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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
happy halloween
Labels: halloween
skippy's wednesday night music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
hurricane sandy is a reminder
as i looked at these pictures of the babies being evacuated, i had a depressing thought. what are the financial situations of these babies' parents? are they poor? do they have insurance? are they on medicaid? medicaid is a health programme that pays for medical services for those who cannot afford them. it is jointly funded by the federal and state governments. - the guardian
Labels: healthcare, hurricane
the monster mash
nothing's spookier than abandoned mortuaries
zombies very popular for this year's costumes
london's ghoulish legacy: grave-robbing for scientific study
and be sure to get your h.p. lovecraft action figure!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
skippy's tuesday night music club
Labels: halloween, music, skippy's music club, youtube
The Other Half of Last Night's Picture
Best of all possible results. And the second largest tree branch to fall on our rather small property last night. (The biggest did no noticeable damage.)
liar liar
tuesday's dead
the top ten books to get into the halloween spirit
the fright catalogue's halloween blog
green your halloween
Monday, October 29, 2012
skippy's monday night music club
Labels: halloween, movies, music, skippy's music club, youtube
the great orange one
@hunterdk - daily kos outage apparently part of massive internet infrastructure failure in nyc. ugh.
Labels: daily kos, infrastructure, internet(s), nyc
ann romney hates public education
ann romney told good housekeeping magazine that the campaign issue closest to her heart is taking on teachers unions and dismantling public education as we know it. - think progress
My kitchen ceiling
Yes, this is an interior shot.
monday's rain
why it is essential that the criminal bankers are prosecuted
nearly 30% of vets treated by the va have ptsd
bacteria work together to cause infection
Sunday, October 28, 2012
skippy's sunday night music club
Labels: halloween, music, skippy's music club, youtube
joss whedon
preacher on a sunday morning
are student loans immoral?
it turns out that tax cuts for the top 5% does nothing to create jobs
even frank herbert knew
"get over it"
newt gingrich, who keeps binders full of wives on the side just in case, was on abc this morning telling women to "get over it". "it" being their outrage over mourdock's comments. did you get that? get over it, ladies. - politicususa
Labels: gingrich, rape, war on women, womens issues
environmental news stories sunday
runoff from Iowa farms growing concern in gulf of mexico. since the gulf of mexico dead zone's discovery four decades ago, the federal government has spent billions of dollars — no one can say exactly how much — to study its origins and reduce its impact. but instead of slowing, the toxic flow of nitrates has increased — along with the average size of the dead zone. - des moines
genetically engineered food: put a label on it? on election day, minnesota's giant food industry -- from general mills and cargill to family farmers -- will be watching a california referendum as closely as the presidential race. so will consumers wary of food derived from genetically engineered ingredients - minneapolis star tribune
street lights turned off in their thousands to meet carbon emission targets. lights are being turned off on motorways and major roads, in town centres and residential streets, and on footpaths and cycle ways, as councils try to save money on energy bills and meet carbon emission targets. the switch-off begins as early as 9pm. - the telegraph
british columbia ocean fertilization experiment to make waves at un meeting this week. canada may be called onto the carpet this week as nations gather in the united kingdom to negotiate the terms of an international treaty to regulate the controversial practice of geoengineering - vancouver sun
environmentalist complains presidential race hasn't included climate change debate. a louisiana environmental leader is outraged the 2012 presidential campaign has been mostly devoid of discussions about climate change - times picayune
shrimpers fear long-term harm from dead zone. most shrimpers know the fertilizers running down the mississippi are disrupting gulf coast fisheries. but they don't harbor hard feelings toward midwest farmers and most doubt much can be done about it - des moines register
how fujiwhara effect will toss hurricane sandy into u.s. occasionally, two tropical cyclones get close enough to one another to do the fujiwhara dance. it happens only rarely in the atlantic. computer models predict that sandy is going to do it - climate central
the aquila earthquake verdict: where the guilt may really lie. when a judge in Italy ruled monday that seven experts were guilty of manslaughter for having failed to adequately warn citizens in the city of aquila of a major earthquake, the verdict was met in the courtroom by stunned silence. internationally, it was greeted with outrage - time magazine
the haida gwaii region continues to feel the aftershocks of a violent earthquake measuring 7.7 that jolted british columbia's north-central coast saturday night, frightening residents and forcing many to temporarily leave their homes for higher ground ahead of a possible tsunami.- vancouver sun
Labels: 2012 elections, birds, canada, carbon footprint, climate change, england, environment, food, global warming, gulf coast, louisiana, sunday teevee bobble heads
Saturday, October 27, 2012
satellites are infrastructure too
the united states is facing a year or more without crucial satellites that provide invaluable data for predicting storm tracks, a result of years of mismanagement, lack of financing and delays in launching replacements, according to several recent official reviews.
the looming gap in satellite coverage, which some experts view as almost certain within the next few years, could result in shaky forecasts about storms like hurricane sandy, which is expected to hit the east eoast early next week. - nytimes
Labels: infrastructure, space, weather
bill maher tells it like it is....
saturday night
flooding coukd be a major threat to most u.s. nuclear reactors
ptsd is skyrocketing among iraq and afghanistan veterans
fracking is poisoning families at an alarming rate
Friday, October 26, 2012
skippy's friday night music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
california's first dog...on the campaign trail
freaky friday
wireless utility meters let burglars know when you're not home
the missing link in school reform
which james bond was the drunkest, the sexiest, and the deadliest?
Thursday, October 25, 2012
romney wanted to institute a fee on the blind
mitt romney often hits president obama for calling for tax increases on the wealthiest americans. but a democratic source forwards to this rather lengthy list of fees romney raised in massachusetts. he was struggling to close a budget gap without raising taxes; but many of which citizens of the state saw them hidden tax increases nonetheless - buzzfeed
Labels: massachusetts, romney
the u.s. isn't turning into greece
as the head of greece's largest oncology department, dr. kostas syrigos thought he had seen everything. but nothing prepared him for elena, an unemployed woman whose breast cancer had been diagnosed a year before she came to him.
by that time, her cancer had grown to the size of an orange and broken through the skin, leaving a wound that she was draining with paper napkins. "when we saw her we were speechless," said dr. syrigos, the chief of oncology at sotiria general hospital in central athens. "everyone was crying. things like that are described in textbooks, but you never see them because until now, anybody who got sick in this country could always get help." - nytimes
Labels: banksters, cancer, greece, healthcare
An Honorable Retirement, if it happens
outlook for thursday
u.s. tax burden lowest since the 1950's
if italian corruption were its own country, it would ce the world's 76th largest economy
dinosaur thief arrested
One Lost Year And One Upcoming Election...
