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I'm a couple of days late in pointing this out, but it's still worth acknowledging even if many of you have already seen it.
Back on Tuesday, the AJC's Maureen Downey wrote a beautiful report/reflection/eulogy about Renfroe teacher Stacey Daniel on her blog. Ms. Downey and her son's personal experiences with Ms. Daniel and very reflective of the reactions of many who knew and work with Ms. Daniel. Here's a small excerpt from the beginning of the post…
My 13-year-old twins differ on many things. My son's favorite meal is a burger. My daughter prefers sushi. When my son rushes to the computer, he's checking on the Falcons. When my daughter goes online, she's checking Facebook He's a math guy. She's a language arts kid.
But there is one thing on which they agree: Stacey Daniel was their favorite teacher of all time at Renfroe Middle School in Decatur. And they were not alone in that. Hundreds of students in Decatur considered Ms. Daniel their most beloved teacher.
All the very best to Ms. Daniel's family, friends and students during this extremely difficult time.

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|2012-01-03, 03:43
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Gekkou (Light Novel)
It's a fantastic read. The mystery itself was good, but it was presented in such an interesting way and the characters were so engaging to me that I couldn't help but read the entire thing in one sitting. I wish I could find more books like this more often.
It's one novel and it's completely translated, so it's not a huge time investment. I finished the whole thing in around 3-4 hours. It was definitely worth it. There are apparently some additional short stories as well according to the B-T forum, but they are untranslated for now.
|2012-01-03, 04:33
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I think that's probably why there isn't a topic for it because there isn't much to discuss since it's not a continuing series other than like you said those short stories.
I really enjoyed it back when I read it two? months ago.
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|2012-01-03, 04:44
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Location: In a vacuum
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I was asking Teh_Ping about this the other day I saw it in my Kino store and the illustrations immediately caught my attention... Along with what little words I could make out on the back of the cover like "Perfect Girl", "Witch/demon girl", "Murder Romance"...
But I didn't know it was already translated
|2012-01-03, 13:05
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Location: Chile
I enjoyed this LN a lot, and is actually one of the first LN that pops into my mind when it comes to advising "what to read" to people that aren't into anime and manga but are more into literature, the way it flows and the chain of events are pretty interesting, and the changing chemistry between the main pair is always there and it's always evolving, so it's pretty interesting on it's own.
I think that this was actually the debut work from the author? One can actually see some clumsiness in writing here and there, but nothing that would make you rage quite the novel (for example, Yoko isn't as 100% perfect as advertised, but oh well).
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: First star to the left, you should go there sometime.
Oh yeah I read this a while back too. Really enjoyed it and currently rereading it bit by bit.
I think the author started a new series, right? I believe I spotted it around japanese amazon before.
|2012-01-03, 17:59
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|2012-01-20, 19:35
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I'm almost certain it's a oneshot story... For now at least.
I finally got around to reading it over the week and I have to say that's one of the most intriguing 'love story' I've encountered, sort of like a villain pairing with both characters having slightly questionable moral values that they fit each other perfectly I don't have anything against morally conscious characters, but this is certainly a interesting take on boy-meets-potentially-murderous-girl.
Evil couples ftw
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Join Date: Jun 2007
The characters really are interesting. They really made the story exceptional for me. If it weren't for them I probably wouldn't have thought so highly of the book. I'm really glad they added Usami, because it added that contrast that really emphasized how different they were.
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In another series, they would have made a lovely 'Evil' couple
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Iran voices support for FAO's Programme of Work and Budget
Agriculture Minister underlines the importance of cooperation with FAO
18 June 2013, Rome, Italy - Iranian Agriculture Minister Sadegh Khalilian has expressed strong support for FAO's proposed Programme of Work and Budget. At a meeting yesterday with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, the Minister also expressed his country's interest in further strengthening cooperation with the Organization and suggested that Iranian expertise could be used in the framework of South-South-Cooperation.
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The skies thankfully cleared this weekend for the Raptor Fest held at the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve nestled in urban St. Petersburg, Florida on the shore of Lake Maggiore. This was the Preserve's first Raptor Fest, admission and parking were free, and
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At the SXSW Interactive Opening Party hosted by Frog Design and Microsoft, the Coding4Fun team has unveiled their latest invention, BoxingBots!
With BoxingBots you are the controller except this time, forget the screen. You're controlling a 6-foot tall metal robot that's trying to punch out your opponent's 6-foot tall machine. It's Real Steel in real time.
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Watch Laura Foy's video of the BoxingBots in action!
BoxingBots combines Kinect's motion sensing technology with pneumatic robots in a 6-foot square ring. Two players face off to try to knock each other's blocks off.
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- 2 5" stroke cylinders that punches/retracts the arms
- 1 6' stroke cylinder that lifts the head when the robot is knocked out
- 2 button switches on the chest that are triggered by punches and a Phidget 8/8/8 interface board that controls the relays and buttons switches
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- Each robot's on-board PC receive commands over the network from the Admin PC for movement, punches, score, etc
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Been looking at a way to compare Google Analytics and Yahoo Web Analytics and was pointed towards a post at Insightr. Little bit like them my company helps clients using various analytics tools and like them we are constantly being asked about the difference between them.
Nordic eMarketing has been working with Google Analytics for a long time as well as being a pioneer member of the Yahoo Web Analytics Consultant Network (YWACN), we were a part of the first patch selected. Our Analytics clients use a mixture of Google Analytics, Omniture Site Catalyst, WebTrends, Teljari (Local player) and Yahoo Web Analytics, with the majority of new businesses adopting either GA or YWA.
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This afternoon, I heard John Cogan of the Hoover Institution present a persuasive analysis of why the Democratic spending legislation (and in particular the House version) will not appreciably stimulate the economy any time soon. Cogan proceed from the assumption, unassailable I think, that the way government policy can help stimulate the economy is by causing unproductive resources (e.g., a worker or inventory) to be put into productive use. By and large, the House stimulus package does not meet this test, especially during the time period when we're likely to be in the current recession.
According to Cogan, about 20 percent of the package consists of temporary tax cuts. These didn't work when we tried them a year ago and aren't likely to work now. The reason is that, in bad economic times, people tend not to spend money they receive on a one-time basis. Cogan presented charts showing how small an effect on consumption the 2008 tax rebates had.
Another 30 percent of the package will provide unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies to individuals who are out of work. On the plus side, this money will serve humane purposes. On the minus side, it will reward idleness and possibly make employers less likely to lay off employees. From the standpoint of stimulus, though, Cogan concludes the effect will be minimal.
Another 20 percent or so of the package would go to education. This expenditure will not produce much economic stimulation because, by and large, it will not bring idle resources back into use. There aren't many idle teachers, and idle construction workers (say) can't be put to use as teachers.
Most of the remaining money, about 20 percent, would go to public works projects. This spending can certainly cause idle resources to be put to productive use. However, according to the Congressional Budget Office, only about 10 percent of this money (representing only 2 percent of the total package) will be spent in the first year, when we can be pretty confident it will be needed. Most of the money will be spent thereafter when, quite possibly, the economy will be on the road to recovery.
Cogan pointed to studies showing that, when public works spending was used to stimulate the economy during the 1974 recession, and previously in the very early 1970s, the money simply wasn't spent fast enough to have the intended effect.
Thus, in all likelihood, the current Democratic package will have very little impact as a stimulus. This doesn't mean the economy won't recover — history establishes a strong presumption that this recession will end within the next year or two. In fact, no post-World War II recession has lasted more than two months longer than this one already has. Cogan's point is that the Democrats' stimulus package will probably have very little to do with the recovery.
But that doesn't make the stimulus package irrelevant. To the contrary, its impact is likely to be substantial. That impact, however, will occur in the long term as result of unprecedented debt and the resulting pressure to increase taxes, including taxes on the middle class.
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Florida educators arrested following physical abuse of autistic child
A Fort Walton Beach, Florida teacher is charged with four counts of child abuse for how she reportedly treated an autistic child while employed at Kenwood Elementary School. The former principal and a school district employee also face charges for not reporting allegations made against the teacher to the state's child abuse hotline as required by law.
Channel 3 News initially brought you this story when the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office began investigating the parent's complaint in May. He told Channel 3's Christina Leavenworth he cried when he read the report that detailed child abuse involving his now 6-year-old child, Noah, who is non-verbal.
Eddie Perillo said he had learned of the existence of a 2015-2016 investigation by the Okaloosa County School District into possible abuse involving 59-year-old teacher Marlynn Stillions of Destin. The allegations included spraying special needs students in the face with water or vinegar as punishment, using her foot to try to control, move or push a child on the floor, and kneeing the victim in the chin.
Perillo got a copy of the District's "Investigative Summary Report" and turned it over to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO), which launched its own independent criminal investigation.
Based upon the sworn statements of multiple witnesses and other information gathered the OCSO has charged Stillions with four counts of child abuse without great bodily harm.
School District employee, 70-year-old Arden Farley of Niceville, who conducts internal investigations for the School District, is charged with failure to report suspected child abuse, as is former Kenwood Elementary Principal Angelyn Vaughan of Fort Walton Beach. OCSO Investigators said Farley and Vaughan were aware of the allegations and failed to make a mandatory report to the Florida Department of Children and Families Abuse Hotline as required by Florida law.


