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UA investigating after frat pledge suffers possible alcohol poisoning
The Fayetteville Prosecutor's Office has submitted arrest warrants and is waiting for the judge to sign off on the warrants for two people accused of providing alcohol to the minor.
Authorities at the University of Arkansas are investigating after a 19-year-old fraternity pledge was hospitalized with possible alcohol poisoning.
The male student was admitted Saturday to Washington Regional Medical Center with possible alcohol poisoning. The teen had received a bid that morning to become a pledge at UA's Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Lt. Gary Crain, a spokesman with UA's police department, said officers are pursuing the suspects, but because the crime is a misdemeanor, the police department is focusing its resources on felonies.
"Of course, a warrant issued for a serious felony is going to get more attention than a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor warrant, on the other hand, will go through a process that won't be as important to immediately go somewhere and find that individual," said Crain.
Crain said once the warrant is issued and the two suspects are notified, the police department will give them a deadline to turn themselves in.
"They are not getting away with anything. They may delay it, but they are not getting away with it," said Crain.
The Fayetteville prosecuting attorney said they will not go after the two suspects if they don't come back to school. But according to police investigators, the suspects could be arrested if they are pulled over for a traffic stop and the officer sees they have a warrant out for their arrest.
Crain said a member of the fraternity drove the student to the hospital, which later informed UA police about the incident.
Brian C. Warren Jr., the national executive director of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said the chapter has suspended all operations pending the outcome of the investigation.
The hospitalized student was released from the hospital Monday.
Campus officials said the fraternity was being investigated as to whether it provided alcohol to the underage pledge.
Washington County Deputy Prosecutor Matt Durett said any evidence would need to show specifically who provided alcohol to the student.
"Just because someone is at a party and some minor gets some alcohol, or just because you're drinking around someone who's underage, it isn't enough. The university can't bring criminal charges to the whole fraternity if only specific members wind up being charged with the crime," Durett said.

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For 30 minutes, spacewalking astronauts were on their own after a storm cut off the radio link between them and NASA commanders on the ground, Reuters reported.
That left spacewalkers Danny Olivas and Nicole Stott to complete their mission while being supervised by their colleagues inside the international space station. The blackout occurred after the astronauts had already disconnected an ammonia tank, the main task of the 6.5 hour walk. On Thursday, astronauts will install a replacement tank of coolant, according to Reuters.
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Environment is one of the areas which posed the biggest challenges for the East European accession countries in their run-up to membership. The environmental legacies of most post-communist countries, with their focus on heavy industry, were appalling. By the late 1980s, large areas of Eastern and South Eastern Europe suffered from excessive air pollution, water pollution and land degradation.
Institutionally, the challenge consisted of incorporating over 200 EU directives, regulations and decisions into national legislation, making Environment the third most comprehensive chapter of the acquis after agriculture and the free movement of goods. This required a complete overhaul of existing legislation and the creation of many new laws and policies.
The situation in the environment sector in 1997 in Bulgaria was truly disastrous. From communist times, Bulgaria had inherited low efficiency use of energy and raw materials as well as outdated and highly polluting technology. In certain areas, there was no legislation at all. In 1997 the combined spending of the ministry and the fund on environmental investment projects amounted to not more than € 4.5 million, a pathetically low sum given the size of the challenge.
Imagine the task in 1997. To be able to move from the situation described above to compliance with EU rules seemed impossible. The EU environment acquis comprises over 200 legal acts, covering horizontal legislation, water and air pollution, management of waste and chemicals, biotechnology, nature protection, industrial pollution and risk management, noise and radiation protection. But the transposition of EU legislation would only be a first step. Entirely new institutions needed to be created and existing ones considerably strengthened in order to be able to implement new laws and policies. Hundreds of staff would need to be trained. Co-ordination between the institutions involved would need to be enhanced. The relationship between the government and the public, in particular companies and NGOs, would need to change considerably. The government would have to earmark huge amounts of money for investments necessary to meet EU standards. In 2001, the Commission estimated that the total cost of implementing the environmental acquis in Bulgaria would amount to € 8.6 billion.
Even assuming determined political will, this was still a tremendous challenge.
The EU offered significant assistance. First, it provided intensive guidance on how Bulgaria's legislation needed to change to meet EU standards and on the kind of institutions needed for implementation. Second, the EU provided technical assistance to help build up required institutional capacity. A total of 22 projects (or sub-projects) were put into place between 1998 and 2005, ranging from general support (development of strategies, plans, transposition of legislation) and the strengthening of individual parts of the administration to implementing specific directives and to the training of officials at regional and local levels. Third, and most important, was the EU's assistance budget for investments in the environmental area. This was central to the member state building effort. While huge sums were put on the table, they could only be spent as institutional capacity developed.
Starting from 2000, the accession countries benefited from the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession (ISPA), a specially developed programme oriented at the EU structural funds. ISPA was made available for environment and transport sector projects in the accession countries. In order to spend ISPA funds, a number of preconditions had to be met. Every environment investment project which involved any ISPA funding had to comply with very strict standards. Given that project costs were never below € 10 million and could sometimes exceed € 40 million, preparation took from several months to up to two years, depending on the size of the project.
Capacity to deal with such projects had to be built up; in numerous instances the EC demanded improvements in the applications if they did not meet required standards. It often took three to four years from a project's inception before construction began. Although most acceding countries were more efficient than Bulgaria, all had problems with ISPA due to the programme's cumbersome and time-consuming procedures. For countries starting from a low level of administrative capacity, like Bulgaria, it was a particularly crucial learning process.
Throughout the whole seven-year period from 2000 to 2006, the EU invested more in the environmental sector than all Bulgarian institutions put together. In total, 22 environmental projects with a total value € 643 million were accepted by the Commission. Of the total project funds, ISPA would cover € 411 million, slightly less than two thirds of the total costs. The remainder would be financed by Bulgaria (€ 170 million) and IFIs (€ 62 million).
Due to the complicated and demanding processes of preparing tender procedures according to EU standards, contracting and payment took time. Of the total amount of € 643 million, € 344 million or 54 percent have been contracted and € 159 million or 25 percent spent by November 2008. While spending has been even slower than in other accession countries, the € 159 million still represents double the amount that had been paid out by August 2007 (€ 80 million), which means that spending is accelerating.
Guidance for legislative changes, support for building up new institutions and strengthening existing ones, and funding for the environment sector were crucial in bringing about intrinsic transformation – defying the argument that institutional capacities have to be built up before the accession process can begin in earnest. Capacity building, in other words, is a key feature of member state building, but not a precondition. In order to produce the impressive results that Bulgaria has achieved, all three components - guidance, capacity building and funding - are needed at the same time.
There are still many environmental problems in Bulgaria, but the country is now equipped with the tools and skills to address the challenges of meeting all (or at least most) European environmental standards within several years. This is an extraordinary change from 1997 and would not have been possible without the combination of incentives, mechanisms and assistance provided by the accession process.
- EC, DG Environment website
- Website for Bulgarian Operational Programme Environment 2007-2013
- Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water, Operational Programme Environment 2007-2013, Final, 2007
- Ministry of Finance of Bulgaria, Financial Implementation of ISPA, National Funds Directorate, 30 November 2006
- ECOTEC, The benefits of compliance with the environmental acquis for the candidate countries (July 2001)
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While Category 5 hurricanes are rare, they do occur. Can a Cat 5 rip through central Florida? Certainly. Do I thnk it will happen? Not likely.
