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Cory Booker's secret speech to AIPAC is so fulsome it's hard to believe. Booker would cut off his right hand before abandoning Israel. There is no "greater moral vandalism" than seeking to divide the US and Israel. Booker lobbied black congresspeople not to boycott Netanyahu's 2015 speech because we need to show a "united front" with Israel. And Donald Trump is endangering Israel's security in Syria.
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Israel praises 'exceptionally restrained' protests in Gaza after killing 4 Palestinians, three of them teenagers
At least four Palestinians were killed and over 300 were injured on Saturday during massive demonstrations marking the one year anniversary of the Great March of Return in Gaza.
'We thirst for dignity': Gaza marks Great March of Return anniversary
Human waves flooded the Israel-Gaza fence beginning Saturday morning marking the first anniversary of the Great March of Return protests, facing off against Israeli forces behind the fortified barbed-wire fence. The demonstrators gathered despite rain, and even as Egypt is seeking to mediate a deal to end the blockade of Gaza.
'We are one people. They are us and we are them': Palestinians in the West Bank mark Land Day and the Great March of Return
On Saturday, March 30th, Palestinian protesters gathered near the illegal settlement and army base of Beit El in Ramallah to mark Land Day. Protesters told Mondoweiss they were there to defend their homeland, and show their support for the one-year anniversary of the Great March of Return. "We are one people," one protester told Mondoweiss. "They are us and we are them."
On the one-year anniversary of the Great March of Return
Haidar Eid writes about the Great March of Return: "The reason as to why Israel is very concerned about the Great March of Return — which began on March 30, 2018 and has not yet ended – is that it has shuffled the cards and brought crucial questions to the fore regarding the essence of the Palestinian cause as well as the status of the Gaza Strip. Despite the bleak reality of life in Gaza a new consciousness is emerging."
Israel's Palestinian problem and the Diaspora's Israel problem
American Jewish organizations cultivated Zionism as a bulwark of Jewish identity and against assimilation, but the success of the indoctrination has created problems for American Jews. "Public antipathy toward Israel would all too likely spill over into hostility toward American Jews," the American Jewish Committee warned in 1953.
Israeli forces kill a Palestinian paramedic volunteer, 18, in Bethlehem
Sajed Mezher, a paramedic volunteer of 18, was killed by Israeli fire, Wednesday morning, during violent confrontations that broke out in Deheisheh refugee camp, in the south of Bethlehem. He was wearing his medical relief uniform when he was shot. The World Health Organization condemned the killing.
Israeli artists join Palestinians in urging Eurovision contestants not to play Tel Aviv
Israeli artists join Palestinians in calling for contestants in the Eurovision Song Contest to boycott: "We, as Jewish Israelis who yearn to live in a peaceful, democratic society, recognize that there is no way to achieve that without ending our government's oppression of millions of Palestinians."
'The New York Times' runs Israeli propaganda on '67 War: It was 'defensive'
The New York Times parrots claims by Benjamin Netanyahu and Mike Pompeo that Israel owns the Golan Heights because it was taken in a "defensive war" in 1967, ignoring the historical record. Israel launched the war, the Arab states did not want war. "We chose to attack them," former premier Menachem Begin said.
A journalist's memoir of covering the Great March of Return
Hamza Abu Al-Tarabeesh reflects on covering the first year of the Great March of Return protests. He writes, "After covering nearly 50 Fridays over the past year, I can't be more grateful that I'm still alive and did not suffer serious injury."
Gaza's Great March of Return: a year in review
When the world watched thousands of Gazans take to the Israeli border last year in massive demonstrations, very few, including the march's organizers, could have imagined that people would still be protesting one year later. Now, one year and thousands of casualties later, Gazans are planning to return back to the borders in massive numbers tomorrow to mark the anniversary of the movement that has shaped their lives for the past year.
Netanyahu's Lecturing Obama ad drives a wedge Pelosi says doesn't exist
Netanyahu's latest ad bashing President Obama is making liberal Zionists angry, but it's a reminder of a simple truth: Israelis dislike Obama and love Donald Trump. So there is good reason that the bipartisan consensus on Israel is breaking up here.
Gazan youth: 'Stop protesting in return for not getting killed? We want more than that'
Benjamin Netanyahu is demanding that Hamas halt the weekly Great March of Return demonstrations and assure this weekend's expected massive protest be nonviolent. Gazan youth with We Are Not Numbers share their thoughts about this Israeli ultimatum.
One more reminiscence as our birthday week winds up successfully
In 2012, Mondoweiss publisher Scott Roth wrote of Israel/Palestine: "An unjust system backed by one-sided force is like a foolish boy on a horse. Something childish driven by something powerful." Please donate today to help Mondoweiss continue documenting the distorted system that oppresses Palestinians, and their ingenious and unceasing resistance.
'I was mixing batter' 'I was at my philosophy course' — How Gazans experience bombings
How do Gazans respond to missile attacks? "I was peacefully mixing my Nutella brownie batter when Israel decided to bomb the shit outta Gaza, I didn't flinch," Omar Ghraib wrote. "I was watching a Korean TV series and didn't check Facebook for hours," writes Besan Aljadili. We Are Not Numbers surveyed responses.
'New York Times' reports that Jewish donors shape Democrats' regressive position on Israel
This weekend the New York Times breaks one of the biggest taboos, describing the responsibility of Jewish donors for the Democratic Party's slavish support for Israel. Nathan Thrall's groundbreaking piece says in essence that it really is about the Benjamins, as Rep. Ilhan Omar said. The donor class of the party is overwhelmingly Jewish, and Jews are still largely wed to Zionism.
In photos: relatives of Palestinian detainees protest following clashes inside Israeli prisons
Hundreds of Palestinians organized small protests on Tuesday across the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in solidarity with prisoners held inside of Israel, following tensions at Ktzi'ot Prison in the southern Negev Desert where two guards were stabbed earlier this week.
Rafi Eitan, spy at center of Israel's great uranium heist from the U.S.
Israeli spymaster Rafi Eitan died last week and the New York Times obituary mentioned suspicion that he had played a role in diverting enriched uranium from a US facility owned by Zionists in the 1960s so that Israel could get the bomb. When a pro-Israel group complained the Times removed the assertion though the evidence is overwhelming in the eyes of experts, Jefferson Morley reports.
Higher stakes: our birthday challenge has been increased thanks to reader response!
In 2008, Mondoweiss was just two people with almost no resources and a loyal but small audience; today, we're a stable and growing organization with partners, freelancers and a staff that achieves beyond its numbers. And our work reaches hundreds of thousands of people every month. But in a fundamental way, that first exciting investigation I worked on with Phil still represents the core of what Mondoweiss aims to do—and why we ask for your support to keep the work going and growing. Today–because of the enormous response from readers–our challenge donor has upped the ante! As of now, he will donate $20,000 if we can raise $20,000 from the rest of you by the end of Friday. Please help now.
Democratic leaders' use of AIPAC to bash Omar and ignore Netanyahu just gave progressive Dems a giant boost
The big story coming out of AIPAC is every one in the Democratic leadership dumping all over the first term Muslim congresswoman from Minnesota, Ilhan Omar, while having nothing to say about Benjamin Netanyahu. In the process they have clearly damaged their own standing inside the progressive wing of the party, including among liberal Zionist advocates. When House Majority leader Steny Hoyer said Omar should accuse him of dual loyalty for his support for Israel, he seemed to confirm what she had said.
'Grace and Souad' would be an antidote to Islamophobia in American pop culture
Nada Elia loves the Netflix series "Grace and Frankie," but wishes there was a similar show featuring Muslim characters.
In photos: the dark reality in the occupied Jordan Valley
Antony Loewenstein spends a day in the Jordan Valley reporting on the nightmarish situation for many Palestinian shepherds as they attempt to graze their land.
Benny Gantz exposes what Israelis think of Jews the world over
Israeli politician Benny Gantz raised the specter of dual loyalty of Jews in other nations when he said yesterday, "If there is one Jew in danger, anywhere in the world, then our mission is unfinished."
Trump's support of Israel's annexation of the Golan
On March 25, Donald Trump signed an order proclaiming U.S. support for Israel's annexation of the Golan. This act ended Washington's opposition to any acquisition of territory by force– a principle that has been a key pillar of the global order since the United Nations was founded in 1945. Washington's new policy on Golan may well now allow the US company Genie Energy to go ahead and plunder the oil and gas reserves that its Israeli subsidiary discovered in Golan in 2015, and Trump's step changes the political dynamic within Syria, too.
Palestinians rush to stock up on food as Israeli airstrikes light up Gaza
Ahmad Kabariti reports from Gaza that long spontaneous queues of people spent the night waiting outside of Gaza's biggest bakery to buy bread, a scene that usually occurs during war. Muzaffar Batniji, 27, shoemaker, said that his family urged him to buy 200 loaves of pita bread, "just in case of this escalation might continue for a week or more."


