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If Dan Dugan had not been curious about the old slab of concrete behind building 569 at Moffett Field, the names of Shirley Bosser, Marian Fabian, Cheri Freytag and Gladys Leach might have been overlooked for a few more decades.
I certainly would never have made my way up to Moffett to read the fading inscriptions that the four women — and three of their friends in the naval WAVES during World War II — etched into wet concrete on April 27 and April 28, 1944.
Though I've tried, I haven't been able to determine who they are. If they're alive today, they are probably close to 90 and unlikely to be on Instagram. (For a full list of the names, see www.mercurynews.com/scott-herhold.)
The inscriptions leave me hungry for more this Independence Day. What kind of women were these Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service, or WAVES, surely a contorted acronym? What did they do at Moffett? What happened to them?
Dugan, a former Army pilot who went to work for NASA, agrees with me that they probably had independence of mind: They might have been chastised for the writing in concrete. They also had precision. Several of them left service numbers. And all of them wrote legibly.
As it happens, women have played a significant role in the history of Moffett. When the Navy began looking in 1929 for a place to locate a naval air station on the West Coast for its dirigibles, an untiring real estate agent from Niles, Laura Thane Whipple, stepped forward to push the Bay Area.
A land grant
Moffett Field historians say Whipple was selling the 1,696-acre Rancho Posolmi, which, 85 years before, was one of the few land grants given to a Native American. Where others saw fields of broccoli and cauliflower, she saw an air base (and a commission? I confess: It's occurred to me, though I have nothing to confirm that).
Whipple helped local communities raise more than $476,000 to buy the land, which was then deeded to the federal government for $1. It was a huge achievement, a piece of regional cooperation that sounds quaint today.
After the crash of its flagship dirigible, Macon, over Monterey Bay in 1935, the Navy turned over operation of Moffett Field to the Army, which used it as a pilot training base. Then, with Pearl Harbor, it was turned back to the Navy for training pilots on blimps.
Here there was plenty of room for the WAVES, who began in 1942. The naval archives have pictures of women operating the Moffett control tower and watching over the carrier pigeons that went aloft.
Is that what Shirley Bosser, Marian Fabian, Cheri Freytag and Gladys Leach did? Or their friends Ginger Nelson, Gloria Wells and another with the last name of Johnson? It might have been part of it. What we do know is that on an exuberant day in April 1944, they left their names in concrete for us to read seven decades later. No "Kilroy was here" for them.
The rest, I think, is up to any of us who know their story. Go online to read the full list and the service numbers. And if you can fill in the blanks, I'll follow up with another column.
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Heritage among the stones and bones... a introductory walk in Hills 2 and 5 Bukit Brown with Darren (Oct 22, 9 a.m.)
Well, ease your way back into the working week by joining Darren for a morning walk in Bukit Brown that will introduce you to the
history and heritage found in those graves. Listen to the story a grave
itself reveals - even before we read a word off the tombstone. Learn how
many different calendars exist. Listen to the lives of people - from
coolies to bankers, from landlords to war heroes. And hopefully - at then end, appreciate the history and heritage found right here in Bukit Brown.
The guided walk starts at 9.00 am and will end at 12.00 pm
Meeting Point: Meeting Point A (Block 2, 5 entrance). See map below (click on "Read More"). More instructions at http://bukitbrown.com/main/?p=10124
Please take note:
1. We will be walking through the undergrowth so dress appropriately, especially your footwear.
2. Wear light breathable clothing. Long pants and long sleeves if you are prone to insect bites or sunburn. Bring sunblock and natural insect repellent.
3. Wear comfortable non-slip shoes as safety is important. Walking sticks are recommended.
4. Do read up on Bukit Brown before going so you have a better understanding of the place (e.g. http://www.bukitbrown.com)
5. Do bring water, light snacks, poncho/umbrella, sunhat and waterproof your electronics.
6. Please go to the toilet before coming. There are NO facilities anywhere there or nearby.
Disclaimer: By agreeing to take this
walking tour of Bukit Brown Cemetery, you understand and accept that you
must be physically fit and able to do so.To the extent permissible by
law, you agree to assume any and all risk of injury or bodily harm to
yourself and persons in your care (including child or ward)
Bukit Brown was on the World Monuments Watch list 2014 . Find out what makes this a heritage site worthy of preserving. http://bukitbrown.com/main/?p=7930
"We guide rain or shine"
Bukit Brown. More than a cemetery. More than a Chinese cemetery. Come discover our habitat, heritage, history. Construction works have started. Many areas have been cordoned off.
How to get there and handy tips here:
How to get there by MRT / Bus:
Bus services available: 52, 74, 93, 157, 165, 852, 855.
From North: Go to Marymount MRT and walk to bus-stop #53019 along Upper Thomson Road. Take Buses 52, 74, 165, 852, 855
Alight 6 stops later at bus-stop, #41149, opposite Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), Adam Road. Walk towards Sime Road in the direction of Kheam Hock Road until you see Lorong Halwa.
From South: Go to Farrer Road MRT and walk to bus-stop #11111 at Farrer Road, in front of Blocks 2 & 3. Take Buses 93, 165, 852, 855. Alight 5 stops later at bus-stop, #41141, just before Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), Adam Road. Cross the bridge, walk towards Sime Road, follow the road until you see Lorong Halwa.
By car:
Turn in from Lornie Road, to Sime Road. Then, turn left into the first road (block 2,5 entrance), where parking is limited along the roadside. Try to use public transport to get there.
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People found with child pornography in Hertfordshire face lie detector tests to identify the risk of them becoming sex attackers.
Hertfordshire Constabulary officers are now being trained as polygraph examiners to assess suspects before they are released on bail.
The initiative is based on research that showed making suspects take lie detector tests led to police making more arrests and uncovering more evidence to build cases on.
The force said the tests had also prompted them upgrade their risk assessments on some suspects.
Research by Professor Don Grubin, Andrew Joyce from Hertfordshire Constabulary and Eric J Holden, from Behavioral Measures & Forensic Services Southwest, Inc, trialled polygraph tests on 31 men arrested for downloading indecent images of children initially classified as "low risk" by the police.
But after undergoing a polygraph test, the risk rating of 11 men was increased as the tests showed that five men had previously had sexual contact with children.
Subsequent investigations into these five men led to two being charged with serious sex offences and one being identified as a wanted suspect in another country.
Only eight of the 31 men being tested were kept as "low risk."
Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Orton, who is leading the polygraph testing in Hertfordshire, said: "In many instances individuals have been arrested and are on bail waiting for the technical analysis work to be undertaken on their computer equipment.
"By agreeing to an early polygraph test we can work with the offenders and understand the stress they are under and manage them more effectively."
The training, which is being led by Professor Don Grubin, chair in forensic psychiatry at Newcastle University and an honorary consultant psychiatrist in Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, is expected to last 11 weeks.
Professor Grubin said: "There is a good deal of evidence to show that polygraph testing has the potential to substantially increase information gain for little additional cost, and in fact can save money by enabling police resources to be better targeted and speeding up the investigative process."
Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner David Lloyd said: "Managing the risk that sex offenders pose is challenging and the police service must be creative in its approach.
"Hertfordshire Constabulary has been at the forefront of this innovative project which provides specialist officers with further ways to manage risk and I'm confident in the months ahead polygraph testing will prove to be highly successful."


