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Installing Operating Systems with gore.
Part 5:
SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional:
Installation of SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional:
Screw Gentoo, Simply Change ;?)
As many of you know, I am an arrogant elitist when it comes to SuSE Linux. I was very pleased to finally get SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional a few days ago, and now I'm finally going to install it.
I havn't read the manuals much yet, but I flipped through to see what had changed. I was shocked to see more new information than usual, and also pleased at the same time.
I highly recommend anyone who wants to try Linux to go buy SUSE. You get enough manuals to get you through most day to day things, and of course me on Anti Online for other things.
Starting up the installation:
I am going to be assuming a few things here:
You have a computer
You are not Shrekkie
You have a CD or DVD drive in your computer
You will be configuring a Network connection (If you are not just skip that part of it)
You have already bought SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional
For readers with unsupported hardware:
If for some reason you use Hardware that does not want to work, don't give
up. You can do a text based installation. This may also be best if you're
installing on a server machine. Please refer to the "Administration Guide"
book that came with SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional to work with the text based
installation. For the most part, a lot of how the installation goes will act
the same, just in text.
What will you be using your system for?
Server use:
If you plan in using SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional as a server system, you
probably won't need much. When it comes time for package selection, read how I
show you to find more packages to install, and then select which services you
YAST2 will work in text only mode. Like "MCC" for Mandrake Linux, SUSE Linux
9.1 Professional has YAST2 for both GUI and text only run levels. YAST2 will
work fine, and is quite easy to use.
If you plan on using Linux for a workstation, first, decide if you want to use
a GUI at all first. You really don't need X at all, but if you have never used
a UNIX based OS before, or if the last sentence confused you, you should
install X.
For a workstation, anywhere from 500 MB - 2 GB would be a good size. This
gives you a little room to grow and save documents you may be working on, and
of course have a few MP3s. SUSE comes with great command line MP3 players.
Home use:
Using Linux for home use, to do work you need to get done, and of course
surfing the web is fun. You again may decide if you need X or not, but as I
said before, if you have never used it before, I highly recommend X.
About 1 GB would be an OK size for HD space, but if you download music or
movies, or install software, or like to put things on your HD, I would
recommend anywhere from 2 - 7 GB of HD space.
Gore style use:
If you're like me, then a small HD may not work so well. I use my machines for
a lot of reasons. Everything from Web/FTP/SSH servers, to playing games,
listening to music, watching movies, surfing the web, exploring things, and
web development.
If this sounds more like you, and you're a female, please send your phone
number and e-mail address too...Woops, sorry there.
OK, if this sounds like you, then here are two machines I use with SUSE Linux
that work just fine for me:
One machine has a 42.9 GB HD and a Pentium 3 733 MHz processor, and 384 MB
RAM. This works fine for just about everything I throw at it.
The other machine has an 80 GB HD and a 2.40 GHz processor with 512 MBs RAM,
and a 128 MB Nvidia card for games. This can of course handle everything I
throw at it too.
I use both machines for Web, FTP, and SSH servers so I can
upload, back up, and store thing across my network with the other boxes, and
course these two machines have awesome speakers, so I use SSH to play MP3s
when I'm not near one of them, but want to listen to songs I have stored on
those HD while working on another machine.
I would recommend at least a 20-30 GB HD for this kind of use.
Absolute minimum HD size for SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional to install:
SUSE can be installed on a 180 MB HD, but this will be the smallest you can
trim it down too. XFree86 will NOT be installed in this small amount of HD
space, but I also doubt that anyone will be using that small of a disk unless
it is for server use only.
Take either the first DVD, or the first CD out, and open either your CD drive to insert CD 1 or your DVD drive to insert DVD 1 and reboot the machine.
As the machine starts up you should see a splash screen, and then another screen with options too either boot from the hard disk, or install, or a few other things.
The first thing I am going to do is hit "F2" and select 1024x768 for the installation, because I like that setting. You can set this to whatever you want as long as your hardware will support it.
To start the installation, hit the DOWN arrow key once, to highlight "Installation" and then hit "ENTER".
After you have hit the "ENTER" key, you should see another splash screen. To see what it is actually doing, hit "F2" or if you don't care, sit and wait. It is currently checking for hardware, and doing a few other things, which can take some time, so relax while it does it's job.
After this stage, your screen should go black for a minute, and then you should end up at another screen saying "Welcome to SUSE Linux". This is where you select your language.
Move your mouse, and notice how it makes the arrow on the screen move too. After you have the hang of that down, select which language you speak. After you have done this, click on "Accept" in the lower right hand corner.
After you click "Accept" you are taken to a new screen where your hardware is detected, and then a little window pops up asking what type of installation you want to do.
It defaults for me to "New Installation" as the only OS on this HD is Slackware 9.1, and I'm not keeping it. For now all I want on this machine is SUSE, so I am going to accept the default.
I should take a minute to explain something here:
I'm NOT going to help partition a HD so that Windows and SUSE Linux can play together on the same HD in this tutorial. It's not hard, and you have two nice manuals, and to be honest, if this was any easier it would come with a hand job.
If you plan on dual booting the machine, I suggest you read the manual and find out how easy it really is. If you want to run JUST SUSE Linux, then continue; It's not too late to turn back.
For those who wanted me to hold hands with them during the partition stage for Windows and Linux:
Move the mouse up to "Abort Installation"
Click "OK"
Grasp manuals sent with packaging of SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional
Put the books on your lap
Pick up book entitled "User Guide"
Make sure book is right side up
For the rest who want to install SUSE Linux by itself on a HD, or already know how to Partition:
You should now be at a screen showing "Installation Settings"
Check over everything to make sure it detected your mouse and system correctly. If you need to change anything, just move the mouse over the particular group of settings you want to change, and it will turn into a hand, which, yes, it is a link to change that particular group of settings.
I'm already pleasently surprised;
SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional has not only found my mouse, but also realises it is a scroll mouse. For some reason this mouse never works with any Linux or BSD correctly, and SUSE grabs it without a problem before the install is even finished.
If you look at the "Partition" section on your screen, it shows you how it plans to partition the HD.
I am going to accept the default settings it gave me because it's what I wanted anyway.
The "Time Zone" section I am going to change though. I live in Michigan.
I click on "Time Zone" select "Michigan" from the list at the right of the screen, and then click on "Accept" in the lower right.
Clicking "Accept" brings me back to the main installation page, and now I am going for the long, take a few hours possibly part of the installation; Selecting Software.
This only takes long because I select each and every of the 5,000 or so packages myself, by hand.
It's not hard to really do though. To get to the package selection, click on "Software" You come to a new screen, which allows you to select a few ways of software installation, and from here, click on "Detailed Selection".
The next screen shows a few groups of packages you can install, but there is more than this. I found out in the first few SUSE installs I ever made that if you look in the upper left corner of the screen, you can see "Filter:" Click on the word "Selections" and from the drop down menu, select "Package Groups".
Now you should see a huge list of groups on the left hand side of the screen.
Before you get yourself into dependency Hell, in the middle of the screen, at the very bottom, click on "Autocheck". This will make sure that when you click on a new package to add, it will grab the dependencies too.
For this page, you're on your own. I'm not typing out every package I'm picking, and you shouldn't pick every package I select, as some you may not need.
for this part, just look around, and see if you want any extra packages. If you're not sure about a particular package, click on it, but don't select to install it, and it will show you a description of it.
OK, I'm not assuming anyone reading this is stupid, but if you've never installed SUSE Linux before, the way you install a packages source code, is buy sliding the little blue bar in the middle of the screen all the way to the right, and you'll see that another little check box is there for installation of source code.
After you have selected the packages you want, you may want to save the selections you made to a floppy disk so if you install on another machine or have to reinstall for some reason, you don't have to go through this all again. Grab a FAT formatted floppy disk, stick it in the floppy drive, and at the top of the screen, click on "File" and clikc on "Export".
Click on "Floppy" at the little pop up window, and click on "OK". The selection list is svaed to the floppy, and when you get the pop up that it unmounted alright, you're ready to take the floppy out, and click on "Accept" in the bottom right hand corner.