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.Being locked outside your car is an immensely stressful situation to find yourself in. This is true no matter the circumstances, but it is especially unfortunately if you are away from home.
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Too late for hindsight? Then try these options…
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Resident Bill Shank's daughter, Ingrid gave us an amazing Cello performance while she was visiting from Norway. Thank You Ingrid!
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March 16, 2018
On Monday, March 12 friends, family and dignitaries arrived at The Gables of Winchester for a 100th Birthday Gala Celebration for resident Madelyn Lendall. Madelyn was presented citations to commemorate the joyous occasion from Senator Jason Lewis, Winchester Selectman Michael Bettencourt and State Representative Michael Day.
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Santa was a big hit during our holiday party! We got some snaps of our Residents and Staff with the big man. A good time was had by all. We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Pilots wanted 2018. Registration open!
Already to 3. Sometimes the car dealership Lafrentz invites, in cooperation with the Saabblog team, to the big Saab 9-5 NG meeting in Kiel. Saab 9-4x pilots are also invited this year, which will make the event even more exciting and exclusive.
As in previous years, the meeting spans 2 days and takes us through Kiel and the maritime surrounding area. The participation for friends of the last big Saab is free of charge, as always, and an exciting program with several special features awaits the guests. We say thank you to the family Lafrentzthat makes the meeting possible. Registration is open from today!
The home base and departure point is the Saab base in Kiel. As the locations are unfortunately limited, the number of possible participants is limited. As in previous years, overbooking is possible; Participation will only be confirmed by a mail from the organizer.
The registration is up to the 6. March possible, confirmations of participation with instructions for arrival and overnight we ship from the 12. March.
Program (provisionally) Pilots wanted 2018 - Saab 9-5 NG meeting in Kiel.
Boarding Time
12: 00 Clock: Our check-in counter at the dealership Lafrentz has opened.
- Coffee, snacks and a welcome package await the Saab pilots.
Saab dinner
18: 00 PM: Departure for dinner together.
- Enjoy the evening together with like-minded people.
Pilots Breakfast
10: 00 o'clock: Small, Swedish breakfast in the dealership.
- For participants arriving on Saturday, we have opened the check-in desk.
Pilot's Flight
11: 00 clock: We start in the Kiel area.
- Saab and sea and a new perspective on the Kiel area. We drive to Roadbook along the coast.
Pilots Coffee Break
Our Saab flight takes us to coffee and cake.
- Where Saab Talk and regional treats await us.
17: 00 o'clock: Return flight to the base, farewell of the participants.


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Don't call it a comeback. Tommy Wiseau never really left us.
The producer-writer-director-actor gifted us with "The Room" 15 years ago, and it has thrived on the cult classic, midnight-viewing circuit since. Last year Wiseau entered mainstream consciousness after James Franco told the story of the making of the film, which has the reputation as the best worst movie ever made, in "The Disaster Artist."
A follow-up to "The Room" has been a long time coming, and Wiseau has not one but two projects in the can.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that filming has completed on Wiseau's latest project, "Scary Love," in which he plays a bounty hunter searching for his long-lost love in Los Angeles. Wiseau is strictly an actor in this film, which was directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford of Telefantasy Studios.
"Scary Love" is described as "a science fiction tale told in the style of classic B-movies and outfitted with practical special effects, laser beams and lunatic ideas which are guaranteed to make it the next big midnight movie hit."
No release date has been announced, but the teaser trailer shows that Wiseau's long, jet-black hair is still around, and he hasn't lost that phantom (New Orleans?) accent.
Wiseau's other project, "Best F(r)iends," will be released in two parts — March 30 and April 2 for Volume One, and June 1 and 4 for Volume Two. The film reunites Wiseau with his "The Room" co-star Greg Sestero, a Bay Area native, and was directed by Gary Fong.
As previously reported by the Hollywood Reporter, the film was based on a trip that Wiseau and Sestero took in 2003. Wiseau plays a lonely mortician who takes Sestero's character on a wild journey.
"After watching 'Best F(r)iends,' your mind will find paradise," Wiseau told the Hollywood Reporter.
Said Sestero, "I think it's a role that will really spotlight Tommy's unique talent and charisma, while also setting up an unexpected and exciting reunion."
Wiseau has been making the rounds in Hollywood during the awards season following the success of "The Disaster Artist," which earned Franco a Golden Globes award for acting. Franco's movie was based on Sestero's book by the same title.


