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WASHINGTON - Cheers of support from a flag-waving crowd watching a parade turned into shouts of horror when a freight train rammed into a float carrying veterans and their wives in Midland, Texas, last year. Four veterans were killed and 16 others were injured in the collision.
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will meet to consider the probable cause of the accident and to make safety recommendations.
A local charity had invited veterans who had been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan to Midland for a three-day weekend of hunting and shopping in appreciation of their service, including a parade timed to fall near Veterans Day in November. The parade has been an annual event in Midland, a transportation and commerce hub in the West Texas oilfields, for nine years.
Two floats with veterans and their spouses were en route to a banquet in their honor when the collision occurred. One float had just cleared the railroad crossing, and a second flatbed truck was edging crossing the tracks when it was struck by a Union Pacific train traveling at 62 mph in a 70 mph zone. Several veterans and their wives managed to jump to from the truck before the collision, including some that were injured.
Investigators said the railroad crossing warning system was activated the required 20 seconds before the accident, and the guardrail began to come down seven seconds after that.
But some Midland residents have said there isn't enough time between when the signal begins and the trains arrive. They say guardrails aren't completely down by the time a train comes by.
The train's engineer sounded the locomotive's horn and pulled the emergency brake seconds before the collision, but was unable to stop. The train's air brakes were working properly, investigators said.
The driver of the truck that was struck is also a veteran. He was not injured.


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Gorgeous 1950"s vintage set with all pieces marked Kramer. This set is blue in a silver tone setting. Accented with beautiful round rhinestones. The necklace measures approx. 15" long x1" wide, It is adustable with a fish hook clasp. The earrings are clip-on, they measure approx. 1" x 1" In excellent condition.


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France wins deceptively close 2-0 World Cup game against Nigeria
BRASILIA, Brazil - Paul Pogba scored with a late header to finally break Nigeria's stubborn resistance and Joseph Yobo scored an own-goal as France won 2-0 to reach the World Cup quarterfinals on Monday.
Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama had just made a superb save to tip over Karim Benzema's header, but he flapped at the ball from the ensuing corner and Pogba pounced in the 79th minute to nod in his first goal of the tournament.
Yobo turned the ball into his own net in stoppage time under pressure from France substitute Antoine Griezmann.
France started slowly and finished strongly in the second round match.
African champion Nigeria had a goal ruled out for offside in the 19th minute after Emmanuel Emenike poked home Ahmed Musa's cross.


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We've all been there: You're sledding, you slip, the sled gets out from under you and all of a sudden it's rocketing down the hill and you have to walk all the way down to go get it. Sucks. Unfortunately for Daiko Ito, he was strapped into skis, he is a professional ski jumper, this happened in front of a home crowd in Japan, and it cost him a shot at placing in the ski jump World Cup. A recap of the event:
Japanese Daiki Ito had a moment of shock before his final jump. Ito slipped off the bar and was sliding down the inrun. The Japenese didn't suffer any injuries but was not allowed to jump again. So Ito, who was second after the first round, lost the chance to achieve a top result.
Few images are lonelier than the ski jumper, used to soaring through the sky, futilely clawing at the snow-packed ground as he awkwardly slides down a ramp. Better luck next year, Daiko.
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One Direction goes 3-D in boy band's debut feature film
In the tradition of great music movies, One Direction's feature-film debut has sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll -- just without the sex or the drugs.
The Morgan Spurlock-directed 3-D documentary "One Direction: This Is Us" hangs out with Harry, Louis, Liam, Niall and Zayn backstage, at home and on the road, and comes to the conclusion that the five well-coiffed lads who have conquered the world are, well, pretty nice.
Spurlock -- who made his name with socially engaged documentaries such as "Super Size Me" and "Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?" -- is on a mission to convert unbelievers (and even Beliebers) into One Direction fans.
"These boys are so charming and so fantastic, I challenge you to go to the movie and not like them after the film is done," Spurlock said Monday at a news conference with the band ahead of the movie's world premiere Tuesday in London.
"Part of the reason they've been so incredibly successful with their fans is that they are so incredibly grounded and normal, and that's what comes off in the movie. ... You see five guys who are the same five guys they were three years ago."
