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The Hudson Reporter newspapers recently won nine awards in the annual statewide Better Newspaper Contest run by the New Jersey Press Association.
Members of the graphics and sales staffs won five awards for ads and the staff writers won four awards for their reporting.
The Reporter newspaper chain, with offices in Hoboken and Bayonne, publishes eight newspapers: The Hoboken Reporter, Bayonne Community News, Weehawken Reporter, Jersey City Reporter, Secaucus Reporter, North Bergen Reporter, Union City Reporter, and the West New York Reporter.
Online versions of the newspapers appear at www.hudsonreporter.com.
The Reporter's co-publishers greeted the news of the awards with appreciation for their employees' efforts.
"All our staff works very hard," said Lucha Malato. "I'm proud of what they do. It's so rewarding to see them appreciated by their professional association."
Dave Unger amplified Malato's remarks. "Our staff works tirelessly year round to bring the local news to our residents. It's rewarding to see them recognized publicly for their efforts."
"There's a lot of big talent at a small newspaper." – Caren Matzner, editor
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First place awards from the NJPA in the Reporting, Writing and Illustration category were given to staff writer Vanessa Cruz for her story "The Gentle Giant" in the North Bergen Reporter, and staff writer Dean DeChiaro for his story "Bach, Brahms and Barber, oh my!" in the Union City Reporter.
" 'The Gentle Giant' " was my very first story with the Hudson Reporter, my audition piece," said Cruz. "I wanted to delve deeper to get to know the man that Omar Monroig was through his relatives and friends. He wasn't simply a hit and run victim, he was someone's son, brother, father, husband and friend."
"My story was originally meant to focus on a specific concert given by the Union City Chamber Players," DeChiaro said. "But in the process I began to discuss with members of the group the resurgence of the arts scene in North Hudson, and I think that's what made the story interesting. The concert was directly in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and the presidential election, so it was especially interesting to hear the artists' thoughts."
Staff writer Adriana Rambay Fernandez was awarded second place in the Reporting, Writing and Illustration category for her story "Life-Saving Gift" in the Secaucus Reporter.
Fernandez was also awarded third place in the same category for "Styrofoam Ban Sticks" in the Secaucus Reporter.
The reporting staff has won numerous awards over the years for investigative reporting and feature writing. They are still awaiting word on two other statewide contests.
Graphics and sales awards
The Reporter's sales and graphics teams scored three first place awards and two other awards.
Senior Graphics Designer Lisa M. Cuthbert was awarded first place in the Best Special Section Cover category for "Release The Magic" which ran in the Bayonne Community News. Cuthbert also was awarded third place in the same category for "Progress," which appeared in the Hoboken Reporter.
"It is always an honor to be recognized by your peers, as this is an extremely competitive business," Cuthbert said. "The cover to any publication, whether it be books, magazines or in this case newspapers, is what seduces the reader into wanting more. It offers the reader a 'taste' of what lurks beyond the front page of the publication. Whenever I design something I try to imagine what will entice the consumer, while keeping the integrity of the project in mind."
Senior Graphics Designer Pasquale Spina and Advertising Manager Tish Kraszyk won first place for Best Use of Color for work that appeared in the Bayonne Community News titled "The Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony." The duo won second place in the Best Use of Humor category for "Annual Turkey Toss" that also appeared in the Bayonne Community News.
"For nearly 17 years," Kraszyk said, "I have had the pleasure of working alongside many talented people here at The Reporter. Our writers and artists work tirelessly and creatively to produce great publications that we can be proud of. They are all award winners in my book."
"I would like to underline how this publication's staff proves year in and year out the talent it has within, to hold its own against almost 200 other publications that enter the contest in the state of New Jersey," Spina said. "It is an honor and an important recognition to be chosen as a winner among thousands of peers."
Graphic Designer Patricia Verano and Account Executive Jay Slansky were awarded first place in the Best External Promotion Piece for an entry titled "Holiday Shopping and Dining."
"It was a great honor to find out that I had received an award along with my designer Patricia Verano," Slansky said, "who really deserves all the credit."
The Spring Awards Banquet for retail and classified advertising and online advertising winners was Thursday, April 11 at The Manor in Hamilton. Press Night for editorial, online (editorial) and photography awards will be at The Manor on Thursday, April 25.


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Wild Salmon Cakes with Asparagus and Greens
Collagen-Boosting Blueberry Muffins (with a Make it Vegan version)
Turmeric Golden Milk
Makes 2 servings
3 cups unsweetened almond milk
2 tablespoons coconut cream
2 tablespoons ground turmeric
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cinnamon sticks (or 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon)
2 tablespoons coconut oil or ghee 5 to 6 drops liquid stevia
Place the almond milk, coconut cream, turmeric, ginger, and black pepper in a high-speed blender. Pulse several times.
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Discard the cinnamon sticks, stir again, and serve immediately. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
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When I was at the fish monger on the weekend I noticed that they had some nice looking swordfish steaks and it reminded me that I had not had swordfish in a really long time. I picked some up immediately and I was wondering what to do with them. When I got home I noticed the jars of the mango chutney that I had just made and I thought that the best way to enjoy those perfect looking steaks was to simply grill them, and a bit of mango chutney to liven things up could not hurt. I still had some lentils left that needed to be used and I though that I would continue with the curry theme that the mango chutney had introduced and I decided to make some curried lentils. I wanted a bunch of vegetables in the lentils and I ended up going with the classic three of onions, carrots and celery and I added some raisins for a bit of sweetness.
I am glad that I kept the swordfish steaks nice and simple and just grilled them because they turned out to be the best swordfish steaks that I have ever had. I ended up grilling them for about 2 minutes per side and they turned out just perfectly cooked through. They were still nice and moist and they had an amazing texture and a great flavour all by themselves. I could easily have eaten the steaks plain but the sweet, tangy and spicy mango chutney also went well with them. The curried lentils rounded out the meal nicely. The swordfish steaks were a great find and it is always nice to find new ways to enjoy my homemade mango chutney.
Swordfish Steak with Mango Chutney on Curried Lentils
- 2 swordfish steaks
- 1 tablespoon oil
- salt & pepper to taste
- 2 cups curried lentils (see below)
- 2 tablespoons mango chutney
- Rub the oil onto the swordfish steak and season with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Grill until until cooked the desired amount, about 2-4 minutes per side.
- Serve on bed of lentils with mango chutney garnish.
Curried Lentils
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 1 carrot (chopped)
- 1 rib celery (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 cup dry lentils
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 bay leaf
- ~2 cups water (or broth or stock)
- 1/2 cup raisins
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Grapefruit Sorbet - Pink Saturday
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This is a light and lovely dessert that's a perfect way to end a heavy summer meal. I started to make this sorbet when ruby red grapefruit juice became available at our warehouse store. There are purists who will insist the ice should be made with fresh grapefruit juice. They are right, but there are times when life gets in the way and shortcuts become necessary. It's also hard to set those shortcuts aside when they are successful. My recipe relies on commercial grapefruit juice, but uses a scant spoonful of zest to heighten the taste of the finished sorbet. I also use vodka in this recipe because it helps prevent the sorbet from becoming impossibly hard in the freezer. This is a trick that works well with all homemade ice cream. I hope those of you who enjoy tart desserts will give this one a try. The recipe was originally develop Chef Chris Green who works for the Viking test kitchen. It is easy and delicious. Here's the recipe.
