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As he exited his car and entered the performance center, the man in the dark pinstriped suit caught the attention of a few people, who trailed after him. The small crowd greeted him respectfully and enthusiastically, as someone they felt they had known all their lives. In return he shook hands calmly and asked the names of his greeters. He was veteran television news anchor and reporter Dan Rather.
Rather is this year's recipient of the Committee to Protect Journalists' Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in defending press freedom. At an event Thursday commemorating CPJ's three decades of battling for free expression, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Rather was interviewed by PBS's Gwen Ifill, where he discussed today's challenges to independent journalism as well as his own career.
The interview was preceded by the screening of a documentary chronicling CPJ's 30 years of advocacy. "Frankly, we would not exist if not for Dan Rather," said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon, adding that Rather sought out the organization and offered his involvement. He then recruited Walter Cronkite, another American television icon, who became CPJ's honorary chairman. "Their involvement gave the fledging organization the legitimacy it needed," Simon said.
Ifill steered Rather to reflect on the core values of journalism, the role of information for a free society and the state of American journalism today. He discussed his journeys to Texas, the former Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan, and remembered interviews with Saddam Hussein and Muammar Qaddafi. He also reflected on the roots of his calling to become a journalist: "My father described the newspaper as a poor man's college," he said, noting that quality journalism can change people's sense of what they deem to be important.
Regarding today's journalism landscape, in which half the journalists requiring some sort of assistance from CPJ are online journalists, Rather said that online media "broadens and deepens our work" for press freedom at CPJ.
But he said the Internet has contributed to the challenge of financing credible, thorough reporting in a sustainable manner. News standards have been plummeting since the 1980s, he said, pointing to what he termed "politicization, corporatization, and trivialization."
"No more than six international conglomerates that own all kinds of businesses control 80 percent of the distribution of news in this country," Rather said, adding that those corporations "are in bed with big government."
"This is a short, medium and long-term threat to the kind of free and independent journalism that we have known," he said. Rather also decried "entertainment values that have overwhelmed information values" and led to "news programming that is in fact entertainment programming, with people shouting at each other."
Still, Rather said he believes in the fundamental importance of the profession. He defines being a journalist this way: "You feel you are a holder of the public trust and seek the truth to the best extent possible, and tell the story with integrity."
Journalists who have upheld such standards despite recriminations including censorship, harassment, assault, kidnapping, and torture, will be celebrated Tuesday evening, when CPJ honors the four winners of the 2011 International Press Freedom Awards - Mansoor al-Jamri (Al-Wasat, Bahrain), Natalya Radina (Charter 97, Belarus), Javier Valdez Cárdenas (Ríodoce, Mexico), and Umar Cheema (The News, Pakistan). CPJ will also present Rather with the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award and present a Press Freedom award to editor Eynulla Fatullayev, who was honored in 2009 while still imprisoned in Azerbaijan.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) — As partisans argued pointedly over same-sex marriage outside the U.S. Supreme Court building, either hoping for or dreading a landmark decision, justices inside seemed reluctant to extend a sweeping constitutional right for gays and lesbian to wed in all 50 states.
In the first of two days of hearings on cases that have the potential to fundamentally alter how American law treats marriage, Justice Anthony Kennedy — considered the likely deciding vote on the divided court — questioned whether the case even belonged before the court.
"This was a deeply divided Supreme Court, and a court that seemed almost to be groping for an answer here," said CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin, who watched the arguments.
On the point of allowing same-sex marriage in California, Justice Elena Kagan, a liberal member of the court, asked, "What harm is there to the institution of marriage?"
But more conservative members of the court took a go-slow approach. Justice Samuel Alito said the law on same-sex marriage is too new.
"There isn't a lot of data on its effect" on children and the institution of marriage, he said.
The 80 minutes of arguments Tuesday on California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriages will be followed Wednesday by arguments on the federal Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
Supporters of same-sex marriage rallied outside the Supreme Court, hoping justices would reach for a broad ruling that would strike down bans nationwide.
"We are not asking for anything more than our neighbors, friends and family, but certainly expect no less," said Todd Bluntworth, who spoke with his husband and their two children to a crowd of supporters hoping for a historic ruling from the Supreme Court striking down laws banning same-sex marriage.
But opponents urged the court to keep out of the issue and leave the decision to states.
"If you want to get married, go to one of the states that allows gay marriage," said Carl Boyd Jr., a conservative Nashville talk-show host. "Stop trying to force your agenda down our throats. Quit trying to bully the American people with the homosexual agenda."
Some demonstrators carried sign reading "Kids do best with a mom & dad."
Tuesday's hearing involved California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage.
Voters approved the proposal 52% to 48% in November 2008, less than six months after the state Supreme Court ruled that marriage is a fundamental right that must be extended to same-sex couples.
The overriding legal question is whether the 14th Amendment guarantee of equal protection under the law prevents states from defining marriage as California has.
Two of the key plaintiffs are Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, a Burbank, California, couple who want to marry but can't because of Proposition 8. They say the state is discriminating against them for their sexuality.
"Stigma is stigma. And discrimination is discrimination," Katami told CNN.
"I think that any time there's discrimination in the country, it needs to be addressed and it needs to be taken care of," he said. "And that's why we feel that anytime in our history when there's been racial discrimination or sexual discrimination of orientation, or in particular marriage at this point, that we always bend toward the arch of equality."
Patchwork state laws
If the court decides in their favor, it would mark a historic shift in how the law treats marriage, striking down laws across the country banning same-sex marriage and matching an apparent cultural shift toward acceptance of same-sex couples.
Or the court could leave the current patchwork of state laws in place, choosing to let state legislatures and state courts sort it all out.
Forty-one states now forbid same-sex marriage, although nine of them allow civil partnerships. Nine other states allow same-sex marriage, and about 120,000 same-sex couples have gotten married, according to estimates.
California's bans seem to run counter to polls that show rising support overall for same-sex marriage. A CNN/ORC International poll released Monday found that 53% of Americans now support same-sex marriage, up from 40% in 2007.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who is arguing against Proposition 8, said voter-approved marriage bans "are simply unconstitutional."
The Supreme Court has ruled more than a dozen times that marriage is a fundamental right, "and as it relates to a fundamental right, the court will hold that under the highest level of scrutiny," Harris said.
On Wednesday, justices will hear arguments in a separate case involving the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which, like the California law, defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
The law bars the federal government from recognizing state-sanctioned same-sex marriages. It prevents legally married gay and lesbian couples from getting federal benefits and privileges, like tax breaks and survivor benefits, that are extended to opposite-sex married couples.
No immediate decision
The court is unlikely to announce its decision until June.
But people could get a sense of which way the decision will go by listening to the questions posed by Justice Anthony Kennedy, said CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
The court's four liberal justices are likely to vote to overrule Proposition 8, he said. Four conservatives are likely to vote to keep it.
"The most likely person to give the fifth vote is Anthony Kennedy," who previously authored two important gay rights decisions, Toobin said.
Partisans speak out
Same-sex marriage supporters say it's time for the court to take a stand that puts all Americans on the same footing.
