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Paris' Tuileries Garden and Palace provided the stage and scenery for nearly 500 years of the often dramatic pageant of French history. Created during the reign of Catherine de' Medici in the 1560s, almost all subsequent French monarchs resided there at some point. During the French revolution, the palace housed the ill-fated Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette while under house arrest awaiting execution. Napoleon married Josephine there in 1796. In 1871, political radicals used the site as ground-zero for a disastrous socialist commune, which left the palace gutted and destroyed by fire and never rebuilt. In quieter times, the site captured the imagination of a host of celebrated artists and writers. For over ten million visitors annually, they continue to hospitably offer a tranquil getaway from the hustle of urban Paris. Until May 11, 2014 over a hundred works of sculpture, paintings, photography, and other media from and inspired by the Louvre's Tuileries Garden provide visitors a small taste of Paris in Toledo.
The show fills the Toledo Museum of Art's multi-room Canaday Gallery space with works on loan from the Louvre, the Musée Carnavalet, the palace of Versailles, and other lenders from both sides of the Atlantic. Near the entrance, a large multi-screen video projection surrounds viewers on three sides, providing a virtual tour through the Tuileries as classical music plays in the background. Some greenery throughout the gallery space helps to evoke an outdoor setting.
At the turn of the century, the gardens famously captured the interest of the Impressionists. While living adjacent to the Tuileries from 1899 to 1900, Camille Pissarro manically produced 31 paintings of the palatial grounds. Four of these works hang in the show. His Tuileries Garden (1900) presents the manicured beauty of nature set against the urban Parisian skyline as faintly visible industrial smoke rises upward. American Impressionists William Samuel Horton and Childe Hassam both present their predictably wispy interpretations of the gardens in hurried, pastel-colored brushstrokes. Much more daring is the heavily abstracted and gestural garden painting by Austrian Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka, who aggressively attacks the canvas in what seems like a battle against time to capture the moment the light creeps through clouds just after an afternoon shower.
The show also features a large selection of photographs, some dating back to 1837, the year the daguerreotype became publicly available. Working for architect Hector Lefuel, photographer Édouard Baldus produced many poster-sized images of the architecture of both the garden and palace, originally conceived as a reference project in which to record every brick and stone. His magnificently detailed images and strict attention to detail produced visually hypnotic 19th century high-definition images that blur the boundary between documentary and artistic photography. Hector Lefuel placed these into albums given to Emperor Napoleon III, who, in turn, presented them as gifts to visiting European dignitaries.
Other photographers took a more interpretive approach. Brassaï's often blury disorienting images capture the gardens at night and show the grounds bathed by eerie lunar luminescence, transforming the familiar garden into an unrecognizable other-worldly space. An especially arresting photograph by Robert Doisneau taken during the Second World War shows the garden's sculptures removed from their pedestals and piled in a protective trench; one sculpture's face wears a surprisingly vivid look of indignant disbelief.
France generously loaned an impressive selection of sculptures, many of which also make cameo appearances in the exhibition's photographs and paintings. Two sculptures by Maillol (including his famous Mediterranean), recognizable for their simplified abstract forms, stand guard just outside the exhibition space. Almost stealing the show an imposing, over-life-sized Hercules Battling Achelus, depicts the impossibly muscular Greek hero on the brink of killing his serpentine foe with a blow to the head.
A handsome catalogue accompanies this exhibition, replete with images of all its works and several essays which place them in context. As TMA exhibitions go, The Art of the Louvre's Tuileries Garden seems to take itself rather seriously. Visitors will not find the usual children's corners or hands-on stations. But the show certainly avoids being prohibitively academic or stuffy and includes a surprising amount of levity and humor. Many prints teasingly poke fun at the Parisian bourgeoisie with their spectacularly high coiffured hairdos and exotic fashions enjoying afternoon walks, fetes champetre, under the trees, French poodles in tow. Alongside neoclassical sculptures heavy-handedly trumpeting the virtues of heroism and monarchy, we also see frisky fawns and piping Pans. One can only leave this exhibition wishing somehow to instantaneously teleport to the actual Tuileries Garden. Except, of course, what would be the point? All its sculptures are over here.


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"Let us never forget that we have a marvelous heritage received from great and courageous people who endured unimaginable suffering and demonstrated unbelievable courage for the cause they loved. You and I know what we should do. God help us to do it when it needs to be done." President Gordon B. Hinckley, "Our Mission of Saving," Ensign, Nov. 1991, 59.
Tamara and I just got back from Wyoming last week where we participated in "trek" with our two older boys. For those that aren't familiar with the term "trek," Latter-day Saint congregations around the world have an opportunity of participating in a reenactment of the early pioneer's exodus that began the year of 1846 in Nauvoo, Illinois due to religious persecution and ended in the Salt Lake Valley. Both Tamara and I have ancestors that crossed the plains during this time period which makes it all the more personal. We happen to live in close enough proximity that our trek was on the actual trail of those early pioneers - including Martin's Cove, 6th Crossing (of Sweet Water), Rocky Ridge and Rock Creek Hollow.
It was during the year of 1856 that the Willie & Martin handcart companies became stranded by early winter storms, leaving them desolate and without shelter & food. When word reached SLC that both companies were stranded somewhere in what is now the state of Wyoming, Brigham Young, the current prophet of the time, organized a rescue party to bring relief and supplies to the stranded saints. The rescue has been called "one of the greatest tales of the West and of America."
