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Ultimately, it's a matter of priority, and if reading is something you truly want to do more of, you'll find the time. If you're thinking along those lines, here are some suggestions to help motivate you. All of the tricks won't work for all people, as we all read differently. Find one or two that work for you.
I've written these with those who only read infrequently in mind. The voracious readers among you probably already do some of these things -- or not. You may have your own tips. If so, share them in the comments section.
1. Pick a book all by yourself.
Maybe the reason you haven't finished a book lately is because you let popularity dictate your choice. Regardless of the sales figures, sparkly vampires, teen wizards, and 50 shades of S&M aren't to everyone's taste. Try this: go to a bookstore, either physically or online, and look around. Read the jacket flaps. Find something that sounds interesting to you, regardless of whether or not it was recommended by Oprah, your hairdresser, or NPR.
2. Keep a book with you at all times.
I once had to go to jury selection, and I ended up waiting in an auditorium for hours. This was before iPhones, mind you, and out of the hundred or more people there, I was the only one who thought to bring a book. The time flew by, especially with Maupin's Tales of the City to entertain me. Times have changed, and while you can now entertain yourself with apps and web surfing on your phone, it's ultimately time wasted. Keep a book in your purse or in your glove compartment. Or, buy an e-reader, and take it with you everywhere. The next time you're stuck in a line or a doctor's office, you can make some progress toward your goal. Your time will feel better spent to boot.
3. Be consistent.
Reading when you can steal the minutes is fine, but think about times you can read that you could make a habit. You could read during your lunch break or while on the subway. You could decide to read for a set amount of time before bed every night. Even fifteen minutes will make a difference, and it could help you relax at the same time. It is said that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Make it a goal to read at the same time for three weeks, and you'll create a routine.
4. Read one book at a time.
Plenty of people juggle multiple books, and that's cool -- if you're actually finishing them. When I started working at the bookstore years ago, I let my sampling get out of control. At one point I realized that I had bookmarks in about two dozen books, and I hadn't finished anything in months. I made a strict rule that I had to finish a book before I could start another. It worked. Now I've relaxed my rule a bit (I'll usually read a fiction, a non-fiction, and something for review), but I remind myself to keep it in check. Reading only one book at a time means you'll be pickier about what you start, and that's a good thing, too.
5. Go somewhere to read.
If you live in a household with more chaos than calm, then you might have to leave it to claim some reading time. Take a book to the park or visit the coffee shop without a laptop. See tip #3 and make it a regular habit.
6. Give up something.
Giving up just one weekly hour-long television show would allow you to read 6-12 more books a year, depending on the length of books you enjoy. (If you want to tackle Atlas Shrugged or Les Miserables you might finish only one.) The average reader takes about a minute per page, so that's 60 pages for skipping just one drama you can watch later on DVD.
7. Take it down a notch.
Every book doesn't have to be War and Peace. Read something upbeat or thrilling. Read something downright trashy if you feel like it. Read fiction in your favorite guilty pleasure genre. Grab a creepy horror novel, a Jackie Collins glitz-fest, a detective story, a celebrity tell-all -- whatever floats your own boat. Once you've rediscovered the pleasure of reading, you can tackle the big stuff. Or not. It's your choice.
8. Skim.
Not the whole book -- that would defeat the purpose. Sometimes great books have parts you hate, though. Les Miserables has that interminable battle sequence. Some people I know didn't like the poetic interludes in Possession. Here's the thing: your teacher isn't looking over your shoulder. No one will ever know. You're allowed to skim what you think are the boring parts to get to the good stuff, and it will keep you from giving up completely on a book you otherwise like. I'll say it again: you're allowed.
9. On the other hand...
If you really, really hate it, quit. Just...stop. It's one thing to read beyond a dull first chapter to see if a book picks up the pace at all, and another thing to feel like turning each page is torture. It's better to pick up a book you'll actually read than to slog for years through something you truly don't enjoy. If this is happening too often, you might need to choose more enjoyable books from the get-go (see #7).
10. Tackle a list.
It's motivating to cross items off a list, as it gives a sense of accomplishment. Choose something you'd like to read all of, whether it's National Book Award winners or all of the Hard Case Crime paperbacks. The list can be long enough to take a lifetime, or short enough to last the year. Choose something that resonates with you.
Some random lists to get you going:
List of Hugo Award-winning science fiction
All the books mentioned on the Gilmore Girls
The Art of Manliness website's Essential Man Library
11. Write about it.
You don't have to be a great writer to share your book opinions online. You don't have to spend a lot of time, either. While blogging or writing full-length reviews is an option, you can also rate the books you read and write brief comments on Amazon or Goodreads. Reviewing can be just as addictive as reading, and when you discover that others find your information useful, it can help fuel the desire to read even more.
12. Pick a reward system.
Choose something with which to reward yourself for each book you complete. If you have a sense of whimsy, it could be as simple as a gold star on a fridge-door chart. If you tend to buy more than you read, maybe you could treat yourself to a new book every time you finish one -- and only when you finish one. You might allow yourself to watch one of the DVDs you've been putting off watching in order to find more reading time. Only you know what type of reward will motivate you most, so choose one, and start reading.
Bonus tip:
Stop talking about doing it, and do it. if it's something you really want to do, you will.
What helps you read more? What hinders you? Leave your best advice/most elaborate excuses below. Follow on Facebook for more bonus tips.


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URL: http://fatfolderdesign.com/528/code/get-get-variables-with-javascript
First is how to get GET variables in javascript, it works by breaking down the URL location with a regular expression giving you a variable that behaves like the PHP $_GET variable.
And questions, comments, or concerns let me know here or at the link, you'll find a bit more information this there as well.
- // Getting GET variables (completely javascript(
- var $_GET = {},tokens,re = /[?&]?([^=]+)=([^&]*)/g;
- while(tokens = re.exec(document.location.search)) {
- $_GET[decodeURIComponent(tokens[1])]=decodeURIComponent(tokens[2]);
- }
- // Getting POST variables (using php to create the javascript object)
- echo json_encode($_POST);
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DM Technical Control Team
from: LSST Data Management
Table of Contents
- Robyn Allsman - Chair
- Tim Axelrod
- Roc Cutri / Schuyler Van Dyk
- Gregory Dubois-Felsmann
- Robert Lupton
- Ray Plante
The DM Technical Control Team (TCT), formerly known as the DM Configuration Control Board (CCB), reviews and approves changes to all baselines in the LSST Data Management System, including proposed changes to the DM functional requirements' (FRS), reference design, or Data Challenge design baselines, the tools to be used, and standards and policies.
The following mandate established the TCT:
- The board is chaired by the DM System QA and Test Lead.
- Members include DM System Scientist and Lead Institution Project Scientists.
