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NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Schell, the crusading author, journalist and anti-war activist who condemned conflicts from Vietnam to Iraq and warned of a nuclear holocaust in terrifying detail in his galvanizing best seller, "The Fate of the Earth," has died at age 70.
Schell's companion, Irena Gross, told The Associated Press that he died Tuesday at their home in New York City. The cause was cancer, she said Wednesday.
With a hatred of war shaped in part by his firsthand accounts of U.S. military operations in Vietnam, Schell wrote for decades about the consequences of violence — real and potential — with a rage and idealism that never seemed to wane.
As gentle in person as he was impassioned on paper, Schell was a reporter and columnist for The New Yorker and Newsday among others and most recently the "peace and disarmament correspondent" for The Nation, where his last column appeared in the fall. He wrote several books, notably "The Village of Ben Suc" about Vietnam and "The Fate of the Earth," published in 1982 during an especially tense moment of the Cold War. With the conservative Ronald Reagan in the White House, "Fate of the Earth" seemed to capture the fears of anti-nuclear protesters, who at the time were calling for a weapons freeze and staged a massive rally in Central Park just months after the book came out.
"The machinery of destruction is complete, poised on a hair trigger, waiting for the 'button' to be 'pushed' by some misguided or deranged human being or for some faulty computer chip to send out the instruction to fire," Schell wrote in the book, which drew upon a series of articles for The New Yorker and was inspired by talk of fighting a limited nuclear war. "That so much should be balanced on so fine a point — that the fruit of four and a half billion years can be undone in a careless moment — is a fact against which belief rebels."
Some reviewers found Schell's book shrill and overstated, but "Fate of the Earth" received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was praised for compelling readers to think about the arms race.
"There are moments when it seems to hurtle, almost out of control, across an extraordinary range of fact and thought," Kai Erickson wrote in The New York Times when the book came out. "But in the end, it accomplishes what no other work has managed to do in the 37 years of the nuclear age. It compels us — and compel is the right word — to confront head on the nuclear peril in which we all find ourselves."
Schell's other books included "The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now," ''The Unfinished Twentieth Century" and "The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger." He taught at several schools, including Princeton University and Wesleyan University, and was a visiting lecturer at Yale at the time of his death.
"The power and persuasiveness of so much of Jonathan's work came not only from his elegant style, clarity of analysis and powerful logic but also in the enduring belief that there is no idea so powerful as a moral one," The Nation's editors wrote in a tribute posted Wednesday.
"Schell was an invaluable voice in this country — as an observer, as a writer, as a moralist," New Yorker editor David Remnick wrote Wednesday.
A native of New York City, Schell grew up in a family of thinkers and dissenters. His father, the late Orville Schell Jr., was an attorney and human rights activist. His brother, Orville Schell, is a longtime journalist and activist and former head of the journalism school at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jonathan Schell was born just two years before the U.S. dropped two atom bombs on Japan and was conscious of nuclear weapons from an early age, remembering headlines in 1953 that the Soviet Union had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. As a Harvard University undergraduate, one of his teachers was Henry Kissinger, the future secretary of state and target for the anti-war movement.
"I recall a feeling almost like schizophrenia," Schell recalled in a 2007 interview with the writer and editor Tom Engelhardt. "It was a very hot spring and I was sitting in sweltering libraries reading these nightmarish texts about nuclear weapons. I remember this thought: That the people who were for the bomb were politically sane but morally crazy, while the people who were against the bomb were morally sane but politically crazy. These seemed like two universes that would never meet."
Schell was a graduate student in Far Eastern history at Harvard when he began reporting on Vietnam, ostensibly for the campus paper, the Harvard Crimson. Only in his early 20s, Schell quickly impressed (and sometimes disturbed) readers with his vivid, devastating articles on the destruction of Vietnamese villages, writings that eventually appeared in The New Yorker and were anthologized by the Library of America. Viewing battles from attack helicopters, he described "strings" of air attack vehicles "filing across the gray-morning sky like little schools of minnows." He witnessed the interrogation of a young villager by South Vietnamese lieutenants, who laid out a map and asked about the whereabouts of enemy Vietcong soldiers.
"When he replied that he didn't have the answers they wanted, one lieutenant beat him in the face with a rolled-up sheet of vinyl that had covered the map, then jabbed him hard in the ribs," Schell wrote. "The prisoner sat wooden and silent."
He was so highly regarded at The New Yorker that editor William Shawn considered him as a potential successor. When the job went to Robert Gottlieb instead, in 1987, Schell left the magazine. At The Nation, Schell opposed the Iraq war, supported the Occupy Wall Street protests and called repeatedly for the elimination of nuclear weapons. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was nearby when two hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan.
"My specific neighborhood was violated, mutilated," he reported days later. "As I write these words, the acrid, dank, rancid stink — it is the smell of death — of the still-smoking site is in my nostrils. Not that these things confer any great distinction — they are merely the local embodiment of the circumstance, felt more or less keenly by everyone in the world in the aftermath of the attack, that in our age of weapons of mass destruction every square foot of our globe can become such a ground zero in a twinkling. We have long known this intellectually, but now we know it viscerally, as a nausea in the pit of the stomach that is unlikely to go away. What to do to change this condition, it seems to me, is the most important of the practical tasks that the crisis requires us to perform."


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DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager said Friday that an agreement to pay off banks and settle millions of dollars in debt tied to an interest rate swap deal resolves a "sordid tale" and fuels a massive recovery plan for the broke city.
Kevyn Orr testified in federal court that the proposal to terminate the deal for $165 million is best for Detroit, adding that it removes significant financial and legal risks and allows the nation's largest public bankruptcy restructuring to proceed. It's preferable, he said, to waging a lengthy, costly and potentially unsuccessful court battle with UBS and Bank of America.
"It finally resolves this issue — the whole sordid tale of the swaps — and provides the city with an opportunity to finally do some reasonable, strategic planning for years to come," he said. "The city needs to stabilize its finances once and for all. It needs to get out from under this whole swap contract. ... The city cannot plan unless it removes this potential risk from the table."
Detroit, which filed for bankruptcy in July, pledged casino tax revenue in 2009 as collateral to avoid defaulting on pension debt payments. The swaps allowed Detroit to get fixed interest rates on pension bonds with the banks.
The payoff had been $220 million, and Judge Steven Rhodes ordered the city to negotiate a better deal. He must approve the settlement, which is opposed by pension systems and bond insurers. The city also has agreed to lower a financing loan to pay the banks and make investments in some basic city services, including removing blight, updating information technology and other "quality of life" improvements.
Orr said he and his colleagues weighed whether to sue the banks and even approached officials with the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate. He contended the transactions could have been fraudulent and illegal, but said legal opinions provided to the City Council concluded otherwise and state gambling regulators raised no concerns about the use of the casino tax revenue.
In the end, Orr said, every argument to sue was counteracted by one to avoid litigation. For instance, he said, the city could have recovered millions of dollars in payments if it had won a lawsuit, but a loss could have cost at least as much in legal fees and payments to the banks.
"More importantly from the city's perspective, the single largest, most secure revenue source for the city would have been imperiled," he said. "Casino revenue approaches $200 million on a billion-dollar budget — 20 percent of the city's budget would go away. If that happened to the city, you could not cut enough services."
Bruce Babiarz, a spokesman for Detroit's Police and Fire Retirement System, said the city's two pension systems still oppose the new deal between the city and the banks as "still being too rich" and filed a brief opposing it.
Also finding the settlement unfavorable is Ambac Assurance Corp., which backs Detroit bonds. Caroline English, an attorney representing Ambac, argued while questioning Orr that he never sought a cash-flow analysis showing how much the city could have reaped if it had successfully sued the banks.
Closing arguments by attorneys were expected to continue Monday.
Orr has said Detroit's $18 billion or more debt includes underfunded obligations of about $3.5 billion for pensions and $5.7 billion for retiree health coverage.
Friday's hearing was briefly interrupted by a protester. Rhodes called a brief recess as guards removed the man, who yelled, "Jones Day is not the city of Detroit, nor is the emergency manager." Orr left his role as a partner in the Cleveland-based Jones Day international law firm after the state hired him as emergency manager, and Detroit hired Jones Day to lead a financial restructuring before the bankruptcy filing.
Rhodes told Orr afterward he could leave the courtroom immediately "if there are any further outbursts like this."

