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Children across the country will be rolling out the breakfast trays and handmade cards for Mother's Day. But the holiday brings up mixed feelings for many foster mothers and their children.
"It can be really confusing for a child when there's Mother's Day and the child is supposed to celebrate their 'new mom,'" says Cris Beam, author of To The End of June: An Intimate Life of American Foster Care. "The child is still really attached, and it's a complicated holiday, and they need sometimes a new way to think about this other parent."
Foster mom of three Shelley Cadamy says it's tough for children who feel loyal to biological mothers who aren't able to raise them. "I don't look forward to mother's day. I try to make it as comfortable for my kids as I can. But usually it involves at least one meltdown."
In Los Angeles, mom Jeanne Pritzker is trying make the day easier on families. She brings together thousands of moms, dads and children for an annual Foster Mother's Day. "We just put together people who want to help, and people who want to be celebrated with the most amount of fun, joy, excitement, laughter, sharing ever."
Tell Me More asked listeners to tell us their stories of being, or having, a foster mother. Here are some highlights:
Barbara Gerber, Janesville, Wisconsin
I am a foster mother and now am an adoptive mother to a child I adopted through foster care. I had three-hours notice before I opened the door to meet my future newborn son, when the social worker brought him to me after he was discharged from the hospital at birth.
A first-time mother at 48, I jumped into motherhood with both feet and have never looked back. My son was in foster care with me for a year before his biological parents' rights were terminated, and then four months later I adopted him when he was 16 months old.
I continue to have contact with his biological mother and encourage her to maintain a relationship with my son so that he always knows his history. I have had and been offered other foster placements during this time as well.
Foster care is a very rewarding and meaningful experience, but it is also heartbreaking, gut-wrenching and worrisome. The highs are the highest you can imagine and the lows are the lowest you'd want to experience. I've never been on such a roller coaster of emotions as I was during the time before my son became an official "Gerber Baby." I wouldn't change it for the world.
Shelley Cadamy, Tulsa, Oklahoma
As a single, professional woman with no bio kids, I fostered, then adopted three older (3, 6 and 9) African-American children. They have tremendous issues, and tremendous spirits. They have made my life whole. They are the world's most bad-ass children ...
Moms like me feel a bit left out on Mother's Day. It's a tough holiday for the kids (who still feel disloyal to their bio mom on Mother's Day) and for the moms, because the kids are usually horribly acting out (because it's a tough day for them), rather than bringing you hand-crafted cards and hugs.
Shi Ann
I had a foster ... whatever, at various times while I was growing up because my mother struggled with addiction issues that caused her to become absent in parenting. I was removed from the home several times.
I say foster whatever because there is no way on God's earth I would ever call any of these women "mom." They're not always the angels people make them out to be. I did not post this remark publicly in the Facebook comments because people tend to very happy-clappy about fosters, not understanding that not everyone chooses this type of parenting with good motives. I had fosters in the early '90s. I don't mean to be so negative, I know there are good ones also.
Dawn Boulton, Trumbull, Connecticut
My brother and I became wards of the state at ages 8 and 15 respectively. I was placed in a girls group home and he was placed in a foster home. Over the next 2 years — because of his hyperactivity and other circumstances — he was moved to several different foster homes. I remained in the group home during this time.
He was placed with Lynn Pfeffer and her husband in 1986. They were a young couple (late 20s) and Lynn didn't work so she was able to devote herself to my brother, and he flourished. After several months they invited me to visit on weekends, and thereafter asked if I would like to live with them. I was just shy of 17, which in foster-care speak is an age that is nearly impossible to place.
Suddenly after years of spending holidays with the families of the kind women who worked at the group home, I had a family and my brother was part of it! Lynn and her husband took in another foster child who was 4, and she blended right in. A year and a half later, I went off to college but always looked toward to coming "home."
That was over 20 years ago. I have since become a teacher, wife and mother. Lynn is my "mom" and has shared each of these milestones with me. She cried at my wedding and held my son at his birth. I feel so lucky that she opened her home and her heart to me, put up with all of my teenage angst and my 20-something behavior of moving in and out a million times before i finally flew the nest.
I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but maybe you just need a few moms and dads in your corner. Every week we check in with a diverse group of parents for their common sense and savvy advice.
Well, Mother's Day is this Sunday. And if nobody else told you, we just did. So no excuses on the card, OK? On this day, we often try to lift up the contributions of mothers who come to motherhood through different paths. So today we thought would be a good time to hear more about and from foster mothers.
So we called Jeanne Pritzker. She is the founder of Foster Care Counts, a mom of six and an unofficial foster mom to two. Welcome to the program. Thanks for joining us.
JEANNE PRITZKER: Thank you for having me.
MARTIN: Also joining us, Cris Beam. She's the author of "To The End Of June: The Intimate Life Of American Foster Care." And she's also a foster mom of one. Cris, thank you so much for joining us as well.
CRIS BEAM: Thanks for having me.
MARTIN: So, Jeanne, I'm going to give credit where credit is due. We actually got the idea for this segment because we heard of your work. You have an annual day where you celebrate foster mothers.
What made you want to be a foster mom, if you don't mind my asking? And why do you feel that foster moms and dads - although we're focusing on moms today - need more recognition?
PRITZKER: I feel like they need more recognition because, from my own personal experience, when I had my first Foster Mother's Day six or seven years ago and got to meet many foster mothers, I realized that they were maybe the role models that I have been looking for, for a very long time. And I realized I wanted to be more like them.
And then I realized I wanted to do whatever I could to help them, and - especially if I wasn't going to be a foster parent myself at the moment. I could support other foster parents doing what they are giving their lives to do.
MARTIN: Cris, you know, it seems as though we have, like, two competing stereotypes about foster parents and contradictory ones, as we often do, about stereotypes. One is that they are either saints or villains, you know? Saints - they're so selfless, just, you know - you know, just laying down their lives for these kids. And villains - oh, my God, just in it for the money, you know, that kind of thing.
Now, you've done a deep look at the subject. Why do most people become foster parents, and why did you want to become one?
BEAM: You know, it's really interesting. We have a ton of research on foster kids. We know all their demographics. We know why they came into care. We know where they come from, what they look like, what they suffered. And we know virtually nothing about the foster parents from a national perspective. We only have a handful of studies. Most of the studies are very old, and they're anecdotal.
So really, we don't know a whole lot about the foster parents from a national demographic kind of picture. We know there's only been one study that looks at 1 percent of the foster parents. And we know that on average, they're a little bit older than the general caregiving population. They're a little bit less moneyed than the general population, and they generally give a little bit less attention. But again, it's pretty anecdotal. So...
