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|NYU Psychology
|Edward Seidman
Professor of Psychology
How are the developmental pathways of urban at-risk adolescents affected by school and neighborhood settings, and how can this knowledge inform the creation of programs and policies to promote positive youth development?
My current work reflects my long-standing interests in two fundamental issues/questions. Understanding the relationship between the pattern of transactions among people and their social contexts, or what I refer to as social regularities (Seidman, 1988), and the identification of the strategies, tactics, and loci of intervention to alter the social regularities of a setting and promote positive psychological development. I also continue to work on critical conceptual and methodological issues, e.g., culturally anchored methodology (Hughes & Seidman, 2002), holistic perspectives and methods (Seidman & Pedersen, 2003), and integrative chapters and volumes in community psychology (Rappaport & Seidman, 2000; Revenson & Seidman, 2002). I am also a member of the newly funded National Science Foundation Center of Culture, Development, & Education (CRCDE). I am particularly interested in the culture of schools and classrooms and how these "cultures" impact the well known "achievement gap."
Adolescent Development in the Urban Context
Since joining the faculty at NYU, I have been conducting a longitudinal study of over 1400 economically at-risk urban adolescents, known as the Adolescent Pathways Project (APP; Seidman, 1991). The bulk of my work on the APP has focused on several major issues: a) understanding how the normative transitions from elementary to junior high school and from junior to senior high school impact developmental trajectories; b) developing a holistic understanding of how the unique constellations of daily transactions of youth with their family, peers, school, and neighborhood are associated with different developmental outcomes; and c) discovering and understanding profiles of contextual competence.
Normative School Transitions
The transition into junior high school seems to be far more problematic than the transition into high school. While academic performance drops across both transitions, self-esteem only declines across the transition to junior high school (Seidman et al, 1994, 1996). These changes do not vary as a function of student gender or race/ethnicity. After making the transition to junior high school the students become more disengaged from the educational enterprise: They report increased academic hassles, decreased support from teachers, and reduced extracurricular involvement. Two years after this school transition, these effects are not attenuated. Currently, we are examining the long-term effects, i.e., five years later, of these normative transitions and the potential factors that moderate and mediate these effects, e.g., racial/ethnic identity..
As we have begun to look at individual trajectories of self-esteem across the transition to junior high school and beyond, we find that there are seven different patterns of change in self-esteem over time, not one. Only two of these self-esteem trajectories experience immediate and dramatic declines in self-esteem across the transition year even though they were relatively high in self-esteem before commencing the transition to junior high school. These two trajectories are not differentiated from the other two trajectories that began high in self-esteem in terms of any personality or individual demographic variables. On the other hand, the students constituting the trajectories that declined dramatically were more likely to reside in under-resourced neighborhoods and families. These families appeared too over taxed to be able to provide the support needed for youth to successfully make this difficult school transition.
Holistic Views of Family, Peers, and Neighborhood Settings
In a series of studies, we have looked holistically at youth perceived daily hassles, social support, and involvement with family, peer, and neighborhood (Seidman et al., 1998, 1999). Within each setting youth describe a series of dramatically different constellations of perceived transactions. These different constellations of transactions place youth at differential levels of risk/protection, in terms, of self-esteem, depression, and antisocial behavior. When we examine the joint effects of family and peer profiles on self-esteem, we find a strong association between family and peer profiles that are similar, yet peer transactions also partially mediate the association between family transactions and self-esteem (Roberts et al., 2000).
Contextual Competence
Most recently, we have uncovered nine distinct constellations of youths' behavioral and perceptual self-reports of engagement and performance with peer, school, athletic, employment, cultural, and religious contexts when they are 16 to 17 years of age. We refer to these as profiles of contextual competence (Pedersen et al., under review). Overall, profiles with high engagement in only a single context, such as religion or athletics, do not buffer youths from negative developmental outcomes. Profiles representing high engagement and performance with two or more contexts are associated with higher self-esteem and lower depression. At the same time, profiles marked by high engagement in the risky contexts of athletics or employment are associated with greater delinquency. These results have important implications for planning of services by youth organizations. Using these profiles of contextual competence in conjunction with the youth's time diaries, we plan to examine the association between profile and time use. We also plan to examine the direct and indirect effects of family and peer transactions during early adolescence on the profiles of contextual competence that emerge in middle adolescence.
Our research on school transitions has lead to evidence-based major policy recommendations for educational reform (Seidman, Aber, & French, 2003; Seidman, in preparation). We have found that the transition to the junior high school is riskier than the transition to senior high school because a greater developmental mismatch occurs at the time of the transition to junior high school. That is, early adolescents experience numerous biological, cognitive, emotional, and social changes. These changes occur at a time when students make the shift from an elementry school setting in which all the students and teachers are known to each other to one in which they are shuffled from one unfamiliar teacher and set of classmates to another classroom every 40 minutes. Our findings, in conjunction with other literature, lead us to recommend that: a) more resources and attention be directed toward the organization of schooling during early adolescence; b) ideally, early adolescents should attend K-8 schools; and c) when K-8 schools are not feasible, middle grades schools need to be reorganized into smaller and more stable environments attuned to the developmental needs of early adolescents to maintain their engagement in the educational enterprise.
University of Kentucky (Ph.D., 1969; Clinical Psychology & Medical
Behavioral Science)
Selected Honors and Awards
Resident Scholar (2001), Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center
Exemplary Project-Adolescent Diversion Project (1978), Child Welfare Information Exchange, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Scholar (1977 - 1978), University of Athens (Greece)
Consulting Psychology Research Award, First Prize (1976), Division of Consulting Psychology, APA
Exemplary Project-Community-Based Adolescent Diversion Program (1975), National Institute of Law Enforcement Administration Agency, U.S. Dept. of Justice
Vicarious Awards
My doctoral students have received first prize for their dissertations five different times - twice from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, twice from the Division of Consulting Psychology, and once from the Society for Community Research and Action.
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Pedersen, S., Seidman, E., Yoshikawa, H., Rivera, A., Allen, L., & Aber, J.L. (under review). Contextual Competence: Multiple manifestations among urban adolescents.
Seidman, E., & Pedersen, S. (2003, in press). Holistic, contextual perspectives on risk, protection, and competence among low-income urban adolescents. In S. Luthar (Ed.), Resilience and vulnerability: Adaptation in the context of childhood adversities. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Clements, M., & Seidman, E. (2002). The ecology of middle grades schools and possible selves: Theory, research, and action. In T. M. Brinthaupt, & R. P. Lipka (Eds.), Understanding early adolescent self and identity: Applications and interventions (pp. 133-164). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
French, S.E., Seidman, E., Allen, L., & Aber, J.L. (2000). Racial/Ethnic identity, congruence with the social context and the transition to high school. Journal of Adolescent Research, 15, 587-602.
