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A crash today brought home a couple of things that I should have known before but didn't, and now I do. I'm writing them here so I don't forget, but also because google results were annoyingly useless without digging.
#1: chkconfig. That funny line in the init script that says something like "# chkconfig: 23456 88 22". It's easy to find out that the first batch of numbers is runlevels, but less easy to find out the meaning of the second set. They're priorities; the higher the first number, the later in the boot process it starts. The higher the second number, the later in the shutdown process it's killed. Also, if you change those numbers – this is obvious in retrospect, but I forgot – you need to re-run "chkconfig on servicename".
This is apparently all defined in the LSB. Back in my day, there was no that thur LSB, never mind chkconfig. You just put scripts in /etc/rc.d and crossed your fingers.
#2: misamchk. This worked fairly well on my 72GB RAM server with a ~25GB database:
myisamchk --fast --update-state --force --sort_buffer_size=1G \
--key_buffer_size=2G --read_buffer_size=512M --write_buffer_size=512M \
The myisamchk manpage talks about "a lot of memory" being 512M so obviously it could use a bit of modernizing. That, or it really is MyFirstDatabase.
And this kind of stuff reminds me that while I need to keep my hand in, I'm just as happy to no longer be a sysadmin for a primary job duty.
(Edited Aug 2012 – neither should typing be, chkconfig on, not chkconfig start.)


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I posted this as a reply to the Lemmy thread, and got zero response to it. I'm hoping someone sees this and can help. The folder is made, and it seems a file generates, but I keep getting error messages and just can't continue or even view the game in order to figure out the point where I want to export.
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Pink Petals Vinyl Adult Bib
Very pretty Pink Petals print adult bib with clear vinyl covering and pocket. Adjustable neck closure, fits ages 4 to 104.
Very popular regular Adult Bibs are amazingly durable stain and waterproof coverage. The Pink Petals print bib is 100% cotton designer fabric covered with a layer of clear lead free vinyl, a large catchall pocket, trimmed with matching bias tape.
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Durable, soft, comfortable and light weight, these are the perfect clothing protector for special needs teenagers, adults or as a painting smock for older children (4 and up).


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Groups are welcome
to visit the 22 acres of gardens at Zilker Botanical Garden
in Austin's Zilker Park. Docents can be reserved for tours
for both adult and children's groups.
Tours (all require advance reservations):
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Obama salutes Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama congratulated the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday, saluting their victories on the field and their contributions to their community.
Noting that some football analysts didn't see Seattle as a top-tier team, Obama said he especially appreciated the team overcoming long odds.
"As a guy who was elected president named Barack Obama, I root for the underdog," the president joked.
The Seahawks clinched their first Super Bowl victory in the history of the franchise in February by beating the Denver Broncos 43-8.
The distinction for the team and by extension for the NFL came a day after a group of retired players accused the league in a lawsuit of turning a blind eye to the use of painkillers by teams that later led to serious complications.
In a nod to that controversy, Obama took note of Seahawks owner Paul Allen's charitable foundation that has donated millions of dollars to research traumatic brain injuries. "Obviously this is a concern of the NFL, but is also a concern of our troops," Obama said.


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VIENNA, Va.—Strict new federal regulations governing how companies inform consumers that their credit scores were used to reject them will result in higher labor costs and other problems for alarm companies, said a legal advisor to the Central Station Alarm Association, which is based here.
The new requirements took effect this summer, and are a part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a response to the economic recession. They essentially mean that security companies will have to spend more time and effort explaining to consumers why their poor credit ratings led to their being turned down as customers, said attorney John Prendergast, an advisor to the CSAA.
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Feb. 11, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A season-high 73 points helped lead MIT to a 73-59 victory over Rivier College on Thursday night. The Engineers (4-16) also set season-high marks with 23 assists and 61 rebounds.
Sharon Prange led all scorers with a career-high 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor and the free throw line. She also contributed seven rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal. Kimberly Eri Soo Hoo also had a career-night, dishing out eight assists while tallying 14 points. Karen Kinnaman notched 11 boards and nine points while Christa Margossian collected a team-high 12 caroms. Coming off the bench, Cherelle Walls registered 11 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. Joanna Natsios finished with a team-high three steals while Stephanie Chiang added a career-high seven points.


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Please read this regarding the future of TM. Total Miner on Steam
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Spoiler for Hidden Content: Twisty? YEAH! I was pissed to. I was hoping he would last the whole show. Friggin stupid how he is dead now. And that fop of a man child is a serial killer in the making. -.-
Spoiler for Hidden Content: I know. I'm still going to watch and see, but like I said, not a good choice. I bet their views went (ಠ_ಠ)=┐
Carved this bad boy about a few minutes ago. Figured this was the best place to put it.
Spoiler for Hidden Content: In tribute to Twisty, the murderous, creepy as Hell clown. We miss ya bud! lol Nice pumpkin too!
Theyre all connected.Thats Ryan Murphys mind-blowing revelation about American Horror Story, FXs horror anthology series that tells a brand-new tale of terror every single year. Except the various AHS seasons arent quite as independent as once thought. According to Murphy, every single iteration of AHS is connected to one another meaning the Murder House of season one exists in the same universe as this years Freak Show.Were just beginning to tell you how theyre connected, he continued. Theyre all very separate but theres clues every season that were now telling you how the different worlds are intertwined.
"Stop it! You're making me feel bad!" Me: "WTF!?"
I've just Marathoned this to the latest episode and I am Hyped!(Major spoilers for the show)Spoiler for Hidden Content: I was so sad they killed off twisty "I'm a good clown" :'(
Spoiler for Hidden Content: AGREED! I loved his character, and how his background was different than the usual "serial killer" story. I hope he somehow comes back in some strange way, he was killed off WAY too soon.
Spoiler for Hidden Content: Yeah I really think that bringing him back would be the best move, how do you think they will go about it if they did? do you have any theories?
Spoiler for Hidden Content: If it were me choosing the situation, I would say...somehow he escapes Edward Mordrake's collection of "TRUE freaks." He escapes, and becomes a sort of malevolent spectre, chasing down Dandy. Possibly driving him insane (more than he already is)? Or maybe inhabiting his body and using it as his own. Off the wall, I know. lol But that is how I would want it. However, I feel as though Edward may use Twisty to do his killing from now on. If he is to be summoned back to the Freak show once more. Which, I assume they will summon him again. What are your theories?
Spoiler for Hidden Content: I think that Dandy might become the next "twisty" in a way, but otherwise i don't see him being able to come back without it leaving some wierd plot holes and things :/Btw was anyone else like screaming at the maid for her to run away or defend herself ;w; I was so sad when her daughter called up.


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In 2013, as more people than ever sought their news through social media, the State Department expanded its digital engagement. Our goal was, and remains, to find ways to give you more access to foreign affairs information and more opportunities to offer your opinions. Here are 13 stories from 2013 that shaped our world, as told through social media.
1. The Passing of Nelson Mandela (December): Dr. Maya Angelou, on behalf of the United States, sent this touching poetry tribute as a special message to the people of South Africa after the passing of one of the world's greatest leaders. The tribute has been seen by over 1,000,000 people.
2. Direct Contact with Iran (September): For the first time in 34 years, a U.S. President talked directly to an Iranian President by telephone. Later that week, Secretary Kerry sent what has been called a "historic tweet" about the shift.
3. Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal (September): With the issue of American involvement in Syria dominating the news, Secretary Kerry explained the situation directly to the American public in a Google+ Hangout with the New York Times' Nicholas Kristof and Syria Deeply's Lara Setrakian. The event also included questions from American schoolteachers who are affiliated with a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum education program. Two weeks later, the international community reached a deal to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons.
6. Typhoon Haiyan (November): Following the destruction wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, Secretary Kerry encouraged people to donate to the relief effort by contributing an "unselfie" to the worldwide effort to inspire charitable contributions on #GivingTuesday. For his "unselfie," the Secretary held a piece of paper highlighting the website that contains information about donations for typhoon victims.
7. Combatting Climate Change (November): After two intense weeks of climate change talks in Warsaw, all countries agreed to announce their commitments to a new global climate agreement by early 2015. The United States is already working on its contribution. In this animated illustration on Tumblr, we see the dramatic increase in temperature anomalies worldwide in the last century.