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If nobody opposes, we will remove METS and MediaRDF from the Ontology Specification! /Joakim From: Bailer, Werner [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: den 17 maj 2011 18:33 To: email@example.com; Joakim Söderberg Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: RE: Decision needed before exit LC Hi Tobias, As METS serves rather as a container for other metadata than a metadata format itself, I'm for considering it out of scope (similar to the case that MPEG-21 can hold MPEG-7 metadata). No strong opinion on MediaRDF, but if it seems outdated and unsupported, we shouldn't support it (unability to come up with a working example means excluding formats according to our CR criteria). Best regards, Werner From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Tobias Bürger Sent: Dienstag, 17. Mai 2011 18:25 To: Joakim Söderberg Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Re: Decision needed before exit LC Hi Joakim, I would like to have opinions on two further issues by the group, maybe we can put them on your list: (1) Descoping of METS? -> Background: I wanted to make a METS RDF example filel, but realized that the overlap to our Media Resource ontology is actually very minor; in fact only the descriptive elements overlap. Therfore I asked myself if it makes sense to keep the METS mapping in our spec? (2) How to treat Media RDF? -> Background: I also wanted to make a MediaRDF example file but realized that the link pointing to the spec from the Media Resource document is no longer valid. Moreover you can not find any further source of information about the MediaRDF vocabulary on the Web. It seems that the vocabulary is no longer available /supported. Therefore I am not sure how we should treat it? Thank you & best regards, Tobias 2011/5/17 Joakim Söderberg <email@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>> Dear all, Next week we want to vote on moving the Ontology doc to CR. For this reason we need to decide upon the following: 1) Relaxing ma:relation, Protagonist: Martin Höffernig Decide whether to: i) Relax the constraint on ma:isRelatedTo, not restricted only to media resources. or ii) use rdfs:seeAlso to link associated documents 2) Should we change all datatypes for literal and provide definitions for the formats: according to Jean Pierre ? http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-annotation/2011May/0032.html 3) Binary metadata formats, Protagonist: Silvia (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-annotation/2011May/0075.html ) i) for OGG example, she can't provide *all* the properties mapping to the properties core set ii) The format been binary formats she can't create an RDF file. This conflicts with our exit criteria. Should we change those or is Sylvia missing something ? Regards /Joakim -- ___________________________________ Dr. Tobias Bürger http://www.tobiasbuerger.comReceived on Thursday, 19 May 2011 10:18:06 UTC
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Glossary of Energy Terms
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Letter U
UA -- A measure of the amount of heat that would be transferred through a given surface or enclosure (such as a building envelope) with a one degree Fahrenheit temperature difference between the two sides. The UA is calculated by multiplying the U-Value by the area of the surface (or surfaces).
UDC -- Utility distribution company. An entity that owns a distribution system for the delivery of energy to and from the ISO-controlled grid, and that provides regulated, retail service to eligible end-use customers who are not yet eligible for direct access, or who choose not to arrange services through another retailer.
UNCONDITIONED SPACE -- A space that is neither directly nor indirectly conditioned space, which can be isolated from conditioned space by partitions and/or closeable doors. [See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2-5302]
ULEV (ULTRA-LOW EMISSION VEHICLE) - a vehicle certified by the California Air Resources Board to have emissions from zero to 50,000 miles no higher than 0.040 grams/mile (g/mi) of non-methane organic gases, 1.7 g/mi of carbon monoxide, and 0.2 g/mi of nitrogen oxides. Emissions from 50,000 to 100,000 miles may be slightly higher (See chart in Chapter 2.)
ULTRAHIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION -- Transporting electricity over bulk-power lines at voltages greater than 800 kilovolts.
UNBUNDLING -- Disaggregating electric utility service into its basic components and offering each component separately for sale with separate rates for each component. For example, generation, transmission and distribution could be unbundled and offered as discrete services.
UNIVERSAL SERVICE -- Electric service sufficient for basic needs (an evolving bundle of basic services) available to virtually all members of the population regardless of income.
UNLEADED GASOLINE -- Gasoline that has had tetraethyl lead removed in conformance with federal and state regulations.
UPGRADE (Electric utility) -- Replacement or addition of electrical equipment resulting in increased generation or transmission capability.
UPRATE (Electric utility) -- An increase in the rating or stated measure of generation or transfer capability.
UPSTREAM -- A term used in the petroleum industry referring to the exploration and production side of the business. This includes pipelines but production before reaching the refinery.
URANIUM -- A radioactive element, found in ores, of which atoms can be split to create energy.
URANIUM ENRICHMENT -- The process of increasing the percentage of pure uranium above the levels found in naturally occurring uranium ore, so that it may be used as fuel.
UTILITY -- A regulated entity which exhibits the characteristics of a natural monopoly. For the purposes of electric industry restructuring, "utility" refers to the regulated, vertically-integrated electric company. "Transmission utility" refers to the regulated owner/operator of the transmission system only. "Distribution utility" refers to the regulated owner/operator of the distribution system which serves retail customers.
U-value or U-factor -- A measure of how well heat is transferred by the entire window - the frame, sash and glass - either into or out of the building. U-value is the opposite of R-value. The lower the U-factor number, the better the window will keep heat inside a home on a cold day.


