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Arm yourself with the tools to be the king or queen of heady mathematical debates, like the age old question of whether 0.999.... = 1.
Your music collection grows by 20 songs every week. If you currently have 1,000 songs, how many weeks will it take to amass 3,500 songs?
If one Bitcoin and 100,000 Dogecoin are worth $480, and two Bitcoin and 150,000 Dogecoin are worth $948, would you rather have one Bitcoin or 100,000 Dogecoin?
Quadratic equations describe the motion of a baseball after it connects with a bat, and the acceleration of gravity at the Earth's orbit.
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A factored polynomial reveals its roots, a key concept in understanding the behavior of these expressions.
You might have heard of remainders in simple division, but what about remainders when dividing polynomials?
When is 2x greater than x? Compare algebraic expressions with linear inequalities.
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The rational root theorem describes a relationship between the roots of a polynomial and its coefficients. For a good time, use the theorem to prove that the square root of 2 is not rational.
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RENO (AP) — The Washoe County School Board is asking ousted Superintendent Pedro Martinez to return to his job.
The Reno Gazette-Journal first reported on Thursday that the board has agreed to void any action it took last week regarding Martinez' employment and wants him to return to work immediately.
Board President Barbara Clark said in a statement the "events and circumstances" surrounding last week's ouster "had more to do with attitude, demeanor and lack of cooperation than it did with certifications and diplomas."
Martinez told the newspaper he will consider the offer.
Martinez has filed a lawsuit accusing the board of violating the state's open-meetings law. He says they fired him illegally in a dispute over whether he is a certified public accountant, which he says he is.


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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Coast Guard was searching the rough waters off Northern California on Monday for two adults and two young children missing after they radioed they were abandoning a sinking sailboat.
Someone aboard the vessel first made a distress call late on Sunday afternoon that the 29-foot craft was taking on water and sinking in the frigid waters south of San Francisco, roughly 65 miles from Half Moon Bay, the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard has so far been unable to identify those said to be aboard the boat, and no one has been reported missing, but Coast Guard spokesman Chief Petty Officer Mike Lutz said the agency was nevertheless taking the call seriously.
A little more than an hour after the first call, the vessel's operator reported that the four people aboard the boat were abandoning the craft, and the Coast Guard lost radio communications with the caller.
"The weather was pretty rough yesterday as it most always is in the Pacific. It's always rough and always cold. And they started taking on water," spokeswoman Petty Officer Pamela Boehland told CNN.
"Eventually, the water became too much for them and their electronics failed, their GPS failed, and they decided it was best to abandon ship," she added, describing the call.
Lutz said the boat reportedly had no life raft or electronic-positioning beacon. Some of the boaters were wearing life jackets, he said, but he was unclear how many.
The man from the missing vessel, possibly named the Charmblow, had indicated the group planned to use a makeshift life raft fashioned out of a cooler and a life preserver as a flotation device until they could be rescued from the frigid water, Lutz said.
Four helicopters and three boats searched the choppy ocean water from Half Moon Bay to Monterey on Monday looking for the stranded boaters, Lutz said. But as of early Monday afternoon, there was no sight of them or their vessel.
The San Francisco Chronicle identified those believed to have been on board the boat as a man, a woman, their 4-year-old son and his cousin, who was under age 8.
The caller maintained near constant radio contact with the Coast Guard between his first and second distress call, Lutz said. Much of the contact was inaudible, though, making it difficult to be certain of the boat's name.
"Right now, we're really trying to get information about the people on board that were missing," Lutz said. He said officials have thus far been unable to find neighbors, relatives or friends who know the four. The Coast Guard has been unable to find a boat registered under the name Charmblow.
Lutz released a staticky sound bite from the radio calls in the hope that someone would recognize the voice. A calm, male voice says, "Coast Guard, Coast Guard: We are abandoning ship. This is the Charmblow. We are abandoning ship."
The Coast Guard initially tracked the vessel off Pillar Point, at the northern end of Half Moon Bay south of San Francisco, but later tracked it south near Monterey, Lutz said.
Two sailboat wrecks killed nine people off the coast of California last year. Both occurred during races, one near the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco and the other in one of the Coronado Islands off Southern California.
Twice last year, the Coast Guard also pursued time-consuming, high-profile searches that turned out to be hoaxes, one in Texas and another in New Jersey.
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Senate OKs House bill lowers emissions cap to meet RGGI standardsBy GARRY RAYNO
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May 23. 2013 8:03PM
CONCORD — Electricity generators will have to lower their fossil fuel emissions under a bill approved by the Senate Thursday on a 14-10 vote.
House Bill 306 lowers the regional emissions cap under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, but does not make other major changes to the program.
The bill would bring New Hampshire in line with the other eight states in the initiative the state joined in 2008.
The representatives from the nine participating states agreed last year to the lower emissions limits, according to Sen. Martha Fuller Clark, D-Portsmouth, because while significant progress has been made, much of the reduction is due to greater use of less polluting natural gas and the economic recession, which drove down electric use.
Contrary to opponents' contentions that the bill would drive up costs to customers, Fuller Clark said, not approving the lower emission limit will drive up the cost.
Under the bill, the distribution of the proceeds from the auction of carbon allowances will continue to go to core energy efficiency programs run by the state's utilities. Also, the remaining proceeds will be rebated to customers, she said.
The state electric generators and businesses support the change, Fuller Clark said, because they want market and price certainty going forward.
For two years, lawmakers have fought over the RGGI program.
While most lawmakers in the last term wanted major changes, former Gov. John Lynch did not, vetoing attempts to repeal the program.
Last year lawmakers agreed to shift money generated by the sale of allowances away from individual energy efficiency projects to the core energy efficiency programs.
The conservative activist group Americans for Prosperity has pushed repeal of the program here and in other RGGI states.
After the Senate vote, the group's New Hampshire state director, Greg Moore, said the bill would raise the RGGI tax by 30 percent.
"The solution to this failed cap-and-trade scheme was not to double-down on its failure by raising taxes, as this bill does, but instead to get our state out of this mess," said Moore. "We need to end the war on energy consumers by stopping destructive programs like RGGI and look for ways to reduce energy costs for our citizens."
The House passed HB 306 on a 190-156 vote in March.
The Senate made several changes to the bill, so it will have to return to the House.
The Senate also approved House Bill 630, which allocates 15 percent of the program's fund to low-income energy efficiency programs.


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YK:n turvallisuusneuvoston avoin keskustelu: Oikeusvaltiotoiminta: pysyvän edustajan, suurlähettiläs Jarmo Viinasen pitämä puhe New Yorkissa 19.1.2012
Mr. President,
I wish to express my thanks to South Africa for taking up Justice and Rule of Law in the Security Council today and for giving the wider membership the opportunity to debate this topic which is very important for my country, Finland.