Grapefruit Sorbet...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Chris Green
2 large ruby grapefruits, juiced, or 1-1/2 cups pink grapefruit juice
1 teaspoon grapefruit zest (zest before juicing grapefruit)
1/2 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vodka
1) Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Cool completely.
2) Combine grapefruit juice, zest and sugar/water mixture with vodka in a metal bowl. Chill in refrigerator or by placing the metal bowl over a larger bowl filled with ice water until 40 degrees.
3) Pour chilled mixture into container of an ice cream machine and churn until frozen. Scoop frozen sorbet into a container. Seal and transfer container to freezer for several hours to allow sorbet to firm up. It can be kept frozen for up to 3 days. Yield: 4 servings.
You might also enjoy these recipes:
Chocolate Sorbet - Elana's Pantry
Sweet Tea Sorbet - The Runaway Spoon
Mango Sorbet - Family Spice
Cherry Lime Sorbet - Momofuku for 2
Cucumber Sorbet - Healthy Green Kitchen
Bing Cherry Sorbetto - Sticky Gooey Creamy Chewy
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58 comments :
- Ginny Hartzler said...
I wish I could taste this, and it is almost too pretty to eat. What a great tip about a bit of alcohol to keep it from getting too hard!
- August 21, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- Sanjeeta kk said...
Looks scrumptious and tempting to grab it from my lap top :) Lovely clicks Mary.
- August 21, 2010 at 1:07 AM
- Unknown said...
Lovely colour....looks so yammyyy...
- August 21, 2010 at 1:17 AM
- Unknown said...
looks so delicious and light... I love the sharpness off a sorbet! Currently preparing a multitude of dishes for our local village show today... all very exciting so feel free to drop by the blog to say hi and wish me luck!
- August 21, 2010 at 1:45 AM
- Nina Timm said...
Love the colour and I love grapefruit.This must be so refreshing!!
- August 21, 2010 at 1:59 AM
- Ana Powell said...
So delicate and represents:"sugar and spice and everything nice".
Wishing you a great weekend ♥ - August 21, 2010 at 3:29 AM
- Alessandra said...
I could do with one of these right now, it is hot again in Italy... pink grapefruit is one of my little boy's favourite ice cream flavours (without vodka, of course :-)
- August 21, 2010 at 4:38 AM
- eileeninmd said...
Looks like great treat and a nice way to cool off. Sounds Yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Happy Pink Saturday!
- August 21, 2010 at 5:40 AM
- Bakericious said...
the sorbet looks so good, great to have in such hot weather now. I love the lovely pink color :)
- August 21, 2010 at 6:14 AM
- Renée said...
I love the fact that use use juice from your club, genius! It's very pretty and looks so refreshing. Thanks and have a happy weekend.
- August 21, 2010 at 6:28 AM
- pigpigscorner said...
This looks and sounds lovely! The oclour is so pretty!
- August 21, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- Pam said...
Mary, it looks great and I can imagine how delicious this is with pink grapefruit. Refreshing!
- August 21, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Big Dude said...
Sure lokks light a refreshing. Would work great in our 90*+ weather.
- August 21, 2010 at 7:51 AM
- Kim said...
What a fresh idea, a grapefruit sorbet, it looks so good!
- August 21, 2010 at 7:53 AM
- Allie and Pattie said...
Lovely! And I saw some beautiful red grapefruits at the market yesterday....
xoxo Pattie - August 21, 2010 at 7:56 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'm so glad you posted this recipe Mary. I have an ice cream/frozen yogurt/sorbet maker coming my way shortly and I'm looking for some great recipes. Sorbet is my husband's favourite. I also didn't know that trick re the vodka. Now I know. Thank you!
- August 21, 2010 at 7:58 AM
- Julie said...
Beautiful! Sorbets are my favorite for a light dessert. I use vodka as well to keep it from getting too hard. Happy PInk Saturday.
- August 21, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Katerina said...
This sorbet is perfect for the hot days we have here in Greece! Thanks for sharing Mary.
- August 21, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- Carol at Serendipity said...
Just a lovely dessert. Thanks for the tip about the vodka!
Have a great weekend and Happy Pink Saturday!
Carol - August 21, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- bj said...
Ahhh, this sounds so light and delicious...and the PERFECT color for Pink Saturday.
xo bj - August 21, 2010 at 9:02 AM
- Jeannie said...
I love the color very much and I know I will love the taste too b'cos I like tart sorbets:D It's so appetising!
- August 21, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
This would be a perfect afternoon treat for the front porch. Even the color is right. I know what you mean about shortcuts. Sometimes, they are necessary. I've been surprised by how well some do work--even better than the laborious route at times!
Bonnie - August 21, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- PeggyR said...
That sounds wonderful. Being on cholesterol meds we can't have grapefruit. We sneak it once and a while though..
- August 21, 2010 at 9:29 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
It sounds so refreshing mary. I love the tartness of grapefruit!
- August 21, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- Diane said...
Have book marked this one, it really looks so fresh and inviting. Thanks for the tip on vodka. Diane
- August 21, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Kath said...
What a beautiful sorbet, and I love the tip about using a bit of vodka to keep it from freezing too hard. Thanks so much for that!
- August 21, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Monet said...
I had never heard about the vodka...what a great tip. I love grapefruit, and I imagine that the sweet/tartness would be especially refreshing during these last hot weeks of summer.
- August 21, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- SKIP TO MALOU said...
ice cream maker is in my list to have soon... and definitely this sorbet is in the list to make... enjoy your weekend Mary!
Malou - August 21, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Gloria Baker said...
This look heavenly! I love the colour! xxx gloria
- August 21, 2010 at 11:35 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Pleasant looking sorbet..
- August 21, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- marla {family fresh cooking} said...
Your pink grapefruit sorbet looks amazing. You offer such helpful tips here...I never knew that about the vodka. The zest adds such a nice touch too :) xo
- August 21, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- We Are Not Martha said...
I absolutely love grapefruit and have a feeling this is super refreshing and perfect for after a meal... Or in between courses.
Or, you know, for breakfast. It's so beautiful!
Sues - August 21, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Cooking Creation said...
I just bought my first ice cream machine and I am SOOOO excited to try this. It sounds delicious and refreshing! Thanks for the post :)
- August 21, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Keeley said...
I love grapefruit and there's nothing wrong with a shortcut, especially since grapefruits aren't in season during the warm months! I'll be picking up the ingredients for this next time I'm at the store.
- August 21, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- Adelina said...
It looks delightful! Love your tips with vodka- did not know it can be used for this purpose as well :)
- August 21, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
This will definitely be in the ice cream freezer once we get back to Florida. The Trout has fond memories of eating grapefruit gelatto in Italy. It was his all time favorite.
- August 21, 2010 at 12:45 PM
I've been eying up a sorbet recipe similar to this that also pairs champagne with ruby red grapefruit. Sounds lovely, as does this! Thanks for popping onto squirrel bread. Look forward to checking in often.
*Heather* - August 21, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Houdini said...
A great hint, using vodka, love it for another reason, too ;-)
- August 21, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- Kim @ Two Good Cookies said...
I love grapefruit. It's totally under used. This look amazing.
- August 21, 2010 at 2:34 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
Love the vodka trick! This looks so refreshing. Hubby can't have grapefruit but I love it. I wouldn't even have to share! Thanks. :)
- August 21, 2010 at 3:21 PM
- Janet Marie said...
Ooooo!!! Grapefruit ~ one of my favorite fruit!! Oooooooo...again!
Yum. - August 21, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- Marly said...
I really like grapefruit and don't eat it enough so this looks like a great recipe to try. Thanks for sharing!