8. Egyptian Transfer of Power (July): Since the removal from power of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, supporters and opponents of the new government have clashed repeatedly. The United States has called for nonviolence and respect for human and civil rights on both sides. In this picture from our Flickr photostream, Secretary Kerry speaks with the General Sisi of the interim government about the importance of a having a democratically elected government that is brought about through inclusive, free, and fair elections.
9. China-U.S. Cooperation (April): When California and Guangdong Province signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on low-carbon development, it marked a partnership on energy cooperation between the U.S.'s most populous state and the world's most populated province. Read the story of California Governor Brown's trip to Guangzhou and the deep connections between our two countries.
10. LGBT Benefits (August): After the landmark Supreme Court decision in June striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, Secretary Kerry announced that the State Department would begin extending benefits to same sex couples applying for visas around the world.
13. Recognition of Somalia (January): After decades of conflict, Secretary Clinton announced that, for the first time since 1991, the United States and Somalia would reestablish diplomatic relations.
About the Author: Douglas Frantz serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.
RE:"Our goal was, and remains, to find ways to give you more access to foreign affairs informationand more opportunities to offer your opinions."-D.Frantz
I think if I were in the Assistant Secretary's shoes right about now I'd be a bit upset to see that every single public comment offered up on the pages of Dipnote current and throughout the archives has gone missing, leaving only record of the name and date of the person's opinion offered as public feedback on this blog.
I'd be even more disturbed when a member of the public inquired about what was going on only to have someone in public affairs tell a fellow who's put a lot of effort over the years to do his part in this "conversation" that his Dept has "nothing to do with that blog" and when asked to be put in touch with the assistant Secretary's office, was instead given a phone number for the State Dept's Passport Hotline.
Unfortunately that's exactly what happened to me last week as I discovered that everything I've ever contributed to this blog (along with everyone else's) has been completely deleted from the public record, called the US Dept.of State, and my inquery was met with incompetence and/or the runaround.
Maybe I was talking to the wrong folks regarding thousands of hours of writing wasted since this blog's inception, totalling thousands of posts, and somewher slightly less than a million words total giving good constructive feedback in common cause. Maybe I should inquire of the Dept's office of Human Rights and labor as to whether such mass deletion of public commentary represents the destruction of intellectual property?
I can't fix what doesn't want to be fixed, and neither can diplomacy, but I've tried many times in many ways, and that's why I'm writing this trying one more time to see if the staff of Dipnote understands the depth of what this mass deletion means and represents. And then takes steps to restore every bit of the deleted text of every public comment ever offered up, immediately.
Otherwise if such mass deletion is permanent and ongoing it pretty well makes the Assistant Secretary's words above pay meaningless hypocritical lip service to the founding purpose of this blog.
I am just one citizen with a very small voice in the matter, but I will use it as effectively as I'm able with sound mind and of good heart.
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Bass player with Peter, Paul and Mary
Dick Kniss, 74, who played stand-up bass with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," died Wednesday of pulmonary disease at a hospital near his home in Saugerties, N.Y, said his wife, Diane.
Born in 1937 in Portland, Ore., Kniss was playing in a band led by Woody Herman in New York City before joining Peter, Paul and Mary in 1964. He performed with them throughout the 1960s, rejoined them when they reunited in 1978 and continued to give concerts with them until 2009, the year Mary Travers died.
Kniss — pronounced k-nish — was "our intrepid bass player for almost as long as we performed together," the trio's Peter Yarrow said in a statement. "His bass playing was always a great fourth voice in our music."
From 1970 to 1978, Kniss was also featured on many Denver recordings. With singer Mike Taylor, Kniss co-wrote "Sunshine on My Shoulders."
Kazimierz Smolen
Headed Auschwitz museum at death camp site
Kazimierz Smolen, 91, an Auschwitz survivor who after World War II became director of a memorial museum at the site, died Friday on the 67th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp. He died in Oswiecim, the southern Polish town where Nazi Germany operated the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, said Pawel Sawicki, a spokesman for the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum.
Soviet troops liberated the camp on Jan. 27, 1945. In 2005, the United Nations designated Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Two years after the war ended, Auschwitz-Birkenau became a museum, and Smolen served as its director from 1955 to 1990. He continued to live in Oswiecim after he retired.
News of his death was announced to Holocaust survivors who had gathered to observe Remembrance Day at the camp, which is still enclosed in barbed wire. They observed a minute of silence in his honor.
Born April 19, 1920, in the southern Polish town of Chorzow Stary, Smolen was a Polish Catholic involved in the anti-Nazi resistance when the Germans arrested him in April 1941 and took him to Auschwitz. He left the camp on the last transport of prisoners evacuated by the Germans on Jan. 18, 1945, nine days before its liberation.
He attributed his survival to good health and extreme luck. Smolen once explained his decision to return to the camp to manage it as a way of honoring those who were killed there.
"Sometimes when I think about it, I feel it may be some kind of sacrifice, some kind of obligation I have for having survived," he said.
Miguel Nazar Haro
Led Mexico's domestic spy agency
Miguel Nazar Haro 87, who led Mexico's domestic spy agency and was accused of being behind the disappearances of alleged leftist guerrillas in the 1970s, died Thursday at his home in Mexico City of a combination of illnesses. He had been depressed over the recent death of his wife, family members told Mexican media.
From 1978 to 1982, Nazar Haro headed Mexico's now-dissolved Federal Security Directorate at the height of the government's "dirty war" against leftist insurgents.
He was arrested in 2004 on charges stemming from the disappearances of six farmers who were alleged members of the Brigada Campesina de los Lacandones, an armed group that the government linked to at least one kidnapping. The charges were dismissed in 2006.
The ruling was considered a setback for special prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo, who had been named by then-President Vicente Fox to shed light on wrongful imprisonment, torture, forced disappearances and slayings of hundreds of radical leftists and farm and union leaders from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Dimitra Arliss
Played hired killer in 'The Sting'
Dimitra Arliss, 79, an actress who had a small but memorable role as a hired killer opposite Robert Redford and Paul Newman in the 1973 film "The Sting," died Thursday of complications from a stroke at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, according to spokeswoman Jaime Larkin.
Born Oct. 23, 1932, in Lorain, Ohio, Arliss attended Miami University of Ohio and began her acting career at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Her Broadway credits include "Indians" (1969), "Antigone" (1971) and "Arms and the Man" (1985).
Besides "The Sting," she was also seen in the films "Xanadu" and "Firefox." Her numerous television credits include "Mannix," "Quincy M.E.," and the 1976 miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man, Book II."
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Italy's ninth postwar president
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 93, a former president of Italy who held the post during the sweeping corruption scandal of the early 1990s that reshaped the country's postwar political landscape, died Sunday in Rome, according to a statement from Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.
Scalfaro was a key figure in postwar Italian politics, helping to write the constitution and to found the former Christian Democrats. He held numerous prominent government posts before becoming Italy's ninth postwar president, a position that is largely ceremonial but carries the significant role of moral compass for the country.
As president from 1992 to 1999, Scalfaro was often called upon to resolve Italy's recurrent political crises, either choosing a new premier or calling early elections.
The "Clean Hands" investigations launched in the early 1990s uncovered a broad system of bribes that wiped out much of Italy's political class, including key members of the conservative Christian Democrats and the center-left Social Democrats. The scandals deeply eroded Italians' trust in politicians and led to the demise of the two parties that had formed the pillars of postwar Italian politics.
A native of the northern city of Novara, Scalfaro was a devout Roman Catholic with a law degree from Catholic University of Milan. In 1946, he won a seat in the assembly that wrote the constitution for the Italian Republic, declared in late 1947 after a popular referendum abolished the monarchy.
Scalfaro was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian republic's first general election in 1948 and remained a deputy until he was elected president in 1992.
-- Los Angeles Times staff and wire reports


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June 2011
HIV infection affects certain groups of young people disproportionately, especially:
Young men who have sex with men:
- Among adolescents aged 13-19 years, nearly two-thirds of all diagnosed HIV infections are from male-to-male sexual contact.2
- From 2005 to 2008, YMSM aged 13-24 years had the greatest percentage increase in diagnosed HIV infections* of all age groups (Figure 1).3
Black adolescents:
- In 2008, 75% of all diagnosed HIV infections in youth aged 13-19 years were among black youth, even though blacks represented only 17% of the population in that age group.2
Black YMSM:
- Nearly two-thirds (63%) of all YMSM aged 13-24 years with HIV infection in 2008* were black YMSM, followed by white YMSM (18%) and Hispanic/Latino YMSM (17%).3
- Black YMSM also experienced the largest increase of all racial/ethnic groups in diagnosed HIV infections -- from 1,841 in 2005 to 3,188 in 2008 (Figure 2).3
Figure 1. HIV Infection Diagnoses Among MSM, by Age Group, 2005-2008 -- 37 States and 5 U.S. Dependent Areas*
* In the 37 states and five U.S. dependent areas with confidential name-based reporting since at least January 2005.