Three years ago the five teenagers auditioned individually for TV talent show "The X Factor," where svengali Simon Cowell had the idea of putting them together as a boy band.
They didn't win the competition, but they went on to top charts and win young hearts around the world with their cheeky personalities and ever-so-slightly edgy pop.
Part concert movie, part behind-the-scenes documentary, "This Is Us" follows One Direction on the road, from London to Tokyo to Mexico City. It promises to show the group as fans have never seen before -- up close, personal and in 3-D.
Spurlock was given access to the band members' families as well as to the band members themselves at home, in hotel rooms, in stadiums and on tour buses -- though it's unlikely to be a completely candid, warts-and-all look at the band. Cowell is a producer on the movie, which is aimed firmly at the young global army of "Directioners" who helped make the lads stars.
Spurlock has said he was drawn to the movie by the chance to experience the closest thing our decade will see to Beatlemania.
"You suddenly realize it isn't just a British or an American phenomenon," he said. "Everywhere they go they are being chased by hordes of fans. We were in Mexico City and there's 5,000 people camping outside the hotel. This is such a massive global phenomenon, and it's only growing. It was incredible to see."
For the band members, whose feet have barely touched the ground since 2010, it was a rare chance to reflect on how far they've come.
"Because so much is happening to us you kind of just lose it all," said Louis Tomlinson. "It's great just to sit back and watch it back and remember and relive those moments."
Band mate Liam Payne said making the film had been "nerve-racking." But the lives of the five young men -- none of them over 21 -- have become so surreal that the experience of being filmed offstage and even in bed was almost normal.
"In a way it was really strange having the cameras around, but at the same time it didn't make that much difference," said Harry Styles. "It was kind of just getting on with your day while having someone in your way when you're trying to get out the door."
The band members gently deflected questions about whether scenes of partying or other debauchery had been left on the cutting room floor.
"We like to think we're rock 'n' roll, but we're not, really," said Tomlinson. "It's a shame."
"One Direction: This Is Us" opens in Britain Aug. 29 and in the United States Aug. 30.


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Proposed Lenexa eatery, music venue draws criticism
Issue referred back to Lenexa Planning Commission
Some people in a southwest Lenexa neighborhood said a planned restaurant and entertainment venue could bring too much noise, too much traffic and too many problems.
The owners of Grinders, a restaurant and live-music venue in downtown Kansas City, hope to open a new location at 103rd Street and Pflumm Road.
Two restaurants, Stonewall Inn and Stonewall Pizza, did business at the site for years until they closed last year.
Grinders owners said they want to have outdoor events at the Lenexa site, something that will require zoning changes.
Owner Stretch said the types of outdoor events he wants to do include weddings and banquets and movie screenings. He said he did not plan to turn the area into an outdoor concert venue, but neighbors said they want more assurance that it won't happen.
Neighbors said they're worried that noise from outdoor concerts will become a nuisance. They're also concerned that there won't be enough parking on the Grinders Roadhouse site and customers will try to park on 103rd Street or nearby side streets.
Neighbors suggest keeping the zoning the way it is for now, limiting the number of outdoor events to about a half-dozen per year.
"See what types of events (they have) and see how that goes for the neighborhood. And then, I think, everybody would be willing to, you know, come back and revisit it again in a year," said neighbor Debbie Ball.
Lenexa city leaders discuss the zoning for the restaurant at a meeting Tuesday evening. A lot of people packed the chamber to discuss the issue.
"If we've got 300 people there today, we've got no control that there's not going to be 600 people there tomorrow. This is like putting a 50 pound sack of flour in a one pound sack," said Lenexa city councilman Lou Serrone.
After discussing the issue, leaders agreed to send the matter back to the Lenexa Planning Commission for more study.
Stretch said he sees that as an opportunity.
"We can help educate and get the neighborhood behind and understand and educate what we're doing. First and foremost, we're a restaurant. I can't say that enough. We're not putting in a music venue," he said.