Labels: election, it is what it is, life, politics
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
skippy's wednesday night music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
plotting against america
on january 20, 2009 republican leaders in congress literally plotted to sabotage and undermine u.s. economy during president obama's inauguration. - daily kosisn't plotting against your own government, treason?
snowboarding on wednesday
nevada early voting favors obama
love long and prosper: the trekkie dating site
disney decides the jungle book will no longer destroy the jungle to be made
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
skippy's tuesday night music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
this is fraud....election fraud
2,300 voters in the northern ohio county received the notice informing them the election was november 8 and that their precinct was relocated to a different building. the deputy director called it a "costly mistake," and said they were reissuing the mailer with the correct information. president obama won ottawa county in 2008 with 52 percent of the vote. - think progress
Labels: election integrity, elections, fraud, ohio
while the men stand at podiums and swing their....
contrast the candidates' silence with secretary of state hillary clinton's forceful framing of climate change as a key foreign-policy priority during a speech last week, entitled "energy diplomacy in the 21st century" - grist
Labels: climate change, clinton, energy, global warming, hillary
tuesday's dead
don't worry about the huge fines wall street banks have to pay: the banks can write them off
that's no primate, that's a fish
the fbi had a file on hunter s. thompson
and rest in peace native american activist turned actor russell means
Monday, October 22, 2012
monday sweetheart
driftglass: that pounding you hear...
5 ways deregulation is tearing america apart
red skelton paints clown; w paints dogs
Sunday, October 21, 2012
skippy's sunday night music club
Labels: beatles, music, skippy's music club, youtube
environmental news stories sunday
chemicals found in albuquerque groundwater. crews working on an old air force fuel spill have stumbled on what could become a new superfund hazardous waste site beneath a southeast albuquerque neighborhood - albuquerque journal
'alarming' toxin levels found in columbia fish. a new series of tests found "alarming" levels of toxins in fish caught from the columbia river and columbia slough, according to an advocacy group that released its results this week. data collected showed one fish with a level of pcbs at 270 times the level the epa considers safe for consumption - walla walla union bulletin
global drought a 'new normal': report. increasing drought conditions across the planet are part of a "new normal" which oddly presents new business opportunities, a new bank of america merrill lynch report says - upi
daryl hannah turns heads at palo alto premiere of eco-documentary. fresh from her arrest in texas for protesting the keystone xl pipeline, daryl hannah found a friendlier reception this weekend in palo alto, where she touted a new documentary about global warming deniers with the subtle title "greedy lying bastards." - san jose mercury news
Labels: california, chemicals, climate change, drought, environment, fish, iraq, iraq war, new mexico
silence of the climate
Labels: climate change, global warming, msnbc
pleasant valley sunday
drunk woman tries to avoid arrest by claiming she's a republican
midwest drought is affecting potion size and prices at restaurants
the rise and fall of the chemistry set
and rip george mcgovern (from the argus leader: a man of peace)
Saturday, October 20, 2012
saturday morning confusion
the false promise of school "choice"
3 reasons why your house is a crappy investment
the 6 worst things republicans have said about sex, women and their bodies
and rip emmanuel star sylvia kristel
sunny day...put those costumes away
sesame street issues cease & desist to sellers of sexy big bird outfits because that's just wrong - consumerist
Labels: big bird, cookie monster, halloween, sesame street
first they expose a cia agent
issa posted 166 pages of sensitive but unclassified state department communications related to libya on the committee's website afternoon as part of his effort to investigate security failures and expose contradictions in the administration's statements regarding the sept. 11 attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi that resulted in the death of amb. christopher stevens and three other americans.
..but issa didn't bother to redact the names of libyan civilians and local leaders mentioned in the cables, and just as with the wikileaks dump of state department cables last year, the administration says that issa has done damage to u.s. efforts to work with those libyans and exposed them to physical danger from the very groups that had an interest in attacking the u.s. consulate. - foreign policy
Labels: cia, foreign policy, gop, liars, libya
Friday, October 19, 2012
every friday afternoon
washington could become the first state to ok pot sales
study suggests republicans like golf, democrats like cartoons
how to spot a sociopath
Thursday, October 18, 2012
skippy's thursday night music club
Labels: gop, music, science, skippy's music club
gop senate candidate survived on government handouts
a new esquire profile of rep. jeff flake (r-az) details the senate candidate's hard-scrabble childhood on an arizona cattle ranch — where he was sustained by federal school lunch programs he has repeatedly tried to hobble as a congressman. - think progress
Labels: arizona, earned benefits, food stamps, gop, right hypocrisy, schools, senate
corporations don't like free speech
in a june 6, 2012 conference call posted on the anti-union national federation of independent business's website, republican presidential candidate mitt romney instructed employers to tell their employees how to vote in the upcoming election. - in these times and think progressnow...remember...as the 1983 american heritage dictionary noted, fascism is: "a system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism."
Labels: corporations, fascism, government, romney, voting integrity
quote of the day
"barack obama was born in hawaii. the unemployment rate is below 8%. the day after the benghazi attack, the president called it an 'act of terror.' do whatever you need to do to make yourself feel better, but do not confuse your ''world-net-daily-caliber-theraputic-conservative-alternative-reality-fantasy-babble for what actually happened.
because stuff really does actually happen. and eventually, you really do have to deal with it."
one thursday morning
two prominent republicans endorse legalizing marijuana
robot artist learns masters' calligraphy brush strokes
guess what, there really was a real tom sawyer
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
skippy's wednesday night music club
Labels: music, romney, skippy's music club, wealthy, youtube
rocky mountain mike....
binders from the right
strategic allied consulting
why do they and the gop hate america? why do they hate democracy?
Labels: dirty tricks, gop, voting rights
add it up
it's come to my attention that you have misrepresented me several times during the presidential campaign. i am writing to ask you to cease all such activity immediately.
you have claimed that i could add between $7 trillion and $8 trillion to the u.s. budget without increasing the deficit or raising taxes on someone other than the wealthy. i'm good, but not that good. i've searched my multi-millennial archives from algebra to quantum theory to zoological science and conclude i have never done anything remotely close to what you're describing. ever. i can't. it violates my basic principles as well as my professional reputation.
i also understand you claim i told you 12 million jobs over 4 years is the same as 7 million jobs over 10 years. with all due respect, how many times did you flunk third grade?
given the adverse publicity it'd cause at this sensitive time, i'd like to keep the lawyers out of it. just stop saying things about me that aren't true, ok? if you're not sure, run it by my staff beforehand.
i've worked hard for thousands of years to develop the trust humanity places in me and i'll not have it fuzzified or tarnished by anyone who'll die long before i will.
ruby wednesday
koch industries orders employees not to discuss koch politics on social media
here's the binders full of women tumblr
speaking of which, romney was lying
santa barbara's on fire....again
Labels: brush fires, fire, santa barbara
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
skippy's tuesday night music club
Labels: detroit, music, skippy's music club
tweet of the day
Labels: sesame street, tweet of the day, twitter, war on women, womens issues
damn yankees
paul ryan...the poser
the head of a northeast hio charity says that the romney campaign last week "ramrodded their way" into the group's youngstown soup kitchen so that gop vice presidential candidate paul ryan could get his picture taken washing dishes in the dining hall.
