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wow that just beautiful xReplyDelete
thank you :-)ReplyDelete
- Rosie @Eco-Gites of Lenault12 January 2014 at 17:08
I love the colours here - it reminds me of a painting my grandparents had. I wonder what happened it?ReplyDelete
- mommy_grrl12 January 2014 at 17:14
Wow, that is just gorgeous and moody.ReplyDelete
thank you :-)ReplyDelete
someone must have it!ReplyDelete
- Coombe Mill (Fiona)12 January 2014 at 18:00
- Twinstiarasandtantrums Lisa12 January 2014 at 19:25
Loving your photos at the mo, some of the ones you put on FB lately have looked fab. Hope you and the kids are well xReplyDelete
That is beautifulReplyDelete
Thank you :-) We are well - have to get you girls up here to explore!ReplyDelete
- mygorgboys12 January 2014 at 20:05
that is amazing, so peaceful and serene. xReplyDelete
- Michelle12 January 2014 at 20:13
Beautiful shotReplyDelete
Beautiful picture, it's the same as your boys isn't it? XxReplyDelete
yes just without fast small child!ReplyDelete
thanks I was there for ages snapping away in the cold!ReplyDelete
Beautiful, looks very Lord of The Rings-esqueReplyDelete
you have to watch out for Hobbits! http://mycumbriablog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/silentsunday_12.htmlReplyDelete
- Sara (@mumturnedmom)13 January 2014 at 01:45
This is beautiful, so atmospheric xReplyDelete
- ClearlyBex13 January 2014 at 14:15
Lovely photo... loving the clouds xReplyDelete
- Mummyconstant13 January 2014 at 15:38
I love this photo! I want to be there exploring, right now please? :)ReplyDelete
lake district open for business!ReplyDelete
I just let out an audible sigh, so beautiful Becky :-)ReplyDelete
so glad I decided to pop up there on way home!ReplyDelete


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It's no secret that Palm is hurting, and hurting bad. But we knew that they at least had something on the horizon: the launch of two devices on AT&T, with all signs pointing to them being updated versions of the Pre and the the Pixi landing sometime in April or May. Well, according to John Paczkowski, Palm's renaissance might have to wait until summer, with AT&T delaying the launch until sometime in June or July.
Meet Microsoft's New Surface Laptops
But that's not the worst of it. An analyst claims that "AT&T has cited a long list of technical issues with the Pre and Pixi. Furthermore, the carrier has decreased its initial order size and has decided to sharply reduce its marketing budget for the launch." Talk about a face Palm. [All Things D]