I also congratulate the Secretary-General and his Rule of Law Resource and Coordination Group, ably supported by the Rule of Law Unit, for an excellent report that we have before us today. The report gives many valuable recommendations for the Council's consideration of the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies. We are very supportive of the full implementation of these recommendations
Finland aligns itself with the Statement of the European Union. In addition I would like to make short remarks on two interrelated issues: (1) rule of law and transitional justice in peace processes, mediation and peace agreements and (2) access to justice for women, children and vulnerable groups, including attention and reparations to victims in the aftermath of a conflict.
Mr. President,
The rule of law in the context of peace and security has been debated by this Council for almost a decade now. In that time a common understanding has emerged about the centrality of justice and the rule of law to the prevention of conflicts and the sustainability of peace agreements. When bringing warring parties to a negotiation table a particular challenge is to address the legacy of the conflict and to address the simultaneous requirements of stability and justice in a balanced way.
In his report to the Council the Secretary General confirms that the UN policy to reject any endorsement of amnesty for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, or gross violations of human rights is increasingly reflected in peace agreements, ceasefires and other arrangements. Blanket amnesties are considerably less pervasive today than ten years ago. Despite this positive development, however, we agree with the Secretary General's conclusion that a lot remains to be done, as incorporation of justice and accountability measures in peace agreements remains uneven. This is an area where we stand ready to work together with the UN, this Council and all Member States to further enhance the quality of mediation, the resulting peace agreements and their implementation.
Human rights violations and the need for justice cannot be overlooked in the name of stability. Peace can only be sustainable if it goes hand in hand with justice and respect for human rights. There should be a multi-faceted and rightly sequenced transitional justice strategy to address the legacy of violations of human rights and international law, including prosecutions, truth-seeking, reparations and institutional reform. They all contribute to reconciliation and the strengthening of the rule of law which in turn contributes to preventing relapses to conflict. The World Bank Development Report 2011 demonstrates that providing improved security, justice and jobs is a precondition for a successful transition to stability. If one of these elements is missing, transitions are less likely to succeed.
Mr. President,
In post-conflict situations, where the need for justice is greatest, the structures to deliver it may have collapsed or lost their legitimacy. It is therefore important to ensure that the rule of law is fully taken into account in all reform and reconstruction efforts undertaken in conflict and post-conflict situations. In so doing priority should be given to access to justice for those who often suffer disproportionately from the conflict and whose voices are unfortunately still the weakest in the peace negotiations and post-conflict processes: women, children and marginalized groups.
In his report the Secretary General recommends a UN policy to ensure the full inclusion of marginalized populations. Good progress is being made by the UN actors to advance women's access to justice in post-conflict situations. I would also like to commend the work of the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law of the SRSG for Sexual Violence in Conflict in this regard.
Children need our attention. The Secretary General in his report recommends the development of common minimum standards on children and transitional justice. Finland fully supports that call and I am happy to invite you all to the Mission of Finland right after this debate to attend a meetingon Child Sensitive Approach to Transitional Justice together with the International Center for Transitional Justice and the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict. Two groundbreaking reports on this important emerging topic will be discussed and we hope good recommendations will emerge.
Another area where Finland would like to see progress made is reparations for victims of conflict and of serious violations. We believe that innovative measures such as collective reparations or measures that create economic and employment opportunities could greatly contribute not only to justice being done but also to the broader goal of peacebuilding.
Mr. President,
Let me assure you that although I did not mention many pertinent issues such as the role of the International Court of Justice, the importance of the International Criminal Court and the support for the implementation of the principle of complementarity to its fullest extent, or due process considerations of the sanctions regimes, our support for all the essential building blocks of the rule of law both at the international and national level is unwavering.
I thank you for the opportunity to address the Council and stand ready to work with the Council and the whole UN membership in advancing the rule of law.
Thank you, Mr. President.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The producer of a popular news and gossip show in Puerto Rico that features a puppet has resigned, a local television station confirmed Wednesday.
The resignation of comedian Antulio "Kobbo" Santarrosa comes a month after the puppet, known as La Comay, made controversial comments about a publicist who was slain in November.
After local media reports of the resignation, WAPA TV spokeswoman Migdaliz Ortiz issued a statement saying Santarrosa had decided on his own to quit. She thanked him for his 14 years with the station.
The puppet on Dec. 4 questioned why the victim, who was set on fire and beaten to death, was on a street known for its drugs and prostitutes and whether the man "was asking for this" by being there.
Shortly afterward, more than 73,800 people joined a Facebook page demanding that the "SuperXclusivo" show be taken off the air. Several companies withdrew their sponsorship of the program, which has angered many people because of its sensationalist style and derogatory comments about women and gays.
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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Many Americans are at least minutely familiar with the concept of Karma. We all learn in grade school about the universal laws of cause and effect or more accurately termed, Newton's Laws of Motion: to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. The concept of Karma is very similarly defined but relating to our awareness rather than simply physical matter. Karma is the broad universal concept of cause and effect or action and reaction, which governs all consciousness. This means that everything we do, think, say, or encourage others to do produces either positive or negative karma. The karma that we produce both effects this lifetime, and our lifetimes to come.
When many people hear this they immediately think that this implies that our actions are not freely governed or that everything that happens to us is out of our control and already fated based on our past. But this is not the case. Karma should not be thought of as predestined fate, as we all act with free will creating our own destines. If we sow goodness in our lives we will reap goodness. We have the power to influence our Karmic piggy banks in a positive way with every kind gesture and thought. Although not all Karma is realized immediately or in this lifetime, it will come back to us in other lifetimes.
Through positive actions, unadulterated thoughts, prayer, mantras, and meditation we can all reconcile the influence of karma in this present life and turn our destinies for the better. Its never a bad time to remember to be kind unto others, or as our mothers always taught treat others the way you want to be treated. I believe the world could benefit from a lot more kindness. The next time you see someone struggling with a bag of groceries, lend a helping hand. The goodness you bring to the world every day will shine back on you. You can shape your future as you wish it.


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WASHINGTON -- The Secret Service is poring over interviews with 10 of 12 women involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal and so far there's no indication that any posed a national security threat, a House committee chairman said Tuesday.
House Homeland Security Committee Peter King said in an interview that the Secret Service was still translating the interviews.
A letter from the service "reaffirms that none of the women have any connections to any terrorist groups, none show up on any watch lists, so far," King said. The Secret Service also reported having interviewed almost all of the agents, officers and supervisors who were there, he said. And it revealed that Director Mark Sullivan asked for an independent probe before the scandal became public.
"That's important because obviously he wasn't trying to cover it up," said King, R-N.Y.
The information came in response to 50 questions King sent the Secret Service after the scandal erupted last month. Other House and Senate committees also are seeking information, including the timeline of the events in Cartagena, Colombia, and details about allegations in other cities and whether the Secret Service culture permitted or encouraged such behavior.