"the photo-op they did wasn't even accurate. he did nothing. he just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall." - wapo
tuesday's child
paul ryan at the donner pass
dna shows mother of all cultivated rice came from china's pearl river
jersey guv chris christie adopts legislation nearly word for word from alec
Monday, October 15, 2012
poll dancing
over @ the new republic, nate cohn sez obama had a slightly better weekend than the past week:
you should be able to see from this why the washington post's poll is potentially important. with it, the case is clearer that mr. obama has recovered from his post-debate lows, although he has almost assuredly not made up all the ground he lost.
california cows may be happy....
the nation's drought and high corn prices are devastating california's $8 billion dairy industry to the point where farmers can't afford to feed their cows - and their professional trade organization has been regularly referring despondent dairymen to suicide hotlines. - sfgate
koch brothers hate america
not content with their unprecedented influence in politics, the kochs have also taken to influencing the votes of their employees. according to in these times, koch industries sent 45,000 mailers to employees at koch subsidiary georgia pacific, urging votes for romney and other conservative candidates. the letter warns ominously of "consequences" for the workers if republicans lose. - think progress
Labels: dirty tricks, gop, koch, voter suppression, voting integrity, voting rights
monday's rain
from 2001 forward every single sex abuse case went to ratzinger (who is now the pope)
that rod of radioactive waste that halliburton lost last month in texas? some oil worker found it along the side of the road
first step, curiosity on mars; second step: deep space outpost for trips to mars?
and rip long time moderate republican senator arlen specter, and actor/host of miss america pagent gary collins
Sunday, October 14, 2012
on sunday
10 harsh realities about coal
6 terrifying experiments tried on their own kids
this is your brain on jane austen
Saturday, October 13, 2012
satuday morning
10 excuses conservatives are already making for losing the election
last native speaker of scots dialect dies
new mexico gop official caught teaching illegal voter suppression techniques
Friday, October 12, 2012
malarkey in 40 minutes
and for ryan to use a car crash as an illustration, knowing full well that biden lost members of his family in a car crash, i thought was a bit of bullying b.s.
another friday night
free birth control leads to fewer abortions
hey, mitt: people do die because they don't have health insurance
u.s. files mortgage fraud suit against wells fargo
Thursday, October 11, 2012
skippy's thursday night music club
Labels: gop, music, ryan, skippy's music club, youtube
mrs. thursday
how romney is tanking the market
man upset that obama might get re-elected kills his family and himself
teacher jailed for sending sexy texts to everyone on his contact list (including his students) when he didn't know how to use his new phone
and rip mongo, football great/comic actor alex karras
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
resolution wednesday
eleven shades of romney
how to prepare for the apocalypse with vegetables
study finds looking at pictures of cute animals at work may produce productivity
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
tuesday session
"i am a job creator": a manifesto for the entitled
9 reasons business people are terrible at governing
great coral reef coral facing major decline
Monday, October 08, 2012
skippy's monday night music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
matt damon ticks off the energy companies
the energy industry is worried that it will be presented in a critical light and is preparing possible responses, such as providing film reviewers with scientific studies, distributing leaflets to moviegoers and launching a "truth squad" initiative on twitter and facebook, the journal said. - hollywood reporteroh...and by the way mr. damon...happy birthday. hope it's way wickehd.
monday sweetheart
a history of dishonest fox charts
are you making these 4 credit card mistakes?
how do animals see the world?
why obama now
Sunday, October 07, 2012
environmental news stories sunday
with gas firms entering central California, vineyard owners unsure of fracking effects on land. - gas companies are moving into california's vast central stretches in the hopes of turning the state's monterey shale into the next marcellus shale. and concerned residents are looking for answers - pittsburg gazette post gazette
climate change emerges as sleeper issue in Senate races. - climate change has become a sleeper issue in a number of Senate races as Democrats attempt to paint their opponents as extreme, based on their views on the issue - the hill
oceans' rising acidity a threat to shellfish - and humans. - as carbon dioxide continues to build up in the atmosphere as a result of burning fossil fuels, the seas absorb much of it. The full effects have yet to be felt - latimes
we ignore the environment as an issue at our peril. - our politicians won't get active on this issue until the voters demand it. Voters are understandably more concerned about their problems today (to wit, finding work.) but if they don't start looking they risk being blindsided by the most important issue of all. - scripps howard
climate linked to california er visits. - the risk of heading to the emergency room for certain conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, kidney disease and low blood pressure rises slightly as temperature and humidity increase, according to a new study from california - reuters health
presidential candidates debate science. - the televised presidential debate focused on the economy and domestic policy but ignored important questions about science and the environment. scientific american helps fill in the gap with 14 important science questions answered by each candidate
mystery of french bees making coloured honey is solved after keepers find m&m waste plant nearby. - since august, beekeepers around the town of ribeauville in the region of alsace have seen bees returning to their hives carrying unidentified colourful substances that have turned their honey unnatural shades - london daily mail
Labels: bees, california, chocolate, climate change, ecology, energy, environment, fish, fracking, healthcare, ocean, science, senate
skippy's sunday night music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
on any sunday
tsa protects america from mom with dangerous pb & j
ohio republican sez he's never seen such hate as in today's gop
dear tea party neighbor
Saturday, October 06, 2012
saturday love
14 things the gop has blocked (with sources)
chronicling mitt's mendacity, vol. xxxvii
here's van gogh's starry night made with pictures of real galaxies taken be the hubble telescope. neat!
say hello
Friday, October 05, 2012
say hello
skippy's friday night music club
Labels: movies, skippy's music club, youtube
i'm a moocher
can you tell me how to get, how to get to 30 aut six?
the phrase "big bird" was appearing 17,000 times every minute on twitter. at midnight, cnn reported that mentions of big bird on facebook were up an astronomical 800,000%.
facebook later said big bird was the fourth most-mentioned topic on facebook during the debate, getting more attention than topics like jobs, taxes, jim lehrer and obamacare.
"a ryan-romney ticket buys admission to a budget match-up where big oil wins and big bird loses," markey said. "congressman ryan's budgets protect $40 billion in subsidies for the most profitable oil companies on the planet but would put an end to elmo's world."
as for the producers of sesame street, they chose to mostly stay out of the debate controversy.
tmz reported that sesame street released a statement, including the one fact the candidates (and most of america) agree on: everyone loves big bird.
