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Hedonism II - Negril, Jamaica
Everything You've Heard... Is True !!
Hedonism II is the only resort of its kind in the world. It's the resort where you can do what you want, when you want, in a way that can only happen at Hedonism II. From the nude beach to piano bar to the disco, Hedonism II is the best resort for adult only, all inclusive clothing optional travel. At Hedonism II, all meals, drinks, activities and entertainment are included and tipping is simply not permitted. If you don't have fun at Hedonism II, you probably won't have fun anywhere.
What is Hedonism ??
- he·do·nism - Noun
- The doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life.
- The ethical theory that pleasure is the highest good and proper aim of human life.
From the moment Hedonism II's gates opened thirty plus years ago, it's been the most widely recognized, and notorious, resort in the world. Words really can't quite describe the thrill of actually being here. It's the ultimate guilty pleasure, only without the guilt. Hedonism II has been featured on Wild on E and Playboy TV. Hedonism II is located on Negril's famous 7 mile beach regarded as the party capital of the world.
Everything You've Heard Is True !! It's true. The rumors, the legends, the myths. All true. For more than thirty years, Hedonism Resorts have enjoyed a reputation for shattering inhibitions and provoking the kind of behavior people don't talk about in polite circles. It's what happens when you combine warm water, a white-sand beach, open bars and open minds. This is about as far as you can get from your everyday life. And best of all, just about everything you can eat, drink and do is included.
Sooner or later, it's gonna happen. The primal urge to just let go. Unwind. Unplug. You're not alone. Hedonism II on world-famous Negril Beach was created as a reward for all those times you've had to deny your basic instincts. In these lush gardens of pure pleasure, the word "no" is seldom heard.
Hedonism is a sandbox for your inner child, nourishment for the mind, body, spirit and soul. Pleasure comes in many forms. Choose one. Or two. Or more. After a week at Hedonism, you'll view the world from a slightly different angle. You'll be tanned and relaxed. And at times you'll find yourself smiling for no reason whatsoever. Hedonism, there's nothing else on earth quite like it.
The resort has 280 rooms located in a tropical beach scene with separate two-story buildings with two twin or king beds in each room. Some rooms face the beach, some are garden view locations. The resort is arguably the "Mother of all inclusive, adults only resorts" and has a world-wide reputation for fun and frolic. Our clients who visit Hedonism II come from every continent in the world and they're there for one reason -- to have fun. If you like to read a book and chill out, you can do that, but this place is so active with lots of interesting people, you may miss some of the greatest opportunities to meet the most fun loving people... from all over the world.
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text: New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Capital Construction Co. is currently planning a handful of multi-billion dollar projects that will expand the nation's largest regional transportation network. These projects will carry an estimated cost of $20 billion over the next two decades and cover everything from subway stations to ferry terminals. The East Side Access (ESA) project is the largest construction project the MTA has ever taken on and is projected to cost $6.3 billion. It will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuters into a new LIRR Terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal (GCT) in Manhattan. This project will entail two underground station caverns that are mined out of solid rock beneath GCT and measure 85.5 feet tall, 58.5 feet wide, and 1,142 feet long; 50,000 feet of new track in underground tunnels; and 18,500 tons of reinforced steel. Some projects in the planning stages include the $400 million South Ferry Terminal, which will replace the existing two-track terminal with a three-track station and eliminate end-of-the-line bottlenecks, and the $16 billion Second Ave. Subway, which will reduce overcrowding and delays on the Lexington Ave. line and improve mass transit for residents on the far east side of Manhattan.

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After smoking cocaine, a man shot someone with a rifle near his house that he admits posed no threat to him, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office said.
The alleged shooter, Robert Paul Chouest, 30, 188 ABC Lane, is charged with second-degree murder as a result.
Shawn Galjour, 41, of Larose, was shot in the head. He had been walking along ABC Lane in Cut Off early Wednesday morning, where he was found dead after deputies responded to a call of a shooting about 4:45 a.m., detectives said.
According to Chouest, he noticed Galjour lying in a neighbor's driveway and tried to talk to him, the Sheriff's Office said in a statement. According to Chouest, when Galjour did not respond, he fired one round from a scoped rifle. Chouest told detectives that he shot him because he did not know Galjour's intentions.
Detectives said Chouest admitted he felt Galjour posed no threat to him, and Chouest admitted to smoking crack cocaine before the shooting.
Chouest was arrested after detectives questioned him, the Sheriff's Office said. He is in the Lafourche Parish jail in lieu of a $750,000 bond.
Galjour was found outside, said Deputy Brennan Matherne, Sheriff's Office spokesman. Detectives believe the shooting happened shortly before they got the call.
"Louisiana law clearly defines when a homicide can be considered justifiable, and the circumstances of this shooting do not make it justifiable," Lafourche Sheriff Craig Webre said in a statement. "It is unknown at this time why Galjour was in that neighborhood, but through Chouest's own admission, Galjour was lying down and had not made any threatening movement or given any other indication that would have led a reasonable person to be in fear of his life thereby justifying the use of deadly force."
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The Burke-Gilman is closed along a pretty heavy commuter route, and personally – I don't really care. The detour they provide is REDICULOUS, but there are plenty of ways to ride the route pretty comfortably. My route is here on Google Maps. I like to come across the University Street bridge, and travel a number of the bike-friendly routes on wide, one-way roads through the U District and up into Lake City. The bit from 145th back down to Lake Forest Park is easy (and downhill) going North, and cars tend to give you room. Going South…it's a climb, but it's shallow and there's a bus lane so plenty of room. I've never had a problem with buses while riding there. The last stretch is Lake Forest Park to Kenmore and there are bus lanes there as well.
One tip for all users – even if the light of summer, I run my Planet Bike Superflash at all times (some bikes even two). Bikehugger has dropped them to "Stock up pricing" so get a couple and get free shipping. I think I own 8 if them between my bikes, bags, and the spares I keep at the office and in the garage.


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By Mike Chaiken
Editions Editor WATERBURY— A pair of Jennifers will be representing the town of Southington for the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant over the next year.
