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Now, don't get me wrong, I consider myself to be quite fortunate. It's true that Mr. A and I call 3 different properties home. When I say it out loud, or if it just happens to come up in conversation, it sounds wildly extravagant - like we hang with Conrad and Babs and Galen and Hils. We don't. During the recent Sandy/US election news cycle there was a joke Twitter account for Mitt Romney and one of the tweets was: "Those in Sandy's path, now is the time to evacuate to your 2nd or 3rd homes." I chuckled at the pretension and then thought...oh, wait...
While our "portfolio of properties" is far from Romneyesque, I love each one. But I do still dream of other types of properties and wonder if one day I might call one of them home. Call it an occupational hazard. Among my fantasies is a Haussmann-style Paris apartment, a mews house in any S or SW post code in London (actually, any place in London), a raw loft space anywhere, a converted barn by the ocean. And last, but not least by any means, is a centre hall plan stone house. So you can imagine my goosebumps when I clicked the Twitter link to this beauty posted by fellow lover of smushy-faced dogs and realtor, Douglas Hotte.
Hello gorgeous!. Here are the deets:
This Spectacular Rare Century Stone Home Built In 1861 With Newer High Efficiency Geothermal Heating/Cooling On 5.8 Acres In Northumberland Only 90 Min To Gta. 3 Plus 1 Bedrooms, Very Large Principal Rooms, Grand Foyer, Deep Windows, Built Ins, Servants Staircase, 2' Thick Stone Walls! Private Side Porch, Original Plank Flooring, Double Car Garage, Drive And Garden Shed.
Price: $529,000
I die. This place is located in the charming town of Warkworth, ON, 90mins from Toronto and also just a hop, skip and jump to my family members in Peterborough and Oshawa. It comes with a John Deere tractor. Please join me for a tour.
Looks like there was some sort of portico on it at one point. Love the front door colour. Sad to see the gothic window replaced with a combo of arch-top shutters and a rectangular window. Getting the right window in there would be job 1.
A charming private side porch with a gravel walk. The perfect spot for tea, hot or iced depending on the season.
Those windows, that stone.
Simple. Perfect.
They could throw in that high boy, too! Handsome devil.
The room needs a pair of wing chairs or old leather club chairs by the wood stove. Done and done.
Upstairs landing for the main stairs.
I love old things but a clawfoot tub with a shower - been there, done that, not a fan. Almost always leads to a case of "attack of the shower curtain." But I'd endure it to live here.
One of the 2 secondary bedrooms. A bit museumy but look at those bones!
Et voila, le Master. It's a whopping 25ft by 16 ft. Amazeballs.
And this little treat in the corner - the secondary staircase, which leads directly from the master bedroom down to the main level.
A home office located on the main floor to the right of the entry. Needs books, books and books.
And so my lovelies, by now are you thinking, hmmm, where's a photo of the kitchen? That's the most exciting part of this house. Because, you see, the answer is that no photos of the kitchen are posted. You know what that means in the real estate world: the kitchen is a wreck and/or needs a complete re-do. To me, this is the home's ultimate enticement. Cast your eyes upon the floor plan:
There exists an odd excuse for a kitchen in the back left corner of the main floor. But of course that simply wouldn't suffice. This home is crying out for the modern country kitchen of my dreams. It needs the Plain English treatment tout suite. Without a single doubt I am the girl for this design job. Truthfully, I have already begun the design in my head. I may or may not have started a private board in Pinterest devoted to it...
And for a little icing on the cake, here are the vistas:
To see the full listing or to buy this for me for Christmas à la Miracle on 34th St., please see the featured listings section of Caldwell Banker rep Douglas Hotte's web site.


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It is possible to read too much positive thinking material. It is possible, I think, to be too optimistic, to be too 'everything will work out great', to be too 'seize the moment.'
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On the other hand, when the servant got the five talents, he immediately put his money to work and generated five more.
Immediately. That word hit me last week, and now I'm hitting you.
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In Matthew 25, Jesus told a story about three servants who were given outrageous amounts of money by their master as he prepared to leave on a trip. By outrageous, I mean that the one who got the least would have had to work for 16 years to earn that much, and the one who got the most? A century.
Two of the servants doubled their money. One of the servants buried his. The first servant, the one who doubled his 100 years money, started right away. He was given the money and started to use it.
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Maybe double by talking with God about what to do next, asking for wisdom as we are invited to do.
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REALTOR® A operated a residential brokerage firm in a highly competitive market area. He frequently used information from the MLS as the basis for comparative ads and to keep close track of his listing and sales activity as well as his competition.
One day, while reviewing MLS data and comparing it to a competitor's ad, REALTOR® A noticed that REALTOR® Z had used a diagram to demonstrate his market share, contrasting it with those of several other firms. The ad showed that REALTOR® A had listed 10% of the properties in the MLS over the past three months.
REALTOR® A thought this was low. His analysis of MLS data showed his market share was 11%. REALTOR® A filed an ethics complaint against REALTOR® Z citing Article 15 of the Code of Ethics in that REALTOR® Z's "obviously understated market share claim" was a "misleading statement about competitors." REALTOR® A's complaint was considered by the Grievance Committee which determined that an ethics hearing should be held.
