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Honeywell International Inc on Wednesday said it would temporarily remove its emergency locator beacons from Boeing 787s if asked to do so under recommendations that sources said British authorities could release within days as part of an initial report on a fire on a Dreamliner jet in London last week.
Investigators have been looking at several components, including a lithium manganese battery in the Honeywell emergency locator transmitter (ELT), as possible causes for the fire that caused extensive damage to a parked Ethiopian Airlines 787 in London last Friday. The battery is made by New York-based Ultralife Corp , a source told Reuters on Monday.
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Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), which is leading the investigation, may suggest temporarily removing the devices from the new Boeing Dreamliners while the probe continues, according to one source familiar with the probe who was not authorized to speak publicly.
A second source familiar with the investigation said the AAIB could issue a report in the next few days that includes some recommendations, without giving details on the proposals.
Honeywell's emergency beacons are in use on a wide range of airplanes.
The latest fire on board Boeing's new composite airliner comes on the heels of a three-month grounding linked to problems with much larger lithium-ion batteries on the plane.
Sources close to the investigation say it is turning out to be more complex than initially expected given that the fire caused severe damage to the upper portion of the jet's rear fuselage. As in the earlier probe, investigators are finding it difficult to pinpoint the cause of the fire.
A spokeswoman for the AAIB on Wednesday reiterated that Honeywell's ELT was one of several components being looked at in detail as part of the investigation, but said it would be premature to speculate on the causes of the incident.
AAIB has declined to identify any other components that might be under scrutiny.
Boeing says its highest priority is the safety of the new airplanes, and it is working closely with authorities to "understand exactly what happened - and why," wrote Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, in a blog posted on Wednesday.
"While the investigation continues, the 787 fleet is flying as normal. We're confident the 787 is a safe airplane and we stand behind its overall integrity," Tinseth wrote.
The AAIB's possible move to remove ELTs was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which said that ELTs are not required for a plane to be certified for passenger flight.
The Journal, citing a person familiar with the matter, said the AAIB is preparing to ask the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency to assess the necessity of the devices on 787s.
Officials at the FAA and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which have both sent representatives to London to assist with the investigation, declined comment, referring queries to the AAIB.
A spokesman for the European Aviation Safety Agency said he had no information on the elements contained in the WSJ report
Honeywell said the report was based on "anonymous speculation" and said its officials had not been contacted by British or U.S. authorities involved in the investigation.
However, spokesman Steve Brecken said Honeywell always puts safety first and "would support an action like this as a precautionary measure if our team, or the AAIB and NTSB, determine it's necessary to do so."
Honeywell says it has built over 3,000 emergency beacons since they were first certified in 2005, and insists that it has not seen or experienced a single reported issue with them.
The FAA did issue a special airworthiness notice in 2009 in which it advised airlines to replace the antenna used by an earlier version of the Honeywell transmitter because it had failed in tests. Other global regulators published similar advisories at the time.
Asked about that notice, FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said there was no indication of fire risk linked to the earlier antenna problems.
The ELT, which is positioned in the upper rear part of the 787, sends a signal that leads rescuers to downed aircraft.
ELTs are largely redundant on most large jets since their routes are closely tracked by radar or air traffic controllers , except for long-range polar routes, said one aviation expert.
All planes also come with flight data recorders and voice data recorders that have sonar "pingers" that are activated in the event of a crash into water, when the ELT devices would not work anyway, said the expert.
The FAA also had no comment on the Journal's report that some FAA officials were arguing to shift jurisdiction for the fire investigation to the U.S. agency, since the Ethiopian plane was parked, rather than in flight, and was certified by the FAA.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; Additional reporting by Alwyn Scott in Seattle; Rhys Jones in London and Tim Hepher in Paris; Editing by Gary Hill, Tim Dobbyn and Leslie Adler)


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Teresa Garcia, weak and in pain, had all but given up on doctors when she came to a small clinic next to a former wedding chapel on the Strip.
"I never thought I would get better," the 55-year-old housekeeper said, recalling years of perfunctory physician visits that generated countless prescriptions but did little to slow the dangerous advance of her diabetes.
Today, under intense care from a team of social workers, nurses and a doctor who, like her, emigrated from Mexico, Garcia has learned to change her diet and closely monitor her disease. She has regular checkups. She has cut her blood sugar in half. She no longer needs to inject herself with insulin.
The model of medical care that is helping Garcia is built on a highly personal approach to patients and a high-tech system to track quality — something that is new for this city. A grim joke here long held that the best place to go for good healthcare was the airport.
Now, Las Vegas is emerging as a test of how much a community can improve chronically poor health by expanding insurance coverage and using models of medical care pioneered in healthier places.
"We are a prime example of what people see as problematic about the American healthcare system," said Larry Matheis, the former longtime head of the Nevada State Medical Assn. "That makes a lot of the ideas in health reform very attractive. … The challenge is going to be figuring out how to make it all work."
Starting this year, the Affordable Care Act guarantees insurance to tens of thousands of Las Vegas residents once effectively shut out of the health system. And leading hospitals, physician groups, unions and businesses are seeking to improve care by taking advantage of the coverage expansion.
The clinic Garcia visits has already inspired a similar facility in nearby downtown. And the Culinary Health Fund, a union health plan that runs Garcia's clinic, plans to build three more across the city.
Under another initiative in the city, a team of highly trained nurses is working to enhance medical care in nursing homes so fewer residents end up in the hospital.
Poverty and obesity are not as widespread here as in some of America's other least healthy communities. Nevertheless, improving care in Las Vegas is an immense task.
Before Nevada expanded its Medicaid program under the new health law, nearly 30% of working-age adults in greater Las Vegas lacked insurance. By comparison, in U.S. communities with the best health outcomes, fewer than 1 in 10 are uninsured.
The area also has a critical shortage of primary care doctors — half as many relative to the population as healthier regions of the Northeast and upper Midwest.
Las Vegas residents are far less likely than people in healthier communities to get cancer screenings, immunizations, blood-sugar tests and other recommended preventive care, even when they have a serious illness, according to data gathered by the Commonwealth Fund, a research foundation that studies healthcare systems.
They also are nearly twice as likely to die from illnesses that can be averted or controlled with timely medical care, including childhood measles, diabetes and colon cancer.
Outcomes here match those in the poorest parts of the Deep South and Appalachia, according to a review of healthcare data The Times conducted with help from public health researchers and visits to communities from Maine to Hawaii.
In a system shaped by low levels of coverage, the city's for-profit hospitals historically have sought paying patients for more lucrative care. Freeways are lined with billboards advertising short wait times at emergency rooms, a profitable way for hospitals to cash in on patients with coverage.
One doctor would call his insured patients "little ATMs," according to a physician who asked not to be identified in candidly describing a mindset he said is widespread in Las Vegas.
Medicare patients here get three times as many MRIs, CT scans and other imaging tests as patients in parts of the Midwest and New England, data show. Overuse of imaging can be harmful to patients, though profitable for providers.
"There are no controls on anything," said Dr. John Ruckdeschel, an oncologist at the University of Utah who formerly headed the Nevada Cancer Institute.
Patients shut out of the for-profit system often show up at the emergency room of University Medical Center, the city's overburdened public hospital.
Last year, state regulators exposed hundreds of cases in which private hospitals dumped uninsured and Medicaid patients onto the public hospital.
The UMC waiting room fills daily with the city's uninsured, its poor, its mentally ill, its homeless and its immigrants. A doctor who works in what was once a supply closet juggles patients with sore throats and empty prescriptions so the ER can focus on life-threatening emergencies. In a corner, the hospital runs an improvised kidney dialysis center for immigrants who are in the country illegally.
If the crowded waiting room symbolizes the medical system Las Vegas is trying to leave behind, the Culinary Extra Clinic represents what many hope will be its future.
The Culinary Health Fund, which covers about 120,000 union members and their families, built the clinic in the shadow of the 100-story Stratosphere Casino Tower after concluding that much of the community's medical care was ineffective and wasteful. By focusing on its sickest members, fund leaders believed, they could cuts costs and dramatically improve health.
Here, in a cheery medical office with the excited energy of an elementary school, doctors, nurses and social workers have turned the traditional doctor's practice on its head, delivering highly personal primary care instead of quickly churning patients.
Each morning, team members with MacBooks gather at a big table in what they call the "Huddle Room." A sign on the wall proclaims: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world," a quote from anthropologist Margaret Mead.
The team discusses the day's patients and those who have landed on the "Who needs help" list. The staff one morning debated how to help a patient with kidney trouble who was abusing drugs and another who had been controlling her high blood pressure but was back in the hospital.
Outside the Huddle Room, a wall featuring snapshots of smiling patients celebrates milestones such as quitting smoking or reducing blood pressure.
The clinic's exam rooms are designed to make conversations more relaxed. Many feature small couches instead of exam tables.
"I want to put myself at my patients' level," said Dr. Eva Snow, a primary care physician who left her practice in Las Vegas, frustrated that a traditional office didn't allow her to spend enough time with patients. "You have to find out who your patient is … because behind every diabetic, something else is going on."
Many discussions here focus on how patients can change the way they eat, exercise more or take other steps to improve their health. There is even a "health coach" who runs a yoga class.
Snow, who emigrated from Mexico, has an easy way with her many Spanish-speaking patients. She runs a diabetes class two mornings a week, something that was impossible when she was trying to make enough to pay her bills in private practice. She now has the time to talk with patients about how to manage the disease by, for example, carefully reading ingredient labels.
Garcia arrived at the clinic with dangerously high blood sugar, putting her at risk of blindness, heart disease or other diabetic complications.
On Snow's advice, she scrapped Cream of Wheat for breakfast, cut down on tortillas and reduced her blood sugar nearly to normal. Garcia said she was still surprised Snow hadn't just prescribed more medications.
"We don't want to just give you drugs," Snow told her. "We want you to have the tools to take care of yourself."
It's still early in Las Vegas' healthcare evolution.
Nevada's new online insurance marketplace, set up to handle the expansion of coverage, stumbled in its first year. And just a few miles from the new clinic sits a reminder of a previous effort to improve care in Las Vegas that failed spectacularly.
The Nevada Cancer Institute opened a decade ago with extravagant fundraisers featuring celebrities such as the Eagles. It was the vision of a casino mogul who promised a state-of-the-art center to combat high cancer rates.
It closed almost two years ago, unable to integrate itself into the city's network of hospitals and doctors.
Many community leaders are nonetheless hopeful that the new effort to build better basic care will succeed and endure.
The Culinary Extra Clinic is already helping to set a new standard.
A few blocks away, a similar clinic unaffiliated with the union opened in December. Turntable Health was built by Internet entrepreneur Tony Hsieh, founder of shoe site Zappos.com, who is using his fortune to help rebuild downtown.
Turntable aims to take advantage of the federal health law's insurance expansion to provide care to a broader section of the community. The private, for-profit clinic works closely with a new insurer, Nevada Health Co-Op, that was set up in response to the federal law.
"We really see our fate tied to the Affordable Care Act," said Dr. Zubin Damania, a former Stanford Hospital doctor who moved here to open Turntable.
The clinic is run by Iora Health, a Massachusetts firm that also operates the union clinic. It offers health coaches, 24-hour-a-day access to doctors by telephone and email and a team to help patients navigate the wider health system.
The first months have been busy, Damania said.
"We are finding this amazing pent-up demand for personalized medical care, which was unheard of before in Las Vegas," he said. "We're also seeing many patients who haven't had medical care in years."
Support for this series came from the Assn. of Health Care Journalists' Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance, funded by the Commonwealth Fund. David Radley at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Robert C. Wild and Dr. Ashish Jha at the Harvard School of Public Health assisted with data analysis.