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Mojang and Bethesda Reach A Settlement In 'Scrolls' Trademark Dispute
from the scrolls-will-be-scrolls dept
To answer the big question – yes Scrolls is still going to be called Scrolls.So that's that. Which is probably just as well. After the initial ruling that gamers would most likely not be confused over the similar names, Bethesda's success in court was looking bleak. This was probably the best solution for all parties involved. Bethesda wins by not losing the appearance of control over the word "Scrolls", and not ending up like Tim Langdell. Mojang gets to continue calling
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English requirement 'a fig leaf' in amnesty plans
Critics say 'no hard evidence' illegals will learn the language
WASHINGTON – Supporters of the Senate and White House plans for amnesty for illegal aliens say one of their requirements will be that newcomers to America learn English.
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said in a news conference about the plan outlined by the Senate's "Gang of Eight" that illegal aliens "will have to, for the first time in U.S. history, learn English to be able to even become a permanent resident."
However, Bob Vandervoort, executive director of the non-profit advocacy group Pro-English, told WND in an interview he's seen "no hard evidence" to suggest that applicants for amnesty will be compelled to learn English.
He said the instruction to learn English is included, but "there is no enforcement mechanism."
Pro-English lobbies to make English the only official language of the U.S.
Vandervoort noted that in the 1986 Amnesty Act, the government "actually interviewed" the applicants, "which was one way that they were able to screen for English."
The 2013 plans, however, has no such strategy, he said.
Suzanne Bibby, director of government relations for Pro-English, said the bill could be improved to "put in specific tests for the applicants to demonstrate proficiency."
She noted there was "nothing in the 2007 plan that forced them to show competency" and that the amnesty plan of 2007 served "as a template" for the 2013 plan.
"These proposals have been in the DREAM Act … but it is put in there to satisfy legislators but there is no teeth in it," she said.
Vandervoort elaborated.
"All they had to do was to show they were enrolled in a community college, that would qualify them in the DREAM Act, then once they got the amnesty, they simply withdraw from the class," he said.
According to a 2007 Migration Policy Institute report, 57 percent of "limited English proficient" adolescents nationwide are born in the U.S. Up to 27 percent are members of the second generation, and 30 percent are third generation, meaning many students educated exclusively in U.S. schools still cannot speak English fluently.
Though an English language amendment is possible, Vandervoot remains pessimistic.
"Until we see actual legislation with concrete proposals … I am not very optimistic, because it makes the bill more receivable," he said.
Vandervoort called it nothing more than a diversion.
"It is just a fig leaf to accomplish their overall goal of achieving amnesty," he said.
Bibby also made mention of the "hardship waiver" as a means for amnesty applicants to skirt the English learning requirement.
She said exemptions are allowed if for people who can prove they've suffered hardship or are too old.


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From E-Democracy.org
Welcome to the BeNeighbors.org development wiki. Originally code-named "Neighborly," this is a proposed social enterprise and open source coding project.
- Read on below and be sure to join our online working group.
- Review our one pager (PDF).
- Register to watch our input webinar on-demand.
- Contact Steven Clift to request more information or to volunteer.
The working domain name for this project is BeNeighors.org (BeNeighbours.org). We also own Neighbor.be and NeighborCircle.com.
E-Democracy.org has almost two decades of experience with local online participation via our public Issues Forum model. This includes our very popular Neighbors Forums which cover areas with 5,000 to 20,000 residents reaching up to 15% of households in some areas.
BeNeighbors.org will be the dynamic block-level private online group exchange among nearest neighbors that complements and by design helps support, even fund traditional public online engagement hosted by us and our friends in the Locals Online field.
Be Neighbors - Do you want to ...
Would you like to build connections with your neighbors?
- to make your block safer and prevent crime
- to "break the ice" and meet your neighbors
- to communicate easily as a group with the neighbors you know
- to share experiences and tips answering "who can recommend a good plumber"
- to connect with other parents nearby organize fun activities for your kids
- to organize a spontaneous neighborhood block party on an especially nice spring day
- to prepare your block for emergencies and disasters
- to do any of the scores of block activities we've identified
- and find connections to community solutions and online groups in your broader area
BeNeighbors.org is a simple idea - use online tools to connect people to their nearest neighbors. (While protecting their privacy and helping the community.)
How it might work
This experience is simple:
1. Sign-up - Including your full street address.
2. Get Listed - You are listed in your personalized directory of nearest neighbors (site participants) around you covering 25 to 100 people. Target members: "neighborly" people open to private small group connections using real names for real trust
3. Connect - Use your neighbor directory to connect with others (login required, reciprocity ensured). Determine how you want to connect one to one whether by telephone, e-mail or a web form, encouraging neighbors to friend you on Facebook or follow on Twitter, or none of the above.
4. Exchange - Easily share information (about a break-in on your block), ask questions (who can recommend a good plumber), etc. in private group setting with those in your circle of neighbors in the directory. Post via e-mail or web. Read via e-mail or web. Topics you start are restricted to just those in your circle. You own the topic and may delete it or comments at anytime. You may only comment on topics started by people in your directory as well.
5. Explore Locally - Based on your location, find other opportunities for broader public engagement from wider community e-mail lists and neighborhood blogs to aggregated place-based government and community information and links connecting you to civic life. BeNeighbors.org seeks to introduce you to broader public life with you at the center.
We are seeking a mix of volunteer engagement and funding to first develop a proto-type and beta effort in pilot communities.
Get Involved
This effort is an experimental part of E-Democracy.org's Participation 3.0 Inclusive Social Media initiative. It was launched at the Minnesota Civic Hackathon on Dec. 12, 2009. Many code-a-thons later the effort continues.
- Neighborly Online Group - Join the two-way exchange among developers.
- Neighbor.be specification - Drafting
- Neighborly on GitHub - where the technical development is happening
- Block activities - things people have done somewhere with their neighbors
- Neighborly Input Survey/Beta Tester Sign-up
- Knight News Challenge Neighborly Submission - Imagining our volunteer driven idea as a funded initiative
A bit of fun ...
Data Sources
Depending upon how the system in designed, we may or may not need detailed address data (parcels, addresses points, government jurisdiction, etc.).
- Google Maps API - Converting addresses to estimated longitude and latitude via their GeoCoder
- YahooMaps GeoCoder API
- TinyGeoCoder
- Reserve GeoCoder
- OpenStreetMap
- Minnesota Voter Registration and Polling Place Finder Data - A way to extrapolate addresses generically and potentially to make registration easier for those who are registered to vote. As a political engagement project, we qualify under state law to use this data.
- MetoGis GeoCoder
- Minnesota GIS DataFinder - Data from the Twin Cities Metro area including various services.
- UK GeoCoder? - In case we want to experiment in our UK Issues Forum communities.
- geocoder.us A geocoder service that is free for noncommercial use.
Related Links
- Projects Online Group - General volunteers (including non-programmers) are encouraged to join this all encompassing online group.
- Project Blog - Neighborhood-related posts
- Inclusive Social Media - Details on our "public" level of neighborhood-wide social networking in lower income, highly diverse neighborhoods.
- E-Democracy.org's new Participation 3.0 initiative is supporting coordination of the Neighborly effort and will inform our open specification process development.
- According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project about 8 million American adults or 4% of people belong to a neighborhood e-mail lists. Now that is the beginning of a movement. Growing interest in using blogs, Facebook, and social networking sites like Ning to connect neighbors further increases the momentum. Let's take it up to 8%, then 20% and higher.
- Social media in local public life - Extensive links to related projects
- Locals Online - International online community of practice for those who host local blogs, social networks, e-mail lists, community websites, etc.
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Shadow of Destiny immerses players into the imaginative and chilling world of Eike Kusch, who is given the ability to time travel to prevent his own murder. The game features full character voiceovers, beautifully re-created European environments that change depending on the time period, and multiple story paths contingent upon the actions taken.
Gamers are offered a variety of puzzles and riddles that must be solved while searching for clues about the killer. In addition, Shadow of Destiny showcases over three hours of real-time cinematics that reveal the story across ten chapters, and contains additional scenarios that are unlocked when the game is replayed.