- August 21, 2010 at 5:42 PM
- Melinda said...
This has such a pretty color to it.
Melinda - August 21, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Deana Sidney said...
what a beautiful photo... it positively glows. Grapefruit sorbet is so refreshing on a hot day... must try to make it myself sometime!
- August 21, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Patricia @ ButterYum said...
Just look at that color - amazing!
ButterYum - August 21, 2010 at 7:12 PM
- Annie said...
Mary this sorbet sounds delicious, thank you for the recipe and the tip about putting alcohol in the mix.
Have a nice weekend - August 21, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
Such a refreshingly light dessert and beautiful color too.
- August 21, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- Under Urooba's Umbrella! said...
I've been looking for great cooking blogs and alas! here's yours!
Thanks for the lovely comment! - August 21, 2010 at 10:12 PM
- CailinMarie said...
Mary! That sounds fabulous. I am beginning to think I need to request that you have your blog printed out and bound so I can just keep a copy in the kitchen!
- August 21, 2010 at 10:16 PM
- Foodiewife said...
This is one of the very first sorbets that I made . I love ruby reds and make this whenever they are in season. I would think commercial juice would work great This is so refreshing!
- August 22, 2010 at 12:03 AM
- My Little Space said...
Mary, I wonder how long can these ice cream last? See, how many grandchildren of yours are here? haha.... Even the little chubby can eat a few scoops of these! haha... Have fun!
Cheers, kristy - August 22, 2010 at 5:04 AM
- Chats the Comfy Cook said...
I would not have thought of grapefruit sorbet. It sounds delicious.
- August 22, 2010 at 6:54 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh, I so wish that I could have a bowl of that right now! It looks wonderful, Mary!
- August 22, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
It looks refreshing and delicious--a pretty pink color too. ;-)
- August 23, 2010 at 1:37 AM
- Salsa Verde said...
I love grapefruit. It looks very refreshing!
Lia. - August 23, 2010 at 7:11 AM
- Eliana said...
This sorbet looks perfect in every day. Will have to make myself a batch before the summer is over.
- August 24, 2010 at 11:52 AM
- Beverly said...
This looks so refreshing. We always had a grapefruit tree in our backyard when living in south Florida. And, I love grapefruit.
Unfortunately, I am not supposed to eat it anymore because of a medication I take.
Happy Belated Pink Saturday, Mary. Your little kitchen assistants are just absolutely adorable. - August 26, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- The Food Hunter said...
sounds wonderful.
- August 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM


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Ben Markus is an investigative reporter for Colorado Public Radio.
Bachelor's degree in history with a minor in English, University of California at Davis.
Professional background:
Ben joined Colorado Public Radio in April 2011 as a general assignment reporter. He was named business reporter in 2017 and became the investigative reporter in 2019. As a business reporter, he shaped CPR's business and economics coverage creating dozens of databases to track the important drivers that define the Colorado economy.
Ben came to CPR after spending three years at Hawaii Public Radio where he produced award-winning coverage on a range of subjects, including health care, technology and education. He learned the ins and outs of public radio from his first job at Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, California. Following that, he served as a reporter and producer at KUAC-FM/Alaska One in Fairbanks, Alaska.
In 2010, Ben won the top prize for general news and feature reporting in the Hawaii Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He also served as senior fellow in NPR's Economic Training Project.
Why I became a journalist:
I first realized I wanted to be a journalist after watching the movie "All The Presidents Men." It was empowering to know that good journalism—exposing the truth—can shake the pillars of American society. I think members of the press still occupy a unique and revered role in our society as members of the fourth estate. I'm proud to call myself a journalist, and I take the job seriously.
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After living the island life in Hawaii for three years, I was ready to make a change. CPR stuck out to me because of the news team's commitment to local issues, the state-of-the-art facilities, and the fact that there is a lot of support for CPR in the community. It was an added bonus that Colorado offers a lot of options for the leisure activities my wife and I enjoy, including traveling, listening to live music and attending sporting events. Denver seemed like an ideal place for us, and I'm really happy to being a part of CPR's bright future.


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Readers of this blog and attendees at the medieval to modern posthumanisms session at Kzoo know my position on the boundary between humans and animals. Although I'm willing to entertain the possibility of prediscursive species identities and prediscursive individual identities within species--that cat, this dog, that bat, this human--there is no prediscursive human identity so long as "human" is understood to mean, as it has traditionally, a creature uniquely possessing a set of capacities that relegates every other living creature to the status of mere animal. As I argue (in a position at least aligned with Derrida), humans know themselves as human--as the sole possessors of self-consciousness, reason, language, the capacity to apprehend things "as such," immortal souls, and so forth--because only animals suffer deaths that cannot be murder, because no animal tames humans. Human reason, understood as a pleonasm, is the effect of the human subjugation of animals, not its cause. This may be true now, but it's certainly true in the prescientic episteme of the Middle Ages.
It's practically inevitable that someone mentions pets whenever I push this idea. During the discussion following the posthumanism session, Jane Chance spoke about her assurance in her dog's love for her. At the BABEL party, James Paxson charmed me by showing off the photo of his dog on his cell phone. And, obviously, I can't help but think of the many medieval stories of love between animals and humans, of relationships every bit as intensely affectionate as those between Chance and Paxton and their pets.
In the battle in which Yvain rescues Lunete, the wicked seneschels wound Yvain's lion: "Quant mes sire Yvains voit blecié / son lÿon, molt a correcié / le cuer del vantre" (4543-45; when my lord Yvain saw his lion wounded, he was filled with anger), to which our author adds, "et n'a pas tort" (4545; and rightly so). What could be more touching than his sollicitude for the lion's wounds? He makes his shield a litter and cushions the lion in it with moss, and has the lion healed by the same maidens who tend to his own wounds. In Routeboeuf's Testamentum de l'âne, a priest explains to his bishop the gratitude that drove him to bury his donkey in the church graveyard. Edward I of England sent his sick falcons on pilgrimage, and Gervase of Tilbury eulogized dogs at length, asserting that they have "special capacities that bring them as close to rational creatures as they set them above the other beasts." In Medieval Identity Machines, in the midst of a deleuzoguattarian take on knights and their horses, JJC recounts many stories of knights who, having had their horses cut out from under them, declare their wish that they had been killed instead; he also recounts how Lancelot's patience under his tutor's blows gives way to violent rage when the tutor beats Lancelot's hunting dog. Bevis of Hampton prays God for mercy for the souls of Bevis, his wife Josian, "And also for [Bevis's horse] Arondel, / Yif men for eni hors bidde schel" (4618-19).
Similarly, there's a horse in Folcuin of Lobbes' Deeds of the Abbots of S. Bertin (MGH SS 13, 618) who refuses any other riders after its master's death, and which, in death, refuses, in a manner of speaking, to be eaten by dogs (cum canibus cibus esset appositus, a nullis illorum est attactus): "Quod videntes cives, eum humano more sepelierunt, quem nec bestiae nec volucres tangere presumpserunt" (When the citizens saw this, they buried this animal that neither beasts nor birds would presume to touch in the fashion that they would bury a human). This is one of many animals whose love overflows the boundaries of mere obedience. In the Dog of Antioch tradition, which enters Western Christian textuality with Ambrose' Hexaemeron 6.4.24, a dog refuses to leave the corpse of its murdered master and eventually apprehends the killer. In a Middle English version in Sir Tryamour, the greyhound Trewe-love of the murdered Sir Roger makes a citizen's arrest (and execution) at a noble feast:
And the hounde wolde nevyr blynne,
But ranne abowte faste wyth wynne
Tyll he wyth hym metyth.