MARTIN: And why did you want to become a foster mom?
BEAM: I didn't. It was a total accident. It was completely unplanned. She - my daughter was a kid in my - I was teaching high school at the time, and she was a kid in my class. And she had been in care since she was 7. And she's transgender, and, you know, they don't do a very good job of serving trans kids.
And she got kicked out of my school, and she got sent to a probation school. And nobody knew her status there except for the administrators. And one of the administrators told a guard, and the guard told some of the kids. And they threatened to kill her.
So she ran from that school, and that was a violation of her probation. So they threw her out of her group home, at which point it was deemed that she had broken the law, even though it was a violation of her safety. And this kind of thing happens all the time.
So, you know, her probation officer called me up and said, do you want to take her? You know, and here I am, a gay person thinking I had escaped the fate of an unplanned pregnancy. And suddenly, I had a teenager on my hands. And that's how it happened.
MARTIN: How's she doing?
BEAM: She's great. She's great. She's an adult now, and she's fantastic. But, you know, what they told me at the time was, well, she's almost 18. She'll be out of your hair in six months. And that was a...
MARTIN: That's a nice way to look at a kid, isn't it?
BEAM: Yeah, and that's...
MARTIN: That's a great - I mean...
BEAM: ...Very common.
MARTIN: ...What is that?
BEAM: Yeah, and that wasn't true at all. I mean, she was 17, but she was emotionally maybe 12. I mean, she'd been through so much trauma. And so she needed a lot more help and support, and so did I. And I agree with the other guests that foster parents can be amazing.
But I think that the reason that we have this sort of polarized view of saints or demons is that kids often feel like parents are in it for the money because they're sometimes trained not to attach. So kids think, why don't these people love me? Why don't they like me? Why are they acting like this? They must be doing it for the money. So it sort of becomes code.
MARTIN: You know, it's interesting though 'cause we started this conversation by talking about Mother's Day. And we reached out on Facebook 'cause we wanted to hear from other, you know, moms and kids and some of the experiences that they've been having.
A number of people wanted to tell us specifically that Mother's Day is tough for their families. So I'm just going to play a short clip from Shelley Cadamy who is in Tulsa, Okla. and who is a mom of three.
SHELLEY CADAMY: It's tough for the kids because they're always looking for that acceptance from their biological mother. And so I don't look forward to Mother's Day. I try to make it as comfortable for my kids as I can. But usually, it involves at least one meltdown. And we're fortunate if we don't have to call the police on days like Mother's Day.
MARTIN: We heard a number of stories like this. And I just - Jeanne, do you want to take that one? Why do you think that is? Yeah.
PRITZKER: Well, I think it's like any other occasion or event that has so much expectation attached to it, that if - and so much media explanation of what it should be like - that if and when it doesn't turn out that way, it could be extremely disappointing.
And that is frankly one of the reasons why we created Foster Mother's Day and why we hope that eventually Foster Mother's Day will be all over the country so that on this day, rather than being a day for kids and parents to dread, it could be the day that they really look forward to because it's the most wonderful day of the year for them.
MARTIN: You were also telling us, Jeanne, that that's the - that - that in a number of the mothers who come or the families that come to your event, that's the - many of them have told you that's the only appreciation that they ever get.
PRITZKER: And the best day of their year.
MARTIN: Yeah.
PRITZKER: And that's where I got that from, straight from them. For a lot of those people, the event that we create - and I think it's the best day for a lot of people. We usually have around 300 volunteers. And for them, some of them, it's the best day of their year, too, because we just put together people who want to help and people who want to be celebrated with the most amount of fun, joy, excitement, laughter, sharing, shopping, exchanging, entertaining ever.
MARTIN: If you're just joining us...
BEAM: I think...
MARTIN: I'm sorry, just let me just jump in to say if you have just tuned in, we're having our weekly parenting conversation. In advance of Mother's Day, we are talking about the experience of being a foster mom with Jeanne Pritzker of Foster Care Counts and Cris Bream (ph) - Beam - sorry - author of "To The End Of June." Cris?
BEAM: Yeah, no. I think that genius idea of having a Foster Mother's Day is really, really smart because I think, in many ways, foster care is set up as this sort of either-or paradigm. I mean, kids have case goals, and it's always either you're going to go home to your biological parent, or you're going to be adopted.
And even if a judge has terminated a parent's rights on paper and a child has been adopted by a foster parent, it doesn't mean that the parents' rights have been terminated in the kids' hearts. So it can be really confusing for child when there's Mother's Day, and the child is supposed to celebrate their, quote, "new mom" that's still - the child is still really - is it still really attached. And it's a complicated holiday, and they need sometimes a new way to think about this other parent.
I mean, with my daughter, for example, she never wanted to be adopted, even though her mother's rights had been terminated. And people always ask, you know, why didn't you adopt her? Don't you want to adopt her? And, yes, of course I do. But I never want to push that pain on her because for her, that symbolizes giving up hope, you know, that her mother will ever change.
MARTIN: You know, to the point that you made earlier, Cris, about the very polarized opinions. That's exactly what we heard on our Facebook page. I heard - we heard some very painful stories about foster kids - kids who had been fostered. And one wrote in to tell us that foster moms are not always the angels people make them out to be.
BEAM: Right.
MARTIN: And this person specifically did not want to post publicly because she said, everybody - people are so happy-clappy about fosters and saying, I was removed from the home several times. I say foster whatever because there is no way on God's earth I would ever call any of these women mom.
BEAM: Right.
MARTIN: And some very negative experiences. But on the other hand, I want to play a comment from Dawn Boulton from Trumbull, Conn. about her foster mother, Lynn (ph).
DAWN BOULTON: Lynn was able to be my mom. You know, she was able to be that shoulder to cry on, and she continues to be that person today. I have since become a teacher, wife and mother. Lynn has shared each of these milestones with me.
She cried at my wedding, and held my son at his birth. I feel so lucky she opened her home and her heart to me and put up with all of my teenage angst before I finally flew the nest.
MARTIN: And you can hear, you know, the emotion in her voice, you know, all these years later. So I - we have about a minute and a half left. I'd love to hear a final comment, you know, from each of you. Jeanne, do you want to start?
PRITZKER: Well, I think that for everybody out there who is not a foster parent but loves kids and feels an obligation toward making sure that any child in our country gets the best opportunity that they can given their circumstances, there's so many things that we can all do individually - little things, medium things, large things - to help these kids move along their journey.