Figure 2. HIV Infection Diagnoses Among YMSM Aged 13-24 Years, by Race/Ethnicity, 2005-2008 -- 37 States and 5 U.S. Dependent Areas
a Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
The reasons for these disparities are varied and not well understood, but possible factors include the following:
- Lack of knowledge of infection status. A high percentage of HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) do not know they are infected, especially MSM of color and YMSM.4 Those who do not know they are infected might be less likely to take measures to keep from spreading the virus to others.
- Failure to reach MSM with effective interventions or prevention education. A CDC study of gay and bisexual men in 15 cities found that 80% had not been reached in the past year by HIV interventions known to be most effective.5 In addition, sex education programs that do not include information about sexual orientation or that ignore issues in the lives of sexual minority youth might not be effective in preventing HIV transmission among those students.
- Use of alcohol and illegal drugs. Alcohol, methamphetamine, and other "party drug" use is common among some YMSM and can lead to risky sexual behavior.6
- Complacency about risk. Improved treatment for HIV infection has helped many people with HIV infection live longer and healthier lives. An unintended consequence of this success is that younger MSM, who did not witness the toll of AIDS in the early years of the epidemic, might view HIV as less dangerous and become complacent about risks.6
- Mental health consequences of stigma and discrimination. Bullying, harassment, family disapproval, social isolation, and sexual violence -- which are experienced frequently by gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth -- can cause feelings of shame and poor self-esteem. This can lead to higher rates of emotional distress, suicide attempts, substance use, and risky sexual behavior.7-9
Racial/ethnic disparities in HIV/AIDS among young MSM are also not well understood. The disparities do not appear to reflect individual racial or ethnic differences in risk behaviors such as unprotected anal sex, commercial sex work, sex with a known HIV-positive partner, or HIV testing history.10 Possible factors include the high prevalence of HIV in black male social networks, elevated rates of STDs among black men, and the reduced likelihood of black men receiving treatment (which can reduce the amount of HIV in the blood and potentially decrease transmission).10
Strategies for Addressing HIV Among YMSM in Schools
Collect and Analyze Data on Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Associated Health Risk Behaviors Among Youth
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey** is being used by some states and large urban school districts to monitor health risk behaviors and selected health outcomes among sexual minority students.† States and school districts participating in the YRBS can add optional questions to the standard YRBS questionnaire, including:
During your life, with whom have you had sexual contact?
☐ I have never had sexual contact
☐ Males
☐ Females
☐ Females and males
Which of the following best describes you?
☐ Heterosexual (straight)
☐ Gay or lesbian
☐ Bisexual
☐ Not sure
In 2009, a total of 17 states and large urban school districts included one or both of these questions on their YRBS. Among these:
- 9 asked about both the sex of students' sexual contacts and about students' sexual identity.
- 4 asked about the sex of students' sexual contacts only.
- 4 asked about students' sexual identity only.
Analyses of YRBS data have contributed greatly to knowledge about health risks among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth.11-13 A CDC analysis of data from 13 YRBS sites found that sexual minority students, especially those who identified as homosexual or bisexual, were disproportionately likely to engage in many health risk behaviors, including sexual risk behaviors (such as having sexual intercourse for the first time at younger ages, having multiple sex partners, and not using condoms); tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; and behaviors related to attempted suicide.13
Adding these YRBS questions enables states and districts to identify risk behaviors among sexual minority students and then adjust intervention priorities accordingly. Furthermore, by documenting that many youth do engage in same-sex sexual activity and various health risk behaviors, these data can help establish the imperative for meeting the health needs of sexual minority youth in schools.
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Poisoned Water
Season 44 Episode 10 | 54m 7s
In this special report, NOVA investigates what happened in Flint, Michigan when local officials changed the city's water source to save money, but overlooked a critical treatment process. As the water pipes corroded, lead leached into the system, exposing the community—including thousands of children—to dangerous levels of poison. NOVA uncovers the science behind this manmade disaster.
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In Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2009-329, the Commission set out the results of its review of broadcasting in new media. This was followed by Broadcasting Order 2009-660, which amended, clarified and affirmed the continued appropriateness of the New Media Exemption Order applied to new media broadcasting undertakings. Since then, there has been an acceleration of technological, market and consumer behaviour trends that may influence the Canadian broadcasting system's ability to achieve the policy objectives of the Broadcasting Act. Increasingly, programming is being provided by entities on multiple platforms and separate from the physical infrastructure over which it is delivered. These "over-the-top" entities are both foreign and domestic.
My name is Michael Richardson. I am chief scientist of Sandelman Software Works. I am writing today about your consultation about "Over-The-Top" television, such as "netflix" and others like this. I am a pioneer of the Internet, my use of it dates back to 1987. I am active participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force, and I've authored a number of RFCs in the security field.
I find the entire question about "over-the-top" to itself be indicative of a bias to begin with. My question was, over top of what? I get as much television "over" Canada Post as I do "over-the-air".
The Internet does not run on top of other things, more and more, other things run on top of the Internet. Neither incumbent cable or telephone companies have been competent enough to supply my home office for internet. My family that has tried them for Internet has found their service to be lacking, and have gone to reliable Internet suppliers, ones that are not vertically integrated and therefore do not have a bias against other things.
Since 1995, I have not subscribed to "cable" TV. I tried microwave (LOOK), but when I moved it was not available, and then I went to satellite (Star Choice, now Shaw). Since it became Shaw, my level of service has steadily declined, while my rates have gone up. My family uses the satellite TV less and less (we are now on the lowest tier subscription, primary for US Network channels) and relies on DVD delivery from ZIP and netflix over my bridged-DSL connection with Storm Internet.
Netflix has reported "problems" with Canadian residential internet connections. I have none. I do not use an incumbent telco with a competing service as my supplier. Please connect the dots.
I do not use "HD" services at this time, as I have no TVs like that. I consider current HD TV systems to be too inflexible and yet too complicated for my use. When the time comes, I will replace the "screens" in my home with dumb computer-grade displays, connected to media boxes running open standard systems.
The available content on Netflix leaves a lot to be desired. The amount in Canada, I'm told is much less than in the US due to licensing problems. This upsets me greatly: I would like to see a mandatory licensing regime that seperated who I choose to deliver the content I want, from what content is available.
Netflix offers a service that apparently permits some Apple and some Microsoft users to watch television their computers. This system uses a proprietary copyright infringing system to display the content. I say that it infringes the copyright laws because it appears that this "Digital Rights Management" system in fact denies me rights that I would have on other systems. This system is incompatible with non-Microsoft systems (tied selling) such as Ubuntu Linux that runs at my house.
We happen to have a Nintendo WII game console that has a netflix system for it, and I'm told that the Netflix application for it may also contain DRM. However, the output of my WII is a DRM-free analogue signal, and therefore my rights are identical with this system as they would be with broadcast television.
I am preparing myself for ATSC. I intend to put an antenna on my roof to receive US Network Channels from Rochester NY, and along with an ATSC tuner on each of my three TVs, I should be able to get Ottawa broadcast channels from Camp Fortune. At that point I will stop subscribing to satellite service: they have provided me with essentially no value.
At this point, what I would like is the ability to pay for the content that I want. I would like to be able to vote with my wallet, rather than have the CRTC tell me. I expect some service (such as Netflix, or a competitor) to offer to intermediate my transactions, reducing the cost of the transaction, and dealing the production studios directly.
I would like to: a) provide a tip of approximately 0.25 for a show that I like. This would be voluntary by me. I would do this because I want them to produce more like it. I want to do this even for shows that might have been out of "print" for a long time, for instance Threes Company, or old episodes of Sesame Street, which continue to have significant value. Right now, at most, I can provide a "star" rating.
b) provide a bond (a promise) that I would tip for more episodes of a series that I like. This removes the role of the executives of i) the incument cable/satellite companies, ii) the specialty channels. who it seems continue to be reluctant to take risks, and have significantly disrupted shows with significant fan bases with very good writing. If this scares these companies, tough. The CRTC has no mandate to protect companies with out-dated business plans.
c) provide a tip to a "network" such as CBCKids who might provide me with a playlist of shows to watch and timely interactive ways to engage kids. Note I would be tipping for the playlist (a list of recommendations) not for the shows themselves.