"sesame workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational organization. we do not comment on campaigns, but we're happy we can all agree that everyone likes big bird."
also on thursday, sesame workshop executive vice president sherrie westin told cnn that big bird isn't going anywhere, since the workshop receives little pbs funding.
american friday night
obama's green jobs
small business and taxes
how his tax plan would effect the deficit
among other things
romney/ryan billboards without romney or ryan
the 7 most over-used words on the internet
master debaters
mittens isuzu
Thursday, October 04, 2012
skippy's thursday night music club
Labels: romney, sesame street, skippy's music club, youtube
meeting marcus on a thursday
mitt romney, unstuck
upon re-examination, the government hasfound 386,000 new jobs over the last year
newly discovered comet could be the brightest ever
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
our weekend starts on wednesday
what the presidential debates won't tell you
rassmussen always tilts right; too bad their polls are hardly ever right
mitt seems to be losing donors
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
tuesday night music club
melting arctic snow may be prolonging north american drought
some people choose to not have kids
but if your sweetie is far away, try the long distance smartphone-enabled pleasuring devices
Monday, October 01, 2012
monday rain
there's nothing sexier than librarian tattoos
where crazy conservative memes are invented
the fantasy world of the persecuted rich


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Scalar Network Analysis Measurement using Agilent Power Meters and Sensors
1 Hour | Webcast - recorded | Where & When
Agilent U2000 series USB power sensor is a compact, light weight instrument that can perform accurate RF and microwave power measurements. When used together with a power splitter, a coupler and a signal source, it is capable of performing scalar network analysis in addition to its power measurement.
This Scalar network analysis capability allows you to perform stimulus-response measurements such as gain, insertion loss, frequency response and return loss. Stimulus-response measurements are used to characterize the transmission or reflection coefficient of devices such as cables, filters, amplifiers and complex systems encompassing multiple components, devices and cables. Examples of stimulus-response measurements are:
- 3dB bandwidth of a band-pass filter
- Amplifier gain and return loss
- Return loss of an antenna
- Flatness of a low pass filter
- Frequency response of a cable.
Stimulus-response measurements require a source to stimulate the device-under-test and a receiver (in this case, a power sensor) to analyze its frequency response characteristics.
The purpose of this web seminar is to show how you to make accurate stimulus-response measurements using U2000 series USB power sensors, signal generator, broadband coupler and splitter. The uncertainties of transmission and reflection measurements for this setup will also be discussed.
Who should attend
Professors, researchers, engineers working on filter, amplifiers and RF and microwave components
Where & When
|For more information
2011-06-28 10:00
|At your desk
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Porn Star Killer Falls to Death, Samurai Sword in Hand
Stephen Hill, the porn star who played Obama in Palin: Erection '08 and went on a sword-slashing rampage at his workplace, fell 50 feet to his death this morning after an eight-hour police standoff, with scores of photojournalists watching.
Warning: The below news report contains disturbing footage of Hill's death.
Late last night, Hill scrambled up the side of a cliff with the LAPD, SWAT team, and crisis negotiators at his heels. For eight hours, he threatened to kill himself; negotiators tried to talk him down and members of the media circled the scene from afar. The LA Times' photos show Hill standing at the cliff's apex, samurai sword pointed at his chest. With taser wires extended from his chest, Hill eventually fell to his death. It is unclear whether the taser caused him to fall, or whether he purposefully leapt. It is also unclear whether Hill's sword was same weapon he used to slash three colleagues—one of whom died—at the office of porn distributor Ultima DVD. Ultima had recently fired Hill, who performed under the name Steve Driver. The victim who died, Herbert Hin Wong, had costarred with Hill in pornos, under the name Tom Dong. [LAT]


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Randal Breaux necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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- Cascading menus
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- anything too glitzy (the clients are accountants - should be conservative)
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Interview with Prof. Jim Al-Khalili
1001 Inventions interview with Prof. Jim Al-Khalili, British scientist, author and broadcaster. He is a professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Surrey where he also holds a chair in the Public Engagement in Science.
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- Remembering the Language of History and Science: When the World Spoke Arabic
- It's Time to Herald the Arabic Science That Prefigured Darwin and Newton
- The 'first true scientist'
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- Professor George Saliba Lectures
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- Official homepage of Prof. Jim Al-Khalili
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An 18-month-old Girl Who is Not Talking
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Madelyn is an 18-month-old girl who presents to your office with her mother who is concerned that "she is not talking." Her mother reports that Madelyn lacks speech and rarely responds to verbal commands. She does not consistently turn when parents call her name. Madeline has a history of recurrent otitis media and was seen in ENT clinic at 15 months of age, where behavioral audiometry raised concern for profound hearing loss. A sedated auditory brainstem response (ABR) was scheduled and the hearing pathways were intact. Tympanostomy tubes were then placed, but this did not lead to increased verbalizations.
Madelyn was a very quiet baby, who has always been "very independent." She rarely cried, and always seemed content. She has never had much interest in toys, but prefers anything that opens and closes or has spinning parts. She likes to turn pages in books, but does not want her mother to read to her. She walked at 14 months. She sometimes babbles to herself, but not to others. She does not wave "bye" and does not point to indicate wants or interests. Her eye contact is poor.
Pregnancy, birth and neonatal history are unremarkable. Madelyn has been in good health except for the ear infections. There is a family history of "learning disabilities" in the maternal uncle. He is 28 and lives at home with Madelyn's maternal grandparents. He seems smart, but is not very social and cannot live on his own.
Physical exam shows normal growth, mild macrocephaly (just above the 98th percentile), mildly low muscle tone and hyperextensible joints. There are no clearly dysmorphic physical characteristics. Distal tendon reflexes are normal. She is very self-contained, does not smile at you, and does not make eye contact. She flaps her hands when distressed. You suspect that she has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Early Signs of ASDs
Babies who will go on to have autism may seem perfectly fine to parents, although they may have temperamental extremes, either very passive like Madelyn, or very irritable and hard to console. Motor milestones may be normal or mildly delayed. Language milestones may be very impaired, especially receptive language – not turning to name (typically achieved by 6-8 months), not following simple requests (12-15 months) and not pointing to body parts on request (18 months). Expressive language is also typically delayed and may include a history of loss of babbling or loss of a few words. Absolute indicators for an autism evaluation are listed in Box 1.
Box 1. Absolute Indicators for an Autism Evaluation
Diagnosis of ASDs
The clinical diagnosis of ASD is made based on meeting diagnostic criteria by history and on observations of a child's social interactions in a clinical setting. We are in a transition phase between DSM-IV and DSM-V diagnostic manuals (See Box 2). Our clinic is continuing to use DSM-IV until the State, which approves some of the funding for autism interventions, decides to change. It is not clear whether the new criteria will change the number of diagnoses that are made. Our staff do not anticipate a significant shift.