"This is about our equality," Katami said. "This is about our freedom and our liberty. So we are not trying to topple marriage. We are not trying to redefine marriage. What we are trying to say is that equality is the backbone of our country."
But supporters of Proposition 8 and DOMA say the Supreme Court should stay out of the issue and let voters decide what they want.
"Our most fundamental right in this country is the right to vote and the right to participate in the political process," said Austin Nimocks of the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian advocacy group.
"We don't need the Supreme Court to take that right away from Americans of good faith on both sides of this issue and impose its judicial solution," Nimocks said. "We need to leave this debate to the democratic process, which is working."
Political positions
The Obama administration has formally expressed support for same-sex marriage in California, weighing in on the case in a brief last month. Obama, whose views on the issue have changed over his political career to full support, said he would vote to strike down the state's law if he sat on the court.
In what some have labeled the "nine-state strategy," the Justice Department argument is expected to center on the idea that civil union and domestic partnership laws may themselves be unconstitutional and that those states should go all the way and grant same-sex couples full marriage rights.
Other prominent politicians have expressed timely opinions in recent weeks, indicating the importance of the matter in the social context of 21st century American politics.
Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and possible 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, recorded a video for a gay rights group indicating her support.
Republicans have described cracks appearing in their party's long-held opposition to same-sex marriage.
"There is no putting this genie back in the bottle. It is undeniable. The shift is here and we're not going back," Republican strategist and CNN contributor Ana Navarro said Sunday.
One prominent Republican, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, endorsed that shift this month, two years after his son revealed to him that he is gay.
The case being heard Tuesday is Hollingsworth v. Perry (12-144), dealing with Proposition 8. And coming up Wednesday is U.S. v. Windsor (12-307), which deals with the DOMA issue.

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The St. Mary's girls basketball team split its two most recent games.
The St. Mary's girls basketball team split its two most recent games.
On Jan. 3, the Knights hosted Minnesota Valley Lutheran where the Chargers won 63-58. It was a tight game throughout, as both teams were quick on the ball but it was Minnesota Valley Lutheran who came out on top in a 28-24 first half.
The scores were nearly identical in the second half. St. Mary's stepped up on offense with more runs toward the basket. But the Knights couldn't get a lead going as their defense gave up just as many points. St. Mary's had a tough time holding back MVL's Anna Munsen, who put up 22 points in the game. The biggest factor in the loss however, was in free throws. The Chargers made 21 of 28 from the foul line, while St. Mary's mustered up just eight of 18.
The Knights were led by junior Sabrina Portner, who had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Behind her was senior Larissa Helget, who recorded 12 points on the night. Meanwhile, junior Becca Schmitz scored 11 and had 10 rebounds. Senior Nikki Carr added 10 points and five assists in the game.
St. Mary's Coach Bruce Woitas thought his team did a good job keeping the game close.
"I like how we played tonight, we had good balance and we stayed in the game throughout," Woitas said. "We need to keep getting better."
On Jan. 7, the Knights snapped a four-game losing streak with a 61-36 win over Cedar Mountain/Comfrey.
St. Mary's took an early 8-3 lead but the Cougars quickly caught up. CMC put in a three to make it 21-22 with two minutes left in the first. The Knights only had a one point advantage at 24-23 to end the first half.
It was the second half when St. Mary's pulled away and never looked back. The Knights were led by senior Larissa Helget, who made multiple baskets in transition after St. Mary's showed solid defense all throughout the second. Junior Becca Schmitz excelled under the hoop on both offense and defense, using her length to grab rebounds and defend, while putting in some easy shots on offense as well.
Junior Laura Pelzel brought the lead to ten at 36-26 with a three pointer with just over nine minutes left. It was a very physical second half, as CMC never gave up and tried just about everything in their playbook to get the momentum back. But the Knights seemed to do better and better. St. Mary's capitalized on a few breakaways which led to several unanswered points and the Knights went on to win big.
Woitas said his team did a nice job improving over the holiday break.
"We worked really hard over break in the practices that we had, trying to get more balance and working a lot on our outside shooting, and I think we're starting to see that," Woitas said.
Helget had a game-high 23 points, along with making five turnovers on the night. Next was Schmitz, who tallied 15 points, six rebounds, and four turnovers. Carr recorded 10 points and three assists, while senior Jamie Marti had six points, five defensive rebounds, and made five turnovers.
The Knights are now 3-6 overall and 1-4 in the Tomahawk Conference. Wabasso is leading the conference with over six wins, while Sleepy Eye Public, Minnesota Valley Lutheran, and Cedar Mountain/Comfrey are all tied for second with six wins.


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Page 1 of 2 Overview The UF Digital Collections began in 2006 with UF outgrowing the av ailable s tatewide h osting available in terms of quantity, scope, variety, and complexity of materials as well as critical needs for branding, visual design, enhanced features, and more. 1 While the system and local hosting and support for the UF Digital Collections started in 2006, UF s digitization work b egan in the early 1990s. The early digitization work was experimental and focused on preservation need T his evolved into digitization o n collaborative projects with the State University L ibrar i es, w ith a great deal of the work focused on Florida related collections M aterials for digitization came from many collections including the P K Yonge Library of Florida History UF s University Archives and l arge and small science collections Legacy and Evolving Digital C o llections T he early digitized materials a re online and accessible in the UF Digital Collections However, s ome early materials and collections have not yet been reviewed by Cura tors and queued for updat ing. The collections a nd items in need of updating ar e not described following the best practices now in place and are not organized in the ideal m anner to support the parallel physical collections and thus do not ideally support work by Curators and patrons From a preliminary and basic review, thes e need discussion for possible needed updates : University Archives Florida Collections Science C ollections Special and fast tracked project work as with Caribbean Collage In order to m ake technical changes to position th e collections for evolution and enhancement, Curatorial review and discussion is needed with the Head of Digital Development & Web Services, Digital Humanities Librarian, and others Th e discussion and planning are critical to plan ning the best process and path for the needed work and to p revent new complications 1 See: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00078632/00001/pdf
Page 2 of 2 Evol ution of the UF Digital Collections Homepage A s it has grown and c hanged over the years, the UF D i gital Collections homepage has ev olved from the central first place w ith links to small, subject based digital collections into a design w ith various subject based collections as well as collections that parallel and map to their physical counterparts. The current UFDC homepage is also often bypassed with users, with users going directly to items or to the thematic digita l coll ections with so many now being destinations on their own. With the current UFDC homepage often m issed in favor of a specific collection, the UFDC homepage has evolved to be more of a service front end for internal library users and a q uick showcase for overall library presentation needs for showing the scope, variety, and sampling of the digital c ollections. Further Evolving the UF D C Homepage T he UFDC homepage will require ongo ing c hanges to best balance how to support external users, internal users, and internal users with the UFDC homepage as a showcase and jumping off point to show technical capacity and variety As the collections continue to grow, changes will be needed to best support the encompassed 500 + different collec tions and 8 + million pages of materials. T e chnical enhancements and r egular usabi lity tests inform some changes. Curator inquiries are the regular impetus for changes literature digital collec which was confusing to patrons, the Curator and others A fter Curatorial review, th e collection was update d to be the Baldwin with the digital collection and physical holdings directly aligned, making both more sensible for patrons and giving the Curator clear control and authority. Other examples include Curator inquiries on what collections are on the UFDC homepage. I nitially the re were subject grouped collections which these evolved into more specific collections with some collections on the homepage and some not. As the process occurred, it happened more often than not that the collections on the homepage would be major UF library collections and often related to Centers on campus. In noticing this emerging pattern, the C urator for the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica noted it, and the Jud aica Collections were added to the UFDC Homepage, which made the str ucture more consistent and coherent Similarly, the current Pioneer Days in Florida grant includes updating many items to be within the larger, containing presence for the PK Yonge Library Digital Collection. Once the updates are made, th e PK Yonge Library woul d be added to the UFDC homepage f or consistency. Topical C o lle c tions Formats, Thematic Groups, Exhibits, and More In a ddition to continuing to evolve the UFDC homepage in it s current structure, other options are also available For instance, dLOC has a topical collections page, which has a listing for formats, thematic groups, and special collections and exhibits: http://dloc.com/dloc1/collect This sort of topical page can be added to any collection and new collections can be created with existing and new materials


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VJoy Virtual Joystick Driver - Home
VJoy Virtual Joystick Driver v1.2
VJoy SDK
If you want to use the VJoy Virtual Joystick drivers in your own application we have an SDK available. If you want to use the driver in a commercial environment please contact us.
