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Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset (sĬ´grĬd ŏŏn´sĕt), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist. Poverty forced Undset to do secretarial work for a time (1898–1908). Her early novels of contemporary life, among them Jenny (1911; tr. 1921, new tr. 2001), were frank and realistic works in which she described women's struggles for selfhood in a male-dominated society but nonetheless strongly upheld traditional social structures. Her writing, always powerfully ethical, deepened in religious intensity after her conversion (1924) to Roman Catholicism. Undset is most famous for her historical novels dealing with universal human problems. Kristin Lavransdatter (3 vol., 1920–22; tr. 1923–27 and 1997–2000), considered her masterpiece, tells of love and religion in medieval Norway. It was followed by the excessively detailed and more explicitly religious Olav Audunsson (4 vol., 1925–27; tr. The Master of Hestviken, 1928–30).
Her later works include tales of contemporary family life, among them Ida Elisabeth (1932, tr. 1933), The Faithful Wife (1936, tr. 1937), and Madame Dorthea (1939, tr. 1940), and the autobiographical The Longest Years (1934, tr. 1935) and Return to the Future (1942). Undset came to the United States after the Nazi invasion of Norway (1940) and made a successful lecture tour of the country before returning home in 1945. She was awarded the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature. Her work fell into obscurity during the latter half of the 20th cent., but interest in her writing was revived beginning in the 1990s, sparked by the publication of new and improved translations.
See biography by A. H. Winsnes (tr. 1953, repr. 1970); T. Page, ed., The Unknown Sigrid Undset: Jenny and Other Works (2001).

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Hi TRLE,
I'm new to the community, long time Tomb Raider fan. I played through all of the originals in the 90's on the PS1.
Past few years I've spent my time optimizing a Quake port for the PSP, you can find that thread here. What I would like to attempt is modifying the source of the OpenTomb engine for the PSP. Compiling semi-modern custom levels hosted on this website for the original PSX is likely impossible due to the performance limits between memory/heapsize/processing speed, however the PSP Slim has far superior limits to the original PSX. I've also successfully implemented openGL code into the Quake port and was I was able to successfully run multiple custom Quake campaigns on the PSP with the increased limits. I have a working PSP toolchain for development, though glancing at the library requirements for OpenTomb I doubt I will able to successfully compile anything for the PSP though I will likely attempt it. That being said, I did come across this forumboard post. If anybody has any information regarding it or the TR4 PSX Converter by Core Design please respond to this thread or PM me.
Looking forward to playing the levels hosted here on this forum board and thanks to all for keeping this community alive and kicking
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This is new nifty and long term demanded feature in FreeBSD. A port called portaudit provides a system to check if installed ports are listed in a database of published security vulnerabilities. After installation it will update this security database automatically and include its reports in the output of the daily security run. If you get message like as follows
Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
You need install small port called portaudit. From the man page:
portaudit checks installed packages for known vulnerabilities and generates reports including references to security advisories. Its intended audience is system administrators and individual users. portaudit checks installed packages for known vulnerabilities and generates reports including references to security advisories. Its intended audience is system administrators and individual users.
Install portaudit
1) Install port auditing (login as root)
# cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portaudit
Please note that old portaudit port was located at /usr/ports/security/portaudit/.
2) Install portaudit:
# make install clean
===> WARNING: Vulnerability database out of date, checking anyway ===> Extracting for portaudit-0.5.12 ===> Patching for portaudit-0.5.12 ===> Configuring for portaudit-0.5.12 ===> Building for portaudit-0.5.12 ===> Installing for portaudit-0.5.12 ===> Generating temporary packing list ===> Checking if ports-mgmt/portaudit already installed ===> Compressing manual pages for portaudit-0.5.12 ===> Registering installation for portaudit-0.5.12 ===> Cleaning for portaudit-0.5.12
3) Fetch the database so that port auditing get activated immediately. By default it install a shell script 'portaudit' in /usr/local/etc/periodic/security/:
# /usr/local/sbin/portaudit -Fda
auditfile.tbz 100% of 47 kB 405 kBps New database installed. Database created: Wed Feb 27 06:10:01 CST 2008 0 problem(s) in your installed packages found.
- -F: Fetch the current database from the FreeBSD servers.
- -d: Print the creation date of the database.
- -a: Print a vulnerability report for all installed packages
4) portaudit script automatically get called via FreeBSD's periodic (cron job) facility. So your database get updated automatically everyday.
Let us assume you would like to install a port called sudo. If it has known vulnerabilities it will not install sudo:
# cd /usr/ports/security/sudo
# make install clean
===> sudo-220.127.116.11 has known vulnerabilities: => sudo -- local race condition vulnerability. Reference: &tt;http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/3bf157fa- e1c6-11d9-b875-0001020eed82.html> => Please update your ports tree and try again. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/security/sudo.
For more information refer portaudit man page:
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This groundbreaking study by the IDA, Stantec, and HR&A Advisors highlights a downtown's unique and impactful contributions to a city's economy, inclusiveness, vibrancy, identity, and resilience
The International Downtown Association's (IDA) Value of U.S. Downtowns and Center Cities project focuses on demonstrating the impact and benefits American downtowns and center cities provide all citizens in the community. Informed by IDA's award-winning project, The Value of Investing in Canadian Downtowns, this new study:
- Establishes a replicable, accessible, standard methodology for IDA to calculate the value of an American downtown.
- Articulates the unique contributions, importance, and multiple benefits of downtown investment for a broad range of relevant stakeholders and audiences.
- Benchmarks the performance of American downtowns and creates a baseline for future data collection.
The study identified five key principles—economy, inclusion, vibrancy, identity, and resilience—and analyzed more than 100 key data points within the principles to quantify the value of a given U.S. downtown. The study relied on both public and proprietary data sources, defining the commercial downtown beyond the boundaries of a downtown development authority or business improvement district. Metrics were calculated by change over time, by square mile, and by share of city value, allowing IDA to begin measuring each downtown against its respective city and region.
Thirteen broadly representative downtown urban place-management organizations across the U.S. participated in testing this new industry standard, including Baltimore, Charlotte, Grand Rapids, Lancaster, Miami, Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Seattle, and Wichita. Our analysis of this pilot group of downtowns opened a window on just how much impact downtowns truly have, not only on those who live and work downtown, but also on their respective cities and regions.
The findings reveal that each downtown functions as a leading economic driver in each city and region. While small in physical size, downtowns are immensely valuable, diverse, efficient, inclusive, and resilient on multiple levels.