He starte up verament,
The steward be the throte he hente:
The hownd wrekyd hys maystyrs dethe.
The stewardys lyfe ys lorne —
There was fewe that rewyd theron
And fewe for hym wepyth. (532-40)
Roger's widow, Margaret, names her son after the dog, surely a sign of respect as deep as the call to pray for Arondel. I might even mention Houdain.
That said, counterexamples are not difficult to turn up. There's 'Houndsditch' just beyond London's city limits, where Londoners dumped their dead dogs; a Middle English sermon describes the deaths of the falcons and hawks so beloved by elite hunters: "Twewly birdes raueners, when þei die þei be cast awey vppon þe myddynges as no þinge of valew" (Ross, ed., Middle English Sermons, EETS o. s. 209, 239); in Lydgate's "Debate of the Horse, Goose, and Sheep," the Goose observes that "A ded hors is but a fowle careyn" (204). Richard Thomas's paper in the collection Just Skin and Bones explains that the archaeological record for medieval England shows that dead dogs might be fed to other dogs, and that dead dogs and cats both might be disposed of in latrines. Baring pre-Christian burials of horses in Northern Europe, medieval animal burials, and all they imply, are the exception.
Consider this too: Walter Map speaks of a rich man and his oxen: each evening, the rich man entered his barn "and approached each oxen in turn, shook up their fodder, running his hand along the backbone of each, approvingly and fondly, instructing each by name to eat." In this story, a deer hides itself among the man's oxen, but he discovers the deer during his nightly livestock review and orders the interloper killed. These oxen might be recognized and even privileged as pets over the deer; but if they are pets, their names cannot protect them. Regardless of how fond the man is of his herd, this affection encourages them to muster up strength for labor and fortify their bodies for consumption. It would be obtuse, or so I'd like to think, to claim that this is all the affection does, as there's a love in it that exceeds practicality. But the practical purpose should not be forgotten, and by remembering it, I feel compelled to recognize that the oxen sentimentalize the very sacrificial structure about which Walter is entirely—-except through the substitutive figure of the deer—-silent. Nor can I imagine that Walter would have thought so highly about a sentimental ox who made his way through a rural manor each night, caressing each human in the years leading up to a slaughter it enjoyed rather than suffered.
The short version of this all is this: I can think of no medieval--or for that matter, no modern--example of any human allowing his or her animal to make a decision to have its master put down. As much as I empathize with Chance, Paxton, and the many other cat-, dog-, horse-, and even lion-lovers, I can't help but think that this empathy is a temptation from the rigor of my project. I think of what Cary Wolfe calls "the logic of the pet," "the sole exception, the individual who is exempted from the slaughter in order to vindicate, with exquisite bad faith, a sacrificial structure" (Animal Rites 104).
I'm not being fair here, am I? Am I allowed to dismiss the love between humans and pets as Driving Miss Daisyism? Am I allowed to dismiss this: "Dogs are about the inescapable, contradictory story of relationships--co-constitutive relationships in which none of the parterns pre-exist the relating, and the relating is never done once and for all" (Harraway, Companion Species Manifesto 12)? There's been a lot of talk about love around these parts since Kzoo. Understandably, unsurprisingly, justifiably so. Michael O'Roarke quoted Hardt and Negri on collaboration: "Love means precisely that our expansive encounters and continuous collaborations bring us joy." I think of Marty Shichtman and Laurie Finke at the BABEL theory panel, I think of this blog here, and why not, also, recall Jane Chance and her dog?
Why not: because of the irreducible power of the human to give life and take it away. I want to believe that I haven't discovered a foundation, but I think I have. Anyone care to help me get past it?


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Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome)
Fact Sheet, Revised 2019
Explains what abusive head trauma is, including how and why it happens, the long-term effects, and how it can be prevented. Aimed at health professionals and service providers who work with families. For information aimed at caregivers, see When Your Baby Can't Stop Crying (resource 4-902).
Brain Development and Young Children
Fact Sheet, 2010
This fact sheet provides an overview of early childhood brain development and stresses the influences that experience and the environment have on optimal development. Early childhood is a time when there is rapid growth and development of the brain. At this time, parents and caregivers have an opportunity to impact brain development. This is also a time when the brain is the most vulnerable.
Cherish Me for I am a Child
Poster, 2011
This brightly coloured wall hanging with the poem "Cherish Me for I am a Child" talks about the importance of a child growing up feeling safe, secure, and happy and in order for a child to do this he needs to be protected, cared for, and loved by the adults in his life. This can be used as a wall hanging for anyone to have in their home or office.
Child Death Review in Canada: A National Scan
Report, 2016
This report provides information about current child death review processes that exist in each of the provinces and territories in Canada, based on interviews with key informants in each region. Particular attention is paid to those provinces with a coordinated, multi-disciplinary, provincial child death review process. Recommendations and advice for others initiating a child death review process are also included.
Fetal Development
Poster, 2008
These 8.5 x 11 inch posters, developed by Childbirth Graphics, assist healthcare professionals in discussing alcohol use with their patients. Although these posters do not focus on FASD, they can be used to help patients understand that alcohol is one of many factors which can impact the development of the fetus.
Audience: Healthcare Professionals and their PatientsSKU: 3-143 -
How Your Baby Grows
Booklet, 2002
Adapted with permission from March of Dimes, this illustrated booklet describes fetal development and physical changes experienced by the mother.
Infant Mortality in Saskatchewan: Evidence to Inform Public Health Practice
Report, 2009
This document was prepared to describe the relationship between modifiable risk factors and infant mortality. It is meant to provide guidance, strategies, and support to help expand or develop programs that may contribute to the reduction of infant mortality in Saskatchewan. It includes a review of the literature regarding prevalent risk factors associated with infant mortality, as well as identifying promising practices related to those modifiable risk factors.
Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes in Saskatchewan
Report, 2020
Pediatric type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a rising issue in Canada. Research shows an increasing prevalence of T2D in communities around the world, including in Canada. In Canada, some of the highest incidence rates are found in the First Nations pediatric population in the Prairie provinces. The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute partnered with Dr. Mark Inman (Pediatric Endocrinologist, Saskatchewan Health Authority) to bring together current evidence and data relevant to Saskatchewan and increase the understanding of the strengths, gaps, and needs related to pediatric T2D within Saskatchewan.
The partnership resulted in the development of this background report, based on a literature review, needs assessment survey, and environmental scan, which will inform future work regarding pediatric T2D in Saskatchewan. The report will be used first to inform the development of relevant resources for education and training for healthcare providers, and second, to develop appropriate education for patients and families, within the Saskatchewan context.
Promising Practices in the Mitigation of the Impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) in Children Ages 0 to 6
Report, 2022
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are childhood events that cause harm or distress and, as a result, disrupt the child's health and development. The purpose of this report is to define ACEs and their impact on development, health, and well-being; describe how ACEs are identified in children ages 0 to 6; and investigate evidence-based practices being used with children ages 0 to 6 and parent/caregiver-child dyads to mitigate (make less severe or harmful) the impacts of ACEs in childhood and beyond.
"In November 2022 an Executive Summary was added to the report".
Protect Your Baby's Head Shape: Preventing Flat Spots on Your Baby's Head
Brochure, Revised 2023
This brochure provides parents and caregivers with information on positional plagiocephaly, or "flat head". Information includes how to prevent flat spots and what to do if a flat spot is found on baby's head.
