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Drop EAPI 4 support.
Fix kde4-functions more better: comparison breaks because 4.4 > 4.14
Better fix to kde4-functions so that kde-base/ category doesn't get horribly broken
Fix kde4-functions so that kde-base/ category doesn't get horribly broken
Support for kde-apps category, remove function moved to cmake-utils. Some minor improvements.
Fix missing handbooks when the default handbook language is en_US instead of the usual en.
Avoid reserved names for functions and variables, bug 516092.
Sync with KDE overlay. Adapt to live ebuild versioning change. Remove reference to long-removed package. Explicitly specify a slot. Update SRC_URI for kde-workspace 4.11.10. Add new function to comment add_subdirectory calls. Remove obsolete add_blocker function.
Remove old, unused code.
Remove EAPI 3 support.
Deprecate EAPI 3.
Guard against multiple inheritance.
[eclass] Version bump KDE SC 4.10.0
naive bump of all EAPI-specific checks in eclasses to permit EAPI=5 where EAPI=4 was previously allowed
Remove obsolete koffice handling. Simplify Qt minimal requirement. Remove duplicated entry for unstable KDE SC releases in SRC_URI calculation. Arrange docs example for KDE_LINGUAS alphabetically.
Make .xz compression as default for SRC_URI calculation. Add KDE prefix to BUILD_TYPE. No #DONOTCOMPILE if add_subdirectory has a variable parameter ("${...").
Sync kde4-*.eclass from kde overlay: add x11-libs/qt-dbus to kde dependencies, eqawarn on ${mycmakeargs} as string, properly treat case of undefined LINGUAS (bug 372457)
Re-sync kde4 eclasses with kde overlay: remove libkworkspace target hacks (requires libkworkspace rebuild), force qt-4.7.4 for kde-4.8, properly treat kde-4.[789] version numbers, warn if the handbook useflag is added manually. Proofread by reavertm.
[eclass] Update kde eclasses
fix random bugs in eclass documentation, and convert to new @AUTHOR tag
Convert every instance of hasq to has.
The Great KDE Slot Move: gentoo-x86 Edition (move all the kde-base/ packages from version-specific slots to :4)
Re-add support for Bash versions < 4.2 (the manuals tend not to be clear about when a feature is added)
Sync eclasses from overlay
Sync KDE eclasses with overlay again (prerequisite for slotmoves)
Goodbye kdeprefix (for >= 4.6.4) Remove all usage of the kdeprefix flag that doesn't die immediately; remove the flag itself on >= 4.6.4
Sync kde eclasses from overlay
Add 4.7 to the list of possible slots
Ban kdeprefix on kdepim stuff as it is broken totaly even in depgraph calculations.
Fix stat usage for BSD, bug 318237
Move fixes for kde4-* eclasses from overlay here: Removal of eapi2 support. Removal of quirks for eapi2 and koffice. Additon of fdo/gnome-func eclasses to nicely update mime info. Various whitespace and tiny bugs cleanups. Addition of git to support upstream slowly moving to git. Add new eclass for kde4-meta packages. Written by ABCD. Allows us smaller meta packages.
Support eapi4 in tree ebuilds.
Add KDEPIM 4.4.10 support
Add RDEPEND on oxygen-icons to all ebuilds using kde4-base.eclass. Ack'ed by tampakrap.
Previous commit broke kdepim installations for =! 4.6beta3, fixing
Add eclass support for kdepim 4.6beta3 This commit is useless for in tree eclasses, as this kdepim version will stay in overlay I'm just syncing tree and overlay eclasses
Add eclass support for KDEPIM 4.4.9
Add support for KDEPIM 4.4.8 in kde eclasses
Update eclasses for kde
Add KDEPIM 4.4.7 support
Remove repacked unstable snapshots handling codepaths, add kdepim-4.4.6 dependency rule
Sync some changes from overlay: - KDE_HANDBOOK=1 instead of IUSE=handbook - add_kdebase_dep can be used outside of kde-base now
Merge changes from overlay: remove kde 4.3 support, do not call epatch_user twice, bump cmake dep
Use defined mechanism (die) to terminate processing when invalid EAPI detected.
Sync eclasses from kde overlay. - kdevelop ebuils support - cmake-2.6.4 needed for KDE SC 4.5 - crosscompilation fixes - fix README's installation - pre-release koffice support
Synchronized KDE eclasses from overlay, changes: - KDE SC 4.5 support - EAPI-3 support - prefix support - moved docs to /usr/share/doc/${PF} - applied override for kdepim hardcoded checks
Updates from kde overlay
Update cmake-utils.eclass and kde4-*.eclass from kde overlay
Update kde4 eclasses from overlay: Changes: kde-functions Update the block resolving case to make it simpler. kde-meta Drop not required elogs. Drop redundant dependencies. kde-base introduce kdeenablefinal useflag (masked). support unpacking of xz tarballs in eapi2.
Sync cmake-utils and kde eclasses with kde-testing overlays. Renamed WANT_CMAKE -> CMAKE_REQUIRED in kde eclasses fixed koffice2.0 support in kde eclasses Added WANT_CMAKE into cmake-utils eclass, where it brings possibility to depend on cmake only when some useflag is required. Used with WANT_CMAKE="variable", where variable is the useflag (its autoadded to IUSE too.)
[eclass] Update kde4 eclasses
Sync kde4 eclasses with overlay ones in preparation for 4.3.1. One thing differ from overlay ones. KDE_MINIMAL sets still 4.2 instead of 4.3 because some archies did not keyword all kde-base YET!
Sync eclasses with kde-testing ones.
synced kde4 eclasses with new ones from kde-testing overlay
Adjust eclasses to support new handbook useflag, also keep backcompat with old doc handling (will be dropped). Depend on qt4.5 and add variable allowing to override this. Linugas handling update.
Update linguas detection code to work as expected.
Update kde4 eclasses from kde-testing. Mostly minor sinc. Introduce support for stable koffice2
Few minor updates to kde4 eclasses. Introduce kde4-stable-live support.
Update permission fixing code. Per bug #266432.
Add line noting that the warning is pure QA. Per discussion with yngwin on #g-dev
Update kde4 eclasses Add back support for doc handling (now via doc useflag) Force kdeprefix only for kde-base things (others are going unprefixed to /usr) -> Note for this: if user find that some application is pulling [-kdeprefix] kde uninstall/install of that app should help. Rewritten slot handling with simpler code. Added detection and alert system for finding what aplication break sth for /usr/share/config and /usr/share/kde4 and screw up perms. Left for next time: "Support for stable live (live packages from stable branch [shiny huh]). :]"
Sync kde4 eclasses with kde-testing (review by scarabeus and jmbsvicetto).
Update kde4 eclasses. Was in testing for month now so hope all problems squashed. Resolves some annoying issues and enhance deps.
Make NEED_KDE=none packages pick correct kdedir :] Fixed thanks to Tomáš Caithaml and pva for helping with this. Per bug #257616.
Add one missed patch for the eclasses. Affect only live stuff so no breakage for tree users. Thanks reavertm for pointing out.
Update of kde4 eclasses with ones which understand 4.2 and live :] Report all broken (in meaning with kde4.2) things, i will be revbumping and fixing all packages using these eclasses but i might miss something. Such package could became blocker for 4.2 so bumb if you maintain such thing (i will write note on dev-ml today when i am done and if i wont forget).