What I think is more likely than that is an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack on the US by an Islamic nation or a sympathetic Islamic organization. High tech is not required. Means, motive, and opportunity are required. Current technology, existing rockets and available nukes, make it possible. Motive certainly exists since we are Islam's "great Satan." The opporutnity has to be just right, but how do when know?
Take a look at the following article to see how this event has a better than remote chance of playing out, and its consequences:
Courtesy ow World Net Daily: http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/emp-would-give-america-government-by-disaster/
Experts: Attack with 50-year-old SCUD would turn America into 'government by disaster'Published: 2 days ago
by STEVE ELWARTEmail | Archive
Steve Elwart, P.E. is the Senior Research Analyst with the Koinonia Institute and a Subject Matter Expert for the Department of Homeland Security. He can be contacted at email@example.com ↓
Eid-ul-Fitr, the Muslim holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, was an appropriate setting for a panel discussion today on the threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse, or EMP, attack on the United States.
The live event, hosted by Florida-based The United West, was held to raise awareness of the looming threat.
The warning presented was startling: A crude nuclear device placed on top of a 50-year-old SCUD missile and launched by a tramp steamer could cause the collective collapse of the nation's power grid in a matter of minutes.
It is estimated that Iran could launched such an attack in just a few years, and it would leave the U.S. essentially in the "Stone Age."
Tom Trento, founder of The United West, called an EMP attack the equivalent of an "Electronic Armageddon."
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, both believe that the coming of the last Islamic messiah, the Shiites' 12th Imam Mahdi, is near and that Iran is called upon to bring about his arrival.
They believe Iran must lead the way for a worldwide Islamic revolution. Leaders in the Iranian government have stated that the Islamic revolution is moving forward, advanced by the Arab Spring, and will reach the shores of America for an eventual takeover.
Intelligence sources have indicated Iran is within two years of bringing the revolution to the United States in the form of an EMP attack.
Ambassador R. James Woolsey, former director of the CIA during the Clinton administration, told the conference that an Iranian nuclear attack would not have to be sophisticated or complicated. He cited the estimated damage from a crude device mounted atop a SCUD and launched from somewhere near the U.S. shores.
R. James Woolsey
The missile "need not be accurate, it just needs altitude" to be successful. He went on to say that the effects of EMP are known, because the nation already has experienced them.
"Starfish Prime" was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the U.S. on July 9, 1962, before the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban treaty banned nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere.
A two megaton nuclear device approximately 100 times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was launched via a Thor rocket and exploded 250 miles above a point 19 miles southwest of Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean.
The results included surprises and raised still-unanswered questions.
William Graham, another member of the panel, said the EMP was 100 times larger than predicted and no one understood why.
William Graham
Sophisticated electronic equipment on the island of Oahu, almost 900 miles away, was severely damaged, but vacuum-tube based devices were unharmed. Over 300 streetlights stopped working, burglar alarms were activated and one telephone company's microwave link was destroyed.
"The street lights on Ferdinand Street in Manoa and Kawainui Street in Kailua went out at the instant the bomb went off, according to several persons who called police last night," as reported July 9, 1962, in the Honolulu Advertiser.
The same article reported that a brilliant flash turned Hawaii's night into day, with the "spectacular pyrotechnic aftermath" lasting seven minutes.
"It was like turning on all the lights all over the Hawaiian Islands for a super-super athletic contest."
A city-county streetlight department official in Honolulu also attributed blown circuit fuses in nine areas to the energy released from the bomb.
Today's worldwide nuclear arsenal is much more powerful.
According to the Brookings Institution, nuclear bombs have been constructed that range in size of 0.02 megatons to 15 megatons, seven times larger than the Starfish Prime warhead.
Iran would not need anything nearly as large as a 15 megaton bomb to destroy the U.S. infrastructure. A nuclear device built using 1940s technology would suffice. Iran's nuclear program is already capable of building such a device.
Woolsey said, "All this discussion about whether [the Iranians] have a (nuclear) program ignores the fact that in enriching uranium up to 20 percent (purity), you have done 85-90 percent of the work you need."
He went on to note that when Iranians say they are not interested in nuclear weapons, they are "lying through their teeth."
With a nuclear device in hand, either produced locally or purchased from North Korea, all Iran would need is a delivery system.
As Woolsey noted, a SCUD would do the job.
Since an EMP only affects electronics within its line of sight, the higher the detonation, the larger the affected area. A device detonated 100 miles over Indianapolis would put 70 percent of the population of the United States in the dark.
Such a missile could be launched from a fishing boat off the East Coast.
The Aegis missile system is designed to only fire at a target at mid-course or in its terminal, or reentry, phase.
Woolsey claims President Obama has made it harder to design the missile system to strike targets in the ascent phase due to promises he has made to the Soviet Union.
Graham, a member of the Department of Defense's Defense Science Board and President Reagan' science adviser, saw firsthand the effects of an EMP on critical infrastructure.
In 1962, Graham went on active duty to look at the data generated from the last of the above-ground nuclear tests. He concluded that an "EMP super-weapon" would not need to generate a large blast. It could be a small weapon that would effectively neutralize conventional forces.
He concluded that an EMP attack would result in "Government by Disaster."
At the conference, Fritz Ermarth, former chairman of the National Intelligence Council, said EMP has changed the face of modern warfare.
"While the Cold War strategy of blasting cities is still in portfolio," EMP is getting new emphasis. A major advantage they have is that they are cheap and easy to produce. He went on to say that because of its lack of preparation, the United States is way behind in terms of defense against an EMP threat.
He claims that the U.S. is "tremendously vulnerable to catastrophic blackmail."
Ermarth painted the following scenario: President Ahmadinejad calls the United States president and says Iran has enough nuclear material to make several bombs and they have deployed them in ships and trucks around the country. He then goes on to say that Iran intends to destroy Israel and then invade Saudi Arabia. He threatens the American president that if the United States responds, Iran will launch its missiles. Ahmadinejad claims that at least two or three missiles will get through.
Even without a demonstration, Iran's threat has to be taken seriously, he said.
The president would ask his advisers, "Is it a plausible threat?" To which the advisers would have to say "yes," given the state of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and access to ballistic delivery systems.
This would also hold true for any bioweapon which could be transmitted by air.
"What do you think the U.S. will do?"
Ermarth concluded his remarks by saying, "Don't discount coercion and blackmail as a weapon."
Ambassador Henry F. Cooper, director of the Department of Defense's Strategic Defense Initiative Organization under President Reagan, concluded his own remarks by saying that EMP is an "existential problem," and it is "ludicrous that our representatives are not providing comprehensive defenses that are needed."
My own observation is this. Just as we might prepare for the remote possibility of a category 5 hurricane, we are capable of preparing for an EMP attack that may even be more likely. Water storage and filtering capabilities, food storage, sanitation, and personal defense are all measure we are perfectly capable of taking. We should not wait for the government to save us. We are capable of preparing for our own benefit and with our own resources.


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Calen Carr (left knee), Omar Cummings (right knee) and Cam Weaver (lower back) are all out for this weekend's match against Sporting KC.
Jermaine Taylor (left shoulder) was listed as questionable, but head coach Dominic Kinnear would not rule the Jamaican center back out for this weekend's match.
