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Article promotion is a smart way to market your services and products online. Becoming a good article writer takes some time, and you will need to study different marketing techniques. You need to know many things to successfully use article syndication on the Internet; this advice will help.
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Great Meeting with Our Dealers
This week we had a one day meeting here in Orlando with our Nautique dealers to share our 2009 model year plans and update them on some exciting things happening at Correct Craft.
We started the day with a meeting at a local hotel but we quickly headed out to the lake to see a preview of the 2009 Nautique model line. The dealers were thrilled with our new product, 2009 changes to existing Nautique models, our sales and marketing strategies, the increases in market share we are currently experiencing, and to once again hear about the continual improvements taking place at Correct Craft. It was incredibly exciting for all of us here in Orlando to watch our dealers leave the meeting energized about their future with Correct Craft.
The theme of the meeting was continual improvement in all we do and the entire Correct Craft team is focused on getting better. We have won more awards than anyone in our industry but we are not satisfied. The best getting better; that's our goal!
As I spoke to our dealers throughout the day I was reminded again of what a great group of people we have to sell and service our Nautique boats. There can be no doubt that Nautique dealers are the best in the industry and that isn't just my opinion; it is validated time and time again by the awards we have won and the loyalty of our customers.
We did have some new faces in the crowd. We have many new dealers who have come on board over the last year (see April 14 Nautique Insider posting) and they are excited to be part of the Nautique team. I am excited to have these new dealers join our team and I am convinced that they will do everything they can to build on the already incredible Nautique heritage.
All of us at Correct Craft are excited to be represented by the best dealers in the industry. Click on the "DEALERS" link above to find the dealer closest to you and to experience for yourself what world-class service is all about!
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Thursday, November 23, 2006
Got a good recipe for sweet potato something?
I am planning my Thanksgiving dinner - it'll be on Sunday. Yes, I know it's a bit off - but hey, it's not really a holiday here. Anyway. Here's what I know so far:
-gingerbread swirls with blue cheese
-roast potatoes
-apple chutney
-lingonberry jam
-honey saffron bread (very, very yummy)
-brussel sprouts with feta cheese and almonds
-crunchy salad with fennel and apples
-frozen chocolate mousse cake for dessert
So. What's missing? I ran this by mom, and she said sadly "what, nothing with sweet potatoes?" I skipped it last year, too, after the first year's rather disastrous sweet potato bake with miniature marshmallows that took over the oven. It was not a big hit. But mom apparently has a fond memory of it, and well - I'd like to try something else.
However, I'd really prefer something that can either be prepared in advance, or that doesn't have to be prepared in the oven. At least not at the same time as everything else, i e right before eating. Any ideas? Maybe a simple mash? Bring on your favorites!
And, if you're wondering - neither stuffing nor cranberry sauce was very popular in my family either, so we're skipping those, too.
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how about a buttery creamed sweet potatos with a pecan topping?
- November 23, 2006 9:28 PM
- Kevin said...
This is good:
Roast some sweet potatoes.
Saute a pear, cut into 1/2" dice in butter with a bit of sugar -- you want to brown them cubes slightly.
Mash the sweet potatoes with melted butter and some corriander.
Stir in some rum -- just enough to taste it.
Stir in the pear chunks.
Zap it in the microvave just before serving.
- November 23, 2006 11:43 PM
I've got a fool proof sweet potato casserole. Go here: http://foodierachel.blogspot.com/2006/11/casserole-mania.html
- November 24, 2006 4:10 AM
- Jelly said...
I saw a yummy looking recipe at my pal Cher's site: http://whatdidyoueat.typepad.com/what_did_you_eat/2006/11/ruths_chris_swe.html
I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving celebration with your family. The spread sounds delicious!
- November 24, 2006 5:20 AM
- Jelly said...
Sher - oops, not Cher
- November 24, 2006 5:21 AM
- amanda said...
hi anne! tyler and i have a sweet potato recipe up right now (we're calling it yams, but it's really sweet potatoes) that we really enjoyed... it involves bleu cheese!
- November 24, 2006 6:41 AM
- denzylle said...
- November 24, 2006 8:59 AM
- Alanna said...
Hi Anne ~ What fun! I love the sweet potatoes from my Thanksgiving collection but also came home from dinner yesterday with a Tyler Florence recipe for sweet potatoes mashed with banana - just skip the topping which is way too much and too sweet. I can also HIGHLY recommend Elise's cranberry apple currant pie.
- November 24, 2006 10:15 AM
- Monica said...
OH MY GAWD - those Gingerbread Blue Cheese swirls sound awesome. I am so making that for Christmas.
My only sweet potato recipe involves the dreaded marshmellows too. Sorry! I like the Buttery Sweet potato w/ pecan topping idea, though.
- November 24, 2006 10:45 AM
- Bean said...
Try Alton Brown's sweet potato pie. I made it for Thanksgiving for my family and it was a big hit. Go to www.foodnetwork.com and search for Sweet Potato Pie. You can either make the crust yourself (I did, using another Alton Brown recipe) or bake it without crust - it is firm enough when baked (like a custard). I used vanilla-flavored yogurt instead of plain because I wanted it to be a little sweeter.
- November 24, 2006 5:16 PM
- denzylle said...
HFW's SP Gratin, which I linked above, can be prepared in advance, and then reheated and crisped under a grill.
- November 24, 2006 11:41 PM
- nikki said...
I've been eating sweet potato dishes all my life and my favorite recipe is under Sep. 8 in my blog saltsjo.blogspot.com. It has to be baked, though, so... Not to mention the fact that I'm too late coming with the idea! Forget about Thanksgiving, though, and try it ANYtime. Well... anytime you've got cranberries available. We LOVE IT!
- November 25, 2006 2:15 PM
Go with simple mash: mash sweet potatoe, pumpkin, add some ricotta cheese, a dob of butter, so parsley and some salt - easy and can't go wrong.
- November 25, 2006 2:47 PM
- Anne said...
Thanks everyone!! I'm going with Denzylle's suggestion this time - it sounded easy and pretty delicious, now I'm just worried I won't make enough :) It's sliced sweet potatoes mixed with olive oil, cream, garlic and chili flakes, then baked. It's in the oven right now - it'll rest in the fridge overnight and get a quick zap in the oven tomorrow. Hope that works as well as it does in my mind :)
Kevin - totally making that soon too! I have very non-drinking guests this time, so I'll save it for another time.
Amanda - that looks awfully yummy! Only thing is I'm already serving both blue cheese and feta cheese, and while I certainly don't shy away from cheese, others might feel I'm overdoing it. A bit. :)
I'm now all set for dinner tomorrow, time to relax with a summery drink to chase the cold weather away...
- November 25, 2006 5:37 PM


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I remember the Berlin Film festival 1988. Akibiyori was screened in the retrospective "History of the colour Films". I was already a big admirer of Ozu and I knew this film already but until this very screening I knew some films by Ozu only from TV in horribly German dubbed versions. This screening 1988 took place in a film theatre which is colsed since a long time now. It was called "Astor". I remember I sat in the first row and even though it is by far not the saddest film by Ozu, I could not stop to cry the fist 30 minutes. It was a brilliant print in french subtitles. But I knew the film and the french subtitles did not bother me at all.
I was blown away by the colours, a beauty I was not prepared for. This was the begin of a year I discovered more films by Ozu and – more important – on the big screen.
Ozu made only 5 films in colour, but some of them are the most beautiful colour films ever made. This impression I had from the screening of Akibiyori 1988 is burnt into my memory, Setsulo Hara´s kimono at her last common journey with her daughter (who will get married soon) remains unforgettable for me.