- This is particularly important to me for children's shows, as I will only let me child watch the TV stations that do not feature advertising.
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Zimmerman's brother speaks:
Quoted in the linked article, at CNN.com, is Marcia Clark, the prosecutor who failed to convince a jury that O.J. Simpson was guilty. She's talking about the photographs of George Zimmerman, which people on the web are saying prove he didn't have a broken nose.
Suddenly, everyone's a doctor, the kind of doctor that does diagnoses through blurry web videos. Flashback: Remember when Senator Bill Frist — a Harvard-trained doctor — questioned the diagnosis of Terri Schiavo "based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office"? He got slammed for that.
But here's Marcia Clark: "Anyone who's seen a broken nose is aware of the fact that the blood spurts. That leads to a lot of bleeding. You would have expected to see blood on the front of George Zimmerman's shirt collar. Blood — you know, in many more places."
Anyone knows. Of course, a broken nose is a veritable geyser. So says the expert on blood evidence. I know she's seen a lot of blood. Blood does gush from slashed throats. But a broken nose? I'm going to Google that. Here's a list of symptoms, according the Mayo Clinic website (boldface added):
Signs and symptoms of a broken nose may appear immediately or may take up to three days to develop. Signs and symptoms may include:I am trying to fathom the depths of mendacity around the Trayvon Martin case. Why aren't people afraid of uttering statements that are so easily devastated?
Pain or tenderness, especially when touching your nose
Swelling of your nose and surrounding areas
Bleeding from your nose
Bruising around your nose or eyes
Crooked or misshapen nose
Difficulty breathing through your nose
Discharge of mucus from your nose (rhinorrhea)
Feeling that one or both of your nasal passages are blocked
For a prosecutor to make extreme and overconfident statements about evidence, when the statements are not even remotely accurate and the inaccuracy is detected through 5 seconds of Googling? I understand why people want to lie and deceive, but to throw away your credibility so carelessly?


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There are painted warriors and hitmen, tattooed tough guys and brawling body builders.
Some are fat, some are skinny, some are chiseled and even more are somewhere in between.
Super heroes and villains, dastardly heels and bravado-brimming babyfaces, they are comedians and clowns, aerial acrobats and grounded grapplers.
It is a band of brief-clad brothers striving to please an audience, follow a passion and earn a living.
From curtain jerkers and jobbers to champions and main eventers, they make up a cavalcade of characters not often seen at your everyday job, though most of them hold one down.
They are all gathered on a Sunday afternoon in Glendale ready to put on a show. Littered throughout a makeshift second-story locker room at the Glendale Studios, professional wrestlers of all shapes, sizes, colors and backgrounds are practicing holds, going over spots and preparing for their time to shine.
At a July taping of "NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood," much like the diverse gathering of performers there is a gamut of goings-on throughout the second story where some are prepping for promos, others are going over the last details of their matches and still some are relaxing as if it is just another day at the office.
It is an odd scene, but one they're used to, for the most part, though many of them are seemingly very different, not just at first glance, but in who they are and where they've come from.
But on this afternoon they've all come together in one place and the question begs: Just who are these people that call themselves professional wrestlers?
Long ago in Chicago
"Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce and Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana have both come from the same place.
It's a Sunday afternoon in Glendale, but on Saturday night in Kansas City, Pearce and Cabana were the main event, this time seeing Pearce get the better of his rival and bringing to a start his fifth NWA world title reign.
"I'm used to it by now," Pearce, 34, said of the mind-spinning travel. "But that doesn't make it suck any less."
Before Saturday night's title tilt, both Cabana and Pearce were in Chicago. But that was long ago, when two Illinois high school football players began their journeys to the crazy world of professional wrestling.
Pearce's dream was to play college football, but the highly-touted offensive tackle never got the chance, as he was stricken with Acute Muscular Compartment Syndrome in both of his lower legs. It forced surgery and the end of his days on the gridiron. But a career in pro wrestling awaited, one that's seen him trot the glob for a variety of promotions.
Meanwhile, Cabana, who played football at a rival high school, was a defensive end who was given his shot in the college football ranks. Alas, the only job he ever wanted was that of a professional wrestler.
"Always," Cabana, 32, said. "It's the only thing I wanted to do. ... I just had the mindset that that's what I wanted to do."
Now, it's what both do, making a living on the independent scene of professional wrestling, often traveling far from their native Illinois, but seemingly never too far from being two football players who traveled similar paths to get to the same place.
"It's been fulfilling on a number of levels," Pearce said. "Me and Colt go back to when we were teenagers in Chicago."
Now, in the wrestling world they're fierce rivals, traveling the country currently with the NWA strap on the line during a best-of-seven series entitled "Seven Levels of Hate" that's seen them spill blood and sweat in "I quit," "first blood," and "dog collar" matches to name a few.
"We're touring it around, almost like a band or a circus," said Cabana, who leads the series, 3-2, and will look to close it out when the two meet again on Sept. 30 in a Texas death match in Oregon.
On this particular day, though, Pearce didn't fly in straight from Kansas City, he stopped by his home in San Diego, if for only a few hours, to see his wife and two kids.
"That's the most important thing to me," said Pearce of being a family man. "I'm a passionate guy. For the business, but in life also."
But through the grind of main-event matches in towns big and small and all the forsaken travel, Pearce and Cabana share the same passion and ability to turn it on when they emerge from the curtain and hit the ring.
"There's something about me that I can flip a switch and grab that legitimate reaction," Pearce said. "I've been very lucky that I've been able to use that and make a living doing it for 17 years."
And fortunately for the aspiring offensive lineman who became a world wrestling champion, along the way he found a worth adversary who just happened to be a lifelong friend.
"It's crazy to think about," Cabana said of his history with Pearce.
Said Pearce: "It's a beautiful thing. When you find a camaraderie and a chemistry with a performer and it resonates with people, [you] ride that wave."
From scrubs to tights ... and back
When James Morgan broke his collarbone, he knew it right away.
Not because of his 13 years in the business of wrestling, but because of his other job as a registered nurse.
"The bad thing about being in the medical world, as soon as it happened, I knew what happened," Morgan said.
Even worse was that the injury wreaked havoc on both jobs. But Morgan still appeared on weekly broadcasts as a color commentator, as the affable 29-year-old has seemingly found his niche as a wrestling heel.
"It's fun," Morgan said of being a bad guy. "You get to say things you normally wouldn't, but are thinking."
Morgan works three to four days a week as a nurse, turning in 12-hour shifts, but he readily admits that nothing gets him going like his time in front of a live, wrestling crowd.
"Love it, I look forward to it," Morgan said of performing. "It's something I look forward to all the time."
Thus, like those he shares a locker room with, he's hoping to find the bright lights of the pro wrestling big time that is World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) or Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Impact Wrestling.
"If the opportunity presented itself, I would [move on]," Morgan said. "I always know nursing will be there, wrestling won't."
For now, though, he's happy going from one wardrobe to the next.
"Part of the time, I'm wearing my pajamas to work," Morgan said. "Part of the time, I'm wearing my tights."
The Sky's the limit
These are busy times for the 29-year-old Scorpio Sky. Embroiled in a feud with rival Willie Mack over the NWA TV title, he also recently got his shot with TNA under the moniker of Mason Andrews.
"It's been pretty crazy, actually," Sky said. "Flying back and forth."
But it's a dream Sky will keep on chasing. He's not the biggest, but he boasts an aerial style complemented with stiff strikes and kicks reminiscent of the mixed-martial-arts world.
"I'm a huge MMA fan," Sky said. "I think it works nowadays. It just adds a more realistic element to the match."
Like most in the business, Sky is simply trying to make a name, climb the ladder and stand out in the eyes of promoters and fans alike with a style all his own.
"I realized I'm never gonna be Hulk Hogan," Sky said. "I'm 5-10, 190 pounds, slim, trim, I'm built like a fighter, why not portray that. It makes it more believable."
The Sleezy Angels Fan
His trademark thick mustache hanging below a pair of old-school aviator sunglasses, sporting a T-shirt with the motto "Legalize Sleeze" emblazoned across it, Joey Ryan almost oozes into the ring.