Added kommander to the KDM.
Bumped kde4 eclasses. Add kde-4.1.2 into the tree from the kde-testing overlay.
Actually convert to an array... Bug #216863.
Eclass updates for KDE 4.0.4, thanks to Bo Ørsted Andresen & Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto.
Add support for making PATCHES an array for proper quoting. Add KDE_LINGUAS support to kde4-functions.eclass and use it in kde4-base.eclass in the unpack phase.
Add kinfocenter to KDE4_DERIVATION_MAP for KDE 4.0.2.
Make /usr/share/kde4 world readable. Thanks to Jan Kundrát (jkt|) for reporting this.
Added kde4-functions.eclass - Common ebuild functions for monolithic and split KDE 4 packages.
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text: Hi, I had problems tuning a TTUSB DEC-2000T. I can tune using tzap, while other applications like mplayer, dvbstream fail. Debugging the code I found that the only difference is in the call DMX_SET_PES_FILTER. tzap uses DMX_PES_AUDIO and DMX_PES_VIDEO while dvbstream (and mplayer) uses DMX_PES_OTHER. Changing the code in dvbstream (and mplayer) I was able to tune. Reading the code in ttusb_dec.c I cannot see any support for DMX_PES_OTHER and at one point DMX_TS_PES_OTHER (which is not quite the same) is explicitly not supported ( line 990 ). Am I completely wrong? Regards

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Morse Lewis and Endeavour fans will enjoy a walk with the Oxford Tour Guides experts to follow the plots, mysteries and intrigue of the popular TV series. See where scenes were filmed and visit inside one of Oxford's ancient and iconic colleges. All tours are led by fully qualified and experienced Blue or Green badge guides and who are all Morse enthusiasts so your visit will be enjoyable and memorable. Your guide will also recommend other places to visit.The tour starts at Martyrs Memorial at 14.00 every Thursday, Friday , Saturday and Sunday. Check www.oxfordtourguides.co.uk for more details and updates to the schedule.
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At 11 a.m. every Thursday and Friday, Dorothy Conyers loads up her car at Marion Senior Center and begins her circuit around Marion, delivering Meals on Wheels to shut-ins.
"I love it," she said Thursday. "I love the people."
Most days she delivers about 14 meals. Sometimes it is as many as 17 and other times it is as few as 11. Making her deliveries takes about an hour.
Her deliveries are mostly to the same people every day. Bula Good has been part of Conyers' route since she began volunteering two years ago.
Good said the delivered meals are a big help because she doesn't see well and can't drive. She also likes having a visitor every day.
"I'm glad they have it," Good said. "I really appreciate it. The food is good, too."
She appreciates the value of Meals on Wheels even more since friends north of Kansas City lost their program. Good said they are in a pinch now.
For Merrell and Jean Branson, losing their local Meals on Wheels program was part of their reason for moving to Marion from Goessel after AGAPE Senior Center closed. Merrell Branson said the volunteers who deliver the meals have been helpful with other things, such as Conyers helping him put up curtains.
Pat Hagan said receiving the meals provides better nutrition than she would get if left to herself.
"Otherwise I would probably eat a bologna sandwich," she said. "And it just means a lot to see someone at lunch."
Not all of the Meals on Wheels recipients are long-term shut-ins, Conyers said. Senior citizens recovering from surgery sometimes opt to participate for a while, she said.
Conyers delivers only one of three Meals on Wheels routes out of Marion Senior Center. Her route covers northern Marion, as well as Eastshore at Marion Reservoir. Another route covers southern Marion and Marion County Lake. A third route delivers to shut-ins in Florence. The three routes combine for about 30 meals delivered per day.
Another 20 meals per day are delivered most days by volunteers at Hillsboro Senior Center. Site director Brenda Moss said they have four regulars who deliver for a week at a time, rotating between the four, as well as a couple of substitute drivers.
Volunteers at Peabody Senior Center deliver 10 to 12 meals per day. On Fridays, the drivers can also drop off frozen meals to help shut-ins through the weekend. Meals on Wheels aren't handouts any more than meals eaten at one of the senior centers. Recipients are asked to make the same $2.75 donation senior center patrons are asked for.


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The eight-year-old QuikSCAT satellite is used in climate monitoring, ocean research and weather prediction. This spring, when Center Director Bill Proenza drew attention to concerns that the satellite was operating on borrowed time, his supervisors at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told him not to focus on the matter.
All the while, many employees at the center were expressing discomfort in a work environment that they said would not be cohesive during a hurricane situation.
On Thursday, Proenza testified before a tense joint hearing before two House Science and Technology subcommittees about the events that culminated in his removal.
Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., asked that Proenza be "excused" from the hearing because he did not submit written testimony 24 hours in advance as the other witnesses had been asked to do. Subcommittee Chairman Nick Lampson, D-Texas, said he did not request written testimony from Proenza because individuals "who might be considered whistleblowers" should not have to submit written statements.
Sensenbrenner then asked that NOAA's chief, Vice Adm. Conrad Lautenbacher, be allowed to testify at the outset of the hearing instead of after Proenza. "I object and we will go forward with our [hearing] as planned," Lampson said.
The Democratic leaders said they wanted to determine whether Proenza was forced to leave due to mere office politics or to the revelation of a technological failing that should concern citizens. Republicans said all the fuss is due to Proenza's management style.
Subcommittee ranking Republican Bob Inglis of South Carolina said, "I think it is equally possible that we have a mismatched manager," that this is a personnel matter "and nothing more."
Proenza said, "I've asked myself why all this resistance" to working on a replacement for QuikSCAT. "And by golly, I'm going to pay the price for bringing this to the attention of the American people."
Lautenbacher testified that center employees said they feared Proenza would retaliate against them if he learned they were voicing their discontent. During a conference call with one of Proenza's superiors, employees said they believed the QuikSCAT issue had been overblown.
Lautenbacher added that an independent assessment team he dispatched on July 2 recommended Proenza should be reassigned due to his failure to demonstrate leadership, rather than because of his public statements about the QuikSCAT satellite.
"I'd like to note that the official forecasts of the Tropical Prediction Center do not come out of a computer," Lautenbacher stated. "They do not come from a single satellite. Hurricane forecasting, at its core, still comes down to a team of specialists coming together to analyze all available data and using their best expertise and wisdom to make a forecast."


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Grrrl zines a go-go
Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go is an all-women workshop group based in Southern California. Since 2002 they have been facilitating workshops in community venues and college campuses in their region. They focus on the empowerment of young women through the production of fanzines and self published works.
Formed in 2002, the instigator of the group was Elke Zobl, founder of the Grrrl Zine Network. As a visiting graduate student from Austria, Elke networked with local zinesters in San Diego. She hooked up with Margarat Nee, creator of Oya and Radical Pet, Glue Magazine's Claudia Lucero, Kim Riot, creator of Grrrl Noire and Cyclette, and Wives Tale's editrix Britton Neubacher. Claudia and Britton left the main collective to pursue their careers in 2004. Ari Perezdiez of HousewifeXcore Distro joined the collective in August of 2004 as a guest speaker and formally joined in December 2004. In July of 2005 Elke Zobl left the collective to move back to Austria.