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Mr. Mortimer Mattews, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs in error.
Mr. Charles S. Bell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant in error.
Mr. Chief Justice TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.
Marianna Matthews owns one tract of land, and Mortimer Matthews five others, in Hamilton county, Ohio. They lie within half a mile of section X of the Glendale [269 U.S. 262, 263] and Milford road. The plaintiffs brought suits under section 12075 of the General Code of Ohio, providing that common pleas courts may enjoin the illegal levy or collection of taxes and assessments, to enjoin the county treasurer, the defendant in error, from collecting assessments made and levied on these lands for the cost of the improvement of section X. Among other grounds for the petitions were allegations that the proceedings to assess were in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the federal Constitution, in that they took away property from the plaintiffs without due process of law. In the common pleas court the injunctions were sustained to the extent of soem interest found to be excessive, but were denied in other respects. Appeals were taken to the Court of Appeals of Hamilton county, which affirmed the decrees of the common pleas court. Appeals as of right were then prosecuted to the Supreme Court of the state, based on the ground that the cases involved constitutional questions. The Supreme Court made the following order in each case:
Thereupon writs of error were applied for and allowed not to the Supreme Court of Ohio, but to the Court of Appeals. Motions are now made to dismiss the writs.
We think the motions must be granted. In Hetrick v. Village of Lindsey, 265 U.S. 384 , 44 S. Ct. 486, Hetrick brought suit [269 U.S. 262, 264] under the same section of the Ohio Code to enjoin the illegal collection of a special assessment. The injunction was denied in the common pleas court and in the Court of Appeals, on appeal. The plaintiff filed a petition in error in the Supreme Court of the state. The defendant moved to dismiss on the ground that no leave to file it had been granted. The plaintiff claimed that no leave was necessary under the Ohio practice, because the case involved a question under the Constitution of the United States, and the appeal was of right. The court sustained the motion to dismiss, on the ground that the statute whose validity was attacked had been so long held constitutional by the courts of the state that it could no longer be questioned. A writ of error to bring the case here was allowed by the Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and entertained by this court. That case is exactly like this except as to the court to which the writ of error was directed.
The plaintiffs in error rely on the case of Norfolk & Suburban Turnpike Co. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 225 U.S. 264 , 32 S. Ct. 282, and the rule laid down by Chief Justice White, in which the said (at page 269 (32 S. Ct. 830)):
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Crovo, 220 U.S. 364, 366 , 31 S. Ct. 399, was a Virginia case, in which a writ of error was denied by the Supreme Court of Appeals under a local practice, because the court thought 'the judgment was plainly right.' The law and equity court, that is the lower court, was held to be the highest court of the state to which the case could be carried, and the writ of error from this court to that court was sustained, a federal question being properly saved.
We think, however, that in these cases, as in the Hetrick Case, on the face of the record the state Supreme Court did pass on the merits of the case by holding that the questions involving the Constitution of the United States, and being the only ground for a writ of error from this court, were not debatable. It is one of those not infrequent cases in which decision of the merits of the case also determines jurisdiction. The petition was dismissed, not because the court was really without jurisdiction, for it could have taken it, but because the question was regarded as frivolous, which is a different thing from finding that the petition was not in character one which the court could consider.
Another reason why the motions to dismiss should be granted, even if the foregoing conclusion were wrong, is that the plaintiffs in error did not exhaust all their remedies for review by the Supreme Court of the state. After their petitions for writs of error as of right were denied, they had under the Ohio practice the right to apply to the Supreme Court in its discretion for writs of certiorari to bring the cases to that court for its consideration. No such application was made.
In Stratton v. Stratton, 239 U.S. 55 , 36 S. Ct. 26, another Ohio case, a writ of error was directed to the Court of Appeals to [269 U.S. 262, 266] reverse a judgment of that court. on the ground that it was the highest court in which a decision in the suit could be had. It was held, however, that as the Supreme Court by the Constitution of the state had authority to review the judgments and decrees of the Courts of Appeal by certiorari and no application had been made therefor, the Court of Appeals could not be considered the court of last resort and a writ of error from this court to that would not lie. The same view was taken in Andrews v. Virginian Railway Co., 248 U.S. 272 , 39 S. Ct. 101. The plaintiffs in error are thus in a dilemma from which they cannot escape. If the Supreme Court by final decree disposed of the constitutional questions on the merits by dismissal of the petition, then the writ of error lay to the Supreme Court. If it did not, then the decree of the Court of Appeals did not become that of the highest court to which a writ of error would lie from this court for lack of application for certiorari.
Writs of error dismissed.
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node['activemq']['mirror']- download URL up to the activemq/apache-activemq directory.
node['activemq']['version']- version to install.
node['activemq']['home']- directory to deploy to (/opt by default)
node['activemq']['wrapper']['max_memory']- maximum amount of memory to use for activemq.
node['activemq']['wrapper']['useDedicatedTaskRunner']- whether to use the dedicated task runner
node['activemq']['enable_stomp']- Flag that decides whether or not to use stomp. Note: This is only used when
use_default_configattribute is true.
node['activemq']['use_default_config']- Flag that allows the option to use a basic configuration file
node['activemq']['install_java']- Whether or not to use the Java community cookbook to install Java. Defaults to
node['activemq']['enabled']- Whether or not the ActiveMQ service should be started. Defaults to
Simply add
recipe[activemq] to a run list.
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Copyright: 2008-2016, Chef Software, Inc.
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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|java ~> 1.13
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activemq Cookbook CHANGELOG
This file is used to list changes made in each version of the activemq cookbook.
4.0.2 (2017-04-04)
- Set 5.14.4 as the default ActiveMQ version
- Fix issues with action class on Chef 12.5/12.6
4.0.1 (2017-03-21)
- Test with local delivery and not Rake
- Update Apache 2.0 license string
- Add all suse platform strings to the metadata
4.0.0 (2017-02-27)
- Move templates to the root dir since Chef 12 allows this`
- Remove platform check that isn't necessary anymore
- Fix a deprecation warning in the test cookbook
- Require 12.5+ and remove compat_resource dependency
3.0.1 (2016-12-22)
- Require compat_resource
- Remove LWRP-isms from the custom resource
- Cookstyle fixes
3.0.0 (2016-09-19)
- Require Chef 12.1 or later
- Switch testing in Travis to kitchen-dokken for integration testing and our Rakefile with cookstyle, foodcritic, and chefspec for linting/unit testing
- Switched integration testing from Serverspec to Inspec
- Add activemq_install custom resource. This is currently experimental, but will eventually be the only install method
v2.0.4 (2015-12-03)
- Add a new attribute for setting transport protocols: default['activemq']['transport_protocols']
v2.0.3 (2015-11-02)
- Install tar for minimal rhel installs that might not have it
- Test in Travis with kitchen-docker so each commit triggers a full integration test
- Update the development and testing gems in the Gemfile
v2.0.2 (2015-09-24)
Add new attributes for controlling the SSL settings
v2.0.1 (2015-09-11)
- Update metadata for the move from opscode-cookbooks to chef-cookbooks
- Resolve rubocop warnings in the Rakefile and Rake tasks
- Remove incorrect development documentation in the readme
- Update the author to be the Cookbook Engineering Team
- Add additional development gems for rake and cloud testing
v2.0.0 (2015-09-07)
- Default to ActiveMQ version 5.12.0
- Updated to the latest out of the box ActiveMQ config XML file so that newer installs could be successfully started. This is a 100% breaking change for older ActiveMQ installs.
- Added new attribute to decide if the service should be started or not:
node['activemq']['enabled']. Defaults to true, but can be used with wrapper cookbooks that need to install additional configs before starting ActiveMQ
- Added new attribute to decide if Java should be installed or not:
node['activemq']['install_java']. Defaults to true
- Fixed wrapper.conf to only template if
node['activemq']['use_default_config']is set
- Updated Berksfile to 3.0 format
- Update Kitchen CI config with additional platforms and the attributes necessary for a clean converge
- Update Travis CI to test on Ruby 2/2.1/2.2 and to use the containe infrastructure and bundler caching for faster tests
- Removed yum as a dependency in the Berksfile since it's not actually used anywhere
- Added the new contributing and testing docs
- Add a maintainers file
- Updated all development dependencies in the Gemfile
- Clarified that Chef 11+ is required in the readme
- Added Travis and Supermarket badges in the readme
- Added scientific oracle, and amazon to the metdata file
- Add source_url and issues_url metadata to the metadata file
- Added minimal Chefspec to test recipe convergence
- Updated .gitignore and added a chefignore file
- Fix serverspec tests to run with the the latest serverspec release
- Adding global amq distribution service switch
v1.3.4 (Development)
v1.3.3 (2015-04-03)
- Metadata includes
v1.3.2 (2014-04-23)
- [COOK-4557] activemq cookbook default mirror url is broken
- COOK-3309 - Fix service (re)start command
- COOK-2846 - Add support for openSUSE
COOK-2845 - Support differing versions of
New Feature
- COOK-1777 - Add stomp integration
- [COOK-2816] - update version to 5.8.0
- [COOK-2817] - resolve foodcritic warning
- [COOK-800] - activemq cookbook should install 5.5.1 by default
- [COOK-872] - activemq home directory isn't explicitly created
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A Texas man who sold supposed backup copies of Adobe Systems, Microsoft and Autodesk software through multiple websites has been sentenced to serve nearly five years in prison and ordered to pay more than US$402,000 in restitution, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have announced.
James Clayton Baxter, 28 of Wichita Falls, was sentenced on Tuesday to 57 months in prison by Judge Reed O'Connor of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the agencies said.
"This sentence is part of the ongoing message to potential counterfeiters that there are serious consequences for copyright infringement," David Marwell, special agent in charge of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations Dallas, said in a statement.
Baxter's lawyer wasn't immediately available for comment.
Baxter offered copies of Adobe software for sale in the mid-2000s, ICE said in a press release. ICE's investigators were contacted in May 2007 by Adobe investigators, who said they had purchased and downloaded infringing software from TechKappa.com, the agency said.
Also in 2007, the FBI received a separate lead from the Wichita Falls Police Department regarding Baxter's involvement in selling pirated software, ICE said. The police department warned Baxter in 2004 about selling pirated software while investigating him for credit card abuse, the agency said.
The police department searched Baxter's residence in October 2007 and seized computers and storage media, ICE said.
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Between June 2006 and April 2007, Baxter sold more than 90 infringing copies of Adobe software for more than $66,000, ICE said.
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A Strategy to Advance the Arctic Economy
February 16, 2012
- Policy Innovation Memorandum
- Policy Innovation Memoranda target critical global problems where new, creative thinking is needed.
The United States needs to develop a comprehensive strategy for the Arctic. Melting sea ice is generating an emerging Arctic economy. Nations bordering the Arctic are drilling for oil and gas, and mining, shipping, and cruising in the region. Russia, Canada, and Norway are growing their icebreaker fleets and shore-based infrastructure to support these enterprises. For the United States, the economic potential from the energy and mineral resources is in the trillions of dollars—based upon estimates that the Alaskan Arctic is the home to 30 billion barrels of oil, more than 220 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, rare earth minerals, and massive renewable wind, tidal, and geothermal energy. However, the U.S. government is unprepared to harness the potential that the Arctic offers. The United States lacks the capacity to deal with potential regional conflicts and seaborne disasters, and it has been on the sidelines when it comes to developing new governance mechanisms for the Arctic. To advance U.S. economic and security interests and avert potential environmental and human disasters, the United States should ratify the UN Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC), take the lead in developing mandatory international standards for operating in Arctic waters, and acquire icebreakers, aircraft, and infrastructure for Arctic operations.
Regional Flashpoints Threaten Security
Like the United States, the Arctic nations of Russia, Canada, Norway, and Denmark have geographical claims to the Arctic. Unlike the United States, however, they have each sought to exploit economic and strategic opportunities in the region by developing businesses, infrastructure, and cities in the Arctic. They have also renewed military exercises of years past, and as each nation learns of the others' activities, suspicion and competition increase. When the Russians sailed a submarine in 2007 to plant a titanium flag on the "north pole," they were seen as provocateurs, not explorers.
The continental shelf is a particular point of contention. Russia claims that deep underwater ridges on the sea floor, over two hundred miles from the Russian continent, are part of Russia and are legally Russia's to exploit. Denmark and Canada also claim those ridges. Whichever state prevails in that debate will have exclusive extraction rights to the resources, which, based on current continental shelf hydrocarbon lease sales, could be worth billions of dollars.
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Debates also continue regarding freedom of navigation and sovereignty over waters in the region. Russia claims sovereignty over the Northern Sea Route (NSR), which winds over the top of Russia and Alaska and will be a commercially viable route through the region within the next decade. The United States contends the NSR is an international waterway, free to any nation to transit. The United States also has laid claim to portions of the Beaufort Sea that Canada says are Canadian, and the United States rejects Canada's claim that its Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific is its internal waters, as opposed to an international strait. Canada and Denmark also have a boundary dispute in Baffin Bay. Norway and Russia disagree about fishing rights in waters around the Spitsbergen/Svalbard Archipelago.
U.S. Capacity in the Arctic Is Lacking
Traffic and commercial activity are increasing in the region. The NSR was not navigable for years because of heavy ice, but it now consists of water with floating ice during the summer months. As the icebergs decrease in the coming years, it will become a commercially profitable route, because it reduces the maritime journey between East Asia and Western Europe from about thirteen thousand miles through the Suez Canal to eight thousand miles, cutting transit time by ten to fifteen days. Russian and German oil tankers are already beginning to ply those waters in the summer months. Approximately 150,000 tons of oil, 400,000 tons of gas condensate, and 600,000 tons of iron ore were shipped via the NSR in 2011. Oil, gas, and mineral drilling, as well as fisheries and tourism, are becoming more common in the high latitudes and are inherently dangerous, because icebergs and storms can shear apart even large tankers, offshore drilling units, fishing vessels, and cruise ships. As a result, human and environmental disasters are extremely likely. Despite the dangerous conditions, the Arctic has no mandatory requirements for those operating in or passing through the region. There are no designated shipping lanes, requirements for ice-strengthened hulls to withstand the extreme environment, ice navigation training for ships' masters, or even production and carriage of updated navigation and ice charts.
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U.S. Leadership in Arctic Governance Is Lacking
Governance in the Arctic requires leadership. The United States is uniquely positioned to provide such leadership, but it is hampered by its reliance on the eight-nation Arctic Council. However, more than 160 countries view the LSOC as the critical instrument defining conduct at sea and maritime obligations. The convention also addresses resource division, maritime traffic, and pollution regulation, and is relied upon for dispute resolution. The LOSC is particularly important in the Arctic, because it stipulates that the region beyond each country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) be divided between bordering nations that can prove their underwater continental shelves extend directly from their land borders. Nations will have exclusive economic rights to the oil, gas, and mineral resources extracted from those outer continental shelves, making the convention's determinations substantial. According to geologists, the U.S. portion is projected to be the world's largest underwater extension of land—over 3.3 million square miles—bigger than the lower forty-eight states combined. In addition to global credibility and protection of Arctic shelf claims, the convention is important because it sets international pollution standards and requires signatories to protect the marine environment.
Critics argue that the LOSC cedes American sovereignty to the United Nations. But the failure to ratify it has the opposite effect: it leaves the United States less able to protect its interests in the Arctic and elsewhere. The diminished influence is particularly evident at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the international body that "operationalizes" the LOSC through its international port and shipping rules. By remaining a nonparty, the United States lacks the credibility to promote U.S. interests in the Arctic, such as by transforming U.S. recommendations into binding international laws.
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A Comprehensive U.S. Strategy for the Arctic
The United States needs a comprehensive strategy for the Arctic. The current National/Homeland Security Presidential Directive (NSPD-66 / HSPD-25) is only a broad policy statement. An effective Arctic strategy would address both governance and capacity questions. To generate effective governance in the Arctic the United States should ratify LOSC and take the lead in advocating the adoption of Arctic shipping requirements. The IMO recently proposed a voluntary Polar Code, and the United States should work to make it mandatory. The code sets structural classifications and standards for ships operating in the Arctic as well as specific navigation and emergency training for those operating in or around ice-covered waters.
The United States should also support Automated Identification System (AIS) carriage for all ships transiting the Arctic. Because the Arctic is a vast region with no ability for those on land to see the ships offshore, electronic identification and tracking is the only way to know what ships are operating in or transiting the region. An AIS transmitter (costing as little as $800) sends a signal that provides vessel identity and location at all times to those in command centers around the world and is currently mandated for ships over sixteen hundred gross tons. The United States and other Arctic nations track AIS ships and are able to respond to emergencies based on its signals. For this reason, mandating AIS for all vessels in the Arctic is needed. The U.S. government also needs to work with Russia to impose a traffic separation scheme in the Bering Strait, where chances for a collision are high. Finally, the United States should push for compulsory tandem sailing for all passenger vessels operating in the Arctic. Tandem sailing for cruise ships and smaller excursion boats will avert another disaster like RMS Titanic.
To enhance the Arctic's economic potential, the United States should also develop its capacity to enable commercial entities to operate safely in the region. The U.S. government should invest in icebreakers, aircraft, and shore-based infrastructure. A ten-year plan should include the building of at least two heavy icebreakers, at a cost of approximately $1 billion apiece, and an air station in Point Barrow, Alaska, with at least three helicopters. Such an air station would cost less than $20 million, with operating, maintenance, and personnel costs comparable to other northern military facilities. Finally, developing a deepwater port with response presence and infrastructure is critical. A base at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands, where ships and fishing vessels resupply and refuel, would only cost a few million dollars per year to operate.
Washington could finance the cost of its capacity-building efforts by using offshore lease proceeds and federal taxes on the oil and gas extracted from the Arctic region. In 2008, the United States collected $2.6 billion from offshore lease sales in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas (off Alaska's north coast), and the offshore royalty tax rate in the region is 19 percent, which would cover operation and maintenance of these facilities down the road.
The United States needs an Arctic governance and acquisition strategy to take full advantage of all the region has to offer and to protect the people operating in the region and the maritime environment. Neglecting the Arctic reduces the United States' ability to reap tremendous economic benefits and could harm U.S. national security interests.