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scraze wrote:I would like to point out that the mission can be completed without the step I presumed to be broken.. So whether or not other people have finished the mission is of no significance. The whole reason I posted the message, is because I don't like to skip a step - I'm kinda strict like that
But sure, if you claim it's working, it probably is - the dozens of 'reports' put aside. I'm probably missing something .. even though the tutorial/guide seems to indicate I'm doing the exact right thing, as well as some of the posts in these threads.
All of this wouldn't be so weird if it wouldn't work on our own servers.. but it does! Oh well, I'm off to play some more, maybe after a few .. months.. I'll get the step right
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United States of Pie: Regional Favorites from East to West and North to South by Adrienne Kane
An utterly charming collection of regional heirloom American pies, from long-lost recipes to classic favorites, sweetly illustrated and chock-full of time-tested baking tips and secrets for perfect pies
Before cooking shows and celebrity chefs there were church dinners, community bake sales, and county fairs—events for which regular women made and served their prized family recipes, especially for that homiest and most American of desserts, pie. In the United States of Pie, Adrienne Kane invites readers on a journey back in time as she scours the country for—and shares—those recipes: the pies that have come to define culinary traditions from the West Coast to the East Coast, from the Midwest to the South.
Sourced from old newspaper clippings, out-of-print cookbooks, housekeeping guides, and the spiral-bound, mimeographed booklets of church groups and community associations, the recipes in the United States of Pie showcase the innovative spirit of American home cooks in the era before processed foods and flavorless, imported produce took over grocery shelves. Here, tested and updated for contemporary palates and with an emphasis on local, seasonal fruit and dairy products, are both re-imagined classics and newly invented creations that celebrate sharing lovingly homemade desserts with friends and family. And whether you're serving up slices of Meyer Lemon Cream Pie, Concord Grape Pie, or Burnt Sugar Meringue Pie, your lucky guests will definitely ask for seconds.
With helpful sidebars on baking tips and techniques ranging from the best thickeners for fruit pies to why home bakers should embrace corn syrup, a chapter dedicated to how to make the perfect pie crust, and charming, insightful essays on pie-making traditions around the country, the United States of Pie is more than just a cookbook; it's a must-have baking resource for novice and expert pie makers alike.
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mkfbinBin up auxillary filter files
Bins a curve of selected parameters from an Mkfilter output file.
xsel > mkfbin <param> [<dtime>] [mkf_name]
If no value of mkf_name is given, then Xselect will look for the mkf file using the standard regular expression for the mission in use. If an event lightcurve has been extracted (using extract curve) then mkfbin will bin up the selected parameters using the same binning as the lightcurve and copy the event RATE column into the output file. In this case the <dtime> argument is not required.
xsel > mkfbin "RBM_MON GASX" 120.0
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If Macca fronting Nirvana wasn't quite your thing then maybe you'll like this more. Apple is now offering almost all of The Beatles albums on iTunes at a reduced price of £7.99 each. The offer is apparently for a limited period only, so if you do fancy adding a bit more of the Fabs to your life you'll need to move pronto. The albums are also around the same price on CD at Amazon and probably a lot cheaper on vinyl at a charity shop near you.
But which one to buy? Beatles fans are split between between the pop art perfection of Revolver and vaudevillian psych of Seargent Pepper as to which is their finest moment ( I go with the Pepper).
Assuming that you already have those two – plus The White Album, Abbey Road a singles collection or two what should come next.
Here then are six of the band's most under-rated albums. The number one might even contain the best music they ever recorded.
Pic from PA
6 A Hard Day's Night
Of all the Fabs early albums this is the one to own. The others are at times inconsistent whereas Hard Day's Night delivers track after track of prime Merseybeat genius. It also contains some of the band's best ever ballads in And I Love Her and If I Fell and in I Should Have Known Better and Things We Said Today two perfect pop tunes.


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Friday, November 9, 2012
{my favorite use of hallway space}
9 comments:
- modern jane said...
So gorgeous! Wouldn't it be fun collecting all those books?
- November 9, 2012 at 2:27 AM
- Tamaras Blend said...
I agree, it's a great way to fill up the empty hallways! And like Cicero said - "A room without books is like a body without soul". ;)
- November 9, 2012 at 5:25 AM
- Albertina || MimosaLane said...
they make the space so cozy...I agree!
- November 9, 2012 at 6:40 AM
- Brandi@ Flights of Whimsy said...
Wish I had the space in my hall for this! I would love a rolling ladder one day too. Happy friday!
- November 9, 2012 at 6:48 AM
- barbara@hodge:podge said...
Oooh, I like it! Yes, I think a hallway of bookcases would be divine!
Hope life is treating you well? I think of you often while I am up late planning lessons.
- November 9, 2012 at 6:57 AM
- Shauna@Satori Design for Living said...
Lovely inspiration pics. Bookcases seem to elevate the look of any room and what better way to make use of dead space in a hallway!
- November 9, 2012 at 7:13 AM
- Dawna said...
It is stunning and if you didn't have a great collection of books then you could always fudge it and invest in a great alternative seen here!
- November 9, 2012 at 8:09 AM
- anna fane said...
Wasted space, what a waste it is! Thanks for the inspiring photos...happy saturday!
- November 10, 2012 at 6:16 PM
- Ebony said...
...and this is the reason why I still buy actually books. It's just something about the touch and smell of a good book. This is so functional. My dream house would have a pretty looking library complete with ladder in my kitchen. Thanks for the inspiration!
- November 11, 2012 at 3:34 AM


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Half the Senate inquiry reports since 2010 gathering dust
THE Gillard Government has not responded to half of the 166 Senate inquiries that have reported to the government since Labor took office in 2010.
A report by Senate President John Hogg detailed the status of all government responses to current and completed Senate inquiries during the 43rd Parliament.
The report is filed twice a year, with Senator Hogg's latest report, tabled in the Senate on the final day of sittings in 2012.
It revealed that of the 166 Senate inquiries that had been completed, and were waiting government response, 82 Senate inquiries were gathering dust, with no government response received at all.
Under the Senate rules, the Federal Government is supposed to respond to all Senate inquiries within three months of an inquiry report being tabled.
Of the 166 final inquiry reports tabled, the government has only responded to 47 inquiries, leaving the remaining 72 awaiting an official response.
But it wasn't all bad news, with the government responding within the timeframe to a total of four Senate inquiries, and a further 34 official responses tabled, but later than the deadline.
Another 30 Senate inquiry reports which have been tabled more recently were still waiting for response, but had not exceeded the time limit.
Senator Hogg's report also showed a further 10 Senate inquiry reports did not need any responses, as most were inquiries into minor legislative amendments.
Government responses to Senate Inquiry reports:
- Total: 166
- Not received by deadline: 119
- No response received: 82
- Tabled late: 34
- Deadline not expired: 30
- Not required: 10
- Tabled before deadline: 4
SOURCE: Senate Table Office.


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Second year in a row.
"As The World Turns" may be gone from our Daytime line-up but former Oakdale actor Michael Park (Jack Snyder) is still winning. Last night while Soaps.com's was live blogging the 38th Daytime Emmy Awards Michael took home an award for Outstanding Lead Actor.
Michael couldn't be there to accept the award, as he's currently in New York working with his latest project "How To Succeed In Business."
Soaps.com sends Michael our congratulations.
If you'd like to hear what the actors had to say on the red carpet and backstage please visit Live Blogging Red Carpet & Backstage At 38th Daytime Emmy Awards.


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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A new audit released Monday by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor says the state could be on the hook for hundreds of millions in disaster relief payback. The money was supposed to help property owners recover from Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
"The grants come with a covenant," says Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpura. "Whenever you receive the funds you had to re-occupy, rebuild, get insurance and prove to the state that you had done these things."
The Legislative Auditor's review of the Office of Community Development, which oversees the Road Home program, showed potentially huge paybacks for money obtained illegally.
"An individual has received the funds and he's not met the covenant, then they owe the state," says Purpura. "But ultimately the state is the grantee so the federal government is going to be looking for the state to recover the funds."
Below is the response from OCD Director Patrick Forbes.
"The state takes seriously its commitment to restore the residential property damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita and seeing that residents who so desire are able to return home. OCD-DRU also takes seriously its fiduciary responsibility both to the state and federal taxpayers. We know that a non-compliant applicant represents not only a family that is not back in their home, but also likely a blighted property in a neighborhood. While grant recipient compliance is our primary goal, grant recapture and recovery is also ongoing, and will continue as more applicants are identified as non-compliant and unable to be assisted through other compliance means.
"To continue to improve compliance, we have been in discussions with HUD on modifying Road Home programs to assist some of these homeowners who have not yet completed their construction, and we are working aggressively with HUD to ensure that homeowners get in compliance. We expect these programs to be reviewed by HUD within the next six weeks. We expect these program modifications to help a number of currently non-compliant Road Home applicants become compliant, so proceeding with recovery on these files would be premature at this point.
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Movie buff and Suffolk University neighbor Don Emery had an unforgettable encounter with a film icon when he attended a screening and discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird at the Modern Theatre.
The March 18 discussion featured Distinguished Visiting Scholar Mary Badham, who played Scout Finch in the film. She recalled the fun of starring in the landmark film at age 10 opposite Gregory Peck as well as the civil rights issues raised by the film and their continuing relevance today.
During the question-and-answer session that followed her discussion Emery stood up, holding a copy of the To Kill a Mockingbird soundtrack album, which he had hoped to have autographed.
"I thought you'd like to see this," he said, holding up the vinyl record album and noting that he assumed that Badham also had a copy.
"Actually, I don't," she responded, according to Emery. She explained that her album disappeared years ago during a move.
"I'd had that album since I was a kid, but I thought, if anyone should have a copy, it's her," said Emory. So the Beacon Hill resident immediately offered to give Badham his copy.
"She put her hand to her chest and gasped, then came to the edge of the stage and gave me a hug, as the audience burst into applause."
Emory said that he's seen To Kill a Mockingbird a dozen times, and it's only fitting that he give something to Badham after all that her Oscar-nominated performance has meant to him.
Suffolk University staff sent him photos of his exchange with Badham, which he shared with friends.
"Everyone loves Scout, so everyone was so envious," he said.
Emery enjoys having easy access to campus events such as the To Kill a Mockingbird screening and discussion.
"Having students very nearby adds to the neighborhood feeling, because Beacon Hill is like a little village," he said.
Above: Don Emery, Mary Badham and the donated soundtrack album