- The board determines when specification and deliverables are of sufficient maturity and quality to be baselined (placed under configuration controlled status) or released.
- The board reviews and approves proposed changes to baselined items.
- The board meets at least monthly and more often during periods prior to major reviews and data challenge integrations or when development requests approval to change baseline.
The Technical Control Team and the System Architecture Team work in synchrony. The SAT (and the various DM team members as delegated) is responsible for creating, establishing, updating, analyzing, proposing the reference and DC designs and changes to them, whether they might affect the FRS, the reference design, or the DC design. The TCT makes sure these changes don't get into the baseline without proper change control. The TCT must involve PM before approving an FRS change, as this might affect the project schedule or cost envelope. Restated more simply, the FRS is baselined, and the Reference Design are baselined, and so should each DC design be baselined. The SAT defines them, the TCT controls baselining and acceptance of changes to the baseline for all 3.
For further clarification, refer to pre- and post-baseline duties.
Initiating a Software Policy/Procedure/Design? Change
Prepare a wiki document describing the proposed change. Invite on-line comments to be entered within the wiki document by inserting the [[[AddComment]]] macro.
Advertise your request for timely comments on the new proposal to the LSST-data mail group with a complete URL in the message. Also, update this TCT page by including the wiki pointer to your proposal under the section heading "Proposals for Future Review". Allow an adequate comment period (a week or so) prior to the TCT meeting at which you want the topic discussed.
Be prepared to discuss the pros and cons of your proposal at the next TCT telecon.
Meeting Schedule
- Next meeting: Wednesday, ??14 April 2010, 9 AM PST ??
Proposals for Future Review
- [wiki:DM/Policy/PointerToProposal], Author, Date <- Note 'DM/Policy' prefix in name.
- DocumentationStandards Python documentation standards revision, Robyn Allsman
- UML Naming Policy for Collections, Robyn Allsman
- TBD: Use of 'mercurial' as an SVN Repository Clone for non-LSST Developers
- TBD: Moving to later GCC release (4.4+) (for performance in diffim & others), Robert Lupton
- TBD: TCTPythonCodingStandardsChanges, Robyn Allsman
- TBD: TCTPackageProposal - a reprise, Robert Lupton et al.
- TBD: List of supported OS for hosting DM Software Stack, Ray Plante
- TBD: Policy statement on acceptance criteria for 3rd Party software packages, Ray Plante
- TBD: Initial Criteria To Consider when Contemplating Java-based Implementation, Ray Plante
Action Items
Past Meetings
Notes from past meetings are available at DM/TCT/meetings.
Reviewed Proposals
- 10 March 2010
- Third-party software required by DB servers, Jacek Becla, accepted for qserv use only
- On the Use of Global Functions, handed off to App, MW, SAT
- 3 February 2010
- Use of Condor/DAGMan, Ray Plante , accepted
- Review final text of Modified C++ Rules, Robyn Allsman, accepted with modifications
- Even more New C++ Rules, Robert Lupton, accepted with modifications
- Recommendation Level Restatement, Robyn Allsman, accepted with modifications
- 20 January 2010
- C++ Rules 3-24, 5-10, Robyn Allsman, additional explanatory material but unchanged.
- 13 January 2010
- C++ Rules 3-5, 3-9, partially accepted, partially to be revised, Robyn Allsman
- 4 November 2009
- TCTCodingStandardsChanges, Robyn Allsman, partially accepted, partially to be revised, partially unexamined.
- 7 October 2009
- OOrbPackageAddition, Jon Myers, accepted
- ndarray, Martin Dubcovsky, accepted
- 18 September 2009
- OOrbPackageAddition, Jon Myers, delayed until 7 Ocotber meeting
- 8 July 2009
- ndarray, Martin Dubcovsky, deferred
- Request for C++ compiler version upgrade to 4.3+, Ray Plante, accepted
- 6 May 2009
- When can developers commit code directly to the trunk, Robert Lupton, accepted
- Recommendations made by TCT for Standardizing Names Proposal, Jacek Becla, reviewed
- 1 April 2009
- Proposal for Standardizing Names, Jacek Becla, accepted
- 27 March 2009
- DM Open Source licenses, Ray Plante, accepted
- 4 February 2009
- When can developers commit code directly to the trunk, Robert Lupton, deferred
- Unit Testing Standard, Robyn Allsman, accepted
- So You Want to Add a New DM Baseline Requirement... Robyn Allsman, accepted
- Trac Usage for DM Documentation? Robyn Allsman, concerns to management
- 20 January 2009
- Proposed revision to Ticket Workflow Robyn Allsman, OK'd by email & phone
- 15 January 2009
- Proposal for Accessing DB from Python?, Jacek Becla, accepted, see meeting discussion
- Proposal for Standardizing Names, Jacek Becla, deferred
- Boost library inclusion and deletion, Robert Lupton, accepted, see meeting discussion
- Proposed revision to Ticket Workflow, Robyn Allsman, deferred
- 18 November 2008
- ExceptionRedesign, KTL, accepted
- Recommendation to use Gnu Scientific Library:, GSL, accepted
- 5 November 2008
- Standard Use of Pixel Addressing Conversion Functions, Russell Owen, accepted
- Defining a single global coordinate system across individual CCD segments, Tim Axelrod, sent to App WG since a technical design issue
- Proposed Guidelines, Robyn Allsman
- Unit Testing Standard, deferred
- Guideline for Adding or Moving SVN Directories, accepted
- So You Want to Add a New DM Baseline Requirement..., deferred
- 1 October 2008
- Open Source License, 2008-08-14, updated 2008-09-03, Ray Plante, to LSST Board
- Pixel coordinate systems, RHL, 2008-06-26, accepted
- 3 September 2008
- Image Metadata Proposal, KTL/Russell Owen et al., 2008-08-27, provisionally accepted
- Image APIs Robert Lupton, 2008-09-03, provisionally accepted
- Open Source License, 2008-08-14, deferred
- Pixel coordinate systems, RHL, 2008-06-26, deferred
- 4 August 2008
- Image Metadata Proposal, Russell Owen, 2008-07-03, to be elaborated
- 25 June 2008
- C++ Static Analysis of Lsst software, Robyn Allsman, selected
- 4 June 2008
- TypedefProposal, KTL, 2008-05-09, accepted
- revised Package Proposal, KTL, 2008-05-13, deferred
- BottomLeftPixelProposal, RHL, 2008-05-29, deferred
- JavaForEventMonitor, RLP, 2008-06-04, rejected
- 7 May 2008
- DiscussCodeStandards, accepted
- ChangeImageAPIs, accepted
- DC3 SQA Task Review, deferred
- PackageProposal, deferred
- BoostUprevProposal, accepted
- 2 April 2008
- NoSupportFactoryForDataProperty, accepted
- Remove CORAL from persistence?, accepted
TCT Relevant Links
- http://www.lsstcorp.org/LegalNotices Copyright and License Notices pertaining to DM Software Distribution
- DM Third Party Software approvals, removals, version upgrades and LSST Software License update.