If Taylor is unavailable for the match, Kinnear will be without both starting center backs, as Bobby Boswell is suspended following last week's red card against New England. Eric Brunner, who has already seen action in five regular season games this year, is likely to start in one of the center back spots. Ricardo Clark, who filled in at center back last week, is an option if Taylor is unavailable. Also available are Anthony Arena and Warren Creavalle, first and second-year defenders who have seen time at center back and across the back line in MLS reserve games.
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One of my favorite things to eat are chewy oatmeal cookies. They are like comfort food in a portable form. And you'd be surprised how hard it is to find oatmeal cookies that turn out chewy and moist instead of dry and brittle.
This recipe was chosen for Tuesdays with Dorie by Mary of Popsicles and Sandy Feet. And as I read through the recipe the first time, I immediately thought... Oh no, Dorie... dried fruit and chocolate in the same recipe... careful, now, careful. And then... then I saw molasses in the recipe, too! What the????
But, I started thinking about what combination of fruits, nuts, and chocolate I wanted to use that would all complement each other to my own picky palate (that hates chocolate and dried fruit) and go with the molasses as well. And I came up with the perfect combo: dried apricots, dried cranberries, pecans, and white chocolate.
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner.
These cookies were DELICIOUS. I made them one morning before my mom came over to do some shopping. I made a full recipe, stocked the cookie dough in the freezer for easy baking later and baked up 4 immediately to photograph and take with us for a little snack while shopping. They were awesome!!!! All the flavors really blended well together!
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After giving an overview of the in-kernel basics of the Linuxulator, I want now to describe how to add support for new ioctls to the Linuxulator.
Where are the files to modify?
The platform independent code for the ioctls is in SRC/sys/compat/linux/linux_ioctl.c. The defines to have names for the ioctl values are in SRC/sys/compat/linux/linux_ioctl.h.
How to modify them?
First of all create a new header which will contain all the structures, named values and macros for those new ioctls. As written above, the ioctl values (e.g. #define LINUX_VIDIOC_ENCODER_CMD 0x564d /* 0xc028564d */) do not belong there, they shall be added to linux_ioctl.h. During the course of adding support for ioctls, you will need this new header. Add it in the SRC/sys/compat/linux/ directory, and prefix the name with a linux_. It would be good to decide on a common tag here (referenced as yourtag in the following), and stay with it. Use it wherever you need to have some specific name for the ioctl-set you want to add. In this case it would result in linux_yourtag.h (or even linux_ioctl_yourtag.h, depending if this is used for something very specific to the ioctls, or some generic linux feature) as the name of the header file. This was not done in the past, so do not expect that the names inside the linux_ioctl.c file will be consistent to this naming scheme, but it is never too late to correct mistakes of the past (at least in Open Source software development).
Now add this header to linux_ioctl.c (you need to include compat/linux/linux_yourtag.h). After that add the ioctl values to linux_ioctl.h. As can be seen above, the defines should be named the same as on linux, but with a LINUX_ prefix (make sure they where not defined before somewhere else). The ioctl values need to be the same hex values as in Linux, off course. Sort them according to their hex value. When you added all, you need to add two more defines. The LINUX_IOCTL_yourtag_MIN and LINUX_IOCTL_yourtag_MAX ones. The MIN-one needs to be an alias for the first (sorted according to the hex value) ioctl you added, and MAX needs to be an alias for the last (again, sorted according to the hex value) ioctl you added.
The next step is to let the Linuxulator know that it is able to handle the ioctls in the LINUX_IOCTL_yourtag_MIN to LINUX_IOCTL_yourtag_MAX range. Search the static linux_ioctl_function_t section of linux_ioctl.c and add such a variable for your ioctl set. The name of the variable should be something like linux_ioctl_yourtag.
Similar for the handler-definition for this. Search the static struct linux_ioctl_handler section and add a yourtag_handler. Set it to { linux_ioctl_yourtag, LINUX_IOCTL_yourtag_MIN, LINUX_IOCTL_yourtag_MAX }. To make this handler known to the Linuxulator, you need to add it to the DATA_SET section. Add DATA_SET(linux_ioctl_handler_set, yourtag_handler) there.
Now the meat, the function which handles the ioctls. You already defined it as linux_ioctl_function_t, but now you need to write it. The outline of it looks like this:
static int
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struct file *fp;
int error;
switch (args->cmd & 0xffff) {
case LINUX_an_easy_ioctl:
case LINUX_a_not_so_easy_ioctl:
/* your handling of the ioctl */
fdrop(fp, td);
return (error);
/* some more handling of your ioctls */
return (ENOIOCTL);
error = ioctl(td, (struct ioctl_args *)args);
return (error);
An easy ioctl in the switch above is an ioctl where you do not have to do something but can pass the ioctl through to FreeBSD itself. The not so easy ioctl case is an ioctl where you need to do e.g. a fget(td, args->fd, &fp). This is just an example, there are also other possibilities where you need to do additional stuff before the return, or where you do not pass the ioctl to FreeBSD. A typical example of what needs to be done here is to copy values from linux structures to FreeBSD structures (and the other way too), or to translate between 64bit and 32bit. Linux programs on amd64 are 32bit executables and 32bit structures/pointers. To make this work on amd64, you need to find a way to map between the two. There are examples in the kernel where this is already the case. The more prominent examples in the 64bit<->32bit regard are the v4l and v4l2 ioctls.
The tedious part is to research if a translation has to be done and if yes what needs to be translated how. When this is done, most of the work is not so hard. The linux_yourtag.h should contain the structures you need for this translation work.
It is also possible to add ioctls in a kernel module, but this is not subject to this description (I will update this posting with a link to it when I get time to write about it).


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Rays Longoria is Simply……Golden Again
His defensive instincts and cat-like reflexes have more than a few folks around the game of baseball comparing him to the first "human vacuum" and Baseball Hall of Fame member Brooks Robinson. Even more remark how his bat is still young and could develop into am modern day Mike Schmidt at the plate in less than a few years. With such high praise as this surrounding his name, it is no wonder we are celebrating him this afternoon.
For about two minutes ago the official announcement came forth that Tampa Bay Rays Third Baseman Evan Longoria has won his second Rawlings Gold Glove Award in two seasons….and rightfully so. The young Rays corner infielder might just be starting a trend of dominating at the "Hot Corner" for a long, long time.
Amazing how three years ago this same former "Dirtbag" came up after an injury to Willy Aybar and since that moment has been the most solid member of the Rays revamped defensive core. All that while still learning his craft at the plate and beginning to show a level of play much needed within the confines of his small marketplace. Today Longoria doesn't have to worry anymore about who stole his cap, a fans will rightfully take his own off his head and offer it to the Rays slugger.
It really doesn't seem like only three years when Longoria posted up just in front of the Field Turf of Tropicana Field for his first professional start against on Saturday, April 12,2008 against the Baltimore Orioles. Ironically Longoria went 1 for 3 during his Major League debut with a RBI. That was the start of the long awaited Longo phenomenon in Tampa Bay. He did not win a Gold Glove in his rookie season, but he did show the signs of brilliance and agility needed that has blossomed over his past two Rays season at the corner.