Jennifer Binversie, a student at the University of Hartford and Wisconsin native, is the new Miss Southington.
Jennifer Bukowski, a high school student from Bristol, is the new Miss Southington's Outstanding Teen.
Seven contestants competed for the Miss title and four for the Teen at La Bella Vista in Waterbury Sunday. Contestants were judged on private interview, talent, lifestyle and fitness, onstage question, and evening gown in this preliminary for Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen. The winners of that pageant will go on to compete for Miss America and Miss America's Outstanding Teen.
Binversie, who performed danced ballet for her talent, said after she was crowned, "It feels amazing (to win). This is my first pageant and I'm so thankful that I did so well."
Bukowski, who was still wiping away the tears after the pageant was over, said, "It feels amazing." Bukowski, who was competing in her first-ever pageant as well said, "I feel so proud of everyone who did this and I can't believe they chose me. It was such a close competition, I had no idea."
And as the year progresses, Binversie said, "I'm definitely looking forward to promoting my platform, the power of positive thinking and performing arts, as well as competing at the state level."
Bukowski, who performed a piano solo for her talent, said she is looking forward to the next year. She is especially excited about going to Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen competition.
The Miss Connecticut and Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen finals will be June 28 at the Garde Arts Center in New London.
First runner-up for Miss Southington was Alexa Farrell.
Heather Kolodziej won the talent competition in the Miss competition and was selected overall Miss Congeniality.
Katie Kelly of Bristol was first runner-up for Miss Southington's Outstanding Teen. She also won the teen talent award.
Also competing in the Miss event were Kimberly Szabo, Alexandra Giannelli, Courtney Ouellette, and Natascia Simone.
Additional contestants in the teen event were Jaymie Bianca and Alyssa Daly.
The last Miss Southington, Kaitlyn Tarpey, is the current Miss Connecticut and placed in the top 10 at Miss America last year. She and Tiana Dyson, the current Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen, co-hosted the afternoon event.
Jennifer Binversie is the new Miss Southington
By Mike Chaiken


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Forever Young? What Africa can learn from Southern Africa's demographic transition
There has been an increase in attention on Africa's changing population. Academics, development organizations and the media (among others, BBC, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Economist) have highlighted Africa's late demographic transition – the population is young and will remain so for a long time, as fertility rates are not falling there at the same rate as they have fallen in the rest of the world.


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I swear, one of these days, I'm gonna start up my own message board where I can edit thread titles to my heart's content, instead of having to watch helplessly from the sidelines while others screw them up all willy-nilly.
For the first time, Jay Leno's average weekly ratings among 18-49-year-old viewers has fallen below Conan O'Brien's... (TV analyst Joe) Adalian noted that Leno averaged only a 1.0 rating and a 5 share last week versus O'Brien's 1.1/5 average -- despite the fact that CBS was airing repeats of Late Show with David Letterman, which drew a 0.8/3 in the demo. Moreover, Leno now benefits from a much stronger nightly lead-in -- with shows like Parenthood and The Marriage Ref being aired by the network in the 10 00 p.m. time period -- than O'Brien did when his lead-in was Leno.
Seven weeks in, Leno is averaging a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo while David Letterman averages a 0.8. These are precisely the same numbers "The Tonight Show" and "The Late Show" were pulling seven weeks into Conans Tonight tenure. The chart also reminds us that before The Jay Leno Show started last September (at week 16 into Conans run, I think), Conan won the 18-49 race against Letterman every single week last summer. Only after The Jay Leno Shows arrival as Conans 10 p.m. lead-in did Conan begin losing to Letterman in 18-49 for the first time.
Anyone catch Conan's TBS premier last night? I dvr'd it, but hope to catch it when I get home tonight...
The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live are two shows I don't understand why they are still on.
A plan is in the works to bring NBCs Tonight show back to New York.While the network has yet to complete a deal, it has made a commitment to Jimmy Fallon, the current host of its Late Night program, to have him succeed Jay Leno as the next host of Tonight, according to several senior television executives involved in the decision. The show would move from Burbank, Calif., back to New York, where it first started in 1954 with Steve Allen as host.Some details remain to be worked out, including an exact timetable for the switch, though it is expected to take place by the fall of 2014 at the latest, the executives said in interviews this week.NBC has quietly begun work on a new studio in its headquarters building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza as the home for the new Tonight show. The studio is part of a general reconstruction of the building being undertaken by Comcast, which this week completed a full takeover of NBC Universal.An NBC spokeswoman declined to comment on the move, other than to say the network was building a new state-of-the-art studio for Mr. Fallon.
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I had the pleasure to interview Gary Vaynerchuk recently about his book, The Thank You Economy.
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The Juhanon Mar Thoma Study centre was established in 1981 to perpetuate the vision and message of Dr. Juhanon Mar Thoma Metropolitan, in the areas of ecumenism, development, education and social justice. It is located on a scenic compound at Mannanthala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The Centre has facilities to conduct camps and conferences for 100 people. It has a Library and a modern Guest House. Ph. +91(0)471-2543575, mob +91(0)9446043575
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text: Visiting hours for Nancy M. Braddick, 75, of Montauk will be at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. Ms. Braddick died on Tuesday. A complete obituary will appear in a future issue.


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Jan 28 (Reuters) - Business software maker BMC Software Inc
forecast a lower-than-expected profit for the current
year after reporting third-quarter results below Wall Street
estimates due to lower license bookings at its enterprise
services management (ESM) and mainframe service management (MSM)
Shares of the company fell about 8 percent to $40.99 in
extended trading, after closing at $44.48 on Monday on the
"In the ESM business, we ... experienced slipped
transactions, which were mainly larger and more transformational
in nature," Chief Financial Officer Steve Solcher said in a
The ESM business, which helps companies manage networks,
databases and storage, brings in two-thirds of BMC's total
The company also said it lost out on two "large" renewal
deals in the MSM business during the third quarter ended Dec. 31
but hopes to close them in the current quarter.