In 6 years Grrrl Zines A Go-Go has put on over 20 workshops, working with such organizations as the Hillcrest LGBT Centre, San Ysidro Public Libarary, SDSU, Cal Poly SLO, Cal state San Marcos, Hillcrest Book Faire, Portland Zine Symposium, Projet Mobilivre-Bookmobile Project, the S/he Collective, and San Diego Indymedia.
Grrrl Zines A Go-Go have facilitated non-zine making workshops such as Zines 101, History of Riot Grrrl, and Building Community Action Through Zines.


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Brussels, 16th July 2008
Antitrust: Commission prohibits practices which prevent European collecting societies offering choice to music authors and users
The European Commission has adopted an antitrust decision prohibiting 24 European collecting societies from restricting competition by limiting their ability to offer their services to authors and commercial users outside their domestic territory. However, the decision allows collecting societies to maintain their current system of bi-lateral agreements and to keep their right to set levels of royalty payments due within their domestic territory. The prohibited practices consist of clauses in the reciprocal representation agreements concluded by members of CISAC (the "International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers") as well as other concerted practices between those collecting societies. The practices infringe rules on restrictive business practices (Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement). The Commission decision requires the collecting societies to end these infringements by modifying their agreements and practices, but does not impose fines. The removal of these restrictions will allow authors to choose which collecting society manages their copyright (e.g. on the basis of quality of service, efficiency of collection and level of management fees deducted). It will also make it easier for users to obtain licences for broadcasting music over the internet, by cable and by satellite in several countries from a single collection society of their choice.
Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said: "This decision will benefit cultural diversity by encouraging collecting societies to offer composers and lyricists a better deal in terms of collecting the money to which they are entitled. It will also facilitate the development of satellite, cable and internet broadcasting, giving listeners more choice and giving authors more potential revenue. However, the Commission has been careful to ensure that the benefits of the collective rights management system are not put into question in terms of levels of royalties for authors and available music repertoire."
Music authors (lyricists and composers) sign over to collecting societies the rights to manage on their behalf, worldwide, the copyright of their musical works. Based on the CISAC model contract, collecting societies have concluded reciprocal representation agreements for the collective management of the public performance rights of their musical works so that they can each offer the repertoire of all the artists represented by all the collecting societies participating in the representation agreements. The public performance rights enable authors of musical works to authorise or prohibit the exploitation of their works by commercial users such as TV channels and radio stations, and to receive royalties every time their music is played.
The Commission opened an investigation following complaints from broadcasting group RTL and Music Choice, a UK online music provider.
The Commission's decision recognises the valuable role of collecting societies and does not challenge the existence of the reciprocal representation agreements. It does, however, prohibit certain aspects of those agreements as well as concerted practices among collecting societies.
In particular the decision requires the 24 EEA-based collecting societies which are members of CISAC to no longer apply:
The decision will allow collecting societies to compete on the quality of their services and on the level of their administrative costs (which are deducted from the money collected before it is passed on to the author). It will thus provide incentives to collecting societies to improve their efficiency.
In 2007 the Commission sought to resolve the case amicably when formal commitments were offered by CISAC and 18 collecting societies (see IP/07/829). However, interested parties' comments on the commitments were negative. In particular, broadcasters, content providers and certain collecting societies generally considered that the proposed commitments would continue to make it difficult for a commercial user to obtain a pan-European licence.
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Eagle's Nest Outfitters has 12 scenic river trips. You can experience all levels of the river, from easy to exciting. We have over 80 miles of river to pick your trip from. The South Branch of the Potomac River is one of the top ten paddling rivers in the United States. Our trips have provided the best bass and trout fishing in the state. Camping and hiking is a must if you really want to enjoy the scenery.
Prior to trip depature, your questions will be answered. We'll teach your party canoeing and kayaking skills and how to pack your feed and equipment in the canoe so please arrive at the base about one hour before depature for your trip.
Eagle's Nest Outfitters will personaly route your canoe trip. We teach you fishing techniques, mark the best campsites, fishing holes, scenic areas and unique points of intrest on the river.
For those of you who want to do the Smoke Hole/Big Bend Trip, we recommend you doing this trip in two days, because of road conditions. We'll be setting a time slot for the Smoke Hole trip to leave base at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. As most of you already know, the Smoke Hole/Big Bend and Smoke Hole Caverns trips are spring and early summer runs unless we have hard rain. So, call amd make reservations soon.
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Frank Ocean Debuts Unreleased 'Django Unchained' Track 'Wise Man'
Early Sunday morning (Dec. 23), Frank Ocean released the ballad 'Wise Man,' which originally was supposed to appear in Quentin Tarantino's western/slavery flick 'Django Unchained.' The Odd Future crooner doesn't seem upset by the omission. "django was ill without it," he wrote on his Tumblr page.
The song boasts vibrating guitars, swelling synths and stirring violins as Ocean sings the strengths of a determined man.
"Bad man don't exist no / No evil man exists. Good man don't exist no / No righteous man exists / Sad man cannot cry in place where man can see / Never witnessed father weep, this old man thought it weak / But strong man don't exist / No undying man exists / Weak man don't exist no / Just flesh and blood exists," he woefully croons. You can read the full lyrics here.
Director Quentin Tarantino explained the reason for the song's absence in the movie via a press release:
Frank Ocean wrote a fantastic ballad that was truly lovely and poetic in every way, there just wasn't a scene for it. I could have thrown it in quickly just to have it, but that's not why he wrote it and not his intention. So I didn't want to cheapen his effort. But, the song is fantastic, and when Frank decides to unleash it on the public, they'll realize it then."
While the song didn't make it in the movie, Ocean can look forward to possibly winning some golden gramophones next year. The singer's second album, 'channel ORANGE,' garnered six Grammy award nominations including Album of the Year.
What do you think of Frank Ocean's new song 'Wise Man'? Tell us in the comments below.
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The 2009 budget proposed this week by President Bush weighs in at 3.1 trillion dollars. But just how big is a trillion, anyway?
One trillion is 1,000,000,000,000 -- 10 to the 12th power, or a thousand thousand thousand thousand. To put things in perspective, current estimates put the number of stars in the Milky Way as somewhere between 100 and 400 billion. The U.S. population is slightly over 303 million, and the world population is around 6.6 billion.
One trillion dollars would be enough to buy about a thousand boxes of Girl Scout cookies for every person in the United States. A trillion barrels of oil would (at current consumption levels) fuel the world for about 33 years. We'll talk about other ways to visualize the number 'one trillion.' Is it possible for the human mind to really comprehend?


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One of the things abounding humans use to appraise how able an NFL quarterback was is blockage out how abounding touchdown passes he threw. The best quarterbacks usually end up at the top of the leaderboard for passes befuddled for touchdowns during the season. What quarterbacks accept put calm after years as the baton in TD passes thrown?
Here is a attending at every quarterback in NFL history that has led the alliance in touchdown passes during after years.
1941,1942 – Cecil Isbel
Cecil Isbel led the alliance in touchdown passes as quarterback of the Green Bay Packers in 1941 and 1942. He accomplished 1941 with 15 touchdown passes and afresh threw 24 in 1942.