We had such a great experience and perhaps someday can provide more detail with you all. We had ~280 youth and ~80 adults participate. Since I was asked to document the trip along with Tamara and one other committee member, I was able to capture a lot of pictures over the 4 days (some 1500). Here are some of my favorites that I have come across, but still sifting through my SD card.


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Builds on the skills emphasized in Post Production I (See FLM 355) and applies them to student-generated footage. Students edit together sample demo reel as rehearsal for Capstone I and II. Students edit a short film.
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- Integrate professional editing techniques in the editing of digital image and sound media assets for fiction media programs using professional digital editing software.
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Flash Fiction Blogfest
Thanks to Cherie of Surrounded By Books for hosting this fantastic blogfest. My entry was inspired by many recent weddings I've watched, Royal and otherwise. I hope you like it, and feel free to crit to your heart's content.
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Ashley Sue Johnson and Donald Alan Hope.
The couple will be married at St. Augustine's in downtown New Albany even though the groom is not Catholic and refuses to convert despite pressure from Diane Johnson, mother of the bride.
Diane will cry throughout the ceremony hoping no one notices that the fabric of her only daughter's gown is tight and puckered across the stomach, especially not the groom, who just last Thursday received a hero's welcome after returning from his extended tour in Afghanistan.
The Hope family will hold the reception at their sprawling estate in Dover Hills, making one last attempt to exploit the class difference between their family and the bride's.
Eleanor Hope, mother of the groom, will graciously entertain questions from friends and family about what her son was thinking by marrying that white trash girl who's slept with half the men in town.
The couple plans to honeymoon in Maui where the bride will swear the baby was conceived, and Donald will hit her for the first time when she asks him why he sits alone in the dark.
We look forward to seeing you on this happiest of occasions.
May God bless and keep them.
I look forward to reading all of the other entries over the weekend. Until next week, happy writing!
24 comments:
- Trisha said...
Okay, wow, this was cool/intense - I must confess that anytime I see/hear about a wedding I wonder how/when it's going to end...!
- May 5, 2011 at 11:52 PM
- Summer Ross said...
I'd say thats a new twist on invitations! Great piece. I could picture what you wrote and you gave enough information to make me care about it. well done.
- May 6, 2011 at 12:00 AM
- Donna Hole said...
A life story, certainly. Lets hope it doesn't come true for any of the marriages you've witnessed lately :)
- May 6, 2011 at 2:12 AM
- Rachael Harrie said...
Ooh, that would be rather a scary invitation to receive I think :) Great piece of flash fiction. LOL, you forgot to mention the bride's sister, who'll drink too much, dance on the tables, and end up sleeping with all the groomsmen ;)
- May 6, 2011 at 2:36 AM
- Theresa Milstein said...
Dallas really had that many episodes? I had no idea.
- May 6, 2011 at 6:10 AM
- Old Kitty said...
Love it!!!! I think the dispassionate narrative speaks volumes and is all the more powerful for it!!
GREAT STUFF!! More please!! Take care
- May 6, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Rogue Mutt said...
I'll have to copy that to use if one of my siblings ever gets married again. Excellent.
- May 6, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- stu said...
It's a nice take on the wedding invitation, and an interesting approach.
- May 6, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- Nicole Zoltack said...
Wow, what an invitation! Definitely atypical. So intense and brutally honest. Great job!
- May 6, 2011 at 11:19 AM
- Christine said...
That was fantastic! Oh, to be able to read the hidden text of all wedding invitations.
- May 6, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- J.C. Martin said...
Ugh...after a day of planning my own wedding, this was a bit of a depressing read. :( Very well written though!
- May 6, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- Kittie Howard said...
Great job! Your funny and intense piece said soooo much. I'm dropping in from the blogfest and am your latest follower.
- May 6, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- Cherie Reich said...
Thank you for entering! I'll announce the finalists on Monday on my blog, and I'll drop back by here and give you a comment on your entry then as well.
- May 6, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- Janel said...
Love the humor with a nice dose of reality and seriousness near the end. I have definitely been to similar weddings. :)
- May 6, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Rebecca Dupree said...
Would you please stop writing about my family? Geesh! Acutally, I think that's the wedding announcement for the couple in my story I wrote for the same blogfest! hahahaha
- May 6, 2011 at 7:42 PM
- Cally Jackson said...
Great piece of flash fiction. Entertaining and thought provoking. I particularly liked the description of the bride's dress...
Have you seen that Rachel Morgan and I are hosting The Power of Tension blogfest later in May? I'd love to see an entry from you! :-D
- May 6, 2011 at 11:50 PM
- Kittie Howard said...
Hey, thanks for stopping by and following! Actually, I spent some time on your blog when I was here earlier - and, wow, a super blog - thought I'd followed you then...that's what I get for getting lost in my head, LOL. But following you now!
- May 8, 2011 at 10:12 PM
- Lisa Potts said...
Thanks for all of the great comments! And happy for the follow, Kittie.
- May 9, 2011 at 7:02 AM
- Cherie Reich said...
Lisa, I wanted to let you know that you are one of the six finalists for my Flash Fiction Blogfest. A poll is on my blog for people to vote for their favorites.
I loved this piece. It was simple, original, a great take on a wedding announcement. It had me laughing and cringing for the new couple. I even read it to my family I enjoyed it so much. The irony was brilliant, and it was filled with voice and character.
Great job and congrats on being a finalist!
- May 9, 2011 at 10:34 AM
- Sonia said...
LOL Hilarious and very original take on the wedding invitation!
- May 9, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- Lana said...