BMC expects an adjusted profit of $3.35 to $3.45 per share
for the full year. Analysts were expecting $3.56, according to
Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
BMC, which competes with Oracle Corp, SAP AG
, CA Inc and Compuware, was under
pressure from Paul Singer's activist hedge fund Elliott
Management to sell itself last year. Reuters reported in October
that it was exploring a sale.
The company later said it had weighed strategic options and
would buy back $1 billion in stock.
Net income fell to $106 million, or 70 cents per share, in
the third quarter from $119.9 million, or 71 cents per share, a
year earlier. Excluding items, the company earned 99 cents per
Revenue rose 6 percent to $580 million.
Analysts on average had expected an adjusted profit of $1.01
cents per share, on revenue of $587.4 million.
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Collection Development
How do books and journals end up at Armstrong? The Library assigns a librarian to each academic department and program, giving them collection development responsibilities for the corresponding subject areas. These librarians are responsible for developing the collection, with final authority for the selection of materials belonging to the Dean of the Library.
As the academic faculty is an important source of requests for the purchase of library materials, the Library strongly encourages faculty members to participate in this process by recommending acquisitions to Library liaisons.
Purchasing and retention decisions for the Armstrong Library are made according to the General Collection Development Policy and the guidelines below.
Subject Areas
The Armstrong Library collections support the curricular needs of the following academic departments and programs based in McCardell Bicentennial Hall: Biology; Chemistry and Biochemistry; Computer science; Environmental studies; Geography; Geology; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Neuroscience; Physics; and Psychology. For an overview of subjects covered by the Armstrong Library collection, consult the chart at Armstrong Library Call Numbers.
We purchase and retain resources that illuminate the current state of knowledge in the sciences. Accordingly, journal subscriptions are our primary expenditure. We also collect monographs and reference sources to instruct readers new to scientific topics of current interest. Materials on the history of science are acquired and retained only selectively.
Because we strive to keep the collection current, we retain recent imprints, core materials, and back-files of journals, which are preserved in the most space- and cost-efficient format possible. We withdraw many items that have not received significant usage in recent years so we may acquire more relevant materials and promote better use of space.
Geographic Considerations
Because the academic departments we support perform fieldwork in the Northeast, we emphasize collecting materials that investigate the physical and geographic characteristics of the Champlain Valley, Vermont, and New England regions. We are equally interested in regions nation- or worldwide when they recur as subjects in our curriculum.
Types and Formats of Materials
- Primary sources, centrally important to scientific study, take the form of scholarly journals in the sciences and are the main focus of our collecting activities.
- Secondary sources are useful for the non-specialist, such as students in introductory courses; we obtain them as necessary.
- Textbooks are usually purchased only upon faculty request.
- Online resources are important because they are convenient, fully searchable, available to users from off-campus, and space-efficient. They are the format of first choice for new acquisitions. We also seek to convert much of our print and microfilm holdings to online equivalents and to purchase electronic books as demand from our users increases.
- Maps: The Armstrong Library has printed sheet maps related to human and physical geography and geology. Armstrong also holds the College's collection of topographical maps, including U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) topographical quadrangles. See Maps at Armstrong Library for more information.
- Datasets: Datasets are purchased selectively for curricular use.
- Multimedia: DVDs and other visual materials are purchased selectively for curricular use.
- Government Documents: Publications of the United States Geological Survey, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, and Department of Health and Human Services and related agencies are housed in the Armstrong Library.
- Faculty authors: The Armstrong Library actively collects science monographs written by, or with contributions by, Middlebury College faculty in the sciences. If you have a publication that the College Libraries have accidentally overlooked, please let us know by filling out our Suggest a Library Purchase form.
- Foreign language materials: The collections are predominantly in the English language. Monographs in languages other than English usually are not purchased, and they are retained only if they are core sources.


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Apparently the Lehigh Valley region has a lot of talented hairstylists and barbers, but without a license, they can't cut hair legally.
That, in turn, has forced aspiring barbers to trek to nearby cities — such as Reading or Philadelphia — to learn the craft.
Vito Villani, owner of Clean Cut Barber Shop in Bethlehem, experienced the void firsthand when he had to learn the art of barbering outside the Valley years ago.


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by Louise E. Wright
"It is never too late to be what you might have been," wrote English novelist George Eliot. One need look no further than Mary Ellen Graham for the embodiment of this idea.
At 62, Graham gave up a full-time position in education to take up social work, a field in which she had no previous formal training. Now, about to celebrate her 75th birthday (on June 19), she serves as president and executive director of My Place Germantown, Inc., 209 E. Price St., which provides permanent supportive housing for a dozen disabled and formerly homeless men. Last year, the Mayor's Commission on People with Disabilities of the City of Philadelphia presented Graham with an Access Achievement Award.
A resident of Fairmount, Graham earned a Master's degree in English from what is now Arcadia University and has taught at all levels from 7th grade through graduate school. In fact, she still keeps a foot in the academic door, working as an adjunct professor at both the University of the Sciences and Community College of Philadelphia.
While full-time coordinator of the writing center and tutorial services at Chestnut Hill College, Graham had what she refers to as "a conversion kind of experience." Poet and social advocate Edwina Gateley, a speaker at the college's International Women's Day event, so inspired Graham that she volunteered at Philadelphia's Women of Change, a shelter for the homeless. "It sounds hokey," she admits, "but then I wanted to leave academia in order to serve the poor full-time."
Graham's background in education worked to her advantage. Intent on hiring someone with a fresh perspective, Mercy Hospice offered her a position in case management. So it was that, at an age when many folks contemplate retirement, Graham embarked on a new career.
Graham refers to her time at Mercy as "my internship. The hospice sent me to every conceivable training available in the city." Of her work there, she declares: "I took to it immediately. It was just a natural fit!" Those who sought refuge at the hospice benefitted from Graham's fresh perspective for, in addition to her case management duties, she offered group activities in writing and literature. "The women loved it!" she beams.
After a stint at Bethesda Project, Graham retired. A year or so later, however, she "got itchy," as she puts it, and began working at a health center, an outreach of her parish, Germantown's St. Vincent De Paul. Her experiences there gave birth to the idea of My Place Germantown.