1955, 1956 – Tobin Rote
Tobin Rote, addition Green Bay quarterback, angry Y.A. Tittle for the advance in touchdown passes with 17 in 1955, and afresh in 1956 he captivated the top atom all by himself with 18.
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 – Johnny Unitas
Johnny Unitas led the NFL in touchdown passes for four after years, from 1957 through 1960, as the approaching Hall of Fame quarterback of the Baltimore Colts. He threw for 24 touchdowns in 1957, 19 in 1958, 32 in 1959, and 25 in 1960.
1962, 1963 – Y.A. Tittle
As the quarterback for the New York Giants, Y.A. Tittle would advance the alliance in TD passes with 33 in 1962 and afresh 36 in 1963.
1962, 1963, 1965, 1966 – Len Dawson
As the quarterback of the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, Len Dawson would advance the alliance in touchdowns in aback to aback years twice. First he threw 29 in 1962 and 26 in 1963, afresh he would do it afresh by throwing 21 in 1965 and afresh 26 in 1966.
1981, 1982 – Dan Fouts
As the quarterback of the top powered San Diego Chargers, Dan Fouts would advance the NFL in touchdown passes by throwing for 33 in 1981. He would afresh tie for the advance with Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana in the bang beneath 1982 division by throwing 17 touchdown passes.
1984, 1985, 1986 – Dan Marino
Dan Marino access assimilate the NFL arena in the mid 1980s by arch the alliance in touchdown passes befuddled for three after years. He threw 48 in 1984, 30 in 1985, and afresh 44 in 1986.
1988, 1989 – Jim Everett
A adolescent Jim Everett would yield his about-face arch the alliance in TD passes at the end of the 1980s if he threw 31 in 1988 and followed that up with 29 in 1989.
1992, 1993, 1994 – Steve Young
Steve Adolescent led the alliance in touchdown passes for three beeline years in the aboriginal 1990′s. He threw 25 of them in 1992, 29 in 1993, and 35 in 1994.
1995, 1996, 1997 – Brett Favre
Brett Favre took over area Steve Adolescent larboard off by arch the alliance in TD passes the next three beeline years. He threw 38 in 1995, 39 in 1996, and 35 in 1997.
2008, 2009 – Drew Brees
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text: Hello, (1) Was hyper-threading enabled on the nodes? NOTE 1: I have read that hyper-threading isn't stable even with the 2.4.18 kernel (system performance eventually begins to degrade drastically). SOURCE: www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/2002-April/003228.html (2) Were the nodes using IDE or SCSI storage? NOTE 1: Intel admits that DMA doesn't function properly withe the Intel E7500 chipset under RedHat 7.2 (the release Scyld 28cz-4 is based on), and provides the solution of upgrading to a patched 2.4.19 kernel (if I recall correctly 28cz-4 only uses a variant of the 2.4.17 kernel). SOURCE: support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/se7500cw2/dma.htm NOTE 2: Without proper DMA support the effective throughput on the IDE bus is an embarrassing 3 MB/sec. SOURCE: www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/2002-July/004049.html NOTE 3: Since Scyld modifies the kernel then patches derived from changes to the vanilla source (from kernel.org) may not work. NOTE 4: I have been told by Scyld tech support not to bother attempting to upgrade the kernel since various patches need to be applied. (3) Did the cluster nodes use the Intel E7500 chipset? NOTE 1: Even the vanilla 2.4.18 kernel neglects to implement IRQ balancing on the E7500 chipset (only CPU0 is able to handle interrupts). SOURCE: www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/2002-April/003228.html (4) Did you resolve all of the aforementioned issues in release 28cz-4, or is the meaning of the term "supported" still relative? Bye, Aaron On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Donald Becker wrote: > On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Aaron Collier wrote: > > > Has anyone installed Scyld Beowulf OS on a dual Pentium 4 Xeon system? > > We test with a few daul P4-Xeon systems here, and at LinuxWorld we were > demonstrating on a 10 node / 20 processor CA-Digital cluster in the > Intel booth. > > > If so, what motherboard are you using? I am asking because although Scyld > > has told me that version 28cz-4 supports the P4 Xeon, I have my doubts > > after reading all of the problems mentioned in the posted e-mails. Also, > > I have noticed that in the computer industry the meaning of the term > > "supported" is relative :-) > > There can always be issues with any system. > > As long-time list readers know, we have written and supported a great deal > of cluster software over the years. We are in a much better position > than almost any other cluster company, large or small, to fix problems > as they occur. > >


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On day 2 of my Magical Mystery Weekend I found myself somewhere I'd never been before – the shower. Wait, I mean Owsley's Golden Road in Denver, Colorado. Exactly what a little venue in a big city should be, Owsley's screams character from every angle. From the broke-ass stone edifice and multiple staging areas to the comfortably lit outdoor patio and a laxity towards the rules that the DEA might not entirely approve of, Owsley's is like a little slice of Amsterdam – completely laissez-faire. The biggest appeal to me was the two stages, set up so that the music never stopped once it started. As I stood at the back of the ancillary stage and waited for Steve Kimock and the gang to set up, I watched the heads and hippie-chicks dance the dance of lowered inhibitions amidst the multicolored flashing lights and tunes of an electro-funk band called BoomBox.
BoomBox was as much a visual treat as an auditory one, incorporating elements of the Glam Rock movement into the psychedelic framework that so pleased the slightly intoxicated. Feather boas, Technicolor dream pants, a fuzzy green hat, a pedal board that would make David Gilmour jealous and a left-handed Stratocaster strung for a right-handed person characterize singer/guitarist Zion Rock Godchaux (is that a Glam Rock name or what?). DJ and producer Russ Randolph seemed less concerned with appearances and more concerned about creating the rich soundscape and dance beats that frame Godchaux's lyrics and straight out of the 70's style of funk guitar. If you closed your eyes, you'd probably believe that there were more than just two people on stage. It was an entirely different kind of show than the one that was about to transpire.
The main stage was mostly full before Steve Kimock and friends came out, including several people who had been camped out at the very front since the place opened. The lights were basic yellow, and there was none of the showiness that BoomBox had brought with them to the stage. Steve Kimock, Bobby Vega, John Molo and Melvin Seals were coming to the end of their three night jam fest weekend at Owsley's, and although I didn't ask anyone about it, there were a great number of people who had a look about them like they'd been there before, possibly for each of the two previous shows, and were back for one last helping before their food for the mind was taken away. On Sunday the band was joined by guitarist/vocalist Ray White, who had canceled out of the Friday and Saturday shows, and had been replaced by superstar singer/songwriter Joan Osborne.
Though it kills me to play the role of dickhead in the room, I forced my way through the fray to the front and carved myself out a tiny nook from which I could observe as well as listen. The performance had all the dizzying highs and terrifying lows of an acid trip, which seemed appropriate given the crowd, many of whom were glassy eyed and dressed head to toe in tie-dye and hemp. Cool, drawn-out grooves turned into epic guitar solos the likes of which made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, and at times, the roller coaster ride that was KVMWS had nearly every eye in the room closed and every body swaying back and forth, including the eyes and bodies on stage. You know there's something special about a performance when you don't even need to watch it to enjoy it.