Roberts, A., Seidman, E., Pederson, S., Chesir-Teran, D., Allen, L., Aber, J.L., Duran, V., & Hsueh, J. (2000). Family and peer perceived transactions and self-esteem among urban early adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 20, 68-92.
Seidman, E., Chesir-Teran, D., Friedman, J.L.., Yoshikawa, H., Allen, L., Roberts, A., & Aber, J.L. (1999). The risk and protective functions of perceived family and peer microsystems among urban adolescents in poverty. American Journal of Community Psychology, 27, 211-238.
Seidman, E., Yoshikawa, H., Roberts, A., Chesir-Teran, D., Allen, L., Friedman, J.L., & Aber, J.L. (1998). Structural and experiential neighborhood contexts, developmental stage and antisocial behavior among urban adolescents in poverty. Development and Psychopathology, 10, 259-281.
Seidman, E., Aber, J.L., Allen, L., & French, S.E. (1996). The impact of the transition to high school on the self-system and perceived social context of poor urban youth. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 489-516.
Seidman, E., Allen, L., Aber, J.L., Mitchell, C., Feinman, J., Yoshikawa, H., Comtois, K., Golz, J., Miller, R.L., Ortiz-Torres, B., & Roper, G.C. (1995). Development and validation of adolescent perceived microsystem scales: Social support, daily hassles, and involvement. American Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 355-388.
Seidman, E., Allen, L., Aber, J.L., Mitchell, C. & Feinman, J. (1994). The impact of school transitions in early adolescence on the self-system and social context of poor urban youth. Child Development, 65, 507-522.
Seidman, E. (1991). Growing up the hard way: Pathways of urban adolescents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 19, 169-205.
Intervention and Policy
Seidman, E. (in preparation). Urban adolescents, school transitions, and educational reform. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Seidman, E., Aber, J.L., & French, S.E. (2003, in press). Restructuring the transitions to middle/junior high school: A strengths-based approach to the organization of schooling. In K. Maton, C. Schellenbach , B. Leadbeater., & A. Solarz (Eds.), Investing in children, families, and communities: Strengths-based research and policy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Salem, D., Seidman, E., & Rappaport, J. (1988). Community treatment of the mentally ill: The promise of mutual help organizations. Social Work, 33, 403-408.
Rappaport, J., Seidman, E., Toro, P.A., McFadden, L.S., Reischl, R.M., Roberts, L.J., Salem, D.A., Stein, C.H., & Zimmerman, M.A. (1985). Collaborative research with a mutual help organization. Social Policy, 15, 12-24.
Task Force on Psychology and Public Policy (Reppucci, N.D., Kimmel, P., Korchin, S.J., Saks, M.J., Seidman, E., Serrano-Garcia, I., & Tangri, .S.). (1986). Psychology and public policy. American Psychologist, 41, 914-921.
Seidman, E. (1981). The route from the successful experiment to policy formation: Falling rocks, bumps and dangerous curves. In R. Roesch, & R. Corrado (Eds.), Evaluation and criminal justice policy (pp. 81-102). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Rappaport, J., Seidman, E., & Davidson, W.S. (1979). Demonstra-tion research and manifest versus true adoption: The natural history of a research project to divert adolescents from the legal system. In R.F. Munoz, L.R. Snowden, & J.G. Kelly (Eds.), Social and psychological research in community settings: Designing and conducting programs for social and personal well-being (pp. 101-144). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Seidman, E., Rappaport, J., & Davidson, W.S. (1976). Adolescents in legal jeopardy: Initial success and replication of an alternative to the criminal justice system. Invited address to the American Psychological Association.
Delaney, J.A., Seidman, E., & Willis, G. (1978). Crisis interven-tion and the prevention of institutionalization: An interrupted time series analysis. American Journal of Community Psychology, 6, 33-45.
Davidson, W.S., Seidman, E., Rappaport, J., Berck, P.L., Rapp, N., Rhodes, W., & Herring, J. (1977). A diversion program for juvenile offenders. Social Work Research and Abstracts, 13, 40-29.
Alden, L., Rappaport, J., & Seidman, E. (1976). College students as interventionists for primary-grade children: A comparison of structured academic and companionship programs for children from low-income families. American Journal of Community Psychology, 3, 261-250.
Seidman, E. & Rappaport, J. (1974). The educational pyramid: A paradigm for training, research, and manpower utilization in community psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 2, 119-130.
Conceptual Frameworks and Integrative Chapters and Volumes in Community Psychology
Hughes, D.L., & Seidman, E. (2002). In pursuit of a culturally anchored methodology. In T.A. Revenson, A.R. D'Augelli, S.E. French, D.L. Hughes, D. Livert, E. Seidman, M. Shinn, & H. Yoshikawa (Eds). Ecological Research to Promote Social Change: Methodological Advances from Community Psychology (pp. 243-255). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Revenson, T.A, & Seidman, E. (2002). Looking backward and moving forward: Reflections on a quarter century of community psychology. In T.A. Revenson, A.R. D'Augelli, S.E. French, D. L. Hughes, D. Livert, E. Seidman, M. Shinn, & H. Yoshikawa (Eds), A Quarter Century of Community Psychology: Readings from The American Journal of Community Psychology (pp. 3-31). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Revenson, T.A., D'Augelli, A.D., French, S.E., Hughes, D.L., Livert, D., Seidman, E., Shinn, M., & Yoshikawa, H. (Eds.) (2002). A quarter century of Community Psychology: Readings from the American Journal of Community Psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Revenson, T.A., D'Augelli, A.D., French, S.E., Hughes, D.L., Livert, D., Seidman, E., Shinn, B., & Yoshikawa, H. (Eds.) (2002). Ecological Research to Promote Social Change: Methodological Advances from Community Psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Rappaport, J. & Seidman, E. (Eds.), (2000). Handbook of Community Psychology. New York: Kluwer/Plenum Publishers.
Seidman, E., & French, S.E. (2000). School transitions. In A. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology: Vol. 7 (pp. 185-188). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Seidman, E., & Chesir-Teran, D. (2000). Prevention with school-aged children. In A. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology: Volume 2 (pp. 197-200). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Seidman, E., & French, S.E. (1998). Community mental health. In H.S. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health, Volume 1 (pp. 509-519). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Ruble, D., & Seidman, E. (1996). Social transitions: Windows into social psychological processes. In T. Higgins & A. Kruglanski (Eds.), Social psychology: A handbook of basic principles (pp. 830-856). New York: Guilford.
Seidman, E., Hughes, D., & Williams, N. (Eds.), (1993). Culturally-anchored methodology: A special issue. American Journal of Community Psychology, 21 (6).
Seidman, E. (1990). Social regularities and prevention research: A transactional model. In P. Mueher (Ed.), Conceptual research models of the prevention of mental disorders (pp. 145-164). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Seidman, E. (1990) Pursuing the meaning and utility of social regularities for community psychology. In P. Tolan, C. Keyes, F. Chertok, & L. Jason (Eds.), Researching community psychology: Integrating theories and methods. (pp. 91-100). Washington, DC.: American Psychological Association.