Safe Sleep Evidence Summary
Report, 2017
This evidence summary summarizes evidence based guidelines on safe sleep and is intended for use by policy makers, healthcare providers, and service providers.
Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Lower the Risk of SIDS
Brochure, Revised 2019
This brochure outlines safe sleeping habits for babies to help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). It also provides information on breastfeeding and the importance of supervised "tummy time".
When Your Baby Can't Stop Crying
Brochure, Revised 2019
Although infant crying is normal, it can be very frustrating for caregivers. This brochure identifies strategies for dealing with a crying infant, as well as strategies for handling caregivers' frustration. Ideal for use with all caregivers. For information aimed at professionals and service providers, see Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome) (resource 4-900).
Your Choices Matter Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans, 2020
For use in conjunction with the Your Choices Matter Video and Facilitator's Guide, the Your Choices Matter Lesson Plans are a way to take the discussion of infant mortality and health behaviours a step further. Each lesson addresses common risk factors for infant mortality and can help guide discussion about the impact of these risk factors for youth today and in the future, and for their future children. Each lesson has been linked to the Saskatchewan Curriculum and, where applicable, includes marking rubrics.
The Facilitator's Guide and Lesson Plans can be used to engage youth and communities to have conversations about health and behaviour choices that they are making today to ensure the best health outcomes for themselves and their future children. The Guide provides background information and several lesson plans, which can be used in the classroom or in a group setting, to address the various topics introduced in the video.
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Customizing the Way You Work in Photoshop CS6
- Introduction
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- Setting General Preferences
- Setting File Handling Preferences
- Setting Interface Preferences
- Setting Cursors Preferences
- Controlling Transparency & Gamut Preferences
- Working with Units & Rulers
- Working with Guides, Grid & Slices
- Setting Plug-Ins Preferences
- Selecting Scratch Disks
- Allocating Memory & Image Cache
- Setting Type Preferences
- Managing Libraries with the Preset Manager
- Using and Customizing Workspaces
- Building Specialized Workspaces
- Creating a Customized User Interface
- Defining Shortcut Keys
No description of Adobe Photoshop would be complete without that well-known, but little utilized area called Preferences. Photoshop preferences serve several purposes. They help customize the program to your particular designing style, and they help you utilize available computer resources to increase the overall performance of the program.
By modifying File Handling preferences, such as appending a file extension on the file, or being asked when saving a layered TIFF file, you can streamline the file saving process. In addition, you can change the way your cursors look. For example, do you want your paintbrush to look like a paintbrush when you paint, do you prefer a precision crosshair or the actual brush size shape, or the shape with a crosshair?
As you use Photoshop, you'll come to realize the importance of working with units and rulers. Precision is the name of the game when you are working with images. What about the color of your guides, grids, and slices? No big deal, you say. Well, if you've ever tried viewing a blue guide against a blue-sky image, you know exactly why guide color is important. By working through preferences such as Image Cache, Scratch Disks, and RAM (Random Access Memory), speed increases of up to 20% can be achieved.
In addition, customizing the program helps make you more comfortable, and studies show that the more comfortable you are as a designer, the better your designs. Plus, being comfortable allows you to work faster, and that means you'll accomplish more in the same amount of time. What does setting up preferences do for you? They make Photoshop run faster (up to 20%), you work more efficiently, and your designs are better. That's a pretty good combination. Photoshop doesn't give you Preferences to confuse you, but to give you choices, and those choices give you control.


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From Linux-VServer
A. General
Are there other FAQs available?
Where can I find a overview of Linux-VServer?
- Wikipedia Article
- ProjectOverview (an introduction to the VServer Project, by ChuckD)
- Introduction by Jacques Gélinas
How to verify that a setup is working properly?
B. Requirements
What hardware is supported by linux-vserver?
- alpha
- i386 and higher (and compatible)
- ia32 / ia64
- mips / mips64
- hppa / hppa64
- ppc / ppc64
- sparc / sparc64
- s390 / s390x
- x86_64 (AMD64)
- uml/xen
Which kernel versions are supported?
Can I run Linux-vserver on my favorite distribution?
C. Versions
What's the latest version of Linux-VServer?
Where can I find prereleases and release candidates?
D. Tools (util-vserver and vserver)
What do I need them for?
What's the difference between vserver and util-vserver?
The util-vserver package is a reimplementation of these tools in C by Enrico Scholz, which follows the kernel development more closely. util-vserver tools are currently considered the mainstream tools (You can't use both packages on the same machine.)
Both packages have their own version numbering. Don't let the version numbering confuse you.
Which version of the tools packages do I need? Do I have to upgrade?
- linux-vserver 1.00
- vserver 0.26
- util-vserver 0.24
- linux-vserver 1.20
- vserver 0.28
- util-vserver 0.25
- linux-vserver 2.00
- util-vserver 0.30 or 0.30.209
E. Download
Distribution specific packages
- Mandrake
- Debian
- vserver - All Linux-VServer-related Debian-packages (Probably slow, +100 results).
- Official precompiled kernels - These are the official Debian kernels compiled with Linux-VServer-support.
- vserver-debiantools - These scripts install Debian straight off the web from Debian.org's world-wide network of mirrors.
- Gentoo
F. Network Usage?
Is IPv6 supported?
Can I put my vservers in different networks?
Is it possible for a vserver to have a other default gateway than the host machine does use?
Can I use more than one IP address in a vserver
In case you want to use example IP addresses on one interface IPROOT="10.1.2.3 10.1.2.12" IPROOTDEV="eth0" In case you want to use 2 or more interfaces IPROOT="eth0:10.1.2.3 eth1:10.1.2.12" IPROOTDEV="" In case you want to use IP-number in different subnets IPROOT="eth0:10.1.2.3/255.255.255.0 eth0:10.1.3.12/255.255.0.0" IPROOTDEV="" If you are using vserver 2.0+ you have to create subdirectories in /etc/vserver/<vserver-name>/interfaces/ for each IP you want to use, i.e. /etc/vserver/<vserver-name>/interfaces/0 /etc/vserver/<vserver-name>/interfaces/1
These subdirectories have to contain files with the options you want to set. See the VServerConfiguration or Flower page for more info
Is it possible to use the real device (eth0, eth1) instead of the device alias created by vserver?
- Set IPROOT= to those IPs
- Unset IPROOTDEV so the vserver script won't try to setup the IP aliases.
Can I modify the behavior of my vservers?
Were can I find more information on networking in Linux-VServer?
G. Software compatibility
Bind does not work in a vserver
- The bind package expect to have the capability CAP_SYS_RESOURCE.
It expects this because it was compiled this way on Linux and to increase its ulimit.
- By default, a vserver does not have this capability for a good reason, you may have a look at 'man capabilities' to see how much control that capability allows.
- A vserver starts with some ulimit values and can only reduce them, not enlarge them.
- If you know what you are doing, you can give the capability to the vserver running bind.
- A securer solution is to compile bind without that requirement by specifying './configure --disable-linux-caps'
It looks like you only can run bind as root once you compile bind with this option, but this should be fine inside a vserver.
- bind does not respond to queries
- Bind seems to have problems with a query socket check. Bind believes the query is comming on a non-query socket, and doesn't answer the request.
- putting "query-source address YOUR_VSERVER_IP;" in your named.conf solves this problem.
Is DHCP possible in a vserver?