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It seems that yours truly has been replaced as The Garage Blog's official on track shooter. Scott Simmons is much more adept at following the machines at speed, as the shot above (and others in the gallery) shows. I think I should just stick to the fun paddock and pit shots where I belong.
The shot above is actor Patrick Dempsey (ok, so we'll assume it's him) in the #40 Mazda RX-8 during the Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park. There is a huge gallery of on track action after the break.
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ShootMania Storm
ShootMania: Storm Elite demo now available
A demo for ShootMania: Storm Elite is now available, featuring a full mode from the retail product. It can be downloaded through ManiaPlanet, shootmania.com or Steam – where it is also 50% off. The demo also offers a taste of 3v3 action, matchmaking, dedicated rankings and progression levels. Plus, if you play the demo between […]
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ShootMania Storm launches with new trailer
ShootMania Storm launches today, and the trailer for it is below. The first-person action, online multiplayer shooter can be yours for $19.99 through Steam, or through the game's website. The release follows an open beta where "hundreds of thousands of players from around the world competed for global domination on the game's ladder ranking system." […]
Ubisoft's ManiaPlanet games and services land on Steam
Ubisoft has announced its ManiaPlanet games and services, including ShootMania Storm, will be available on Steam as will TrackMania 2 Stadium. Open betas for both titles can now be accessed through the service, and the full TrackMania 2 Canyon game is now also on Steam. You can also pre-order ShootMania and TrackMania 2 Stadium and […]
Shootmania Storm is now in open beta
Shootmania Storm, the multiplayer shooter from Nadeo, is now in open beta. Download the client from the game's official website. A video announcing the open beta is also below. Thanks, PC Gamer.
Shootmania Storm release date slips to April, new beta and screens ease pain
Shootmania Storm publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that Nadeo's creatively-charged shooter has slipped to an April release date. Ubisoft has also sent across two new screens to help ease our suffering, and has announced a new open beta phase for February.
ShootMania 'beta 2' now live, adds grappling hooks & more
ShootMania developer Nadeo has announced the second phase of its beta. The shooter, which comes with a sophisticated map-making suite, is gearing up for a January launch, but you can get involved in the beta now. We've got the 'beta 2' patch notes here.
Shootmania Storm twitches its way to PC next January
Developer Nadeo has announced that Shootmania Storm, its ultra-fast FPS with an eSports bent, will launch exclusively for PC on January 23, 2013.
Shootmania Storm map editor looks simple and powerful
Shootmania Storm, like all the Mania titles, is bang behind user generated content. The new beta map editor is detailed in the trailer through the break, and it's really worth a look if you have even the slightest interest in shooter level design.
Shootmania Storm modes Royal and Elite will be free
Shootmania Storm will have two free modes available at launch: Royal and Elite. Royal tasks players will gaining control over a map point in a free-for-all, and Elite will see two teams of players defending and attacking their opponent's base. Ubisoft has released a trailer which shows the modes, and it's posted below. The online […]
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Ubisoft has announced its line-up for gamescom, and has also released a time for press conference which takes place during the event.
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Nadeo Live's Anne Blondel-Jouin has told Eurogamer the reason there aren't many progressive first-person shooters on the market, is because shooters are no longer about competition.
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Ubisoft has announced ShootMania Storm is now available for pre-order. Those who drop cash early on the title will be provided instant and permanent access to the beta and all its updates until the game releases in the fall. Plus, you'll get 20% off the full price of the game for your trouble, and bundles […]
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Ghost Recon Online and ShootMania Storm developer sessions have been announced for Rezzed. The event takes place July 6-7 at the Brighton Centre in Brighton. Get the full schedule below.
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Ubisoft has released information pertaining to the closed beta for ShootMania Storm.
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While other publishers ask you to ignore the gaping, next-generational holes in their line-ups, Ubisoft went to E3 with the express intent of capturing the core gamer's love – and it got it.
Far Cry 3, GR Online and ShootMania playable at Rezzed
A triplet of playable new Ubisoft titles have been confirmed for the PC-centric show, which takes place in the sunny south of England in July.
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Ubisoft has announced its getting into the eSports genre with FPS ShootMania Storm, which was designed "specifically with eSports in mind." The publisher brought six eSports champions and pro-gamers on to the E3 press conference stage to demonstrate one of the competitive shooter's more unusual modes, which pit one-hit kill rail guns against two-hit kill […]
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Ubisoft's released the first trailer for Shootmania Storm.
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Ubisoft has let sleip a few scant details on ShootMania Storm, the second entry in Nadeo's ManiaPlanet series after TrackMania. The online FPS will feature the ManiaPlanet label's characteristic customisation options, allowing players to create, edit and share maps. No release date as yet, but an open beta is expected in the next few months. […]
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The schooner Fame is moored in Salem, Massachusetts at Pickering Wharf. She was built in Essex, Massachusetts by Harold Burnham, and launched in 2003. The Burnhams have been building boats in Essex since the 1640s. The original schooner Fame was an Essex fishing schooner used as a privateer in the War of 1812.
The interesting connection is that Abner Poland III served on board the Fame in the War of 1812 by Abner Poland III of Essex, Massachusetts. I'm descended of his sister, Sally Poland, and also twice descended from his great grandfather John Poland of Hamilton, Massachusetts. The current schooner Fame has a captain, Michael Rutstein, who contacted me in 2009 for more information about Captain Abner Poland. He found the connections between the Polands and the Burnham family interesting. Captain Rutstein also found it interesting that all three generations of Abner Polands served in the military in the first years of American History. Abner Poland was also the owner of the schooner Dart, built in Newburyport in 1792, and captain of the Cossack.
The first captain for the original Fame was William Webb, and his lieutenant was John Becket, Jr. John Becket was grandson of my 7x great grandfather, John Becket, and he was also a shipwright. The older John Becket a great grandson of Bridget (Playfer) Oliver Bishop, who was hung as a witch in Salem on 10 June 1692. She was my 9x great grandmother. John Becket, Jr., captain of the Fame, died at sea in 1816 and left a wife and three orphaned children.
The Fame and the Jefferson were the first two privateers. It was a very lucrative business, and many more Salem ships entered privateering. A privateer was authorized by the government to attack foreign shipping, and allowed to rob. These raiders interrupted the British trade routes during the War of 1812, at great risk of being captured as prisoners of war. However, the seized cargo was allowed to be auctioned and the proceeds distributed amongst the crew.
The Poland Family Tree:
Generation 1: Thomas Poland, immigrant from England, died 22 February 1666 in Wenham, Massachusetts; married to Hannah Unknown, three sons including:
Generation 2: John Poland, born about 1631 in England, died 3 August 1713 in Hamilton, Massachusetts; married first in 1657 to Bethiah Friend, daughter of John Friend; married second to Margery Unknown about 1680, widow of Anthony Dike. Seven children with Bethiah, including:
Generation 3: James Poland, born about 1665 in Wenham, died in 1722; married first in 12 April 19 in Wenham to Rebecca Kimball, daughter of Richard Kimball and Rebecca Abbye; married second to Elizabeth Unknown. Seven children with Rebecca, including:
Generation 4: John Poland, born about 1693 in Hamilton or Wenham, died 21 April 1777; married on 11 April 1718 in Hamilton to Abigail Davis, daughter of James Davis and Abigail Mettcalfe. Nine children, including:
Generation 5: Abner Poland, born about 1736 in Essex, died 9 Feb 1824 in Essex; married first on 3 April 1761 to Dorothy Burnham, daughter of John Burnham and Rachel Smith. My 7x great grandfather. He served in the American Revolution at the taking of Burgoyne at the Battles of Long Island, White Plains and Harlem Heights. This Abner, his son Abner, and his grandson Abner all served in the American Revolution.
Also, his brother Daniel Poland, born about 1724, died 19 August 1768 in Salem; married on 18 October 1747 in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire to Sarah Bishop, daughter of James Bishop and Sarah Holmes. Also my 6x great grandfather.
Generation 6: Abner Poland, jr. born 17 May 1761, died 14 January 1835 in Enfield, New Hampshire; married on 20 March 1783 in Essex to Sarah Burnham, daughter of Westley Burnham and Deborah Story of Essex. Abner, Jr. served in the American Revolution in the battles at Hubbardston, Stillwater, Monmouth, and Yorktown. He received the Badge of Merit, the highest decoration, from General George Washington. Eight children, Including:
Generation 7: Abner Poland III, born about 1781 in Essex, Massachusetts; married on 28 October 1819 at the Second Baptist Church of Boston to Lucinda Baker, married second to Mercy Kidder born 22 Mar 1792 in Enfield, New Hampshire, daughter of Joseph Kidder and Mercy Fox. One daughter. Abner III was a sailor during the American Revolution, and was captured aboard the Hawk and imprisoned at Forten Prison in England. He was master of the privateers the Dart and the Fame in the War of 1812.
For more information:
My blog post on 4 October 2010 about Abner Poland's Badge of Merit from George Washington http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/10/amanuensis-monday-geo...
http://SchoonerFame.com The website for the new schooner Fame, with sailing schedules and historical information.
My blog post on 19 November 2010 about Harold Burnham's Shipbuilding in Essex, Massachusetts http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/11/burnham-wooden-ships-...
Boatbuilding with Burnham , the blog for Harold Burnham in Essex
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Pre-registration for the third Summer Catch sponsored by The Franklin County Constables Office, the Franklin County Justice of the Peace, and local emergency service organizations has began.
The deadline to register for the event is Friday, April 12. The event is Saturday, April 27 at the Jordan's Blueberry Farm on Hwy. 37 S. of Mount Vernon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gates will open at 9:30 a.m. For more information, see the March 21 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Hey all,
been playing with xampp on the mac for a few weeks now and thought I'd share 1 big niggly issue which I came up against and how I got around it.
If there is a better solution out there I'd love to know about it!
Most apps I'm deploying in xampp are php/mysql apps which require the ability to write to one or multiple files.
By default when I create or copy a folder into the htdocs folder on the xampp mac folder - permissions are read only. This seems to be related to the user which xampp runs under on the mac.
If I have a folder /htdocs/mywebsite - I right click on mywebsite and select "Get Info"
under "Sharing and Permissions" I then click the padlock and change the permissions of all users to "Read and Write"
Most importantly, I then click the little settings icon next to the +/- icons and select "Apply to enclosed items"
This then obviously acts similar to chmod -R on linux and recursively applies write permissions to all items under "mywebsite"
This is a simple, quick and dirty solution I've found for fixing my permissions issues.
Really interested to know if there is some set protocol for how I should be doing this.