On our website, which is www.FosterCareCounts.org, we have ideas of ways people can get involved in - on all levels...
PRITZKER: ...From being a mentor, to buying a computer, to sending a gift certificate to...
MARTIN: Got it.
PRITZKER: From one to the next. So anybody who wants to make a difference can definitely do so, and I would encourage it.
MARTIN: Cris final thought from you has to be brief, I'm afraid.
PRITZKER: I'm sorry.
BEAM: I think that foster care is not a static thing. We tend to think of it as a broken system, and yet it's changing all the time. And I would encourage people to learn more about it. It's always changing.
MARTIN: Cris Ream (ph) is the - oh, I'm sorry - Cris Beam is the author - forgive me - is the author of "To The End Of June: The Intimate Life Of American Foster Care," a critically acclaimed work. She's a foster mom of one, and she was kind enough to join us from NPR New York.
Jeanne Pritzker is founder of Foster Care Counts, a mom of six and she's also fostered two children, with us from NPR West, which is in Culver City, Calif. Thank you both so much, and happy Mother's Day to you both.
BEAM: Thank you.
PRITZKER: Thanks. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Section VI
Excellence in Organizational Stewardship
Stewardship refers to processes and structures that manage, allocate, and monitor resources that are crucial to fulfill the university's academic mission. These are enabling conditions for achieving the primary academic goals and strategic initiatives of the plan, detailed in prior sections. This section begins with a set of general guidelines and then focuses on three resource areas: budget and finance; capital projects and physical facilities; and information technology. Human resources (faculty and staff) are treated in other sections of this plan. Given the university aspirations proposed by this plan, the adaptability and efficiency of organizational stewardship will be more important than ever over the next five to ten years in order to generate and preserve the resources necessary for the implementation of this plan.
Objectives and Actions
Objective 1: Affirm general guidelines for organizational stewardship
Rationale: The university must function in a manner that ensures, on an ongoing basis, that all its operations align with and support its core academic missions. To this end, principles of good stewardship must be understood and followed at all levels of the university. These principles include a commitment to protect and enhance the reputation of the university, an understanding of priorities and responsibilities at an organizational and individual level, an appropriate respect for and use of shared governance and collaborative decision making, and a commitment to open communication and transparency within planning, priority setting, and decision making. All members of the community are stewards of the university, and they should understand their obligations to act in ways that are responsive to the interests and needs of the university.
- Implement resource allocation strategies that enable and motivate actions that enhance academic excellence.
- Clearly define and align roles and responsibilities for effective and efficient operations in a decentralized academic environment.
- Implement cost-effective investments in support systems and infrastructures that meet mission-based needs.
- Recognize, anticipate, and manage the different types of institutional risk (e.g., operational, compliance, reputational) and promote a university-wide sense of responsibility for these.
- Align support operations with the core academic mission and university strategic plan by maintaining clear priorities, metrics for assessing them, and appropriate internal controls.
- Develop and improve the skills of unit leaders to promote and manage change, especially given the need for continuous improvements in administrative and academic functions.
- Support and, where feasible, strengthen informed, collaborative, and transparent decision making.
- Review current mechanisms of shared governance in light of changes in the responsibilities at the center and in units (administrative and academic).
Objective 2: Make continual improvements in the stewardship of financial resources.
Rationale: Rigorous and effective stewardship of the university's financial resources, with appropriate "checks and balances," is critical to Cornell's ability to achieve its core mission. Because of the complexity of the university's budget and finance functions, it is imperative that such processes be open, transparent, and effective in protecting the university's fiscal health and in supporting its central and unit-level institutional priorities. Clear areas of responsibility and lines of authority, along with means to ensure accountability, are needed. Resource flows must be clear and predictable, but there must also be sufficient institutional flexibility to allow the strategic pursuit of important opportunities when they arise. The following are actions that should be undertaken by the appropriate administrators or officers of the university.
- Review existing budget models that determine resource flows to units in order to revise, simplify, and align these budget processes and ensure support for central and unit priorities.
- Seek to simplify or eliminate cross-charging schemes within the university to reduce time and effort.
- Clarify institutional roles and responsibilities related to budget and finance to facilitate effective collaboration and communication between responsible parties and appropriate monitoring of performance and accountability.
- Ensure that there are effective internal controls, sufficient transparency, and appropriate "checks and balances" to prevent excessive financial commitments and overspending.
- Prepare and present operating and capital budgets reflecting complete program and operating costs and sources of funding, and regularly review these to ensure that planned uses of resources do not exceed funds available.
- Ensure clear and explicit reporting documents for senior leadership and trustees, including reports on in-year operating budget performance, capital budget sources and uses, short-term lines of credit, the university's debt portfolio, and a multi-year financial model.
- Seek to balance the need for purchasing efficiencies through centralization with an allowance for flexibility and individual solutions necessitated by the diverse array of products and services utilized in units and departments.
- To the extent appropriate and possible, keep the Faculty Senate and/or the UFC's Financial Policies Committee informed of major budget issues and make public suitable information regarding the annual capital and operating budgets.
Objective 3: Promote effective stewardship of the built and natural environment.
Rationale: The beauty of Cornell's natural surroundings and its built environment are key assets that must be enhanced and preserved. At the same time, facilities must be allowed to grow and evolve as necessary to support the university's core mission. Decisions regarding facilities and the physical environment typically involve the complex interplay of multiple factors and interests that must be recognized and addressed in order to steward effectively the university's physical resources. These decisions should be framed by and consistent with Cornell University's commitments to sustainability and accessibility. An integrated planning model should involve the following elements:
- Make environmental sustainability a guiding principle in the stewardship of the university's facilities and resources and in assessments of its impact on the community and region.
- Pursue the sustainability objectives in Cornell's 2008 Master Plan for the Ithaca Campus and the Climate Action Plan of 2009.
[See http://www.sustainablecampus.cornell.edu/]
- Ensure effective financial planning for construction projects, guaranteeing that budget effects, including ongoing facilities operations and maintenance costs, are known, understood, and agreed upon, and that a specific and approved funding plan is in place, before they are initiated.
- Optimize existing space use, and use renovation whenever appropriate as an alternative to new construction and expansion. 15
- Follow the Cornell Master Plan guidelines and requirements and emphasize the maintenance of openness on central campus, even though there may be short-term cost savings for construction there.
- Determine optimal use of open building sites by considering the full range of possible unit and university uses.
- Ensure that resources available for facilities, including those from the State University Construction Fund, are optimally allocated by a strategic analysis of unit or university priorities.