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Given the sense of security that religious faith brings to people -such as quelling the fear of death, answering many of life's important questions, and in addition, the protection of these things through community, is it likely that religion was a necessary component of the evolving human? Perhaps, the first humans who were able to ask "who am I, and why am I here?" used religious belief to protect themselves from those who lacked this cognitive ability.
If this is true, then doesn't that mean that some or most people cannot help how religious ideas overpower their sense of reason. Science and reason then becomes the scalpal for removing this sense of security.
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The questions raised here would require a book to address, and many have been written, thankfully.
My quick points, then:
Religion, as we now know it, commenced as nothing more than a set of superstitions, to help people deal with the unknown (although not the unknowable). Shared superstitions certainly would have bonded people, and shared behaviours would have strengthened those bonds. Way back then, superstitions and rituals aimed at controlling the unknown had nothing to do with morality or controlling the community. All of that came much later. Pooling beliefs and rituals created larger groups with shared interests, therefore boosting the chance of survival in a brutal world. No one much thinks about "why am I here" when they're preoccupied with killing the next beast or surviving a thunder storm or dying in childbirth.
In short, religion was not in any way necessary for humans to form communities. A shared interest in rock paintings would have been enough to form strong communities and the benefits of the wider group sticking together to survive would have become just as apparent without any belief in Zeus or sacrificial lambs. No doubt a shared interest in rock painting would or did evolve into shared superstitions and rituals. "Hey, last time we painted large beasts, we had a very successful hunt"; from then on, every time they needed food, they would have painted large beasts before they headed out. See how easy it is to commence a religion? It's not gullibility; it's just a natural urge for control over events, over the environment, over existence – over survival.
Today, a remarkable number of Americans believe in fairies and guardian angels (about 50 per cent?), but that shared belief doesn't lead to a shared community, shared commerce and economic benefits, not does it lead to rules and regulations relating to acceptable behaviours and community norms. Only modern man-made religion recognised that a captive community could be controlled, and rewarded and punished, and generally harangued into submission. Religion is a misogynist power structure, which continues to be preoccupied with the behaviours of men, but their real preoccupation is women and women's bodies.
Eventually, in the modern era, law and medicine took over many of the controls, rewards and punishments metred out by religion – including morality. Thus commenced the watering down of adherence to church dictates. Suddenly there were other sources for demonstrating and enforcing personal behaviours and acceptable community norms. Religion no longer had a monopoly. Science also stepped in, but good science ordinarily doesn't tell people how to live or behave, but provides the tools to think and to acquire knowledge to make personal choices – the antithesis of religion and churches, which above all else demand total submission and conformance. Religion is anti-individual, with punishment for dissent swift and ugly – if not in this life, then, apparently, in a truly cruel after life!
Religion did, and continues to, offer the protection and economic advantages of a large homogenous community (you can only trust people who share your beliefs, right?), much of that is forced – that's why most religions have such punitive treatments for those who have lapsed (from Catholics to Scientology, they're all equally bad – banishment is the threat, and at worst, an eternity in a fiery hell). It's no longer true, of course, in first world countries, since we now have access to so many economic opportunities and are no longer beholden to a next door neighbour or a small town to ensure we have work or medical care. There is no longer a need to be part of such a group, and the so called moral foundations of religion were always an illusion.
Being able to ask "Why am I here?" (self-actualisation) is not a cognitive advantage for survival, but being able to hunt and gather successfully is, and a larger group, bound by any shred of common belief, will confer advantages that a small family group will concede are valuable, and worth surrendering some degree of autonomy.
So, no, religion was not necessary for humans to evolve, but superstition seems to be innate in humans and an inevitable component of human intelligence. We think, therefore, we see patterns that don't exist, and enact rituals to confer the illusion of control over our day to day existence.
Religion, on the other hand, rules by threats and fear, offering a sense of community that can be snatched away at any minute: that's not security, that's control and punishment.
Who here has said that religion is the source of all the evil in the world?
American physicist Steven Weinberg: "In the ordinary moral universe the good will do the best they can, the worst will do the worst they can, but if you want to make good people do wicked things, you'll need religion."
The cloak of religion has been used to defend a great deal of evil, in both the ancient and modern worlds.
Have never heard of anyone carrying out evil acts and calling upon their non-theism or claiming they did it for the greater good. Just doesn't happen!
JS - This isn't quite right. Let us get our philosophical cards in the right order before the conversation goes completely into the world of Cranko (the game played in M*A*S*H in which everyone makes up the rules). An atheist is a person who asserts atheism, which is a simple statement: there are no gods. That is it. One should not confuse atheism with humanism or objectivism or other philosophies associated with it. An atheist is free to associate with any other philosophy or belief system and still be an atheist. Perhaps there are atheists who say that religion causes all problems. I have not met any, but maybe there are some. That assertion is not a direct logical consequent from atheism. Most the atheists I have met regard secular humanism as the best ethical philosophical system, though obviously not all do. A fundamental tenet of secular humanism is that there are two kinds of evil: natural evil and moral evil. The first is simply those natural forces in the universe that cause harm - disease, earthquakes, the vacuum of space, etc. These things cannot be held responsible for the evil they do, so they are not morally evil. Moral evil occurs when beings capable of understanding the harm that they can do go ahead and do the harm. Religion is a product of humans, of beings capable of understanding the harm they do. Religion as a system directs people to do demonstrable, preventable harm to others. When Moses orders the Hebrews to kill all the Midiantes including boys and women who have had sex, leaving only the girls and virgins to be taken as sex slaves (Numbers 31:7-18), it is clear that Moses knows what he is ordering, knows the harm it will cause, but orders it anyway. This is a clear moral evil, perpetrated for a religious purpose and held for centuries as a righteous act from one of the holiest (most religious) of all men. No atheist that I know would claim that only the religion be condemned and not Moses. None would blame only the religion. The typical secular humanist would say that both the religion and the man are evil in this case, the man for doing it and the religion for providing the false justification for it. But the point is absolutely clear, and every secular humanist would have to agree on this: Moral evil always involves choice, by definition. Finally, we must make clear that religion is not just the set of ideas that a group of people assent to. There would be no way to differentiate religion from philosophy if that were the case. Religion is also the community of people who assent to the religious ideas. In the case just described, the religion is partly to blame exactly because religious followers are willing to act upon religious ideas and religious authority. In this way, religion itself must share the blame. Finally, freedom to choose is never freedom from responsibility for the choice.
I really wish there was a "like" button here.
Susan, I agree with your wanting a "Like" button.
David, when you wrote,
"The typical secular humanist would say that both the religion and the man are evil in this case, the man for doing it and the religion for providing the false justification for it."
You definitely rang chimes in my head. I am feeling a rant coming on so I wll pause a moment and breath.
There; A parent, a family, the neighbors, the community, the town, the churches all believe things that are just plain sick, foolish, ignorant, outrageous and sanctified by religious dogma and leaders and preachers and teachers of that community. A small town, infected with religion, can cripple untold numbers of people and feel justified in doing it. The notion of man as over the woman is insane. Let that man try to have a child without a woman, we would laugh at him. But he can subjugate his wife and thus own her body, mind, emotions and future. We wonder why women go into depression and anxiety. Wouldn't any sane person do so if prevented from reaching one's potential simply because of her gender?
Your words rang true for me; they describe, not blame. You are better than I; I want to sash out their guts from voice box to pelvis.
Yes, Evil concepts make people evil.
Joan - I understand your pain. I sometimes think the same in dark moments of despair. I just remember that things are in general much better now than they were just a few decades ago, and unaccountably better than they were just a few centuries ago. Things are not perfect. There is still too much to be frustrated about. But, we can now point out the problems and speak to the solutions in a fair degree of comfort, which our ancestors could not have done.
David, your comment perfectly describes our current situation and things are better. My mother and grandmothers could not say and do the things I am doing; I stand on their shoulders, even as they had been silenced and made impotent.
"There is still too much to be frustrated about. But, we can now point out the problems and speak to the solutions in a fair degree of comfort, which our ancestors could not have done."
We can challenge failures of institutions, i.e. religion, politics, and economics, without being burned at the stake. Having voice and using it, if based on critical thinking with focused action, can bring about preferred change.
Mahatma, I respectfully disagree, and I could be wrong, I have been many times in my life.
Religion, its principles, teaching, preaching, and followers, based on an external power provides an opportunity for a scoundrel to lead and the people to follow. The first scoundrel was Paul and his teachings about women. It just goes on from there. Just listen to the rhetoric of present day political discourse in the USA ... I feel disgust and shame as I listen to the debates and campaigns. How many churches and churched people stand up against the insults on women? How many religious confront them publicly to challenge their principles?
No, religion is the culprit. Lies, distortions, denial, fabrications, selected memory, cherry picking scriptures ...
Have I mentioned that I want to hunt down the men who did this to you and torture then kill them?
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Paris: Paris Saint-Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti believes that his side's hard-earned victory over Montpellier on Friday night served as perfect preparation for next week's Champions League quarter-final clash with Barcelona.
The Ligue 1 leaders toiled for long periods at Parc des Princes on Friday night but Kevin Gameiro's late goal earned les Parisiens a 1-0 victory that moves them eight points clear at the top of the table.
PSG were made to work extremely hard for the three points but that is no bad thing according to Ancelotti, particularly with the visit of Barca in mind.
"The atmosphere was good," the Italian coach told reporters after the game. "It was a difficult match because Montpellier has many qualities.
"So, they are three important points in terms of the standings. But it was also excellent preparation for the game on Tuesday against Barca."
Ancelotti's sentiments were echoed by those of his compatriot, goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu.
"It was a tough game because there were so many players involved with with their national sides this week. So, it was not easy. But they are three important points that allow us to go forward.
"Now we must focus on the game on Tuesday against Barcelona, because it will be very difficult."
PSG first host the Blaugrana in the French capital before travelling to Catalunya for the return leg on April 10.