That was really great! And congrats on being a finalist :)
- May 9, 2011 at 8:28 PM
- Shari said...
Awesome job!
- May 9, 2011 at 10:38 PM
- Cherie Reich said...
Lisa, you won my Flash Fiction Blogfest! You have won either a $25 Amazon Gift Card or a 50-page critique. I also have a winner's badge for you on my blog. Please email me with your choice of gift. Congratulations!!
- May 13, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- sue said...
ok so I'm late - rather like the bride I guess - been browsing around today and just found this - a fabulous write with just the proper tone - thank you !
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Police dispatcher Keith Weisinger had received a few prank calls in his day. But there was something about this woman calling to order a pizza that got his attention. And he ended up saving a life.
Here's the remarkable story of this 9-1-1 phone call.
Dispatcher: 911, where is your emergency?
Caller: 123 Main St.
Dispatcher: Ok, what's going on there?
Caller: I'd like to order a pizza for delivery.
Dispatcher: Ma'am, you've reached 911
Caller: Yeah, I know. Can I have a large with half pepperoni, half mushroom and peppers?
Dispatcher: Ummm…. I'm sorry, you know you've called 911 right?
Caller: Yeah, do you know how long it will be?
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Caller: Yes, I do.
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Caller: Nope. See you soon, thanks.
"The officer arrives and finds a couple, female was kind of banged up, and boyfriend was drunk," Keith explained. "Officer arrests him after she explains that the boyfriend had been beating her for a while."
It's been a decade since that phone call but it stuck with him. Keith went on to become an attorney and never heard what happened to the woman who called.
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Coordinator of Instructional Intervention and Resources (PreK – 8)
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Nya Nordiska, German textile editeur, one of the leader in innovation and design in this industry - has been awarded by Wallpaper*. The Lou fabric, designed by Sebastian Herkner in collaboration with Nya Nordiska in 2016, won the coveted Design Awards 2017 for the category "Best Piercings" for products that stand out from a perforated decoration.
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The Generator product line consists of three products:
Generator 2 Authoring Templates (free)
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That's quite a range of prices. The version of Generator you need depends on what you are trying to accomplish. The differences among the three products are outlined in the following paragraphs.
The Generator 2 Authoring Templates come free with Flash 5. If you installed Flash 5 from a CD, chances are that you also installed the authoring templates. In fact, unless you chose not to install the templates, they were installed automatically.
With Flash 5 and the Generator authoring templates, you can create Generator templates (SWT files) and test them locally, but you can't deploy them live without having the Generator server extensions installed on a Web server. However, and this is a big however, you still can generate Flash movies—SWFs, GIFs, JPEGs, and so on—in the authoring environment and use them anywhere. This might not sound like a big deal right now, but wait until you see how simple it is to create charts, tickers, scrolling lists, and such. You'll become a Generator convert in no time. You've got the templates. Why not learn how to use them?
Generator 2 Developer Edition comes into the field at $999 and includes the Generator server extensions. The Developer Edition can handle only one request from the Web server at a time, so it's not scalable. However, it does work well for low traffic sites or for sites that don't rely on live generation of graphics.
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EXG has unveiled two new Call of Duty Cable Guys device holders complete with 3m long USB cable and adapters inspired by Activision's, Call of Duty. The device holder figurines are based on actual Call of Duty characters. Timed to the much-anticipated launch of Call of Duty: WWII will be EXG's 8-inch ode to the upcoming game's lead protagonist, Ronald "Red" Daniels.
Additionally, for fans of previous titles in the famed Call of Duty lore, also launching will be a faithful 8-inch recreation of Call of Duty veteran Simon "Ghost" Riley, who made his mark in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Each figurine will retail for $24.99/£24.99/€24.99 RRP as they pave the way for a line of other licensed Cable Guys to be revealed in the future.
"There's nothing else like Call of Duty," offered Alan Fenwick, CEO at EXG. "The enthusiasm and excitement surrounding this November's release of Call of Duty®: WWII is incredible. We think gamers will find both Red as well as Ghost, for fans of the franchise itself, the perfect partners for the holiday season of gaming."
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EMC Corporation announced a deal for privately held identity and access management provider Aveksa in a proposed move meant to expand the cloud and remote enterprise security capabilities from its security division, RSA.
EMC stated in a release on the proposed deal that Aveksa's complementary and unique offerings for access governance and provisioning would further follow through on RSA's "Adaptive IAM" strategy with the management of user lifecycles and access across in-house and deployed environments.
"The adoption of cloud-based IT infrastructures and the pervasive use of mobile means that security organizations are being asked to secure and provide access to assets they don't own, manage, or control," said RSA Executive Chairman Art Coviello in a release on the proposed deal. "Without the deep intelligence able to provide insight into what users should and should not have access to, traditional tools that simply automate IAM leave organizations exposed to the risk of excessive privilege, data breaches and regulatory non-compliance."
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 53293
cs4232 skips/stutters under play, XMMS fails, CDs play OK
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:06:55 EST
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.19-7.0.8 i686)
Description of problem:
I am running RH 7.1 on an IBM ThinkPad 770Z and a cs4232 sound chip.
