Zealand
Dance With Me || Iceland
As the Northern Lights danced in the sky above, my heart sang along to the rhythm of motion.
Soft Surrender || St Clair Beach New Zealand
Colors and shapes blend beautifully with the morning sunrise on St Clair Beach in New Zealand.
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Adam Cerros
Adam "Pancho" Jeffrey Cerros, age 29, of Beloit, died unexpectedly on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 in Nevada. He was born in Beloit on Sept. 8, 1983, the son of Antonio and Carol (Aumiller) Cerros. He graduated from Beloit Memorial High School and he attended Blackhawk Technical College. Adam had been employed by Simmons Mattress, and UPS of Janesville. Adam will be best remembered for his contagious smile, outgoing personality and ability to talk to anyone. He had a special bond with his family and friends. Adam was an avid Bear's fan, and loved movies, fishing, and spending time with his family and friends. Adam's smiling face will be missed by those that knew him.
He is survived by his parents, Antonio and Carol Cerros of Beloit; sister, Jennifer (Aaron Schoville) Cerros; nephew, Christian Schoville; niece, Addyson Schoville; his dog, Bonsy "Bob"; and cat, Hazy; and his uncle; David Aumiller. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Sharon Aumiller.
A visitation will be held 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY. Memorials are preferred to help cover funeral expenses. Please send memorials to: Adam Cerros, C/O Schneider Apfel Funeral Home, P.O. Box 71, Janesville, WI 53547.


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Chevet (c. 1200-1210) and south transept (c. 1177-1190)
The Romanesque cathedral was gradually rebuilt into the High Gothic building we see today. Work on the new cathedral started with the transept around 1177. However, only the south arm of the transept was completed by 1190. The choir was consecrated in 1212, while the nave was completed by 1230. The west façade was begun in 1230/1235, the north transept in 1240. Both were finished by 1260.
The south transept (c. 1177-1190)
General view of nave and choir (ca. 1197/98-1230)
Work on the cathedral of Soissons was contemporaneous with Chartres and scholars are still debating which workshop stood model for the other.
The nave from crossing
The north transept
The ambulatory
The nave from N aisle
The south transept with its magnificent gridwork elevation (c. 1170-1185)
Choir and nave looking west (c. 1197/98-1230)
Vaults of the ambulatory
The bays of the ambulatory are connected with the shallow radiating chapels through an eight-part vault. The keystone is at the transverse arch at the entrance to each chapel.
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Owing to its anomalous topographic structure and the danger it poses to civilians, it is essential that SCP-416 be sequestered from the public. Though SCP-416's true borders have yet to be exactly mapped, SCP Overwatch has, in cooperation with the ████████ government, restricted foot access and instituted a no-fly-zone within five (5) kilometers from the boundaries measured by the initial observation team.
SCP-416 is an oblong area of forest located in the █████████ █████████ in northern ████████, ██████ ███████. Though its true borders are not known (and indeed may be in a constant state of flux), estimates place its "center" at ██°██ N, ██°███ W. It displays remarkable spatial anomalies, the most notable of which is that once entered, it is impossible to leave on foot; the only personnel to escape the area inside SCP-416 were extracted by an aerial reconnaissance team. Though from the air SCP-416 appears identical to the surrounding coniferous forests, it displays a bewildering array of plant life; species as varied as Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia), Grandidier's baobab (Adansonia grandidieri), Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis), and manchineel trees (Hippomane mancinella) have been observed. No explanation has been offered as to how these species arrived and propagated. All observations indicate that SCP-416 is entirely devoid of animal, fungal, or insect life. Personnel deployed inside SCP-416 report that the entire area is continually overcast with fog despite satellite evidence to the contrary.