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A christian friend of mine has issued this challenge to re-read Genesis as a document rather than a religious book:
"But if you read Genesis as described you may see that I am talking about another angle completely, I am not referring to God beingall around us, hidden in the open, plain to see when you are aware, I am actually talking about a different system, people group, thing etc that is still with us here today, (literally everywhere).
I mentioned the bible because it gives a very accurate account of genealogy, etc that can trace certain peoples etc...and high lights what we see around us every day. (Not talking about creation, or things to do with the fall of man, there is an even bigger agenda here)
The scientific, historical and archeological evidence that I refer to is not from any Christian source, it is independent information that I have managed to research from many sources over the years none of them being Christian in origin, but... they still tie perfectly together."
What does this mean and where do I start with this?
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You'd have to ask him. There is zero evidence for things like the flood, so I have no idea at all what he's saying. I mean let's face it, the flood would leave a signature in out MtDNA that would be simple to see. The flood would leave a signature in the geology my cat could read, and it just ain't there.
I'd write this off to lying for Jesus mostly.
I now have a mental image of a cat in a hardhat staring intently at an instance of the KT boundary
Okay, all good. He had nothing....just a smoke screen based on the normal biblical inacuracies and some rather worrying news that appearntly Jesus is highly likely to return next year....
"What if I was to say that a man is soon to declare himself to be the true messiah (Jesus) and will be able to prove his claim in just a few years' time, in fact quite possibly (very possibly) next year?"
wow watch this space...
Should we set up a poll? This could be fun! I'm in for Rick Perry...unless your friend is Catholic or Mormon......then, I've got nothing.
lol...no he is a denominationless christian in the UK. They all attend family church http://www.family-church.org.uk (as did I when I was deluded) ;-)
I suggest starting with his appalling "accurate account of genealogy" claim. WHICH "accurate" account: "Matthew" or "Luke"? They give TOTALLY different genealogies of the line of descendants from Adam to Abraham. Not only are the names completely different, so are the number of generations. They can't possibly both be correct; so why assume that EITHER is correct?
I would also suggest that you accept his challenge and read "Genesis" carefully. It's hilarious, and so full of logical holes it makes a piece of Swiss cheese look solid and unblemished. The silly story of Noah and the ark alone is so preposterous that anyone who actually believes it is completely separated from reality. Your friend evidently believes that this old man and his three sons built an ark out of "gopher wood" - a boat that would dwarf the Queen Mary; and that he then crammed it full of a pair of every one of the millions of species of animal in the world, from cockroaches to dinosaurs, then drifted around for months with only one small window to let out the stench of all the urine, feces, and rotten, unrefrigerated food appropriate for each species. Your friend is a total idiot.
I smell a cover up here. I wonder how a xian would try to explain these conflicts away?
Accurate geneology...hahahaha!!!
How accurate can a geneology be that claims people lived for hundreds of years?:
Adam lived 930 years. (Genesis 5:5)
Seth lived 912 years.(Genesis 5:8)
Methuselah lived 969 years.(Genesis 5:27)
And Noah lived 950 years. (Genesis 9:29)


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This article provides a lean but excellent history of the Muslim Brotherhood, who are rapidly becoming a major player in the Middle East. Historically, they have showed strict allegiance to Sharia Law. For brief articles on what Sharia law is, please see: http://www.religioustolerance.org/islsharia.htm
An excellent, more in-depth look can be found in this recent book: Boykin, Lt. General William, Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. and 17 others. Shariah: The Threat To America: An Excercise in Competitive Analysis (Report of Team B II). Center For Security Policy, 2010.
See also: Muslim Brotherhood Resource Update from 20 April 2013.
The main fear involved is whether the Muslim Brotherhood, ruling through strict adherence to Sharia Law, would force their beliefs on adherents to other faiths within their countries as well as tourists to these countries. Another fear concerns those within Sharia Law who see Israel as the "Little Satan" and America as the "Great Satan." These radical elements seek direct confrontation leading to serious destruction within the Middle East, in fact, provoking bloodshed in order to bring about their Twelfth Imam, invoking an Armageddon on purpose. For a brief look into the Twelfth Imam, please see: http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/guest/05/vonheyking/twelfthimam.html in which the author states: "Western observers need to be able to understand the ideological and religious overtones of the current situation in Iran. Ahmadinejad's peculiar references to the Twelfth Imam are no mere eccentricity to be taken lightly. Nor do they seem to be the rhetorical ploy of a politician manipulating the excitable masses (as some have interpreted Saddam Hussein's embrace of Islamism in the later part of his rule). Minimally, Ahmadinejad's speeches and actions portend a constitutional crisis for the Iranian regime. Maximally, there are times when one should take bombastic statements not as double-talk, but for what they are."
In the below WSJ article, the author quotes these stats: "A Gallup poll conducted between April and December of last year showed 54% of Egyptians placed jobs and economic development as their top priority, while less than 1% cited implementation of Islamic law. The results were consistent across all political parties, even Islamist ones."
Contrary to this article, my next post, 2 of 2: Muslim Brotherhood Looks Away from West to Governance by Sharia Law (2.22.2012), includes a Reuters article from five days later, stating evidence showing that the Muslim Brotherhood may be talking out of two sides of their mouths: "Secularists in both countries [Egypt and Tunisia] warned voters against trusting the Islamists and these subtle changes could have come straight from a secularist playbook on how Islamists would gradually insert more religion into the political and legal systems. . . . Lying between the two countries, Libya is also transforming its political system after ousting Muammar Gaddafi but has not yet held elections or begun work on a new constitution."
As country after country within the Middle East turn to Sharia Law, with Israel a tiny island within, most of western oil reserves at stake as well as even more bloodshed, how the world understands the intentions of these fundamentalist Islamic conquerers from the Arab Spring is crucial. –SB
The Wall Street JournalAsia Business
Muslim Brotherhood Looks West in Bid to Revive Egyptian Economy
By CHARLES LEVINSON
CAIRO—Last month, the Muslim Brotherhood received a phone call from the International Monetary Fund. Egypt was hurtling toward economic collapse, and IMF officials had decided they couldn't push ahead with a $3.2 billion loan without buy-in from the country's new political heavyweights.
After 80 years as an underground movement with many members in jail, the Brotherhood found itself at a historic moment. Its decision would likely make or break a loan package believed vital by many Western officials and by Egypt's own business community.
There has been deep distrust in Egypt of the IMF, fueled by a general suspicion of Western meddling and foreign invasions in the 18th and 19th centuries to collect debts. Many Egyptians believe that the Western-style economic reforms of recent years enriched a handful of wealthy regime cronies and did little for regular people.