VJoy v1.2
- 2 Joysticks
- 8 Axes with a range of -32768 to 32767
- 32 Buttons
- 4 POV's
VJoy Virtual Joystick is a software application and virtual driver system that allows keyboard input to be translated to joystick input.
- Signed drivers
- 64-bit support
- Key blocking (unfortunately doesn't work in Vista and Windows 7 due to changes in these OS's)
System Requirements
VJoy Virtual Joystick supports the following Operating Systems.
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP (x86 / x64)
- Windows Server 2008 (x86 / x64)
- Windows Vista (x86 / x64)
- Windows 7 (x86 / x64)
- Windows 8 (x86 / x64)
Run VJoySetup.exe to install VJoy. Once installed select to launch VJoy or launch it from the Start menu. When you launch VJoy it will start minimized to the Icon Tray.
Figure 1. VJoy Install Wizard
Figure 2. VJoy Running in the Icon Tray.
To configure VJoy double click on the joystick icon or right-click it and select Open.
Figure 3. VJoy Main Configuration Window
VJoy provides two virtual joysticks that can be configured with 30 inputs each. A button can be assigned to each type of joystick input. To configure a joystick function either select the key to assign from the combo box or use the button to input the key from the keyboard.
Figure 4. Input a key using the keyboard
This option toggles the VJoy functionality.
Joystick Device
This allows you to select which joystick you want to configure.
Block Keys
When a key is pressed on the keyboard without the block keys option set Windows will register a key press as well as joystick input the key is assigned to. To block the keyboard input turn this option on and the key input will not reach a Windows application. Only key inputs that are assigned to joystick input will be blocked.
Launch on Startup
This allows VJoy to start when Windows is launched.
Open / Save Ini
This allows you to load and save configuration files used in VJoy.
VJoy is designed to run in the Icon Tray. When you close the configuration window it will minimize to the Icon Tray. To exit VJoy and remove it from memory, either right-click the joystick icon in the Icon Tray and select Close or use the [X] button and accept the dialog prompt to close.
Command Line Options
VJoy supports command line arguments sent to it either while running from the Icon Tray or as a stand-alone application. Sending command line arguments allows you to configure VJoy for application specific tasks. You can also send commands to toggle options or close VJoy.
USAGE: VJoy.exe -options
Ini file to load
-enable <1|0>
Enable or disable program
-blockkeys <1|0>
Block key presses
|-autocenter <1|0>
|Auto center on key up
Exit program
Displays this Message Box
To uninstall VJoy select the VJoy Uninstall icon from the start menu.
VJoy is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. Contact us if you would like to use this driver in a commercial environment.
VJoy Virtual Joystick Driver v1.2
(Includes key to joy application)
VJoy Virtual Joystick Driver v1.2 (Driver Only)
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Daily Sound Off: History of access lettersSaturday, May 29th, 2010
Here's today's Daily Sound Off:
Our History of Access Letters
[Set against the background of a fill-in-the-blanks, multi-part, Census Form Letter, complete with Census seal, to use for locked buildings and gated communities]
We're in an urban area.
My district has only apartments or condominiums. All of these have external control devices/call boxes, with the exception of one building that has a locked door and no identifying marks other than the street number.
I have been surprised by the the number of property management organizations and condominium owner's associations that have actively impeded Enumerators in pursuit of the data. This includes posters from "management" stating "do not allow Census workers into the building" or stating "access to the building is only available by invitation of each individual condominium owner."
Our LCO has offered an amusing stream of "access" letters aiming to help us gain access to the buildings to enable the sacred first visit in person.
Our Enumerators hit the streets on Apr 29.
First letter, May 13th, on copy paper, no Census Logo or letterhead, toughest language "Please allow our Census Bureau employees to enter your building(s) or community to perform their official duties."
Second "letter," May 17th, , on copy paper, no Census Logo or letterhead, text labeled as a copy of US Code, Title 13, Chapter 5 [sic], Subchapter 2, Section 223, substituting at the end "….(it goes on to describe the penalties)." for "shall be fined not more than $500."
Third Letter, later in the day on the 17th, on copy paper, no Census Logo or letterhead, placed the above Title 13 extract between an opener of "At the XXX Census Office, we have been experiencing a high number of apartment managers and other facility managers who do not understand their obligation to provide information to US Census workers. Here is the official language from the document which gives you the authority and responsibility to provide this information to the sworn federal employee" and closing with the AMFO's signature block, but no signature.
Fourth Letter, May 19th, essentially the third letter with the AMFO's business card attached.
Fifth letter, May 20th, on copy paper, no Census Logo or letterhead, essentially the third letter but with the full text of sections 223 and 224, i.e., containing the full language on fines.
Sixth Letter, May 21st – Fifth Letter retracted, revert to Fourth Letter
Seventh Letter, May 23rd, on copy paper, no Census Logo but with a mockup of the Census letterhead, similar to Fifth Letter but containing only section 223, with the text of the section within a ruled box.
Eighth Letter, May 24th, Seventh Letter retracted for "looking too official [sic]," revert to Sixth Letter, i.e., the Fourth Letter.
Ninth, and current, Letter. May 27th. on copy paper BUT it is a copy of an RCC's official letterhead paper, signed by the RCC director, dated "May 2010," with text extolling the recipient to assist the Census and read the enclosed "Section 223, Title 13 [sic]."
On the reverse the top half is entitled "SECURITY/PROPERTY MANAGER INFORMATION SHEET."
The bottom half is a photocopy of US Code Title 13, Census, Chapter 7 – Offenses and Penalties, Subchapter II -Section 223, from the United States Code Annotated.
All of this would be somewhat amusing if it weren't so timid, unprofessional and unproductive. It is on par with the Enumerator's Manual suggestion about gain access to an access controlled building by tapping on the door glass with your keys.