After you click "Accept" it checks dependencies one more time, and then pops up a window showing you all the packages that will be added for dependencies. Click on "Continue" as these packages will be added automatically.
After clicking on "Continue" you go back to the main screen again. Make sure you have all the options you wanted set, and when you have made sure your options are correct, click "Accept" in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
When you click on "Accept" a little green window pops up, warning you that all the information you have to provide to install is now complete, and that the installation is going to actually begin.
Click on "Yes, Install" in the left bottom corner of the green pop up window.
After you click "Yes, Install" YAST2 formats the partitions, and begins installing.
Now is a good time to go smoke, as I am about to do, because this will take a few minutes.
Now is a good time to mention that SUSE defaults to Reiser for the file
system. This is fine because I use it anyway. You of course can choose another
if you'd like, but Reiser is quite good, and I usually stick with it, even for
my Slackware installations.
Reiser is a "Journaling" File System, meaning it keeps little notes about
things in the file system. This is great for crash recovery. If for some
reason you do have a system crash, you can get back up and running very fast.
EXT3 is also Journaling. If you like EXT2, but like the idea of faster crash
recovery, then this may just be something more for you. All 3 file systems are
available to you, and you can choose whichever you'd like, but I will leave
that up to you.
Reading the manuals that came with your box will help you get through
that. The point of this tutorial is to get it installed, up, and running. The
manuals it came with are great, so read them.
Remember, a year ago at this time, I was using Linux for my first time too. So
if you stick with it, you'll learn fast, and be better at customizing how you
want it too run.
I think SUSE has really done a lot for making Linux easier to use for a
beginner, and some people won't use it because "It's to easy". I think that is
pretty shallow in my opinion, because Linux can't get more users if it's to
hard to use.
If someone ever makes fun of you for using SUSE, it's best to just not talk to
them. Someone with that big of an ego about this really isn't going to listen
to anything you say anyway.
SUSE has a lot of software, and is a good first distribution. You can learn
with it because it's easy enough for a beginner, but also has advanced tools
and settings to allow you room to grow.
When it becomes to easy for you to use and you want more of a challenge, just
switch to runlevel 3
This tutorial is being typed on a SuSE 8.2 Professional machine, and I'm
installing SUSE 9.1 Professional as I type this to make sure that I have a
play by play tutorial that works.
After a while the packages finish installing and another screen comes up. This is "Finishing Basic Install". It will take a few minutes, but not nearly as long as the last screen.
After this step finishes, you will see a count down screen telling you the
system will restart. After it restarts, it will start booting up, and then go
back to YAST2.
Setting the Root password:
The first screen you see asks you to create a root password. I don't think I
have to remind you of how important it is to NOT make this easy to guess, or
even a real word.
Setting up and configuring the Network:
After you pick a root password, click "NEXT" and you are taken to another
screen to configure, and set up, the network.
This screen tells you what SUSE has found on your computer. If you have DSL,
you should see something there in the DSL connections area, and if you use
dial up, it should find your modem no problem.
This machine I am installing on has an integrated software modem, and it even
found that. Thank the Lord, I don't use dial up anymore. If you have a cable
connection, or a LAN, then it should have a NIC it found, as it does for me.
If you have problems with it finding your hardware, don't worry, the manuals
can help you, and so can clicking on whatever is not correct on this screen.
Also, remember some NICs use similar chips, and one NIC driver may work for
600 others.
After you're done looking over this screen, click on "Next".
YAST2 saves the Network configuration, and then brings you to another screen
that allows you to test your network connections. The default is to test the
network connection, so go ahead and let it, unless you're in a hurry.
Click on "Next" and YAST2 brings up the network and then tries making
connection to the internet. If it does, it will also check for updates, as my
machine just did. Don't think this means it will show the updates just yet,
all you will see is "Result: Success".
If you have problems, click on back, and try again. It should work fine
though, it does for me. Obviously if your ISP is having problems you may not
get this part done.
After you have finished the network connection test, select "Next".
After you click on "Next" a pop up window pops up and asks if you would like
to update. Unless you have accidently set your house on fire, and need to get
your children out to safety, then there is no reason you should not do this.
It defaults to "Yes, Run Online Update Now" so click on "OK".
After you have clicked on "OK" you are taken to a screen showing "YOU". Click
"Next" and it will pop up a window trying to connect to the servers. If you
get an error saying to many users are connected, don't worry, just click on
the drop down menu and select another city.
After you select one that allows you to connect, the pop up window checks for
the updates you need, and then takes you to another screen showing you the
Scroll down on this update section, and you can download "Microsoft TrueType
Core fonts" and the Nvidia graphics card driver, and even firmware for
Wireless cards.
The updates that are not checked may not be needed bye you, but if you click
on them, you will see if they are updated or not. It will show a check on the
box if you have the package installed, and if you do, go ahead and click on
the update to add it to the downloads.
If you see the box colored in with grey, then you don't have that installed,
and don't need the update. Security updates are already preselcted for you,
and when you finish selecting whatever else you want, then go ahead and click
on "Accept".
After clicking "Accept" if you selected to download the Microsoft True Type
Fonts, you will have a message pop up asking if you really want to install the
patch. It's nothing but a license to use them.
Go ahead and click on "Install Patch".
The next pop up is the Nvidia video card driver. Go ahead and click on
"Install Patch".
The next pop up window is warning you about updating a Kernel.
DO NOT INSTALL THIS PATCH YET. If you read the pop up window, you will see
that it will possibly cause problems, so wait untill you have finished the
install, and run Yast Online Update again. Click on "Skip Patch".
After you click on "Skip Patch" you should see the updates start to
download. If you want to save disk space, click on "Remove Source Packages
After Update" under thst status bars.
Depending on the speed of your connection, this may take a while. After the
updates are downloaded, the "Total Progress" bar shows 50% As the packages
begin being installed.
After a little while, a pop up should come up on your window saying how to
update your Anti Virus software SUSE came with.
If you miss the update, or forget how to do this, the pop up says to run
"freshclam" to update.
After that pop up window, the updates are finished installing. Click on
After click on "Finish" the system configuration starts up to write this all
into configuration. This will happen every time you update SuSE Linux and
usually only takes a minute or two.
After that finishes up, you will be taken to another screen asking for
authentication methods.
Unless you know what you're doing on this, just stick with the default.
"Stand-Alone Machine" should be selected by default. This is fine, so click on
Adding users:
Now it's time to add users. Add a user! Even if you're the only one using the
machine, make another anyway, running everything as root is grossly stupid.
Now, if you're the only one who uses your machine, it may be OK to allow auto
log in like Windows XP does.
If anyone lives with you, DE-SELECT THIS BY UNCHECKING THE BOX CHECKED BY
After you have a user name typed in and everything set up there, click on
You may see the password is going to be truncated. This is OK, and can be
changed later.
After you click on "Next" it writes the system configuration again, and much
faster this time.
When the system finishes writing the configuration, you will be at another
screen with the release notes. Read this if you want, and then click on
Hardware set up:
After you click on "Next" the Hardware set up screen comes up.
It should find everything and have it set up just fine, but if you want to
change anything, just click on the section like you have throughout the
Click on "Next" after you have finished checking the hardware settings.
Finishing up:
After you click on "Next" it saves the configuration for the hardware, and
then brings you to another screen telling you that the installation is
complete, and giving you the option to start the YAST Control Center right
away or not.
You can do this if you want, it doesn't really matter. Click on "Finish" after
deciding if you want to start up YAST right or not.
After clicking on "Finish" your computer finishes booting up, and then you can
log in. Welcome to SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Indians manager Terry Francona expected to have a few tough conversations with players before camp broke this spring. That comes with the territory of roster cuts, and can be more prevalent when a surplus of talent exists.
From the early days of Spring Training, Francona said he anticipated some hard meetings with members of Cleveland's bullpen. That was true on Thursday morning, when the manager informed left-hander Scott Barnes that he was being optioned to Triple-A Columbus.
"Barnesy, he took it a little bit hard," Francona said. "It's not necessarily the best day. Guys don't process things a lot. All they hear is they're going down. So everybody is a little different. With certain guys, you'll follow up maybe a day later, two days later, three days later, because you want them to understand the message.