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Starting a business in a tough economy taught entrepreneurs Chuck Tanowitz and Todd Van Hoosear the value of time.
The duo started Fresh Ground, a public relations firm, in Boston in early 2010. The recession was technically over, but many companies were still feeling its effects. That translated to some prospective clients trying to get something for, well, very little.
The duo quickly learned to structure conversations with prospective clients so they would know early on how much money a client was willing or able to spend � rather than discovering at the end of a long meeting that a client had just $1,000 for a project.
We learned "how to figure out where to find the right (clients) prospects versus the ones who are just tire-kicking," Tanowitz said.
Conventional wisdom says don't start a business during an economic downturn. Based on government figures, many people agree. In 2007, there were 844,000 new startups in the U.S. By 2009, that number had fallen to 700,000, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But starting a company during bad economic times can be good business. It often teaches entrepreneurs lessons that make them better business owners and it can reap benefits such as savings on rents, products and services and access to a better talent pool.
In a downturn, entrepreneurs learn how to be better business owners because they have to work harder to get and keep customers, said Caroline Daniels, an entrepreneurship lecturer at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.
"In the days when the economy is booming and a lot of resources are around, we get sloppy. We take customers for granted," Daniels said. "In a recessionary period ... we need to get to know our customers better."
Fresh Ground's founders, who decided to start their firm after they were laid off from their jobs in 2009, took lessons from some disappointing client meetings and flipped them into a strategy that is helping them build their business. The firm's revenue has doubled in the past year, according to Tanowitz.
"We knew consciously that coming out of a recession we'd be much stronger, we'd have a good base of clients," Tanowitz says.
When Jeanine Hamilton started Hire Partnership, a staffing company, in Boston in mid-2008, it looked like the worst possible timing. Companies were laying off people and there was very little hiring going on. Like Tanowitz and Van Hoosear, Hamilton also had been laid off.
"I didn't realize how bad the recession was going to be � I don't think anyone knew right then," Hamilton said.
Business was tough at first, but Hamilton found there were benefits to launching in an economic downturn. Because so many people were unemployed, she was able to get highly qualified candidates she could send out on temporary jobs and to interviews. Because she was able to pull together a large group of strong temporary workers and job candidates, she developed a good reputation that is serving her well now that the economy is showing signs of life.
Since the middle of her first year in business, revenue has climbed 4,000 percent, Hamilton said.
The recession not only helped Hamilton find good people for her clients, but gave her more time to work on the training and development of her staff.�"When you have crazy (good) times, you don't have time to do that," she said.
The prospect of opening a knitting shop in the aftermath of the recession looked risky. The economy was hard on boutiques that sell designer yarns, knitting and crochet needles and patterns. Many went out of business when customers cut back on their hobbies or looked for less expensive yarn online.
But is also meant there was less competition.
So Karen Posniak, a former retail salesperson and a personal shopper, decided it was a good time to fulfill her dream of opening her own knitting shop. She and her husband had moved to Hoboken, N.J., just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, to be closer to his job in New York City. She used proceeds from the sale of their old house to open the store, Do Ewe Knit in Hoboken in August.
Hoboken's proximity to New York had pushed rents up over the years, but like most of the country, the tough economy brought prices down. The soft real estate market made it easier for Posniak to negotiate a three-year lease with the terms she wanted, she said. The landlord originally wanted to charge her $3,100 a month.
She told him, "I'm just starting out. Maybe you can help me � can't you give me a better price?"
The landlord reduced the first-year lease from $3,100 a month to $2,800, with options to renew for $3,000 in the second year and $3,150 in the third year.


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TALLAHASSEE -- The state Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the NCAA's appeal of lower court rulings that forced the athletics organization to publicly release records on academic cheating at Florida State.
At a hearing last year, NCAA vice president David Berst had testified such a decision would set a precedent that would "rip the heart out" of the organization's efforts to ensure competition is fair and equal.
The ruling follows a decision by the high court in October to deny an emergency motion that sought to block release of the records in response to a lawsuit by The Associated Press and other news media.
The justices did not explain their unanimous decision, but a trial judge and lower appellate court earlier ruled the files were covered by Florida's public records, or "sunshine," law because the university is a public institution.
The records, including a hearing transcript, were part of a disciplinary case against Florida State that resulted in knocking 12 victories off the record of former football coach Bobby Bowden as part of the school's penalty. The NCAA stripped Florida State of wins in 10 sports because their athletes cheated on an online music test or received other unauthorized help with their studies.
Spokesman Erik Christianson said in a statement the NCAA is "disappointed in the court's decision, and we are evaluating its effect on the Association."
Media lawyer Carol Jean LoCicero disputed Berst's prediction that penetrating the NCAA's secrecy would have dire consequences.
"The NCAA deals with a number of public universities and we've always, as a county, valued transparency in dealings involving our public institutions," LoCicero said. "That to me is a higher priority."
The NCAA has in the past said it intends to pursue the case as far as it can, but LoCicero said it's unlikely the U.S. Supreme Court would take the case.
"They are going to have to allege a constitutional basis for that and they haven't managed to get any court interested in their constitutional argument yet," she said.
The Florida justices also ordered the NCAA to pay the media organizations' $2,500 legal fees for the Supreme Court appeal.
"If the NCAA hadn't interfered with FSU's ability to control and release public records in the state of Florida, the NCAA probably wouldn't have been a party to the lawsuit," LoCicero said. "They stepped in and frustrated our (public records) act. That got them where they are today."
Outside of college athletics, the case also is significant for the many instances in which private companies partner with state and local government agencies.
"In that sense the case is important to not give these entities a way to deny the public access to records impacting public institutions," LoCicero said.


