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One of the most arresting evidences of the Bible's inspiration is the unique scientific foreknowledge it contains. From anthropology to zoology, the Bible presents accurate scientific information, and provides rules, regulations, or prohibitions based on that information. Examples abound, only two of which I would like to examine here.
While the Old Testament placed no restrictions on the eating of fruits and vegetables, severe limitations were given for the eating of certain meats. Among land animals, only those that had a split hoof and chewed the cud were approved as edible (Leviticus 11:3). Of those water-living animals, only those with fins and scales were acceptable (Leviticus 11:9; of interest is the fact that poisonous fish have no scales). Birds of prey were prohibited, as were almost all insects. But perhaps the best known among these biblical prohibitions was eating the meat of the pig; to the Jew, pork was considered unclean, and thus inedible.
There is good reason for such a prohibition. Pigs are scavengers, and as such eat almost anything. In so doing, on occasion they ingest the parasite Trichinella spiralis, which is the cause of trichinosis in humans. Pigs also are known carriers (as intermediate hosts) of the tapeworm, Taenia solium, and of the parasite Echinococcus granulosis, which causes tumors in the liver, lungs, and other parts of the body. Raw or undercooked pork can be very dangerous when consumed by humans. Pigs can provide safe meat, if they are fed properly and if the muscle tissue is well cooked. But such conditions often did not prevail in ancient times. [Even today, in some countries, raw pork is considered a delicacy.]
Were the Israelites "ahead of the times" in regard to their public health and personal hygiene laws? Archaeologists admit that they have yet to find civilizations as ancient as the Israelites with rules and regulations that could rival those of the Jewish people in regard to complexity and scientific accuracy. In fact, none of the people around the Israelites possessed this kind of advanced public health knowledge. Yet the Jews possessed this, and much more. How can this be explained—apart from the special revelation from God for which they have become so renowned?
Consider an additional case of scientific foreknowledge. For many centuries, man considered the seashore as little more than a shallow, sandy extension that went from one continent to another. Then, in 1873 a group of British scientists carrying out research in the Pacific Ocean discovered a "recess" (trench) 35,800 feet deep. A trench is a long, narrow depression in the ocean floor that looks like an enormous gash with extremely steep sides. The topography and depth of these trenches are used to distinguish them from other valleys and depressions in the oceans. Three major oceans have trenches in them, but the Pacific is most renowned for such. Extensive studies have been carried out on the Marianas Trench off the coast of Guam. In fact, several years ago a research team, using the bathyscaph Trieste, traveled almost seven miles down into one trench.
The Bible, however, once again contained such knowledge long before mankind discovered it. Biblical scholars acknowledge that the use of the Hebrew word tehom ("abyssal depth"—see Genesis 7:11) may well be a reference to such trenches. Job was asked by God, "Hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?" (38:16). Psalm 135:6 speaks of God as being even in "the deep." We now know—thanks to years of intense, successful scientific investigations—that such "recesses" actually do occur in the oceans of our planet. Admittedly, our knowledge of these matters resulted from impressive technological achievements covering many generations. But where did the writer of the book of Job obtain his information? And how did the psalmist know to use a word that depicted oceanic depths?
Can these instances of scientific foreknowledge, and the numerous others that the Bible contains, be counted as mere "lucky guesses"? Hardly! The simple fact of the matter is that the Bible's awareness of, and accuracy in, scientific matters is indeed one of the most impressive evidences available to document the truthfulness of its claim of divine inspiration.


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Adrienne was born in Willows, California, to Howard and Wilma (Wells) Detling. She passed away on December 17, 2012, at Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley, with her husband, Mike, and their children Kevin, Megan, and Amy at her side.
After graduating from Enterprise High School in Redding, California, in 1972, Adrienne attended the University of California at Berkeley, where she met and married Michael Lloyd Riley on September 7, 1974. Adrienne earned a BS degree in Nursing and a BA degree in Human Development from California State University, Hayward.
Adrienne began her career as a Registered Nurse in 1981 with Kaiser Hospital Oakland; and since 1995 has been associated with the Maternal Child Department at Valley Care Medical Center in Pleasanton. Adrienne enjoyed reading, sewing, traveling, shopping, San Jose Sharks hockey, Cal football, and playing Bunko. Adrienne's passion in life was her family; especially her love for her three children, and her granddaughter, Madison.
Adrienne is survived by her loving husband, Mike; devoted children- son Kevin, his wife Stacey Powell Riley, and their daughter Madison of Brentwood; daughter Megan and husband Patrick Bowen of Concord; and daughter Amy of San Ramon. She is also survived by her brother Doug Detling of Medford, Oregon; her brother, Martin Detling of Eureka, California; her brother, Wade Detling of Deer Park, Washington; and her sister, Valerie Liggatt of Redding, California. Her caring and loving spirit will be missed by all who knew her.
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With all the positive moves in NYC for cycling I really don't have a lot of time to focus on the negative, especially when its the same ol victim blaming game. Then Hunter college sociology students came out with this study to monitor the behavior of cyclists in the City. Oh great. It isn't hard enough to take environmental matters into your own hands and brave the hyper aggressive streets of NYC or just plain ride your bike. Nope. Some brain surgeons over at Hunter decided to take a tiny cross section of the cycling community and realize what most people in this town are already keenly aware of. Cyclists don't stop at red lights and don't wear helmets. GASP? WHAT? That's preposterous? I suppose your going to tell me next that pedestrians never jaywalk either and drivers never disobey parking laws? Well the pecking order from walkers to drivers, can have a field day and now refer to this study to backup their hatred for cyclists in NYC and instead of trying to figure out the benefits of cycling, they can rest assured and feel safety in the wonderful passive blame game. Pity we don't spend more time trying to do research studies on the health benefits and sociological attributes of having cleaner air, less car traffic and a healthier society. I guess Hunter college doesn't have a Public Health department. Maybe they should put that time and energy into figuring out what to do about the Governor's tuition hike plan, and why New Yorkers aren't going to be able to afford to go to school…let alone how they are going to get there by bike.
If you have about an hour of time to waste, you can read the study Here. or read this article by J. David Goodman in the NY Times blog, spokes department.
I would like to give a personal thank you to William Milczarski, professor of urban planning, at Hunter College, who concocted this rather useless observation study. Now we cyclists can spend further wasted time trying to do positive PR and justify why we ride in NYC (and you should too) to %*#holes like this guy from the fair and balanced NYPOST.
Wow, what a shocking suprise, just a few days after last week's study came out…the NY Post had an editorial. Weird.
Kyle Smith had this editorial. This is what I am talking about. Studies come out, which Kyle refers to to justify his hatred for cyclists, because he got knocked down on the Westside Highway bike path. Well Kyle, that's unfortunate. But aren't you a bit over reacting with an editorial with the headline: "DANGEROUS BIKE RIDERS RUN WILD WITH IMPUNITY IN NYC!" hmmmm. Yes people, another thing FOX news wants you to be afraid of like that sadistic swine flu that's going around killing millions of New Yorkers…ok actually just two so far. Well Kyle, you live in NYC and Kurtis Blow said it best…"These are the breaks." Maybe you were equally pissed off when 56 year old Doctor Carl Nacht was killed on the west side highway by a Tow Truck…or when 22 year old Eric Ng was killed by a drunk driver on the same "safe" bike path that you enjoy running on. Funny I didn't see any angry 2 page editorials from the NY Post saying, "DANGEROUS DRIVERS KILL CYCLISTS TWICE ON BIKE PATH." I'm sure you were very traumatized by that "bike rider gone wild," and I'm glad you get to play the victim blame game. I mean, I'm sure that Eric and Dr. Carl deserved to die on their bikes…after all, they weren't wearing helmets.
Kyle's editorial was quite funny however because he introduced us to new categories of cyclists:
* Messengers of Mayhem. These are young, aggressively fit men, often clad in futuristic outfits complete with face-obscuring visors that make them look like Boba Fett. They're professional bike messengers who primarily operate in Midtown during business hours. They won't stop or even slow down for red lights or for pedestrian-heavy intersections, so to warn you they're coming they've developed terrifying bird call-like whistles that make them the pterodactyls in the prehistoric fight for survival that is life in Manhattan. When you hear the whistle, though, you don't know if you're supposed to stop or keep going on a predictable trajectory. Cops watch them barrel through red lights while discussing the relative merits of French roast vs. house blend.