Box 2. Major changes in the DSM-V
All children with language delays should have an audiologic evaluation. Children with ASDs are especially hard to test and need an audiologist with pediatric skills. All children who are diagnosed with ASD should also have two basic medical diagnostic tests performed: 1) Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), a detailed look at chromosomes which can detect small but clinically significant microduplications and microdeletions, and 2) Molecular fragile X testing. Specific gene mutations are not identified by aCGH, so fragile X cannot be diagnosed by aCGH, and is not easily diagnosed on physical exam, especially in young children. Furthermore, because the recurrence risk in families is high and fragile X syndrome is a relatively common cause of ASD, it is important to test for fragile X in all children with an ASD diagnosis. Madelyn has a maternal uncle who may be affected, and this pattern strongly suggests that fragile X should be ruled out. In children with ASD who have average developmental abilities (eg, average IQ) and no dysmorphic features, we are unlikely to find a specific medical cause of ASD. Children who have ASD plus other findings (e.g., episodes that suggest epilepsy, severe hypotonia that suggests metabolic disease) should also have appropriate medical diagnostics performed.
ASD Prevalence
What we call "autism" has changed radically over the last 35 years. The spectrum has expanded to include many more mildly affected children, with an expected rise in numbers. Current estimates are that 1-2% of children have an ASD.
ASD Treatment and Resources
The only evidence-based treatment for autism is early, intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI). Working with children in a 1:1 setting for 20 to 35 hours per week for 2 to 4 years has resulted in substantial and unexpected progress for about 50 percent of those treated. There is evidence for both a strictly behaviorally based program as well as a play-based program, with similar results for both groups.
There is also evidence for use of medications to improve some challenging symptoms in autism. Risperidone is FDA approved for children with autism to reduce irritability and hyperactivity. Good behavioral problem-solving should be undertaken before any medication is prescribed. We often create challenging behaviors in children when adults expect children to do things that are beyond their capacity; creating appropriate expectations for parents may help mitigate this situation.
There are other plausible interventions for which we lack evidence, including: speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, social skills training and special educational support. There are many, many implausible interventions, which also do not have evidence-based support (special diets, vitamin supplements, hyperbaric oxygen). There is, of course, substantial evidence that immunizations do not cause autism. We should do our best to direct our families to the therapies that are most likely to provide the most benefit.
Payment for intensive services varies widely within communities and across states. Wisconsin-based insurance companies are required to pay for autism interventions under the "autism insurance mandate." Those without this insurance option can apply for state funds, and, if they meet the state's criteria for need, can be put on a waiting list for the "autism waiver program." The wait for these state funds can be years long. Some children only qualify for what the school system can provide. The system is far from fair. It is appropriate to suggest to families that they call their Regional Center (brochures can be obtained by writing or calling Wisconsin First Step: 800-642-7837), which is staffed by resource specialists, who are very up-to-date with the latest rulings and information for families.
There are limited data about long-term outcomes, but what we do know at this point can be discouraging. Only 10% of autistic adults with at least average have a good or fair outcome. It is possible that adaptive behaviors (e.g., how we use our intelligence in everyday life) may be better predictors of adult outcome. People with ASD and average IQ scores may have greater impairment in adaptive behaviors. The literature suggests that we focus more on functional daily skills in children in order to improve adult success.
A recent study suggests that periconceptual folic acid may offer some protection against developing ASD (Suren, et al, JAMA, 2013). Valproic acid taken during pregnancy is also thought to contribute to the development of autism in offspring. There are epigenetic mechanisms that could also plausibly play a role in gene regulation during development.
Autism spectrum disorders cause challenges for children and their families that can last a lifetime. Early detection and intervention can improve the quality of life for everyone affected by ASDs.
References and Resources
- Hersh JH, Saul RA, Committee on Genetics. Health supervision for children with fragile X syndrome. Pediatrics. 2011 May;127(5):994-1006.
- Kanne SM, et al. The role of adaptive behavior in autism spectrum disorders: Implications for functional outcome. J Autism Dev Disord. 2011 August;41(8):1007-1018.
- Berry RJ, Crider KS, Yeargin-Allsopp M. Periconceptional folic acid and risk of autism spectrum disorders. JAMA. 2013 February;309(6):611-613.
- Filipek, PA, et al. The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 1999 December;29(6):439-484.


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Think NAFTA was a bad deal? Not for Super Sunday dip fans
MEXICO CITY — When you reach for the guacamole dip on Super Bowl Sunday, you can thank NAFTA.
That's right.
The fruit of Aztec kings is plenteous and relatively inexpensive in the United States, thanks to a trade deal struck 14 years ago.
On Sunday, more than 46 million pounds will be consumed. Or as the Hass Avocado Board marketing group in California puts it: If avocados were dumped into Tampa's Raymond James stadium, from end zone to end zone they would stand almost 18 feet deep.
That's a heck of a guacamole bowl.
Last year, Mexico became the largest supplier of the green orbs to the U.S. And not a moment too soon, as far as NFL snack food aficionados are concerned: The California crop this year was a bust.
The avocado is a rare bright spot in the free-trade saga between the two countries. Most Mexican farmers view the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as a pact that undercuts them with low-cost US-grown corn, for example. But for NAFTA, the avocado is a success story here.
In the central state of Michoacan, Mexico's avocado belt, exports generated $400 million last year, and it's now the second source of income for the state - after remittances sent from Mexicans living in the US.
"It has transformed this state, and put a hold on immigration," says Jose Luis Gallardo, the head of the Michoacan Avocado Commission and a plantation owner who has watched the industry explode in the past few years.
While fresh avocados have been a staple of the Mexican diet for centuries, in the US they were mostly consumed in California or Texas, where they are grown.
Today, the fruit is as common in California supermarkets as it is in Kansas.
Jose Luis Obregon, the managing director of the Hass Avocado Board, says that less than a decade ago Americans consumed only about 500 million pounds of avocados a year. For the last two years, consumption has reached 1 billion pounds annually.
But the availability of fresh Mexican avocados has come in fits and starts. While NAFTA went into effect in 1994, it was only in 2005 that the US allowed avocados to enter the country year-round. Even then, they were still banned in Florida, Hawaii, and California. In 2007, all states were opened to avocado imports - despite a fight from some US growers.
And Mexico's help couldn't come at a better time.
Because of weather patterns and water shortages in California, the current crop is expected to be the smallest it's been - with only 210 million pounds - since the 1989-90 season, says Jan DeLyser, vice president of marketing for the California Avocado Commission.
Last year, the state, by far the largest producer in the US and once the sole supplier to the US market, shipped about 330 million pounds.