Seidman, E. (1989). A preferred route to substantive theorizing. American Journal of Community Psychology, 17, 555-560.
Linney, J.A., & Seidman, E. (1989). The future of schooling. American Psychologist, 44, 36-40.
Seidman, E. (1988). Back to the future, Community Psychology: Unfolding a theory of social intervention. American Journal of Community Psychology, 16, 3-21.
Seidman, E. (1987). Toward a framework for primary prevention research. In J. Steinberg & M. Silverman (Eds.), Preventing mental disorders: A research perspective (pp. 2-19). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Seidman, E. & Rappaport, J. (Eds.), (1986). Redefining Social Problems. New York: Plenum.
Seidman, E. (Ed.) (1983). Handbook of Social Intervention. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Seidman, E. (1983). Unexamined premises of social problem-solving. In E. Seidman (Ed.), Handbook of Social Intervention. (pp. 48-67). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Rappaport, J. & Seidman, E. (1983). Social and community interven-tion. In C.E. Walker (Ed.), Handbook of Clinical Psychology (pp. 1089-1122). Homewood, IL: Dow-Jones-Irwin.
Seidman, E. & Rapkin, B. (1983). Economics and psychosocial dysfunction: Toward a conceptual framework and prevention strategies. In R.D. Felner, L.A.. Jason. J.N. Moritsugu, & S.S. Farber (Eds.), Preventive Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (pp. 175-198). New York: Pergamon Press.
Seidman, E. (1978). Justice, values and social science: Unexamined premises. In R.J. Simon (Ed.), Research in law and sociology (Vol. 1) (pp. 175-200). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
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Satire and farce lead to wicked fun in books that poke fun at pompous professors, campus politics, and the many foibles of students. Whether you want to laugh away educational stress, reminisce about campus days, or just have a chuckle, these novels strive to tickle your fancy. To find other funny books or further explore the experiences of educators and students, check with the librarians at the Adult Services desk.
Kingsley Amis -- Lucky Jim
A comedy classic. Amis's best known work, first published in 1954, was a response to the class structure of English society. Half a century later, it is still a funny and engaging book. Follow junior lecturer (graduate student) Jim Dixon as he stumbles from one threat to his job to another. Will he survive Professor Welch, his cutthroat History Department colleagues, and his own missteps? This wicked little book is the foundation upon which other academic satires are still building.
Kate Atkinson -- Emotionally Weird
Atkinson's novels can be challenging, with many characters and stories, and this is no exception. However, part of the joy of reading an Atkinson novel is seeing how she will tie it all together. Effie and her mother Nora (or is she her mother?) take refuge in their ancestral home in the Hebrides Islands off of Scotland. There, Effie tells stories of her university experience, her Star Trek-obsessed boyfriend, and the novels she and her friends are writing, all the while extracting bits of information about her past from Nora.
Michael Chabon -- Wonder Boys
Professor Grady Tripp is mired in failed marriages, bad habits, and his novel, which stretches over 2000 pages with no end in sight. James Leer is a gifted but troubled young writer with suicidal tendencies and kleptomania. This is the story of one hectic, hilarious weekend in the life of these "wonder boys." Read this book for its wonderful characters and its comic exploration of failures and how to overcome them.
Robertson Davies -- The Rebel Angels
This is the first novel in Davies' Cornish Trilogy. A collector of manuscripts and art objects dies, naming three competing academics executors of his estate. A Rabelais manuscript goes missing. The professors compete for the attentions of the beautiful and gifted graduate student Maria Theotoky. Who would think medieval literature, gnostic religion, and details of gypsy violin making could be this much fun? Sharp tongues and eccentric behavior abound in another excellent novel from one of Canada's great authors.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise
Jack Gladney is professor of Hitler Studies at University-on-the-Hill. When a cloud of toxic gas threatens the town, Gladney must try to save his family. However, this book is not really about a conventional plot. It's a dark satire of pop culture, consumerism, and our fear of death. White Noise won the National Book Award in 1985 and was recently re-issued in the Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century series. At just over 300 pages, this is a reasonably-sized introduction to DeLillo's intriguing work.
Jon Hassler -- Rookery Blues
Hassler's Rookery State College, located in Minnesota, is an isolated place. It's so far north that, in the late sixties setting of this novel, most of the students are only there to get draft deferments, while the instructors are misfits who can't get jobs anywhere else. This book centers on five of those instructors who join together to play jazz in the Icejam Quintet. Hassler cares about each of his eccentric characters, and it shows. He followed this book with a sequel, The Dean's List.
David Lodge -- Changing Places
It's 1969, and Morris Zapp is the self-important star professor of the English Department of Euphoria State in California, a campus awash in political and sexual revolutions. Phillip Swallow is a very undistinguished professor at Rummidge University in the midlands of England, where the only change is gradual deterioration. When the two exchange places for a year, they quickly discover that more than the geography will be different. This book was the first campus satire from author Lodge, perhaps the master of the genre.
David Lodge -- Small World
This sequel to Changing Places brings back Zapp, Swallow, and a new crew of academics. Set at a series of international academic conferences, the book follows a broad cast of characters through academic infights, successful and unsuccessful couplings, and funny takes on English literature from Arthurian legend to T.S. Eliot.
David Lodge -- Thinks
Ralph Messenger directs a center for artificial intelligence research. He's a leader in his field, but also an adulterous womanizer undergoing a mid-life crisis. When Helen Reed, a recently-widowed novelist begins a stint at the university as visiting writer-in-residence, she finds herself both attracted to and appalled by Messenger's advances. The relationship plays out in front of a background of academic and literary satire.
Michael Malone -- Foolscap, or, The Stages of Love
Set at fictional Cavendish University in the mountain town of Rome, North Carolina, this satire skewers many targets. When mild-mannered drama professor Theo Ryan shows his play Foolscap to Ford Rexford—America's best-known playwright—a comic caper through the worlds of academia and the theater begins. Soon Theo finds himself on a stage much larger than he ever could have expected.
Tom Perrotta -- Joe College
Whether you are a student or want to laugh at students, you will probably enjoy this book. Narrator Danny, a junior at Yale, is trying to balance the academic life with the real world. As he bumbles through relationships, hangs out in the dorms, or drives his father's lunch truck, Danny is an appealing, all-too-human guide with whom many readers will identify. Perrotta also wrote Election, the source novel for the excellent Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon film.
Francine Prose -- Blue Angel
Professor Swenson is a disappointed novelist. His writing students drain him of all his creativity. He's morose and unable to write himself. So when Angela Argo, a student with talent comes along, Swenson is smitten. He risks family and career to "help" her. This book is an intriguing mixture of dark humor and sexual politics.