The Secret Service has issued only limited public statements since the April 12 incident, which implicated a dozen agents, officers and supervisors and 12 other U.S. military personnel in a night of heavy drinking in Cartagena before President Barack Obama's visit to the Summit of the Americas. Some were accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel rooms.
The Secret Service has forced eight employees from their jobs and was seeking to revoke the security clearance of another employee, which would effectively force him to resign. Three others have been cleared of serious wrongdoing. The military was conducting its own, separate investigation but canceled the security clearances of all 12 enlisted personnel.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., told reporters last week that he expects the Pentagon investigation to wrap up this week and had scheduled a briefing on its findings on Tuesday.
But the president's elite protective agency has drawn the most scrutiny, and Sullivan has labored to answer lawmakers' questions in many cases before they are asked. On Friday, the Secret Service announced that a chaperone would travel on all overseas trips, alcohol consumption was prohibited 10 hours before shifts and that foreign nationals were not permitted in hotel rooms.
The inspector general for the Homeland Security Department has launched an investigation into whether classified information was compromised during the Cartagena incident, as well as examining whether Secret Service has a "cultural problem" where such behavior has been tolerated by the head office, according to two congressional staffers who were briefed on the investigation. The process is expected to take about a year.
Both staffers spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation.
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Well, that's creepy. Remind me not to sign up for Apple music. Does anyone have a suggestion for managing a music library and syncing an iPod without using iTunes?
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I had just explained to Amber that 122 GB of music files were missing from my laptop. I'd already visited the online forum, I said, and they were no help. Although several people had described problems similar to mine, they were all dismissed by condescending "gurus" who simply said that we had mislocated our files (I had the free drive space to prove that wasn't the case) or that we must have accidentally deleted the files ourselves (we hadn't). Amber explained that I should blow off these dismissive "solutions" offered online because Apple employees don't officially use the forums—evidently, that honor is reserved for lost, frustrated people like me, and (at…
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Talking Point
By Andrei Codrescu
I propose Janet Jacksons nipple for Time magazines Man of the Year cover. Her nipple must have known, long before the rest of us, that the U.S. government was going to go to war against the female breast. When Attorney General John Ashcroft ordered the marble breast of Justice covered in her own halls, there was no turning back.
Fear of female breasts runs deep throughout American history. Artists, those canaries in the mine, have sounded the first alarm calls as far back as the 1970s. One of them lowered a brassiere from a helicopter and clad briefly the very breasts of Miss Liberty, to the inaudible relief of millions and the bafflement of seagulls. The brassiere snagged on the torch and the light of Liberty flickered for the briefest time. Another artist hung a brassiere across the canyon of Wall St. to celebrate market buoyancy and to advertise to the world a now-forgotten employee who stunned the Street with her exaggerated domes.
Those early artistic expressions were also responses to the common charge among decent people that bra-burning feminists would soon render America impotent in the world. The fear and discontent of the grumbling masses went unheeded by the entertainment industry, which, for all its vaunted creativity, found it impossible to release any visual product without breasts in it.
The battle against breasts focused finally on the nipple, that single most dangerous area, which suggests, because of its involuntary erectile response, utter disrespect for Church, Family and State. In the past two decades, nipples have been airbrushed, had pasties slapped on them, have been given R ratings, and have been Xed out in paintings and statues by people with too much time on their hands who had been sent directly by God.
For the greater part of the last three decades the battles against the nipple have been mere skirmishes taking place on the fringes of society. But with the ascension of John Tit Basher Ashcroft, the skirmishes became all-out war. Janet Jackson bravely fired back at Ashcroft with the only weapon at her disposal. Since then, the F.C.C. has gone wild hunting television and radio nipples and nipple-equivalents. Certain PBS stations, notably in North Carolina, have banned the showing of the documentary Emma Goldman because the shadow of a nipple sported by an actress crossed the hollowed screen before 9 p.m. Every nipple in this country is in danger: Arise, ye nipples, you have nothing to lose but your broadcast license!
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Source and Updates : http://service.real.com/help/faq/sec...610_player/EN/Updated June 10, 2004
RealNetworks Inc. has recently been made aware of security vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on a user's machine. While we have not received reports of anyone actually being attacked with this exploit, all security vulnerabilities are taken very seriously by RealNetworks Inc. Real has found and fixed the problem.
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Does anybody else have a same problem by using openSUSE 10.3 and some ati hd series card and after installing the driver(8.41.7) using Yast or console and have everything(packages) in your system that you need and after reboot your screen is totally black even if you try to use failsafe or non x.
No announcement yet.
OpenSuSE 10.+fglrx 8.41.7+HD2600XT(ddr3)=black screen.
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- Oct 2007
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Originally posted by Mota_boy View PostDoes anybody else have a same problem by using openSUSE 10.3 and some ati hd series card and after installing the driver(8.41.7) using Yast or console and have everything(packages) in your system that you need and after reboot your screen is totally black even if you try to use failsafe or non x.
I havn't been able to successfully get the 8.41 driver working with either a x1300, or a Xpress 200M in 10.3 yet. I've been stuck using 10.2 until hopefully 8.42 has 10.3 support.
I had apparently the same thing on 10.2. . .
driver-install bombed, totally, without saying anything about it.
So, as usual with the ATI drivers, for ME, anyways, I had to do the
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/
/bin/cp fglrx.ko \
/lib/modules/`/bin/uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/
( that's actually a cut-n-paste from my system's /etc/rc.d/halt.local
I HAD to do that, or the damn thing would black-screen every time the kernel got updated, and I've got it set so the updates are completely automatic, so the ATI refresh had to become completely automatic, too! )
Try the sequence, and see if it fixes things. . .
oh, yeah, it's gotta be done as root, eh?
and that `uname -r` bit is just to get the current concept of the kernel, is all. . .
dang, I just realized it'd require a double-reboot to get the system up properly, after a kernel-update:
once to get into the new kernel, then a shutdown from there to get my graphics-refresh. . . baH!!
Hmm, maybe I should have it done in boot.local, then?
( yeah, it's an ugly hack, but it works. )
Yes in root: sh ./install_package i install it, and black screen i mean that when i boot computer on, its stop situation where i have totally black screen and nothing happens even i have waite 10 min.
And i have gcc, make, kernel source, jne.
And installation goes correctly aticonfig ..., sax2, but after boot stops on totally black screen, that i mean in this situation.
clarifications. . .
when I installed the fglrx driver for hd2400, the install SEEMED to have worked, but
on reboot, the graphics of the boot-process zoomed by, then when it TRIED to go into X, the screen went black.
It didn't matter how long I waited, it didn't matter how many times I re-booted the machine, it was the same again and again:
BIOS Power-On-Self-Test,
root/system stuff,
If you add the boot-paramater of 2
( add " 2" to the boot-command line, without the quotes, of course )
you can probably get the machine to boot into text-mode, no-X, no-network.
Once you do that, login as root, and type
lsmod | grep fglrx
this will list the kernel-modules ( lsmod ), and
show you any with "fglrx" in their name.