"Barnesy is a good example. We love this kid. Right now, we have a couple guys ahead of him. That doesn't mean he's not going to help us this year, and he's going to be really good. But, I don't think today he's probably ready to hear that, and I understand that."
Barnes, 25, posted a 2.84 ERA this spring in six Cactus League appearances, during which he had seven strikeouts and two walks in 6 1/3 innings. Last season with Cleveland, the lefty had a 4.26 ERA with 16 strikeouts and seven walks in 16 games and 19 innings in the big leagues.
With Barnes out of the mix, Cleveland's bullpen race is down to lefties David Huff (out of options) and Nick Hagadone and right-hander Bryan Shaw. There are either one or two jobs available, depending on whether the Indians open the season with a seven- or eight-man bullpen. Cleveland is considering the latter scenario due to playing 13 straight games with no off-days to begin the year.
As things currently stand, the Tribe's bullpen projects to include closer Chris Perez (as long as he avoids any setbacks in his recovery from a right shoulder strain), setup men Vinnie Pestano and Joe Smith, right-handers Cody Allen and Matt Albers, and lefty Rich Hill.

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Did you draw the rope separately (like in the other behavior) that isn't shown in this snippet?
What is the most easiest way to achieve a particle effect upon an enemy hitting a player? Not looking for anything fancy, as long as it don't eat up memory and is really simplistic?
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http://www.stencyl.com/help/view/pre-shipped-behaviors/http://www.stencyl.com/help/view/introduction-to-behaviors/there is a behavior packaged with stencyl that says explode on death.. you pick different actors to be spawned in the behavior when the actor dies.. like blood or explosions... i just did drops... when the rain drop actor "collides with anything block" kill self.. attach the behavior to rain drop actor.. then i made droplet actor( is what spawns when rain drop actor dies).. and programmed what that does..
Where is this block? I think this is why my game is crashing because the new fragments, I am not killing them off quick enough so they are filling my screen up.
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Happy up-coming Thanksgiving everyone! I am thrilled about how this year turned out for personal and musical reasons alike. I'll say it's a great sign for the number of quality records released that I continually trade back my old music and find ways to get as many new LPs as possible.
'Spective Audio News
(1) If you're interested, I am releasing a set of semi-improvised tape manipulation/reverb-circuitry manipulation recordings on limited, hand-dubbed (commercial grade) tape. These recordings were compiled on my nearly-dead Tascam and featured intensely textured experiments with infinite decay and infinite echo, along with lots of backwards droning. These will be $5 PPD US (international shipping negotiable), or other offer. As always, email spectiveaudio [at] gmail [dot] com.
I will be more than happy to negotiate shipping, prices, and trades.
(2) The N.E.C. have been busy with dates and their new LP, Pineapple, available from Pretty Ambitious and fine record stores. This one showcases the band's power pop sensibilities as much as their ability to dive into exceptional droning textures, and at their best, they combine both. The N.E.C. place yet another notch in their psych belts, but the driving backbone and soul sensibilities are never far from the group's strangest excursions.
Copies of the group's B-Sides cassette remain available, featuring oddities and rarities recorded over a several-year span from Million Minks and Is. The tape is full of extended wild, noisy breakdowns, short rockers, and surprising ambient segments -- it spans the full spectrum of N.E.C. sounds, and you'll hear a lot of the band's current elements in utereo. C45, translucent red tape, artwork by Cyrus Shahmir, $5 PPD US (international negotiable).
(3) The Vital-Sound groups have amazing music out this year (or on the way).
As mentioned, The N.E.C. just released Pineapple, and the Great Society Mind Destroyers' Spirit Smoke received its rightful vinyl incarnation. Soft Opening produced a mind-bending instrumental journey.
Killer Moon's Tunnel Vision is on the way, and Rabble Rabble followed up Bangover with their ripper, "Why Not" b/w "Long Hook." Implodes' much-anticipated Black Earth also saw the light this year, following the group's visionary cassette from a few years back.
All The Saints' next LP Intro to Fractions will be released in January 2012, following their life-changing Fire on Corridor X (that LP probably opened the door to more than half of my psych obsessions).
Brainworlds continue to release cassettes at a furious pace, and The Sunny Muffdivers introduced their tape All Half Evil, also on 'Spective.
Copies of Vital-Sound are available for a suggested donation of $7 PPD US (international negotiable)
(4) Cinchel has a handful of copies of drone.dump remaining, as do Milwaukee Ave. Reckless, Permanent, and Discogs.
Cinchel also has many other recordings available, including his Feedback Loop release Ritual Habitat.
(5) The Leavitt Ours are now officially in Cleveland and New Orleans, after many individual journeys across the United States this year. Travis Bird toured with Evan Lindorff-Ellery and Jaap Pieters, and also put together a solo tour earlier in the summer. Dense Reduction, the pastoral, textured noise duo of Travis and Evan, come highly recommended, for obvious personal and musical reasons, and so does their label, Notice Recordings.
Copies of Return by The Leavitt Ours are available for $7 US PPD suggested donation (which includes the tape, artwork by Evan, and individually sewn, handmade cases by Kelley Crawford).
Thank you for an amazing year, everyone -- bands, friends, and everyone who ordered tapes, reviewed them, and sold them at stores. I never dreamed that these tapes would be across Europe, Canada, and the United States -- but it still feels like a close-knit group of people who like psych, outsider, experimental music.
Recent Obsessions
(1) Notice's Ben Own tape, Birds and Water, 1, totally kicked my ass. There are some serious depths of frequency captured on this cassette. One of my year-end favorites for sure.
(2) Bad Drugs produce some of the best heavy music I've heard this side of Cacaw. Rotted Tooth have had an amazing year of releases, but Raw Powder is blowing my mind continuously with shifting structures and brutal noise.
(3) Thee Oh Sees are going to make me go broke. Obviously everybody loves Carrion Crawler/The Dream, and so do I. Exceptional acid rock; I feel like Thee Oh Sees are rewriting chapter after chapter of the Sonics/Nuggets/freak folk tradition in American rock.
(4) Sloow Tapes blew my mind this year, from The Great Society Mind Destroyers tape, to their compilation of Belgian psych, to their recent batch of traditional folk/psych tapes. Those tapes really took a lot of time away from the "Phono" setting, but when my belt and needle work beyond their expected life, I'll have these tapes to thank.
(5) As for Foxy Digitalis material, I've been re-listening to a bulk of material I reviewed earlier this year, and there are a lot of standout releases this year. Jasper TX Black Sun Transmissions and Phaedra The Sea remain among my favorites. Recent material I've heard by Food Pyramid, Cut Hands, Moonwood, Muscle Drum, and Blue Sausage Infant is going to make end of year lists nearly impossible.
(6) Old music obsessions: Echo and The Bunnymen, Ocean Rain, The Beatles Yesterday and Today, The United States of America, The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tegan and Sara Sainthood, U.S. Maple, etc., etc.
Thank you for reading! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving...let everyone who needs peace have peace, and let's continue to share music for the rest of this year and all of the coming ones.
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Double edition! At the end of January, I was caught up in the excitement of the official launch of CREATe. I was taking notes on laptop and paper, so more to follow on that soon.
News, blog posts, etc
Eric Goldman, '17 USC 512(f) Is Dead–Lenz v. Universal Music' (Technology & Marketing Law Blog 25 January 2013). Goldman discusses the latest decision in the Lenz case (the infamous 'kid dancing to Prince' video and how it was taken down at the request of the record label). He reports on the way in which section 512(f) of the DMCA (misrepresentation in takedown notices) has been read in a narrow fashion by the court and argues that it will have little purpose in the future. This is interesting (as is his neat point that because a lot of takedowns now happen outside of the DMCA process, it's already becoming irrelevant) – for me, having argued that the EU should apply its 'groundless threats' approach to notice and takedown to come into line with the DMCA, it's a warning to draft that suggestion more carefully.