The solution for 2.6 kernel with new-style config is to add CAP_NET_RAW entry in the /etc/vserver/<vserver-name>/bcapabilities file, and it might be unnecessary to add 255.255.255.255 into bcast file, please read VServerConfiguration or The Great Flower Page for more details. If you are still use the legacy config, please read the answer below. It's possible to run a DHCP server inside a vserver, but there is a catch. The set_ipv4root assigns one IP and one broadcast address to a vserver. UDP service listening to 0.0.0.0 (bind any) in a vserver are indeed listening to the vserver IP and vserver broadcast. This is all they will get. This is fine for most services. Unfortunately, dhcpd is receiving special broadcasts. Its clients are unaware of their IP number, so they are using special broadcast 255.255.255.255 address. A vserver generally runs with the broadcast address of the network device (the one used to setup the IP alias). This network device has a broadcast address which is never 255.255.255.255. Those special broadcast are not sent to the vserver. The solution is to set the IPROOTBCAST entry in the vserver configuration file like this IPROOTBCAST=255.255.255.255 Restart your vserver and dhcpd will work. There is a catch (at least with 2.4.18ctx-9). If you are using other services in the save vserver, also relying on broadcast for proper operation (samba for one), they won't operate properly. One solution would be to enhance the semantics a little: A vserver would listen for its IP address, its broadcast address and also for 255.255.255.255.
The dhcpd case is probably very specific though.
You can try to run the NFS userspace server, the traditional Linux user space NFS server and UNFS3 are both reported to work.
take a look at ((NFS and portmap)) if you have problems with your portmap
Run Level Based Distributions as Ververs (Red Hat and such ....)
Syncing hardware clock to system time hwclock is unable to get I/O port access: the iopl(3) call failed FAILED] Turning off swap: Not superuser. [FAILED] Turning off quotas: quotaoff: Can't stat() mounted device /dev/hdv1: No such file or directory Unmounting file systems: umount2: No such file or directory umount: /vservers: not found
Then look for S* links in /etc/rc6.d/ and remove the one responsible for the errors. In RH9 it is called S01rebootA 'normal' server does some stuff on shutdown, like saving the time to the hwclock, or storing random pool data and finally invokes the reboot. Some of those actions are just not allowed in a vserver.
Vservers and X Windows
sshd with X11-Forwarding in a vserver
See also: [ProblematicPrograms]
Where can I find more information on the Linux-VServer project?
Does the Linux-VServer project have a mailing list?
Is there a IRC channel
I. Issues
When starting or entering a vserver I get "Error: /proc must be mounted". 'vserver-stat' and 'vps' are failing with "open("/proc/uptime"): No such file or directory". Sometimes, other files in /proc are mentioned. What can I do?
Inside a vserver I can still use mknod to create devices, even without CAP_MKNOD capability. What's wrong? (this probably applies to all other capabilities but that was not tested)
After stopping/restarting a vserver my network is gone! What the hell?
Only root can access any files in the vserver
"daemon() failed: Success" - What? Succesfully failing?
When I start a vserver, "FATAL: kernel too old" message appears and vserver can't be started
I switched from old to new configuration and now all my ip addresses are gone!
When I enter/ssh into a vserver I can see all of the interfaces and interface aliases with ifconfig.
I keep my vserver roots on their own devices. I can unmount them but the device (like drbd or lvm) remains in use until all of my vservers are killed off ("Someone has opened the device for RW access").
More information:
- About Namespaces
- DRBD Mount Issues
- This thread, which deals with the same issue.
- This thread, terse but helpful.
- And this, a thread of related stuff.
When I stop a vserver its network alias does not go away, I am getting 'RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address
Try running 'ip addr' and see if the interface names are being truncated (note: I came across a thread that seems to suggest that this might happen even if the interface name is not being truncated?). The function that kills the interface specifies its name, if it is truncated then 'ip' will not be able to find the interface. Another cause might be that the IP was added (or already present at startup) with a different netmask, and therfore can not be removed properly My solution to this is very, very gross. Open up your vserver.functions file and find the disableInterfaces function. If you change IP_ADDR) $_IP addr del "$@";; to
IP_ADDR) $(echo $_IP addr del "$@"
Why does the vserver run on a BSD fs (ufs) ?!
The ufs part is correct and it is so to trick the quota tools to not try to lowlevel access the fs. The entry is FAKE anyway, ufs just solved this quota userland issue nicely (more or less).
[root@VServerGuest /]# ping 126.96.36.199 connect: Invalid argument
- When I issue a DNS lookup it returns:
[root@VServerGuest /]# host www.yahoo.ca socket.c: internal_send: 188.8.131.52#53: Invalid argument ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
- When I try to run vyum it returns:
[root@VServerGuest /]# vyum VServerGuest -- check-update Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core Make sure that you have either a Public IP setup on the VServer Guest, or that you have a proper SNAT/DNAT rules setup on your VServer Host. After that, restart the vserver guest with the verbose option to see what your ipv4root is set to: [root@VServerGuest /]# vserver -v VServerGuest start ipv4root is now 127.0.0.10 18.104.22.168 New security context is 49156You must make sure the order of the interfaces are correct. The very first Interface (decided upon by alphabetical order of the interface directory name) for the VServer is the default IP used for all network connections. This must be either a public IP or an IP that has been D/SNAT'd.
G. Problematic Programs
Some programs do things that might work on a normal host but not inside a V-Server. This is often not a fault of V-Server itself, the programs are doing automagic things which fail and no proper error handling is done. Also sometimes the actions need special rights which are not permitted by default in V-Servers. Allowing CAPs is often not necessary since those special CAPs are only required once (e.g. when the program initializes the directories/settings/whatever).
OpenGroupware Apache Module
Hylafax (with CAPI)
- cp -aR /dev/capi* /vservers/your_vserver/dev
- Now hylafax can access your CAPI ISDN card but will exit after a few seconds, the problem is it tries to create a /dev/null nod in the hylafax chroot. This fails because of missing CAPs, so lets help hylafax again with copying the nod into the hylafax chroot in the V-Server. Like this (command run on the host):
- cp -aR /dev/null /vservers/your_vserver/var/spool/hylafax/dev
- Allright, now hylafax should have CAPI access and run properly.
Links inside screen inside a V-Server
screen inside a VServer
[root@ge root]# vserver zoe enter zoe:/# screen Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/5' - please check. zoe:/# strace screen ... stat64("/dev/pts/5", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 5), ...}) = 0 open("/dev/pts/5", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
- is neither a bug nor an issue with screen, it just shows that a vserver context is not allowed to mess with host terminals. either use ssh/telnet to reach the 'guest' or start the screen session before you do the 'enter' (i.e. on the host)
!OpenLDAP Startup
- You should have a reachable localhost address defined in /etc/hosts and then you can use rndc -s localhost command
- You can make a rndc.conf and set the default-server option, like that the '-s localhost' isn't necessary.
- This can be solved by allowing CAP_SYS_NICE for that VServer.
- You can also not run Asterisk with the realtime priority :
- Just pass the '-p' command ligne argument to disable the read-time priority.
- .
- Good doc on setting up Asterisk devices in the vserver:
- http://www.telephreak.org/papers/vpa/
- TODO: write me
Just patch source/smbd/oplock.c (commenting paranoid code)
+++ oplock.c.orig 2005-02-14 14:27:51.000000000 +0200 --- oplock.c 2005-02-02 12:27:50.000000000 +0200 @@ -181,14 +181,12 @@ return False; } +#if 0 /* Validate message from address (must be localhost). */ if(from.sin_addr.s_addr != htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK)) { DEBUG(0,("receive_local_message: invalid 'from' address \ (was %lx should be 127.0.0.1)\n", (long)from.sin_addr.s_addr)); return False; } +#endif /* Setup the message header */ SIVAL(buffer,OPBRK_CMD_LEN_OFFSET,msg_len);
or if you don't want to patch the samba source code you can disable oplock in Samba and it will work too! Just put the following in your smb.conf:
kernel oplocks = no oplocks = noNote: The Vserver using Samba should also listen on the broadcast address. Thereby you will not be able to have two samba servers in the same net (on the same broadcast).