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Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. bought a 60% share of the $342-million Pinnacle office complex in Burbank from M. David Paul & Associates/Worthe Real Estate Group, bringing together two of Southern California's biggest entertainment industry landlords as co-owners.
The Pinnacle is made up of two office buildings on 4.3 acres near Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank Studios and Walt Disney Studios. Tenants include Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., KIIS-FM and Elektra Entertainment, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Among properties owned by Hudson Pacific are Sunset Bronson Studios, Sunset Gower Studios and the Technicolor Building.
"The Pinnacle will be extremely complementary to our portfolio and will provide Hudson with an immediate foothold in one of the top media and entertainment submarkets in Los Angeles," Chief Executive Victor J. Coleman said.
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Sunday Services:
Sunday School at 10am.
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Lars von Trier on His Controversial Cannes Return
Lars von Trier would like to point out that his banishment from the Cannes Film Festival, where he was declared "persona non grata" after making comments sympathetic to Nazis, has not been applied to others.
"What about Harvey?" the Danish director wondered in an interview Wednesday, alluding to the former Cannes regular Harvey Weinstein, whom the festival did strongly condemn. "What I've done is far worse? I got trapped in a joke."
Seven years ago, when von Trier premiered his "Melancholia" in Cannes, he was asked at a news conference about discovering his family's German heritage in addition to his Jewish roots. While his mortified star, Kirsten Dunst, watched in horror, von Trier meandered until eventually stating that he "understands Hitler" and "I am a Nazi."
Seven years later, von Trier has returned to Cannes after the festival deemed his punishment sufficient. But he has not come back quietly, brimming with remorse. Instead, he has detonated "The House That Jack Built," a 2½-hour serial killer drama nasty enough to spark dozens of walkouts at its premiere.
Some critics called it a quintessential von Trier film about the nature of art and the reaches of empathy. Others called the film, which features scenes of child murder, female mutilation and piles of frozen corpses, "repulsive" and "irredeemably unpleasant."
Matt Dillon stars as Jack, a discontented architect with obsessive compulsive disorder and a virtually total lack of sympathy for others. His killings, separated in five chapters, are in their own way works of art. Von Trier is laying out how, to his mind, art is unbound by moral decency. To illustrate the point, he even inserts clips from his own films and, naturally, of Hitler.
"I sympathize with Jack to a certain degree," von Trier said, sitting alongside Dillon at a villa on the Cannes hillside. "The theory that mass killings can be seen as installations is of course true. Anything can be seen as art. But, thank god, I'm not in the killing business."
"The House That Jack Built" played out of the competition at Cannes, meaning von Trier did not have to return to the spotlight of the festival's press room. Von Trier, 62, is moving slower (it took him three days to travel here, he said) and his hands shake visibly - a result, his publicist said, of medication he takes for chronic anxiety. The director has long been frank about his own battles with depression.
"If you look at life on Earth, it really stinks, right?" said von Trier. "At the top of the cake are human beings that know they're going to die. If there's a god, which I'm sure there's not, he's the bad guy. I know there are very cruel pictures of the dead people from the concentration camps, but somehow I had to make Jack an artist that just has no limits."
Asked if the same wasn't true of him, von Trier chuckled. "I have limits," he said. "I have a lot of limits."
The film co-stars Uma Thurman, Riley Keough and Bruno Ganz. But the biggest risk taken is by Dillon, who shoulders the film.
Dillon said he was invigorated by the rehearsal-less production, and he deeply trusted von Trier. Their process frequently involved von Trier urging the actor to take his performance down 50 percent - or more - to a deadpan.
"The highest it went was 125 percent. And I would laugh, and one time he fired me. But it was good," said Dillon. "Lars encouraged me not to judge Jack from my perspective. So for example, the scenes I did with Riley were difficult scenes. It's like we talked about Jack being born a sick person. At one time I said to Lars with understatement, 'This is a pretty bad guy.' And he shook his head, 'Well, you can't be worse.'"
Last year, Bjork accused von Trier of misogynistic bullying while making their Palme d'Or-winning film "Dancer in the Dark." Von Trier has denied it. Danish authorities also recently investigated the behavior of von Trier's producer, Peter Aalbaek Jensen, and the workplace environment of their production studio, Zentropa.
Von Trier said he was drawn to writing "The House That Jack Built" for the simple story line of a serial killer going victim to victim. Later, he added the Dante-like dimension of a trip into hell. "Then it became an arc," he said, before making a pun alluding to an architecture segment in the film. "An arch."
That some might disagree with him or his films has never been a major concern for von Trier. But he will argue for his freedom to say what he wants to the end.
"Everybody has different layers. A great, great artist can be an a------," von Trier said. "I will defend my right to say that (Nazi architect Albert Speer) was a good architect, or anyway an interesting architect, no matter how he was politically."
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While big data analysis is increasingly seen as an essential capability, 60 percent of surveyed organizations have only limited capability in business intelligence (BI) reporting, according to a new survey from the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), a nonprofit organization that provides independent research, education and certification programs to information professionals. Research for the report was underwritten in part by Datawatch and IBM; survey respondents came from a variety of business sectors, including government, finance and education.
Sixty-five percent of respondents admitted their organizations have a "somewhat disorganized" approach to content management. In the complex world of big data analytics, warns AIIM, organizations often have vast quantities of "dark data" (data that lacks any control or classification) that could hold valuable business intelligence.
"Big data potentially holds huge insight for organizations, but the mass of 'dark data' could impact the ability to extract that insight effectively," said Doug Miles, director market intelligence at AIIM, in a prepared statement. "Businesses should look to harness their information, and combine it across disparate systems as a precursor to their big data journey."
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Chesterton Tribune
House panel approves Healthy Indiana Plan expansion, strips grants
TOM LoBIANCO,
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana House panel has altered a
plan that would use the state's Healthy Indiana Plan to expand Medicaid
coverage in the state.
The House
Public Health Committee voted 8-5 on Monday for a bipartisan measure that
would expand coverage without seeking federal Medicaid dollars through
block grants, like the Senate has approved.
Gov. Mike
Pence has already submitted a plan asking the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services to approve covering roughly 400,000 low-income residents
through HIP. The state faces a June deadline for approval or it could be
forced to dismantle the program and end coverage for the 40,000 residents
already enrolled.
legislative leaders and Pence have balked at expanding Medicaid using the
traditional program. But they have suggested expanding the program using a
state-run program.
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The findings of a feline health study conducted by Bayer Health Care found that 52% of America's 74 million cats are not receiving regular veterinary care. Cats can startle easily, jump out of the smallest opening or basically interfere with the driver"s duties when they are stressed. Some veterinarians specialize in feline medicine and their practice is limited to cats only. Finding a good clinic may be much harder if you are faced with needing to find a vet urgently, as you will not have time to look into differences between clinics. Ask if any of the nurses or technicians have done the ISFM Certificate or Diploma in Feline Nursing.
How to choose the right Holly Point, Florida vet for my cat?
If possible (i.e. the mother cat is still around and nursing the kittens), the kittens should be adopted out at age 9 – 10 weeks or older for optimal health, weaning time and socialization. Cats can exhibit many signs with this condition, including, but not limited to: weight loss (may be extreme), increased appetite, vomiting, increased heart rate, increased activity levels (old cat suddenly acting like a kitten again). To help make the visit less stressful for your cat (and for you), we"ve gathered our top seven strategies for visiting the vet.
Then comes the "drive of doom," where he will demonstrate his well-developed hissing and howling talents, followed by an excruciatingly long wait in the clinic"s lobby, where your cat will either retreat into the fetal position in the corner of his carrier or pace wildly within it, meowing at you in what sounds a lot like the feline version of profanity. A vet in Holly Point, Florida 32073 who is sensitive to cat behavior will also have treats of different types in the exam room. They may hear their housemate screaming in the other carrier, adding to the stress.
Bring your cat to a vet near you:
- Laurel Grove
- Orange Park
- Camp Echockotee
- Mandarin
- Meadowbrook Terrace
- Bellair
- Neilhurst
- Orange Park North Mobile Home Community
How much does a visit to a Holly Point, Florida vet cost?
It may help calm you too; studies suggest that petting and playing with pets can reduce stress levels in humans. The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) evaluates veterinary practices based on staff, care, equipment, and facilities. Proximity to your home will certainly be a factor in your decision, but it shouldn't be the only one. Don't rule out an older looking hospital – a fancy new facility doesn't always guarantee that your pet will also get top-of-the line medical care. You know your new vet should be competent and licensed, but here are six other less obvious but equally important characteristics you should look for when choosing a veterinarian.
If your vet in Holly Point, Florida seems to be doing well with all these things, but you still feel like something's not quite right, don't ignore that. By the time a cat shows symptoms, a disease may already be in the advanced stages, which often makes treatment less effective and more costly. Be sure to read package recommendations for the size of area and number of diffusers needed for maximum effect. Depending on where you live, the vets available to you may or may not have had a great deal of training on cats, but many cheap vets for cats are increasingly passionate and knowledgeable about cats.
Are there any affordable Holly Point, Florida vets for cats?
If the clinic is belongs to our Cat Friendly Scheme, they will also have a cat advocate in the clinic who works to improve the cat care – you can speak to them and ask them any questions you may have. This will reduce the change of spreading disease or parasites to the resident cats. Urine leakage or having "accidents" out of the box also signals problems, either with infection, loss of sphincter control, or another underlying disease. Cats are one the most popular pets, but they're taken to the vet far less often than dogs. When you make an appointment for your cat at a new clinic, ask the receptionist if there are any vets who seem to have a preference for working with cats.
If that's not an option, make sure you cover her carrier with a towel, so she can't see the other pets in the waiting room. If your vet hospital is small and doesn't have a separate cat waiting area, ask to be put into an exam room or a quiet space as soon as you come in. But for the cat who hates the Clay County, Florida vet or doesn't get along with his buddy, even at home, the multiple-cat visit can be stressful. Annual trips to the vet are necessary to keep her in tip-top shape. You should be certain that the vet you bring your kitty to really is a cat enthusiast who truly enjoys being around and caring for these special pets. For a listing of feline veterinarians, use the Find a Feline Practitioner search on the American Association of Feline Practioners' website.