The middle-aged men who comprised Graham's clients lived in what she describes as "deplorable conditions." As a result, she believed the health center's work "was undermined the minute they walked out the door. When the housing isn't stable, medical routines aren't consistent. My response was to try to create housing that would be an appropriate option for these folks."
Graham focused exclusively on homeless men because, as she points out, they "are the hardest-to-place population. There's a huge stigma attached to men who are homeless. Men are supposed to pull themselves up by their boot straps."
Sharing her dream with fellow parishioners, Graham met with an enthusiastic response. Following the advice of Gloria Guard, then-president of PEC (People's Emergency Center), Graham volunteered at countless organizations that served Philadelphia's homeless. A real breakthrough occurred when Community Ventures, a non-profit developer of low and moderate income housing, teamed up with My Place Germantown.
Graham never thought of locating the residence anywhere but in Germantown. Her clients at the health center had strong ties to the neighborhood and considered it their home. As luck would have it, St. Vincent's convent, dating from the 1860s and costly to maintain, came on the market about that time. Graham considered the East Price Street building ideal. "It's not at all institutional," she explains, "having originally been the home of a doctor."
Yet before work could begin on renovating the convent, My Place Germantown had to fight a 16-month legal battle. Germantown residents protested the facility, resulting in the denial of the necessary zoning permit. When the board gave its approval at a second hearing, the opponents appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, alleging that the zoning board had erred. The court, however, upheld the board's decision, and in March, 2009, construction began.
Nearly two years later, the first tenant moved in — and the men at My Place Germantown are, quite literally, tenants. Each signs a lease and pays rent; some work to meet their financial obligations while others rely on supplemental Social Security. Each must meet two requirements: he must have a certifiable disability and have experienced a recent bout of homelessness. Two of the apartments are wheelchair-accessible while one has been made suitable for the visually or hearing impaired. Although the men live independently, they benefit from the presence of a round-the-clock staff.
Occasionally a resident thinks of moving out; doing so is entirely his decision. Yet after looking at other apartments and the rent they command, he almost always realizes he can't do any better. In fact, the apartments are so attractive that Graham herself lusts after the third-floor front.
More important than great housing at affordable prices, however, is the sense of community the residents have created. Graham observes, "Even though we've had some dust-ups, the men care about each other."
Resident Zachary Stokes, one of the organizers of a Memorial Day open house, echoes the sentiment: "We're trying to make it a community thing. Everybody makes something. Each tenant contributes something as does the staff."
This sense of community embraces the neighbors as well. Once hostile, most now support My Place Germantown. They attend events like the open house, and one neighbor even threw a surprise birthday party for the men whose birthdays were in September.
This month, the community extends its boundaries even further. A team of youthful volunteers from Germany and the U.S. will descend upon My Place Germantown in order to transform the acre on which the residence sits into useable outdoor space.
While Graham longs for a flower garden, some of the men lobby for a horseshoe pit. Resident gardener Amos Shattuck wants a larger plot for his vegetables. At present, Shattuck grows veggies like cabbage and broccoli in raised beds but dreams of producing enough crops to open a farm stand. The proceeds, he explains, would finance special events for the residents like trips to a concert or play.
Clearly, Eliot's belief that "it's never too late" applies just as much to the men who have benefitted from Graham's vision as to Graham herself. For more information, call 215-848-2892 or visit www.myplacegermantown.org


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2 January 2011
The Ordinariate: a punch-bag for all the nutters, liars, and trendies
Among the gurus on his programme, he had one Paul Vallely, who 'advises' the RC bishops of England and Wales and, a few years ago, wrote some 'Report' or other for them. This Vallely writes also for the Indescribably Boring and for Jezebel's Trumpet. You see the sort of individual he is. Needless to say, he calls himself a "cradle Catholic". He began with some remarks about the English translation of the Mass which seemed to me quite extraordinary: he said it had been changed by Rome against the inclination of the Anglophone bishops. Asked about the Ordinariate, he referred to the three men and five women who were received into full communion last Saturday as "rather dodgy characters" and said he would "rather they stayed where they were".
This clear message was hammered home by a limerick composed, we were told, by an official, card-carrying, member of the Great and the Good: Terry Waite - a bloke who caused a lot of hassle decades ago by getting himself kidnapped by 'Islamic extremists'. Here is his deathless verse, read out to the sound of approving murmurs from Stourton:
A cleric whose fondness for Rome
Made him leave both his Church and his home.
As he said his farewells
His church rang the bells
But the Romans let out a loud groan.
Somebody should explain to this opinionated bore that 'groan' rhymes neither with 'Rome' nor with 'home'. And someone should point out to this tedious semiliterate that the sentence which begins "A cleric" and then launches into a relative clause ("whose ... home") is never completed but is replaced by a new sentence beginning "As he ...". The exquisite simplicity and stylishness of the limerick form is sabotaged if both rhyme and syntax are treated with such contemptuous disrespect. Waite, like a lot of silly people, seems to think that the limerick is just an adolescent opportunity for being offensive or obscene. It isn't.
Personally, I am all for diversity. Show me an "Islamic Extremist" and I will willingly buy him a friendly G and T. But what is the use of having mullahs and ayatollahs and Al Qaeda and all that, if they cravenly chicken out of simple philanthropic duties such as that of keeping the Waites of this world carefully immured in sound-proof cellars for rather longer than the merely four years they did manage on the last occasion they got hold of him? They should try harder next time.
Stourton's programme was full of the usual guff about Tolerance. Apparently, we are not allowed to kick anybody nowadays. Except ... of course ... Anglicans who want to accept Pope Benedict's invitation. It's always Open Season for the sniggering classes to heap cheap and malevolent abuse upon them.
Please don't write in to tell me that Waite is really a Saint. If he is, run along and pray to him yourself and kindly leave me out of it.
12 comments:
- IanW said...
Magnificent. Laudate Dominum et transire vinus forticulus!
- 02 January, 2011
- Ttony said...
This is probably a sign that the ship is setting off on a good course - wait until it gets closer to its destination!