In Mexico, NAFTA has been controversial since its inception. Last January, farmers took to the streets in massive protests against the lifting of all trade barriers for corn and other key imports. Few here disagree that corn growers, for example, have been hurt by US imports that are cheaper: Mexicans on small plots can't compete with massive farms north of the border.
But when it comes to avocados, it's a different story, says Emiliano Escobedo, a spokesperson for the Avocado Producers and Exporting Packers Association of Michoacan. Avocados, known as "green gold" here, are touted by NAFTA supporters as an example, as well as the auto industry, of the trade agreement's boon for Mexico.
The industry in the state, which produces over 90 percent of Mexican avocados, generates 300,000 direct and indirect jobs. Of the over 20,000 avocado-producing orchards in Michoacan, about a quarter are certified by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to export to the US.
"The real goal is that it provides enough opportunity so that Mexicans don't have to head north," says Mr. Gallardo.
Mexico hopes to take on an even bigger role as demand for avocados grows in the US. Mexico's exporters are expected to export a record 506 million pounds this season, up from 475 million pounds the year before.
Mr. Obregon, of the Hass Avocado Board, attributes the rise in US consumption to immigration from Mexico and other regions in Latin America, and a changing culinary palette across the US. "As the Hispanic population has assimilated into mainstream US, more people get exposed to the regional cuisines from original countries," he says.
And promoters have seized on the opportunity. Mr. Escobedo's group has launched a series of TV and radio ads promoting the fruit.
He is also running a contest at avocadofiesta.com, called "Avocado Video Bowl," where participants can submit their own video recipies. More than 30 videos have been posted, including "Avocados: The Musical" and "Avocado Girl and the Superpower Salad."
Most of the entries are in English. It seems that Mexico might, one day soon, find its cultural claim to the avocado challenged.


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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish officials have made "important progress" in talks with jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan to try to end a near three-decade insurgency by his supporters, a senior ruling party official said on Friday.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's chief adviser said on Monday Turkey had begun discussing disarmament with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, and on Thursday two Kurdish lawmakers paid a rare visit to Ocalan in his island prison.
"Talks have reached a certain stage, some important progress has been made and some results have been achieved, or will be achieved," Nurettin Canikli, deputy chairman of the ruling AK Party's parliamentary group, told reporters in Ankara.
"The aim is to end terrorism, all efforts are being made for this," he said.
Talks with the PKK, which is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, would have been unpalatable to Turkish public opinion only a few years ago.
Ocalan, who founded the organisation in 1974 to fight for an independent Kurdish state, is widely reviled by Turks who hold him responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people since the PKK took up arms in 1984.
Erdogan is under pressure to stem the violence - which has included bomb attacks in major cities as well as fighting in the mountainous southeast - particularly with presidential elections next year in which he is expected to stand.
Murat Karayilan, the acting PKK leader who is sought by Interpol, was quoted as cautiously welcoming the talks but said the government must show it was serious and allow PKK fighters to have direct contact with Ocalan.
"It would be a shame if the current process resulted in efforts to dissolve the PKK rather than aiming at resolving the Kurdish issue," he told Firat News, a website close to the PKK.
"For a solution, the Turkish side has to put its project on the table ... Nobody took up arms to have fun. There's a reason why these armed groups exist," he was quoted as saying.
Erdogan's government has widened cultural and language rights for Kurds, who make up about 20 percent of Turkey's 75 million people, since taking power a decade ago. But Kurdish politicians want more reforms including steps towards autonomy.
In July 2011, a month after his AK Party won a third term, Erdogan proposed peace talks with the PKK, and leaked recordings indicated senior intelligence officials had held secret meetings with PKK leaders in Oslo.
But the initiatives ran aground, and the last nine months have seen some of the conflict's bloodiest violence.
Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata and prominent Kurdish politician Ahmet Turk went on Thursday to Imrali, an island in the Marmara Sea where Ocalan has been in virtual isolation since his capture in 1999.
Few details of those or any previous talks have been made public.
"The Turkish government is not asking us to drop our guns, their demand has been to take our armed forces out of Turkey's borders," Karayilan was quoted as saying, adding that the group had been promised "safe passage" out of Turkey.
"Where are we expected to take them? To South Kurdistan? We have forces there already. But the Turkish side expects us to take the first steps, and how can we trust them," he said, referring to Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
The PKK uses the remote Kandil mountains in northern Iraq as a base from which to stage attacks on Turkish territory.
With any hint of concessions to the PKK fiercely opposed by nationalists, it is not clear what the government believes it can offer to negotiate a truce.
The Radikal newspaper said on Friday one of the main issues discussed with Ocalan was a new Turkish constitution. Four political parties sit on a parliamentary commission set up after general elections in 2011 to forge a new constitution, which Erdogan has pledged will boost political freedoms.
Kurdish politicians have long demanded fairer representation and an end to discrimination in the nation's laws.
Writing by Nick Tattersall and Ece Toksabay; Editing by Andrew Heavens


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Foreign leaders to challenge Obama over Fed
Leaders of emerging market countries will press Obama at the G-20 summit.
Barack Obama may not be having a one-on-one with Vladimir Putin this week, but other world leaders are still expected to give the U.S. president a hard time when they gather Thursday and Friday for the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg.
Suggestions by the U.S. Federal Reserve that it could soon start to curtail its monetary stimulus measures have created havoc with the markets and currencies of fellow G-20 members India, Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil and South Africa. Investors have rushed to pull out money on the expectation that the momentum that buoyed these countries over the past year would shift.
U.S.: Federal Reserve says economy continues to gain strenth
Putting the point diplomatically, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said as he left for the summit on Wednesday, "I will emphasize in St. Petersburg the need for orderly exit from the unconventional monetary policies being pursued by the developed world for the last few years so as to avoid damaging the growth prospects of the developing world."
Obama arrives in Russia on Thursday as Congress debates whether to back his plan to launch a military strike against Syria over its gassing of its own citizens. In Sweden on Wednesday, Obama said it was not he who first drew a "red line" against the use of chemical weapons, but world nations when they ratified a ban on using such weapons.
INDIA: New central bank chief pledges banking reforms
Russia's Putin has strongly opposed any military action and is arming Syria. The two were supposed to have a separate meeting but that was canceled over Russia's refusal to turn over alleged NSA leaker Edward Snowden on U.S. espionage charges.
Regarding U.S. Federal Reserve actions to prop up the economy, Obama won't be giving Singh or other unhappy leaders much comfort. Though he has not opposed the Fed actions, Obama does not control it. He will be focused on efforts off the G-20 agenda to build support for military action against Syria and doesn't have control over Fed policy anyway.
"The U.S. Fed will always set monetary policy on what they think is best for the U.S. economy," says Mike Callaghan, a summit veteran who now directs the G-20 Studies Center of Australia's Lowy Institute for International Policy.