- Seek to create campus-wide space utilization that optimizes university and unit priorities, while accounting for the specific legal requirements and ownership issues of contract college buildings.
- Allocate sufficient funding for maintenance and renewal of existing facilities, and for university projects relating to infrastructure, common and shared facilities, public spaces, natural areas, and the like.
- Ensure proactive and long-term planning efforts with affected local governments and constituencies to optimize Cornell's investments, enhance community relations, and leverage local, state, and federal funding.
Objective 4: Provide cost effective infrastructures for information technology.
Rationale: Information technologies (IT) and infrastructure need to be maintained and renewed, while balancing technology needs with budgetary demands and other priorities of the university. Technologies and infrastructure that contribute to the core academic mission of the university warrant the highest priority.
- Effectively coordinate the delivery of IT services and infrastructure that support academic and research missions as well as business needs of the university in a financially responsible way.
- Ensure that information technology services and infrastructure support the access, security, and privacy needs for information stored within the infrastructure.
Conclusion: Stewardship Priorities
Stewardship along all of the domains covered here is an enabling condition for academic excellence and crucial to generate resources for implementing priorities of this plan. It is not possible or necessarily even wise to set priorities across these general areas. Instead, the Strategic Planning Advisory Council suggests that within each of these, priority be given to those aspects of stewardship that have the most direct impact on the seven strategic initiatives (see Section V). Adaptability and efficiency are the strategic themes of particular relevance to the effective stewardship of university resources.
15 Major renovation decisions should seek to avoid creating excess duplicative capacity and whenever possible should seek to support the needs and interests of adjacent units or functions. They should also honor the interior and exterior architectural integrity of the renovated buildings.
- Preamble
- Cornell's Enduring Commitments
- The Institution and Its Environment
- Goal Areas: Objectives and Actions
- Strategic Initiatives for 2010-2015
- Excellence in Organizational Stewardship
- Cornell at its Sesquicentennial
- Appendices
Appendix A: Structure and Process of Strategic Planning 2010Appendix B: Cornell's Statement on DiversityAppendix C: Student Learning OutcomesAppendix D: Assessing Progress 2010-2015
- Strategic Plan Summary
- Posted June 8, 2010
- Strategic Plan (final)
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Congressional leaders will head to the White House on Friday to meet with President Barack Obama in what may be the final chance to restart negotiations just a few days before the nation plunges over the fiscal cliff.
Neither side is hopeful that there will be a breakthrough on taxes and spending before the new year, and top Republicans considered the Friday meeting to be more about optics than last-ditch horse-trading.
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There were several signs Thursday that indicate the president and Congress were eager to escape the backlash from failing to cut a deal. Speaker John Boehner called the House into session for Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he got a rare call from Obama on Wednesday, and the top leaders from both parties will sit down at the White House on Friday.
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As he opened up a rare holiday week session, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid bluntly predicted Thursday it "looks like" the country is headed over the fiscal cliff without a bipartisan deal, seeking to shift the blame to House Republicans for refusing to consider Democratic proposals to extend current tax rates for all but those who make more than $250,000 annually.
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Google has definitely benefited from the rise of the mobile web, especially since its Android platform is now by far the most widely used mobile operating system in the world. However, the mobile web has also shown itself to be disruptive to Google's traditional search business mostly because it's having trouble collecting data on what users are doing when they're looking at mobile applications.
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Mantra is an open source, browser-based framework for penetration testing and security assessments. It's based on Mozilla's Firefox Web browser, so it's cross-platform, and it's part of the Open Web Application Security Project — OWASP. Techworld Australia recently caught up with project leader Abhi M. Balakrishnan to talk about Mantra and its goals
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Mantra can actually be described as an unofficial distribution of Firefox with some extensions bundled with it; mainly extensions that are designed for security assessments. Being based on a browser, Mantra enjoys a nice graphical user interface. It's also compact, portable and ready to run, and it works with Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. From a developer's point of view, it's an interesting platform since they can develop extensions for Mantra very easily thanks to Mozilla.
How did the project come about?
As information security enthusiasts, we always used to try new tools and techniques out of curiosity. We came across many Firefox extensions which were really impressive, but at the same time we felt that many of these extensions are going unnoticed since there is no ecosystem to support them. Seeing the significance of such an ecosystem, we started this project.
The intention behind developing Mantra was to establish an ecosystem that provides security professionals a platform for manual security assessments. Even though it has miles to go before reaching that level, we feel it satisfies the needs of a security toolkit.
What's the target audience for Mantra? Is it mainly useful for security pros or IT students?
We hope Mantra will be helpful to both students and information security professionals, though our target audience isn't limited to that. Our target audience also includes developers, too, since they can enjoy an ecosystem that lets them showcase their skills. Those who are already developers of security-focused extensions can enjoy a new audience, and those who aren't can see it as an emerging platform where they can put their effort. If a good user base exists within such a system, more and more feature requests will come in, and that can be encouraging for developers.
What do you have planned for the future of Mantra? Is it as feature-complete as you would like, or do you have plans to add to it?
We believe that development is a continuous process of changes and there is always room for improvement. Initially we thought about spending a good amount of time on development and releasing a framework straight out of the box. But it would be like a shot in the dark. So we started with a toolkit and are slowly moving towards a framework. It also helps us to analyse what the user demands are and work on that basis. We have miles to go — lots of things to do.!
Is there a broad development community around the project? Are new developers encouraged to get involved?
Of course, yes — hundreds of active developers and thousands of potential testers. You heard it right. We think each extension developer is part of our development community and each user is a potential tester. We are all in the same boat. We are just a link in this long chain and we do really enjoy being able to contribute to this system. There were lots of experiments going on from Mozilla's side to make extension development easier and more user-friendly. We hope this can motivate and attract more developers.
Do you have any idea of how widespread usage of Mantra is? Is it used in any education institutions, for example?
Thousands of individual downloads from our repositories and the statistics are always growing. Recently some major security distributions showed their interest on Mantra. Offensive Security has already included Mantra in Backtrack 5. A popular German IT magazine has recently supplied software DVDs that include Mantra. We don't know whether any institutions are using it or not. But we feel that Mantra can be helpful for students because of its shallow learning curve. Having said that, we don't think Mantra is a one-stop solution for all security assessment related tasks and it never will be. It happily joins the broader security community.
On a more general security related note: Have you been surprised by some of the recent, high-profile security breaches (for example Sony's PSN)?