- 02 January, 2011
- AncientBriton said...
Bravo Father.
- 02 January, 2011
- Disgusted in DC said...
I can think of a handful of nutjobs who probably the parishes did ring the bells when they quit, a couple of whom were actually ordained to the Catholic priesthood, though most were turned down and went somewhere else. That is not true as per the bishops who joined the Catholic Church yesterday.
I would be a little more charitable with Waite's venting. However, his humorously bitter recriminations against those going to the Ordinariate seem odd given the fact that Wikipedia now says that he's a Quaker.
- 02 January, 2011
- B flat said...
Of course, they started it, but that would cut no ice with nanny who would condemn your curmudgeonly post. I am not surprised that the "Sunday" programme put you out of temper. I had hoped Stourton might be an improvement on the last editor, but he is worse, so I go elsewhere for religious news. I recommend it as an avoidance of temptation.
Why should anyone who hopes for salvation wish the projected Ordinariate ill? Those who hope for salvation through that means, deserve love and support as much as anyone else who is trying to find their way through this miasma of falsehood, ignorance, and malevolent mismanagement which have characterised Catholic Church life for half a century.
- 02 January, 2011
- Mall said...
Really, dear Father, I almost died from laughter on reading your definition of cacAphony! And in a public place! (On my iPhone.) And, just when I had almost recovered, those remarks on St Terry! All too much! Thank you.
- 02 January, 2011
- David Lindsay said...
I am very glad that three former Anglican bishops have become Catholics. They could always have done so, of course, and then continued both their ministries and their marriages, although things might have been different for the one who is a former Catholic, even if, unlike a leading would-be Ordinariate figure in Australia, he is not a former Catholic priest. The late Monsignor Graham Leonard was married till the day he died.
I remain entirely baffled by the creation of an Ordinariate in England, a country for which this provision was never designed, and I must again point out that, since the Ordinary has to be a former Anglican, the whole scheme has a built-in obsolescence. It will have next to no lay following here, and will be populated by clergy who have been insisting on the Modern Roman Rite for as long as there has been such a thing. Why are they not simply being appointed to existing Catholic parishes, there to continue the ministry to which they are accustomed? Why do they even want to be in the Ordinariate instead?
Bringing us to the fact that applications for ordination in it are now to be referred to the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. I think we know why.
- 02 January, 2011
- Cherub said...
David Lindsay says: "I remain entirely baffled by the creation of an Ordinariate in England, a country for which this provision was never designed, and I must again point out that, since the Ordinary has to be a former Anglican, the whole scheme has a built-in obsolescence. It will have next to no lay following here, and will be populated by clergy who have been insisting on the Modern Roman Rite for as long as there has been such a thing."
Well, no wonder he is baffled. First he cannot read. There is no requirement for the Ordinary to be a former Anglican and so his observation of in-built obsolescence is otiose. Second, unless he is gifted with magical powers he cannot possibly know what the lay following in England will be. Third, re the preference for Novus Ordo, so what? English Anglo-Catholics have a special history, different from that of Anglican Churches elsewhere in the world. That explains why the position of Anglo-Catholics in England may be a little different from other Anglo-Catholics.
Finally, three cheers for Fr Hunwicke!
- 02 January, 2011
- The Flying Dutchman said...
Well, what did you expect, Father? "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."
Joining the Catholic Church is not a recipe for universal popularity, as Blessed John Henry Newman also discovered.
- 03 January, 2011
- Once I Was A Clever Boy said...
I have just caught up with your postings, and it good to find one's friend(and neighbour) in such good form, and so spot on about the media's attitude and indeed its representitives. Of course the ecclesiastical chattering classes will hate the Ordinariate - but that is one more reason for endorsing it.
- 05 January, 2011
- Don said...
What a nasty, bad-tempered, nitpicking diatribe in response to a mild bit of fun. The Catholics will just love you, I don't think - at least my Catholic friends won't, I'm sure.
Where were you when Terry went off to try to free the hostages?
- 06 January, 2011
- The Raven (C. Corax) said...
I can only suggest that "Don" doesn't know many Catholics (Roman or otherwise).
- 06 January, 2011


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT shot 56 percent from the field and had four players reach double figures in scoring as the Engineers took an 81-51 decision over Wheelock College in non-conference men's basketball play this afternoon. Junior Andrew Acker (Merion Station, Pa.) and sophomore Justin Pedley (Kennewick, Wash.) each hit for 20 points to lead MIT, while sophomore Joe Reedy (Orlando, Fla.) led Wheelock with 14 points.
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Wheelock could not get closer than 28 points the rest of the way as MIT went on to record its fifth straight win. Acker also recorded a double-double for the Engineers, matching Johnson with 16 boards to help MIT to a 49-20 edge on the boards. Tsontzos was in double figures as well for the Engineers with a career best 12 points. For Wheelock, Fournier finished with 13 points, while Reedy and Fenton each had five rebounds to lead the team.
MIT will be off until January, not returning to the court until January 8 when the Engineers will open New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference play against Clark University at 7:00 p.m. in Rockwell Cage. Wheelock is also done until after the first of the year, with its next game coming on January 6 when it hosts Emerson College at 6:00 p.m.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The New England Football Conference announced that junior linebacker Will Gibson was named Defensive Player of the Week after pacing a terrific defensive effort in MIT's victory over Mass Maritime on Saturday. The third-year starter from Natick, Mass., earned additional plaudits from the ECAC as the Northeast Division III Defensive Player of the Week.
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Nesting failure
The two nesting attempts, both of which occurred at sites in the north of England, were carefully monitored. At the County Durham nest site, although eggs were laid, the male deserted the site, forcing the female to abandon the nest in order to feed. In the second nesting attempt, which occurred in Northumberland, the eggs laid by the immature female were not viable, despite being incubated for the full term and the female being well tended to by the male.
"Just two pairs attempted to nest this year in England, but both failed," said an RSPB spokesperson. "At one of these sites the RSPB was working with the landowner to ensure the nest was protected. Sadly, the eggs never hatched. While conservationists believe that this nest failed naturally, the government's own wildlife advisers say that the population had been forced into this precarious position by illegal killing."