At the hearing, REALTOR® Z testified he had always been truthful in his advertising and that all claims were based in fact. He produced an affidavit from the Board's MLS administrator which indicated that a programming error had resulted in miscalculations and, after careful recomputation, REALTOR® A's market share over the past three months had been 10.9%. The administrator's statement noted that this was the first time that information related to REALTOR® A's listings or sales had been misstated on the system. "I relied on information from the MLS. It's always been accurate and I had no reason to even suspect it was wrong last month," said REALTOR® Z in his defense.
The Hearing Panel agreed with REALTOR® Z's logic, noting that a REALTOR® should be able to rely on generally accurate information from reliable sources. They reasoned that if, on the other hand, the MLS had shown REALTOR® A having, for example, 1% of the market, then REALTOR® Z's reliance on the information would have been "reckless" because REALTOR® A had generally had a 10–15% market share and a reasonable conclusion would have been that the information from the MLS was seriously flawed.
The Hearing Panel concluded that REALTOR® Z's comparison with his competitors, while slightly inaccurate, was based on usually accurate and reliable information and had been made in good faith and while technically "misleading," had not been "knowing" or "reckless". REALTOR® Z was found not to have violated Article 15.
(Adopted Case #23-2 November, 1992. Transferred to Article 15 November, 1994. Revised November, 2001.)
Following a round of golf early one morning, Homeowner A approached REALTOR® X. "We've outgrown our home and I want to list it with you," said Homeowner A. "I'm sorry," said REALTOR® X, "but I represent buyers exclusively." "Then how about REALTOR® Z?," asked Homeowner A, "I've heard good things about him." "I don't know if I would do that," said REALTOR® X, "while he does represent sellers, he doesn't cooperate with buyer brokers and, as a result, sellers don't get adequate market exposure for their properties."
Later that day, Homeowner A repeated REALTOR® X's remarks to his wife who happened to be a close friend of REALTOR® Z's wife. Within hours, REALTOR® Z had been made aware of REALTOR® X's remarks to Homeowner A earlier in the day. REALTOR® Z filed a complaint against REALTOR® X charging him with making false and misleading statements. REALTOR® Z's complaint was considered by the Grievance Committee which determined that an ethics hearing should be held.
At the hearing REALTOR® Z stated, "I have no idea what REALTOR® X was thinking about when he made his comments to Homeowner A. I always cooperated with other REALTORS®." REALTOR® X replied, "That's not so. Last year you had a listing in the Multiple Listing Service and when I called to make an appointment to show the property to the buyer, you refused to agree to pay me." REALTOR® Z responded that he had made a formal offer of subagency through the MLS with respect to that property but had chosen not to offer compensation to buyer agents through the MLS. He noted, however, that the fact that he had not made a blanket offer of compensation to buyer agents should not be construed as a refusal to cooperate and that he had, in fact, cooperated with REALTOR® X in the sale of that very property.
In response to REALTOR® Z's questions, REALTOR® X acknowledged that he had shown his buyer-client REALTOR® Z's listing and that the buyer had purchased the property. Moreover, REALTOR® X said, upon questioning by the panel members, he had no personal knowledge of any instance in which REALTOR Z had refused to cooperate with any other broker but had simply assumed that REALTOR® Z's refusal to pay the compensation REALTOR® X had asked for was representative of a general practice on the part of REALTOR® Z.
The Hearing Panel, in its deliberations, noted that cooperation and compensation are not synonymous and though formal, blanket offers of cooperation and compensation can be communicated through Multiple Listing Services, even where they are not, cooperation remains the norm expected of REALTORS®. However, to characterize REALTOR® Z's refusal to pay requested compensation as a "refusal to cooperate" and to make the assumption and subsequent statement that REALTOR® Z "did not cooperate with buyer agents" was false, misleading, and not based on factual information. Consequently, REALTOR® X was found in violation of Article 15.
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We are pleased to announce that the Harold Paulk Henderson, Sr. Oral History Collection, 1981-1994, is now open for research. The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Harold Paulk (Hal) Henderson, Sr., during his research for two monographs, The Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall (1991) and Ernest Vandiver, Governor of Georgia (2000). Series I documents the life of Georgia governor Ellis G. Arnall (1943-1947), the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election, and U.S. Senator Herman E. Talmadge, his father (Eugene) and family, and politics in Georgia. Series II documents the political and personal life of Georgia governor S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. (1959-1963) and includes discussion of notable events from his gubernatorial administration, such as public school integration and the Sibley Commission. This collection joins over 120 collections documenting public policymaking and political culture centered in Georgia available for research here at the Russell Library.
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What about the Starboard Start?
Monty, I think you'd be better off looking at the Starboard Rio. It is like a larger, indestructible version of the Futura or GO. Plus it has a retractable centerboard. W/ the right fin, the Rio planes well.
The Start, I think if you look closely is almost wider than it is long. It could be mistaken for a massive frisbee. I think you sacrifice a lot of glide/speed w/ the Start.
Comparable to the Rio is the Bic Nova, or the Fanatic Viper. Any of the three would probably be a decent choice.