Akibiyori is also one of half a dozen films by Ozu I watched in the last 30 years more than 20 times and the most beautiful one was this screening on a winter evening in the "Astor"
Another moment is hunting me, a moment of the film I am always looking forward when ever I see this film.
Setsuko, Hara, who plays a widow works in a school for handcrafts. In the background from a building close to this school we hear the Menuetto, the second movement from Mozart´s piano sonata No. 11. It is part of the soundtrack and appears like by accident. But it has a beauty like this wonderful colours. It often happens in Ozus films, especially in his late masterpieces: something appears like an accident but like a magic moment.
When Setsuko Hara´s Akiko Miwa makes her last journey with her daughter, we hear a lot of songs from other hotel guests in the background. Especially when Ozu began to make films in colours, the soundtrack has a unique chemistry with the colours.
Melodies appear, which are connected with some character´s memories.
Almost all his five colour films are corresponding with some very early films by Ozu. Akibiyori could be seen as the sequel of Ozus. Seishun no yuma ima izuko (Where now are the Dreams of Youth, 1932). Parts of what the elder characters in this film are remembering from their life reminds exactly in this film made 28 years earlier. Even without ever having used flashbacks, the past is always present in Ozus films. Ozus characters are always full of memories and I remember my first impression I had from Akiko was, that as absurd as it seems, these characters have a life on their own. The first night after the first time I saw this film, I dreamt only about the characters, this dream was an endless variation of Akibiyori.
To come back to this remarkable screening of 1988, I think it was the first time that I was really obsessed with these rooms the characters are living in and with.
Even though Ozu reduced his formal cinematic a lot, I am not so sure about calling him a minimalist. There was a time when I thought I have to be interested in Bresson as well but his films left me cold until today opposite to Ozu. You can call Ozu´s films formal strict, but after seeing most of his films, you remember the delicious dished in these films and the exquisite kind of drinks they enjoyed in this film.
Rooms can be changed, renovated, varied or be painted in different colours. Akibiyori is like his first colour film Higanbana and his last masterpiece Samma no aji close to the plot of one of his most famous film Banshun. But if you see this mentioned film in a row the changes and variations he made are evident.
Akibiyori is with Samma no aji, Ozu´s finest films in colour. Even though I consider Samma no aji as one of the finest films Ozu ever made, as an introduction into Ozus work with colour, Akibiyori is probably the better access.It is also one of Ozu´s lightest and often funniest film. His comedy Ohayo,(1959) might be his funniest film after the war but leaves me relatively cold. Together with Bakushu (1951) and Soshun (1956) Akibiyori is probably Ozu´s most successful approach to come very close to his vision "to show the life "without dramatic ups and downs".
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Lung Cancer: Immunotherapy
Lung Cancer: Immunotherapy
What is immunotherapy?
Immunotherapy is a type of treatment that boosts your body's own immune system to help it recognize and attack cancer cells. It uses substances that are either made in the body or in a lab. These substances either boost the immune system overall or to help it better target cancer cells.
When might immunotherapy be used to treat lung cancer?
Immunotherapy is sometimes a choice for people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Immunotherapy is not yet part of the standard treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC), but studies are looking to see if it might be helpful.
What immunotherapy medicines are used to treat lung cancer?
The immunotherapy medicines used to treat NSCLC are immune checkpoint inhibitors. The body normally uses certain checkpoint proteins on immune cells (or other cells) to help keep the immune system from attacking normal cells in the body. Cancer cells sometimes take advantage of these checkpoints to avoid being attacked by the immune system. But checkpoint inhibitors help the immune system recognize and attack the cancer cells.
The checkpoint inhibitors used to treat NSCLC target PD-1. This is a protein found on certain immune cells. These medicines include:
How is immunotherapy given for lung cancer?
Before treatment starts, you will meet with a medical oncologist. This is a doctor with special training to treat cancer with medicines. The doctor will discuss your treatment choices with you. He or she will explain what you might expect.
The immunotherapy medicines used to treat NSCLC are given as an infusion into a vein (IV). They are typically given once every 2 or 3 weeks. This is usually done in an outpatient setting. That means that you get it at a hospital, clinic, or healthcare provider's office. You can go home after the treatment is given.
You'll be watched for reactions during your treatments. Since each of your treatments may last for a while, you may want to take along something that is comforting to you, such as music to listen to. You may also want to bring something to keep you busy, such as a book or mobile device.
What are common side effects of immunotherapy?
Side effects of immunotherapy tend to be different from those with other types of drug treatments such as chemotherapy. In many cases they are less severe. But they can still be serious in some people. Ask your doctor or nurse for more details about possible side effects. Tell your doctor or nurse about any changes or side effects you notice. They can suggest things to make you feel better. In most cases, side effects will start getting better within a few weeks after your treatment ends.
Some of the more common side effects from immunotherapy medicines can include:
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Less often, these medicines can cause more serious side effects. This is because they can let the immune system to attack some normal cells in the body. This can lead to serious or even life-threatening problems in the lungs, kidneys, liver, intestines, hormone-making glands, or other organs.
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After seeing a cardinal, close your eyes, spit three times, and make a wish. — You can make a wish if you clap three times before crossing a state line. — You can make a wish if you see a camel-shaped cloud.
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These are just a few of the unusual things Charlie uses to make her daily wish; the same wish she has made every day since fourth grade.


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Its been a week of contrasts this week. I have gradually been easing myself back into flower painting, hence the two previous posts (and a promised Agapanthus yet to come). I am still trying out the Leonardo paper and trying to keep everything as loose as possible so attempted to paint a lovely dusky yellow Verbascum that I came across in my gardening magazine. Its not a plant that likes heavy clay soil, so I have never produced anything to photograph myself, so have to rely on photos I come across which I can use as inspiration, and to check the actual shape of the plant. I do try to make my version of the flowers as different from the photo as possible and put as much of my interpretation in as I feel appropriate. Not sure it is by any means one of my best, but its worth a mount and maybe a place in the browser at the next exhibition.
This week was also the return of the formal programme at our Art group, and the opening subject was 'Summer Holiday'. Due to a situation beyond my control, I have not been away this year, except for a long weekend, when it poured with rain all the time, so I looked for something that reminds me of the holidays I have taken, often on the blowy East coast of this country.
I came across a photo of a beach scene with a row of empty deckchairs among other things and thought the shape of a deckchair had quite a lot of appeal. From a painting point of view, the finished work is nothing special, but my method of producing the picture might interest some of you.
I had no desire to draw each individual chair, I'm hopeless at things like this! So I spent ages drawing one chair as accurately as possible on an old piece of watercolour paper, making the drawing the size I wanted the chairs to be in the finished painting. Using a craft knife, I carefully cut around the drawing to produce a stencil of the chair. I did this before setting out as it did take me a while.
I started the painting by painting in the sky, sea and sand fairly loosely, just to give a bit of recession to the painting, and let it dry thoroughly.
I then carefully painted the struts of the deckchair stencil with a fairly copious amount of a warm sepia and yellow ochre mix, ( making sure the paint was applied to the side which would face down when used!) and whilst it was still wet, turned it over and printed it onto the background. Being careful to make sure each chair was reasonably dry each time, I repeated the process three more times across the page.
When they were all dry, I pencilled in the striped canvases and painted them, before touching up the wooden struts with darker paint, and some pen marks. I added a bit of splatter for the sand, some guessed shadows and a bit of white across the backs of the chairs to add form to them.
For many, it would be easier just to draw all the chairs, but I did want them all to be the same and this was a fun way of doing that.
As a final note, I had all sorts of trouble making sure that the struts were painted going under and over the correct bits of wood, and had to alter several, which is why bits of the chairs look a bit heavy!!!
