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The Amateur Auxiliary of the FCC
Q. What is the Amateur Auxiliary?
A. The Amateur Auxiliary is composed of approximately 700 ARRL volunteer-appointees, known as Official Observers (OO) and the Local Interference Committee (LIC) who monitor the bands and notify Amateur Radio Operators of technical and operating discrepancies.
OOs are helpers and advisors, not "band cops." In cases involving serious rule violations, such as malicious interference, they are trained and certified to gather and forward evidence that can be used by the FCC in enforcement actions. The program is based on a formal agreement between the FCC and the ARRL.
LICs, appointed by their ARRL Section Managers, address local interference issues.
Q. What are the Amateur Auxiliary's objectives?
1. Foster a wider knowledge of and better compliance with the FCC rules
2. Support the concepts of self-regulation in the Amateur Service
3. Enhance the opportunity for individual amateurs to contribute to the public welfare
4. Enable the Enforcement Bureau of FCC to effectively utilize its limited resources
Q. So, the OO is there to help me?
A. Yes! The role of the Amateur Auxiliary is to provide an unbiased forum for technical and operational advice and other assistance to amateurs. The task is not to find fault or blame! It is to identify cause and effect. They also identify solutions and promote good amateur operating and engineering practices.
Q. Are OOs allowed to enforce the rules?
A. No! Enforcement is a function reserved exclusively by the FCC. The OOs job is to provide information to the amateur. Because the boundary between observation and enforcement is not always obvious, good judgment is required of Amateur Auxiliary members. For the Amateur Auxiliary to be effective, OOs must be unbiased and avoid the appearance of having a vested interest in any specific type of amateur operation. OOs cannot advocate for specific activities, groups or causes. OOs are not to be involved in cases where they have a personal interest.
Q. Do OOs deal with RFI problems?
A. No. The Amateur Auxiliary is designed to deal ONLY with amateur-to-amateur interference and improper on-air operation by amateurs. Radio Frequency Interference complaints should be referred to their ARRL Section Technical Coordinator.
Q. Do OOs deal with non-amateur intruders or "bootleggers"?
A. Yes. Reports of non-amateur HF intruders (a foreign broadcast station, for example) are sent to ARRL HQ for referral to the ARRL Monitoring System. Cases involving bootlegging call signs are within the scope of the Amateur Auxiliary program.
Q. How are repeater "jammers" handled?
A. A component of the Amateur Auxiliary program, Local Interference Committees (LIC) are appointed by the ARRL Section Manager with an OO as chairman to track down and resolve repeater jamming problems. If the problem persists, the LIC may develop information for the FCC.
Q. How are repeater-to-repeater interference and coordination disputes resolved?
A. They are resolved locally or regionally, by the parties to the dispute and the affected user community. The ARRL does not become involved in repeater coordination. When such matters come to the attention of the Amateur Auxiliary program, they are referred to local and regional coordinating groups.
Q. Isn't the OO doing work that should be more properly done by the FCC?
A. The ARRL and the FCC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that defines the relationship between the two. By agreement, the ARRL Amateur Auxiliary does initial fact finding for the FCC, referring appropriate cases to the Enforcement Bureau for consideration. The FCC may also request the Amateur Auxiliary to gather information as needed.
Q. What can be done about interference on the HF bands?
A. Most interference on today's crowded bands is of the "no-fault" variety, it is better resolved by flexibility rather than confrontation. Malicious or harmful interference is actionable under Part 97 rules.
An example of malicious interference in the Amateur Radio service:
1) Two or more stations are in communication on the same frequency.
2) Another station begins transmitting on the same or an adjacent frequency.
3) The original stations, acknowledging on-the-air that they cannot copy one another through the interfering station's transmissions, and decide to move to another frequency.
4) When they move, the interfering station follows and commences interfering transmissions again.
Additionally, malicious interference must involve an ongoing campaign on a regular, repeated basis: No one can reasonably expect the FCC and/or the Amateur Auxiliary to act on a one-time, isolated event.
Q. What can be done about amateurs that make rude remarks, racial slurs, or transmit obscene or indecent words?
A. Much of what is heard may be inappropriate and violates standards of polite society, but it is not illegal. Only obscene or indecent transmissions are illegal. See the ARRL's FCC Rule Book for a discussion of how the FCC defines the standards for obscenity and indecency. Serious cases can be referred to the Amateur Auxiliary for handling.
We cannot expect the FCC to devote its resources to the correction of inappropriate, but not illegal, language or less serious violations. These must be addressed by the amateur community itself. We must not let the bad behavior drive out the good: Each of us who cares about Amateur Radio must maintain the highest possible standards when operating, even in the face of provocation. We must let other amateurs know, as politely as possible, that we expect them to observe the same standards.
Q. I got an OO card in the mail! What do I do now?
A. First, don't worry: This is not a citation! The OO postcard is simply a friendly note to alert you to possible equipment factors or operating practices. Remember, OOs are friendly helper-advisors, not the "radio police"!
Sample OO Advisory Notice:
Q. Do I have to reply to the notice?
A. No reply is necessary! You may want to take a few minutes to determine what caused the apparent problem and take steps to fix it. Like most amateurs, you are proud of your license and you have the same pride in the quality of your signal and operating practices. Your corrective actions might even head off an FCC "pink slip" down the road.
Q. The card seemed a little nit-picky to me. Do OOs send cards for discrepancies that lie in the gray area between black and white rules violations?
A. OOs are advised to avoid hair-splitting and to deal with black-and-white rule discrepancies only. They should avoid the "gray areas" of the rules. OOs should not be nit-pickers. For example, an OO should not send a notice to someone who forgot to identify his station for ten minutes and eight seconds!