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February may have been Black History Month, but let's be honest: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a problem.
He was always challenging governments, challenging attitudes, challenging our moral compass. He tried to make us see things we did not want to see: poverty, racism, war. He was attempting to bring us closer to an America that could only be called a dream. The Tea Party thinks they are doing that, too. Unfortunately, their beliefs and attitudes are the part of the American experience that Dr. King gave his life trying to change.
Dr. King was a liberal. Yes, had he lived longer, his beliefs might have changed over time, but the theology and philosophies that defined him would have remained. He believed in the role of government. What we now celebrate about Dr. King are his attempts to make government work, not just for African-Americans, but, with his attempt to end the war in Vietnam, for everyone. He was the embodiment of the liberation theology that Glenn Beck instructs is not religion. In fact, the King-led civil rights movement was liberation theology in action. He knew government could not solve all of our problems, but he understood that government could assist in making America, America.
Dr. King instructed his followers not to vote for conservative presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 because Goldwater was against the Civil Rights Act. Dr. King was in favor of a woman's right to choose. Baynard Rustin, the openly gay man who organized the March on Washington in the 1960's, was a chief member of Dr. King's inner staff. Today, the notion of conservative principles is being offered as being more American than ending poverty, war, sexism, racism and homophobia. This is not the America Dr. King struggled to make a reality.
For Dr. King, nonviolence was not a just a political technique, but a way of life. The idea of living in a society where signs are posted on public doors to remind us that we are forbidden from bringing our concealed handguns into banks, stores or schools would strike him as absurd. The Congressional response to the recent Arizona tragedy of Congressmen carrying guns and increasing security instead of making laws preventing the mentally ill from buying weapons and equipment to kill as many victims as possible is just another example of Dr. King's dream falling on deaf ears.
In terms of debt, Dr. King would ask for money to be saved by an immediate end to the war in Afghanistan, and for less money to be spent on the military. He would then, as he did with President Lyndon Johnson, ask that that money be used to create jobs for the poor in our inner cities and for others suffering from joblessness around the country. He would be for everyone having health care in the richest nation in the world.
But, more importantly, Dr. King would remind us of the way he was treated during his career trying to end segregation. He would remind us that he was called a Communist and a Socialist by those fighting against change. He would remind us of how they called him Martin Luther Coon and how they used hanging nooses and images of monkeys to taunt and abuse him. These images are very similar to the ones used at Tea Party rallies.
He would remind us of how he was spit on in Chicago and Birmingham, just as Congressman John Lewis (D-Georgia) and other members of the Black Caucus were spit on and called the n-word outside of Congress by members of the Tea Party. The result of that incident was a debate about whether it had happened, or whether the Black members of Congress had simply made it up. A friend of mine recently saw a bumper sticker here in Lawrence, Kansas (the only blue dot in a red state). It read: "The Zoo has an African Lion. The White House has a lying African." This is a common joke among Tea Party members and other contemporary racists.
Dr. King would also remind us of our selective memory. The source of Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi's ignorance of the fact that the White Citizens' Council was the Ku Klux Klan's version of the Chamber of Commerce is also why the Tea Party didn't understand that calling the first African-American president a monkey was racist. There are elements of the American experience that many of us simply deny and are not taught. These people do not know and they do not want to know. They live in a world where they never attempt to relate to those on the margins of society. Ignorance allows them to live a safe and happy life alongside those who struggle. This problem will probably never go away, until we expand our ideas of what we teach and how we teach it.
The recent reading of the Constitution in the Congress with the naughty parts removed and the removal of the n-word from "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," an anti-slavery book, are just further examples of how we refuse to deal with the realities of American life. It is the fairy-tale version of our history, like giving a child the "went to a better place" story when someone dies. This is the version we all are forced to live with because many of our teachers are not racially confident enough to express or teach our real history. As a result, the legacy and lessons of Dr. King, and our racial history, suffer – and so do we.
We like to place Dr. King in a safe container and let him out on Martin Luther King Day. We talk about one speech out of the thousands that he gave. We try to reduce his power and use him in a timid, apolitical and homogenous way. As a result, Americans are denied the real story and details of his message. We are given a historical pass in connecting the links between the problems and behavior of then and now. The Tea Party is the new White Citizens Council, and, like the Tea Partiers in their blindness, many of us simply cannot see the connection.
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what in your opinion is the best app for writing code in?
(for any OS)
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IMHO I would go for the VIM editor .
Homepage: The VIM (Vi IMproved).
Check and try EditPlus - It's fully adjustable, has standard highlighting and autocompletion for a bunch of languages (all optional) and others can be downloaded and installed (about 3k each) or created by yourself. Line numbering, build in HTML and FTP support, the option to manage your files in projects, and more... go see for yourself. It's my favourite light-weight editor (scripting and non-professional programming). Windows only.
I wish to express my gratitude to the people of Italy. Thank you for inventing pizza.
Alternate realities celebrate reality. If you cant handle the reality your in, then you wont be able to handle the one your attempting to escape to.
VI is an awful editor to code in, you are impressing anyone by saying VI. In windows depending on what I am doing I either use Ultraedit or Forte for Java. In Solaris I use Forte for Java.
VI is an awful editor to code in, you are impressing anyone by saying VI. In windows depending on what I am doing I either use Ultraedit or Forte for Java. In Solaris I use Forte for Java.
1: VI comes on every system as standard. Java is nothing more than an application on my machines and hence, not on every install/build I do. I'll take VI over emacs anyday of the week (said while wearing flame-proof suit) and it's a hell of a lot more functional than some editors I could name (ed[lin] anyone?). And I'd REALLY take VI over any editor-inside-an-application.
2: You made a mistake with the 'you are impressing' sentence. I'm assuming you meant 'you aren't impressing anyone'. Besides, have you ever seen anyone really fluent with vi fly through a document? By the time you get the mouse in the right position with your little Forte For Java application, I'd be done. I can't help it if you can't type fast and/or right.
3: You win small points for not saying 'Notepad' in winblows, otherwise I'd be really forced to laugh at you, moreso than I'm doing now.
All in good jest of course...
We the willing, led by the unknowing, have been doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much with so little for so long that we are now qualified to do just about anything with almost nothing.
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editplus for winblows.
I have to admit, I unfortunately like Pico also. ............j/k
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
- Samuel Johnson
PICO?! Gah! Hehe, kidding...it's all preferencial treatment really...whatever works for people.
As for winblows, I use editpadpro for a do-all mainly because you can have multiple files open inside one SDI (like Opera does) and has a light CVS ability.
PICO?! Wimp! Bet you use pine for mail too! *laugh*
The other unix admin here with me said "I use notepad and ftp the file over".
PICO owns VI...
You're triyng to cod ea document, not program a program to code a document. VI is overly complex and only an idiot would use it when more practical methods are available.
Yes, VI is on every system.. who cares.. the pine package is also installed almost every OS y default.
****, if we're trying to impress someone, just friggin' use "echo" and redirect output to a file.. because it's not like I make mistakes with I code.</sarcasm>
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For windows I use UltraEdit. It's got customizable syntax highlighting, records macros, etc.
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Proof of Age in UK Pilot
There's a really interesting article by Toby Stevens at Computer Weekly, "Proof of age comes of age:"
It's therefore been fascinating to be part of a new initiative that seeks to address proof of age using a Privacy by Design approach to biometric technologies. Touch2id is an anonymous proof of age system that uses fingerprint biometrics and NFC to allow young people to prove that they are 18 years or over at licensed premises (e.g. bars, clubs).
The principle is simple: a young person brings their proof of age document (Home Office rules stipulate this must be a passport or driving licence) to a participating Post Office branch. The Post Office staff member checks document using a scanner, and confirms that the young person is the bearer. They then capture a fingerprint from the customer, which is converted into a hash and used to encrypt the customer's date of birth on a small NFC sticker, which can be affixed to the back of a phone or wallet. No personal record of the customer's details, document or fingerprint is retained either on the touch2id enrolment system or in the NFC sticker – the service is completely anonymous.
So first, I'm excited to see this. I think single-purpose credentials are important.
Second, I have a couple of technical questions.
- Why a fingerprint versus a photo? People are good at recognizing photos, and a photo is a less intrusive mechanism than a fingerprint. Is the security gain sufficient to justify that? What's the quantified improvement in accuracy?
- Is NFC actually anonymous? It seems to me that NFC likely has a chip ID or something similar, meaning that the system is pseudonymous
I don't mean to try to allow the best to be the enemy of the good. Not requiring ID for drinking is an excellent way to secure the ID system. See for example, my BlackHat 2003 talk. But I think that support can be both rah-rah and a careful critique of what we're building.