Couldn't have produced two such different paintings if I had tried. Hope you enjoy looking.


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It's a boy for first-time parents Xu Bin, 28, and his wife Wang Yifei, 27. The China-born Singapore-based actor shared the news with 193,000 followers on his Instagram account on Tuesday (July 10).
"Little baby was in a hurry to meet everyone and arrived 20 days in advance," he wrote in Mandarin. His baby was born in China.
"I know you tried hard and wanted Baby to come out on the due date," he wrote to his wife in the post.
"Thank you for giving me this happy little family. Love you."
Xu met his wife at a friend's birthday party in Singapore more than three years ago, he said during a press conference last October to announce their marriage.
According to 8 Days, she was then studying hotel management at James Cook University here.
While she is a Beijing Film Academy graduate, she is not an actress and has no plans to enter show business, choosing instead to help in her family's property business, the Straits Time reported.
"I was definitely the one who was interested in her first, and I wanted to chase her. At the time, I hadn't been acting for very long, so I kept asking her for acting advice.
"She has watched my dramas, and she always says that I'm a terrible actor," he said with a laugh during the press conference.
The two held three wedding banquets - one in Singapore in November last year, and two more in January this year, in Xu's and Wang's respective hometowns of Fujian and Wuhan.
When they were dating, Xu had to keep their relationship a secret - and not just from the fans. He also had to hide the romance from his artiste manager, TV host Dasmond Koh, as he knew he was under strict orders not to date.
He is signed to Dasmond's agency NoonTalk Media. Like his fellow artiste-colleagues, Xu is not allowed to get romantically involved because Dasmond thinks it may distract them from their work.
The actor was last seen on Channel 8 drama Doppelganger, alongside Fann Wong and Christopher Lee. He is also known for his roles in popular Channel 8 dramas such as long-form sitcom 118 and nursing series You Can Be An Angel 2.
After marriage, the couple has been shuttling between Singapore and China. It is not known yet if they will raise their baby here.
Xu, who moved to Singapore 17 years ago, said during the press conference: "We'll be travelling all over - the world is very small. But this is home."
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Catalina Horak is Executive Director of Neighbors Link in Stamford which opened on June 12, 2011, as an affiliate of Neighbors Link Northern Westchester, a successful 12-year-old nonprofit organization in Mount Kisco, NY.
Neighbors Link has developed a strategic plan to replicate its mission and successful programs in other interested communities.
Stamford is honored to be the inaugural partner in this endeavor. While our name and programs are similar to those of Neighbor's Link Northern Westchester, Neighbors Link Stamford is led and operated by members of the greater Stamford community.
Neighbors Link Stamford's purpose is to strengthen the whole community by actively enhancing the healthy integration of immigrants. NLS's goals span 3 areas relative to immigrant integration:
- EDUCATE (English language, computer and other classes);
- EMPOWER (connect individuals and families with schools, health, legal, law enforcement and other vital services); and
- EMPLOY (develop job skills and a worker center to match day workers with available jobs).
NLS is pleased to have reached more than 2400 Stamford-area immigrants to date, but they recognize that there remain some 22,000 recent immigrants in Stamford alone (source: US Census) whose integration needs have not yet been addressed. The majority of our clients work in service jobs in Stamford and its neighboring towns, including Darien and New Canaan. In Stamford alone, immigrants comprise 37% of the city's total population. (text adapted from Neighbors Link in Stamford website.)
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For projects requiring imaging in Stokes Q and U, the instrumental polarization should be determined through observations of a bright calibrator source spread over a range in parallactic angle. The phase calibrator chosen for the observations can also double as a polarization calibrator provided it is at a declination where it moves through enough parallactic angle during the observation (roughly Dec 15deg to 50deg for a few hour track). The minimum condition that will enable accurate polarization calibration from a polarized source (in particular with unknown polarization) is three observations of a bright source spanning at least 60 degrees in parallactic angle (if possible schedule four scans in case one is lost). If a bright unpolarized unresolved source is available (and known to have very low polarization) then a single scan will suffice to determine the leakage terms. The accuracy of polarization calibration is generally better than 0.5% for objects small compared to the antenna beam size. At least one observation of 3C286 or 3C138 is required to fix the absolute position angle of polarized emission. 3C48 also can be used to fix the position angle at wavelengths of 6 cm or shorter. The results of a careful monitoring program of these and other polarization calibrators can be found at http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~smyers/evlapolcal/polcal_master.html
High sensitivity linear polarization imaging may be limited by time dependent instrumental polarization, which can add low levels of spurious polarization near features seen in total intensity and can scatter flux throughout the polarization image, potentially limiting the dynamic range. Preliminary investigation of the EVLA's new polarizers indicates that these are extremely stable over the duration of any single observation, strongly suggesting that high quality polarimetry over the full bandwidth will be possible.
The accuracy of wide field linear polarization imaging will be limited, likely at the level of a few percent at the antenna half-power width, by angular variations in the antenna polarization response. Algorithms to enable removable of this angle-dependent polarization are being tested, and observations to determine the antenna polarizations have begun. Circular polarization measurements will be limited by the beam squint, due to the offset secondary focus feeds, which separates the RCP and LCP beams by a few percent of the FWHM. The same algorithms noted above to correct for antenna-induced linear polarization can be applied to correct for the circular beam squint. Measurement of the beam squints, and testing of the algorithms, is ongoing.
Ionospheric Faraday rotation of the astronomical signal is always notable at 20 cm. The typical daily maximum rotation measure under quiet solar conditions is 1 or 2 radians/m2, so the ionospherically-induced rotation of the plane of polarization at these bands is not excessive - 5 degrees at 20 cm. However, under active conditions, this rotation can be many times larger, sufficiently large that polarimetry is impossible at 20 cm with corrrection for this effect. The AIPS program TECOR has been shown to be quite effective in removing large-scale ionospherically induced Faraday Rotation. It uses currently-available data in IONEX format. Please consult the TECOR help file for detailed information. In addition, the interim EVLA receivers generally have poor polarization performance outside the frequency range previously covered by the VLA (e.g., outside the 4.5-5.0 GHz frequency range for C band, and outside 1.3-1.7 GHz for L-band), and the wider frequency bands of these interim receivers may be useful only for total intensity measurements.
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Monday, 30 March 2015
Bedside Posy :: March
all freshly picked from my garden
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Beautiful as always Jooles! I love your dainty little posies and think of you and the posies when I see little flowers! xxReplyDelete
Your bedside posy is delightful - there's a lot of satisfaction in picking flowers from one's garden in March!ReplyDelete
Oh Jooles, now this posie is a stunner. Spring flowers are my favourite! Such joy in simple things, J9xReplyDelete
so fresh! I am so waiting for flowers (or just grass at that time) yesterday we had snow again!!!ReplyDelete
thank you for your pics and flowers!
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That is the sweetest tiny bouquet, just beautiful! I love how grape hyacinths smell like grape candy? Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos.ReplyDelete
Such a sweet little posy, this has the prettiest flowers and colours!ReplyDelete
Happy week dear Jooles.
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As ever a stunning post Jooles! I just love little shabby chic displays of flowers, I painted some empty egg shells in soft spring shades for my Easter table arrangements and they add such a welcome pop of colour to the house xxReplyDelete
Such pretty little flowers, so delicate :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful flowers. Happy Spring! Here is to long warm days and lots of sunshine!ReplyDelete
Very pretty. I'd have to dig out my bedside table from underneath all the books and magazines before I could put a pot of pretty flowers there. Maybe I'll make that a goal for this long weekend! Happy Easter!ReplyDelete
Wow, so much colour from your garden already, I'd struggle to find half as much colour in mine. We rent our place and it's unlikely that we will be there much longer (as much as we would love to stay) so there seems no point in planting much in our garden for next year. One day though, once we find our forever home, I shall be going all out x x xReplyDelete
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I'm disenchanted by both ConnectWise and LabTech. Together and separately, they are arguably the best option of many.