He's met with a quip from a woman in the front row who bellows, "Shave your mustache."
To which he retorts without hesitation, "I'll shave mine if you shave yours."
Fast forward a few hours and Ryan, 32, has symbolically showered all the sleaze off him as he makes his way into an adjacent room to greet fans and sit down for an interview, but not before he's found ESPN on the TV and a pivotal game between the Texas Rangers and his beloved Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Temple City High graduate could just as easily talk for hours on end about the Halos' pitching rotation, their bullpen travails and who they should go after at the trade deadline as he could the state of the business that earns him a living.
But these days, Ryan just may be hitting his stride with a prominent role in NWA Hollywood and an ongoing opportunity with TNA. Alas, Ryan's a realist whose goals of reaching the pinnacle of WWE or TNA have been dialed down.
"My goals in wrestling have changed," Ryan said. "What I do now is roll with the punches. Now I just let everything slide.
"It's just like any other industry, you get your highs and lows. Hopefully your positives outweigh your negatives."
It's often said in wrestling that the most successful are those who simply portray themselves with the volume dialed way up. Ryan is a contradiction to that, having conjured up his sleazy persona that's somewhere in the neighborhood of a creepy Magnum PI.
"That's not me at all," Ryan said. "It's really just a character I came up with and committed to."
He's committed to the wrestling business, as well, and all the good and bad that comes with it. He's embraced the reality of it all, growing a fan base by doggedly using social media and coming to an understanding that he has to make a living whether he's touring the independents or one day earning his shot in the big time.
"I feel like being an independent contractor and being on the independent scene for 12 years, you have to build your fan base and keep them informed. I'm on [Twitter] a lot. It's definitely helped my success, I feel very thankful," Ryan says. "You have to embrace the fans."
The Fannypack Mafia
"These guys are gonna take over the tag team world by storm," color commentator Stu Stone boasts as Ray Rosas and "Pretty" Peter Avalon make their way to the ring, their waists covered not with title belts, but with fannypacks. "These people love these guys."
For the 26-year-old Rosas and the 23-year-old Avalon, the odd combination of over-the-top mannerisms, a couple of fannypacks and high-flying skills have turned the young heels into burgeoning faces.
"We're just doing the same thing," Rosas said. "Now, [the fans are] just into it."
Rosas and Avalon are very much into making a future for themselves in an industry they've always wanted to be a part of.
"[We're] holding down a couple jobs to pay for our addiction of wrestling," Rosas said.
Rosas has been buoyed by a supportive family, while Avalon is just the opposite.
"My folks still hate it," Avalon says.
The young, burgeoning tag team loves it though, and is doing its best to improve and grow, no matter the obstacles, which are many for any aspiring grappler, much less the likes of Avalon and Rosas, who are far on the lighter side of 200 pounds.
"I think we do have to work harder cause we're smaller," Rosas said.
Still, they keep on working, remaining humble in a business in which learning and being respectful to those who've come before you are paramount.
"Compared to a year ago, I'm leaps and bounds better," Rosas said. "It's all about getting to higher places and working with better people and that's how you get better."
On this day, Rosas and Avalon are pretty dang good, overwhelming the Glendale Studios crowd with a riveting match against Ryan and Johnny Goodnight that would've stole the show had it not been rivaled by stellar showdowns between Shaun Ricker and Ryan Taylor and a TV title tilt between Sky and Willie Mack.
"They're digging it," said Avalon of the fans' support. "We'll see where we can take it."
Having a fun time
Sex appeal isn't in abundance at NWA Hollywood, as women's matches have been absent for a while. But Shelly Martinez more than makes up for the lack of sex appeal all by herself.
While she easily and nicely fills out a dress, mesmerizing eyes, a soft smile and a bit of an alternative appeal have aided the raven-haired beauty in a veteran career that's seen her work for both the WWE and TNA. It is the realm of NWA Hollywood and other independent organizations that she gladly calls home, though.
"I just prefer the feel of the independent scene. It's kind of like a punk rock-type of feel. That's where I fit in best. I'm happiest with what I'm doing now," says Martinez, often known as "Funtime" Shelly. "It helped me re-fall in love with wrestling again."
An aspiring actress, as well, Martinez has carved a niche for herself in a veteran career that's spanned a dozen years.
"It's my gig that pays the bills," she says. "It's kind of all I know."
She knows it well, too, and the people within it. Thus, in the crazy world that is wrestling, she's well aware that when you find the people that are the right kind of crazy, you stay around them, which is just what she's doing.
"Wrestling is a hard business," she says. "So when you find the right people you stick with them."
It's an arduous task for any performer to predict where they'll be working from one month to the next, much less one year to the other. But for those who have found their passion in and around the squared circle, they know they'll always be within the world of pro wrestling.
"For sure, whether I like it or not," Martinez says.
The Rick
When the wrestling world — and a good deal of the mainstream — was abuzz with wrestling fever in the late 1990s, Shaun Ricker was a drum major who became a cross-country runner with a body far removed from the 230-pound frame that greets fans that he refers to as "dummies" here and now.
He always had aspirations of being a pro wrestler, though.
"I wanted to be Steve Austin, I wanted to be the Rock," he says. "I was always the guy who liked the main guy."
He wanted to be the Rock so much that he even created a Rock-esque alter ego called "The Rick," who could always get a good laugh from his close buddies who were equally enamored with wrestling.
"I don't think I ever seriously believed it would be a career," said Ricker, admitting his goals early were mild. "I just [wanted] to go and maybe they'll let me in the ring and get on the top rope and jump off."
Ricker's now climbed to the top rope many times and he keeps climbing and climbing as he's a rising commodity in NWA Hollywood that seems poised for larger endeavors.
Ricker hasn't reached star status just yet, though, and currently makes ends meet moonlighting as a waiter at a swanky Southern California cafe. But it's not about to hold him back from reaching the next level. After all "The Rick" just couldn't let that happen.
"I feel like I've really caught on to something. I feel like my work in the ring and on the mic has never been better," he says. "I'm on my way up. I definitely have some opportunities coming up.
"It's time to grab the brass ring."
And still there are more, up and comers such as Nick Madrid, Johnny Yuma and Taylor. There are oddities like the Manimal, Pinky and Terex. Some will make it, most will not and yet they'll continue to take risks that far outweigh the rewards.
As much as they're very much the everyman, pro wrestlers are also very much a different breed. They are a carnival of characters that, at least for one day, brought their one-of-a-kind show to Glendale hoping to dazzle the fans, feed themselves and their families and track down their dreams.
Says Martinez: "To be a wrestler is just another world."


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San Bernardino's Mitla Cafe, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, made a bit of a splash yesterday in a New York Times interview with Gustavo Arellano, author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America.
The interview took place at Mitla.
Mentioned in the article is the fact that Glen Bell (of Taco Bell fame) used to operate a burger stand (currently home to Amapola Rico Taco) across Sixth Street from Mitla.
According to Arellano's research, Bell would frequently eat at Mitla and would see the long line of customers at Mitla's walk-up window. He persuaded the owners to show him how the tacos were made and came up with a tool that would streamline the tortilla-frying process.
The following year after opening his burger stand, Bell began selling tacos.
And the rest, they say, is history.
It's a great read.
Click here to read it for yourself.


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8 Definitions of Pain
The meaning of the word pain, the definition of Pain:
n. - Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.
n. - Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart.
n. - Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.
n. - Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish.
n. - See Pains, labor, effort.
n. - To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
n. - To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him.
n. - To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.
The word "pain" uses 4 letters: A I N P
Direct anagrams of pain:
Words formed by adding one letter before or after pain, or to pain in any order:
a - apian c - panic g - aping l - lapin plain n - pinna o - piano s - nipas pains pians pinas t - inapt paint patin pinta v - pavin
Shorter words found within pain:
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Wellwater Conspiracy is a trio that consists of drummer Ted Dameron, singer Zeb, and John Paul McBain on guitar. If the first two names sound familiar to Soundgarden fans, that's because it's none other than former members Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd going by aliases. Joining them is ex-Monster Magnet member John Paul McBain, and the group destroys all preconceptions of what a Soundgarden/Monster Magnet supergroup would sound like. It's understandable to think that it would be like Sabbath, but their debut, Declaration of Conformity, is anything but grinding metal. The group first came together in the side project Hater (with two other members), who released an album on A&M in 1993. Although Hater's sound is similar at times to Wellwater Conspiracy, it doesn't possess the same depth and focus. Some may dismiss Wellwater's sound as "lo-fi," but the songs are recorded with creativity, as the group manages to achieve loads of interesting, yet classic, sounds on their debut.
