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The importance of online family trees often lies in their uncertainty
|Group Gathering -- includes my mum, her best friend, her brothers, her mother and a grandmother and a whole bunch of people not yet identified, c. 1950, Lancashire, England
There are many reasons why we construct family trees. Sometimes it's to document a well-known past and sometimes it's to discover a history previously unknown to us.
My own personal journey was more about what I did NOT know about my family than what I did know. When families move away from their birth places, when many die young, when survivors are mobile in their quest for finding work, learning the facts is hard enough, never mind figuring out what colors belong between the lines.
I think that is why an article with the above title by Emily Kasriel and published at guardian.co.uk caught my eye since her subtitle is "In creating a digital family tree from a fragmented past, I learned that accuracy often yields to the necessity of a personal narrative."
Too often we cannot acquire documentation to provide us with the facts of our ancestor's lives. Wars, pests, nature and people have all contributed to the destruction of documents which may have told us more. Yet, they did live their lives and we do sometimes have family stories that might give us the color though not the lines. And, capturing and sharing those personal narratives does have value.
My personal history has some lines and a lot of color. And, in a way, not having so many lines encouraged me to look for more color. Who wants to receive a family binder of only a few pages, when I could create much more by including information on the towns where they lived, the ships they traveled on, the churches they attended, the places where they were employed and much more. None of which helped add more ancestors to my tree, and yet, left me satisfied that I knew more about their lives than I would have otherwise.
Please do read Emily's article and check out all the comments posted by others.
What was your reaction to what she shared?
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Pack a pistol and get a discount on your food? It's a deal some establishments around the country are offering to customers as a way to show their stance on gun control.
Athens, Ala., barbecue restaurateur Bill Davis Jr. is offering a $1 discount to customers who present their pistol permit when ordering at Hickory Barn Bar-B-Que.
The offer isn't just a cheap appeal for customers; Davis is an authentic proponent of concealed weapon laws.
"There are a lot of law-abiding people who carry a pistol, and it would be nice to appreciate some of them," Davis said Wednesday in announcing the promotion. "We thought it would be a little something different to do to promote folks to get them a pistol permit."
In South Ogden, Utah, one Farr's Fresh ice cream shop announced on its Facebook page that Feb. 4 was "Concealed Carry Day." Customers were instructed to present their concealed carry permit for a $1 discount.
The next day, a Facebook post announced that the shop would be having a "Second Amendment week" due to the large response it received.
All Around Pizza and Deli in Virginia Beach, Va., posted a deal on its website offering 15 percent off to those who "show us you carry openly or show us a concealed weapons permit."

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Creating a Secure SUSE Linux server for FTP and SSH
Written by gore
Introduction for beginners:
No server is secure 100% When you open a service up on a machine, you take a risk. Any type of server can be broken into, but this can help prevent things from happening that you probably don't want going on with your server. I'm going to use SUSE Linux 9.2 Professional. This is going to work fine in 9.1 as well, and should work just as well in 8.2.
So first off, get a look at my SUSE installation tutorials so you can get it installed. You should read the SUSE basics as well as it will touch over some of this. I'm going to do this all with nothing but the tools SUSE comes with on the DVDs. If I add a bunch more, it adds to complexity, and I would like to try and keep this simple.
Now first, after you have read my tutorials for installing SUSE and have a basic security practice in place, continue.
Locking the box down.
In the first security tutorial I wrote I showed you how to get a decent lock down on SUSE which would help users out but I didn't really get into server use much at all. That's where this steps in. I'm starting with SUSE DVDs only because then you don't have to download.
The FTP server I'm going to use is PureFTPd because of simplicity of setting it up, and of course, it's fairly easy to make it at the very least not easy for someone to abuse. Now, remember FTP is sent out in the clear and you can use SSH and SCP to do this, but again, for the reason of simplicity, I'm going to show you how, but not hold your hand.
So if you want to use SCP, well, read up on it, this is mainly going to form a base for that. You'll be able to log in over SSH, and you'll be able to upload and download files from the FTP server side of it. I use this quite a bit, because one of my machines have this huge drive in it that can fit quite a few things and it has a fast CD-RW drive, so I use this for back ups. I upload all the files I want to back up, then I burn them to a CD-R and file them in a cabinet I have where I keep back ups.
And of course SSH is good for logging in remotely and keeping it at least somewhat secure. But remember, when a new exploit comes out, if you haven't updated, you'll learn why you should.
And don't think no one wants anything on your home network. I put an FTP server online, and in 3 days I had a bunch of attempts at root log ins. This should be reason enough to not think that way and reason enough to make your password as hard as possible. And not letting root log in is fairly good too.
That file can be opened in a text editor like Emacs or Vim, and you can edit out everything except /dev/tty1 and /dev/tty2
That would prevent root from logging in from ANYTHING OR ANYWHERE BUT TTY1 and 2 and of course would stop root logging in from X because that is TTY7.
that is a good idea if you're setting up a locked down machine and don't want people logging in from anywhere but the keyboard sitting in front of the desk. But a false sense of security is worse than no security at all.
Remember that, and don't let your box get rooted.
YAST2 is the main configuration utility in SUSE Linux, so learn to use it.
Click on the module titled "Security and Users".
Click on the "Firewall" Icon to launch the Firewall configuration.
The module pops up, and then you can configure the Firewall.
Now, this part I can't walk you through, as I doubt all of you reading have the exact same set up as I do, but I can help:
Read what's on the screen. You should see "External Interface". If you have a Cable connection, or if you're using a Network connection, or a LAN, then you will be selecting "etho" for this.
For the "Internal Interface" that one is up to you.
the screen has directions on the left, so if you're using DSL or Dial up, read it.
After you have this section done, click on "Next" in the lower right of that window, to go to the next page. Clicking "Next" brings you to a page with a few more options than the last.
I'm going to use this box for FTP, and SSH, so I click on the following:
Secure Shell
And then I click on "Expert" and type in "21" for the FTP port.
you may open as many ports as you want here, and I don't think I have to walk you through anymore.
After you have what you want typed in, click on "OK" to go back to the other window.
After you have all the services you need opened up, click on "Next".
The next window doesn't have a whole lot to it, and is fairly easy. By default, the pre-checked boxes are fine. If you don't know if you want to check the last box or not, leave it alone.
Click on "Next".
The next configuration window shows a few options for logging. Leave these alone unless you're sure.
Click "Next".
After you click on "Next" a window pops up saying it will save the configuration. Click on "Continue" and it saves your settings and restarts the SUSE2Firewall.
And now you're back at the main window. Next, click on "Security settings".
When you open the Security settings window, you'll have a few options for setting up some security on your system.
By default it has a custom level, which you will now be setting.
Click "Next".
The next window has password options. At the top where it says "Checks" click the box that says "Checking new passwords" which will keep users from setting bad passwords.
Next, in the Password Length section, you should probably raise the "Maximum" length up a few notches, as 8 is nothing. I raised mine to 25. You can also set some password change warnings here, which may come in handy if a lot of users are going to use the system.
Click on "Next".
The next section should be changed from default:
Where it says "Boot permissions" click on the drop down box where it says "Reboot" and select "Ignore" so no one can just reboot your system. This is especially important if you're running a server.
Under that, where it says "Automatic" you should select "Only Root". That way no one can just shut the system down.
Click "Next".
This window allows you to set how long of a delay there is if someone logs in and mistypes a password, or if someone is trying to guess passwords. The default is 3 seconds.