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A shocked nation was thrown into mourning upon receiving word of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. After funeral services in Washington, the Lincoln funeral train, with Lincoln's remains and those of his son Willie, departed Washington and began a 12-day trip back to Springfield. The funeral train arrived in Springfield on May 3, and Lincoln's remains were placed in the Representative's Hall of the State House. The following day, the Lincoln funeral procession left the state house and passed buildings associated with Lincoln's life that were draped in mourning, on its way to Oak Ridge Cemetery, where Lincoln and Willie were laid to rest.
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Area Girl Scouts pack 53 boxes for Operation Christmas Child
Eleven Girl Scouts and their leaders recently gathered for their annual fall overnight to help put smiles on the faces of less-fortunate children during the Christmas season.
For the past three years, their primary service activity has been the planning, and packing of Operation Christmas Child shoe box gifts. The girls shopped for gifts, assembled the shoe boxes, clipped the labels, sorted the gifts, bagged the candy and soap, and wrote letters for each of their 53 shoe box gifts.
The girlsparticipating ranged in age from 7-14, representing Brownie, Junior, and Cadette troops which meet on the first and third Thursday of each month at the First United Methodist Church from 6:30-7:45 p.m.
The troops are led by Suzanna Edwards and Janice Hartinger.
"This has been a great year for these troops as they have gone horseback riding, held their annual overnight, and plan a trip to Silver Dollar City early next month to take in the Christmas festivities," Hartinger wrote in an e-mail to the Rolla Daily News.


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As production costs around the world vary, global OEMs are shifting where they build products, often at the expense of long-time production sites where, essentially due to labor costs, things have become non-competitive. This is particularly the case in Western Europe.
They've installed 187 new robots in Sandouville to put 5,000 spot welds on the body of the New Trafic
So it is interesting to note that the Renault Sandouville plant, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, which had been a passenger vehicle plant (it builds the Laguna and the Espace), has a product added to it, the New Trafic and Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro high-roof version light commercial vehicles.
The Trafic, of which Renault has sold more than 1.6-million since it was introduced in 1980, is, according to the company, available in 270 body versions and more than 100 colors (which sounds like a logistical nightmare).
One interesting factoid regarding the preparation for building the New Trafic in Sandouville: for the press tooling, 5,000 metric tons (or 5,512.5 tons) of cast iron were used, which Renault says is three quarters of the weight of the Eiffel Tower's metal frame.
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Older News » Sorting fact from fictionLast updated 8:38 AM on 27 May 2014
You can't always trust what you read when researching information for homework, assignments or projects.
Here are ways your child can tell a good website - or any document - from a bad one.
Reader beware
With so much information on the web and no-one responsible for fact checking, students need to look out for:
- bias and hidden agendas
- factual errors
- outdated information
- information which is country specific
- commercially motivated information.
Play the detective
Colleen Foley is a curriculum adviser who helps school librarians with the NSW Department of Education and Communities.
She says the teacher librarian and class teachers will help your child develop their research skills online in the library and classroom.
Colleen says the ability to question information is a vital tool for students to use to assess everything the media presents them with each day.
"The reality is anyone can publish anything on the internet."
"You can publish something that looks great but is full of factual errors, for example. Just as any publication – whether it's a book or whatever – can reflect a bias, any website can too."
Find out more about sorting fact from fiction on the School A to Z website.


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Metallica Seeking Work in New ESPN Commercial
Metallica have joined the ranks of celebrities to film a 'This Is Sports Center' commercial for ESPN. The band's new spot will air during Monday's night's (July 14) ESPN broadcast of the All-Star Game's Home Run Derby.
The premise of the promo is that the guys in Metallica are hurting for something to do after Mariano Rivera's retirement from baseball last year. For years, Rivera used 'Enter Sandman' as his walk-in them from the bullpen, and the group played a big part in his retirement ceremony last year.
In the spot, the guys are trying to pitch their music as the theme for another popular athlete. But even though they're Metallica, they're not having much success in finding any biters on their music. Kirk Hammett gets perhaps the worst end of things, as 'Sports Center' anchor Stuart Scott uses his guitar lessons flier to wad up a piece of gum in front of him. Drummer Lars Ulrich told Rolling Stone, "That's just classic. The whole thing is really funny. Man, let's do another 20 of these. It's really fun."
Speaking more about the shoot, Ulrich explains, "Sometimes it can be quite freeing to put yourself at the mercy of others. ESPN's commercials have a tendency to be hilarious. We were like, 'That sounds like a good time.' The whole thing had an overriding impulsivity to it."
Ulrich revealed that the band shot a number of different set-ups in addition to the ones seen in the spot, so it's possible that there may be more Metallica in future ESPN spots.
In reality, Metallica have plenty on their plate as the band works through their massive riff collection to put together their long-awaited follow-up to 'Death Magnetic.'
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This section describes some techniques that can help you use mysql more effectively.
mysql supports input-line editing, which enables you to modify the current input line in place or recall previous input lines. For example, the left-arrow and right-arrow keys move horizontally within the current input line, and the up-arrow and down-arrow keys move up and down through the set of previously entered lines. Backspace deletes the character before the cursor and typing new characters enters them at the cursor position. To enter the line, press Enter.
On Windows, the editing key sequences are the same as
supported for command editing in console windows. On Unix, the
key sequences depend on the input library used to build
mysql (for example, the
libedit or
Documentation for the
libedit and
readline libraries is available online. To
change the set of key sequences permitted by a given input
library, define key bindings in the library startup file. This
is a file in your home directory:
libedit and
.inputrc for
For example, in
Control+W deletes everything before the
current cursor position and Control+U deletes
the entire line. In
Control+W deletes the word before the cursor
and Control+U deletes everything before the
current cursor position. If mysql was built
libedit, a user who prefers the
readline behavior for these two keys can
put the following lines in the
file (creating the file if necessary):
bind "^W" ed-delete-prev-word
bind "^U" vi-kill-line-prev
To see the current set of key bindings, temporarily put a line
that says only
bind at the end of
.editrc. mysql will
show the bindings when it starts.
Windows provides APIs based on UTF-16LE for reading from and
writing to the console; the mysql client
for Windows is able to use these APIs. The Windows installer
creates an item in the MySQL menu named
MySQL command
line client - Unicode. This item invokes the
mysql client with properties set to
communicate through the console to the MySQL server using
To take advantage of this support manually, run mysql within a console that uses a compatible Unicode font and set the default character set to a Unicode character set that is supported for communication with the server:
Open a console window.
Go to the console window properties, select the font tab, and choose Lucida Console or some other compatible Unicode font. This is necessary because console windows start by default using a DOS raster font that is inadequate for Unicode.
Execute mysql.exe with the
utf8mb4) option. This option is necessary because
utf16leis one of the character sets that cannot be used as the client character set. See Impermissible Client Character Sets.
With those changes, mysql will use the Windows APIs to communicate with the console using UTF-16LE, and communicate with the server using UTF-8. (The menu item mentioned previously sets the font and character set as just described.)
To avoid those steps each time you run
mysql, you can create a shortcut that
invokes mysql.exe. The shortcut should set
the console font to Lucida Console or some other compatible
Unicode font, and pass the
--default-character-set=utf8 (or
utf8mb4) option to
Alternatively, create a shortcut that only sets the console
font, and set the character set in the
[mysql] group of your
my.ini file:
Some query results are much more readable when displayed vertically, instead of in the usual horizontal table format. Queries can be displayed vertically by terminating the query with \G instead of a semicolon. For example, longer text values that include newlines often are much easier to read with vertical output:
mysql> SELECT * FROM mails WHERE LENGTH(txt) < 300 LIMIT 300,1\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
msg_nro: 3068
date: 2000-03-01 23:29:50
time_zone: +0200
mail_from: Monty
reply: firstname.lastname@example.com
mail_to: "Thimble Smith" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
sbj: UTF-8
txt: >>>>> "Thimble" == Thimble Smith writes:
Thimble> Hi. I think this is a good idea. Is anyone familiar
Thimble> with UTF-8 or Unicode? Otherwise, I'll put this on my
Thimble> TODO list and see what happens.
Yes, please do that.
file: inbox-jani-1
hash: 190402944
1 row in set (0.09 sec)
For beginners, a useful startup option is
--safe-updates (or
which has the same effect). It is helpful for cases when you
might have issued a
statement but
forgotten the
WHERE clause. Normally, such
a statement deletes all rows from the table. With
--safe-updates, you can delete
rows only by specifying the key values that identify them.
This helps prevent accidents.
When you use the
option, mysql issues the following
statement when it connects to the MySQL server:
SET sql_safe_updates=1, sql_select_limit=1000, max_join_size=1000000;
See Section 5.1.7, "Server System Variables".
statement has the following effects:
You are not permitted to execute an
DELETEstatement unless you specify a key constraint in the
WHEREclause or provide a
LIMITclause (or both). For example:
UPDATE tbl_name SET not_key_column=val WHERE key_column=val; UPDATE tbl_name SET not_key_column=val LIMIT 1;
The server limits all large
SELECTresults to 1,000 rows unless the statement includes a
The server aborts multiple-table
SELECTstatements that probably need to examine more than 1,000,000 row combinations.
To specify limits different from 1,000 and 1,000,000, you can
override the defaults by using the
--select_limit and
--max_join_size options:
shell> mysql --safe-updates --select_limit=500 --max_join_size=10000
If the mysql client loses its connection to the server while sending a statement, it immediately and automatically tries to reconnect once to the server and send the statement again. However, even if mysql succeeds in reconnecting, your first connection has ended and all your previous session objects and settings are lost: temporary tables, the autocommit mode, and user-defined and session variables. Also, any current transaction rolls back. This behavior may be dangerous for you, as in the following example where the server was shut down and restarted between the first and second statements without you knowing it:
mysql> SET @a=1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO t VALUES(@a);
ERROR 2006: MySQL server has gone away
No connection. Trying to reconnect...
Connection id: 1
Current database: test
Query OK, 1 row affected (1.30 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM t;
| a |
1 row in set (0.05 sec)
@a user variable has been lost with the
connection, and after the reconnection it is undefined. If it
is important to have mysql terminate with
an error if the connection has been lost, you can start the
mysql client with the
For more information about auto-reconnect and its effect on state information when a reconnection occurs, see Section 27.8.20, "C API Automatic Reconnection Control".
$ cat ~/.inputrc
Now you can start to type a command in the mysql shell, and using the arrow keys will only scroll through only the matching commands.
I find many linux users/servers have these commands added into the bashrc file only, and mysql won't see those.
#edit: oh crap - apparently MySQL 5.7 RPMs for CentOS have been compiled with "editline" and not "readline" - so once I upgraded, servers which used to work are now not searching anymore. Argh!