The true test in my mind of whether or not a jam band is worth its salt is how time is perceived while the jam unfolds. If I end up zoning out, or checking my watch before the song ends, than something has gone awry. I had this sensation on a few occasions during day 1 of my Magical Mystery Weekend (watching Medeski, Martin & Wood), but on Sunday night, the passage of time was completely irrelevant. When KVMWS ended their first set, it felt as though they had only just started. I made my way back out to the patio with everyone else to grab some air. The atmosphere on the patio was one of post-excitement euphoria, analogous only to the feeling you get after sex, and all the more powerful since we all new that more music was on the way. Indeed, for the music junkies among us, the good times had already begun to roll again as BoomBox retook the ancillary stage. There was no opportunity to come down from Kimock's performance, and I found myself wandering once more amidst brightly colored flashing lights and dance club beats.
By the time Kimock et al. returned to the main stage I was completely stoned on music, and exhausted in a way that made everything seem soft and fuzzy, and two inches farther away. I began to plan excuses for why I wouldn't be going in to work tomorrow morning, knowing full well that I would never get away with it.
Coming up next: Day 3 of Sam's Magical Mystery Weekend featuring Birds of Avalon and the Raconteurs.
More photos from this show can be found in the Gallery and on my Flickr page.
To read Part 1 of my Magical Mystery Weekend, click here.


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William F. Buckley, Jr. is the founder of the modern conservative movement that gained its political expression first in Barry Goldwater and then Ronald Reagan. At age 29 in 1955 when Buckley founded National Review as the voice of the movement, he performed two acts of statesmanship that were vital to the movement's ultimate, if unlikely, success: he reserved exclusive ownership of the magazine to himself so as to prevent the kind of sectarian brawls that had killed other such magazines, and he prohibited John Birchers and other kooky anti-Semitic organizations from the magazine's precincts.
Recall, as John Judis does in his biography of Buckley, that in 1954 the fortunes of the American Right had never appeared dimmer; the principal right-wing organizations were anti-Semitic and neo-isolationist throwbacks to the thirties and forties. Recall also that in the Publisher's Statement of National Review's first issue, Buckley defined conservatism as the willingness to "stand athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who do."
Buckley conceived of the magazine's mission as presenting "a responsible dissent from Liberal orthodoxy," adding that the magazine's editors had "a considerable stock of experience with the irresponsible Right." Perhaps equally notably, the "responsibility" on which Buckley staked the magazine's mission was never to be confused with dullness. Both he and the magazine took on the best that the liberals could furnish and bested them with a smile on their face and a glint in their eye.
Today's New York Times reports that at a private dinner this evening Buckley will divest himself of the ownership of National Review and transfer control to a board of five trustees: "National Review founder says it's time to leave stage." It is a pivotal moment in the history of the conservative moment. Congratulations are in order, and attention must be paid.
UPDATE: Power Line reader and science fiction writer Dafydd ab Hugh adds:
Bill Buckley happens to be good friends with my pal and occasional collaborator, Brad Linaweaver… and there are some interesting things about Buckley and National Review that are rarely mentioned.
First of all, nearly half the charter members of the magazine's staff were ex-Communists. When this was pointed out to Buckley one day by some puckish interviewer, Buckley flashed his trademarked grin and responded, "yes… EX-Communists!"
His blowup with Gore Vidal during one-the-air "blogging" of the 1968 Democratic National Convention occurred when Vidal, in a fit of girly-man pique, referred to Buckley as a "crypto-Nazi." Buckley retaliated by calling Vidal a "faggot." (Buckley was wrong, for once; Vidal was not a homosexual; he was an omnisexual, being equally happy sleeping with men, women, or likely anything else not swift enough or lucky enough to escape his embraces.) Years later, Vidal confessed that he hadn't meant to say crypto-Nazi… he intended to call Buckley a crypto-Fascist, but the other just slipped out. Buckley says he would never have reacted so violently to being called a crypto-Fascist, but crypto-Nazi was "beyond the pale."
Until he entered the mental twilight of his last years, Ronald Reagan always insisted that what he really was, politically, was "a National-Review conservative." Those who try to paint Reagan as some sort of proto-neocon might do well to bear this in mind.
Bill's series about CIA spy Blackford Oakes was deliberately intended to be the most realistic — read morally ambiguous — spy series ever written. Buckley says he was trying to show that he could be just as morally equivalent as the next fellow, hence just as literary. Because (I'm convinced) of the moral ambiguity, the Blackford Oakes novels were taken much more seriously by the New York literary Mafia than anything else Buckley ever wrote.
The best of them is undoubtedly Stained Glass, about an assignment for Oakes to assassinate a young, rising, charismatic, neo-Nazi politician in West Germany. If you read no other Blackford Oakes novels, you should read this one.
Buckley, who spent an unknown period of time in some unknown relationship with the CIA doing undiscussed favors for them, is also a sailor with his own yacht; he has written several books of travelogue about his sailing adventures, sometimes all alone on the boat for weeks.
Buckley actually spoke Spanish before he spoke English, due to time spent in Mexico (where his family has oil interests) and being raised in New York by Mexican nannies. I don't believe National Review has ever had a profitable year… but like Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane, Buckley decided that he could lose a lot of money each year and still be able to run the magazine for decades.
Brad got Bill Buckley to write a science-fiction story (short short) to open Brad's anthology Free Space, the first libertarian SF anthology. The second and best story in the book, "Nerfworld," was written by your faithful correspondent. So I reckon I can truly say that William F. Buckley, Jr. has introduced me!


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The government faces a challenge from Philip Morris Asia to its plain packaging of tobacco products. The company claims the law violates an investment agreement between Hong Kong (its base) and Australia. Another challenge has been launched at the World Trade Organization. Read our article.
A challenge from the National Confederation of Industries has delayed the coming into force of a ban on tobacco additives. It was supposed to apply from September, 2013. Read our article.
Results of the vote on the revised Tobacco Products Directive on 26 Feb were largely positive. Approved were mandatory warnings covering 65 percent of the top surface of the front and back of cigarette packages and a ban on all characterising flavours, including menthol. The Directive also authorises EU Member States to go beyond the mandatory measures.
Philip Morris International is challenging a ban on its Be Marlboro campaign. Authorities outlawed it for illegally encouraging young people, ages 14-21, to smoke.
Read about the action, led by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, to end the Be Marlboro campaign.
NEW! Indonesia
Campaigners forced the cancellation of a tobacco fair planned for Bali in February (see our article). The government continues to delay ratifying the FCTC, but it is rumoured that it will implement pictorial warnings on tobacco packages by July 2014.
Ireland, Republic of
Tthe government has started a process to introduce plain packaging. Read our article.
Along with Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe: tobacco-producing countries that will be quick to react to the report of the FCTC Article 17&18 working group on sustainable alternatives to tobacco production.
The FCTC Conference of the Parties will be held here, 13-18 October, 2014. FCA's web page for WNTD 2014.
New Zealand
Plain packaging legislation has been introduced in Parliament. Read our article.
NEW! Nigeria and Uganda
Intense debates are occurring in both countries over proposed tobacco control legislation.
Read how advocates are countering tobacco industry interference in Uganda.
World Tobacco Asia is scheduled to be held here in November, after advocates forced the cancellation of Inter-tabac ASIA in Indonesia. (See above).