Lev Raphael -- Death of a Constant Lover
Raphael explores the world of untenured gay professor and amateur detective Nick Hoffman. If you like wise-cracking detectives or pop-culture references, you may enjoy Raphael.
Richard Russo -- Straight Man
This hilarious novel concerns Hank Deveraux, Jr., creative writing professor, unread novelist, and beleaguered English Department head. Whether Hank struggles with the shadow of his father's academic reputation, mysterious prostate problems, layoff threats, crazy colleagues, his troubled marriage, or birds in the campus pond, his misadventures are consistently uproarious. In addition to humor, this book has the characters and poignancy that readers expect from Russo.
Carol Shields -- Swann
Mary Swann, a poet, is murdered on the day she shows her work to a publisher. Fifteen years later, four people meet to discuss her poetry. Narration alternates between the four—a feminist scholar, a potential biographer, a librarian, and Swann's publisher. As they share stories of the poet, her memorabilia starts to disappear. Equal parts mystery, academic satire, and character study, this is a great introduction to a wonderful writer.
Jane Smiley -- Moo
Moo University, a Midwestern agricultural college, is a satirical microcosm of American society. Dr. Lionel Gift calls students "customers" and will do anything for more research dollars. The provost's secretary, Mrs. Walker, secretly diverts funds around the university. A lonesome freshman is fascinated with Earl Butz, the prize campus pig. These are just a few characters in a sprawling book with something funny for everyone. Smiley, perhaps best known for the tragic A Thousand Acres, shows her diversity here.
Kurt Vonnegut -- Hocus-Pocus
As this novel opens, Eugene Debs Hartke, a college instructor, is on trial for an unnamed crime. Like most Vonnegut novels, the book shifts through times and places such as the Vietnam War, television talk-shows, and a prison riot that turns into a takeover of Tarkington College. Vonnegut once again communicates his satirical vision of modern society and its institutions.

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5e playtest: 45 min glance 1st impressions (3.x hardliners have finally won the flame war)
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I'll put that into more context as I go on, but this is the first of my feedback/impressions/etc... regarding the playtest released by WOTC for 5th edition.
A bit of foreshadowing, at first glance, it seems as though the game has gone back to a more 3.x mentality/mechanic rather than progressing forward to something new and innovative. To me, that is why have a new edition, and why adopt one. Sooo... let's go back in history.
I grew up on 1st edition AD&D. loved it. I had my problems with it, but what can you do? Have a new edition. We were never adopters of 2nd edition. There wasn't much new, and what was new was meeh at best. So moving on to 3rd edition.
WOW! This is great. So many things I didn't like about 1st edition have been fixed. No race/class restrictions. Cleaner multiclassing rules. Balancing classes with class features rather than XP progression rates. A clean and useful skill system. Feats. I LIKED feats. what a cool new and improving concept.
and with sorcerer, no spell memorization... BRILLIANT! These things to me were always problematic/annoying with older editions. The feats was a neat way to really diversify your character and give him cool abilities/enhancements without breaking the game.
And as time went on and 3.5 was introduced and more books came along, the system became more refined and had some neat concepts.
So, 4e comes out. Now with 3rd edition, there was nothing new I didn't like. Not wit 4e. I was hesitant on some things at first. First, the point buy on ability scores. They seemed so low compared to what we usually rolled for older editions. At first, I planned on upping the points, but then realized what they had was good. with races giving bonuses to abilities and no penalties, the plus 1 to two abilities every 4 levelsish, and +1 to ALL abilities every 10 levels, the opportunity for improvement outweighed the underwhelming start for those abilities.
Second was what they did to the rogue. They switched his "role" from adventurer skill expert guy to damage master. I always felt that is where the rogue shined. He was good in combat, but his ability to scout ahead, pick locks, disarm booby traps, etc... is what made rogues fun. By consolodating skills, I felt this was really taken away. However, after much play/running of 4e games and keeping in mind utility powers, I realize rogues still kind of have that niche they fill better than most. The difference isn't as large as older editions, but it is enough to make the rogue stand out compared to other damage masters.
And honestly, those were my only two problems. LOVED (and I mean it) healing surges (HS). Best concept to be brought to D&D. I always HATED (and I mean it) the necessity for a healer. Even now, I still get people who will get into a full argument saying you need a leader (the 4e healer for those not in the know). But what 4e did that older editions NEVER did was make the concept of "role" a nicety not a necessity. It is nice to have that rogue deal extra damage. It is nice to have that fighter prevent the squishy mage from being hit. Necessary? No, but definitely nice. By being able to heal yourself via HS/second winds, the role of a healer went from a necessity to a nice bonus to have access to. Also, it wasn't like HS broke the game and made HP a resource you could spend willy nilly. I have been playing in this pbp game here, and even with 11 HS, I thought my character would honestly die (spent all 11 and had about 15 hp left BEFORE big encounter). It made that encounter exciting.
Another LOVE. Powers. On all fronts. Powers did a lot of things for me and the game. Regarding spellcasters (the typical "power" wielders), it did away with memorization and one-shot usage. As an older edition wizard, you use your magic missile for the day, and sit in a corner every other minute of every other fight. Wizards stayed useful with their range of spells. Regarding memorization, you didn't have to plan ahead for the day of what would be useful. I got so much gripe the first (and actually only) time I was a cleric and I memorized sanctuary instead of cure light wounds.
The other thing powers did was make things unique for the different classes. It wasn't wizards get these fantastical spells and all rogues and fighters do is swing their swords to do damage. While fighters still swung their swords, what happened was fantastical. Now maybe the mechanical effects between power to power were minimal, but it was that difference that made the difference. In other words, it gave combat a very awesome cinematic element (if only thematic). Instead of swing sword, do damage, it was swing sword do damage and break the foes armor into a MILLION pieces! Or whatever. I think it gave combat a much better visual component than it had EVER done in the past. It made the narrative of the game so much better and inspirted than ever. With 3.x could I say a different thing each time I swing my sword and do damage, yes, but 4e's slight mechanical differences between powers provides a very powerful inspiration for illustrating the same effect in many different lights.
The other thing powers does is really brings in the concept of choice. So I have really been getting into eurogames lately (strategy oriented board games). And the main appealing features of these games as opposed to the typical monopoly or whatever is meaningful choices. Do I gather resources or invest my current resources? Do I go for a long term investment, or an immediate bonus? Etc.. These choices is what makes those games SO fun. And that is what 4e did. Gave choices (either limiting them for spell casters or opening them up for fighters) that made combat challenging. Should I go for big damage or go for temp hp? Both are at will powers, but if I hit with big damage, the encounter may end, if I don't roll high enough though, that baddy is going to hit me back HARD. That simple but important decision never gets old in this game. In short, combat is no longer routine.