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Maine House rejects right-to-work, dues bills
Senate will consider bills
Maine House rejects right-to-work, dues bills
Senate will consider bills
AUGUSTA, Maine —
The Maine House has rejected a pair of bills labeled by opponents as anti-union. One would make Maine a right-to-work state and the other seeks to bar public employers from deducting union dues from non-union members.
The Democratic-controlled House rejected the right-to-work measure by a 92-53 tally, and the so-called agency fee bill was turned back by an 89-56 vote.
The right-to-work bill would make it illegal for a private employer to require employees to join a labor organization, or pay any union dues or fees as a condition of employment.
The second bill seeks to repeal the law that allows public employers to deduct service fees from employees' pay in lieu of union dues.
The bills were sent to the Senate.


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Ookla site lets you compare download speeds by country, city and state
We often hear that the United States lags behind other countries in the number of broadband connections, but just how far behind are we?
Ookla, which operates sites on which you can test broadband speed and quality (Speedtest.net and Pingtest.net), has created the Net Index, which presents data from more than 1.5 billion diagnostics around the world. The site, which is updated daily, compiles data from Speedtest.net and ranks consumer download speeds based on the average speed during the previous 30 days in which the mean distance between server and client is less than 300 miles.
The results, presented in graphs and charts, lets people compare their Internet service providers to others and lets governments see where broadband infrastructure needs improvement, Ookla officials said, pointing out that the information could be useful in developing the National Broadband Plan. The results below were taken May 30.
The index also ranks the fastest cities — Seoul leads at 35.03 megabits/sec; San Jose, Calif., is the fastest U.S. city, in 18th place with 15.06 megabits/sec — and includes a map of the United States that reveals the average download speeds for each state when you hover the cursor over it.
Click here for a larger image. Source: Net Index by Ookla.
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I'll note that most of the 'fast' countries are tiny by US standards, and their build-outs have been more recent and standardized than the somewhat chaotic US telecom history. Akin to, and related to how most countries have much better cell service than the US.
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Acer Aspire 1691 WLMi
It's been some time since I started this little HOWTO but now I'm back to finish it. In the meantime Acer Aspire 1652 ZWLMi was written based on those few lines which had been here, and now I've used few other things from that article again here. I'm not a linux expert, this is based on my experience and on things I found by googling. I'm still learning. If you see any inaccuracy or even a complete nonsense, please correct it.
Processor: Intel Pentium M (Centrino) 1.50GHz
Video: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Chipset
Audio: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio
Wired NIC: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
Wireless NIC: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
To get all the things working, use Beyond kernel...
Install driver:
# pacman -S ipw2200-fw
Get WiFi LED signalization working:
# echo "options ipw2200 led=1" > /etc/modprobe.conf
Power Management
Install ACPI daemon and start it.
# pacman -S acpid # /etc/rc.d/acpid start
Also add acpid to the DAEMONS line in you /etc/rc.conf (note that this is not necessary if you already have hal in there since acpid has been added to its starting script).
I found out that when booted with ACPI on, the laptop makes kind of high frequency noise which can be really annoying when you work in otherwise quiet room. There is no such noise when you boot with acpi=off. I searched for a solution and I found this:
Pass this to the kernel by changing your /boot/grub/menu.lst (the whole entry should look something like this):
title Arch Linux Beyond root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz26beyond root=/dev/hda3 ro pci=bios idle=halt acpi_sleep=s3_bios initrd /kernel26beyond.img
Many thanks for the trick should go to andreas_mauser on ubuntu forums [1].
CPU frequency scaling
There are various ways how to do this (see e.g. SpeedStep), I use this one:
Install cpufrequtils
# pacman -S cpufrequtils
Edit /etc/conf.d/cpufreq (Maximum frequency of my processor is 1.5GHz although the sticker on the laptop was saying "1.6Ghz". Strange. Check yours, maybe I have some weird "edition"...)
#configuration for cpufreq control # valid governors: # ondemand, performance, powersave, # conservative, userspace governor="ondemand" # valid suffixes: Hz, kHz (default), MHz, GHz, THz min_freq="600Mhz" max_freq="1.5GHz"
Load the speedstep_centrino module using modprobe. Alternatively, you can add it to the MODULES list in /etc/rc.conf to load it at boot time. Don't forget to add cpufreq to the DAEMONS array.
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @network netfs crond @hal fam @ifplugd cpufreq firestarter alsa gdm)
synaptics touchpad... todo
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.06" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option "SHMConfig" "true" # Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" EndSection
To use this you'll need to change your InputDevice line in your "ServerLayout" section to use the synaptics mouse....todo...
External Resources