Earlier this year Singapore hosted talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed free trade deal that threatens tobacco control. Read our article.
Sri Lanka
The tobacco industry is challenging proposed new graphic health warnings in court. Read our article.
A proposal for the world's largest pack warnings is also being challenged in court by the industry. Read our article.
The government is considering introducing plain packaging. Read our article.
UN Headquarters
A follow-up to 2011's NCD Summit will be held here 10-11 July. The Summit assembled world leaders, and highlighted the growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Tobacco use is the one risk factor common to four major NCDs: cancers, cardiovascular and lung disease, and diabetes. Read our article.
The government continues to fight a trade dispute with Philip Morris International at the World Bank. Read our article.
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Designed by Proud Creative, I love this branding for luxury jewellery firm Guy & Max. Most jewellery companies seem to go down that "pretty proposal" route but Guy & Max feels bold, masculine and fiercely modern with a high fashion edge. Oh and I think their shop has the most beautiful awning I have ever seen. By using just the right shades of black in just the right geometric pattern, the piece feels like a sculptural work of facets. Same goes for the business card as it feels like a paper sculpture rather than a flat piece of paper. Throw in some sublime macro photographs of diamonds and this branding is officially gorgeous. With such a great look, I can only imagine the stunning jewellery being created by Guy & Max.
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Your going to give Chewie a complex now! I can just see him calling up Owen begging for a commission of this thing.
What eletronics does it use? What frequency? How fast can it go? Does it really have tank treads? Can we see the underside? Does the front mouth open up? Is it lite inside?
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The Denver Broncos aren't sitting still in the backfield.
Jeff Legwold of The Denver Post reported Friday that the Broncos will "not keep status quo" at running back with both Knowshon Moreno and Willis McGahee on the rebound from injuries.
The team took "long looks" at Ahmad Bradshaw and Shonn Greene, according to Legwold. Greene signed last month with the Tennessee Titans, but Bradshaw is in a holding pattern as suitors, led by the Pittsburgh Steelers, wait to see how his latest foot surgery pans out. The 27-year-old former New York Giants runner has undergone three known operations on his right foot, along with procedures on his left foot and both ankles.
Still, a healthy Bradshaw would give the Broncos a pounding, aggressive back to pair alongside Ronnie Hillman and whoever else sticks around. Moreno is coming off stem-cell treatment on his knee and the 32-year-old McGahee is healing from a season-ending knee injury. McGahee is scheduled to make $2.5 million this season and looms as a candidate for release.
One way or another, the Broncos "will almost certainly" grab another back in the draft, according to Legwold, while Bradshaw remains on the radar.
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Neil Patrick Harris shared a photo so sweet your teeth will ache on Instagram over the weekend. The pic shows Harris, his fiance David Burtka and their 3-year-old twins dressed up as Alice in Wonderland characters for Halloween.
He captions it: "Our costumes for the Halloween carnival at the kids' preschool yesterday. But 10/31 will be frighteningly different..! @DavidBurtka came up with both themes/costumes. He's amazing."
Amazing, indeed.
Oh, and this family has a history of Halloween adorableness. See examples here:
Happy Halloween everyone! Hope your tricking and treating gotcha lotsa booty! Here's our family costume pic: pic.twitter.com/lRJNkR59
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) November 1, 2012
2011 (click the link to see said cuteness):
Here's a pic of the family in costume: http://t.co/1nElA9PH
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Dow futures pointed to more losses for the blue-chip average on considerably weaker-than-expected weekly jobless claims data and mixed results from retail giant Wal-Mart.
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Today's Markets
As of 8:45 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 39 points to 12505, S&P 500 futures dipped 2.3 points to 1351 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.25 point to 2530.
The markets took a pounding on Wednesday, knocking the Dow and the Nasdaq back to June levels. The Nasdaq now sits in correction territory. Meanwhile, the broader S&P 500 is trading at its lowest level since July and is within 37 points of a correction.
Worries about the fiscal cliff and mounting tensions in the Middle East dominated the headlines yesterday. Both of those topics still commanded a strong focus across trading desks today, but a round of fresh data on the world's biggest economies and corporate earnings reports may also help define Wall Street's trajectory.
New claims for unemployment benefits rose last week to 439,000 -- the highest level since April 2011 -- from an upwardly revised 361,000 the week prior. Claims were expected to rise to 375,000 from an initially reported 355,000. The Labor Department said Hurricane Sandy likely distorted the claims number, but the level of the distortion was not immediately clear.
Prices at the retail level climbed 0.1% in October from September, matching expectations. Excluding the food and energy components, prices were up 0.2%, a slightly bigger gain the 0.1% economists expected.
The New York Federal Reserve's regional manufacturing gauge rose to -5.22 in November from -6.16 in October, coming in better than expectations of a -6.7 reading. Readings above zero point to expansion, while those below indicate contraction.
A report later from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve is anticipated to show the manufacturing sector in the mid-Atlantic region expanding at a slower pace in November than the month before.
On the global front, the eurozone's economy contracted at a quarter-to-quarter rate of 0.1% in the third quarter, the second-straight contraction. That means the 17-member currency bloc is now in its second recession since 2009 as the three-year-old debt crisis weighs heavily on output. The bloc's two biggest economies, Germany and France, managed to post tepid expansions.
Tensions between Israel and Palestine continued ratcheting up. On Wednesday Israel began a campaign of rocket attacks into Palestine as retribution for rocket attacks into Israel. One of the attacks killed a top Hamas military commander, and others were aimed at Hamas military installations. Hamas has pledged retaliation, and other regional and world powers have been forced to make statements, causing concerns about the potential for another war in the Middle East.
Energy futures were in the green after a strong showing on Wednesday. The benchmark crude oil contract advanced 19 cents, or 0.22%, to $86.51 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline climbed 0.75% to $2.670 a gallon. Gold dropped $12.20, or 0.71%, to $1,718 a troy ounce.
In corporate news, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) posted a third-quarter profit of $1.08 a share, topping expectations by a penny. Revenues of $113.2 billion came in short of Wall Street's forecast of $114.96 billion. The world's largest retailer also tightened its full-year profit guidance to a range of $4.88 to $4.93 a share.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 dipped 0.58% to 2458, the English FTSE 100 slumped 0.6% to 5688 and the German DAX sold off by 1% to 7033.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 rallied 1.9% to 8830 and the Chinese Hang Seng tumbled 1.6% to 21109.


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As most of you know... I bought a large purchase lately.... well I am SO satisfied with my purchase and all aspects of it that I feel I have to write a review on the purchase itself.
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I happened on this store in my travels today. They are mainly a Nikon Dealer but also carry some Canon and some Olympus gear as well as QUALITY tripods/monopods, and great bags and incidentals.
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which is still under development, but it exists. http://myspace.com/stuyvesantphoto
I am looking into getting a Nikon D700 and want to get the best deal, but also the best support after the sale.
I went to Danella Photographic in New Hartford, NY and got a quote with a lens.
I also went online to abesofmaine.com and got a WAAAY better price for both.
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Im looking for a good lens rental place, there was one listed here but i emailed em about two weeks ago and they havent got back, and I dont wanna rent a lens and not have it shipped in time, so if they cant find time to reply to an email, they are too busy for me.
any suggestions?