Mike Madison, 'Coulton, Glee, and Copyright' (Madisonian 28 January 2013). On a theme of legal and other considerations – this is an article responding to a scandal which I confess had escaped me (involving Glee!), about a legal issue I'm more familiar with 'covers of covers'. For the interest of non-US readers – this is a particular feature of US copyright law where a 'cover version' can be the subject of a compulsory licence. (Actually – as discussed in the post – this isn't always the solution, as there can be negotiation or going through the Harry Fox Agency instead). However the situation here (the rights of B in its cover version of A's composition against C's cover version of A which is derived from B's) may stretch the effectiveness of that solution (and, as Madison talks about in the second half of his post, suggest questions about the purpose of the law and about the ethics of the situation.
'WhatsApp breaches privacy laws' (CBC News 28 January 2013). You know I like stories about apps. This one is about one of the success stories of last year, WhatsApp (instant messaging). As the CBC story explains, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (along with equivalent authorities in the Netherlands) has investigated a bunch of issues regarding the service and privacy. Some were resolved through changes to the operation of the service, but one major continuing breach was noted – the requirement to grant access to full address books in order to use the service. The full report is here.
Liat Clark, 'WTO grants Antigua right to launch 'pirate' site selling US media' (Wired UK 29 January 2013). This story, widely reported during this period, is about Antigua's success before the World Trade Organisation (some time ago now – see case file DS285) in its criticism of US violation of world trade law in respect of the regulation of online gambling. As suggested for a few year now – but now getting more likely as the measure has been approved – it proposes to use the WTO mechanism of trade retaliation, because the US has failed to implement the binding decision of the dispute settlement process. The US is professing shock and dismay. However, as a strong proponent of free trade (and indeed the sanctions associated with the WTO process), I'm sure that an understanding can be reached. Remember: the US took the case to an appeal and lost, and arbitration has also been pursued.
Jason Del Rey, 'YouTube Set to Introduce Paid Subscriptions This Spring' (Advertising Age 29 January 2013). There's been a flurry of stories in 2013 about how to build a model of charging for video-on-demand; this story explains the proposal to identify selected channels and charge a monthly (and possibly PPV) fee. Answers on a postcard – will this, if it succeeds, encourage broadcaster-managed non-archive VOD (e.g. the 'catchup' bit of 4od, for example) to try and build a charging system – and if so, is it Spotify-style or micropayments per programme? (I say non-archive VOD because there is a relatively clear mixed economy emerging for archive VOD with various forms of charging and ad support)
Kevin Chao, 'Mobile Kills the Console But Advances the Gaming Industry' (Wired 31 January 2013). Is this finally the year of mobile gaming? Lovely stats here and a framing of the issue as being about reach, engagement and monetization. (There is however an ongoing and very significant issue in the UK – and no doubt elsewhere – about monetization and mobile, the role of mobile network operators vs (e.g.) Facebook credits vs other models and the role of PhonePayPlus (regulates premium rate calls and texts which is one of the ways the charge can be set) – see the very perceptive market study for that very organisation.
Bob Tarantino, 'What the *BLEEP*? Coarse Language in Radio Broadcasts' (Entertainment & Media Law Signal 31 January 2013). Round-up of Canadian broadcast standard decisions on language and radio. (On that note, I noted subsequently how the New York Times reported the well-deserved Grammy success of Jay-Z & Kanye West as being for '___ in Paris', and the awkward pacing of the bowdlerised broadcast version of the new UK no. 1 single, Thrift Shop; compare the editing on this page (short silencing of the offending part making the result 'This is ___ing awesome') with what actually went on air in the chart show (looping, making the result 'This is aws-aws-awesome'), here at 2h54m)
Josh Halliday, 'YouTube study shows children 'three clicks away from explicit material'' (Guardian 5 February 2013). Oh dear. Apparently if you find a video aimed at children and then click and then click and click again you end up at a less suitable video. Traumatic I'm sure, but has anyone figured out a way to prevent that without making 'related videos' completely unworkable? Say a video has 20 'similar video' links, then by the third click we are at up to 8000 possible videos – and by click five it's over three million possibilities. See also Six Degrees of Separation, etc.
Adrienne Jeffries, 'Why Amazon wants its own currency' (The Verge 5 February 2013). I was reminded about The Verge by a student recently – just in time for this piece on e-money, with a nice approach to the practical as well as legal or technological reasons to adopt a particular model of payment.
Patrick Wintour, 'Peers pass low-cost arbitration law for victims of press defamation' (Guardian 6 February 2013). Somewhat overtaken by events since, but this was a tricky development in the post-Leveson story – specifically, adding in one bit of the recommendations to the Defamation Bill. Although I'm not convinced by this approach, I still hold to the view that the Defamation Bill needs to be properly linked up with the Leveson settlement. I appreciate that some people have waited a long time for defamation reform, and that there is work that needs to be done…but its changes will be more legitimate and sustainable if they form part of the new approach to press regulation (particularly as many of the Bill's changes are specifically defended as pro-press).


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zh-CN:Nginx Nginx (pronounced "engine X") written by Igor Sysoev (Russia) in 2005, is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy, as well as an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. According to Netcraft's April 2012 Web Server Survey, Nginx now hosts 10.32% of all domains worldwide, while Apache hosts about 65.46%. Nginx is now well known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Starting Service
- 3 Configuring
- 4 Troubleshooting
- 5 See Also
Install package nginx in the official repositories.
For a Ruby on Rails oriented installation, see The Perfect Rails Setup.
Starting Service
To start the Nginx service, run:
# rc.d start nginx
The default served page at http://127.0.0.1 is:
To enable the Nginx service by default at start-up just add
nginx to the
DAEMONS array in
DAEMONS=(ntpd syslog-ng ... nginx)
Using Systemd
To start the Nginx service, run:
# systemctl start nginx
To enable the Nginx service by default at start-up, run:
# systemctl enable nginx
You can modify the configuration by editing the files in
/etc/nginx/. The main configuration file is located at
More details can be found here: Nginx Configuration Examples.
FastCGI, also FCGI, is a protocol for interfacing interactive programs with a web server. FastCGI is a variation on the earlier Common Gateway Interface (CGI); FastCGI's main aim is to reduce the overhead associated with interfacing the web server and CGI programs, allowing a server to handle more web page requests at once.
FastCGI technology is introduced into Nginx to work with many external tools, i.e.: Perl, PHP and Python. So, you cannot use these unless a FastCGI server has been started.
PHP implementation
There are different ways to run a FastCGI server for PHP.
Step 1: PHP configuration
open_basedir in
/etc/php/php.ini has to list base directories which contain PHP files, like
/srv/http/ and
open_basedir = /usr/share/webapps/:/srv/http/:/home/:/tmp/:/usr/share/pear/
Step 2, option A: php-fpm
Install php-fpm:
# pacman -S php-fpm
The configuration file is
To start the service:
# systemctl start php-fpm
php-fpm at startup
# systemctl enable php-fpm.service
Step 2, option B: spawn-fcgi-php
Install spawn-fcgi-phpAUR, available at AUR:
$ yaourt -Sy spawn-fcgi-php
The configuration file is
To start the service:
# rc.d start spawn-fcgi-php
spawn-fcgi-php to the
DAEMONS array in
Step 3: Nginx configuration
Inside each
server block serving a PHP web application should appear a
location block similar to:
location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; root /srv/http; include fastcgi.conf; }
Pay attention to the
fastcgi_pass argument, as it must be the TCP or Unix socket defined by the chosen FastCGI server in its config file. The default Unix for
php-fpm is
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
and for
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/spawn-fcgi-php.sock;
. Or you may use the common TCP socket, not default,
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
. Unix domain sockets are however much better.
fastcgi.conf or
fastcgi_params are usually included because they hold FastCGI settings for Nginx; the use of the latter is deprecated, though. They come within the Nginx installation.
Finally, if Nginx has been working, run:
# rc.d restart nginx
If you would like to test the FastCGI implementation, create
/srv/http/index.php with content
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
and visit the URL http://127.0.0.1/index.php with your browser.
CGI implementation
This implementation is needed for CGI applications.