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Hammock Universe needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Ottawa Canada based HammockUniverse.com has been online since 2001. Since that time, thousands of hammock seekers throughout Canada and the US have found relaxation bliss thanks to our wide variety of hammocks, hammock stands, hanging chairs and hammock accessories.
The intent with this fridge magnet is to put one in each shipment that leaves our warehouse. The desired effect is to have customers keep this magnet on their fridge instead of simply discarding the conventional card advertisement.
If successful, the magnet will be posted on the fridge and will become a subliminal reminder of the existence of HammockUniverse.com - with the customer(s) hopefully coming back to us for future purchases.
We would like to give the designer carte blanche on the design with the following exceptions that the:
A- Magnet size is to 2 X 3.5 inches
B- Magnet be designed according to the attached template provided by the printer. (Full Bleeds)
C- Final Document to be provided in CMYK 300dpi in AI, EPS, PSD and PDF.
D- Fonts used for the design be provided
1- Attached HammockUniverse logo be included
2- Marking of a 5% coupon code be EVIDENT on the magnet (text to be used:
"Permanent Coupon Code good for 5% discount: MAG1 (share with family, friends and colleagues!)"
3- There is no desire to have any of the Company's contact information on the magnet except for url
The successful designer will have met the above stipulated requirements while providing a design that is appealing and breathes. The result of the successful design will allow the magnet to avoid an instantaneous trip to the garbage and to properly shine on the fridge for years.


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bigstrads wrote:
Wherever Red is, somewhere he's probably saying... "Hey... 9 > 1. So when you win at least 4 or 5, you can light up the cigar like me."
Anyways, it's been proven once again, defense STILL and ALWAYS WILL win championships. So if we wanna talk about getting a title here in Oakland, I think it's time we start learning how to tone it down and play some suffocating D.