I bet that there ISN'T one loaded, and that that is the problem.
That is why the build-script, the copy, and the depmod, I listed above.
IF there isn't a fglrx kernel-module that matches the current kernel, it can't be loaded, and therefore X will be useless
( unless /etc/X11/xorg.conf does *not* reference fglrx. . . -- in which case its non-existence should not matter )
Yes, i`m using 188.8.131.52.... kernel, but i can`t get log in even in text mode, even do i did clear the bios and it make little flash on the beginning when i boot on, but darm after 5 reboot/boot and ~20-30min wait it stucked on the black screen, hmm well i will try to another 10.3 in wmware and get the xorg-file so i and we or somebody can tell/help more/better
Originally posted by Mota_boy View PostDoes anybody else have a same problem by using openSUSE 10.3 and **SNIP** after reboot your screen is totally black even if you try to use failsafe or non x.
init 3
IIRC this didn't happen to me on OpenSuSE 10.2, but anyway you should check to see if there are two GL libs.
If it exists, the one you want to move out of the way is:
391344 2007-09-21 21:34 libGL.so.1.2
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- Sep 2007
- 63
check ur x.org, frequency for the display, its bugged on my CF 2900 XT
i had to correct it myself, and remove a driver and 1 monitor, it didnt delete the stuff from the vesa driver. so i had 2 configurations in one x.org aswell, stole the display settings from the monitor section from the previous driver, voila, worked for me.
And i had a issue in 64 bit, strange one, i wrote my username: atkins "enter"
Password : xxxxxxxxxxxx "enter"
took 10 seconds, got display, only vesa again >_<
but got it working again afer lots of tickering, but, couldnt find out what made it work, was to angry to controll myself.
Assuming you use init 3 from the grub boot screen and are able to login, and the problem is you're unable to get the fglrx module to build, you need this patch:
--- /usr/src/linux/scripts/mod/modpost.c 2007-10-08 07:31:40.000000000 -0400 +++ /usr/src/linux/scripts/mod/modpost.c 2007-10-20 04:12:23.000000000 -0400 @@ -1345,8 +1345,8 @@ static void check_exports(struct module basename++; else basename = mod->name; - if (!mod->gpl_compatible) - check_for_gpl_usage(exp->export, basename, exp->name); +/* if (!mod->gpl_compatible) + check_for_gpl_usage(exp->export, basename, exp->name);*/ check_for_unused(exp->export, basename, exp->name); } }
Copy the above code to /tmp/ naming it modpost.c.diff. Following that, you build the new modpost:
cd /usr/src cat /tmp/modpost.c.diff | patch -p0 cd /usr/src/linux/scripts/mod gcc -o modpost modpost.c file2alias.c sumversion.c
cd /usr/src/linux-18.104.22.168-0.4-obj/i386/default/scripts/mod mv ./modpost ./modpost.old cp /usr/src/linux/scripts/mod/modpost ./Last edited by edged; 10-23-2007, 08:40 AM.


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Lincoln copy of Gettysburg Address on display
SPRINGFIELD -- One of the most famous Abraham Lincoln artifacts is going on public display in Springfield.
A copy of his Gettysburg Address written in Lincoln's own hand will be available for public viewing starting Thursday and running through November at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Lincoln gave his 272-word speech on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the National Soldiers' Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pa. A battle there four months before left more than 50,000 dead or wounded.
Lincoln wrote out five copies of the address. The version in Illinois is known as the "Edward Everett copy." The scholar and politician also spoke at the dedication and Lincoln agreed to make him a copy.
Everett's speech lasted two hours and was little remembered in posterity. Lincoln's lasted two minutes.


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The price of oil dipped slightly toward $95 a barrel on Monday as investors cut back on speculative positions and most Asian markets were closed for a holiday.
By early afternoon in Europe, the benchmark oil contract for March delivery was down 30 cents to $95.42 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 11 cents on Friday.
Trading was expected to be light for much of the week with several Asian markets shut for the Lunar New Year.
Analysts noted that for the first time in eight weeks there was a net reduction in investors' positions betting that the Nymex contract will continue to advance.
"This ... constitutes the first sign of skepticism among market players about further increases in the price of" the Nymex contract, said analysts in a report from Commerzbank in Frankfurt.
Prices were kept from falling further by comments Sunday from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who said the Islamic Republic would not yield to pressure from Western powers, including sanctions blocking much of the country's oil exports, to halt its nuclear activities, including uranium enrichment.
Meanwhile, economic data has mostly been supportive. On Friday, new figures showed the U.S. trade deficit fell nearly 21 percent in December from November - the smallest trade deficit in nearly three years - due largely to plunging oil imports. Production of oil is surging in the U.S., weighing on the price of U.S. crude oil.
In London, Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, was down 82 cents to $118.08 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
In other energy futures trading on the Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline fell 3.74 cents to $3.0214 a gallon.
— Natural gas declined 2.4 cents to $3.248 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Heating oil retreated 1.06 cents to $3.2278 a gallon.


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New allegations of wrongdoing at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services leading up to the financial crisis are unlikely to weigh on parent company McGraw-Hill (NYSE:MHP) in the long run, analysts said Tuesday.
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The U.S. Department of Justice officially announced Tuesday a civil lawsuit against S&P, alleging the credit rating agency issued inflated ratings for securities backed by risky subprime mortgage loans. It is the first such complaint by the government against a rating agency.
According to the lawsuit, DOJ could seek as much as $5 billion from McGraw-Hill, which is valued at roughly $13.3 billion.
Shares of McGraw-Hill were down $3.41, or 6.78%, Tuesday afternoon, a day after dropping roughly 13.7%.
Moody's (NYSE:MCO), another provider of credit ratings, has also seen its shares fall as investors grow wary of government suits against rating agencies. The stock fell 10.6% on Monday and continued its slide Tuesday, when it was down $1.41, or 2.85%, in early afternoon trading.
Analysts at Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) issued a research note to investors, reaffirming the firm's bullish position on McGraw-Hill and Moody's despite near-term litigation risk. The note stated that while the lawsuit against S&P "creates an overhang" that could hurt near-term valuations of both companies, the emerging litigation risks are "manageable."
Since 2008, rating firms have faced numerous lawsuits, including shareholder class actions. McGraw-Hill has reported a total of 30 dismissed and 10 withdrawn suits, while some fraud cases continue to play out in court.
The latest complaint cites an email, which altered the words to a song to reflect the crumbling housing market, as evidence of improper actions at S&P.
"Although numerous embarrassing and unprofessional emails have been uncovered (with more to come) they have not served to provide evidence of fraud on the part of the rating agencies," the Piper Jaffray note said.
"Credit rating agencies were thought to be the cause of the crisis," said Edward Atorino, an analyst at Benchmark Co., and the DOJ lawsuit resurrected those claims and weighed down on the market.