This can be left alone unless you have a nosey little brother or sister, or people like to try and guess your password, in which case you can set it to whatever you want.
After you have chosen your options, click on "Next".
The next section is the "Adding users" section. Unless you're sure, leave this alone. Click on the "Next" button.
The next window has a few more options, and some important ones.
The setting of file permissions will really have to depend on you. Easy is selected by default, but if you're trying to be secure, just click on the box and select the option entitled "Secure".
The next setting is for updatedb. This is run every night, and you can select which user runs the command. You won't be typing it if you select your own user name, it in fact just runs with permissions of whichever of the user names you tell it to run as.
I'd suggest leaving it at "Nobody". Most of the other options here should be left alone unless you know what you're doing.
After you have selected what you would like here, click on the "Next" button, and all the settings will be saved.
Now you have the box ready, and you just need to set up the PureFTPd Server. I'm adding a few things from the tutorial I wrote for this because it makes it simpler to use.
I wrote a short tutorial on setting up a PureFTPd server on SUSE which I'll put here as I want to show the configuration and how to set it up properly for this.
The reason I'm really adding this in, is for one thing the config file is in this so you can copy it, and of course, when you follow, all users have to log in with a valid local account. They can't just log in with anonymous. this is in my opinion the best because no password = easy access.
SUSE Linux makes it fairly easy to have a stable and fast FTP server. This should work on just about any version of SUSE, as I've had it on 9.1 and 8.2 Professional, and the only reason I'm saying 9.1 is because that is what I'm currently using as my FTP server for my LAN.
I've been using Linux for a year and a half now, and I've learned a lot. I've never read a manual for setting up a server of any kind on SUSE Linux, but it seems fairly easy too me as I've done it now quite a few times, and the reason I didn't need a manual, was because I just read the configuration file, and went from there.
As I type this, I'm transferring 7 GB of data from this box, over too my newly installed XP Home SP2 box so I can burn the information to CD fast.
FTP servers:
FTP servers can come in very handy. My LAN has 5 machines, and I don't always have money to buy CD - Rs to do back ups, and on one of my machines, my laptop, I don't have a CD-R drive on it, so I have to rely on FTP to do back ups. Which is fine, because my LAN is pretty fast, and I have a lot of disk space around.
One thing I don't like and won't do, is an anonymous FTP server. I want the person using it to have to log in. I don't want anyone to be able to use it without a user name and password from my Linux box. So to use my FTP server, you have to log in with an account that I give, and it must be a valid account on my machine, and you can only upload and download to your home directory.
This adds a bit more security to the process, but this isn't a security tutorial, it's a tutorial to get you started.
So how do you set up FTP? Well, first ready my tutorial on installing SUSE Linux, either 8.1, 8.2 or 9.1 Professional, and if you want Windows too stay on the disk, read my tutorial on Dual booting SUSE and XP.
After you have everything in that tutorial done, read the Basics of securing SUSE Linux tutorial to make sure the box is locked down at least with a basic security setting that I show you how too set up there.
Next, make sure you installed Pure FTPd from the SUSE installation media, which you can do by opening up YAST2, and clicking on "Install/Remove Software". If you didn't install it, just simply check the box next too it, and click on Accept, and make sure you have either the CDs handy, or the DVD.
After it's installed, or if you already had it installed, which saves you time, open a Terminal, like Eterm, and if you aren't Root, type su and give the root password, and then type cd /etc and you will be put in the etc directory to configure the file for PureFTPd.
Now that you're in Etc, type ls and hit enter to get a list of the file names. If you did this all correctly, you'll see something called pure-ftpd.conf and if you don't, cd into the pure-ftpd directory and see if it is there. If you find it there but not in etc, then simply copy it with:
cp pure-ftpd.conf /etc
And hit enter.
Now go back into etc and type:
vim pure-ftpd.conf
Hit Enter and you'll be able to edit the file. Now what you want too edit too make an FTP server like mine, is this:
# #
# Configuration file for pure-ftpd wrappers #
# #
# If you want to run Pure-FTPd with this configuration
# instead of command-line options, please run the
# following command :
# /usr/sbin/pure-config.pl /usr/etc/pure-ftpd.conf
# Please don't forget to have a look at documentation at
# http://www.pureftpd.org/documentation.html for a complete list of
# options.
# Cage in every user in his home directory
ChrootEveryone yes
# If the previous option is set to "no", members of the following group
# won't be caged. Others will be. If you don't want chroot()ing anyone,
# just comment out ChrootEveryone and TrustedGID.
# TrustedGID 100
# Turn on compatibility hacks for broken clients
BrokenClientsCompatibility no
# Maximum number of simultaneous users
MaxClientsNumber 10
# Fork in background
Daemonize yes
# Maximum number of sim clients with the same IP address
MaxClientsPerIP 3
# If you want to log all client commands, set this to "yes".
# This directive can be duplicated to also log server responses.
VerboseLog no
# Allow dot-files
AllowDotFiles yes
# List dot-files even when the client doesn't send "-a".
DisplayDotFiles yes
# Don't allow authenticated users - have a public anonymous FTP only.
AnonymousOnly no
# Disallow anonymous connections. Only allow authenticated users.
NoAnonymous yes
# Syslog facility (auth, authpriv, daemon, ftp, security, user, local*)
# The default facility is "ftp". "none" disables logging.
SyslogFacility ftp
# Display fortune cookies
# FortunesFile /usr/share/fortune/zippy
# Don't resolve host names in log files. Logs are less verbose, but
# it uses less bandwidth. Set this to "yes" on very busy servers or
# if you don't have a working DNS.
DontResolve yes
# Maximum idle time in minutes (default = 15 minutes)
MaxIdleTime 15
# LDAP configuration file (see README.LDAP)
# LDAPConfigFile /etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd-ldap.conf
# MySQL configuration file (see README.MySQL)
# MySQLConfigFile /etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd-mysql.conf
# Postgres configuration file (see README.PGSQL)
# PGSQLConfigFile /etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd-pgsql.conf
# PureDB user database (see README.Virtual-Users)
# PureDB /etc/pure-ftpd/pureftpd.pdb
# Path to pure-authd socket (see README.Authentication-Modules)
# ExtAuth /var/run/ftpd.sock
# If you want to enable PAM authentication, uncomment the following line
PAMAuthentication yes
# If you want simple Unix (/etc/passwd) authentication, uncomment this
# UnixAuthentication yes
# Please note that LDAPConfigFile, MySQLConfigFile, PAMAuthentication and
# UnixAuthentication can be used only once, but they can be combined
# together. For instance, if you use MySQLConfigFile, then UnixAuthentication,
# the SQL server will be asked. If the SQL authentication fails because the
# user wasn't found, another try # will be done with /etc/passwd and
# /etc/shadow. If the SQL authentication fails because the password was wrong,
# the authentication chain stops here. Authentication methods are chained in
# the order they are given.
# 'ls' recursion limits. The first argument is the maximum number of
# files to be displayed. The second one is the max subdirectories depth
LimitRecursion 2000 8
# Are anonymous users allowed to create new directories ?
AnonymousCanCreateDirs no
# If the system is more loaded than the following value,
# anonymous users aren't allowed to download.
MaxLoad 4
# Port range for passive connections replies. - for firewalling.
# PassivePortRange 30000 50000
# Force an IP address in PASV/EPSV/SPSV replies. - for NAT.
# Symbolic host names are also accepted for gateways with dynamic IP
# addresses.
# ForcePassiveIP 192.168.0.1
# Upload/download ratio for anonymous users.
# AnonymousRatio 1 10
# Upload/download ratio for all users.
# This directive superscedes the previous one.
# UserRatio 1 10
# Disallow downloading of files owned by "ftp", ie.
# files that were uploaded but not validated by a local admin.
AntiWarez yes
# IP address/port to listen to (default=all IP and port 21).
# Bind 127.0.0.1,21
# Maximum bandwidth for anonymous users in KB/s
# AnonymousBandwidth 8
# Maximum bandwidth for *all* users (including anonymous) in KB/s
# Use AnonymousBandwidth *or* UserBandwidth, both makes no sense.
# UserBandwidth 8
# File creation mask. <umask for files>:<umask for dirs> .
# 177:077 if you feel paranoid.
Umask 177:077
# Minimum UID for an authenticated user to log in.
MinUID 100
# Allow FXP transfers for authenticated users only.
AllowUserFXP yes
# Allow anonymous FXP for anonymous and non-anonymous users.
AllowAnonymousFXP no
# Users can't delete/write files beginning with a dot ('.')
# even if they own them. If TrustedGID is enabled, this group
# will have access to dot-files, though.
ProhibitDotFilesWrite yes
# Prohibit *reading* of files beginning with a dot (.history, .ssh...)
ProhibitDotFilesRead no
# Never overwrite files. When a file whoose name already exist is uploaded,
# it get automatically renamed to file.1, file.2, file.3, ...
AutoRename yes
# Disallow anonymous users to upload new files (no = upload is allowed)
AnonymousCantUpload yes
# Only connections to this specific IP address are allowed to be
# non-anonymous. You can use this directive to open several public IPs for
# anonymous FTP, and keep a private firewalled IP for remote administration.
# You can also only allow a non-routable local IP (like 10.x.x.x) to
# authenticate, and keep a public anon-only FTP server on another IP.
#TrustedIP 10.1.1.1
# If you want to add the PID to every logged line, uncomment the following
# line.
#LogPID yes
# Create an additional log file with transfers logged in a Apache-like format :
# fw.c9x.org - jedi [13/Dec/1975:19:36:39] "GET /ftp/linux.tar.bz2" 200 21809338
# This log file can then be processed by www traffic analyzers.
# AltLog clf:/var/log/pureftpd.log
# Create an additional log file with transfers logged in a format optimized
# for statistic reports.
# AltLog stats:/var/log/pureftpd.log
# Create an additional log file with transfers logged in the standard W3C
# format (compatible with most commercial log analyzers)
# AltLog w3c:/var/log/pureftpd.log
# Disallow the CHMOD command. Users can't change perms of their files.
#NoChmod yes
# Allow users to resume and upload files, but *NOT* to delete them.
#KeepAllFiles yes
# Automatically create home directories if they are missing
#CreateHomeDir yes
# Enable virtual quotas. The first number is the max number of files.
# The second number is the max size of megabytes.
# So 1000:10 limits every user to 1000 files and 10 Mb.
#Quota 1000:10
# If your pure-ftpd has been compiled with standalone support, you can change
# the location of the pid file. The default is /var/run/pure-ftpd.pid
#PIDFile /var/run/pure-ftpd.pid
# If your pure-ftpd has been compiled with pure-uploadscript support,
# this will make pure-ftpd write info about new uploads to
# /var/run/pure-ftpd.upload.pipe so pure-uploadscript can read it and
# spawn a script to handle the upload.
#CallUploadScript yes
# This option is useful with servers where anonymous upload is
# allowed. As /var/ftp is in /var, it save some space and protect
# the log files. When the partition is more that X percent full,
# new uploads are disallowed.
MaxDiskUsage 99
# Set to 'yes' if you don't want your users to rename files.
NoRename yes
# Be 'customer proof' : workaround against common customer mistakes like
# 'chmod 0 public_html', that are valid, but that could cause ignorant
# customers to lock their files, and then keep your technical support busy
# with silly issues. If you're sure all your users have some basic Unix
# knowledge, this feature is useless. If you're a hosting service, enable it.
CustomerProof yes
# Per-user concurrency limits. It will only work if the FTP server has
# been compiled with --with-peruserlimits (and this is the case on
# most binary distributions) .
# The format is : <max sessions per user>:<max anonymous sessions>
# For instance, 3:20 means that the same authenticated user can have 3 active
# sessions max. And there are 20 anonymous sessions max.
# PerUserLimits 3:20
# When a file is uploaded and there is already a previous version of the file
# with the same name, the old file will neither get removed nor truncated.
# Upload will take place in a temporary file and once the upload is complete,
# the switch to the new version will be atomic. For instance, when a large PHP
# script is being uploaded, the web server will still serve the old version and
# immediatly switch to the new one as soon as the full file will have been
# transfered. This option is incompatible with virtual quotas.
# NoTruncate yes
# This option can accept three values :
# 0 : disable SSL/TLS encryption layer (default).
# 1 : accept both traditional and encrypted sessions.
# 2 : refuse connections that don't use SSL/TLS security mechanisms,
# including anonymous sessions.
# Do _not_ uncomment this blindly. Be sure that :
# 1) Your server has been compiled with SSL/TLS support (--with-tls),
# 2) A valid certificate is in place,
# 3) Only compatible clients will log in.
# Listen only to IPv4 addresses in standalone mode (ie. disable IPv6)
# By default, both IPv4 and IPv6 are enabled.
# IPV4Only yes
# Listen only to IPv6 addresses in standalone mode (ie. disable IPv4)
# By default, both IPv4 and IPv6 are enabled.
# IPV6Only yes
Now, if you want, you can copy that and make it your configuration file, as it is mine. Doing this as your configuration file will make it so everyone has to log in and can ONLY upload and download to their home directories. This is perfect for a LAN setting where you want to make back ups, or if you only want people you know to be able to use it, just make sure you have STRONG passwords. VERY strong passwords.
Passwords after all are nothing more than security by obscurity.
Try and remember that this will open a port on your machine, so it does make it more attacker friendly in a way, but if you keep your machine updated, and have good passwords, you shouldn't have to worry much. If you want you could change the dot files to "No" if you don't want to look at things like that over FTP.
Now, when you get done, save this file. If you're using Vim hit Esc and then :wq Enter. After you press enter it's saved, and ready to go. If you used a wussy editor, well, save it. After you're done, you're not ready yet though. Read the top in the comments where it says to type that out to make this the configuration file for the FTP server.
/usr/sbin/pure-config.pl /usr/etc/pure-ftpd.conf
Type it all out, and press Enter. Of course, on Linux, you should change the last one. Which confused me for a day.
/usr/sbin/pure-config.pl /etc/pure-ftpd.conf
Try this one, and it will work. Now, if you want to have the box run FTP everytime it starts up, or you just don't want to keep typing that, simply go into YAST2 and edit the run level editors "Options" and tell it to start the FTP service.
Look at that I found a bug
SUSE FireWall2 needs to be told to allow FTP as well. So just open the firewall settings and allow port 21. This will work fine. I believe I covered that all in my last tutorial. The one I'm working on besides this one will teach you to edit system files with YAST2
If you want, you can now try out your FTP server. From Windows just open the command line and type ftp and your machines IP address and it will ask for a username and password.