Exploratory Records: On ██/██/████, local geographical surveyors reported a sudden seismic event coming from the area now known as SCP-416. The Foundation was alerted after the surveyors reported anomalous topological features. D-class personnel were fitted with GPS trackers and tasked with walking across the entire area of SCP-416; though the subjects reported that they maintained a constant speed, their movement speed relative to the area outside SCP-416 slowed dramatically as the subjects ventured further in. The deployed personnel were unable to reach the epicenter of the seismic event. The subjects reported no indication of backtracking on their part; it appears that SCP-416 may be infinite in area to observers located within it. The D-class personnel forced to endure prolonged stays inside SCP-416 have developed a wide array of mental instabilities, ranging from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder to catatonia, hallucinations, and psychosis.
Topological Analysis: A team of physicists assigned to analyze the topographical anomalies associated with this SCP concluded that it appears to be the three-dimensional intersection of a six-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold with the surface of the Earth. Research is still being conducted as to what force maintains this intersection, though speculation abounds that it is related to the object or objects at the center of SCP-416.
Addendum 04-5 SCP-416 is being considered as a storage location for several movable Safe and Euclid-level SCP's, specifically [DATA EXPUNGED].


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Really nice game for Logan Allen...7IP 4H 1R 1ER 1BB 6Ks 97 pitches, 67 strikes, 8 groundouts
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Why is he not even in our top 30?
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But in Franmils case I think his adjustment at the plate has taken him to another level. There were always questions about his balance and approach. The power and bat speed were always there according to reports I've read. Last year was the first year he really started tapping into that power. There are also questions about his position.
But if he keeps this up Renfroe is expendable, if he wasn't already.
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Originally posted by mcdsd1 View PostWhenever someone mentions a Tatis homer I get excited, then I check it and it's usually combined with 2 or 3 strikeouts.
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https://www.milb.com/milb/news/padres-franmil-reyes-hits-two-homers-for-the-third-game-in-a-row/c-275312370How long can Franmil Reyes keep this up?The Padres outfield prospect posted his third consecutive two-homer game on Friday, powering Triple-A El Paso to a 7-1 win over Albuquerque at Isotopes Park.
Reyes' amazing run has impressed his manager, Major League veteran Rod Barajas.
"It's something special," the former catcher said. "It seems like every time he goes out there, the ball is traveling 450 feet. He doesn't chase bad pitches, and I've seen when people try to pitch him away, he kills the ball to right field; and when they come in, he hits it out to left field."
The 6-foot-5, 240-pound Reyes has 11 homers on the season after hitting six in the past three games, giving him the Minor League lead by one over four others, including former Padre Jabari Blash of Salt Lake.
Barajas said he's not sure he's seen a player as locked in as Reyes is.
"For being as big as he is and as much power as he has, it's just matter of putting the barrel to ball. He's not your prototypical power hitter [in that] he doesn't strike out a ton. He's able to make adjustments in game."
For Reyes, it continued a season of validation. The 22-year-old native of the Dominican Republic signed for $700,000 in 2011, just after his 16th birthday. But despite leading the Texas League last season with 102 RBIs, and being three years younger than the league average, he was not placed on the Padres' talent-filled 40-man roster.
That left Reyes available in the Rule 5 Draft for any team with an open 40-man roster spot. He was not selected despite a profile as a power hitter with athleticism. That absolutely weighed on him, his manager said.
"Without a doubt," Barajas said. "When we have conversations, that topic does come out. It was his [Rule 5] protection yet and every team had the chance to grab him and no one did. I think that relayed a message to him. Now he wants to prove a lot of people wrong."
According to reports, Reyes would have been placed on the 40-man roster, but needed surgery to repair a broken hamate bone in his right wrist, an injury sustained during the Arizona Fall League. Before the injury, he was 5-for-30 facing some of the game's elite prospects in the AFL.
Barajas said one factor for Reyes not being chosen in the Rule 5 Draft and not being on the team's prospect list had to do with questions nabout his defense. He said Reyes has tried to address that.
"That's something he's struggled with, and people can question whether he can defend at the big league level, and he took it to heart," Barajas said. "But he constantly works at his craft, and every ball he should catch [this year] he has, from what I've seen."