UnderRH7.1 the CD plays music just fine. However sound programs such
as play or XMMS either fail to play anything at all or what they produce
skips and stuffers so bad as to be unrecognizable.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1.build and install a RH7.1 2.4.3-12 kernel for a IBM Thinkpad 770Z with:
(all other CONFIG_SOUND values not set)
2.setup /etc/modules.conf with:
alias char-major-90 tun
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 cs4232
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss
alias synth0 opl3
options sound dmabuf=1
options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0666
snd_device_gid=0 snd_device_uid=0
options opl3 io=0x388
options cs4232 io=0x530 mpuio=0x330 irq=5 mpuirq=7 dma=1 dma2=0
4. run gmix (Programs->Multimedia->Audio Mixer) and turn up
the Vol and CD vol to max (as sometimes it is hard to hear the
sound). Thus vol knob on the laptop aboud 1/2 way.
5. Use play to play a wave file.
I used a RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 8 bit,
mono 11025 Hz file of about 1/2 megabyte. After the first 2 seconds
the rest of the file skips playing fractions of the rest of the file
for about
4 seconds.
6. Now run XMMS and try to load that file.
On my system it completely fails.
7. Now rerun play on that file.
The same stuttering occurs.
8. Now insert an audio CD and insert an Audio CD of your choice. (You may
want to turn the laptop volume down to about 1.5)
On my Thinkpad 770Z the CD will play just fine. No audio problems.
NOTE: Sometimes after playing a CD for a while (30 to 60 minutes) even
the play command fails to produce anything. However other audio CDs
can play just fine.
Actual Results: play will produce about 6 seconds of sound of a 1/2
RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 8 bit,
mono 11025 Hz file.
XMMS fails to produce any sound.
audio CDs play music just fine.
Expected Results: play will play the complete wave file.
XMMS will play the complete wave file.
audio CDs play music just fine.
Additional info:
It is interesting that this bug is similar, but not identical to bug
We are using the same RH7.1 kernel, similar but not identical audio chip
and laptop models. XMMS fails completely on the IBM TP 770Z and play
acts like the XMMS on the IBM TP X20.
This same lack of sound problem exists in RHEL3 WS.
My RHEL3 modules.conf has:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
alias eth0 xirc2ps_cs
KDE reports unable to use sound. Other tools that make moise fail to do so. :-(
Heh, spotted this report by accident.
I had similar problems ages ago on a hp 4100 laptop, here's
an old mail with my workaround for it that could fix this for you
as well:
> its working with cs4232 if appropriate options are in modules.conf *AND*
> you accept that sound is screwed up unless you remove and re-add the
> cs4232 module.
Sounds exactly like the problem I was having on my HP4100.
I tracked down the problem to the pcmcia code probing the
SB emulation ports of the chip. These ports aren't used
by the cs4232 driver, so they're not marked as reserved, but
probing them seems to make the chip crap out anyway.
Changing /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to
include port 0x100-0x21F,port 0x230-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port
(I suppose an exclude for the sb emulation registers would work as
well:-) )
Yes!!! The remark from comment #3 combined with my mods from
the original bug post did the trick!
To recap: I am running a RHEL3 kernel (kernel-2.4.21-9.0.1.EL)
with the extra drivers (kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-9.0.1.EL) (mainly
to get the support for my Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet/Modem card).
I have these xmms rpms:
(see http://www.xmms.org/files/1.2.x/rpm/fc1)
In /etc/modules.conf I have:
# networking
alias eth0 xirc2ps_cs
# usb devices
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
# parallel port
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
# sound
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 cs4232
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss
alias synth0 opl3
options sound dmabuf=1
options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
snd_device_mode=0666 snd_device_gid=0 snd_device_uid=0
options opl3 io=0x388
options cs4232 io=0x530 mpuio=0x330 irq=5 mpuirq=7 dma=1
And made the following change (as suggested by Pekka Pietikäinen)
to /etc/pcmcia/config.opts:
--- config.opts.init 2003-01-25 05:47:27.000000000 -0800
+++ config.opts 2004-03-30 06:27:26.000000000 -0800
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
# System resources available for PCMCIA devices
-include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
+include port 0x100-0x21F, port 0x230-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port
include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff
include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff, memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff
Now all aspects of sound are working!
Q: Should the above patch to /etc/pcmcia/config.opts become a
bug fix? Is certainly made the different for my TP 770Z!
BTW: The www.xmms.org URL for the Fedora Core 1 XMMS 1.2.10 rpms
should have been:
BTW: The libmikmod rpm URL should have been:
I'll attach the patch and /etc/modules.conf file next to address
formatting problem in Comment #4.
Created attachment 98965 [details]
FYI: modules.conf file used to get sound on the TP 770Z
This is a FYI attachment that documents what I needed to do in
order to get sound working on the IBM ThinkPad 770Z.
Created attachment 98966 [details]
patch to keep PCMCIA from interfering with TP 770Z sound
This patch, as suggested by Pekka Pietikäinen in Comment #3,
is needed to keep the PCMCIA facility from interfering with
the cs4232 sound on the IBM ThinkPad 770Z.
Created attachment 111543 [details]
I think this patch may achieve the same effect while being somewhat more
palatable. Give it a try?
This patch should also be available in Fedora as part of rawhide, fwiw...
Sorry it took so long to test. Your pcmcia-sb-emulation.patch does
not work on a IBM THinkPad 770Z running and up2date RHEL3 WS.
In order to get sound, I had to modify your patch so that the line:
include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
I had to change it to:
include port 0x100-0x21f, port 0x230-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port
Without that change, no sound was possible. With that change, sound
was fully functional.
FYI: I left in the "exclude port 0x220-0x22f" line even though it
did not seem to make a difference.
I recommend that you reconsider your patch.