Continued persecution
A study carried out by government scientists reported that more than 300 pairs of hen harriers could be supported in England's upland areas, but showed that illegal persecution through shooting, trapping and nest disturbance was preventing this species from flourishing.
Conflict with gamekeepers
The Moorland Association cites the long, cold winter as the cause of the failure of the nesting pairs this season, but the RSPB believes that gamekeepers working for rogue moorland estate owners are to blame for the hen harrier's struggle to survive in England, persecuting the majestic birds of prey for killing grouse chicks.
"No new hen harriers this season means that the hen harrier is on the brink of extinction in England," said RSPB spokesman Graham Madge. "Our belief is that on some estates there is a systematic approach to the removal of birds of prey. We are not asking that these people do anything more than respect the law. The loss is almost entirely due to the illegal persecution. It has to be by rogue grouse moor estates."
Predator control
While methods to control other grouse predators such as red foxes and crows have led to a boost in hen harrier numbers, this has also resulted in more grouse being taken. According to research by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), the loss of grouse could make grouse moor estates economically unviable.
The RSPB is involved in an initiative to provide alternative food sources for hen harriers to avoid such conflict, enabling the species to successfully live alongside managed grouse moors.
Read more on this story at BBC News – Hen harriers 'face extinction' in England as nests fail and The Guardian – Hen harrier close to extinction in England, says RSPB.
See more photos and videos of the hen harrier on ARKive.
Kathryn Pintus, ARKive Text Author


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The Beehive Informations
With dorm beds, budget private rooms with shared bathrooms and deluxe private rooms with private bathroom. Some rooms with self-catering kitchen facilities available.
Welcome to The Beehive Hotel - a stylish, budget, eco-conscious hotel/hostel owned by an American couple, Linda & Steve.
- Adaptors
- Internet
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Cafe
- Ceiling Fan
- Common Room
- Free City Maps
- Free WiFi
- Hairdryers
- Hot showers
- Linen Included
- Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Meals Available
- Outdoor Terrace
- Reading Light
- Safe Deposit Box
- Tea & Coffee Making Facil
- Towels Included
- Child Friendly
- Credit Cards Accepted
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
Follow signs to trains. Buy a ticket at the platform, the easiest way is by using the self-service machines which accept credit cards as well as cash, in euro. These machines are multi-lingual. Tickets cost 14. Be sure to validate your tickets at the machines located at the beginning of the platform or you risk being given a fine - not the best way to start your Roman holiday.
The airport train (Leonardo Express) departs every :08 and :38 minutes past the hour. Board the Leonardo Express heading toward Termini station (Stazione Termini) and get off at final stop (Termini). It is about a 30 minute ride form the airport to Termini and there are no other stops.
The train arrives at Track 24. Upon exiting the train, walk down the platform towards the main gallery (where retails shops, newstands, etc are located) - do not take any other exits or steps or escalators. It will be a few minutes walk from Track 24 to the main exit you need.
With the train tracks behind you, take the main exit to your right and once you reach there, cross the street. With Termini behind you, that street is via Marghera - our street. We are located a straight shot from that exit, just 2 blocks away on the corner of via dei Mille and via Marghera at via Marghera, 8 on the left side of the street. Please note that the numbers on our side of the street do not correspond with the numbers on the other side of the street.
On the corner of via dei Mille and via Marghera, there is a yellow wall and a silver door on the via Marghera side of the wall. You must ring at the buzzer on the right hand side of the door to be let in. Our reception hours are 7am to 11pm/23:00. We must be notified in advance for arrivals outside those hours.
Please note that The Beehive's sign is not very big and sits flush against the wall so does not stick out on the side - the sign is about 20 x 30cm (8 x 12in). It has a white background with dark blue and yellow lettering. It is located underneath the #8. There is a light that shines on it at night.
For detailed information including photographs on how to reach us from Termini train station, please take a look at this post from our blog here.
From Ciampino Airport (by shuttle - no train service):
Outside the airport is a shuttle run by Terravision. Tickets cost approx. �4 each way. The last stop on the shuttle bus is on the Via Marsala side of Termini train station.
Please follow directions starting at #4 above.
By Taxi:
As of 1 October 2006, taxi service from Fiumicino and Ciampino airports to Rome's center is now set at a flat rate of �40 from Fiumicino and �30 from Ciampino. If you would like private airport pick-up, we do work with a car service and price depends on number of people and time of arrival. For more information, please send us an e-mail. If you would like a car or shuttle to the airport for your departure, we can arrange it at our reception.
Walking from Termini Train Station (2 blocks, about a 5 minute walk from the exit of the station):
See instructions from Fiumicino airport by Train above.
By Car:
We do not have parking facilities. For information on nearby parking garages, please contact us by e-mail.
Informations about The Beehive
With dorm beds, budget private rooms with shared bathrooms and deluxe private rooms with private bathroom. Some rooms with self-catering kitchen facilities available.
Welcome to The Beehive Hotel - a stylish, budget, eco-conscious hotel/hostel owned by an American couple, Linda & Steve, who came to Rome to follow a dream.
We have dorm beds, private room both with and without private bathrooms. Some rooms with self-catering kitchens and an on-site, organic cafe that specializes in Vegan and Vegetarian food.
In 1999 we packed up our apartment in Los Angeles and, along with our 2 cats moved to Rome and opened The Beehive, a unique cross between a budget hotel and an upscale hostel - a place where you can feel at home.
Everything about The Beehive Hotel & Hostel reflects our own personal values - we're conscious about the environment, passionate about social issues, and genuinely want to be helpful and hospitable. We love to share the kind of information that helps you get the most out of your travels.
Please note:
Cancellation policy: 48h before arrival. In case of a late cancellation or No Show, you will be charged the first night of your stay.
Check in from 07:00 to 23:00 - Rooms are ready by 3 pm at the very latest but guests are welcome to come and check in and leave bags.
Check out before 10:00 (max 11.00)
Payment upon arrival by cash, credit cards, debit cards.