What works for me….
When I first talk with property managers on the phone, they all seem to be reading from a script.
The script is along the line of "Our clients are very wealthy and very famous. They pay us great sums of money so they aren't bothered. Further, we can't have seasonal employees scampering down our halls."
I then arrange for a meeting in person. Before the meeting I send a copy of the very first, timid, letter, telling them that this is just a draft of our first-level letter for them to examine. I then arrive at the meeting in _full_ business attire. The meetings have been short and the result has been access for our Enumerators.
In my briefcase I have the Ninth Letter copied on to heavy, white, laid bond paper, with a copy of §223 on a second page. So far it has staid in my briefcase.
[This is just one of twenty of more exercises where everyone in the field is saying "They've done this before, right?" and "Surely this isn't the first time the Census has encountered this situation."]


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Best of 2008: the new British Invasion
At the box office and on television, the young man quiveration factor came from the UK…
Am aware James McAvoy is Scottish. But I liked the title…forgive me please? He's from Scotland! He's Scottish!
And this summer, for a couple of weeks, his Wanted launched him up several notches – a star who can do the small, arty films as well as carry an action movie. Well done.
But he is not alone. As an unabashed Anglophile, this year there was much to celebrate.
In fact, James, Ben Barnes, Jim Sturgess, and Robert Pattinson all hit #1s this year with Wanted, Prince Caspian, 21, and Twilight respectively…
As for Ed Westwick. Well…he's Chuck Bass.
Impressive, non?
It's the new invasion. All of them head and shoulders and HAIR above LipGloss Zac Efron. These are the fellows he's competing with now. As if he ever had a chance.
Ps. Um…hello Vanity Fair? Hello Entertainment Weekly? Why hasn't this made a feature cover yet? These five boys owning Hollywood? Get on it.
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ASDF-install is OBSOLETE. DO NOT USE ASDF-INSTALL, EVER. DO NOT ASK AROUND ABOUT HOW TO GET IT RUNNING. IT IS O-B-S-O-L-E-T-E. Not working. Not maintained. Please use quicklisp instead. Maybe clbuild for more advanced stuff.
asdf-install used to be a program for downloading and installing lisp packages. You could call it an ASDF-extension. It:
- used to download lisp libraries (defined by ASDF Systems or mk-defsystem systems) from the net using CLiki :package links and installs them in the local Lisp
- used to chase dependencies
- used to use PGP signatures to verify the provenance of the downloaded code (requires GPG)
Please check the ASDF-Install bugs and ASDF-Install enhancement requests pages to add your thoughts about what isn't working and what might work better! You might also want to see the ASDF-Install FAQ.
In a hurry, have a look at: FirstStepsWithAsdfAndAsdfInstall
A tutorial for the "portable" (see below) version can be found at http://common-lisp.net/project/asdf-install/tutorial/index.html. There is also information on GPG for ASDF-Install developers and on ASDF-Install and GPG here on the CLiki.
Depending on how you count there are currently two or three variants of ASDF-INSTALL:
- a contrib module in SBCL, from 0.8.3 onwards. It requires GNU Tar and GNU PG to be installed, but has no dependencies on any Lisp code that isn't already part of SBCL.
- A port to CMUCL, CLISP, LispWorks, Allegro, OpenMCL and MCL which also includes a little tutorial (see above) is available from http://common-lisp.net/project/asdf-install/.
- This port has been integrated into OpenMCL, i.e. up from 0.14.1 asdf-install is part of the OpenMCL distribution.
Using asdf-install
* (require 'asdf) * (require 'asdf-install) ;; works on SBCL, may require more work on other Lisps * (asdf-install:install 'cliki)
Loading a package installed by asdf-install
(asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op :vecto) ;; loads vecto
Making your package downloadable with asdf-install
- Make a gzipped tarball of the ASDF system, arranged to unpack into a subdirectory systemname_version.
tar -cvzf systemname_version.tar.gz systemname_version/If your package is called `mail-reader', version 0.1, the tarball would be called mail-reader_0.1.tar.gz and unpack into mail-reader_0.1/. It is OK if there are directories nested below the systemname_version directory but all the *.asd files must reside in the toplevel directory.
gpg -b -a mail-reader_0.1.tar.gzwhich will generate mail-reader_0.1.tar.gz.asc. If you need more help with this step, see GPG for ASDF-Install developers.
: (package "http://www.example.com/lisp/mail-reader_0.1.tar.gz")Note we've added a space between the : and the ( - in an actual page this should be omitted.
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Get your Head out of the Clouds!
Kash Heed, Barinder Sall, Peter Dhillion, Sameer Ismail, Dinesh Khanna, and Satpal Johl, Jerry Heed, they were all caught playing illegal games, they flew too close to the sun and got roasted to a crisp, at this point in time it doesn`t matter who the major/minor player in the election fraud was, as an election team they all lose, Kash Heed will lose his MLAship and if he fights in court will lose a whole bunch of money too..
It wasn`t Vaughn Palmer who beat the drum over the Kash Heed affair, the John Les affair, another guilty BC Liberal that the big media let go, Palmer,Baldrey and Good ignore the John Les case...Let me be clear, the special prosecutor in the John Les case didn`t clear Les or exonerate him, what the prosecutor said was..
We can`t prove that John Les ordered his Chilliwack city council to break laws that benefited John Les, despite the terrible optics, we can`t prove John Les profited through guile and influence, it`s possible that Chilliwack city hall employees were merely naive and it`s just a coincidence that John Les profited..
That was the gist of the special prosecutor`s report on John Les scandal, the three stooges quickly shuffled that story away and it`s likely we will never see it again, Kash Heed is trying the same defense, it wasn`t me, it was my employees who acted alone to advance my career....
I am sick and tired of the media and especially Baldrey/Palmer and Good downplaying every BC Liberal scandal, just yesterday Bill Good said to a angry caller who called the Liberals corrupt....Bill Good said...and I quote.."Do you have proof"?...The caller then mentioned BC Rail, the HEU contract and Campbell`s drunk driving....To which Bill Good responded back...."Gordon Campbell has been elected twice since then"......
In other words the stooges are prepared to forgive all BC Liberal crimes...
Listen up stooges....BC Rail we were told for years was "Before the courts, the whole truth will come out"?....Well? We had no trial and we never heard the story, the tearing up of the HEU was before the court for years, the United Nations chastised the BC Liberals for breaking laws, breaking human right laws, .......
Let me remind you how the HEU scandal went down, in 2001...Before the election Gordon Campbell promised to honour the HEU contract, in fact Gordon Campbell put that promise down on paper, he did an interview with the Guardian magazine and made that promise....Campbell wins the 2001 election....What did Campbell do a year later?
Gordon Habitual Liar Campbell called a secret Saturday late night session at the Legislature with just him and his cabinet in attendance, no media, just Campbell and the wrecking crew....What they did next was....They passed a bill and had a contract shredding party among themselves...9000 workers fired overnight, the HEU law suit was then filed by the union..