It was unfortunate to see some of the latest security breach incidents. But at the same time, they can prove a lot. Attackers and security professionals are always in competition. Security professionals need to improve along with attackers to prevent security breaches. It's almost like a win-win situation and it always will be. The chance of security breaches increases when attackers escalate in this competition.
A lot of the recent breaches seem to be based off fairly simple exploits (SQL injections, for example). Do you think tools like Mantra actually make these kinds of attacks more likely? Or do you think they're more likely to encourage organisations to take security more seriously; testing their sites for vulnerabilities for example?
We always used to say that each coin has two sides. Like other security assessment tools out there, Mantra can also be used for both offensive and defensive security tasks. The potential of any tool or technique is limited only by the imagination of the user. At the same time, a tool is never an ultimate solution. There are limitations what a tool can do even though it can help them to do the task more easily.
Are there any fundamental flaws with how organisations, or the IT community as a whole, are approaching IT security at the moment? And do you see any new security risks on the horizon that people should be particularly alert to? For example, the increasing use of smartphones, Cloud computing adoption and so on.
The diversity and frequency of the attacks are increasing day by day. Organisations should see information assurance as an on-going proactive plan that integrates a set of defence mechanism that will protect them from as many types of potential attacks as possible.
It's true that there are no systems out there that are completely secure. But it does not mean that you shouldn't close doors of your house when going out! Instead we should employ mechanisms that can make the attacker's task tougher. Organisations need to understand how these types of attacks can occur and the scale of impact they can have on business.
Smartphones and Cloud computing are both growing platforms and they are imperfect like anything else. Better security mechanisms have to be introduced and are essential in both areas. Considering the amount of personal and confidential formation that Cloud and smartphones handle, improved security is a necessity.
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The WiMax Forums certification process at Cetecom Labs in Malaga, Spain officially launched in early July, and in the time since then, companies have begun to ship their equipment to Spain for the Forums certification process. Multiple vendors already have equipment in the lab, says Mo Shakouri, the WiMax Forums Vice President of Marketing.
Because this is the first certification process for a new technology, Shakouri says, the initial procedures at Cetecom are intended as much to verify the test routines themselves as to evaluate the performance and interoperability of the equipment being tested.
While the ultimate aim is that all pieces of WiMax certified equipment should interoperate freely with each other, Shakouri says the requirement for certification will be for the equipment to interoperate with equipment from at least three other vendors.
The WiMax Forums intention in putting the process together, Shakouri says, was to challenge member companies to aim as high as possible. We want to get interoperability, not just performance, he says. Thats an important element for the Forum its not just about meeting the performance requirements.
The fact that many companies in this space have already been offering so-called pre-WiMax equipment for a while now, Shakouri says, should only make the certification process easier.
Its very good that we have companies and vendors who have been working with this technology and commercializing it, he says.
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With the exception of throwing yourself into a pair of tall shoes, there really is no way to make you any taller than that with which genetics blessed you. That is, unless you have a connection with the space program.
According to NASA, traveling to outer space has proven to add anywhere between two to three inches to an astronaut's height. Strangely, even though NASA has been aware of this phenomenon for years, they have not yet been able to pinpoint the exact cause. However, scientists anticipate that it is the result of a spine free from the constraints of gravity, according to Space.com.
To study this hypothesis, researchers plan to study six astronauts in a clinical trial where they will use spinal ultrasounds to gauge the difference in their height during 30, 90 and 150 days of space travel. Researchers say the study will be challenging due to spinal ultrasounds being more difficult to conduct than on other parts of the body.
"Today there is a new ultrasound device on the station that allows more precise musculoskeletal imaging required for assessment of the complex anatomy and the spine," said Scott A. Dulchavsky, the principal investigator. "The crew will be able to perform these complex evaluations in the next year due to a newly developed Just-In-Time training guide for spinal ultrasound, combined with refinements in crew training and remote guidance procedures."
Unfortunately, the extra length incurred in space does not last forever here on Earth. Scientists report that most astronauts return back to their normal size within a couple months.
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Kodak's bankruptcy has left studios out millions and the landlord for the Oscar theater in the market for a new sponsor.
Since the Academy Awards moved to the Kodak Theater at Hollywood & Highland a decade ago, the 131-year-old company's name has been synonymous with the Academy Awards.
That could soon change. On Wednesday, the 131-year company asked a U.S. bankruptcy court judge to allow it to get out of its $75 million naming rights deal with the real estate company behind the complex.
If Kodak gets approval to withdraw its sponsorship, CIM Group, the developer of the mall, is free to seek another corporate sponsor. But the motion picture academy's board of governors can veto the choice.
Tom Sherak, the Academy's president, stressed that making the deal for a new sponsor is up to CIM.
"Let's say they brought in Dell, we probably wouldn't disapprove that," Sherak told TheWrap. "We don't approve, but if it was something that didn't work, we'd disapprove."
Kodak says that given its recent financial headaches, it can no longer justify the more than $4 million it pays in fees for those naming rights.
"Kodak is proud of its important role in the Entertainment industry, and our long standing relationship with film makers," Christopher Veronda, a spokesman for Kodak, said in a statement to TheWrap. "Our motion today reflects our commitment to ensure that we are maximizing value for our entertainment customers, creditors and other stakeholders."
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The filing states that Kodak pays a significant annual amount for, among other things, the naming rights related to the Kodak. "The Debtors have evaluated the Contract in consultation with their professional advisors and determined that any benefit related to these rights likely does not exceed or equal the Debtors' costs associated with the Contract," it states.
The Academy's Board of Governors is weighing a move to a new venue, but if it does not, it can nix potential sponsors.
Also read: The Oscars Have a Sloppy, Silly Week
In December, the Academy exercised an option in its 20-year deal with the owner of the Kodak that allows it to consider other venues before deciding whether to recommit to the Kodak for the final 10 years of its contract. If it does not find another location, it can always stay at the the theater.
Regardless of what happens with the Oscars, if other corporate christenings are any indication, CIM might even be able to make more money on the naming rights.
For example, Citigroup paid $400 million over 20 years in 2009 to have its name emblazoned above the Mets Stadium in Queens, N.Y. Likewise, Staples shelled out $116 million over the same time frame for rights to the arena where the NBA's Lakers and Clippers play in Los Angeles.
Not that finding a replacement for Kodak will necessarily be easy.
CIM has been trying for years to sell the naming rights to the entire Hollywood & Highland complex and has yet to find a buyer. The company did find half a dozen potential sponsors in 2010, but is still continuing to search, according to a report in the Los Angeles Business Journal.