Well, it really seems like "exclude port 0x220-0x22f" should
work...CHANGES file in pcmcia-cs package mentions a similar problem in
the past that was supposedly fixed...hmmm...
Since you have a good workaround, I'm going to look into what is wrong
w/ the cardmgr configuration routines...
I need the pcmcia-cs version (rpm -q kernel-pcmcia-cs).
Although we did not update it in 3WS, let's be safe.
$ rpm -q kernel-pcmcia-cs
Created attachment 112355 [details]
Patch to fix "exclude" #1
pcmcia-cs 3.1.25 (our package kernel-pcmcia-cs) has this:
-- Fixed two resource handling bugs: one broke "killall -HUP cardmgr"
on some configurations, and the other caused probing of IO ranges
that are included but later excluded.
The trick is that the fix applies to the kernel code (distributed by
pcmcia-cs), and apparently it was not submitted to Marcelo kernel, so
our kernel does not have it.
John, this patch is too invasive for RHEL 3, IMHO. Consider two points:
- The fix is not in Marcelo tree.
- Probing sequence is changed. It did reprobe after every "include" before,
now it probes when a device requests a region.
I recommend closing with WONTFIX, regretfuly, but ... RHEL 4 has the same
bug, and the -mm with Dominik's patches kept it (verified in 2.6.12-rc1-mm2).
I'll bounce this off the pcmcia people. Then we might need to open a new
bug for RHEL 4, if someone has a hardware which reporduces this on RHEL 4.
I will be in a position to install RHEL4 WS on this same hardware
in a few weeks ... if that will be of help. Let me know (I would
suggest that you don't set this bug to WONTFIX) and I'll test it
under that release.
I'll need a new bug for RHEL 4. All this reopening confuses tracking.
Per comment #23, this bug has been reopened as bug #157677


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Name labels on all belongings – coat, hat, backpack, mittens, boots, etc.
Children will not need to bring pencils or crayons
We love to celebrate birthdays at school. We celebrate birthdays in kindergarten by singing Happy Birthday to your child, making him/her a birthday hat, and recognize him/her with a special classroom activity. Stafford Schools are committed to the federal standards of healthy foods, so birthday treats are not allowed to be brought into school. Thank you for understanding.
Bus routines
Your child will receive a bus tag when he/she starts kindergarten. We will tie your child's bus tag to their backpack. Please be sure that your child's bus tag remains tied to their backpack for the first 2 – 3 weeks of school. This provides us with information to ensure that your child gets on the correct bus at dismissal time.
If there are any bus changes, or you are picking up your child from school, you must send a note or call the school. Bus changes require a 48 hour notice, otherwise your child will be sent home on the bus to their usual stop.
It's Time to Eat!
Lunch will be served at school. Students may bring lunch or purchase it from the cafeteria. In addition, there will be a 10 - 15 minute snack time during the day. Please make sure your child is aware of what they are to eat for lunch and what they should eat at snack. We ask that you not put money in your child's lunch box because it may be missed. Instead, place money in a labeled envelope and put it in their folder. Milk and lunch may be paid for daily or on a weekly basis.
Lunch is $2.25/day or $11.25/week.
Milk is $0.60/day or $3.00/week.
When asking about your child's day, ask specific questions: What book did you read today? Did you do an art project? What centers (Block center, dramatic play, writing center, library, etc.) did you work at today? You will find that you get a better response than if you just ask: What did you do today?
What if my child becomes upset about attending school?
It is natural for children to experience a variety of emotions when placed in a new situation away from their caregivers. Discussing
what school is like, visiting the school, and reassuring your child
that he/she will come home each day may help alleviate some stress. Some children may require more help and time making the transition to school. Individual situations should be discussed as soon as possible if a problem is occurring.
What is a typical day at school like?
Each day will begin with morning work time while we wait for all of the children to arrive. Our day continues with many activities including: morning meeting, reader's workshop, math centers, writer's workshop, snack time, lunch, quiet time, specials, and recess. Each classroom routine is designed to meet the learning needs of the students. The children participate in a variety of activities in order to develop their reading, writing, and math skills. They have opportunities to learn in large and small group as well as one on one as necessary. There are teacher-directed activities as well as well as child-directed activities that require the children to practice skills more independently. The children have specials each week – art, music, P.E. and library. Each day is very busy with many opportunities for fun, learning, and sharing! Don't be surprised if your child comes home tired!
What will my child learn at school?
Our curriculum is designed to meet the Common Core State Standards for kindergarten. These standards guide our instruction and learning expectations. Please refer to this link, corestandards.org, for more information on the Common Core State Standards.
However, each child is a unique person with their own pattern and time of growth, as well as, individual personality, learning style, and background. Our kindergarten curriculum and personal interactions with each child are responsive to these individual differences. All areas of your child's development are addressed through activities that are concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children.
Learning for young children is the result of exchanges between a child's own ideas and interactions with classroom materials, other children, and adults. Our classroom environment is prepared for children to learn in their own way, with many opportunities for interaction, play, and discussion. Our program activities are designed to develop your child's self-esteem, positive feeling towards learning, self-monitoring behaviors, and their own learning style. Therefore, opportunities for growth and exploration are offered in many different ways; the children make choices based on their interests, background, and motivation.


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Unprecedented on location, ecology and quality eco-hotel "Letnaya Zolotitsa", built on Letniy (the warmest) coast of the White Sea is among 10 the best out-of-town Russia's hotels (according to "Forbs" estimation).