Taxes not included - occupancy tax 2.00 EUR per person per night
Breakfast not included - We have a cafe with an � la carte menu
No curfew.
Child friendly.
Non smoking.
In some rooms (the Sweets) we have AC for an additional 10 euro per day.
In the dorm room (The Hive) we rent towels at 1 euro but sheets are included


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that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things and that manufacturers of consumer-facing hardware allow user modifications to their hardware. Free software is available gratis (free of charge) in most cases.
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) must be made available to the recipient along with a notice granting the above permissions. Such a notice either is a "
free software license
", or a notice that the source code is released into the
public domain
free software movement
was conceived in 1983 by
Richard Stallman
to satisfy the need for and to give the benefit of "software freedom" to computer users. The
Free Software Foundation
was founded in 1985 to provide the organizational structure which Stallman correctly foresaw would be necessary to advance his Free Software ideas.
From 1998 onward,
alternative terms for free software
came into use. The most common are "software libre", "
free and open source software
" ("FOSS") and "free, libre and open source software" ("FLOSS"). The "Software Freedom Law Center" was founded in 2005 to protect and advance FLOSS. The antonym of free software is "
proprietary software
" or "non-free software". Commercial software may be either free software or proprietary software, contrary to a popular misconception that "commercial software" is a synonym for "proprietary software". (An example of commercial free software is Red Hat Linux.)
Free software, which may or may not be distributed free of charge, is distinct from "
" which, by definition, does not require payment for use. The authors or copyright holders of freeware may retain all rights to the software; it is not necessarily permissible to
reverse engineer
, modify, or redistribute freeware.
Since free software may be freely redistributed it is generally available at little or no cost. Free software business models are usually based on adding value such as applications, support, training, customization, integration, or certification. At the same time, some business models which work with
proprietary software
are not compatible with free software, such as those that depend on a user paying for a license in order to lawfully use a software product.
In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, it was normal for computer users to have the freedoms that are provided by free software.
was commonly shared by individuals who used computers and by hardware manufacturers who were glad that people were making software that made their hardware useful. Organizations of users and suppliers were formed to facilitate the exchange of software, see, for example,
. By the late 1960s change was inevitable: software costs were dramatically increasing, a growing software industry was competing with the hardware manufacturer's bundled software products (free in that the cost was included in the hardware cost), leased machines required software support while providing no revenue for software, and some customers able to better meet their own needs did not want the costs of "free" software bundled with hardware product costs. In
United States vs.
, filed January 17, 1969, the government charged that bundled software was anticompetitive. While some software might always be free, there would be a growing amount of software that was for sale only. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the
software industry
began using technical measures (such as only distributing
binary copies
computer programs
) to prevent
computer users
from being able to study and modify software. In 1980
law was extended to computer programs.
In 1983,
Richard Stallman
, longtime member of the
community at the
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
, announced the
GNU project
, saying that he had become frustrated with the effects of the change in culture of the computer industry and its users. Software development for the
GNU operating system
began in January 1984, and the
Free Software Foundation
(FSF) was founded in October 1985. He developed a free software definition and the concept of "
", designed to ensure software freedom for all.
The economic viability of free software has been recognised by large corporations such as
Red Hat
, and
Sun Microsystems
. Many companies whose core business is not in the IT sector choose free software for their Internet information and sales sites, due to the lower initial capital investment and ability to freely customize the application packages. Also, some non-software industries are beginning to use techniques similar to those used in free software development for their research and development process; scientists, for example, are looking towards more open development processes, and hardware such as microchips are beginning to be developed with specifications released under
licenses (see the
project, for instance).
Creative Commons
and the
free culture movement
have also been largely influenced by the free software movement.
The FSF recommends using the term "free software" rather than "
open source software
" because, they state in a paper on Free Software philosophy, the latter term and the associated marketing campaign focuses on the technical issues of software development, avoiding the issue of user freedoms. "
" is used to avoid the ambiguity of the word "free".
The first formal definition of free software was published by FSF in February 1986. That definition, written by Richard Stallman, is still maintained today and states that software is free software if people who receive a copy of the software have the following four freedoms:
Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program for any purpose.
Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish.
Freedom 2: The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.
Freedom 3: The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements (and modified versions in general) to the public, so that the whole community benefits.
Freedoms 1 and 3 require
source code
to be available because studying and modifying software without its source code is highly impractical.
Thus, free software means that
computer users
have the freedom to cooperate with whom they choose, and to control the software they use. To summarize this into a remark distinguishing
(freedom) software from
(zero price) software,
Richard Stallman
said: "Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in '
free speech
', not as in '
free beer
In the late 90s, other groups published their own definitions which describe an almost identical set of software. The most notable are
Debian Free Software Guidelines
published in 1997, and the
Open Source Definition
, published in 1998.
The BSD-based operating systems, such as
, and
, do not have their own formal definitions of free software. Users of these systems generally find the same set of software to be acceptable, but sometimes see copyleft as restrictive. They generally advocate
permissive free software licenses
, which allow others to make software based on their source code, and then release the modified result as proprietary software. Their view is that this permissive approach is more free. The
, and
software licenses are substantially similar in intent and implementation.
All of these software packages originated in academic institutions interested in wide technology transfer (
University of California
, and
Examples of free software
Free Software Directory
maintains a large database of free software packages. Some of the best-known examples include the
Linux Kernel
, the
/Linux operating systems, the
GNU Compiler Collection
C library
; the
relational database; the
web server; and the
mail transport agent. Other influential examples include the
text editor; the
raster drawing and image editor; the
X Window System
graphical-display system; the
office suite; and the
typesetting systems.
Free software licenses
All free software licenses must grant people all the freedoms discussed above. However, unless the applications' licenses are compatible, combining programs by mixing source code or directly linking binaries is problematic, because of license technicalities. Programs indirectly connected together may avoid this problem.
The majority of free software uses a small set of licenses. The most popular of these licenses are:
GNU General Public License
GNU Lesser General Public License
BSD License
Mozilla Public License
MIT License
Apache License
The Free Software Foundation and the Open Source Initiative both publish lists of licenses that they find to comply with their own definitions of free software and open-source software respectively.
