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THE DAILY SPAM REPORTING FROM 2046: In order to improve America's dismal #14 spot on the OECD's World Education Rankings, President John McAfee, who avoided having to "eat my own d*ck" on national television when Bitcoin soared past $1 million dollars in late 2020 and propelled him into the White House on the Crypto Party vote, today directed the nation's public school teachers to take the General Education Development (GED) exam.
The GED is available as an option for adults who did not complete high school and who wish to receive a high school diploma.
As President McAfee pointed out, the GED also serves as a barometer of competency for the entire system of public education. Said the president:
"Spend 12 years apprenticing to a blacksmith and you can shoe a horse with one hand tied behind your back.
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"To solve a problem, you first must identify it. Let's stick an educational emissions probe up our teachers' tail pipes and see what comes out."
The average GED score reported from the nation's 3.2 million public school teachers printed at 66.6%.
Upon hearing the news, President McAfee declared Educational Martial Law, committed the nation's teachers to remedial education interment camps in New North Mexico, and will let them out when they can demonstrate on a paper napkin how to solve the quadratic equation.
Meanwhile, the nation's children have been instructed to go to school each day and teach each other, with the older children serving as mentors to the younger.
Rather than devolve into Clockwork Orange chaos or, as one critic put it, Lord Of The Flies writ large," school bullying has dropped to zero after Educational Militias were formed by upstanding seniors who patrol the halls with AR-15's to maintain peace and order.
Observers note that many children have already passed enough College Level Entry Placement (CLEP) exams to get a college degree without ever having to attend college, or go a penny into debt, and have gone on to start their own successful small businesses.
President McAfee seems pleased by the outcome. "Now instead of morons turning out future morons like some kind of dystopian assembly line, we have the kind of superior educational standards that our nation's founders themselves experienced."
The National Teachers Association was contacted for comment but could not be reached since there is no Internet service in New North Mexico, and it appears that there are no teachers who know how to send smoke signals or start a pony express.
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Tenn. Trappers Gather Oct. 18-21
The Tennessee Fur Harvesters fall convention will be Oct. 18-21 at Fall Creek Falls State Park. Newcomers, veteran trappers and their families will enjoy the many seminars, contests, games and activities, live entertainment, storytellers, and supplies vendors.
Tent camping and primitive cabins are available. For more information contact John Daniel at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 423-595-0986 or see the website www.tfhaonline.net and select TFHA Annual Convention.
Peak Fall Colors for GSMNP
For those who enjoy the breathtaking fall colors of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the best times to go are always a concern. With its wide range of elevations, the Smokies typically delivers one of the longest leaf seasons in the country. Fall colors appear first at the highest elevations in late September and work their way down over a five-to-six week season. So visitors should be able to find beautiful colors no matter when they come in the fall.
Estimations for the Smokies peak fall colors: 5,000 feet elevation, Oct. 3-14; 4,000 feet, Oct. 11-14; 3,000 feet, Oct. 18-27; 2,000 feet, Oct. 24 – Nov. 3.
For daily ranger-led programs in the Park, call 828-497-1904. See the Park's elk herd near the Mountain Farm Museum in Cherokee, N.C. For other things to experience on the North Carolina side of the Park, visit www.GreatSmokies.com/fall; or contact Karen Wilmot at 800-867-9246 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Know the New CWD Restrictions for Tenn.
Right now there are 25 states and three Canadian provinces that have documented cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Mississippi was the latest to join the list earlier this year. As of July 2018, Tennessee's law on the importation of wildlife carcasses has changed. If you harvest a deer, elk or moose (cervids) from any state outside of Tennessee or any Canadian province, it must be properly processed before bringing it back into Tennessee. The law states:
"No person may import, transport, or possess in Tennessee a cervid carcass or carcass part from anywhere outside state except as provided herein: Meat that has bones removed; Antlers, antlers attached to cleaned skull plates, or cleaned skulls (where no meat or tissue is attached to the skull); Cleaned teeth; Finished taxidermy and antler products; Hides and tanned products."
CWD is a contagious and deadly neurological disorder that affects deer, elk and moose. It is transmitted through animal-to-animal contact, animal contact with a contaminated environment, and by contaminated feed or water sources.
TFWC Sets New Fishing Regs
Following the public comment period, the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission set the 2019-20 fishing regulations during its September meeting recently. Several of the new fishing regulations are geared toward the agency's effort to battle the invasive Asian carp. Sport fishing regulations changes would become effective March 1, 2019.
In TWRA Region I and II, skipjack herring, gizzard shad, and threadfin shad will not be able to be transported alive from the Mississippi River and Barkley, Kentucky, and Pickwick reservoirs and any tributaries or oxbows of these waters. The restrictions do not apply to the Duck River above Normandy Dam. These bait species are similar in appearance to small Asian carp.
Changes to seasons on the Tellico River, Citico Creek, and Green Cove Pond will allow optimal stocking and fishing conditions during the permit season. Big Lost Creek, Goforth Creek, Spring Creek, and Greasy Creek and their tributaries in Polk County have been changed to follow statewide regulations. Previously these waters were closed on Fridays.
In other news The TWRA will be implementing this fall a new risk assessment plan to prevent the introduction of chronic wasting disease (CWD) into Tennessee. Samples from deer will be collected from potentially higher risk areas. The TFWC's next meeting will be Oct. 25-26 in Nashville.
Remember to Get 2018-19 Duck Stamp
Waterfowlers, do not forget to get your 2018-2019 federal Duck Stamp. Hunters of ducks, geese and cranes age 16 and older are required to purchase the federal stamp in addition to their hunting license. It can be purchased at many license agencies, most U.S. Post Offices, by phone at 800-STAMP-24, and online at www.duckstamp.com. Find all buying options here.
More than a million waterfowlers and conservationists traditionally purchase one or more of the colorful stamps to invest in waterfowl conservation and wetlands that support many other species of wildlife. One third of America's threatened species make their homes in wetlands.