On the DM's side of things, a couple of great changes. First, encounter mentality. In that, you get a couple of things. You get easy combat construction. Because of the piecemeal XP nature and target XP total, it was easy to grab a couple of different baddies to make each encounter truly unique. Second, the concept of multiple monsters performing multiple roles made me weary at first, but I embraced it whole-heartily when playing/running a game. It serves the purpose of choice as mentioned previously. Instead of everybody ganging up on the one big dude in the room, you have to choose. Do I choose to attack the guy dealing 20+ dam each hit or the wimpy guy in the corner who gives me a penalty to damage AND attack bonuses... The choice seems simple, but each route plays out so differently. It was THAT decision that made that encounter SOOO fun/exciting/challenging. If it was one dude, meeh. It isn't like I can hit him in a certain way to turn off one or the other (big dam vs. big penalties). Both are there until the one guy is dead.
The other amazing thing 4e D&D did was skill challenges. While rough, hard to implement, etc... such a unique and worthwhile contribution. It is so great, I actually use it in other systems like HERO. When done right, it is such a rewarding piece of the game and a nice break from combat.
Soo, what does 5e have to offer (from a 45 minute glance)? I feel like not much. I feel like the very vocal community of 3.x hardliners have over run what was great about 4e to revert back to 3.x mentality/mechanics. I see some neat things (which I will cover in later feedbacks), but I feel a lot about 4e that was great is now lost.
Spell memorization. Never liked it, will never like it. Now the concept of "minor spells" as an alternative to @will powers is nice for the spell casting types (i.e. magic missile). That way they stay useful. But again, having to plan what you'll use, why not just have access to all of those powers (or a specific set).
Lack of powers for rogue/fighter. While there are class features and themes, I find the lack of colorful powers disheartening. Again, those features and themes may allow for variation between different fighters (at least I hope), again, no flavor/color. The cinematic inspiration stemming from power descriptions is no longer there, making colorful descriptions of your actions that much harder and bland. Also, lack of choice. While I choose my themes/feats, my choices in combat will be slight indeed. Swing sword, do damage is what I see in 5e future.
Singular monsters. Again minimal choices. Attack guy in room. Which guy? The one attacking me. Meh.
So my initial thoughts, luke warm at best. While there may be great elements which are new/refined, I see a lot of reverting back to things I DID NOT like. To me this is more like 3.9 rather than 5th edition. However, I may change my mind. We'll see.
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Sligo is a pretty town on the west coast of Ireland in County Sligo. It lies on the banks of the River Garavogue on the estuary into Sligo Bay. Sligo has always been an important port but today it attracts visitors from around the world seeking the peaceful Irish countryside, picturesque villages and adventures in the wilderness. Kite surfers harness the powerful winds and surfers ride the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Anglers hoping to hook trout head to Lough Gill and hikers head up to the surrounding mountains. Sligo has the Dartry mountain range and the Ox Mountains - Knocknarea is a popular place to hike with a famous burial mound at the top but the most noticeable peak is Ben Bulben – Ireland's answer to Table Mountain.
If you prefer a bit of culture then Sligo won't disappoint and the hotel is just three kilometres from the centre, where you'll find a castle and a medieval abbey. Shoppers head to O'Connell Street, Wine Street or Grattan Street for a mix of high street fashion names and independent shops selling crafts and handmade jewellery. The Sligo County Museum has a range of great pieces on W.B Yeats including letters, poems and photographs from the famous local poet. Sligo was also the home of Bram Stoker's mother and it's wonderful to imagine how he came up with Dracula as you watch the sun slip behind the shadowy mountains. Once the sun is set the town comes alive, especially on the river. Rockwood Parade has plenty of pubs and bars – the perfect place to experience some traditional Irish music and dancing. There's also an orchestra if you prefer classical music.
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- Take a walk through the forest around Ben Bulben, one of Sligo's top attractions. Ben Bulben is the same shape as Cape Town's Table Mountain – but on a smaller scale. Ask the concierge for some walking routes and enjoy the views across the woods and mountains.
- Get your culture fix with Sligo's medieval Abbey where you can take a tour of the ruins and see how people lived. Sligo also has a castle and the Sligo County Museum which gives you a good understanding of the town's rich history as well as an insight into W.B Yeats' life, Sligo's most famous poet.
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- Take a stroll along the river and enjoy a drink and the happy atmosphere at the bars down the Rockwood Parade. You may even feel inspired to tap along to a traditional Irish jig.
- For a bit of an adventure wait for low tide and drive across the beach at Sligo Bay to Coney Island. You'll have lovely views of Sligo and the surrounding villages from this pretty island – just be careful you know the tide times so you don't get stranded!
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Bassett is due to make her directorial debut with the TV project for America's Lifetime network and she recently insisted the idea of casting aspiring actress Brown never crossed her mind because "acting is a craft".
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SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education announced the winners of the Illinois School Breakfast Challenge, showcasing the link between a nutritious breakfast and classroom performance. Twelve school districts from across the State earned $36,000 in cash prizes for dramatically boosting their daily breakfast participation rates and closing the `breakfast gap.'
"This isn't just about healthy eating,†said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "It's about healthy minds, healthy outlooks and healthy futures. Students who eat breakfast are ready to learn and contribute to an overall better school environment.â€
Recent studies show students who eat a healthy breakfast have 1.5 fewer sick days per year, see their math scores increase by 17 percent, and are 20 percent more likely to graduate from high school. School breakfast participation also helps decrease discipline and behavioral problems, visits to the school nurse and tardiness, according to studies.
The Illinois School Breakfast Challenge is a partnership with the Illinois State Board of Education, Midwest Dairy Council and Illinois No Kid Hungry Campaign. The State of Illinois offers a federally-funded School Breakfast Program, but less than half of eligible students participate by accepting a free breakfast. The Illinois School Breakfast Challenge encourages schools to take advantage of the program, with cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 for schools that most dramatically increase their participation rates.
The twelve winners showed the largest percentage increase across the state in average daily participation of the School Breakfast Program from January-May of 2012 to August-December of 2012.The winners of the Challenge were recognized last week at a ceremony in the Governor's Mansion and each school won $5,000, $3,000 or $1,000.
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Many schools have instituted universal free breakfasts, which means all students have access to a healthy breakfast. Experts say this reduces any stigma of participating based on income eligibility and ensures that everyone gets a healthy start to the day. Additionally, schools with large increases in participation have instituted non-traditional serving locations, most often serving breakfast in the classrooms.
The School Breakfast Challenge is part of the Illinois No Kid Hungry Campaign launched in 2012 with support from the Illinois Commission to End Hunger and Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit which supports No Kid Hungry efforts in 17 states. Award monies can be used toward expanding participation in the winning schools' breakfast programs.