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linux + x86 segmentation + APM!
April 9, 2011
Thanks to the "Understanding the Linux Kernel" I spent several hours trying to understand the APM code used to 'call' the APM Protected Mode 32-bit Interface Connect.
Of course APM is deprecated since ages I think, but I was curious. 😛
As the APM 1.2 specification states:
The APM BIOS 32-bit protected mode interface requires 3 consecutive
selector/segment descriptors for use as 32-bit code, 16-bit code, and data segments,
respectively. Both 32-bit and 16-bit code segment descriptors are necessary so the
APM BIOS 32-bit interface can call other BIOS routines in a 16-bit code segment if
necessary. The caller must initialize these descriptors using the segment base and
length information returned from this call to the APM BIOS. These selectors may
either be in the GDT or LDT, but must be valid when the APM BIOS is called in
protected mode.
So, at boot time, Linux will query the BIOS/APM for information about the base and length of the segments that APM code uses(query_apm_bios()):
/* 32-bit connect */ ireg.al = 0x03; intcall(0x15, &ireg, &oreg); boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg = oreg.ax; boot_params.apm_bios_info.offset = oreg.ebx; boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg_16 = oreg.cx; boot_params.apm_bios_info.dseg = oreg.dx; boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg_len = oreg.si; boot_params.apm_bios_info.cseg_16_len = oreg.hsi; boot_params.apm_bios_info.dseg_len = oreg.di;
These are the values that Linux will use to set-up the appropriate segments in the Global Descriptor Table(GDT).
/* * Set up the long jump entry point to the APM BIOS, which is called * from inline assembly. */ apm_bios_entry.offset = apm_info.bios.offset; apm_bios_entry.segment = APM_CS; /* * The APM 1.1 BIOS is supposed to provide limit information that it * recognizes. Many machines do this correctly, but many others do * not restrict themselves to their claimed limit. When this happens, * they will cause a segmentation violation in the kernel at boot time. * Most BIOS's, however, will respect a 64k limit, so we use that. * * Note we only set APM segments on CPU zero, since we pin the APM * code to that CPU. */ gdt = get_cpu_gdt_table(0); set_desc_base(&gdt[APM_CS >> 3], (unsigned long)__va((unsigned long)apm_info.bios.cseg << 4)); set_desc_base(&gdt[APM_CS_16 >> 3], (unsigned long)__va((unsigned long)apm_info.bios.cseg_16 << 4)); set_desc_base(&gdt[APM_DS >> 3], (unsigned long)__va((unsigned long)apm_info.bios.dseg << 4));
So, now the APM segments(their descriptors) are ready to use.
The code used to make an APM BIOS call looks like this:
static inline void apm_bios_call_asm(u32 func, u32 ebx_in, u32 ecx_in, u32 *eax, u32 *ebx, u32 *ecx, u32 *edx, u32 *esi) { /* * N.B. We do NOT need a cld after the BIOS call * because we always save and restore the flags. */ __asm__ __volatile__(APM_DO_ZERO_SEGS "pushl %%edi\n\t" "pushl %%ebp\n\t" "lcall *%%cs:apm_bios_entry\n\t" "setc %%al\n\t" "popl %%ebp\n\t" "popl %%edi\n\t" APM_DO_POP_SEGS : "=a" (*eax), "=b" (*ebx), "=c" (*ecx), "=d" (*edx), "=S" (*esi) : "a" (func), "b" (ebx_in), "c" (ecx_in) : "memory", "cc"); }
It took me a while to figure out the long jump.
lcall *%%cs:apm_bios_entry
because apm_bios_entry is defined as:
static struct { unsigned long offset; unsigned short segment; } apm_bios_entry;
At first I though that the struct should be defined the other way around(first the segment and then the offset).
I experimented a bit with inline asm, and after lots of segmentation faults, and some time going over Intel x86 manuals about the ljmp instruction, I figured it out.
Well, I think it took much much longer than it should to understand was going on. :S
The ljmp expects a mem16:mem32 operand, where mem16 is the segment, and mem32 the offset.
And that's exactly how the struct apm_bios_entry is stored in memory.
However, as I 'read' mem16:mem32, I thought that mem16 should be stored before mem32. :S
And thus I lost several hours writing and experimenting with segfaulting C code. 😛
For something pretty obvious…


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Laura Rozen at Politico reports that President Obama has written a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu offering various "assurances" to Israel if it will extend for two months its moratorium on construction in the West Bank. Her report comes via Middle East specialist David Makovsky, who co-authored a book about the Middle East with Dennis Ross, a top presidential adviser on the Middle East and a veteran "peace" negotiator. Presumably, then, it comes from the White House.
Obama's alleged offer appears to be an act of desperation, and a ridiculous one at that. What does Obama believe will be accomplished in two months? If the parties were within striking distance of a deal, Israel presumably would have extended the moratorium itself or, alternatively, the PA would be willing to continue talking notwithstanding the end of the moratorium. Instead, both parties are acting with indifference to the impending breakdown of the talks. That's good evidence, if any were needed, that the talks are going nowhere. Only the U.S. has any strong desire for them to continue.
From an Israeli perspective, moreover, it's not clear how much the U.S. assurances are worth. Reportedly, the assurances are (1) that Washington will not ask for a moratorium extension beyond 60 days, (2) that the United States will veto any U.N. Security Council initiative — Arab or otherwise — relating to Arab-Israeli peace during the agreed one-year negotiating period, and (3) that Washington will accept the legitimacy of existing Israeli security needs and not seek to redefine them.
The first assurance doesn't offer Israel anything affirmative; it is a limitation on the underlying U.S. demand, not a reason to accept the demand. The second assurance matters only to those who think the U.N. matters. Moreover, to extend the moratorium in order to avoid the implied threat of anti-Israeli screeds by the U.N. is, in effect, to give the U.N. control over Israeli housing policy. Even if the U.N. matters, it does not matter that much.
The third assurance – that Washington will accept the legitimacy of existing Israeli security needs and not seek to redefine them – is offensive, and should make Israelis think twice about proceeding with any Obama administration peace efforts. The implication of this assurance is that, presently, Obama does not necessarily accept the legitimacy of existing Israeli security needs and may well redefine them. But Obama has no right to judge, much less redefine, Israel's security needs. Since it has become obvious that Obama claims that right – at least in the absence of Israeli concessions – Israel should no longer accept his legitimacy as an intermediary.
Netanyahu reportedly is expected to reject the U.S. offer, and may already have done so. The Obama administration should not be surprised by that response. Nor, given the meaninglessness of a two-month extension, should it be particularly unhappy.
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Got a couple of these from a garage sale November 2011.
They are quite common as I drive around.
Still plodding along.
Doing OK, but I think it was suffering from drought when I arrived and I only just saved it. Most of the leaves looked like they were dying, but now its fine.
This all seems to be doing quite well.
Planted the big on in the front yard and the small one somewhere else.