I cannot stand the lack of transparency. And frankly the clunky implementation of both are somewhat embarrassing. I'm not going to go into the various drawbacks, as those have been treated in numerous places, and I'm not interested in poking holes in software that clearly works, and works well enough. I'm interested in coming up with something better.
Better how?
Well, for one, it should offer a competitive advantage without a huge overhead in licensing fees, implementation, maintenance or management. I believe our industry is changing, and the idea that I have to pay a per-agent fee of any kind, for anything, is anathema to the current trends… my experience tells me that it's our service that we're selling. The tools are ancillary and should be focused on helping us provide better service, and they should do so by decreasing our overhead, not increasing it. The tools should come with "safe by default" configurations that deploy and function together in a sane manner, immediately and without tweaking.
Being in the business of information technology service, we're uniquely suited to the Open Source business model, where service is what is sold, and the technology to support it is shared and improved by all. So the second way to do something better is to collectively improve the tools. Let's build a better mousetrap, and make that mousetrap available to everyone. The efforts of those who manage the GitHub repo found here are absolutely critical to those of us using LT and CW. It's just not enough.
Finally, I believe in Freedom, and I believe Free Software is better than Open Source software, in that it promotes the freedom of its users. The current batch of tools and agents and services are offering the illusion of freedom, where they promise ease of use, any-platform support and ubiquitous access. These are important considerations – but they do not offer true freedom. Open Source is a development methodology, one I ascribe to, but it's not enough. We have to be able to support our users ability to choose, and to choose freely, whatever makes them more competitive, more profitable – whatever offers the greatest degree of freedom. Proprietary software in no way promotes freedom. They may sell you on the idea that they do, but they don't – they can't. It's not in their business model because their business is built on selling you something that they own and must control. Because they are focused on a product, not a service, their motive for helping you find the best product is NEVER unbiased.
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Lolita, novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955 in France. Upon its American publication in 1958, Lolita created a cultural and literary sensation.
The novel is presented as the posthumously published memoirs of its antihero, Humbert Humbert. A European intellectual and pedophile, Humbert lusts obsessively after 12-year-old nymphet Lolita (real name, Dolores Haze), who becomes his willing inamorata. The work examines love in the light of lechery.


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We've wrapped up the two-year long thangka conservation project with the Mead Art Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts, and we want to tell everyone about one of the later parts of the project: the construction of new mounts for unmounted thangkas. While most of the thangkas we conserved from the Mead came in their existing silk and cotton mounts,
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A daily crime log in maintained at the University Police Department located at 3410 Varsity Drive and is open to public inspection during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The daily crime log includes any crimes occurring on the Tyler, Palestine, or Longview campuses.
Freshman Orientation
The University of Texas provides all incoming freshman students with information concerning safety and security. In addition, the University Police Department speaks to parents of incoming freshman students regarding campus security policy, safety and security.
Emergency Flip Charts
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During certain emergencies the system will be utilized to notify the campus community of the emergency and recommended course of action.
Crime Prevention Materials and Presentations
These are available at the University Police Department upon request.
Self Defense Program for Women
Program teaching the fundamentals of crime prevention as well as hand on physical defense techniques. This program is available upon request through the University Police Department at no cost to participants.
Crime Prevention Compensation Act
Information is available at the University Police Department and is given to anyone who is a victim of a violent crime or a relative of a victim of a violent crime.
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Crime prevention statistics and information are distributed through the campus newspaper, bulletin boards, special bulletins and annual reports.
Security Surveys
Performed regularly to assure that the physical elements that contribute to crime are reduced, i.e., doors are locked, vegetation is under control and internal and external lighting is appropriate.
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Upon request, the University Police Department provides students and employees an escort to their vehicles and/or on campus housing.
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Electronic etching pencils are available for checkout at the Police Department if students and employees wish to engrave their driver's license number on their property. This method is valuable in the identification of stolen items.
Personal Property Inventory Forms
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Comments From U.S. Officials on Bitcoin
At a Monday Senate hearing, Jennifer Shasky Calvery of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Mythili Raman of the Department of Justice Criminal Division discussed the matter of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. (Photo: AP)
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Through your gifts we're able to fund the acquisition of historic furnishings and artwork for the White House collection, the restoration and preservation of public rooms, and ongoing scholarly research — including publishing and educational programming such as our White House Teacher Institute.
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Published: 2 August 2005
US retail real estate trust Simon and a Morgan Stanley arm have agreed to join the Shenzhen state-owned property company in developing shopping centres in China.
They've identified 12 so far. Each will have 40-70,00m² on multi-levels, all will have a Wal-Mart anchor and Warner Theatres may also be an anchor.
Simon Property Group, biggest owner, developer & manager of retail real estate in the US, the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds & Szitic Commercial Property Co Ltd, retail property subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned trust & investment firm, Shenzhen International Trust & Investment Co Ltd, signed a co-operation framework agreement to develop the projects. Simon & the Morgan Stanley funds will own 32.5% of the enterprise each and Szitic 35%.
The venture's first project will be a 46,000m² mall in Hangzhou, population 6 million, 2 hours from Shanghai. Construction is scheduled to start in October with an expected completion date in early 2007.
Simon chief executive David Simon said last week: "We are very excited about the retail development opportunities in China and we believe that being the first US-domiciled reit to enter this critical 21st century market further solidifies our position as one of the world's pre-eminent retail real estate companies."
Simon's taken a lead before – it was one of the first US reits to develop projects in France, Poland & Italy and now has interests in 52 European shopping centres.
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Pastor Andrew Jackson, Director
Psalms 150 - Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
The Men of Praise ministers in Bethel on Sundays. At times, they also minister at several other churches in the tri-state area; accompanying Bishop Roderick Caesar under the leadership of Pastor Andrew Jackson.
Men's Fellowship Ministry
Rev. John Sherrod, Director
The Men's Fellowship Ministry is dedicated to engaging, educating and developing men to fulfill the purpose of God's plan for our lives. We are encouraged to walk in His image and likeness by understanding our true identity in Him, our godly authority by Him, and our glorious destiny that awaits every man that is in Christ! We learn how to exemplify God's love, grace and goodness in our homes, churches, and communities. We seek to accomplish this through systematic fellowship, prayer, bible study and up-building events geared to develop and strengthen godly character and strong manly camaraderie. We embrace the motto that no man is left behind and that "iron sharpens iron" - Proverbs 27:17.
Our present schedule of fellowship is as follows:
► The New Tuesday Night ("TNT") Fellowship — every Tuesday, 7:30–9:30 PM, Men's Fellowship Building
► Men's Prayer Breakfast — every 4th Saturday of the month, 7:45–9:45 AM, Lower Church Auditorium
► Husband's Bible Study Hour — every 1st Sunday of the month, 10-11 AM, Men's Fellowship Building
God is well-pleased when men come together to achieve a great undertaking for His glory. We are thankful today that the Lord has awakened us and given us an assignment. The awakening is for such a time as this, and the assignment is to rebuild the walls that have been mainly in ruin in our lives, in the life of our families, and in the life of our church.
We invite all to join us as we embark on this great rebuilding work, "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete until the day of Christ" - Philippians 1:6.


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We currently do not have any training dates directly in Sacramento - but please check out our full course calendar for nearby classroom training options on the West Coast. We also always offer group onsites and online versions of this course and many others.