Install fcgiwrap:
# pacman -Sy fcgiwrap
Using a Unix Domain Socket
The default configuration sets TCP socket 127.0.0.1:9001 for listening. It is possible to alter the configuration to use a Unix domain socket, which will be more efficient. Configuration depends on whether you're using initscripts or systemd:
- initscripts
If you desire to use a Unix domain socket, edit
/etc/conf.d/fcgiwrap like this:
SPAWNER='/usr/bin/spawn-fcgi' FCGI_SOCKET='/var/run/fcgiwrap.sock' FCGI_USER='http' FCGI_GROUP='http' FCGI_EXTRA_OPTIONS='-M 700' SPAWNER_ARGS="-u $FCGI_USER -g $FCGI_GROUP -s $FCGI_SOCKET $FCGI_EXTRA_OPTIONS -- /usr/sbin/fcgiwrap"
Start the service:
# rc.d start fcgiwrap
and add
fcgiwrap to the
DAEMONS array in
- systemd
Copy the unit file from
/usr/lib/systemd/system/fcgiwrap.service to
/etc/systemd/system/fcgiwrap.service, and modify the
ExecStart line to read as follows:
ExecStart=/usr/bin/spawn-fcgi -u http -g http -s /var/run/fcgiwrap.sock -M 700 -P /var/run/fcgiwrap.pid -- /usr/sbin/fcgiwrap
- Nginx
Inside each
server block serving a PHP web application should appear a
location block similar to:
location ~ \.cgi$ { fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.sock; include fastcgi.conf; } location ~ \.pl$ { fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.sock; include fastcgi.conf; }
Multiple Workers
You can increase the number of worker threads by adding the
-F <num> option to the
SPAWNER_ARGS variable in /etc/conf.d/fcgiwrap (if using initscripts), or the ExecStart line (if using systemd). Although this option will work, you may find it difficult to monitor the workers, because they have no parent process.
A better way to handle multiple worker threads is to use the multiwatch package from the AUR. After installing the package, perform the following configuration to achieve this:
- initscripts
Add the following line near the top of the /etc/conf.d/fcgiwrap file:
and modify the
SPAWNER_ARGS line:
FCGI_CHILDREN=5 SPAWNER_ARGS="-u $FCGI_USER -g $FCGI_GROUP -s $FCGI_SOCKET $FCGI_EXTRA_OPTIONS -- /usr/bin/multiwatch -f $FCGI_CHILDREN -- /usr/sbin/fcgiwrap"
You'll find that the /etc/rc.d/fcgiwrap script now creates a /run/multiwatch.pid file instead of the old /run/fcgiwrap.pid file. The multiwatch daemon will take care of respawning children that die.
- systemd
Modify the ExecStart line to add the invocation of multiwatch, like this:
ExecStart=/usr/bin/spawn-fcgi -u http -g http -s /var/run/fcgiwrap.sock -M 700 -P /var/run/fcgiwrap.pid -- /usr/bin/multiwatch -f 2 -- /usr/sbin/fcgiwrap
-f 2 option controls the number of children that are spawned, so tweak this as required. The multiwatch daemon will take care of respawning children that die.
Accessing local IP redirects to localhost
Solution from the Arch Linux forum.
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf and locate the "server_name localhost" line without a # infront of it, and add below:
server_name_in_redirect off;
Default behavior is that nginx redirects any requests to the value given as server_name in the config.
Error: 403 (Permission error)
This is most likely a permission error. Are you sure whatever user configured in the Nginx configuration is able to read the correct files?
If the files are located within a home directory, (e.g.
/home/arch/public/webapp) and you are sure the user running Nginx has the right permissions (you can temporarily chmod all the files to 777 in order to determine this),
/home/arch might be chmod 750, simply
chmod it to 751, and it should work.
If you have changed your document root
If you are sure that permissions are as they should be, make sure that your document root directory is not empty. Try creating index.html in there.
Error: 404 (Pathinfo error)
In some framework (like thinkphp, cakephp) or CMS, they need the pathinfo function.
1. Edit the file
/etc/php/php.ini, make sure
2. Edit
/etc/nginx/conf/nginx.conf, comment
location ~ \.php$ { ... }
#location ~ \.php$ { #... #}
Then add the follows,
location ~ ^(.+\.php)(.*)$ { root /srv/http/nginx; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock; #fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; #Un-comment this and comment "fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;" if you are not using php-fpm. fastcgi_index index.php; set $document_root2 $document_root; if ($document_root2 ~ "^(.*\\\\).*?[\\\\|\/]\.\.\/(.*)$") { set $document_root2 $1$2; } if ($document_root2 ~ "^(.*\\\\).*?[\\\\|\/]\.\.\/(.*)$") { set $document_root2 $1$2; } if ($document_root2 ~ "^(.*\\\\).*?[\\\\|\/]\.\.\/(.*)$") { set $document_root2 $1$2; } if ($document_root2 ~ "^(.*\\\\).*?[\\\\|\/]\.\.\/(.*)$") { set $document_root2 $1$2; } if ($document_root2 ~ "^(.*\\\\).*?[\\\\|\/]\.\.\/(.*)$") { set $document_root2 $1$2; } fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root2$fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info; fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root2$fastcgi_path_info; include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root2; }
This is because the FastCGI server has not been started, or the socket used has wrong permissions.
Error: No input file specified
Most Likely you do not have the SCRIPT_FILENAME containing the full path to you scripts. If the configuration of nginx (fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME) is all right, this kind of error means php fail to load the requestd script. Usually it is simply a permissions issue, you can just run php-cgi as root
# spawn-fcgi -a 127.0.0.1 -p 9000 -f /usr/bin/php-cgi
or you should create some group and user to start the php-cgi. For example:
# groupadd www # useradd -g www www # chmod +w /srv/www/nginx/html # chown -R www:www /srv/www/nginx/html # spawn-fcgi -a 127.0.0.1 -p 9000 -u www -g www -f /usr/bin/php-cgi
Another occasion is that, wrong "root" argument in the "location ~ \.php$" section in
nginx.conf, make sure the "root" points to the same directory as it in "location /" in the same server. Or you may just set root as global, do not define it in any location section.
Also keep in mind that your php script path was defined as
/srv/www/nginx/html by default using the variable "open_basedir" in
/etc/php/php.ini; you can change them if you need.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anxiety increases heart patients' likelihood of suffering a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure, new research shows.
And the link between anxiety and such events can't be explained by health behaviors like smoking, severity of disease, or biological factors such as hormone levels or heart rate, Dr. Elisabeth J. Martens of Tilburg University, the Netherlands, and colleagues found.
"This was quite surprising," Martens told Reuters Health by email. "The next step will be to find out how anxiety disorder leads to poor cardiovascular outcomes."
People with generalized anxiety disorder experience chronic, exaggerated worry and tension. The condition typically is treated with medications and certain kinds of talk therapy.
Martens and her team had previously found an association between depression and risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events in the same group of patients. All were participating in the Heart and Soul Study, an investigation of the relationship between psychological disorders and cardiovascular events in 1,024 California heart disease patients.
Martens and her colleagues found that poor health behaviors-especially physical inactivity-largely explained why depressed patients fared worse.
Because anxiety is closely linked with depression, the researchers decided to look at whether generalized anxiety disorder affected outcomes too. Their analysis included 1,015 patients, 106 of whom had generalized anxiety disorder. All had stable cardiovascular disease, meaning that they had evidence of poor blood flow in their heart, but were not experiencing a worsening of their disease.
During six years of follow-up, 371 cardiovascular events-heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or death—occurred among the study participants. Nearly 10 percent of those with generalized anxiety disorder had a heart-related event in a given year, compared to about 7 percent for those without the disorder.
After the researchers accounted for dozens of factors that might explain why the anxious patients were at greater risk, such as depression, physical activity, whether or not they took prescribed medications, and inflammation, the relationship was still there, with anxiety disorder increasing risk by 74 percent.
In their paper in the Archives of General Psychiatry, Martens and her team propose a few possible explanations for the relationship; surges of "fight-or-flight" hormones due to anxiety could be a factor, they say, while anxious patients might also be less likely to seek out preventive care.
For now, Martens says, the presence of anxiety disorder in heart patients could be used to flag those at particularly high risk.
"Evaluation and treatment of anxiety may also be considered as part of the comprehensive management of patients with CHD," she added. "Anxiety disorder is common and treatable and could, therefore, be an important modifiable risk factor in patients with CHD."
SOURCE: link.reuters.com/myn76m Archives of General Psychiatry, July 2010.