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Bremen: a regional capital and trading city with a long-standing maritime heritage. Bremerhaven: 1,000 years Bremen's junior but still steeped in history and with many tales to tell. These two cities together form Germany's smallest federal state – a world of experiences that is cosmopolitan, welcoming and full of pleasures, open to the new and respectful of the old.
Bremen's history goes back more than 1,200 years and is perfectly encapsulated by the baroque and Renaissance ensemble on the market square, home to the UNESCO World Heritage Town Hall and Roland statue, patrician town houses and the Schütting, Bremen's historical guildhall. Sightseers won't even need a map to find their way around. Two thousand nails made of brass and steel guide visitors from the courtyard of the Church of our Lady via the market square to Böttcherstrasse. Once a tradesmen's alley, this narrow lane is now a centre for art and culture, and a jewel in the crown of European cultural history. The people here appreciate the finer things in life – internationally renowned coffee, chocolate of the highest quality, rare spices, tasty fish specialities and, of course, world-class beers. These can all be found in the city's charming shops, where time seems to have stood still, or in more than 1,000 cafés, restaurants, bistros and bars. Just 60 kilometres downstream lies Bremerhaven, first established in 1827. From its port, millions of emigrants stole their last glance at Europe before going in search of a better life in America. Many found it, others failed. The German Emigration Centre® recounts their fates in fascinating multimedia exhibits that bring their great adventures back to life. By contrast, the Harbour Worlds complex is rooted firmly in the present day. Here you will find ATLANTIC Hotel SAIL City with its bold curved design, Klimahaus® Bremerhaven 8° Ost and the German Maritime Museum – three absolute must-sees.
Not far from the Maritime Museum is a fountain featuring a small gnome-like character known as the Klabautermann (water sprite). According to folklore this barely two-foot tall imp is the spirit of someone who died and whose soul took up residence in a tree. Should this tree become a mast of a ship, the spirit will transform into a Klabautermann, a welcome figure – in spite of all his bad moods and terrible jokes – because he watches over the ship and its crew. A charming legend – and a classic example of Bremerhaven's maritime heritage. You can find out about life at sea, and about the past, present and future of the entire region at the centrally located History Museum, whose bold, visionary architecture is a standout feature of one of the prettiest and most tranquil parts of this port city. Back in Bremen, another unusual exhibition building is the Weserburg, Bremen's museum of modern art. It is housed in four converted warehouses in the middle of the river and enjoys international acclaim as one of Germany's biggest contemporary art galleries and Europe's first collectors' museum. Staying by the water, the very modern Schlachte is Bremen's newly regenerated promenade alongside the Weser. There's always a great buzz here in the delightful beer gardens and outdoor eating areas – and all with beautiful riverside views, of course. If you find yourself heading back towards the nearby market square from here, don't forget to pay your respects to the Bremen Town Musicians, the world-famous characters from the Brothers Grimm fairytale. Touching the donkey's legs is said to bring good luck, but remember to use both hands. As far as the locals are concerned, using only one hand is simply a case of two donkeys shaking hands. And no visitor to Bremen deserves that!
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Povečava: +
Pomanjšava: +
Dodatna pomoč vam je na voljo pri ponudniku brskalnika. Do nje dostopate s klikom na ikono:


text: On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, AlgoMantra wrote: >> >> They don't have to succeed in the US to succeed, and in Europe >> (especially in Russia) business linux boxes are very popular with the >> government and many businesses who don't have the large prior investment >> in MS systems to act as ballast. As I've been predicting for years that >> the day would come, I'm watching with great interest to see if it has at >> long last arrived...:-) > > > You have to see what's happening here in India. There is a large engineering > > college/university near my house, and Ubuntu is spreading like a forest > fire. Everywhere BUT the US, that seems to be very much the case. Here desktop Linux it spreading, but more like mold. Or perhaps herpes -- it requires a certain amount of intimate contact and seduction to infect a linux virgin with it, but once they try it they can't wait to help spread it themselves. (Sor-ree... couldn't resist that one:-). Remember, if it doesn't exist on TV, it just doesn't exist, at least in the USA. Linux has gotten more visible -- there are some truly hilarious "ads" on YouTube (search for spoofs of the Mac ad that include linux) -- but there still haven't been enough real linux ads to make it exist in the minds of most Americans. Alas, rgb > > ------- -.- > 1/f ))) --. > ------- ... > http://www.algomantra.com > -- Robert G. Brown Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 Duke University Physics Dept, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb Book of Lilith Website: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Lilith/Lilith.php Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977


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Out of the Ballpark 15 is being released tomorrow for the 2014 Baseball season.
Available April 2014 for the Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOOTP15 for the iPhone OS.
Order from the Official OOTP 15 website here : OOTP Store
Cost : $39.99
Review tl;dr – OOTP 15 is a must-buy baseball simulation
Last week I was in my Heaven, freezing at Yankee Stadium on Opening Week 2014. Parking was $34. Two beers and 2 hotdogs, also $34. Tickets were over $200 per person. About $300 per fan for 3 hours of pure entertainment and 2 hours stuck in stadium traffic. Was it worth it? To me and 45,000 other fans, 'Hell Yes!'
Baseball doesn't have to be expensive. For $39.99 you can immerse yourself into baseball with the new OOTP 15. The software comes with full 2014 MLB and Minor league rosters. Sitting in Yankee Stadium, I didn't know enough to tell you who was in their minor leagues. Heck, I didn't know who Dean Anna was, and he was subbing for Derek Jeter! Now, after one day with OOTP 15, I can tell you the strengths and weaknesses of the AA Trenton team. For I am in complete control of the entire Yankee organization.
OOTP 15 is much smoother than its predecessor, OOTP 14. Once I was able to get used to the updates in customization and design, I was speeding around the entire league looking for anything like a released player or a 17 year old Dominican prospect that could give me even a slight advantage in winning a championship. Which superfluous prospects can I trade for bullpen help? I know. Anyone want to take Ben Gamel off my hands?
Cam Derek Jeter stay healthy all season? Will I retire Jeter's #2 at the end of the season or convince him to not retire?
As usual for the OOTP releases, the updates are both significant and subtle.
This OOTP 15 edition will bring new 3D visuals to the game playing arena. The 3D aspect was unavailable in the pre-release version I am using.
The improved visuals for differing screen resolutions are extremely useful for me, as I can more fully enjoy OOTP 15 at home and on the road.
The excellent new ratings system is superb, as is the entire updated AI system. The improvements to online leagues and historical leagues are significant.
More details on the improvements to this edition of OOTP, see this newsletter.
If you don't use OOTP 15 you aren't a serious baseball fan. As magnificent as OOTP was, OOTP 15 is an imperative upgrade.
I'll see you at the online OOTP 15 league ballpark.*
*you are responsible for your own beer and hotdogs


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World Press Freedom Day: Freedom for African Journalists
In Sub-Saharan Africa, many local journalists suffer attacks, imprisonment or even death for reporting on corruption, public spending or the mismanagement of natural resources. In Africa, at least 41 journalists are spending this World Press Freedom Day behind bars.
While there is a clear recognition by international institutions that corruption and good governance are key to poverty alleviation, there seems to be much less understanding of the importance of an enabling environment, as a complement to training and capacity building, in order for the press to meaningfully contribute to greater accountability and transparency, such as natural resources exploitation.
For example, new oil discoveries in East Africa have the potential to lift millions out of poverty if the profits actually benefit the citizens in that region. The optimism is dashed by the proverbial "resource curse," that's plagued the likes of Nigeria, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, where poor governance, wealth disparity and poverty persist. The fog of secrecy and opacity surrounding oil exploitation deals has also caused concern.


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Improve site response
We should continue to monitor and improve the web site response and underlying middleware, so the site is snappier.
For: keep users
Find information on common issues.
Ask questions and find answers from other users.
Suggest a new site feature or improvement.
Check on status of your tickets.
Improve site response
We should continue to monitor and improve the web site response and underlying middleware, so the site is snappier.
For: keep users
this is a continual improvment issue. I have not seen major slow-downs lately. That does not mean we can let our guards down.
Page load time is only unimportant when you're not competing for the user's attention. As with shopping sites, page load time affects the user's experience. We can't expect all users to be patient.
Having said that, we need to highlight culprits. Is there a way to log page load times? This would be the first step to move to more concrete characterizations of page loads.
Some work that has been done on this topic: – Reworked how a list of results in the resources tag browser checks for NCN supported status. Previously, it would perform a tag usage check on each resource in the list. This could mean a variable number of queries being performed-potentially hundreds. Changed this to pull an array of all resources associated with that tag (once) and then checks each resource against the array. This reduced the number of queries from a variable (potentially hundreds, as stated) to one. – Reworked Latest Events module. Managed to eliminate 2 unnecessary queries. Since the nanoHUB front page has multiple instances of this module, it shaved 4 queries off the front page. – Reduced the overall number of images and CSS being used by the template. In one particular case, three separate images were being loaded that could be handled by one. – Reworking all modules, plugins, and components to load code and perform tasks (such as database queries) only when needed. – Continuing work on reworking queries to be more efficient and/or eliminate unnecessary queries.
Tweaked the tag browser for resources > tools and managed to speed the query up from a couple seconds to half a second or less.