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Filipino fighter Eduard "Landslide" Folayang feels extra motivated in his first defense of his ONE Lightweight World Championship title next month as he and his wife have welcomed a bouncing baby girl to their family.
His spouse Genevieve gave birth to their first-born child on an early Monday morning, 13 March at the Pines City Doctor's Hospital in Baguio City. The couple tied the knot in April 2015, with Folayang describing his wife as his lifetime coach.
Folayang named his daughter Yeshuareigns, which means "Jesus reigns." The 33-year-old mixed martial artist is a devoted born-again Christian and is also known for the public expression of his faith.
As a first-time father, Folayang was at a loss for words when he first saw and held his newborn child.
Quite similar to his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career, Folayang admitted that raising his daughter properly will pose a challenge.
"This is a huge blessing for our family. It felt like I won another world title in mixed martial arts. I am so happy. This is one of the most momentous moments in my life. I hope and pray that I can be a good role model to my daughter. I will be the best father that I can be," he said.
With over a month to go before he steps inside the ONE Championship again, Folayang stressed that his daughter will be his driving force to win.
"I can truly say that I am super motivated for my upcoming fight in April. My newborn daughter gives me the much-needed inspiration with the challenge that is ahead of me," he stated.
Folayang will defend his ONE Lightweight World Championship belt against Malaysian-Kiwi sensation Ev "E.T." Ting in the main event of ONE: KINGS OF DESTINY, which takes place at the 20,000-seater SM Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines on 21 April.
"I know how exceptional Ev Ting's talent is. I am in a tough preparation for my first title defense. My main advantage over him is my experience as a fighter, especially in the lightweight division. We all know that Ev Ting came from the featherweight division, so I'm more used to fighting in this division," Folayang said about his marquee match-up with Ting.
Knowing that Ting is driven to make history as the first Malaysian combatant to win a world title in MMA, Folayang vows to do everything in his power to make sure that he keeps the coveted lightweight strap around his waist.
"Ev Ting is an amazing competitor and has obviously earned the opportunity to challenge for the title. He is the complete package, with good striking and a really good ground game. I need to be at my absolute best to make sure I can defend the belt successfully," he ended.
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ONE Championship is the largest sports media property in Asian history. Headquartered in Singapore, the world's most exciting mixed martial arts organization hosts the largest sports entertainment events across Asia featuring the best Asian mixed martial artists and world champions, all signed to exclusive contracts, on the largest media broadcast in Asia. ONE Championship is broadcast to over 1 billion viewers across 118+ countries around the world with some of the largest global broadcasters, including FOX Sports, Setanta, MNC, Astro, Thairath TV, ABS-CBN, TV5, MYTV, HTV, OSN and more.


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Natural gas consumption reflects shifting sectoral patterns
Note: Charted consumption data includes the four largest natural gas-consuming end-use sectors.
U.S. natural gas consumption since 1997 reflects shifting patterns. Total U.S. natural gas consumption rose 7% between 1997 and 2011, but this modest growth masks bigger changes in individual sectors. Electric power is now the largest natural gas-consuming sector and it shows perhaps the greatest sensitivity to price changes. The graphics below highlight key factors that influence natural gas consumption.
The electric power sector has the flexibility to shift some amount of baseload power generation, much of which has traditionally been fueled by coal, to underutilized natural gas generators without requiring additional investments in infrastructure.
Natural gas consumption for power generation is expanding. An earlier Today in Energy article noted that consumption of natural gas for electric power (or "power burn") has exceeded natural gas consumption in the industrial sector since early 2009. The power sector added a significant amount of new natural gas-fired generating capacity over the last decade, much of which was in the form of efficient combined-cycle units. For many years, while coal-fired generation was less expensive, those natural gas-fired combined-cycle units were used at relatively low rates. Recently, with natural gas prices declining and coal prices rising, dispatching natural gas generators in some parts of the country has become increasingly competitive with running coal generators. Competition between natural gas and coal appeared first in the Southeast, where coal-fired power was more expensive due to the cost of transporting coal over long distances.
In the industrial sector, natural gas consumption increased in 2010 and 2011, reversing a trend of declining consumption that lasted from the mid-1990s to 2009. Natural gas is used in the industrial sector and manufacturing subsector for process heating, steam generation, onsite electricity generation, space heating, and petrochemical processing.
The downward trend in natural gas prices has lowered the cost of a key input for some industries. However, the short-term flexibility to take immediate advantage of low natural gas prices is limited in this sector, because many manufacturers that relied heavily on natural gas as fuel or feedstock closed down or moved abroad in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the face of rising natural gas prices. For various reasons, some of the remaining firms may switch fuel to natural gas, and others may never switch regardless of fuel costs, leaving a wide range of dependencies on natural gas prices (see Tables 10.15 and 10.21 from EIA's Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey).
Domestic and global macroeconomic trends affect industrial activity, which is often tracked by industrial indices. However, some U.S. manufacturers (e.g., petrochemicals) that use natural gas-derived feedstocks (e.g., ethane) are enjoying a competitive advantage while international competitors consume more expensive, oil-derived feedstocks.
Residential and commercial consumption of natural gas is primarily for space heating, water heating, and cooking; the most influential short-term factor for these sectors is weather (quantified here as heating degree-days).
The residential and commercial sectors have limited short-term flexibility to take advantage of inexpensive natural gas, as heating systems can be expensive to modify and are replaced infrequently. Over longer timescales, the number of households using natural gas for space heating has increased—for example, in the Northeast, households are switching their heating fuel from heating oil to natural gas. However, the increasing efficiency of home heating systems (lower average gas use per customer) masks some of the effect of the increasing number of natural gas customers, even when normalized for weather.
Seasonal patterns in natural gas consumption appear in all sectors. Colder winter weather means more natural gas consumption for space heating, and warmer summer weather leads to increased consumption in the power sector with increasing demand for air conditioning.