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In today's world, nearly everyone has at least one device that allows them to effortlessly and quickly connect to the internet on demand. With the vast majority of customers already connected and familiar with the digital world, organizations will also need to start digitizing their services to utilize the potential of the technology at hand.
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With previously available technology, any business attempting to introduce such solutions with a high number of clients would quickly encounter issues with bandwidth and server-side processing. This makes such solutions challenging to scale and maintain, and prohibitively expensive. At the same time, such solutions could have issues with the level of quality received when used by customers with a less robust internet connection.
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These advantages make WebRTC-based solutions not only much more capable of scaling but also highly dependable from an infrastructure standpoint. For businesses utilizing these solutions, reliance on peer-to-peer ensures that the impact on service due to increased server-side stresses on bandwidth is not an issue.
The advantages do not end there, however. The field of telemedicine and telehealth will also flourish with assistance from WebRTC. Doctors will again make house calls as they once did, but now through telehealth applications that allow for secure and confidential video communication between patients and doctors. Telehealth communication is predicted to improve not only the efficiency of the health care system but also the healthcare quality and outcomes, especially for those in areas with poor access. Finally, experts in other fields beyond medicine can use this technology to offer on-location visual assessments, making it possible to perform assisted repairs and other field services without the need to schedule an appointment and travel to a home or site.
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King Solomon amazes kings and queens from around the world, including the queen of Sheba, with his wisdom and wealth. But after his death at a good old age, his son Rehoboam does not follow the Lord.


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Blessed Rubén of Jesús López Aguilar and his six companions
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People named Rubén use to celebrate 4-Aug:
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In Barcelona, also in Spain, blessed Rubén de Jesús López Aguilar and his six companions, religious of the order of St. John of God and the martyrs, who, in the same persecution, suffered death by religious hatred and thus passed to the Lord's presence. Their names: Blessed Arthur (Luis) Ayala boy, Juan Bautista (Jose) Velázquez Pelaez, Eugenio (Alfonso Antonio) Ramírez Salazar, Esteban (Gabriel) Maya Gutierrez, Melquiades (Raimundo) Ramirez Zuluaga and Gaspar (Luis Modesto) Paez forgive. Roman martyrology


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Resident Evil: Revelations Remastered Release Date Announced
Capcom's anticipated remaster of Resident Evil: Revelations finally has a release date. Resident Evil: Revelations will launch on August 31st for $20 across both PS4 and Xbox One.
Revelations takes place between the events of Resident Evil 4 and 5, offering a link between these two titles, explaining some unknown events during the t-virus's progression. The gameplay makes a return to the horror of the PS1 Resident Evil games, with the exception of the third person camera. The game will also cater to those who enjoyed the faster combat of the RE titles after RE4 with the title's 'Raid Mode'.
The Revelations remaster will feature all the DLC costumes and weapons from the Raid Mode. The list of weapons is as follows:
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– G18 "Speed Load" Handgun
– P-90 "Sonic Assist" Machine Gun
– Windham "Steady Hand" Shotgun- Python "Short Range+" Magnum
– High Roller "Speed Load" Machine Gun
– PSG1 "Long Range+" Sniper Rifle
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– PC356 "Speed Shot" Handgun
– MP5 "Speed Shot" Machine Gun
– Hydra "Sonic Assist" Shotgun- L. Hawk "Speed Load" Magnum
– High Roller "Sonic Assist+" Machine Gun
– M40A1 "Sonic Assist+" Sniper Rifle
Capcom has also stated that graphical improvements for the current generation version of the game "allow for crisp 1080p resolution. Increased environmental detail and refined creature movements add a whole new dimension to the terror."
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Resident Evil: Revelations Remastered launches August 31st for PS4 and Xbox One.