The case went all the way to the supreme court of Canada where Gordon Campbell in 2008 lost the case, $20 million dollars in legal fees to fight the union, a money settlement of another $90 million dollars to make amends, ...What happened to Vaughn Palmer covering that story, the Campbell Government had $20- million dollars to fight the HEU all the way to the supreme court of Canada yet has no money for a BC Rail inquiry!
Vaughn Palmer, Baldrey/Bill Good, those political hacks today are screaming about BC Rail, but what they are screaming is... "No inquiry, no inquiry" nothing to see, nothing to learn, move along....I say to you that Vaughn Palmer is smart enough to know that Kash Heed is going down and merely jumped on the band wagon, the fact that Vaughn Palmer wrote a critique of Heed does not mean that Palmer has changed his ways and will now report sightings of the Sun, he won`t, it`s damage control...Heed is toast and now, expendable ...
The Vancouver Sun ran a editorial(no author) the other day, it talks about how BC`s debt rose from $35 billion dollars in 2005 to to over $50 billion today
Where was that story during the last election writ period, Vaughn Palmer, Baldrey and Bill Good are fully aware of the extent of BCs runaway debt under the BC Liberals, yet they keep chiming in about the 90s and how great the BC Liberals are as money managers when no party/no Government in the history of British Columbia has added so much debt so quickly as the Campbell Liberals.....BC Rail theft was a crime that needs a complete inquiry(not a simple review about paying legal fees) ..The Stooges are in total agreement..NO BC RAIL PUBLIC INQUIRY!...Yet 90% of the public are demanding an inquiry...
John Les was guilty(IMO)...John Les used the "It`s not me defense, it`s my bad employees who were greasing my bank accounts through land releases, it`s not my fault my employees broke laws that benefitted me"
That John Les defense was pathetic, the shredding of the HEU contract was a sleazy midnight move that the media failed to properly report and actually endorsed, Kash Heed is guilty on many counts and must take responsibility....Colin Hansen is a bold faced liar, Christy Clark is a bold faced liar, Falcon is a liar, De Jong can`t keep his lies Straight, Abbott is also a liar, Bill Good, Vaughn Palmer,Keith Baldrey are all liars....They lie with false facts and lie through omission, they lie about people leaving BC in the 90s, they lie about housing starts and job growth in the 90s,......I am tired of them lying Liberals when we have the numbers, Will McMartin can confirm.
Don`t get me wrong, I am not taking credit for the Kash Heed story, I didn`t uncover the facts only reported them factually, last year!....
The BC Liberals have had cost over runs on everything the Government has built, nothing is on time or on budget, we have a Canada line losing money, the Golden Ears bridge is bleeding money, the Convention center is bleeding money, we were lied to about Olympic security costs, we have been lied to over and over again on those costs and ongoing costs... While friends of the premier Ken Dobell and Patrick Kinsella have been involved with most of Gordon Campbell`s contentious builds or sell-offs! I get tired of the carte blanc permission and get out of jail free cards big media issues to the Liberals.
Vaughn Palmer is two-bit stooge who has produced mainly garbage articles for years, his credibility is gone, Palmer with those stunts of re-posting stories about Vander Zalm 20 plus years later, all in an attempt to smear, real classy Vaughn! Keith Baldrey has no credibility, he lost it years ago as did Bill Good....Palmer/Good/Baldrey...No talent, no skills, no ability except the ability to lie their faces off!
And I will repeat this again, ...A few are upset with my comment at Laila`s place....Opposition`s can`t tell their every move years before the election, any good ideas get stolen by the sitting Government, imagine you have two executives vying to be the new boss at a company, you wouldn`t tell your opponent what your new mouse trap does!...............Despite the writing`s of Laila`s contributors...They write of ethics, they write of the future and the community garden, they write of forgetting the politics, just bring all the great ideas forward and get along as one big happy family....
And Santa Clause is coming to town too....That`s not life, I worked, worked hard only to have company men or the bosses relation`s take credit for my work, I have been laid off while lazy unskilled relatives of the owners move up...I have had red dots placed beside my name, over and over again superintendents or foreman have advanced their positions on the backs of others workers sweat...The same thing in politics...Laila`s post was about why the NDP leaders aren`t bringing forward major policy, well Laila....There is no election, you don`t turn over your cards and plans this early in the game, no ill wind intended Laila...We need your work, it sizzles, forgive my passion.
Life isn`t fair, politics is a blood sport, the stooges get no forgiveness from me, when the election writ gets dropped the stooges and the big media will go back to their tired routine and lie about the 90s, the BC Liberal debt machine will be hidden and all we will hear is about fast ferries and the 90s...
John Les..GUILTY...Kash Heed..GUILTY..Ken Dobell..GUILTY..Patrick Kinsella..GUILTY..Gordon Campbell..GUILTY LYING SON OF A BITCH WHO DESERVES A LONG PAINFUL ILLNESS BEFORE HIS ULTIMATE DEATH! (IMO)..
Palmer/Baldrey/Good/CKNW/CTV/GLOBAL/CANWEST....Guilty of failing to report real news, guilty of not presenting facts, guilty of shamelessly lying and promoting a corrupt Government...
And if anyone wants to compare me to the king of bloggers Alex G Tsakumis(For being nasty and gloaty) .....Have at her...I have been called worse, not much.
Let me put it this way, I am sick and tired of the media ignoring BC Liberal crimes, I am tired of Reid, Schrek, Farrell and others who dwell in the Carole James pout brigade, I am tired of people who lose focus and fall back into the same old media trap....Like the never ending story of internal strife in the NDP...A NON STORY....Things were worse in the BC Liberal camp, the media, BILL GOOD will talk forever about the NDP strife, Good will yammer away for years about how the NDP can`t govern because they fight,.......Baldrey was still trying to play up the nasty bloggers and email threats story on Craig James, that`s right, if the Adrian Dix and Kash Heed story didn`t surface Balderdash was going after anti-hsters again. Baldrey, Global news and Vaughn the pawn Palmer will carry on with their apologetic ways, every sin will be forgiven, even today on the Sean Leslie show...Not one word on the Kash Heed scandal.....But Sean Leslie had plenty to say about Adrian Dix`s membership sign up....You see the pattern friends, the actions of an NDP wannabe leader Dix is getting more attention than a Illegally elected Kash Heed who has been caught in a web of lies and obstruction.........Could you imagine if it was Leonard Krog under that cloud, or any NDPer , the howls from the media would never stop.
So friends, be prepared to wallow in the mud and fight dirty or get used to the sidelines...We have a job to do.
The Straight Goods
Cheers-Eyes Wide Open
22 comments:
I agree with everything you said 100% as I'm quite sure the majority of BC citizens do also. It makes me sick that people are in awe of Vaughn Palmer and his phony criticism of Kash Heed.Like you said, where did his allegiance lie for the past 10 years? With the scum sucking BC Liberals. Hey Vaughn, don't change your tune as soon as the heat is turned up on your buddies, we all know you're just like that bunch of phoney, lying and corrupt bastards. So just fade away into the sunset, the time where anyone takes anything you say seriously anymore has come and gone.
- January 22, 2011 at 1:44 PM
Grant - I'll say it again - way to go!