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Counterfeit cosmetics seized in LA contained lead, feces
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say $700,000 worth of counterfeit cosmetics seized from vendors in downtown's fashion district have tested positive for bacteria, lead and traces of animal feces.
Officials said Monday that the investigation began after customers complained of rashes and other skin irritations from using the knockoff mascaras, lipsticks and eye shadows.
The seized products include bogus versions of cosmetics by Urban Decay, MAC, Kylie Cosmetics by Kylie Jenner and others.
Officer Norma Eisenman says at least six people received citations during raids at 21 locations last week.
Officials warn that if the price of a product seems too good to be true, it probably is.


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Repairing the Internal Writing Machine
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- AnonymousMay 14, 2016 at 3:27 AM
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Yay, Ann! I'm so glad you found your mojo again! The world is a better place with your words in it.ReplyDelete
Sista, I been 'shot' moe times than you can imagine, and drowned, and suffocated, and hanged (comitted suicide), and ODd... yet, Jesus saved this sinfull mortal and I come-out swinging as I got my black belt in '99, bay-bee. And dats da troof, brudda. While I didn't descend into Hell for my mortal sins, I did ascend till I saw the Celestial City from far away. Wanna heer bout it??ReplyDelete
Lemme fill-you-up withe efficacious epiphany, the avant-gardeness and necessary wisdom to achieve Heaven, dear, if ya desire Heaven (many pee-ple dont, preferring to stay 'laissez-faire' [i dont care] till their deathbed).
If 'freedom lies in being bold' (Robert Frost), doesn't pushing-the-envelope also result in the Elysian Fields of Utopia? If I'm the sower, we plant the Seed; if I'm an artist, we RITE the symphonies heard Upstairs ☆IF☆ we accept His lead withe orchestra...
Wanna find-out the fax, Jak, in a wurld fulla the 'power of cowards'? Wanna wiseabove to help a 'Plethora Of Wurdz' [POW!] which are look'n for a new home in thy novelty?? Yay!
Q: But [gulp] can anyone tell me the difference between K2/IQ? A: Nthn. In Heaven, we gitt'm both for eternity HA! Need a few more thots, ideers, wild wurdz (whoa, Nelly! easy, girl!) or ironclad iconoclasms?
VERBUM SAT SAPIENTI (Latin: words to [the] wise): As an ex-writer of the sassy, savvy, schizophenia we all go thro in this lifelong demise, I just wanna help U.S. git past the ping-pong-politixx, the whorizontal more!ass! we're in and wiseabove to 'in fin sine fin' (Latin: in [the] End without End -Saint Augustine).
"This finite existence is only a test, son," God Almighty told me in my coma. "Far beyond thy earthly tempest is where you'll find tangible, corpulent eloquence". Lemme tella youse without d'New Joisey accent...
I actually saw Seventh-Heaven when we died: you couldn't GET!! any moe curly, party-hardy-endorphins, low-hanging-fruit of the Celestial Paradise, extravagantly-surplus-lush Upstairs (awww! baby kitties, too!!) when my o-so-beautifull, brilliant, bombastic girly passed-away due to those wry, sardonic satires...
"Those who are wise will shine as brightly as the expanse of the Heavens, and those who have instructed many in uprightousness as bright as stars for all eternity" -Daniel 12:3, NJB
Here's also what the prolific, exquisite GODy sed: 'the more you shall honor Me, the more I shall bless you' -the Infant Jesus of Prague.
Go gitt'm, girly. You're incredible. You're indelible. Cya Upstairs. I won't be joining'm in the nasty Abyss where Isis prowls
PS Need summore unique, uncivilized, useless names?? Lemme gonna gitcha started, brudda:
Oak Woods, Franky Sparks, Athena Noble, Autumn Rose, Faith Bishop, Dolly Martin, Willow Rhodes, Cocoa Major, Roman Stone, Bullwark Burnhart, Magnus Wilde, Kardiak Arrest, Will Wright, Goldy Silvers, Penelope Summers, Sophie Sharp, Violet Snow, Lizzy Roach, BoxxaRoxx, Aunty Dotey, Romero Stark, Zacharia Neptoon, Mercurio Morrissey, Fritz & Felix Franz, Victor Payne, Isabella Silverstein, Mercedes Kennedy, Redd Rust, Phoenix Martini, Ivy Squire, Sauer Wolfe, Yankee Cooky, blessed b9... (or mixNmatch)
God blessa youse
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Lauryn Hill -- Sued for Eviction
Lauryn Hill's Landlord SQUATTER? We Hardly Knew Her!
Grammy Award-winning R&B legend Lauryn Hill is being sued for eviction ... the good news, she's probably going to prison so she won't need that place anyway.
Lauryn's been renting a South Orange, New Jersey mansion since 2009. Things went south when she stopped paying rent last month, so her landlord ran to court and filed a legal ultimatum -- pay your rent NOW, or get out.
Lauryn hasn't paid, so the eviction lawsuit is now full steam ahead.
Lauryn will be sentenced next week for tax fraud. She pled guilty and now faces several years in federal prison.
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The IPCC Working Group II (WGII) assesses the impacts of climate change, from a world-wide to a regional view of ecosystems and biodiversity, and of humans and their diverse societies, cultures and settlements. It considers their vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of these natural and human systems to adapt to climate change and thereby reduce climate-associated risks together with options for creating a sustainable future for all through an equitable and integrated approach to mitigation and adaptation efforts at all scales.
Working Group II is led by two Co-Chairs and eight Vice-Chairs which form the WGII Bureau. WGII is supported by a Technical Support Unit (TSU) located in Bremen, Germany, and Durban, South Africa.


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Majesco has tonight unveiled a teaser trailer for an upcoming game called NBA Baller Beats. It is...look, just watch the clip.
That's rapper Common narrating the trailer. The aim of the game is to bounce a basketball - in your living room - in time with the music, then when certain prompts appear, perform some kind of a basketball move. Like Guitar Hero. Only...with a basketball. A real one. In your living room.
I watched this three times convinced it was a joke, but nope. There's a USA Today piece on it, which adds the game will feature music from "Kanye West, Gorillaz, Run-DMC, Skrillex, Common, Tiësto and Them Crooked Vultures", and that it'll feature full NBA licensing.
Amazing. Majesco, you're either crazy, or have balls of steel. Basketballs of steel.