As for Kodak, its Chapter 11 filing has left a number of major entertainment companies with tens of millions of dollars in unpaid bills.
Indeed, the list of Kodak's unsecured creditors reads like a who's who of media and technology giants. Kodak owes $16.7 million to Sony, $14.2 million to Warner Bros., $9.3 million to NBC Universal, $6.8 million to Paramount, $4.2 million to Disney, $3 million to Amazon and $12 million to Nokia, according to bankruptcy filings.
Steve Pond and Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.


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We have all heard this phrase and it couldn't be any more appropriate than the current participant on the Britain Idol TV show. Susan Boyle brought the house down when she opened her mouth and let out the most outstanding performance of the season. She is a 47 year old "want- a- be" singer that finally got her chance to stardom. Her unassuming appearance was shadowed immediately after she opened her mouth. Everyone in the audience and the entire judgement panel was ready to bring out the hook and yank her off stage until she belted out a remarkable angel-like performance. The audience went completely out of control and the judges quickly bowed to her voice superiority and granted her the go ahead to enter the competition. If this wasn't a true example of judgement before execution I can't imagine a better example.
Perhaps we should use this same pre-judgement rule when trying to discover new and non-conventional approaches in feeding our 4 legged companion animals. You shouldn't pre-judge any product or feeding program until you see the results for yourself. Our business philosophy is designed to feed an animal an appropriate diet, one that is designed to produce maximum utilization of ingredients with the least amount of toxin buildup. That means it is designed to be eaten, absorbed and eliminated in the shortest amount of time.
The reason that the true "barfers" are ranting and raving about the benefits of the philosophy is because of the results. Once they see the visual difference in health and well being and the reversal of serious medical illnesses, they can't stop their efforts to convince everyone around them to spread the word about raw feeding. Just like Susan, all we need is a chance to show what we can do. The proof is in the pudding.
The majority of our distribution sales force is comprised of results orientated success stories. They are satisfied consumers that have seen the results from using the diet themselves, and are now willing to spread the word about the results to other consumers.
In a lot of ways we are like Susan- we are "want- a -be" providers of raw meat diets, waiting for our opportunity to adequately tell the world about the results of raw feeding.
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On Tuesday, March 3, 2009, Kalamazoo Public Library opens ONEplace@ kpl, a new nonprofit management support organization (MSO), with a reception from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Central Library's Van Deusen Room. A formal presentation will take place at 4:30 pm. Tours of ONEplace will follow.
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The word ONE stands for Opportunities for Nonprofit Excellence, which is why the center exists. ONEplace will offer all who lead, manage, and support nonprofit organizations in Kalamazoo County assessments and technical assistance, targeted resource referrals, training workshops, webinars, and casual, peer-learning opportunities. The ONEplace calendar already features several free workshops. Registration will be required; learn more online. The center's comprehensive new website will also launch on March 3.
The concept for ONEplace grew out of discussions by a task force of area foundation representatives and nonprofit leaders. Recognizing the challenges facing nonprofit organizations in our county, the foundations sought a centralized support center like others they studied across the state. Known as management support organizations (MSOs), each center operates through a unique model that service serves its community best.
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Texas A&M University scientists showed off to state and federal officials Tuesday a genetically engineered crop of sorghum they believe will be a more efficient and economical option to corn in drier parts of the country as the nation pushes for alternative energy sources.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M University scientists showed off to state and federal officials Tuesday a genetically engineered crop of sorghum they believe will be a more efficient and economical option to corn in drier parts of the country as the nation pushes for alternative energy sources.
Sorghum, which as a plant resembles stalks of corn, is a centuries-old grain common around the world but used more in the United States as a livestock feed. At Texas A&M, researchers have been working over the past several years to extend its growing season, allowing it to double its height to more than 10 to 15 feet, thicken its stalk and be even more drought tolerant.
The genetic changes make it ideal to raise in the South and Southeast where the growing season already is longer than in northern sections of the country. The climate also makes it more suitable than growing corn, which has emerged as a biofuel alternative used in ethanol production, particularly in the Midwest.
The cellulose from one version of the sorghum and sugar from another version similarly can be processed for fuel. Researchers said energy yields could top those from corn and at a more reasonable cost, making it an economic windfall for farmers.
"It's really a matter of national security if we can lessen our dependence on imported oil and turn to those we can trust, and that is our nation's farmers," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said after a briefing and tour of A&M agriculture and biofuel labs.
"For decades we have depended on what's below the ground for our nation's energy and now we can turn to what's above the ground. With the yields that are being forecast, with the continual growing season in certain parts of Texas and in particular the lower water usage, it offers great promise."
Some of the new crop could allow for as many as three harvests annually in areas like the Texas Rio Grande Valley.
"Agriculture already has been highly successful in providing this nation and the people with an abundant supply of food, feed and fiber," said Undersecretary of Agriculture Gale Buchanan, who also participated in the half-day briefing. "I'm equally convinced it will be just as successful adding energy to that portfolio."
Texas, with 1.3 million acres harvested in 2005, and Kansas are the nation's leading sorghum-producing states. A&M researchers said they've been working with their counterparts at Kansas State University in developing sorghum for ethanol use. About 15 percent of the domestic grain sorghum crop already goes into ethanol production, according to the National Sorghum Producers, an industry trade group.
Bill Rooney, an associate professor and coordinator of the A&M sorghum breeding and genetics program, said he hopes to have the genetically engineered crop commercially available in three years. Petrochemical companies already have been to College Station to discuss their interest.
Brett Cornwell, commercialization services director with the Texas A&M System, touted the economic benefits of the sorghum project for farmers.
"If a farmer's breaking even, they're not going to grow our product," he said. "What we're looking at with the sorghum is a solution that works in the right places with the right farmers and delivers to the farmers. They're not just in the game for God, America and apple pie. They will make money."
Cornwell said sorghum could be a "regional solution that works in the Southeast and may work in California."
"The reality of the bio-energy program in the U.S. is it's not going to be a silver bullet. There's going to be regional solutions. Corn works in Iowa. Obviously, it's where the feedstock is."
Buchanan agreed, saying he believed a key to energy independence "is each part of the country has got to focus on what it can grow and use."
"And clearly this is sorghum country," he said. "I think that's a reflection of what we've got to do throughout the country."