In a statement released Tuesday, McGraw-Hill stressed that "S&P's ratings were based on the same subprime mortgage data available to the rest of the market" and "every CDO cited by the DOJ also independently received the same rating from another rating agency."
Piper Jaffray's analysts wrote that the absence of Moody's and Fitch Ratings could be an indication of model errors specific to S&P.
"This is a political game," Atorino said, pointing to McGraw-Hill's reminder that other agencies issued similar ratings. "[The lawsuit] came right out of left field. It may or may not get to court."


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FAA approves resumption of Boeing 787 flights
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:44:12 GMT —
Federal officials have accepted Boeing's revamped battery system for its beleaguered 787 Dreamliners and intend to lift a 3-month-old order grounding the planes.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement Friday that next week it will send airlines instructions and publish a notice lifting the grounding order. The lifting of the grounding order will be effective the day the notice is published.
Lifting the grounding order gives Boeing the go-ahead to begin retrofitting planes with an enhanced lithium ion battery system. The root cause of battery failures that led to a fire on one of the planes and smoke on another remains unknown.
Flights could resume within a week.


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Tuscaloosa's feature filmmaking history isn't rich, but it will grow one sizeable movie larger if an IndieGoGo campaign launched Thursday grows as expected.
Tuscaloosa's feature filmmaking history isn't rich, but it will grow one sizeable movie larger if an IndieGoGo campaign launched Thursday grows as expected.
"Song of Kwagala," based on a script by Chris Schroeder, could involve a month or more of shooting in Tuscaloosa, along with another 10 days to two weeks filming in Uganda. The story follows a burned-out rock star who discovers a meaningful goal for his life by participating in a water-born illnesses benefit concert in Africa. "Kwagala," pronounced "koo-gala," means "love" in Lunganda, one of the languages widely spoken in Uganda.
The team gathering to make it happen — including songwriters, musicians, filmmakers and marketing professionals — had a couple of backing offers from more traditional sources, but decided to go the crowd-funding route, to keep "Song of Kwagala" closer to home, said Todd Murphy, a Tuscaloosa businessman who's helping pull the disparate elements together.
The goal is more than just making a film; hopes are that proceeds from "Song of Kwagala" will help fund clean-water systems, potentially saving millions of lives.
Backers plan to turn the finished story, with original music by Murphy, Nashville songwriter Greg Barnhill, former Kansas singer-�songwriter John Elefante and possibly others, into a stage play as well.
"(Schroeder) wrote this because he got passionate about the cause of more than three million people worldwide, two million of them children, dying from bad water," Murphy said. "He wants to open people's eyes, and to open them to giving money one by one, and have the proceeds go to the cause."
Schroeder, introduced to Murphy by mutual friend Grant Merz, liked some music the Tuscaloosa songwriter was working on with Barnhill in Nashville. As they were listening to Tuscaloosa native Chuck Tilley perform, Elefante jumped on stage to sing, and "the next thing you know we've got John in on the music," Murphy said.
Yet another piece clicked into place with Michael Wilk, since 1982 the keyboardist for John Kay and Steppenwolf, who's been living in Tuscaloosa since last July. His daughter Mandy is a flutist and musical therapy major in the University of Alabama's School of Music, and since September, Wilk has been teaching studio recording techniques at UA, while still flying out to make Steppenwolf gigs. Murphy tracked him down through the Steppenwolf website, a process that routed through band founder and frontman Kay's manager, to Kay, to Wilk's manager and finally to Wilk.
"We've got all those filters so we don't wind up answering a bunch of 'Duh, what size underwear do you wear?' questions," Wilk said.
He was impressed by Murphy's persistence, but also by the humanitarian spirit of the venture, similar to work done by his famous bandmate, who through his Maue Kay Foundation supports individuals and groups working in wildlife, the environment and human rights activities. Wilk, who's been mixing sound for the Million Dollar Band, the UA Wind Ensemble and others, created further ties to Tuscaloosa.
"There is an amazing amount of hidden talent here that nobody knows about," Wilk said. Not only could UA's ensembles perform much of the soundtrack for the film, he said, but composing students might be involved in the writing of the incidental music. A team including Wilk, School of Music Chair Charles "Skip" Snead, guitarist and Arts and Sciences associate dean Tom Wolfe and others plan to meet next week to discuss possibilities.
Robby White of Nine.Is interactive marketing has been helping to set up the campaign, including links with IndieGoGo.
"This could be a great thing for the city," White said, as a showcase for local talent, but also to position Tuscaloosa as a creative center like Austin, Texas.
The kickoff party was Thursday night at Nine's downtown offices, with a goal of $341,000, although Murphy expects to top that figure. The IndieGoGo page shows a video explaining the project, with further text remarks by Schroeder. Donations can be made at levels from $10 to $10,000, with perks sweetening the pot.
For example, for a $125 Dinner and a Movie donation, perks include a DVD of the finished film, a CD of the soundtrack, official movie T-shirt, limited edition poster and �behind-the-scenes photo album. For the $10,000 The Big Kwagala donation, there's all of the above plus more, including a private dinner, red carpet premiere, two VIP passes to all filming locations, and a speaking role in the film, with a framed copy of the donor's part of the script.
The online campaign will run for 40 days, during which the team will continue to solicit donations from other sources. Costs will probably run $1.5 million or more; while the plan is to use as much local talent as possible, including young Tuscaloosa filmmakers such as Marc Patterson and Connor Simpson, a Hollywood line producer will be brought on board to keep track of budgeting and other technical details, Murphy said.
If that goes well, shooting is expected to begin in Tuscaloosa and other locations around the state this summer, before moving to Africa. The goal is to finish primary shooting by fall, and release a finished film by the end of the year, or early in 2014.
To learn more about the project, see www.songofkwagala.com. To donate or learn more about the crowd-funding campaign, see www.indiegogo.com/projects/song-of-kwagala.


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Skip to comments.Idea of public sex tents is way out of line
Posted on 12/02/2009 6:02:47 PM PST by artichokegrower
Public sex tents? Now there's an idea that should have been shot down the second it was announced from the mouth of a member of the "leather community" in response to complaints about public sex at Folsom Street Fair and its smaller sibling fair, Up Your Alley.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
The pervs really think they're getting away with something. But when the pendulum swings back, they're going to reap a level of oppression they can only whine about now.
Oh... and they have VIDEOS too! /s FOLSOM STREET FAIR 2009
It would be interesting if it were anywhere but SF.
They could call them hives.
Public sex tents? Now there's an idea that should have been shot down the second it was announced from the mouth of a member of the "leather community" in response to complaints about public sex at Folsom Street Fair and its smaller sibling fair, Up Your Alley.
You can't believe what goes on without the public tents, as it is. An example of this is at this web page about the Folsom Street Fair.
BUT, you want to be careful how you view this, because it's bad, but it does serve the purpose of documenting it, exactly, as to what is going on. And you've never heard very much about this in the national news elsewhere in the country. Apparently, the MSM is working to cover this up...