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There can be only one top rifle cartridge of the 20th century, and Field Editor Layne Simpson has a handle on what it is. Here is his selection along with its 11 runners-up.
he greatest centerfire cartridge of the 20th century? Even though the answer to that question should have come to me as easily as falling off a greased log, I found it difficult to single out one among so many great ones. An early example among great cartridges is the .300 Savage, which offered original .30-06 performance in a package small enough to cycle through popular rifles such as the Savage 99 and Remington 81. But is it the greatest of the great? Hardly. Then we have other candidates. Although ignored to death by American hunters, the .307 Winchester is a great cartridge simply because it squeezes .300 Savage performance from America's favorite deer rifle, the Winchester 94. But that alone does not place it among the list of top candidates for it is now a dying cartridge. And what about the .22-250? It began life as one of the most popular wildcats ever created, was available in Browning rifles before Remington started factory loading it, and is now one of our two most popular varmint cartridges. Great though it is, the .22-250 has yet to earn a big shot at the No. 1 position like other cartridges.
The .17 Remington is a favorite I hated to eliminate from my short list, mainly because it is uniquely American and so much fun to shoot. Then we have others like the .22 Hornet (my first varmint cartridge), the .35 Remington (my first store-bought deer cartridge), and the .225 Winchester (which accounted for my first sub-minute-of-angle group). Sentimental fellow that I am, I could very easily have listed either of those among the greatest of the great. Other favorites I hated to weed out are the .280 Remington (almost as good as the .270), 6mm Remington (actually better than the .243), .257 Roberts (better than the 6mm or .243), .25-06 (I used it a lot when it was a wildcat), 7x57mm Mauser (which will do anything the 7mm-08 will do), 7mm-08 Remington (which will do anything the 7x57mm Mauser will do), and the .416 Weatherby Magnum (my favorite cartridge for the big stuff of Africa). But they too had to go. As for new cartridges on the scene, the 7mm STW and .300 Remington Ultra Mag might eventually earn enough stripes to be included in such a list by another writer at the end of the 21st century, but as I write this neither has proven capable of weathering the test of time.
As it turned out, I simply could not come up with the single greatest cartridge without at least mentioning those that have given it a run for its money in not only popularity but usefulness as well. So I took the easy way out by naming not only the cartridge of the century but, as they say in beauty contests, its 11 runners-up as well. Here, then, in the order of their introduction are all too brief comments on what I consider to be the fantastic dozen of the 20th century, with the 11 runners-up first and the winner last.
.375 Holland & Holland MagnumI chose the .375 H&H Magnum as one of the top dozen of the 20th century simply because few other cartridges do so many things so well. It is just powerful enough to handle game too nasty for smaller cartridges, yet it is not ridiculously overpowered for nondangerous North American game such as elk and moose. I also chose it because the level of recoil it generates represents about the upper limit most hunters can tolerate. Even though the .375 H&H Magnum was introduced by Holland & Holland in 1925, most American hunters ignored it due to the high cost of imported rifles chambered for it. But that changed for the better in 1937 when Winchester added the chambering to its list of options for the Model 70 rifle. When loaded with good bullets and fired in an accurate rifle, this old English cartridge is capable of remarkable accuracy. It's good too; I would not hesitate to hunt any big-game animal presently walking the face of the earth with the .375 H&H Magnum.
.270 WinchesterWhat can I say about the .270 Winchester that was not said far more eloquently by Jack O'Connor, the greatest firearms writer of the 20th century? The most famous and by far the most successful full-length offspring of the .30-06 Springfield, the .270 had it all back in 1925 when it was introduced and still has it all today. Need a flat-shooting, mild-recoiling, super-accurate cartridge for shooting deer-size game at long range? The .270 loaded with a good 130-grain bullet fills the bill with room to spare. Heading out west for an elk or moose hunt? Don't overlook the .270 loaded with a premium-grade bullet weighing 150 grains. Does your shoulder scream out in protest each time you squeeze the trigger on that new .409 Pooper-Scooper Magnum? If so, relief in the form of a .270-caliber rifle is no further away than your friendly gunshop..220 SwiftExceeding 4000 feet per second with a rifle bullet seemed about as far out of reach as man's first step on the moon back in the 1930s, but Winchester accomplished the impossible in 1935 by introducing the great .220 Swift. Loaded with a 48-grain bullet at the previously unheard of velocity of 4110 fps, the Swift made plenty of noise, shot flatter than a moonbeam, and electrocuted a varmint in its tracks. And if that alone wasn't enough, the new cartridge was extremely accurate in the Winchester Model 70 rifle. During its heyday the Swift took its licks from critics who were obviously jealous of its success, but those of us who use it today recognize it for what it is—the greatest varmint cartridge of all time. True, the .22-250 is more popular, but it simply follows the trail blazed over half a century ago by the .220 Swift.