I'm probably as guilty as anyone of giving people the benefit of the doubt or trying to resolve tensions by asking everyone to get along BUT I'm so glad that there is someone (you) who holds no punches and forces me to face reality.
- January 22, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Grant,I understand your total disgust with Gordon Campbell and his gang of wretched,weasle MLA's. But to suggest his death is a bit over the top. WE ALL DIE SO BE PATIENT!
- January 22, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- istvan said...
AND JUST what is wrong with a community garden?
- January 22, 2011 at 3:55 PM
- Grant G said...
Does anyone not get it...The BC Liberals are the most corrupt Government in BC history.
They will be removed from power, the media is very sophisticated, some people get manipulated without any knowledge, subtle propaganda..
The BC Liberals will stop at nothing to avoid the books being opened, they will lie, cheat, steal, can we even trust elections anymore...
Istvan....Without the internet news, bloggers, web sites, without a wired Province the NDP would never win...It`s a mass conspiracy, we must win big,,,
Recognize the propaganda, sometimes even smart bloggers fall for the media manipulation.
Stick to the issues
- January 22, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Keep hitting 'em hard with the truth, good man.
And your question--"can we even trust elections anymore...?"-- is an important one, and must be addressed going forward.
For, recently, it has occurred to me that this government has so much to hide that they may not be able to risk losing their grip on power.
To my eyes, the province is starting to resemble Cook County in Chicago. And we are at the stage where we are going to have to make an appeal for u.n. observers to come in and witness our next provincial election--if we actually get to have one.
P/S: i'm not kidding.
- January 22, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Well just in case, I have an epitaph already in the works for his tombstone.
"Here 'LIES' Gordon Campbell"
- January 22, 2011 at 4:56 PM
Has anyone else noticed that all the usual PAB shills are hanging Heed out to dry on the messages boards like CBC?
The BC Liberals and their stoolies are trying very hard to distance themselves from Kash.
If I were Heed I would see the writing on the wall - your "friends" have abandoned you and you are going to hang - so sing.
- January 22, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- kootcoot said...
Grant, Grant, get a grip, I agree that:
"I say to you that Vaughn Palmer is smart enough to know that Kash Heed is going down and merely jumped on the band wagon, the fact that Vaughn Palmer wrote a critique of Heed does not mean that Palmer has changed his ways and will now report sightings of the Sun, he won`t, it`s damage control...Heed is toast..."
But, you would think I was proposing Vaughn Palmer for the effing Order of Canada for Christ's sake. I merely pointed out that FOR ONCE, he didn't jump on board with the sniveling rest of the flock of sheep that pass for journalists in BC and did an honest portrayal of Kash and Karry Heed. He also went after the leadership of the LIEberals for refusing to call Kash on his pathetic conspiracy theory defense and playing the victim.
The fact that Vaughn got something right for a change doesn't absolve him or anybody for 15-20 years of fairy tales about the wonders of Campbelloid "management" anymore than the fact that a broken clock is right twice a day means it is working well.
If my fourteen month old toddler takes a step, I will praise him, but I won't act as if he won the decathalon in the Owelympics. I don't see how anyone moves ahead if even a baby step in the right direction brings out even more vitriol than the usual garbage. If that is the way it is then why bother talking about it at all- everybody stay in the same place and do the same effing thing forever, I'm certain that will be the route to progress.
I never even thought Vaughn was much as a music critic, he was already out of his depth. Maybe he has a personal hate on for Kash and Karry, but you know I don't care, personally I will give him a break for a day for getting it right for a change. It isn't as if there aren't still a bunch of idiots out there saying stoooopid stuff today or that Vaughn won't revert to his normal form tomorrow.
If you say someone is lying when they aren't then it doesn't mean anything when they ARE lying! Vaughn has given us unlimited opportunities to call out his lies, it seems over the top to double down when he isn't lying, by accident or because he saw the light, was stoned on something, or found Jesus!
- January 22, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- jaydee said...
Nothing wrong with a community garden as long as they don't plant Campbell under one, the vegies and flowers would die.
Elections cannot be trusted nor can the needless HST referendum (the numbers are already in). The Campbell plants are already in place as they are everywhere.
Always remember the one truth Campbell did say, "I will do WHATEVER it takes to make sure there is never another NDP government in B.C." Remind ourselves every day.
Good says "Gordon Campbell has been elected twice since then". In total he has 'won' three, all based on lies, the corrupt mainstream media and gerrymandering. I read somewhere that it wasn't gerrymandering but whoever said it should tell my Webster that.
Thanks Grant.
- January 22, 2011 at 7:41 PM
As far as Vaughn goes - it fits the pattern. All of the BC Liberal shills (PABs) "mickblack", "DevonK", etc are dissing him. I'm just curious why? In the past nothing (literally!) could make the BC Liberals break rank. It seems pretty orchestrated - so what did Kash do to bring it down on him?
- January 23, 2011 at 12:06 AM
- jaydee said...
Refer to Basi/Virk 'trial' and guilty plea reward, $6 million of our dollars. Then his buddy Campbell will call him a criminal, one criminal to another.
- January 23, 2011 at 1:40 AM
It has been suggested that if Falcon were to win the leadership, he would not call a snap election...opting instead to use the time left on Campbell's clock before the next general election. I say...look out!
I fully expect to see our province co-opted by the folks who are hell-bent on insuring a neo-con government in BC forever if Falcon wins. How to do that? Introduce computers into our elections, as they have in the States. No system can be corrupted as thoroughly, or as quickly, as one where computers are involved. Let's keep our eyes open for this abuse to rear its ugly head.
I'm hoping I'm wrong, I really am. But for some reason - this has been nagging me for weeks.
- January 23, 2011 at 2:24 AM
We have the most corrupt political government in Canada and in provincial history. In fact it is a government that is on the take.
The foul odor of this government has tainted the mainstream media to such a point it has become largely irrelevant. Everywhere the Premier goes the stink of corruption follows; BC Rail, casinos, highways, transit (fare-gates via Ken Dobel), lobbyists, trucking industry, and so on.
Yet people will still vote for this evil mob of self centered mobsters and their ilk, because they too are corrupt.
The NDP had better wake up to the fact that the public wants change, not idealogical mumbo-jumbo, and if they go the same route as they have done before, evil will win over the dumb.
- January 23, 2011 at 7:14 AM
- kootcoot said...
Anon @12:06AM sez:
"I'm just curious why? In the past nothing (literally!) could make the BC Liberals break rank. It seems pretty orchestrated - so what did Kash do to bring it down on him?"
Jaydee the next commentor may be referring to this as well, but I would suggest that it is a case of what Robin Mathews means when he points out that in the BC Rail Corruption Trial the charged were the "three brown men." Two of these brown men then were given the honour of being called criminals by the Capo of the Campbell Crime Family (who had originally hand picked them for their MA positions, (as potential scapegoats?)
Then there is the commentor who more than once recently at Mary's has left comments such as this:
Sandhu, and now
Johl and
All so-called "brown men" and all implicated in crimes."