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It was an impulsive decision. As we sat around the table drinking, we made the final call. We were going; bright and early tomorrow morning. We had been toying with the idea for a few weeks, but finally set it in stone. We texted the other person that would be meeting up with our group and confirmed. It was set, just a few hours away now, no turning back. I went to bed and slept for what felt like five minutes before waking up to the sound of my alarm. It was an absolutely bitter cold morning and things were only complicated by the fact that we would be out before the sun rose. I threw on some extra layers, grabbed some essentials and shoved them in my bag as we made our pre-dawn journey to Buck Hill Inn.
I consider it pure luck that we were able to walk up and enter without any issues, as Buck Hill was pretty well known for an overbearing amount of security and police presence. I'm sure part of it was the early morning hours and the below freezing temperatures, but none-the-less, we made our way around the Inn with ease. It felt surreal to finally be here, especially after all the horror stories even from my own personal friends who had been arrested here over the years. The first time I remember seeing Buck Hill was on MTV fear when I was a young child. I had always been particularly fond of ghost hunting and anything in the horror genre, a trait I picked up from my mother, much the same way Overbrook, Marlboro and other "haunted" places.
My only regret is that I made the mistake of thinking I would be able to get back in here and re-shoot it. Unfortunately, the person I was in a relationship with at the time had a camera malfunction, and me being the nice person that I am, I lent them mine. Just add it to the list of many regrets I had with them. I never had the opportunity to take anything other than cell phone photos. I tried visiting again a few more times, but eventually, Buck Hill Inn met the fate of everything else I loved; the wrecking ball.
One final word? Sorry, people of Buck Hill Falls, your neighborhood isn't nearly as nice as you think it is. Demolition aside, get the stick out of your ass and stop sending your security chump around to harass every person that finds themselves in your crummy community.
MTV's Fear at Buck Hill Inn
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Japan's March 11 earthquake may eventually result in shorter days, according to NASA scientists.
Computers, however, should be well-prepared to handle this fluctuation once it is introduced into the official time-keeping systems, given the existing systems for reconciling computer time with solar time.
The 9.0-magnitude quake — the fifth-largest since 1900 — has possibly shifted the Earth's mass, thereby changing its rotation and shortening the days by up to 1.8 microseconds per day, argues research scientist Richard Gross of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
A microsecond is one-millionth of a second. While humans won't notice the shortened days, any resulting changes will eventually affect computers, which get their times readjusted through the periodic injection of leap seconds.
Gross used a model from the United States Geological Survey to calculate how the earthquake may have shifted the Earth's mass. He estimated that the Earth's figure axis (the axis about which Earth's mass is balanced) has been shifted by about 6.5 inches (17 centimeters) toward 133 degrees east longitude. This new distribution of weight may cause the planet to wobble differently than it did before, thereby shortening the time it takes to complete a 24-hour cycle.
Gross expects to refine his calculations as more data from the earthquake is recorded.
This is far from the first time that day length has changed. On average the day length is about 86,400 seconds, but it fluctuates by small increments for a variety of reasons.
"Earth's rotation changes all the time as a result of not only earthquakes, but also the much larger effects of changes in atmospheric winds and oceanic currents," Gross said in a statement. "Over the course of a year, the length of the day increases and decreases by about a millisecond. The position of Earth's figure axis also changes all the time."
Previous quakes have resulted in minuscule adjustments in the length of days. Last year's magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile might have shortened the day by about 1.26 microseconds. A 2004 magnitude 9.1 Sumatran earthquake may have shortened the day by 6.8 microseconds, NASA estimates.
Reconciling computer time with this new Earth time will probably be done through the introduction of the next leap second. In 1971, the International Telecommunications Union added leap seconds from the time scale used by most computer systems, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), to accommodate such fluctuations on an as-needed basis.
With leap seconds, a second is added to or subtracted from the official time to reconcile it with solar time. While such adjustments are rarely noticed by system administrators, they can occasionally be problematic for those systems that execute high-speed financial trading, record the results of in-depth research and execute other duties that require second-by-second resolution.
Since 1972, 24 leap seconds have been introduced into UTC. Most have been added to offset the gradual slowing of the Earth's rotation. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology maintains a list of leap seconds that can be parsed by computers through the NTP (Network Time Protocol).
Still, it might be a while before the ITU must issue another leap second to reconcile the divide between digital and solar time that this earthquake has wrought.
"Two microseconds per day is under a [millisecond] per year. That's not very big on the scale of a whole second," one contributor of the Time Nuts mailing list noted.
Joab Jackson covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Joab on Twitter at @Joab_Jackson. Joab's e-mail address is email@example.com


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Amazon compromised on several hardware features of its Kindle Fire to deliver the most affordable mainstream 7-inch media tablet. Arriving on November 15 for $199, the Kindle Fire will enter a crowded market dominated by Apple's iPad.
Since the market also contains several other Android competitors, can Amazon claim the number two tablet spot? Let's take a look.
As previous reports indicated, the Kindle Fire looks a lot like the BlackBerry PlayBook because it was designed by the same company that helped Research In Motion build that tablet. The Fire is slightly thicker than the PlayBook, yet thinner than 7-inch Android tablets such as the Lenovo IdeaPad A1 or the Toshiba Thrive 7″. Apple still maintains the slimmest tablet in the bunch.
The screen on the Kindle Fire uses IPS technology (also found on the iPad), with a resolution of 1024 pixels by 600 pixels, which is in line with most current 7-inch Android tablets. The notable exception here is the Toshiba Thrive 7″, which uses a higher-resolution display.
In order to keep the price down, Amazon only bundled 8GB of on-board storage, the same amount found on the Nook Color or the Iconia Tab.
Amazon didn't skimp too much on performance for its media tablet. The Fire packs an unspecified dual-core processor (probably 1GHz), but there's no word on the amount of RAM. What Amazon did skimp on are cameras–there's no front or back camera, and there's no MicroSD card slot (Amazon is banking on cloud storage), no HDMI, GPS, or 3G capability.
[RELATED: Amazon Announces $199 Kindle Fire Tablet, Clutch of New Kindle E-Readers]
For Media Consumption Only?
Gone is the time when the iPad was the most affordable tablet, and Android manufacturers struggled to even match its price. By removing all the above features, Amazon managed to keep the price of the Fire at $199–a remarkable feat when you consider that the closest competitor (in price, but not features), the Nook Color, costs $50 more. Lenovo's tablet is also about $50 more expensive, but only packs a single core processor, although for your extra bucks you do get dual cameras, GPS, and 16GB of storage.
The lack of cameras, GPS, expandable storage or even Bluetooth clearly sets the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet apart as a media consumption-only tablet.
You will be able to download various productivity apps from the bundled Amazon Appstore, but the main purpose of the tablet, given its low entry price, is to consume content from Amazon, whether it's movies, books, magazines, music, or games. For that purpose, even with missing hardware features, Amazon has a very interesting proposition for casual customers as an alternative to the iPad.
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Physics students tend to want to know how nature fundamentally works, and enjoy thinking about big problems and asking questions.
A physics education emphasizes problem solving, abstract reasoning, and critical thinking, and develops laboratory and mathematical analytical skills. This training makes physics graduates valuable employees and attractive applicants for master's and doctoral programs. Among the many paths to follow:
Engineering: Pursue aeronautical, civil, chemical, electrical, financial, industrial, mechanical, nuclear, and other engineering fields. (Learn about Albion's dual-degree engineering program.)
Professional Physicist: Work in industry (e.g. semiconductors, transportation, materials, energy, lasers, etc.), national laboratory research, university research, astronomy, aerospace, military, environmental science, computer science, technical writing, and many other areas.
Graduate School: Continue your studies and obtain an M.S. or Ph.D. in physics, astrophysics, astronomy, or engineering
Professional School: Rely on your physics background in medicine, dentistry, law, public policy, and education.
Physics graduates are highly prized candidates for medical school or dental school if they also have "pre-medical" training in biology, chemistry, and related areas. Employment data for physicists with masters or doctoral degrees is available from the American Institute of Physics (AIP).
Additional career guidance for high school and undergraduate students can be found at Physics.org. Albion students and alumni are also encouraged to explore the resources available through the College's Career and Internship Center.