.300 Weatherby MagnumRoy Weatherby didn't invent the .30-caliber magnum cartridge; among Americans that honor goes to a fellow by the name of Charles Newton. Weatherby did, however, cause more hunters to want to own .30 magnum rifles than anyone before or since his time. More important to the success of his company, those hunters wanted Weatherby rifles in .300 Magnum. I saw my first Weatherby rifle while still in high school and swore then and there that I would someday own one, and sure enough I eventually did. I'm sure many other youngsters my age shared the same dream. Roy's .300 Magnum with its distinctive double-radius shoulder has long been and probably always will be the belted magnum by which all others of its caliber are measured. You can say what you want about its recoil and muzzle blast, but no one who has used the .300 Weatherby Magnum on big game will deny that the hunt almost always ends quickly just after the first trigger squeeze..222 RemingtonA brainchild of Remington's Mike Walker, the .222 was made possible by the introduction of the Remington Model 722 bolt-action rifle. That combination, the .222 and the 722, ruled the accuracy roost among varmint shooters during the 1950s, and the little cartridge even went on to absolutely dominate registered benchrest competition until the 6mm PPC came along in 1975. In addition, the .222 eventually spawned the .17 Remington, .221 Fireball, .222 Remington Magnum, .223 Remington, and the European 5.6x50mm Magnum, making it one of the more prolific cartridges introduced during the 20th century. Today, the .223 is more popular, but when all is said and done it really won't do a lot that can't be done about as well with the .222 Remington. If ever I decide to build the six most accurate rifles in the world, one of them will be chambered for the .222 Remington.
.308 WinchesterThe .308 Winchester, or 7.62x51mm NATO as it is also called, was not the first high-intensity centerfire cartridge designed for short-action rifles; that distinction goes to the .300 Savage. The .308 was, however, the first cartridge of its kind to enjoy worldwide popularity. On several occasions I have hunted moose in Sweden and am always surprised to see how many of the local hunters are armed with rifles in .308 Winchester. Among calibers larger than 6mm, the .308 is by far the most popular short-action big-game cartridge among hunters worldwide. The .308 has also fathered a rather large clan of offspring with names like .243 Winchester, .260 Remington, 7mm-08 Remington, and .358 Winchester. Probably the best thing to be said of the .308 is it is capable of phenomenal accuracy; it is possibly the single most inherently accurate cartridge of a caliber larger than 6mm ever designed..243 WinchesterThe .243 Winchester was not the first cartridge of its caliber, but it was the first cartridge to really put the caliber on the map among varmint shooters and deer hunters. The .243 plays its dual role as a combination varmint/big-game cartridge like few other cartridges are capable of, and it possesses incredible accuracy potential. Mild manners combined with energy delivery quite adequate for game up to the size of whitetail deer and pronghorn antelope make the .243 as close to ideal as we are likely to ever get for those who are sensitive to recoil. The 6mm Remington (alias .244 Remington) might be just a tad better and the .240 Weatherby most definitely is, but neither has enjoyed anywhere near the popularity of the .243 Winchester..458 Winchester MagnumThe .458 Winchester was America's first factory-loaded elephant cartridge. Prior to its introduction in 1956, American hunters who ventured to Africa either used American-built rifles in .375 H&H (which some considered a bit small for elephant and such), a custom-built rifle chambered for a wildcat such as the .450 Watts, or they bought an expensive English-built rifle chambered for a cartridge of English design. Then along came the Model 70 in .458 Magnum, which not only duplicated the performance of the ever-popular .470 Nitro Express, it cost but a fraction of the price of a British double in that caliber. The .458 Winchester went on to become the most popular backup cartridge among African professional hunters, and to this day it is the dangerous game cartridge by which all others are judged..338 Winchester Magnum