Not long after the release of the band's debut, Cameron accepted an invitation to fill the recently vacated drum position in Pearl Jam. Some assumed the move would spell the end to Wellwater Conspiracy, but Cameron was able to find the time to keep the project afloat -- 1999 saw the release of the band's sophomore effort, Brotherhood of Electric: Operational Directives. This time out, Shepherd wasn't involved, as Cameron handled the vocals in addition to his usual drumming duties. 2001 saw the release of The Scroll and Its Combinations, the first Wellwater Conspiracy album to be issued on a sizeable record label (TVT). The album received favorable reviews in the press, as it featured such special guests as Eddie Vedder (listed as Wes C. Adle) and Kim Thayil, with Shepherd coming back onboard for a few tracks. ~ Greg Prato
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Sean Patrick (Stephen) Cunningham, 24, of Philadelphia, formerly of Stroudsburg, passed away at his home Sunday, July 14, 2013.
He was born July 10, 1989, in East Stroudsburg. He was the son of Stephen and Denise (Pepper) Cunningham of Stroudsburg.
Sean graduated from Notre Dame High School of East Stroudsburg, class of 2007. He then attended St. Joseph University in Philadelphia, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2011. He worked as a planner for L'Oreal USA while still doing graduate work at St. Joseph's University. He loved sports and, most of all, his family and friends. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him and loved him.
In addition to his loving parents, Steve and Denise, he is survived by his paternal grandfather, Harry A. Cunningham of Glenville, W.Va. and his maternal grandmother, Rose M. Pepper of Feeding Hills, Mass.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandmother, Mary E. Cunningham, and his maternal grandfather, Peter J. Pepper.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, at Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home Inc. and Cremation Service, 23 N. Ninth St., Stroudsburg, and from 9 a.m. until the time of the Mass Thursday July 18, at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Brodhead Ave., East Stroudsburg.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church, with Msgr. John A. Bergamo as celebrant. Burial will be at Stroudsburg Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to the Sean P. Cunningham Memorial Scholarship Fund at Pocono Health Foundation, 206 E. Brown St., East Stroudsburg, PA 18301.
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Sean Patrick (Stephen) Cunningham, 24, of Philadelphia, formerly of Stroudsburg, passed away at his home Sunday, July 14, 2013.


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How to Use the Images
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This photo was taken not many years after the death of her husband. She was about 34 years old. As the first lady of Las Vegas, Mrs. Stewart was sought out by distinguished travelers who came through the region. Although not at the center of fashion, she dressed impressively considering how isolated she was.
Questions for Photo 1
1. Describe Helen Stewart's clothing. Is this what you would expect a rancher to wear? Do you think she would have worn clothes like this every day? Why or why not?
2. What image do you think Helen Stewart is trying to convey in this photograph?
3. Why do you think Helen gained the nickname "the first lady of Las Vegas?"
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Home > Research Articles > Penn Study May Explain Cliche Of "Hot-Headed" Men
Saturday, September 21, 2002
Philadelphia, PA -- There is a sound neurological basis for the cliché that men are more aggressive than women, according to new findings by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, the Penn scientists illustrated for the first time that the relative size of the sections of the brain known to constrain aggression and monitor behavior is larger in women than in men.
The research, by Ruben C. Gur, PhD, and Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD, and their colleagues in Penn's Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Epidemiology, is published in the recent issue of the Journal of the Cerebral Cortex.
The findings provide a new research path for therapies that may eventually help psychiatric patients control inappropriate aggression and dangerous patterns of impulsive behavior. They also bolster previous work by the Gurs demonstrating that although some gender differences develop as result of adaptive patterns of socialization, other distinctions are biologically based and probably innate.
"As scientists become more capable of mapping the functions of activity in various parts of the brain, we are discovering a variety of differences in the way men and women's brains are structured and how they operate," said Ruben Gur, first author of the study.
"Perhaps the most salient emotional difference between men and women, dwarfing all other differences, is aggression," he said. "This study affords us neurobiological evidence that women may have a better brain capacity than men for actually 'censoring' their aggressive and anger responses."
In the Gurs' work, they relied on established scientific findings that human emotions are stimulated and regulated through a network that extends through much of the limbic system at the base of the brain (the region encompassing the amygdala, hypothalamus and mesocorticolimbic dopamine systems), and then upward and forward into the region around the eyes and forehead (the orbital and dorsolateral frontal area), and under the temples (the parietal and temporal cortex).
The amygdala is involved in emotional behavior related to arousal and excitement, while the orbital frontal region is involved in the modulation of aggression.
The Gurs' study measured the ratio of orbital to amygdala volume in a sample of 116 right-handed, healthy adults younger than 50 years of age; 57 subjects were male and 59 were female. Once the scientists adjusted their measurements to allow for the difference between men and women in physical size, they found that the women's brains had a significantly higher volume of orbital frontal cortex in proportion to amygdala volume than did the brains of the men.
"Because men and women differ in the way they process the emotions associated with perception, experience, expression, and most particularly in aggression, our belief is that the proportional difference in size in the region of the brain that governs behavior, compared to the region related to impulsiveness, may be a major factor in determining what is often considered 'gendered-related' behavior," Raquel Gur said.
Others Penn investigators participating in the study were Faith Gunning-Dixon, PhD, and Warren B. Bilker, PhD, of the Department of Epidemiology.
The study was funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health.


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This is a tutorial for the flowers you see here. I named these flowers 'cactus flowers' because I was inspired by a variety of different cactus flowers. This flower is very simple to make, and it adds a little dimension to your page or project without the extra bulk.
Supplies needed:
- (3) Medium pointy-petal flower cutouts
- (3) Small cutouts (preferably with a gap between each petal)
- (4) Extra small pointy-petal cutouts.
- Wooden skewer or similar item
- Needle nose tweezers
- Ink (optional)
- Embossing stylus or similar item with rounded end
- Quick-drying glue
I used the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die for each cutout except the extra small cutouts. I used a punch for those. Before beginning, ink the edges of each layer, if desired.
STEP 1: Take your medium-sized pointy-petal cutout (Layer 1) and pinch the center of one of the petals using your tweezers.
STEP 2: Gently twist (in either direction). This is what I call a 'single pinch and twist'. I use this step often in my flower tutorials. It helps to hold down the edges of the petal with your other hand while twisting. Repeat this step on every petal of each of the three largest cutouts (Layers 1, 2 & 3).
STEP 3: Take Layer 4, the first of the three small cutouts and check to see if your layer has a gap between each petal. If not, cut a slit or a v-shaped slit between each petal. Then curl each petal back using a wooden skewer or similar item.
STEP 4: Take Layer 5 (the second of the small cutouts) and place this layer either on the back of a mouse pad or in the palm of your hand. Using your embossing stylus, rub the center of the layer in a small circular motion. Continue this circular motion on each petal as well. You will see that the petals will pop up on their own, creating a cup-like shape.
STEP 5: Take Layer 6 and give each petal a single pinch and twist the same way we did with the first three layers.
This is what your layers should look like so far.
STEP 6: Take Layer 1 and apply a dab of glue to the center of the layer. Adhere Layer 2, remembering to offset the petals slightly.
STEP 7: Adhere Layer 3 to Layer 2. Again, remember to offset the petals. You should not be able to see any gaps between the petals.
STEP 8: Add another dab of glue to the center of your flower and adhere Layer 4. Use the flat end of the wooden skewer to flatten the center of Layer 4. You may have to hold this layer down for a few seconds so that it doesn't pop off.
STEP 9: Adhere Layer 5 in the same manner. Use your skewer to flatten the center of the flower and to push the layer into place.
STEP10: Before adhering Layer 6, place it in the palm of your hand and push down in the center with a stylus (or back of a pen, back of a pencil, etc.). This will help the layer form a cup-like shape. This helps to fit this layer into the center of your flower without flattening the previous layers. Now adhere the cup-like shape to the center of your flower.
STEP 11: Take three of the extra small cutouts and layer them in the center of the flower. Remember to off-set the petals and use your skewer to push them down in the center. Be careful to only add a small dab of glue in the center. Do not glue the petals down.