Intense School's 5-day Comprehensive Linux Boot Camp is a totally hands-on course covering all important facets of the world's most popular open source operating system. Throughout this course, you gain the essential knowledge and hands-on skills to leverage Linux for your organizational advantage. You learn to create, edit and search Linux files, control permissions and ownership, process and format text data, and use shell scripts to perform multiple tasks. Benefits and Goals Intense School's is the ONLY linux training course currently on the market that emphasizes both hands-on skills training AND certification preparation. During our intense linux training course, you will learn hands-on skills that are relevant for any linux distribution (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Backtrack, etc.) such as how to:
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First water protection zone sought to prevent chemical spills
The National Rivers Authority (NRA) has announced plans to create the UK's first statutory water protection zone to help safeguard the river Dee, in north Wales, from pollution accidents. The scheme would require companies in the Wrexham and Chester area to spend at least £4 million on precautions to prevent spillages which could put major drinking water supplies at risk.
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University of Birmingham Holidays
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Please note that the provision of reading week is variable between different Schools and Departments – please check with your School or Department for further information.
Academic year 2016/17
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|16 – 18 September 2016
|Welcome Week
|19 – 23 September 2016
|Start of autumn term & semester 1
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|Degree congregations
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|End of autumn term & semester 1
|9 December 2016
|University closed
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|4 January 2017
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|9 January 2017
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|17 March 2017
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Please find future years' term dates on the University's main term dates page.
Visit the Examinations Office for further information on examination timetables and dates, and the Graduation pages for more information on degree congregations.
The summer congregations are typically held in the first two weeks of July; specific times and dates for each School and Department will be confirmed at the beginning of April 2017 following approval by the Senate of the University. Please note that the allocation of Schools does not follow a pattern, therefore we would strongly advise graduands and guests to only make travel or accommodation plans once their attendance is confirmed and this information is available.


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Hong Kong's property market is likely to face downward pressure when the US Federal Reserve increases interest rates for the first time in a decade, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority warns.
The Fed is widely expected to start the process of normalizing US interest rates next week.
"The US economy will continue to grow at a moderate pace, and the US dollar should remain strong for a period of time," Norman Chan Tak-lam, chief executive of the HKMA, said in a speech Monday at the Hong Kong Economic Summit 2016.
"A period of difficult adjustment lies ahead for emerging market economies (EMEs).
"Energy and commodity prices will continue to be suppressed. EMEs will continue to witness capital outflows, currency depreciation, economic slowdown and downward pressure on their asset markets.
"Hong Kong will not be immune. We should be prepared to face a period of capital outflows, rising interest rates and slower growth."
The city's asset markets, including the property market, will face downward pressure, Chan said.
The Hong Kong dollar, which is pegged to the US dollar, will appreciate alongside the greenback, weakening the competitiveness of the city's economy, in particular the tourism industry, and dealing a blow to the wobbly retail and tourism sectors, he said.
In the third quarter of this year, prices for jewelry, clocks and watches fell 8.2 percent, while the average room rate at hotels fell 15.3 percent, which more than offset the effects of a stronger Hong Kong dollar.
He said the HKMA has prepared over the past few years for the coming changes by introducing seven rounds of countercyclical macroprudential measures regarding property mortgages to enhance the resilience of the Hong Kong banking system.
However, Chan said, it is hard to predict how interest rates, bond yields, fund flows and asset markets will react as the world is again entering uncharted waters, much the same as when quantitative easing was first launched.
He said economies interact with each other and respond to external factors differently.
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Miller Cemetery
Bureau County, Illinois
Route 20
Spring Valley IL
Lat: 41°19'52"N, Lon: 89°13'21"W
Started early 1840's. The eldest standing tombstone belongs to 'James Scott' death date 1847.
This is not a complete listing of burials! The records below were provided by contributors to Cemetery Records Online. Total records = 6.
Contributor's Index:
- [DP] Denise Parsons [firstname.lastname@example.com]
- [WS] William T Smith [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Makinet, Sebastian, b. 8 Mar 1879, d. 18 Nov 1905, son of Wm and Denise Makiney, [DP]
Makiney, Denise (Decerf), b. 28 Aug 1854, d. 29 Oct 1914, wife to William, [DP]
Makiney, William, b. 24 Sep 1853, d. 15 May 1925, husband to Denise, [DP]
Muir, John R., b. 26 Oct 1868, d. 14 Apr 1917, s/o John S. Muir and Mary Miller Muir, [WS]
Muir, John S., b. 24 Nov 1844, d. 7 Jun 1910, s/o John Muir and Mary Cunningham Muir, [WS]
Muir, Mary Miller, b. 5 Feb 1849, d. 25 Oct 1933, dau of Archibald Miller and Elizabeth Scoullder Miller, [WS]
Illinois Death Records
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THE Bougainville Copper Limited and Rio Tinto have executed a deed to terminate the Rio management agreement effective from September 12 this year, according to chairman Rob Burns.
Burns in a statement said BCL was now an independently managed PNG company.
Its head office and management team will still be based in Port Moresby.
"On June 30, 2016, Rio Tinto transferred its controlling interest of 53.8 per cent shareholding in BCL to an independent trustee," Burns said.
"The Independent State of Papua New Guinea took up its 17.4 per cent entitlement of the BCL shares under the arrangements established by Rio Tinto.
"Previously, the PNG Government had 19.06 per cent of shares. So the Rio Tinto gift gave PNG a 36.4 per cent equity holding in the company.
"The Autonomous Bougainville Government also accepted its 36.4 per cent shareholding making them equal shareholders."
Following the transfer of its shareholding, the two Rio Tinto directors resigned from the BCL board.
Burns is the new chairman of the board of directors. He has a 40-year experience in operational and technical mining experience including seven years with BCL while the mine was operating. He has been a director of BCL for the last 10 years.
Former MP Sir Moi Avei has been appointed to the board. He had been credited for brokering the Bougainville peace agreement.
The other independent directors of BCL are Sir Rabbie Namaliu and Dame Carol Kidu.
BCL employed and trained about 12,000 people, including 1,000 who completed trade apprenticeships and 400 who completed graduate and post-graduate studies.
Since the closure of the mine, the Bougainville Copper Foundation has continued annually to provide educational scholarships for 100 Bougainvilleans.
BCL holds the exploration licence over the Panguna mine site. It is working with the Government and the ABG, people of Bougainville, landowners and stakeholders to have a redevelopment plan for a new world-class Panguna copper, gold and silver mine.
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The dingo can be found in a variety of habitats throughout the Australian mainland and it's surrounding islands. Dingos are in both woodlands and rainforests, shrublands and even on the outskirts of the arid Australian deserts.
The dingo is a carnivorous animal and one of Australia's most dominant predators. The diet of the dingo is similar to that of other pack-canines such as wolves, as they hunt rabbits, rodents, small mammals, lizards, birds, wallabys and even the occasional kangaroo.
Due to the large size and dominant nature of the dingo, the dingo has no real predators within its natural environment besides humans who are responsible for the destruction of the dingo's habitat, and the odd crocodile.
Dingos breed once a year, generally before August in the south and after August in the north. After a gestation period of around 2 months, the female dingo gives birth to litter of between 1 and 10 pups. The pups are blind when they are first born but grow up quickly, as dingo pups leave their mother and the den when they are 8 weeks old.
Today, mainly due to deforestation and habitat loss, the dingo is considered to be an animal that is vulnerable to extinction. In Australia, the dingo is protected animal and part of their conservation work includes insuring that the dingo does not start interbreeding with domestic dogs, therefore keeping the dingo as a species, pure.


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How to install Bugzilla with HTTPS on Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS Server
So after a quick search, I couldn't find any one site with specific instructions on how to install Bugzilla 4.0.2 on the Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS GNU/Linux server.