I like the .338 Winchester Magnum but not quite as much as the .375 H&H Magnum. It is a good cartridge, but I'm not sure it is a lot better than one of the .300 magnums loaded with a 200-grain bullet. The .338 shoots flat but not quite as flat as one of the 7mm magnums. The .338 hits hard downrange, but it also hits hard back behind the recoil pad. Through the years I have heard all those statements used to describe the .338 Winchester Magnum, but the fact remains that it has enjoyed and continues to enjoy more popularity among big-game hunters than all other medium-bore cartridges combined. The last time I looked at ammunition sales reports from Winchester, Remington, and Federal, the .338 ranked 10th among all big-game cartridges, reason enough to include it among the 12 greatest centerfire rifle cartridges of the 20th century. 7mm Remington Magnum. The 7mm Remington Magnum and I go back to 1962, the year Remington introduced it, so it has long been one of my favorite cartridges. Other cartridges of the same caliber came before Remington's version, but all combined did not cause as much excitement among American hunters. In fact, prior to its introduction, most Americans ignored 7mm cartridges. Not so for the new one from Remington. For several years after it was introduced, the demand for Model 700 rifles chambered for the "Big Seven�?far outpaced Remington's ability to produce them. Even today, over three decades after its introduction, only the .30-30, .30-06, .270, and .308 are more popular among big-game hunters. Why the 7mm Remington Magnum enjoys such popularity is no big mystery—it shoots flatter and hits harder than the .30-06 but generates only slightly more recoil. It is truly one of the 20th century's greats.6mm PPCChances are the 6mm PPC has never killed a single deer, and it most definitely ranks near the bottom of the heap among varmint hunters. It doesn't shoot as flat as a banjo string, and it doesn't deliver gobs of energy downrange, make a lot of noise, or pound one's shoulder to a pulp. The 6mm PPC is anything but cheap to shoot; last time I looked, cases were selling at 75 cents each, and they still had to be fine-tuned before being used. Even though Americans Lou Palmisano and Ferris Pindell created the little cartridge, it is foreign to most American shooters. On top of all that, while the 6mm PPC has been around for over 20 years not a single American ammo manufacturer has chosen to load it. What the 6mm PPC has done and continues to do is break more world accuracy records in registered benchrest shooting than any other cartridge, and it shows no sign of slowing down. When firearms correspondents of the future write about such things, the 6mm PPC will be mentioned most often as the accuracy cartridge of the 20th century.And The Winner Is...The .30-06 SpringfieldThen we come to the .30-06 Springfield, my pick as the greatest rifle cartridge of the 20th century .Before you disagree, take a look at its track record. For starters, the .30-06 was the primary battle cartridge of American military forces from its introduction in 1903 until it was replaced by the 7.62mm NATO in 1954. That's over half a century of military duty. During that time the United States and its allies won the two greatest wars in the history of modern mankind, and while they would likely have done so had the .30-06 not been around, the cartridge played a key role nevertheless. Long before the old soldier retired from military duty it was enjoying tremendous popularity among hunters and target shooters. Today, the .30-06 is No. 1 in sales among all big-game cartridges with the major ammunition manufacturers, and it is seldom out of the top five most popular chamberings among builders of bolt-action rifles. The grand old cartridge has long been available in all types of rifles: bolt actions, slide actions, single shots, autoloaders, and even a few lever actions. A great abundance of factory loadings are available not only from U.S. manufacturers but from those in other countries as well. Federal alone, as an example, offers almost two-dozen different loadings of the .30-06 Springfield with bullet weights ranging from 125 to 220 grains. Handloaders who load the cartridge have a great variety of brands, styles, and weights of bullets from which to choose, and dozens are suitable for this grand old cartridge. The popularity of the .30-06 is worldwide; it accounts for a big chunk of sales among many foreign manufacturers of sporting ammunition, and any foreign rifle manufacturer who is anybody (and even some who aren't) offer the .30-06 chambering. The .30-06 got a head start on its competition by being adopted by the US Military, same as the .45-70 Government, .30-40 Krag, .308 Winchester, and .223 Remington. Today, it is a benchmark by which big-game cartridge performance is compared.
So there you have the greatest cartridge of the 20th century along with its 11 runners-up. I'm sure everyone won't agree with all of my picks, but that was one of the great things about 20th-century America—we could disagree and still be friends.