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Syria, lies exposed, broken paradigms, dead pigs
by Jon Rappoport
August 31, 2013
Update: WAR=UNITY. The President just gave his speech on Syria. He intends to launch an air attack. He wants Congress to approve it. He didn't say what he'll do if Congress refuses, and he didn't say how the attacks will limit Assad's ability to use chemical weapons on his people in the future. He's utterly convinced, he claims, that Assad deployed chemical weapons. He's "seen the evidence."
Why should we believe him? There are ample reports that "the rebels" used those weapons. Those would be the rebels the US government is backing and arming.
Obama appears to trust he has the votes in Congress to approve his attack. He sees this as a feel-good moment when Congress and the White House are united. "Look, we can work together."
He referred to Congress as "representatives of the American people." So Obama is a comedian now. He's suggesting that all of America will share in this act of war. Congress represents the American people the way a herd of lions is accountable to deer and antelope.
Here is the piece I'd already finished an hour before Obama made his speech. I don't need to change anything, except perhaps to elevate the dosage of mescaline it would take to make Brian Williams finally "see the light."
Brian Williams, the leading disinformation media specialist on American television, has accidentally ingested a drug before his broadcast.
Somehow, through a manufacturer's error, mescaline was inserted in a headache pill. Brian just happened to take a pill in that bad batch.
His mind is scrambled.
He suddenly realizes he's been on a lying jag for decades. What a revelation.
He sees a glint of daylight. He can go on television and tell the truth for once…and what better story to explore than the imminent US attack on Syria. Yes, he'll do it. He'll try for redemption.
He sits there on camera, his eyes shining. His mind is all over the place. But he bites his lip and begins:
"—Ladies and gentlemen…
I'm Brian Williams. Freedom is the wild card in any so-called system. How's that for my opener?
That's what I want to tell you, folks…the wild card. Yes…uh…
So listen up: Bureaucrats and other lackeys of the State are trained to work as if they are dealing with closed systems. They react to any deviation (freedom) as if it's a black widow spider in a hotel bed.
Technocrats, the leading edge of the State, are trying to build a machine that incorporates all humans. They hail this as a future in which "the right answer" will always be obtained.
You have no right to be wrong. This is what we are coming to.
Get it?
You can see this in the run-up to the planned attack on Syria. Leaders are telling us, just as they did prior to the invasion in Iraq, that all the facts add up to the right answer. Once that answer is extracted, there is no turning back.
Syria. Chemical warfare was used. The Assad government used it. That's the correct answer. Therefore, war. End of debate.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the picture looks a little different. I'm picturing that picture, ladies and gentlemen. The commander-in-chief is being briefed:
"Well, Mr. President, I want to recap where we are on Syria. I'm waiting for Prince Bandar to tell us. Ha-ha. Anyhow, we enabled the Syrian rebels or the terrorists, or al Qaeda, or the freedom fighters, or whatever we're calling them today. We helped arm them. Now we're about to bomb Syria to keep them in the game. These rebels are the same people we're supposedly fighting in Afghanistan, right? I'm not against any of this, but I'm just saying it's getting harder to sell it. And if our story line crumbles, we're in deep trouble, Mr. President. People are more aware now. We've played both sides against the middle so many times before, the scenario is almost dead on arrival…"
Hi. Brian Williams still here. Let me make a leap, all you good folks out there in television land. The massive op/narrative called The New Age, which began its rapid spread in the 1960s, was designed to disguise our fascist government by moving consciousness to an appreciation for, and an insistence on, so-called spiritual unity.
Barack Obama was supposed to be the first president standing for that apotheosis. He would, in a sense, rule by faith, the faith of his supporters. He would sweep away all objections to government as the supplier of spiritual unity.
Government's only hope is to somehow appear supernatural and inevitable. It can't stand on its own.
Wars, especially, require "spiritual faith" in the mission. Obama has failed on this count, and with the opposition to an attack on Syria coming from so many quarters, there is very little cover left for him.
On a larger scale, the attempt to create a closed system, through a military-industrial-oil complex, is falling apart. Oil as the only recognized energy source for the planet determines the chessboard and the playbook. In one stroke, it names the geopolitical hot spots and the conflicts and the need for war as the American solution.
In truth, there are many technologies that could, if developed sufficiently, take us on the road to energy abundance. They are being stopped by the military-industrial-oil complex, not only to keep us on the oil teat, but also to keep us pinned to the need to make war to guarantee the oil flow.
But this system is losing its solid feel. It's becoming more transparent as an op, long past its prime.
Every significant geopolitical story on the nightly news is a dead pig painted with lipstick.
On the home front, media, fed by politicians, are focusing on "dangerous people" who value freedom. This is a tale so old it creaks. It was told in ancient Egypt, in Greece, in Rome during the death throes of the Empire. Now, in America, it can only be spun by fatuously accusing freedom lovers of racism.
The Surveillance State is losing public support by the day. The notion that the government has to spy on everybody all the time to find "the terrorists" is so off-key, it sounds like a barroom medley sung by drunken sailors. Or a pronouncement rolled out at the height of the Catholic Inquisition.
To impose a closed system on the populace, it's necessary to reduce the definition of what a person is. In this modern age, that strategy involves promoting stripped-down, lowest-common-denominator thought as a marvelous advance that will enable "human-machine" interactions…bringing us to the brink of a new techno-paradise.
It's such a desperate tale, one wonders how the sellers can make it through the day without falling down and laughing themselves out of court.
The answer is: government funding. Like the oil monopoly, like the war machine, like the nuclear-energy titan, the government dispenses $$ to make the myths endure.
The pinnacle of this corruption is war. Offensive war. Not war to protect the home front, but to establish new beachheads of conquest, under the pretension of helping to liberate the oppressed. To create a sense of unity where unity was lacking.
The proposed attack on Syria is the latest footnote.
It's not working.
People are waking up. Also, the man in the White House just can't create new jobs. He's putting on a show of trying, but he can't do it, because he's not interested in doing it. He wants more victims. So the people are looking at him with a tougher gaze. They don't trust him.
On the issue of war against Syria, Obama can only try to take a moral high ground based on the idea that a chemical attack occurred. That's all he's got. He can't peddle spiritual unity in this case. He's dying on the vine.
The whole thing is a sham and a scam and a cardboard front. Get it? I'm trying to tell you, my fellow Americans, ladies and gentlemen, all you good folks out there, what's really happening. I'm hitting the high points.
We, in the media, are your basic liars. That's our skill. That's what makes us great. Right now, we're selling the war to you. We're trying, damn it, but it's not easy. We've got so little to work with.
Dianne Sawyer, Scott Pelley, and I are carnival barkers. We dress it up, but that's all we are. We fake it every night. I don't even need to be here. You could have a CGI of me, programmed with messages from the White House, polished by our writers at NBC. Now, in fact, looking back at my career, that's what it feels like. I was never here. I don't know where the hell I was, but through a stroke of fate, I'm back. And I'm trying to feed you a little truth.
Just think oil and keep thinking oil. Oil pipeline through Syria. Oil in the Middle East.
Anyway…where was I? I could show you pictures of a hundred, two hundred places around the world where governments are torturing and killing their own people and putting them in cages. Is the US supposed to go into all those places and liberate the oppressed? Are we supposed to force free elections from the North Pole to Tierra del Fuego?
And what is a free election? I'll tell you. It's the same big-time players behind the scenes cooking the vote for a new bunch of tyrants.
The only way to stop that—and it's a long shot—is to form a government based on severely limiting the power of government.
Wow. What an idea! Where did that come from? Am I, Brian Williams, the first person to see that?
Anyway, Syria is a crazy op that's gotten out of control.
We've got Egypt, Libya, Syria, Iraq. Why would the US government be trying to upset the apple cart in those places? To free the people? Don't be stupid. To obtain cheaper oil prices? How is that working out?
If Dianne, Scott, and I were real reporters, this is the issue we'd be working on. Is this a destabilizing operation aimed at disrupting the flow of oil? Is this a high-level game in which the US and other industrial economies take a huge energy hit? Is this a prelude to the acceleration of the forces of elite Globalism? Is this the old create-chaos and then bring in order on top of that?
Right now, that's what it looks like to me. Sitting here, that's my thesis. I don't think I'll be able to get anybody in the White House to give me a straight answer, though.
But it's a start. So…for all the good people here at NBC News, good night. I'll be back tomorrow, possibly broadcasting from a holding cell under CIA headquarters at Langley. In which case, don't believe anything I say. Signing off. Brian Williams.
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To Hell with Ritchie. I'm shifting into full Age of Obama mode. I want to know how much of Madonna's money I'm going to get. Need to spread that wealth around.Chip Ahoy said:
I'm with crimso. That's a great idea. I want to know how much Madonna's money I'm getting. She's a big Obama supporter and its important for us to know exactly what an Obama administration means by spreading around other people's wealth. I can only benefit from a full-on class war. And I want to know how much Obama's money I'm getting too. He's got a lot. And especially how much Pelosi money I'm getting. She's loaded. Kennedy's money too. And Reid, I really want his money. He owes me. I want some of that. Obama keeps saying "It's fair. It's fair. It's fair. It's fair. It's fair." JUST GIVE IT TO ME! I earned it by listening to this bullshit for over a full year. Yay! Obama! Gimme sum a dat.Glenn Kenny said:
I'm quite delighted this morning. Been reading about cameras and all the amazing things they do. Read about my own camera and learned a whole bunch of stuff. Boy, those manuals sure have a lot of information in 'em. Oh bloody wow, I'll be able to upgrade with somebody else's money !!!!!!
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Being a socialist is going to be great! And to think how wrong I've been all along. Oh joy, my medical insurance premiums will go down. I'll owe all my new good fortune to my friends who wouldn't listen to me.
Oh Man, my head is spinning. I can't wait to get my grubby mitts on all those celebrities' cash.
Ritchie will be fine. He's got money of his own (family-derived)—not Madonna-type money, but a good chunk. And his next movie's a big deal, a Sherlock Holmes adaptation with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Of course, the un-intertwining of the assets is going to be an unholy mess...Imagine Ms. Ciccone when she saw his shcok. And stop telling me to imagine your shcok or I will want compensation.
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This was in my paper this morning
I just find it pathetic that he can not MAN UP enough to accept the invitation to show his remorse. Still shows to me that he has no empathy for the animals at all. Doesn't see them as the victim.
Even if legally he could not have gone he could have at least tried to accept the invitation.
Pit Bull Group: Vick Declined To See His Former Dogs
Posted: 5:58 am EDT October 15, 2009
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A Bay Area pit bull advocacy group says Michael Vick has declined an invitation to visit eight of his former dogs this weekend when the Philadelphia Eagles are in town to play the Oakland Raiders.
The group BAD RAP (Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pitbulls) told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it extended the invitation through the Eagles to Vick last week to view his former dogs that were part of the dog fighting operation at Bad Newz Kennels.
BAD RAP co-founder Tim Racer said the group picked a location that would have allowed Vick to view the dogs from behind a window at a distance that satisfied the conditions of his parole that bar him from being near animals.
This is from Badrap
Vick: Still not sorry (we checked)
This coming Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles will be landing in - gulp - our hometown to play the Oakland Raiders. What to do? In the spirit of moving forward, we decided to invite Michael Vick to meet his victims while he's here so he could look them in the eye and extend his apologies. Yeah we did. It was a tough situation to consider - but at some point we have to find some closure and move this man off of our emotional radar, right? It took five pins & needles days for him to say No. One can only imagine the back and forth between his handlers about that little decision. (Right: V-dog Frodo)
Here's the short version. And here's our news release in full:
Vick refuses to meet former Bad Newz Kennel dogs while in Oakland
Late last week, Oakland based pit bull advocacy group BAD RAP invited Michael Vick to view eight of his former Bad Newz Kennels dogs from behind a window while in town for the Raiders game on October 18, but the offer was refused. The invitation was extended to allow Vick an opportunity to acknowledge the victims of the crimes he committed while running a dogfighting operation that employed torture and death as a means to punish underperforming dogs. Vick has indicated remorse for disappointing his fans, his family, his teammates and his coach, but has steered clear of mentioning his victim dogs in public statements.
BAD RAP Co-Founder, Tim Racer said: "Oakland is a town that welcomed Vick's broken dogs with open arms back in 2007. We understand Vick is trying to right his wrongs and is very interested in redemption, but you can't find redemption without acknowledging your victims. Making amends to the dogs themselves would have helped to create some closure for many of us, especially the people who worked so hard to keep them from being destroyed. It seems that Vick is not ready to go there."
Pamela Browner-Crawley, public affairs director for the Philadelphia Eagles, relayed BAD RAP's offer to Vick. To satisfy the conditions of Vick's parole that bars him from being near animals, a location was identified that would allow him to view his former dogs from behind a window, at legal distance. On Wednesday, Crawley contacted BAD RAP to decline on behalf of Vick. Ignoring the fact that legalities would be followed, she explained, "Michael is not allowed to be around dogs by a court order, so logistically and legally, your plan can't work."
"We were fairly certain that he would decline our invitation, given his continued refusal to make mention of his dogs," said Racer. "The unfortunate thing is that his new position of compassion towards animals would be so much more credible if he could actually say that he looked his victims in the eye and said, "I'm sorry."
So, who's surprised?
Actions speak louder
If you're looking to join an action at Sunday's game, In Defense of Animals is calling for people to join them in a peaceful protest at the Oakland Coliseum Sunday, October 18 from 12-2pm to let the Eagles know that Vick is not welcome in Oakland. Their news release.
We'll be there - sort of. You'll see.