(Yeah, those lazy cops…they should be body checking cyclists)
* Szechuan Psychos. Working for tips and of questionable immigration status, they serve in the mechanized infantry of General Tso's army. Rusted rides and dumpling physiques generally prevent these wonton warriors from building up much speed – but they prowl residential neighborhoods at night. You'll never see the one that gets you. Nor will you be able to sue him for all he's worth, unless you don't mind being paid in moo shu pork.
* Lance-a-Louts. You can tell by their high-performance bikes, their high-performance yellow-spandex racing jerseys, the high-performance dorkiness of their wee caps with precious little upturned visors: These weekenders think they're l'il Lance Armstrongs as they pedal furiously down your street on the way to the park.
Corey the Courier answered back with this great comment and some categories of his own for pedestrians:
"I will not deny the presence of the three types of scofflaw cyclists. Nor will I try to refute the study of some random urologist, eager to emasculate male cyclists by his findings from a severely limited population sample.
I cannot condemn the wish for a more civilized use of the roadway by cyclists. I am thankful for the work of organizations like Transportation Alternatives who diligently work with the government to implement greener ways for the 8.3 million residents of the city to go to and fro.
But there are two sides to every coin…
Jaywalking pedestrians who get hit are usually unaware of their surroundings. Their presence in heavy numbers prevents the reasonable flow of motorists and cyclists from continuing onward to their destinations. I'll describe three types of jaywalkers who, by their inappropriate place in the roadway, are usually the first victims to your triumvirate of mechanical menace:
The Dorothy's: Just like the Wizard of Oz they abide in the green of the bike lane or the red of the bus lane despite a perfectly acceptable sidewalk nearby.
The Prairie Dogs: These are the people who spontaneously appear from behind parked vehicles into the path of oncoming traffic. They wander out mindlessly, then jump back when they see man-and-metal barreling toward them.
The Topeka Kansas High School Marching Band: These are the worst and make life hell for anyone with a desire to reach their destination in a timely fashion. These are the ones who see Prairie Dogs, Dorothys or just basic jaywalkers, following them into the street without a single glance to check for danger. The light could be red, traffic may be careening toward them, but they eagerly join other members of the band creating a mini parade. They stifle traffic flow and create road rage.
If jaywalking in New York became illegal or equally scorned public behavior as the kamikaze cyclists, maybe the police could actually catch these derelicts that trouble you so.
Corey Hilliard
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After weeks of disagreement, the city of Chicago and anti-war demonstrators have settled on an alternate route for a protest march on the first day of the NATO summit in May.
The city today granted a parade permit to the Coalition Against NATO/G8 War and Poverty Agenda that will begin at the city's preferred location --outside the Loop -- but will venture into the busy State Street corridor before heading south to McCormick Place convention center where world leaders will hold their meetings.
Protest organizer Andy Thayer said his group was satisfied with the alternate route for that Sunday, May 20, and would accept the permit so they could begin to publicize the specifics of the event.
However, the city rejected Thayer's demand that Chicago officials back them up if the U.S. Secret Service tried to curtail the route to keep protesters out of "sight and sound" range of McCormick Place for security reasons. In a letter granting the permit, a city official wrote "such perimeters are not something as to which the city could or would seek to influence the Secret Service."
City officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
The protest group wanted to start at Daley Plaza, but city officials said a large demonstration in the narrower and more crowded streets of the Loop would pose an unacceptable public safety risk at a time when about 50 foreign delegations are likely to be moving through downtown in heavily guarded motorcades.
City lawyers argued last week that demonstrators have a right to march but not a right to cause gridlock in the city.
Protesters argued that the city has been inconsistent and disingenuous with its treatment of their permit application. The Department of Transportation had approved a permit for an identical march the day before, May 19, when that was going to be the first day of the G-8 summit. But after President Barack Obama moved G-8 to Camp David, Thayer filed a new application to move the march back one day.
City officials defended the route change by saying that NATO would draw more delegations -- and more traffic congestion -- than G-8.
After weeks of disagreement, the city of Chicago and anti-war demonstrators have settled on an alternate route for a protest march on the first day of the NATO summit in May.


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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Legislation under consideration in Missouri could give emergency workers summoned to duty near Election Day a greater chance of casting absentee ballots.
Missouri law limits absentee ballots to people who will be unable to vote in person on Election Day because of such reasons as illnesses, disabilities or expected absences.
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A Canon City man was taken to the hospital for treatment early this morning and his brother was arrested after a brief hostage situation at a home near Ninth Street and Whipple Avenue.
At about5 A.M., the Canon City Police Department received a call from a male party reporting his brother, who is a former Navy Seal and suffers from PTSD, was intoxicated and under the influence of marijuana and threatening to hurt him.
As officers arrived on scene, the suspect took his brother hostage and refused to answer officers' calls or come to the door. There was a standoff for some time as the officers on scene assembled and began to negotiate with the suspect. Ninth Street was closed because of the close proximity of the residence and the street. The situation was eventually resolved and the suspect surrendered to police without incident.
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text: Sailor Jerry Rum at Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans Courtesy of Dana Dynamite and Driven By Boredom: One of the cooler branding promotions that exists on Earth is Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum giving out free tattoos. Not little fake temporary tattoos with their logo on them, but actual real life tattoos given by a bearded man in a small air stream trailer. If you are not aware Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins was a bad-ass motherfucker who pretty much revolutionized tattooing. He was tattooing sailors in Hawaii for something like 40 years and designed thousands of flash tattoos that have been compiled into three tattoo flash books that pretty much every tattoo shop in the world owns... Sailor Jerry died in 1973, but his legacy lives on, and hundreds of people still get his work tattooed on them every week. At special music events around the country Sailor Jerry rum sets up a make shift tattoo shop in their air stream trailer and give out Sailor Jerry tattoos to any of the musicians who want one. During Voodoo Music Experience New Orleans tattoo artist Terry Brown set up shop in the air stream for three days and did close to twenty tattoos on bands, crew members and me. He tattooed Diplo and Piink from Major Lazer, two of the members of Fishbone, Peelander Green, Jesse Hughes and Tuesday Cross from Boots Electric, my homies Star Eyes from Trouble & Bass and Roofeeo from TV On The Radio and a bunch of other people who I lost track of. Sorry. Terry Brown is a great tattoo artist who specializes in this traditional tattoo style pioneered by Sailor Jerry. If you are in New Orleans you can set up an appointment with him at his shop Uptown Tattoos.


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…35 years ago…and that's why I have to go in for an operation this week.
There's blood everywhere, bright red on the hard, flat, cold surface, but I don't notice it because my only thought is to stand up as best I can, turn around and make it back to the bench without falling a second time.
"Hey buddy," a guy says, "your nose is really bleeding."
And so began – and ended – this Canadian's ice hockey career at 17. I'd always loved playing street hockey, played it for hours and hours after school and weekends like any kid growing up in Canada, squeezing in an extra 20 minutes' floor hockey over high school lunch break. But it never gets cold long enough on Canada's southwest coast to freeze the local lakes thick enough to skate on, and our town didn't have an ice arena, so I never learned how to skate until I was about 30 and moved to Quebec.
But the fact I didn't know how to skate didn't bother Kenny, who convinced me to borrow some skates and hockey gear and go down with him and a bunch of other guys one night for their weekly pick-up game in North Vancouver.
"You can ski like crazy, man, so you can skate for sure!" he said, and I was dumb enough to believe him. I fell to the ice within 10 seconds of stepping off the bench during the warm-up, and watched the rest of them play the rest of the night as I made sure the bleeding stopped.
The bruising spread across my face and stayed there like disappearing berry stain for three weeks, but after that, I never gave it much thought. As anyone who's really active in- or outdoors will tell you, you take cuts and bruises as part of the game, and this I figured was in that category.
Several years later at 24 while at a routine medical exam before taking a job with the railway the company doctor looks up my nose and tells me that I have a deviated septum.
"What's a deviated septum?" I ask him.
He angles a mirror around so I can look up my nose at the blockage up one nostril, asking if I've ever been whacked on the head or had trouble breathing.
"Well, sure," I tell him. "But I never really thought about it that much."
I knew I should get it fixed, but took another four years to get around to it.
By some dumb luck I managed to land an Austrian Ear, Nose and Throat specialist who'd emigrated to Vancouver after the war.
Once we agreed to go ahead with it and the first x-rays were done he explained in detail how my nose would look once the operation was completed and I could breathe easier again.