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The one thing that we must remember is the fact that stocking windsurfing gear is a luxury these days for retailers. Today's economy is focused on real business that must support both their goals financially and yours. Believe me, you can order from a large number of places around the country, but the focus is on ordering product, especially when it comes to boards and sails. You may need to wait, but you do have the opportunity to negotiate a good price and the kind of service and support you expect. Remember, there are those components you need that I mentioned earlier. Maybe windsurfing isn't as customer oriented as some would prefer, but realistically, things have to be suited a specialized business model and marketplace. Often patience is key.
When I started windsurfing in the mid 80s, I had to wait almost a year to start because nobody was offering racks for cars without gutters. Once I found that gutterless Thule racks hit the market, I jumped on it. When it really came down to it, the extra time let me focus on the best products to start the sport. Like you, I was dedicated no matter what, and I have to say that I never took a lesson and taught myself the sport. Believe me, with strong determination, windsurfing is quite doable and very rewarding overall
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a planing long board is very popular in the great lakes.
the link tandem sails great as a solo for big guys. it also allows the owner to introduce young folks to windsurfing. kids respond best to non-verbal cues. it's a whole lot of windsurfer for the money. one could sail it, teach on it, paddle it, and grab great lakes surf. it planes well with max sails. has shiite loads of stability if the wind surprises.
higher end long boards have been great up there too.
windSUP's have become super popular. they plane when the wind is strong. that's quite the stand out in the SUP mkt.
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:21 pm
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The point's been made and I am not trying to repeat any of this, just adding my 2¢:
The gear you're looking at is, in fact, useless for learning - regardless of conditions or talent. I started slalom racing (on gear not much unlike what you're looking at) a couple of years ago after decades of relatively competent short board sailing and wave sailing. My first thought while manhandling the 8.5 was "ugh, what did I get myself into"...
A 5m soft sail is to a 9+m cammed sail like a trainer kite to a 14m. The S type is a fine free-ride free-race sail, but it does have a moderately wide mast sleeve that fills up with water (which makes starting frustrating), it has cams that prevent the sail from having a "neutral" gear and has about twice the weight of a wave sail. In addition, you will fall into your sail while learning, and you will likely ruin or tear through the mono film material. Plus, a boom powerful enough to handle a 9+ sail will be really heavy (or REALLY expensive), definitely larger grip/tube diameter and therefore much more tiring to your arms. This gear is meant to be sailed hooked into a harness 95% of the time.
The combination you're looking at is an "all or nothing" kind of setup. Either you're in the foot straps and harness, fully powered, and zipping along or you're swimming. There's no room for exploring, experimenting and improving in small increments.
I would look at a large standup paddle board that can be fitted with a centre fin and a used 5m - 6m wave sail made from laminate that can take some abuse. Many people, even seasoned sailors, are finding a new appreciation for that type of gear. It doubles as a paddle-board, it works in less-than-ideal conditions to cruise around, improve sail handling, and work on general skills that come with time on the water (TOW) and that translate to planing short board sailing.
FWIW: that's coming form a guy who's trying to learn how to surf on a < 6' thruster.
trust me, I'm with you. The investment in both money and time for windsurfing is just too great to start out on the wrong kit.
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:42 pm
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I think you should definitely go for a longboard.
I'm 215# and restarted 2 years ago. I tried first my old longboard and old soft 6m sail. From that experience and from reading a lot on the subject, I decided to buy a Kona One 2 winters ago. I'm very happy with the purchase. I learned to plane in the straps on it, to waterstart and I'm currently working on my gybes. The board is also great just for gliding around, to teach others and for the kids. It will also cover well the wind range you are describing. It can be raced at more than 25 kts, and for me, it is quite confortable in choppy 20 kts. Bear in mind that most advice given is from lighter people...
It's not the only longboard around, but it is a very good versatile board that will float you well at 220l.
For the sails, I started with a choice between a 5.2 power wave sail and my old soft dacron 6.0. The 6.0 was way better for me, no comparison! The 5.2 is just flat in lower non-planing wind, so quite unstable, plus heavy compared to the 6.0.
I went on to buy a 7.5 Ezzy freeride that has seen a lot of use. For me, it was a good size to learn to plane Not too heavy for me, meaning I could adjust and contort much more than I'm doing now, while allowing me to plane in winds between 15 and 20 kts. I now have a 9.0 that I use more, but I don't think I could have learned as fast with it because of the extra inertia of the large rigs. Errors are more costly. And I completed the kit with a 6.0 Freeride that I use in wind higher than 20 kts.
So for the sail sizes, I think you should start with either a soft 6.0, or a freeride 6.0. You should then continue with a 7.5 or so and complete your kit with a 9.5. A single boom 200-250 boom can cover the 3 sail sizes in a pinch, but you may end-up with 3 masts depending on you sail choices.
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After being out of windsurfing for a good 20 years and never at that point was into the shortboarding, I entered back into the sport 3 years ago. I'm also a Great Lakes sailor in the conditions you described at 215#. I started back into sport with a Starboard RIO M - 195 lts 80 wide against the suggestion of the local sailors. It took me a whole day to realize I wasted my money. After about a half of a season, i bought a 2010 Shark 165 adn LOVE it. You don't need a centerboard on a big finned freeride... infact I think I used the centerboard on my Rio only once.