One thing is certain: if Reyes continues this pace and the Padres leave him unprotected, he won't go unnoticed.
"This year or next year, we're going to have some big decisions to make," Barajas said.
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His walk rate is still only 5.8%. I get that he is starting to walk a little more, he is only 19, and he is still the ****, but just expressing it's a little discouraging when you get hyped on a possible change, and then you look at his line and see the rest of it.


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I usually don't have the time to read the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal until Sunday along with the morning paper. And usually I just grab the "Off Duty" section where the food and wine coverage appears. This weekend, the wine column is by Jay McInerney who profiles wine writer and salesmen Alexis Lichine. I hadn't thought about Mr. Lichine for many years before reading this piece but by the end I realized how much this writer had formed my early wine education.
Alexis Lichine's Guide to the Wines and Vineyards of France was one of the first wine books I ever read back in 1981. Given my college student economics at the time, I checked it out from the library along with his Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits and began reading. Since I was going to school in Northern California, I had ready access to local wines but the wines of the Old World, particularly Bordeaux, caught my attention from Lichine's books. And I was on my way to becoming the wine geek I am today.
Alexis Lichine was quite a character but his legacy is still very much with us today. He was instrumental in convincing California wineries to stop using generic names such as "Chablis" and "Burgundy" for their wines, in favor of varietal names. And it was good for business as Wente Brothers changed their "Graves" to Sauvignon Blanc and saw increased sales. Lichine is also responsible for reintroducing fine wine from Europe to the U.S. after both Prohibition and World War II.
McInerney ends the article with a Lichine quote that has been my personal guidepost for a long time:
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Linux preinstalled?
I looked all over on this website and forum for discussions whether Linux is preinstalled, if so what version and what Linux can be booted with a SDcard. I use Fedora but am open to Debian if there is no Fedora release for a XBurst.
After researching more, I found a tutorial on installing Debian at http://www.mostlymaths.net/2011/01/installing-debian-on-my-ben-nanonote.html which had a link to http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Debian. I recommend updating your website to make it easier to find your software references. The two tutorials on installing Debian are much more complicated than simply downloading an ISO and burning it to a DVD. I would buy the Ben if either Debian or Fedora were preinstalled or if a bootable SD card with Debian or Fedoa were available for purchase. Would any of you be willing to make a bootable SDcard and sell it? Thanks.
How much do you think it would be worth to you? It really should not be that hard to do, but I am not even sure if you have a Nanonote at this point.
I have not purchased the Ben NanoNote yet. To answer your question how much it is worth to me, I will first give prices of other board's Linux preinstalled on a SD card:
Ubuntu preinstalled on a micro SD card for BeagleBoard xM $15 at https://specialcomp.com/beagleboard/xm.htm
rswww.com sells SD cards with Linux for raspberry pi but their prices are in British pounds and I don't know how to convert into US dollars.
I would pay twice as much as specialcomp charges for a SD card with graphical Debian on it. $30.
Many ARM devices come preinstalled with Fedora, Debian or Ubuntu. This is included in the price:
Raspberry pi is preinstalled with Fedora from rswww.com. CuBox is preinstalled with Ubuntu. Lemote Yeeloong netbook is preinstalled with Debian. Hercules netbook and Genesi Ekiga netbook are preinstalled with UBuntu. NewIt sells SheevaPlug, GuruPlug and DreamPlug preinstalled with Debian.
More people would buy the Ben NanoNote if it either was preinstalled with an user friendly graphical Linux such as Fedora, Debian or Ubuntu or if a SDcard preinstalled with Linux was available.
Would you be willing to sell me a SD card with graphical Debian Wheezy GNOME or at sell it on Amazon so I can buy the NanoNote and SDcard at the same time?