If you feel that the OO sent you a notice that violates the spirit of the OO program, send a copy to your Section Manager or to Headquarters for evaluation and possible action. Quality control is critically important in a program as sensitive as this one!
Q. Is a record of the notice kept anywhere?
A. Yes. A record of the notice is kept at ARRL Headquarters for a period of one year, after which it is destroyed. Records are kept so that if a case evolves into a serious, hard-core compliance issue, it may be used by the FCC as evidence, showing that voluntary measures of achieving resolution were ineffective. The information is also used to guide OOs in special monitoring efforts. Otherwise, the information is kept strictly confidential and is never released outside of the Auxiliary.
Q. Hey, I received a Good Operator Report. What's that for?
A. Congratulations! To emphasize the positive nature of the program, "Good Operator Reports" are sent to operators whose radio signals and/or operating practices are consistent with the highest standards and are a model for others to follow. Every amateur should strive to pattern their operating and signals after your example!
Training and Certification
Q. Are OOs trained and/or certified to perform their functions?
A. Yes! All OOs must pass a comprehensive examination, based on a set of study materials, before they can be certified as members of the Amateur Auxiliary. These materials include an extensive training manual, The FCC Rule Book, and the ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications.
Q. How can I apply to be an OO?
A. It's not a job for everyone. An OO will observe some operating practices that will frustrate him or her. There's no room in the OO program for "band cops." OOs gain satisfaction when they're able to call an undesirable situation to the attention of someone who honestly wasn't aware of it and who is genuinely appreciative of the assistance.
To apply, fill out the online application or contact your Section Manager


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Pinterest raised $200 million and the posterboard search engine is now valued at $5 billion, according to reports.
The San Francisco startup has raised money steadily, including $225 million raised last October and $200 million in February 2013, according to ReadWrite. In case anyone's wondering, Pinterest has raised $764 million since its inception in 2010.
Pinterest, with its users mostly searching and pinning objects of consumer lust such as dresses, jewelry or food, is perfect for online advertising. Pinterest chief executive Ben Silbermann also introduced a Guided Search tool for the service which will take in user preferences and predict what they may like.
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"In the future search will be a discovery tool," Silbermann said. "Pinterest at its heart is about discovering things you didn't even know were there."
Pinterest has been busy expanding globally to rid itself of copycats, but 70 percent of its use is still U.S.-based. Its Promoted Pins ads has also begun to heat up with major deals with Kraft and the Gap.
Pinterest's investors see that Pinterest can be a cash cow with a huge amount of ad revenue. What advertiser won't be interested in people who create 20-page long wishlists of consumer goods? It would be like shooting fish in a barrel. While the ReadWrite article says that Pinterest is taking aim at Google, we would say that Pinterest is taking aim at its largely female audience -- the ones usually responsible for buying goods for the home and themselves.


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Shrub, vine, tree, generally erect, often thorny
Leaves simple, generally alternate, often clustered on short-shoots, generally petioled, generally stipuled; blade often 13-ribbed from base
Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, or flowers solitary in axils
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium subtending, surrounding, or partly fused to ovary; sepals 4 or 5; petals 0, 4, or 5, clawed; stamens 4 or 5, alternate sepals, attached to hypanthium top, each generally fitting into a petal concavity; ovary superior or partly inferior, chambers 25, each 12-ovuled, style lobes or parts 13
Fruit: capsule, drupe
Genera in family: 55 genera, 900 species: especially tropical, subtropical; some cultivated (Ceanothus ; Colletia , anchor-plant; Gouania ; Phylica ; Rhamnus ; Ventilago ; Ziziphus )
Reference: [Brizicky 1965 J Arnold Arbor 45:439463]
Shrub, small tree, prostrate to erect, thorny or not
Stem: branches generally arranged as leaves
Leaves alternate or opposite, deciduous or evergreen, petioled; blade 13-ribbed from base, margin entire or not
Inflorescence: generally panicle-like aggregations of umbel-like, 3-flowered clusters
Flower generally < 5 mm; hypanthium surrounding fleshy disk below ovary base, in fruit thick, not splitting; sepals generally 5, lanceolate-deltate, incurved, colored like petals, persistent; petals generally 5, hooded, white to deep blue; stamens generally 5, opposite petals; ovary superior, 3-lobed, chambers 3, each 1-ovuled, style parts 3
Fruit: capsule, ± spheric, 3-valved
Seeds 3, ± 3 mm, 1 surface convex
Species in genus: 45 species: North America, especially w
Etymology: (Greek: thorny plant)
Reference: [Rensselaer & McMinn 1942 Ceanothus Santa Barbara Bot Gard 1308]
Hybridization common (named hybrids not recognized here);hybrid forms may not key adequately.
Plant ± ascending, < 1.5 m, densely branched
Stem: twigs round, dark gray, hairy, not changing color
Leaves alternate, evergreen, generally clustered, < 2 cm; stipules deciduous; petiole 2 mm; blade elliptic to narrowly oblong or linear, 1-ribbed from base, tip generally truncate or notched, margin turned under, appearing ± crenate, ± glandular-papillate, upper surface dark green, generally hairy, lower pale green, hairy
Inflorescence raceme-like, < 3 cm
Flower deep blue
Fruit ± 4 mm; lobes shallow; valves minutely crested
Ecology: Coastal sandy hills, slopes, flats
Elevation: < 1500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Central Coast, Outer South Coast Ranges
Synonyms: var. floribundus (Hook.) Trel
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Mr. Thornton Lorimer, of Rochester, N. H., for appellant.
Mr. William N. Rogers, of Concord, N. H., for appellee.
For opinion below, see 1 F. Supp. 669.