David Degner for The Wall Street JournalEssam El-Haddad, a foreign-policy adviser.
Yet the Brotherhood recently ended up giving tentative approval to the $3.2 billion IMF loan. "All of a sudden, we found ourselves for the first time and after a very, very short learning process, asked to take a position that would affect everybody's lives," said Essam al-Haddad, the Brotherhood's new senior adviser on foreign affairs.
Since the Brotherhood was legalized after the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak last February, the group has tried to remake itself. A year ago it was a secretive group dominated by elders who had spent much time in Egyptian jails, and little time in Western capitals. Today, after winning a plurality of the seats in recent parliamentary elections, it stands at the cusp of being Egypt's new ruling class.
Hard reality is steering that transformation. Confronted with a badly sinking economy, the Brotherhood doesn't have the luxury of harping endlessly about Zionist conspiracies, American hypocrisy, or bikini-clad tourists—not if it wants to put Egypt back together again.
Tourism revenue dropped by at least one-third since the uprising, according to government statistics. And billions of dollars of annual foreign investment—which peaked at $13.7 billion in 2007—were almost entirely choked off.
"Egypt is running smack into an economic wall," said Karim Sadek, a managing director at Citadel Capital, a Cairo-based private-equity firm.
The Brotherhood in Egypt
A Gallup poll conducted between April and December of last year showed 54% of Egyptians placed jobs and economic development as their top priority, while less than 1% cited implementation of Islamic law. The results were consistent across all political parties, even Islamist ones.
"Their supporters want the economy fixed, not religious solutions," said Dalia Mogahed, head of the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center, which conducted the poll.
Skeptics worry that once the Brotherhood is entrenched in power, the group's social agenda will come back to the fore. They say that could particularly be the case if the Egyptian economy continues to decline.
"It's a big fear that, if they can't fix the economy, they'll try to instead clean up society," said Heba Morayef, an Egypt researcher with Human Rights Watch.
Indeed, there are competing views in the movement on how closely to tie itself to the West. Even as some Brotherhood members have courted Washington, the movement's Deputy Supreme Guide, Rashad Bayoumi, recently excoriated U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson for having a "miserable past" in her previous posting in Pakistan. His comments were widely reported in the Egyptian press.
Then there is the Salafi Nour Party, a hard-line Islamist party, which won a surprising 27% of the vote in the recent parliamentary elections. With the Salafis threatening to undermine the Brotherhood's traditional Islamist base, members may fear opening up too much to the West.
"Do you trust the Muslim Brotherhood? I don't know," said a senior Western diplomat. "They have different faces. They are conservative, they are historically anti-Western, but they are also very strategic and don't seem interested in rocking the boat at the moment."
For now, many Brotherhood members are on a charm offensive. In recent weeks, they have attended a cocktail party at the residence of Ambassador Patterson and been feted as guests of honor at a British Embassy reception for U.K. companies doing business in Egypt. Some Brotherhood members even criticized the military-backed government's recent crackdown on foreign-funded nongovernment organizations, including the indictments of 16 American civil society workers.
The crackdown on the groups, accused of working illegally in Egypt to destabilize the country and receiving illegal foreign funding, plunged U.S.-Egypt ties to their lowest point in decades.
The Brotherhood has received multiple delegations of foreign investors, including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley. The Brotherhood is meeting with executives from leading U.S. corporations that operate in Egypt, including oil and gas producer Apache Corp., Coca-Cola Co., General Electric Co. and General Motors Co.
The meetings are part of a broad, tentative rapprochement between the West and the Islamist forces coming to power as part of the Arab Spring. Advocates of engagement with the region's Islamists have maintained that integrating these movements into politics is the surest means of moderating them, and now that thesis is suddenly being tested on a broad stage.
There was an earlier test. In 2002, Turkey's Islamist Justice and Development Party came to power after a year in which that country's economy had shrunk by 5.7%, inflation had soared 55%, and the Turkish lira had lost 51% of its value.
The Islamic party oversaw the implementation of a stringent IMF austerity package, opened up the country to foreign investment, and sold off state-run companies. In the decade since, Turkey has seen consistent growth and is one of the strongest emerging markets in the world. The party also changed Turkey's foreign policy, shifting away from its former close allies in Israel and the West.
The Brotherhood frequently cites the Islamist party in Turkey as a governance model it hopes to emulate.
Leading the charm charge for the Brotherhood is a new crop of polished Brotherhood businessmen. They wear tailored suits and Burberry ties, tote leather-encased iPads, and speak fluent English.
Mr. Haddad, the Brotherhood's foreign-affairs adviser, earned an M.B.A. in England and has impressed Western diplomats, investors and Egyptian businessmen with his grasp of economic and global affairs.
Another new face is Hassan Malek, a furniture importer who is heading the Brotherhood's Businessman Development Association, which will try to boost foreign investment.
David Degner for The Wall Street JournalThe Brotherhood's Business Development Association meets with a Turkish delegation.
How much sway these pragmatists will ultimately carry in an organization long dominated by conservative elements remains to be seen. But Mr. Malek's rise suggests that some of the movement's heavyweights are firmly behind the recent pro-West and pro-business outreach. Mr. Malek is the right-hand man and longtime business partner of Khairat Shater, the Brotherhood's second in charge, and a leading candidate for prime minister if the Brotherhood tries to form a government down the road.
Mr. Malek and Mr. Shater were released from prison in March 2011. A few weeks later, Mr. Malek received an anxious phone call from J.P. Morgan Chase. "The Muslim Brotherhood will meet us?" the caller nervously asked, according to Mr. Malek's account. Of course he would, said Mr. Malek.
"We had lots of questions for them," said Mr. Malek. "Will you deal with us? How will you invest in Egypt? What are your criteria for where and how much you invest? What is your analysis of our economy?" A J.P. Morgan official confirmed the meeting. The problem is that almost everyone's analysis of the Egyptian economy is pretty grim right now. Short of cash, the military government turned to local banks for loans and began spending down Egypt's $43.7 billion stockpile of foreign reserves. Those reserves now sit at $13.6 billion, less than three months' worth of imports, according to the central bank.
As ratings firms downgraded Egypt four times over the past year, the government has had to pay wary lenders steadily higher interest rates, which have jumped to 15% from 9% a year ago. As they heard such appraisals, said Ahmed Heikal, chairman of Citadel, the private-equity firm, "the Brothers became very sensitive to the concerns of institutional international investors."
One concern was what the Brotherhood's Islamist agenda might do to tourism, an industry worth $13 billion a year to Egypt and employing 11% of the work force. During the recent campaign for parliament, some Brotherhood candidates advocated banning alcohol sales and forcing Western tourists to cover up on Egypt's beaches.