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LONGMONT -- Mayor Dennis Coombs announced Wednesday that he would run for re-election.
Coombs, who won his first term by a hair's-breadth margin two years ago, is the first to enter the 2013 mayoral race and the third candidate overall for the Longmont City Council. Parks and recreation board vice chairman Rick Accountius is running for the Ward 2 seat held by departing Councilwoman Katie Witt, and Councilman Gabe Santos is defending his at-large seat.
It's been a busy two years. In that time, among other things, Longmont has seen a new city manager, new oil and gas regulations, the first steps on the Twin Peaks Mall redevelopment -- and legal action related to the last two issues. On the whole, Coombs said, he's proud of the council's record. But, he added, it is the council's record and not just his own; his main role, he said, has been to help bring people together.
"I'm a team player," he said. "With this council, there's some aspect of every council member that I can work with. Katie (Witt) and I agree on transportation issues. Alex (Sammoury) and I line up on economic development. ... I think that's why we've done rather well."
In first running for mayor, Coombs presented himself as a "collaborator" who could help unite an often-factionalized council. That got tested early on when he added his name to a list of U.S. mayors who supported "marriage equality," the legalization of same-sex marriage.
The position brought outpourings of support and opposition from Longmont residents, along with questions about whether Coombs had violated council rules, which require the City Council's permission before officially representing the city on an issue. At the time, city staff said the mayor appeared to have been acting as an individual -- allowed within the rules -- and the council took no further steps.
"I never felt I overstepped my bounds," Coombs said. "If I had to do it all over again, I'd do the same thing."
Since then, he said, the council seems to have put the "D's" and "R's" to the side. In fact, he added, having a workable mix of political viewpoints has proven more valuable than a monotone board that echoed his own views would have.
"If we were all left-wing liberals, we'd do a horrible job of running the city," said Coombs.
If elected, he would be the first Longmont mayor to win a second term since Julia Pirnack in 2003. Pirnack served three terms, leaving the council in 2007.
Coombs is a former engineer and the co-owner of the Pumphouse Restaurant and Brewery. He and his wife, Kristen Kinard, have two grown children: Aaron, an attorney in Washington, D.C., and Alison, a Las Vegas attorney.
He said some of the main issues facing the council now are the rollout of Longmont's fiber network and considering the options presented by the city's affordable housing task force. Oil and gas remains an issue as well, with lawsuits pending, but Coombs said he's still comfortable with the regulations the council adopted in July 2012, which included restrictions against drilling in residential zones.
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The Wisconsin Department of Justice is preparing to start controversial familial DNA tests in hopes of generating more leads for local police.
Post-Crescent Media reported Wednesday that the agency is double-checking the software for the tests.
Analysts can turn to familial testing when DNA from a crime scene doesn't match any profiles in state and federal databases. Analysts look for partial matches with someone already in the database; a hit would enable police to identify the unknown suspect's relatives.
Only a handful of states use familial testing. Wisconsin American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Chris Ahmuty says familial testing is unwarranted and likened it to a fishing expedition. He says the Legislature should have signed off on it.