Every year the program raises more than $38 million used to purchase wetlands in the National Wildlife Refuge system. Since its inception in 1934, the Duck Stamp, officially the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, has raised more than one billion dollars to acquire and protect more than six million acres of habitat in the NWR.
Here is a unique sports banquet not to be missed. The Tennessee Muzzleloading History Banquet will be held on Saturday, Oct. 27 at The Venue in Lenoir City. Stephen Tucker and his world record Tucker Buck will be a featured speaker.
Some of the evening's attractions: A collection of Tennessee ML rifles; a historical exhibit of ML in Tennessee from 1769 and on; Sergeant Alvin York's guns and memorabilia; Civil War reenactment with Whitworth rifles; vintage barrel-making machine demonstration by Rice Barrels; Q&A with national champion ML shooters; Knight Rifles and other ML vendors onsite.
Socializing, viewing the exhibits, and cocktails begin at 4:00 p.m. The dinner and program is 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $35 each and $20 for under 18 years. Pre-register at www.nmlra.org.
Smoky Mountains Trout Tourney Oct. 6-7
The largest trout tournament in the Smokies, the 20th annual Smoky Mountains Trout Tournament, will take place on the weekend of Oct. 6-7 on 20 miles of the Little Pigeon River in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. At least 10,000 trout are stocked immediately prior to the event.
The top prizes will be $250 for the largest trout and $250 for the smallest trout. Other prizes will include trophies for the top three anglers in four divisions, cash awards, fishing equipment, and gift certificates to restaurants, hotels, and local attractions.
The entry fees are $25 for one day or $40 for both days. Cash prizes will go to the four divisions of adults and youths, both locals and tourists. Register or get more information at www.rockytopoutfit.com, or call Rocky Top Outfitters at 865-661-3474.
Tenn. Gets $1.9 Million From Fed's LWCF
Secretary of the Interior Ryan K. Zinke Tuesday announced a $1.9 million distribution from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to Tennessee for state-identified outdoor recreation and conservation projects. The exact amount is $1,889,644.
This is part of a $100 million distribution from the LWCF to all 50 States, the Territories, and the District of Columbia. LWCF funds are non-taxpayer dollars derived from Outer Continental Shelf lease revenues and are awarded through federal matching grants administered by the National Park Service.
Secretary Zinke said, "The LWCF State and Local Assistance Program leverages public and private investment in America's state and local parks and exemplifies my priorities to improve and expand outdoor recreation and access, and bolster state and local community recreation, tourism, and economic goals. I support permanent reauthorization of LWCF and am hopeful that Congress will pass this important bill before the deadline."
In addition, the $100 million in LWCF funding distributed now was supplemented by the June distribution of $61.6 million in revenues to states from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act.
The LWCF was established by Congress in 1965 to ensure access to outdoor recreation resources for present and future generations. The LWCF invests earnings from offshore oil and gas leasing to permanently conserve outdoor recreation areas for public use and enjoyment. The funds enable state and local governments to improve park and other recreation areas in their communities.
Since the inception of the LWCF 53 years ago, over $4.2 billion from responsible offshore oil and gas development has been made available to state and local governments to fund more than 43,000 conservation projects throughout the nation. For more information go to www.nps.gov/lwcf.
Young Hunters Get Special Deer Hunt
Here is a special opportunity for young hunters who have never taken a deer. A free hunt at Buffalo Ridge Refuge in deer-rich Humphreys County (Unit L) has been arranged again by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency for Oct. 27, the opening day for the statewide youth deer hunt. Hunters age 10-16 with a hunter education certificate and accompanied by a non-hunting adult are eligible. A total of 30 licenses will be issued. Last year there were also 30 young hunters and 16 took their first deer.
There will be a free Friday night cookout and campout (participants must have their own camping gear), or hotels are nearby. Breakfast and lunch will also be served on Saturday. Treestands will be provided including three that are handicap accessible. The Unit L bag limit is two bucks (one buck per day) and three does per day.
Registration deadline is Oct. 15, when the lottery drawing will be held. Applications and more information are available on the TWRA website www.tnwildlife.org, by phoning Don Hosse at 615-781-6541, or by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Applications can be mailed to TWRA, Youth Deer Hunt Giveaway, P.O. Box 40747, Nashville, TN 37204; or faxed to 615-781-6543. Selected hunters will be notified by Oct. 20.
TFWC Meets in Knoxville on Sept. 20-21
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will establish the 2019-20 fishing regulations at its September meeting on Sept. 20-21 in Knoxville. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Knoxville West, located in Cedar Bluff. Committee meetings start at 1 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday. The regular TFWC meeting begins at 9 a.m. on Friday. The public is invited.
Following is a summary of the proposed changes. The complete details can be found in the News section at www.tnwildlife.org.
Regions I and II: Skipjack herring, gizzard shad, and threadfin shad may not be transported alive from the Mississippi River and Barkley, Kentucky, and Pickwick reservoirs and their tributaries. These bait species are similar in appearance to small Asian carp and this proposal would reduce the risk of accidentally introducing Asian carp into new waterways.
Region III: On Watts Bar Reservoir, paddlefish may be harvested May 1-15 with no culling of harvested fish. Snagging in certain areas will be restricted. This proposed regulation is to afford further protections to the paddlefish population in Watts Bar Reservoir when they congregate below Fort Loudoun Dam.
Big Lost Creek, Goforth Creek, Spring Creek, and Greasy Creek and their tributaries in Polk County would be open to fishing on Fridays from March 1 to June 1, with multiple hook lures permitted. Statewide trout regulations would apply to these streams. This proposal adds fishing opportunity during the spring trout stocking period.
Requirements for fishing permits in Tellico-Citico creeks areas and Tellico River will change. Tellico River from mouth of North River upstream to the Tennessee/North Carolina state line will follow Delayed Harvest regulations from October 1 through the last day of February.