When Essam el-Eryan, a member of the movement's leadership bureau, met with an influential Egyptian business association in January, he was bombarded with worried questions about the future of tourism in Egypt, according to several people present.
A few weeks later, in early February, Mr. Eryan met with tourism operators. He had a surprising message: "He said very clearly: beer and bikinis are OK," a businessman who attended recalled. Mr. Eryan couldn't be reached to comment.
No one believes the Brotherhood is suddenly pro-bikinis and beer. But it is hard to find a member willing to publicly denounce such vices nowadays. "We can't tell people how to dress when they can't put food in their stomach," said Mr. Haddad.
The group has toned down its public stance on America as well. When Washington tapped Ms. Patterson to be the new ambassador to Egypt shortly after the uprising last year, Mr. Malek strode up to her the first chance he got at a reception at the Turkish ambassador's house and asked for a meeting at the U.S. Embassy. She agreed.
The relationship between the U.S. and the Brotherhood has grown. Before the uprising, the Brotherhood rarely met U.S. officials and when it did it was with low-level diplomats. In the past year, U.S. officials and Brotherhood officials say there have been dozens of meetings between the two sides.
After the movement's parliamentary win, Ms. Patterson visited the movement's supreme guide, Mohammed Badie, at the organization's modest headquarters in Cairo's Manial neighborhood.
If Washington is softening its view on the Brotherhood, there are signs the Brotherhood is hearing more of what Washington has to say. At the cocktail party at Ms. Patterson's residence in mid-January, a half-dozen leading Egyptian businessmen pressed two skeptical Brotherhood members, Messrs. Haddad and Malek, on the need for Egypt to accept the IMF loan, according to several people present. The members didn't partake when cocktails were served, but they impressed those in attendance.
"They kept asking, 'Should we go for the IMF loan or not,' and of course, we were all saying, 'Yes, yes, yes!' " recalls Hisham Fahmy, the director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. "And they were like, 'OK, why?' "
As for the Brotherhood, the IMF loan began looking more like a lifeline than a Western plot. "There was real skepticism inside the group" about any money coming from the IMF, said Mr. Haddad. "On the other hand, we also know we need IMF expertise in how to reform our economy, how to close tax loopholes, deal with budget deficits, etc."
As they prepared for the IMF meeting, the Brotherhood's economic and political leaders hunkered down in late January in their headquarters, according to Mr. Haddad, who said he was there. For hours they hashed out one of the first big policy positions the group would take.
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Logging in to BackTrack
Once the installation of BackTrack is done, the default username and password required to log in are root / toor.
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Starting a GUI Environment
After you are logged in you can start the GUI Environment by issuing the startx command.
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In rare occasions (such as after a VMware tools install, or when using unsupported Video cards), X will refuse to start. If that happens you have several options you can try in order to fix the issue:
- Reconfiguring the X server package, you can reset (and often fix) Xorg configurations with the following command:
root@bt:~# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
- If you are using Backtrack 5 on x64 with KDE you should try the following:
root@bt:~# rm /root/.kde/cache-*
NOTE: Sometimes you may need to also remove the cache folders in /var/tmp by issuing the following command:
root@bt:~# rm -rf /var/tmp/kdecache-*
Getting Networking to work
If you haven't noticed yet BackTrack does not boot with networking by default in order to increase its stealth.
Setting your IP manually
We will first set up the networking manually. In the following example we will assume the following addresses and their purpose:
IP Address - 192.168.1.112/24 Default Gateway - 192.168.1.1 DNS server - 192.168.1.1
In order to set these up we will run the following commands:
root@bt:~# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.112/24 root@bt:~# route add default gw 192.168.1.1 root@bt:~# echo nameserver 192.168.1.1 > /etc/resolv.conf
Getting a static IP to stick between reboots
These settings however will only last until you reboot, so if we want to save them between reboots we need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file like this:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.112 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1
Edit the file as appropriate, then have the network come up automatically at boot time:
root@bt:~# update-rc.d networking defaults root@bt:~# /etc/init.d/networking restart
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Getting an IP from DHCP
In order to get an IP from a DHCP server we can issue the dhclient <interface> command as follows:
root@bt:~# dhclient eth0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth0/00:0c:29:81:74:21 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:0c:29:81:74:21 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.112 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK of 192.168.1.112 from 192.168.1.1 bound to 192.168.1.112 -- renewal in 37595 seconds. root@bt:~#
Using the script to start networking
There is a script to start networking in the /etc/init.d directory which attempts to start every interface listen in /etc/network/interfaces (you can remove the ones you don't need). To start it issue the following command:
root@bt:~# /etc/init.d/networking start
WICD Network Manager
Another way to set up your networking is using the WICD Network Manager, you can find it in the menu:
Menu > Internet > Wicd Network Manager
NOTE: Notice that when starting WICD you will get an error:
In order to get rid of this error you have to reboot Backtrack, than BEFORE starting WICD open up a terminal and type in the following:
root@bt:~# dpkg-reconfigure wicd root@bt:~# update-rc.d wicd defaults
Now after a reboot the error should not occur anymore.
Changing the root password
As you know Backtrack comes with a default username and password (root/toor) it is IMPORTANT that we change that root password especially when running services such as SSH. We can change the password by issuing the passwd command:
root@bt:~# passwd Enter new UNIX password: {enter your new password here } Retype new UNIX password: {enter your new password again} passwd: password updated successfully root@bt:~#
Starting services
BackTrack has various services such as Apache, SSH, MySQL, VNC, etc. They are all disabled by default. To start a service such as SSH, you can use the service init scripts. For example, to start the SSH service:
root@bt:~# sshd-generate # Specific to the SSH service - needed to generate SSH keys root@bt:~# /etc/init.d/ssh start Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd. root@bt:~# /etc/init.d/ssh stop Stopping OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd. root@bt:~#
When using a ssh server for the first time on Backtrack you will need to generate keys:
root@bt:~# sshd-generate
To enable a service at boot time, you can use the update-rc.d command, for example, having SSH start at boot time:
root@bt:~# update-rc.d -f ssh defaults Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/ssh ... /etc/rc0.d/K20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh /etc/rc1.d/K20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh /etc/rc6.d/K20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh /etc/rc2.d/S20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh /etc/rc3.d/S20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh /etc/rc4.d/S20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh /etc/rc5.d/S20ssh -> ../init.d/ssh root@bt:~#
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apt-get install <package> Downloads <package> and all of its dependencies, and installs or upgrades them.
apt-get remove [–purge] <package> Removes <package> and any packages that depend on it. –purge specifies that packages should be purged.
apt-get update Updates packages listings from the repo, should be run at least once a week.
apt-get upgrade Upgrades all currently installed packages with those updates available from the repo. should be run once a week.
apt-get dist-upgrade [-u] Similar to apt-get upgrade, except that dist-upgrade will install or remove packages to satisfy dependencies.
apt-cache search <pattern> Searches packages and descriptions for <pattern>.
apt-cache show <package> Shows the full description of <package>.
apt-cache showpkg <package> Shows a lot more detail about <package>, and its relationships to other packages.
man apt Will give you more info on these commands as well as many that are in less common usage.