I found the shark easy and fun for what I was looking for so I also bought a Shark 135 as well. My sail quiver is all sailworks 5.6-6.5-8.0-9.5.
It think that something like the Rio or even the Start is good to start off on but you soo quickly grow out of it. I really wished I had listened more to the folks that knew at the time. I found the quality of the Starboard (at least the Rio) was much less than the Fanatics I have.
I will say a board like the Kona would be a good start as it will never be replaced by smaller boards.
Just my experience from re-learning and as a happy Fanatic Shark owner sailing the same conditions you are. I don't think you could go wrong with the Shark 165.
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WS is the opposite, most anyone can get underway on a small sail and big board the first day ...
Ahh, I agree with your synopsis, but this creature, most anyone, can't master windsurfing in this way the first day without real hard work and a struggle. Just standing on a board in mild winds remains a challenge for the average person. Then learning how to uphauling a sail will make for a long wet day for sure. Then, once that is mastered you have to answer the internal question >>What the F*ck? What do I do with this sail thingie?<< We won't even include the major question which is >>How in the world am I going to return to the launch? <<
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:29 pm
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Ok, not to beat a dead horse, but what you need to learn windsurfing is a:
The largest model of the Starboard Start, Rio or Fanatic Viper would be good. Or if you want something a little more stylish that you can also use as a paddleboard, a Kona Mahalo or an Exocet WindSUP 11'8" would do the trick.
I've been a kiter as well, and I have to say the learning process is very different. With kiting, power and speed are easy- you're up and zooming along as soon as you dive the kite- way before you learn control.
With windsurfing it's the opposite- you can't get any speed or power until you learn very good control of the board and sail. Since you have zero speed or power to start with, you need a board that will float at a standstill while you're struggling to balance and get the sail to work.
It takes a lot of practice on the water to get from the "sailing standing up" stage to the true "windsurfing" stage of high speed planing. But once you achieve the high speed planing part, it's just as much fun as kiteboarding, IMHO.
Good luck, and welcome to the sport!
PS- Adding power by rigging big is also a lot harder in windsurfing. In kiting it's easy to add more power by pumping up a bigger kite, and the only consequence is that it turns a little slower. In windsurfing, since you have to personally pull the sail up and manhandle it, it's a lot harder to manage a bigger sail. The plus side, though, is that you can always pull up your sail and slowly sail to shore, even if the wind gets so light that a kite would have fallen out of the sky.
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My old housemate was 275lbs. He was the fastest at the '89 Ponds SpeedTrials Qualifying.
Had plenty of buds who windsurfed from 245 down to 220 lbs., certainly over 10 ( I was into speed trials competition back in the turn of the late '80's).
For your prescribed FRESHwater and basically no wind conditions, a minimum of 150 liters is recommended, if you're super athletic and tough mentally.
A longboard around 250 liters is a better call.
A Formula board is borderline too small because of strap placements.
If I, an expert 150 lbs rider, was going to your area, my main board would be 120 liters with a 8 meter sail.
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OK, my take.
ME: 130kg+, 6'3"
My Boards: 2010 Starboard Go 175, 2011 Starboard Carve 151
My recommendation would be to get a "lightwind" board. In my case that's my Go board. My Carve is a pretty good high wind board IF I throw the right fin on it. Right now in your case a good light wind board will handle about 80% of the conditions you're going to see, a "high" wind board the other 20%. So get the lightwind first. And get something you'll keep after you progress out of the learning stage.
In my opinion the JP Super Lightwind is just heads and tails above anyother board in the category right now. I got to ride one this summer in 15 knot wind and loved it. Basically it's a giant slalom board. When I replace my Go that's what's going to replace it. You can learn on it, I learned on my Go.
The Go's from 2011 on are considerably narrower than mine (about 10 cm narrower). Still good boards, but won't get you planning as early. They make a 171 with a dagger board which may be a good fit for you.
I've never been on a Fanatic Shark, so can't comment about them.
Sail-wise, look for a 9.5 or something around there. That should pull you up on a big board at about 12 knots.
I'll tell you this, being a big windsurfer is not common. DO NOT LISTEN TO LITTLE PEOPLE WHEN TALKING ABOUT BOARDS AND SAILS. Persepective: my 151 is the equivalent to a 77L board for a 150 pound person.
I can take my 175 with my 9.5 out in 20 knots and chop. I can take my 151 out in 30 knots.
Most windsurfers are built like marathon runners, not offensive linemen. The advice is well intentioned, but people who are used to 80L boards and 4.2 sails just can't empathize with guys our size.