Since I spent some time and worked out the problems myself, I thought I'd post what worked for me. If you have any suggestions to make this writeup more accurate, or more secure, please leave a comment below with your wisdom. Thanks!
Things that you might need:
- hostname for the server
- username password for the bugzilla server
- ip address to use for the bugzilla server (static is suggested)
- root password for your mysql
- password for your self-signed SSL cert
- password for the bugs user
- email address / name / password for the admin user
sudo -sRun updates for the box. This will get you setup for the next step of installing packages.
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -yNote: this step may require a reboot to fully complete the update if the kernel was updated. Tip: At this point, if you're setting up your server in a virtual machine this is a good place to make a baseline snapshot so you can revert to it later if things go all wrong. I used Oracle's Virtualbox, the Open Source version. I installed Virtualbox with the terminal command: sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose If you have a specific (static) IP address for the bugzilla server, set it up on the box with this:
vi /etc/network/interfacesThen comment out this line by putting # in front like this:
#iface eth0 inet dhcpThen add these lines (apply specific values for your environment):
Then reset the networking on your server with the commandiface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1
/etc/init.d/networking restartNow we'll install the baseline packages for the bugzilla webserver using apt-get:
apt-get install libnet-ssleay-perl apache2 libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache2-mod-auth-mysql mysql-server mailutils gcc mysql-server libappconfig-perl libdate-calc-perl libtemplate-perl libmime-perl build-essential libdatetime-timezone-perl libdatetime-perl libemail-send-perl libemail-mime-perl libemail-mime-modifier-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libcgi-pm-perl -yNote: Set the password for your mysql-server root user during the setup of mysql during installation. Also, by installing the packages above, you will also get the ssl-cert package, which will automatically generate a self-signed cert for your https server. At this point you should be able to open http on your website. e.g., http://192.168.1.100 (per the example configuration above) should show a page that says "It works!". Very simple eh? Now we need to enable ssl in Apache2 by running this simple command:
a2enmod sslNow, since we'll be using HTTPS for the site, we need to link the default-ssl website profile in the /etc/apache2/sites-available to the /etc/apache2/sites-available using the a2ensite command:
a2ensite default-sslThis is basically the same as running the command: ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default-ssl Now restart the apache2 to refresh the running apache2 server configuration:
service apache2 restartAt this point you should be able to open http on your website. e.g., https://192.168.1.100 (per the example configuration above) should show a page that says "It works!". Note: By default the "snake-oil" self-signed cert is being used from the ssl-cert package for your https capability. If you don't have a remote machine to test access with, use this command from the server itself to test connectivity.
telnet localhost 443Note:You should see something like below (notice it says connected to localhost):
So now that we have Apache up and running, let's configure our http page to automatically redirect the user to https (this uses mod_rewrite), and then enable CGI for the bugzilla. Enable mod_rewrite - so we can redirect http to httpsTrying ::1... Trying 127.0.0.1 Connected to localhost Escape character is '^]'.
a2enmod rewriteNow modify the http configuration file at /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default for redirect to https. Simply add the redirect to HTTPS lines noted in /var/www section as shown below:
vi /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
Now, since we are modifying the apache2 configuration, let's modify /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default-ssl to enable CGI script capability for the bugzilla website. See below.<Directory /var/www> #Enable redirect to HTTPS - added 3 lines below RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from none </Directory>
vi /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default-ssl
Then restart apache2 with<Directory /var/www> Options +ExecCGI Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl AllowOverride Limit DirectoryIndex index.cgi Order allow,deny allow from all </Directory>
service apache2 restartNow let's harden mysql and do some other database admin stuff. Run the command
mysql_secure_installationBe sure to remove the guest user, disable remote access, and remove the test database. Then, create the database for bugzilla:
mysql -u root -pNote: Your mysql root password will be required at this point.
Now let's make some needed additional configuration points for mysql:mysql>CREATE DATABASE bugs; GRANT ALL ON bugs.* TO bugs@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'bugs'; mysql>quit
vi /etc/my.cnf and add:
Ok, restart mysql to load the my.cnf changes:[mysqld] # Allow packets up to 4MB max_allowed_packet=4M # Allow small words in full-text indexes ft_min_word_len=2
service mysql restartNow download/install bugzilla. Download the bugzilla package:
wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/webtools/bugzilla-4.0.2.tar.gzExtract it:
tar xvf bugzilla-4.0.2.tar.gzMove it (and hidden files) to the /var/www directory:
mv bugzilla-4.0.2/* bugzilla-4.0.2/.??* /var/wwwSet ownership of /var/www to the www-data (apache2) user/group
Now enable perl modules for bugzillachown -R root:www-data /var/www chown -R root:www-data /var/www/.??* cd /var/www
perl -MCPAN -e installOr you can use this (much longer) method:
/usr/bin/perl install-module.pl --allCheck to ensure modules are enabled for bugzilla - some will show as not loaded.
./checksetup.pl --check-modulesNow run the setup for bugzilla, for the first time, to create the localconf file in the /var/www directory
.checksetup.plNow make some changes to /var/www/localconfig for bugzilla: Enter a password for $db_pass in /var/www/localconfig Ensure $db_driver in /var/www/localconfig shows mysql Ensure $webservergroup shows www-data (this is the Ubuntu group for apache2) Now Configure mysql for bugzilla use: Login to mysql with your root password - mysql -u root -p Set the permissions for the bugs user
Set the password for the bugs user:mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE, LOCK TABLES, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DROP, REFERENCES ON bugs.* TO bugs@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '$db_pass'; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
At this point you should move or delete the index.html in the /var/www so that bugzilla doesn't complain about it. I chose to move it.mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'bugs'@'localhost' = PASSWORD(' some password'); mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; mysql>quit
mv /var/www/index.html ~Now run the setup for bugzilla for the second time and it should add a bunch of tables and prompt you for the admin-email/password/name.
.checksetup.plNow bugzilla should be up and running. Test it out in your web browser. If you need to reset your admin password for bugzilla, do so with:
./checksetup.pl --reset-password=user@domainIf you need to create an admin user for bugzilla, do so with:
./checksetup.pl --reset-password=user@domainFinally, to setup email for your bugzilla, run this command:
dpkg-reconfigure exim4-configSelect OK to continue, then follow the prompts and make the selections for the way you would like to have your bugzilla server email you. **To disable root login for your bugzilla OpenSSH server (so you have to login as a regular user, then sudo -s for root), simply set 'PermitRootLogin no' in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and then restart the ssh server with service ssh restart. That's it! Hope this helps someone. Shannon VanWagner 12 December 2011
echo "This is a test" | mail -s "Test email" email@example.com email is not working, try this diagnostic test:
exim -bt email@example.com the above step produces an error, e.g. /var/log/exim4/mainlog shows "Unroutable address", and your bugzilla server is inside a domain with local DNS, check to ensure your MX records are configured correctly on your DNS server.


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'Jersey Shore's' "The Situation" becoming a comic book character
HollywoodNews.com: 'Jersey Shore' star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is getting a little makeover as he is reportedly becoming a comic book character.
Wizard World Inc. recently announced that they will make a comic book based off of him and his family, states E! News.
"Wizard World is excited to partner with one of pop culture's greatest stars. Mike 'The Situation' and his family will broaden our relationships with celebrities to new areas that leverage our access to the media, the fans, and especially our ability to bring comic book characters to life," John Macaluso, CEO, Wizard World, commented.
There will reportedly be a whole series of comic books about the reality TV star and his family.
Do you think they will be successful?