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A bill that would decriminalize some weapons charges in the District of Columbia will likely pass when the D.C. Council votes on it in early December, according to the legislation's sponsor.
At-Large Councilman Phil Mendelson (D) said he is not aware of any opposition among councilmembers to the Administrative Disposition for Weapons Offenses Amendment Act of 2012.
According to him, the measure would give prosecutors the discretion of using an administrative disposition for persons found with unregistered firearms and ammunition or with a single "cop-killer" bullet – so-called because it pierces body armor – as long as they are not also in possession of a weapon.
"If this legislation passes, and I believe it will, there is no difference in terms of police enforcement," Mendelson said. "All it does is to convert the charge from a misdemeanor penalty to an administrative penalty. A misdemeanor penalty always carries jail time; an administrative penalty is just a fine."
The legislation arose out of situations where non-residents would travel to D.C. with weapons and ammunition that were registered in their home state but not in the District, and find themselves with a criminal charge.
"I think we need to have an alternative to a criminal penalty for people who are arrested with absolutely no indication of criminal intent," said Mendelson, chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary.
"The goal of gun control in the District is to separate the criminal from the law-abiding."
With out-of-towners, the assumption was that they were likely not to know the gun laws, the lawmaker added.
Groups such as the District of Columbia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers argued, however, that the law would be confusing and unfair if it were not applied to D.C. residents as well—which is now the case. It also advanced the idea of allowing lower-income arrestees the option of performing community service in lieu of paying a fine to ensure equal protection of the law for the indigent.
"DCACDL urges the Council to amend Bill 19-888 to ensure a uniform and even-handed application of the law," said group member Patrice Sulton in testimony prepared for delivery at a council committee hearing on the topic.
Otherwise, Sulton praised the measure as "a novel approach to a familiar problem" that "tends to promote justice and fairness."
The city's Office of the Attorney General was not as laudatory, however. Testifying at a hearing on the measure in September, Andrew Fois, deputy attorney general and head of the agency's public safety division said the bill was a "solution in search of a problem" that was already addressed by existing law.
Fois also said the bill sends the wrong message about the seriousness of D.C.'s commitment to enforcing its gun laws, and that "post-and-forfeit" procedures are not appropriate for firearms-related charges.
Administrative dispositions "are not intended, nor appropriate, for firearms-related offenses committed by either non-residents or residents," Fois testified.
"We do not believe the availability of this kind of disposition adequately reflects the seriousness of the nature of these charges," he added. "Certainly, the line has to be drawn somewhere on what sorts of offenses are appropriate for this procedure and which are not."
The Administrative Disposition Act is the latest in a set of attempts to reform the District's gun laws after the Supreme Court struck down the jurisdiction's almost-total ban on firearms in the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller case. The bills try to streamline rules and reduce confusion even as it protects the District from lawsuits.


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Here goes my recipe
Pigeon peas -250gm
Shallots - 7-8
Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
Red chilly powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/3 tsp
Curry leaves
Pressure cook pigeon peas with 1/8 cup of water adding redchilly powder,turmeric and salt.
Make a coarse paste of shallots and grated coconut and add this to cooked pigeon peas .
Cook the pigeon peas for 1-2 minutes until the raw taste of shallots and coconut goes.
In a pan ad oil and sputter some mustard seeds and add curry leaves to.
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NewRisingSun wrote:Are you sure you want this with the colorburst disabled?
NewRisingSun wrote:I took the liberty of modifying your program to enable the colorburst (portw(0x3D8) = 0x1A0F).
NewRisingSun wrote:Patch for PCjr composite support, tested with
- Ultima II (special PCjr version)
- B.C.'s Quest for Tires
- The Seven Cities of Gold
KiyoteLockeWolf wrote:Since this is a luck of the draw, so to speak, I thought I'd show proof that my utility does do something to give some hope.
Here is a screenshot of Tandy EX Basic, running on a 640x200x2 screen, under composite emulation.
Upon running DOSBOX, I ran my utility, then the BASICA.EXE file.
GWBasic.EXE however, would not take this same method. It shows the composite screen for a second, then switches over to regular CGA with no colorburst.
I only have Dosbox .65 running on my computer right now, because I have bad drivers which crash .63 and .72 on me. I can't test this on other versions of DosBox right now.
videogamer555 wrote:Awesomd CGA composite effect! It doesn't work now though at all. It should also be possible to use in text mode. After all, the same glitches you see in a graphics mode, when running composite video, would (on real equipment) also apply in text modes. The reason for this is that in composite video, the color is set by a subcarrier, who's frequency is equivalent to very narrow brightness features (like white text on a black screen). So for this to be true to real hardware, the composite video effect should also work when using 80x25 and 40x25 text modes.
NewRisingSun wrote:Speaking of which, reengine wanted to update his multiplexer code using my Tandy and Trixter's PCjr captures, six months ago. (I'm not sure whether the latter captures have been made; he has only said that he's bidding on the capture card.)
NewRisingSun wrote:Speaking of which, reengine wanted to update his multiplexer code using my Tandy and Trixter's PCjr captures, six months ago. (I'm not sure whether the latter captures have been made; he has only said that he's bidding on the capture card.)
OmegaPC777 wrote:Hey, can I have that Tandy/PCjr composite patch, please?
VileRancour wrote:OmegaPC777 wrote:Hey, can I have that Tandy/PCjr composite patch, please?
As the replies above yours indicate- an accurate Tandy/PCjr patch calibrated from real machines is not yet ready. The best one currently available is the PCjr patch by NRS which can be found on page 35. But while we're at it, since you've been submitting composite CGA shots on MobyGames, I'd urge you to use the latest accurate patch instead of what's in DOSBox SVN.
There already is for CGA, you're just not using it.Well, should there be an update on the composite mode so that Jungle Hunt can display its composite mode properly,
What does your version of DOSBox display, and what do you think it should look like? They look correct on my machine.and speaking of composite mode, Oil's Well and Troll's Tale don't display the correct colors on DOSBox.
Use F11 Alt+F11 to modify the hues. Servo often tweaked his capture card's hue to make games look right to his eyes before submitting them to MobyGAmes.Well, those games don't have the correct hues.
OmegaPC777 wrote:Well, those games don't have the correct hues. And also, where's the link to the latest composite patch?
NewRisingSun wrote:There already is for CGA
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Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant pastor or seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith. Eventually, he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
There's a lot of confusion about Christmas.
Is it a day? Is it a season? Is it based on a pagan holiday? What is its real meaning?
Here are 9 things you should know about Christmas . . .
1. What is "the real meaning of Christmas"?
Although many voices in pop culture suggest that the true meaning of Christmas is being kind to each other, or being with our families, or something like that, the real meaning of the day--and the season it begins--is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains:
525 Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a poor family. Simple shepherds were the first witnesses to this event. In this poverty heaven's glory was made manifest. The Church never tires of singing the glory of this night:
The Virgin today brings into the world the Eternal
and the earth offers a cave to the Inaccessible.
The angels and shepherds praise him
and the magi advance with the star,
For you are born for us,
Little Child, God eternal!
2. Christmas is not based on a pagan holiday.
No matter how many times you hear Sheldon Cooper (or anyone else) say Christmas is based on a pagan holiday (whether Saturnalia, Sol Invictus, or anything else), we simply have no evidence of this.
If you read the writings of the Church Fathers, you do not find those who assign Christmas to December 25th saying things like, "Let's put Jesus' birthday here so we can subvert a pagan holiday." (Not that subverting pagan holidays is a bad thing.) They simply don't do that.
The ones who say Jesus was born on December 25th do so because that is when they think he was born.
In his book, The Spirit of the Liturgy, Pope Benedict comments:
"The claim used to be made that December 25 developed in opposition to the Mithras myth, or as a Christian response to the cult of the unconquered sun promoted by Roman emperors in the third century in their efforts to establish a new imperial religion. However, these old theories can no longer be sustained" (pp., 107-108).
3. Christmas is the second oldest Christian annual Christian celebration.
The Church's liturgical celebration of Christmas is discussed in a document called the Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar [.pdf].