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Lake Hood Seaplane base the world's busiest seaplane base.
Take off from Talkeetna
one of the routes on Mt Hunter, possibly the world's toughest 14k mountain.
Snow bald eagle.
lenticular clouds over Mt foraker
Bacon and Eggs Climb
Mt Mckinley in the distance.
Mt foraker
Sunset on Mt Hunter
Twilight on Mt Hunter
White Foraker
Mt Hunter Massif
Autobahn on Denali
West Buttress Ridge on Denali.
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Ocelote has 46 new compute nodes with Nvidia P100 GPU's. These are available to researchers on campus. There will be fairshare limitations but the intention is for them to be as widely available as possible. There are still compute nodes on El Gato with 70 nodes provisioned with Nvidia Tesla K20's.
Cuda Modules
The latest Cuda modules available on Ocelote are 9.0 and 9.1. Cuda 7.5 and 8.0 are still available.
The OpenACC API is a collection of compiler directives and runtime routines that allow you to specify loops and regions of code in standard C, C++, and Fortran that you can offload from a host CPU to the GPU.
We provide two methods of support for OpenACC
- We support OpenACC in the PGI Compiler. The PGI implementation of OpenACC is considered the best implementation.
"module load pgi". If you are on a GPU node from an interactive session you can run "pgaccelinfo" to test functionality. Remember that the login nodes do not have GPUs installed.
A useful getting started guide written by Nvidia is at:
- We support OpenACC in the GCC Compiler 6.1 which is automatically loaded as a module when you log in. Verify with "module list".
The GCC 6 release includes a much improved implementation of the OpenACC 2.0a specification.
A useful quick reference guide can be found at:
About two times a year we host the Xsede Workshop on Programming GPU's with OpenACC. These courses provide an overview of how to accelerate your code without a lot of programming knowledge. Watch for announcements to the HPC-Info list.
Nvidia has available free online OpenACC courses:
Many applications have been optimized to run faster on GPU's. These include:
- NAMD - installed as a module; module load namd_cuda
- VASP - A restricted license version is installed on Ocelote; only available to the licensed users
- GROMACS - Installed as a module on Ocelote; module load gromacs
- LAMMPS - Installed as a module on Ocelote; module load lammps/gcc/16Mar18
- ABAQUS - Installed as a module on Ocelote; module load abaqus
- GAUSSIAN - We currently do not have the GPU version
- MATLAB - Review the GPU Coder at their web site
- ANSYS Fluent
- ML and DL frameworks - See the next section below
NVIDIA GPU Cloud Container Registry
We support the use of HPC and ML/DL containers available on NVIDIA GPU Cloud (NGC). Many of the popular HPC applications including NAMD, LAMMPS and GROMACS containers are optimized for performance and available to run in Singularity on Ocelote.
The containers and respective README files can be found at /unsupported/singularity/nvidia
NGC also provides a set of popular ML and DL frameworks which is not a trivial task. They have made them available to us and they will be updated regularly. They are currently located at: /unsupported/singularity/nvidia
The Nvidia images at /unsupported/singularity/nvidia have been modified to include bindings for your /extra and /rsgrps directories if you want to run you jobs from those directories.
Current list:
|Caffe is a deep learning framework made with expression, speed, and modularity in mind. It was originally developed by the Berkeley Vision and Learning Center (BVLC)
PyTorch is a Python package that provides two high-level features:
|MXNet is a deep learning framework designed for both efficiency and flexibility. It allows you to mix the flavors of symbolic programming and imperative programming to maximize efficiency and productivity.
|TensorFlow is an open source software library for numerical computation using data flow graphs. TensorFlow was originally developed by researchers and engineers working on the Google Brain team within Google's Machine Intelligence research organization for the purposes of conducting machine learning and deep neural networks research.
|Theano is a Python library that allows you to define, optimize, and evaluate mathematical expressions involving multi-dimensional arrays efficiently.
Each is provided in a Singularity container.
The file name has a tag at the end that represents when it was made, so 18.01 is January 2018
Pulling Nvidia ML / DL Images on Ocelote
It is possible for you to create your own Singularity containers on Ocelote pulling down the images created by Nvidia. The general rule that you cannot create your own containers because that would require root authority still applies. Root authority is not required if you follow this procedure.
PBS Usage
The GPU nodes have more memory than the other Ocelote nodes so the select statements reflect 8GB per core by 28 cores equals 224GB
Either: copy the file you wish to use to your directory. Your home path as well as /extra and /xdisk have been bound to the image, so those are your choices.
Or: run the singularity file from where it is. Since you cannot modify it you will not interfere with anyone else.
For interactive use, start an interactive job on a GPU node modifying this command:
$ qsub -I -N jobname -m bea -W group_list=GROUP-NAME -q windfall -l select=1:ncpus=28:mem=224gb:ngpus=1 -l cput=1:0:0 -l walltime=1:0:0
You must change the group_list and you should change the other attributes as desired.
On the compute node assigned to you, as an example you can run:
$ module load singularity $ singularity exec --nv nvidia-tensorflow.18.01-py3.simg python tensorflow_example.py
You need to include the --nv and note it has two dashes. This will bind the Cuda libraries.
The example file is included in this directory. "tensorflow_example.py"
For batch use, you will include these three lines in your submission script
#PBS -l select=1:ncpus=28:mem=224gb:ngpus=1 module load singularity singularity exec --nv nvidia-tensorflow.18.01-py3.simg python tensorflow_example.py
You will want exclusive access to the node so there is not contention for the GPU. That is obtained by asking for all 28 cores as shown above
There are more detailed examples here
For more information on Singularity, see their web site at:
There are tutorials for Singularity on HPC here
We host workshops from the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center which is a NSF funded location. We are working with Nvidia to offer a workshop in the April 2018 timeframe.
Watch for announcements from the hpc-info list.
Nvidia periodically runs training sessions like these ones:
Accelerate Your Code with OpenACC


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From its all-time closing high two weeks earlier, investors on Friday had corrected their valuation of stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index by 11.8% before rallying about 3% and closing at 2619.55.
From the all-time closing high of 2872.87 on Friday, Jan. 26 to Friday's low at 1:39 p.m. EST of 2532, stocks had more than met the definition of a "correction" and the plunge entered financial history books.
It's understandable that investors have revalued stocks. Upward revisions recently made to an already extraordinary earnings growth made some investors giddy.
The curved black line shows the 7.4% earnings growth path and the jagged black line is the performance of the S&P 500 long-term. In recent months, stock prices spiked way above the long-term trendline because earnings expectations surged.
Here's a look at the surge in earnings expectations, with historical context. Since 2001, earnings on large-company stocks have been on their longstanding growth trajectory of 7.4% annually and that has driven gains of 7.4% annually. But earnings are not expected to grow a mere 7.4% annually in 2017, 2018, and 2019, but rather by 12%, 17% and 10% respectively. That's the latest estimate from Wall Street analysts and it's up significantly from only a few weeks ago.
To be clear, when the new tax law was signed, the average company in the S&P 500 was expected to see profits of $131 a share in 2018 but that was revised to about $152 and could be boosted again in the weeks ahead. That's why investors became giddy.
Historically, in a low inflation economic environment as we have been in, investors value a dollar of earnings in the average S&P 500 company between $17 and $19 a share. The black line surged out of the $17 to $19 valuation band but this plunge from the all-time closing high on January 26 has returned the price to within the historical valuation band between the red lines.
We've mentioned in our weekly updates for months that a change in sentiment could cause a correction at any time and the current correction may not be over. Volatility has risen with investors spooked by rising inflation expectations, higher lending rates and growing concerns over the long-term U.S. debt.
The S&P 500 closed Friday about 9% off its all-time closing high. Statistically, the chance of a bear market decline of 20% or more increases as the eight-and-a-half-year bull market grows older, and the new tax law increases the chance the Federal Reserve will make an interest-rate policy mistake by quashing growth or allowing the economy to overheat and inflation to surge. Fed mistakes caused every recession in post-World War II history.
However, earnings drive stocks and earnings expectations have been surging, bolstered by the new tax law. With real wages continuing to grow, consumers are spending and consumers account for 69% of economic growth. Despite inflation worries looming larger, there is no sign of a recession and major economic indicators are signaling strength. So, despite the correction, the bull market and economic expansion could continue for months and head much higher.
Standard and Poor's. Data through February 6, 2018. Compound annual growth rate. S&P 500 total return index. Per Professor Jeremy Siegel's seminal Stocks for the Long Run, first published in 1994.
2017 (estimated), 2018 (estimated) and 2019 (estimated) bottom-up S&P 500 operating earnings per share as of February 7, 2017: for 2017(e), $132.40; for 2018(e), $155.26 (was $146.19); for 2019(e), $170.93 (was $160.69). Sources: Yardeni Research, Inc. and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S for actual and estimated operating earnings from 2015. Standard and Poor's for actual operating earnings data through 2014.
This article was written by a veteran financial journalist based on data compiled and analyzed by independent economist, Fritz Meyer. While these are sources we believe to be reliable, the information is not intended to be used as financial advice without consulting a professional about your personal situation.
Indices are unmanaged and not available for direct investment. Investments with higher return potential carry greater risk for loss. Past performance is not an indicator of your future results.