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After he was paralyzed from the chest down in a bicycle accident, Manny Rios did something no one thought he'd ever do — he walked during his graduation ceremony at a Southern California high school.
In his blue cap and gown, he stepped out of his wheelchair on May 29 with some help from a walker and his therapist and took slow steps up a ramp to applause, chants of "Manny! Manny!" and "You can do it!"
"He always said he was going to walk across the stage to get his diploma," said his sister, Mirna Hennicke, 35. "I've seen him take steps, but I did not think he was actually going to make it all the way across the stage.
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"I cheered him on. I was like, 'Wow, he did it!'"
For the family, Rios' graduation from Sultana High School in Hesperia was a huge day commemorated in a YouTube video for all to see.
Family members never thought Rios would walk, talk or even eat again after he suffered from an injury while riding a bike four years ago that put him in a coma.
Despite the setback, Rios never wavered, telling his family: "I will walk across the stage to get my diploma."
"He really is my superhero," Hennicke said. "... No words to describe what I felt, actually seeing him accomplish what he said he was going to do."
The family is raising the $12,500 needed to get Rios a service dog to assist him in his daily routines. You can donate here. As of Monday, the family has raised $140.


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"I'm very thankful for what I have"
Ms. Moore, Your new movie Freeheld tells the true story of a lesbian couple fighting for their rights. Are you making a statement?
Yes, partly. But more important than the civil rights aspect, for me, is that this film is a love story. Having a partner, having a home and having a life together in a community is something most people want most of all.
You're a committed liberal, aren't you?
Absolutely. I support equal rights and I'm for diversity in every respect. My parents raised me that way, and as a child and young person, I was exposed to many different ideas. The more you are exposed to something, the less foreign or "other" it becomes. I have an American father and a Scottish mother. We traveled a lot, and I got to know many different cultures, so from an early age, being different from one's surroundings was not a big deal.
You were the one who was different when you lived in Germany as a teenager …
My father was in the army, and we lived in many different states in the U.S., as well as in Panama. We moved to Frankfurt when I was 16, and I was "new" and "other" more than ever before, even though I attended an American high school and was part of a very large American community.
In Freeheld, you play a policewoman who is terminally ill. Do difficult circumstances like this affect your personal life?
When I go home, I drop everything atthe door. Honestly, I have no truck with people who say "Oh, I'm an actor, oh my God, don't talk to me." After all, I've got a responsibility to my family. My work is important, but so is my husband's, and my kids are also doing their own thing …
Do your roles leave their mark?
Films like Still Alice or Freeheld have not turned me into a completely different person, but new experiences always leave their mark. Roles like these make you very thankful for what you have, and I always feel this way after a shoot.
I'm not afraid of birthdays
You've been in the movie business for a long time, but you're still considered a late starter when it comes to fame. When did you realize that you had finally broken through?
There was no moment or particular film after which everything changed, but what affected my career fundamentally was the independent-film boom in the 1990s. Suddenly, directors like Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson and Todd Haynes starting giving me not just an opportunity to be creative, but to call attention to myself. And they had great roles for me – all of a sudden I was a movie actor!
In addition to playing parts in more serious films, you have also taken roles in comedies like Crazy, Stupid, Love, or The Hunger Games. What were you looking for – contrast?
What's important to me is always the script. There has to be something about the story that grabs me, otherwise, why waste even one day on it? The exception is a director with whom I have a long, personal relationship. If Todd Haynes asked me to play a small role in his next film, I wouldn't need to see a script.
You don't look it, but you recently turned 55. Is that a problem for you?
I'm not afraid of birthdays, they're an occasion to celebrate that you're alive and in good health, something nobody can take for granted. Our lives are a gift without a guarantee, there's no changing that.
Aging in Hollywood isn't easy, is it?
That's a complex subject. So far, I can count myself lucky, because I am offered wonderful parts, even if there are roles I will obviously never be offered and films I will never make. But in my experience, there are still great opportunities for women around the age of 50. So, I will not join in the chorus and complain.
Where do you keep the Oscar you won for Still Alice?
Nowhere very glamorous at all, just in my office. But I am always surprised when people act as if winning an Oscar weren't important and tell you you, oh, they just threw it away.
You have written a number of books. What inspires you?
Oh, they just come out of me; I'm no Philip Roth. I write books for children, and also books for early readers. I choose topics that loom large in childhood: losing a tooth, or what not to put into your backpack because it could get all over your homework.
Your husband, Bart Freundlich, is a director, and you are an actor. Are your children at all interested in acting?
Right now, I think they're not. My daughter is crazy about fashion and wants to become a stylist, but she's not even 14, so that could change. My son is 18, and he's very interested in music.
Are they interested in your films?
Maybe The Hunger Games, which I hadn't heard of until they read the books. My daughter is too young for most of my films, and my son doesn't care. Who wants to watch their mother work?


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High-Tech Father's Day Gifts...From 1994
Father's Day is coming up! But what do you get for the tech-savvy dad who has everything...in 1994? Let's go back and find out.
Sample quote: "This Screen Phone from Philips will store a Rolodex worth of phone numbers! You'll also be able to access your bank accounts, pay bills without writing checks, or take out a loan without the paperwork. All this for under $800!" Behold:
My favorite segment is "the mobile office" starting around the 2:55 mark. It features: a laptop with an integrated printer ("for under $3,000!"), a handheld fax machine (requires giant awkward cell phone to operate), and a pager that can receive 120-character messages (...if the sender calls an 800 number and dictates them to a human operator). This is one wired dad, dude.


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The Eiffel Tower is in Paris, the Statue of Liberty in New York and Tower Bridge in London? Undoubtedly. But the three most famous city landmarks in the world also have doppelgangers elsewhere on the planet.
There are replicas of the famous tower in Tokyo (taller than the original), Las Vegas and Tianducheng in China, where an entire neighborhood was built in the Parisian style – and is currently largely unoccupied.
Paris boasts three scale copies of the New York landmark, and there are less exact replicas elsewhere in the world, including a Lego brick copy in Legoland (scale 1:5). The largest replica (scale 1:2) is in Las Vegas.
A copy of Tower Bridge stands in Suzhou in China – but strangely, it has four instead of two towers. The city also has replicas of Sydney's modern Harbour Bridge and the Neo-Baroque Pont Alexandre III in Paris spanning its canals.