STEP 12: Before adhering the final layer, you may want to ink the back of it if you are using single-sided patterned paper. Otherwise, you will see the white of the paper. Adhere the last layer upside-down.
STEP 13: Apply a dab of glue to the center of your flower and add micro beads, glitter or anything else you wish to use. Now wait for the glue to dry completely before proceeding to the next step.
STEP 14: Once the glue is completely dry, use the point of your skewer or your nails to gently lift each petal into an upright position as shown above. If the glue is still wet, the petals will flop back down, so make sure it is completely dry.
And you're done! Hope you enjoy making these flowers and thanks for taking the time to check out my tutorial! Have a wonderful day!


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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Construction crews last week were replacing ties and unloading new rail along sections of the railroad tracks stretching from Middlebury to Salisbury and from Proctor to Florence.
Meanwhile, rail officials last week also confirmed a "minor" derailment of a fuel car on tracks near the Woodbridge Condominiums on Sept. 5. David Wulfson, president of Vermont Rail, said the incident involved one car.
One set of wheels jumped the tracks, according to Richard Hosking, rail project manager for the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans).
"It was put back on (the tracks), and that was it," Wulfson said. "Those things happen all the time."
Fortunately, the incident did not nearly rise to the level of the multi-car derailment that occurred almost exactly a year ago on tracks near Merchants Row in downtown Middlebury. Fourteen fuel-laden cars and three carrying rock salt tipped over during that Oct. 22, 2007, incident.
Hosking said the Sept. 5 incident was small enough that it did not warrant notification of local emergency response teams.
"It wasn't due to track conditions," Hosking added. "It was like blowing a tire on a car."
Still, some Middlebury residents living in homes near the tracks said they get little comfort from the term "minor" being used in the same sentence with "derailment."
Fred Barnes, a resident of the Woodbridge Condominiums, said he went to the scene of the Sept. 5 derailment when workers were jacking the car back onto the tracks at 3 a.m.
"We are told this is not dangerous," Barnes said. "But whenever we go a step closer to the tanker falling over and spilling gasoline, we are increasing the probability of disaster.
ADDISON COUNTY — FairPoint Communications plans to bring full broadband Internet coverage to Middlebury, Salisbury and Vergennes by the end of 2010, marking the complete coverage of high-speed Internet access for all of Addison County.
The other two telephone and Internet service providers in the county — Waitsfield Champlain Valley Telecom, which serves towns in the northern and eastern part of Addison County, and Shoreham Telephone, which serves towns in the southwest quadrant of the county — have already established full broadband access for their service areas.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Developers of a proposed small-scale hydro operation at the Otter Creek Falls in Middlebury recently filed the requisite state and federal permit applications for their project, and have shifted their focus back to becoming a wholesale producer of electricity rather than an exclusive provider of power to portion of the town and Middlebury College.
Anders Holm, whose family is spearheading the project, said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is reviewing a preliminary application for the project, while the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) is determining whether the plan can receive a water quality permit.
"Our preliminary FERC application has been accepted. That's in, and we're getting as much information as we can about the specifics of the site at this time, still looking at how much power it's going to make," Holm said on Thursday. "The preliminary application is just letting FERC know that there is ongoing interest in the site and we are doing some of the preliminary steps and they can expect more information from us in the future."
The plan includes a water turbine that would harness electricity from the creek as it flows through a flume under a building (owned by the Holms) that borders the south side of the Otter Creek Falls. The project also includes a powerhouse, a penstock of approximately 120 feet long by 7.5-feet in circumference, and a transmission line of around 500 feet.
In an effort to expedite the ANR's review of the project, Holm has asked the agency to review a previous, more ambitious hydropower project application that had been submitted by central Vermont Public Service Corp. (CVPS) for the same site around 20 years ago. The project was never implemented.
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Banging is usually an oscillation. Valve opens, water rushes through, and the pressure upstream of the valve drops to a point where the valve no longer stays fully opened, and a nearly-closed zone valve brings the supply pressure back up again. This repeats and you get the banging.
Make certain that every shutoff valve in the pathway to your sprinklers is fully opened.
Are your zone valves flow-control types? Throttling down the flow controls will make a difference here.
Tuesday, July 12th 2011, 1:42pm
Tuesday, July 12th 2011, 1:47pm
How to get less flow? install smaller GPM nozzle?Banging pipes can eventually break. What you should do is to experiment with one or more zones, and see if you can get less flow, and maybe stop the banging.
All this is an indication of an undersized supply line, in which pressure drops when a zone is opened.
Tuesday, July 12th 2011, 4:37pm
Tuesday, July 12th 2011, 10:48pm
Very simply put, sprinkler systems should not be operating with banging plumbing. If you are betting the ranch that there are no partially-closed valves in the supply chain, and you have no flow-controls on the zone valves (very bad choice on the part of the installer, by the way) then all there is left to play around with is the flow in the zones that are doing the banging. You are trying to find a point of lower flow rates where the banging ceases.
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Tuesday, July 12th 2011, 11:47pm
Wednesday, July 13th 2011, 6:58am
I agree with everything boots says as possible reasons
My only input is to think about is. Do you have a Pressure Reducing Valve? If you do it's possible it has failed and preventing the full amount of flow available being allowed into the sprinkler system . It's also possible if there is a PRV on the cities side and it has failed ( I've dealt with 3 failed PRV's this past week and half so they are fresh in my mind)
Can you cut your main line on the irrigation side and get a flow rate test?
Does every zone cause the banging? I'm highly leaning towards flow restriction either from a PRV or a shut off not fully open.. Make sure your water meter is fully on too
I also recommend to get a dynamic pressure reading when the sprinkler zones are running
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By Lisa Capobianco
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For local resident Pat Angle of Spring Lake Village Condominiums, close encounters with feral cats has become a recurring theme where she lives. From the time she moved into her unit in the 1980s, Angle said the felines have roamed around her condo, looking for shelter.
"I have been here for 26 years," Angle said. "There have always been feral cats."
According to The Animal Center, a volunteer-based animal welfare charity in Newtown, feral cats are the "wild offspring of domestic cats" and are primarily the result of cat owners' abandonment or failure to spay and neuter their animals, allowing them to breed uncontrolled."
Angle said out of the 11 feral cats of the original colony, five more exist near her unit now, with one possibly being a stray. With the help of Southington Animal Rescue, Angle controlled the size of the cat colony through a Trap-Neuter-Return program. Under this program, volunteers of the rescue group trap, evaluate and vaccinate the cats, preventing the colony to grow beyond its capacity.
"We have had no new kittens at Pat's complex within two years," said Susan Mazer, a volunteer of Southington Animal Rescue who has helped Angle.
Although the executive board of Angle's unit approved of the TNR program, it did not approve of feeding the feral cats, Angle said. Angle shared Spring Lake Village's pet policy which made it clear that feeding animals outdoors is prohibited.
"You do not starve these animals when they are in need," Angle said. "Rules can be modified."
According to Angle, the executive board also told her in a letter that the cats pose a health threat to the community, and other residents saw them digging in gardens. Although the president and vice president of Angle's condo unit did not return calls left for comment, Peter Boychuck, one of the directors at Spring Lake Village, said the existence of feral cats has been an "issue," but would not explain the extent of the situation within Angle's complex or the policy regarding outside pets.
Holly Smith, the secretary, also refused to comment.
"We have no comment as a board," Smith said.
Mazer said the remaining feral cats around Angle's unit do not pose a health hazard because they underwent the TNR program. Although she agrees with Angle that rules should be modified, Mazer said when she tried educating the board on feral cats, its members tried to understand the situation.
"I think they are nice people, but they felt torn," Mazer said, citing misinformation and fear as the route of the problem. "They wanted to help… [but]…they feel like if they allow feeding, there could be a backlash from residents."
Cindy Mulhearn, the director of TOMcat Rescue in Southington, said humans have misperceptions about feral cats, which do not pose health threats to the community unless they test positive for diseases. According to Mulhearn, rescue groups like hers always test the cats for diseases before returning them to the wild.
"These cats are not carrying diseases," Mulhearn said. "They do not attack people."
An estimated 50 million feral cats exist throughout the nation, according to The Humane Society's website. In Connecticut, this number could reach thousands. Dave Ireland, the Canine Patrol Officer of Southington said that although he only handles dogs, the issue of feral cats is "an issue everywhere."