And if you're on a Linux machine, same thing =)
Here is the link for the SUSE basics: http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=260361
And now you have a box with both SSH and FTP. And it's fairly locked down. There is more you could do, but lately I've been busy trying to keep up with everything going on, the few I've told know what I mean, so if you have anything I should or could have done better here, just reply and let me know and when I go for my next tutorial I'll think it over.
Just remember no server is 100 % That is a myth thought up by a security company who want to sell things to technical managers who should be emptying your garbage bin.


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Appeals Court To Review Approval Of BP Settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A year ago, lawyers for BP and Gulf Coast residents and businesses took turns urging a federal judge to approve their settlement for compensating victims of the company's massive 2010 oil spill.
On Monday, the one-time allies will be at odds. Several months after U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier approved the deal, BP started complaining that the judge and court-appointed claims administrator misinterpreted the settlement. BP is worried it could be forced to pay billions of dollars for bogus or inflated claims by businesses.
Plaintiffs' attorneys who brokered the deal disagree. They want the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the class-action settlement.
As of Friday, payments have been made to more than 38,000 people and businesses for an estimated $3.7 billion.


text: I couldn't close my eyes I was pacing all night, I think I found the light at the end of the tunnel, I couldn't find the truth I was going under. but I won't hide inside, I gotta get out. lonely inside and light the fuse, light it now. and now I will start living today, I close the door, I got this new beginning and I will fly.


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As Bill Kubecka got ready to plant grain sorghum following a February rain, he took a hard look at some of his production costs and a profit margin that continues to shrink even as grain prices improve.
"Input prices are up, to about $350 per acre versus $200 an acre last year. That's an increased exposure to risk," Kubecka says.
Wholesale input cuts makes little sense, however, despite the rising costs of nutrients, says Kubecka, who farms in South Texas near Palacios.
Grain sorghum responds to fertility, he says. "If we don't make production, risks go up even more. We face big margin calls and contracts we are not able to fill."
He says reduced production also adds to per unit costs. "As yields drop, per pound production costs rise."
A 10-bushel per acre yield reduction means he'll need a higher market price to make a profit. He says at 70 bushels per acre, growers need close to $5 a bushel to break even.
Grain sorghum offers advantages in his area. "With corn, we have a maximum amount of fertilizer we can apply and still see an economic yield increase. Corn has other limiting factors in this area, too. High nighttime temperatures along the Gulf Coast will limit yield potential."
High temperatures may have an effect on grain sorghum, too, but not as drastic, he says.
"A stretch of eight to ten days with above average temperatures at night will affect grain sorghum. We may not make the top yield, but we can still make an average crop or just a little below. Grain sorghum does better with other limiting factors as well."
Milo yields are more consistent in his area, he says.
"I've had neighbors who made 150 to 160 bushels of corn per acre on specific fields," he says. "But over a 10 to 15 year span, average yield will be 100 to 110 bushels per acre. Last year, with wet conditions, some farmers were able to bring yields up to 139 bushels per acre."
That was an unusual year, Kubecka says. "Averages pay the bills." He says sorghum will respond to 150 to 160 units of nitrogen per acre. "We'll see yields increase."
Water is the number one limiting factor for grain sorghum or corn in his area. "Fertility will be second," he says. "I'll add more fertilizer to milo this year."
Kubecka will plant some corn. "I've tried corn twice and both times it was not an economical crop. But I'm looking at it again. If it yields I'll add it to the rotation."
He'd like to cut back on tillage but a wet harvest season makes that difficult this year. "We harvested in the mud and left ruts," he says. "We had to make three or four extra trips just to get the ruts out. Overall, we're trying to cut down on tillage. It's mandatory to reduce costs where we can. The margin is simply not there so we have to look at every angle to minimize costs."
Ken Rose, Keyes, Oklahoma, says he's cut out about as many trips across fields as he can. "We're moving to no-till as fast as possible," he says.
"Weather is our big concern," Rose says. "We've had a severe drought in the High Plains. Wheat has suffered. We've had no significant rainfall (through late February), nothing with more than three-tenths of an inch at one time, since July. That's got to change if we're to have a wheat crop. A lot of fields never emerged."
He says irrigation adds to production costs. "Fuel for irrigation is much higher."
Rose says if his area, in the Oklahoma Panhandle, gets rain, growers will plant milo. "Grain sorghum has an advantage here over other summer crops."
He plants milo and wheat. "I like the rotation. We break up weed cycles and can use different chemistry in each crop."
"Rotation is an advantage everywhere," Kubecka says.
Across the grain sorghum production area, farmers likely will increase acreage, says Tim Lust, executive director, National Sorghum Producers, Lubbock, Texas. "We're projecting a 1 percent to 2 percent increase. Some of that will be double-cropped behind wheat, if farmers get wheat out in time."
Lust says some of the drought-plagued wheat may be abandoned if growers do not get adequate rain in time to help the crop. Some of those acres could be planted back to grain sorghum. "That possibility is not figured in the national planting estimate," he says.
Cotton farmers in the Texas Plains may also add sorghum to their enterprise mix. "Some farmers are looking at quarter or half circles with part of the field in grain sorghum and part in cotton. "Milo hits peak water demand 35 to 40 days after planting, so if they plant sorghum early they can provide water and then switch to cotton later in the summer. That may be one production strategy to maximize profitability."
Lust says a good many farmers will plant grain sorghum in early April.


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Welcome Back
Today I'd like to share a picture of the Pom pom scarf I made for my friend for Christmas. Lucky, I knitted it early in the year before I dislocated my hand!
The yarn is by Grundle and is their Pom Pom yarn in Black. It's a great project if you like to knit but your hands aren't that dextrous. You use lovely big fat needles and I held on to the pom poms, so no fiddling with narrow yarn. It knits up quite quickly.
As I know my friend drives everywhere, I figured she wouldn't want anything too long or bulky, just something for inside a jacket to keep her neck warm. I cast on 9 stitches and kept it short. This scarf took two balls of yarn, hope she likes it.
There's a lot of fun n funky yarns on the market these days, some come with thier knitting patterns printed on the back of the ball bands, handy! If you hate trailing round the shops near Christmas, get some of this yarn and make your best friend a gift from the heart. Snuggled up in the warm, perhaps with your favorite film on the box 🙂 much nicer than freezing and getting ratting in the queues in the shops 🙂
Try handmade Christmas presents, sure they take a bit of time but if you start REAL early, you can enjoy the process and spend December just writing the cards n wrapping, much less stress, much more fun! I blame Kirsty's Handmade Home for getting me into this, but I wouldn't look back now. Christmas 'shopping' is now a year round process, pick up a nice yarn here and there as you see it, (put a post it on the label so you know who or what you had in mind at the time ;)) and gather your gifts gradually in a box or bag in the bottom of the wardrobe. It's also nice to get gifts for people while you are on holiday, as there are often unique shops in out-of-the-way places with lovely things in them. So much nicer than the inevitable smellies or chocolates dilemma 😉
- Grundl Yarns Manufacturers website. Check out the downloadable patterns on there too.
- Pom Pom Yarn Scarf Knitting Pattern PDF Download from Grundl
Reclaim the fun in the holiday season, make a list, make a plan, get others involved and delegate where you can. You need fun too!!!