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Talk:System backup
Restore title
I cannot move it back to the same title without admin intervention. They have to delete the redirect first. Sorry for changing the name in the first place; I didn't realize subsections worked only for user pages. pwd 13:27, 23 December 2009 (EST)
- Oops! Sorry; didn't realize that was the cause of the hold-up. I've removed the redirect. -- pointone 13:34, 23 December 2009 (EST)
- Moved the page even though I don't like the title. I really don't think the naming scheme suits it; should be Full system backup with rsync, in my opinion. pwd 14:10, 23 December 2009 (EST)
Thanks! Neat method for a sync-type backup! The only question I have is what happens if you
dd the boot sector (first 512 bytes) instead of running GRUB? --VitaminJ 22:18, 11 November 2009 (EST)
I don't know if it works with
dd, since the partitioning scheme can be different on the two harddrives.
- I vote for merging this with rsync.
- I second the vote.
Wooptoo 07:14, 2 December 2009 (EST) --Keiichi 20:59, 2 December 2009 (EST)
Yep, I think you are right, I think that GRUB hardcodes the path to menu.lst in the GRUB boot program, so if you change around disks it won't work.
As an alternative, an article on using tar instead might be useful because rsync may improperly preserves permissions across filesystems. For example if you backup from ext3 to XFS, and try to restore back to ext3.
- The only issue would be doing it with FAT or NTFS were permissions just aren't possible. Coincidentially, I've done this exact setup using XFS and ext4 wihout anything breaking down. I only had problems between reiserfs and *, but that was due to SELinux context. Dres 21:22, 18 January 2010 (EST)
I think its a good idea to mention dirvish here. --Moere 03:37, 1 March 2010 (EST)
on the same topic, you can also look at a free script that i wrote to backup the whole disk with rsync here: http://blog.pointsoftware.ch/index.php/howto-local-and-remote-snapshot-backup-using-rsync-with-hard-links/
It uses file deduplication thanks to hard-links, uses also MD5 integrity signature, 'chattr' protection, filter rules, disk quota, retention policy with exponential distribution (backups rotation while saving more recent backups than older). It was already used in Disaster Recovery Plans for banking companies, in order to replicate datacenters, using only little network bandwidth and transport encryption tunnel.
Can be used locally on each servers or via network on a central remote backup server. windows server could also be backuped by using a linux box that mount smb shares from them.
i hope it will be useful to you guys --Scheuref (talk) 14:03, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm getting the following error with this script, unless I use --delete-excluded, although that was declared unnecessary:
cannot delete non-empty directory: lib could not make way for new symlink: lib cannot delete non-empty directory: lib64 could not make way for new symlink: lib64
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- Rsync doesn't delete... You must have modified the script? --DSpider (talk) 06:10, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
- I had the same problem, turned out that I had forgotten that the script needs to be called with a destination argument. It doesn't check for this situation and will use an empty $1, which causes it to be ignored and it'll try make a backup to your root directory.. very scary! I've now added a check to the script to prevent accidental misuse. Timusan (talk)
What about hard links and delete options
Why the -H option is not added? I've done a quick search in my arch system and there are a lot of hard link in the /usr/share folders. Moreover should the -delet option be added to in order to be sure that the cloned system contains all and only the files which are present in the original one? Thank you, Xwang
What happened to this page?
Ok, I started this page, so I'm biased. It used to be clearly written, with an easy to understand example on how to use rsync and its exclude format. Now it's a one liner with the excludes mashed together and most of the page is dedicated to setting up your fstab. Why? Wooptoo (talk) 19:47, 6 March 2013 (UTC)


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Ajay Singh | March 15, 2018 | Gandhinagar
A three-term Rajya Sabha member, Sanjay Raut is the Shiv Sena spokesperson and its voice in parliament. He is also the executive editor of Marathi newspaper Samana, started by Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Raut spoke with Geetanjali Minhas on his party's seat-sharing agreement
Ashish Shelar, 47, was the president of the Mumbai city unit of the BJP, before he became the minister of school education, sports and youth welfare in the Maharashta government this year. He has represented the Vandre West constituency in the state assembly and seeking re-election. In a chat with
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Prime minister Narendra Modi has accepted president Xi Jinping's invitation to visit China in 2020 for their third informal summit after Wuhan and Mamallapuram, indicating both sides' realization of the importance of the mechanism which gives the two leaders of the Asian giants an opportunity t
Dharma: Hinduism and Religions in India By Chaturvedi Badrinath Edited by Tulsi Badrinath Penguin, 194+ xiii pages, Rs 499 How to live: That is the most fundamental question of human existence.
Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar and popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar, heads the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA). The three-time MP founded this new political party last year with a vision of Ambedkarism, secularism, socialism and progressivism. The VBA, registered this year before the Lo


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The end of the year, and beginning of a new one – it's the perfect time to reflect on what you've accomplished and what new goals and adventures await in the future. As runners, exercise can mean less about weight control and how we look and more about how our bodies perform and finding out what we are capable of.The number one resolution on most people's lists is to get fit, and I thought it would be interesting to take a look at a myriad of fitness test standards with running components; you can look at these standards to see where you rank and use them to put in perspective your current fitness, or perhaps fuel a few new goals. While there is more to overall fitness than just running, I'll focus on only the running standards for men and women, age 35; follow the provided links at the end of the column to find your own age group and the rest of the standards.