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Don't Let 'em Give You the SlipMarch 23, 2015 at 1:05 pm | Posted in Common Expressions, Hebrews | 8 Comments
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Thank You, Lord, for helping us to see Your superiority, for helping us to see that You are supreme – better than Adam, better than Moses, wiser than Solomon, more holy than David, better than the angels. Thank You for blessing us. You have neither left us, nor forsaken us. Please help us never to leave, nor forsake, You. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
There is an admonition for us in Hebrews Chapter 2. It is really the first of five, and it's not the sort of admonition that reads as if someone is being fussed at (the way the Holy Spirit sometimes did through Paul when writing to the Corinthians). These admonitions in Hebrews read more like warnings and encouragements, but they are still tricky things to handle. In our flesh, if a brother or sister in Christ says, "I see you've been getting away from the things of God…" we tend to get defensive or get our feelings hurt. We ought to pray for each other, sure, but we also, at times, have to exhort, encourage, and talk straight with each other.
My children used to listen to a cassette tape in the car by a group called the "Best Buddies." The songs were somewhat childish, but they generally had very good reminders of Scriptural principles. One of the songs said:
Are you teachable?
Are you agreeable?
Are you being somebody nice to talk to?
Know-it-alls are often very lonely
So humble yourself and you can learn from everybody!
The Best Buddies
It's been a good reminder for me over the years to listen more than I talk, to try to be humble, and to try not to be disagreeable, even when I do disagree.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Hebrews 2:1
You've probably heard the old Bible study adage, "What do you do when you see 'therefore?' You back up and see what it's 'there for.'"
But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Hebrews 1:13-14
"Because you have received the Word of God directly from the Son, and because you are the heirs of salvation, let Me," the Holy Spirit seems to be saying, "encourage you with a warning: Give heed to what you have learned, lest you let it slip." In other words, don't slip up in reading God's Word, in studying God's Word, in meditating on God's word, in obeying God's Word. Our attention has a tendency to "drift," and something that's not tied down or held in place, can "drift away," but the Bible is telling me in Hebrews 2:1 that the onus is on me – on the one doing the holding – not to let things "slip" – to "heed," to pay attention to what I'm supposed to be holding. If you've been to a marina, you've seen "slips" – those things to which people tie their boats so they won't float away.
We have the same admonition concerning strong doctrine.
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Titus 1:9
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April 29, 2018
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|You know, if there's one thing I've learned being a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, is to always expect the unexpected. But with all of our training, and all of our hard work, I'd like to think that we're ready for anything. But sometimes, the unexpected is just a little too... unexpected
|~ Leonardo upon encountering the Mokusai-no-Bushi
Leonardo is the leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and eldest son of Hamato Yoshi.
Powers and Stats
Tier: Low 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 5-B, possibly 5-A | 5-A
Name: Leonardo, nicknamed "Leo"
Origin: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Mutant Turtle, Ninja, Crime Fighter
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Master Swordsman, Excellent Strategist and Tactician, Highly Adept at Stealth, Subterfuge, and Misdirection | Ki Manipulation, and Can Transform into a Dragon | Flight, Breath Attack, Sharp claws, Fire Manipulation
Attack Potency: Small Town level (Killed the creature known as Complete Carnage. A being that could turn itself into any form, control steel/concrete and absorb energy from other entities. Can match swords with The Shredder, Usagi and other enemies on his level) | At least Town level (Wields the Gunshin sword, which has been shown to be comparable to Raphael's "Banrai" which was stated to be able to shatter mountains by Juto-Shisho) | At least Planet level+, possibly Large Planet level (Has clashed with and defeated the Mystic Ninja on multiple occasions, members of which were capable of defeating the Ninja Tribunal with apparent ease) | Large Planet level (Managed to beam struggle and even temporarily defeat Tengu Shredder in his Dragon form. Destroyed an entire army of demons who were all apparently well above the Mystic Warriors)
Speed: Supersonic with Hypersonic reactions and combat speed (Reacted to lightning bolts from the Mystic Ninjas) | Hypersonic, likely higher (Somewhat comparable to Mikey, who could run up distant mountains in seconds)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 to Class 10 (Lifted the mouth of a T-Rex when he was inside it, the T-Rex was pushing as well) | Higher (Helped levitate a ship) | Unknown
Striking Strength: Small Town Class | At least Town Class | At least Planet Class+ possibly Large Planet Class | Large Planet Class
Durability: Small Town level (Tanked a direct blast from the Sword of Tengu, which "laid villages to waste" and "brought castles to the ground". Took hits from mutants who "Shook the City") | At least Town level (Took hits from Kappa Tengu, a species of powerful demons who could overpower the turtles with ease) | At least Planet level+, possibly Large Planet level (Shrugged off blows from the Mystic Ninja) | Large Planet level
Stamina: High, has routinely fought the Foot Clan for hours at a time, can fight even while heavily injured plus Turtles can survive being stabbed.
Range: Extended melee range with dual ninjakens, several meters with shurikens
Standard Equipment: Dual Ninjakens, shurikens
Intelligence: Highly adept at stealth, subterfuge, and misdirection. Additionally, he is well-versed in the use of armed combat martial arts. His fighting style seamlessly blends attacks with any part of his body and weaponry. Along with these abilities comes a propriety for assassination techniques. Can match blades with Shredder, the Foot Elite, and Usagi without falling in combat. Brilliant tactician, nearly every plan of attack for the Turtles is devised by their leader. Also successfully negotiates a truce with the Foot Clan, bringing about an end to the constant fighting that plagued New York City.
Weaknesses: Nothing notable
Key: Seasons 1-4 | Season 5/Ninja Tribunal Arc | Chi Empowered | Dragon Form
Notable Victories:
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Monday, April 12, 2010
The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one
claimed private ownership of any possessions, as everything they owned
was held in common. The apostles continued to testify to the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and they were all
accorded great respect. None of their members was ever in want, as all
those who owned land or houses would sell them, and bring the money
from the sale of them, to present it to the apostles; it was then
distributed to any who might be in need. There was a Levite of Cypriot
origin called Joseph whom the apostles surnamed Barnabas (which means
'son of encouragement'). He owned a piece of land and he sold it and
brought the money and presented it to the apostles.
Do not be surprised when I say: You must be born from above. The wind
blows where it pleases; you can hear its sound, but you cannot tell
where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone who
is born of the Spirit. 'How is that possible?' asked Nicodemus. Jesus
replied, 'You are the Teacher of Israel, and you do not know these
things! 'In all truth I tell you, we speak only about what we know and
witness only to what we have seen and yet you people reject our
evidence. If you do not believe me when I speak to you about earthly
things, how will you believe me when I speak to you about heavenly
things? No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from
heaven, the Son of man; as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so
must the Son of man be lifted up so that everyone who believes may
have eternal life in him.
In today's first reading, we hear the words: "The community of
believers was of one heart and one mind." If we look at what is going
on in the Church today, it is anything but one heart and one mind.
There is so much infighting, there is so much disobedience. There is
so much of everyone wanting to do whatever they want to do and
thinking that they can make the rules or that they do not have to obey
what is already there.
Now if that is the case, we have to ask ourselves why. It is
ultimately because what is happening is that we are looking at things
merely on the natural level. So, if all we are doing is looking at the
things of earth, then we spend hours doing things that are not good
for our souls, like watching bad shows on TV, surfing the Internet for
filth, doing things that are just simply not good for us. What is
happening is that we are not listening to the Holy Spirit. He has been
poured forth, as Jesus says, and He blows where He wills. He has been
given to each one of us. And the reason, Jesus tells us, that He was
given to us is to lead us into all truth. It is to make us holy. But
the question, of course, is how much do we want it?
Jesus has been raised up above the earth, and that means in His
Crucifixion, it means in His Resurrection, and it means in His
Ascension. But if that is the case, that means we need to be looking
at what is above the earth, not what is of earth, or even worse what
is from below. We need to make sure our focus is correct because it is
only by looking at Jesus Christ raised up above the earth that we will
have eternal life.
We pray …
… for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
… for the personal intentions of
- Josheil Dapo
- Belle Abapo
.. Birthday: Hart Janssen Ang
.. Birthday: Justin Pierre San Luis
.. Birthday: Ma. Celedonia Franco
… for the eternal repose of the souls of
- Gaudencio Ogatis
- Aimee Chua Ching
- William Guanzon
- Reynaldo "Palito" Hipolito
Eternal rest grant unto them and may perpetual light shine upon them.
May they and all the dearly departed rest in peace.
… for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- Birthday: Jigger M. Caneo
- Birthday: Erlinda C Usabal
- Birthday: JY Bautista
… for the healing and peace of all families
Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers
and for those who need our prayers the most.
Have a good day!
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Philanthropy Has $3 Billion Impact on Detroit Economy, Report Finds
The New Economy Initiative, an economic development initiative launched by ten foundations in 2007, has created nearly $3 billion in impact across southeastern Michigan, a report from NEI finds.
The Impact Report of the New Economy Initiative (49 pages, PDF) found that between 2007 and 2015 NEI invested $96.2 million in organizations and programs that support entrepreneurs and small businesses, which in turn have generated $2.9 billion in economic output and created 17,490 jobs in the region, 70 percent of them in Wayne County. Conducted by PwC and the Upjohn Institute, the analysis found that NEI grantees have matched those grants with $232 million in additional program dollars; that 4,400 companies have been directly serviced by NEI grantees; and that those companies have generated $1.9 billion in real gross domestic product.
The report also highlights the initiative's success in increasing social equity and inclusion in the region's economy. For example, nearly 40 percent of the companies NEI has supported since 2009 are minority-owned — double the national average — while the initiative has helped boost the number of business support organizations and programs in the region from fewer than ten in 2007 to more than fifty today.
Since its launch, NEI has received support from twelve foundations — the Charles Stewart Mott, Ford, Hudson-Webber, Knight, Kresge, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher, Skillman, Surdna, Kellogg, and William Davidson foundations; the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan; and the McGregor Fund. For its next phase, running through 2020, NEI has secured commitments totaling $13.5 million from the McGregor Fund and the Ford, Knight, and Ralph C. Wilson Jr. foundations toward a goal of $28.5 million.
"NEI rightfully recognizes that entrepreneurship isn't the exclusive domain of the privileged," said Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation. "We believe in the power of inclusion and know that when opportunities are made available across communities, entrepreneurship can be a powerful means of addressing inequality."