List of FSF approved software licenses
List of OSI approved software licenses
The FSF list is not prescriptive: free licensees can exist which the FSF has not heard about, or considered important enough to write about. So it's possible for a license to be free and not in the FSF list. However, the OSI list is prescriptive: they only list licenses that have been submitted, considered and approved. This formal process of approval is what defines a license as Open Source. Thus, it's not possible for a license to be Open Source and not on the OSI approved list.
Apart from these two organizations, the
project is seen by some to provide useful advice on whether particular licenses comply with their
Debian Free Software Guidelines
. Debian doesn't publish a list of
licenses, so its judgments have to be tracked by checking what software they have allowed into their software archives. That is summarized at the Debian web site.
It is rare that a license is announced as being in-compliance by either FSF or OSI guidelines and not vice versa (the
Netscape Public License
used for early versions of Mozilla being an exception, as well as the
NASA Open Source Agreement
Permissive and copyleft licenses
The FSF categorizes licenses in the following ways:
Public domain
software – the copyright has expired, the work was not copyrighted or the author has released the software onto the public domain. Since public-domain software lacks copyright protection, it may be freely incorporated into any work, whether proprietary or free.
Permissive licenses
, also called BSD-style because they are applied to much of the software distributed with the
operating systems. The author retains copyright solely to disclaim warranty and require proper attribution of modified works, and permits redistribution and
modification, even proprietary ones.
licenses, the
GNU General Public License
being the most prominent. The author retains copyright and permits redistribution and modification provided all such redistribution is licensed under the same license. Additions and modifications by others must also be licensed under the same "copyleft" license whenever they are distributed with part of the original licensed product.
Security and reliability
There is debate over the
of free software in comparison to proprietary software, with a major issue being
security through obscurity
. A popular quantitative test in computer security is to use relative counting of known unpatched security flaws. Generally, users of this method advise avoiding products which lack fixes for known security flaws, at least until a fix is available.
Free software advocates say that this method is biased by counting more vulnerabilities for the free software, since its source code is accessible and its community is more forthcoming about what problems exist, and proprietary software can have undisclosed flaws discoverable by or known to malicious users. As users can analyse and trace the source code, many more people with no commercial constraints can inspect the code and find bugs and loopholes than a corporation would find practicable. User access to the source code makes deploying free software with undesirable hidden
functionality far more difficult than for proprietary software.
Commercial viability and adoption
Free software played a part in the development of the Internet, the World Wide Web and the infrastructure of
dot-com companies
. Free software allows users to cooperate in enhancing and refining the programs they use; free software is a
pure public good
rather than a
private good
. Companies that contribute to free software can increase commercial
amidst the void of
cross licensing
lawsuits. (See
mpeg2 patent holders
Under the free software business model, free software vendors may charge a fee for distribution and offer pay support and software customization services. Proprietary software uses a different business model, where a customer of the proprietary software pays a fee for a license to use the software. This license may grant the customer the ability to configure some or no parts of the software themselves. Often some level of support is included in the purchase of proprietary software, but additional support services (especially for enterprise applications) are usually available for an additional fee. Some proprietary software vendors will also customize software for a fee.
Free software is generally available at no cost and can result in permanently lower costs compared to
proprietary software
. With free software, businesses can fit software to their specific needs by changing the software themselves or by hiring programmers to modify it for them. Free software often has no warranty, and more importantly, generally does not assign legal liability to anyone. However, warranties are permitted between any two parties upon the condition of the software and its usage. Such an agreement is made separately from the free software license.
A report by Standish Group says that adoption of
open source
has caused a drop in revenue to the
proprietary software
industry by about $60 billion per year.
Binary blobs
In 2006,
started the first campaign against the use of
binary blobs
, in
. Blobs are usually freely distributable
device drivers
for hardware from vendors that do not reveal driver source code to users or developers. This restricts the users' freedom to effectively modify the software and distribute modified versions. Also, since the blobs are undocumented and may have
, they pose a security risk to any
operating system
whose kernel includes them. The proclaimed aim of the campaign against blobs is to collect hardware documentation that allows developers to write free software drivers for that hardware, ultimately enabling all free operating systems to become or remain blob-free.
The issue of binary blobs in the
Linux kernel
and other device drivers motivated some developers in Ireland to launch
, a GNU/Linux distribution with all the binary blobs removed. The project received support from the
Free Software Foundation
Larry McVoy
invited high-profile free software projects to use his proprietary
versioning system
, free of charge, in order to attract paying users. In 2002, Linux coordinator
Linus Torvalds
decided to use BitKeeper to develop the
Linux kernel
, a free software project, claiming no free software alternative met his needs. This controversial decision drew criticism from several sources, including the Free Software Foundation's founder Richard Stallman.
Following the apparent
reverse engineering
of BitKeeper's protocols, McVoy withdrew permission for gratis use by free software projects, leading the Linux kernel community to develop a free software replacement called
Patent deals
In November 2006, the
software corporations announced a controversial partnership involving, among other things, patent protection for some customers of Novell under certain conditions.
See also
Free software community
Free software licenses
Gratis versus Libre
Libre knowledge
Free content
Free file format
Open standards
List of free software packages
List of free software project directories
List of formerly proprietary software
FSF: The four freedoms
distributions we know of which consist entirely of free software, and whose main distribution sites distribute only free software.
External links
Software Freedom Law Center
The Free Software Definition
Transcripts about Free Software
Free Software Magazine
Free cultural works definition
Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)?
Look at the Numbers!
, analysis of the advantages of OSS/FS by
David A.
FLOSSWorld - Free/Libre/Open-Source Software: Worldwide impact study
Software Freedom: An Introduction
, by
Robert J.
Decoding Liberation: The Promise of Free and Open Source Software
, by Samir Chopra and Scott Dexter
Free Software Definition at The Linux Information Project
Open Source Enters the Mainstream According to Findings from the Actuate Annual Open Source Survey for 2008
FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory
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