In his second season with the Rays in 2009, Longoria only committed 13 errors in 427 total chances and contributed in 43 double play opportunities for the Rays. Remarkably, Longoria has fewer errors in his rookie season (12) but only helped produce 26 double play chances in his 119 games at Third base and one lone start at shortstop for the team. But the firm foundation established by Longoria during his rookie season only helped ferment and illustrate his value to the Rays overall cloak of defense in 2009.
Amazingly in 2010, Longoria hit a career high in errors with 13, but also provided more than a few web gem defensive moment on attempted bunts down the Third Baseline. It became almost trademark in 2010 for Longoria to take a ball barehanded and get the runner with a step or two to spare. His defensive game had elevated itself, and the rest of the baseball world noticed.
In 2010 Longoria set personal highs in innings played (1330.2), putouts (127) and watched his double play number soar even higher (46). I see no stopping or diminishing of Longoria's defensive abilities for a long time. Longoria might even have a legitimate chance to one day try and match the totals number of Rawlings Gold Gloves by Schmidt (10 ) and Robinson (16)
As the musical group Timbuktu once said in a song lyric "Futures so bright I have to wear shades". Only problem with that is the image of Longoria behind a pair of mirror shades just hoping you hit it down the line at him so he can rob you of that extra base hit and just give you a smile as you jog back to the bench. I got Longoria to sign a ball for me the day of his MLB debut, and ever since then not only has the ball gained in value, but Longoria's defensive game has just been…well, Golden.


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[Intro: T.I.]
B.o.B play the guitar
(B.o.B, B.o.B, B.o.B, B.o.B) play the guitar
B.o.B play the guitar
(B.o.B, B.o.B, B.o.B, B.o.B) play the guitar
[Verse 1: B.o.B]
Well it's B.o.B, flyer than a stewardess
Fresh to death like I'm dressed for a eulogy
My outfit's retarded, my flow is the stupidest, dumb
I'll probably need to after school tutor it
Balling on beats, got hops like breweries
Sideline haters need to chill where the cooler is
Dr. J flow, you can call me Julius
Y'all take shots; I direct: movie shit
Grand Hustle champion, all I do is ball 'em up
Niggas starting conversations just so they can talk us up
If you ain't running shit you can't even walk with us
Still I'm chill; blunt wider than a coffee cup
You know it's B.o, I do this for the people
Stacking c-notes, pockets on Cee-lo
Uhm, I'm killing 'em Mama - I'm talking hockey mask
I do it to death, swag on body bag
This beat is out of here, it's gone
Farewell, so long, so long (sayonara)
I'm sayonara, the way I'm gone
So far away there ain't no signal on my phone
Cuz I'm a star, so when I hit the bar it's like Cheers
Everybody knows who you are
Who would've thought I would've took it this far?
Play the guitar
[Hook: T.I.]
Play the guitar, play the guitar, play the guitar
(B.o.B, B.o.B, B.o.B, B.o.B) play the guitar
(3000) Play the guitar (3000) play the guitar
(3000) Play the guitar
[Verse 2: André 3000]
Man, I keep having this re-occurring image where I'm
Standing on top of Church's Chicken playing guitar
Looked over and I see B.o.B with this strange cigar
He's standing on top of Dunkin Donuts; it's like he own it
We at the corner of "Give It To 'Em" and "They Don't Want It"
We out here somewhere and me in Europe, they out here yawning
My niggas threw out way too much jewelry, my chain lonely
But they don't know about black pearls, but I will show them
"Why the world sleeping on black girls?" Hey I don't know, man
Silverback Stacks, jumping out the jungle
Blowing tiger stripe bubbles with "Go To Hell" bubblegum
When I was younger space shuttle got hung in front of everyone
And grandmum tells me to stay humble but do not un-der-stand
One of these mumbles will make 'em throw up they arms and hands
Now stumble and they will know I put on my pants
One leg at a time, like they do, pay us no mind
But everybody look at why we do it, it take us more time
Excuse me if I'm no exhibitionist
According to the internet
3000 got a big old dic-tionary full of words
He must know how to use 'em
It also says I play the violin and that ain't true but
You give me six strings and a pick
And I will make a guitar talk, why, I ain't gotta say shit
And I encourage any child to pick up some instrument
Cuz if you're mad at your dad or mum, you can grab it and strum
Eat your cabbage and corn, by the time you're done
You will finally realize that they meant you no harm
They was trying to save your crazy ass from what's to come
3000 muthafucka "Mr. Tell-Me-Somethin'"
[Outro: André 3000]
My partners say I should practice more, I know
They be saying I sound like I'm out of tune
I ask them: "Do you cry in tune nigga? Do you laugh in tune?"
[Hook: T.I.]
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Coding in a Post-PC World, Part 3
This is the third installment on writing code in a post-PC environment. In Part 1, I talked about my hardware of choice. Part 2 reviewed the software used to run on that hardware. This post discusses the cloud-based services I use to keep my app development in sync. The two services I link into the most when developing with a little help from the cloud are Dropbox and a variety of virtual machines.
A Drop in the Box
Dropbox is one of the few cloud storage providers that got it mostly right. Their platform-agnostic approach allows their simple service API to be easily incorporated into PC and post-PC platforms, making it a default storage service for a number of Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS applications.
Despite its weak security model and questionable privacy practices, I use the free DropBox service mainly as a "junk" repository. Code snippets, TODO's, configuration files (my favorite emacs and vim settings), preliminary mind maps, and anything else that wouldn't be a confidentiality breach should my account be compromised.
I am also hesitant to rely too much on Dropbox as their business model strikes me as one that is waiting for the right business partner (one willing to spend billions, à la Microsoft buying Skype) to be acquired by, the same way Ruby on Rails PaaS provider Heroku become a part of Salesforce.com. It's also surprising to me that a platform-agnostic company like Google hasn't come up with a competing solution of their own. Perhaps Google will be the one that acquires Dropbox. Either way, I'll wait until the dust settles a bit before comfortably putting my coding eggs into that storage basket.
Multiple VMs
For my more serious projects, I use multiple VMs, each partitioned for a different tasks: ideas, in process, testing, production. The ideas VM is a free-form machine that can be blown away at any time with a new Linux distro, loaded with an alpha release of a new Rails build, or a playground for a new utility or library that I've read about on Dr. Dobb's and other programming websites. I use an in-process VM for the applications that I have a formal roadmap and architectural design plan for building, and keep things nice and tidy by not introducing any foreign bodies that might impact the development trajectory in any way. The testing VM is used to push my development snapshots to a continuous testing system that can also be accessed by customers interested in seeing the latest work in progress. And of course, the production VM is is the sacrosanct machine that hosts the working application.
Depending on the type of project and customer, these VMs can be housed behind a firewall accessible only via VPN or they are on the Internet and hosted on a variety of providers. If I need something rock stable with developer-friendly access and reporting capabilities, companies like Linode and Rackspace are on the top of my list. For the scratch VMs where uptime isn't as important as rapid VM teardown/build-up and low-cost is paramount, a number of VPS providers have begun to fill that space, some offering their services for as low as five bucks a month.