I must tell you that no one I know of has GNOME running on their Ben, and if they do, it has got to be really SLOW! The Qi-OpenWRT that the guys have worked so hard on is probably the best graphical option right now in terms of usability. This device is WELL below even the barest system requirements to run such a huge GUI as GNOME or even LXDE for that matter. Perhaps you are not the intendet audience for the Ben as it is mainly for developers. Maybe we would sell more Ben's if such and such were true, but for those of us that are drawn to it, it is already all that we want. We are not trying to be appl3, and make a mass-market device, but dreamers with a lot of experience and no fear to dive in and be technical. It is no problem if you are not one of these people! (But if you feel like you want to BECOME one, feel free to hang out here and see what you can learn.) If you have really simple needs, like wanting to pluck out a few text files and save them, I think you might use your 100+ dollars better, so send me an email (email@example.com) or get in touch some other way.
If you feel like you really want to get a Nanonote, I can tell you the best graphical environment that will run reasonably with Debian is probably Icewm. In fact, here is a video of Abiword running under Icewm (but the underlying OS is JLime):
The video is some 2 years old now.
If you want a simple, small mobile device to have around, I have been experimenting with all kinds since '07. Again, shoot me a mail if you are interested because if you do not plan to develop or do serious programming, then the Nanonote is way overpriced for your needs. Hope that helps and you find a device suitable for you.


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Sixti V et Clementis VIII
primum non peccare
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Published 12:00 am Tuesday, January 1, 2013
PASADENA, Calif. — Although Stanford didn't score many style points in the 99th Rose Bowl, the Cardinal could celebrate because they didn't let Wisconsin score any points at all after halftime.
Stepfan Taylor rushed for 89 yards and an early touchdown, Kevin Hogan passed for 123 yards, and No. 8 Stanford won its first Rose Bowl since 1972, beating the Badgers 20-14 on Tuesday night.
Usua Amanam made the decisive interception near midfield with 2:30 to play as the Pac-12 champion Cardinal (12-2) ended their four-decade drought in the Granddaddy of Them All with arguably the biggest bowl win yet during the long-struggling program's recent renaissance.
Stanford clamped down on the Big Ten champion Badgers (8-6), who lost the Rose Bowl in heartbreaking fashion for the third consecutive season. Montee Ball rushed for 100 yards and his FBS-record 83rd touchdown, but Wisconsin managed only 82 yards after halftime.
With impressive defense of its own, Wisconsin still stayed in position for an upset in the one-game return of Hall of Fame coach Barry Alvarez, who was back on the Badgers' sideline in his red sweater-vest seven years after hanging up his whistle.
When Bret Bielema abruptly left Wisconsin for Arkansas after winning the Big Ten title game, Alvarez agreed to coach his fourth Rose Bowl before handing off his program to new coach Gary Andersen, who met with Alvarez on the field before the game.
But the Badgers' third straight Rose Bowl appearance ended in much the same way as the last two: With the Wisconsin offense failing to get the late score they desperately needed.
Curt Phillips went 10 for 16 for 83 yards passing and that crucial interception for Wisconsin, doing more with 64 yards on the ground. Jordan Fredrick caught a short TD pass right before halftime, but no Badgers receiver had more than Jared Abbrederis' three catches.
And though Ball became the first player to score touchdowns in three Rose Bowls, the powerful back fell short of Ron Dayne's career Rose Bowl rushing record, swarmed under by waves of tacklers from one of the toughest defenses in the nation.
Kelsey Young rushed for a score on Stanford's opening possession, and Taylor scored on the second. Wisconsin kept the Cardinal out of the end zone for the final 51 minutes, but Stanford's defense didn't need any more help.
Stanford won its first conference title and earned its first Rose Bowl appearance in 13 years with seven straight wins. The Cardinal ousted top-ranked Oregon on the way to the biggest season yet in the improbable surge of success started by Jim Harbaugh and Andrew Luck, and extended by coach David Shaw and Hogan, who took over as the starter in November.