Common dpkg commands
dpkg -i <package.deb> Installs a package file; one that you downloaded manually, for example.
dpkg -c <package.deb> Lists the contents of <package.deb> a .deb file.
dpkg -I <package.deb> Extracts package information from <package.deb> a .deb file.
dpkg -r <package> Removes an installed package named <package>
dpkg -P <package> Purges an installed package named <package>. The difference between remove and purge is that while remove only deletes data and executables, purge also deletes all configuration files in addition.
dpkg -L <package> Gives a listing of all the files installed by <package>. See also dpkg -c for checking the contents of a .deb file.
dpkg -s <package> Shows information on the installed package <package>. See also apt-cache show for viewing package information in the Debian archive and dpkg -I for viewing package information extracted from a .deb file.
dpkg-reconfigure <package> Reconfigures an installed package
man dpkg Will give you more info on these commands as well as many that are in less common usage.
How do I find more information on a particular command or programs usage ?
Most commands will have >> what is called a man page (manual page) which can be viewed by typing:
root@bt:~# man <command you want more info on>
Another very good resource on linux command usage can be found at linuxcommand.org
Some programs do not have a man page, but you can usually get more information on it's usage by typing:
root@bt:~# <program name> Just the program name without any arguements.
root@bt:~# <program name> -help
root@bt:~# <program name> --help
root@bt:~# <program name> -h
Some programs use other methods, but they are usually just a variation of one of the above five commands.
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Post subject: Can you freeze Active Dry Yeast?
I've been playing around with a bread machine and my loaves always seem depressed.
My yeast was (is) a big bag of very fresh stuff, so I keep in it a jar in the refrigerator. Unfortunately, the back of the fridge sometimes freezes.
Is this killing the little yeastie cells? Could this be why my loaves are depressed? Or do they just need a little Prozac?
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jeesh I hope not.
I've been keeping bulk bought yeast in the freezer for decades.
stuff in the freezer 3-4-5 years "past it's date" still does fine.
a usual&customary cause for deflating / sinking is over-proofing.
shouldn't be an issue in an "automatic" bread machine especially in the cooler weather. don't add more yeast than recommended; too much, it eats itself out of house and home too quick and....collapses.....
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Ah, that makes sense, thanks. The handbook says to use less yeast, too.
Thought I'd ask here before making another brick.
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You're a genius!
Both loaves made exactly the same way, using the same packet of yeast.
One has 1½ tsp yeast
Other has 1 tsp yeast.
Can you spot the difference?
Need to work on the size of the loaves a bit, but you're right about the yeasties beasties eating up all the sugar.
Less yeast in a warm environment is the way to go.
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Found the answer to my depressed loaves and it's not one that I'd expect, or have even heard of.
I think it was the "pre-heat" cycle. Once I disabled that, the loaves came out as they should have.
I suspect the "pre-heat" cycle either killed the yeastie-beasties or made them so hungry they ate up all the sugar before baking.
All my ingredients were/are at 70° F, but the "pre-heat" cycle takes them up to a supposed 85° F.
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yeast will be killed at temps much above 110'F - there's no single number everyone seems to agree on. however, scalding hot for the human skin is around 115'F - so if you can touch it, should be okay.
>>pre-heat cycle
ah, the joys of bread machines. had several, tossed them all.
I wonder if the bottom heat of the pre-heat was so hot that it 'overheated / over-shot' the 85'F mark enough to affect the yeast.
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I suspect I'll eventually toss mine too, but it's been a great way to learn about the mysteries of flour, water and yeast without getting my hands dirty.
Getting dough to the proper consistency, i.e.
the right amount of water, is a bit of an art and not science because so many variables are involved.
Same can be said for rising times.
I think you are probably right about the heating element overshooting the mark. Even when I select "light crust" I get a med/dark one. Lord only knows how to adjust the thermostat!
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Editor's note: I write out of my Christian tradition on December 21, which is the Winter Solstice as well as, this year, the first day of the eight-day Jewish celebration of Chanukah. Whatever tradition we come from — Jewish, pagan or Christian — this time of year we celebrate, and tell our stories about, the coming of light into our world.
The Christmas story reported by Luke and Matthew a couple of thousand years ago is so compelling that its retelling in words and pictures, sculpture and song are as many as the stars in the sky. For Christians, it's the narrative that makes sense of — and gives hope to — human history. It's a sacred story, the word of God.
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Kozma kicks off season with strong showing
SAN FRANCISCO -- Since he won the starting job in Spring Training, Pete Kozma has looked the part of everyday player.
Kozma put together a three-hit effort Saturday and added a hit and two RBIs on Sunday to boost his season average to .333 (8-for-24) through six games. Filling in for the injured Rafael Furcal has been no small task, but Cardinals manager Mike Matheny wants to treat Kozma's solid start as business as usual.
"We're trying to make everybody leave him alone and not make a big deal about it," Matheny said. "We like what we've seen and what we saw last year. I told him this, too: 'This is the only guy I know. So just keep doing what you do.'"
Kozma finished off the 2012 regular season batting .333 in 26 games after Furcal went down with an arm injury. He had two game-winning RBIs in the National League Division Series clincher against Washington.
The middle infield looked a bit different Sunday, as Kozma's double-play partner David Descalso was replaced by Matt Carpenter at second base. Carpenter entered Sunday's contest 4-for-4 against Giants starter Matt Cain in his career, while Matheny also touted his defensive versatility.
"It's been a week since he's been there," Matheny said. "It's going to be another challenge, but he's been working in between. I know he's been starting at third, but he's anxious to go back out there and show all the work he's put into it."
Kozma rapped an RBI single in the Cardinals' nine-run fourth inning Sunday, while Carpenter had a pair of singles in the frame, driving in a run with his second at-bat of the inning, before adding an RBI double in the eighth.


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- Makes 40
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup chopped shallots
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed with side of knife
- 40 fresh mussels, scrubbed, debearded
- 4 cups fresh basil leaves
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise
- Bring first 5 ingredients to boil in large pot. Working in batches, add mussels to pot. Cover; cook until mussels open, about 4 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer mussels to large bowl. Discard any that do not open. Cool mussels. Strain cooking liquid; reserve 1 cup.
- Remove mussels from shells, reserving half of each shell. Transfer mussels to medium bowl and refrigerate.