In this case probable jurisdiction is noted. The Court desires to hear argument upon the questions: (a) whether a case for equitable relief is shown; (b) whether the amount in controversy is such as to sustain the jurisdiction of the Court below; and (c) whether the defendant-appellant is a state officer within the meaning of section 266, Judicial Code, as amended (43 Stat. 936, 938, U. S. Code, title 28, 380 [28 USCA 380]). The motion to advance is granted and the case is assigned for argument on Monday, March 13, next, after the cases heretofore assigned for that day.[ Healy v. Ratta 288 U.S. 593 (1933) ]


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Joshua Rasmussen, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of philosophy, and his area of expertise is analytic metaphysics, with a focus on basic categories of reality, such as objects, ideas, and necessary existence. He has published more than a dozen articles on these topics in peer-reviewed academic journals, and he has two scholarly books coming out: Defending the Correspondence Theory of Truth (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and Necessary Existence (with Pruss; Oxford University Press, 2015). His research also includes a grant-funded project on randomness. Rasmussen is a truth-seeker at heart and values collaboration across disciplines and perspectives.
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The run of Matthew Lombardo's "Looped" starring Stefanie Powers as Tallulah Bankhead at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts this week prompted a letter from Henry E. Josten, 90, of Deep River.
He said the actress performed at the Ivoryton Playhouse four times and enclosed a piece he wrote for an anniversary booklet for the theater published last year. For 25 years he was the media representative. for the playhouse.
The shows, he writes, were all romantic comedies produced between 1954 and 1964, under producer Milton Steifel.
"Every time she arrived in Ivoryton she would plop herself down on the couch in her dressing room and tell us, 'It's good to be home' -- although we suspected she probably used the same line at all the other summer theaters, too. Tallulah was very easy to work with, very cooperative in helping me promote the shows, but she was a rabid baseball fan, particularly of the New York /San Francisco Giants and their then star, Willie Mays.
"When she was on stage performing, I used to have to listen to the radio backstage or watch television and fill her in between scenes as to what the Giants, and especially Mays, were up to. If the Giants were winning and Mays was playing well, she was on top of the world and take an extra bow or two that day."
Later in the piece, Josten, who was on the board of trustees of the Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation , said he wrote to actress Katharine Hepburn about the possibility of naming the playhouse after her.Hwepburn starred uin seven shows at the playhouse, including her first professional starring role.
He sent me a copy of her 1990 reply:
"Dear Henry Josten -- I honestly would not like that theatre or any theatre to be named after me -- Thank you for asking me -- Katharine Hepburn."
I wonder what she would think of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, .established after her death in 2003?
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A sustainable, healthy rose garden has perennials such as Acanthus sp. that attract pollinators and beneficial insects.
Tall, multicolored 'Granny's Bouquet' zinnias flourish in the sunny border. We've been clipping them regularly for the table, which encourages new flowering. Heritage garden roses are into their second or third flush. Landscape roses continue strong and brighter than ever. Grape, patio and large luscious tomatoes are at peak production. Yellow and green summer squash are so prolific that neighbors walk the other way when they see you carrying yet another vegetable.
July and August also can bring out the worst in marginally healthy plants. Plants are a collection of living cells, just like us. We're more susceptible to going downhill fast when stressed, underfed, dehydrated, injured, too hot or too cold.
Same with plants. Diseases and pests will take advantage of distressed, crowded, water-deprived, underfed or overfed, overheated, damaged or weak plants. Powdery mildew spews onto phlox and rose leaves. Aphids reproduce by the hundreds to suck juices from plump new buds and leaves.
Even healthy plants can be pest fodder. Japanese beetles devour many plants, including hibiscus, beans, zinnias and crapemyrtle.
Below is a list of tasks to keep the garden healthy and looking good through midsummer.
Topping off or refreshing shredded bark mulch stifles weeds and nicely defines shady beds.
• Water generously at the roots (not in the air). Roots (not leaves) absorb water that carries nutrients.
• Give plants a pickup with compost and kelp (liquid or meal).
• Remove garden debris.
• Improve air circulation and rain penetration.
• Plant flowers and herbs with pollen and nectar that attracts beneficial insects—daisies, coreopsis, cosmos, goldenrod, dill, tansy, yarrow, fennel, Queen Anne's lace and thyme.
Garden Tidying
• Keep paths open and weed-free. Tidy paths welcome you and visitors into the garden for leisure and enjoyment as well as work. Refresh with straw or wood chips where the soil is visible.
• Weed!
• Remove dead leaves and flowers.
• Refresh or "fluff" organic mulches. Pull mulch away from the base of perennials, shrubs and trees. Mulch pushed up against stems, branches or bark is an invitation for fungi to rot the plant and insects to invade.
• In the veggie garden, pick ripe veggies and fruits. Pull out spent beans, borer-infested summer squash, bolting lettuce and spinach and split radishes. Plant cold-weather veggies for autumn harvest.
Get Your Rogue On
"Roguing" is removing and destroying infested, badly diseased or damaged plant material. Prune and rake out diseased leaves, stems or branches. Dig out diseased roots. Bag this plant debris for disposal — put it out for trash pickup or as yard waste for community composting at high temperatures.
Powdery mildew thrives in high humidity. Cornell University researchers have found 1 tablespoon of baking soda plus 2.5 tablespoons of Sun Spray Ultra-Fine Year Round Pesticidal Oil in 1 gallon of water to be an effective, nontoxic control of this fungal disease on roses.
The first step to removing aphids is clipping off infested plant parts, then using a strong spray of water to wash off the rest. Beneficial insects—parasitic wasps, lady bird beetles, green lace wings and syrphid flies—are top biological controls. Insecticidal soap, neem oil and supreme horticultural oil are the least toxic chemical controls.