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Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Using searches to backup files
4 comments:
- John said...
i'm not fluent in regex.. any way to get some examples? I'd love to have an exclude list, like every file that starts with a . for example.
Or a search example that says every file BUT the following...
Is that possible? Great program BTW, thanks.
- 30 September 2009 at 11:49
- bonkey said...
You can find a tutorial on Java regex's here: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/regex/. It's quite short - you can skip the parts on how to use the classes.
Here's a regular expression that I think should get every file that doesn't start with a .: ^[^\.].*
- 30 September 2009 at 16:41
- bonkey said...
That will also exclude files that are in folders that start with ., I believe. Test it out.
- 30 September 2009 at 16:43
- John said...
Thanks! That seems to work by finding all files that don't start with a . but does include the files within directories that start with a .
regex is beyond me, so I don't even know where to start to tell it to exclude the contents of directories that start with a . and files that start with a .
thanks for the help though...
- 1 October 2009 at 12:19


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The library of Kunsthaus Zürich has no large stock of old or bibliophile books and other prints. Normally the library does not purchase rare editions, collectibles or other valuable works.
Nevertheless, the library owns some libri rari. They are all individual pieces, which did not come into the library as part of an existing collection or by systematic collecting. In most cases, the titles, which now have become rare and valuable items and are counted among the libri rari, have once been acquired as normal inexpensive new books. Besides this there are gifts and as a rare exception also the purchase of a valuable title in connection with an exhibition at the museum.