The territory of the eco-hotel is a place in northern taiga with natural borders: Zolotitsa river, the White Sea, Paraninskiy brook. The place is unique, because on a rather small are there are sectors of different geographic zones.
There are no automobile roads and mobile telephones there. This unusual eco-hotel has its own precise rules and policy. Nobody is allowed to smoke inside eco-hotel. The nearest neighbors are the village on the other side of the river and Solovki over the sea. There are no strange eyes and strange noise there.
Made by hand log house harmonically blends with local landscape. Ecologically clean materials, hand technologies, cosy home atmosphere. There are wonderful open verandahs in the eco-hotel with views of the sea. We pay special attention to create feelings of comfort, care and taking up leisure. If there is a need we provide clothes and different small things necessary for comfortable rest in the countryside. We possess wonderful possibilities to organize unusual celebrations on the scenery.
In step-distance there situates sandy beach edged with forest, picturesque groups of boudlers can be found there. On the seashore one can see sea birds and animals. Availability of seaweeds allows doing exclusive SPA-procedures right on the shore. Wild beach disposes toward weaklings and sport exercises in the open air.
This place is as though created by nature especially for secluded ecological rest in surroundings of pine forest, numerous lakes and rivers. Real natural health resort with very mild for the North microclimate and variety of landscapes. Silence. Cleanliness. Primordiality. Air full of curative action. The purest spring water. Underwater forests of seaweeds, juniper meadows, pines, heather, white moss, sandy dunes and stone deposits contribute much to formation of special microclimate. Paved paths. Mushrooms and berries grow right on lawns.
The menu consists of fresh northern ecologically clean products, including seaweeds, cloudberries, cranberries, cowberries, voronika, whortleberries, honey, mushrooms, and fish. The diet contributes much to integrated system of health improvement.
Health improvement is based on using local resources. Eco-SPA doesn't mean treatment but right health improvement with usage of fresh seaweeds, seawater, ethereal oils, natural mud and preparations made of seaweeds and other natural substances. Bathhouse, cedar barrels, herbal teas, berries, honey, different types of massage and curative sea- and forest-climate allow to receive splendid result.
The area of sport hall is 40 square meters. In winter a special hill for going tobogganing is fitted out. In any season and in any weather terrainkur on the seashore and in pine forest among moss and juniper is possible. Helicopter ground, cross-country vehicles, which can overcome snows and marshes, boats provide the possibility of far walks and fishing.
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Despite some fog and a few clouds, I was able to witness the Space Shuttle Endeavor lift off last night @7:55 pm. It was a magnificent sight, that I will never get tired of seeing. I think they should hold all launches at night for the drama. NOTE: This is NOT my video, it is from a you-tube user. I did not bring my camera because of the fog, but I wish I would have.
The next launch is Schedualed for February 12(my birthday) 2009 and will be he Space Shuttle Discovery.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Night Launch
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4 comments:
- ThreadBeaur said...
I used to live in Florida, and we often got to see the shuttle lift off. I even remember the Challenger when I was in grade school there. All the kids were taken outside to watch it. No one expected what happened, needless to say they hurried us back inside.
It is an amazing event to watch the space program move forward, each launch is something to behold!
- November 15, 2008 at 7:44 PM
- esque said...
Wow! You're right about the night lift off for drama! Just stunning!
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I had the great privilege of being one of about 40 leaders from journalism, foundations and academia in attendance at a two-day nonprofit media conference hosted by Duke University's Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Several stalwarts of old and new journalism were there (Len Downie and Phil Bennett formerly of the Washington Post both now heading to academia; ProPublica Managing Editor Stephen Engleberg; Peter Osnos, now with Public Affairs formerly with the Washington Post; Penelope Muse Abernathy, formerly of the New York Times; Chuck Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity now at American University; Joel Kramer of MinnPost; Margie Freivogel from the St. Louis Beacon, etc.), along with folks from the Knight Foundation, Surdna, McCormick Tribune and a few community foundations.
Journalism crisis as natural process
Journalists are fond of metaphors to make the complex simple. One metaphor pervaded the sessions at Duke: the crisis in journalism as forest fire. It seemed a colorful and appropriate metaphor. But it quickly acquired meme-like potency. It occurred to me that the forest fire may be the perfect metaphor for what's happening in journalism, and may also contain the directions for how we should think about the future of the business.
If we think of journalism as an industry whose existence is foreordained and everlasting, then the appropriate metaphor for what's happening might be the apocalypse. We would do everything in our power to save it as we know it. But if you think of journalism as an ecosystem, produced by organisms for the general welfare of our species and our planet, then you immediately accept a natural cycle of life, decay, death and rebirth. To think otherwise would be to defy the natural order of things.
Once you think of journalism as an ecosystem (a word used again and again during the sessions at Duke) then you quickly understand that there's built into it a food chain, a system of symbiosis and competition, of demise and regeneration. Forest fires burn down the big old trees, but the ashes provide rich nutrients for new growth. So it is in journalism. There are new shoots already emerging (ProPublica, MinnPost, St. Louis Beacon, Voice of San Diego) and there are many that have yet to emerge or are just being conceived.
There are some initiatives to send in fleets of cargo planes full of water and fire retardant by creating a National Endowment for Journalism (more on that later this month), or to otherwise get the government involved in preserving the industry, because it seems that the market will fail to do so. There was a fair amount of discussion about whether America could ever support a system like Britain's or Canada's that would levy some sort of tax or fee to create a fund for government-sponsored journalism. That, of course, is anathema to the "Don't Tread on Me" teabag crowd and maybe many others still, and one could only imagine that any such effort would meet ferocious opposition. Not to say that there's not merit in the idea, only that it probably ain't going to fly in this country like it did in the UK or Canada.