This U.S. ambivalence stands in marked contrast with recent G-20 summits where a sense of crisis in Europe and earlier, across the world's largest economies, fueled pledges of concrete action on stiffening rules for global banks, holding back on new trade barriers and restructuring the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
This summit "will be the first one since November 2010 that will not be dominated by urgent measures to resolve the financial crisis," a senior Obama administration official told reporters on Tuesday. "We have a much better economy now."
EUROPE: Central bank may be able to leave rates unchanged
"You clutch each other when you are falling off a cliff," says Alejandro Reyes, a G-20 veteran now teaching at the University of Hong Kong. "(Now) the embrace is not so tight."
Reyes and other observers say the summit communique may give a nod toward Singh's general line about an "orderly exit". This lack of substantive commitments will be a good thing, says Wesley Widmaier, who runs the G-20 studies program at Australia's Griffith University.
"These (currency) declines aren't that big a deal," he says, arguing that weakening against the dollar will increase the competitiveness of India and the other affected countries.
The summit communique also will likely feature language backing further global financial regulations and World Trade Organization talks, but the official sessions are expected to be dominated by each G-20 member's domestic economic changes.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for example, will talk about his plans to move forward with a sales tax hike and possibly another stimulus package, his finance minister said.
The White House has announced only one-on-one meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Francois Hollande.
Instead of Putin, Obama is pointedly to meet in St. Petersburg with gay rights activists who are seeking support for their fight against Russian recent legislation against "gay propaganda".
One G-20 leader, Australia's Kevin Rudd, isn't coming St. Petersburg at all even though his country is to host next year's summit, timing which would normally give him a prominent role in shepherding the proceedings at this year's running.
Rudd is facing a tough re-election this weekend, but his absence this time could change the calculus for leaders deciding whether to attend future events. "It's clearly not a good look for Australia," Callaghan says.


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Scott, Cabinet approve no-bid Everglades deal
Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet unanimously approved the request of two agriculture companies Wednesday allowing them to renew their leases to farm state land in exchange for swapping other parcels to use for Everglades clean-up efforts.
The governor, as well as Attorney General Pam Bondi, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater acted despite concerns of environmental groups that the conditions of the leases to A. Duda & Sons and Florida Crystals were overly generous and would limit the state's options for cleaning up the Everglades in the future.
The environmentalists urged the Cabinet re-negotiate a shorter-term lease that gives the state the options it may need if the restoration projects require more land in the future.
"You are the landlord and it is your right and your duty to insist that the tenant maximize their efforts to reduce the impact of the land," said Eric Draper, executive director of Audubon of Florida. "The lease extensions preclude your ability to insist upon that accountability."
But Melissa Meeker, executive director of the South Florida Water Management District, told the Cabinet there will be no need for the leased land.
"The leases are so far outside where any potential project would be,'' she said, "we feel very confident that we have the land we need.''
The environmental groups said they will take their appeal to the water management district board, which must approve the lease agreements.
"We still hope they will reduce the length of the lease,'' said Charles Pattison of 1000 Friends of Florida. He said if the state decides it needs additional land covered under the leases, it could be on the hook to pay the growers for lost income from farming.
Only a fraction of the 440,000 acres in the Everglades area is state-owned; the leases negotiated with the two companies cover about 14,000 acres.
An independent study released last year by RTI International concluded that 76 percent of the pollution in the Everglades is caused by private farming south of Lake Okeechobee, but the agriculture industry is only paying 24 percent of the clean-up costs. The rest is paid by taxpayers.
An amendment inserted into the Florida Constitution by voters in 1996 requires that the companies polluting the Everglades should bear the primary responsibility for clean-up costs.
There was no discussion of clean-up costs at Wednesday's Cabinet meeting. Scott, who signed a pivotal agreement with the federal government last year that commits $880 million in state funds to clean-up efforts, asked Meeker if the lease deal were necessary to move forward with clean-up plans.
Meeker said the agreement was essential to allow the state to obtain a crucial piece of property from Florida Crystals to allow it to expand a crucial clean-up project known as the STA-1 West and urged the Cabinet not to delay a vote on the leases.
Environmentalists also urged the Cabinet to impose stricter clean-up requirements on the companies that lease state land than they do on their private land, but the state refrained from doing it.
Emails between officials at the Division of State Lands and the attorney representing Florida Crystals show that the state attempted to get them to agree to stricter requirements, but they said it would be a "deal breaker," thereby threatening the progress of the STA-1 West project.
The sugar companies argued that they already exceed the state requirements for cleaning up water discharged from their farming operations. They also noted that every acre of land that remains in farming — including state land — equals jobs for their employees.
"Every time we take land out of production it costs jobs,'' said Gaston Cantens, vice president of Florida Crystals. "Everyone likes to beat up on us."


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Obama Celebrates Technical High Grads: 'Skills That Will Make America Stronger'
(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama Wednesday celebrated a fresh crop of high school graduates who can cook, construct, code a computer and cut hair.
At the Worcester Technical High School commencement ceremony in Massachusetts, Obama called the class of 2014 a success story of U.S. education, and of his vision for schools that train young people for 21st-century careers.
"You have set yourselves apart. This high school has set itself apart," Obama said. "Over the past four years, some of you have learned how to take apart an engine and put it back together again. Some of you have learned how to run a restaurant or build a house or fix a computer. And all of you are graduating today not just with a great education but with the skills that will let you start your careers, and skills that will make America stronger.
"Together, you're an example of what's possible when we stop just talking about giving young people opportunity, when we don't just give lip service to helping you compete in the global economy and we actually start doing it," he added. "That's what's happening right here in Worcester."
Ninety-two percent of Worcester Tech students score as advanced or proficient in English; 84 percent are advanced or proficient in math, according to the White House. The school has a 95 percent graduation rate. The school's principal, Sheila Harrity, was recently named National High School Principal of the Year. She helped to turn the school from one of the lowest performing in the state to one of the top performers in just 8 years.
"I want you to remember that each of us is only here because somebody somewhere invested in our success. Somebody invested in us," Obama said. "You've got to make sure that you use those gifts."
The president joked at the start of his address that he was attending the ceremony in part "because I've got to practice because Malia is graduating in two years."
"I'm trying to get used to not choking up and crying and embarrassing her," he said. "So this is sort of my trial runs here."
Obama also candidly noted that he doesn't recall his high school graduation speaker, but believed that his remarks won't be forgotten.
"I have no idea who it was," Obama said of the speaker at his commencement in 1979 at Punahou School in Honolulu. "I'm sure I was thinking about the party after graduation. I don't remember the party either. I'm just — I'm just telling the truth here. You will remember the speaker at this graduation because there's a lot of Secret Service around, not because of anything that I say that's so inspiring."