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An inner conflict can get in the way of achieving a dream goal. There are inner conflicts when motivations and/or goals conflict with each other.
Types of Motivations and Goals:
Positive Motivation-A driving force towards some object or condition
Approach Goal-Positive goal towards which behavior is directed
Negative Motivation-A driving force away from some object or condition
Avoidance Goal-Negative goal from which behavior is directed away
Types of Conflicts:
Approach/Approach Conflict-Approach Goal conflicts with Approach Goal
Example:Attempt to summon a friend but summon a different friend
Approach/Avoidance Conflict-Avoidance Goal conflicts with Approach Goal
Example:Attempt to summon a friend but summon a scary monster
Avoidance/Avoidance Conflict-Avoidance Goal conflicts with Avoidance Goal
Example:Try to run away from scary monster but can't move well
If there is no conflict there should be very little that gets in the way of achieving dream goals. There is a positive or negative motivation behind the conflicting approach or avoidance goal, so if this motivation is lowered enough, the conflict should be resolved.
To lower the motivation, it helps to know what the motivation is. If it isn't obvious enough during the dream, perhaps asking the dream would help.
Also, it helps to know that expectations can lead to motivations which can lead to approach/avoidance goals.
Negative Expectation/Motivation:
I won't do it
I can't do it
Positive Expectation/Motivation:
I want to do it
How do I do it
I'll try to do it
I can do it
I will do it
So, knowing your dreaming and can do anything because its all in your mind could be an example of how to resolve an approach/avoidance conflict in order to achieve a dream goal.
I would think that the more self-aware somebody is, the easier it would be for them to identify the conflicting motivations/goals in order to resolve them. However, I'm sure how to gain this self-awareness outside of asking the dream or simply thinking about it.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589672553909912020-04-06T09:40:55.754+08:00The Tech FaucetYet another tech geek weblog with a focus on technical Linux and open source, particularly server-side, on Java EE, PostgreSQL, and more.Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-34428823085181254552019-09-03T11:27:00.000+08:002019-09-03T11:33:12.539+08:00Giving the Microsoft Wireless Desktop 900 keyboard a power switch

Say whatever else you want about them, Microsoft has always made amazing peripherals hardware. I got their Microsoft Wireless Desktop 900 keyboard/mouse set, which is much the same as the Wireless Keyboard 850 in a kb/mouse bundle. It's no exception - reasonable price, great quality, does exactly what it says with no nonsense and stray LEDs. The keyboard is really flat and convenient.

 Unfortunately they took the minimalism a bit too far. The keyboard has no power switch.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-35603533021188870382019-06-28T10:15:00.000+08:002019-06-28T10:28:07.656+08:00Fix Lenovo T460 failure to suspend (sleep) under LinuxMy Lenovo T460 with Intel integrated graphics abruptly stopped suspending properly a few weeks ago and it's been driving me nuts. Today I fixed it.

 TL;DR: For my specific issue lowering the integrated graphics memory portal from 512MB to 256MB in the UEFI firmware setup ("BIOS setup", F1 boot menu) resolved the issue.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-58295878899337628612019-06-13T12:30:00.002+08:002019-06-13T12:30:48.039+08:00Updating Lenovo T460 BIOS (UEFI, firmware) without a CD on LinuxSome of Lenovo's newer models come with a firmware update distribution compatible with fwupd so you can just do a firmware update directly from the shell.

 This is not the case for the T460, which has a bootable ISO, or a Windows installer that ... creates a bootable ISO.

 I couldn't find my USB CD/DVD drive so I landed up finding a workaround.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-87392390599640511572019-05-02T12:37:00.001+08:002019-05-09T12:20:40.329+08:00Nova Empire Beginners TipsI've fallen down the rabbit hole of a p2w but still fun if you're free-to-play game called Nova Empire. Despite numerous flaws the game is entertaining and good for when you're pinned under a baby.

 However, it has a bunch of traps for beginners. I'd like to share some tips. Currently as a bit of a random assortment. I'll update this occasionally.

 Beware, the game is kind of addictive. I play it when I'm pinned under my cranky toddler who wants to use me as a pillow. But it's designed to get its hooks into you and get you playing more, so keep an eye on it. If you're tempted to spend money on it... well, with my software developer hat on I say "go ahead, really, do it." But with my responsible adult hat on I say "the prices are ridiculous for what you get, just be patient, it's a game". If you do want to drop some cash to support them, do it early on in the game to get to level 5 station faster and speed up overall growth.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-83806288658474630962019-03-02T23:15:00.000+08:002019-03-02T23:19:59.650+08:00Adafruit Gemma, Macbook and the dim red lightMy partner recently picked up an Adafruit Gemma as an intro to Arduino and embedded. It has not gone according to plan - it turns out there's a known issue where on some systems the Gemma will fail to enter the bootloader properly. The green power light comes on, but the red light stays dimly and constantly lit. If the reset button is pressed it goes out for a moment then returns.

 Trying to program it anyway results in an error like

avrdude: Error: Could not find USBtiny device (0x1781/0xc9f)

 The issue seems to be somewhat intermittent, too. Occasionally it works on her Macbook Air. It always works 100% of the time on my Lenovo T460 (Linux). So there's something platform related...

 Not a great intro. The Gemma doesn't behave like usual Ardiuno systems - it doesn't expose a USB serial port, for example - so answers are also thinner on the ground.

 But I think we found something.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-60701125354607814842019-01-08T11:37:00.000+08:002019-03-02T23:20:13.736+08:00Updating the tomu bootloader on the tomu.im EFM32HG

I got a tomu tiny EFM32 that fits in a USB port at lca 2018. More information on Tomu.

 Mine came with the serial bootloader (it presents a USB CDC ACM device). I didn't manage to get to the update booth to reflash it at LCA.

 I had some difficulty getting the new bootloader on it when I pulled out recently to try to play with it, but since I got it working, here's a short runthrough of how I got it updated.

 I use Fedora 28 but this info should apply for any Linux really.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-67224541477098067962018-11-24T23:45:00.001+08:002019-01-08T12:01:29.478+08:00Childcare management service provider Hubworks! shows us how not to deliver SaaS platform
Late this year, the Department of Education and Training required daycare services including Family Daycare services to transition to a fully-eletronic "Child Care Subsidy System" (CCSS). They supply a list of vetted and approved third party software providers to mediate between DET's CCSS and the FDC provider.

Which brings me to "Hubworks!" This company produces a hosted SaaS that amongst other things caters to family daycare services. You will be shocked to hear that this blog is not a ringing endorsement of their wonderful platform.

They managed to:

Produce the worst online enrolment form I have ever seen, and I've seen some truly bad web forms;

Have their support service ask my partner to send them her password;

Write me off as a parent, because there's only one "Primary Parent";

Trumpet on their website about all their amazing Web Based Web 2.0 with Bank Level Security while doing all this.

I reached out to Hubworks via support and internal channels months ago to raise some of these issues. I have been ignored and dismissed. My ticket has been marked "Fixed". So it's time to see if their marketing department cares more.

They've been very happy to direct me to seek support via the educator and the family daycare scheme, as "[t]his is policy of HubWorks! that we always direct parents back to the service as we do not provide assistance to families." From my experience so far, they also do not provide any assistance to the service or educators.
Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-52044765094085330252017-08-07T10:52:00.003+08:002017-08-07T13:19:27.713+08:00Discriminate against me, please!I have all the advantages - I'm a healthy able straight young-to-middle-aged white man from an educated 1st world background, etc.