According to the Universal Norms:
32. After the annual celebration of the Paschal Mystery [that is, Easter], the Church has no more ancient custom than celebrating the memorial of the Nativity of the Lord and of his first manifestations, and this takes place in Christmas Time.
4. Christmas is not one day long. It also is not twelve days long.
We tend to think of Christmas as being just December 25th, but the Christmas season lasts longer than that.
Many think of the "twelve days of Christmas," but the Christmas season is actually variable in length, depending on how soon a Sunday occurs after January 6th.
Here is the official rule for when it begins and ends:
33. Christmas Time runs from First Vespers (Evening Prayer I) of the Nativity of the Lord up to and including the Sunday after Epiphany or after 6 January.
This year (2012-2013), Christmas Time will run until January 13th (the Sunday after January 6).
5. What Christmas Masses are celebrated? And does there have to be a "midnight Mass"?
There is no mandated Mass at midnight, so don't get mad at your parish if they have it at a different time.
Here is what the Universal Norms say about how the Masses are supposed to work:
34. The Vigil Mass of the Nativity is used on the evening of 24 December, either before or after First Vespers (Evening Prayer I).
On the day of the Nativity of the Lord, following ancient roman tradition, Mass may be celebrated three times, that is, in the night, at dawn and during the day.
6. Christmas has its own "octave."
Embedded within the Christmas season is an "octave"--a period of eight days--that begins on Christmas Day itself. You could think of it as a season within a season.
Here's how the days of the octave are structured:
35. The nativity of the lord has its own octave, arranged thus:
a. sunday within the octave or, if there is no sunday, 30 december, is the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph;
b. 26 december is the feast of Saint Stephen, the first Martyr;
c. 27 december is the feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist;
d. 28 december is the feast of the Holy Innocents;
e. 29, 30, and 31 December are days within the octave;
f. 1 January, the octave day of the Nativity of the Lord, is the solemnity of Mary, the holy Mother of God, and also the commemoration of the conferral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.
7. The Sundays of Christmas are also special.
The Sundays of Christmas Time have special significance as well. According to the Universal Norms:
36. The Sunday falling between 2 January and 5 January is the second Sunday after the Nativity.
37. The Epiphany of the Lord is celebrated on 6 January, unless, where it is not observed as a holyday of obligation, it has been assigned to the sunday occurring between 2 and 8 January (cf. no. 7).
38. The Sunday falling after 6 January is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
8. What is the "Epiphany" of the Lord?
The word "epiphany" means "manifestation" (display, revealing). The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains:
528 The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Saviour of the world.
The great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee.
In the magi, representatives of the neighbouring pagan religions, the Gospel sees the first-fruits of the nations, who welcome the good news of salvation through the Incarnation.
The magi's coming to Jerusalem in order to pay homage to the king of the Jews shows that they seek in Israel, in the messianic light of the star of David, the one who will be king of the nations.
Their coming means that pagans can discover Jesus and worship him as Son of God and Saviour of the world only by turning towards the Jews and receiving from them the messianic promise as contained in the Old Testament.
The Epiphany shows that "the full number of the nations" now takes its "place in the family of the patriarchs", and acquires Israelitica dignitas (is made "worthy of the heritage of Israel").
9. Why is the Baptism of Jesus significant?
The Catechism explains:
536 The baptism of Jesus is on his part the acceptance and inauguration of his mission as God's suffering Servant. He allows himself to be numbered among sinners; he is already "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world".
Already he is anticipating the "baptism" of his bloody death.
Already he is coming to "fulfil all righteousness", that is, he is submitting himself entirely to his Father's will: out of love he consents to this baptism of death for the remission of our sins.
The Father's voice responds to the Son's acceptance, proclaiming his entire delight in his Son.
The Spirit whom Jesus possessed in fullness from his conception comes to "rest on him".
Jesus will be the source of the Spirit for all mankind. At his baptism "the heavens were opened" - the heavens that Adam's sin had closed - and the waters were sanctified by the descent of Jesus and the Spirit, a prelude to the new creation.
Want to learn more about Christmas?
I'm going to be sending out a special, "7 top MYTHS about Christmas" edition of the Secret Information Club on December 24th.
If you're not familiar with it, the Secret Information Club is a free service that I operate by email.
I send out information on a variety of fascinating topics connected with the Catholic faith.
The very first thing you'll get if you sign up is an "interview" I did with Pope Benedict on the book of Revelation. What I did was compose questions about the book of Revelation and take the answers from his writings.
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Out with the mobsters, and in with the dragons.
For years, the Emmy award-winning drama "The Sopranos" reigned supreme as the most-watched king of HBO's series, however now it's time for a new drama to claim the throne. [Yeah, we went there.]
The premium cable network announced Thursday that "Game of Thrones" has officially surpassed "The Sopranos" as the most popular series in HBO's history. It seems that people just can't get enough of all the mind-blowing, heart-wrenching, and WTF moments in Westeros.
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On average, George R.R. Martin's television adaptation snags and average of 18.4 million viewers a week--officially exceeding the previous record set by the 2002 season of "The Sopranos," which had an average gross audience of 18.2 million viewers per episode.
Win a Meet and Greet With "Game of Thrones" Author George R.R. Martin
"Game of Thrones" has already seen a significant increase in viewers in the past year alone. Season three of the critically-acclaimed drama earned an average audience of 14.4 million viewers each week.
With only two new episodes left in season four, fans are waiting with bated breath to discover what's next for their favorite characters--particularly Tyrion, who's fate changed dramatically at the end of last Sunday's jaw-dropping hour.
"Game of Thrones" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO.
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The teaching criteria gets more difficult as time goes on. And as you might expect, the lessons you do later in the course have a greater weight when it comes to deciding whether you pass and what grade you get. So yes, you can mess up a couple of lessons, just as long as they're not your final two lessons.
I don't really understand what you mean by how long the lesson plan should be. It will be as long as it needs to be based on the number of tasks you plan in the lesson, surely? You also have to do a language analysis as part of the plan after your first couple of lessons.
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February 23, 2012
Gary Jenkins, Chief of Police
Pullman Police Department
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PULLMAN – The Kiwanis Club of Pullman and the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU) have donated funds to purchase Fatal Vision "Beer Goggles" for community presentations by the Pullman Police Department.
The Pullman Police Department averages between 120 and 150 DUI arrests annually. In addition to enforcement efforts, officers conduct public educational programs that address the dangers and consequences of alcohol and drug use. The Pullman Police Department is completely committed to alcohol and drug abuse prevention and mitigation efforts. Two Pullman Police Officers are assigned exclusively to work with University students, faculty and staff, as well as residents, to mitigate these types of issues through education and prevention programs. The programs presented by these two officers alone reach thousands of college students. Additionally, we regularly make presentations to K-12 students through the Pullman School District and we have an active DARE program. A Pullman Police Officer is assigned exclusively to the K-12 schools as a School Resource Officer and a DARE Officer. Pullman officers made approximately 135 presentations to students in 2010.
The Pullman Police Department has the unique opportunity to enhance our alcohol abuse education and mitigation efforts with the use of a "Fatal Vision Goggles" kit. The main component of this kit is goggles that simulate alcohol impairment and is an evidence-based prevention tool used to educate people of all ages about the consequences of alcohol misuse and abuse. The kit includes tools for simulating impairment at six distinct blood alcohol content levels. Each impairment level and suggested activities will provide us the ability to create engaging and relevant experiences that will support and enhance our prevention and awareness efforts. This tool will help us deliver a sobering lesson to people of all ages about the misuse and abuse of alcohol and other drugs.
The Pullman Police Department sought the assistance from local service clubs to purchase a "Fatal Vision Starter Kit". The Kiwanis Club of Pullman and ASWSU both generously donated approximately half the total cost each to purchase the $1,200 kit. Providing valuable lessons about impaired driving and traffic safety, particularly to teens and young adults, will serve to improve public safety and the overall quality of life in the City of Pullman.
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Album Review: Holiday Music and Christmas Albums in 2011
From Bennett to the Biebs, Poptional Reading covers the top five holiday albums of 2011
In addition to Black Friday-through-Cyber-Monday deals, claymation TV specials, and frequent cookie-swapping get-togethers, 'tis the season for nonstop holiday music. It's a big, booming business, and every artist that can stuff a stocking seems to put out a collection of seasonal songs around now. Some of these are charming; some are quickie affairs designed to make tweens part with their cash.