- Finely chop basil and garlic in processor. With processor running, gradually add reserved 1 cup cooking liquid and oil and process until well blended. Blend in cheese and mayonnaise. Transfer pesto to large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add mussels and toss to coat. Chill at least 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerate reserved shells.)
- Spoon mussels and pesto into reserved shells. Arrange on platter.
Per Mussel: calories, 41; total fat, 2 g; saturated fat, 0; cholesterol, 9 mg


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Students' Guide Puts Wabash Among Most Uniqueby Jeremy Sexton '07 • August 25, 2005 Share:
Wabash College continues to top national college rankings. Students' Guide to Colleges published by Penguin Books has listed Wabash in the top ten colleges of the most unique categories.
The book surveys thousands of college students to find the top ten schools, offering unique insights into America's top 100 colleges. Among the categories Wabash placed in were the top ten most spirited schools, top ten schools with traditional values, and top ten schools you've never heard of.
Wabash is a place that can be defined by the Gentlemen's Rule. The Gentlemen's Rule states that 'A Wabash Man is to conduct himself at all times, both on and off campus, as a gentlemen and a responsible citizen.' It is the single rule that has governed Wabash men since Wabash was founded in 1832" said junior biology major Patrick Miller.
"Wabash is a place that has a strong backbone that is deep rooted in its traditions, which is what makes this place so special for so many men" said Luke Odom '08 reflecting on his Wabash experience.
Former Senior Admissions Officer of Harvard University, Chuck Hughes says, "Students' Guide to Colleges is a new kind of guidebook, created, written, and edited entirely by current college students. For every school, three students weigh in, each from a different academic and social area of campus, each with a different voice, a different perspective, and different experiences. Together, these students offer detailed, nuanced, personal and honest portraits of their schools - the next best thing to spending a week on campus"
To check out the Students' Guide to Colleges visit their website, www.StudentsGuide.com.
In addition to being featured by Penguin books, Wabash College has also recently been featured by several other college ranking publications those in which include, U.S. new and World Report and Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide.
Sexton is a Wabash College junior and English major.
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Spectacular workmanship! Thanks for sharing.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Spectacular workmanship! Thanks for sharing.
This looks AMAZING!! Totally not my thing, which be why I'm so blown away...
"Some people have bunches of WIPs (works in progress) and UFOs (unfinished objects)....I prefer to think of them as PhDs (Projects Half Done)!!" ~Elena Boen
"Just keep in mind that your function here is to have fun and not to be someone else's interior decorator! So ... go forth and have fun!" ~Krystyna
I cannot count my day complete 'til needle, thread and fabric meet.
Whatever color it is, it's FABULOUS!!
Photo pink or red doesn't matter it's GORGEOUS! Please tell me you've been LA'g forever!
Four things you can't recover: The stone.....after the throw. The word......after its said. The occasion.....after its missed. The time......after its gone
Hi Deb,
Very creative and just breath takingly beautiful.
Were you able to do this type of work prior to your class?
Deb - it looks like you've mastered the lessons! It's a beautiful wholecloth quilt. I like the pebbles in the stem of the feathers - don't think I've seen them before.
I haven't taken a Craftsy class, so I have a couple of questions. Do you work at your own speed, or is there a set time for taking the class? Can you repeat the class at your own speed if you want?
very neat!!!
beautiful!!! Maybe someday I will learn to quilt like that
You take the class as much of it as you want, you can repeat any segment easily and do it as often as you like. The teacher will answer questions. You need to give her a day to do it. I have problems streaming videos so I start the class, click on the center of the screen to pause it and it loads. I go away and do something and then come back and watch. This class Design it , Quilt it. teaches both quilting patterns and how to take your stencils, take parts of them, combine that with other parts of others stencils to ge a design. She has you take things to manageable parts so you can accomplish it whether it is designing a wholecloth or just quilting one small portion such as a diamond. She divides her diamonds into 8 parts. I having wanted to do wholecloth for a number of years now and finally it is not an overwhelming process.
I love how she had a sample for everything she said.
That is gorgeous! I have thought about taking that class, but I couldn't do half as well as you. Great job!
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Nami to 6
Wow! Your quilting is amazing! Your quilt is lovely and stunning!
WOW! What a beauty!
http://signatures.mylivesignature.co...C6D9B70091.png"To share often and much...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
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Lovely. Quilting is great.
Unbelievable quilting ~ WOW !!!
Wow, its beautiful. I am not too artistic and I have a basic Brother Machine that is adequate for piecing but It cant do this.
absolutely gorgeous Deb! How long have you been LAing?
Cindy Stowe
That is stunning! What a fast learner you are!
Unbeliveably amazing!
Make A Good Day!
Janice P. Roy
I've seen that class. Your doing a good advertisement of it. GREAT job.
Your quilt is beautiful!! I have been considering taking this class also, but unfortunately I don't have any time for sewing at the present. Have to just look for now. Georgette


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WASHINGTON -- The woman shot to death after a police chase from the White House to Capitol Hill had been suffering from mental health issues, according to federal law enforcement officials, including postpartum depression after her daughter was born and a troubling fixation on President Obama.
Miriam Carey's declining mental stability, the sources said, developed into a belief that the president was "controlling" her life, which may explain why she appeared Thursday afternoon next to the White House and then led Secret Service agents and Washington police on a two-mile, three-minute chase down Pennsylvania Avenue. Along the way, two officers were injured.
"She thought that the president had her apartment under surveillance," Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, told the Los Angeles Times. "That must have prompted her trip to Washington and her attempt to visit the White House."
PHOTO GALLERY: Gunfire on Capitol Hill
Carey's sister, Amy, told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Friday, "We will never know what Miriam was thinking in those last hours before she died. We can only speculate."
She said her sister experienced postpartum depression "with psychosis … which came along with treatment and medication and counseling…. She had her challenges as a new parent. I am a parent. I have two children. … There was nothing out of the ordinary. She didn't appear to be unstable."
But Amy Carey also asked, "Was there some other way that she could have been helped so it didn't end tragically?"
McCaul said, however, that the police "didn't really have much of a choice, given the way she was driving."
"At the time, they don't know who she is, what her motivation is," he said. "When I talk to the FBI or Secret Service, they're just amazed that she could drive at 80 mph down Pennsylvania Avenue and not hit a car…. When you're traveling like that, and you're erratic … there's plenty of pedestrians that could be killed.
"Plus, the threat to the White House raises the stakes. And then this car was seen around the Capitol grounds. That raises the stakes even higher."
Members of Miriam Carey's family were in Washington on Friday afternoon to identify the body and planned to issue a written statement Friday night in Brooklyn, N.Y.
McCaul, who was briefed by authorities Friday, said he was told that Carey had a history of apparent mental problems. She had been hospitalized, and her boyfriend had called police to express concern about her behavior.