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Marilyn Brink, Kanwaka Communications, Piedmont, Kan., was elected to serve the Livestock Publications Council as its president for 2009-2010. Elections were held during the Agricultural Media Summit at the LPC annual meeting held in Fort Worth, Texas. This event is a joint convention of LPC, American Agricultural Editors' Association and American Business Media Agri-Council.
Serving as first vice president is Andy Atzenweiler, Missouri Beef Cattleman, Kansas City, Mo., while Scott Vernon, Brock Center for Ag Communication, San Luis Obispo, Calif. will serve as second vice president. Filling the secretary/treasurer position will be Kathy LaScala, Vance Publishing, food360, Lenexa, Kansas. Jim Bret Campbell, The American Quarter Horse Journal, Amarillo, Texas, will stay on the executive committee as immediate past president.
Shelly Sitton, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., was elected to serve on the board and the following will continue with their terms: Scarlett Hagins, Kansas Stockman, Topeka, Kan.; Stan Coffman, Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, Lebanon, Mo.; Christy Lee, Cee Lee Communications, Wellington, Ill.; Angie Denton, Hereford World, Blue Rapids, Kan.; Jay Carlson, BEEF Magazine, Overland Park, Kan.; Cindy Cunningham, National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa; Carey Brown, Cow Country, Lexington, Ky; Beverly Moseley, Land and Livestock Post, College Station, Texas; Don Norton, Boelte-Hall, Roeland Park, Kan.; Stephanie Veldman, Broadhead + Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
LPC is a non-profit international organization serving the dynamic livestock communications industry. Its goal is to provide a forum through which members can obtain information on how to improve their overall effectiveness and value to both readers and advertisers. For more information on LPC and its services or membership please contact LPC, Diane Johnson, Executive Director, 910 Currie Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107; 81-/336-1130; [email protected].


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A lot has been written about Jim Collins's seminal book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't. But one law firm— Savannah, Georgia's midsize Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn—turned the words into actions by using the book as the foundation for a unique approach to strategic planning. John Tatum, the firm's managing partner, was part of a group of eight managing partners from around the United States who met periodically over the course of three years to discuss the principles set forth in the book, and how to apply those principles to law firms.
Inspired by this, as Hunter Maclean began to work on its strategic plan, the members of the firm's planning committee each read the book as well. And all lawyers in the firm were encouraged to read the book, too. Here's what grew out of that.
The firm's stated strategic intent is now to "Go from Good to Great, Serving Clients of Choice." To articulate what this means in real-world terms, the firm also devised the following definitions:
■ "Go" conveys motion/activity and forward direction;
■ "from Good" recognizes our market leadership locally and our generally effective and profitable performance in recent years;
■ "to Great" states the goal of greatness as defined in Good to Great and affirms our commitment to operate in accordance with its principles;
■ "Serving" recognizes that our clients are our business and affirms our commitment to relentless and superior client service;
■ "Clients of Choice" conveys that we will be strategic and selective in our client intake and business development efforts. We will determine what clients we will accept, nurture and keep and be rigorous about not serving those we should not or choose not to.
The firm then went on to develop six specific guiding initiatives that align with achieving the vision—and since this plan was initiated, the firm has made significant progress toward the goals. Initiatives arising from the planning process included:
■ An innovative training initiative focused on key staff members, part of which included certification in use of the firm's software programs.
■ Rigorous adherence to the Good to Great principle of "first who … then what," which involves striving to have the right people in the firm, dealing rigorously (but not ruthlessly) with those who shouldn't be there, and giving careful consideration to putting people in the right roles.
■ Pursuing a culture of discipline in implementing initiatives. Firm leaders say that the plan gave them the tools to do what they needed to do in this regard.
■ Improving communications, which the firm reports has happened for a number of reasons—but sharing the same vocabulary has been particularly helpful. "We are more candid in many ways," they say.
■ Being willing to deal with—and not shy away from—brutal facts as they arise.
■ Focusing on leadership, especially at practice group levels. The firm reports this has resulted in much more efficient, high-level service delivery.
What can your firm learn from this? The principles in Good to Great are potentially transformational if applied rigorously. Hunter Maclean was transformed by a shared vision of the future, a new way of thinking about its leaders, lawyers and staff, and a unifying vocabulary of discipline and change.


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Group Policy Results is a logging tool. It shows how the GPOs were applied to a specific user and computer, so you won't have to visit the actual workstation to see how Group Policy is being applied. However, because of the tool's dependence on the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service, you cannot log the Group Policy Results of older Windows 2000 computers or of XP/2003 computers not running WMI.
Group Policy Modeling lets you play out "what if" scenarios, rather than logging what actually happened. This tool can be used to observe what policy settings are applied, for example, when users from your PMG OU log on to a computer in the R&D group OU. To use this feature, the domain schema must be updated to support Windows 2003, and the domain must have at least one Windows 2003 domain controller. This tool also simulates advanced processing options, such as loopback processing, WMI filters on GPOs and slow-link processing. You can save your results from Group Policy Results and Modeling to an HTML report for documentation purposes. And each query is saved so it can be run after any GPOs are updated.
A further nuance complicates Group Policy a bit: GPOs get refreshed on the target computers and users differently in Windows XP, 2000 and 2003. Group Policy is a "pull" technology--clients poll the domain for GPO changes every 90 minutes to 120 minutes by default. There's no command you issue on your Domain to immediately apply GPOs to all targets.
There are tools available in Windows, however, that force a refresh from the client computer. These can be quite useful, especially when you're testing your policy settings. If the target workstation is Windows XP or 2003, the GPUPDATE command can pull down any GPOs that have changed since the last refresh from a command prompt. In Windows 2000, with no GPUPDATE command, you'll have to use the older SECEDIT command.
Sometimes, when dealing with firewalls, Windows 2000 computers or stringent corporate security policies, the only way to troubleshoot policy settings may be to log in as the user on the target computer. With a command prompt running GPRESULT, you can get information on the last time a Group Policy was applied, which GPOs were applied, computer and user account privileges, and group membership information. You also can run the older RSOP.MSC policy tool from the Windows workstation to display the applied computer and user settings from each GPO.


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Fashionista has been sent a pic of one reader's wardrobe (above)- her shoeboxes are transparent, her clothes are colour-coordinated, everything is obsessively neat and you can only imagine she has an itsy-bit too much time on her hands. Brandish Editor Isabelle has opened up her wardrobe for a new Catwalk Queen feature and it's certainly isn't that meticulous!
So, while my wardrobe is most definitely not as organised as the Fashionista reader (I keep all my clothes in drawers and after too long away from home have a habit of living out of a suitcase,) we at Brandish want to know how tidy your wardrobe/closet/clothes space is?
Tell us in the poll below!


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Lollapalooza 2013: Chance the Rapper Makes His Festival Debut (PHOTOS)
Chance the Rapper might have had the biggest day of his life so far on Friday (Aug. 2) when he took the BMI stage at Lollapalooza 2013. Lollapalooza, after all, takes place in the 20-year-old's hometown. He was joined by family, friends and a sea of fans who held him up during stage dives and crowd surfs as he performed tracks off his critically lauded mixtape Acid Rap.
Check out pictures from Chance the Rapper's Lollapalooza 2013 set in the gallery that follows.
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Joan Rivers stormed out of an on-air interview with CNN's Fredericka Whitfield after the television news anchor called the comedian's E! shows "Fashion Police" mean.
"This whole interview is becoming a defensive interview," Rivers said, after being asked a series of questions about her comedic style.
The kerfuffle began during the intro and continued after the anchor asked the comedian about boundaries or limits to comedy, which seemed to put Rivers on the defense.
"Life is very tough. If you can make a joke to make something easier, and fun, do it," Rivers said on the show. The comedian continued to defend style of humor before her final on-camera words: "You are not the one to interview a person who does humor, sorry," she said before storming out.
Whitfield wondered aloud if the comedian was serious.
"Yeah, she was serious, and I thought she was joking the whole time. But, in the end, we wondered, 'Was this a stunt?' Well, Rivers didn't return to the interview Off camera, she kept her microphone on as she continued to talk and dropped some rather unflattering four-letter words," said Whitfield. "Yeah, she was serious."