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"The charter school movement is one of the most promising reforms to hit public education in a long time, and no one is better prepared to explain its significance than Finn, Manno, and Vanourek. These scholars have been studying the ins and outs and ups and downs of charter schools from the beginning, documenting the successes and limitations of the charter model for policymakers in Congress and in statehouses across the country. Now they are doing the same for the general public with this informative, insightful, and inspiring book. I would encourage anyone who cares about the future of our public schools to read it."--Senator Joseph Lieberman "This book offers the most authoritative account yet of the American charter schools movement. It is wide-ranging in scope, brimming with important new data, beautifully written and argued, and crafted with insight and intelligence."--Terry M. Moe, Stanford University "This book does a superb job of representing the charter school movement.... It will become a backbone--if not the backbone--of charter school knowledge for a wide range of readers."--Caroline M. Hoxby, Harvard University "The issues surrounding charter schools are probably the most important and vibrant ones in public education today. While bits and pieces of the charter school story currently exist, nothing of a systematic nature has been available until now. The authors have pulled together a truly wide-ranging body of evidence, effectively combining data analysis, case studies, first-person accounts, and deep intellectual ideas.Charter Schools in Actionwill be a valuable source book that shapes the way people think about the issues."--Eric A. Hanushek, University of Rochester "An original and valuable book. No other book provides such a thorough overview of the thinking behind the charter school movement, and so carefully puts charter schools in context of other efforts to improve education. It should be must-reading for state legislators, public school administrators, school board members, education reporters, philanthropists, and people interested in operating charter schools."--Paul Hill, University of WashingtonFinn, Chester E., Jr. is the author of 'Charter Schools in Action Renewing Public Education' with ISBN 9780691090085 and ISBN 0691090084.[read more]
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Dickie Dunn wrote:newarenanow wrote:JS© wrote:RIP Jokichi Ikarashi. who was briefly thought to be the world's oldest verified living man at 111 years and 178 days. Upon his death, it was discovered that 112 year old Salustiano "Shorty" Sanchez now holds the title, born on June 8, 1901 or six months before Ikarishi.
How many people who were born in the 1800s are left? We should be getting down to the last 10 or so.
There are eight left. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_supercentenarians
That is just strange to me in a way. Out of 6 billion people left, there are 8 from the 19th century. Just think if you were one of those 8.
Probably within the next year, there will be none.


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LITTLE ROCK DEAR REV. GRAHAM: Our church is in shock because our pastor died unexpectedly a few weeks ago. We'll never find another pastor like him. Why did God let this happen?
DEAR M.D.L.: I can understand your shock. I too have grieved over the unexpected deaths of men and women who greatly infl uencedmy life and taught me much about God. Don't forget that Jesus was only in His early 30's when He died on the cross.
Why did God take your pastor, when he could have had yearsof ministry ahead of him? I wish I knew the answer, but I don't. What I do know is that we see only a small part of the picture, but God sees the whole, and He can be trusted to do what is right. I know it's hard for us to trust God in situations like this and believe He's still in control, but He is. The Bible says, "The Lord works out everything for His own ends" (Proverbs 16:4).
Thank God for this man's faithfulness over the years, and ask God to help you continue to learn from his example. As you seek a new pastor, pray that God will lead you to the person of His choice. Your new pastor won't be exactly like your former pastor, nor should you expect this. But seek someone who truly loves God and His word, and will help your congregation grow closer to Christ.
In addition, may each member of your congregation discover what it means to serve Christ while you are without a pastor. The Bible says, "Serve one another in love" (Galatians 5:13).
Write to Billy Graham in care of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C. 28201 or visit the website at billygraham.org
Weekend, Pages 30 on 01/10/2013
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A scholar of the history and culture of early modern Japan, Conrad Totman began his career as a student of ornamental horticulture at the University of Massachusetts. After graduation in 1953, Totman served in the army for three years in South Korea where got his first taste of Japanese culture during leave. His experiences in Japan piqued his scholarly interest, and upon his return to the states with his new wife Michiko, he finished college at UMass and did his graduate work at Harvard where he received a doctorate in 1964 for a study of politics during the Tokugawa period. Totman held academic positions at UC Santa Barbara, Northwestern, and Yale before retiring in 1997.
The bulk of the collection documents Professor Totman's education and professional work as a scholar and teacher of Japanese history. Dispersed throughout is a treasure trove of information on Japan in general, and particularly on his specialties: early modern Japan and forestry and environmental management. An enormous, highly influential, and cherished part of Totman's life is his family, and the Totman clan is well represented in this collection. Reams of genealogical material document the rich heritage of the Totman family, including the transcribed love letters and diaries of his paternal grandmother and biographies of Totman ancestors, as well as hundreds of letters written between Michiko and her family in Japan.
- Afforestation--Japan--Akita-ken--History
- Agriculture--Japan--History
- Agriculture--Korea--History
- Conway (Mass.)--Genealogy
- Dairy farms--Massachusetts
- Family farms--United States
- Farm life--United States
- Forest management--Japan--Akita-ken--History
- Forest policy--Japan
- Forests and forestry--Japan
- Human ecology--Japan--History
- Human ecology--Korea--History
- Japan--Civilization--American influences
- Japan--Environmental conditions
- Japan--History--1952-
- Japan--History--Restoration, 1853-1870
- Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
- Japan--Politics and government--1600-1868
- Korea--American influences
- Korea--Environmental conditions
- Korea--History--1948-1960
- Lumber trade--Japan--History
- Tokugawa, Ieyasu, 1543-1616
- Totman family
- United States--Army--Medical personnel--Correspondence
- Drew, Raymond Totman, 1923-1981
- Lewis, Gertrude Minnie, 1896-
- Totman, Conrad D
- Totman, Ruth J
Types of material
- Genealogies
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The April 18 flood left some families homeless, possessions ruined and in need of food and clothing.
After the first responders saved their lives, the Grundy County administration was inundated with phone calls for help on what to do next.
"We had so many calls coming in, the phone was ringing off the hook," said County Administrator Chris Wittkamp. "We didn't know who to outsource all of them too."
So the county reached out to area churches, non-profit organizations and other non-government agencies to meet and find out who could do what for these individuals in need.
The county, United Way of Grundy County, Kendall-Grundy Community Action and representatives of area churches from Minooka, Channahon and Morris gathered shortly after the flood to gather resources for these affected families, said Ron Severson, Grundy County Board chairman.
"The whole thing is to get everybody in the county working together so when we have a real problem, we can put a lot of bodies there," said Severson.
"The problem is a lot of people want to help, but they don't know how to or what's really needed," he said. "This gives us a focus."
From there, a resource list was made, and displaced families were put in contact with these organizations for specific needs. The group, with United Way as one of the resource leaders, has and continues to coordinate efforts.
The organizations include Operation Flood Them With Love, which based itself out of the Quality Inn in Morris, collecting clothing and helping with room costs for displaced families.
Also among the resources are Channahon and Minooka churches, which worked together last weekend to organize a clean-up at Shady Oaks trailer park, where numerous trailers were flooded to their windows, ruining everything in these homes, including appliances; and We Care, Operation St. Nick and the Community Foundation of Grundy County, which created mini grants giving approved families $500 to $1,000 in rent or mortgage payments or other needs.
We Care is supplying its $25,000 in federal funding from its Emergency Food and Shelter Program. This money is more restricted and based on income, but for those who apply that make a higher income than We Care usually assists with, the funding from St. Nick and the Community Foundation is utilized.
We Care has given out 19 grants so far, totaling more than $16,000, and still has seven more applications coming in, said Joe Schmitz, founder and president of Operation St. Nick.
Those applicants who could not qualify for the We Care funding were directed to St. Nick and the foundation. They have provided more than $23,000 in funding to 35 families, said Schmitz. And they are waiting to hear back from five more families who have been displaced.
Families with children have received $800 to $1,300, while for those without children the average has been about $500, he said. In some cases they are paying mortgage or rent payments to free up funds for clean-up efforts, while for others its been gift certificates for food, clothing or new appliances.
Many of the applicants have been from Shady Oaks in Minooka.
"I toured Shady Oaks, and that street by the creek, it's just devastating," said Schmitz. "My heart aches for them."
Applications for the mini grants are still being accepted. Applications can be picked up from We Care, 520 W. Illinois Ave., any Standard Bank in Grundy County, and online through the Community Foundation at www.cfgrundycounty.com.
The United Way is continuing to coordinate volunteers and take donations, said Karen Nall, United Way executive director.
Continuous needs for flood victims are laundry soap and cleaning supplies, as families try to put their homes back together. In addition, the United Way is looking for businesses willing to do in-kind donations to help these families check to see if their homes are inhabitable.
Electricians, plumbers, heating and air conditioning, earth movers, and landscapers willing to donate their skills to help these families get back into their homes would be greatly appreciated, said Nall.
"These people cannot move back into their homes unless they know their water heater or furnace is working properly and not a hazard," said Nall.
To assist with these needs or to donate, call United Way at (815) 942-4430.
This group of organizations continues to meet and will continue to for the long term. The next meeting is at 4 p.m. Monday, May 20, at the county administration building. Any organization looking to help with the current flooding recovery or for future needs is invited.
The Quality Inn still has seven families from the Morris and Minooka area staying at the hotel from Shady Oaks, Tabler and Cemetery Road areas, said Nall. And clean-up in these areas will be an ongoing project for quite some time.
"This county has been great, everyone in it has stood up to help with the flood and we want to keep the spirit going," said Severson.
When an emergency such as the April 18 flood occurs, the immediate need is rescue response. The police, fire departments, emergency management agency and other first responders need to be continuously doing evacuations and saving lives.
While saving lives, they cannot be worrying about the aftermath, such as where to send displaced families, said Nall.
The resources are there and the county stepped up to coordinate them, but a permanent system needs to be put in place in case of future disasters, she said.
Everyone's hope is once the county has fully recovered from this flood, this gathering of the minds can continue for the long term.
The idea is to keep this group growing and to have it in place so if another disaster were to happen in the future, it will take one call to get resources moving, said Nall.
"This is a great community of resources," she said.