 I strongly support "affirmative action" including quota systems to address workplace employment balance and diversity. It's important for all of us, including the highly advantaged and privileged. The recent Google memo kerfuffle has prompted me to explain why I would support things that are seemingly contrary to my own interests. But before you read further, please read this brilliant rebuttal of the above memo. (Tolerance is not a moral precept discusses the philosophy in more depth).

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-43064145052168477682016-08-09T20:47:00.001+08:002016-08-10T10:21:36.099+08:00Gross overconfidence with public dataThe Australian Buerau of Statistics is showing all the signs of being grossly overconfident with every aspect of the 2016 Census, bordering on incompetent.

 You've heard all about the data retention in broad terms, but what exactly does it mean? And why could it be bad? After all the data is "anonymized" such that personally identifiable data is removed before being shared, right? Their original non-anonymized versions are encrypted and safe in the hands of ABS administration, so there's nothing to worry about.

 Well, it's not that simple.

 Lets talk about anonymization vs aggregation, how de-anonymization works, and why the "statistical linkage key" is appallingly flawed.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-72046475060785225662015-04-08T13:37:00.001+08:002015-04-09T10:04:26.160+08:00ACMA submission on wholesaler data usage
I've just made a submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority regarding the 48 hour data usage reporting delay that mobile service wholesalers like Optus impose on their wholesale customers. This can lead to incredibly huge bills with no warning and no way to prevent the bill as part of the service.

The TCP ACMA bill shock provisions that came out of the RTC enquiry were supposed to prevent this, but left a huge loophole by permitting "up to" 48 hours delay in usage alerts and reporting. Optus, at least, appears to treat this as "at least 48 hours", failing to report usage until the 48 hour time. It was a limit, not a target, Optus.

The spend management alerts were supposed to be implemented by small providers by September 2014, but they have the same 48 hour exception:

Spend management

Suppliers to send notification alerts of data, voice calls and SMS usage within included value plans no later than 48 hours after the customer has reached data usage and expenditure thresholds of 50, 85 and 100 per cent.

Suppliers to include additional notification information about charges applying to included value plans when the customer has exceeded 100 per cent of data or expenditure usage

Industry players are seem to be using this to bypass the intent of the code, which was to provide "access to timely, accurate and comprehensible information about their service"
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 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-12397540906155887632014-07-24T11:53:00.000+08:002014-07-24T13:16:09.639+08:00Active missile defense is NOT the answer for airlinersABC News (AU) just ran an article about active missile defense on airliners in response to the MH17 incident. It discusses the use of active missile defenses on civilian airliners, but seems to muddle different types of threat and different counter-measure, making it seem like countermeasures might've had some utility for the MH17 incident when that's unlikely to be the case.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-8800266011481659282014-07-22T09:51:00.000+08:002014-07-22T09:51:06.220+08:00Jenkins/Stapler: @DataBoundConstructor being ignored, parameter values not passed or nullIf you're developing a plugin or patch for Jenkins, which uses the Stapler framework, you might run into issues where you define a new <tt>@DataBoundConstructor</tt> with an additional parameter, but it just seems to be ignored by the framework.

 If so, look for an overridden <tt>newInstance</tt> method. It's probably being used instead of the constructor annotation.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-51571294466245000782014-03-31T21:04:00.001+08:002014-04-04T08:39:14.295+08:00WifiBaby - First ImpressionsI bought a WiFi Baby remote IP camera / baby monitor from wifibaby.net last week. It arrived today, and I wanted to share my first impressions.

 Even though WifiBaby don't usually sell outside the USA and Canada they made a special effort to send me a PayPal invoice and they even pointed me at the discount code on their Facebook page (or rather, applied it, then told me they'd done so!). Huge props for this, I've never had better sales service.

 Overall, the product its self is quite impressive, with a few disappointments that detract from what is overall a very good product.

 It turns out to be closely related to the Y-Cam Cube, specifically a YCW003 VGA Y-Cam Cube. Y-Cam tell me it's not quite the same (different casing, somewhat different specs), and alas isn't firmware-compatible.

The good

 It works! This much neglected feature is becoming rare in IT products, and should be savoured when found.

 It's well presented, well built, and comes with a really solid mounting bracket. The power brick seems to be good quality, too, and supports 110-240V (though of course it has USA prongs).

 Supports WPA2. None of that dodgy OFDM we-claim-it's-secure-but-you-can't-verify-it business of the proprietary camera vendors. (OTOH, see "HTTPs" below, it's not all roses).

 The device comes preconfigured for DHCP with a sensible hostname (wifibaby) that makes it easily discovered on most routers, and it can be configured entirely via a web browser. A flash applet on the browser can be used to stream video, with the caveat noted below.

 Image quality is excellent, with a high res image in both colour & active infrared. You can choose from several levels of streaming quality for different bandwidth levels. Active infrared quality is excellent, with pretty impressive range without too much foreground over-exposure. I cannot stress how amazing the infrared camera is enough.

 Plenty of control over things like whether it uses infrared or not, whether or not it uses the IR cut filter, whether it publishes its address over dynamic DNS, etc.

 Once connected to the network, setup is quick and easy with the browser based wizard.

 Built-in support for dynamic DNS providers for those who don't have one already, and it even comes preconfigured.

 Phone support for those who need it.

 Wired Ethernet port. Very handy for maximum quality if you have the house wired anyway.

 Multi-user viewing support - works extremely well.

 Remote access from off-site (but see caveat below re HTTPs, password security).

 No security screws, clips, etc. So if (OK, let's face it, when) I take it apart to get at its guts, it should be easy.

Neither here nor there

 Initial setup to get it on the wifi is OK, but a bit dated. It doesn't support WPS (Wifi Protected Setup) for automatic setup, it expects you to plug it in over wired Ethernet and run a desktop application to discover the device. The quickstart guide is good, though, so inexperienced users should be OK. You don't have to use the app, either, you can just find the address it got over DHCP and visit that with a web browser. (Update: it looks like the current Y-Cam firmware supports WPS, but maybe WifiBaby haven't updated to it yet, despite WPS being added in August 2013 in firmware 5.46).

 The web UI is crude but functional. Not much attention has gone into usability, but it's simple enough that that's OK.

 Some apps support remote control of the infrared feature, etc. Awesome, except you have to buy 3rd party apps to do it, the browser based Flash app doesn't do it.

 Ordering from outside the USA is a little bit of a pain and a bit pricey because of shipping, but on the other hand, they did it when they'd normally not ship at all. Try that with Amazon! (Update: Actually, you can).

 The price. The base Y-Cam hardware (if I'm right about that) runs a newer firmware that doesn't seem to lack any functionality present in the WifiBaby and adds some more; it also costs 3/4 as much. Of course, you're not getting personal USA based tech support for that, nor the great sales service WifiBaby provide. Pick your priorities I guess.