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Inter defender Cristian Chivu has stressed that the Nerazzurri cannot afford to dwell on past achievements, but should focus on the future instead as they re-build their squad.
The former Romania international is one of the remaining players from the team that won a historic treble with the Giuseppe Meazza in 2009-10, but he feels the time has come to move on from past successes.
"If we talk about past achievements we'll never achieve our goals for the future," Chivu said at a press conference.
"Our past victories are part of those stories that you tell your grandchildren, that will stay in the fans' hearts. But now our current goals are what matter. Enough with the past.
"We've said thanks where it's been necessary, but now is not the time to have memories on our minds.
"This Inter side is growing. We have a new coach and many youngsters, some of whom are still in their teens. We'll put the past behind us."
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This is a continuation of yesterday post.
In this post https://irthoughts.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/a-pagerank-rank-correlation/ we discuss a study that claims a PageRank-Rank correlation. The study was criticized by many SEOs on the grounds that it was flawed.
They were right, but none of them provided a statistical analysis assessment, which prompted back then our post.
The study seems to perpetuate SEO myths regarding ranking results.
If you look at the study, the reported slopes were very small, indicating that variables were almost orthogonal (independent), despite the correlation coefficients.
Second, no t-test confidence analysis on the correlation coefficents or slopes were provided.
Third, no transparency in the data sampling process was provided.
This is an example of how not to do stat analysis.


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Justice League of America #2 (Variant Cover)
The new Justice League of America team continues to form, but the question remains: What do these heroes want in return for their membership?
Secret motives are everywhere, and the outcome will have a huge impact on this team and the rest of The New 52!
Plus, the alien MANHUNTER's back-up series begins revealing more about J'onn's plans for this team...and the other Justice League.
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You think you need a vacation?
Sure. You probably do. I'm sure you've worked hard the past 11 months, doing whatever it is you do. And you're probably eyeing a little parcel of time in December where you plan on parking yourself for some you time, family time, anything-but-work time, and I'm very sure you're entitled to it.
But if there's someone out there who's truly earned it, who doesn't just want it, but really, really needs a break, it's difficult to think of someone more deserving than Al Spx, the pseudonymous singer behind the musical project Cold Specks.
"Hell, yeah," Spx says and laughs.
She'll get that break beginning in mid-December, which the artist without a home says she'll spend couch-surfing with friends and family in Toronto, resting up before heading to Germany in mid-January for yet another tour.
Again, yes, a well-deserved rest. It has been a remarkably busy 2012 for the Canadian artist who shot to fame and acclaim with the release of her hauntingly soulful Polaris-shortlisted roots debut I Predict A Graceful Expulsion.
On the strength of the album and buzz it's brought, she's toured extensively, including on her own and as tour support for everyone from Adam Cohen to Great Lake Swimmers. In fact, the 24-year-old's two-night stint this weekend at the Calgary folk fest's new Festival Hall in Inglewood will actually mark her third trip to town in the past six months.
Still, with how busy she's been this year, she can still appreciate the opportunities it's provided her.
"It's been fun," Spx says simply.
That, actually, is something of a surprise to hear in some respects, considering how private an individual she is -- as previously noted, Al Spx is a name she adopted for privacy's sake -- and how she initially seemed to want to shrink when the spotlight hit her directly.
"I struggled it with it early on only because it was a very new thing and a very strange thing," she admits. "But I've got my head around it, so it's all good now.
That includes actually talking about the rather autumnal material that makes up Expulsion, seemingly so naked, pained and passionate, but songs she, at times in interviews denied any emotional ownership over.
"I think that was just me attempting to deflect a question and not wanting to get into it," she, again, admits. "I may or may not have told a white lie, but these are deeply personal songs. . . .
"I don't mind writing songs that are honest but once you put it out there it no longer belongs to you and there are all of these strangers that dissect and analyze something that was probably very real to you at some point in your life. I found that very hard."
She adds: "I'm sure as hell not doing that again."
Which is something of a tricky thing, considering it's that connection to the songs, that confessional tone that the album has which is most striking, and which helped it strike the nerve it did.