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Plone is a "user-friendly and powerful open source Content Management System". If you are trying to find a content management tool, you might want to know more about Plone. Visit this tool at: http://plone.org/
Workstation Management
Jim writes: "Public Access Network Admin Controlled Environment Application (PANACEA) is a post-installation script that easily configures a machine running RedHat 6.x as a public access Web browsing kiosk for libraries and other community technology access centers." For more see the
PANACEA site.
Internet Station Manager
Doug writes in: The Internet Station Manager (ISM) is open source software developed by the Grand Rapids Public Library for managing public Internet stations.
ISM, written in Perl, is a completely server based system which uses custom Apache web server modules and the MySQL database to provide login, management, and timeout services for public use Internet PCs in libraries. FreeBSD is the recommended server OS, but any Unix/Linux variants could be used.
Linux Kiosk HOW-TO
Gene Wilburn at the Royal Ontario Museum has written a HOW-TO for setting up public kiosks. While its current version doesn't cover several important issues for those wishing to lock down public workstations in libraries, he calls for contributions in those areas. The complete text of the Kiosk HOW-TO is online and waiting for your review.
Public Access Terminal Control (PATC)
Kevin writes in: "PATC (pat see) Public Access Terminal Control is now available at patc.sourceforge.net... PATC is open source [and consists of a] VB client and perl/cgi server."


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By Greg McCune
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The failure of President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois to pass new restrictions on guns could prove instructive for Obama's own fledging campaign to enact stricter national gun laws.
Within days after a gunman killed 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, some Illinois state legislators sought to capitalize on the national outcry about gun violence to launch a new broadside on the availability of guns.
The Illinois proposals were similar to the plan unveiled by Obama on Wednesday to ban so-called assault weapons and ammunition clips that permit rapid firing of multiple bullets.
But even in Illinois, a so-called blue state that went for Obama in the November presidential election, the gun proposals faltered early in the process, done in by the state's urban-rural divide and opposition from the country's powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association.
Although the bills were approved by an Illinois Senate panel, with Democrats in favor and Republicans against, the plan never made it to a vote on the floor of the state Senate -- despite a Democratic majority.
The measures were seen as too restrictive, and some doubted they would work. Lawmakers were distracted by other issues, also a factor in Washington.
"It is hard to overstate how touchy people are on that issue," Christopher Mooney, a political science professor at the University of Illinois-Springfield, said.
That said, New York has proven that tighter gun restrictions can be passed. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, this week signed into law one of the nation's gun-control measures and the first to be enacted since the Newtown massacre. And that in a state with its own urban-rural divide and a Senate controlled by Republicans.
The party-line committee vote in Illinois belied a more subtle force: regional demographics. Despite the weight of Chicago in state politics, outside the state's northeastern corner the wide area known as Downstate Illinois is a speckling of towns, small and mid-sized cities and vast rural stretches. And the divide on gun control crosses party lines, with many Democrats as well as Republicans staunch supporters of gun ownership.
Chicago is suffering a wave of gang-related shootings, and its murder rate is up sharply. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was so frustrated by the lack of action in Springfield that on Thursday he introduced gun limits in the City Council.
"Democrats in Chicago certainly want to get rid of guns," said state Representative Jack Franks, a self-described moderate Democrat from an ex-urban and rural area west of Chicago. "Democrats who live Downstate, that's part of our culture."
With neither Illinois' Downstate, mostly Republican bloc nor solidly Democratic Chicago and its nearest suburbs having enough votes for a majority in the state Senate, the more distant Chicago suburbs and ex-urbs form the key battleground over gun control, with some lawmakers strong supporters of gun control and others guarded, political analysts said.
Mooney, the political science professor, said Democrats in Illinois could probably cobble together a coalition of Chicago and suburban votes to pass some gun controls but at the risk of alienating Downstate.
"They are reluctant to go to the mat on that," Mooney said of the state's Democratic leaders.
Franks is the sort of elected official in the political middle who proponents of gun control would need to convince to pass new gun restrictions.
He is a gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing the right to bear arms. "But I don't think we need Uzi machine guns to go hunt," Franks said.
Asked if he would have voted for the Illinois gun proposal as presented earlier this month, he said: "The devil is in the details. It was much too broad. They were overreaching."
The Illinois proposal would have banned the possession, delivery, sale and purchase of semi-automatic weapons, assault weapon attachments, .50 caliber rifles and .50 caliber cartridges. It included a long list of makes and models of guns covered, including Kalashnikov, Uzi and AR-15, the type of weapon used by the gunman in the Newtown school shooting.
New York's new gun restrictions ban assault weapons with certain military features rather than listing them by name, an approach that a sponsor of the bill said was because gun makers simply change the model number or weapon name to avoid laws that list types.
The proposal in Illinois drew immediate opposition from gun lobbyists.
The Illinois State Rifle Association, which is aligned with the National Rifle Association, issued an "alert" to members. It said in a statement that the law would have covered 83 percent of guns and would cause them to be confiscated.
NRA lobbyist Todd Vandermyde criticized the proposals at the state capitol in Springfield, saying even some hunting rifles would be banned. "This is an attempt to shame law-abiding gun owners... treat them like sex offenders," he said.
Lawmaker Franks said he received hundreds of emails and phone calls from supporters of gun ownership.
Gun control supporters said the confiscation assertion was hyperbole. The text of the proposal said that assault weapons already possessed by Illinois residents were excluded provided that they were registered with the state police.
Some Illinois lawmakers were distracted by financial and economic issues and preferred not to deal with gun legislation. A higher priority for them was the state's fiscal crisis, which threatens a downgrade of the state's already low debt rating, an echo of the debt ceiling debate looming over Obama and Congress.
Proponents of control have already vowed to try again later in the year.
"Teddy bears are more regulated than guns. That's got to change," said state Senator Dan Kotowski, a Democrat from suburban Chicago and a sponsor of one of the gun control proposals.
(Additional reporting by Joanne von Alroth, Barbara Goldberg and James B. Kelleher; Editing by Leslie Adler)