Samba from Debian 3.1
Samba printer and file server with cups
- \\
First, edit your Template:/etc/sysconfig/network file, and set Template:Networking to Template:Yes (This will solve problems for other services !):
# cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes
- \\
Some more tweaking is needeed in Template:/etc/smb.conf:
# cat /etc/smb.conf ... # YOUR VSERVER IP/MASK HERE interfaces = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/mask ...
- \\
That's all !!!
- \\
But if you're using Samba + Cups to provide printing for Windows clients, AND if you want to use the Template:Point and Print feature, there is more: In the {{[printers]}} section of your Template:Smb.conf, you should have the Template:Use client drivers directive set to Template:No, or the driver upload procedure will fail !
# cat /etc/smb.conf ... use client driver = no ...
- \\
So, here is a full Template:Smb.conf file:
# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf | awk '!/^$/ && !/^\s*(#|;)/ {print $0}' [global] workgroup = MYDOMAIN netbios name = MYHOSTNAME server string = MYCOMMENT (Samba %v) printcap name = cups load printers = yes printing = cups printer admin = @adm log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 map to guest = bad user security = domain password server = * encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd username map = /etc/samba/smbusers idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 interfaces = 127. MYVSERVERIP/MYVSERVERMASK wins server = MYWINSIP dns proxy = no # for french users: dos charset = 850 unix charset = ISO8859-1 [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = no [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no guest ok = no writable = no printable = yes create mode = 0700 print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer drivers. use client driver = no [print$] path = /var/lib/samba/printers browseable = yes write list = @adm root guest ok = yes inherit permissions = yes
- \\
...And a working smbusers:
# Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ... root = administrator MYDOMAIN\administrator nobody = guest pcguest smbguest
Cups print server
Starting CUPS printing system: cupsd: Child exited with status 98!
- \\
And the logs (Template:/var/log/cups/error log) show:
E [date:hour...] StartListening: Unable to bind socket for address 0.0.0.0:631 - Address already in use.
- ...Or something like this.
- \\
With a correct "cupsd.conf file" (Tested version 1.1.21-0.rc1.7mdk, on Mandrake 10.1 - Now Mandriva), it works; All we need is to remove references to Template:127.0.0.1 or Template:Localhost from the file, as well as correctly unsetting the Template:Listen directive:
LogLevel info TempDir /var/spool/cups/tmp # No 'Listen' directive ! Port 631 BrowseAddress @LOCAL BrowseDeny All BrowseAllow @LOCAL BrowseOrder deny,allow <Location /> Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From @LOCAL </Location> <Location /admin> AuthType Basic AuthClass System Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From YOUR_NETWORK_ADDRESS/YOUR_NETMASK # Example: 172.16.0.0/24 # Or Allow From @LOCAL </Location>
- \\
Then you'll need to modify the Template:/etc/init.d/cups script, to comment any section referring to Template:127.0.0.1 lookup and configuration. This section exists at least on Mandrake 10.1, and is pretty long (Lines 35 to 55 and/or 79), and additionnaly four "Template:Else...if" lines must be commented far below (Lines 161 to 164) !
- \\
Remember to stop any Cupsd running in the host server, or to start it via a wrapper Template:/etc/init.d/v cups script:
#!/bin/sh # chkconfig: 2345 15 60 # description: Wrapper to start cups bound to a single IP USR_LIB_VSERVER=/usr/lib/util-vserver exec $USR_LIB_VSERVER/vsysvwrapper cups $*
- \\
Do not forget to give a password to the root user, if you want to ba able to manage your printers from the web interface (http://yourcupsvserver:631)!
# passwd root ...
- \\
If you use Mandriva 10.1 (And maybe some other distros), you'll need to add the printers drivers for Cups, and reload it:
# urpmi --root /vservers/yourcupsvserver/ cups-drivers # /etc/init.d/cups reload
- \\
…It added 67 Mb of packages for me.
- \\
Then use Template:/etc/init.d/v cups (re)start to launch Cups on the host server.
- You will now be able to make Cupsd start in the vserver , but more tweaking on the ACLs may be necessary to avoid authentification problems...
Bind9 on Debian GNU/Linux Woody (3.0) and Sarge (3.1)
- \\
The debian way is to build** your own package without CAPs:
- \\
su - cd /usr/src apt-get build-dep bind9 apt-get source bind9 cd bind9-x.x.x vi debian/rules
- \\
Insert the following line after "./configure --prefix=/usr \":
- \\
--disable-linux-caps \
- \\
On a NPTL-enabled system you alse have to replace \\
--enable-threads \
- with \\
--disable-threads \
- or bind might refuse to run with an other user than root.
- \\
Save the file and go ahead with compiling/installing:
- \\
dpkg-buildpackage dpkg -i ../bind9-x.x.x.deb echo "bind9 hold" | dpkg --set-selections
- \\
The last line is to set the package "on hold", so it is not touched by the update process. you have to take care of security holes by yourself now!
- \\
The Xs in "bind9-x.x.x" denote the version number of bind9.
- \\
- Alternatively you can allow the CAP_SYS_RESOURCE for that V-Server.
The best way would be to fix bind, which is somehow broken when it comes to capabilities. Daniel Hokka Zakrisson repaired it. His patch is to be found here:
bind-9.3.2-caps-when-available.patch So, if you recompile, it would be the cleanest way to apply that patch. Thanks Daniel!
It would be also nice, if someone submits that patch to the bind people or maybe to your distribution's package maintainers in the first step.
Get my vserver-guest-ready Debian bind9 package for Debian Sid guests. Feedback welcome: email@example.com
Postfix 2.1.5 (Debian Sarge)
Zimbra Mail
"xine --verbose" shows this.
ERROR: Could not determine network interfaces, you must use a interfaces config lineThis happens if you have the xineplug_inp_smb.so plugin. Delete it and everything is fine.
127.0.0.1 issues
- dev lo
- ip 127.0.0.1
- mask 255.0.0.0
- name lo
now interface "1" is the default created interface by the vserver build script with a local adress like 192.168.1.2 and interface "0" is the loopback. I can now telnet on 127.0.0.1 and it sees that im connecting to 127.0.0.1 from 127.0.0.1
Compiling nagios-1.4 within a vserver requires this, otherwise it hangs during the configure with "checking for ICMP ping syntax..."
/!\ BIG FAT WARNING: DON'T DO THIS: THE VSERVER WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE 127.0.0.1 OF THE HOST (quoting Bertl from irc)


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reindexdb [connection-option...] [ --table | -t table] [ --index | -i index] [dbname]
reindexdb [connection-option...] --all | -a
reindexdb [connection-option...] --system | -s [dbname]
reindexdb is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a PostgreSQL database.
reindexdb is a wrapper around the SQL command REINDEX. There is no effective difference between reindexing databases via this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
reindexdb accepts the following command-line arguments:
Reindex all databases.
Specifies the name of the database to be reindexed. If this is not specified and -a (or --all) is not used, the database name is read from the environment variable PGDATABASE. If that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is used.
Echo the commands that reindexdb generates and sends to the server.