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What people do and say in the spirit of God's love urgently matters in this day and age. The God Jesus reintroduced to humanity is a God who seeks the lost and tends the broken, a God who puts mercy ahead of law and compassion before custom, a God who forgives sinners and welcomes all people to the table. This God is never what committed Christians or the world at-large expects.... yet is just the kind of God we desperately need today.
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This event is aimed at all legal professionals who are willing to provide or receive relevant professional mentoring. If you are an altruistic lawyer, a legal manager, a solicitor, a paralegal or someone who is about to start working in the field, feel free to join us.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- I have 4 phone lines and 1 DirecTV, and 2 U-verse line with AT&T. When I want to sign up with DirecTV with AT&T, the manager name Ron and another lady Judy told me, I will get $200 gift card and with all the cartoon network include Boomerang, the monthly bill will fix with $40 with 2 years. After 1 month, I did not get any $200 gift card from AT&T. I DID NOT GET Boomerang as well. In order to get that, I must upgrade my service. The monthly bill is not $40 actually, the bill is $50 + $7.99 protection, total $57. I cannot believe such big company doing this to the customer.
On Oct 14th, 2010 I called to get basic home phone service and internet with AT&T since I am already a wireless customer. I explained what I had and what I needed. I was told that a technician would be out Monday to take care of me. Monday, Oct 18th came and went with not call or no technician. I called back on the 19th and this is where HELL began!!! Here is what I needed, phone and internet to be connected! That is it!!
The first time I got someone I explained that my phone and internet were supposed to be connected on Monday and were not. I was told that my phone had been connected and was working. IT WAS NOT WORKING!!! I could call the number but it would not ring in my house!! Of course they insult you by asking if your jacks are connected. I did not have a dial tone!!!!
I explained that I had had digital phone previously, but they insisted that it was working. I gave up on phone and tried with the internet. That was even worse! Each person kept telling me that all I had to do was set up my modem. I kept explaining that I did not have a modem but a router. They kept trying to walk me through set up!!
At about 4 I spoke to someone who seemed like he could help. He advised me that I had been transferred to the wrong area and that his area was where I needed to be. He told me that because I had digital phone and internet, a technician did have to come out and set me up. He said he would order me a modem and have it sent to me by Thursday and a tech would be out Friday to set me up. He even asked me to speak with his supervisor because he needed to know what I had been through that day. I spoke with him and he advised that my fist bill would be waived due to all the issues and misinformation that I had.
Thursday day came and went with no modem. I called back on Friday and was advised that there was no record of an order being placed for me. After talking to more people, I was advised that they would send a tech out on Saturday and he would bring the modem.
Saturday afternoon did bring some good news, the phone guy came out and I had phone service. He advised that he had lots of complaints against AT&T customer service and left his business card just in case the internet guy did not show up. Guess what, internet guy never showed up!
Sunday I called again and was less than cordial. Was transferred to customer service in India. I asked to be sent back to the US and was sent to Indianapolis. I explained everything that had happened in the past week and was advised that they would have a technician out that afternoon with a modem at no charge to me. Finally, a technician came that morning and got me set up!!!
Then the big slap in the face occurred. I received a bill from AT&T for $255.64. $186.00 of which, was for a modem and for a technician. I had to call again today and was told that in my record, those charges had been waived. So how did I get billed if they were waived?
In the area that I live in, I don't have too many options for phone and internet as it is AT&T country. My other service provided was terribly high and by going to AT&T and another cable provider I am saving $150 per month; not sure now if it was worth it! I can't wait for my wireless service to end, as I will be looking for another provided as well! I really hope this gets to the "Powers to Be" at AT&T. I have never received such poor service from any company in my life!
It is Monday morning and my television is the bedroom is on. Out of nowhere, there is a very loud bang outside. This sound resembles a gun being fired, a loud clap of thunder, or a mini explosion. Simultaneously, my TV goes out. It is obvious to me this has come from one of AT&T's transformers or whatever those circular metal boxes are on the top of the telephone pole. This is confirmed when several neighbors come outside and look up at the said telephone pole.
At this point, my TV will not turn back on. I check my alternate TV in the living room. It comes on and immediately the video portion goes out and all I am left with is audio. Upon calling AT&T service, I am told to repower the cable boxes (naturally) and the service is restored (for 5 min). Unfortunately, I had hung up with the tech thinking the problem was solved.
Now I have to call back and go through all the menu bs once again only to be told someone would have to come out because this is an exterior problem (no kidding!). At this point, I am told that the TV could be damaged though they bear no responsibility in the cost of this, and someone cannot come out until Thursday (4 days away). REALLY???
This is not only an inconvenience (obviously) but a questionable safety hazard, since the sound heard from the outside was not a comforting one. I live in a complex made up of several condos so I am certain many people are affected by this "inconvenience". If the electricity goes out, does the company not send someone out as soon as possible? Considering what I am paying these people for my cable, not to mention the SLOWEST internet out there, I think I should be awarded the same courtesy. All these negative reviews are not surprising.
I responded to an AT&T door to door salesperson and signed up for AT&T U-Verse. I'd been receiving fantastic offers for over a year, and was ready to switch. I'd used Cox cable, internet and landline phone for years and was relatively happy, but the AT&T U-Verse sales pitch was "more and better services for less money." The installation went pretty smoothly, although it took the tech 8 hours to set up 4 TV's, internet and home phone.
It then took me a week to get the kinks worked out of e-mail. For business reasons, I use Microsoft Outlook; AT&T doesn't support MS products, but I did finally get my email routed through Outlook. The kids were happy with all the new channels and the DVR on every TV.
Then the first bill arrived. $470!!! Granted this was for almost 2 months, but my regular bill was going to be at least $225/month, and the sales person told me my bill would be $130/month. I gather she was reporting only the cost of the TV part of the bundle, but when I've been receiving offers in the mail for the bundle for $100/month for the first year, you could understand how I might have been an easy sucker. So I call the call center and explain my problem.
They downgrade me from U300 to U200 service, promise to credit me for the free HBO, and assure me my new bill will only be $100/month. When the new plan arrives via e-mail, low and behold I'm still paying for HBO and it's still $225/month. I look online, and AT&T is advertising the bundle for $89 for the first year. This must be in a parallel universe, because it sure ain't in my U-Verse!
When originally installed AT&T U-verse was wonderful. In January, AT&T U-verse upgraded their software. The television started freezing intermittently which meant no Internet or telephone service. The duration of the freezes would be anywhere between two to five minutes. Reported the problem and technicians were sent out. Equipments were changed. The problem reoccurred, called, technicians of next level sent. Problem still not resolved. Technicians of next level and supervisor sent. Problem resolved for short period of time.
Problem back again starting November, 2010. Technician sent 12/8/2010 (one hour late after window time). Changed equipment. Problem returned 12/9/2010 and still going on today (1/8/2011). Called sending technician on 1/14/2011. I explained I will be looking for a vendor that provides the services that I am getting from AT&T (television, Internet, telephone). Customer service apologetic, but no satisfaction.
My mother pulled a fast 1 on our household. She'd gotten fed up with Comcast supposedly raisin' their bill each month. She decided to go with the 3 services from U-verse. She was going to do it anyway, even if I'd said 'no'. She told me I'd still have audio music channels comparable to Music Choice, so I went along, gamely. Found out that U-verse has Urge music service. What a joke! I soon found out that that there was too much song repetition, too many album cuts nobody ever heard of, and after a while, I discovered that the CMT Radio channel on it, didn't add any current songs whatsoever.
As I type this, their most current song is, 'You belong with me,' by Taylor Swift, which peaked in August of LAST YEAR! Please, if anybody subscribes to U-verse TV, don't go looking for current country songs on Urge, 'cause they're just not there! God bless!
WARNING - Long story short - the first bill will be at least 3 times what you were told. The worst mistake I ever made! A U-Verse representative came to my door and signed me up. I agreed to pay $179 a month for TV, internet, and telephone service. I was told that the first bill would include charges for a month plus a pro-rated charge for part of a month. I was told installation was completely free and the U-Verse techs would connect all my devices, which I listed. He GAVE ME A PAPER STATING THIS! The technicians that installed the system also left a paper showing $0 for installation.
The first bill was $560, including a $290 installation charge. During this time the service failed, so now I had no TV, no internet, and the telephone remained on the local carrier with another separate charge. Multiple calls to U-Verse did reduce the installation charge, but they did not completely remove it. I called and cancelled the television service and specifically asked about the monthly bill. They said it would be $43. The next bill was &179. So I figure they just triple what they tell you.
Then they had the gall to send me a notice threatening to cancel my service if I do not pay don't pay. I will be very surprised if U-Verse lasts more than a couple of years. Word is bound to get out. You can't set out to purposely mislead and cheat people and expect not to have repercussions.
BROWNSBURG, INDIANA -- This email did not address my concern at all. My concern is that since being a customer, I have not had a good experience, here are the problems experienced as a customer: August 2008- Started service technician was late and complained entire time about his job while here. Took him hours to connect two tv's, internet, and phone, did not explain any details on operating these.
October/November- Called regarding phone service cutting out. Technician came out, said there was a problem with lines outside and he cleared them. Nov. Noticed bill was way higher than quoted originally and downgraded from U200 to U100. December, called again about channels freezing, problems with phone, and bill. Was told I was being charged for HDTV and additional receivers that I did not have, woman on phone stated that this would be credited back to my account and that she would make the switch for us for U200. Dec.30, received call that AT&T was having trouble switching U100 back to U200 and that they were working on it.
Jan 6, U200 working- picture freezes. Often called AT&T and a service tech was sent out the next day to work on lines service tech stated problem was outside inbox and loose wire in house. Fixed problems. Jan 18- Come home in evening to find AT&T U200 not working. Missing all Life Time channels, Cartoon network, WE, Oxyg. and many others, call AT&T at 1800-att2020. Spoke with technician who stated I have U100-family explained I was viewing my bill online currently and that I am being billed as of 12/26 for U200. She has me press button on box wait five seconds and let go.
Comes back online and says that I have the proper programs I ordered and if I want U200, I have to pay for it. Puts me on hold while she speaks with ** in customer service, transfers me to ** in customer service. Attempt to explain to ** that I am only receiving channels for U100, she tells me on her end she has me as receiving U200 and will credit my account for $5.00 for the day without service and needs to transfer me back to Technical Support.
Ask her what to tell them when they tell me that in their system, it shows I have U100. She states it shouldn't do that. Now on the phone for 60 mins. Transferred to a male with an accent, could not make out his name. He tells me I have U100 in his system. I explain I have been on the phone for over 1 hour trying to clear this up and that my bill has me for U200 and until today, I was able to watch U200.
He has me unplug all my boxes wait 20 seconds and plug them back in, unplug the router and wait, unplug the t.v. and wait, 1:30 minutes pass, call is disconnected, he calls me back, and tells me to again hit the power button, unplug the tv's and plug them back in and wait to see what they do.
I explain that I did that and still not getting U200, ask to speak to a manager, was told they were all in a meeting and that he could not resolve my issue as it was a customer service issue. He transfers me back to customer service. Now total time on phone with AT&T is approaching 2 hours.
On hold forever, finally reach a recording that states the office is now closed and to call back during normal business hours. Still no AT&T U200, still no resolve and still paying for service I am not receiving. I am extremely dissatisfied. I noticed this time that no one asked if they provided me with excellent service today, I would have told them not at all. Four different people gave me the runaround and none resolved the issue. This needs to be better resolved.
I want a manager to respond and resolve this issue immediately. I want my bill to reflect the right services, I do want U200, I do not have nor have I had an HD TV and the technician knew that when he came out and told me he would not put that on my package since I had an SDTV. I only had two receivers, one for the main t. v and a spare t.v. that is hooked up as the technician said he could not hook up any other t.v.s in the house without having to drill in the walls. I am being billed for AT&T Uverse from 12/26 when it was never on at this end until 1/06/2009.
Almost two weeks of service not received but paid for. I have never in all my years experienced anything like this mess I am deeply dissatisfied and unpleased with AT&T tv and phone service. While the internet is great, the customer service leaves much to be desired.
We have had AT&T U-verse for about 2 months now. What a big mistake, the screen is constantly freezing, the voices do not coincide with the actors. What we thought we would be saving by switching to AT&T is now irrelevant, we are changing back to our old cable company.
ILLINOIS -- I just got off the phone with the rewards center and guess what... they wasn't much of a help. I have been waiting on my $50 rebate since November 08. I called on 12/2/08 to confirm if they had my new address and the representative stated they did. In the meantime I checked the status of it on the net and it should shipped 12/9/08. So I figured I would give it a couple of weeks. By 1/8/09 I called back to inform I never received a check. The representative read me my old address (meaning that it was never changed to begin with) so from that point she clearly stated it would be updated and another check will be sent.
Well I called today and guess what I spoke to 2 reps that told me it had been cashed on 1/17/09 and that "IIIIIII" had spoken to someone about it being cashed and they were sending me a copy. Well guess what... if my address was never updated until the beginning of Jan., then the check was sent to the incorrect address CLEARLY AFTER THE PURPOSE OF MY 1ST CALL WAS TO CONFIRM THAT THE ADDRESS WAS CORRECT!!!
The 1st representative was very helpful, the 2nd representative was very rude! Gosh I wish I could remember his name. It all came down to me speaking to his supervisor who stated they are not responsible for lost/stolen checks which I truly understand. Her name is (DNG I can't say) from the ILLINOIS reward site. I told her that I will be filing a complaint b/c I don't feel it was my fault they sent it to the incorrect address.
She basically told me "OH WELL there's nothing they can do." I asked her what was her manager's name and could I speak to them. Guess what she told me, she can't give that info and they do not take calls. Now what kind of customer service is that? I am a customer service supervisor and I be ** if we told our customers that. My ** would be through! I really needed to vent after that call.


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Available from 16th November until 30th December (excluding Christmas Day, when a different menu is available), our menu features an array of delicious festive dishes.
You can choose to have either 2 courses for £24.95.95 or 3 courses for £19.95.95.
Once you've made a booking, Simply complete the information about your booking below (including your booking reference), make a menu selection for each guest in your party, and then 'submit' your form and it will be emailed straight to us. If your booking is for more than 10 people, please phone the pub to arrange your pre-order.