Ever since I was skewered for saying less-than-flattering things about a certain American Idol contestant, I've learned it's dangerous to interject my own opinions about holiday music. But I just can't help myself. (C'mon Bieber, at least wear a Santa hat on the album cover!) Here is a selection of this year's bumper crop of holiday albums.
A Very She & Him Christmas
Zooey Deschanel is having a moment: her sitcom, New Girl, is one of the most successful launches of the fall season. She & Him, her music project with M. Ward, is retro-inspired even in non-holiday times, which makes them the perfect band to take on classics like "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and "The Christmas Waltz." (And then there are nice tries, like "Little Saint Nick.") I'd say this is the one to buy this holiday season. Take a listen — here they are performing "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" on Ellen.
Michael Bublé Christmas
I confess: Everything I know about Michael Bublé, I know from his appearance on the John Hamm-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. (Which, granted, was hilarious.) Therefore, I can't venture a guess as to how sincere his Christmas album is. He does get the Puppini sisters, Shania Twain, and Thalia to do some guest vocals for him (the last on "Feliz Navidad," one of my favorites), so he seems to be at least somewhat adept at getting people into the Christmas spirit.
Tony Bennett: The Classic Christmas Album
"Classic" is the operative word, as Tony Bennett takes on songs like "White Christmas," "Silent Night," and "Winter Wonderland." This is the year for Bennett revisiting favorite songs; his Duets II also came out this year, featuring songs like "Lady Is a Tramp" and "Body and Soul" recorded with artists like Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse. If there's a Bennett fan in your life, your shopping list is pretty easy. But, for non-fans, do we really need both? If you're looking only to buy one Bennett release this year, I'd say go with the duets, since at least they're trying to put a new spin on the songs. There's no shortage of crooners doing "White Christmas" out there.
A Holiday Carole by Carole King
Carole King hasn't put out a real new album since 2001 — are we satisfied with just some live albums and a holiday release? Still, props to her for venturing out of the Christmas box with "Chanukah Prayer."
Justin Bieber: Under the Mistletoe
Don't kill me, fans of the Beebs, but since so much of this album is centered around Bieber's holiday-related romantic longings, it's creepy for anyone outside of his/her teenagehood to like this. This is especially true of his original song "Mistletoe," which somehow combines a Jason Mraz-style white-dude reggae beat with the sounds of sleigh bells. (And I'm pretty sure Santa himself doesn't use the word "shorty" as much as Bieber does in this song.) I give him credit for trying do to an original Christmas song, but his very-of-the-moment sound doesn't really jive with the holiday spirit, in my opinion. Take a look.
Bieber fans, feel free to take your shots at me in the comments.
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Singer Rick Stevens embraces 2nd chance
MUSIC Ex-Tower of Power singer returns from 36 years behind bars
Wearing a glacial-white suit and tie, set off by a blood-orange shirt, the compact, dark-haired vocalist Rick Stevens leaned into "You're Still a Young Man," his signature song as lead vocalist of Tower of Power, when the band burst out of the East Bay funk scene 40 years ago and Stevens had a promising future.
But Thursday at Bimbo's 365 Club, when he took the stage at the annual Voices of Latin Rock fundraiser, the song's lyrics collided with his own real-life narrative, and the performance fused into autobiography.
"I'm back once again," he sang, his eyes glistening with tears.
Stevens once saw his life flash before him when he almost drowned as a child, but this was different. Blinded by the spotlights, the 72-year-old vocalist said he could make out only a few faces in the front rows. But he could see all the cell phone cameras going off like miniature fireworks. He could feel the love in the room.
Stevens has been out of circulation for quite a long time. Sentenced to death for his part as triggerman in a 1976 triple slaying, basically a drug deal gone bad, Stevens was paroled six months ago. After 36 years behind bars, he emerged to find the world had changed radically.
"I'm still putting the pieces of my life together - I'm still coming to grips with it," he says the day after the Bimbo's gig at a taqueria across the street from his Glen Park BART stop. He lives with his 46-year-old son in Antioch and spends his days taking care of his 96-year-old aunt at her home in San Francisco, getting up at 6 in the morning and commuting to the city.
"Getting to know my kids, my grandkids ..." His voice drifts off. "One thing I do know, I know music."
He can remember Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, anointing him with a touch and shout the night Tower of Power opened for her at the Fillmore West. His recording of "Still a Young Man" was produced by Otis Redding's guitar player, Steve Cropper.
Stevens thinks he was born to sing. His uncle was rhythm and blues star Ivory Joe Hunter, and he started singing when he was 6 years old. Growing up in Beaumont, Texas, "music was always around me," he says, "always in me."
He moved to Oakland when he was 14 and attended Oakland High School. He had been born Don Carlos Stevenson until a couple of North Beach sharpies changed his name and installed his band, Rick and the Ravens, as the new attraction at Broadway nitery the Condor when he was 25.
'Egos, drugs, women'
Stevens left Tower of Power in 1972 after the band's second album, as the East Bay soul outfit was on the cusp of a major popular breakthrough. "It was chaos," he recalls. "Egos, drugs, women. I lost all feeling. I was drained. Plus everybody was strung out. I walked away. They asked me to come back, but it was not the same."
Stevens says he groomed his replacement, Lenny Williams, and corresponded with Williams through his years in prison. He recently had a sentimental reunion in Sacramento with Tower of Power bandleader Emilio Castillo and sat in with a band featuring some of the other Tower alumni in Antioch. He also joined Pete and Sheila Escovedo onstage at Yoshi's last month, and the Escovedos prayed over him.
"I always kept close to my Psalm 51," he says, "and remembered that Moses committed murder and he rose above. Paul used to love to kill people, and he saw the light in prison. I made these people my role models. I patterned my life after them - not that alien lifestyle I was living - and everything changed."
It was an armed confrontation over drug money that quickly got out of hand. Stevens said he squared off against the first victim at his front door. Stevens was holding a gun when he slapped the man, who grabbed the gun, which went off in his face. "It was like he went to sleep," Stevens says. "My eyes went so big." The second victim came at Stevens, and the third died before he could shoot Stevens with his gun. It was over in a minute. Three men were dead and Steven's life was shattered.
"It was all drug induced," he says grimly. "They were loaded. We were loaded. I was doing heroin and cocaine - speedballing. It was sheer madness."
Stevens, who kicked drugs cold turkey in county jail when he was first arrested, told the jury that convicted him that they had done the right thing. "I never expected to have the death penalty overturned," he says. "I had made my peace with my maker."
When the California Supreme Court - Stevens calls them fondly "Diana Ross and the Supremes" - declared the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional in 1977, he returned to court where the same judge said he was glad not to have to sentence Stevens to death, and instead resentenced him to seven years to life. It took a "pit bull" attorney to finally get him parole. His crime mate had been released in 1995, and another was acquitted, but Stevens had been the gunman.
Music saved him
Music saved him in prison. He played music in the yard and at official prison shows. He even gave occasional performances with other cons outside prison. He went from Vacaville to Folsom, and spent the last 20 years of his sentence at Mule Creek State Prison in Amador County.
"I refused to be institutionalized," he says. "I was always reaching for that front gate, staying in the fight. I spent a lot of time organizing gospel shows in the chapel. We used whatever was available, an acoustic guitar on the yard, instruments lying around from Arts in Corrections, which doesn't seem to be happening as much anymore, instruments that had been donated to the chapel. ... Patience? I learned a lot about patience, Lord, let me tell you."
Reuniting with friends
His return has been welcomed by his old friends.
Some of his oldest friends held a celebratory dinner during the holidays, including Michael Carabello, founding member of Santana and the only conga player in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whose first professional experience was at a long-gone dive out in the Excelsior called the Rock Garden with a group that featured Stevens called the Four of Us.
From his home in Connecticut on the phone, Carabello recalls that first night he showed up, the drummer wanted to chase him off the stage before he could set up his congas, and Stevens told him to let the kid play.
"He's an angel in disguise," Carabello says.
Joel Selvin is The San Francisco Chronicle's senior pop music correspondent. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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