Does the Chron mean it'd rather have them getting to it right out in the open?
I should add that the outrage is not the "public sex tents" — no, not at all. The outrage is what has been happening already, at the Folsom Street Fair, that prompted a "solution" of the "public sex tents"...
If you see those pictures in the previous post, then you'll understand why the public sex tents are not the real outrage...
I dunno, pest tents seem fitting.
Does the Chron mean itd rather have them getting to it right out in the open?
Well, that's already happening. The public sex tents are supposed to make it so that you won't see it as easily, out in the open -- like it's been done in the past...
Bevan Dufty, the only Jewish member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, notes the board should hold the meeting. San Francisco Sentinel Photo © 2009
barff me out.
The police only allow them to get away with it because they are gay. If they were HETEROSEXUAL, they would be arrested AT ONCE. You would not believe how many police and fire people there are homosexual! Or worse, Politically Correct!
Duffy is Jewish and Pelosi is Catholic. The issue here is Pelosi is spreading her San Francisco morality nation wide.
Yet another reason to not go to San Fran.
Used to be bath houses... Let's see State Dinner White house????
It really is incredible... But more incredible is that our "moral" institutions don't even sound a "beep"... I can understand politicians or the lefty media looking the other way... But about our churches?...
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Report: Serious Falls Rise at Minnesota Hospitals
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An annual report says a rise in serious falls was the main reason for an increase in accidental deaths and serious injuries to patients at Minnesota hospitals last year.
The Health Department report says total number of "adverse health events" in 2012 remained about the same as in 2011 - 314. But deaths from these incidents rose from five in 2011 to 14, and there were 89 serious injuries, up from 84.
Pressure ulcers, including bedsores, were the most commonly reported problem, but falls accounted for nearly 90 percent of the serious injuries or deaths. There were 79 falls in 2012, up 11 percent, and they resulted in 73 serious injuries and six deaths.
Health Commissioner Ed Ehlinger says the report shows Minnesota needs to redouble its efforts to reduce falls.
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Very cool shirt. Congrats on being the derby champ!
we can see which one won
but why cant we buy?
I don't know why this isn't on the front page yet, but one of my brother's friends would love this shirt.
very nice but an ipod? i like something that's more universal and non-nowish. yes, nowish is a word...that i just made up.
I have school tomorrow... i stayed up so i could buy this I don't like these games woot! I give you the money, you give me the shirt!
Grats, very nice shirt!
Sweet looking design. Thumbs up!
awesome shirt, in for one.
i estimate this will sell out by 3:34am
Congrats (again)!
I love green on dark shirts. This one probably will look real nice.
I don't like the ipod lying there across the bottom of the shirt...the green swirls are nice but I just wouldn't like wearing this...:\
If it wasn't for the ipod on the shirt I'd buy one.
Eh, I was expecting something actually related to music, not consumer's electronics.
I can seriously dig this Gigli (2003).
Woot you have gone above and beyond with these Derbys you have...
I love you more than ever again!
awesome shirt, in for one
awesome looking until I saw the ipod
solved my dilemma of whether or not I wanted to buy it
Kinda like the fish shirt...but with headphones?
Sweet shirt but crappy mp3 player. Would've bought it if it didn't look exactly like one of them pods of craps.
Love it. It's very... green! ♥
SarahPants5 wrote:I don't like the ipod lying there across the bottom of the shirt...the green swirls are nice but I just wouldn't like wearing this...:\
That's no iPod -- that's a Sansa!
This shirt confuses me. Wouldn't make more sense to throw one of those Zune mp3 players on the bottom of the ocean? The ones that all stopped working at the same time.
I dunno, looks like a Sansa to me! SansaWOoT!
amazing graphic. props!
John Linnell is one of my favorite Johns!!
Sweet shirt too!
Rathi04 wrote:If it wasn't for the ipod on the shirt I'd buy one.
Come on, this is Woot and that's not an iPod!
It's a refurbished Sansa with a pair of Vector headphones.
Wow, that took a very long time. Anyway, as I said on the main thread, I included the mp3 player because I wanted the headphones to be plugged into something, and because I wanted to show a contrast between technology and nature. It doesn't have to be an ipod if you don't want it to be, since the cord and headphones are not white. ;) I drew it like this because this is what a lot of mp3 players (ipod, zune, sansa) look like nowadays. It was never my intention to support a specific product.
Anyway, thanks for your votes and support.
Why does it have to be an ipod...
It looks sweet except for that.
I think it does slightly look like a sansa, but everyone will say IPOD
nice. i voted for it and i bot one. but what was up with the almost 15 delay on the switch?
it made me sad and confused. but it is better now. ^^!
Nice TMBG reference, but Flansburgh gives most of the autographs ;)
Definitely just put Wisconsin on the map :D
I love this design. The placement is cool and the shade of green chosen is great... I'm a fan, to say the least.
BensonM wrote:That's no iPod -- that's a Sansa!
Sansa! that sounds way more interesting and fun to say than ipod. Sansa sounds like a dance where people dance around drunkely with magaritas. i think it's a Sansa(!)
Nice shirt, glad it beat out the Music Pirate. I can't afford it right now, but I may pick it up sometime in the future.
Great shirt, and a great way for me to represent my love for music!
EDIT: Hmmm, now that I see the iPod, I'm on the fence.
Awesome design and an easy sale to me
This is a beautiful shirt! Love your work
Darn it I thought it was a pond not an ipod. I need glasses lol. Oh well.
This is, by far, my all time fave shirt on woot. I check every day but am hardly ever as tempted to buy as I was today.
Thank you for a beautiful shirt. I will be proud to wear this.
Congrats on the print
not my style, but big congrats regardless
i already have John Linnells autograph; also Flansy's autograph and one of the 3 Dans autograph. great band hope they come back to Western Mass soon.
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A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino's home after Hurricane Katrina has been restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans' French Quarter.
It was damaged after water poured through a broken levee during the August 2005 storm, flooding Domino's home in the Lower 9th Ward.
Its restoration came through $30,000 donated to the Louisiana Museum Foundation.
The largest gift of $18,000 came from Allan Slaight, a retired music producer in Miami. Other donations came from Sir Paul McCartney, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Tipitina's Foundation.
The piano was to be unveiled Thursday at the Old U.S. Mint, now a museum in the French Quarter.
It will be part of the Louisiana State Museum's music exhibition opening in 2014.
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Whether they are aware of it or not, most faculty, administrators, and staff at Marquette interact with students with disabilities on a regular basis. These interactions often reflect the campus culture of genuinely caring for the person, but in some instances, these interactions require a response to requests for specific accommodations. Because students with documented disabilities are protected under federal law, these formal requests may result in faculty or others lacking confidence in the proper response to these specific requests. The procedures and suggestions listed below are intended to address the most basic questions faculty and other employees may have related to meeting the needs of students with disabilities. Should faculty or other employees desire more information on this topic, please visit our page on Faculty Resources or contact the Associate Director of Disability Services.