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ok, let's play a little game.
How many character can you recognize in this pic?
About 10
Dock....oh dock I miss you
Hahahahaha Amaya :3
INSIGNIFICANT!! that part just stuck out to me. lol. good job
I recognize all of them. and the dock is just awesome.
hahaha I am a jerk!
All but one, the one on the desk...Amaya comes to mind but I see no ribbon so I am left clueless...
why do people mistreat amaya?
I recognize 8
Lolol @ the dock! God dang it, Gnukko, I love your stuff.
If you see someone drowning
Ahh, John vs. Carter...
I think I know about 14 of them (including the dock)
- johnnyBUZZ
wow. I'm really surprised that the flower girl is not amongst them. Seriously her only role was to steal david's heart but that was only shown in a couple pages. Since then she hasn't made an appearance as far as I know.
17 including Dock
Is Carter smiling as he's being choked to death?
what about spanish cat from prom preparations
HAHAHAHAHHAAHAAA The Dock!!! The "I am a Jerk" T-shirt Guy! AHAHAHHAHAHA
Because the stupidity hurts so much, I'm gonna help everyone out.
Top -> Bottom:
-3 rejected models
-Mike's Fanclub (who turned on him because of Paulo)
-That kid falling asleep in class behind Paulo and Lucy
-Sandy Look Alikes
-Curfew Cop
-Mina & Cassidy (Jasmine's Friends)
-Some Teacher and Sex Ed Teacher
-That guy who gave the kids sleeping pills disguised as candycorn
-Dock <3
Edit: That guy who gave the kids sleeping pills disguised as candy corn has a name, and it's Bill... just thought you should know


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It will ALWAYS be a mistake to think you have reached the limits of what is possible.ronnie wrote:It can be a mistake to think that you have already reached the limits of whats possible.
If there is one thing we as a species have consistently done it is to keep on evolving and developing our technologies.
Even technologies that we have stopped developing on has in most cases not reached the possibilities (from a technological perspective).


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Degree Requirements
Wooster offers three Baccalaureate degrees:
Each student has a faculty adviser. The student is responsible for understanding the requirements for the degree and for meeting these requirements. Students should review their progress toward meeting graduation requirements with their faculty adviser each semester. In addition to these requirements, to be eligible for graduation, a student must be in good standing under the Codes of Academic Integrity and Social Responsibility as administered through the judicial system of the College.


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== Objective of the SDK ==
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The COSMOS SDK provides the Eclipse-based tooling to
The COSMOS SDK provides the Eclipse-based tooling to a Management Data Repository (MDR).
== Installation ==
== Installation ==
Revision as of 16:18, 29 August 2008
This page provides instructions on how to install and run the COSMOS SDK.
Objective of the SDK
The COSMOS SDK provides the Eclipse-based tooling to develop and test a Management Data Repository (MDR).
Download COSMOS Build and Prerequisites
This section provides instructions for installing and running the SDK provided by COSMOS.
- Install Tomcat 5.5.26. The directory where the Tomcat server is installed will be referred to as the <tomcat_install_dir> in this document.
- From the COSMOS download page, click on the link of the stable build of your choice. Download the zip file under the "COSMOS SDK" section.
- Download the prerequisites for the SDK as specified in the Requirements section of the download page (i.e. Dojo, Tomcat, Axis2, Webtools (WTP), Eclipse, EMF, XSD, and GEF)
- Unzip Eclipse SDK to a directory along with WTP, EMF, XSD, GEFand the COSMOS SDK.
- Unzip Tomcat to a separate directory.
- Unzip Dojo to a separate directory.
- Download IBM Java SDK 5.0 or the Sun Java JDK 1.5* to use with the COSMOS toolkit. IBM Java 5.0 can be found at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/ . Note: if you are using the Sun JRE, you will need to do the following to configure Eclipse to avoid crashing the workspace with the internal web browser:
- Select "General > Web Browser" from the preferences dialog box
- Select the "Use external Web browser" radio button
- Check the "Firefox" entry as the external web browser
Configuring the COSMOS SDK
Before creating a MDR, you must set some configuration options in the preferences page.
- Start up Eclipse.
- Open the preference page by selecting Windows>Preferences. In the preferences dialog, select "Web Services > Axis2 Preferences".
- Enter the Axis 2 directory in the "Axis2 runtime location" text box.
- Next, select "Server > Runtime Environments" in the preference dialog box. Here you will specify the Tomcat runtime.
- Click the "Add..." button. Select "Apache>Apache Tomcat v5.5" and click "Next".
- Enter the location of the Tomcat directory in the "Tomcat installation directory:" text box.
- Next select "System Management > Web UI Viewer" in the preference dialog box. Specify the location of the Dojo.js file in the "Dojo.xd.js URL Location" text box. Set the location of the dojo.js file that you unzipped in a specific directory. Or you can specify the AOL reference link http://o.aolcdn.com/dojo/1.1.0/dojo/dojo.xd.js. Note that this will retrieve the Dojo Javascript files from the Internet instead of the local computer.
Once you have configured the SDK, you can create a MDR by following the Constructing a Data Manager section in the COSMOS Developer Guide.


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Tile Floors in The Kitchen: Inspiration From Spain
Our regular contributor on all things kitchen design, Regina Yunghans, is away for a couple weeks. She just had a beautiful baby boy! So we've invited a few friends to share some inspiration from beautiful kitchens. First up is Susan Serra, a professional kitchen designer and blogger. Here's her account of a recent trip to Spain, with lots of photos too!
I love modern design and I know so much of The Kitchn community does too. What I REALLY love (and I'm sure I'm not alone) is the mix of old and new, clean and textured, cool and warm, those sort of eclectic combinations.
During a recent trip to Spain (courtesy of www.autokitchen.com) for which I along with my colleague Roberta Kravette, AKBD, LEED AP, was asked to speak to an audience at the Spanish kitchen design exhibition (SICI) in Madrid on American kitchen design trends, I had the opportunity to do a little traveling around Spain as well. Put a camera in my hands and I go to TOWN, finding inspiration virtually anywhere.
For some reason, part of my 2,000 images over 5 days centered around flooring...the patterns, colors, and textures spoke to me and said "come hither". I had been thinking at various times this year about how design elements can be interpreted as truly classic and timeless in a kitchen design. I think that is what attracted me to turn the camera downward at the floors in Spain, some of these centuries-old, and compare them to today's flooring aesthetic.
It may sound simplistic, but the patterns are familiar, as are the tile colors. What was unexpected were the delightful and colorful inserts situated among the larger tiles, typical for a kitchen backsplash but not seen so often these days in the US in flooring. Sometimes the inserts were patterned, sometimes a solid color or the color of the tile. Zig zag patterns with colorful tiles in a line were fun and who doesn't love the classic herringbone pattern (without a colorful zigzag within it)?
I asked autokitchen to create a few renderings of modern kitchens with classic (and old looking) flooring configurations. That's one of my favorite looks - old and new design elements used together. It's the energy I love. Besides having classic beauty, the floors in Spain fall mainly on (fill in the blank because I can't!)
The Kitchen Designer
Related: Clay Tile Kitchen Floors
(Images: Susan Serra; www.autokitchen.com)


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The Recycling Program at Cupertino High School is run by Mr. Neil Chai during his career education class. The students are assigned to campus projects that promote humanitarian and environmental concerns. The student's responsibilities are to successfully start and maintain these projects throughout the year.
Through Recycling of bottles and cans, is in its fourth year and we have successfully raised over 3,000 dollars that is used for buying more recycling supplies and promoting other programs. The recycling group is currently working with the senior class's Kenya Dream Project in order to help raise money for the building of a school in Kenya. The students collect and sort the recycling, then 50% of the proceeds go towards The Kenya Dream Project. The other 50% is used to help maintain and buy more equipment for the program.
Soles4Souls was started by two of the students in the class as their project. They have collected over 400 pairs of shoes for the non-profit organization Soles4Souls. We just recently sent off 100 shoes through Soles4Souls, that will be sent to Haiti earthquake relief. They are currently attempting to raise money for the shipping of additional shoes by recycling old cell phone and printer cartridges.
Wermz is a food scrap waste program for our school site, that collects food scraps from the culinary arts program, the cafeteria, and a number of teachers currently. It is in its beginning stages and will eventually collect food from local businesses and the student community. The product of the worms eating the food scraps is a rich worm casting fertilizer. The fertilizer will eventually be sold locally as a fundraiser for the program and/or donated to local non-profit gardens and farms.
School Garden: We are currently working on building an organic garden behind room 614. We have a small piece of land and are currently seeking funds through a variety of grants and the Cupertino Rotary to help build a shed and a fence for the garden.