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The Federal Public Debt (FPD) is the debt incurred by the National Treasury to finance the Federal Government budget deficit, included the refinancing of its own debt, and to carry out operations with specific purposes defined by law.
The FPD can be classified in many ways, mainly: i) by the currency in which cash flows are represented; and ii) by the instruments used for the indebtedness;
Related to the currency in which the cash flows appear, the FPD can be classified into domestic or external debt. When the flows are made in domestic currency, in the case of Brazil the Real (BRL), the debt is called Domestic Federal Public Domestic Debt (DFPD). When the flows occur in foreign currency, usually in US dollar (USD), the debt is classified as External Federal Public Debt (EFPD).
With regard to the instruments used for the indebtedness, the FPD can be classified as either contractual or securitized (bonded) debt. In the first case, debt arises from a contract, which defines its characteristics. In the second, debt results from a security (bond) issued by the Federal Government through public offer (auctions, book building or syndicated operations) or direct issuances to specific holders. The contractual debt is usually made with multilateral organizations, such as World Bank and Interamerican Development Bank, with government agencies (e. g. Japan Bank For International Cooperation and KfW), and private banks.
Nowadays, the total amount of the Federal Public Debt in the national market is paid in BRL and captured by the public bonds issuance. Contractual debt under the National Treasury refers exclusively to external debt, since the domestic contractual debt has been securitized over the years and is therefore classified as part of the domestic debt.
For more information about the concepts and ways to classify the Federal Public Debt, consult the book Public Debt: The Brazilian Experience, part 1, chapter 4.


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3 January 2013 at 12.30pm | 22 Comments
Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón has had to withdraw from singing the role of Rodolfo in La bohème on 3 and 7 January, as he is suffering from acute bronchitis.
The role of Rodolfo on these performances will now be sung by Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov, who makes his role debut with The Royal Opera. He made his debut with the Company in 2011 as Ivan Sergeyevich Lïkov (The Tsar's Bride). Previous roles include Macduff (Macbeth) in Lyons, Bogdane Sobinin (A Life for the Tsar) in Montpellier, and Cavaradossi (Tosca) and Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) for Deutsche Oper Berlin. He is engaged to sing the role of Rodolfo with the Company on 5 and 18 January.


text: If you haven't seen an email from big red about the latest OS5 for your Tour, you soon will. While the OS version itself remains unchanged the platform increases from 22.214.171.1242 to 126.96.36.1994. This is likely to address bugs and performance issues that seem to have plagued .591 since it was released. Expect to see a desktop download soon, but for the time being if you want to update as soon as possible check for a wireless update from your device.


text: I am diabetic. I have been taking metformin for 4 weeks and also take zestril which the doctor gave me for thickining heart to make my heart beat faster,he says. also will help my high trigleserrites and my blood pressure has always been 122 t0 128 ovr 78 for years and now it is 102 over 62. I am 64 years old 200 lbs. Should I be taking these medicines together? I am also taking pravachol for choresteerol. It is 209 and the trigriserrites are over 300.


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NASA, U.S. company build $18M inflatable room for space station
U.S. test project will install miniature blimp-like module at International Space Station in 2015
NASA is partnering with a commercial space company in a bid to replace the cumbersome metal cans that serve as astronauts' homes in space with inflatable bounce-house-like habitats that can be deployed on the cheap.
A $17.8 million U.S. test project will send an inflatable room that can be compressed for delivery into a 2-metre tube to the International Space Station, officials said Wednesday during a news conference at Las Vegas-based company Bigelow Aerospace.
If the module proves durable during two years at the space station, it could help lead to habitats on the moon and missions to Mars, NASA engineer Glen Miller said.
The agency chose Bigelow for the contract because it was the only company working on the inflatable technology, said NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver.
2015 installation at space station
Founder and president Robert Bigelow, who made his fortune in the hotel industry and framed the space station gambit as an out-of-this-world real estate venture, also hopes to sell his spare tire habitats to scientific companies and wealthy adventurers looking for space hotels.
NASA is expected to install the 3-metre-diameter, blimp-like module by 2015 at the space station. In 2016, Bigelow plans to begin selling inflatable space stations to countries looking to increase their presence in space.
Miller says the new technology provides more room than existing options, and is quicker and cheaper to build.
Once inflated, the habitat will be safer than the aluminum modules now in orbit, he said.
Artist renderings of the module resemble a large tinfoil clown nose stuck onto the main station. It is hardly large enough to be called a room. Miller described it as a large closet with padded white walls and gear and gizmos strung from two central beams.
NASA no longer enjoys the budget and public profile of its heyday. The agency outsourced rocket-building to private companies, retired it space shuttles in 2011 and now relies on Russian spaceships to transport American astronauts to and from the space station.
NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver said on Wednesday that it will be dramatically cheaper to spend a small inflatable tube into space than a full-sized module.
Because the launch is the most expensive part of space exploration, she said, "the magnitude of the importance of this really can't be overstated."
Commercial ventures
Astronauts will test the habitat's ability to withstand heat, radiation, debris and other assaults. Some adventurous scientists might also try sleeping in it, Garver said.
Bigelow said the NASA brand will enable him to start selling habitats that are several times the size of the test module.
"This year is probably going to be our first year talking to customers," he said. "We have to show that we can deliver what we're talking about."
He predicted that the primary customers will be the many countries that "have a difficult time getting their astronomers into orbit" and could use a private space station to barter and build up prestige.
He will rely on Boeing and Southern California rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies to provide transportation.
The biggest technological challenge will be transporting the collapsed module through the sub-zero temperatures of space without tearing or cracking any part of it, Miller said.
Once inflated, the habitat will be exceptionally safe, he said.
"It's actually stronger than the metal cans that are now up there," he said.
When it arrives as the space station in 2015, scientists will blow it up, and then let it sit for a few days to test for leaks. If it does not hold as promised, NASA will take back some of the money $17.8 million it has paid Bigelow.
Standing beside scale models of inflatable habitats on Mars, Miller said the project will encourage commercial ventures to follow the path NASA blazes into space.
He added that it could also open to door to what he considers the holy grail of space exploration: missions that send astronauts out of orbit for more than a year.


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Clint Bowyer is the champion at the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Bowyer held off his teammate Kevin Harvick after a restart on lap 126 to win the rain-shortened race. NASCAR was forced to call the race after 133 of a scheduled 400 laps at the two-mile track. It is Bowyer's first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win at Michigan and his second of the season. Harvick finished in second and pole-winner Kurt Busch in third as Stewart-Haas Racing pulled off its first 1-2-3 sweep in the organization's history. Kyle Busch and Paul Menard rounded out the top-five.
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Night on the Town: Clutch Culture at FRED
L-A: Despite the weather being all kinds of the lousy this weekend, I got a jolt of brightness on Saturday night when I attended Mo Handahu's Summer 2012 collection for Clutch Culture. Mo's handbags are something that's been on my radar since I first saw them at the AFW Emerging Designers show in 2011. And everything I said then I stand by now, only more so. Girlfriend isn't afraid of colour at all and her bags are super cute and roomy. But there's more to her bags than being cute – Mo has a serious vision for her bags.
But let's back this up and start at the beginning. The event was held at FRED, which I'm pretty sure I've told you I love before (and go on the regular to get my hair did and for eats), as it was also the launch of FredStyle.ca. FRED was a great venue for a fashion event. It had the absolute right feel for the event.
I hate to use words like "chic", but I feel it suits this place as a venue. And being all black and white, it didn't compete with the colours Mo sent down the runway.
Look 1: 1990s
Inspired by the late 1990s and coming down the runway to Lauryn Hill's "That Thing", these bags were all fun, bold, bright prints. 1998 wasn't such a good time for me stylistically (at the very least I had ditched overalls at that point), but I'm glad to see someone took some style away form the late 90s.
Look 2: I wasn't paying attention and missed what it's theme was, other than straight up gorgeous.
Send one set of prints down the runway? Nope! Not Mo. She had a second collection that had a very West African feel to it (to me anyway, what with Ghana being my only African experience) with the batik-esque prints and the kente style cloth in the costumes.
Both Ben and I gave props to Mo for trying out men's bags. Women's bags are a much easier territory to wade into. You can just say, "the ladies love the handbag!". But dudes? They are often on the fence about carrying a bag (may or may not have something to do with Bradley Cooper as a dbag in the Hangover making jokes about man purses). I like that she went for a cross-body satchel style for her men's bags.
Men's accessories are a great move, so golf claps to Mo on that.
Final thoughts: Well done Mo, well done. The show looked great, the bags looked great.
She clearly had a vision and a theme for both the bags and the show – and it shone throughout. I hope Halifax knows we've got some serious talent on our hands with Mo's Clutch Culture.