Not so great

 The camera doesn't seem to support HTTPs. Not impressive for a device that supports UPnP to open up a hole in your firewall for remote access - you have to send the credentials in clear text. They should fix this, especially since it defaults to being Internet accessible with a non-randomly-generated password.

 The microphone is fairly poor, and it lacks a socket for an external microphone. That's a serious omission.

 The infrared cut filter makes a less than quiet "click" noise as it switches in or out. It's not super loud, but it's sharp, sudden, and plenty loud enough to be disturbing. Not good in a baby product. The device does allow you to turn the use of the filter off, though.

 There's over two seconds of time lag on the Flash based mobile viewer. This lag doesn't occur to anywhere near the same extent when using mobile devices that stream video from the device.

 It doesn't make you generate a new password or enter a new one when you set it up. That'd be OK ... if it didn't also default to opening a hole in the firewall for streaming video. I can understand this one from an ease of support point of view, but think it'd be a lot better to offer a password reset that only worked on the local WLAN or via a wired connection and then encourage the user to generate or enter a better password/phrase.

 It doesn't seem to enter much of a low-power mode, producing a fair amount of heat when not actively streaming. I hope it copes OK with the Western Australian summer.

Concerning

 In my opinion the vendor doesn't do a very good job of making it clear that the advertised mobile device support requires extra-cost third-party apps. The prices are shown in the apps section of the site, but there's no reference to them being extra cost where the mobile features are listed on the camera product page its self, though the page strongly highlights the features that are only available via those mobile apps. Mobile device logos are prominent, but lack telltale asterisks. It'd be nice to see this made more prominent - or alternately, for the vendor to license these apps and bundle rebrands of them with preconfigured detection of the wifibaby, which would make setup nice and smooth too.

 There's no GPL compliance notice in the box, on the camera web page, or in the CD, but it appears to run Linux 2.6.x. I will be taking this up with the vendor. I could be wrong, so don't get too excited, especially as the distributor probably doesn't know anything much about the firmware produced by the manufacturer. (Confirmed by email discussion - I've sent them some information and guides, and will wait to see if anything happens.)

 I've sent WifiBaby, and the hardware vendor Y-Cam, links to:

the SoftwareFreedom.org compliance guide

Linux kernel GPLv2 HOWTO

Software Freedom Conservacy compliance guide

SFConservacy enforcement information

 ... so we'll see if anything happens there.

Feature wishlist

 Talk-back / two-way audio. In a high end baby monitor. I'd really prefer to have this, and many IP cams support it, so it should not be overly hard (as anyone who's never done something always says, right?). They don't claim it supports two-way anywhere, so I didn't expect to have this feature, but it's something I'd like to see appear in a future version.

 External microphone port, or a decent quality mike.

 Quieter IR cut filter switch over.

 HTTPs. Seriously.

 Rate-adaptive streaming.

Alternatives

 I've since found a similar looking device, which looks like another OEM rebrand of the same IP camera, sold as BabyPing. It's from the same manufacturer according to WifiBaby (update: That's Y-Cam), but unlike the WifiBaby it's a cloud-based device. So, y'know, security/privacy issues there.

 The HomeMonitor is also a Y-Cam rebrand. It seems to be another version with a custom firmware reliant on a cloud service.

 The Y-Cam cube its self, mentioned above, may be a good option to consider.

 Jaycar sells what looks like a previous revision of the same sort of camera for less than a third of the price and has two way audio. Of course, it's probably rather primitive in image quality in comparison, too, and won't come with the same goodies. Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-77470036340674191722013-07-15T14:52:00.003+08:002013-07-15T14:53:05.287+08:00On JPA fetch groupsIt looks like JPA 2.1 has been released with support for "fetch groups". Hopefully that'll meet the previously identified need for control over JPA fetch behaviour.

 It's come too late for me, as I'm no longer working with Java EE or JPA and am feeling badly burned by my experience with the platform after adopting EE 6. Hopefully this'll help others who're struggling with JPA performance issues.Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-58873492568202186482012-12-06T16:59:00.003+08:002012-12-06T17:14:22.500+08:00How to tell if a DLL is 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)On Windows, there are several options for determining whether a given DLL is built for 32-bit or 64-bit CPUs.

 You can open in in the wonderful dependency walker tool (kind of like ldd on steroids).

 Alternately, Visual Studio (or the Windows SDK, either will do) include a dumpbin program that performs much the same job as objdump. You can use this tool to determine the architecture a DLL was built for.

 Start a Windows SDK Command Prompt or Visual Studio command prompt (or run setenv / vcvars) then:

dumpbin /HEADERS thefile.dll | findstr 14C

 eg:

D:\WinDev>dumpbin /HEADERS zlib1.dll|findstr 14C 14C machine (x86)

 Finally, install GNU File from GnuWin32, then:

D:\WinDev>"%PROGRAMFILES%\GnuWin32\bin\file.exe" zlib1.dll zlib1.dll; PE32 executable for MS Windows (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit
Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-32187493929407479452012-11-17T07:42:00.000+08:002012-11-17T07:42:55.581+08:00ACC complaint against LenovoLenovo have failed to make good on their stated intention to amend their website to clearly show that "Mobile Broadband Ready" machines only accept whitelisted Lenovo cards after six months.

 I'm writing an ACC complaint at the moment, alleging that they continue to sell devices with un-disclosed restrictions as a bait-and-switch tactic to force users to buy their marked-up 3G hardware.

 I would welcome submissions from anyone else affected by this issue; contact me at the email address listed on the right hand bar in this blog, not via comments.

 All Lenovo needs to do is fix its website to link "Mobile Broadband Ready" to a statement showing limitations, and to amend its product datasheets to show the PCI whitelist. This isn't a big thing to ask.

 This is a purely private action and has nothing to do with my employer, past or present.Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-46506086298689205042012-11-13T07:20:00.001+08:002012-11-13T07:20:09.044+08:00Joining 2nd QuadrantI'm joining 2nd Quadrant, so I generally won't be posting new PostgreSQL entries here.

 New PostgreSQL posts will appear on the 2nd Quadrant blog under my account there.Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-85063165896417917312012-11-01T10:21:00.001+08:002012-11-01T10:26:34.340+08:00Network silent (unattended) install of Google ChromeI recently found myself with the need to push Google Chrome out across all machines in a WDS (Windows Deployment Services) group using MDT (Microsoft Deployment Tools) Deployment Workbench Task Sequences. I needed to do a silent, unattended install of Google Chrome from an offline installer. I still want it to auto-update.

 This turns out to be badly documented and the method appears to have changed repeatedly, but once you find the right resources it works well.

 Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-47842768150695723632012-10-29T15:34:00.000+08:002012-10-29T16:28:15.067+08:00The Internet needs weedingIn librarian terminology, Weeding is jargon for the process of going through a collection of works (books, magazines, etc) and removing ones that are no longer worth having. These works may be:

Out of date to the point of uselessness (like Windows 95 for Dummies);

Damaged and worn out;

Discredited;

Superceded by new revisions;

Surplus to requirements, where they're potentially still useful but space is needed for other more important things; etc

  Why do you care? Because the Internet needs weeding, too. Right now individual website operators must take responsibility for that themselves. Some of them aren't; either they can't manage their large libraries of ageing content or they just don't want to.