McCaul said that authorities searching her Stamford, Conn., apartment found an envelope with a white powder. They said they were testing the substance "out of an abundance of caution."
In Bloomfield, Conn., a former neighbor of Carey's boyfriend, Eric Francis, talked about seeing Carey's car a lot in the neighborhood.
Emmanuel Ayettey told The Times that Francis lived on his street -- Valley View -- for more than 10 years until five months ago, when his house was foreclosed upon.
Ayettey, 45, said that when news of a shooting in the Capitol broke Thursday, he immediately recognized the black Infiniti on television reports.
"I had seen it all the time at his house," Ayettey said. "The lady came roughly on the weekends -- on Saturdays and Sundays."
Ayettey said he did not know Carey very well, but he called her boyfriend Francis a friend.
"We organized parties together," Ayettey said. "He blows his horn to wave to me. We talked about everything -- what we see around. He's a nice guy. Very down to earth."
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill used Thursday's incident to press for an agreement to end the government shutdown, noting that the Capitol police who responded are not being paid.
"Today we are wearing buttons that say thank you to the Capitol Police,'' said Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.). "This is a nice gesture, but we should also think about the hypocrisy of this. It is time for the United States Congress to not just pass out buttons saying thank you, but pass out paychecks to the Capitol Police officers who are protecting us and not getting paid during this shutdown."'
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said the incident showed how urgent it is for Congress to pass her legislation that would expand mental healthcare. "After each one of these tragedies, everyone talks about improving mental health services in America,'' she said. "It's time to finally take action to do that."
Times staff writers Tina Susman in Stamford, Conn., Alana Semuels in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Matt Hamilton in Los Angeles, contributed to this report.
D.C. police still looking for motive after shooting outside Capitol
When to shoot? Capitol shooting is raising questions about force
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During the 1980s, Brazilian rubber tapper Chico Mendes was a prominent activist for the preservation of the Amazon region. He urged his government to set up reserves for rubber tappers and was instrumental in creating various organizations and unions for his peers. In 1988, Mendes was murdered by a rancher intent on logging the site of a future reserve. Partly in response to the international media outcry, Brazil created the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, consisting of 980,000 hectares of land protected for forest-dependent indigenous inhabitants.
The extractive reserve model aims to simultaneously conserve forests and extract their resources in an economically sustainable way. Forest managers use collaborative strategies to reconcile these goals. By enhancing collaboration among local residents, non-governmental organizations, government institutions, and the private sector, extractive reserves have the potential to increase economic independence for local communities and conserve the Amazon rainforest.
Extractive reserves are not limited to extractive activities, such as nut harvesting and rubber tapping, but can also be used for agricultural activities. Since the inception of extractive reserves in the 1980s, the idea has gained momentum due to international support. More than 3.4 million hectares of Brazilian land are now part of extractive reserves, and several more reserves are in the planning process.
Because of the relative newness of Brazil's extractive-reserve programs, researchers are still evaluating their success in balancing conservation with development. One study analyzed the Alto Jurua extractive reserve and found that while deforestation is occurring, its frequency is much lower than in neighboring non-reserve lands. The majority of households and individuals that live in the reserve have organized into the Rubber Tappers and Farmers Association, expressing their desire to continue living in the reserve. Rubber has become a less valuable commodity, so some residents have switched to bean cultivation and livestock. While these activities require land clearing, the management power of the community has been able to keep the clearing to a minimum.
Although the Alto Jurua reserve has been successful at limiting deforestation and providing opportunities for the local community, much of its success is due to external forces. For example, the Brazil Pilot Program controls deforestation on rural properties. Through Brazil's Pilot Program, Brazil is developing a spatial database of private land boundaries and ownership. Brazil also limits land availability by placing unclaimed public lands under management in order to increase land and timber values.
Brazil has expanded its extractive reserve model from land to water. While the majority of the country's reserves are land-based, there are a few marine ones, and many of the proposed future reserves will protect marine fisheries. But the results so far are mixed.
One researcher spent a year studying Brazil's first marine extractive reserve, Arraial do Cobo. Although the reserve has created a more democratic forum for decision-making, it has yet to be utilized, as many fishers fear the consequences of participating outside of the traditional social hierarchy. The fishers also deeply distrust the government and view the reserve as a burden. Meawnhile, a lack of government funding and minimal cooperation from local fishermen limits monitoring and enforcement capabilities. The result is that traditional, self-imposed governing systems have eroded as more fishermen gain access to the fishing grounds, racial tensions persist, and certain families have gained economic and social control of the community. So far, the reserve has failed to replace the traditional governance structure with anything productive and sustainable.
The international community has touted extractive reserves as a way to protect valuable resources while simultaneously spurring local economic growth and development and protecting indigenous communities. But research shows that this fanfare may be premature, as the extractive reserve model is dependent on adequate funding and implementation, as well as the ability to monitor. Its success also depends on cooperation and communication among different levels of participants.
Certainly, extractive reserves are a step in the right direction, as local stakeholders are integrated into the decision-making process, improving conservation and development. If governance of extractive reserves can be improved, the reserves may well be a success story for all parties. But until then, their impact remains unclear.
(Written by Alison Singer; Edited by Antonia Sohns)


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The New Boori Provence Convertible Plus Cot has a smart forward thinking design that will last you beyond nursery. The Cot with 2 base heights is suitable from birth to around 5 years as it will convert into a toddler bed. Once your child has outgrown the cot it will also turn into a sofa and even a double bed*. The Cot features a toddler guard rail.
The Boori Provence 3 drawer dresser with bell curved Changing Station is the perfect addition to the nursery. The dresser gives you plenty of storage space thanks to its three drawers and comes complete with a removable change tray.
The Boori Provence Wardrobe has a charming french inspired design. It is a full sized 2 door wardrobe with 1 hanging rail, 1 shelf, 2 drawers and adjustable door hinges.
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text: Farai Chideya is a reporter, political and cultural analyst, and educator. Over the years she has worked in print, television, radio, and digital media; covered every Presidential election since 1996; and traveled to 28 countries and 49 states to report, learn, and explore. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, she is a fellow at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, studying newsroom diversity and editorial protocols during the 2016 election. She covered the 2016 election for FiveThirtyEight.com, with a special focus on demographics and the American voter, and was a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute from 2012-2016. A 1990 graduate of Harvard University, she was also a spring 2012 fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics. She frequently appears on public radio and cable television, speaking about race, politics, and culture. She previously hosted NPR's News and Notes; was a reporter for ABC News; a political analyst for CNN; a host for the Oxygen Network; a consumer data and privacy reporter for The Intercept; and a reporter for Newsweek magazine. She and the teams she has worked with have won awards including a National Education Reporting Award, a North Star News Prize, and a special award from the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association for coverage of AIDS. She has also worked in both the for- and non-profit technology industry as a content strategist.