Best wishes
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The village of Abu Gosh was first settled over 6,000 years ago. In the biblical period, it was known as Kiryat Ye'arim, and was a ceremonial center where the Ark of the Covenant was placed. In the Byzantine era (some 1,500 years ago), Kiryat Ye'arim became a holy place and a church was built in the village. During the Crusader Period (about 1,000 years ago), the village was ascribed as the place where Jesus revealed himself after his resurrection – that is, Emmaus – and the Benedictine Monastery was built. The monastery is one of the most beautiful buildings preserved from the Crusader Period, and can still be visited. It is located in the heart of a well-tended garden with ancient trees. Impressive frescoes are painted on the inner walls, and a fountain flows from the crypt at the base of the monastery.
The Church of Notre Dame de l'Arche d'Alliance (Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant) is located at the highest point in the village, facing the impressive scenery of the Jerusalem Hills. This church was built in 1924 on the remains of an ancient Byzantine church. A large statue of the Virgin Mary was placed in the courtyard of the church, and is visible from every direction in the complex. Nuns live in the church, which also has several guest rooms.
Twice a year – on Shavuot (the Festival of the First Fruits) and on Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) – both churches hold festivals for vocal music, which are attended by groups and choirs from round the world, and the place teems with people. The present village was built in the Ottoman period by the Abu Gosh family, whose descendents represent the majority of the residents of the place (some 5,500 people).
But in Israel, Abu Gosh is synonymous with hummus. And not the simple hummus you get in the city, but a wonderful, delightful mixture served in a variety of ways and with spicy garnishing. In fact, in recent years Abu Gosh has turned into the country's "hummus center." In addition to the "authentic" Abu Shukri restaurant and to the "original" Abu Shukri restaurant, there are many other restaurants throughout the village, focused around hummus and authentic Arabic food. Besides tasty and even cheap food, Abu Gosh offers additional tourist attractions.
The village has a few guesthouses, colorful shops selling glass products, a candle shop, and, of course, places to buy Baklava and different types of sweet foods. Near the village there are several sites worth visiting, such as the Ein Khemed National Park, Har ha-Ru'akh (literally, the Mountain of the Wind), and more.
The village Abu Gosh is included in the itineraries of many private tours
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Track & Field Wraps Up Wake Forest Open
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG outdoor track and field program made its annual trip to the Wake Forest Open this weekend at Kentner Stadium in Winston-Salem. This is event is the second of the outdoor track and field season for the Spartans after the UNCW Seahawk Invitational last week.
Women's Track
Senior Shaina Sumney (Washington, Pa./Trinity) took home the top spot in the 3,000-meter Section 1 race, winning with a time of 9:42.63. This time is a personal-best for Sumney who placed second in the 800-meter race last weekend at UNCW. Sophomore Katherine Link (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake) placed seventh in the race with a personal-best time of 10:29.96, surpassing her mark set last season a the same meet (10:36.95). Senior Kelly Montague (Garner, N.C./West Johnston) wrapped up the Spartans in the top 10 of the race with a ninth place showing at 10:37.94.
Senior Chelsea Sumney (Washington, Pa./Trinity) took part in the 1,500-meter Invitational Section 1 race and placed seventh overall with a time of 4:40.94. Senior Shannon Hall (Waldorf, Md./North Point) ran in Section 2 of the event and placed sixth with a personal-best time of 4:48.37, surpassing last year's time of 4:50.24.
Rounding out the top Spartans on the weekend was sophomore Katlyn Ayers (Strasburg, Va./Strasburg). Ayers placed fourth in the 1,500 B Section race with a time of 4:49.46.
Men's Track
Junior Dylan Belles (Denver, N.C./East Lincoln) was the men's top finishers, placing third in the 3,000-meter Section 1 race. Belles turned in a personal-best time of 8:40.31, trimming 28 seconds off his time at the same race last year at 9:08.73. Freshman Dakarai Shipp (Raleigh, N.C./Millbrook) ran in Section 2 of the 3,000-meter race and placed fourth overall with a time of 9:01.94.
Senior Tyron Alston (Mebane, N.C./Eastern Alamance) finished ninth overall in the 1,500-meter Invitational Section 1 race with a time of 3:57.54. Sophomore Joshua Crawford (Fayetteville, N.C./South View) placed 10th in the race with a time of 4:01.11.
UNCG returns to the track next weekend for the annual Raleigh Relays held Friday and Saturday.


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Experience South Africa's Kruger Park and surrounding region.
Embark on a thrilling journey into the vast, game-filled Kruger National Park. Head out on game drives to spot lions, zebras, buffaloes, cheetahs and elephants during the day, and relax in a comfortable lodge in the evening. Enjoy delicious traditional African cuisine, admire sweeping vistas, learn about the flora and fauna of the region from experienced guides and marvel at the beauty of a star-studded African sky. Time spent in Kruger is rewarding and inspiring - this trip is really one to savour.
Experience a private game reserve after dark in an open top 4x4 vehicle
Enjoy traditional South African cuisine while dining under the stars
Try to spot the Big Five in Kruger National Park on a full day game drive
Stay in a comfortable safari lodge in a communal setting with friendly hosts
Take a drive along the Panoramic Route, some of the most stunning scenery South Africa has to offer, on a full day guided tour.
This itinerary starts and finishes in Johannesburg and includes 2 long travel days.
This is one of our Short Breaks and is slightly different to our group tours. There is no group leader but rather a local guide with the idea being that you maintain a level of independence during down time. You'll most likely travel on a join-in basis, which means you may or may not be joined by others for activities and transportation, depending on demand.
The transport to and from Kruger National Park will be in a 13-seater minivan. This is a shuttle service that departs daily. You may be sharing this shuttle ride with other travellers booked on different trips and itineraries to you.
Our lodge is located in the Guernsey Private Game Reserve which is located within the Greater Kruger Park ecosystem. It's about a 50 minute drive to Kruger National Park's Orpen Gate. On this itinerary you will have Game Drives in both the Kruger National Park and neighbouring Private Game Reserves.
As the early bird catches the worm, the early camper sights the animals. There will be many early starts either to make use of the better safari time or to beat the morning traffic on long travel days.
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1. This trip departs early in the morning on day 1. It is strongly recommended that you arrive at least one day prior.
2. You will be picked up on day 1 from the Joining Point Hotel listed in the Essential Trip Information for this itinerary.
3. If you require pick up from another centrally-located hotel in Johannesburg, please inform your booking agent at least 14 days prior to departure.
4. This trip finishes upon arrival in Johannesburg on Day 5. Please do not book any flights until after 10pm this evening.


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A coalition of 18 states and the District of Columbia sued the Education Department and Secretary Betsy DeVos Thursday for rescinding Obama-era rules aimed at protecting students from predatory colleges.
The "borrower defense" rule, which was scheduled to be effective on July 1, allow student loan borrowers to apply for loan forgiveness if they were defrauded by for-profit schools. It also largely prohibits schools that participate in the federal student loan program from forcing students to use arbitration to settle legal disputes and waive their class action rights.
The states' complaint alleges that the Education Department violated federal law by rescinding the rules, which were finalized by the Obama administration in November.
The Education Department "effectively canceled a duly promulgated regulation without soliciting, receiving, or responding to any comment from any stakeholder or member of the public, and without engaging in a public deliberative process," according to the states' complaint.