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I am using "TRIANGLE_FAN" to make a cone.
To apply image texture to the cone should i use cube_map texture?
I was successful while i applied image texture to a single triangle, but while applying to the cone in simillar way the application crashed.
So i had to use cube map texturing to apply the texture to the cone. Is this the right way? Does it mean for any 3D object i need to use cub maps to apply texture?
Any reply to this would be helpful.
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View all pieces in this print.
Ajrakh is a traditional style of block printing which uses hand-carved wooden blocks to print natural dyes on organic cotton. These Ajrakhs are made by the Khatri family residing in the Kutch desert of Gujarat, India - a family that have been block printing for over nine generations.
The process of making an ajrakh is a long one, involving between 13 and twenty distinct steps. The many processes of scouring, washing, printing, dyeing, and final washing can take up to three weeks to complete. Much of the beauty and depth of Ajrakh cloth comes from the intricacy of the imprint that is left by the artisan's hand. Slight variations are to be celebrated.
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Process: Block printed by hand with natural dyes by master craftspeople in Kutch, India.
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Well, like toast, I had to resort to something quick and easy this week. My brain is on hiatus and all that's rattling around up there are random dregs, so that's what I'm serving. Don't you feel special? I'm on jury duty and also dealing with a colossal tax mess. It's not pleasant when you get a love letter from the IRS saying they are seizing your property because you owe over $415,000. Yes, I managed to pop my eyes back into their sockets, thank you for asking. No, no, don't feel sorry for me. I only mention it because I think it makes for a great story. I can only laugh about it at this point. It all has to do with identity theft and so on and so forth. It will all get sorted out. So no worries.
Happy Thursday!


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Defense Presenting Case in Scotland Infant Death Trial
PARKER - The defense is presenting its case this week in the trial of a South Dakota man accused of killing his infant son.
The Daily Republic newspaper reports that prosecutors rested their case against 39-year-old Chris Miller on Friday after almost five days of testimony. The trial is expected to conclude later this week after the defense finishes presenting its case and jurors deliberate.
Miller, of the southeastern town of Scotland, is being tried on several charges including second-degree murder in the March 2011 death of 4-month-old Jacob Miller. Prosecutors allege that Chris Miller killed the infant by shaking and beating him. Defense attorneys say Miller's wife rolled over on the child while in a drunken stupor.
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Are you happy to be alive? Or just scared to die and be forgotten?
quite the philosophical question that i just came across while watching "the ugly yet beautiful world"... soo how would you answer? think about it
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Are you happy to be alive? Or just scared to die and be forgotten?
quite the philosophical question that i just came across while watching "the ugly yet beautiful world"... soo how would you answer? think about it
happiness is just like the horizon line. no matter how far you travel towards it, you'll never actually reach it.
it's just better to enjoy life as it's happening, don't dewell too much on what's already past, since it doesn't change, and don't obsess too much about the future, because tomorrow never comes.
personally, I see life as a book, and honestly, I'd like mine to be interesting.
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I'm really happy to be alive and just go with the flow through life.
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Life is short. I want to enjoy it before it ends for me.
I'm sure everyone has their own reasons for fearing death, and for loving life. It's a general, but personal question that some people aren't even quite sure of the answer. As for me, yes I fear the pain that may come with death, but that's about it. Seeing what happens beyond the veil is just another part of existing, in my opinion; perhaps it's a black void where you have no real consciousness, maybe a heaven with fluffy white clouds or a hell with rivers of blood, or it could be a huge library with all of one's memories and history lining the shelves. Being forgotten? Meh. I won't be around to realize I've been forgotten. And as long as I make a strong enough influence on those close to me, then they'll tell their children about me, and perhaps try and follow in my footsteps. I don't aspire to become the first human to land on Mars, or to become President, or anything too grand... as long as someone remembers me and has fond memories of me, that's all that really matters.
A wise man's words come to mind. "To have a life worth remembering, you must live a life worth living."
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I know that there are things on this earth that I have to do. I don't know what they are yet, but I'm pretty sure I'm headed in the right direction. As long as I am reaching toward the goal of improving life for myself and others, I am very happy with my life. As for dying, as Shakespeare said, Death, the undiscovered country from which no man returns. It's the next great adventure. A new freedom. I'm not saying I want to die. I'm just saying it's gonna be a wild ride when I do!
I'm definitely happy to be alive, I love life and appreciate so much about it, even the little things like waking up early to catch a glimpse of that beautiful sunrise, or to find a flower in a field full of grass. \^____^/ Though I'd have to say that my music, imagination, family and friends make me so happy <3 Oh, and Disneyland. XD
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Hmm, well i like myself too much to think about death, and i do enjoy being alive. So i suppose i do enjoy life quite a bit.
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"Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's going to burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm going to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
I'm just afraid of death xD I see my life as meaningless but I also don't want to die, since I'm trying to improve step by step.
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I'm too busy with living to be bothered by the question "what if you die". I'll see "what if" when I do. :/
Happy to be alive, not scared to die. I don't see the point of being scared of death if there's no stopping it.
♥♦♣♠"Nature cares nothing for our logic, our human logic. She has her own, which we do not realize or acknowledge until we are crushes under it's wheel." ♥♦♣♠
The past is over and the future is uncertain. I just do my utmost to enjoy life as it is right now.
I'm kind of both. But more on just scared to die and be forgotten.
First, I AM happy to be alive since some people don't get to live as long as I do.
Second, I AM afraid of death. That's why I really don't want to think about it.
Last, be forgotten. I know I'm not going to be a famous hotshot internationally and even locally. But I just don't want to be forgotten by the people I've interacted with. I'm trying my best to make a mark on the world and I'd like to let it show that I was a part of this world.
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Yea I'm happy to be alive, if I wasn't alive then I couldn't be happy. And as for death well death is just another video game in our lives, one that we must all play.
I'm not scared to die and be forgotten, because I've been forgotten many times while being alive, so meh.(I do fear a painful death, however). I'm actually happy to be alive because of my dear lover and for many times I feel that he's everything to me, and I'd be scared to die because I'd lose him.
No Mercy,
No Remorse.
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I believe that life is a gift, and as long you're living just do the good things and you will be remembered. I can honestly say, if you think you'll die and everyone will forget you its not true. At least one person will remember you (and miss you, of course). Its better than none, right? There are people who unfortunately die too soon and they desperately want to hold onto life, but they can't. Its a sad thing when I think about it. I'm happy to be alive I wake up every morning and I'm thankful to live another day. If I were to die at anytime, well... I'm not scared. I'm just upset that I can't do more for people I love and perhaps its just my time to be gone anyway. I know I'm not forgotten, its not my worry.
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The Irish Times reports:
Two investigations are under way into the death of a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant, at University Hospital Galway last month.Let's make this clear. She was miscarrying. The fetus could not be saved. According to the Irish law abortion is legal to save the life of the pregnant woman. She was in agony. But she had to wait until the fetal heartbeat stopped.
Savita Halappanavar (31), a dentist, presented with back pain at the hospital on October 21st, was found to be miscarrying, and died of septicaemia a week later.
Her husband, Praveen Halappanavar (34), an engineer at Boston Scientific in Galway, says she asked several times over a three-day period that the pregnancy be terminated. He says that, having been told she was miscarrying, and after one day in severe pain, Ms Halappanavar asked for a medical termination.
This was refused, he says, because the foetal heartbeat was still present and they were told, "this is a Catholic country".
She spent a further 2½ days "in agony" until the foetal heartbeat stopped.
Intensive care
The dead foetus was removed and Savita was taken to the high dependency unit and then the intensive care unit, where she died of septicaemia on the 28th.
An autopsy carried out by Dr Grace Callagy two days later found she died of septicaemia "documented ante-mortem" and E.coli ESBL.
Then her own heartbeat stopped.
Her widower:
Speaking from Belgaum in the Karnataka region of southwest India, Mr Halappanavar said an internal examination was performed when she first presented.
"The doctor told us the cervix was fully dilated, amniotic fluid was leaking and unfortunately the baby wouldn't survive." The doctor, he says, said it should be over in a few hours. There followed three days, he says, of the foetal heartbeat being checked several times a day.
"Savita was really in agony. She was very upset, but she accepted she was losing the baby. When the consultant came on the ward rounds on Monday morning Savita asked if they could not save the baby could they induce to end the pregnancy. The consultant said, 'As long as there is a foetal heartbeat we can't do anything'.
"Again on Tuesday morning, the ward rounds and the same discussion. The consultant said it was the law, that this is a Catholic country. Savita [a Hindu] said: 'I am neither Irish nor Catholic' but they said there was nothing they could do.
"That evening she developed shakes and shivering and she was vomiting. She went to use the toilet and she collapsed. There were big alarms and a doctor took bloods and started her on antibiotics.
"The next morning I said she was so sick and asked again that they just end it, but they said they couldn't."
But at least nobody killed a fetus. Well, god did, I guess.
The Guardian suggests that the Irish law about abortion being legal to save the woman's life is not properly implemented:
Ireland's health service executive, which runs the country's public health care system, has initiated an investigation into the incident, which is also being investigated by the hospital itself.
Reports of the death sparked an outcry on Wednesday night in Ireland, where abortion is illegal unless the life of the woman is in danger.
The Fine Gael/Labour government has struggled to respond to a 2010 ruling by the European court of human rights, which found it had failed to implement laws to enable women to have an abortion when their life is at risk during pregnancy.
Rachel Donnelly, a spokeswoman for pro-choice campaigners in Galway said: "This was an obstetric emergency which should have been dealt with in a routine manner. Yet Irish doctors are restrained from making obvious medical decisions by a fear of potentially severe consequences.
"As the European court ruled, as long as the 1861 Act remains in place, alongside a complete political unwillingness to touch the issue, pregnant women will continue to be unsafe in this country."
It's hard for me to understand a culture or a religion which is willing to waste a young woman's life this way, assuming that the above descriptions of the case are true*. Halappanavar was miscarrying. There was no way for the fetus to be born alive. Yet she was made to go through days of agony and then an early death. For what possible reason? Malpractice? But what IS malpractice in a system of belief where women are aquaria?
In 2011 Ohio Republicans supported a measure to make abortions illegal after the fetus has a heartbeat:
The House voted 54 to 43 for the ban, along party lines, with most Republicans voting in favor.Emphasis is mine.
If enacted, the law would be a challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling which upheld a woman's right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb, usually at 22-24 weeks.
Republican Ohio House Speaker William Batchelder said he knows this bill will face a court challenge.
"We're writing bills for courts," he said.
The bill now goes to the Republican-dominated Ohio Senate.
The Ohio House also passed two other abortion restrictions Tuesday, one that would ban late-term abortions after 20 weeks if a doctor determines that the fetus is viable outside the womb. Another bill excludes abortion coverage from the state insurance exchange created by the federal health care law.
The late-term ban already was passed by the Ohio Senate.
Neither bill was as contentious as the heartbeat legislation, which does not contain exceptions for rape, incest or the life or health of the mother.
The rumor is that these laws are coming back during the current lame duck season. Though the Ohio laws are designed to test Roe v. Wade, their contents tell us that Ohio Republicans would not at all mind if other women died the same way Savita Halappanavar did! Indeed, they wouldn't even bother with having abortion nominally legal for pregnancies which threaten the woman's life.
*That's a euphemism. I understand those cultures and religions far too well. May everything their supporters give to others return to them threefold.