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The largely unanimous cry throughout the recent political redistricting process had one rallying point: Make San Joaquin County "whole."
The largely unanimous cry throughout the recent political redistricting process had one rallying point: Make San Joaquin County "whole."
The county had gone through 10 years of being dissected into many pieces - and by pieces, we mean legislative and Congressional districts.
The general feeling, among those doing the lobbying, was that San Joaquin County would be better off with fewer voices - but voices that would be strong advocates for this area.
Of course, that isn't totally possible with state legislative districts. And, consequently, Lodi finds itself grouped in largely with southern Sacramento residents in the district of Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento.
Lodi is not grouped with Stockton or other San Joaquin County communities.
Pan, 46, is consequently "getting to know" the Lodi community. And vice versa.
The District 9 representative, a pediatrician, was very active in public health matters in his previous term. Those issues certainly are important to Lodians.
But so, too, are agriculture (think wine), housing, public safety, education, transportation and many other matters.
It's good too see that Pan and some of Lodi's leaders are being very active in getting to know one another.
"Lodi is a great wine and agricultural area, and I'm really interested in hearing from folks," Pan told The Record.
"I'm looking forward to getting to know him," countered Lodi City Manager Rad Bartlam.
Lodi certainly has things in common with Galt, Elk Grove and other District 9 communities. There isn't an inherent advantage or disadvantage with being grouped with those communities instead of, say, Stockton.
The keys: Who is the representative, and how much focus does he put on Lodi?
So far, so good.


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'Run to do good...Get your hands dirty'
Brandeis' 62nd commencement a day of inspiration, thanks and joy
The keynote speaker at Brandeis' 62nd commencement told a personal story that resonated deeply with the university's social justice commitment and risk-taking traditions as he encouraged the Class of 2013 to "Run to do good…Get your hands dirty…Wear out your shoes" making the world a better place.
Rick Hodes, a heroic physician who has spent the past quarter-century in Africa working with severely afflicted children, started his adult life as a geography major who hitchhiked through California and Alaska before deciding to be "a doctor in a place where I was really needed."
In 1985, after medical school and stints in Bangladesh and India, he arrived in Ethiopia to teach for a year. He has been there ever since, serving Ethiopians migrating to Israel and a steadily widening group of refugees suffering from AIDS, hepatitis, spinal deformities and many other ailments. He has made numerous adoptions, and learned much about life, practically and spiritually.
Hodes acknowledged that "serial adoption is probably not the answer to spine disease in Africa," but said, "one thing I've learned: Open your home. It changes everything. Open your home, and soon your heart is open as well."
Citing Mother Theresa and Maimonides, St. Francis and hockey great Wayne Gretzky, he urged graduates to "take your shots." There is a statement in the Talmud that "one good deed leads to another," Hodes said. "Whatever we do has spinoffs and side-effects…There's a spiritual chain reaction."
Hodes spoke in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center, where more than 7,000 students, faculty, families and friends celebrated the awarding of 850 bachelor's degrees, 803 master's degrees and 93 doctorates. The Brandeis undergraduate proclivity for double majors was much in evidence, as 47 percent of the members of the Class of 2013 took double majors, up eight percent over last year.
Hodes' remarks fit seamlessly with those of President Fred Lawrence, and both men were warmly applauded.
"From the perspective of today, I think the right question is not 'what have I learned?' though it is related to that," Lawrence said. "The right question is `Who have I become?' or better yet, `Who am I in the process of becoming?'"
While there would be many different answers among the graduates, he said, a part of everyone's answer would be "I am a Brandeisian," and he elaborated what that means.
"It means that you recognize opportunity," Lawrence said, "and that you are a leader…Brandeisians are people who take risks, who do things that challenge and even scare them.
"Finally," he said, "Brandeisians, following the lead of our namesake, Justice Louis Brandeis, know that social justice is not an abstract theory, but is a way of life."
Lawrence thanked Malcolm L. Sherman, the outgoing chairman of the university's Board of Trustees for exercising truly Brandeisian leadership in the face of economic challenges and leadership transitions. He also thanked Dr. John Hose, aide and adviser to Brandeis presidents for the past 30 years, who is retiring at the end of June.
Sherman told the graduates that while he didn't have to worry about his future, he had much in common with them. "We have all tried to uphold all the values that make Brandeis great," he said. "We have tried to leave this place better than we found it."
Honorary degree recipients, in addition to Hodes, were Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian; painter, sculptor and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly; director emeritus of Yemin Order Wingate Youth Village Chaim Peri; visionary community leader and co-founder of Operation P.E.A.C.E. (Partnerships in Education and Community Enrichment) Elaine Schuster and The New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier.
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management awarded 180 degrees to students from 40 different countries. Commencement speaker Vartan Gregorian challenged graduates to be on the forefront of social justice and civic engagement.
"You will be among the ranks of leaders and citizens who make our economy viable and strong but our society just," Gregorian said. "You'll be the leaders who breathe life into our American ideals and find new ways to bring us together as one nation, one people and one humanity."
Brandeis International Business School (IBS) conferred 198 degrees on graduates representing 50 countries during that school's 19th commencement exercises.
Prudential Retirement Vice President Amy Kessler '89, MA '90, who was awarded the Dean's Medal for her business accomplishments and contributions to the IBS community, spoke to graduates there about the concept of intelligent risk.
"In taking any risk, understand the risk fully, never bet the farm, and follow through to manage the risk you take," she said. "The question is: Are you prepared to take some risks? And can you separate the intelligent risks from the not-so-intelligent ones?"
The Rabb School of Continuing Studies awarded 68 master of science degrees in a broad range of informatics and technology management areas, and 34 master of software engineering degrees.


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Twins Top Toronto Tuesday Behind Strong Start From Correia
The Twins beat the Blue Jays 4-0 Tuesday night at Rogers Center in Toronto. Kevin Correia threw six shutout innings to lead the Twins to the win.
Brian Dozier hit a home run in the first inning for a second consecutive game to give the Twins a lead they would not relinquish. His 14th home run of the season score knocked in Danny Santana and staked the Twins to a 2-0 lead.
Santana, Kendrys Morales and Eduardo Nunez each had a pair of hits in the win for Minnesota.
The Twins are at Toronto again on Wednesday morning. First pitch is scheduled for 11:37, with pregame coverage beginning at 11:07 on WJON.


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Relationships Resources
Teen Dating Violence
A quick reference to help identify dating violence, as well as advice and resources for abused partners as well as abusers themselves to seek help. A Dating Violence Tip Sheet PDF is also provided for parents of teens.
Love is Respect Healthy Relationships Quiz
A quick quiz to test the health of your relationships and help you detect red flags. The site also provides lots of information about dating abuse and advice for getting help and taking action. A live chat feature is available if you wish to talk with a peer advocate (you can also reach them by phone or text.)
Relationships, Love & Dating Advice at About.Com
A handy list of relationship advice articles ranging from what to do when your parents hate your significant other, to jealousy, cheating, and surviving heartbreak (and much more!)
About.Com Relationships, Love & Dating Advice
A handy list of relationship advice articles ranging from what to do when your parents hate your significant other, to jealousy, cheating, and surviving heartbreak (and much more!)
Abused Women
No matter what you call it, it hurts. You want to do something about it, but what can you do that won't make your life even worse?
The GLBT National Help Center
Operating the Gay & Lesbian National Hotline and several different programs that help members of our community talk about the important issues that they are facing in their lives.
Consent is Sexy
What is consent? What is sexy? Why is consent sexy?
loveisrespect: National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline is a national resource that can be accessed by phone or the internet.
Whosoever Magazine
For gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Christians.
For the Bible Tells Me So
Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?
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Beth Epley drew a crowd to the Woodruff Memorial Library as she performed her "Rock" program for "Dig into Reading."
One advantage to having summer reading program on the patio is drop-ins. Beth Epley drew a crowd to the Woodruff Memorial Library as she performed her "Rock" program for "Dig into Reading."
Epley keeps the show moving with audience participation. The kids are up and down, dancing, clapping, turning around on a pretend surf board. She writes her own songs and sings them with gusto. Her second song was about teasing, with a weasel as the starring animal: "Never tease a weasel/The weasel wouldn't like it/And teasing isn't nice!" That's teasing in a mean way, she said. What is a weasel? A three-year-old once nailed it, she said, "sort of a long skinny prairie dog."
Epley is good at sneaking in a science or history lesson along the way. What is a burrowing animal? Is a chicken a burrowing animal? A dog? A cat? A fox! The Rock Brothers (puppets) tell a story about Bob, who was looking for gold up in the mountains, threw a rock and crippled a cow. That was Bob Womack of Cripple Creek.
She took the group back in time for the story of Pele, the volcano of the Hawaiian Islands. Then they became dinosaurs hatching out of their eggs. Following that was the Cherokee story of the rock who told stories in exchange for corn and apples, then shut up and told the people they had to remember the stories, make up their own, and whatever they did, tell the children. "That's what I'm doing," said Epley. "And don't forget to read. Dig into reading: it's the summer reading program!"