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Transparent compression with FuseCompress
I proudly remain among a decreasing percentage of people who prefer to deal with all of their email themselves, as opposed to letting google store and datamine it. I've been using my current email stack for about 6 years; since I was a freshman in college. I pop all email from a variety of servers with fetchmail, process it with procmail, filter spam with spamassassin/pyzor/razor, and slay mail with mutt (with the sidebar patch, of course). There are a few modifications that I'd eventually like to make to this stack (fetchmail->getmail, esmtp->mutt, and if I'm really crazy, mutt->nmh), and aside from the fact that you pretty much need a CS degree to understand most of the filters -- overall, it has been a pleasure to work with.
After every Fedora release, I try to give evolution/tbird another shot, but I'm usually back to using mutt within hours ;) (I may give tbird another shot at some point, considering I was just introduced to muttator).
Anyway... Since I now use a ThinkPad x300 as a primary workstation, I'm limited to only 64G of disk space. After doing a fresh install over the weekend, I figured I might as well setup a virtual FuseCompress filesystem that I can use to store all of my mail and code in. FuseCompress supports a variety of compression libraries, but out of the box uses lzo, which is optimized for real-time data compression. As it turns out, getting everything setup is extremely easy.
Compressing your existing data.
Here I move my email to ~/.Mail, and compress it.
# yum -y install fusecompress
$ mv ~/{,.}Mail
$ fusecompress_offline ~/.Mail
Mounting the compressed filesystem.
Now, all you need to do is throw the mountpoint in your /etc/fstab, and you're good to go.
fusecompress#/home/lmacken/.Mail /home/lmacken/Mail fuse allow_other 0 0
I've been using this setup for a few days now, and haven't noticed
any issues whatsoever. The lzo compression is pretty decent, for a
library that prefers speed over size.
[lmacken@x300 Mail]$ du -sh
1.6G total
[lmacken@x300 Mail]$ du -sh --apparent-size
3.4G total
For better compression, you can easily set it to use bzip2. I'd be interested to hear about other people's email tips/tricks/tweaks/hacks!
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It's as though Christians know non-Christians will not pick up one of their magazines and read it, which means that they have a free pass to write as much superstitious nonsense and cram as much supernatural guilt into every edition of Joy! Magazine as possible. Every non-believer who needs verification about the absurdity of the Christian faith definitely needs to skim through the pages of one of these ridiculous magazines. The fact that this magazine reaches millions disgusts me when I see what it contains. I guess I'm moved to blog about this because I feel completely inundated and swamped with irrational religion in the last couple of days. More so than usual. This was not helped by the erection (lol) of a new Christian billboard on the N1: Call on the name of Jesus and be Saved.
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OUR AWARD WINNER PUZZLE IS NOW in HD
Scarabeus: Pearls of Nile HD
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29 Apr 2019
All Day
Pulborough Village Hall
Swan View, Lower Street
West Sussex
United Kingdom
The aim of this course is to equip the candidate with the knowledge, understanding, skills and awareness required to undertake basic rifle shooting as required for the Deer Stalking Certificate 1 (DSC1) Shooting Assessment. It is an ideal course aimed at the beginner or novice shot to improve shooting ability prior to undertaking the DSC1.
There is no requirement for you to have a Firearms Certificate or your own rifle. Safety issues will be dealt with in a classroom before moving on to the range for the practical aspects which will deal with shooting positions and rifle technique. The course will offer the candidate plenty of time on the range using various centre-fire rifles and to practise the shooting test positions.
There will also be some time for discussion and explanations of other areas of the DSC1 course and assessments
Rifles are available and ammunition will be provided. You may of course bring your own rifle; if you do please bring with you your current FAC.
Pre requisites
Must be 18 years or over
Course length
1 day
BASC members £125.00
Cancellation policy
Should there be insufficient bookings, BASC reserve the right to cancel the course. In the interests of fairness BASC will aim to provide candidates notification of cancellation as soon as possible prior to the advertised start date.
We strongly recommend that fees for any accommodation you book are refundable as BASC will not be responsible for any losses incurred by candidates.
If for any reason you cancel your place on the course then the following scale of charges may apply:-
|Reallocation to another course (only available 8 weeks or more before the course start date)
|Cancellation more than 8 weeks before the course start date
|30% course cost
|Cancellation less than 8 weeks but more than 4 weeks before the course start date
|60% course cost
|Cancellation less than 4 weeks before the course start date
|100% course cost
- Ammunition must be factory produced (no home loaded ammunition). .22 centrefire ammunition must be bullet weight 50 grain or more and 1,000ft lb muzzle energy.
- Members who hold a current FAC will be required to produce it for inspection at BASC courses or events.
- All members will be required to sign the Section 21 declaration at each course or event prior to shooting.
- Members must not be a prohibited person under Section 21 1968 Firearms Act or under Article 63 2004 Firearms (N Ireland) Order.
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Jodrell Bank Classic Cyclosportive
Welcome to this years Jodrell Bank Classic the fourth running which will be held on the Sunday the 10th of March 2013. Once again we will be starting at Poynton Leisure Centre, Yew Tree Lane, Poynton then heading off into the Cheshire Plains.
We have three challenging routes which have been designed by experienced local club cyclists.
We are pleased to announce that High 5 are once again our fuelling partners and Sportive Nation of Hazel Grove will be doing bike service they will be able to remedy any of those last minute technical hiccups, we will also have a professional photographer taking pictures.
The Route
We have tweeked the routes once again keeping the best bits, this time we do not go over the Brick Works climb, we just the climb up to Pott Shrigley then left back down to the HQ which should make it a bit easier than last year.
The first part of the course is fast and flat across the Chesire plains skirting past the famous Jodrell Bank Radio telescope. Towards the end of the ride it gets a little lumpy there are a few small climbs, on the 50 mile route and 80 mile routes riders also have to tackle the Pott Shrigley climb which a steady gradient up past the village and golf course, a little sting in the tail.
The event is an ideal warm up for the Cheshire Cat and the Tour of Flanders Sportives a few weeks later.
We have all the features you would expect in a club sportive
•Electronic Timing
•Three Challnging Routes
•High 5 Feeding Stations - featuring High 5 Enery Gels, Flapjacks, Bananas, Sports Drinks, Fruit Drinks, Fresh Drinking Water
•Support Vehicles
•GPS Downloads
•Route Cards
•Well Signed Routes
•Interactive Maps
•Changing Rooms
•Ample Free Car Parking
•Free Pre Event Tea and Coffee
•Post Event Free Tea and Coffee
•Post Event Free Belgiam Style Bradwurst Hot Dogs and our famous Fruit Cake
•Professional Photographers
•Professional Bike Service
*Free Custom Printed Sports Drinks Bottle