The Trump administration has been clear about wanting to eliminate what it considers to be burdensome regulations for the private sector. Since taking the helm at the Education Department earlier this year, DeVos, the daughter-in-law of Amway founder Richard DeVos and a strong proponent of charter schools, has been chipping away at the student protection rules enacted by the Obama administration.
"Since day one, Secretary DeVos has sided with for-profit school executives against students and families drowning in unaffordable student loans," said Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, who led the lawsuit.
Regulators in the Obama administration particularly focused their enforcement on fraudulent for-profit schools that charge thousands in per-yer tuition and fees while advertising misleading or inaccurate statements about graduates' prospects for finding jobs in their fields of study.
Students at for-profit colleges accounted for about one-third of defaults -- even though they make up a small percentage of all post-secondary schools in the country -- in the three-year period starting in 2013, according to the Department of Education. About 44 million people in the U.S. hold $1.34 trillion in student loan debt, says data from the New York Fed Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax. That's more than all credit card or car loan debt held by American consumers.
Amid the crackdown, several for-profit schools, including Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute, have shut down, driving the industry to step up their lobbying efforts for regulatory relief after Trump's victory in November.
In May, DeVos signaled her intent to target the borrower defense rule and subsequently said that its implementation would be delayed. The Education Department also announced its intent to issue a new rule to replace the borrower defense rule.
In enacting the borrower defense rule last year, the Obama administration reviewed over 10,000 comments from students, school officials and consumer advocates, and gave schools more than six months to prepare for the implementation.
Last Friday, the Department of Education also delayed the implementation of the so-called gainful employment rule by a year to July 1, 2018.
Finalized by the Obama administration in 2014, the rule requires colleges offering career education programs to provide information to students to help them assess the value of the education they would receive. The required information includes on-time graduation rates, percentage of students that land jobs in the chosen field, typical wages for graduates and debt amounts students can expect.
The worst-performing programs cited by the Department of Education — those that consistently leave their graduates with more debt than they can repay – are required to show evidence of improvement or lose eligibility for federal funding.
Student and teacher advocate groups approved the lawsuit filing Thursday. "It is no surprise that these regulations have been strongly opposed by for-profit schools, which have saddled students with crushing debts for college degrees," said Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association, an lobbying group for public school teachers. "Some of the degrees provided by these for-profit institutions ...are often not even worth the paper on which they're printed."
Other state attorneys general joining the lawsuit are from California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia.


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A Futuristic Design- The Tulip Table and Chair
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The Tulip chair was designed by Eero Saarinen in 1955 and 1956 for the Knoll company of New York City. It was designed primarily as a chair to match the complementary dining table. The chair has the smooth lines of modernism and was experimental with materials for its time. The chair is considered a classic of industrial design.
The chair is often considered "space age" for its futuristic use of curves and artificial materials. The design was popularized by its use on the original Star Trek television series.
In the late 1960's the Tulip chair played a highly visible role on the TV show "Star Trek", where they appeared on the bridge set of the "U.S.S. Enterprise", as well as throughout the rest of the ship. The bridge chairs were slightly modified Tulip chairs that featured plastic appliques attached to their back panels. After the show was cancelled most of the set furnishing were discarded into trash dumpsters. Fortunately, several of the show's bridge chairs were salvaged, and have become highly prized collectibles. An original bridge Tulip chair was offered during the Profiles in History Hollywood Auction #17, selling for $18,000.
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With dementia, Alzheimer's disease brings amyloid plaques—proteins that accumulate in the brain. Many scientists believe the plaques are responsible for gradually destroying memory and brain functions. Most research—and most attempts at early diagnosis and treatment—depends on that supposition being correct. But new imaging technologies, which can show plaque buildups in the brains of living subjects, have produced a paradox: some people with plaque remain cognitively intact. A small minority of researchers think this finding suggests a different culprit behind Alzheimer's: oxidative stress.
About 10 to 40 percent of cognitively intact people have been shown to have the same amyloid plaques found in autopsies of Alzheimer's patients but show no signs of the disease. That observation raises two possibilities: either the disorder grows so slowly that these people are just in an early phase of the disease and eventually will show symptoms, or the accepted theory is wrong. Most researchers are convinced it is the former—Alzheimer's can take a decade to grow to severity. That belief is based on years of research, but the way the disease progresses still has not been nailed down, because until now the only way to definitively diagnose Alzheimer's (as opposed to other kinds of dementia) was by an autopsy after the patient had died.
One puzzling study at the University of California, Berkeley, revealed in November 2008 that Alzheimer's patients, on average, did have higher levels of amyloid than normal controls, but there was overlap. Some of the controls had more amyloid than some patients yet showed none of the symptoms of Alzheimer's. Other studies, including research at Harvard University, reported in December 2008, did uncover a slight decline in memory in cognitively intact subjects with amyloid buildup over time. The Harvard study lasted only one year, however, and the changes in memory were slight. One type of memory decline was related to an increase in amyloid, but correlation alone does not imply causation—again, ambiguous results.
If the amyloid does not cause Alzheimer's, what does? Dissenters to the accepted paradigm think it may be oxidative stress, the wear and tear caused when the body cannot dispose of excess reactive oxygen, which damages cells. The process happens normally as we age. In this theory, the amyloid buildup is more a result of the disease than the cause. Mark A. Smith, a pathologist at Case Western Reserve University and a leading proponent of the oxidative stress theory, says that almost all 80-year-olds have the pathology of Alzheimer's—plaque and tangles—but most of these seniors do not have the disease. A 50-year-old with Alzheimer's might have less amyloid than an 80-year-old without symptoms. "If you are 50 and have five plaques and five tangles, you probably have Alzheimer's," he says. "If you are 70, you need significantly more" for a diagnosis. Smith thinks the amyloid and tangles may be scarring caused by the disease or the body's way of compensating for the oxidative stress—an explanation, he confesses, that is "heresy" to most of his colleagues.
Data confirm that Alzheimer's patients show signs of oxidative stress. If the alternative hypothesis is borne out, antioxidants such as vitamins C and E at least ought to slow the progression of the disease. The only test to date, in which subjects were given vitamin E, failed to show any positive results. Smith points out, however, that the researchers may not have used enough of the vitamin, which is not a particularly good antioxidant and did not lower oxidative stress in the study. Another possibility, he admits, is that the oxidation theory is wrong. Smith thinks the jury is still out, but he urges his colleagues following the amyloid theory to keep at it: "I could be wrong."


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Interviewed by Andy Hirsch
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Chris Ellis, assistant professor of political science, analyzes the first presidential debate.
Question: How would you grade each candidate, and who do you feel came out on top?
Answer: The conventional wisdom so far is that Romney "won" the debate pretty handily, and I think in this case that's probably right. Neither candidate had a particularly memorable performance — there were no one-liners that we'll remember five years from now, and no one got caught making an embarrassing mistake — but Romney seemed more focused, more passionate and more at ease talking about big ideas than Obama did.
Obama also did have a bit of that 'I don't want to be here" look, and the result was that Romney as a person came off at least as relatable, caring and personable as Obama did. Given that one of Romney's consistent big deficits in the polls is his "likability" compared to Obama's, that may be the most important aspect of the debate.
Q: Do you see the incumbent as having an advantage or disadvantage in a debate?