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A fifth circuit federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that government authorities can track location data on cell phones without a warrant—but that doesn't mean you can't take steps to avoid Uncle Sam's preying eyes.
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The ruling serves as another reminder of the fragility of privacy when it comes to mobile and online data tracking in the wake of leaked documents detailing the National Security Agency's surveillance programs.
Americans worry more now about government's surveillance policies encroaching on their rights, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll, which found that 56% believe federal courts fail to provide adequate limits on the data the government is collecting in its anti-terrorism efforts. Seventy percent believe the government uses this data for more than just investigating terrorism.
NSA leaker Edward Snowden made the public aware that mass surveillance is a reality, says Hanni Fakhoury, staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), who litigated the U.S. Fifth Circuit of Appeals cell-tracking case.
"I hope people are realizing that they are being watched," Fakhoury says. "I think that all of the recent news about NSA programs and court decisions that approve of surveillance techniques raised awareness of the issue."
While states may enact their own legislation as to whether or not search warrants are needed to track data, that doesn't stop the federal government from requesting such information from federal courts and accessing it that way, he says.
Here are a few ways to protect against spooks on your smartphone, computer or tablet:
Encrypted Web Connection
An encrypted web connection will prevent websites you use from tracking your data online, Fakhoury says.
Instead of using the standard HTTP connections, instead opt for HTTPS connections, which provide protection against mass surveillance. EFF has developed HTTPS Everywhere, which is a browser add-on aiming to ensure connections are secure, whenever the site you are browsing supports such a connection.
Off the Record Messaging
Off the record message technology encrypts instant messaging conversations, says Fakhoury and prevents the provider from reading them. This may only work with IM providers that allow the use of external instant messaging software, and you need to install this technology on every devices.
However, Fakhoury warns the encryption only works 100% when you are talking with another user who is on the same OTR messaging program. Examples include Pirdgin, Adium and ChatSecure.
Encrypting Email
For encrypting email, PGP-compatible (Pretty Good Privacy) software will do the trick when using standalone email applications and not web-based email, says Fakhoury.
His company EFF suggests GnuPG, but Fakhoury warns this technology can be more complicated, as it requires users to manually "create, manage and exchange keys," according to the foundation.
Tor Software for Online Anonymity
This free software and open network can conceal the location of where you are accessing the internet, even if you log into sites.
The Tor browser sends all browsing activity through the Tor network and prevents an "easy, direct association between where you are coming from and where you are going," says EFF.


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VILLA PARK – Audiologist Beth Rosales knows both professionally and personally the extreme importance hearing has on a child's ability to build speech and vocabulary at a young age.
"There is varying degrees of hearing loss, and even a mild hearing loss can have an effect," said Rosales, who works in the Family Audiology Department at Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region in Villa Park.
Rosales, of Villa Park, is a mother of three boys – two of which are affected by partial hearing loss. Jorge, 5, was diagnosed with mild hearing loss at 3 years old, but the symptoms are subtle and something Rosales and her husband, Jorge, simply monitor.
Ten-month-old Nico, however, has a more moderate form of hearing loss, and was fitted with hearing aids at 3 months old. Nico, Rosales said, failed a newborn hearing screening, which is given to all infants before they leave the hospital after birth. Following additional tests, it was determined that Nico had moderate sensorineural hearing loss.
As an audiologist, the diagnosis was familiar, but as a mother, it was a shock, Rosales said, adding that she was glad that the hearing loss was identified early.
"Nico is a perfect example of a child who, without the newborn screening, the hearing loss would probably not have been found until he was 2 or 3 years old," Rosales said. "It's an invisible problem that makes it hard for parents to accept because you see your child responding to sounds."
Even mild hearing loss can have a profound negative impact on speech development for children because they miss the nuances of speech.
"During the first year, they pick up so much sound and language learning opportunities," Rosales said. "I don't want [Nico] missing some of those softer consonant sounds that are so important to our language."
For seven years, Rosales has worked in the audiology department at Easter Seals, where she evaluates and helps to determine the cause of hearing loss in both children and adults.
For children, from newborns to 5 years old, there are a variety of tests to measure hearing loss. Once tests are generated, the patient is sent to an ear, nose and throat physician for a medical evaluation. If necessary, the patient is then fitted for hearing aids, Rosales said.
Rosales agreed that there is a stigma surrounding those who wear hearing aids as being deaf, but that is not always the case. For children like Nico, it allows them to hear to their full capability.
It's critical that parents be positive and accepting regarding hearing aids for their children, Rosales added.
"When they aren't, it makes it so much more challenging," Rosales said. "If they're positive from a very young age, it helps as the kids get older."
Determining hearing loss can be difficult in a young child, but the most effective way to determine if there is a problem is for parents to make sure their kids are hitting their receptive milestones.
"Be aware of their age-appropriate milestones for language and speech," Rosales said. "If there is any speech delay when they're young, it's always good to get their hearing checked because you would hate to be treating the speech and find out something is going on with their hearing."
Easter Seals' "Make the First Five Count" is a program to ensure that all children are school-ready by 5 years old. The first five years of life are so critical for a child's development, said Julie Jancius, marketing and public relations manager for Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region.
"Our vision here is to ensure that each child has everything that they need to live their best life – part of that is hearing," Jancius said. "As a parent, you realize how much hearing compounds on learning to read, talk and communicate."
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For more information on programs, services and resources offered by Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region, visit www.eastersealsdfvr.org.


text: Greg, Thanks for the injection of some perspective. It is clear that I chose my phrases poorly, and some alternate wording would have been more constructive ;-) On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Greg Lindahl wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:52:59PM +0100, Ryan Sweet wrote: > >> While I can understand debating over the merits of nfsroot vs RAM-disk >> root, I fail to see many useful arguments for maintaining a local OS >> install. > > An example of something that goes very wrong with NFS is upgrading a > file to a new file with the same name. If that file is a binary or > library that's in use anywhere in the cluster, you are likely to have > a problem. Local disks and Scyld, on the other hand, do the right > thing: existing processes using the binary or library continue to use > the old version, while new ones use the new version. In practice I think the importance of this depends upon the particular requirements of the site. Definitely there must be some places where its important, and should be planned for. However most sites I've seen accept (prefer) that new versions of application software be installed alongside the old, rather than in replacement of it, and for system software updates they are usually willing to accept stopping running jobs and starting them again (either with the queue system or without. > This disagreement is as old as the hills, by the way: in the good old > days, when Sun was young, lots of people ran their pizza-box > workstations diskless, but that went out of style when Ethernet's > performance was stuck in place for a bunch of years. Or in some places it kept right on going. > It's important to understand arguments you disagree with; your > dismissal is not a good sign. > > Yep. But your conclusion: > Doesn't make any sense; I have seen people describe such systems where > they download a disk image when a batch job wants a different software > load. It's certainly doable that way: it does have different tradeoffs > from the diskless case, but if it gives you a headache, it's probably > because you don't like it, not because it's hard to do. Yes, I agree. I chose my words poorly in the first post, and came down rather hard against local installs. In the end the choice is about balancing managing complexity with the requirements of the particular site. I think that in a large percentage of use cases the admin will find that managing "diskless" (local disk for swap/scratch) systems is highly advantageous. regards, -Ryan -- Ryan Sweet <ryan.sweet at aoes.com> Advanced Operations and Engineering Services AOES Group BV http://www.aoes.com Phone +31(0)71 5795521 Fax +31(0)71572 1277