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - 5 paint programs - 5 apples Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "5 paint programs - 5 apples" AlanmemberMember #Joined: 05 Apr 2000Posts: 157Location: California Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:58 pm I remember seeing a thread like this on another forum awhile back, but don't remember where/when. Basically it was different sketches and paintings of the same thing done in different graphics programs. I always thought that would be an interesting experiment so I tried it too. Very fast sketches to test pencil, speedpaints to test color. Variations probably have more to do with me getting bored with the same apple again and again Back to top eyewoomemberMember #Joined: 23 Jun 2001Posts: 2662Location: Carbondale, CO Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:41 pm and the five programs were... ???_________________HonePie.com tumblr blog digtal art Back to top AlanmemberMember #Joined: 05 Apr 2000Posts: 157Location: California Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:35 pm Mentioning the five programs would help, eh? Although, it's kind of neat to try and guess. 1-Photoshop 2-GIMP 3-Sketchbook Pro 4-Painter Essentials 5-MyPaint Back to top rockstar30junior memberMember #Joined: 04 Dec 2010Posts: 28Location: EUUK Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:40 am Very interesting...I totally love Photoshop and now I have proof on why it is the best Back to top Quintus DiasmemberMember #Joined: 11 Sep 2010Posts: 387 Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:43 am Eventhough I like the idea of an experiment like this it doesn't really give justice to the software used. Because, it actually depends on how comfortable you are with the software used, I believe if you were used to use Gimp for example you could actually achieve realism just as much as with Photoshop. I would choose Gimp over Photoshop anytime of the day. Back to top AlanmemberMember #Joined: 05 Apr 2000Posts: 157Location: California Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:23 pm Thanks for the replies. Yeah, the idea behind the experiment wasn't "what software is best" but just to test out tools. And the results are open, some people have liked the GIMP apple the best, others the Painter apple because it looks more painterly Comfort level/familiarity with tools is important. To be fair, I'd never painted in GIMP before. Ever. But after awhile I could see how it's a very fine program and has all the tools I'd need to paint in it. And when using Painter I used the real-media based brushes to have fun with them. The only thing that can be definitively said Photoshop leads in is price, it's by far the most expensive One discovery from this test was MyPaint, I'd never used that software before either, and for another free/opensource package it has a very nice feel and seems very good for quick concepts. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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SANTA BARBARA- Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara golf team will compete in the Braveheart Classic Tournament at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, Calif., Monday and Tuesday, March 1st and 2nd. The tournament is hosted by UC Riverside and will be 54 holes, 36 on the first day, and 18 on day two.
The Gauchos look to improve on their 13th place finish in last weekend's John Burns Intercollegiate in Wahiawa, Hawaii. The team's three-day total of 874 marked their second-highest total of the year. Santa Barbara currently boasts a team average 289.22 per round.
Matt Grush, who shot a 2-over 218 to lead UCSB, will miss this weekend's Braveheart Classic due to injury. Starting in his place will be Tyler Sterk, who's three-day total of 219 earned a tie for 53rd place.
Brian Hollenbeck leads the Gauchos with a 72.17 scoring average on the season through 18 rounds. Freshman Aaron Sherry is second best, posting a 72.22 mark through nine rounds.
It will mark only the second tournament of the season for Andrew Gunson. A 219 by the Scotland-native proved good enough to keep him in coach Steve Lass's top five.
Tyler Weir will round out the Gaucho line-up, earning his first playing opportunity in the 2009 Spring season. Weir posted a 73.40 scoring average through 15 rounds in the fall campaign.
The 18-team tournament will include West Coast foes Arizona, Cal Poly, Northridge, Long Beach Sate, Loyola Marymount, Oregon, Sacramento State, UC Riverside, and Utah State. Arizona finished third at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Hawaii.
The Gauchos will travel the next weekend to Belmont Country Club in Fresno to compete in the Fresno State Lexus Classic, March 9th and 10th.


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Justices Rules Against Ohio G.O.P. in Voting Case October 17, 2008Posted by rogerhollander in Electoral Fraud, John McCain, U.S. Election 2008.
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by: Adam Liptak and Ian Urbina, The New York Times
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner attends a hearing in Columbus. (Photo: Kiichiro Sato/AP)
Washington – The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court's order requiring state officials in Ohio to supply information that would have made it easier to challenge prospective voters. The decision was a setback for Ohio Republicans, who had sued to force the Ohio secretary of state, a Democrat, to provide information about database mismatches to county officials.
The decision has the potential to affect as many as 200,000 of the 660,000 new voters who have been registered in Ohio since Jan. 1, according Social Security Administration and state election officials.
The Supreme Court, in a brief, unsigned decision, said lower federal courts in Ohio should not have ordered the secretary of state, Jennifer Brunner, to turn over the information. The court acted just before a deadline requiring Ms. Brunner to act set by a federal judge in Columbus.
A 2002 federal law, the Help America Vote Act, or HAVA, requires states to check voter registration applications against government databases like those for driver's license records. Names that do not match are flagged. Ohio Republicans sought to require Ms. Brunner to provide information about mismatches to local officials.
Those officials could use information to require voters to cast provisional ballots rather than regular ones. They could also allow partisan poll workers to challenge people on the lists. Given Democratic success in registering new voters this year, those actions would probably affect that party's supporters disproportionately.
The court said it expressed "no opinion on the question whether HAVA is being properly implemented." But it said that Congress probably had not intended to allow private litigants like political parties to sue to enforce the part of the law concerning databases.
Ms. Brunner welcomed Friday's ruling from the Supreme Court.
"Our nation's highest court has protected the voting rights of all Ohioans, allowing our bipartisan elections officials to continue preparing for a successful November election," Ms. Brunner said. "We filed this appeal to protect all Ohio voters from illegal challenges and barriers that unfairly silence the votes of some to the advantage of others."
Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State, said the Supreme Court's action in letting state authorities handle matters in the face of a late challenge was consistent with a general premise of election law. "Federal court intervention is a last resort, even if it's not at the last minute," Professor Foley said.
A federal judge in Columbus ordered Ms. Brunner to supply the information on Oct. 9, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, affirmed that decision on Tuesday by a vote of 10-to-6.
The majority decision in the Sixth Circuit acknowledged that the question about whether private parties may sue under the 2002 law was a close one. But Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton said that question could be deferred, as what the Republican party sought was just information.
No one argues, Judge Sutton wrote, "that a mismatch necessarily requires a voter to be removed from the rolls." A mismatch may merely prompt further investigation, he said, one that may be satisfied with an explanation as simple as a recent address change.
Voting experts and state election officials added that many voters were likely to be flagged erroneously because the databases used to check voter registrations were prone to errors. Most non-matches are the result of typographical errors by government officials, computer errors, use of nicknames or middle initials, not voter ineligibility, they said.