A: Historically, challengers on average come out of debates looking a little bit better than when they came in. There are a number of different reasons for this, but the most important of these is probably that for many undecided voters, this is the first time that they get to see the challenger speak at length in his own words. While American debates are not heavy on policy specifics (and last night's debate fit that trend), the format does give voters a chance to see the challenger apart from sound bites and the negative image that his opponent has painted of him. In addition, the debate allows the challenger to be seen on what appears to be an equal stage with the President, and gives him the opportunity to look "presidential" — which the sitting President, obviously, has been doing for some time.
Q: What impact do you expect debates to have on voters?
A: In general, debates don't matter that much to the eventual outcome. The candidate in the lead going into the debates is almost always in the lead heading out of the debates. And it's rare to find a case where a debate might even be plausibly considered to have changed an outcome (even the famous Nixon-Kennedy debate of 1960 falls well short of this standard). One exception might be the Reagan-Carter debate in 1980, in which Reagan performed so much better than Carter that it may have reshaped the race to some extent. But given the economy and other factors, it's hard to imagine a scenario where Reagan loses that election anyway. While Romney won this one in my view, the win was not so decisive that we can expect it to be a "game changer" in terms of radically redefining how swing voters view these two candidates. Debates don't change the minds of that many swing voters, and there aren't that many undecided voters left to begin with.
One effect that might be more important is that I expect that Republicans are more enthusiastic about the election now than they were before the first debate. There was starting to become a sense of inevitability on the Republican side about the outcome of this election, and strong Republicans (who were not that keen on Romney to begin with) began to feel that he just wasn't the kind of candidate that was going to be able to defeat Obama in this climate. There was even some discussion about conservative-leaning superPACs pulling money from the Romney campaign and directing it to down-ballot races. All of that talk should subside in the near-term. This debate gave Republicans a reason to feel good about their candidate. Since elections in our current highly polarized climate are at least as much about mobilizing core supporters to vote than it is about persuading undecided voters, any surge in enthusiasm among Republicans that is not shared by Democrats may turn out to be a pretty big deal.
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1. Re: Explicit Sequencer invocationRandall Hauch Mar 28, 2012 8:36 AM (in response to Franck Mangin)
Does this sound like something that could work?
Yes, this should work fine. You can even control where the sequencer output goes, including into separate workspaces. (Most sequencer output does not consist of 'nt:file' and 'nt:folder' nodes, so you'll want to put that in a part of the repository that is backed by a storage connector.)
Is there any recommended way for the FileSystem connector to detect that the data has been changed by an external legacy application?
There is nothing out of the box. The challenge is that Java 6 and earlier do not have a JVM-based way to tie into the native OS file system events. You could extend the file system connector and use external libraries or use a polling mechanism. This would be easier the more you know about the files and folders (and OS), which is why it is difficult for us to do in a very general way.
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2. Re: Explicit Sequencer invocationFranck Mangin Mar 30, 2012 11:30 AM (in response to Randall Hauch)
Thanks Randall, I am making good progress although I am struggling a bit with the schema.
I have defined a mixin node type to account for legacy properties, and I import it in the repository using
<jcr:nodeTypes> <mode:resource>...</mode:resource>...
The cnd file looks like this:
[acme:repofile] mixin
- acme:guid (string)
- acme:contentType (string)
- acme:displayName (string)
- acme:type (string)
- acme:subType (string)
- acme:target (string)
What I haven't figured out yet is if there is a way tell modeshape that pre-existing Files loaded from the filesystem by the engine should have the acme:repofile mixin type in addition to the nt:file primary type?
Probably as a consequence, my properties are currently returned by the REST API like multivalued properties, I assume they have been caught by some residual property definition somewhere:
{"properties": {
- "acme:guid": [
- "Tmm79iCVOH5uwRbSFmn06M4oJVO"
I am tracking this in the source code, so I should eventually figure it out... unless I missed something fundamental.
- "acme:guid": [
3. Re: Explicit Sequencer invocationFranck Mangin Mar 30, 2012 11:36 AM (in response to Franck Mangin)
Just found one of your earlier answer on that topic (https://community.jboss.org/message/543466), looks like my properties factory itself needs to add the "jcr:mixinTypes" property, I will try that next...
Thanks for your helpful insights!
4. Re: Explicit Sequencer invocationRandall Hauch Mar 30, 2012 12:23 PM (in response to Franck Mangin)
Just found one of your earlier answer on that topic (https://community.jboss.org/message/543466), looks like my properties factory itself needs to add the "jcr:mixinTypes" property, I will try that next...
Yes, your properties factory needs to add the "jcr:mixinTypes" property (since this property is not stored by the connector via the file system data).


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Released: Color Link-a-Pix Light Vol 1Thursday, December 22, 2011
Color Link-a-Pix Light Vol 1, a new casual game based on the popular picture-logic puzzle, is now available from Conceptis. The game offers an assortment of 30 very easy to medium difficulty puzzles in sizes of 10x10, 15x15 and 20x20.
Link-a-Pix are of the most fun and intuitive picture-logic puzzles - the perfect starters for anyone who's new to this type of intellectual entertainment.
Every Link-a-Pix clue, except for the 1's, is half of a pair. The object is to reveal a hidden picture by linking the pairs and painting the paths so that the number of squares (including the squares at the ends) and the color of the path is the same as the value and the color of the clues being linked together. Paths may follow horizontal or vertical directions and are not allowed to cross other paths.
Where to play?
Enjoy playing our Light games?
Please take a moment to review and rate our Light games on your favorite gaming website. Here are some popular destinations: JayisGames, Kongregate.
To play Color Link-a-Pix Light Vol 1 on Facebook go to Conceptis' Logic Puzzle Starters* app.
To play the game as a casual web application visit this page on Jay is Games, a leading online magazine dedicated to casual game reviews. You may also read this JIG game review. If you like competing against other Link-a-Pix fans try this page on Kongregate where Color Link-a-Pix Light Vol 1 supports the site's High Score system.
Lastly, if you prefer playing offline, you may download the desktop application (Windows only) and install it on your computer.
*Update June 6, 2012: Logic Puzzle Starters app on Facebook has been discontinued. You may continue playing same games on the other platforms mentioned above.
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Ajnata Kaundinya (Sanskrit: अज्ञात कौण्डिन्य, Ājñātakauṇḍinya, Pali: Añña Kondañña) was a Buddhist bhikkhu in the sangha of Gautama Buddha and the first to become an arahant. He lived during the 6th century BCE in what is now Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India.
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Kaundinya: The First Arahant Bhikkhu
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Kaundinya was a brahmin who first came to prominence as a youth due to his mastery of the vedas and was later appointed as a royal court scholar of King Suddhodana of the Sakyas in Kapilavastu. There Kaundinya was the only scholar who unequivocally predicted upon the birth of Prince Siddhartha that the prince would become an enlightened Buddha, and vowed to become his disciple.
When Siddhartha was aged 29, he renounced the world to become an ascetic. Kaundinya, along with Bhaddiya,Wappa, Mahanama and Assaji, followed him into the ascetic life, with the approval of Suddhodarna who was worried about Siddhartha's safety. They were known as the Pancavaggiya (The group of Five) . After Siddhartha had mastered all the teachings of Alara Kalama then Uddaka Ramaputta, he left and began practicing self mortification along with Kaundinya and his four colleagues at Uruvela. Kaundinya and his colleagues attended to Siddhartha in the hope that he would become enlightened through self mortification. These involved self-deprivation of food and water, and exposing themselves to the elements to near-death for six years, at which point Siddhartha rejected self-mortification. Kaundinya and his colleagues became disillusioned, believing Siddhartha to have become a glutton and moved away to Isipatana, near Varanasi to continue their practices.