In order to be assured accommodations, the university requires student accommodations requests must be accompanied by a formal letter from the Office of Disability Services. That letter serves to verify that the student:
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KENNESAW, GA – November 16, 2011 – (Motor Sports Newswire) –
Subject: 2012 YZF-R1 / R6 WORKS Parts – This is to advise you of the 2012 YZF-R1 / R6 WORKS Parts and ordering information. Please refer to the information and download links listed below.
Graves Parts: Graves WORKS Parts are designed based on the technical regulations of the AMA Pro Road Racing Championship series. Please check guidelines for the specific series you are entering before ordering Graves WORKS Parts.
YEC Kit Parts: Yamaha Racing parts developed for competing the YZF-R1 and YZF-R6. For the 2012 R1 a complete new ECU set and wire harness are available to allow full benefit of the new model's traction control function. The front wheel assembly is modified to allow the traction control rotor sensor to be installed and a new repair set is also added to the range.
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- January 16, 2012: Delivery late April 2012
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- Items not listed on the Graves Works website but included in the downloadable PDF can only be ordered on these ordering rounds.
- All orders received prior to the ordering deadlines will be accepted. However, we cannot guarantee additional orders after the ordering deadline has passed.
- Items appearing on the approved AMA Pro Road Racing Eligible Equipment list will generally ship upon order confirmation during the AMA racing season: March – October.
- In the event that the items appearing on the approved AMA Pro Road Racing Eligible Equipment list are ordered during the current AMA racing season (and not in stock at that time). Order confirmation will be given and those items will be delivered in no less than 10 and no more than 45 days.
- If we are not able to accept some orders due to low availability or high production cost of the parts, we will immediately inform you by e-mail.
- No cancellation of orders will be allowed once we have confirmed the orders.
- Confirmation of your orders requires payment in full.
- Customers who have a current Graves Works account will receive a correspondence similar to this letter approximately 1 month prior to each deadline.
- Customers who do not have a current Works account can sign up at www.gravesport.com . Orders for parts prior to the 2012 model year : Orders for YEC parts or Graves Works Parts prior to 2012 model year that are not listed in the downloadable PDF "2012 order sheets" must be requested by e-mail.
Website: Dealers and customers can refer to the WORKS specific section of our website located at www.gravesport.com/Works.html . This website contains details descriptions, images and "2012 Kit Manuals" (in several languages).
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Owen County Purdue Club Plans April 12 Spring Dinner
From slide rules to computers, Purdue experiences have changed through the generations. Come hear about how some of Purdue's majors have changed over time with technology and other advances. Local Purdue grads of various ages will be speaking about engineering, pharmacy, and agriculture over time. All Purdue alumni and friends are welcome.
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The Bruins have hired Joe Sacco to serve as an assistant coach, replacing Geoff Ward on Claude Julien's coaching staff.
The Bruins have hired Joe Sacco to serve as an assistant coach, replacing Geoff Ward on Claude Julien's coaching staff. Ward resigned from his post this offseason to take a head coaching position in Germany.
Sacco, a 45-year-old Medford native who starred at Boston University, was the head coach of the Avalanche from 2009-13, making the playoffs in his first season while being a Jack Adams Award finalist. He was fired last spring and spent last season as an assistant coach and scout for the Sabres.
During his time with the Avs, Sacco was known as a hard-liner who wasn't afraid of sitting his top players when they weren't performing to expectations.
He replaces Ward, who ran the Bruins' power play during his seven seasons under Julien. It was a unit that showed huge improvement last season, jumping to third in league rankings.
As a player, Sacco played in 738 NHL games with the Maple Leafs, Mighty Ducks, Islanders, Capitals and Flyers, registering 94 goals and 119 assists. Other coaching experiences includes one year each as an AHL assistant with the Lowell Lock Monsters (2004-05) and Albany River Rats (2006-07) as well as two years as head coach of the Lake Erie Monsters (2007-09).
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The Secretary shall ensure that amounts made available under subparts 14, 15 and 16 of part C for health services research relating to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, drug abuse and mental health be used collaboratively, as appropriate, and in consultation with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 494A, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title I, § 125,July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 366; amended Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2016(c),June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 218; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1062(b),Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 105–362, title VI, § 601(a)(1)(F),Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3285; Pub. L. 106–129, § 2(b)(2),Dec. 6, 1999, 113 Stat. 1670.)
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Subparts 14, 15 and 16 of part C, referred to in text, are classified to sections 285n et seq., 285o et seq., and 285p et seq., respectively, of this title.
1999—Pub. L. 106–129, which directed the substitution of "Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality" for "Agency for Health Care Policy and Research", was executed by making the substitution for "Agency for Health Care Policy Research", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
1998—Pub. L. 105–362struck out heading and designation of subsec. (a) and heading and text of subsec. (b). Text of subsec. (b) read as follows: "Not later than December 30, 1993, and each December 30 thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report concerning the activities carried out with the amounts referred to in subsection (a) of this section."
1995—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–66substituted "December 30, 1993, and each December 30 thereafter" for "September 30, 1993, and annually thereafter".
1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–43substituted "September 30, 1993" for "May 3, 1993".
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A fitting welcome: NH thanks Vietnam veterans
April 06. 2013 10:12PM
In some respects, but for the shape of their caps and the cut of their hair (for those who still had hair), those war veterans welcomed home in Concord Saturday a week ago could have been standing there almost 150 years before, at the end of America's Civil War.
In this case, however, the welcome was long overdue. The Vietnam War veterans in attendance, and perhaps some who didn't attend, seemed truly gratified by the day, by the crowd, and by the words of elected officials and event organizers.
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte spoke of how towns across our little state saluted Vietnam veterans at town meetings this year.
U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter spoke of being a teenager "watching the war" on television and then watching friends and classmates leave to fight.
Gov. Maggie Hassan and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen spoke the simple "thanks" and "welcome home" that these veterans wanted to hear. (Where, by the way, was Rep. Ann Kuster, whose district includes Concord?)
It was former state Sen. Gary Lambert of Nashua who sponsored the legislation making March 30 Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. He modestly said he had plenty of help with the effort.
Marine Corps and Vietnam veteran John O'Brien of Orford personally sent letters to towns across the state asking them to honor their vets. Many did.
Emcee Peter St. James, who has made remembering our troops and veterans his personal passion for years, and the New Hampshire National Guard did a first-class job with a simple, solid and dignified event.
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Nothing irritates my father-in-law more than watching people waste money. He believes it's his duty to lecture the stranger behind him in the checkout line for choosing the glass cleaner that's not on sale. And he's constantly cramming our fridge with soda bottles he's filled with filtered water from his sink (which, unfortunately, tastes like whatever previously occupied the containers). So you can imagine his reaction when, near the end of my four-month maternity leave, my husband and I accidentally mentioned how much the nannies we'd interviewed were charging.