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Becoming a Childcare Director
Child Care Director Requirements
Section for Child Care Regulation Rule 19 CSR 30-62.102(2) (A) 2. requires that center directors and group day care home providers routinely shall be on duty during the hours of highest attendance a minimum of forty (40) hours per week. Child care directors must meet qualifications as stated in Rule 19 CSR 30-62.102(2) (A) 2. The information below explains the process for Director Certification and Facility Director Approval.
Becoming an approved director at a facility is a two-step process:
STEP 1: An individual applies for Director Certification. (see process below)
STEP 2: A facility owner submits a Facility Director Approval Request naming the individual to become the facility's approved director. (see process below)
Director Certification
Allow 30 days for the Director Certification process to be completed. The certification process will not begin until all documents are received in the Section for Child Care Regulation (SCCR) Central Office. SCCR staff will discuss certification status with the applicant only.
Applicants must submit a Director Certification Request (BCC-71) and supporting documents to the Section for Child Care Regulation at SCCR Central Office, Director Certification, PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
Supporting documentation must include:
- Official transcript(s) (not a copy) from an accredited college or university.
- Only transcripts bearing the seal of the college or university will be accepted.
- Official transcripts may not be faxed.
- To check the accreditation status of an institution:
- Visit http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/
- Click on "Get data for one accredited institution/campus/site"
- Enter the name of the institution to search
- Find and click on the name/location/campus of the institution in question
- View the type of accreditation
- To check the accreditation status of an institution:
Other supporting documentation may include:
- Copy of a Child Development Associate (CDA) certificate issued by the Council for Professional Recognition. For information on this certification visit http://www.cdacouncil.org/.
- Copy of a Youth Development Credential (YDC) issued by the Missouri School Age Community Coalition (MOSAC2). For information on this certification visit http://mosac2.org/ydc/ydc.html.
- Facility Director Work Experience form (BCC-71A). Use this form to report child care work experience. Per Rule 19 CSR 30-62.102(2) (B) 1. B., all experience must have been responsible, supervised, full-time, paid experience in working with children in a child care setting. Part time experience may be prorated to a full-time equivalent. Family home child care may be counted if the home was a licensed program. Foster parenting does not count toward child care experience.
Explanation of Director Requirements
Licensing rules require a facility director to have the following education and/or work experience qualifications:
Licensed Capacity
Education and Experience
Up to 20 Children
Thirty (30) college semester credits, with six (6) of the thirty (30) credits in child-related courses; or twelve (12) months' experience with six (6) college semester credits in child related courses; or a CDA credential; or a YDC credential.
21-60 Children
Sixty (60) college semester credits. Twelve (12) of the credits must be in child-related courses; or twenty-four (24) months' experience and twelve (12) college semester credits in child-related courses.
61-99 Children
Ninety (90) college semester credits. Eighteen (18) of the ninety (90) credits must be in child-related courses; or thirty-six (36) months' experience and eighteen (18) college semester credits in child-related courses.
100 or More
One hundred twenty (120) college semester credits. Twenty-four (24) of the one hundred twenty (120) credits must be in child related courses. Six (6) of the twenty-four (24) college semester credits may include courses in business or management; or four (4) years' experience and twenty-four (24) college semester credits in child-related courses. Six (6) of the twenty-four (24) college semester credits may include courses in business or management.
Additional Information:
- Director certification does not expire.
- SCCR retains all documentation submitted for evaluation.
- When applying for an increase in capacity, only new documentation is required. SCCR will keep previously submitted documentation on file.
- There is no substitution for the required college credits.
- A director certificate is the property of the individual certified. Submit a copy of the certification to the facility where employed.
- Transcripts will be reviewed for child-related college credits. Courses may include child related courses in early childhood education, elementary education, child development, child psychology, nutrition, first aid, recreation, nursing, health, marriage and family, social work, sociology, or other related fields as approved by DHSS. View a Sample Course List of the approved child related college courses.
Facility Director Approval
Child care center owners or designees are responsible for having an approved director on staff.
To request that a director be approved for a specific facility, a Facility Director Approval Request (BCC-73) must be submitted to the facility's Child Care Facility Specialist, along with the necessary documentation:
- Director Certification form for the appropriate capacity
- Results from Background Check
- Medical Examination Report
- Risk Assessment for Tuberculosis
In addition to submitting the necessary documentation, the facility owner or designee must agree that:
- The facility director shall be routinely on duty on the premises a minimum of forty (40) hours per week during the hours of highest attendance.
- If the facility operates less than forty (40) hours per week, the facility director shall be routinely on duty on the premises at least fifty (50%) percent of the operating hours.
- The facility director shall not be engaged in any other employment while on duty.
- In the absence of the facility director, another responsible individual shall be designated in charge of the facility.
- The owner(s), board president or chairperson shall notify DHSS immediately if the approved director is no longer employed in that position.
Director Certification questions should be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Skip to comments.Media Taunts Begin: Ryan 'Strong Candidate for President... as Democrat'
Posted on 01/02/2013 7:39:27 AM PST by RummyChick
Scarborough himself lamented the mismanagement of the Republican leaders and proclaimed himself "bitter" over the botched negotiations. Then Time magazine's Mark Halperin ripped Paul Ryan in the cruelest way possible saying he Could be a strong candidate for president in 2016 as a Democrat.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
The GOP needs to be cleaned out from top to bottom....not a worthy one in the entire bunch.
The news media created this "fiscal cliff" bs ( scare tactics) to start a Republican stampede .and it worked.
And now the media are spiking the football, they are rubbing it in.
Paul Ryan voted to RAISE TAXES.
It looks like most of the rank and file in the House voted against this garbage, including some of the leadership. Ryan disappoints me significantly with this vote. I often give committee chairs some leeway in these votes because they serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, but even Cantor voted against this one. Ryan could have voted differently. IMO, the leadership must be purged and start over. If not, I probably will sit home in 2014, as will many of us. Even better, way may want to coordinate 3rd party support so these idiots can see the numbers. Seeing a third party get 5-10% support cannot be ignored, whereas low-turnout can be spun.
I'm liking Marsha Blackburn this morning. Wouldn't mind her unseating Boehner...
Someone should nominate Allen West for Speaker of the House.
"First he wanted to kill your grandma by slashing medicare. Now Paul Ryan and the Republicans voted to raise your taxes when the economy was weak. You needed the money more than the government and Paul Ryan broke into your house and stole it right out of your wallet. And now he wants to use your hard earned money to support the NRA, the same organization that wants to put known terrorists in every classroom and arm them with bazookas and flame throwers. Why? That's wrong for your kids and it's wrong for Wisconsin. Call Paul Ryan and ask him why he hates your kids. This ad paid for by the some liberal group-pretending to care about low taxes".
Why not just call ourselves Conservative Republican party...would throw RINOs into a panic...CGOP.
How about the Burn-DC-to-the-Ground-then-Rake-the-Coals-and-Burn-It-Again-Then-Let-It-Revert-to-Swampland-and-Make-It-a-Wetlands-Sanctuary Party?
Correct. Ryan voted for the Fiscal Charade. He is thoroughly establishment; he is not Tea Party.
No Way! Paul Ryan the great Conservative hope is a fraud! Why he was even picked by that righteous Conservative MRomney for VP and MRomney would never pick a non-Conservative would he?
We are actually better off w/o Romney and Ryan, these 2 would have been GWB's 3 term!
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Matt Bomer: Shirtless for 'White Collar'!
Matt Bomer goes shirtless during the third episode of White Collar's third season, which aired on Tuesday (June 21).
The episode, titled "Deadline," follows Diana as she goes undercover as a magazine journalist's assistant after the journalist's life is threatened. Meanwhile, Peter and Neal investigate the subject of the journalist's story.
Matt joined his co-stars Tim DeKay and Willie Garson on the NYC set of their show on Wednesday (June 22) to film some scenes.
15+ pictures inside of Matt Bomer filming White Collar and going shirtless for the show…


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The Truxedo Sentry CT Hard Roll-Up, Matte Black truck bed cover features ultimate security and easy operation. Not only does the cover lock with the tailgate keeping everything inside safe, but also has a fast and simple installation with no special tools required.
Product Warranty Period: 3 Years
TruXedo, Inc., warrants that all new, unused products are free from defects in material and workmanship. This warranty is effective if the product is properly installed and used for the purpose intended for the life of the product. It applies to the original buyer only. TruXedo, Inc.Õs obligation under this warranty is limited to repairing, or at its option, replacing any part that is returned, transportation prepaid, to TruXedo, Inc., Yankton, South Dakota, if the product is, in our judgment, defective. All materials must be accompanied by an RMA (Returned Material Authorization) number requested by and authorized in advance of returning the materials. TruXedo, Inc. shall not be liable or responsible to supply or pay labor to replace any part found defective, nor shall it be liable for any damages of any kind or nature to person, product, or property.