A swarm of aphids attacks a bud.
For home gardens, handpicking Japanese beetles as soon as you see them is recommended over chemical controls. Shake and pick them off early in the morning when they're sluggish. Dropping them into soapy water will kill them. Start removal when you see the first beetle. Japanese beetles produce pheromones that attract more Japanese beetles.
For black spot on roses, first, choose a rose cultivar that's resistant to black spot. Second, provide roses with eight to 10 hours of sun and excellent air circulation. Cultural practices to control this fungus start with keeping rose foliage dry. Why? To germinate, spores must be wet for at least seven hours. Black spot fungus lives in fallen leaves and infected canes. So remove infested leaves. Rake up and discard all fallen leaves. Prune and discard infected canes. Disinfect pruner blades between cuts when clipping infected plant material. When using a fungicide spray, add a sticker spreader for better coverage.
Pace and Reward Yourself
If the garden looks too unmanageable or you feel overwhelmed, step back and breathe deeply. Once. Twice. Thrice. Okay, now which corner is most bothersome? Tackle that one space for now. Focus on it; tidy it. Then give yourself a pat on the back, a soothing foot massage and a refreshing beverage. Choose another spot the next time.
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Halloween: the only night you can be whatever you'd like to be, whether it's a princess, zombie, or a slice of cheese. (We may or may not have been all of these things.)
It's also the only night you have a valid excuse with your dentist to stuff yourself with sweet things. If you're entertaining (or imitating) ghouls, zombies, firefighters, or superheroes, these 8 recipes — peanut butter cups, caramels, and, of course, chocolate — will surely leave your guests believing they've been treated rather than tricked.
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The so-called Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification within a deadline of seven years. It was stopped by a conservative grass-roots movement that raised these objections:
- it would require drafting women just like men, and putting women in combat just like men
- it would require taxpayer-funded abortion
- it would require same-sex marriage
- it would expand the power of the federal government and the courts
- it would require identical treatment of men and women, and boys and girls, in many other areas of life, such as schools and school activities
The amendment, which was untitled, stated:
- SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
- SECTION 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
- SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
Possible impact
The purpose of the Amendment was to prohibit many legal distinctions between men and women, and boys and girls. An all-male draft or male-only combat regiments would presumably have become illegal.[1] But equal representation of boys and girls on sports teams, and the termination of all-boys or all-girls sports teams, would probably not have been required, since the courts usually treat some gender distinctions as a bona fida operating qualification for which discrimination is allowed.
35 out of 38 states passed this amendment, but opposition led by Phyllis Schlafly ultimately defeated it.[2] Congress then extended the deadline to 1982 in legislation that a court later invalidated, but no more states passed the amendment in the additional three years anyway. Several states rescinded their prior passage of the amendment.
After women won the right to vote in 1920, the next step for some feminists was the the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA); it was first introduced in Congress and rejected in every one of its sessions until 1972.[3]
It was initially authored by Alice Paul, head of the National Women's Party, who led the suffrage campaign. The original version of the ERA stated that "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction."
The ERA was opposed by women who wanted special laws to protect women workers, including Eleanor Roosevelt. It was mostly supported by middle class Republican women.
The ERA was advocated by Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan. For example, a pro-ERA site claims that "[t]he new Constitution's promised rights were fully enjoyed only by certain white males. Women were treated according to social tradition and English common law and were denied most legal rights. In general they could not vote, own property, keep their own wages, or even have custody of their children."[4]
In fact, the U.S. Constitution actively denied women the right to vote in the late 1800s by including gender specific language in the Fourteenth Amendment. Section two of the Fourteenth Amendment specifically uses the phrase "male inhabitants" to continue the disenfranchisment of women.
Canadian Equivalent
The Canadian equivalent to the Equal Rights Amendment is known as Charter Section 28. It was ratified as a section of the constitution in 1982, and came into effect in 1985. Since then, many laws have been invalidated because they were in violation of Charter Section 28.
- ↑ Anti-ERA Phyllis Schlafly quote
- ↑ Testimony in 2007 by Phyllis Schlafly against the Equal Rights Amendment is here.
- ↑ http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2003/ms003077.pdf
- ↑ http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/era.htm


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- Brazil 2-0 Mexico: Star man Neymar the match-winner again08:16 | 20/06/2013
The forward gave Barcelona fans another tantalising taste of what to expect with a great goal and assist to decide the match in the Selecao's favour.
Brazil got one foot in the Confederations Cup semi-finals by defeating Mexico 2-0 at the Castelao on Wednesday.
Neymar lit up the occasion with an outstanding volley nine minutes in, but what threatened to be a goal glut for the hosts progressed in somewhat anticlimatic fashion, until the Barcelona forward brilliantly set up Jo for the clincher in the dying seconds.
Brazil's victory sees them move on to six points from two matches in Group A, and should Japan fail to defeat Italy in Wednesday's later match, their qualification for the last four will be guaranteed, a result which will also see Mexico eliminated.
Luiz Felipe Scolari named an unchanged XI from the side that dismantled Japan 3-0 on the opening matchday, while for Mexico, Javier Aquino and Jose Zavala were dropped for Hiram Mier and Gerardo Flores.
The hosts, fuelled by a raucous atmosphere inside the Castelao, made an electric start to the game, and Marcelo fired an early warning shot with an effort from a short free-kick that was well saved by Jose de Jesus Corona.
And though Flores stung the palms of Julio Cesar shortly after at the other end, there was only one side likely to profit from all the early momentum, and with nine minutes gone, Brazil duly delivered in sensational fashion.
Dani Alves scampered down the right and delivered into the box, but the Mexico defence could not clear any further than Neymar, just inside the area, who rifled a stunning volley into the corner.