Hey gang some of you might have gotten this message from me in Facebook...for those that havent...read on:)
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I am starting to shoot a bit more RAW and found that my 1GB cards are inadequate for 12MB RAW files. So I hit pricewatch and wandered around to a few sites. I was going to get some 4GB cards, but stumbled upon this big Sandisk Rebate good for the month. BuyDig.com has Sandisk Extreme III 8GB...
I just got an email stating that NewEgg.com is no longer going to be collecting NY Sales tax. I've gotten a lot of memory cards from them over the years.
ok, i will be in the market for a new body next week, D300! local guys are a good $175 more than b&h so im shopping the net for prices. i found some places $100 less than b&h but im not sure i want to buy from these places. what are the thoughts on buydig.com?
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This was e-mailed to me from a local camera shop. Ross, I don't know if this appropriate to post here, but I have no interest in their sales, other than maybe some good deals for NEF members.
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>From Danella Photo
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Was recently hunting around online for a HD camcorder and ended up buying from bestpricecameras.com
They had an XTi body for $319 !!!
I got a camcorder for $400 that sells on amazon for over $1000 !?!?!?
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Just lost my rocket blower and was wondering if there is a local shop that has one.
Ritz.com doesn't show it so I'm doubtful the stores have them.
Any local stores that have a Rocket Blower?
Thinking about just getting a baby aspirator from walmart, any cautions on that (as in will make...
This is a review of http://www.tryandbuylens.com
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I contacted them two weeks ago and i was told they do not hold lenes.. Not I can understand this because I was only going...
Has anyone ever bought anything from Sigma4less.com? Their prices seem good.
I'm looking for any stores in the Albany / Schenectady area that would sell the prints of local photographers. Any one have any ideas?
NGS Corp.
Located in Albany. I've been dealing with them for the last 3 1/2 years. They're used to dealing with police and newspapers and are a VERY professional outfit. They are competitive in their pricing with the online dealers. Sometimes better, often a little more. For that little bit you...
As i just posted, we have a new myspace page where we will be keeping news, and some clearance items.
Memory: we have been digiing into memory pricing alot lately, the prices have come down alot, we are currently cheaper than comp usa and best buy.
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OK here is a GREAT photo shop.
Mat the Mgr. is a book of knowledge. I find that going to the store I need to plan for an hour if he is there because we just talk and talk about everything. He loves to give hint and tips and knows his equipment. Their pricing is excellent and I'm always happy...
I have an old Canon AE-1 that I put away years ago because of shutter problems and I'd like to resurrect it.
Where can I go to get it repaired?
anything good...I like to try before i buy .. that normally means a trip to Beards and Hats..
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Shaving, waxing & tweens
"I have hair down there, and I really want to shave down there. Is it a good idea?"
"It's embarrassing to be in a bathing suit cause some hairs stick out of the bottoms. Should I or shouldn't I?"
"A lot of girls my age say it's disgusting if you don't shave down there."
So go the comments that caught the attention of Debra Moffitt, editor at KidsHealth.org and founder of The Pink Locker Society, a series of tween-centric books and an accompanying blog.
"The question has started coming up more and more," Moffitt says. "At first I was ignoring them, but girls would start chiming in on other parts of the [Pink Locker Society] blog that were unrelated. Someone would be talking about shaving their legs and someone else would ask, 'Can I use Nair down there?'"
TWEEN CHALLENGESShare your advice and challenges in raising adolescents in our Tweens and Teens forum.
No. You can't use Nair down there, girls.
And moms? Deep breaths. Like it or not, some girls as young as 11 and 12 are absorbing cultural expectations about their bodies, and a prevailing expectation in some circles is that they be hair-free. Blame air-brushed magazines. Or Kim Kardashian, who admits to starting bikini waxes at age 12 and told Us magazine, 'I'm like, obsessed with hair removal.'"
Just don't blame your daughter.
"There might be a place for being upset at the culture," Moffitt says. "But getting upset with our girls is not helpful. It's not really their doing, and for you to freak out or be angry at them is counterproductive."
Tackling the issue: Let's say your daughter approaches you with a request to shave or otherwise remove her pubic hair. Before you start wondering What It All Means (Does she hate her body? Is she sexually active? Is she watching online porn?), take a moment to be grateful she turned to you.
"Worse is the idea of a kid having at it with a razor or some hair remover because someone told them they're weird or gross or disgusting for having hair there," Moffitt says, adding that however uncomfortable the topic, you need to discuss it.
Try to place the conversation in a personal grooming context, says child and adolescent psychologist D'Arcy Lyness.
"Every mom can probably think of different beauty trends or grooming trends or body decorating trends she has lived through," Lyness says. "Certainly, it may raise questions about whether she's ashamed of her body or is thinking about having sex, but firing those questions out of your mouth is not going to be helpful."
Expanding your focus: Whether you ultimately decide to help your daughter go hair-free or not will depend on your family's particular values and boundaries. Regardless, you can use the question as an invitation to broach some delicate topics.
"It's really a perfect opportunity to get closer to your daughter and open up a whole new level of conversation and guide her and help her to feel empowered to care for and respect her body," Lyness says. "It's a chance to have a conversation about body image and peer pressure and what we look for in friendships."
Perhaps you answer her question with some questions of your own, Moffitt says.
"We often think we have to make our ruling clear right away, but it may be better to ask, 'What do you think of that idea? Are some of your friends doing it? Why do you think that is?'" she suggests. "That sends two messages: 1. I'm not going to order you to do this or that. And 2. I'm interested in what you think."
You can share your thoughts, too.
"Don't be opinionless," Moffitt says. "You can help her understand the broader issues of beauty ideals changing through time and how trends take all these funny twists. But wherever possible, try not to come down so hard that you make her feel like she's done something wrong."
Your relationship, after all, is larger than this one topic.
"The hope," Lyness says, "is your daughter walks away with the idea, 'I can always go to my mom and learn something and get her perspective and she doesn't judge me or put me down. She helps me think about things and I know I'm going to feel good when I leave the conversation.'
"Be her go-to person," Lyness says. "Be her vote of confidence for loving her body and her inner self. That's your goal."


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Photos: Dave Brewer
The sunny slopes of Snowbasin, Utah played host to the final Dew Tour stop of the season, with more on the line that a simple podium placing. Depending on the outcome of today's pipe finals for the men and women, the overall Dew Cup champion would be crowned. The 22-foot pipe–which differed form last year's 18-footer– looked perfect and the sunny, warm weather didn't deplete it as both the men and the women prepared to drop as the sun was setting.
Per usual, the women went first. And per usual, Kelly Clark was unstoppable. On top of adding another win to her already-impressive 2010/2011 contest season, Kelly added yet one more front ten to her legacy. The second time it's been landed in competition, female pros best take note that this trick is officially in Kelly's repertoire, and if they want to keep up, they better dust off the ol' airbag and get to hucking. Kelly threw down every variation of frontside and backside tricks, but it was indeed the front ten that put her well above the fray. Kaitlyn Farrington, last year's Dew Cup champion grabbed second place and a well-deserved spot in the top three, while Japanese import Soko Yamaoka took third. I must say that in my opinion, Soko has cemented herself as one of the most consistent female pipe pros on the planet, and you can be sure that those top three finishes are sure to continue.