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Has anyone managed to use driftnet on a switched network?? It doesn't work even if I do ARP Poisoning. Ethereal works then, so the ARP Poisoning is working..
I've used driftnet while actively poisining connections using the latest version of Knoppix STD. I have no idea why it wouldnt pickup something if ethereal is getting the packets. Maybe try saving it to a tcpdump file and redirect it in to driftnet?
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The culture of cute is having a moment — more than 100 of them.
Inside downtown Los Angeles' Japanese American National Museum, the unofficial U.S. ambassador of Asian pop culture, Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura, hovers over his empire of little people — some 100 charismatic misfits clustered in Plexiglas cases.
There's the cheery, hot-pink monster head atop an armored tank, the grimacing caramel-colored ogre with horns and the Native American robotic beast in a fuzzy bear hat. Not to mention the bug-eyed, blue octopus skewering its neon-scarlet brain with a fork. That these custom vinyl figures are being showcased so seriously in a museum setting puts an elastic grin on Nakamura's face.
"A figure show, toys, are never presented in a space like this," he says. "It usually happens in a shop on Melrose, on a shelf. I wanted to give them a bigger stage."
It's just days before the Sunday closing of Giant Robot Biennale 3 and Nakamura, perhaps a bit misty-eyed over that fact, talks fast and animatedly as we race through the show's two galleries on a private tour.
For Project Remix portion of the exhibition, 85 artists from seven countries re-sculpted and painted vinyl figures from Ugly Doll creator David Horvath; each radically new rendition speaks to the artist's own idiosyncratic vision. Nakamura geeks out over the tiniest details. He leans over the case, lowering his face and squinting his eyes, pointing out the hand-attached robot arms on one figure, the glossy Cyclops eye on another.
"I didn't used to, but I now see all this as art," he says. "It's evolved. Artists are coming up with higher concepts; they're sculpting and reimagining. I wanted to put these figures on a high pedestal, in a case, as if they're diamonds, King Tut's jewels."
Indeed, the cute aesthetic in Ugly Dolls, Hello Kitty stationery, vinyl toys and the pointy-toothed Domo-kun character on T-shirts, mugs and key chains, which Nakamura helped move into the mainstream through his Giant Robot stores and magazine, may be growing up along with Nakamura. He curated all three biennales.
His Giant Robot magazine, now digital, and the Giant Robot website and West L.A. store are still interactive hubs of counterintuitive cool and kawaii,or Japanese cute, products. But Nakamura is becoming increasingly interested in fine art. Last year, he remodeled his Sawtelle Boulevard gallery, GR2, and moved all of the commercial merchandise to the original Giant Robot shop — or as he puts it, "the superstore across the street." At GR2, Nakamura puts up new shows at a rapid-fire pace, nearly every three weeks, of sometimes absurdly affordable art. It's an otaku (obsessive-like cultural passions) approach to fine art.
At the same time, the culture of cute itself is changing — economically as well as aesthetically and culturally. The Japan-centric vinyl toy craze is now more U.S.-based in its popularity, Nakamura says, and some big Japanese companies have taken to hiring American and Japanese indie artists and designers to create vinyl figurines or reinvent iconic characters. These are often designed with a more arty, hip spin. Like the urban version of Godzilla, by Japanese designer Touma, which Nakamura stumbled upon not too long ago at a Toys R Us store.
"Godzilla is usually tall, with thin arms; this one is chunkier, funkier," he says. "Maybe it's a search to reinvent the characters and make them more modern."
Nakamura has also noticed that in a post-Tohoku earthquake Japan and still-struggling economy, there is simply less cool stuff to import to his store these days. Nakamura, who grew up in West L.A., used to find a lot of fresh products and new, quirky characters on T-shirts, pens, cellphone charms and more on regular scouting trips to Japan. But as of about three years ago, he says, the supply slowed noticeably.
"Cute is a little bit of a mess right now. I'd go in 2009, and see the same product lines and characters a year later. It was a bummer," he says. "There's also a rehash of popular, classic characters."
This pop drought dovetailed with Nakamura's shifting interest in unearthing and showcasing emerging fine artists. He typically discovers them at art fairs, such as Takashi Murakami's Tokyo-based Geisai, as well as online and through friends. The fact that the art he's drawn to often has intrinsically pop, Giant Robot-like aspects gives his otaku empire cohesion between the store, website and gallery.
One painting in the latest biennale, by Japanese artist Masakatsu Sashie, hangs above an installation of a toy model-maker's workspace; the oil painting is embedded with video game-style symbols. Cambodian American artist Deth P. Sun's 360 tiny, whimsical paintings, featuring an adorable if sometimes haunted cartoon-like cat, are elaborately hung in an interlocked pattern across a 48-foot-long wall. Even Japanese American painter Rob Sato, whose absurdist, muted watercolors are more museum than Munky King, depicts both Asian history and robots. The artist even displayed a decade's worth of personal sketchbooks at the biennale, lending his exhibit an obsessive, nerded-out quality.
Nakamura says that his trips to Japan and the culture he took in there — experiences he couldn't resell — inspired the detailed, three-dimensional stagings for the biennale. In Tokyo he visited "maid cafes" and ate from hot ramen vending machines and at "train-geek curry restaurants."
"It was more the vibe of it all for me, how unified the ideas are, how obsessive things can be," he says. "I'd use that energy to make an idea solid. I'd take the extra step and really geek it out."
As a result, the current biennale, with exhibits like Albert Reyes' life-size, haunted maze, is far more interactive and installation-oriented than the first two shows in 2007 and 2009. Those focused more on wall art. The show is also more digital, with artist-designed video games as well as an interactive Twitter display by artist Zach Gage. Thought bubbles filled with live Tweets are projected onto a wall above a bench on which guests of the exhibit can rest.
"Before," Nakamura says, "I couldn't bear the idea of wasting wall space on this type of digital stuff; I thought I had to show paintings. But now I think it's the most current art possible, using technology in real time."
For the biennale's closing reception on Thursday, the museum will stay open late, the band White Dove will perform and artists from the show will be on hand to mingle with the public.
On Saturday, Sato will hold a hands-on watercolor workshop at the museum, demonstrating his "liquid frisket" technique; there will also be an afternoon panel discussion about Project Remix's customized vinyl toys featuring Nakamura as well as Horvath, Scott Tolleson, Yoskay Yamamoto and L.A. painter Luke Chueh.
Speaking to the contagious virility of the cute culture that Giant Robot has built its brand around, Nakamura pauses under an exit sign and pulls out a flier from his jacket for an upcoming show at the museum. Titled "Supernatural," the show is part of the museum's Salon Pop Series, focusing on Asian American youth culture. Among the featured artists are Audrey Kawasaki and Edwin Ushiro, both artists Nakamura has worked with at Giant Robot, a sponsor of the show.
Among the featured artists are Audrey Kawasaki and Edwin Ushiro, both artists Nakamura has worked with at Giant Robot.
"They wouldn't have shown art that looked like this five years ago," Nakamura says, pleased that the museum seems to have been influenced by his aesthetic.
"Giant Robot has shown us that there's an audience for this kind of work — that we can do both the historical stuff and the more fun, modern stuff at the intersection of art and pop culture," says Koji Sakai, the museum's Program Manager.
"See," Nakamura says, "there's ongoing crossover — it's all interconnected."
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Parker, Quick, Tuck, Munson, Morgan, Logan, Munroe, Breitenbucher, Akers, and Marshall families
Omie Parker Jr. family, TN. Omie Parker is probably one of the sons.
From http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/385640
Heenan And Sara Quick family. Left to right: Alonzo Adam Quick, b Aug 30, 1897; Bertha Mae Quick, b Feb 30, 1900; Everette Litton Quick, b Aug 18, 1895; Heenan Jacob Quick, b Mar 24, 1864; Richard Henry Quick, b Mar 23, 1902; Sara Arizona Cross, b Aug 23, 1877; Bessie Elizabeth Quick, b Jul 27, 1894
from http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/396277
This is a photo of James (Jim) Madison Tuck and family. Contributor to Ancient Faces writes, "I believe 'Sallie' to be his 3rd spouse and some of the children in the photo may be from his second marriage to Ellen Creekmoore. I have found James and Sallie living in Choctaw County Oklahoma in 1920 census, James age 67 and Sallie S. age 47. " Picture is from http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/391103
This may be 'my' biggest family so far.
Charles Elmer Munson and Mary Florence(Boughan)Munson and their family, 1940.
Names on photo. From http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/365915
Mary Lou nee Cook Morgan and her six children. Her husband was Dr. John William Morgan and their children are, back row left to right, Charles, Grace, George, Margaret, Emma, and Van Buren. From http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/389609
This picture was sent to the LOGAN family in Saskatchewan. This could be a picture of the HOGG or LOGAN family, taken in Ontario during the late 1800s or early 1900s. Even if all the apparent couples (all those in the back plus the man seated right) are taken to include an in-law, there are eight children in the family.
I can't seem to find the direct link for this again, but got it from Ancient Faces.
These are the Munroe children; Jean Munroe, 13 yrs, Paul Munroe, b 1933; Louis Munroe, b 1934; Philip Munroe, b 1936; Floyd Munroe, b 1938
From http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/360394
Family of George Henry Breitenbucher, taken in Alexandria, Missouri. Date of photo and corresponding ages are estimated.
Names... (all surnames are Breitenbucher)
Front: Sophie, 20 yrs, b Sep 20, 1890; George Henry, 61, b Jul 6, 1851; Darwin M., 9 b Nov 11, 1901; Cassie nee Baldwin, 52, b Aug 15, 1858; Bessie Belle, 16, b Jan 19, 1895
Back: Louis Osmer, 31, b Aug 30, 1879; Henry Dane, 29, b May 29, 1881; George Benjamin, 26, b Jul 24, 1884; William Frederick, 22, b Aug 19, 1888; Harold Bertram, 13, b Mar 19, 1897; Voiles Gallager, 11, b May 24, 1899
From http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/350743
John and Bessie Akers and Family - Terre Haute IN; 1937
Front: Bessie Earlene Akers, 8 yrs, b Jan 28, 1929; Ernest Leroy Akers, 24, b Oct 9, 1913; Donald Ray Akers, 4, b Mar 26, 1933
Back: Robert Leo Akers, 17, b Dec 16, 1920; Paul Edward Akers, 22, b Dec 18, 1915; John Everett Akers, 19, b Mar 4, 1918; John Isaac Akers, 46, b Nov 15, 1891; Bessie May Walker Akers, 46, b Aug 20, 1891; Wilma May Akers, 2, b Nov 18, 1934
From http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/354107
HP Marshall family outside their hand built cabin on their Alberta farm.
Back, left to right: Audrey Marshall, b Feb 4, 1924; Harry P Marshall, b Jun 18, 1889; Molly Marshall, b Dec 22, 1915
Middle: Jean Marshall, b Jul 24, 1925; Eva Bunce Marshall, b Sep 1, 1892; Alma Marshall, b Aug 21, 1926
Front: Donald Marshall, b Sep 29, 1929; Harold Marshall, b Oct 11, 1932
From http://www.ancientfaces.com/research/photo/368512
3 comments:
- Caryl Lamont ~Munson~ said...
Hello. I see you have my great grandparents and their children. The one called "Charles Elmer Munson and Mary Florence(Boughan)Munson and their family, 1940." Their son Orville was my grandfather. It is nice to see the photo on your site. Thanks for linking to it.
I will be posting other photos on Ancient Faces soon, ones of the same family, but with more relatives. Parents, Children, and Grandchildren, all in one photo.
Thanks again for showing my family photo on your site.
Best Regards,
Caryl Lamont Munson
- May 27, 2009 at 9:54 AM
How lovely to see the Logan/Hogg family photo here ... I'd posted it on Ancient Faces oh so long ago and alas, still no descendants to send the original to.
Your site is lovely - thank you!
Marilyne Logan McKay
- May 27, 2012 at 12:16 PM
- Natalia said...
Caryl and Marilyne
Thank you for your comments. Know what's weird? Look at the dates on your two comments!
Caryl, I'm glad you liked seeing your family photo here. I'm sorry I didn't reply at the time. I will have to go and check all your other photos. Thanks for commenting! :)
Marilyne, I'm glad you found the photo here too. I don't know how it could help its family to find it better by being here, but I could dream!
- June 24, 2012 at 9:18 PM