Wisconsin returned to Pasadena in a much more roundabout way as the first five-loss team to make it, losing three overtime games and making the Big Ten title game only because Ohio State and Penn State were ineligible. The Badgers then steamrolled Nebraska to become the first Big Ten team in three straight Rose Bowls since Michigan in the late 1970s.
The Cardinal led 14-0 on Taylor's 3-yard TD run just 81/2 minutes in.
, but Wisconsin finally got rolling behind Ball, who rushed for 296 yards in his first two Rose Bowls. Stanford stopped James White inside the 1 on fourth down early in the second quarter after a touchdown run by Ball was wiped out by a holding penalty, but Ball scored on the next drive.
The Badgers then mounted an 85-yard drive in the waning 2 1/2 minutes of the first half, with Phillips' 38-yard run setting up Fredrick's short TD catch to trim Stanford's halftime lead to 17-14.
After halftime adjustments, both defenses dominated the scoreless third quarter, allowing just three combined first downs.
Wisconsin's personal foul on a fair-catch punt return finally sparked Stanford early in the fourth quarter. Stanford got inside the Wisconsin 5 before stalling, and Jordan Williamson's short field goal put the Cardinal up by six points with 4:23 to go.
The Badgers got to midfield, but Phillips threw behind Jacob Pedersen, and Amanam easily made the pick.


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Editor's Note: Tavis Smiley is the host of the late-night television talk show "Tavis Smiley" on PBS and Cornel West is a professor at Princeton. They co-host "Smiley & West" on Public Radio International, and their new book is "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto."
Story highlights
Writers: Jobless numbers fell, but many discouraged unemployed just quit looking
Middle class is slipping into poverty, they say, and the few jobs left don't pay living wage
Our society has lost covenant with people and made a pact with corporations, they write
Writers: Only radical change for everyday people, not CEOs, will save American Dream
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. That should have been a signal that jobs are coming back and that the economy is about to rebound. But, as many economists say, the numbers fell primarily because unemployed Americans have become so discouraged with trying to find a job that they've simply quit looking.
Because nearly one-third of the American middle class, mostly families with children, have fallen into poverty or are one paycheck away from poverty, it is paramount that we dissect the root causes of this mass disenfranchisement within the American workforce. This was the motivation behind "The Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience," our 18-city bus tour that traveled across the country last year. It was designed to bring more attention to the plight of impoverished Americans.
These citizens do not fit the negative stereotypes and propaganda that we've heard during the Republican presidential primary contests. The candidates who have vowed to cut government subsidies speak of the poor as if their constituents had been exempted from the millions who, despite their middle-class identification and aspirations, now fall beneath the established poverty line.
The people we met aren't lazy or eager to live off so-called government entitlements. We spoke with formerly middle-class parents who were thrust into poverty when one or both lost their salaries. We heard the stories of single mothers and fathers, military veterans and former high-wage employees desperately trying to re-enter a workforce that no longer pays living wages.
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Joann Cotton, a 54-year-old Columbus, Mississippi, resident, was one of those faces of poverty we met on the tour. Unemployed for three years, Joann has gone from making "$60,000 a year to less than $15,000 overnight." Her husband is disabled and dependent on medicines the couple can no longer afford. They rely on food stamps, which, Joann says, "is depressing as hell."
Receiving government aid, however, has not been as depressing as her job search. Joann says she has applied for at least 300 jobs. Even though she can barely afford gas, she drives to the interviews only to learn that the employers want to hire younger candidates at low wages.
The experiences have taken a toll: "I've aged 10 years in the three years that I've been looking for a job," Joann told us. "I want to get a job so I can just relax and exhale … but I can't. After a while you just give up."
Like Joann, millions of Americans are just giving up on the possibility of ever rejoining the workforce. These frustrations reflect a reality that is unraveling the American identity. One of the most fundamental dictates in achieving the "American Dream" has always been a good job that pays wages decent enough to care for our families, buy a car and a home, and live reasonably comfortable lives.