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After years of research and development on the water (rather than in the board room), Trouthunter is excited to offer the consumer what we believe to be the finest leaders and tippet material ever produced.
We did not set out to reinvent the wheel with our leader and tippet program, but rather to address some problems with terminal tackle that had cost us some very nice fish.
Each day that a leader or spool of nylon hangs unprotected in a fly shop, it is exposed to ultraviolet light and humidity, which quickly degrade the material's strength. TroutHunter proudly alleviates this problem by protecting our leaders and tippet in U.V. resistant, waterproof packaging.
Once out of the packaging, our tippet material is further protected on the river with a U.V. and water resistant band rather than a conventional tender that will hold moisture.
Have you ever run out of tippet material at the worst possible moment and wished that there had been more than 25 or 30 meters on a spool? Wasted time trying to pick the right size tippet out of a cluster of indiscernible spools? Wished for something stronger than 7X but not as thick as 6X? We have addressed these problems as well.
Hold a spool of TroutHunter 6.5X nylon or fluoro in your hand. Notice how comfortable it is to handle. Rest it over your thumb and you can actually tie knots while enjoying an advantage that we have over non primates. You can see through the spool and gauge how much material is left on it. Each diameter's tender is a distinct color for easy identification. Even the spools for nylon and fluoro are different colors for those of us who carry both.
Perhaps we did inadvertently reinvent the wheel…
- 50 meter spools afford anglers superior material at a low per meter price.
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DLR provides data for the updated 2007 EU annual report on European air transport
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has been appointed by the European Commission (Directorate-General Energy and Transport) as the official observatory on the European air transport market for 2007-2009. On 4 December 2008, the EU published an extensively updated version of the 2007 annual report drawn up by DLR Air Transport and Airport Research (DLR-Einrichtung Flughafenwesen und Luftverkehr). In this version, all surveys now cover the whole year.
To give some highlights: The report puts the total volume of air traffic for the EU Member States over the record-breaking year 2007 at 792 million passengers, a remarkable 7.2 percent increase over the spring. Almost 10 million flights were carried out in the airspace controlled by Eurocontrol (European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation), an increase of 5.1 percent. Four fifths of these were on schedule. The four European airports London Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt am Main and Madrid Barajas are among the ten busiest airports in the world in terms of the number of passengers handled. In 2007, they recorded growth rates of between 1 percent (London) and 14 percent (Madrid).
Annual growth at 4.9 percent
According to its Global Market Forecast, Airbus expects global air traffic to grow by 4.9 percent annually for passenger flights and 6.0 percent annually for cargo flights in the period until 2026. For Europe, Eurocontrol expects to see an annual increase in flight movements of 2.6 to 4.2 percent for the period until 2013. On 15 October 2007, the first Airbus A380 was handed over to launch customer Singapore Airlines, ushering in a new era of civil aviation that will benefit the European aeronautical industry. Airbus itself, for instance, was able to book orders and options to a total list price value of over 180 billion US dollars.
All in all, the annual report provides an overview of the development of the European air transport industry as a whole. It serves as an important source of information for political and economic decision makers. In addition to this annual report, DLR Air Transport and Airport Research draws up progress reports on the development of the European air transport industry for the European Commission. In cooperation with the German Airports Association (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen; ADV), it also produces the half-yearly Low Cost Carrier Monitor and the "Luftverkehrsbericht" (the German annual report on the air transport market).


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Hear a concert live Fridays at 12noon ET from WXPN and NPR Music
Broadcast live from the stage at World Cafe Live
Listen to the Concert Live, Friday on the Radio and Online at XPN.org/listen.
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead has a name that unravels as epically as their music and is as lengthy as their band's history. With a career that spans over seventeen years and seven albums, their story begins in Olympia, WA, where in 1994 the band's core members Conrad Keely and Jason Reece first started playing together. After moving to Austin,TX they would form Trail of Dead. Their line-up continued to grow and in 1998 they released their self-titled debut album, capturing the ears of epic rock lovers with their wildly energetic shows. the group would shift through various labels including Trance, Merge and Interscope Records for their album releases until they created their own Richter Scale Imprint label (with Justince Records and Superball Music).
When their sixth studio album "The Century of Self" came out in 2009, they became the raved progressive rock noisemakers of our day, receiving high praise from press critics. But just when it seemed as though they had topped their well established prog-rock standing, they spent the past two years honing in on their latest epic tale "Tao of the Dead." After teaming up with famed indie producer Chris Coady, they tap into 70's rock inspiration from Pink Floyd, Yes, NEU and the like. Conceptual in nature, the album is more of an unfolding two part tale with melodic jam sessions that fit within the frame of several chapters and movements.
In support of "Tao of the Dead" they will be engaging the crowd in one of their many unpredictable live performances at this Friday's Free at Noon. Some expected highlights include new tunes, energetic switching of instrument playing and possibly some instrument destruction... you never know what they'll do next.
The band is on tour in support of the new album, kicking things off in Europe this past March on a co-headlining tour with Rival Schools and then heading out in the US at the end of April. They play First Unitarian Church on on Thursday night, May 12, and will hit the XPN Free At Noon stage at World Cafe Live on Friday May 13.
MySpace: myspace.com/trailofdead
Recent Release: Tao of the Dead
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Label: Superball Music
Origin: NYC, NY