Perhaps part of the LIEberal Way is to have "brown men" on hand for those times when a sin is too obvious to hide completely and a scapegoat is necessary. If I were a member of the Indo-Canadian community and was willing to be exploited at all with bulk membership sign-ups I might give some consideration to which party I wanted to be exploited by and how that party intended to USE me.
It would appear that the LIEberals find "brown bodies" handy for throwing under the bus when traction is needed.
Perhaps StoneWally should start watching his back!
- January 23, 2011 at 8:25 AM
Got to agree with you Grant - on both the BC Liberals and our D3, 9%, Gordon "the liar" Cambell.
I don't think I have ever read of a more devious and despicable political leader in Canada - ever.
The party and Campbell lied to get elected and have continued to lie since.
Someone needs to sort Campbell out once and for all - he is damned lucky he doesn't live in another country like Mexico, US or other places where they deal quickly with scum like Campbell.
Keep on doing what you are doing Gary, you have a lot of people agreeing with you.
- January 23, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Good point Jaydee. Basi/Virk were the first two hung out to dry... I wonder what form Heed's payout will take?
- January 23, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- jaydee said...
Grant if I may....For anyone who hasn't already read The Tyee, 'Don't Take Digital Innovation for Granted' January 21, 2011, it is important that we do and that we take action.
- January 23, 2011 at 1:11 PM
- jaydee said...
The three 'brown men' were willing and knowing partners in crime. A rat like Campbell is the price you pay. Far too many 'brown men' involved in organized crime in this province, including the government.
Oppal should have covered his back in the last election. It seems Campbell underestimated the block voters like he underestimated the HST. If his pal Campbell had any further use for him he would have gerrymandered Delta South too or left him where he was. They both got what they deserved.
All these thugs need to be deported. Bains I read got out one year ago, served 1 of nine years. 0 on the corrupt MSM.
- January 23, 2011 at 4:45 PM
This province is so filthy, rotten with corruption, because of Campbell. The Liberal ministers and mla's, fully support Campbell, so the candidates, will be no better than he is. Campbell and Hansen lied, deceived and cheated to win the election. The rest of the party went along with the cheat. The BC Liberals, should leave the province, because, we don't want that kind of scum in our province, let alone lead us. I don't doubt one bit, Basi/Virk were set up to take the fall for Campbell. He called them criminals, and cut their throats, for following his orders. Campbell, does not do his own dirty work. Craig James had better be careful. Campbell won't hesitate to cut his throat, to save himself. Don't forget, Campbell begged the BC peoples forgiveness for his DUI. He then kicked us in the face, for doing so. That is the kind of, low character that Campbell has. You always, have to watch your back. If you don't, Campbell will knife you.
- January 24, 2011 at 9:28 AM
I am certain that there is a BIG FEDERAL connecttion via the Federal Conservatives. I somehow think that big business is in this up to it's head - in all respects. Campbell was picked for his Psycopathic and other equally questionable tendencies.
Of course money talks and there are a lot of people who would do almost anything for a few bucks - no principles or moral fibre if you will.
Let's not forget our Stephen Harper - especially the way he likes to brag about how well Canada has done under his leadership !!!!
- January 24, 2011 at 9:43 AM
I have been sickened of Campbell since he was mayor. This man (I use the term loosely) is the lowest of low and has proven it over and over again. What did people expect when they elected him?
If you watched his antics while mayor we should have known that it would carry over to the premiers office. The same cast of characters he trough fed while mayor were chomping at the bit to get him and his flunkys elected to the legislature.
- January 24, 2011 at 6:55 PM


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Air raid sirens sounded in the two cities which — unlike population centers in Israel's south — had not been exposed to rocket fire from Hamas-ruled Gaza before the current round of cross-border fighting. No injuries were reported, but Hamas' latest attempts to hit Israel's heartland could push Israel closer to sending ground troops into Gaza.
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Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich, an Israeli military spokeswoman, said no decision has been made yet on a ground offensive but all options are on the table. Dozens of armored vehicles have been moved to Israel's border with Gaza since fighting intensified Wednesday, following Israel's assassination of the Hamas military chief.
She said 16,000 reserve soldiers were called up Friday, and the army could draft an additional 14,000 soldiers. She did not say where the reservists were being deployed.
The violence has widened the instability gripping the region, straining already frayed Israel-Egypt relations. The Islamist government in Cairo, like Hamas linked to the region-wide Muslim Brotherhood, recalled its ambassador in protest and dispatched Prime Minister Hesham Kandil to show solidarity with Gaza.
Kandil called for an end to the offensive while touring Gaza City's Shifa Hospital with the territory's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, who was making his first public appearance since the fighting began.
In one chaotic moment, a man rushed toward the two leaders, shouting as he held up the body of a 4-year-old boy. The two prime ministers cradled the lifeless boy who Hamas said was killed in an Israeli airstrike — a claim Israel denied.
Fighting to hold back tears, Kandil told reporters that the Israeli operation must end.
"What I saw today in the hospital, the wounded and the martyrs, the boy ... whose blood is still on my hands and clothes, is something that we cannot keep silent about," he said.
Israel said it halted its incessant air attacks on militant targets in Gaza during Kandil's visit, though Hamas security claimed three airstrikes hit the territory during that period.
Militants, meanwhile, fired off more than 60 rockets after Kandil arrived in Gaza. The pace of cross-border fighting quickly resumed after the Egyptian leader's departure.
In Egypt's two largest cities, Cairo and Alexandria, thousands protested the Israeli offensive Friday in marches organized by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. Protesters waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans against Israel. In Cairo's Tahrir Square, a few hundred protesters burned an Israeli flag.
Prominent Brotherhood figures took part, many brandishing the checkered Palestinian scarf, or keffiyeh, during the marches.
Small anti-Israeli demonstrations occurred in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. Police dispersed the crowds with tear gas and stun grenades. And in Iran, a close Hamas ally, thousands of people took to the streets in the capital Tehran. The demonstrators carried banners denouncing Israel. They chanted "Death to the U.S." and "Death to Israel."
In Europe, reaction was mixed. Germany held Hamas responsible and urged Egypt to pressure the Islamists to halt the violence, while Britain cautioned Israel against launching a ground offensive.
"When Israel has entered into ground invasions in other conflicts that is when they have lost a good deal of international sympathy and support, and of course civilian casualties become much harder to avoid in that situation," Foreign Minister William Hague told reporters in London.
In the West Bank, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, announced that U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon would arrive in the region in the coming days in a bid to reduce tensions. Abbas lost control of Gaza to Hamas five years ago but still claims to represent both Palestinian territories. Israeli officials also confirmed Ban was expected. It was not immediately clear whether Ban would visit Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared determined to move forward. "The Israeli military "continues to strike hard against Hamas and is prepared to expand its action into Gaza," he said.
At least 23 Palestinians, including 12 militants and six children, as well as three Israelis have been killed in the fighting — a relatively low toll compared to the beginning of Israel's previous major offensive against Hamas four years ago. Netanyahu has said the air force is trying to strike surgically and avoid harm to civilians.