 This TechRepublic article was dubious when it was written, and it's now amazingly out of date and plain wrong, yet there's a steady stream of comments suggesting that people still refer to it. This article, from 2002, doesn't bother to mention little details like version numbers that might help place it in context. It claims, among other things, that MySQL doesn't support subqueries, views, or foreign keys. It also simply says that MySQL is "faster" and PostgreSQL is "slower". It's never been that simple, and it sure isn't now.

 I discovered it because someone linked to it on Stack Overflow as if it was current information. Someone who usually does a fairly decent job writing informative answers; they just didn't bother to look at this particular article and see if it was any good before citing it.

 In print, at least you can look at a book and go "Ugh, that's old". When an article has been carried over to a site's nice shiny new template and is surrounded by auto-included content with recent dates and context, how's a newbie to know it's complete garbage?

 By the way, I don't claim it's easy to manage a library of tens or hundreds of thousands of ageing articles. Periodic review simply isn't practical. Websites that host large content libraries need to provide ways for users to flag content as obsolete, misleading, discredited or otherwise problematic. They also need to make an effort to ensure that their articles will age well by including prominent versions, dates, "as of ..." statements, etc at time of writing. This article would've been OK if it'd simply said "PostgreSQL 7.2" and "MySQL 3.3" (for example) instead of just "MySQL" and "PostgreSQL". It's easy to forget to do this, but being responsive to feedback means you can correct problems and remain a reasonably reputable source.

 One of the things you and I - the community - can do is to flag use of these articles when you see them linked to, and try to contact site owners to take them down, add warnings indicating their versions and age, or otherwise fix them.

 Time for me to try to have a chat with TechRepublic.Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-37735100926456606282012-10-24T17:46:00.000+08:002012-10-26T08:57:07.799+08:00More uses for PostgreSQL arrays
Arrays and the Pg extensions to them are very useful for solving SQL problems that are otherwise tricky to deal with without procedural functions or tortured SQL. There are some good tricks with arrays that're worth knowing about, but aren't always immediately obvious from the documentation. I want to show you a few involving ANY and ALL, intarray, and array indexing.
Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-70248046137901623342012-10-19T10:39:00.000+08:002012-10-19T10:49:10.024+08:00Natural sorting: An example of the utility of Pg's composite types and arraysWhile looking at a recent stack overflow question I found myself wondering if it was possible to write a natural sort for strings containing numbers interleaved with non-number text using only PostgreSQL's core functionality.

 Natural sorts are an important usability feature, as Jeff points out in his post on natural sorts above.

 So I asked for ideas, and it turns out that yes, you can, though it's a bit long-winded. Props to Erwin Brandstetter for persistently refining the approach. The general idea is to create a composite type of `(text,integer)` then sort on an array of that type. See the linked question for details.

 This illustrates how powerful Pg's composite types and arrays are, though I'm not sure you should consider any of the proposed solutions for real world production use.

 It it also helps to show how nice it'd be to have access to native OS-independent Unicode collation in PostgreSQL using the International Components for Unicode (ICU) project, which would not only solve those nasty Windows-vs-Linux locate name issues when restoring dumps, but would also allow the use of advanced collation flags like UCOL_NUMERIC_COLLATION.

 I'd really love to be able to use a custom collation function in Pg, either via an ORDER BY extension or by creating a collation that uses a user-defined collation function then using that collation in the COLLATE clause. Then I could write a C function to use ICU to do the special collation required for a particular job. This doesn't appear to be possible at the moment.

 I recommend reading Jeff's post on natural sorting and why it's important; as usual, it's excellent.Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-77996365943188924962012-10-18T14:53:00.000+08:002012-10-18T14:53:35.590+08:00Generating random bytea values in PostgreSQL
While playing around with answering an interesting question on dba.stackexchange.com I wrote a simple C extension to PostgreSQL that generates random bytea values of a user-specified size. Fast.

In case anyone else is looking for a good way to dummy up random binary data in PostgreSQL, you can find the code in my scrapcode repository on GitHub

See the extension's README for details.

There's a pure SQL version fast enough to use for generating a few 100s of KB of data, too, or a couple of MB if you're patient.
Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-27619066694322763392012-10-14T10:23:00.000+08:002015-04-08T14:11:25.960+08:00Avoiding PostgreSQL database corruption
TL;DR: Don't ever set <tt>fsync=off</tt>, don't <tt>kill -9</tt> the postmaster then delete <tt>postmaster.pid</tt>, don't run PostgreSQL on network file systems.

Reports of database corruption on the PostgreSQL mailing list are uncommon, but hardly rare. While a few data corruption issues have been found in PostgreSQL over the years, the vast majority of issues are caused by:

Administrator action;

Misconfiguration; or

Bad hardware

A recent mailing list post asked what can be done to reduce the chance of corruption and keep data safe.

If you think you have a corrupt PostgreSQL database, stop the database server and take a complete copy of the data directory now. See the Corruption page on the wiki. Then ask for help on the pgsql-general mailing list, or for critical/urgent issues contact a profesional support provider.

Do not attempt to fix the problem before taking a complete copy of the entire data directory. You might make the problem much worse, turning a recoverable problem into unrecoverable data loss.

Here's my advice for avoiding DB corruption issues, with some general PostgreSQL administration advice thrown in for good measure:
Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-1577634782765825792012-09-23T08:24:00.000+08:002012-10-18T15:40:38.091+08:00PostgreSQL packaging on Mac OS X is a mess
It appears to me - based primarily on what I see on Stack Overflow rather than direct Mac use experience - that PostgreSQL packaging on Mac OS X is a real mess.

There are at least four widely-used competing package systems:

An ancient version pre-installed in some Mac OS X versions

Homebrew

Postgres.app from Heroku; and

The EnterpriseDB One-Click installer for Pg

Fink and MacPorts packages also exist, but seem to have either fallen into disuse or "just work" so I don't see breakage reports about them.
Read more »Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-427258967255390991.post-19380779915055322282012-09-20T11:01:00.000+08:002012-09-20T11:08:01.087+08:00 If you haven't yet read the DataGenetics post on PIN frequency, you should. It's an amazing article with some extremely impressive data visualisation.

 If you see your bank/ATM PIN in the frequency tables there, smack yourself for being predictable, then go have a chat with a random number generator.

 I was unsurprised but relieved to see that I'm unpredictable, but not suspiciously and unusually unpredictable. Just where you want to be.

 BTW, if you're a software developer who has anything even tangentially to do with security and you don't know what "hash" and "salt" mean or the difference between hashing and encryption, consider yourself dead-fish-slapped. Go. Learn. Now, before you contribute to this dataset.Craig Ringerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com