Region IV: Calderwood Reservoir would adopt the creel and length limits for gamefish species from North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission on the Tennessee portion of Calderwood Reservoir. This proposal will simplify regulations on this shared resource. Statewide: Any fish that is landed with the aid of a gaff will be considered as a harvested fish and may not be released or culled. For proposed commercial fishing regulations, see the News section at www.tnwildlife.org.
Also on the agenda, the TFWC will hear the results of the chronic wasting disease (CWD) risk assessment in Tennessee. Dr. Krysten Schuler, disease ecologist from Cornell University, will make the presentation. Dr. Schuler has helped TWRA use the risk assessment data to develop a weighted, risk-based surveillance plan that staff will begin implementing this fall. Dr. Schuler will share the general approach behind this surveillance plan.
Results from the mail survey of residents within the elk restoration zone will be presented by Dr. Neelam Poudyal of the University of Tennessee. The study investigated opinions and attitudes regarding elk within the five-county region; the study also characterizes the economic value of elk in Tennessee.
Autumn Arrives Sept. 22
Welcome, autumn! The autumnal – or September – equinox occurs on Sept. 22 at 9:54 p.m. EDT (Sept. 23 01:54 Universal Time). For East Tennessee sunrise will be at 7:24 a.m. and sunset will be at 7:32 p.m. On this date the sun rises due east and sets due west.
In late September daylight is waning rapidly every day. Each sunrise arrives nearly one minute later, and the sunsets occur about one-and-a-half minutes earlier every day. Interestingly, the actual "equinox" or equal periods of day and night does not occur in this area until Sept. 26.
Archery Deer and Bear Begin Sept. 22
The whitetail rut appears to be on time this year, just now beginning. For archery deer hunting the first segment is Sept. 22 – Oct. 26; then, after a respite weekend (Oct. 27-28) for the first youth deer hunt, the second archery segment is Oct. 29 – Nov. 2. All the big game units, A, B, C, D, and L have the same dates; all of the units – except L – have the same bag limits: Two antlered and four antlerless. Unit L bag limits are two antlered and three antlerless per day. Those two bucks are the season maximum for all weapons, gun and muzzleloader included. Archery fall turkey also begins in most counties on Sept. 22; season limit is one bearded bird per county, no hens.
Also, bear hunting begins on Sept. 22. The archery season is Sept. 22 – Oct. 19, without dogs, for all of the Bear Hunting Zones: BHZ1 – BHZ4 and Transitional. The annual bag limit is one bear either-sex, sows without cubs.
Next, bear hunting with dogs and all weapons opens in three zones: Oct. 6-12 in BHZ2, which includes Blount, Cocke (south of I-40), Jefferson (east of Hwy 411), and Sevier counties; Sept. 29 – Oct. 7 in BHZ3, which is McMinn (east of Hwy 411), Monroe and northeastern Polk counties; Oct. 6-8 and Oct. 13-14 in BHZ1, which is Carter, Cocke (north of I-40), Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties. The later bear hunts will be listed here soon, but you can see them all in this blog's Hunting Seasons section or on page 36 of the 2018 hunting guide.
Keep Your Trees Healthy & Pest-Free
The end of summer is a good time to make sure your trees are healthy, strong and pest-free. Tennessee has its share of tree diseases and infestations that are threatening our forests. These include the pine beetle, emerald ash borer (all ash trees), wooly adelgid (hemlocks), Asian longhorn beetle (ALB), and the Sirex woodwasp. Our black walnut trees are succumbing to the "thousand cankers disease" (called TCD). TCD is a fungus spread by the walnut twig beetle.
There are two proactive things you can do. Inspect your own trees for diseases; and do not move firewood. Get more information at www.dontmovefirewood.org; also, there is the USFS website at www.na.fs.fed.us. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has a website and phone number to help you, www.protecttnforests.org and 800-628-2631.
One of the biggest tree threats in the eastern United States is the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), an invasive pest that attacks over a dozen types of trees. ALB's preferred host tree is maple, so check those first. Look for round exit holes, chew marks in bark, wood dust, dead branches, and tunneling in cut wood or fallen branches. Also look for adult beetles. The beetle is about 1 inch to 1.5 inches long, with six legs and a shiny, jet-black body with white spots and two long black-and-white antennae.
Early detection is the key. One person can make a big difference. In 2010 in Boston, a groundskeeper noticed an exit hole in a maple tree. Fortunately, only six trees were infested with ALB. Thanks to that one person's report, Boston is now ALB-free. If you see something suspicious, report your findings by calling 1-866-702-9938, or report online at www.AsianLonghornedBeetle.com or the above Tennessee website.
"Hunters Run For the Hungry" Sept. 15
The "Hunters Run for the Hungry" will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Henry Horton State Park in Marshall County. It is again sponsored by the Tennessee State Parks, the Tennessee Wildlife Federation and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
This year's event will feature 5K and 10K runs, and a triathlon where participants will bike six miles, kayak three miles, and run three miles. Registration is $40 in advance and $45 the day of the event. Participants will receive a T-shirt and all proceeds go to Marshall County's Hunters for the Hungry.
Participants are encouraged to pre-register for the event by filling out the registration form and submitting it along with the $40 entry fee by mail or in person to: Attn: Lori Jett, Ranger Program Office, 2330 River Road, Chapel Hill, TN 37034. For additional information, contact Lori Jett at 931-364-5420. Checks should be made to Marshall County Hunters for the Hungry.
Check-in and same day registration for participants will be from 6:00 - 6:45 a.m. (CDT) at the Henry Horton swimming pool parking lot. The race starts at 7:00 a.m. Triathletes must have their own bicycle. Kayaks and lifejackets will be provided.
The Tennessee Wildlife Federation's "Hunters for the Hungry" program is a way to provide healthy protein rich food to Tennesseans who need it. The program allows hunters to donate harvested deer, which are then processed by certified game processors and distributed to local food banks and soup kitchens.
Best Time to See Tennessee Elk
September and October are the best months to see Tennessee elk. The rut is underway, which means lots of animal movement, mating activity and the haunting bugle of the bull elk day and night. The free-range Tennessee elk are on the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area about 40 miles north of Knoxville. There are two good wild viewing places, in the Royal Blue and the Sundquist units of North Cumberland.