At the School Breakfast Challenge Awards Ceremony, keynote speaker Billy Shore – who founded Share Our Strength in 1984 in response to famine in Ethiopia – told the audience, "Educators, physicians and business leaders are raising their voices about the impact childhood hunger is having on education, health and the economic future for our country. We can't have a strong America with weak children.â€
A 2011 report by Feeding America found that 745,000 Illinois children are at risk of hunger, about one in five children. Today, thanks in part to the Illinois School Breakfast Challenge, about 350,000 of those children are now eating a healthy breakfast at school, up 5 percent from the previous year.


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Though he's in the vanguard of the soul revival, singer / songwriter / producer / multi-instrumentalist, Saadiq has a career in R&B stretching back to the mid-80s. By the time he was 18, the former Charles Ray Wiggins was playing bass in Sheila E's band, opening for Prince on his world tour supporting Parade. "That was my university," he has said, and after graduation he joined with his brother and cousin to form Tony! Toni! Toné!, scoring massive hits with "Feel Good" and "It Never Rains (In Southern California)."
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Raphael Saadiq "doesn't just rediscover the past, he remakes it" (Rolling Stone) and in his performance, the multi-talented performer brings his modern take on classic soul to Austin City Limits.
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The death of Yeardley Love nearly three years ago was a tragedy, both because of the loss of an accomplished young woman on the verge of adulthood and because the warning signs that she was in danger from dating violence went unheeded. Her killer, on again-off again boyfriend George Huguely V, was sentenced in August to 23 years in prison, and since then her mother, Sharon Love, has become a vocal advocate in the fight against dating violence and domestic abuse. She has shifted the focus of the One Love Foundation from its initial purpose -- supporting lacrosse and other activities Yeardley Love enjoyed -- to raising awareness of the kind of violence that took her daughter's life. Working with Johns Hopkins nursing professor and domestic violence expert Jacquelyn Campbell, Ms. Love helped produce a public service announcement (YouTube.com/JoinOneLove) and an app that helps potential victims assess the threat of relationship violence.
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TLDR: Sorry for the wall of text. Someone is pranking me and making annoying noises with my computer and is also able to tell how much noise is going through my microphone but can't actually hear the noise. The person is also able to tell how much my activity my computer is doing, like when I go to a website, but not what website it is or anything. This includes what I suppose is the minimal install of OpenBSD 5.4 and a Gentoo LiveCD. The person was able to see absolutely everything on my screen with Windows 7, Mint and Ubuntu but not Windows 8, Gentoo, Puppy or OpenBSD 5.4. Something about the distribution TAILS makes it the safest for me to use. I would do anything have an operating system that doesn't let anybody do this. Ultimately all I need is a web browser.
A person I know is dogging me on my laptop on multiple operating systems and screwing with it. I've never been under any serious threat but the person will cause my computer to make certain annoying noises and the person is able to tell how much activity my computer is doing, like when I go to websites, just not what websites or anything. Also the person is able to apparently tell how much noise is going into my microphone but can't actually hear the noise itself, just the quantity of noise/the volume. I know all of this might sound strange but it's really more of an annoyance and I'm more concerned with the fact that anybody is able to do this rather than the fact that this person is doing it. The reason the person is doing it is just because the person is crazy and has daddy problems (the person is a girl).
The person could see everything I could did on my computer, and also make noises, with Windows 7, everything, as well as with Mint and Ubuntu. My computer is safe in this regard (not the noises) with Windows 8, Gentoo/Sabayon, Puppy and TAILS. There are actually two particular noises the person makes. One is a continuous noise, sort of quiet, like the usual noise of a computer working. The second is a lurching noise that the person will do occasionally, also a noise like a computer working, just louder. For whatever reason, the person is able to make the continuous and lurching noises with Gentoo/Sabayon and Puppy but can only make the lurching noise with TAILS and Windows 8. Also I think maybe the microphone thing doesn't working with TAILS, but maybe not. It does work with Windows 8. The person is apparently also not able to make the continuous noise with OpenBSD, which I have only used with the shell. The person is able to make the lurching noise and I think the person can use the microphone as I described. I installed OpenBSD because I read that it was more secure than Linux. I've given all this information in an effort to figure out how this person is doing all this. A bit more information I can provide is that it took the person, who I know has help from any number of knowledgeable people (since she's a girl), took 18 hours to get through Mint. I don't know if it took that long to find an open port or what (I really don't know and am in general in need of help). Also, weeks after I tried using Mint, I used TAILS and it then took the person and her help 24 hours to be able to get past that, which I guess is interesting. And again there's something different about TAILS so that the person can only make a lurching noise, and that lurching noise is also slightly smaller than on other operating systems.
I don't know if I need to disable SSH or what (just throwing that out there). I know about as little about OpenBSD as a person can after installing (I used 5.4) and I will spend however many hours on it as I have to. I have enjoyed my crash course on OpenBSD and Linux. I will do absolutely anything possible to solve this. Again, for only 24 hours with TAILS I was able to use my computer completely freely. The person is actually consistent with her prank and will let me know indirectly when she has gained access (I'm serious). I will install what anyone asks me to. I never installed Gentoo, I only used a livecd, although I could if anybody asked me to (I did install Sabayon though). I basically just need to be able to use a web browser and open PDFs with whatever I settle on so I don't know if any solution has to work with a desktop environment or what. I'm using TAILS until then. I have a Dell Latitude E6500 laptop and I have to plug my laptop into my router to install OpenBSD and Gentoo, I suppose because of outdated modules (I don't guess a big deal for now).
I would appreciate any help so much, even if you just have one thing to throw out. I'm sorry if this sounds totally ridiculous, everything I've said is true.
Last edited by scupper; 9th April 2014 at 08:23 AM.
Hello and welcome.
For the moment, lets assume everything you've typed in to your post is true to the best of your belief and understanding.
I'm not going to be able to assist you with the security issues you perceive you have with other OSes (Windows or Linux). For the most part, neither is anyone else here, as this is outside the scope of this forum.
As for OpenBSD, if I've read your post correctly, I understand that:
Rather than addressing this as a technology issue, perhaps you need to think of this as harassment, and consider a restraining order.
Hi and welcome !
The secret of wisdom is not wisdom itself, it's the road that leads us there.
I'll post this follow-up, scupper, since you haven't yet had the time or opportunity to post any further information. Based solely upon the information provided by your first post, I can make the following guesses. These are guesses, based upon your description of a newly installed OpenBSD system and with the assumption that no third party applications have yet been installed.
Immediately compromised OpenBSD systems are possible if:
Please note: it is unlikely that OpenBSD's audio system has been compromised via network attack. The sndiod(1) audio server does not use a network connection unless the admin configures it to do so (see the -L option). You are more likely the victim of social engineering and intimidation than a successful technical attack. At least, against a default OpenBSD installation.
This is why I asked about /var/log/authlog -- if you have permitted root access to others, your actions have compromised your system. Using the SSH daemon as an example -- once you start provisioning services and applications on OpenBSD, you could easily make mistakes through ignorance or inexperience and open your system to being compromised.Physical access should also be considered. Anyone with physical access to your workstation has access to any unencrypted data stored on it. They do not need your root password. OpenBSD can be deployed with encrypted filesystems, but that is manual customization and not available as component of the installation script.