What has caused so many to quit looking for jobs and, by extension, abandon the American Dream? We argue that a covenant has been broken with the American people. We live in a society where corporations put profits over people. We march to the beat of political leaders who have decided the richest 1% of the people in this country deserve generous tax breaks and preferential treatment while most of the 99% are forced to pay unbalanced shares of the tax burden and live on less and less.
Unemployment has been discussed in sound bites within the framework of the Great Recession. Reporters and pundits pontificate about the housing and home-lending fiasco, the collapse of Wall Street and the amount of construction, manufacturing and government jobs lost as a result of the market's economic downturn.
Yet economists and politicians propose failed remedies based on rebuilding and rebooting systems that have already dashed the American Dream for many. Economist Peter Morici, for example, suggests dynamic job growth will be sparked by increasing domestic oil production, tackling the trade imbalance with China, relaxing regulations for big businesses and curbing health care mandates.
Not only do these efforts lack the innovation necessary to meet the demands of a burgeoning world economy, they also do nothing to change the nation's capitalist equation that renders everyday Americans irrelevant.
"Fair trade" with China will not interrupt the transportation of construction, manufacturing and production jobs overseas in exchange for huge profits. Fat-cat executives running investment firms, banks, insurance, health care and pharmaceutical companies might like to curb health care mandates, but that approach certainly doesn't address the needs of Americans looking for decent wages and affordable health care.
The Supreme Court's regressive Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision in many ways validates a truism. The court basically ruled that corporations are people. And like all Americans, corporations have the free speech rights and can spend whatever they want on political ads without disclosing who they are or exposing their agendas. So, in a very real sense, corporations are people – super-rich, self-serving people who can use their billions to influence elections at the expense of, well, real people.
Most major corporations are run by the über-rich – the same people who shipped American jobs overseas, broke the backs of labor unions, pay a fraction of the salaries once paid for manufacturing jobs, turned full-time work into part-time positions, and snatched health care benefits away from employees. And many companies have even established "unemployed need not apply" policies. In other words, if you don't have a job when it's time to apply, you can't get the job.
When the "need not apply" story broke late last year, more than 6 million Americans had been out of work for six months or more.
Talk about kicking people when they're down.
During our poverty tour last year, we met countless people caught in vicious cycles of looking for nonexistent jobs because their unemployment benefits were expiring or had run out, scraping change together for gas to go on interviews that may or may not pan out, and having to swap food stamps for cash to keep the lights or gas on in the house.
Frustrations are especially high among young people dealing with an 18% unemployment rate – a more than 60-year high. We attended a town hall meeting in Detroit during our poverty tour where parents complained of 25-year-olds who came of working age before the Great Recession who have never had a job in their lives. The newly launched #FixYoungAmerica campaign is centered around the fact that 20% of young workers have been out of work for a year or longer, jobs are scarce, and the cumulative student loan debt is more than $1 trillion.
"Our generation has been hit far worse than any other," said Scott Gerber, 28, part of the group of young people who started the campaign. "We represent the broken dream of America, and we can't let it continue."
That dream has been broken for youths and adults all over the country.
Many single mothers have stopped looking for work for the sake of their children's health. Because of deficit budget cuts, states are either eliminating or tightening eligibility requirements for child care programs that used to serve the working poor. More cuts are on the way, but, for the moment, children of women on welfare have access to basic health care. But previously eligible low-wage-earning parents are now either denied assistance or their children are placed on interminable waiting lists. It has reached the point where struggling parents have to choose between a low-wage job and welfare so their children can receive basic medical attention.
A person can survive in the jungle for only so long before his or her spirit breaks. And the spirit of the American workforce is approaching a breaking point.
Today's staggering unemployment isn't the stepchild of the Great Recession. It is the illegitimate offspring of a long-abided system that places the profits and concerns of big business and the mega-rich above the rest of us. The cancer of greed has spread throughout the body of America and surgery based on pre-recession strategies won't cure the disease.