Cloud-Centric Workflow
A typical coding session on my iPad follows these steps fire up iAWriter and sync with Dropbox to see what's on my synchronized task list. If it's a confidential project, that task list is on a VM that I secure sync using Goodreader or Textastic. I also use Goodreader if I just want to review the code. If I'm writing code, I use the Textastic + TextExpander combination I talked about in Part 2. If it's a code project for which I need live compiles and testing, I will use iSSH, though only if I know I'm on a solid network connection (typically when I'm at home or linked into a secure, trusted WiFi hotspot). The tools, combined with the connected cloud backends and a good Bluetooth keyboard, provide almost everything I need to leave my PC behind. A year from now, that PC will be a relic from the past, like IBM Selectric Typewriters and CRT monitors.
One More Time
Check back for the series conclusion where I discuss what doesn't work in the post-PC developer-oriented environment I've described, along with possible ways to resolve these hurdles to code flow. Until then, post your comments to the blog or send me an email letting me know what you think the optimal post-PC development environment should look like.


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Dubai, UAE, April 13, 2014 -- It is not often that prominent practitioners of Islamic finance have a chance to meet on the sandy shores of Ras al Khaimah, UAE and here is the result of the dynamic brain power, which collaborated at this special event produced by FAAIF Events and Ilovetheuae.com. Jassim Mahadik presented on the topics of Risks in Islamic Banking, Sukuk, and Takaful, and Muhammad Ayub discussed the Use of Derivatives in Islamic Finance and Sharih Implications. Muhammad Zubair Mughal explained the Current State of Islamic Microfinance while Camille Paldi talked about the Issues and Concerns in the Financial Reporting of Islamic Banks and Dispute Resolution in Islamic Finance. The group made several key conclusions and policy recommendations for the advancement of the Islamic finance industry. Jassim Mahadik emphasized the need for the improvement of customer service and customer care in the Islamic banking industry, stating that the current state of customer service in Islamic banks may tarnish the reputation of the industry. Mahadik also expressed concern over the need for proper controls for Sharih compliance to be introduced in Islamic banks as well as warned about the damage to the industry reputation, which technological failure might induce. Mahadik discussed the special attention, which needs to be placed on the composition and approval of Sharih boards as well as the systems, which should be put in place to regulate Sharih scholars and boards, such as a centralized Shariah Board for each country, region, and the entire global Islamic finance industry. Jassim Mahadik mentioned that the takaful industry requires more people skilled in the Muslim actuarial sciences and that Islamic finance practitioners should take care to adhere to Sharih guidelines when structuring sukuk. Mahadik also stated that the deficiency in Sharih compliant risk management tools is a major concern for the Islamic finance industry. Muhammad Ayub discussed the Sharih compliancy of many risk mitigation tools including derivatives and stated that in Sharih compliant risk mitigation tools, risk cannot be separated from ownership, which occurs in derivatives structures. Ayub emphasized that the US financial crises resulted from short-selling and the selling of debt as well as the creation of a side-economy separate from the real economy, resulting from the separation of risk from ownership, therefore commoditizing risk and allowing it to
multiply and allowing debt to grow disproportionately and separately from the real economy. Ayub stated that derivatives equate to a speculation tool for maximizing earnings without adding any value to the real economy. Ayub referred to Adam White, who said, All speculative selling of commodity futures is naked short-sellingit can help fuel speculative manias. In fact, derivatives have been outlawed in many US states at different times in history. Ayub said that we need to focus on the real economy and avoid using non-Sharih compliant risk mitigation techniques, which leads us into nonSharih compliant activities such as short-selling, sale of debt, riba (interest), and the commoditization of unbundled risk, where risk is traded and sold in a side-economy separate from the real economy. Ayub ended by discussing the importance to stick to the rules and original objectives of Islamic finance, Sharih, and the Maqasid al Sharih. Zubair Mughal then talked about the Microfinance industry, stating that microfinance is an important tool, which can help to alleviate poverty in the MENA region, Africa, Caucusus, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Mughal emphasized that microfinance can be used by Muslims and non-Muslims alike as a tool of social uplift and income generation. Mughal and Paldi stated that microfinance could also be utilized in the inner cities and economically depressed areas of the United States, to bring about economic rejuvenation. Mughal, Paldi, and Ayub discussed the prospect of introducing a new product called micro-sukuk or social sukuk, which could be integrated into the microfinance industry. Camille Paldi discussed the need to bring the financial reporting of Islamic banks into harmony and stated that a good example of how Islamic banks should conduct their financial reporting is the Kuwait Finance House Bahrain Disclosure Report, which could easily be found on google. She stated that Islamic banks should use standards specifically tailored for Islamic banks rather than using conventional standards, as this may lead to increased non-transparency in Islamic banking and mislead the stakeholder in the true financial health of the financial institution. Paldi also discussed the importance of establishing a unique and specifically tailored dispute resolution system for the Islamic finance industry and offered a solution of producing a standardized dispute resolution contract, modeled after the FIDIC contract used in the construction industry, which could be attached to all Islamic finance contracts. Paldi said this would streamline Islamic finance dispute resolution as well as encourage completion of contract. In addition, Paldi suggested creating the Dubai World Islamic Finance Arbitration Center (DWIFAC) and Jurisprudence Office (DWIFACJO) to monitor and administer the new specialized Islamic finance dispute resolution process as well as produce a model Islamic banking law, which could be adopted around the world. Overall, the Islamic finance Workshop in Ras al Khaimah constituted a successful meeting of the minds to produce suggestions for the improvement of the Islamic finance industry. Paldi hopes to produce more events with similar outcomes, however, hopes that more Islamic finance practitioners and the public would also get involved in such
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See Lily Collins' Best Looks From The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Press Tour
For the past few weeks, Lily Collins has been on our radar for the amazing sartorial choices she turns out premiere after premiere for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. We're loving her ladylike edge, not to mention the dark lip and sleek hairstyles she often pairs with each look. From crop tops to cut-outs, Collins has taken on some of summer's biggest trends and solidified herself as a style star. At Comic-Con 2013 in San Diego, she paired a crop top with high-waisted shorts by Paper London, while her bold, fitted Versace number made for a sleek, fashion-forward ensemble in New York City. We also loved the cut-out Cushnie et Ochs dress she wore in Los Angeles, and the bustled Stella McCartney minidress she chose for a London event. Click the photo to see her best looks from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones press tour, then catch the film in theaters nationwide right now.
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During the summer of 2007, I started World of Matticus. In the summer of 2008, I opened the PlusHeal discussion community for healers to take part and actively contribute their ideas for other players to learn from.
It is now spring of 2009.
Enter No Stock UI.
This will be a magazine style blog with a few notable bloggers around the community:
You can find out more about us if you're interested! You're also certainly welcome to contribute! We're all UI enthusiasts at heart.
What's the big idea?
No doubt some of you are wondering what's the point in a UI blog. But some of the most passionate and heated blog posts stem from bloggers who write about their UI and different addons. Often times these useful posts are scattered, buried and tossed aside never to be read again.
Here at No Stock UI, our goal is to deliver compelling and quality content centering around your gaming experience. Topics will range from:
- Addons
- Macros
- User Interface
- Design
- Reviews
- Comparisons
To start with, the blog will be updated every Tuesday and Thursday. Hopefully we can pick up the pace as time goes on. Eventually, I'd like to see it get to the point where readers can get a new post everyday. One step at a time, right?