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Halloween Horror Nights fans may howl at the latest news: A haunted house at this year's event will be based on the 1981 film "An American Werewolf in London," Universal Orlando announced early this morning.
The attraction is being created with the help of "Werewolf" writer-director John Landis.
"It's something we've always wanted to do, and we've finally figured out a way that we'll be able to," said creative director Michael Aiello. "The only way this could have happened as authentically as we've been able to do it was with John's involvement with us."
Halloween Horror Nights is an after-hours, extra-ticket event featuring intense scares and entertainment in haunted-house mazes and on the streets of Universal Studios theme park. This year's edition runs 27 select nights between Sept. 20 and Nov. 2.
The "American Werewolf" house will follow the film's story line, in which a young man (played by David Naughton) survives an attack by a werewolf but eventually morphs into a bloodthirsty beast. Horror Nights guests will see key scenes and locales — a London tube station, an adult-movie theater, a nightmarish living room — re-created for the event.
And they'll encounter full-size wolves along the way, Aiello said.
"They're going to be puppeteered. They're going to be jumping out at the guests," he said.
Landis, who also directed "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers," provided advice for the house and source materials for the wolf heads.
"They are using the exact same — now sort of dated but effective — technology that we used," Landis said Wednesday.
Universal also is replicating the makeup look of "Werewolf," which was created by Rick Baker. He won the first Academy Award for makeup for his work on the movie.
"The attraction is really homage to Rick's work," Landis said.
The "American Werewolf" house will sound like the film, too.
"We had to go back to the original elements of the soundtrack and break down the tracks," Landis said. "They used the sound effects from the film and the music from the film. … They create a whole new ambience — but it's a new mix for this specific environment."
The movie's howl is iconic, Aiello said.
"Capturing the sound of the wolf was incredibly important," he said. "We didn't want to try to replicate or re-create those sounds if we knew we could have access to them."
The film is known for its quirkiness and as being a horror film with a sense of humor.
"The maze is intense and scary — and not that funny. The movie is intense and scary and very funny," Landis said. "So that's a little different. You certainly get the scary part."
Other Horror Nights houses will be based on horror films "Evil Dead" and "The Cabin in the Woods" plus the AMC television drama "The Walking Dead." Universal also will present three original mazes.
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Phoenix, CyberLink Team on Virtual Media Player
Here's how it works: in a desktop or mobile PC that includes the HyperSpace OS, a user wanting to watch a video file on a DVD or apparently elsewhere on the PC could use the HyperSpace-enabled CyberLink player to play the video, just like he or she would in Windows. The difference, however, is that the laptop wouldn't need Windows, and could simply leave the laptop in a preboot state or leave Windows in a standby mode.
The advantage, according to Phoenix, is that the laptop can be "booted" into the HyperSpace OS quickly and cleanly.
"Phoenix Technologies is transforming the mobile computing experience with HyperSpace innovation," said Woody Hobbs, president and chief executive of Phoenix Technologies, in a statement. "Our partnership with CyberLink will allow people to see videos or play music or other multimedia content within seconds of turning on their laptop. At the same time, they can easily click back and forth to applications running on the primary operating system, without rebooting their PC. This collaboration illustrates how Phoenix HyperSpace is introducing a new world of possibilities, allowing people to use their mobile computer as a purpose-built multimedia appliance and as a full-featured PC."
CyberLink's application in HyperSpace will include a wide range of multimedia capabilities, allowing users to "view high-definition movie content on Blu-ray Disc along with next-generation disc features like Picture-in-Picture movie mode, networking, bookmarks and advanced navigation features. Users will gain the productivity of one-key toggle between the DVD application and Windows," the companies said.
From a technology perspective, HyperSpace is intriguing, because it places the concept of a virtual OS inside of a consumer and business PC framework.That's less useful than Apple's Boot Camp, however, which virtualizes a Windows environment. But Phoenix's HyperSpace partnerships and new applications will be worth watching, just to see what sort of ecosystem the company can develop.
Culturally, I'm on the fence. The cell phone, the laptop, and the PVR radically changed consumer habits. Shifting users off of Windows and onto a quick-booting alternative OS to watch movies seems more of a play to push users away from the idea that Windows needs to be the one-size-fits-all computing environment. But HyperSpace isn't a Linux environment, exactly, either. HyperSpace has always struck me as a sort of application-specific operating system that desperately is trying to avoid the term "operating system," so as to avoid the wrath of Microsoft. (Phoenix calls it a "PC 3.0".) But it's intriguing, nevertheless.
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Gen. David Petraeus' affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, has muddied the carefully crafted narrative of America's most eminent "soldier-scholar statesman," allowing unprecedented scrutiny of the policies of a man who was so venerated in Washington that one could be labeled unpatriotic simply for challenging his strategies.
The still-unfolding Petraeus scandal offers space for the most critical look to date of the popular general's resume, including his blueprint for counterinsurgency, the "surge" tactic he applied to Iraq and then Afghanistan, and the recruiting of Iraqi tribesmen in the battle against al Qaida.
Critics raised serious doubts about those and other projects years ago, but, in public at least, their concerns were steamrolled by a propaganda machine that was designed to protect Petraeus' military legacy – perhaps even for a future presidential bid.
"The country put him on a big, high pedestal, and he took himself off that pedestal with his own actions," said retired Col. Steve Boylan, Petraeus' former aide and acting spokesman since the scandal broke. "As he told me, 'I screwed up.'"
While Boylan and other diehard supporters insist that the general's military accomplishments endure, more critical voices say that it's about time his entire record got a closer look. The infallibility of Petraeus, detractors say, was a myth created by his inner circle, nurtured by a sycophantic press corps, swallowed by a fawning government and, ultimately, punctured by his own weakness when it came to an attractive and ambitious devotee.
"I think there's always a cult of celebrity, a cult of power," said a Western official who was present at Petraeus' headquarters in Afghanistan and spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic.
That personality cult made it difficult to criticize Petraeus on the national stage. Petraeus skillfully worked the media early in the Iraq war to shape his public image as a thoughtful, modern military thinker. As a major general in 2003, Petraeus invited Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Rick Atkinson to accompany him throughout the invasion of Iraq. The journalist's subsequent book about his two months with Petraeus and the 101st Airborne Division left a defining image of the general as someone clearly "entranced by the problem-solving nature of high command."
Mark Jacobson, a former deputy NATO representative to the U.S.-led international force in Afghanistan, said it's too early to determine the extent of Petraeus' legacy or how this scandal will affect it. A better barometer, he said, will come when the generation of officers that was shaped by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – and, he added, successfully navigated the challenges there – moves into greater positions of authority.
"That's when you're going to see the evolution that began after Sept. 11, 2001, completed," Jacobson said. "That's a military that's more agile, more experienced and more adept."
From Baghdad, Petraeus pushed the 101st north to the restive city of Mosul, where the general was credited with bringing stability through counterinsurgency methods – a type of warfare the conventional army typically shunned. Petraeus became the face of the counterinsurgency renaissance, his ideas heralded as groundbreaking. In fact, they were old strategies that had been rejected by the military in the post-Vietnam period, according to military historians.
Petraeus returned to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., the Army's intellectual hub, and began drafting its counterinsurgency manual, which he envisioned as a vital tool to fill a gap in military thinking. It was published during the worst days of the Iraq war and became a national bestseller, overshadowing the fact that Petraeus had arrived in Kansas after overseeing the training of the new Iraq army in Baghdad – a disastrous venture in which millions of dollars vanished and U.S.-trained forces morphed into sectarian death squads that fueled the ensuing civil war.
To a nation that was desperate for anything resembling success in the abyss of Iraq, however, Petraeus was regarded as a trailblazer for challenging the military to move away from its timeworn tactic of major combat operation. Never mind that the manual was an amalgam of old military thinking and similar to a blueprint written in 1964 and based in part on the French incursion into Algeria.
Petraeus' application of those ideas to Iraq in February 2007, along with a surge of 25,000 additional American troops, "qualifies neither as particularly new nor even as a strategy," wrote Army Col. Gian Gentile, a Petraeus critic who teaches American and military history at West Point and who commanded a combat battalion in Baghdad in 2006.
"Better to call it, instead, an enhanced reliance on tactics and operational concepts previously in use," Gentile wrote in the World Affair Journal in summer 2008. "Or, put less charitably, an over-hyped shift in emphasis that, on the one hand, will not necessarily yield an American victory in Iraq, but on the other might well leave the United States Army crippled in future wars."
Such harsh criticism barely surfaced in the public arena, however, where a pliant media helped to turn Petraeus into a national figure for embracing the risky "surge" proposal at a time when the Bush White House had lost all credibility in the war, and the military was losing as many as 120 service members a week. Though he did not craft the Iraq surge plan, Petraeus took ownership of the strategy, which called for the deployment of the additional troops who'd move away from major bases to outposts from which they would attempt to reclaim security almost block by block in Iraq's most troubled provinces.
Petraeus' willingness to take ownership of the war from a weary White House created a general not seen in modern warfare. Petraeus no longer answered to his chain of command but talked to the president directly. He also continued to cultivate the press, showing a nearly encyclopedic knowledge of what his troops were doing in the Iraqi landscape.
But throughout this period, even as violence fell in Iraq, there were quiet skeptics. In a military where one person rarely takes credit for the work of the unit, some did not like having a celebrity soldier within their ranks. Others felt that disrupting the chain of command destabilized the military.
Again, those voices were drowned out by the administration's touting of the surge as a success – a claim that, at the very least, lacked nuance.
Violence fell, but not because of the extra American forces, but because Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim militias had won the civil war and cleansed entire Baghdad neighborhoods of rival Sunnis.
The campaign benefited as well when Sunni tribesmen, including some former insurgents who'd attacked American forces, turned on the foreign al Qaida elements in their midst and joined U.S.-backed militias known collectively as the Sons of Iraq.
Even in that project, Petraeus enjoyed some exaggerated credit. Many of the militiamen said at the time that they'd tried for months to reach out to the Americans for such an alliance but had been rejected. An earlier partnership, they said, could've saved hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. and Iraqi lives.
When the liberal group MoveOn.org in 2007 ran a full-page ad challenging the general's claims of the surge's success – especially riling his acolytes with a "General Betray Us" play on his name – the full wrath of the Petraeus machine was unleashed. Republicans, and many Democrats, too, furiously condemned the ad in petitions and hyperbolic calls for apologies and an end to "this McCarthyite attack."
In 2010, as commander of the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force, Petraeus replicated the strategy with what critics said was little attention to the vastly different fight in Afghanistan. He developed a plan to surge 33,000 American forces into the Taliban's southern heartland of Kandahar and Helmand provinces. While the forces hurt the insurgency, they failed to break its back, and serious violence persists. Indeed, there were 12,000 insurgent attacks in Afghanistan between May and August this year; in the same period in 2009, before the surge, there were 8,000.
One of the main criticisms is that Petraeus quickly pivoted from a counterinsurgency strategy to a counterterrorism strategy, alarming longtime Afghanistan observers who watched U.S. forces repeat old mistakes of turning a blind eye to corrupt allies in hopes of gaining ground against the extremists.
Instead of the holistic approach espoused in his own doctrine, according to people who worked with him at the time, Petraeus was fixated on violence levels, which he understood were more visible to the White House and the American public.
"I felt that he did his Petraeus thing of defining the narrative and he did it pretty deliberately from the get-go," said the Western official who had served at Petraeus' headquarters in Afghanistan. "The thinking seemed to be, 'We're going to be judged by the level of violence, so let's focus on what we can do to get the numbers down.'"
Once again, the former official said, few people challenged Petraeus on an approach that appeared to repudiate his own doctrine. Nor did they speak up, the official said, when Broadwell appeared on the scene, hovering suspiciously close to the general and often dressed in attire that was out of place in ultraconservative Afghanistan.
"You saw from 50 miles away what kind of person this was," the official said. "But she's gotten into the chink in his armor, his insatiable need for people to praise him."


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Ashland Community and Technical College is currently under the leadership of Dr. Kay Adkins. Dr. Adkins began her tenure as president on September 1, 2012. Prior to her position here she served as president of Yuba College, Provost of Columbus State Community College and CEO of the EpiCenter Campus of St. Petersburg College.
Additionally she served in a variety of leadership capacities at other institutions of Higher Education, including associate vice president of educational and student services, St. Petersburg College; director of business and industry training, Moraine Valley Community College; director of grants, Shawnee Community College; director of small business development center, Shawnee Community College; and training specialist, Shawnee Community College.


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Shell-mode gives access to a shell in a normal emacs buffer, meaning you can move around and edit it as usual. A drawback is that you can not launch programs like htop or other ncurses ones, like you would in term-mode.
M-x shell
Look at the menu: you have several keys to interact with the shell. Some of them are:
- [M-p] previous input of command line
- [C-c r] go to beginning of output (useful when you have a large output and want to read through the beginning)
- [C-c-p] go to beginning of previous output group
- [C-c-c] send the C-c command to the shell
- [C-c-o] delete the output of last command
To launch a shell in the directory of the current buffer, have a look to shell-here: https://github.com/ieure/shell-here (available through ELPA).
More colors
If you have bad colors in the output, try using ansi-mode:
(require 'ansi-color) (defun colorize-compilation-buffer () (toggle-read-only) (ansi-color-apply-on-region (point-min) (point-max)) (toggle-read-only)) (add-hook 'compilation-filter-hook 'colorize-compilation-buffer)
You can highlight some text based on regexp (useful to see "OK" or warnings):
(add-hook 'shell-mode-hook (lambda () (highlight-regexp "\\[OK\\]" "hi-green-b")))
Make URLs clikable
(add-hook 'shell-mode-hook (lambda () (goto-address-mode )))
Make file paths clickable
Every line representing a path to a file will be colorized and made clickable, so that you can jump to that file and that line, like in compilation-mode (specially useful when compiling a program or running tests):
(add-hook 'shell-mode-hook 'compilation-shell-minor-mode)
Now you can use key bindings from the mode: use [C-x `] (or M-x next-error) (backquote) to go to the next error detected in the shell. You can't do that in an xterm !
Change directory with ido-mode
Using ido's completion system for changing directories is a big gain in usability and efficiency for emacs' shell. I urge you to check this Stack Overflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20952995/emacs-shell-change-directory-with-ido
See also
shell-pop to pop up and pop out a shell buffer window easily (installable via ELPA).