The inconvenient truth is that America itself is in need of a transfusion of economic equity and radical reform. Everyday people must recognize that their lives matter just as much as the lives of the rich. A workplace rooted in fundamental fairness that provides decent living wage jobs will allow frustrated, unemployed workers like Joann Cotton to breathe again, and give them a chance to become revitalized contributing members of society. It's time to resuscitate the American Dream.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writers.


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There's a small airline company in Norway running mostly local hikes with small passenger planes and mail. I took this photo embarking the northern postal route. Anyway, their latest commercial has a soundtrack that won't leave you alone:
So this is Daughter and the song is called Youth. It's "buildup" music, kinda chick-rock, and not usually what I listen to (nor does it have anything to do with the picture..). However, the way the commercial was executed was almost poetic. You can watch the Widerøe ad here! The kid's just asking «One more time, just one more time!». Some songs just hit it exactly right. Here's the theme song for Broen (the Bridge) which is another good example.


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Apple looking to improve water sensors for detecting iPhone damage
The pursuit of a better, more fair and more accurate water sensor was revealed this week in a new patent application discovered by AppleInsider. Entitled "Mechanisms for Detecting Exposure to Water in an Electronic Device," it describes circuit-based methods, including the use of a water-soluble glue, as potentially a better way of detecting water damage.
Apple's filing notes that when a customer attempts to return a malfunctioning product, personnel at the point of sale are sometimes unqualified to properly check whether or not the device has water damage. As a result, customers frequently receive replacements for products that were damaged in methods not covered under warranty.
These erroneous replacements can prove costly to a company, and so Apple has shown interest in devising a better and more accurate way of assessing water damage to its portable devices. Pictured in the patent applications are an iPhone, iPad and iPod.
In one potential solution, Apple describes an "immersion detection mechanism" included as part of the internal components of a device. This water sensor could be covered in a water-soluble conductive glue that would electrically insulate the gap between two conducting pieces.
In the event that an iPhone or another device were to be submerged in water, this conductive glue would be permanently eroded by the water. The system would detect a change in impedance of the path, and would signal an alert to a data processor that would log water exposure events within the device.
Another potential method described by Apple involves several water sensors arranged and connected as a randomly accessible sensor array. A current can be passed through these conductive paths, and a change in impedance can be detected, which would signal an alert to a data processor that would log potential water damage events.
The application, made public this week, was first filed in August of 2010. It is credited to inventor Timothy M. Johnson.
Currently, all of Apple's mobile products come LSIs (Liquid Submersion Indicators) or LCIs (Liquid Contact Indicators) that turn from white or silver to a pinkish red when they come in contact with liquid. The sensors are used by Apple to make it easier for its retail store "Geniuses" and third-party repair technicians to determine whether a device has failed as a result of liquid damage, which isn't covered under warranty.
But those sensors occasionally result in false positives, an issue that has led to at least one lawsuit. Apple's proposed invention could be a fairer and more accurate way of detecting water damage.
Apple has apparently shown interest in water-proofing future devices with technology made by HzO. Their product, called "WaterBlock," was shown off at last month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev.
Officials with HzO indicated that they have been in talks with Apple about using WaterBlock in future devices like the iPhone. In fact, the company used the iPhone 4S, along with iPads and iPods, for demonstrations of their product at the show.


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WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- A Republican congressman from Florida said Tuesday he is not convinced President Barack Obama's birth certificate is legitimate.
"I am, shall we say, looking at all the evidence," said Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla.
Although there is overwhelming evidence the Democratic president was born in Hawaii, members of the so-called "birther" movement have continued to dispute Obama's nationality, The Hill reported.
The White House released Obama's birth certificate in April 2011 in hopes it would quell birthers, but they have repeatedly brought the issue back up.
Most recently, Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio said this month he had evidence the document was a fake.
"I think we are just going to hold in abeyance a final decision until we hear, you know, some of these people seem to have legitimate concerns, so I don't think it is unreasonable just to see what they have to say," Stearns said.