Perhaps the best place to go is the elk-viewing pavilion at Hatfield Knob on Peabody Mountain in Campbell County. More than a dozen elk are frequenting the area mostly in the mornings and evenings.
Directions: I-75 north to Caryville, then take U.S. 25W to LaFollette and about 6.5 miles past. Immediately after topping the mountain turn left at the sign onto a gravel road and go about 4.5 miles to the parking area. The pavilion is about a one-third mile walk.
The original elk release site is at Montgomery Junction on Massengill Mountain, near the community of Norma in Scott County. To get there take I-75 north to exit 141 (Oneida/Huntsville); go west on Hwy 63 for 11.5 miles and then left on Norma Road, going about five miles to a left turn onto Montgomery Creek Road. About a mile further is the original release site, a good place to begin slowly driving and listening and glassing [Note: A total of 15 elk hunters will be active here on Sept. 29 – Oct. 5 (archery) and on Oct. 13-19 (rifle) and one youth hunter on Oct. 6-12].
Elk can be seen anytime but viewing is best in the mornings and evenings. Recommended equipment includes binoculars, cameras and insect repellant. For those going off-road, watch for poisonous snakes since they are quite active right now.
The main elk herd in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in the Cataloochee area on the North Carolina side. Contact the Park headquarters for the best viewing opportunities; go to www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/elk.
If you cannot get out to see the elk, check out the Tennessee elk cam at www.tn.gov/twra/wildlife/mammals/large/elk.html. There is live video and lots of background to enjoy.
Apply Now for Sandhill Crane Permits
The application period for Tennessee's statewide sandhill crane hunt is underway and will continue through Sept. 26. About 1,274 permits (two per hunter) will be issued through the computerized draw. These tags are valid statewide, including the Southeast Sandhill Crane Zone.
The statewide sandhill hunting season is Dec. 1 – Jan. 27; however, the season is closed in the Southeast Zone from Jan. 18-20. Your application for the sandhill crane hunt can be made online on the TWRA website www.tnwildlife.org; select For Hunters and Quota Hunts. Applications can also be made at license agencies or any of the four TWRA regional offices. In addition, hunters can also apply for waterfowl blinds on selected wildlife management areas.
Apply for Duck Blinds Sept. 5-26
The application period for the TWRA's computerized drawings for duck pools and blind sites is Sept. 5-26. The blinds are located in the following areas: Bogota and Thorny Cypress WMAs in Dyer County, Gooch Unit E, Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, White Oak (Lebanon Pond area in Hardin County), and the four units on the Chickamauga WMA (Candies Creek, Johnson Bottoms, Rogers Creek, and Yellow Creek.
Paper applications are available online or at license agencies and TWRA regional offices, but they must be delivered to a license agency and cannot be mailed in. The form resembles those for WMA quota deer hunts, except for group filings; however, each successful hunter may bring up to four guests to the duck blind each day. For those unsuccessful the Priority Drawing System is available for better luck next time.
Five hunters are allowed per pool/blind. Also, parties of up to five are allowed to apply together, instead of only individually. This means that five hunters, who apply as a party, will have five chances of being drawn. For more information go to www.tnwildlife.org and select For Hunters, Migratory Birds and Waterfowl; or telephone TWRA's Region III office at 800-262-6704.
Comment Now on 2019 Fishing Regs
It is time to comment on next year's fishing regulations. Proposed changes in the 2019-2020 Tennessee sport fishing regulations were presented to the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission in August by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Following is a summary. Complete details can be found in the news section at www.tnwildlife.org. The deadline for the comment period is Sept. 14.
Regions I and II: Skipjack herring, gizzard shad, and threadfin shad may not be transported alive from the Mississippi River and Barkley, Kentucky, and Pickwick reservoirs and their tributaries. These bait species are similar in appearance to small Asian carp and this proposal would reduce the risk of accidentally introducing Asian carp into new waterways.
Region III: On Watts Bar Reservoir, paddlefish may be harvested May 1-15 with no culling of harvested fish. Snagging in certain areas will be restricted. This proposed regulation is to afford further protections to the paddlefish population in Watts Bar Reservoir when they congregate below Fort Loudoun Dam.
Big Lost Creek, Goforth Creek, Spring Creek, and Greasy Creek and their tributaries in Polk County would be open to fishing on Fridays from March 1 to June 1, with multiple hook lures permitted. Statewide trout regulations would apply to these streams. This proposal adds fishing opportunity during the spring trout stocking period.
Requirements for fishing permits in Tellico-Citico creeks areas and Tellico River will change. Tellico River from mouth of North River upstream to the Tennessee/North Carolina state line will follow Delayed Harvest regulations from October 1 through the last day of February.
Region IV: Calderwood Reservoir would adopt the creel and length limits for gamefish species from North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission on the Tennessee portion of Calderwood Reservoir. This proposal will simplify regulations on this shared resource.
Statewide: Any fish that is landed with the aid of a gaff will be considered as a harvested fish and may not be released or culled. For proposed commercial fishing regulations, see the news section at www.tnwildlife.org.
Comments may be sent (by Sept. 14) by email to firstname.lastname@example.com with "2019 Fish Comments" in the subject line; or write to TWRA Fisheries Division, P.O. Box 40747, Nashville, TN 37204. The TFWC will vote on the sport fish and commercial fish regulations at its Sept.20-21 meeting to be held in Knoxville. If approved, the sport fishing changes would become effective March 1, 2019.