Our posts
- 4 Popular Heads Up Displays
- Why Aesthetics are Important
- 6 Nifty Addons You Might Not Know About
- 30+ FuBar Plugins You Can't Live Without
- Where to Find Your New UI
- Killer Combinations: AuctionLite + Skillet + LilSparksWorks
- In Depth Analysis with Recount
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February 18, 2020
Quarterly Packages of Ethical Food Products From Around the World Delivered to Your Doorstep
Submitted by: Trade as One
Categories: Fair Trade & Supply Chain, Human Rights
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 – 08:47 AM EST
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22 /CSRwire/ - (Marketwire) - The Justice Conference – Trade as One (http://tradeasone.com), a company that makes it easy for consumers to build ethical products into their lifestyles, is launching its one-of-a-kind fair trade food subscription service today. Designed to make it convenient for today's busy consumers to buy ethically, Trade as One's service delivers a box of healthy, natural, fairly traded products to peoples' door. This is a simple way to transform the lives of the poor as every item in the curated selection is produced by people in marginalized situations, both domestically and abroad.
"We want to make it simple for people to eat healthy food that does good," said Nathan George, CEO, Trade as One. "Organic products are a great step towards ethical consumption because they treat our planet with respect, but Fair Trade extends that principle one step further, ensuring that the people who made the products are also treated with respect. The subscription box gives busy people an easy way to live more simply and consume ethically by getting these products delivered to their doorstep on a regular basis. We do the hard work of sifting through the thousands of confusing claims made by producers, and finding the ones that do the most good."
Delivered every three months, the box contains twelve to fifteen fairly traded consumables – all full size. Each season's curated box is unique and will typically include staples such as rice and quinoa, kitchen essentials such as olive oil and spices, as well as unique baking mixes and luxuries such as chocolate. A body care item is often included as well, such as shea butter soap, or coconut oil lotion.
"We are aiming to help people consume healthier, higher quality food while standing in solidarity with the global poor," said Mr. George. "The poor want jobs not handouts. The small scale farmers we work with are hardworking and dignified and want the chance to compete against big business which has excluded them from global trade. We give our customers the power to change that."
Paul Rice, President and CEO, Fair Trade USA, commented, "American consumers have so much power, and they want to use that power for good. Trade as One's new Fair Trade subscription program makes it easy for shoppers to make a difference with their dollar. It also makes Fair Trade accessible to all – beyond what local stores may offer. I see tremendous opportunity for this initiative to increase the availability of Fair Trade in the marketplace. Increased availability for consumers means deeper impact for farmers and workers across the globe."
The box may be specified as gluten-free if preferred. An additional coffee option is also available. Subscriptions are available from Trade as One. By providing in-depth product information in each box, Trade as One connects the consumer even more deeply with the stories of the people and the land from which the products come.
Nathan George is presenting a workshop about living simply and buying ethically at The Justice Conference in Philadelphia, February 22 and 23.
About Trade As One
Trade as One connects people's conscience with their purchasing behavior by making it meaningful, fun, and convenient to build ethical products into their lifestyle. By connecting poor farmers and artisans with American consumers, Trade as One offers people more power to change the world, but not through charity. Instead, it offers a quarterly delivery of fair trade products that provide dignified jobs to people who would otherwise be marginalized and living in severe poverty. The company was founded by Nathan George seven years ago and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California. For more information, visit http://tradeasone.com.
Video about the Trade as One subscription service is here: http://vimeo.com/60202296.
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Cisco PIX security flaw possibility comes to light
Details of an alleged flaw related to SIP and PIX appliances, briefly mentioned in a Wednesday Black Hat presentation, are being kept under wraps as Cisco and US-CERT investigate.
LAS VEGAS -- Controversy looms for Cisco once again at Black Hat, as information revealed Wednesday could lead to another significant zero-day vulnerability and exploit.
Hendrik Scholz, lead VoIP developer and systems engineer with Freenet Cityline of Germany, saved the best for last during his Black Hat USA 2006 presentation Wednesday on SIP stack fingerprinting and attacks. His final slide appeared to featured limited details on an undisclosed flaw related to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in Cisco Systems Inc. PIX series of firewalls and security appliances.
According to Mike Caudill and Jeffrey Lanza, incident managers with Cisco's Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), the networking giant is unsure whether the details describe a vulnerability or a misconfiguration.
SearchSecurity.com has learned that the information Scholz shared during his presentation involved the use of a proxy server to ring multiple phones simultaneously in conjunction with SIP "fixup" command. Essentially it pokes a hole through a PIX firewall to allow SIP data to pass through and potentially allows for the spoofing of a source device, in this case a telephony handset.
A news source said Scholz is working with San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco and United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) on the matter, and is giving the networking giant time to address any outstanding vulnerabilities before disclosing more details.
Cisco is investigating the discovery, but said it may need several days to vet the issue because it must be tested on myriad PIX devices. The vendor has emphasized that since the issue involves the exposure of a service that shouldn't be exposed, it may be caused by a problem specific to Scholz's implementation and not a true vulnerability.
If proven to be a flaw, a source said, there is a potential for telephony denial-of-service or malicious call redirection, which could lead to voice phishing.
"There weren't enough details in the slide for anyone to be able to do anything with it," said a source with knowledge of Scholz's presentation. "He wanted to let people know it was there and to protect themselves."
Scholz reportedly stumbled upon the issue within the last month, recently returned from a vacation prior to Black Hat. "He didn't think it was a big deal," the source said.
"The [flaw] Michael Lynn revealed last year had the ability to essentially bring down routing," said another source. "So on a severity scale of one to 100, if Mike Lynn's was a 95, this might be a two."
Few Cisco products support SIP; for instance, its SIP Proxy Server call-control software uses it, and its SIP IP Phone software enables certain handsets to work in SIP-based VoIP environments. Hence the reaction from Cisco's lawyers pales in comparison to the furor caused last year when researcher Michael Lynn disclosed a serious vulnerability in IOS, Cisco's router operating system. Lynn subsequently lost his job, was sued and had a run-in with the FBI over the matter. Lynn, who now works for Cisco rival Juniper Networks Inc., is at this year's Black Hat.
This news comes just hours after a pair of presenters revealed a zero-day exploit for Cisco CallManager Express.
David Endler, director of security research for the TippingPoint division of Marlborough, Mass.-based 3Com Corp., and Mark Collier, CTO of San Antonio-based telephony management vendor SecureLogix Corp., authors of the book Hacking Exposed VoIP, told Black Hat attendees that the networking giant's CallManager Express VoIP management software is vulnerable to a flaw in which a remote user can supply specially crafted SIP requests to gain information from the SIP user directory, including the names of the users stored in the SIP user database.
A patch for that issue is not yet available, but Cisco said it is investigating the problem and will provide further information when it becomes available. Cisco was notified of the issue prior to Black Hat.
Victor R. Garza and News Editor Eric B. Parizo contributed to this article.


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About 700 hogs were lost in an overnight fire early Tuesday morning, while workers managed to save about 300 head.
The Gorham Fayette Fire Department was called to 13442 Fulton County Road 19, between County Road N and U.S. 20, at 2:45 a.m. with the report of a large hog barn on fire.
Department member Kim Raker was driving through the area when taking her mother to the airport, said fire chief Tom Franks, and she first thought she was driving through fog. Once it became obvious that it was smoke, she saw the source and drove into the farm to investigate. By that time, a large portion of the ceiling in the 265-foot long structure was already burning.
She called the county dispatcher and awoke residents in the farm house.