Spx is well aware of the artistic corner she's painted herself into and plans on getting around that by cloaking the material a little better, perhaps getting a little metaphorical, a "bit more vague." She also thinks that it helps to remove herself even further by writing her own experiences as those of a second or third party, although, she says, that certainly won't require taking on yet another name.
"I think Cold Specks is always going to be the project's' name, but I'm just probably going to embrace a character a bit more," she says. "When I play a character I'm not attached to the song because it was written by a different person, if that makes any sense. Or at least in my head."
Then again, perhaps she won't need to do much role-playing. Spx has already started writing some new songs for her sophomore album -- she'll perform at least one, as-yet-unnamed tune for Calgary audiences -- and owing in part to the year she's had and all that it's brought her, both good and bad, she says her songs have been taking on an entirely different tone.
"I've been writing more playful songs," she says. "It's a combination of things. One, I'm in a much better place in my life and that has generated happier songs. Two, I did the whole earnest songwriter of honest songs thing and I wasn't quite comfortable with it."
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Colon lone A's player selected as All-Star
Veteran pitcher gets third nod; Balfour, Donaldson among snubs
KANSAS CITY -- Mixed emotions engulfed the A's clubhouse on Saturday afternoon.
There was plenty of joy for a 40-year-old pitcher who made the All-Star team -- but also confusion, disappointment and even anger knowing he won't be joined by any teammates on the American League squad.
For the seventh time in the last eight seasons, the A's learned Saturday that they'll be represented by only one player at this year's Midsummer Classic: Bartolo Colon.
It's a deserving nod, no doubt, given the remarkable first half Oakland's 16-year veteran has inscribed on his lengthy resume, which includes 11 wins next to just three losses and a 2.78 ERA.
"I feel extremely happy about it," Colon said through A's coach and interpreter Ariel Prieto. "I believe it's all about the work that I've been doing, since even before the season started. I thank the Oakland A's for giving me the opportunity to be part of them."
It's the first All-Star nod for Colon since 2005, the same year he took home the AL Cy Young Award, and he was also named an All-Star in 1998. That was 15 years ago.
"I'm obviously very happy about Bartolo," manager Bob Melvin said. "Very deserving, a guy that's been around some time, and to make an All-Star Game at the age of 40 and have the type of half he did is pretty incredible."
But for as happy as he is for Colon, Melvin is stunned that the All-Star Game, to be managed by Detroit's Jim Leyland, will take place without any of his other players, notably Grant Balfour and Josh Donaldson.
"No question. Hopefully something happens and another gets in, but I am very surprised," said Melvin, who spoke to Leyland on numerous occasions leading up to Saturday's announcement.
"He called me and asked me some questions, and he did that with everybody," he continued. "He didn't give me any indication. This certainly isn't on Jim Leyland. He only gets to pick a certain number of guys, and there are always going to be deserving players that don't get to go. As far as speaking about our players on our team, I felt like we were deserving of having more than one guy there."
"If anything," said Donaldson, "I'm more disappointed that we only had one. I feel like we're probably one of the best teams in all of baseball, and we deserve more than one guy. And I'm not talking about for me. You've got Balfour, Jed [Lowrie] is one of the top-hitting shortstops in the game right now. I just feel like there are more guys than just one in here that are All-Stars, and that's why we've been so good."
At 51-37, the defending AL West champion A's are one of baseball's best teams and have been since the middle of last year. Yet they've still yet to garner the type of attention they feel they merit.
"I guess from what you hear over the years, it's not really surprising," said Balfour. "It's a little disappointing to see as a team. I think we've shown we're a good team with a lot of great players. Just the way it goes I guess.
"I'm definitely disappointed, to be truthful. But what are you going to do about it?"
Balfour has been perfect for the A's as a closer, having given them 22 saves in as many opportunities. He has 40 in a row dating back to last year.
"He's been as close to shutdown as anyone in all of baseball," Donaldson said. "I don't know that there's any other closer out there who's perfect. He's been perfect for us all year. I don't know that there are any numbers that are better than perfect. I don't understand why he's not on the team."
Donaldson's numbers are equally impressive, even next to his peers in a stacked third-base field that includes Miguel Cabrera, Manny Machado, Adrian Beltre and Evan Longoria. Oakland's infielder, a converted catcher, exited Saturday with a .317 clip and a .918 OPS, along with 15 home runs and 57 RBIs.