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A Comedic Approach to Ground Zero Mosque Debate
3 Reasons the "Ground Zero Mosque" Debate Makes No Sense
- By: Gladstone
- August 20th, 2010
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I don't usually write about politics. It's important, but something I want no part of – kind of like a raw sewage treatment facility. But frankly, I haven't been this upset in a long time. And it's due to the logic-hating, herd-mentality rhetoric that some have been flinging in opposition to the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque." For the uninitiated, there are plans to construct an Islamic community center in lower Manhattan. And, of course, lower Manhattan is where the World Trade Center stood before terrorists destroyed it, thereby murdering 3,000 Americans. I was working in New York City at the time. As was my father. As was my pregnant wife. I remember the day well. And the days that followed. I think most of all, I remember standing on the Staten Island Ferry, coming home with 200 other silent, reverent New Yorkers of every age, race, and religion, as we watched our city still smoldering a full week later. And it is with this backdrop that I can say to every politician spouting off and opposing the construction of this Islamic community center: "Shut up. Go away. You hate America." I'm talking about people like professional political tumor, Newt Gingrich, and future worst President ever, Sarah Palin, who have both slammed supporters of the Islamic community center with rhetoric so flawed, I'm afraid even linking to it might impair your computer's higher functioning circuits. But it's not just them. Due to the wave of misinformation being spread, apparently 68% of Americans also oppose the mosque. How did this happen? Well, basically a complacent or a complicit media helped perpetuate three ideas that are either outright lies or intellectually dishonest arguments designed to bring out the very worst in all of us. And as you continue to hear them--and you will--take out this column which you will have already printed and laminated, and recite thusly:
The proposed structure is not on the hallowed ground of the former World Trade Center. It's at an abandoned and private building blocks away that used to be the Burlington Coat Factory. That means that if every one of the "g's" that Sarah Palin drops when she's talkin' folksy were 10 by10 feet large, you could still stack over 120 of them from Ground Zero to this community center. Easy. That sort of makes all the difference, doesn't it? I know, when I first heard they were building a mosque at Ground Zero, I literally said, "What the fuck." Like out loud and everything. I didn't even pull a "WTF" despite years of writing for the Internet. That's because for the last nine years, we New Yorkers have listened to countless proposals and plans and ideas of how to best rebuild the area while honoring the memories of those who died. And suddenly it seemed we were being told, "Yep, it's all decided. Mosque. We want a mosque here. Just feels right." So yeah, of course, no one was on board. That just made no sense. What happened to that proposed waterfall and wall of names? Nothing happened. Because no one was ever building a mosque on that site. It's just a lie that was told to you by people who wanted you to be afraid, upset, and hurt. People who wanted to manipulate your tender emotions to inspire contempt for the government. It's about as intellectually dishonest as manipulating debate footage to make it appear that "Drill, baby, drill" is Sarah Palin's stance on partial birth abortions. It's just wrong. And to those who say that any location in lower Manhattan is too close for a Muslim structure, let me remind you that right now, in the shadow of what would be the former World Trade Center, there's a Halal Meat Hot Truck with a multi-denominational line that wraps around my building every day at lunch time. And I'm positive that's owned by a Muslim. And I've even suffered at his hands. (Spoiler alert: avoid the goat rhoti). Should he move a few more blocks away too? Of course, not. That would just be silly, right? Is it different? Why? Because mosques are religious and the 911 terrorists perverted Islam into something violent and hateful? Guess what? Those knights did the same thing to Christianity for the 300 years of the Crusades, and no one's saying that churches shouldn't be built anywhere in … Europe.
1. It's Not at Ground Zero
A mosque by definition is a purely religious structure. This is a large proposed community center, open to the public and set to house, among other things, a basketball court. Yes there will be a prayer space inside it as well, but you don't call St. Mary's Hospital a church because it happens to have a chapel inside it, do you? Well, maybe you do. You read about politics on the Internet from a guy who claims not to write about politics, so maybe you're functionally illiterate. But the point is, you shouldn't. But "Islamic Community Center open to the public" doesn't have the same ability to scare people the way "mosque" does. I mean, you hear "mosque" you think mosquito, you think STING! You hear "mosque" you think "mask," you think DECEPTION! You hear "community center" you think "OK. One more place I'll never go." So, yeah, clearly the decision was made by those who hate you to call this the "Ground Zero Mosque" even though it's not at Ground Zero and not technically a mosque. Why are we still discussing this? Why haven't you already asked Sarah Palin if she's the devil on her Twitter account? Oh, that's right. Because the devil is supposed to be good at lying.
2. It's Not Strictly A Mosque
But the real reason I'm writing is not just because of people like Sarah Palin, but because of shameful, spineless panderers like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Here's a statement from each of them designed to give the appearance of being tolerant while adhering to good old-fashioned common sense values:
3. You Can't Simultaneously Acknowledge A Right And Insist That Your Government Suppress It
From Sarah Palin's Twitter Feed:
And from Harry Reid's spokesperson:
While respecting that Muslims have a First Amendment right to religious freedom, Reid "thinks this mosque should be built some place else," his spokesman Jim Manley said Monday.
Let me make something clear. In order to make these statements you must hate two things: logic and America. There is NO way to say that an individual has a protected right to do something and simultaneously criticize your government for not suppressing the execution of that right. There is no way for President Obama or any other president to put a stumbling block in the way of the free exercise of religion without violating the sanctity of that freedom. Should I say it more simply? OK.
You can't legally stop people from obeying the law.The Burlington Coat factory is private property. Those who want to build on it are private citizens. They are violating no law in wanting to build a community center. Under what authority do you propose we stop them? There is no "unless you're a Muslim within X yards of a national tragedy exception" to the free exercise of religion. Do the Gingrichs and Palins and Reids want to start a precedent where you can compel people not to exercise the freedoms guaranteed under our Constitution provided enough people don't like you? And what are we saying to Muslims? That if they were good Americans they would willingly give up their rights? I can't think of anything less American than that? This is America. We do what we want. And all you have to do to have that right is be a citizen here. And if you're a traitor, well then we will prosecute you for treason and penalize you for taking up arms against the greatest country in the world, but we will NOT start curtailing your freedoms based on mere speculation fueled by lies about what you're building and where you're building it. In the days following 911 it was very popular to say that we couldn't do anything differently in America or "the terrorists would win." We can't stop driving gas guzzling cars. We can't stop supporting dictators in other parts of the world for financial or political gain. We can't vote for a Democrat. Most of that was rhetoric. Some of it was probably true. But one thing is definitely true: if we ask our leaders to start dishonoring the freedoms that make this country great, the terrorists surely will have won. And I don't want to see that. Because unlike those with power and influence who would lie to you, I love America.