The Friends of Cheshire Feral Cats, a nonprofit organization that offers a TNR program for feral cats, agreed.
"It is hard to estimate how many feral cats are actually in Connecticut, but in Cheshire alone we have provided TNR for over 3,500 cats, and that's just one town," according to the non-profit organization. "The numbers remain high even with TNR efforts and that's because not all groups in Connecticut do TNR."
Mulhearn said she receives countless phone calls every day from residents in Southington as well as other surrounding areas including Plainville and Bristol. She said condominium complexes serve as ideal places for feral cats.
"I get five calls every day," Mulhearn said. "People leave the cats in apartments when they leave."
Angle and her sister said they hoped for an organization or rescue group to find a home for the remaining cats. But according to Mulhearn and Mazer, feral cats are not meant to become domesticated unless they are rescued before they turn ten weeks old.
"You cannot relocate feral cats," Mazer said." "You have to socialize them within the first ten weeks of their life," Mulhearn said. "After 10 to 12 weeks, it is hard to socialize them."
Feral cats still an issue at Spring Lake
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The problem: multiple windows
Suppose that you write an application that will have the ability to open multiple windows at once. These windows will contain views for different application modules. Sometimes, different windows will show the same module, but the data or it's presentation form will be different. It is obvious that each of the windows has an amount of state information associated with it. The HTTP protocol is by design stateless. Because statefullness is necessary for a multitude of applications, cookies mechanism was introduced. Usually, the cookies passed between the server and browser carry only an identifier of the session. The actual data is kept in the servers memory (or other storage device) Unfortunately cookies are not appropriate for managing state information associated with a single window. The primary way of overcoming this limitation is encoding information about the subset of data to be displayed and the presentation details (like sorting order) into the request URLs. This technique allows the user to maintain multiple simultaneous sessions with the same screen of the application in different browser windows, viewing different data sets or using different presentation settings. This technique might be unacceptable in two situations:
The solution: server side window context
A technique similar to that applied to global session data. Window specific information can be stored on the server, and an token allowing to uniquely identify this information can be added to all URLs generated on the page. This way on the next request originating from a given browser window, the application has access to the state information associated with this window.
The problem: "Open in new window"
If opening of windows in a multi-windowed application is utterly under control of the application (the window is created using JavaScript, with context identifier token removed from the URL, to inform the application that it needs to create a new context) window contexts will work fine. In reality users will often create new windows using "open in new window" command, or by dragging URLs between windows. In each of the situations mentioned above, multiple windows displaying the same URL (and thus, by definition the same collection of cookies will appear. These windows are indistinguishable to the application, but it is undesirable that these windows share the window context. That would mean that changes to the state information performed in one window would affect all future requests to the other windows in the group.
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To effectively detect opening of windows, the token identifying a session context must be different for every request. Please recall the example of a few windows opened "open in new window" command. All of them share the URL, and the context identifying token contained in it. This means that they can access the state information that was valid during the previous request. The data subset displayed and the presentation settings used in all of the windows is the same. But because there are multiple windows now, the session context must split. New contexts must be created, inheriting the contents of the parent (previous) context, an tokens identifying these newly generated context must be included in all URLs generated on the associated pages.
The problem: the "back" button
While reading the previous paragraph, you may have an impression that it is possible to perform educated guesses about context branching points and store only as many contexts as there are windows simultaneously open. But when you consider the situation when user uses "back" and "forward" buttons to navigate the application, you'll find out that ALL of the contexts must be remembered by the server. The state information associated with each request may be used multiple times in the future. An LRU garbage collection scheme could be performed on the context objects (only a fixed number of most recently accessed context would be remembered) to conserve server's memory. Unfortunately, this could easily lead to undesirable application operation. Imagine an application with two windows open. An user performs an operation in the window A, then switches to window B an performs so many operations in it that the context of the window A is discarded. Then, performing an operation in the window A may yield unexpected results because the state information was lost.
Explicit vs Implicit cloning.
All of the the session contexts have to be replicated per every hit to the application. Memory consumption seems like an important factor to consider here. I had an idea of reducing it a bit, by requiring the programmer to explicitly copy the data from the previous context to the current context that are important. This is makes using session contexts tedious, but avoids cloning unused data over and over, when the user moves from one screen to another (which will obviously need different state information). This has the following downside - when the user uses a link to go back to a screen that he visited earlier, the state information will be lost, because the other screen didn't clone it (because it had no idea about them). The presentation details will be reset to normal. On the other hand, if the user pressed the "back" button multiple times to go back to that screen, the presentation details would be remembered (the URLs contain valid context identifier tokens). The conclusion is, that cloning all of the stuff contained in the context gives a better user experience. Memory is cheap these days, right? Oh, don't worry that those context have to stay in memory forever. They should be bound to a global (cookie style) session and discarded when the global session times out.
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Apr 26, 2013 11:37 AM PT
AT&T has introduced Digital Life, a home security and automation system that realizes a goal the company set more than a decade ago of creating tools that would allow people to manage lights and security systems remotely.
Digital Life will allow homeowners to control appliances, lock and unlock doors, and monitor their homes remotely using a number of mobile apps.
As a security application, the service can be connected with an AT&T monitoring center that can alert the police or fire departments as necessary.
Although it does run on AT&T's wireless network, Digital Life is not restricted to current AT&T phone or Internet subscribers.
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AT&T is entering a market that primarily has been dominated by Vivint, Brinks and ADT -- and both Verizon Communications and Comcast have introduced similar security packages.
"The U.S. is going to be the large market, as new players are moving in," said Adi Pavlovic, market research analyst for the security and fire group at IHS iSuppli.
"They are all trying to increase penetration of the home security market. It has been stable, but these new players are hoping that the penetration rate will be increased," he added.
"They're already in the home via cable and Internet and turning a three-play -- cable, phone, Internet -- into a four-play," Pavlovic told TechNewsWorld. "So it makes sense to make that move now."
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Digital Life is now being rolled out to 15 cities and is available in two packages. The basic package, Simple Security, starts at US$29.99 a month with a $150 installation and equipment charge. It offers 24/7 home monitoring, 24-hour battery backup, a wireless keypad, a keychain remote, sensors and an indoor siren.
The Smart Security step-up package adds the option to include a motion sensor, a carbon monoxide sensor, a glass-break sensor and a smoke sensor. This package begins at $40 per month with a $250 equipment/installation charge.
Additional options include san energy package to control appliances, lighting and thermostats; door packages that can allow entry into a home remotely; water detection and water-control packages to detect leaks -- or even shut off the water to a house remotely.
There is also a camera package for viewing live video from inside or outside the home.
Professional Install
Given the complexity of the system, AT&T is providing professional installation rather than offering the systems to home owners as a DIY project.
"AT&T did a good job selling broadband to consumers and eliminated the truck roll, as people could install broadband in their home," said Jonathan Gaw, research manager at IDC, "but with home automation and security, there is much more to it."
For one thing, there is a lot in the way of regulation that goes into home security, Gaw told TechNewsWorld.
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Given the many options, home owners should be able to feel secure, but is there such a thing as too much security? Could users suddenly feel as if they were always on camera, being monitored by Big Brother instead of relaxing in their own private space?
"When you buy the monitoring package, it won't give video access to AT&T," said IHS's Pavlovic. "The monitoring is for the sensors."
Users can use the cameras to view their homes indoors and outdoors, including remotely, but AT&T won't have access to them.
Could the systems be hacked by bad guys?
"Everything can be hacked -- and that is the worry -- but the cameras in the home aren't the threat," added Pavlovic.
In fact, most people would be more at risk from a laptop's camera if the computer were infected with malware, he noted.
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Security is only as good as its weakest link. The best door locks aren't good if a thief gets a key, and the same is very much true of any security system. While these offer the ability to control things remotely, what happens if a user's phone is stolen?
"If someone else gets your phone they could turn off your alarm and have a buddy rob a house," said security expert Scott Schober, CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems. "Even if your password gets out there it could allow someone to open a door remotely."
Other potential points of failure are a power outage that could leave a house unprotected or an emergency that could disable or jam phone and cellular lines.
Like many security providers, AT&T addresses this with battery backup systems and relies on redundancy including both landline and cellular connections.
No system is perfect. However, as most people don't live in museums with priceless treasures, these systems don't need to be perfect.
"There is always a hole -- it is just about making it harder," said Gaw.
"Unless you have the Hope Diamond, the effort isn't worth it for most thieves," he observed.
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