After Siddhartha became the enlightened Gautama Buddha, he sought to find his former teachers Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta in order to teach them. Realising that they had died, the Buddha decided to find Kaundinya and his colleagues to share his teachings. Kaundinya and his companions were skeptical of Gautama Buddha after his abandonment of asceticism, and initially refused to acknowledge his presence, except to offer a seat on the ground. However, the ascetics were soon won over when they sensed that the Buddha had changed since they left him. Gautama Buddha preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, which deals with the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, the core pillars of Buddhist teaching regarding the intrinsic suffering of existence and how to deal with it. Kaundinya reached the Sotapatti stage of arahanthood upon hearing this, becoming the first human to comprehend the teachings. Five days later, hearing the subsequent Anattalakkhana Sutta regarding no-self or soul-lessness(Anatta), Kaundinya gained full arahantship. Kaundinya thus became first arahant. Having realised arahanthood, he requested the Buddha for permission to be a bhikkhu, which was granted with the words "ehi bhikkhu". Kaundinya thus became the first bhikkhu (monk) in the Buddha's dispensation, known as the sangha. Later, the Buddha declared him to be the foremost among the first bhikkhus and the disciples of long standing.
After enlightenment
Following the emergence of the sangha, Kaundinya and the other monks travelled with the Buddha by foot through the Gangetic plains area of what is now Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to spread the dharma. Kaundinya helped to convert many followers to the Buddha's teaching, the foremost being his nephew Punna, born to his sister Mantani. This occurred while the Buddha was at Rajagaha, where he had immediately gone after first communicating his Realisation in order to honour his promise to show his teachings to King Bimbisara. In the meantime, Kaundinya returned to his home town of Kapilavastu and ordained Punna. Punna attained arahantship and 500 of his clansmen become monks. Punna was later acknowledged by the Buddha as the foremost of the disciples in preaching skills.
After a period within the sangha, Kaundinya retired to the Himalayas for the last twelve years of his life. This is attributed to two reasons in Buddhist literature. The first reason was that Kaundinya considered his presence to be a source of inconvenience for Sariputra and Moggallana, the two chief disciples of The Buddha. As the seniormost member of the sangha, Kaundinya lead the monks on the alms-round, but during dharma talks, the two chief disciples sat on either side of the Buddha and Kaundinya behind them. The two chief disciples were uncomfortable sitting in front of Kaundinya, so he decided to solve the problem by absenting himself. The other reason to which Kaundinya's leave is attributed was to spend more quiet time in religious practice, which was rendered difficult due to the attention that the sangha gained from the public.
According to the Samyutta Nikaya, Kaundinya retired to the banks of the Mandakini Lake in the Chaddanta forest, said to be the abode of the paccekabuddhas. Kaundinya only left once, to farewell Gautama Buddha. Kaundinya kissed the Buddha's feet and stroked them with his hands. He advised his disciples not to mourn him before returning to the forest to pass away the following morning. He was cremated on a large sandalwood pyre which was constructed with the help of the elephants, and the ceremony was presided over by Anuruddha, one of the ten chief disciples and five hundred other monks. The ashes were later taken to Veluvana, where they were enshrined in a silver stupa.
Previous births
This is a common theme among the leading disciples, all of whom had many encounters with the future Gautama Buddha in previous lives, and is consistent with the Buddhist concepts of cause and effect and karma. In Pali language Theravada literature, Kaundinya is said to have begun striving for enlightenment in the time of Padumuttara Buddha, the 13th Buddha. The son of a wealthy householder at Hamsavati, Kaundinya saw the monk who was the first disciple of Padmuttara Buddha. Kaundinya's previous rebirth bestowed on the Buddha and the sangha and wished that he was to be the first disciple of a future Buddha. Padumuttara is said to have prophesied the fulfilment of this in the era of Gautama Buddha, 1000 aeons into the future. After the passing of Padmuttara Buddha, Kaundinya constructed a jewelled chamber inside the cetiya in which the relics were stored and also made an offering of jewel festoons.
During the time of Vipassi Buddha, Kaundinya was a householder named Mahakala who offered the Buddha the first fruits of his field in their nine stages of production.
The Mahavastu asserts that he was a potter at Rajagaha in a previous existence. A Paccekabuddha who was suffering from biliousness sought shelter in the potter's hut and was cured. In time, several more Paccekabuddhas came to visit the hut to inquire about their colleagues health status. The potter asked which of them had realised the dharma first, to which the patient answered in the affirmative. Thereupon the potter made his vow:
"By the merit I have acquired by doing this service of attending on you, may I be the first of all to realise the dharma when proclaimed by an Exalted One. May I not crave for gain and honour. May I wish only for a solitary bed and begging bowl. May I lay aside my body among the cascades and forest glades, dying all alone."
The Mahavastu cites a previous birth in which Kaundinya was a seafaring merchant who had lost all his wealth after a mid-ocean shipwreck. Kaundinya then went in search of the king of Kosala, who had a widely known reputation for philanthropy. However the Kosalan monarch had left his kingdom and surrendered his kingdom to the neighbouring Kasi king. The king of Kosala had done so to avert bloodshed, since the Kasi king had threatened to invade. Nevertheless, the Kasi king wanted to capture the Kosalan king and decreed a large reward for it. The Kosalan king (Gautama Buddha is a previous rebirth) tied himself and asked the merchant to deliver him to Kasi so that the merchant would no longer be in poverty. However, when the Kasi king heard this, he withdrew his army and restored the Kosalan monarchy. The Kosalan king subsequently bestowed wealth on the merchant. Gautama Buddha cited this occurrence to illustrate how the ties between living beings extended into their previous existences.
In another rebirth described in the Mahavastu, Kaundinya and his four colleagues who were to become the first bhikkhus were seafaring merchants under the command of the future Gautama Buddha. The future Buddha sacrificed himself to save them from an ocean death.
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Dear Cittasanto,Cittasanto wrote:he was also the first stream entrer
You're so right!!..... Gautama Buddha preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, which deals with the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, the core pillars of Buddhist teaching regarding the intrinsic suffering of existence and how to deal with it. Kaundinya reached the Sotapatti stage of arahanthood upon hearing this, becoming the first human to comprehend the teachings. Five days later, hearing the subsequent Anattalakkhana Sutta regarding no-self or soul-lessness(Anatta), Kaundinya gained full arahantship. Kaundinya thus became first arahant.
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Each person generating unwanted chemicals is an integral part of the waste management process, and is personally responsible for proper disposal. The Environmental Health and Safety office will arrange for pick-up, proper storage, and disposal of chemicals.
If you have a chemical waste please label it clearly with waste labels supplied by the Environmental Health and Safety Office.
Fill out a Hazardous Waste/Surplus Chemical Collection Request Form and return it to the Environmental Health and Safety office by campus mail (MS: 9070) or Fax (650-6514).
The form can be downloaded from this page (click on the above underlined text) or sent to your department. After the Environmental Health and Safety office receives your waste collection form, Environmental Health and Safety staff from our department will remove it to a safe location.
The Environmental Health and Safety office collects all used batteries which are work-related, such as from a two-way radio or university equipment. They are disposed of as part of the chemical waste program.
Batteries which are from personal use, such as a personal calculator, may be deposited for recycling at the Bookstore.


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