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Last week changes https://github.com/GPII/windows/pull/73 were merged in the Windows framework repository that serve as a requirement for upcoming work https://github.com/GPII/windows/pull/72
This triggered CI jobs which resulted in unexpected failures which were not observable in development environments:
The Windows VM on the CI worker host where this work was being carried out was displaying subpar performance. On some job runs the VM stalled, unable to finish its provisioning process, and had to aborted. Once the host was restarted the test that was failing passed once but failed in subsequent attempts:
15:34:29.288: jq: Test concluded - Module "gpii.tests.windows.killProcess" Test name "Testing Killing Processes": 4/4 passed - PASS
Further troubleshooting led us to believe that disabling 3D acceleration led to a more responsive VM that could be provisioned as expected and resulted in the gpii.tests.windows.killProcess test passing. Searches performed using VirtualBox logs excerpts showed other performance issues related to 3D acceleration https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10879#comment:2
I would like to suggest that we disable 3D acceleration (and increase the amount of allocated video memory) for all VMs used by GPII projects:
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- https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#settings-display
The current CI worker host is a Mac Mini with 16 GB of RAM, onboard Intel GPU, and running Xfce on Fedora 22. There was a discussion at the last APCP face-to-face event held in Toronto about using server grade hardware for worker hosts. The replacements will be Dell C2100 servers with 96 GB RAM and dual processors which will provide greater capacity for CI workloads. The replacement servers have older and less capable video cards (Integrated AST2050 with 8MB VGA memory) than the current Mac Mini and should not be relied upon for 3D acceleration anyway.


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Six Impossible things before Breakfast from the BBC. Aunty Beeb has been at the Gin again.
The continued decline in the BBC is evident from this article appearing on why the Oil Price became so important.
In the new age of Goebbels Cobblers, the BBC can be guaranteed to ask the most stupid question followed up with the most superficial, mendacious & inane of answers.
Watch the Corbet videos and this is a very good opportunity to look at Money Debt, Energy-Based economics and the Geo-Politics of Feudal Imperialism.
'The devil's excrement': How did oil price become so important?
It was 27 August 1859, and a crucial message had been sent. Entrepreneur Edwin Drake's last financial backer had finally lost patience. Pay off your debts, give up and come home, the message read.
Drake had been hoping to find "rock oil", a brownish unrefined "crude" oil that sometimes bubbled near the surface of western Pennsylvania. He planned to refine it into kerosene, for lamps – a substitute for increasingly expensive whale oil.
There would also be less useful by-products, such as gasoline, but if he couldn't find a buyer for that he could always pour it away.
The message had been sent, but Drake had not yet received it when his drill bit punctured an underground reservoir full of crude oil under pressure. From 69 ft (21m) beneath the surface, the oil began to rise.
The whales had been saved, and the world was about to change.
Just a few miles south and a few years later, came a hint of what lay in store.
When oil was struck at Pithole, Pennsylvania, in 1864, "there were not 50 inhabitants within half a dozen miles", according to the New York Times.
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A year later, Pithole had at least 10,000 inhabitants, 50 hotels, one of the country's busiest post offices, two telegraph stations and dozens of brothels.
A few men made fortunes, but a real economy is complex and self-sustaining. Pithole was neither, and within another year, it was gone.
Its oil boom did not last, but our thirst for the fuel grew and grew. The modern economy is drenched in oil.
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It's the source of more than a third of the world's energy.
That's more than coal, and more than twice as much as nuclear, hydroelectric and renewable energy sources combined.
Oil and gas together provide a quarter of our electricity, and the raw material for most plastics.
Then there's transport.
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Edwin Drake may have questioned who would buy gasoline, but the internal combustion engine was about to give him an answer. From cars to trucks, cargo ships to jet planes, oil-derived fuel still moves us – and stuff – around.
No wonder the price of oil is arguably the most important single price in the world.
In 1973, when some Arab states declared an embargo on sales to several rich nations, prices surged from $3 to $12 a barrel in just six months.
It led to a global slowdown, with US recessions following subsequent price spikes in 1978, 1990, and 2001. Some economists even believe that record high oil prices played an important role in the global recession of 2008, which is conventionally blamed on the banking crisis alone.
As oil goes, so goes the economy.
So why did we become so excruciatingly dependent on the stuff?
Daniel Yergin's magisterial history of oil, The Prize, begins with a dilemma for Winston Churchill.
Churchill was made head of the Royal Navy in 1911.
One of his first decisions was whether the British Empire would meet the challenge of an expansionist Germany with new battleships powered by safe, secure Welsh coal, or by oil from faraway Persia – modern-day Iran.
Why would anyone rely on such an insecure source? Because oil-fired battleships would accelerate more quickly and sustain a higher speed, required fewer men to deal with the fuel and would have more capacity for guns and ammunition.
Oil was simply a better fuel than coal.
Churchill's "fateful plunge" in April 1912 reflected the same logic that has governed our dependence on oil – and shaped global politics – ever since.
After Churchill's decision, the British Treasury bought a majority stake in the Anglo-Persian oil company – the ancestor of BP.
In 1951, it was nationalised by the government of Iran. Our company, protested the British. Our oil, responded the Iranians. The argument would be repeated around the world over the subsequent decades.
Some countries did well. Saudi Arabia is one of the richest on the planet, thanks to its large oil reserves.
Its state-owned oil company, ASaudi Aramco, is worth more than Apple or Google or Amazon.
Still, nobody would mistake Saudi Arabia for a complex, sophisticated economy such as that of Japan or Germany. It's perhaps a bit more like Pithole on a grander scale.
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Elsewhere, from Iraq to Iran, Venezuela to Nigeria, few oil-rich countries have prospered from the discovery. Economists call it the "curse of oil".
Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo, Venezuela's oil minister in the early 1960s, had a more vivid description. "It is the devil's excrement," he declared in 1975. "We are drowning in the devil's excrement."
More things that made the modern economy:
- How Diesel's engine changed the world
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- How the humble brick built the world
- How fire made us human, and forged the modern economy
Why is it a problem to have lots of oil?
Exporting it pushes up the value of your currency – which can make everything other than oil prohibitively expensive to produce at home.
That means it can be hard to develop manufacturing or complex service industries.
Historically, many politicians have tried to monopolise their country's oil for themselves and their allies. Dictatorships are not uncommon. There is money – for some – but such economies tend to be thin and brittle.