Carlos Salcido attempted to respond for the visitors with a long-range attempt that flashed wide, but it was Alves' subsequent effort that got the crowd off their feet, the right-back's cheeky clip just missing the top corner thanks to Corona's fingertips.
But despite Brazil's dominance, there were signs of shakiness at the back, and when Marcelo gave the ball away a quarter of an hour in, determination from Mier forced play back into the box, where he drilled agonizingly wide of the far post.
Not long after, Neymar nearly struck again in equally brilliant fashion after holding off his marker at the top of the box and unleashing a piledriver that whistled inches over the crossbar.
However, as the first half neared its' end, it Mexico began to wrest themselves back onto a more even footing, and caused a few tense moments in the Brazil ranks when working the ball into the box.
Not long after the restart, Thiago Silva had a header from Neymar's free-kick ruled out for offside, before a scintillating Brazil move saw Fred play in Hulk who, from point blank range, missed the target completely.
Neymar, to his credit, was doing everything in his power to extend his side's lead, first lashing inches wide from 18 yards out, before nearly fooling Corona by angling towards his near post, but the keeper managed to make the save.
The atmosphere inside the ground, once frenzied, was becoming ever more tenser as the second half wore on, with Brazil still holding onto their precarious advantage.
Paulinho came mightily close to putting the supporters' fears at ease with six minutes to go, blasting over the bar from close range after another fine piece of skill by Neymar to set him up in a great position.
But in the end, the fans needn't have worried, as Mexico failed to muster any serious challenge to Julio Cesar in goal before, deep into stoppage time, Neymar bamboozled a pair of defenders to square to Jo to fire home the clinching goal.
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Sarah from Cinesnark is the comedy expert around here and I haven't asked her yet what she thinks of the new red band trailer for This Is The End but me, since I still have the sense of humour of 13 year old, obviously I'm all over it. And it doesn't take much. Mostly all it takes is for Danny McBride to shout out "What the F-CK", and I'm sold. Actually, anyone saying "What the F-CK" and I'm sold. WTF has been overplayed since the internet, but the full expression, really, there's nothing quite as satisfying as fully verbalising that expression. Do it, say it out loud right now and you'll instantly feel better.
When Emma Watson storms into the house with an axe shouting "I'm not f-cking around!", well, that's a bonus too. (Curiously enough, Emma supposedly walked off the set while shooting this movie, uncomfortable with some of the content.)
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I mean isn't this a tolerable James Franco?
Where's Channing Tatum? There were some reports that he was on set during filming. Right now though, Tatum is not credited as part of the cast. So if he does appear, it seems like they're setting it up as a big hilarious cameo. By the way, some of the rumours circulating at the time re: Emma Watson's discomfort had something to do with a scene involving Channing Tatum. We'll have to see how that goes down, whether or not it was all bullsh-t, or if Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were asked to edit it out of the final cut.
The concern of course is that this entire trailer is probably all you need to see of the movie, the end. For what it's worth, according to those at WonderCon this weekend who were shown two more bonus clips, there is more funny. Whether or not they can sustain that over 90 minutes -- or if it ends up being just a whole lot of talk about titty f-cking... well... we have to wait until June.
Also attached -- Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Craig Robinson at WonderCon the other day.
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Detained without charge for 18 days, tortured, and released without explanation, South Sudanese journalist Peter Ngor plans to fight back. "I am going to sue them [in] court. What they did to me was completely, utterly wrong," said Ngor, the editor of a new, private, English-language daily called Destiny.
Still, Ngor believes that his illegal detention was the work of a few individuals, and that ultimately, the world's newest country will support freedom of the press. "There are powerful individuals who want to stop the press for their own interests," he said.
On November 1, security agents arrested Ngor and detained him at the national security headquarters in the interim capital, Juba. "The room was completely dark, you could not see anyone. The only way to identify people was through touch," he said.
For the next 18 days, Ngor said, security agents tortured him with repeated beatings. Someone walked on his back. They forced him to stand for two days straight. "The cell was designed in such a way you could not sit. I am now having trouble walking." He had no access to family or counsel.
Then he was mysteriously released. "I assume they could not find anything to charge me with so they just released me. I was detained illegally and released illegally." According to South Sudan's constitution, a suspect cannot be detained over 24 hours without being presented charges in court.
What prompted such hostility? Ngor's newspaper published an opinion piece on October 26 criticizing the marriage of President Salva Kiir's daughter to an Ethiopian national. Ngor's colleague Dengdit Ayok, who wrote the piece, was detained four days after Ngor was arrested. "They kept him in a separate cell in the same security facility. I never saw him, but they treated him like they treated me until we were released last week."
Ngor said he had not approved publication of the opinion piece, and that he would have changed its language. Indeed, one can see how Ayok's story could cause a stir - it accused the president of "staining his patriotism" for allowing his daughter to marry a foreigner. As such, Destiny's editorial team wrote an apology to the first family for the critical piece soon after its publication, and suspended Ayok for one month.
Nonetheless, South Sudan National Security Services suspended the publication upon Ngor's detention November 1, saying the paper did not adhere to "the media code of conducts and professional ethics" and instead "continued to publish illicit news that are inciting, personalities invasion and defamation," news reports said.
On November 10, President Salva Kiir commented on the matter, saying "media freedom should not be abused to the extent of attacking personalities. In any case that will be defamation."
Defamation currently falls into a legal gray area in South Sudan. Under a set of three proposed media laws, which would create a self-regulatory media council, a public broadcaster, and provide greater access to information, defamation cases would be handled through civil arbitration. The bills, pending ratification since 2007, are allegedly under review by the Information Ministry. (South Sudan became a semi-autonomous entity with a peace agreement in 2005, allowing the interim government to initiate certain legal initiatives.) Information Minister Benjamin Marial assured me in September during a visit to Juba that the bills would be passed "soon."