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My condo is decorated, and there is not a nook or cranny without greenery or ribbons and Christmas decorations. My hat trees are filled with Santa hats and red hats of all shapes and styles � red feathers, red ribbons, plaid ribbons and birds. I decorated before I went to Tennessee for Thanksgiving and was I glad when I got back to Gastonia.
I hung my flag outside and put some silk poinsettias in a pot and a wreath on my door. I did not put up my usual Christmas tree, but I have lights on two fichus trees year round, and this year I hung my collection of While House Collectible ornaments on my mantel. I am ready to celebrate.
My sister Judy and her husband, Bill Anton, drove me out to Jackson, and we spent a week with my daughter, Jennifer, and her husband, Clif, and my grandchildren, Joshua and Jessica. The weather was very cold, but we managed to get out and shop and go to a few restaurants. Jennifer and Judy cooked all morning on Thursday, and we feasted on ham and turkey and all the trimmings the rest of the afternoon. I did not get in their way because no one likes to eat my cooking any more � neither do I.
Joshua plays football for Trinity Christian Academy, and they were in the playoffs for the Tennessee high school championship. They ended up being ranked no. 3 in the AA High School league. Our family is very proud of him and also glad the season is over.
I miss living close to them and being able to see them in all their school plays and concerts. Jessica was in a musical this season, and I hope her mom made some pictures at the concert for me. I am so technically illiterate, and I don�t do twitter, Facebook or any texting. I plan to have the grandchildren teach me these skills when they are here for Christmas.
I love to ride around Gaston County and see the beautiful decorations. The old Courthouse in Dallas is a great place to get the holiday spirit. I love the old-fashioned decorations with twinkling lights on trees and candy canes and green wreaths and big red bows tied around street lights. My holiday celebration always includes a trip to the Little Village Restaurant in McAdenville early in the afternoon to be there when they turn on all the lights in this small town. After eating, I ride down by the lake and turn around at the top of the village and go back through the rest of the area and down Main Street in Lowell. I avoid the weekends and go early in the week when there is less traffic.
I am striving to not get stressed over the holidays and just enjoy the simple celebrations that I am part of. There is a lot of great eating days ahead, and I need to pace myself to learn to eat better � low carbs, low salt and low sugar � I can see the future ahead and I am going to have to learn to cook again. Thanks to all of you who have stopped to inquire about my stent, and I am doing well. Many of you are enduring life changes this Christmas season, and I pray that you will find joy and peace in small things.
Remember that Jesus is the reason for the season and miracles still happen every day. My Santa hat is off to all of you.
Gastonia resident Helen Almond Turner (initials H.A.T.) is an inspirational speaker and writer known as the Hat Lady. She has more than 1,000 hats in her collection.