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Web 2.0 was supposed to give more power to the wine consumer. One could express oneself on forums, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, Google+ and all social networks. One could get in touch with favorite wine producers while producers could answer disappointed consumers. The virtual world was considered the best friend of the wine drinker.
Then reality struck back. While traveling, wine lovers felt frustrated. This beautiful wine they tasted at a wine bar or while visiting the estate could not be brought back or shipped back home. American tourists expect to be able to ship back home their wines. Unfortunately the complex laws regulating the wine business in the US (and safety rules in international airports) make this dream almost impossible. Some international trade experts brought a solution to this issue. Let's imagine you are traveling in France or Italy, fell in love with this gorgeous Sangiovese or this velvety Margaux wine and want to ship a case (or two) back home. A few years ago it was impossible. Since 2010, if the producer you are visiting is a member of "Ship It Home USA" founded by Barry Gilbert, your dream will come true. The beauty of the system is that either the winery or the consumer has to worry about shipment: the consumer selects and pays his wines, gives his American home address and will get his case(s) when he is back in the US. The winery just packs the wines and hands them to Ship It Home USA for a fee.
The service is still finding its way to European wineries: a few in France, Italy, Greece and Canada are members. As a marketer, I can only hope it will be adopted by more and more wineries as the service can really helps develop brand awareness and sales among American wine tourists.
In the USA, the three-tier system is not helping the wine lover either. Recent laws prohibiting trade between states irritated some wine drinkers. Tom Wark heard them and launched the American Wine Consumer Coalition. The AWCC has three main goals: "Lobby in the states and at the federal level for the rights of wine consumers; Educate wine regulators about the real interests of wine consumers; Inform the media of the interests of wine consumers".
From a marketing point of view, both organizations are critical to the wine market. By giving more power to the wine consumer (who is never consulted on what he wishes or needs), they provide a better service and give voice to what the consumers want. Good luck to both services!
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World shares sagged and the dollar climbed on Friday as U.S. lawmakers prepared to resume talks to avoid a fiscal crunch, while expectations Japan will inject drastic new stimulus into its economy pushed the yen to a two-year low.
President Barack Obama and lawmakers are set to have a last round of talks before a New Year's deadline to reach a deal and avoid massive tax hikes and spending cuts which could drag the economy, and others around the world, into recession.
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Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet congressional leaders from both parties at the White House at 2000 GMT.
As midday approached in Europe, the MSCI all-world share index had lost the momentum of an earlier rally in Asian shares to stand almost unchanged at 338.83.
With London's FTSE 100, Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX also flagging after a positive start, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 fell back into negative territory and on track for a small weekly loss.
Members of Congress and economists were divided on the odds of success at the U.S. budget talks but Daiwa Securities economist Emily Nicols said the chances of a deal before year-end were slipping. "Markets in Europe are now down and that is reflecting the U.S situation."
"The Republicans are not coming back until Sunday so it looks increasingly unlikely that a solution will be found before the end of the year, although markets still expect a deal eventually even if it does go into January," she added.
U.S. stock futures pointed to falls on Wall Street when trading resumes later.
Earlier in Asia, Japan's benchmark Nikkei index hit a 21-month high as markets prepared for a huge injection of stimulus by the Bank of Japan following the election of a new government. The expectations also pushed the yen to a new two year low versus the dollar.
Japan's newly appointed Finance Minister Taro Aso said he wants the government and the Bank of Japan to agree on an inflation target in January before the central bank's next policy meeting and stressed a willingness to intervene in FX markets.
"The Japanese equity market has turned positive, providing good sentiment for global investors, with many making money and putting the money into commodity markets such as the oil market," said Tetsu Emori, a commodity fund manager at Astmax in Tokyo.
The dollar rose as high as 86.64 yen. The yen has now fallen roughly 10.5 percent against the dollar in 2012, its biggest annual drop since 2005. At the same time the Nikkei share index is now up 22 percent for the year.
With investors wary about the outcome of the fiscal cliff negotiations, the dollar and German government bonds, both seen as safe-haven assets because of their liquidity, strengthened.
In contrast, with markets starting to focus on uncertain elections at the end of February, Italy's 10-year borrowing costs rose to the highest since October at its first auction for long-term debt to be settled in 2013.
Mirroring equities, the euro gave up early gains to slip back under $1.32. It came as France reported it had managed just 0.1 percent growth in the third quarter.
Despite the tensions over the U.S. budget talks, the mood in financial markets has been improving in recent weeks. Data from key emerging economies have shown signs of a pick-up while analysts are hopeful that Europe may also soon bottom out.
Fresh signs that top consumer China's economy is improving saw growth-attuned copper prices climb as high as $7,955 a tonne, on track for the biggest weekly rise in four weeks.
A new Reuters poll showed economists think China's factory activity probably expanded at its fastest pace in eight months in December.
The U.S. uncertainty weighed on other commodities though. Brent crude was down 0.25 percent just below $111 a barrel by 1100 GMT and on course to post a full-year increase of about 3.6 percent, which would be its smallest gain in four years.
Gold also gave up early gains to drop to $1,658.40 an ounce. However, it looks set to notch its first weekly rise in a month and for the year is up around 6 percent.
"We do expect a ... (U.S. budget) deal to happen at the last minute, but it will be a minimal deal," said Dominic Schnider, an analyst at UBS Wealth Management in Singapore. "I think that should be gold supportive."


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Rimworld TwitchBot is a directly integrated bot that allows your viewers to interact with your game.
Currently, it features a command to view the mods you are running on your current game and a command to enter viewers into a drawing to have colonists (and colony animals) named after them. Anyone familiar with most twitch Rimworld streams knows these commands, but this mod does even more of the grunt work for the streamer.
The mods command is always up to date as it draws the info directly from your game. The name give away is as simple as one button click, rather than running the giveaway in a bot in another window, then coming back to your Rimworld game to find the colonist, then rename them. Also, the name give away allows you to rename pets even without other mods (Rimworld doesn't allow you to name pets in the core game).
You can configure the bot to run through your current twitch user account, or you can specify a separate bot account. You can limit the colonist list to just humanoids or all colonists including animals. You can have a name removed from the pool of viewer names when it is picked. You also can choose to have the rename box popup after a colonist is named, so you can add additional info into the name or edit the name if it's needed.
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What are the requirements for this mod?
This mod does not depend on any other mods. You can run this and the game core just fine.
This mod does require an active Twitch account, including it's username and oauth password. To get your oauth password go to http://www.twitchapps.com/tmi/. Make sure you are logged in with the twitch user that will respond in chat to the bot commands. It is perfectly fine to use your own normal twitch account for that, or if you wish to create a separate account for the bot, feel free.
How do I install this mod?
Either download the zip file and unzip its contents into your mods folder, or if you're using Steam find this mod in the Steam workshop and subscribe.
What order should your mod be loaded in?
The mod can be loaded anywhere after the game's core mod. It does not depends on any other mod to function.
Are there any known issues?
We do not modify any base code in this mod, so it should be compatible with just about any other mod. Having said that, we have only tested this mod on Windows. No direct support is given for MacOS or Linux at this time.
Can this mod be used with old saves?
This mod should absolutely be old save compatible.
Where to get it:
Direct Download
Steam Page
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Current Version: 1.0.4
Bug and Feature Requests
In Progress
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|Modlist on 3rd party sites
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