For N.H. State Trooper requirements, men must run the one and a half mile test in 11:58, women in 14:28 (paces of 7:58 and 9:38.) In order to meet the Army physical fitness test score to be ready for basic combat training, men must run the two mile test in 18:48, women in 23:06 (paces of 9:24 and 11:33.) In order to earn of score of 100 in the run component and be awarded for excellence in the Army Physical Fitness Test, men must run the two mile test in 13:18 and women in 15:54 (paces of 6:39 and 7:57.) To become a Special Agent in the FBI (qualifying ages of 23 to 37,) there are two running components: a 300 meter sprint and a one and a half mile run. The scoring scale for each component is from zero to ten. In order to score a five on the sprint, men must run the 300 meters in 45 to 46 seconds, women in 54 to 55.9 seconds; for a score of five on the one and a half mile run, men must run it in 10:15 to 10:34, women in 11:35 to 11:56 (paces of 6:50 to 7:02 and 7:43 to 7:57.)
Finally, there is what was once known as the Presidential Physical Fitness Award, created back in 1956 as a baseline for grade school children to see if they met certain fitness standards; you may remember the sit-ups and pull-ups or flexed arm hang and the beloved shuttle run and longer endurance run of up to a mile. Now known as the President's Challenge, there is both a youth and adult component.For the adult fitness test, you can enter your test results on-line andfind out your percentile score based on normative data of people in your age group. For example, a woman age 35, running the one and a half mile test in 11:30 (pace of 7:40) receives a score in the 90% percentile.To fuel a little competitive fire, you can also join the Presidential Champions Challenge where both adults and children can log activities and earn points towards awards.
While it is fun to read the standards and find out how you rank, some may wonder whether it really matters how fast you can run a mile or so. According to a study published in 2011 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, it does matter; the study found that differences in fitness levels (low versus high) were associated with marked differences in lifetime risks for cardiovascular death at each age. Cardiovascular death is still the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. Results of the study of over 11,000 men found, for example, that at age 55, a man with low fitness had a 34.2 percent lifetime risk of cardiovascular death; high fitness resulted in a 15.3 percent lifetime risk.
Whatever running plans you have in the year ahead, the most important one to have is to keep at it – sign up for that first race of the year, or race series if that helps to motivate you through the colder months. Challenge yourself to meet faster standards, or try a longer race distance for the first time. You will reap the benefits now and in the future.
Happy New Year to all – this column will go into hibernation for the winter, appearing the last Sundays of Jan., Feb., and March.
NH State Trooper requirements: http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/ssb/recruitment/recruitment.html#mission
Army requirements: http://www.goarmy.com/soldier-life/fitness-and-nutrition/exercise.html and http://army.com/info/apft/twomileruntable
FBI requirements: https://www.fbijobs.gov/11131.asp#4
President's Challenge Adult Fitness Test: https://www.presidentschallenge.org/challenge/adult.shtml
JACC "Lifetime Risk for Cardiovascular Mortality by Fitness Levels Measured at Ages 45, 55, and 65 Years in Men": http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1146393&issueno=15
Running Notes
On Jan. 1, try the Millennium Mile Road Race in Londonderry, a one mile downhill race; Jan. 27, there is the Boston Prep 16-Miler in Derry. With snow on the ground, check out the NH snowshoe races: http://www.granitestatesnowshoeseries.org/
Nancy Eckerson writes about running for Foster's Sunday Citizen. You can reach her at email@example.com.


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- German Grand Prix 1957
'Incredible' Fangio takes title with his greatest driveMartin Williamson August 4, 1957
In what the Times described as "the finest drive of his glorious career" Juan Manuel Fangio won the German Grand Prix after stunning the crowd to overhaul the Ferrari of Mike Hawthorn in the closing stages. He had been nearly a minute behind at the halfway point but repeatedly broke his own lap record at the Nurburgring of 9:41.1 finally setting an incredible time of 9:17.4. There can have been no better way for him to secure his fifth and last world title.
Hawthorn and Peter Collins set the early pace, with Hawthorn breaking Fangio's lap record from the previous year on lap two, only to have Fangio quickly snatch it back. On the third lap, Fangio passed both Ferraris and started to pull away. But his scheduled pit stop was painfully slow and when he re-joined he was back in third. Fangio put his foot down, again lowering the lap record to re-pass the Ferraris.
In fairness to Hawthorn, he fought back, helped by Fangio's seat coming loose. "I had to drive pressing my knee against the side of the car and holding on to the steering wheel to stop myself rolling around the cockpit," he said. Even Hawthorn admitted that "even though Peter and I had been beaten, we thoroughly enjoyed it".
The Vanwalls which had dominated at Aintree had a torrid time on a much more punishing circuit and Stirling Moss battled hard to finish fifth. He had nothing but praise for Fangio. "It was one of the classic drives of all time by perhaps the greatest driver," he said. "I know the world 'incredible' is much devalued these days, but what he achieved is absolutely that."
Afterwards Fangio was to tell his team that it was probably the fastest he had ever driven in his career. "When it was all over I was convinced I would never be able to drive like that again - never," he said. "I had reached the limit of my concentration and will to win."