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Well, as you may have guessed by now, Mary, in turn, nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award for which I am both honored and most appreciative! Of course, as I expressed once before, blogger awards present a bit of a dilemma for me, but I've decided to join in the fun by "accepting" the award, which requires that I do two things: 1) nominate several other bloggers; and 2) tell seven things about myself. I'll attend to the first, and obviously most important requirement now, and will follow in a day or two with some "stuff" about me.
So here are my nominees for the Versatile Blogger Award:
Mariann Johansen Ellis, in Singapore and Spain, for her talent in multiple mediums and for her positive attitude and generous sharing of her knowledge and techniques. (More on Mariann soon.)
Lesley, of Printed Material, in Great Britain - for her talent; and for sharing the "places" that her varied interests and curiosity lead her.
Lotta Helleberg, of Inleaf, and Lotta's Garden, in Virginia, for her sense of design, so evident in her two beautiful blogs and the beautiful textiles she creates; and for introducing me to wonderful artists.
Lily Stockman of Big Bang Studio, and most recently from the California desert, for her wonderful sense of humor, writing style, paintings, styling, and recipes; and for her sense of adventure.
Robyn Gordon, of Art Propelled in South Africa - for her beautiful carved totems and her introductions to a myriad of artists from the world over.
Carloyn Saxby, in Cornwall, and also of Love Stitching Red, for her incredibly lush visuals, her many talents in the textile arts, and her generosity in sharing her knowledge and techniques.
And I would add Sophie Munns, in Australia, author of 3 (4?) blogs, who I have written about multiple times recently, and who was also nominated by Mary Zeran.
If you've not already done so, please take a moment to visit their blogs, shops and websites, and also those of the other bloggers that Mary nominated.
And ... I promise I'll deliver on the second requirement of the award! :)
Savoring the last hours of a beautiful weekend in Portlandia....Cheers!!


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FORMULA One cars could one day fly across Sydney Harbour Bridge if a bold, $180 million vote-winning bid to steal the Australian Grand Prix from Melbourne ever gains traction.
New South Wales Premier Mike Baird is expected to propose a Sydney Grand Prix in a bid to woo voters, including sounding out plans for an audacious layout that includes crossing the city's famous bridge.
With a New South Wales state election scheduled for 28 March, the NSW premier is expected to announce the bid if he is re-elected later this month. If successful, it would secure the event for the harbour city for at least three years.
The layout would be a street circuit, potentially using the Harbour Bridge, Cahill Expressway and surrounds, with the government closing the CBD for the event. Australia's Mark Webber drove his Williams FW27 F1 car over the bridge in 2007 as a publicity stunt for the Australian Grand Prix, in support of the Melbourne event – not as a precursor to a bid for the event to change locations.
Despite the proposal, Victorian Premier Denis Napthine announced late last year that Melbourne had secured the Grand Prix until 2020. This is despite ongoing opposition to the use of the Albert Park venue, as well as the increasing costs of hosting the event.
The ABC reported that the event cost taxpayers $55.97 million in 2014, with Victorian Major Events Minister Louise Asher saying the event still brought "significant economic and tourism benefits" to Melbourne.
The timing of the announcement is fortuitous for Baird, as the chair of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, Ron Walker, will retire after this weekend's race with a successor yet to be named.
It also follows proposals by London Mayor, Boris Johnson, to host a Grand Prix using London's iconic skyline, including around Westminster and Big Ben, with public support from current world champion and Brit, Lewis Hamilton.
Australia has been in the enviable position of hosting a Formula One Grand Prix every year since 1985, when the event was held in Adelaide. The Melbourne Grand Prix has been held since 1996, when Albert Park became the venue, and was also where the first Australian Grand Prix was held in 1953.


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Born in East Ham, Essex Bill learned to play the guitar while still a school where he formed his first group the 'Sneakers'. He eventually moved on to play Keyboards with another local band called the 'Diddly Daddies' and knew that when leaving at age 15 years he would eventually become a professional musician.
When 18 years old he met John Richardson while playing in a band called 'The Gas Company'. He wasn't to hear from John again until much later.
His first slight taste of success came in 1969 when he appeared on 'Top Of The Pops' with the 'Wake' but interspersed with occasional sessions as a studio musician stardom continued to elude him until he received a telephone call from John Richardson asking him to join a new band called the Rubettes.
Bill left the 'Rubettes' in 1975 to pursue a solo career.
Bill now performs with his own 'Rubettes' band.


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Under the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of People with disabilities (CRPD) Garth Daniels should never have been subjected to electroshock against his will. Finally, Garth is getting the International intervention needed to stop this brutal attack on his life.
Australia is a signature to the UN CRPD Optional Protocol and has ratified this. Under article 4 on which the UN is intervening in the brutal EST on Garth Daniels.
1. At any time after the receipt of a communication and before a determination on the merits has been reached, the Committee may transmit to the State Party concerned for its urgent consideration a request that the State Party take such interim measures as may be necessary to avoid possible irreparable damage to the victim or victims of the alleged violation.
This intervention has occurred after 20 years of forced psychiatric treatments and commitments, for Garth Daniels, as well as 5700 other Victorians every year, that refuse psychiatric treatments and are then said to not be able to give Informed Consent.
Garth's father, Mr Bernard Daniels has been supporting Garth in human rights under UN CRPD law, for all those twenty years his rights have been denied. Many rights, and most obviously article 15:
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his or her free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.
Psychiatrists have declared that Garth Daniels cannot give informed consent, because anyone who disagrees with a psychiatric treatment regime is said to lack insight into their illness and thereby said not to be able to give Informed Consent.
Through a habeas corpus writ Garth was able to appear in court, despite Upton House psychiatrics declaring he was too ill to have visitors.
Bernard Daniels made a plea for his son to speak, to prove his ability to communicate and thus give informed consent:
HIS HONOUR: How long does your son require to speak? We're
pressed for time.
MR B DANIELS: Two minutes, Your Honour.
HIS HONOUR: Two minutes?
MR B DANIELS: Two minutes.
HIS HONOUR: Yes, very well, Mr Daniels.
MR G DANIELS: Thank you, sir. Sir, I have had no freedom of consent guaranteed me. I have been shocked sometimes and it is my wish and will that I be discharged to undertake alternative treatment. I have had all leave from the hospital cancelled and my family and friends are not allowed to visit me in hospital. Only my mum and my brother. My dad, I told him to act on my behalf. My dad is the person I nominated to speak to the doctors about my treatment. My dad is my medical Power of Attorney, but the doctors won't allow him into the hospital to speak with me. I love my mum and my dad and my brother and only managed to hug my dad after months just two days ago in court. I want to be with my family.
'I am imprisoned against my wishes and spend 24 hours in a locked ward. The power points in my room don't work so I can't play my radio or charge my phone. Most of my time I spend reading my photography books, and after court the other day the nurse wanted to take away my mobile phone so my dad could not phone me and interfere, the nurse said. I told my brother and he passed that message to our dad who said they can't restrict my communication simply because I want to speak to my dad. My phone has been taken away from me. I was encouraged by one of the psychiatrists, Dr Sarah Mackay, to enrol in my photography course which I waited for a whole year to enrol. This was at Holmesglen College of TAFE near our house. I was one of 20 people to be accepted into the photography course and then my treating psychiatrist cancelled my leave after I attended just one class and got back late from leave. They gave me shock treatment against my wishes. I told the doctors and the nurses I do not consent and that I'm under duress, which means I'm being forced to have ECT, the shocks.