Recreate index only.
Do not display progress messages.
Reindex database's system catalogs.
Reindex table only.
Print the reindexdb version and exit.
Show help about reindexdb command line arguments, and exit.
reindexdb also accepts the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections.
User name to connect as.
Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires password authentication and a password is not available by other means such as a .pgpass file, the connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a password.
Force reindexdb to prompt for a password before connecting to a database.
This option is never essential, since reindexdb will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands password authentication. However, reindexdb will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password. In some cases it is worth typing -W to avoid the extra connection attempt.
Specifies the name of the database to connect to discover what other databases should be reindexed. If not specified, the postgres database will be used, and if that does not exist, template1 will be used.
Default connection parameters
This utility, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the environment variables supported by libpq (see Section 31.14).
In case of difficulty, see REINDEX and psql for discussions of potential problems and error messages. The database server must be running at the targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment variables used by the libpq front-end library will apply.
reindexdb might need to connect several times to the PostgreSQL server, asking for a password each time. It is convenient to have a ~/.pgpass file in such cases. See Section 31.15 for more information.


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A tale of two couches: The first, pictured recently in the New York Daily News, is where NBA supernova Jeremy Lin reportedly spent nights — perhaps battling Linsomnia — before erupting into a game-changing beast and leading the New York Knicks to a euphoric win streak.
The other is from the much-examined life of Steve Jobs. When he and his wife, Laurene, moved into a two-story, red-brick home in Palo Alto, Calif., in the early 1990s, they engaged in endless discussion about furnishings. "We spoke about furniture in theory for eight years," Laurene tells Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson. "We spent a lot of time asking ourselves 'What is the purpose of a sofa?'"
Very good question.
Most of us do not have a pro basketball star crashing on our couch. And we don't take forever to scout out a sofa. But we do understand in a somewhat hazy way that during many periods of life the sofa is at the epicenter. It is home base, North Star, study carrel, dining booth and royal throne rolled into one.
Couches are not always comfortable, of course. I am writing this while sitting on a sea-green sofa. We paid too much for it. It's terribly uncomfortable, yet we can't haul it away because it holds way too many memories.
Call it a couch or a sofa, the thing with cushions is arguably the most beloved — and most abused — piece of furniture we may ever own. And it's a good place to sit and contemplate the question: Just what is the purpose of the Great American Sofa?
Lugging It Up The Stairs
The Great American Sofa is where: Sweet-eyed relatives sit to gaze at us — just home from the hospital — for the first time. We first nuzzle into our parents' laps. We discover how to hold hands and how not to kiss. We learn the physics of cushions and ways to create — or eliminate — meaningful distance by shifting slightly here or there. We watch historic events on TV — and big games and dopey sitcoms. We eat overdone popcorn and underdone Pop-Tarts, and crumbs from everything snow down into the crevices. Along with pocket change and car keys and the loosely held litter of everydayness.
When we finally move out on our own — vowing to not get tied down, to roam far and wide — often the first piece of furniture we buy is a big old heavy lunking couch.
And it becomes our Sisyphean rock that we wrestle up and down the apartment-steps of our lives. Friends help us lug it in. They sleep on it during vacations and bad times and before they become NBA sensations. We sleep on it when we're tired or troubled or just too lazy to make it to the bed.
It's been that way for centuries.
These days, all sorts of sofas and couches are available. Furniture companies such as Bassett, The Sofa Company and Ikea offer a vast array of variations. On the Internet you can find sofas made of soda cans and couches composed of cacti and all sorts of material, including backpacks, grass, giant cables and FedEx boxes.
And, of course, there are sofas that unfurl into sofa beds. Not everyone is a fan. "The unfolding of a sofa bed is a display of pettiness, as in petit bourgeois," wrote Henry Allen in The Washington Post some 15 years ago. "Your house is too small, your relatives are too cheap to stay in a motel, and most of all, you are irredeemably middle class — always trying to turn squalid smallness into a combination of the tasteful and the grand and achieving only the nice. Rich people have spare bedrooms and ancient button-tufted things called daybeds. Poor people can't afford sofa beds. And so the sofa bed is the totem of the lumpen middle class."
For many Americans, however, hopping from sofa to sofa — couch-surfing — is the only way to travel. The practice has long been a frugal, and authentic, meanderer's mainstay. Now it's codified as a website and a lifestyle.
Sofa, So Good
The best sofa you ever had was, um, which one? Was it light, dark, long, medium, foldout, deep-seated, leather, pleather, plaid, paisley, wine-stained, chili-stained or adorned with pet hair?
"Considering the meaning of my couch to my life — it's my workplace, my leisure spot and, during my worst bouts of insomnia, my place of overnight rest — you'd think I would've spent more than 15 minutes picking it out," says sportswriter Norman Chad whose comical Couch Slouch column appears in The Washington Post and elsewhere.
Chad remembers a friend helping him select his Ur couch in 2004. The couch was "shockingly red," he says, "which she insisted was the proper choice because it would bring color to my otherwise dreary home life." He was between marriages at the time.
"It's not as plush as I would like — for laying down purposes," Chad explains, "but it's mine. I watch way too much TV from there, I usually work on my laptop from there and I drink wine from there. Without a couch, I'd probably still be stuck on one of my old beanbag chairs."
Benjamin Parzybok, on the other hand, has a surfeit of sofas. Author of the novel Couch, the Portland resident says he is couch-sitting a whole cache of couches for other people. "At the moment there's a perfect storm of couch storage," he says. "There's our main couch in the living room, a behemoth of a green thing with elephantine legs that was purchased in a secondhand shop, already well-loved and destined to continue to be well-loved for some time. One floor below are a number of other couches, belonging to brothers and neighbors whose houses are getting remodeled."
One of his favorites is "a raggedy orange thing, falling apart just like the couch in the book, that I cannot bear to part with any more," Parzybok says. "It's here that the young kids do their gymnastics, experimentally vaulting across them or launching themselves at each other in fits of glee."
Couches are portals to our past, talismans of times — light and lonely — gone by. But what will sofas mean to us tomorrow? As we rely less on hardware and more on cloudware, will we even have sofas in the future?
Oh yes, says Oscar P. Fitzgerald, author of Three Centuries of American Furniture. We will be able to create our own sofas — the way we are designing our own T-shirts and credit cards. "The true wave of the future may be in stereolithography," Fitzgerald says, referring to a three-dimensional computer-modeling technique.
If you have enough money, say $50,000, Fitzgerald says, a company such as Materialise in Leuven, Belgium, may eventually be able take your model — crafted on a computer — and swiftly fashion a full-size prototype.
Hmm. 50 grand. No sweat. You probably have that much in change buried somewhere under the cushions.
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You might remember little Sarah's 4th birthday cake:
Or her fifth birthday cake:
Anyway, Sarah recently celebrated her sixth birthday, and I think you'll agree it was her best Vader mash-up cake yet:
Oh, and the Pony has a Death Star on her butt.
Frankly, just the description is made of win.
All of these cakes were made by their local Dairy Queen, and this latest masterpiece was hand-piped by "a young guy who can't have been over 19 years old," and who was apparently quite worried that he didn't get all the details quite right.
Proving there may be hope for the nation's bakeries, after all.
Many thanks again to Jessica H., and also a belated "Happy Birthday" and "May the Force be with you," to my new favorite geek girl, Sarah, who I hear was super excited to see her first two cakes on the blog. Lookin' forward to seeing what you dream up for next year, Sarah! (And may I suggest...Rainbow Brite?)


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