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A few months ago, I announced the impending arrival of Futaba's RBT-1 humanoid. Well, today I'm very pleased to tell you that it's here! It's in our shop, right in front of me, glaring menacingly with its glowing green eyes while it practices its Robo-Fu. So without further ado, here it is: the Futaba RBT-1 Unboxing Extravaganza!
Ok, now let's talk about the goods. Taking a look at the picture above, we see the following items: the CD, some docs, the mighty RBT-1, serial cable, Li-Ion charger, AC adapter for charger, AC power cord for AC adapter, a Playstation-style controller, a nice little 7.4V 780mAh Li-Ion battery, and a tiny screwdriver. Now to assault you with information.
The Bot, At a Glance.
The RBT-1 from Futaba is slick, compact, and flexible. It stands just under 10 inches tall, yet still possesses 20 servos. The servos are small, but they are very quick and have an impressive turning range. They are serially controlled, with multi-port serial bus modules mounted on various parts of the robot, to split the signal off to the various actuators. The electronics are mostly inaccessible. I know there's a tilt sensor in there somewhere, but it seems like it doesn't really affect the pre-programmed motions, except to let the bot know that it's lying on its back. This is something that will have to be explored further.
Our little robotic friend is controlled by a Playstation-style controller, with a motion sequence mapped to each button or joy stick. The moves assigned to the joy sticks can be executed proportionally to the position of the stick. For example, you can shift the robot's weight variably using the right stick, leaning into turns or backing off to lessen the impact of a punch. Here's a page from the manual, showing all of the pre-programmed moves and the buttons they're assigned to:
The chassis and joints have a notable feature as well. The servo horns are not rigidly attached to the frame pieces, as is the case with all of the other humanoid robots I've handled. Instead, the horn has a ring of knobs around its perimeter, which match to a ring of holes in the frame piece that it attaches to. What this amounts to is a a kind of clutch mechanism. If the joint is overstressed, the clutch will pop into a new position. This acts as a shock-absorbing system. If the bot takes a spill that would normally crack a bracket or strip a gear, the clutch kicks in and allows the joint to turn without damaging anything. Then it's a simple matter of manually rotating the joint back into place. Sure, this could be seen as a weakness in high-impact combat situations, but I have the feeling that it will actually make the robot more durable in the long run, making up for the plastic brackets (which purists will inevitably complain about).
Software, At a Glance.
Futaba promised us some slick software, and it looks like they've delivered. Here's a peek:
I only got to mess around with this for a few minutes, but I must say I'm quite impressed. You can load up the canned motions and edit them, or start from scratch. Like many motion sequencing programs out there, it consists of picking joint positions, then defining transitions between them. There is a time line for organizing the steps in a particular motion, and also a "Scenario" timeline for stringing a sequence of motions together. Servo positions can be set in a number of ways. You can enter the angle in a text box or use arrows to increment/decrement said number. Also, and this is the fun way, you can just click on a joint in the nifty 3D view and swing the mouse around to reposition it.
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RBT-1 shows off some moves:
Here's a shot of me messing with the clutch-joints. They can be moved, but not that easily.
Oh, and did I mention we're selling this thing? Well, WE ARE! Click here to purchase the Futaba RBT-1 Humanoid Robot. You'll find more technical specs on the product page.


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Axis2 Execution Framework
Web services have become highly demanding and a large number of players have entered the Web service arena. Axis2 is the latest solution by Apache solutions to the Web service stack, which addresses some of the drawbacks of the Axis 1.x family and introduces some new concepts into the Web service stack. Axis2 is a highly flexible, easily configurable, highly reliable SOAP processing engine. One of the main advantages gained from Axis2 is the dynamic handler chain; although the notion of handler chain remains as in Axis 1.x, the underlying architecture is quite different.
Axis2 is shaped by the experience from the Axis 1.x family and the advancements in the Web service stack during the last few years. Axis2 developers take conscious effort to make sure that Axis2 performs better in terms of speed and memory despite the fact that new features and functionalities are added. Among all those features and functionalities, the dynamic nature of the handler chain (Execution chain) is considerably important. The article published by Web service experts in Indiana University (Beytullah Yiliz, Shrideep Pallickara, and Geoffery Fox) on the topic of "Deployment Problems in Axis and Suggestions" has suggested that the requirement of dynamically configurable handler chain in Axis is as follows:
"In Axis, handlers are currently statically configuredthe configuration being made when a service is being deployed. A handler cannot be added or removed from a service. Currently, Axis architecture allows cloning the handler chain. The cloned chain can replace a current one after required changes are applied. But this is not sufficient. Dynamic configuration of handler chains will be very useful. A deployment may have lots of handlers, but a user/handler should be able to select a group of handlers that a message would need to go through."
If you have ever used any version of Axis, you should be familiar with the term "Handler," the Apache terminology given for the "message interceptors" in any messaging system. Interceptor has its factual meaning in the context of messaging too, which intercepts the messaging flow and does whatever task it is assigned to do. In fact, an interceptor is the smallest execution unit in a messaging system so that, as the interceptor in Axis, handler does the same thing.
Handlers in Axis are stateless, meaning they keep their pass execution states in memory. A handler can be considered as a logic invoker with the input for the logic evaluation taken only from the MessageContext (MC). Handler has both read and writes access to MC.
Note: MessageContext can be seen as a property bag that keeps incoming or outgoing messages and other (maybe both) required parameters and properties to carry the message through the execution chain. On the other hand, via the MC one can access the whole system, such as global parameters, properties, and so forth.
Most of the time ( 99% of the time) handlers only touch the header block part of the SOAP message, which will either read a header (or headers), add a header(s) or remove a header(s). In the reading, if a header is targeted to a handler and if it cannot execute properly (message might be faulty) then it should throw an exception, and next chain driver (in Axis2 it is engine) would take necessary action depending on the flow, and phase.
Any handler in a chain has the capability to pause the message execution, meaning that the handler can stop the message flow if it cannot continue. Reliable messaging (RM) is a good example or the use case for that scenario that needs to pause the flow depending on some pre- and post conditions. In the case of RM, it works on the message sequence. If a service invocation consists of more than one message, and if the second one comes before the first, the RM handler will stop (rather pause) the execution of message invocation corresponding to the second message until it gets the first message. And, when it gets the first message, it will invoke that, and then, after, that will invoke the second message.
Writing a simple handler
Writing a handler in Axis is very simple. The only compulsory factor is that it has to extend from AbstractHandler. A simple handler is as follows:
public class SimpleHandler extends AbstractHandler { private String message; private QName name; public SimpleHandler() { this.message = "I am Simple Handler "; } public QName getName() { return name; } public void invoke(MessageContext msgContext) throws AxisFault { // write invocation logic here } public void setName(QName name) { this.name = name; } }
Among all the methods in the above implementation, invoke(msgContext) is the most important to discuss. When a message is received to the Axis engine, it will call invoke methods of each handler by passing an argument as a corresponding message context, so that inside the invoke method all the processing logic should be implemented. Inside the invoke method handler, the author has full access to the SOAP message and all the required properties to process the message via the message context. In addition to that, if handler finds some pre-condition and is not satisfied with the invocation, the invocation can be paused as mentioned earlier. It should be noted that the Axis2 engine provides a facility to store and retrieve message context, so a handler can use those features to store and retrieve message context.
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