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Taylor Swift Reacts to Justin Bieber/Selena Gomez Kiss at Billboard Music Awards
Was Taylor Swift grossed out by watching good friend Selena Gomez being pulled in for a kiss hello from Justin Bieber, or was she just being a bestie? There's a lot going on in a new viral video that shows the pop stars smooching, with Swift sticking her tongue out in apparent disgust.
Swift is passing through a backstage room at Sunday's (May 19) Billboard Music Awards with Gomez and a red-haired friend by her side, when Bieber spots them and pulls Gomez in. She obliges and the two share an awkward cheek smooch, though it seems Bieber wanted some lip action. He holds Gomez for what looks like a quick heart-to-heart, while Swift and the redhead wait, impatiently trying to tug her away.
Swift's tongue comes out in a "yuck" face as she looks back to see Gomez embracing her ex-boyfriend. The scene reeks of just-being-nice-in-public body language, but it's obvious Swift and the redhead become agitated after just a few seconds before the friend starts urging Gomez to keep moving.
Was Swift grossed out by the PDA, or does she know a little bit of the backstory after sharing a few heart-to-hearts with Gomez herself? Gomez and Bieber are officially not a couple at the moment, although they were seen clubbing together in L.A. last week, getting cozy late into the night. Gomez told InStyle magazine that a reconciliation is possible. No need to ask Swift what she thinks of that prospect!


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Subject: Graphics Cards | September 29, 2011 - 05:54 PM | Ryan Shrout
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I just wanted to drop a quick note here on the home page to let you know that we haven't been just playing around on Battlefield 3 all day - instead we have been playing around on BF3 all day in order to bring you some more information about performance in the game! Earlier this afternoon I updated my Battlefield 3 Beta Performance article with a new page that focuses on results from the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, the AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB and the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB card for those of you that are really behind the curve in the upgrade cycle.
What's this? The Caspian map? Performance results soon!
I would recommend you check out that new content to see where you hardware might fall and hopefully over the weekend we are going to be putitng together a system guide similar to our own Hardware Leaderboard but targetted at the BF3 gaming experience. Stay tuned!!
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Exiting Mayor Steve Del Guercio was honored by friends, officials and local agencies for 14 years of service on Monday night before City Councilwoman Laura Olhasso was named the new mayor of La Cañada Flintridge.
Olhasso was first elected in 2003 and has served two previous terms as mayor. Her last stint as the top elected official was in March 2009 to March 2010, a period that included the double-fatal truck crash at the base of the Angeles Crest Highway, the Station fire and some post-fire, storm-induced debris flows that destroyed properties in some of the city's neighborhoods.
City Councilman Michael Davitt alluded to that year when he nominated Olhasso.
"Laura has served this city with great dedication over the years and has shown remarkable leadership in both crisis and non-crisis situations," he said. "So we're going to hope for non-crisis situations this year."
Council members selected Davitt as mayor pro tem. The City Council selects members for both positions each term.
"It truly is an honor representing this community," said Olhasso. "I've done it twice before and as Mr. Davitt said, I certainly hope this time is much more calm."
Planning Commissioner Jon Curtis was sworn in as a new member of the City Council, filling a seat left open by Del Guercio, who did not seek reelection. Curtis won one of two seats on the council in the March 5 election, earning more votes than either City Councilman Dave Spence or newcomer Joe Layton.
Curtis led the race with 40.7% of the votes cast. Spence, who retained his seat, came in second with 39.2%, while Layton earned 20.1% voter support.
Del Guercio was feted for his two years on the city's Planning Commission, followed by 12 years on the council.
South Pasadena Mayor Richard Schneider, Former Assemblyman Anthony Portantino and representatives from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich's office offered recognition certificates and gifts to Del Guercio.
A representative from Rep. Adam Schiff's (D-Burbank) office offered the exiting mayor a flag that had been flown from the U.S. capitol. Members of the Trails Council and the No 710 Action Committee also recognized Del Guercio for his achievements during the past year.
City Manager Mark Alexander presented whimsical gifts — a model RV, a Tree City USA hat, a replica of the Jessen Drive Bridge and a 7-Eleven Slurpee — that represented issues Del Guercio tackled over the past year.
"Thank you for all your years of service and your friendship to the city staff," said Alexander.
Greg Brown, a former La Cañada mayor and councilman, recalled a rough period the city experienced before Del Guercio took office.
"The city was torn apart," he said. "We had a city council that was totally dysfunctional."
He said the city improved after Del Guercio was elected to the council.
Council members said they will miss Del Guercio on the dais.
"I want to thank you for your encouragement and support, especially during these last couple years in my rookie season," said Davitt. "As you can see from everybody here, you're so appreciated … and the city is a better place because of you."
Del Guercio said his time on the council has been "one of the greatest honors of [his] life."
"I'm a better person for it," he said. "I think I'm going to miss it, but it's the right thing to do."
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ELECTRICITY GRID MODERNIZATION: Progress Being Made on Cybersecurity Guidelines, but Key Challenges Remain to be Addressed
To help support the modernization of the Nation's electric system consistent with Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the Commission is focusing on issues associated with a smarter grid.
Smart Grid advancements will apply digital technologies to the grid, and enable real-time coordination of information from generation supply resources, demand resources, and distributed energy resources (DER). The Commission's interest and responsibilities in this area derive from its authority over the rates, terms and conditions of transmission and wholesale sales in interstate commerce, its responsibility for approving and enforcing mandatory reliability standards for the bulk power system in the United States, and a recently enacted law requiring the Commission to adopt interoperability standards and protocols necessary to ensure smart-grid functionality and interoperability in the interstate transmission of electric power and in regional and wholesale electricity markets.
Characteristics of a Smart Grid as described by Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007:
- increased use of digital information and controls technology to improve reliability, security, and efficiency of the electric grid;
- dynamic optimization of grid operations and resources, with full cyber-security;
- deployment and integration of distributed resources and generation, including renewable resources;
- development and incorporation of demand response, demand-side resources, and energy efficiency resources;
- deployment of "smart" technologies (real-time, automated, interactive technologies that optimize the physical operation of appliances and consumer devices) for metering, communications concerning grid operations and status, and distribution automation;
- integration of "smart" appliances and consumer devices;
- deployment and integration of advanced electricity storage and peak-shaving technologies, including plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles, and thermal storage air conditioning;
- provision to consumers of timely information and control options;
- development of standards for communication and interoperability of appliances and equipment connected to the electric grid, including the infrastructure serving the grid; and
- identification and lowering of unreasonable or unnecessary barriers to adoption of smart grid technologies, practices, and services.
Congressional Hearings
July 1, 2010 - Mason Emmett testifies before the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, House Committee on Science and Technology on Smart Grid Architecture and Standards: Assessing Coordination and Progress. Testimony
July 23, 2009 - Commissioner Kelly will testify before the Committee on Science and Technology about Effectively Transforming Our Electric Delivery System to a Smart Grid. Event Details
March 3, 2009 - Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a full committee oversight hearing to receive testimony on the process of smart grid initiatives and technologies. Read More | Former Commissioner Suedeen G. Kelly's Testimony | View Webcast


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The first parish bulleting was printed on the first Sunday of Advent in 2003 and that edition was only one page on A5 sized paper. During the years it developed to become 4 pages of A5 sized paper then to 4 pages of A4 sized paper (or a full A3 paper folded in half).


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