That's one reason we might hope for something to replace oil. Climate change, obviously, is another.
But oil has so far stubbornly resisted giving way to batteries. This is because machines that move around need to carry their own source of power with them – the lighter the better.
A kilogram of petrol stores as much energy as 60kg of batteries, and has the convenient property of disappearing after use. Empty batteries, alas, are just as heavy as full ones.
Electric cars are finally starting to break through. Electric jumbo jets are a tougher challenge.
There was a time when it seemed as though oil might simply start to run out – "peak oil" was the phrase – pushing prices ever higher, and giving us the impetus to move to a clean, renewable economy.
In fact, oil is being discovered far more quickly than it is being consumed.
This is partly thanks to the rapid growth of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", a controversial process in which water, sand and chemicals are pumped underground under high pressure to release oil and gas.
Fracking is more like manufacturing than traditional exploration and production.
It's standardised, enjoying rapid productivity gains and the process starts and stops depending on whether the price is right.
Many critics have expressed fears about its potential long-term environmental consequences.
However, the Permian Basin – home of the US fracking industry – already produces more oil than the 14 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) group, apart from Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
It seems we are still drowning in the Devil's Excrement, and may continue to do so for some time.
The author writes the Financial Times's Undercover Economist column. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy is broadcast on the BBC World Service. You can find more information about the programme's sources and listen to all the episodes online or subscribe to the programme podcast.
How & Why Big Oil Conquered The World
Oil. The 19th century was transformed by it. The 20th century was shaped by it. And the 21st century is moving beyond it. But who gave birth to the oil industry? What have they done with the immense wealth and power that it has granted them? And what are they planning to do with that power in a post-carbon world? This is the remarkable true story of the oiligarchs and the world they have created.
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And This Just In,
"You are failing us but young people are starting to understand your betrayal." Counterfeit. Fugazy. Inauthentic. Unauthentic. Not real. Staged. A poseur. Some climate parvenu. A weather snake oil dilettante. An exceedingly scary and shockingly vacuous young lady, put up and propped up by climate hucksters pushing and pulling for the ultimate brass ring, the big enchilada — carbon taxing. That's what everything's about. It's about cap and trade, track and tax, carbon exchanges and carbon taxing. The illusive and mythical and magical and phantasmagoric carbon footprint. It's a part of our world now. Antifa thugs, global protesters leaving parade routes with garbage strewn. Incomprehensible logolalic platitudes. Alas.


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After the three co-creative policy events in Amsterdam, Ghent and Naples in 2020, the Cultural and Creative Spaces and Cities closing conference will present the policy conclusions and outputs of the project. The conference will also look into the future of participatory policy-making and commoning practices in the cultural sector.
Launching Conference
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The Cultural and Creative Spaces and Cities Conference was the launching event of a 2-year experimental project involving cultural and creative spaces and policymakers. Brought together by a consortium of ten forward-looking organisations, dozens of stakeholders across Europe will explore how participatory governance and commoning practices can devise a more sustainable future for Europe. Culture has the power to impact […]


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American Heart Association News
The vast majority of strokes occur in people over 65, but the number of younger adults having strokes is rising. New research suggests growth in illegal drug use could be playing a role.
Past research has shown higher cardiovascular death rates for young adults who used cocaine or marijuana. But the new study, presented this week at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in Honolulu, investigates trends in illegal drug use among 18- to 54-year-olds who had a stroke.
Researchers looked at 20 years of drug tests and self-reported data involving more than 2,200 young adults who had a stroke in greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. While alcohol and cigarette use in the stroke victims remained stable over the two-decade study period, drug use rose dramatically, from 4.4 percent in 1993-1994 to 30.3 percent in 2015.
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BY Sukuoluhle Ndlovu
Eleck Mabhena of the Zion Apostolic Church denounced bloodshed and violent campaigns.
"Let the one with the most votes lead the people as he is the one who will have been chosen by God," he said.
Edmore Chiraramira of the United African Apostolic Church in Zimbabwe said people should be allowed to express their views on political matters without fear of
"As we pray for elections, God will not abandon us," he said.
Shadreck Francis Gomo of Free Methodist Church said there was need for Zimbabweans to be united in order to get God's blessings as a nation.
Ephraim Chongo Makiyi of Vapupuri Veshoko dismissed claims that people who had come for the prayer meeting were ruling party supporters although he himself chanted Zanu PF slogans.
"People are busy saying those who came here came to campaign for Zanu PF, which is not the case. Other leaders failed to come because they were saying they belong to the opposition parties. But we came here to pray for any leader and not Zanu PF specifically, voting needs peace," he said.
"Then when Zanu PF wins, people will say we were rigged, but when we called them over for prayers they did not come. So we are here to pray for our beloved country to hold its elections in a peacefully manner and he who wins let him lead the people without people criticising the


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Monday, February 10, 2020
Sequential In The Spotlight Interview with Patrik FK of Kommunity FK
You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.
"Patrik FK, founder/composer/shapeshifter of the highly influential Amerikan Deathrock/Gothic Rock group Kommunity FK, is a multi-instrumentalist, electronic, avant art-rock solo artist and composer who is creating within a genre that he refers to as "Avant Synth Pop Minimalism."
"I only apply synthesizers to my sonic creations. No guitars are allowed within the making of my music. I compose all of my songs instrumentally first, then reflect on how the result evokes my inner feelings and thoughts. I improvise and just follow my muse. I draw from the DaDaists, Surrealists, and German Expressionists, which have been and influence since my childhood together with my own inner visions."
Mata performs with a Sequential Mopho x4, drum loops, and drum machines. Patrik performs all vocals as well. No MIDI is used in the design of his music. His synth comes from a blessed endorsement given to him by Dave Smith Instruments in the mid-2000s.
We chatted with Patrik about how he uses the Mopho x4 in his music"
You can find previous posts featuring Sequential's Spotlight series here.
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These are the best nightclubs for students in Nottingham
Going on a night out is most students favourite thing to do, and when you look at the nightclubs that are on offer, it's clear why Nottingham is the perfect place.