Ngor believes his illegal detention and mistreatment may have been avoided if the media laws had been in place. The chairman of the Association of Media Development in South Sudan, an organization that has advocated for their enactment, agrees. "Without the media laws we are like footballers playing without rules," said Jacob Akol, who is also online editor of Gurtong. Akol started to doubt the government's commitment to press freedom after "the prolonged delays in passing these laws and the continued intimidation and arbitrary arrest of journalists by individual 'referees' applying their own rules in the absence of official ones," he wrote in Gurtong.
Even if the bills are passed, Ngor acknowledges that the same people who arbitrarily detained him, contravening the country's constitution, could still do so.
"These people thought they could silence us by intimidating me and breaking the law," Ngor told me. "But I told them even if they killed me they could not kill the freedom of the press." He is still in pain from his ordeal.
Despite his ordeal, Ngor believes there is press freedom in South Sudan and that many in the government support it. "It is a question of individuals within the government," Ngor said. Destiny has consulted the Information Ministry and hopes suspension of the paper will be lifted in the near future, he said.
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I have always been a crafty girl and growing up in Wisconsin I always created my own style: thrifting clothes, making friendship bracelets and covering everything I owned with tie dye and puffy paint (I was not afraid of multiple pops of color). When I moved to New York on a tight budget, I continued to make the trends I was seeing in magazines and on the runway. I got a great response from my coworkers at InStyle, which lead to a story in the mag, then a column, and then a book, I Spy DIY Style and ISpyDIY.com.
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What is the most difficult part of running your own business?
There are a ton of fun things about having a crafty job, but I think the most difficult is the pace of websites and making sure that you are constantly coming up with new projects and inspiration for others. I also think social media has become an untamed beast. People are forgetting to unplug and enjoy life instead of just Instagramming about it.
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ON MENTAL ILLNESS: CNN's Doctor Drew Reports on Stigma
Doctor Drew Pinsky is a television psychiatrist who frequently appears on CNN. His coverage and that of CNN are groundbreaking in their treatment of persons with mental illness and the venomous effects of stigma. Drew believes stigma is a cause of death for many persons who suffer from a mental illness. Stigma, according to Drew, prevents people from seeking treatment because of the fear of being ostracized. Stigma forces many mentally ill people to remain "in the closet" concerning their condition.
Failure to get treatment (including when due to the fear of the social repercussions) can cause death. This is because, without treatment, a mental illness will inevitably run its course, and this can bring a person to a point of suicidality.
CNN's and Drew's coverage of mental illness have improved since the last time that I wrote about Doctor Drew. He believes that society should have the same attitude concerning illnesses "above the neck" as they do concerning "illnesses below the neck." This means that mental illnesses, including drug addiction, schizophrenia, bipolar illness, and depression, are all medical diseases, just like cancer and heart disease. People incorrectly believe that these illnesses are a sign of weakness and a source of shame.
He encourages people to deal with issues rather than masking feelings with improperly used prescription drugs. Yet he advocates getting major mental illnesses treated through antidepressant or antipsychotic medication. Benzodiazepines, for example, have a legitimate use-for treating panic disorders. However, these same medications should not be used for the normal stresses that everyone needs to deal with.
Pinsky has been on several different TV shows concerning mental health and addiction, across the television channels. This includes "celebrity rehab" and other "reality" shows. He frequently appears on "Anderson Cooper 360."
I believe CNN and Doctor Drew Pinsky would do well to take an additional step, which would be to illustrate the parallel between stigma toward persons with mental illness, and racism, which in the past had divided our country. Stigma toward persons with mental illness and racism are essentially the same thing--hate toward someone who is somehow different.
In my personal experience, it has been hard to function in society when I am excluded by individuals and institutions, due to my status of being mentally ill. This information, while it is not supposed to show up on an employer background check, is readily available to people seeking information. I know of someone who tried to get hired as a nurse, but was refused the job at a point when the background check was done. I know of an airline mechanic, starting treatment for bipolar, who committed suicide, apparently because he could no longer work at his job.
The information that says a person has a mental illness, if it gets out, can spell ruin for a person-because people in society have ignorant attitudes and will discriminate.
Even before the internet, people had to deal with the poisonous effects of gossip. People spitefully spread bad information about people by word of mouth, and this causes the hurtful exclusion of many good people, who don't deserve this treatment.
The attitudes of the general public are still intolerant, as they once were with racism. This intolerance also shows itself when you read people's comments that are posted after news pieces that involve mental illness.
People haven't yet woken up to the fact that we are not "crazies," we are people who suffer from an illness.
Prejudice against persons with mental illness is still socially acceptable, unlike racism. Overt racism, in most places, is no longer socially acceptable. The same peer pressure ought to exist concerning hate of persons with mental illness.
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Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 3: Namtar's Lair
People often see vicious dungeons as above and beyond. Yes, they are much tougher, but with the right strategy and planning anyone can win a vicious dungeon. The object of my mini-series of annotated playthroughs is to prove to you that you can beat vicious, no matter who you are. I plan to prove this by going through and beating every vicious dungeon with a human fighter. The reason is with a fighter, you have to have a good strategy and know little tricks to make dungeons easier, as they themselves have very little leverage. I do not recommend you do this. One last important note: to beat most vicious, you will need top notch preparations. Make sure you have upgraded all of your buildings as high as you can.
In the third part of this collection we will look at Namtar's Lair. This dungeon is mean. It has very little exploration space, and a horde of monsters that make you waste blackspace by having blink cowardly or lifesteal. The monsters who don't waste your blackspace are fairly bad by themselves. On top of that, this has one of the hardest bosses in the game. At least one form is almost always bad against you, and there are six whole forms! Still, no matter how daunting, every dungeon is beatable. We'll start off by looking at my preparations.