"How can you pay a stranger to take care of the baby? She's just going to watch TV all day!" Eli said in his thick Israeli accent. "I'll be the nannoo."
Okay, so it wasn't just about the cash -- he'd fallen madly in love with Benjamin about five seconds after he laid eyes on him. He more than made up for my mother-in-law, who openly admits she doesn't really connect with kids until they hit 2. Plus, he'd had a lot of free time since retiring a few years ago, and he genuinely wanted to make life easier for us.
I thought the offer was very sweet, but the idea of having my husband's family involved in my life four days a week (I have Fridays off) was freaky. Not to mention that Eli refuses to get the hearing aid he needs and thinks car seats are a marketing scam. After five years of listening to him comment on the way I do everything, from throwing together a salad ("That's not how you cut a tomato!") to blowing my nose ("Don't squeeze so hard!"), I had a feeling there'd be many arguments about nap schedules in my future. My husband understood my reservations and left the decision up to me. I knew, though, that he liked the idea of saving money and making his dad happy. Besides, Eli had babysat a few times without any glitches, and he's a great cook. After a few lengthy, long-distance phone consultations with my mom, I agreed to try it out.
Jana Siegal Banin is a former articles editor at YM magazine.
Granddads Do It Better
The morning of my first day back at work was a blur of making bottles, blow-drying my hair, and gathering up stray pacifiers. I was trying to figure out how to lift a carton of grapefruit juice from the fridge without dropping Benjamin when Eli walked through the door. Argh! Hadn't I asked him to ring the doorbell? What if I'd been wearing just a towel?
"Hello, sweetheart. I went shopping last night -- you won't believe what I paid for this stuff," he said.
My entire body tensed up when I looked into the bags stuffed with scratchy one-ply toilet paper, the wrong brand of diapers, and enough tomatoes to cover every surface in my apartment.
"There's my little monkey!" he said, reaching for the baby. "Give him to me. You go get ready. "
"It's okay, I have him right now. You're going to be with him all day," I answered, hugging little Benjamin a bit too tightly. "See this notebook? It'd be great if you could keep a log of his feeding times, naps, and diaper changes. I wrote down the doctor's info and our work numbers on the inside cover. Oh, and here's a list with all of my instructions."
He barely glanced at the four-page guide I'd spent the better part of the weekend typing up (burp cloths in the bottom dresser drawer, easy on the "Baby Mozart," etc.). Suddenly, hundreds of dollars a week seemed like a fair price for someone who would at least pretend to listen to me.
I spent the first weeks agonizing over whether I'd done the right thing. On one hand, I never had to wonder if the stranger I'd hired morphed into an abusive monster when I left. And Eli was surprisingly meticulous about keeping track of Benjamin's naps and feedings, he hardly turned on the TV, and he went on tons of long walks.
But repeatedly screaming "Did the baby like the cereal?" into the phone until he finally understood what I was saying was frustrating. And since he was staying over on Tuesdays and Wednesdays -- his commute can take up to an hour each way -- I felt like our home was being invaded. The worst, though, was the constant criticism. How could I use chemical-laden wipes, he'd ask? Did I want Benjamin to get a diaper rash? I was starting to think it was just too much to handle.
Then, one Sunday evening, as I was battling the Monday's-coming blues, my mother-in-law called.
"I saw the baby this weekend," she said. "He's adorable!"
"No you didn't...you haven't seen him in weeks," I answered, confused.
"But I did! Eli showed me the video he's been taking of him. It's mostly of him lying there on his mat, but it's very cute. He played it over and over last night."
That's when it hit me: Here's a guy who loves his job so much he wants to relive it on the weekends. The highly recommended sitters we'd met with had seemed warm, experienced, and responsible, but what I finally understood is that while you can pay someone to listen to you, you can't pay someone to love your child the same way his grandfather does.


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Laconia sled race is back on again, set for this weekendBy PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 26. 2013 2:11PM
LACONIA - Sunday's snowstorm has the dogs howling. The 84th Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby, scuttled last weekend because of the lack of snow, is back on again, opening Friday and continuing through Sunday.
Spokesman Diane Lyman said about 50 race teams are expected to take part in the race, sanctioned by the International Sled Dog Racing Association with a purse of $20,790.
She expects between 10 to 20 teams, with between 14 and 16 dogs each, will take part in the unlimited class, racing a 15-mile loop on each of the three days. The one with the fastest combined time wins.
Another 20 to 30 teams will compete in the six-dog race on a 6-mile trail. Also expected to race are about 10 junior teams and then the one-dog sled races for the youngest children, scheduled for Sunday.
"It's a lot of fun," said Lyman. "The starting line is a bedlam of noise and excitement with the dogs howling ready to run. It's really awesome."
When the 84th Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby was canceled last weekend due to lack of snow, Lakes Region Sled Dog Club president Jim Lyman urged members to pray for snow so the race could be held later this year.
On Sunday, those prayers were apparently answered as the white stuff blanketed the region and most of New Hampshire. Now, with snow forecast for Wednesday and with no rain in sight, the highly anticipated race is on. The three-day derby begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the north end of Old North Main Street, across from the Lakes Region Correctional Facility, and continues through Sunday.
The race dates back to 1929 when the New England Sled Dog Club held its first race.
Canadians and United States citizens largely make up the racers, sometimes with the Canadians outnumbering the Americans, although occasionally the derby will draw competitors from Europe.


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Does 'Need for Speed' Make a Good Case for Recycling?
Critics of car-chase films might say directors have explored every possible plot over decades of moviemaking that generated classics from "Vanishing Point and "Two-Lane Blacktop" to "The Fast and the Furious" and "Drive."
It is true that all the material is well-used, whether it involves street racers competing for pink slips, souped-up cars outrunning police helicopters or men of few words completing cross-country drives in record time. It has all been done, again and again.
With "Need for Speed," an octane- and testosterone-infused flick opening Friday, director Scott Waugh seems to answer, "Yes, and your point is?"


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Only members of the MTSU Graduate Faculty are eligible to teach 5000/6000/7000 level graduate courses (including dual-listed UG/GR courses) or to serve on thesis or dissertation committees. Graduate faculty members in doctoral degree granting programs who wish to chair a dissertation committee must be endorsed for such service by their program and approved by the graduate dean.
KAREN PETERSEN, Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts
DAWN McCORMACK, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts
H. STEPHEN SMITH, Interim Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts
STEVEN LIVINGSTON, PhD, Professor [Renewal Date: Fall 2021]
STEPHEN D. MORRIS, PhD, Professor [Renewal Date: Spring 2018]
KAREN PETERSEN, PhD, Assistant Dean [Renewal Date: Fall 2018]
MOSES K. TESI, PhD, Professor [Renewal Date: Spring 2018]
ZHEN WANG, PhD, Assistant Professor [Renewal Date: Fall 2018]