But he never once told me HOW he'd go about straightening it, so it was only a couple of weeks later while lying on the operating table that I learned just what it meant to re-straighten a broken nose.
Because after he'd squeezed at least three needles up there to make sure the entire area was frozen so well I'd never feel a thing, he started to go to work on my face.
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As he inserted his scalpel and started digging away I felt nothing, but he made a scraping sound through the skull to my ears I'll never forget. I know all this because I was also dumb enough to let him convince me to have it done under local, not general anaesthetic.
I really wish I'd never been awake to see this, but what saved me was Demerol, a wonderful, legal drug when introduced directly into your veins makes you feel in an instant like you're floating in mid-air.
So I felt good and relaxed until he pulled a silver hammer and what looked like a chisel off the tray and held it over my head.
"What are you going to do with that?" I ask him.
"You von't feel a sing," he says, "but if you vant, you can haff some more Demerol to relax you some more."
The extra Demerol boost felt like what I've heard a heroin rush feels like.
After he was sure I wasn't going to object anymore, he aimed the chisel up my nose, raised up the silver hammer, and started hammering. He hammered and hammered and hammered and all I could think of was, they can do what they want with me, I could be trussed up and hung by the ankles from the theater lights and I wouldn't care, just let it be over.
When he'd finished re-arranging my nose, he packed it with cotton and I was wheeled out to recover. Three weeks later, I still had a bit of bruising, but at least I could breathe easier once the cotton packing was removed.
It's now been 25 years, and I thought I'd never have to think of it again, but somehow, it's crooked again. Or maybe the operation wasn't all that successful, or maybe the falls and hits playing sports since then injured it again and I once again didn't care.
But I've been to three ENT specialists over the past two years in Hamburg, trying to get help for another problem: phantom smells. It started about two years ago with a powerful smell of metal all the time. Copper, mostly. That went away, but now it's other stuff. I smell soap, burned wood mixed with soap, weird chemicals wafting through my head. It comes and goes in five-day cycles. They've given me an MRI and ruled out brain tumour, but I'm slowly coming to realise this is like tinnitus for the nose. Like hearing sounds in your head that aren't there, the nose smells things that aren't there either.
But at every visit to ask about the smell thing, the new ENT took one look up my nose and said I should look at getting it fixed. I'd tell the story I've just told you, and they all looked horrified and said that things have improved in the ENT branch since 1988, that fixing a nose is not so brutal anymore, and in any case, they'd give me a general whatever they had to do.
But I wasn't going for it.
Then I visited a fourth specialist who said there's still a problem, but such a drastic measure as re-straightening the septum isn't necessary. What he is going to do this week is clear out the scarring left over from the first operation, and perform a minor procedure to widen the passages so I can breathe easier. I did a test a month ago at the clinic that showed I'm just not getting enough air.
I don't usually yammer on about my operations, but since this is only the second one I've ever had if you don't count the routine tonsil yank-out they did when I was 8, it's a big deal for me.
I just hope one day I can play some hockey again.
This winter in Canada, for sure.


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This is an exciting time for the National Aquarium to be stepping up its engagement in the ocean conservation arena. We are fortunate to be a part of several special events this month calling national and international attention to some very important issues.
National Aquarium is proud to have sponsored and be participating in Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2014, an event that promotes dialogue among all sectors of the ocean community and with the public around critical current issues. After three days of inspiring conversation, we look forward to being a part of the next steps as we help improve ocean health, protect special ocean places, ensure sustainable fisheries and plan for new uses like renewable energy production. We applaud our partners at the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation for hosting another great ocean conservation event.
The momentum continues, and I am pleased to have been invited to represent the National Aquarium at the Department of State's Our Ocean Conference next week. More than ever, our ocean conservation challenges require work at the international scale. Protecting ocean health, managing migratory fish stocks and ensuring sustainable fisheries increasingly require coordination among countries and local communities around the globe.
Focused on the key pillars of Sustainable Fisheries, Marine Pollution, and Ocean Acidification, the conference will convene an international audience around pressing environmental issues. Many of these same issues are also at the forefront of the National Aquarium's conservation priorities. This meeting of the minds aims to develop innovative solutions to some of the oceans' biggest problems.
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To highlight the forward-thinking solutions being sought, the event kicks-off this weekend with a Fishackathon. Along with three other sites across the US, National Aquarium will convene hackers, coders, and other IT specialists to work on solutions to fisheries management problems in developing countries. We are delighted to be a host site to facilitate the use of modern technology to address sustainable fishery issues in this new and exciting way.
I will not be the only National Aquarium presence at Our Oceans Conference – volunteer youth from our Climate Change Interpreters high school program will be assisting NOAA staff at the Science on a Sphere station in the expo hall. Delegates from around the world will be able to learn how the National Aquarium uses this technology to engage our guests in active and solution-focused conversations around climate change. In the past four years over 350 high school volunteers have become skilled in these communication techniques. We are proud to have these outstanding young people represent our organization!
The Our Ocean Conference may be by invitation only, but engaging in ocean conservation is not. Make your voice heard through social media campaigns or public comments on environmental legislation. Or, take direct action by pledging to make a change in the things that each of us does daily in support of our oceans. Volunteering for a a local conservation project, energy conservation, Bay friendly landscaping and wise seafood choices are just a few of the things each of us can do to support conservation of our oceans. To learn more about opportunities to take action, click here.


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ln -s <target> <source> # create symbolic link
echo $? # print last return value int
tar -zcf out.tar.gz folder # compress folder to .tar.gz
tar xzf out.tar.gz folder # extract .tar.gz to folder
mogrify -format eps *.png # convert all *.png to *.eps
sh -x <script> # show all commands executed by given script for debug
df -h # show disk usage and free space
apt-mark hold jenkins # hold a package at the current version
If this fails, the version of tar may not support gzip compression. In this case, you can use the traditional two-stage command: gzip -dc filename.tar.gz | tar xf -
Commit directories to SVN individually
find . -maxdepth 1 -regex ./[A-Za-z0-9].+ -exec svn commit '{}' --message "Adding {} pictures folder to repository" ;
- "find ." matches all files and directories in the current directory
- "-maxdepth 1" only matches top-level directories
- "-regex ./[A-Za-z0-9].+" removes the ./ directory
- "-exec svn commit" runs "svn commit" with each result
- "{}" is replaced with the result directory name
- ; is required to end the line
Also see http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html for a neat reference.
Joining multiple PDFs together
If they're all the same size, you can use Ghostscript:
gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=out.pdf in1.pdf in2.pdf in3.pdf
Misc Notes
./configure: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `$'inr''
The configure file line endings has changed from Unix style to Windows style (probably winzip being stupid). To fix:
$ vim ./configure
:set ff=unix
Adding a New Sudo User
Create a new user:
root@server:~$ sudo adduser username
[sudo] password for root:
Adding user 'username' ...
Adding new group 'username' (1234) ...
Adding new user 'username' (1234) with group 'username' ...
Creating home directory '/home/username' ...
Copying files from '/etc/skel' ...
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for username
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []: Your Name
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [Y/n] y
Add it to the admin user group (or
sudo usermod -a -G admin username
Or, define it as an explicit member of the admin group (or
adm group):
sudo usermod -g admin username
Or, define it explicitly as someone who can sudo (necessary on new Ubuntu releases):
sudo adduser username sudo
Alternatively, you could use
visudo, but be careful when editing the
sudoers file!
Chaining Greps when Tailing a File
If you are tailing a file and trying to execute multiple greps, you can't just chain them using pipes:
tail -f /my/file.log | grep -v a | grep -v b | grep -v c
You need to add the flag `–line-buffered" to each grep.
tail -f /my/file.log | grep --line-buffered -v a | grep --line-buffered -v b | ...
spamd: still running as root, safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile /nonexistent/.spamassassin
If you have configured your site to use Spamassassain, and your
/var/log/mail.log includes messages such as:
spamd: still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, or set to root, falling back to nobody
plugin: eval failed: bayes: (in learn) locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile /nonexistent/.spamassassin/bayes.lock.my.domain.6304 for /nonexistent/.spamassassin/bayes.lock: No such file or directory
This is because spamassassin is not being run as a particular user, or is being run as root. According to
/usr/share/doc/spamassassin/README.spamd this is technically OK, but it's easier just to create a new user for spamd to run as. Create a new user with
adduser --system, and then modify
/etc/default/spamassassin (designed to be edited on Ubuntu):
OPTIONS="--create-prefs --max-children 5 --helper-home-dir -u spamd"
Installing an X server to startup at boot
I tried installing a basic X server (called a "client") using
sudo apt-get install xauth and
sudo apt-get install xorg (as recommended by Ubuntu). However I couldn't get the X server to start at boot. I even tried creating a file
/etc/init.d/xserver with the single command
exec startx, but this didn't do anything unless I executed the script as a user (no, I don't know enough about
init.d yet).