His words were accurate. It was to prove his 24th and final world championship victory. He had four grands prix and a brace of seconds ahead of him, but he had signed off in the most fitting way.
Martin Williamson is managing editor of digital media ESPN EMEA


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text: Old-Fashioned Exercises That Get the Job Done\\nSpin class full? On the road? Stick with these oldie-but-goodie strength moves and cardio workouts to maintain muscle and stay lean.\\nJust being in the [plank position](/fitness/workouts/2011/08/plank-slideshow) is enough of an ab workout if you're doing it properly. That's why it's a popular yoga and strength-training move. Ditto goes for the [push-up](/fitness/fitness-news/2015/07/how-to-do-perfect-pushups/)—a tried and true arm and shoulder shaper that also works the core, chest, back, and glutes.\\nThe bridge should be a part of your workout routine, says Jolie Kobrinsky, co-founder of the [Prime Method](https://www.theprimemethod.com/). Lying on your back with your knees bent and feet on the ground, raise your hips toward the ceiling while squeezing your glutes. \\"It's a great toning move,\\" she says, \\"plus it opens up your hips and helps counter all of the forward bending that we do all day long. There's a reason why we do it in yoga, in Pilates, in boot camp, in almost every workout program. It works.\\"\\nWith nothing more than a pair of sneakers and a piece of twine with handles, you can burn about 100 calories in just eight minutes. \\"It's a [great exercise](/fitness/workouts/2012/03/jump-rope-and-melt-fat-slideshow) to keep your heart rate up in between sets at the gym, as part of a larger workout,\\" says Greg Cameron, fitness director at Crunch gym's Park Slope, Brooklyn location. The key is using the right posture—neck relaxed, gaze ahead, chest lifted and shoulders lowered—and engaging ab muscles, which will protect your lower back and knees while you jump.\\nSome studies show that short, high-intensity bursts of cardiovascular exercise—think sprinting workouts around the track in high school—are the most beneficial for burning fat and strengthening your heart. The idea is to alternate moderate-intensity cardio, like jogging, with intervals of fast, hard effort. You know, the kind where your body hates you now, but thanks you later?\\n\\"The rings\\" may bring back memories of the Olympic games or physical fitness tests in gym class, but they're making a resurgence in boot camp-style fitness studios—and for good reason. Holding a plank position suspended between the rings is an amazing exercise for core and arm strength, says Kobrinsky; using the rings is also a great way to practice supported pull-ups (leaning back with feet on the floor).\\nThose warmup exercises we used to do in gym class or before a soccer game are still a valuable way to get your body prepped for exercise, says Kobrinsky. \\"I like to do lot of skipping, hopping, military-style crawling—just moving across the floor in various ways—with my clients,\\" she says. Rolling out your shoulders and ankles, windmilling your arms, walking lunges and jogging are all good ways to get your blood moving and reduce your risk of injury.\\nIt may not be as fast and furious as a Zumba class, but the original step aerobics—complete with the iconic \\"Step\\" tool—is still going strong in many gyms around the country. \\"It's safe and not intimidating,\\" says Cameron. \\"You can start low, with just one step, and you can stack them if you want more of a challenge. Stepping or hopping up and down, on a step or a box, is always going to be a great way to get your heart rate up when you're limited to a small area.\\"\\nPummeling a punching bag can burn between 500 and 1,000 calories an hour, depending on the intensity, and it's great for weight loss, coordination, improving reflexes, strength, and flexibility. \\"I still recommend the [punching bag](/flash/olympics/2012/05/womens-boxing-added-to-2012-ol/) to my clients, whether it's with a personal trainer or in a group kickboxing class,\\" says Cameron.\\nA popular accessory for fitness classes and weight training regimen, kettlebells have been around since the 1700s, when they were used as body-building and military training tools in Russia. These traditionally cast-iron cannonballs with handles are better than ever, now available in many materials, weights and even colors. And they're effective, too: A recent study from the University of Wisconsin found that kettlebells helped participants increase their abdominal core strength by 70 percent in just eight weeks—in addition to improving their aerobic capacity, cardiovascular fitness, leg strength, and balance.\\nSometimes, the simplest solutions are still the best. Walking may be one of the least creative (and least strenuous!) forms of exercise, but studies show that it seems to play a key role in our overall health and wellbeing. A 2013 study out of Lawrence Berkeley Livermore Lab in California found brisk walking to be as effective as running at preventing high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. Plus, you can do it in the original (and still the best) fitness center out there: the great outdoors. Want to make it more challenging? Up your pace—or your incline.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Phil Mickelson came agonizingly close to shooting a 59 Thursday and settled for a 60 that gave him a four-shot lead at the Phoenix Open.
Mickelson had a legitimate chance to fire the lowest round in the history of the PGA Tour, needing birdies on his final two holes at the TPC-Scottsdale course to turn in a 58.
His birdie putts on the two closing holes combined to miss by no more than two inches -- the first one stopping just short of the cup and the second one spinning out after appearing to be perfect all the way.
Mickelson's 60 was the first shot on the tour this year and left him at 11-under par after the opening round.