The city centre is always lively no matter what day of the week it is so there is always something to do, whether that be a nightclub, restaurant or cocktail bar. Here's a rundown of the most popular nightclubs in the city.
Rock City
Rock City doubles as a nightclub and a gig venue and has a variety of club nights which cater to everyone's music taste. Thursday's are Tuned, a student night with 2-4-1 drinks, Friday's are Get Lucky, a night perfect for pop and RnB lovers, while Saturday's are Hey Hey Hey which is perfect for those who love rock, pop punk and cheesy hits (this night is my favourite). Also, they're currently selling chunks of their old sticky floor—which is brilliant.
This night is popular for both Nottingham Trent students who go to Ocean in fancy dress on a Wednesday and University of Nottingham students who go on a Friday. While I can't speak about the former, I can say that the latter will be one of the best nights out you've had. You can get in with a student ID and you can ask for friends from other universities to be added to a guest list. The music is predominantly cheese and pop, but the highlight of your night will be when they play the Baywatch theme tune and everyone takes their tops off.
This venue has several different rooms inside catering to different tastes in music, such as cheese, pop, rock, RnB and rap, as well as having a Bierkeller inside. If you're a University of Nottingham student you will most likely want to go to a Lemonade Monday club night.
Rescue Rooms
Rescue Rooms hosts quiz nights, gigs and club nights. For the club nights, the music is most likely going to be pop, indie and RnB, especially if you go on a Saturday night which is Stealth v Rescue Rooms, which I highly recommend and gives you access to Stealth too. The bar has a vintage theme, with fairy lights and pretty decor. One of the best nights I've been to there was a Stranger Things themed night, where they played 80s music all night.
Pom Pom
This is most popular with first-year students who go on a Thursday night. These are often themed student nights and it's perfect for those who like pop and rnb as there are two different rooms. The drinks are inexpensive and this venue is opposite a McDonalds, perfect for all your drunk food requirements.
Hopefully one—or all of these nightclubs tickle your fancy as you head to Nottingham to start your studies. My favourites are Rock City, Ocean and Rescue Rooms, but all of them are a great night out.


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Now - February 15, 2020 8:00 PM
Chicago's own married musical stars Michael Ingersoll (Jersey Boys, Under the Streetlamp on PBS) and Angela Ingersoll (End of the Rainbow, Get Happy on PBS) hilariously share the spotlight singing oldies but goodies. Enjoy Chicago Tribune's"Dynamic Power Couple" and their rocking band for spousal shenanigans and signature songs including, "Save the Last Dance For Me," "Over the Rainbow," and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life."
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About Nanoform
Nanoform is an innovative drug particle engineering and nanotechnology company that provides novel API particle-size reduction services, helping to de-risk drug development projects in the pharmaceutical pipeline. We work together with international pharma companies to significantly increase the number of drugs that reach the market through our best-in-class nanonization™ services.
Manufacturing Operations Manager
As part of our company growth we are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Operations Manager. The Manufacturing Operations Manager will report to our Head of Manufacturing. The location for the job is the Nanoform Viikinkaari site, Helsinki, Finland.
Job Purpose:
- Providing supervision and oversight of the daily operations of the Nanoform GMP manufacturing facilities
- Managing employees, organizing schedules, meeting performance goals, and creating strategies to improve productivity and efficiency
Key Responsibilities:
- Recruit, select, train, assign, schedule, and coach employees
- Communicate job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising and reviewing job contributions
- Contribute operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepare and complete action plans; implement production, productivity, quality and customer-service standards; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends
- Forecast requirements; prepare an annual budget; schedule expenditures; analyse variances; initiating corrective actions
- Develop operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements; develop, implement, enforce and evaluate policies and procedures; develop processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management and shipping
- Analyse process workflow, employee and space requirements and equipment layout; implement changes
- Maintain safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
- Manage staff levels, hours, to meet business requirements
- Manage relationships with key operations vendors
- Communicate customer issues with operations team and devise ways of improving the customer experience, including resolving problems and complaints
- Work closely with Head of Manufacturing and management team to set and/or implement policies, procedures and systems and to follow through with implementation.
- Communicate all operating policies and/or issues at department meetings
Required Education and Experience:
- A bachelor's degree in science, engineering, production or business management
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in Process Industry ideally as a Production Manager in a pharmaceutical environment
- Proven track record in process safety and GMP
- Project experience as operations lead
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to effectively motivate and inspire team members
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- A solid understanding of project management principles, human resources, and business management
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"Strength lies in differences, not in similarities." – Stephen Covey
When I stumble across–or, more likely into a potential mating option and the pre-insertion interview process ensues, I often wonder why things must follow a certain script. The woman interviewing me typically seeks answers to the following important (to her, at this particular moment) questions:
- Is he dating someone else or married?
- Is he a player?
- Does he have any children or roommates?
- Does he have a good job?
- Does he believe in the same god?
- What pets does he have?
- Is he a good kisser?
- Can I mold him?
Seems most women are looking for similarities in mates. True, an occasional woman looks for similarities to her father or ex, and often she's unaware that she's doing it. Yet, most want to hear me answer as if they are interviewing themselves. How fucking boring!
I don't want to date me with tits and a vagina.
I'd bore the crap out of me. Sure, nobody knows how to touch me as well as I do, but as long as she's trainable, I'm fine with it. I want to date a woman who adds something to the relationship: a different perspective or skill, perhaps. This will improve my life by exposing me to new things. (The insides of most vaginas feel remarkably similar. It's unrealistic to expect something new there.)
Now, I'm not about to hit church on Sunday, in search of a tall, highly religious, dog-owning Republican who smokes, runs marathons, and enjoys peeing in the shower. Be reasonable. I'm seeking something different, not opposite. As I grow older, parts of me are less pliable. As long as she understands that, and appreciates the fact that I'm willing to try something new, there's potential. The other thing to keep in mind is my pliability is directly proportional to how attractive she is. Yes, that's shallow; so be it.