The solution was to install a display manager such as Gnome's.
sudo apt-get install gdm followed by a
sudo shutdown -r now, and now an X server was running at startup so I can do things like this:
DISPLAY=:0 sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --odgt
Compare two directories with files recursively
diff -rq dir1 dir2
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There is so much behind a great bottle of Nickel & Nickel Single-Vineyard wine: carefully farmed vineyards, impeccable winemaking and a team of people passionate about our wines. Through our blog, we'll give you an inside look at the personalities and stories behind the scenes.
We invite you to explore our singular point of view and see what makes Nickel & Nickel and our single-vineyard wines so special. See you soon!
Larry Maguire, Far Niente President and CEO, looks forward to a cruise he and his wife are taking this October – and invites you to join them!
Last month we sent an email to our wine club members about the upcoming cruise in Tahiti with my wife, Karen, and me. We heard back from a number of people who indicated that they wished they could join us but were unable to attend. A few people said that the cruise was exactly what they needed and they will see us on board. Vincent, one of our wine educators, and Donna, our wine club concierge, both had 20 good reasons why they should go along, too.
I've been wondering why Tahiti is so alluring to me. Perhaps it comes from growing up in the shadow of Disneyland's Tiki House. After years of audio-animatronic macaws, maybe I need to see the real thing. The Gauguin thing is a no-brainer. Before teenage boys know what Impressionism is, they notice the works of Gauguin and his Tahiti. What movie buff wouldn't want to see the exotic islands and people who inspired crew of HMS Bounty to mutiny? Yes, it's all of that plus the thought that Captain James Cook navigated the islands and that Charles Darwin visited Tahiti while aboard the HMS Beagle. I want to see this land that inspired people to write about a utopian society.
On board the beautifully renovated Paul Gauguin this October, we plan on hosting relaxed wine tastings, casual seminars and sumptuous dinners with magnificent wines all in serene, Polynesian settings. I imagine myself standing in waist-deep water with a glass of Far Niente Chardonnay and my arm around Karen. I've always been a romantic, so off we go on a small cruise ship to experience the ultimate "Dolce Far Niente," a land where we can sweetly do nothing. We couldn't be happier. Why not join us? Click here to find out more and to reserve your space.


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With the permission of the guest blogger, I have posted her entire article on my blog. For the original please click here.
Generation Y has left quite the mark on our society – haven't we?
For those of you who just clicked on the link above- yes, I just cited Wikipedia. And yes, I can do that because I am Generation Y. I'm independent. I make my own rules. Sometimes I follow the rules of those that I respect highly. Furthermore, I'm both "high-performance and high-maintenance," as this USA Today article put it.
If you aren't one of us, we're easy to spot. Harry Potter was our Peter Pan. Eminem is our comeback kid and the names Blink-182, Britney Spears and Creed all have a special place in our hearts.
But that's all in the past now. What does a Gen Yer like me do now that Britney's back at the gym and Harry Potter has come to an end? I do just what everyone else does. I juggle a career in agriculture, a husband, a house, time at the gym, volunteering, spending time online and whatever else I need to do.
While I don't spend every second online like some of our youngest Gen Yers, it's a part of my life I couldn't live without and it has hugely impacted my "agvocacy", advocating for agriculture. Aside from agvocacy, it's my direct link to answering questions, a lip-smacking recipe for dinner and a community of people who care about me. I explore topics that interest me on blogs, Google, Facebook and Twitter. I'm always looking for new ways, like Pinterest or Google+, to organize my overload of information. But to be honest, I don't have the time to get to know technology or every topic as good as I should.
So what do I do? I rely on an online network of people I've built to provide me with trustworthy information. I seek out blogs that I trust, people on Twitter I've had meaningful conversations with, and webpages or Facebook pages that give me a glimpse into things I don't understand.
Most recently, I became involved with a group of Rockin' Rural Women that are on both Twitter andFacebook. There are about 800 of us nationwide. We come together to celebrate all things are rural- our livelihoods, our dreams, our values. Simply put, you don't need to be a cowgirl but do you need to love dirt under your fingernails. Last week we had a chat on Facebook and Twitter about holiday stress and how we (as women) de-stress. It's always a great time. Such good people. Such good prizes.
So what does this mean to you? To me? To agvocacy?
We need to consider taking time to break out of our everyday routines and to be a part of online relationships- not just conversations. The relationships need to be honest, transparent and meaningful, just like offline relationships are.
Twitter is a great place to do this type of online relationship building. While there millions of more people still on MySpace compared to those of us on Twitter, I have found Twitter to be a highly influential and engaged place to build relationships. Pick a TV show, hobby or interest you enjoy and follow the Twitter hashtag. Connect with a few new people every week and grow those relationships. This will allow you to go "beyond the choir" that you engage with daily or weekly and truly reach people outside of agriculture circle you already know well.
Do you blog? Find a new blog or two that shares a common interest or hobby and comment on those blogs. Establish a relationship with the blogger and invite them to read your blog. It's amazing how these connections can go so deep.
I tend to find, when a non-agriculture person I have built a relationship with online has a question about food or farming, they often will think of me as a resource to go to with their question. It's just one way my agvocacy impacts the online relationships I have built.
Take it from a Gen Yer, I understand it's easy to get caught in our own world and our own circles- days are long, time is short, and even the lowest maintenance, "high-maintenance Gen Yer" has too many things to do. But there are 70 million of us Gen Yers out there and we all have questions about everything from fashion to food. Do you want to help answer?
Jodi Oleen is a thirty-something Floridian-turned-Kansan. She is recently married and works for a farmer led organization in The Little Apple. She has a undergraduate degree in Animal Science with an Equine Option and a Master's degree in Food and Resource Economics, both from University of Florida. Find her on Twitter or Facebook, or check outmycousinisvegan.wordpress.com.


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In my previous article I had created linked server, to access and query a database. However, it is just the basic step to try and bring two different RDBMS systems linked together.
In this article I will discuss about creating a SSIS package to transfer data from MS SQL Server 2008 to MySQL 5.5
SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio
MySQL Connector Net 5.2.7
You can download this package from http://www.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/
Connector/Net is a fully-managed ADO.NET driver for MySQL.
MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1 (Which is already installed, in our previous article)
Brief about SSIS
SSIS provides a graphical front end to design control flow data processing logic. Once designed, these 'packages' are compiled into '.dtsx' packages which can then be distributed and run on any machine with the SSIS tools installed.
Packages contain two main logic flows, a 'Control Flow' which defines a sequence of logical operations which are processed in sequence. Each step is completed before the next starts e.g.
1. Empty out work tables in a database
2. Populate the work tables with data
3. Perform calculations and update the values in the work table
4. Update OLAP cubes with the data from the work tables
5. Run reports against the OLAP cubes.
This level of control also allows processing loops to be defined e.g.
For each file in a specified folder, read the contents of the file and write it into a specified table.
The second main logic flow is the 'Data Flow'. This allows for the processing of data at the record level. Data is read from a 'Data Source' and passes down a series of 'Data Transformations' to a 'Data Destination'. These transformations can be as simple as changing the data type of fields e.g. varchar(4000) to varchar(2000) or decimal(18,2) to decimal(8,2), or can be more complex like data merges, joins, pivot tables, multicasts etc. Each transformation is represented by an icon in the designer and the icons are linked together to define the logic path.
Creating SSIS package to transfer data from MS SQL Server 2008 to MySQL
Follow the below steps to create a SSIS package for data transfer.
Go to START>MS SQL SERVER 2008>SQL SERVER BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT STUDIO and Click on File>New>Project
Under Business Intelligence Projects, select Integration Services Project and rename the Project Name.
This will open a Package Designer Screen, where you can start designing the data flow for your package.
Configure Connection Managers for you package
Right Click in the area where it shows the Connection Manager tab and select New ADO.Net Connection.
You will see the Configuration Manager Editor window
Click New
Now you need to define connection manager configuration for source (i.e. MS SQL Server 2008) in our case.