Dragon Shield: This is probably the greatest all-round preparation in the game. This is especially great for Namtar, as he hits for very large amounts of magic damage.
Black Market: This is more of a personal preference. Still, it helps because I'm preparing elite items.
Binlor: I want him early for immediate magic resistance at level one, more blackspace, and good piety to convert off.
Magnet: Fireball: This is essential for classes that need leverage early, and the fighter needs leverage as fast as he can get it.
Perseverance Badge: A great prep that gives more damage and takes up little room.
Elite Items: It would be great if I could get more magic resistance with the elven boots, but I won't complain about any of the items.
Potion Kit: Health and Mana Potions are always useful. Whupaz is essential for every vicious dungeon. Reflex is always helpful, especially for taking out his debuffing form fast. Fortitude is for getting rid of the weakening he gives you.
Compression Seal: Between Namtar's Corpse and other items, I'll need as much space as I can get.
Let the run begin!
The first thing I'll do is worship Binlor. Use PISORF to get 35 piety and take stone soup. Proceed to use ENDISWAL to rack up 100 piety. Then blow it all on stone skin. Keep racking up piety and using stone skin until you have a good amount of magic resistance. Finally, rack up 50-100 piety to convert out. Do not kill anything during this period.
Our adversary speaks! Whatever. I'm going to keep racking up piety and ignore him.
This is unfortunate. I was really hoping to convert into the Glowing Guardian or Dracul. They both give healing and magic resistance, two huge things in this dungeon. You may want to scum for one of them if it is your first time. The only thing I want from Mystera is two mana, so that I can pull off a two fireball and GETINDARE combo. Note that I have gotten 51% magic resistance, 33% of which are from Binlor.
Here's my secret subdungeon. This is great, because it gets me past the earliest levels, which are quite difficult for the fighter. My normal subdungeon just had some gold and a sign. I'll talk about the third subdungeon a little later.
Platemail is a good item. I decide to pick it up and take out that level six warlock.
I made an unfortunate mistake here. I forgot that I can't use GETINDARE, so I had to convert the platemail to kill the warlock.
I picked off a few level ones and now it's time to kill this shade. I got two mana from Mystera, so I can dodge, fireball twice and first strike. I also remembered to convert all of the extra glyphs.
Now I'll take out this warlock with the same method that I used on the shade: dodge, fireball twice and first strike.
Time to fight Namtar. This is a bit earlier than I would have liked, but I was running out of resources. To take him out I had to use most of my potions and a mid-fight level up. It was pretty bad. You would normally use divine healing, like bloodswells, but that wasn't an option for me.
Round two! I don't even have blackspace to regenerate between forms. How unfortunate. To avoid his three awful debuffs you should use Whupaz and Reflex on this form. As long as you don't rack up more than four stacks of curse you won't need popcorn to get rid of it.
Ta da! Namtar leaves behind three things: his corpse, two large gold piles and a pool of corrosion. Go ahead and pick up the gold. Buy out a bunch of stuff. You don't need to cure your corrosion, but if you have extra cash you might as well. Try to get within eight exp from leveling, so you can get a mid-fight level up against Namtar form three.
The Underworld!!! This is the third subdungeon. You must have Namtar's Corpse to enter, so make sure you have space for it. Make sure you have BURNDAYRAZ. Here's the quick info on the Underworld.
The Underworld consists of four floors. On each floor Namtar revives to fight you, with increasingly worse stats. Each time you kill him it takes a toll on your stats. The toll gets worse every floor. The first three floors are 5x15 hallways with walls on both sides. They each have three imps. Floor one has a level one, three and four imp. Floor two has a level three, five and six imp. Floor three has a level five, seven and eight imp. The fourth floor is a 5x5 room with only five open spaces in the shape of a cross. You may not exit the Underworld.
And it begins! For this guy just use BURNDAYRAZ to fireball him to death. Use your mana potions, a schadenfreude (if you bought it), and a mid-fight level up (if you set it up).
I win. Since you shouldn't be attacking this form use him and his imps to get rid of your curse stacks.
This is probably the hardest of his Underworld forms. He can deal considerable damage, and with your newly lowered health it will be tough to survive too many hits. And I happened to be out of health potions. Fortunately I picked up an Amulet of Yendor so I used a mid-fight level up to finish him. You should use your death protection for this form. Remember that you can finish off a Retaliate: Fireball monster with a fireball.
Whew, that was tough. I don't have any potions or possible level ups for the third form...
..Who isn't too tough. While it may not look like I have any chance, if you use burning and regen-fighting it will work. It's kind of funny that a basic early game tactic works so late in the game...
He's finished. It's almost over. I will kill this guy if it is the last thing my fighter does.
This form is a joke. It has 79 hp and does one damage. I've never heard of anyone losing to it.
Sure, like I believe that promise. Enjoy the pit, Namtar. You won't be leaving any time soon.
Here's my final screen. That's just incase you want to fill in the blanks of what I killed when and so forth. This was a tight run. If I had been able to convert into the Glowing Guardian or Dracul it would have been much easier, but you can't always be lucky.
Key Points: Worship Binlor early and stack magic resistance through stone skin at level one, and convert out (hopefully into the Glowing Guardian or Dracul). Use whupaz and reflex on form two. Use divine healing before you enter into the Underworld. Make sure you have BURNDAYRAZ before you go into the Underworld.
One last note: If this is your first try in Namtar's Lair, try an easier class like the Berserker, who can skip the Binlor step, the Warlord or the Priest. The fighter is not actually a good pick for this dungeon.