This past weekend, I met a lovely pair of Colombian women. Naturally, my first thoughts were, are they desperately seeking citizenship, and how desperately? Alas, I once again misapplied a stereotype.
"We are artists. We've just come from a gallery where my friend here sold her first painting."
"Wow! Very cool. We're both artists. We'd probably parent the next Michelangelo."
"You paint?"
"Um, no. I write books. That's art too, you know."
"What do you write?"
"Ah, that's unimportant. Say, do you like wine?"
"Yes, obviously. I'm drinking wine."
"Fuck, I can't believe how much we have in common. It's seren … serendip … um, uncanny?"
"What is uncanny?"
"Have any kids, my sweet?"
"No, not yet."
"Same here. Jesus, I feel like I may have just met my soul mate."
This is where my eagerness causes skepticism in my target, but her friend is on a mission to get her friend laid (for reasons I can only speculate), so she begins to plead my case.
"You should take her out. She's a very talented artist; well-known. Isn't she beautiful."
"I would be honored," I respond and bow.
My target hesitates, and redirects the questioning, seeing if I could potentially unlock her chained-up heart.
"Are you Christian?"
"No, I'm Phil … remember?"
"I mean the religion."
"I'm a recovering cath-aholic."
"What does that mean?"
"No imaginary beings in my life, darling."
"Oh, too bad. I only date Christians."
"Sorry, that was supposed to be my inside-my-head voice. Tell you what. I propose a compromise: You can read scripture to me …"
"… as long as you do it naked."


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Cloud Platform Operator (f/m)
Our client is one of the biggest telecommunication companies in Austria. They are searching for Cloud Platform Operator (f/m) in Vienna.
This is what the client offers:
Working with agile development methodologies
Attractive benefits for employees such as lunch allowance, free drinks and company doctor, flying nannies and many more
Attractive education and training courses
These will be your tasks:
Responsible for the OpenStack environment
Providing advanced support for the cloud platfom and backend storage (SDS)
Working together with network operations team in terms of SDN
Taking care of Linux issues
Responsible for the extension of automation and execution of regular emergency patching
Communication with cloud tenants (IT, VNFs/Telco functions)
Regular on-call duty
This is what you offer:
Strong working experience with Linux
Openstack & cloud experience would be a plus
Experience with communications management tools (Ansible or Puppet)
Know How in virtualization technologies (KVM, Vmware) and IT Security
Fluent English, German is a plus
Teamplayer attitude and agile mindset
An annual gross salary starting from € 55.000,- with a view to increase based on the qualification and experience.
Austrian work permit must be available!
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One, two, three (yeah), breathe (yeah)
[Verse 1 - Chamillionaire]
Tell me how you wanna floss (floss)
Universal, I'm the boss
Trust me that Chamillionaire is not the one to come across
Flooded thoughts (woo!)
They tryin to tell ya it's a drought
Until I pull something out, to show you what a leak about (show you what a leak about)
We the south (south) and y'all is just the heirs to air
'Cause when ya open up your hand, nothin but air is there (air is there)
Tryin to tear tags like the old Air Jordan pockets (why?)
'Cause soon as I saw it, I just knew I had to pop it
With a Rocket (woo!), 'cause Houston gotta cheer my name
And if they don't (what?), I'm a make 'em fear my pain
I'll explain (explain), 'cause I just put the madness on the pad
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Get your ad (ad), run along, take your little swag (take your little swag)
I'm quick to tell a chick, she ain't the (Best I Ever Had)
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Roger Boisjoly: The Challenger's Challenger
This week (Jan. 28) in 1986, the Challenger space shuttle exploded, killing all on board, including Christa McAuliffe, a school teacher who had won a nationwide contest to become the first civilian passenger to ride a shuttle into space. This unprecedented tragedy stunned the nation and set back the space program by years. And it was entirely avoidable.
The subsequent investigation of the tragedy revealed that the rubber seals, called O-rings, that sealed the shuttle rocket boosters (SRBs) had split apart, resulting in bursting flames that caused a chain reaction of explosions that caused the giant fireball that millions of American saw on television. It was also later shown that the colder the temperatures were at launch time, the more likely it was that the O-rings would malfunction. On January 28 the temperature at launch time was a record-breaking 18 degrees Fahrenheit. The Challenger disaster, according to Roger Boisjoly, was an accident waiting to happen.
Boisjoly was an engineer at Morton Thiokol (M-T), the aeronautics firm that manufactured the O-rings, and he had tried to convince his superiors at both M-T and NASA that faulty design of the SRBs left the shuttle vulnerable to an O-ring malfunction, especially in cold weather. In memos, briefings and meetings, Boisjoly and several engineering colleagues repeatedly recommended that the Challenger flight be scrubbed if the weather was abnormally cold, but management personnel at NASA and M-T discounted their warnings. NASA was under increasing pressure not to fall further behind its (overly ambitious) shuttle launch schedule, and M-T refused to believe it had a flawed product. Granted, in fairness to NASA and M-T, Boisjoly's evidence was not rock-solid, and the O-rings had previously performed without major incident. That said, NASA's and M-T's management in effect ignored the recommendations of its engineers — its safety experts — thereby allowing Challenger to lift off.
In Challenger's wake, NASA's director was fired, and the shuttle program was put on hold for nearly three years. As for Roger Boisjoly, who testified before a congressional committee investigating Challenger, his life was never the same. Branded a "whistle-blower," he was shunned by colleagues, resulting in him retiring from M-T in 1987. Back home in Willard, Utah, he and his wife were considered pariahs. Twice during walks, Boisjoly was forced off the road by cars, and once a dead rabbit was put in his mailbox.
In 1988, citing his extensive efforts to prevent the Challenger shuttle disaster, the American Association for the Advancement of Science gave Boisjoly its Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility.
After leaving M-T, Boisjoly began a consulting practice, in which, fittingly, he lectured on professionalism and ethics. Another unsung hero, he died of cancer in 2012.