In the Connection Manager Editor, by default the Provider is set to .Net Providers\SqlClient Data Provider
Use your test server name or IP for Server Name and under connect to database, select the database to use. I'm using ssistest.
Similarly, you need to create connection manager configuration for Destination (i.e. MySQL)
Right Click, under Connection Manager's tab and Select ADO.NET Connection as mentioned above and click New on Connection Manager Editor.
For Provider click on the drop down arrow to select .Net Providers\odbc data Provider.
In the previous article we had created System DSN name MySQL. We will use the same here for Use user or system data source name.
Enter your login information and Test Connection. It should succeed, and then click Ok.
Now, on Configure ADO.NET Connection Manager screen, you can see both the source and destination are configured.
It's now time to add control flows to the package, ensure you are on Control Flow tab and Drag Data Flow Task from the Control Flow Items under ToolBox.
Now click on the Data Flow tab above and Drag ADO NET Source and ADO NET Destination as shown below. You can rename the Source and Destination Names from Properties.
Right click on ADO NET SOURCE i.e. MS SQL Server 2008 and click EDIT. Make the below changes as mentioned on the screen.
As mentioned before I have ssistest database which has few sample tables, that I have exported from AdventureWorks database. I'm selecting one of the tables named HumanResources.Department for this example.
In the above screen you can see the test server selected with database and table to transfer the data from.
Similarly right click on MySQL (Destination) and click Edit. On this screen, under ADO.NET Connection Manager select MySQL.root from the drop downlist.
Since we do not have any destination table to map with the source, we need to click on New. It will show you the below message, click OK
Now remove the quotes and Click OK to create a table on destination as shown.
It will come back to the editor,
Click on the Mappings tab and check if all the columns are mapped and click OK.
This will complete the data flow design of our package.
Saving the SSIS Package
Once the package is created, save the copy of it to SSIS Package store or MSDB. Follow the below steps,
Click on File> Save Copy of Package.dtsx As from the menu it will open a window,
Select SSIS Package Store as the Package Location and Select the name of your test server.
Enter /File System/Export2MySQL as the package path and Click OK.
Select File > Save Copy of Package.dtsx as again from the menu and Select SQL Server as the Package Location. Select the name of your test server and fill in your authentication information.
Enter Export2MySQL as the package path and Click OK.
Once the copies are saved you can see them under Integration Services Stored Packages as shown below.
Changes on MySQL
Before running the Package, make this change on the MySQL Server
mysql> SET GLOBAL sql_mode= 'ANSI'
Executing the Package
You can execute the package either from SSMS and BI Development Studio. I'm doing it from the BI, on the right hand side your BI screen you will find solution explorer, which has the Package.dtsx listed. Right click and select Execute Package.
The moment you click execute the debugging process start and the Output is show below on the BI screen. If the Data Flow Task is changed to Green, it means the package has succeeded, and if it is Red it means somewhere in the flow there was an error.
On the Data Flow Tab, you can see the number of rows transferred in the execution.
There is a progress tab on the screen, where you can check the steps taken in the flow, it also list errors and warnings if any.
Query the MySQL Server to see if the data transfer was successful as show below.
This was about transferring data from MS SQL Server 2008 to MySQL, you can do vice verse by changing the source and destination while designing the package on Data Flow tab.
Hope this article is useful.


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Tickets are on sale for the Center Theatre Players production of the Tony Award-winning musical comed, 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.' The show will be held at 7:30 p.m. on July 28, 29 and 30, in the auditorium of the Penn State Beaver Student Union Building. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Brodhead Cultural Center office at 724-773-3610 or by sending an email to email@example.com. Tickets will be sold at the door at 6 p.m. prior to each performance.
The play, presented as part of the Brodhead Cultural Center's 35th summer programming series, is directed by Sandy Reigel, who attended Beaver campus and graduated from Penn State University Park.
Songs from the show include "Comedy Tonight" and "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid." The play debuted on Broadway in 1962 and has been revived frequently since then in the United States and London, England. The 1966 film featured comedy greats Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, and Buster Keaton.
For a complete schedule of August events at the Brodhead Cultural Center, visit http://www.beaver.psu.edu/brodhead.


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The subject of this article or section is part of Children's Week, a seasonal event that lasts one week. Once the event has run its course, this will no longer be available until next year, but there are no guarantees.
- Egbert's Egg
- Item Level 20
- Binds when picked up
- Unique
- Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Egbert's Egg will teach you to summon Egbert, a baby hawkstrider battle pet.
This item is a quest reward from:
- [70] Back to the Orphanage
- [70] Back to the Orphanage
Egbert is notable for frequently running around wildly and getting pretty far from his owner. Egbert responds to your character's run/walk toggle. If your character is set to walk, Egbert also walks around instead of running.
The other two item reward options from the quest line are Elekk Training Collar and Sleepy Willy. Only one of these could be chosen per year, but when the event repeats itself next year you will be able to choose another.
Its name is a reference to the U.S. Acres comic strip character Egbert, a chick that refuses to leave its shell.


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Couple of days back, I was working with some data and wanted to plot it. I had couple of options Excel, ploticus and then our own gnuplot. My choice here was gnuplot, as this is most commonly available and helps me write scripts that can automate my repetitive task. So far, so good. The data I was plotting was against time, that was the problem. Couple of quick searches did not result into any luck to get me on the path and hence with some man pages and some documentation, finally I found this, might be this will be helpful for others.
gnuplot> set xdata time
gnuplot> set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d"
gnuplot> plot "sample.dat" using 1:2 with boxes
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Aus 99 Designs von 30 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Propelled Systems
I have been in tech for 20 years and this will be be my fourth tech start up. I have been in the PC industry for most of the time but migrated to Mac in the past 2 years. While doing that I found that there are very few highly professional companies that have any significant background in Mac/Apple technology. This venture aims to fill that need. Specifically what we do is help companies integrate Macs into their PC networks, build applications for use on both Macs and PCs, and build iPhone applications. We believe that there is a new significant migration from PCs to Macs and we want to help that migration along.
The target audience is other businesses, predominately what I would call the medium size business space, 50 to 1000 employees. The image I would like to promote is highly professional.
My goal is to come out of this with both a short and long logo. The long to be used on a website and other electronic media where space is not major constraint, and a short logo where space is limited. My previous company, Virtual Alert, had a long logo that included the full name and a short logo that only included VA but the design was similar. Not sure that can be done with Propelled Systems as PS seems a little bit silly. I do know my shortcomings and I am not a designer. For that reason I am not really binding this contest as I want to see what kinds of ideas come out of this. The web address for the company is http://www.propelledsystems.com
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text: Joining the class of 1965 is long-time, well-loved Lisbon teacher Bernice (Robb) Montour on a horse drawn float piloted by Bob and Shirley Crosser. Stearing Ethel and Joy down the parade route is Bob Crosser who also recently built the wagon the class is riding on in the alumni parade of about 30 units Saturday. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer


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MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB MINI-ITX Gaming OC Video Card Review (Page 22)
Sound Test
Pulling out the TES 1350A Sound Level Meter, we find ourselves quickly yelling into the top of it to see how loud we can be.
After five minutes of that we get a bit more serious and place the device two CM away from the fan on the card to find the maximum noise level of the card when idle (2D mode) and in load (3D mode).
What's really amazing about the cooler is the noise levels. If you wanted to have the card run a bit cooler, you could clearly up the fan speed a little manually and have something a bit louder that would still see the card sitting towards the bottom of the pack. You can clearly see the quality of the cooler MSI has here.
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Public Comment
The Sierra Club and the Albany Bulb
The backlash against the Sierra Club for joining with Citizens for East Shore Parks in lobbying to incorporate the Bulb into East Shore State Park is not surprising. The San Francisco Bay Chapter, in the May issue of their newspaper, the Yodeler, states the rationale for their action. It gives a very troubling image of the group. The story is titled "Changing the Albany Bulb – creating a bright spot on the East Bay Shoreline". Apparently in order to "create a bright spot" the first step requires evicting the people who are camping there, people for whom the Bulb is their home. Why is this Sierra Club chapter participating in evicting people? The mission of the Sierra Club is the maintenance and protection of the environment for the enjoyment of the people. It does not mean only certain people, only the"right kind" of people.