And if, like me, you believe that this country possesses a limitless reservoir of innovative energy, then government sponsorship of media doesn't seem like the most productive way to unleash that energy. What we need are many people trying many things. To do that, we need adventurous funders who aren't afraid to give a little water and light to a seedling that might not make it, knowing that if you cultivate enough of them, the forest will return–and probably healthier and more diverse than it was before.


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It is safe to say that there is always an at-fault party when a car accident occurs. In most cases, the at-fault party is one of the drivers involved; however, vehicle collisions can also occur if a manufacturer designed or produced defective auto parts, which caused the collision to occur. Regardless of what the case may be, victims of accidents have the right to pursue maximum compensation by filing a personal injury lawsuit against the at-fault party.
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Though each case is unique, if you have been injured in an auto accident as a result of the defendant's negligent actions, then he or she can be held liable for the following damages:
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How much time to I have to file a claim in California?
California gives a plaintiff two years from the date of the injury to file a claim against the person or entity who they think is responsible for the accident. It's imperative that a claim is filed within those two years – should you fail to do so, you could be giving up your opportunity to have your case heard. At the Law Offices of Larry S. Buckley, we have successfully recovered millions of dollars for injury victims and offer award-winning representation to clients who have been injured in car accidents, as well as other personal injury matters.
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Being mindful of these potential dangers can help you drive defensively and avoid an auto accident. If you are involved in an auto accident, however, and believe that one of the following was a contributing factor, you should consider seeking counsel from an auto accident attorney.
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It's important that you arrange a consultation with our team as soon as possible if you have been injured in an auto accident. In the state of California, there exists a statute of limitations that starts from the moment of your injury. If the statute of limitations expires, you forfeit your right to seek damages relating to your accident.
For this reason, it is of the utmost importance to contact experienced legal representation immediately. Our auto accident attorneys can determine your eligibility and help you file a suit if we believe that you have a strong case. To contact us, please feel free to email us via the form below or call us. We look forward to speaking with you.
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MCCC is staffed by an all volunteer board representing some of the many threads that weave Multnomah County together.
MCCC invites community members to apply to serve as Coalition members. Applications are reviewed by the committee. Each coalition member serves for three years and participates in our grants panel at least once during that term. MCCC encourages applications from all corners of the community.
To apply, fill out our questionnaire, sign our Member Duties Agreement, and send materials with your resume and cover letter to email@example.com for consideration. Thank you.
Current Member Roster:
- Co-Chair: Matthew Cowan, Oregon Historical Society
- Co-Chair: Paul Susi, Portland Actors Ensemble/Shakespeare in the Parks
- Treasurer: Bruce Livingston, PlayWrite
- Secretary: Vacant
- Grants Chair: Kris Anderson, Consultant and Author
- Outreach Chair, Sharon Eldridge, Bravo Youth Orchestras
- Philip Cuomo, Producing Artistic Director, CoHo Proudctions
- Leslie Kay, Attorney
- Lydia Ness, Restore Oregon
- Ivonne Saed, Graphic Designer, Author, Photographer, Translator
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Many laws unique to Soldotna affect local businesses. A business entity operating within Soldotna must ensure that it complies with all applicable local laws. Often, obtaining leases and busines permits must be completed first before you can open for business. Structuring your business in Soldotna also poses unique considerations.
Business Transactions in Soldotna
In order to contract with consumers and local businesses, you will need to know the applicable business laws in Soldotna. Contracts provide a business with predictability in its transactions as well as serving to avoid potential business disputes in the future. However, contracts should be drafted with sensitivity to local Soldotna and Alaska law. There are specific requisites of a valid business contract in Soldotna, and if they are not met, the document may be found to have no effect. Also, the field of contracts carries its own unique language, which can be difficult to interpret. It is also possible that a party to a contract will breach its obligations. These matters are often handled in the local courts of Soldotna.
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For a business opening in Soldotna, there are a few available business structures that you will want to know about. Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, Corporations and LLC's are among the options. There are advantages and disadvantages of each of these business structures in Soldotna, and you should be careful in determining which one is best for your company. Local law must also be followed in dissolving a business. Attorneys in Soldotna can help you in this process.


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March Madness, Part 1
Congrats to all of the February competitors in HI, IN, AL, TX, ND & DE! We look forward to seeing the champs in DC in just under 2 months!POL state contests are in full swing, with the end of this week bringing our first "Super Weekend" of competitions. If you live near one the following cities, try and take some time to attend these contests. They are free, open to the public, and absolutely amazing.
Good luck to these following states over the next week:
March 3
Michigan - Lansing
West Virginia - Charleston
March 4
Arkansas - Little Rock
Connecticut - Manchester
Kansas - Salina
Montana - Helena
North Carolina - Greensboro
Ohio - Columbus
Tennessee - Nashville
Washington - Tacoma
West Virginia - Charleston
March 5
Iowa - Des Moines
Rhode Island - Providence
March 6
Colorado - Lakewood
Pennsylvania - Harrisburg
Wyoming - Cheyenne
March 7
Alaska - Juneau
Kentucky - Frankfort
Wyoming - Cheyenne
March 8
Minnesota - Minneapolis
March 9
Mississippi - Jackson
Missouri - Jefferson City
New Jersey - Ewing
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Let the Contests Begin!