'Once I got leave and went to the police station to tell them I am being shocked against my consent and my wishes, the police told me to fill in a form and keep it. It's a statement signed by me in the police station at Box Hill. I have got those forms with me today, sir, and I can show it to you. Now the doctors keep harassing me to change my medication when I'm happy with the current medication that I'm taking. They tell me I have a mental illness and I must take medication, which I accept. I'm happy with my medication which has no bad effects on me and I am stable, but the doctors keep harassing me to take other medication. My current medication keeps me well, as the nurses keep saying I'm doing well, but the doctors still tell me it's the shock treatment keeping me well. But I don't like shock treatment because it is affecting my memory and the doctors won't tell me when the shocks are going to stop. The nurses tell me I've had more than 60 shocks. I just don't know how many, but my head hurts and my teeth ache, and the shocks still continue even when I say I'm under duress and don't consent to ECT.
'My memory is getting very bad and I seem to forget things. I am now fearful in hospital and intimidated because, if the nurses just think I did something wrong, they call police who demand I get in my bed, then the nurses strap me in a four-point restraint because they say I am aggressive. I am not aggressive and I am well now, but they still tie me up whenever they think I look or act aggressively, which I do not. My brother tells me that at one stage I spent more than 60 days strapped to a bed because they said I was violent. Was I violent is a difficult question to answer as I don't know what they mean by being violent as my memory is not so good anymore because of the shocks, I know it. I hate that the doctors don't accept that I can't explain the procedure about ECT, how they put paste on the side of one's head, then they put a needle in your arm and put patches on your chest which monitors your heart. Then they give you an anaesthetic to make you unconscious and shock you. I don't know how it is supposed to work because all it does is keeps on making my memory bad which must mean it's affecting my brain because I'm beginning to forget things sometimes, much more than before, and I'm only 40 years young.
'I'm not allowed out of hospital, I'm not allowed to go home, I have no leave, I can't have lunch with my dad and I don't know when they're going to stop shocking me. I'm scared they're going to shock me to death. I have a private psychiatrist who is happy to treat me and I was told that Dr Katz was going to allow me to go to Queensland, but instead on Monday I got electric shocks. I don't want any more and just want to be discharged to my private psychiatrist in Queensland. My parents are preparing to move to Queensland and this is good as my private psychiatrist, Dr Jock McLaren, came to see me in hospital. Dr Jock promised me he would take over my care when I get to Queensland. I just want to go home and not be shocked any more and to go to Queensland with my parents so that Dr Jock McLaren can be my psychiatrist. Please, I want to be discharged with no more shocks. I fear the shocks will kill me. Thank you, sir.'
The Supreme Court allowed Upton House to continue to force electroshock on Garth Daniels since March 22nd 2016 and the Daniels family had to pay court costs. A total 90 electroshocks on Garth against his will, he has been battered with. And threats of more, despite two independent psychiatrists agreeing with Garth that further electroshock will not be therapeutic for Garth and that it is feared that it might kill him.
Despairing of how-to free stop Garth from being killed the family and advocates appealed to the United Nations on the 29th March.
The United Nations, have been meeting to look at Absolute Prohibition of forced treatment and commitment.
The UN intervened on 2nd April, on behalf of Garth Daniels, demanding a halt to any further forced medicine on Garth Daniels. This sets a precedent for all Australians being abused by psychiatry, which amounts to around quarter of the population, many of whom do not even know they can appeal to the Supreme Court, don't have the money to take such action, as well as those who are suffering under psychiatric forced treatments and are not aware of their rights.
No person, not even a criminal, should be subjected to torture, that's clear – most people in the street if asked would know that. Yet Garth, an innocent man, has been subjected to forced treatment and commitment. Forced treatments, such as drugs and electroshock fall under the definition of torture, as do psychiatric mechanical holds. When a person has never been charged with a crime, and the label of 'disability' allows psychiatrists to torture a person, this is terrible. Medicine is meant to enable, not disable.
While hope for Garth's recovery of memory will be there for his family, it may be that much of his former abilities may not ever be what it could've been. Tragedy of losing ability, happens – but when it is a government approved hospital run by doctors who are supposed to do no harm, and yet actively and willingly commit harm against a person's wishes, that's incredibly wrong. And, it is against International Law Australia has signed and ratified.
The Australian Medical Association, really has to ask itself if affiliating with psychiatric abuse is what their organisation can continue to do, without needing to compensate victims of psychiatry. Now, that we have a precedent Intervention & investigation to stop forced treatment, it is time for the AMA to step in and say no more to forced psychiatric treatments and commitments.
Why are psychiatrists given more power than an elected Minister?
An elected minister cannot lock you up and torture you, a psychiatrist can. Who gave them this power?


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We LOVE Asian food! To be honest, we love takeout, but I feel so much better when I make it at home! All of these asian dishes are easy to make and taste just as good (if not better!) than takeout! Enjoy!
Grilled Sweet and Sour Chicken Kabobs
Ramen Noodle Oriental Chicken Salad
5-Ingredient Sesame-Ginger Chicken Wraps
Spicy Asian Green Beans and Shrimp
Thai Wrap and Peanut Dipping Sauce
Grilled Chinese Chicken Kabobs
Chinese Chicken Stir-Fried Rice
Homemade General Tso's Chicken
Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken
Slow Cooker Honey Soy Chicken and Noodles
Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken
Slow Cooker Asian Glazed Chicken


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Washington, D.C., Dec. 23, 2009 — The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency asset freeze against two French men it charged with insider trading the day after they tried to illegally profit from a Paris-based manufacturer's acquisition of another health care products company located in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The SEC alleges that Nicolas Patrick Benoit Condroyer and Gilles Robert Roger, who reside in Brussels, Belgium, purchased hundreds of "out-of-the-money" call option contracts for stock in Chattem, Inc., which manufactures and markets over-the-counter health care products. Condroyer and Roger purchased the contracts in newly-opened U.S. option brokerage accounts while in possession of material, nonpublic information regarding the impending acquisition of Chattem by Sanofi-Aventis, one of the world's largest health care products companies.
According to the SEC's complaint in the case, when the $1.9 billion acquisition was announced publicly on December 21, Condroyer and Roger immediately sold all of their options for illicit profits of approximately $4.2 million. The SEC filed insider trading charges against them the very next day.
"These two men tried to take advantage of the marketplace and cash in on millions of dollars in illegal trades," said William P. Hicks, Regional Trial Counsel in the SEC's Atlanta Regional Office. "Fortunately they were caught in the act and the money was successfully frozen."
The SEC's enforcement action was filed in federal court in Atlanta. The court order, also obtained on December 22, freezes approximately $4.2 million in assets and prohibits Condroyer and Roger from destroying evidence.
According to the SEC's complaint, Sanofi agreed to pay $1.9 billion for 100 percent of Chattem's outstanding shares at a price of $93.50 per share. The acquisition share price represents a 32.6 percent premium above the closing price of $69.98 on the prior trading day, December 18.
The SEC alleges that Condroyer was in possession of material, nonpublic information regarding the Chattem acquisition by Sanofi while he purchased, from December 7 to 18, more than 1,900 option contracts for Chattem stock that were set to expire on January 15, within weeks of the purchase date. The SEC similarly alleges that on December 17 and 18, Roger purchased 940 contracts for Chattem in an account he opened at the beginning of that week while in possession of material, nonpublic information regarding the acquisition. These contracts also were set to expire on January 15. The SEC further alleges that there have been no transactions in either Condroyer's or Roger's account other than the purchase and sale of Chattem call options.
The Commission alleges that Condroyer and Roger violated of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. In addition to the emergency relief, the Commission is seeking permanent injunctions, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains with prejudgment interest, and financial penalties.
The Commission thanks the Options Regulatory Service Authority (ORSA) for its assistance in this matter.
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For more information about this enforcement action, contact:
William P. Hicks, Regional Trial Counsel
M. Graham Loomis, Assistant Regional Director
SEC's Atlanta Regional Office