In going over some of the Bulb history, the Yodeler article says; "In the 1990's people started camping illegally on the Bulb, and in 1999 the city and the Park District removed that camper population, but the land was again left unprotected …" From what, or from whom did the land need to be protected? From people who cared for it as their home, who planted trees, made trails, worked at mitigating rebar and concrete hazards on the site? Protected from people who created works of art out of found materials, set up and operated a free lending library?
Over the years the police occasionally sent homeless people from the streets out to the Bulb but otherwise the city of Albany pretty much ignored the camp. Some churches and community organizations and local citizens who enjoyed the place regularly brought food and supplies to the campers. The Sierra Club never took an interest in them. Other than contract with Berkeley Food And Housing Project to provide "Outreach and Engagement" the city has done nothing for the campers. Albany has no homeless shelters and apparently little or no affordable housing – only one of the 60 or so campers has been housed.
One might ask the question, why now? Why do the Sierra Club and Citizens for East Shore Parks demand the Bulb incorporated into the Park at this time? The Bulb juts out from the shoreline and would not be an integral part of the Park nor would any section of the Bay trail go through the Bulb. With a few amenities such as toilets and running water and possibly some help in getting rid of the rebar and concrete it could continue to serve as a campground - at least until Albany can provide proper housing for homeless.


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Suzuki, Kuroda help Yanks top Red Sox
Bronx, NY – Ichiro Suzuki hit a pair of solo homers, Hiroki Kuroda tossed eight strong innings and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 4-1, in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Kuroda (12-8) gave up just one run on four hits while striking out four for the Yankees, who went 5-2 on a seven-game homestand. The Japanese right-hander was coming off a two-hit shutout in Tuesday's 3-0 win over Texas.
With Kuroda picking up the victory, the Yankees have three pitchers with at least 12 wins (also Phil Hughes and CC Sabathia) prior to Sept. 1 for the first time since 2006 when Chien-Ming Wang, Randy Johnson and Mike Mussna accomplished the feat.
Curtis Granderson knocked in a run and walked twice for the American League East-leading Yankees, who improved to 8-4 against Boston this year.
Adrian Gonzalez hit a solo homer for the Red Sox, who went 4-6 on a 10-game road trip.
Josh Beckett (5-11) allowed four runs on seven hits over six innings to fall to 1-7 over his last 12 starts. The right-hander is now 14-8 in 29 career starts against the Yankees.
The Yankees gave Kuroda some early support by scoring a run in the first inning. Derek Jeter led off with a double to center field, moved to third on Nick Swisher's groundout and scored on Granderson's double down the right- field line.
Jeter scored again in the third to make it a 2-0 game. Jeter hit a ground-rule double to left-center field, stole third and raced home on a wild pitch.
Suzuki's homer to right field in the fourth gave New York a three-run margin.
"I thought Josh had some of the best stuff that he's had in a while," Boston manager Bobby Valentine said. "He just had trouble with two hitters, Jeter and Ichiro. They kind of did him in."
Meanwhile, Kuroda was shutting down Boston's offense. The Red Sox finally got a man past first base in the fifth after Jarrod Saltalamacchia singled and moved to second on Scott Podsednik's groundout. But Pedro Ciriaco grounded out to end the inning.
Suzuki cleared the wall in right field again in the sixth to make it a 4-0 contest.
"You watch his BP and you can see it," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of Suzuki's power. "Our ballpark is a little bit different, and you might see more power."
Gonzalez responded with a homer to right in the seventh to cut the gap to three.
Rafael Soriano tossed a scoreless ninth to pick up his 31st save of the season.
Game Notes
Suzuki recorded his seventh career multi-homer game ... New York first baseman Mark Teixeira missed his third straight game because of a sore left wrist ... The Yankees hung a loss on Beckett for the first time since Aug. 8, 2010 at Yankee Stadium ... He was undefeated in his previous seven starts against the Yankees, going 5-0 in that span ... Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia saw his 13-game hitting streak come to an end ... The Red Sox will decide Monday whether outfielder Carl Crawford will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.


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Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, PKK) was established in 1978 aiming to create an independent Kurdish state (Canada 22 Dec. 2010; US 2 Feb. 2012, 11, 40). It began an armed struggle in 1984 (AA 4 May 2012; MRG [2011]; US 2 Feb. 2012, 11). According to a US Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, demands of the separatist group have evolved from complete separatism for Kurds to "greater cultural and political autonomy" (ibid.). Sources note that PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan began negotiations with the Turkish government in 2012 (ibid., 40; Milan 22 Mar. 2012), with separatism being discounted as a resolution (US 2 Feb. 2012, 40). International Crisis Group similarly states that the PKK is looking for a "future of Turkish Kurds within Turkey" (20 Sept. 2011, 2). GlobalSecurity.org, an online information source on defence, space, intelligence, and homeland security (n.d.a), also notes that in 2009, one PKK leader indicated that the PKK is "seeking local autonomy (3 June 2009).
The PKK has been designated a terrorist organization by some states and organizations, including Turkey (Milan 22 Mar. 2012), the European Union (EU) (AA 4 May 2012; Milan 22 Mar. 2012), the US (ibid.; US 2 Feb. 2012, 1; AA 4 May 2012), and Canada (Canada 22 Dec. 2010; Milan 22 Mar. 2012). The PKK is also known as Kongra-Gel and Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK) (GlobalSecurity.org n.d.b; Canada 22 Dec. 2010), among other names (ibid.).
According to International Crisis Group, the PKK consists of 3,000 to 5,000 insurgents from northern Iraq and Turkey (20 Sept. 2011, 2). An article published by the Umut Foundation, an Istanbul-based organization promoting peace, conciliation and individual disarmament (n.d.), mentions information provided by a terror expert briefing parliamentary deputies on the PKK, which indicates that in the 2000s, PKK membership approximated 6,000 (14 Feb. 2012). The expert also noted that, in decreasing order, the following provinces are the largest providers of PKK members: Diyarbakir, Mardin, Van and Hakkâri (Umut Foundation 14 Feb. 2012).
The dominant PKK leader is Abdullah Öcalan (International Crisis Group 20 Sept. 2011, 1; US 2 Feb. 2012, 40) who is in a Turkish prison serving a life sentence; the acting PKK leader is Murat Karayilan (ibid.). According to International Crisis Group, Öcalan's capture has led to a "multiplication of power centres" for the PKK, including among insurgents in the field, in northern Iraq headquarters, Turkish jails, and among Kurds in Europe (International Crisis Group 20 Sept. 2011, 2).
Since the start of the fighting between the PKK and the Turkish government, there have been reportedly at least 30,000 deaths (International Crisis Group 20 Sept. 2011, 1; MRG [2011]; US n.d.), with GlobalSecurity.org placing the number of deaths at 40,000 (3 June 2009). Anadolu Agency (AA), a national government news agency, reports that some of the casualties include soldiers, policemen, village guards, teachers, and engineers (AA 4 May 2012).
Sources indicate that the majority of events, such as fighting, concerning the PKK occur in eastern Turkey (IDMC Apr. 2012, 71; Professor 23 May 2012; EU 2012, 24), in Kurdish dominated areas (ibid.; Professor 23 May 2012). BBC reports that the province of Bitlis, in south east Turkey, is a "stronghold" for the PKK (24 Mar. 2012). Sources note that the PKK has bases in northern Iraq (International Crisis Group 20 Sept. 2011, 1; US 18 Aug. 2011) and "uses safe havens in northern Iraq to coordinate and launch attacks" (ibid. 2 Feb. 2012, 11).
In 23 May 2012 correspondence with the Research Directorate, a professor of political science, and the Thomas G. Strong Chair of Middle East Politics at Missouri University, stated that PKK targets include informants, village guards, and local level government officials (Professor 23 May 2012). US Country Reports on Terrorism 2010 indicates that the main targets of the PKK are Turkish security forces (US 18 Aug. 2011). The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), which is a centre of excellence of the US Department of Homeland Security based at the University of Maryland and maintains a database with information on terrorist incidents around the world (n.d.a), lists the following targets of the PKK during 2010: military; transportation, private citizens and property; utilities; religious figures and institutions; police, government; and businesses (START n.d.b). Public Safety Canada notes that the PKK attacks the Turkish military, diplomats and businesses, both in Turkey as well as in parts of Europe, and has also kidnapped tourists and bombed Turkish resorts (Canada 22 Dec. 2010).