About 300 hogs were transported by truck to another barn and only three hogs were known to have run away from the barn. Many of those that remained in the barn had to be euthanized.
The barn was owned by Greg Borton and the hogs were owned by Archbold Elevator, Franks said. He determined the blaze was caused by the electrical system. Franks said the structure was an older style hog barn with wood walls, and added that this was the second barn fire at the farm in less than a decade.
Franks requested immediate demolition of the remaining structure due to the threat of high winds Tuesday afternoon.
Fayette was assisted by equipment and personnel from fire departments in Morenci, Archbold, Wauseon and Lyons.
Franks said it was fortunate that Raker discovered the fire because sparks from that blaze could have ignited an adjacent hog barn.


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Hi, I was just looking at your profile, and said one of yout itles was *Luna, and the link led to my profile. Was does that mean about polyjuice potion? Anyway, please respond whenever you can, thanks! *Luna(Talk) 17:59, December 18, 2010 (UTC)
It's a joke I used with username template! I means I turned into whatever user is looking at it with the polyjuice potion. Get it? (it's okay if you don't get it) Darth Platypus 18:31, December 19, 2010 (UTC)
I'm not angry or anything. I do get it, I find it funny :) But why did you use my username and not another? Was it the first one you saw? *Luna(Talk) 15:55, December 20, 2010 (UTC)
I used the username template so it would just be your username if you do it! So if it was a different user, it would be a different name. Darth Platypus 16:03, December 20, 2010 (UTC)
Oh, I get it! Thank you for clearing that up for me. To be honest, I thought somone was walking around that looked just like me! hehe, that wasn't true, of course, because you would need my hair, wich I would know if somone yanked it out...*Luna(Talk) 16:09, December 20, 2010 (UTC)
I saw on one of your blogs that you were sad about Snape. I really like (love, actually) him, and cried as well during the memories. It was heart-breaking when he was at Godric's Hollow and was holding Lily while crying. BTW, what did you mean in your infobox about MrsVolterra? That's my name, but I don't care at all (I doubt you even knew me). Also, what did you write in the code form for creating the boxes that said like, "This user is a fan of Severus Snape" or whatever.
Mrs. Volterra 12:43, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
PS Would you like to be friends?
Can you go on chat? I need to talk to you. UMG-The Biggest Hardcore Pawn/Simpsons Fan on the Wiki 40px(talk) 20:50, September 3, 2012 (UTC)
Can you unban me please? I didnt do anything wrong. If it was an actual/vaild reason, I would accept the ban. But I was banned for shipping ACF and using chat censors. -_- everyone does both, and TS contstantly says words uncensored. Last I checked, shipping was fine and users cursing was the REASON censors were made. If these rules suddenly changed, which they didnt, I should have least got a warning. Thanks,
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Grammy-winning singer Sheryl Crow has listed her compound in Hollywood Hills West at $15.95 million.
The 11-acre property includes a Spanish Revival main house, a 1909 Craftsman, a cottage built in 1885, an infinity-style swimming pool and a pergola with a fireplace and barbecue.
The main residence, built in 1914, features a two-story foyer with wrought-iron stair railings, a step-down living room, original Spanish tiles, beam ceilings, a library, a wine cellar, a music room, four bedrooms and 31/2 bathrooms.
The Craftsman house contains three bedrooms and three bathrooms, and the cottage, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The grounds have mature trees, a bridge, trails and a playground.
Crow, 50, has sold more than 35 million albums. Among her Grammy-winning songs are "There Goes the Neighborhood," "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "All I Wanna Do."
She is working on music for the Broadway musical "Diner," and on a new album in Nashville, where she lives and owns property.
Myra Nourmand and Joanne Vuylsteke of Nourmand & Associates are the listing agents.
One less thing to manage
Actress Selma Blair has sold her house in Hollywood for $1.85 million.
The single-story home, built in 1922 and updated to a contemporary, features white wood floors, walls of glass, two fireplaces, three bedrooms and 31/2 bathrooms in 2,918 square feet. The gated property includes a patio area and a koi pond.
Blair, 40, stars with Charlie Sheen in the FX series "Anger Management." Production of new episodes began in September and the comedy will return to the network in January. Her film work includes "Homeland Security" (2008), "Purple Violets" (2007), "Hellboy" (2004) and "Legally Blonde" (2001).
The actress bought the house in 2004 for $1.315 million, public records show.
Paul Lester and Aileen Comora of the Agency in Beverly Hills were the listing agents.
A history of stellar tenants
A triplex in West Hollywood that has counted film star Marilyn Monroe and singer Frank Sinatra among its former tenants has come on the market at $4.75 million.
Monroe's and Sinatra's rentals overlapped in 1961. She lived in hers and he used his apartment as a getaway, according to "Mr. S: My Life With Frank Sinatra," written by George Jacobs, his valet at the time.
The owner is Beverly Coburn, actor James Coburn's first wife. She bought the building in 1989 for $1.643 million from interior designer Kalef Alaton, who had remodeled it.
The three units in the gated compound share a courtyard and patio space. The main unit features floor-to-ceiling glass doors in the living room, high ceilings, five fireplaces and two bedrooms. The above-garage studio has a fireplace, a kitchenette and terrace space. A one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit with an office includes an atrium garden.
There are a total of four bedrooms and six bathrooms in 5,637 square feet of living space.
Steven Levine and Jennifer Levine of Hilton & Hyland are the listing agents.
His Malibu beach home is a hit
Someone must have written the offer that made Barry Manilow sing. The crooner-pianist-producer has sold his beachfront compound in Malibu for $5.45 million.
Built in 1976, the gated contemporary sits on a promontory with a detached guesthouse. Features include a step-down two-story living room with walls of glass to take in the ocean view, vaulted ceilings, five bedrooms, 41/2 bathrooms and 3,546 square feet of living space.
Manilow, 69, is a prolific song and ad jingle writer. He won a pop vocal Grammy in 1978 for "Copacabana (At the Copa)." Among his hit recordings were "Mandy," "Could It Be Magic" and "I Write the Songs."
He paid $3.85 million for the property a decade ago, public records show.
Kate Novotny of Prudential Malibu Realty was the listing agent. Judy Van Schoyck of the same firm represented the buyer.
Top of the line in Holmby Hills
The W. Howard Lester estate is up for sale in the Holmby Hills area at $29.95 million.
The gated Tuscan-style home is set at the end of an olive-tree-lined driveway. Features include a walnut coffered ceiling in the library, a gold-leaf barrel-vaulted ceiling in the home theater and a brick ceiling in the well-appointed kitchen. The former chairman and chief executive of Williams-Sonoma Inc., who died in 2010 at 75, was known for his love of cooking.
There are seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, a wine cellar, a billiards room and a gym in the 18,000 square feet of living space. A bridge from the main house leads to a guesthouse and spa. The 1.35 acres of grounds contain an oval-shaped swimming pool with a cabana, fountains, a waterfall and a pond.
The property last changed hands in 2004 for $17.5 million, public records show.
Mauricio Umansky of the Agency in Beverly Hills is the listing agent.
Plotting a double breakout
Actor Wentworth Miller has sold a condo in Hancock Park and now is trying to make a break from his Altadena house, listing it at $1.59 million.
The Mission Revival-style home, built in 1910, is set on more than three-quarters of an acre. The master suite takes up the entire second floor of the 4,558-square-foot house, which has a total of three bedrooms and four bathrooms.