Goodbye, good luck, and happy monster killing!


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TAHOE CITY, Calif. – You think the war on women was bad. Now, rumor has it, there is a war on men. Uncle Sam isn't the only one who wants you, now Aunt Pam wants you! Stand up and fight like a woman, or a bear, or a shark, or whatever it is that likes to wage war on men.Look out! Women are coming out of their binders to attack men! Successful business women in suits have binders full of men now, just so they can look at the pictures.I've been in women's binders before. Sometimes I liked it and sometimes I didn't. Some women even stuck me in there without using the hole punch first. They just clamped the three pincers shut and pulled on me until I tore through.The strange thing about the war on men and women is that it is news. We've known for thousands of years that men and women don't always get along. The only thing new is now, in this new "war," you can't always tell the difference between one sex and the other. And both sexes have been victims of domestic violence.The war between the sexes is as old as the praying mantis and the black widow spider.We need to get back to traditional wars, where everyone wore uniforms. No more of this guerrilla warfare stuff. It isn't fair. But war never is.War and peace between the sexes may even be more complicated, and more ancient, than war and peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, or between other religions, imperialists, gold seekers and other children who won't share their toys.A while back, In Self, a woman's magazine, there was an article titled, "Treat Your Dude Like A Dog." It may have been a secret intelligence document, perhaps in code, about special operations planned against men. Or, it may have been an article by a woman who loves dogs and men and waters and feeds them both equally. The author may even allow her dogs, and men, to run free in Paige Meadows, without a leash.It is time to stop watching TV, forever! There's too much air time for television stations now that we have a 24 hour news cycle. To fill the time they have to make up their own news, and we listen to what they have to say and trick ourselves into thinking that we must have an opinion, and that we must take sides, if we are real men and women.We get so passionate about these alleged news stories, and the nation's problems, real or imaginary, and become so infatuated with ourselves for caring, that we crusade to put an end to everything bad, unfortunate and unpleasant about human life on earth, and don't realize that we are only beating our head against the wall. It is impossible to put an end to all of mankind's (and womankind's) most serious problems, like ignorance and poverty. Not to mention the fact that, in national politics these days, nobody wants to help the other guy fix the problem. They know it's impossible so they blame each other. That is exactly what is happening in our nation's capitol. As far as the nation's problems are concerned, refusing to fix them only makes the problems worse. Politicians won't do the hard work because they know they would start a war if they did. It's a fluid situation.We all know what a fluid situation is. Hillary Clinton said that the investigation into the murder of our Libyan ambassador, and related events in the Middle East, was a "fluid" situation. No kidding. The Sierra Nevada are a fluid situation.History has been fluid ever since Adam and Eve were thrown out of the Garden of Eden, and ever since the missing link disappeared, or was found, or whatever happened to the chain. Or was it a tree? Weren't we living in trees just the other day?Make sure you check your fluids. As long as we have enough power steering fluid, gas, oil and windshield washer fluid, we can keep the war between the sexes flowing smoothly.Bob Sweigert is a Sierra Sun columnist, published poet, former college instructor and ski instructor. He has a B.A. and an M.A.T. from Gonzaga University. He has lived at Lake Tahoe for 30 years.
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IBM's DS5300 storage array is in a class of one when serving virtual machines in a pair of VMware servers.
Terrific results look great, especially when no one else has run the test, so you are absolutely guaranteed to be the winner. That's what IBM has done by commissioning ESG to run a new test for its DS5300 array serving a pair of virtualised multi-core, multi-socket servers. But SPC-1 results show it's slower than a NetApp FAS3170.
The DS5300 is based on LSI's 7900 array. IBM calls it a turbo-charged SAN-attached storage system, and says that there is no benchmark designed to test how a storage array serves multiple servers running multiple virtual machines (VMs). So it went ahead with ESG and VMware to develop one based on the VMmark idea of 'tiles' - VMs running industry-standard benchmarks emulating common business applications. IBM and ESG say that the SPC-1 benchmark is designed to assess the performance of a storage system satisfying requests from a single server online database application. This, they argue, isn't suitable for a virtual server environment.
That may be stretching things a little. A storage array just services I/O requests. It doesn't know whether the applications that sent them in are from one application or lots of them or whether they are running in physical or virtual servers. It just gets a mix of I/O requests which it has to service. I would have thought that, broadly speaking, a storage array running at a certain level in an online database environment would run pretty much at the same level in a virtual server environment. But the 'broadly speaking' phrase is a give-away. IBM and ESG may be right.
Anyway, this DS5300 in the ESG Lab validation report supported 17,512 JetStress email users (0.5 profile) and 4,551 simulated web server IOPs etc. It's impressive, but you can't compare it to anything else because nothing else has been through the same test.
Taking a gander at the SPC-1 results, the DS5300, which IBM to its great credit has submitted, has this result (pdf): 58,158.69 SPC-IOPS, $12.42 per SPC-1 IOPS, 13,742.218GB, mirroring and a total cost of $722,450.
In the same class is NetApp's FAS 3170 which recorded (pdf) 60,515.34 SPC-1 IOPS, £10.01 per SPC-1 IOPS, 19,628.5 GB, RAID-DP, and $605,492. That's faster and cheaper in my book.
Don't bother looking for EMC kit on the SPC-1 results list. It isn't there. NetApp did cheekily run an EMC Clariion CX-3 test, but that machine isn't in the same league, recording 24,997.49 SPC-1 IOPS. Please NetApp, run a CX-4 test so we can all know what we are dealing with here.
Or please, IBM, run the NetApp FAS 3170 through the same test as the DS5300, and while you're at it test a CX-4 too, and an HDS AMS 2300. The sooner the SPC devises virtual server storage benchmarks the better. ®
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