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nesgirl wrote:Just like my best friend, uncle, boss, and little cousin did, if I should fail to heal myself, my sash that supports me will break, and like the others I will fly into the sky look over the horizon, and slowly have my dream body disappear and have my consciousness fade permanently away with it.
Sorry your opinion of an after life is so tainted. I prefer to think that human curiosity is a force in nature. If it is my will alone that propels my soul, whatever that may be, into eternity, it is my curiosity to know and understand what it has all meant that will be the fuel for my will to power it forward thru time. When the last two atoms bump for the last time and time can no longer be measured for lack of universal movement, I will be witness.
"Why did you climb that mountain?" they asked me.
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I read the first line; 100 lies etc. in the second line the word "lies" disappears for ever. Then it becomes broken promises like he promised to get lobbyist out of congress and the administration. What he actually said was that he wanted to limit the number of lobbyist. When do you stop lying????
I just wanted to share my response with the rest of you:
Hey Don, thanks for writing me.
In all fairness to myself, the title of the post was 100 of Obama's Lies, Blunders, Gaffes, and Abuses of Liberty. So the list was designed to include all four of those, not just lies. As for broken promises, those are actually a subset of lies (because if you say you're going to do something, then do something else, you've told a lie).
And Obama did say that there would be no lobbyists in his administration...
Former Lobbyists Join Obama
In November 2007, Obama boasted at a campaign event that lobbyists "won't find a job in my White House." He later softened that rhetoric to say that lobbyists "won't dominate" the White House.
If we grant that he backed down from it, let me ask you if it looks like lobbyists dominate the White House or not...
Obama Speaks: Lobbyists Not Welcome in My Administration
* Tom Daschle. Lobbyist for healthcare industry. Obama's health care advisor.
* Eric Holder. Lobbyist at Covington & Burling. Now, Attorney General.
* Tom Vilsack. Lobbyist for National Educational Assn. Now, Agriculture Sectetary.
* Ron Klain. Lobbyist at O'Melveny & Myers. Now, chief of staff to V.P. Biden.
* Leon Panetta. Lobbyist for corporations. Now, Director of CIA.
* Patrick Gaspard. Chief lobbyist for SEIU. Transition deputy director of personnel.
* David Hayes. Lobbyist at Latham & Watkins. Now, deputy director of Interior.
* William Corr. Lobbyist for Tobacco-Free Kids. Now, deputy secretary of Health & Human Services.
* Mark Patterson. Lobbyist at Goldman Sachs. Now, chief of staff for Treasury Secretary.
Would you say we're getting the change we wanted or that we're still getting abused a little? I'm not writing these things because I'm partisan or because I hate Obama. I just really do want all of those things that we thought we were getting from him: change, transparency, reform, civil liberties, an end to military imperialism, an end to torture, an end to cronyism and corruption, a government that applies practical, non-partisan solutions to some of our country's biggest problems... I really, really do want all those things, and Don, if you take an honest look at what's happening with our present administration, we're not getting them. In fact, we're getting all the worst aspects of the last eight years on steroids.
For examples of this lobbyist issue, check out:
Former Lobbyists in senior Obama administration positions
Although Barack Obama promised lobbyists would not serve in his White House, and issued executive orders restricting former lobbyists, more than 40 ex-lobbyists now populate top jobs in the Obama administration, including three Cabinet secretaries, the Director of Central Intelligence, and many senior White House officials.
Below is our working list of ex-lobbyists in the Obama administration.
Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials
"No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration."
Obama makes a mockery of his own lobbyist ban
More than 40 former lobbyists work in senior positions in the Obama administration, including three Cabinet secretaries and the CIA director. Yet in his State of the Union address, Obama claimed, "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."
Did Obama speak falsely?
Well, it depends on what the definition of "excluded lobbyists" is.
I asked the White House if he chose his words poorly, but the media affairs office defended the president's statement: "As the President said," a spokeswoman wrote in an e-mail, "we have turned away lobbyists for many, many positions."
So, the country may have heard, "we haven't hired lobbyists to policymaking jobs," but the White House tells us Obama meant, "we only hired some of the lobbyists who applied for policymaking jobs." In other words, they've excluded some lobbyists.
And this was in the context of reducing the "deficit of trust."
Now are you going to honestly tell me that Mr. Obama has delivered what he promised? If you really truly want good policies and proper government, and less corruption and more transparency... if you really want those things and are not simply enamored with the man regardless of what he does, you will please agree that Mr. Obama has not at all delivered on his campaign rhetoric about lobbyists.
Thank you so much for writing, Don. I really do appreciate you taking the time out to share your thoughts with me and keep my blog on its toes. I hope after reading this you don't think I'm a liar anymore. At the very least if you still disagree with me, hopefully you can agree that I have some good reasons to assert what I have asserted here and on the Humble Libertarian?


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And completely rely on Kassian to distribute the puck?RoyalDude wrote:I think Evander Kane won't last in Winnipeg. The redneck Canadian's of Manitoba there don't seem to like his free spiritedness. He's already feuding with the fans there. Here's a trade, convince Lou to stay, ship Schneider and Booth to Winnipeg. Schneider is familiar with the area, their goaltending sucks huge, they get a redneck hunter in Booth that will please the fans and Moose hunters of Manitoba. Done Deal! And then we get the KKK line Kane, Kesler and Kassian. BRILLIANCE!
You harp on Booth for no chemistry with Kesler, now want to replace him with the dark skinned version of Booth?


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