Had he been selected, he would have been the first A's position player to be invited to the All-Star Game since Ramon Hernandez in 2003.
"I'm not surprised," Donaldson said, though with a hint of disappointment in his voice. "I felt honored that our fan base got behind me and tried to do what they could. That was special. For me, I understand the game of baseball and it's more than just baseball sometimes, especially for stuff like this. Everyone who made the team I feel like is pretty deserving. I'm more happy that Colon made it vs. me, myself, not making it. It's an incredible thing to do at 40 years old. I think it's pretty amazing."
Balfour was more candid in relaying his frustrations about the news.
"I guess I wasn't good enough to make it," he said. "I don't know what to tell you. You're interviewing me because you thought I should've made it, and I don't know. I feel like I've had some pretty good years over the years, and I felt like this was a year it maybe could've happened. But it didn't happen and there's still a season to be played, so I'm not going to sit here and cry about it.
"You play for a long time, think you put up some good numbers over the years, but if it was meant to be it was meant to be, so you let it go. It's not always good enough to be perfect. You can't be perfect for everyone. It's not my choice. If I had the choice, I'd go."
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And the voting doesn't end there. The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again have fans participating in the official voting for the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com via the 2013 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote, and their voice will represent 20 percent of the official vote determining the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
The 2013 All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field on Tuesday, July 16. Come to MLB.com for extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
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=== fixing the problem ===
=== fixing the problem ===
To fix the barrier flags for a current kernel, see [[Secure_chroot_Barrier#Solution:_Secure_Barrier | these instructions]].
To fix the barrier flags for a current kernel, see [[Secure_chroot_Barrier#Solution:_Secure_Barrier | these instructions]].
== References ==
== References ==
* Linux-VServer HOWTO by Daniel15: http://howtoforge.com/linux_vserver_debian_etch
* Linux-VServer HOWTO by Daniel15: http://howtoforge.com/linux_vserver_debian_etch
Revision as of 13:16, 12 May 2009
This guide is written against Debian Etch (4.0) and works on Lenny (5.0) as well. Both releases include kernel linux-image-vserver-686, so no manual patching is needed. Hence, Installation on Debian Etch/Lenny is pretty easy and straightforward.
If you need to compile your own kernel, you need to apply the vserver-version.patch. Details at 2007/Apr/25
Packages installation
The packages required by Linux-VServer are:
- linux-image-vserver-686 - This is the current kernel, use linux-image-vserver-amd64 on 64-bit systems, you can still create 32-bit guests
- util-vserver - These are the utilities used to administer the guests
- ssh - This is probably already installed, but just in case it isn't
All the packages you need can be obtained via
aptitude install linux-image-vserver-686 util-vserver ssh
so run this as root and reboot. To check out wherever everything went fine you may run
uname -r
and check that kernel version contains vserver, e.g. 2.6.18-4-vserver-686. That's it.
Now that the host system is ready, you can proceed with building guests.
Debian already contains vservers kernels, so no manual patching and compiling is needed.
|Debian release
|Kernel version
|VServer version
Issues with the current 2.6.26 Kernel
Linux-Vserver uses file xattrs to protect guest superusers from being able to view files above their root, preventing access to host file. The patch used in Debian Lenny contains a different position of the flag which controls this barrier to escaping a guests chrooted enviroment. This creates a considerable security issues for anyone who:
- has created a guest with a Debian 2.6.26-*-vserver kernel and wishes to use it with another kernel.
- has created a guest with a different kernel and wishes to use it on a Debian 2.6.26-*-vserver kernel based host.
- has unified guests (such as created by vhashify).
In effect, the barrier normally in place for guest servers is not recognised by the kernel in the situations above.
fixing the problem
As of writing this issue has not been corrected within the Debian archive. To fix the barrier flags for a current kernel, see these instructions. In order to fix the problem in unified environment each file on each server must be unlinked then the unification re-applied. These fixes must be applied whenever moving vserver guest from or to the Debian 'Lenny's vserver kernel.
For more details and a more concise explanation see Bertls IRC explanation
- Linux-VServer HOWTO by Daniel15: http://howtoforge.com/linux_vserver_debian_etch