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All Glory to God. Jesus did it! April 14th, 2017 I crossed the 42,000 mile mark and am now carrying the cross on!!! This is between 1/5 and 1/6th of the distance to the moon at it's nearest to the earth. 18 Billion pounds carried on my feet and 82 million steps. All to obey […]Read more
Month: April 2017
Countdown to 42,000 Miles Good Friday 'Live'
Greetings fellow followers of Jesus, Arthur Blessitt crossing 42,000 miles carrying the cross on Good Friday April 14th @ 12 noon EST. "Go Live Streaming" on Facebook and Periscope. Join a worldwide audience to view this historic event. The cross carried, lifted up and the message of Jesus preached and souls saved. All Glory to […]Read more


text: We've all got a little bit of a sweet tooth… now you can feel good about indulging a little with this week's recipes. All of these recipes are also from contributors to our upcoming new cookbook – The Fat-Burning Kitchen Cookbook. We'll be featuring our contributors and their killer recipes over the coming weeks as […]Learn More


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The dazzling rings of Saturn are taking center stage in amazing new pictures snapped by NASA's Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting the planet.
The new Saturn ring photos come as the Cassini probe moves into a slightly different orbit around its gas giant target, officials with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said in an image announcement.
"It's been nearly two years since NASA's Cassini spacecraft has had views like these of Saturn's glorious rings," JPL officials explained. "These views are possible again because Cassini has changed the angle at which it orbits Saturn and regularly passes above and below Saturn's equatorial plane."
The new view allows Cassini mission scientists to better study the shifting motions and intricacies of Saturn's rings, as well as the small moons that shape the rings.
With Cassini in the new orbit, the mission team has revived a project aimed at studying odd propeller-like shapes in Saturn's rings, JPL officials said. The propeller features appear as parts of the rings are swept clean by strange particles that are larger than the actual ring particles, but smaller than the known moons of Saturn, they added.
The Saturn ring propellers have not been seen in recent years because Cassini's orbit did not allow favorable views of the planet's rings. Since Cassini entered its new orbit, however, scientists have spotted propeller features that appear similar to ones observed in the past, NASA officials said.
The orbit change will also allow Cassini to observe Saturn's polar regions while gaining a new perspective on the planet's many moons.
"We're entering a new episode in Cassini's exploratory voyage through the Saturn system," Carolyn Porco, imaging team lead, based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo., said in a statement. "These new ring results are an early harbinger of great things to come."
Cassini has been orbiting Saturn since it arrived in 2004. The spacecraft launched in 1997 is currently in an extended mission expected to last through 2017.
Views of Saturn are not limited only to Cassini's camera eyes. The planet is currently shining bright in Earth's late-evening night sky and can even be seen with the unaided eye, weather permitting.
Saturn and Mars are both visible in the western sky in late-evening. The two planets can be seen near the bright star Spica, weather permitting.
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In all honesty, outside of on-die graphics solutions, memory speed and latency are often neglected. My only requirements for RAM beyond the recommended specs for my motherboard and processor has been a heat spreader of some sort (and that is just because I have bad luck with several DOAs on unshielded RAM which I assume was handling problems).
But this story is for the enterprise users.
Johan De Gelas of AnandTech decided to test a few different configurations of RAM including both RDIMM and LRDIMM modules. LRDIMMs are significantly more expensive than the cheaper RIMM modules but, especially if you could reduce server count (and active licenses of software running on them) they wanted to investigate whether it could be cheaper overall. This would not be the case if software is completely CPU-limited… but, again, when is memory the limiting factor?
That is where the benchmarks come in. Among the handful of measurements performed, they simulated thousands of users accessing a CDN with between one-to-three-quarters of a terabyte of memory. In both cases, 768GB of LRDIMM memory had significantly higher throughput and significantly lower latency.
As always, check out the review if you are interested.


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Microsoft's CEO search has finally ended with the appointment of Satya Nadella to CEO by Microsoft's Board of Directors. They have finally selected someone to replace Steve Ballmer after the sudden and unexpected announcement of his departure. Microsoft's CEO search started with people like Ford's current CEO Allan Mulally and Qualcomm's soon-to-be CEO Steve Mollenkopf, who actually got the position earlier than anyone had expected because of Microsoft's offer to make him CEO. Qualcomm obviously couldn't let that happen so instead they promoted Mollenkopf from COO to CEO earlier than anyone would have expected. There are some very interesting parallels between the two companies but we'll go over those later.
Satya Nadella, ultimately became their choice for CEO because they couldn't bring anyone in from the outside and he was their best choice for promoting from within. A lot of people talked about the fact that Microsoft wanted to bring in someone else from the outside to bring in a set of 'fresh eyes' but the truth is that there are plenty of very capable and skilled people within the company that don't necessarily have Microsoft blinders. And by the looks of it, Satya Nadella appears to be one of those people even though he has been with the company for 22 years.
Satya's life began back in his home city and country of Hyderabad, India. He got his undergrad from Mangalore University and his Masters in Computer Science from none other than UWM-Milwaukee and his MBA from Chicago's Booth School of Business. He has slowly worked his way up through the company over the decades and served as the VP of Microsoft's Business Division, Corporate VP of Microsoft's Business Solutions and Search and Advertising Platform Group as well as EVP of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise Group.
His continued success within the company has been one of the reasons that he was promoted to the position of CEO and his belief in life-long learning that he talked about in his interview (pictured above). Microsoft actually had a pretty good video, even if it was a bit creepy seeing him walk through the empty halls of one of Microsoft's busiest buildings.
Satya still has a lot of work cut out for him, as he needs to find a way to improve Microsoft's business offerings beyond what he's already been able to do and even more importantly make Microsoft's mobile push a significant one. Right now, Microsoft's weakest point is the fact that the PC market is slowing and the fact that the server market is growing ever more Linux-based. It also doesn't help that Microsoft's Windows 8 OS is taking a beating on the desktop and on laptops because of the growth of Android and OS, which are mutually exclusive when Windows is considered. Sure, there are some dual-OS devices, but the generally accepted principal is that devices ship with one OS.
For Satya, I believe the biggest challenge will be trying to figure out how they can make the Nokia acquisition work for Microsoft and their OS, as well as how he will integrate Stephen Elop into his management team. Because, after all, Stephen Elop was CEO of Nokia and there were lots of rumors that he was being considered for CEO. Thankfully, Microsoft's Board of Directors is not crazy and they didn't end up picking him, considering what he did to Nokia. Anyways, Satya appears to have a good head on his shoulders and is probably one of the most qualified people to run Microsoft today.
This brings us back to the Qualcomm parallel, in the fact that both Microsoft and Qualcomm have both only had two CEOs since their founding and this will make only the third CEO in the company's history. In the case of Qualcomm, it would be the first person that isn't a member of the Jacobs family, however, in Microsoft's terms that isn't really the case since Ballmer and Gates aren't related even though they've been through a lot together. The other parallel is the fact that Bill Gates is stepping down as Chairman of the board and Jacobs is stepping down as CEO, however, both men are going to actually focus on new and exciting technologies and helping the company on the bleeding edge of tech. The truth is that both Gates and Jacobs are visionary CEOs and they both know what to look for in the next great product, and because of this both of them may not have positions of power within the company, but their influence is only increasing.


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Assiniboine Park Zoo, Winnipeg, October 2008
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Black River Landscape 1 and 2 by Janet Kigusiuq, 1993. From Qamanittuaq, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario, 1995
Janet Kigusiuq (Baker Lake, Nunavut) 1926-2005
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Friday, March 26, 2010
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
cropped cover, Electron: Canada's Audio Magazine (probably 1974)
From Old Simes' garage sale (c. 2001). It came framed.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Another Look: Level A
Another Look (Level A), Mary Ross Townley, Addison-Wesley, 1978. Designed by Patricia Rhodes and Malcolm Grear. More details here.
Summary: A non-reading art awareness program
(Borrowed from the collection of Rob Wakshinski)
(Borrowed from the collection of Rob Wakshinski)
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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Monday, March 22, 2010
PAPERFOLDING TO BEGIN WITH, by Florence Temko and Elaine Simon, pictures by Joan Stoliar, Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1968
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
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soft cork harness (noir)
the first dog accessory you'll wish you could wear too. (you can if you really want to.) the hoadin cork dog harness is where eco-luxe style, comfort and support all come together. the simple design provides a more supportive option for dogs who walk with purpose. handmade with water-resistant, eco-friendly cork fabric enhanced with an aluminum quick release buckle and solid brass hardware with a matte nickel finish.
- cork fabric
- quick release, durable aluminum buckle
- water resistant, easy to clean
- vegan, leather alternative
- crafted in the USA.