On a perfect day for golf, Ryan Palmer, Padraig Harrington, Ted Potter, Jeff Maggert and Brandt Snedeker all shot 64 to share second place. Bill Haas and major championship winners Y.E. Yang and Justin Leonard were among those at 65, as was recent Humana Challenge champion Brian Gay.
Current Masters champ Bubba Watson, returning to the tour after a two-week illness that left him 10 pounds lighter, shot a 67.
Mickelson began play at the 10th hole Thursday and birdied the first four holes en route to a 29 on the back nine.
He made four more birdies on the front side and came to the par-4 eighth, his 17th hole of the day, with a good chance to make golfing history. The only 59s ever shot on the tour have been turned in by Al Geiberger (1977), Chip Beck (1991), David Duval (1999), Paul Goydos (2010) and Stuart Appleby (2010).
Mickelson hit his second shot at the eighth to within 17 feet and the downhill putt stopped on the lip of the cup.
"It was going in the hole," Mickelson said. "I didn't think there was any way I could leave it short, but I guess there was a way."
At the par-4 ninth, Mickelson put his second shot 25 feet from the hole. As that putt neared the cup, Mickelson took a few steps toward the hole and extended his putter in the classic pose of a golfer who is certain the ball is going to go in.
Instead, it caught the right lip of the cup, spun halfway into the hole and then lipped out on the left side.
"Six feet from the hole it was going right in the middle," Mickelson said. "That one will be tough to take because you don't get many chances to do that (shoot 59). I'm excited about the 60, but you don't get that kind of opportunity very often."


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Ok. So there's been a lot of talk about the criminalization of HIV lately and this article is a late addition to the debate. For those who are not aware of what criminalizing HIV means, here's a simple explanation. It means that when people who are HIV positive perform an unprotected sex act, or try to expose another person to the virus by biting, spitting or purposely cutting themselves, they should be given the harshest punishment by law. For some, this seems reasonable given the fact that the person has a potentially deadly and incurable disease. However, activists and advocates in the AIDS education field feel that this is over the top and completely unnecessary. The Positive Justice Project summed it up best by stating, "The use of criminal law as a way to stop or slow HIV transmission invariably is ineffective. The reasons why individuals take risks with their health, and how they assess risk, are many and complex. Arresting and prosecuting people with HIV for consensual sexual relationships or no-risk conduct, such as spitting, does nothing to take these reasons into account, or to assess risks based on the specific circumstances of the case at hand, such as viral load or even basic issues of intent or mutual responsibility."
Currently, there are no statutes explicitly criminalizing HIV transmission or exposure in DC but in the right hands of a paranoid, uninformed "advocate" that could all change. Here are three reasons why the criminalization of HIV just isn't right.
1. Criminalizing HIV adds to the insurmountable stigma. Just because someone has HIV that does not mean that they are assuredly going to die or even progress to AIDS. Thanks to modern science, people have been living with HIV for many, many years. HIV is only transmitted through bodily fluids such as blood, semen (and pre-ejaculation fluid), breast milk, and vaginal secretions. So if a man spits on someone, no matter how common and disgusting that is, the person will probably not contract HIV. Putting him in jail for it, however, creates a sense of fear within the community that if a person comes in contact with any bodily fluid from an infected person it will lead to death. Contracting HIV is not a death sentence and it's certainly not worth jail time.
2. Locking up people with HIV means that people with other kinds of STDs such as herpes, gonorrhea and syphilis should be locked up too. HIV is classified as a sexually transmitted disease. If people can be sent to prison for transmitting STDs there won't be many free people left in the world. Look at the numbers. According to the Center for Disease Control, more than 700,000 persons in the U.S. get new gonorrheal infections each year and 20 million Americans are currently infected with Human Papillomavirus or HPV ,which could lead to cervical cancer. If giving an STD to another person is a crime punishable by imprisonment, then "Ron Mexico" won't be winning any championship games for the Philadelphia Eagles. Imagine that.
3. In this Examiner's point of view, adults have to take responsibility for their own actions. Although this may be the unpopular opinion, some of the onus for contracting HIV has to be placed on the "victim". Barring rape, abuse, or feeling comfortable within the sanctuary of marriage, no one is forcing people to have unprotected sex with their partner. When adults agree to have unprotected sex, it doesn't just mean that one is consenting to the act of sex. It also means that they are aware of the risks in having unprotected sex and are willing to handle the consequences of their decision. This includes pregnancy, emotional letdowns, or contracting HIV. This is why comprehensive sex education is so critical. Educating young people (or even adults) on the birds and the bees and the snakes that can cost them their lives can shape their decision-making and create a more emotionally intelligent person in the long run. Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone. But the government should not get involved in the blame game and send people to prison for poor judgement calls.
The average cost of imprisoning an inmate is $20,000 a year. Judging from the current state of the economy, no state has that much wiggle room to afford to lock up a person for biting a police officer and being considered a "biological weapon. Lawsuits are definitely more in order for these types of cases especially if the person knew that they were infected and didn't say anything. But imprisoning people for infecting others is really getting us nowhere. Bottom line: Sending people to jail for purposely infecting others won't do more for ending the epidemic than the death sentence has done for stopping murder.