The political science professor indicated that the PKK has "political cadres" in villages, towns and cities responsible for recruiting people (Professor 23 May 2012). In the professor's opinion, PKK recruitment is not forced, since that might cause the alienation of Kurdish communities from the movement (ibid.). Information on forced recruitment between 2009 and 2012 could not be found among sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints of this Response.
Press TV, an English-language Iranian international news network based in Tehran, indicates that, according to a report by the International Terrorism and Transnational Crime Research Center based in Ankara, the Turkish government has been initiating educational programs in the east and southeast of the country through the police and teachers, trying to stop the PKK from succeeding in their recruitment (4 Feb. 2012). Similarly, the US Country Report on Terrorism 2010 notes that the National Police has an "outreach" program to communities affected by terrorist conflict, which includes attempts to "alter group dynamics and prevent recruitment" (US 18 Aug. 2011). The police also run programs for trainers, psychologists, coaches and religious leaders so they can "undermine radical messages" and stop recruitment (ibid.).
A European Police Office (Europol) report notes that the PKK has a recruiting network throughout Europe (EU 2012, 24). Reuters reports that in February 2010, Italian police arrested 11 people involved in a network recruiting and training Kurds for the PKK, based on an investigation that took place in Italy and France (26 Feb. 2010).
According to the information provided by the terror expert in the Umut Foundation's article, 43.68 percent of mountain fighters of the PKK are under the age of 18, and with a minimum age of 9 (Umut Foundation 14 Feb. 2012). Press TV indicated in December 2011 that the PKK reportedly kidnapped five children in the province of Hakkari; the children would be trained in camps, learning how to use weapons and explosives (ibid. 6 Dec. 2011). Another media article by Today's Zaman, an English-language newspaper based in Istanbul, reports that many volunteer imams put pressure on families to make their children join the PKK and indicates that an incident had occurred at a village in Erzurum, where a volunteer imam was "sent away" for asking a villager to make one of his sons join the PKK (29 Mar. 2012).
Anadolu Agency reports that according to data from the Turkish Police Department's Anti-Terror Desk, the PKK has been "using children," youth under the age of 18, during illegal meetings and demonstrations, including for throwing Molotov cocktails, fireworks, firecrackers and explosives at Turkish security officers (AA 4 May 2012). According to the data, between 1 May 2009 and 22 July 2010, security forces arrested 1,727 children in 799 terror incidents; and, between 23 July 2010 and 16 November 2011, they arrested 2,148 children (ibid.). Bianet, an Istanbul-based news source, reports in a February 2009 article that at least 107 children were arrested by police during protests against the arrest of PKK leader Ocalan (17 Feb. 2009). The article also notes that in 2006 and 2007, the Ministry of Justice had tried more than 1500 children with terrorist charges (bianet 17 Feb. 2009).
Further information on child recruitment could not be found among sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints of this Response.
International Crisis Group reports that the Kurdistan Communities Union (Koma Ciwakên Kürdistan, KCK), "an umbrella organisation for all PKK affiliates in Kurdish communities in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and the diaspora", was formed by the PKK during congresses in northern Iraq between 2005 and 2007 (International Crisis Group 20 Sept. 2011, 28, 38). According to International Crisis Group, PKK leaders Ocalan and Karayilan hold leadership roles in the KCK (ibid., 28). Sources noted that the PKK created the KCK with the purpose to serve as a "parallel government" (ibid., 28 note 261; Professor 23 May 2012). Human Rights Watch reports that according to Turkish authorities, the KCK is the PKK's "urban wing" (22 Jan. 2012). Similarly, the political science professor stated that the KCK is the PKK's "urban non-violent" organization (23 May 2012).
Jane's Intelligence Review noted that in December 2009 and early 2010, "hundreds of non-violence Kurdish nationalists were arrested and charged with membership of PKK front organizations" (7 Sept. 2010). According to the professor, there are thousands of KCK members that were imprisoned and are awaiting trial (23 May 2012). Similarly, Human Rights Watch reports that there are thousands of people, including party activists, mayors, lawyers, journalists, human rights defenders, and an academic, that are on trial or in pre-trial detention, accused of being part of the PKK or the KCK (22 Jan. 2012). International Crisis Group also reports that there were more than 3,000 Kurdish activists linked to the KCK placed behind bars since 2009, with the majority arrested for "the peaceful expression of their opinion" (20 Sept. 2011, 9). Hurriyet Daily News reports that on 8 May 2012, Turkish police arrested 28 people during operations against the KCK in the provinces of Istanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Eskişehir and Muş (Hurriyet Daily News 9 May 2012).
A PhD candidate in the Department of War Studies at King's College in London wrote in a March 2012 article published by the Jamestown Foundation that the ongoing November 2011 "crackdown" by the Turkish government on the KCK also had an effect on the Peace and Democracy Party (Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi, BDP), the main Kurdish political party, as several members of the party were arrested for "alleged affiliation" with the KCK (Milan 22 Mar. 2012). Human Rights Watch similarly notes that in 2011 members of the BDP were in detention on terrorism charges for alleged association with the KCK (2012).
US Country Reports on Terrorism 2010 notes that the PKK's usual tactics include ambushing military patrols in rural areas, using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along security forces routes, and bombing security and civilian targets in urban areas (US 18 Aug. 2011). The political science professor noted that since 2009, the PKK has been involved in a number of "skirmishes" with security forces, as well as initiated IED attacks, and terrorist bombings (23 May 2012).
Sources report that the PKK increased its attacks in June 2010 (US 18 Aug. 2011; Jane's Intelligence Review 7 Sept. 2010; International Crisis Group 1 July 2010). International Crisis Group reports that a minimum of 40 soldiers and militants were killed by the middle of the month (ibid.). US Country Reports on Terrorism 2010 notes that from May through October 2010 the PKK increased its violent activity, listing three of the attacks:
International Crisis Group reports that on 4 May 2011 the PKK attacked the election bus of Turkey's Prime Minister, killing a policeman; this was followed by attacks on military outposts (20 Sept. 2011, 3). The US CRS report notes that after the June 2011 national elections, the clashes between the Turkish forces and the PKK "intensified," with the PKK targeting both civilians and the military (US 2 Feb. 2012, 22). Similarly, Human Rights Watch indicates in their World Report 2012 that in July 2011 the PKK increased attacks against the police and military (2012). In contrast, Europol reports that although there were several attacks by the PKK in Turkey, the overall number had decreased (EU 2012, 24). Attack tactics included booby-traps and armed attacks against the military, security services and border police (ibid.).
International Crisis Group also notes in a report that the PKK increased its activities in August and September 2011 (International Crisis Group 20 Sept. 2011, 4). According to International Crisis Group, around 30 security personnel were killed in PKK attacks in August 2011 (ibid. 1 Sept. 2011). Incidents mentioned in the report include the following:
According to Europol, the PKK uses Europe as a "logistical support base for funding, recruitment, training and propaganda" (EU 2012, 24). The main crimes of the PKK in Europe are extortion, money laundering, facilitating illegal immigration, drugs and human trafficking (ibid.).
In an April 2011 press release, the US Department of the Treasury reports that in May 2008, the Kongra-Gel, "[f]ormerly known as" the PKK, was designated as a "significant foreign narcotics trafficker" (US 20 Apr. 2011). On 20 April 2011, five Kongra-Gel leaders were also added the "Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers" list (ibid.). AA reports that Turkey's EU Minister and Chief Negotiator for EU talks stated that the PKK controls the largest human and illicit drug-trafficking network in Europe (AA 9 Nov. 2011).
According to the US Department of the Treasury, the PKK uses its European network to "produce, transport, and traffic opiates and cannabis," using the proceeds for funding (US 20 Apr. 2011). However, according to the terror expert mentioned by the Umut Foundation, the PKK does not directly deal with drug trafficking, but benefits indirectly through "'sponsorship'" (Umut Foundation 14 Feb. 2012).
International Crisis Group reports that on 9 July 2011 the PKK kidnapped two soldiers and one health worker during a roadblock (International Crisis Group 20 Sept. 2011, 3). The PKK also reportedly kidnapped more than 12 people in August and September 2011 (ibid., 4). The political science professor noted that the PKK had kidnapped ruling-party Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) and municipal officials (23 May 2012). Hurriyet Daily News reports that on 14 May 2012 the PKK kidnapped the Kulp district chairman of the AKP in Diyarbakir province, and are reportedly still holding another chairman in captivity (Hurriyet Daily News 21 May 2012). The same article reports that the PKK also kidnapped a village head along with five guards in the province of Bitlis, claiming that the guards were being "'arrested'" for "crimes" against the PKK (ibid.).