Here's a fact: Steve Fisher has a double cork. True story. On the last hit of his last run, Fisher threw down a front ten double cork that bumped him from the middle of the pack all the way up to third place. I'd be lying if I said that when he landed it, some people in attendance weren't looking up at the jumbo screen to double check who was really in the pipe. Well, it was Fisher, and it was awesome. Well done, Steve. You earned this one. Here's another fact: The judges may have regretted giving Greg Bretz a first-run score of 95.00, but in Greg's defense, he definitely put down a podium run. Front ten double cork, back nine, front ten, etc. Though I believe he was originally overscored, I do not deny that his second place finish wasn't justified. Here's one last fact: Luke Mitrani took home a victory, and I was absolutely pleased with this. For a while now, Luke has been in the shadow of more marketable pipe stars but tonight, he got the recognition he deserved with a final run score of 97.00, the highest recorded score in Dew Tour history. With three double corks and style far beyond his years, Luke stood atop the Dew Tour podium at Snowbasin, and I'm pretty sure he and his Frends will be celebrating tonight, as they should. The Squid squeaked one out. On a side note, it was Mr. Louie Vito who took home the Dew Cup as the overall points leader. So yeah, all in all it was quite an event, but be sure to check back tomorrow for a full recap of men's and women's slope finals, only here on snowboardermag.com.
1. Luke Mitrani
2. Greg Bretz
3. Steve Fisher
1. Kelly Clark
2. Kaitlyn Farrington
3. Soko Yamaoka


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- Joseph Reagle on the gender gap in geek culture | Surprisingly Free (podcast): "Joseph Reagle, Assistant Professor of Communications Studies at Northeastern University and author of a new paper entitled, "Free as in Sexist? Free culture and the gender gap," returns to Surprisingly Free to address geek feminism and the technology gender gap."
- Why can't any recent Sherlock Holmes adaptation get Irene Adler right? | io9: "Why is Arthur Conan Doyle's Irene Adler so much better than the versions crafted by Steven Moffat and Guy Ritchie?" — "The original Irene was far more progressive and canny. She knows the best way to throw Holmes off — and it's not sex."
- BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider and exploitation | still eating oranges: "The West has consumed moe for years through imported, otaku-targeted anime, manga and video games; but we have not regurgitated it into our own culture. The video game industry is set to break that trend next month."
- Algorithmic Rape Jokes in the Library of Babel | Quiet Babylon: "Yes, lowered barriers to entry mean more small scale making and writing. Yes, domestic rapid fabrication and print on demand services open the floodgates to amateur designers and authors. They open the floodgates to algorithms too." … "'We didn't cause a rape joke to happen, we allowed a rape joke to happen,' is not a compelling excuse. It betrays a lack of digital literacy."
- How I made a d20 engagement ring for my secret lesbian D&D proposal | Offbeat Bride: Joyfully geeky!
- PTSD: The Futile Search for the "Quick Fix" | Scientific American Blogs: "Preventive measures, like the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) are the only cure for PTSD"
- Women involved in Open Data | datalibre.ca: List of female speaker candidates in this burgeoning tech area.
- Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering | US National Science Foundation (NSF): Intersectionality statistics in STEM.
- Solvitur ambulando | Why we don't speak up: "I want more diversity in the open culture movement, and I do not want the people we recruit to feel like that. Those of us who are here already, please join me in making your harassment public, when it is safe for you to do so, so that we can have a more useful community-wide dialogue on the issue."
- Evan Prodromou | Google+: +Linus Torvalds you have a terrible temper and you treat people really badly
- Sergei Brin's Masculinity | Coyle's InFormation: "It makes little sense to eliminate women from your market, and promoting a product as a kind of 'technology viagra' is not going to win over female consumers."
- Autism spectrum conditions and anti-harassment: "In conclusion, because it seems to need repeating a lot: autism spectrum conditions are not a reason for harassment, they are not an excuse for harassment, and Internet-diagnosing unfamiliar-to-you highly socially competent predators makes life harder for everyone except predators."
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National champion boxer dies in Arizona after beating
PHOENIX – A 17-year-old national champion boxer is dead after being found severely beaten in his family's south Phoenix home and police are investigating the case as a homicide.
Authorities say Alexis Urbina died of his injuries Thursday at a hospital.
Phoenix police say the teen was found unconscious and covered in blood in the family's living room about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
They say there was no obvious sign of forced entry into the house, but Urbina's family says some of his boxing memorabilia is missing.
Police say it's unclear if robbery is a motive and they're waiting for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Urbina won the 141-pound Youth Men's Division at the USA Boxing National Championships in April at Spokane, Wash.


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Report Suggests Obama May Take Drones Away From The CIA
from the more-transparency-please dept
While much of the recent conversation here surrounding the United States' use of drones has centered on the fear of how they might be used domestically, there can be little doubt that their use is highly controversial around the world as well. In that arena, the questions that arise are more about transparency in their use, collateral damage, and whether or not there is even a legal argument for their application at all. As the pressure continues to mount, President Obama finally began to at least respond, suggesting in his most recent State of the Union address that he is seeking moves that will "ensure that not only our targeting, detention and prosecution of terrorists remain consistent with our laws and systems of checks and balances, but that our efforts are even more transparent to the American people and to the world." Many of us who have paid attention to Obama's actions versus his promises when it comes to transparency may have rolled our eyes, but there may shortly be a move coming in which, in the case of drones at least, progress will actually be made.
Reports are circulating via senior U.S. officials as sources that the President is going to take the CIA drone program, one of two in the United States, and unify it with the Defense Department's drone program. If it does indeed happen, this move should not go under-appreciated by those of us who wish for more accountability and transparency when our government decides to kill people abroad. As The Daily Beast notes:
The move could potentially toughen the criteria for drone strikes, strengthen the program's accountability, and increase transparency. Currently, the government maintains parallel drone programs, one housed in the CIA and the other run by the Department of Defense. The proposed plan would unify the command and control structure of targeted killings and create a uniform set of rules and procedures. The CIA would maintain a role, but the military would have operational control over targeting. Lethal missions would take place under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, which governs military operations, rather than Title 50, which sets out the legal authorities for intelligence activities and covert operations. "This is a big deal," says one senior administration official who has been briefed on the plan. "It would be a pretty strong statement."While any move that occurs will be phased in gradually, the report suggests it will be completed within the President's second term. The likely pusher for this shift, oddly enough, is coming from John Brennan, newly appointed CIA Director, who also has headed up the administration's drone program since the start of his first term. Reportedly, Brennan wants to get back to gathering intelligence, the CIA's longstanding role prior to the September 11 attacks over a decade ago. For the President, the one who dramatically upped the ante with America's drone strikes from the previous administration, this would be a serious move. Why?
Perhaps most important is that the CIA's program is "covert"—which is to say it is not only highly classified, it's deniable under the law. That means the CIA, in theory, can lie about the existence of the program or about particular operations. The military's targeted killing program, however, is "clandestine"—which means it is secret but not deniable.The cynical may not see much in such a move, but it's an important step. I'll leave it to other arenas for any debate over whether we should be using drones in the war on terror at all, but I would at least hope that we could all agree that when America, the nation, decides we're going to kill people overseas, America, the nation, should demand that choice be scrutable.
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