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I like to be able to compile my software on multiple platforms with different compilers, because it force me to write that complies to standards (if not you'll most likely have a spaghetti of #ifdefs all over your code). One of the bonuses you get from using multiple compilers is that you'll get "more eyes" looking at your code, and they may warn you on different things. Supporting multiple platforms will also make it easier to ensure that you don't have 'hidden bombs' in your code (byte order, alignment, assumptions that you can dereference a NIL pointer etc)...
Building software that runs on different flavors of Unix/Linux isn't that hard, but adding support for Microsoft Windows offers some challenges. Among the challenges are:
- Microsoft Windows doesn't provide the headerfiles found on most Unix-like systems (unistd.h etc).
- Sockets is implemented in a separate "subsystem" on windows.
- Win32 provides another threads/mutex implementation than what most software written for Unix-like systems use (pthreads).
- Microsoft doesn't supply a C99 compiler. One would think that it would be safe to assume that one could use a C standard that is more than 10 years old....
I am really glad to announce that we just pushed a number of changesets to memcached to allow you to build memcached on windows "just as easy" as you would on your favorite Unix/Linux system. This means that as of today users using Microsoft Windows is no longer stuck with an ancient version!
`The first thing you need to do in order to build memcached on Windows is to install the "fullversion" of msysgit. In addition to installing git, it also installs a compiler capable of building a 32 bit version of memcached.
So let's go ahead and build the dependencies we need to get our 32bit memcached version up and running!
The first thing up is libevent. You should download the latest 2.x release available (there is a bug in all versions up to (and including) 2.0.4, so unless there is a new one out there you can grab a development version I pushed to libevent-2.0.4-alpha-dev.tar.gz), and install it with the following commands (from within your msysgit-shell). Please note that I'm using /tmp because I've had problems using my "home directory" because of spaces in the directory name (or at least I guess that's the reason ;-) ):
$ cd /tmp $ tar xfz libevent-2.0.4-alpha-dev.tar.gz $ cd libevent-2.0.4-alpha-dev $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local $ make all (this will fail with an error, but don't care about that.. it's is in the example code) $ make install (this will fail with an error, but don't care about that.. it's just an example)
It's time to start build memcached!!! Let's check out the source code and build it!
$ git clone git://github.com/trondn/memcached.git $ git checkout -t origin/engine $ make -f win32/Makefile.mingw
You should now be able to start memcached with the following command:
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Go ahead and telnet to port 11211 and issue the "stats" command to verify that it works!
You don't need to install msysgit on the systems where you want to run memcached, but you do need to include pthreadGC2.dll from the msysgit distribution. That means that if you want to run memcached on another machine you need to copy the following files: memcached.exe .libs/default_engine.so and /mingw/bin/pthreadGC2.dll (Just place them in the same directory on the machine you want to run memcached on :-)
But wait, the world is 64 bit by now. Lets build a 64 bit binary instead
The msysgit we installed previously isn't capable of building a 64-bit binary, so we need to install a new compiler. Download the a bundle from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/ (I used mingw-w64-bin_i686-mingw_20100129.zip ). You can "install" it by running the following commands in our msysgit shell:
$ mkdir /mingw64 $ cd /mingw64 $ unzip
/mingw-w64-bin_i686-minw_20100129.zip $ export PATH=/mingw64/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
So let's start compiling libevent:
$ cd /tmp $ tar xfz libevent-2.0.4-alpha-dev.tar.gz $ cd libevent-2.0.4-alpha-dev $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --build=i686-pc-mingw32 $ make all $ make install
The compiler we just downloaded didn't come with a 64-bit version of pthreads, so we have to download and build that ourself. I've pushed a package to my machine at: pthreads-w64-2-8-0-release.tar.gz
$ cd /tmp $ tar xfz pthreads-w64-2-8-0-release.tar.gz $ cd pthreads-w64-2-8-0-release $ make clean GC CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc $ cp pthread.h semaphore.h sched.h /usr/local/include $ cp libpthreadGC2.a /usr/local/lib/libpthread.a $ cp pthreadGC2.dll /usr/local/lib $ cp pthreadGC2.dll /usr/local/bin
And finally memcached with:
$ git clone git://github.com/trondn/memcached.git $ git checkout -t origin/engine $ make -f win32/Makefile.mingw CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
So how does it perform?
I'm pretty sure a lot of the "Linux fanboys" are ready to jump in and tell how much faster the Linux version is. I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical in the beginning if the layers we added to get "Unix compatibility" had any performance impact. The only way to know for sure is to run a benchmark to measure the performance.
I ran a small benchmark where I had my client create 512 connections to the server, and then randomly choosing a connection and perform a get or a set operation on one of the 100 000 items I had stored in the server. I ran 500 000 operation (33% of the operations are set operations), and calculated the average time. I can dual-boot one of my machines into Windows 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, so my results shows the "out of the box"-numbers between Windows 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on the same hardware. I used my OpenSolaris box to drive the test (connected to the same switch). Posting numbers is always "dangerous", because people put too much into the absolute numbers. The intention with my graphs is to show that the version running on Microsoft Windows is pretty much "on par" with the Linux version.


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Democratic Women apply for food bank grant
Marion County Democratic Women met Friday at Marion Senior Center. Former members Jane Vajnar and Madonna Schafers were guests. Sue Clough conducted the business meeting.
The organization will apply for a Kathleen Sebelius Community Service Project Grant for its work with Marion County Emergency Food Bank.
The district meeting is April 6 in Junction City. Eileen Sieger and Janet Bryant plan to attend.
Sieger reported on conference calls she participated in as Marion County Democratic Party chair.
A musical group will be contacted to perform for Kansas Day 2014.


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George Strait Auctions Front Row Seats for Charity in Memory of Daughter Jenifer
George Strait is saying goodbye to life on a tour bus with his Cowboy Rides Away Tour, and fans are desperate to see the singer onstage one last time. In fact, front row seats to see the King have raised over $450,000 so far.
After the success of the 2013 Cowboy Rides Away Tour auctions, Strait once again is giving big fans a chance at front row seats, as well as meet and greet passes to each 2014 tour stop, all in the name of charity.
And the proceeds aren't going to just any charity -- they are benefiting the Jenifer Strait Foundation. The singer and his family formed this foundation in memory of daughter Jenifer, who was killed in a car accident in 1986 at the age of 13. It focuses its donations on various children's charities, including Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio and St. Jude's Ranch.
Now that the first round of auctions have raised nearly a half of a million, Strait is at it again. His fans have the opportunity to bid on front row seats and meet and greet passes to each of the 2014 Cowboy Rides Away Tour dates -- and that includes his final concert with lots of all-star guests.
For your chance to win these once-in-a-lifetime tickets, please click here. The King of Country is riding away, and you don't want to miss it! Bidding ends Dec. 17.