Jane's Intelligence Review reported that in 2010, the PKK began targeting oil and natural gas pipelines; all the lines appear to be associated with the Turkish government or the countries supporting the government against the PKK, including Iran and Iraq (Jane's Intelligence Review 7 Sept. 2010). Jane's lists six attacks on pipelines between 3 July 2010 and 10 August 2010 (ibid.). Media sources reported two PKK pipeline attacks in 2012, one in April (Today's Zaman 5 Apr. 2012; AKNEWS 5 Apr. 2012) and one in May (Hurriyet Daily News 5 June 2012).
An article published by Hurriyet Daily News in May 2012 claims that members of the PKK played a role in a nationwide fake export ring and a fictitious bank, which managed to extort hundreds of millions of Turkish Liras (TRY) [1 TRY= 0.56 CAD (XE 12 June 2012)] (2 May 2012). Corroboration could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints of this Response.
The political science professor indicated that, since 2009, the Turkish government has been following a military strategy against the PKK, which includes military and police operations, airstrikes, and mass arrests of "non-violent" KCK members (Professor 23 May 2012). At the end of October 2011, the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) reported that the Turkish government is leading a "campaign of arrest and judicial harassment" against the PKK and KCK, which is also affecting "peaceful" Kurdish activists (25 Oct. 2011). According to the US CRS report, Western governments and NGOs have criticized Turkish military strategies against the PKK, saying that they are "overly hard on ethnic Kurds - thousands have been imprisoned for PKK involvement or sympathies and hundreds of thousands have been displaced" (US 2 Feb. 2012, 11). However, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), an organization established in 1998 by the Norwegian Refugee Council to monitor internal displacement worldwide, indicated that no internal displacement was reported after the 2011 fighting between the PKK and the Turkish government, as opposed to the approximately one million people who were displaced throughout the 1980s and 1990s (IDMC Apr. 2012, 6, 71). The IDMC indicates that the Turkish armed forces are supported by "'village guard' militias'" in their fight against the PKK (ibid.).
Sources indicate that, in reaction to attacks by the PKK, Turkish authorities have bombed PKK bases in northern Iraq in June 2010 (International Crisis Group 1 July 2010) and in August 2011 (ibid. 1 Sept. 2011; Human Rights Watch 2012). According to the US CRS report, because of the increase in PKK attacks after June 2011, the Turkish government has "increased air and artillery attacks on PKK safe havens in Iraq, aided by intelligence-sharing from the United States, and has reportedly involved ground forces across the border" (US 2 Feb. 2012, 22). Similarly, IDMC notes that in 2011 "cross-border operations against Kurdish targets in Iraq intensified" (Apr. 2012, 71).
Press TV reports that the Turkish military has been launching "massive" military operations against the PKK since October 2011 in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq (4 Feb. 2012). Similarly, the BBC notes that in October 2011 the Turkish government began a "major air and land offensive" against the PKK after an ambush resulted in the death of 24 soldiers (BBC 30 Dec. 2011). BBC reports that in the last week of December 2011, the government's airstrike on the Kurdish town of Uludere in Sirnak province resulted in the death of 35 civilians who were reportedly smugglers and not members of the PKK, the military's target (BBC 30 Dec. 2011). On November 2011, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty reported that the Turkish Prime Minister announced that the US government had agreed to supply Turkey with Predator drones in their fight with the PKK (7 Nov. 2011). The Huffington Post similarly reports that in May 2012 the US had agreed to sell Predator drones to Turkey, with the approval of Congress; the US had also deployed four drones into Turkey in 2011 (21 May 2012).
The BBC reports that in March 2012 Turkish forces initiated a "large-scale" operation against the PKK, using helicopter gunships, in the province of Sirnak near Mount Cudi, where clashes resulted in the deaths of six police officers and seven PKK members (22 Mar. 2012). In April 2012, according to Dogan News Agency, Turkish security forces retaliated against the PKK following attacks on military bases in the province of Hakkari (27 Apr. 2012).
Europol reports that in 2011 arrests were made in France, Germany, and Romania of PKK affiliated individuals raising funds for guerrilla operations in Turkey, camps in northern Iraq, and training and propaganda camps in Europe (EU 2012, 24). Today's Zaman reports that in March 2012 the Sanliurfa Police Department counterterrorism units arrested seven people, after simultaneous anti-PKK operations, accusing them of spreading pro-PKK propaganda (29 Mar. 2012). Agence France-Presse reports that in April 2012, a suspected former financial manager of the PKK was arrested in Germany (29 April 2012). According to the Anadolu Agency, six PKK terrorists surrendered to security forces in the town of Silopi, in Sirnak in May 2012; they were reportedly to undergo interrogation (AA 14 May 2012).
There are reports on the death of PKK militants following clashes with Turkish authorities, including the following:
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Agence France-Presse (AFP). 8 May 2012. "5 PKK Militants Killed in Turkey's Southeast."
_____. 29 April 2012. "Suspected PKK Money Man Arrested in Germany."
AKNEWS.com. 5 April 2012. Dilshad Saifadin. "PKK Claims Responsibility for Bombing Pipeline."
Andolu Agency (AA). 14 May 2012. "Six Terrorists Surrender in Southeast."
_____. 8 May 2012. "5 Terrorists Killed in Tatvan."
_____. 4 May 2012. Kurbani Geyik. "Terrorist Organization PKK Exploits Children Everyday."
_____. 9 November 2011. "Europe Must Cooperate with Turkey Against PKK."
bianet. 17 February 2009. "Rights Activists React as Children Crowd Prisons."
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 24 March 2012. "Turkey Says 15 Women Rebels Killed."
_____. 22 March 2012. "Kurdish PKK Rebels and Police Killed in Turkey Clashes."
_____. 30 December 2011. "Turkey Regrets Kurdish Civilian Deaths in Air Raid."
Canada. 22 December 2010. Public Safety Canada. "Currently Listed Entities: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)."
Dogan News Agency. 27 April 2012. "Military, PKK Clash in Southeast."
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Human Rights Watch. 22 January 2012. "Turkey: Credibility Depends on Rights at Home."
_____. 2012. "Turkey." World Report 2012: Events of 2011.
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_____. 21 May 2012. "No Step Back after PKK Raids, Says Turkish PM."
_____. 17 May 2012. "US Gave Intel for Uludere Raid: Report."
_____. 2 May 2012. "Guns, Lies and Fake Bank in 400 Million Exports Fraud Story."
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_____. 6 December 2011. Mehdi Gholizadeh. "PKK Kidnaps Underage People for Soldier Recruitment."
Professor of Political Science and the Thomas G. Strong Chair of Middle East Politics, Missouri State University. 23 May 2012. Correspondence with the Research Directorate.
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 7 November 2011. Dorian Jones and Richard Solash. "Turkey Eyes U.S. Drones in PKK Fight."
Reuters. 26 February 2010. Deepa Babington. "Italy Says Dismantling PKK Recruitment Network."
START, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. N.d.a. Global Terrorism Database. "Search Results: 1219 Incidents."
_____. N.d.b. Global Terrorism Database. "Overview of the GTD."
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_____. 29 March 2012. Orhan Yildirim. "Pro-PKK Imams in Bid to Increase Recruitment."
Umut Foundation. 14 February 2012. "Istanbul Seems to Serve a Military Recruitment Office for Mountain Teams of PKK."
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_____. 18 August 2011. Department of State. "Chapter 2. Country Reports: Europe and Eurasia Overview." Country Reports on Terrorism 2010.
_____. 20 April 2011. Department of the Treasury. "Treasury Designates Five Leaders of the Kongra-Gel as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers."
_____. N.d. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). "Kongra-Gel (KGK)."
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XE. 12 June 2012. Currency Converter Widget.
Oral sources: An academic writing for KurdishMedia.com did not reply within the time constraints of this Response. Attemps to contact an associate professor at San Fransisco State University, an author currently researching the PKK, and the Washington Kurdish Institute were unsuccessful.
Internet sites, including: American Kurdish Information Network; Amnesty International; Center for Defence Information; Child Rights Information Network; Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers; ecoi.net; EurasiaNet.org; European Union — Consilium; Intelligence Quarterly; International Terrorism and Transnational Crime Research Center; Kurdish Human Rights Project; Middle East Information Center; The Muslim World; Small Arms Survey; UN — Children's Fund, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Refworld.


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