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Vietnamese Summer Rolls and Heavenly Peanut Sauce
I think the first time I ever had summer rolls with peanut sauce was at this little vegetarian cafe in Boulder, Colorado called "The Creative Vegetarian Cafe." That place was responsible for introducing me to many new foods, including breakfast dosas, tempeh that actually tasted good, and last but not least, the summer roll. The combination of crisp, fresh vegetables in a soft rice wrapper and creamy rich peanut sauce was swoon-worthy; and being me once I tried it and figured out how good it was, I wanted to have it all the time. The only problem was, one just wasn't enough. I could find them as snacks in the local health food store, but they were quite expensive- being almost $4 for one little roll. And, often the peanut sauce had wheat based soy sauce in it, making my favorite part of the whole experience off limits. So, I decided I needed to learn to make my own.
I was a little confused by the name, though. Some restaurants seemed to call them fresh spring rolls, and other called them summer rolls. But which were they? The consensus seems to be that spring rolls originated in China, and are always fried, while summer rolls developed in Vietnam or Thailand and are generally served fresh. After some time consulting vegetarian and vietnamese or Thai cookbooks, I figured out how to make my own. Happily, once you have the ingredients prepped, it doesn't take that much time to make a batch. They keep reasonably well for a day or so, although with the right fillings they could last longer. And they are extremely portable- although packing the sauce takes a little planning.
Fillings can really vary depending on your individual preference, but my standard includes rice noodles, crisp lettuce, carrot, mint, and some kind of sauteed tofu. But honestly, it's all about the sauce, isn't it? "Summer rolls are normally dipped in either a simple sauce consisting of hoisin sauce, garlic, peanut butter, and water which are boiled until well blended or a combination of fish sauce, garlic, sugar, lime, and carrot." (source: Wikipedia) Personally I like to make a peanut sauce, but if I have extra time, a sweet chili sauce or prepared plum sauce goes nicely as well.
Here's how I generally make my summer rolls…
I season pressed, sliced tofu sticks to taste. Usually I baste Chili garlic sauce on the tofu, but tonight I mixed wheat free teriyaki sauce by Edwards and Sons with my Chili Garlic Sauce. Then I sautee the tofu slices in a little oil in a frypan, adding salt or other seasonings if desired. You could substitute seafood or chicken if that is more to your taste.
I prepare all of my vegetables, cutting cucumbers, carrots, and green onions into matchsticks. (You can add anything though- I often add avocado slices, and today I used yellow pepper that I needed to use up from the farmer's market.) Then I rinse and dry any greens, such as lettuce and fresh herbs (mint is mandatory for me, but you can use cilantro, fresh basil- or anything that inspires you). I also prepare Thai rice noodles by adding them to boiling water and turning off the heat. I think it takes about 3 minutes, but let them soften until no longer crunchy. Then I rinse them under cold water and let them drain. I lay all my filling ingredients out on plates for easy access, and prepare a wide bowl/ plate for softening the rice wrappers. I heat some hot water in a teapot and keep it close. Then I briefly soak each rice paper wrapper in the hot water, put them on a nice flat surface (some recipes suggest a damp towel, but either way is fine), pile the ingredients neatly at the bottom of the round rice sheet, roll it over once, tucking the veggies in, fold the sides like a burrito, creating an envelope, and finish rolling the package to make a little cylinder. I then place the prepared summer rolls carefully on a flat surface to dry NOT touching each other if possible (or they could stick together). They should dry and seal themselves shut. You then have beautiful little packages of flavor and freshness, that you can take just about anywhere.
You could put anything in them of course- at a yuppie deli in Chiba-shi, Japan they had ones with potato salad inside, prawns, smoked salmon and cream
cheese… even bits of beef or chicken! Of course you have to change the sauce to suit the filling, but that's all part of the fun, isn't it?
If you'd like to see someone making one of these, and some professional tips for making them as a carry along snack, watch this:
An excellent instructional video showing how to make summer rolls
I like any sauce, but my personal favorite has to be the sauce below; it is the product of many comparison tests. It's an interesting recipe because it doesn't use high calorie, high fat coconut milk like many recipes do, but yet it still manages to be delightfully creamy and decadent. It's all about caramelizing the onions… If you're going to make spring rolls, you gotta make a sauce to go with them. And if peanuts aren't your thing- sweet chili sauce is the next best thing. Enjoy… And remember, if you have sauce left over- you can use it in a killer Thai salad with rice noodles and veggies! I know it's not summer yet… But any time of year is a good time to enjoy a crisp, delightful summer roll.
Thai Peanut Sauce
1 sliced small onion
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
2 cloves crushed garlic
3/4 cup NATURAL peanut butter or 1 cup dry roasted salted peanuts
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons lime juice
Saute onion and garlic in oil til tender. Cool. Place in blender,
add everything else, and blend carefully. Slowly and carefully
add enough boiling water to form a thick paste. (I like it about
the texture of slightly thinned peanut butter.)
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By now you might have heard of the marvelous Periodic Table of Women in SF [that's science fiction/fantasy, not San Francisco, and you really should watch the video at the bottom of the post that that link brings you to]. A new meme has broken out about it, one I learned about from Cheryl Morgan:
Bold the women by whom you own books (I'm assuming this includes books or magazines edited by people who are not fiction writers).
Italicize those by whom you've read something (short stories count)
*Star those you don't recognize [note: I've encountered so many names in my life, I always feel like I recognize most. The ones I've starred are ones that, if somebody mentioned them in conversation, would cause a profoundly vague expression to come over my face. And I'm doing this quickly, so I hope I don't star anybody who I not only recognize, but have spent actual time with...]
And below the jump, you'll find my answers...
Andre Norton
C. L. Moore
*Evangeline Walton
Leigh Brackett
Judith Merril
Joanna RussMargaret St. Clair
Katherine MacLeanCarol Emshwiller
Marion Zimmer BradleyZenna Henderson
Madeline L'EngleAngela Carter
Ursula LeGuinAnne McCaffreyDiana Wynne Jones
Kit Reed
James Tiptree, Jr.Rachel PollackJane Yolen
Marta Randall
Eleanor ArnasonEllen Asher
Patricia A. McKillip
Suzy McKee CharnasLisa TuttleNina Kiriki HoffmanTanith LeePamela Sargent
Jayge Carr
Vonda McIntyreOctavia E. Butler
Kate Wilhelm
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro*Sheila Finch
Mary GentleJessica Amanda Salmonson
C. J. Cherryh
Joan D. Vinge
Teresa Nielsen HaydenEllen Kushner
Ellen DatlowNancy KressPat Murphy
Lisa GoldsteinElizabeth Ann Scarborough
Mary Turzillo
Connie WillisBarbara Hambly
Nancy Holder
Sheri S. TepperMelissa Scott
Margaret AtwoodLois McMaster Bujold
Jeanne Cavelos
Karen Joy FowlerLeigh KennedyJudith MoffettRebecca OreEmma Bull
Pat CadiganKathyrn Cramer*Laura Mixon
Eileen GunnElizabeth HandKij JohnsonDelia ShermanElizabeth Moon
Michaela Roessner
Terri Windling
*Sharon Lee
*Sherwood Smith
Katherine Kurtz
Margo LanaganLaura Resnick
Kristine Kathryn RuschSheila WilliamsFarah MendlesohnGwyneth JonesArdath MayharEsther Friesner*Debra Doyle
Nicola Griffith*Amy Thomson
*Martha Wells
Catherine Asaro
*Kate Elliott
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Shawna McCarthyCaitlin KiernanMaureen McHughCheryl Morgan (well, if she'd published a book, I'd own it!)Nisi ShawlMary Doria RussellKage BakerKelly LinkNancy Springer
J. K. RowlingNalo HopkinsonEllen Klages
Tanarive DueM. RickertTheodora GossMary Anne MohanrajS. L. Viehl
Jo Walton*Kristine Smith
Deborah LayneCherie Priest*Wen Spencer
K. J. BishopCatherynne M. Valente
Elizabeth Bear
Ekaterina Sedia
Naomi NovikMary Robinette Kowal
Ann VanderMeer (vaguely familiar ... some sort of book of elf porn, right?)


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We did leave out the part about how on earth we ended up on the show Treasure Hunters. People keep asking, and all we can say is that, once again, luck was on our side, and the opportunity hunted us down, not vice versa.
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