In one audit of match failures in 2004 by New York City election officials, more than 80 percent of the failures were found to have resulted from errors by government officials; most of the remaining failures were because of immaterial discrepancies between the two records.
Ms. Brunner had also argued that requiring so many voters to cast provisional ballots would raise tensions at the polls and worsen lines and confusion on Election Day in a year when she is expecting unprecedented turnout.
The state Republican Party rejected those arguments.
"Secretary Brunner has fought every effort to validate hundreds of thousands of questionable registrations," said Ohio Republican Party Chairman Robert Bennett. "As far as I'm concerned, Secretary Brunner is actively working to conceal fraudulent activity in this election."
The Ohio Republican Party had said it wanted the list so that local election officials could clear up any discrepancies before Election Day and in cases where that was not possible, those voters should vote using a provision ballot. Provisional ballots in Ohio are held for 10 days before being counted while workers check eligibility, and they are often subject to partisan wrangling and legal fights.
Friday's decision also means that the Ohio Republican Party will not be able to make public information requests to get the data so that poll workers can raise voter challenges at the polls.
In 2004, President George W. Bush won Ohio by a margin of about 118,000 votes. During that race, litigation over Republican plans to challenge about 35,000 voters went to Justice John Paul Stevens on the eve of the election. Justice Stevens said it was too close to the election to intervene, but he added that he expected both sides to act in good faith. The Republicans dropped plans for their challenges.
Polling in the state shows Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, with a slight lead on his Republican challenger, Senator John McCain.


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This photo was taken on an early fall day in the Chugach on the way to Vista Peak from Baldy Trailhead. The colors of the tundra were just starting to turn and it was a beautiful fall day. It was raining with a little snow mixed in when I took this photo and I was not able to keep my lens dry, but I think it adds a little character to the photo. There are decent views of Cook Inlet, Roundtop, Blacktail Rocks, Vista, Magnificent, and Significant.
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As of Friday, August 10, 2012 YouTube Now: Why We Focus on Watch Time. Yes, they have changed up the algorithm in how they decide on what videos to place as Suggested Videos.
I think to many people were trying to game the system by buying likes, comments and shares. Now, Youtube will see if people are actually watching the videos and how long they watch.
This just means that you need to keep your viewers engaged in your video. It doesn't mean that you make 8 billion 30 second videos and figure if people stay 30 seconds it means much. Youtube looks at the video length and will determine if the video is actually useful.
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Police: Juvenile with Pellet Gun Detained at Mall
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Sioux Falls police responding to a call about a juvenile carrying a gun inside Empire Mall says the person had a non-lethal pellet gun.
No one was hurt, and the unnamed juvenile is being questioned.
Police Lt. Terry Mixell says someone from the mall called police Friday afternoon. By the time officers arrived, the juvenile was gone, but they were able to track him down nearby.
Mixell says the Airsoft gun shoots plastic pellets.
Tensions nationwide have been high since last week, when a gunman opened fire in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., killing 20 children and six adults.
This Friday also marks the day that some believe ancient Mayans had prophesized the world would end, which has prompted threats that closed down smatterings of schools across the country.
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Editor's note: This is the third in a series of reports from a recent roundtable with AGCO executives about the company and where agriculture is headed.
AGCO's market positions are stronger in Europe and South America than in North America. "As far as brands as a company, we have a leadership position in Europe," reported Steve Koep, vice president of marketing. "Fendt and Massey Ferguson are the clear market leaders in Europe, accounting for 25% to 35% of market share. Massey Ferguson is the clear leader in South America with 60% market share."
"In North America, we are the third player overall, but there are segments where we lead," added Alistair McLelland, vice president of distribution development. "Haying is one of them, especially the large commercial-type square balers and self-propelled windrowers."
The key to attracting more North American customers is to educate them about the driving advantages of the tractors, according to Jason Marx, vice president of marketing. Customers and dealers need the opportunity to drive both AGCO and competitive brand tractors. "We don't design our products for the middle of the road," he said. "Most of our stuff is highly engineered, so when these farmers step into something that is middle of the road, they can sense a difference."
Massey Ferguson is perhaps the oldest and best-known brand in the United States, Marx added. Customers will see AGCO's marketing efforts center on the brand starting the second half of this year and extending into 2012.
Future growth
McClelland said that, through 2006, growth of the company was achieved primarily through brand acquisitions. "The last major equipment acquisition was Valtra," he said. "Prior to that, we were making one-plus acquisitions per year."
The multiple acquisitions led to a large number of dealers and a fragmented distribution network consisting of Hesston-only, White-only, and Sunflower-only dealers, he said. The company is now consolidating and there are not many areas where AGCO does not have a footprint.
Training initiative
Koep said Fendt is known as a technologically advanced product. As more of the Fendt technology is integrated into tractors here, there will be a greater demand for technicians who are trained on that technology. The new Global Learning Center is designed to meet that need.
For example, Koep said AGCO technicians now use a technology called the Electronic Diagnostic Tool to tap into the equipment's on-board computers and diagnose equipment failure. "You know you are in trouble when a technician shows up with a crescent wrench because chances are the problem is not something that is physically broken," Koep said. "Even simple equipment now is electronic. So we are focused on providing technology and training."


text: Hi, I installed a new server with ISPConfig (Ubuntu 12.04) as discribed in the howto. The only thing I changed was to user Jailkit 2.15 instead of 2.14. So far everything seems to work, but if a add a jailed SSH-user in ISPconfig this user cannot login. In auth.log I can see these errors: jk_chrootsh[8665]: path /var/www/clients/client2/web1/./ is not owned by user 5004 jk_chrootsh[8665]: path /var/www/clients/client2/web1/./ is not owned by group 5005 All configuration seems to be like it should. If I add a jailed user without ISPconfig I get it to work, but with small differences in the home-path. ISPconfig adds this line to /etc/paswd: testerssh:x:5004:5005::/var/www/clients/client2/web1/./:/usr/sbin/jk_chrootsh and this to the jailed passwd: testerssh:x:5004:5005:::/bin/bash Adding a user without ISPconfig makes a home-directory for the user inside the jail. So I changed the both lines above to: testerssh:x:5004:5005::/var/www/clients/client2/web1/./web:/usr/sbin/jk_chrootsh and testerssh:x:5004:5005::/web:/bin/bash With this change it works. Of course the users starts in den web-directory after login. Is there a problem with ISPconfig or with Jailkit 2.15 and how can I fix that? Has anyone else these problems?