The 4-year-old boy whose body had been handed to Kandil and Haniyeh was killed along with a young man earlier Friday when an Israeli missile struck close to their homes in the town of Jebaliya near Gaza City, relatives said.
The area near the boy's home showed signs that a projectile had exploded there, with shrapnel marks in the walls of surrounding homes and shattered kitchen windows. But neighbors said security officials quickly took what remained of the projectile, making it impossible to verify who fired it.
Kandil's visit came after a night of fierce exchanges.
Overnight, the military said it targeted about 150 rocket-launching sites as well as ammunition warehouses, bringing to 450 the number of sites struck in the three-day operation.
Militants unleashed dozens of rocket barrages overnight, setting off air-raid sirens throughout an area that is home to some 1 million Israelis.
Early Friday, 85 missiles exploded within 45 minutes in Gaza City, sending black pillars of smoke towering above the coastal strip's largest city. The military said it was targeting underground rocket-launching sites.
One missile flattened sections of the Interior Ministry, which oversees Hamas security forces, leaving a huge pile of rubble. Another hit an uninhabited house belonging to a senior Hamas commander. Those strikes, together with an attack on a generator building near Haniyeh's home, suggested that Israel was expanding its offensive beyond military targets.
Ten-month-old Haneen Tafesh was killed Thursday when flying shrapnel from an air attack on a field next to her family's shack struck her in the head.
"What did she do? Did she fire any rockets?" her 23-year-old father, Khaled Tafesh, asked as he waited outside the Shifa hospital morgue, waiting for the funeral of his only child to begin.
Israel and Hamas had largely observed an informal truce since a devastating Israeli incursion into Gaza four years ago, but rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes on militant operations continued sporadically.
Federman reported from Jerusalem.


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In the age of internet porn, I can't imagine why anyone is in a lather about Playboy and Maxim and Curves being sold in military exchanges. But they are.
An anti-porn group has been urging Congress and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to remove adult materials from military exchanges. Karen Jowers of Military Times reported,
"Morality in Media contends that the sale of explicit materials in the exchanges contributes to the problem of sexual assault in the military and says the Pentagon isn't following the letter of a law intended to prohibit the sale of sexually explicit material on Defense Department property."Now the Senate has ordered the Pentagon to notify them within 180 days about what steps will be taken to comply with the prohibition.
And I'm thinking, Really? Are we really going to link the sale of Maxim magazine at the exchange (not at 7-Eleven or the airport or the iPad near you) to the estimated 26,000 sexual assaults in the military? Are we really saying we are going to get rid of some magazines on bases and posts and thus end the problem? Really?
Like the shoppers in this new report point out, even if these magazines are removed from the exchange system, servicemembers can still easily get the content elsewhere:
I am no fan of pornography. I have written before about how it crushes hope from relationships. And our own Ms. Vicki frequently writes about the way pornography addictions destroy military marriages.
But I'm having trouble getting worked up about the sales of these magazines at exchanges. Because what is sold in stores seems like nothing compared to what is available at home on the internet.
Taking up time and energy to diddle around with sales of these magazines at the exchanges seems like a strange use of our firepower. It is like trying to end teen pregnancy by banning Bratz dolls. Or ending violence in schools by tossing out anyone who bites their Poptart into a gun shape. Or fighting obesity by banning drinking cups larger than 16 oz.
You can make an argument that these things are linked to the problem you are trying to solve, but the link seems a little weak, doesn't it?
So why do we do that? Why do we jump at enforcing these weak links? Probably because they are small. Probably because they are easy. Probably because jumping on a bandwagon against the sale of Playboy at Lackland AFB is so much easier than actually figuring out how to solve the big problem of sexual predators in the military.
I think officials may be hoping that if they put enough of these small things together they will turn into something big. So the Army and Navy have ordered a clean sweep of all sexual material from the workplace. Every member of the military has been ordered to take more training on sexual assault. The chain of command is on a seek and destroy mission for sexually explicit items (if they weren't already doing that before.)
I secretly don't think this is going to work. I secretly think that these changes will only seem petty and officious and arbitrary. These small decrees will only give officials something to focus upon in the workplace.
But we don't only live in the workplace. The military might be an institution, but it isn't a total institution. It doesn't prevent people from being raised in a world where pornography is an industry that is worth billions and billions of dollars. It doesn't prevent people from being socialized to objectify women from birth. It doesn't begin to address the meaning of power in the military.
So go ahead and do the little things that are easy to identify and easy to solve. That is a step, I guess. But don't kid yourself that this will begin to cure the scourge of sexual assault in the military, because it won't.


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Alvin "Butch" Morris, the man accused in the 1988 murder of Roger Lee Shifflett, was indicted by a grand jury yesterday and is scheduled for trial April 13, 2009, on first-degree murder, robbery and use of a weapon in commission of a felony charges. Morris married Shifflett's widow, Barbara, shortly after the father of five was slain at the Southwind Gas and Grocery on Route 20 south.
At a September 18 preliminary hearing, Morris' DNA on a cigarette butt found at the crime scene, his conflicting stories to police and his first wife's testimony led a judge to find probable cause and move the case to the grand jury.
UPDATE: Terry in the Albemarle Clerk's office says the trial starts April 13.
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My comment is for Morris' current wife, how can you stick by him
knowing that he murdered your husband and let your children grow up without thier father. Obviously he killed him to get to you, and was successful. I don't understand that, that cannot be alright with you spirit.
My comment is for JC, the author of the previous "reply/post" - Unless you are heavily involved in investigation, prosecution, or defense in this specific trial and case... you have NO right whatsoever to conclude and/or decide that this man is guilty of what he has been accused of. Are you basing your ignorant and reckless opinion and statement simply from the very little that has been written about this case in the papers... or are you somehow connected to the family or friends of the man that was murdered, and are therefore totally bias and one-sided in your opinion regardless. Whatever the case may be, you should be ashamed of yourself to write what you did. Who are you judge this man and his wife with such words? Before you decide to write such obviously ill-informed and ignorant slander, you should look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if your spirit is ok with this, ok with hurting and defaming two people and their loved ones, who as far as you know could be totally 100% innocent and wrongfully accused!
FA, OJ was found innocent too so I guess we will have to wait for the verdict after all the facts are in. There does appear to be a motive and the police wouldn't persue this unless the pieces fit but we shall see.


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 21 (UPI) -- Maxim Lapierre's backhander in a shootout Saturday elevated Vancouver to a 2-1 win over Detroit and clinched a playoff spot for the Canucks.
After the first two rounds of the tiebreaker didn't produce a goal, Lapierre came in slowly on Detroit's Jimmy Howard and, after a pair of fakes, lifted a backhanded shot into the upper corner of the net.
Cory Schneider then closed out the win with a stop on Damien Brunner, securing a post-season berth for the Northwest Division-leading Canucks.
Schneider finished with 33 saves -- including 17 in the third period -- and Alexander Edler scored in regulation for Vancouver, which snapped a two-game skid.
Cory Emmerton scored and Howard made just 13 saves for the Red Wings, whose playoff hopes took a blow with the setback.
Detroit ended the night one point behind Columbus for the eighth and final Western Conference post-season slot with four games remaining.