The "Prison Break" actor paid $2.9 million for the property in 2008, public records show.
The Hancock Park condo he sold for $1.275 million was in a French Normandy-style building constructed in 1926. The remodeled unit includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a fireplace in 1,638 square feet. He bought the condo in 2007 for $1.15 million.
Miller, 40, starred in "Prison Break" from 2005-09 and in the 2010 film "Resident Evil: Afterlife." He will star next year in the thriller "The Loft." He wrote the screenplay for "Stoker," also due out next year.
Linda Seyffert of Podley Properties is the listing agent for the Altadena house. Scott Cort of the John Aaroe Group was the listing agent on the condo. Jill Jenks Galloway of Hilton & Hyland represented the buyer.


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|Mary Ann Matson Creeden (left) at her boarding house in Celina, OH
My great-great-grandmother Mary Ann Matson Creeden mortgaged part of the family farmland and bought a house in town in Celina, OH to run as a boarding house. Renters were provided room and board including meals and laundry. In the picture above, the sign on the house above Mary's head says "Ice, 7c a day", so it looks like she was resourceful on finding ways to make extra money.
Charles worked for the Mersman Furniture Factory for several years, was Mercer County Sheriff in the 1920s, ran a filling station and store and then became the Celina Postmaster for many years. He did quite well despite having to leave school early. My father was raised by his grandparents Charles and Anna and was taught to have a great respect for education. He completed college and encouraged me and my sister to do the same. It couldn't have been easy for Mary and the children, but they made it through.
52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy by Amy Coffin is a series of weekly blogging prompts (one for each week of 2012) that invite genealogists and others to discuss resources in the genealogy community including websites, applications, libraries, archives, genealogical societies and more.


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Namadeva Acharya (Thomas Ashley-Farrand) was one of the few Western experts in Hindu and Buddhist mantras. In this illuminating book, he explains how and why mantras work and shows how to use them for everything from controlling habits to overcoming fear, from curing specific ailments to finding inner peace, from gaining wisdom to increasing mental clarity. In each of the more than fifty mantras, all translated from the original Sanskrit, Namadeva unlocks the power of every word, explains its appropriate application, and tells you how to pronounce it in easy-to-follow phonetic symbols.
A companion CD called Thomas Ashley-Farrand's Healing Mantras is also available. More information here.
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Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems. Human activities largely determine the evolution of the Earth's climate, which not only impact the next few decades, but the coming centuries and millennia. This collection emphasizes the importance of 21st century choices regarding long-term climate stabilization through improving understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change and expanding the options available to limit the magnitude of climate change.
How did life evolve on Earth? The answer can help us understand our past and prepare for our future. This collection documents the overwhelming evidence in support of biological evolution, stresses the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem management, and evaluates the alternative perspectives offered by various kinds of creationism. These reports also focus on how science and religion can be viewed as different ways of understanding the world, rather than as frameworks that are in conflict with each other. For educators, students, teachers, community leaders, legislators, policy makers, and parents who seek to better understand all aspects of evolutionary science, this collection is an essential resource.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are cultural achievements that reflect our humanity, power our economy, and constitute fundamental aspects of our lives that contribute to our nation's competitiveness. This collection considers difference school models of STEM education, highlights research on effective STEM education practices, and identifies conditions that promote and limit school success in STEM. These reports are essential for all educators, policy makers, decision makers in school districts, government agencies, curriculum developers, and parent and education advocacy groups.
Recent events have proven that even prepared communities can be overwhelmed in a state of state of emergency. This collection of reports provides guidelines and targeted resources for all stakeholders in a disaster response, including state and local governments, emergency medical services and health care centers. These reports also examine the improvement of emergency services in rural communities and recommends post-disaster public engagement practices.


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- No Copyright Intended (Andy Baio) — Thoughtful piece on how copyright ignorance may lead to copyright reform. Everyone over age 12 when YouTube launched in 2005 is now able to vote. What happens when—and this is inevitable—a generation completely comfortable with remix culture becomes a majority of the electorate, instead of the fringe youth? What happens when they start getting elected to office? (Maybe "I downloaded but didn't share" will be the new "I smoked, but didn't inhale.")
- How to Fix Copyright — new book, written by Google's Senior Copyright Counsel, which lays out the confused current copyright laws and the ways in which they aren't working. As Cory's review says, Patry offers two important (but rare) commodities: facts, and solutions. The solutions are simple: stop making copyright laws until you know whether the ones you have are working; and require strong evidence for further changes.
- Oblivious Supreme Court Poised to Legalize Medical Patents — Prometheus claims much more than its specific testing process. It claims a physician administering thiopurine to a patient can infringe its patent merely by being aware of the scientific correlation disclosed in the patent—even if the doctor doesn't act on the patent's recommendations. (via Ed Yong)
- You Have Downloaded — site which collects information from trackers and lets you see what was downloaded from a particular IP address. One ISP in NZ wrote: I plugged in the IPs for the last 6 infringement notices I received as an ISP. It turned up: a) all of the downloads that these IPs had been pinged for; b) as many downloads again that they had not been pinged for.
Four short links: 12 December 2011
Copyright, Copyright, Patents, and Copyright
tags: bit torrent, copyright, law, medicine, patent reform, video, YouTube


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No. 5 Johns Hopkins (9-1)
Coming up: Vs. No. 10 Maryland, Saturday, 6 p.m.
Comment: The Blue Jays have dominated the series, winning 68 of 107 meetings. Senior attackman Chris Boland scored five goals — all in the second half — in the team's 12-11 overtime win against the Terps last year.
No. 8 Loyola (10-0)
Coming up: At No. 7 Denver, Saturday, 9 p.m.
Comment: The Greyhounds have lost both games in this series since the Pioneers joined the Eastern College Athletic Conference before the 2010 season. Junior long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff is tied for 11th in Division I in caused turnovers per game (2.1).
No. 10 Maryland (6-3)
Coming up: At No. 5 Johns Hopkins, Saturday, 6 p.m.
Comment: The Terps have dropped eight of the past 11 meetings and six of the past seven at Homewood Field. Senior midfielder Michael Shakespeare has converted 41.4 percent of his shots.
No. 20 Navy (5-5)
Coming up: At No. 17 Army, Saturday, noon
Comment: The Midshipmen lead the series 57-30-3 but have lost three straight and four of the past five. Senior attackman Taylor Reynolds has scored a goal in eight consecutive games — tops among Navy players.
Mount St. Mary's (3-6)
Coming up: At Robert Morris, Saturday, 1 p.m.
Comment: The Mountaineers have defeated the Colonials by a combined 31-24 in two contests. But the defense will have to craft a game plan to contain senior midfielder Kiel Matisz, who is 11th in the nation in points per game (4.1).
Towson (7-4)
Coming up: Vs. No. 11 Penn State, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Comment: The Tigers have won 13 of 18 meetings in this series, but the two sides have split the past four contests. Senior attackman Sean Maguire leads the team with 18 goals, one more than his career total entering the season.
Coming up: Vs. Stony Brook, Saturday, 7 p.m.
Comment: The Retrievers lead the series 11-6, but the Seawolves have won five of the last seven games. Junior attackman Scott Jones is tied for 17th in the country in goals per game (2.4).