The state Poetry Out Loud finals are just about set to start. Beginning on Feb 12 with Hawaii, hundreds of students across the country will be competing for a chance to compete at Nationals in DC in April. If you live near one the following cities, visit your state contest and be prepared to be amazed at these talented students. The events are free and open to the public.
Hawaii - Feb 12, Honolulu
Indiana - Feb 18, Indianapolis
Alabama - Feb 20, Birmingham
Texas - Feb 25, Austin
North Dakota - Feb 27, Bismarck
Delaware - Feb 28, Smyrna
For other state contests, visit the State Finals page.
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Mrs. Mary Etta Gentry turns 100 years old on October 6, 2015. Remarkably, this centenarian is still a fixture in the Cornelia Pulliam Sunday School Class at King Moravian Church in King, N.C.!
Each Sunday morning Mary Etta greets her class, a cheerful group of older adults, with a smile, catches up on the week's happenings, offers prayer, then opens up her David C. Cook leader's guide and begins her Sunday School lesson just like she has done every week now for more than 65 years. As she crosses the century mark, she will most likely be in the same seat greeting her students for Sundays to come.
Mary Etta first came to King as a young first grade teacher in the 1930s. She and husband, Holton, who both grew up Methodist, visited several churches both in King and in Winston-Salem, but settled on King Moravian Church because "everyone was so nice and we wanted a good church to raise children in." They joined in 1946.
Mary Etta, who had been active at Ardmore Methodist Church teaching Sunday School and leading children, soon began teaching a Sunday School Class at King Moravian for young adults and couples around her age. As her family grew to include children, Hughes, Mary Ann and Joseph, she never wavered from her teaching responsibilities both at the elementary school and at church. She even served as the substitute pianist for many years!
When asked what those early Sunday School classes were like, Mary Etta smiles. "Well I had to be sure my petticoat wasn't showing and that I didn't have a run in my hose because everybody was looking at me," she replies with a chuckle. Everyone first gathered in the church sanctuary each week, sang a few hymns and prayed, then departed for their respective classes. Each class collected an offering during Sunday School that was given to the church. According to Mary Etta, everyone attended regularly. "Back then you were not asked if you wanted to go to Sunday School. You just went. It was expected of all of us."
A local doctor who regularly attended her class asked her one Sunday why she repeated the scripture and lessons so much. "I told him that I teach first graders every day and that's how they learn best, so I just repeated everything, and guess what? They learned every lesson!" said Mary Etta with a big smile. A lot has changed since the 1930s, but her Sunday School lessons are very much like they were many years ago.
She did not save all of those Bible stories just for Sunday mornings. In recent months, as word of her upcoming birthday spread around town, many former students have paused to say thank you and recount how Mrs. Gentry made first grade special for them. Most surprising to her was that so many of them remembered her reading Bible stories to them each day of the school week.
Mary Etta could not remember a time when she had considered not teaching, quitting or simply asking someone else to teach her class at church. "Somebody out there thought I would be a good Sunday School teacher and they asked me to do it. I just felt that if you were asked to do it, then well, you do it…. That's just part of being a Christian. You serve the Lord."
This centenarian is still teaching the Bible in Sunday School and beyond. Just ask her family, the youth at church or even the volunteers she works with every Tuesday at King Outreach Ministry. They will all agree that she is quite a convincing teacher of many things, but her love of God and living out His words are truly her greatest passion.
Yes, as Mary Etta Gentry approaches her 100th birthday, she has indeed served the Lord well!
Paula Hall serves as the Director of Christian Education at King Moravian Church in King, N.C.
From the October 2015 Moravian Magazine


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As she kept up to date about the presidential race back home, Meredith Wheeler noticed a recurring theme in the press coverage of Barack Obama, her favorite candidate.
"I kept reading about bridges, bridges, bridges," said Ms. Wheeler, an American ex-pat living in the small village of Lautrec, in the south of France. " 'He bridges gaps. He's a uniter.' "
With that in the back of her mind, an idea came to her "from the ether" at a Democrats Abroad regional meeting in Brussels last March.
Mr. Obama won the Democrats Abroad primary back in February, but Ms. Wheeler still was surprised by how many of her colleagues were outspoken Obama supporters. These Americans, usually just a background presence in their adopted cities, should make their support for him more visible, she thought.
And, symbolically, they should do it on a bridge.
Right away the idea took off, Ms. Wheeler said, and the first rally was organized in Vienna in late March.
Susan Vaillant, an ex-pat in Strasbourg, France, raised the bridge project's hip quotient by dubbing it "Yes We Span" — a play off the Obama campaign motto "Yes We Can."
So far, bridge rallies have been held all over the world, from the Pont Neuf in Paris, to the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, to the Batavia Drawbridge in Jakarta.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge and Oberbaum Brucke in Berlin will be invaded Saturday, with more events planned later this month.
Another France-based Obama fan, filmmaker Samantha Timmerman, plans on setting a photo montage of the bridge events to music, and submitting it to the Obama campaign and Democratic National Committee.
If all goes according to their plan, Democrats back in the States will see the video played at the party convention this summer.
For now, though, the project organizers are pleased with the mixed turnout of Americans and locals they're getting at local events. The group that gathered at the Pont d'Avignon, in southern France, even changed the words of a classic French children's song to reflect their message.
To all our Francophile readers, they sang: "Sur le Pont d'Avignon, on y vote, on y vote Obama!" Or, translated: "On the Avignon Bridge, we all vote, we all vote Obama!"