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We write to protest the denial of entry to David Barsamian by Immigration Authorities at the New Delhi airport in the early hours of September 23, 2011, and we write to draw attention to the growing arbitrariness of the Indian Government in dealing with dissent of any kind.
David Barsamian is a veteran broadcaster, and founder and director of Alternative Radio, a weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the US, Canada, Europe and beyond. For more than 25 years Alternative Radio has provided information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored in other media. Structured around intensive interviews conducted by David Barsamian, these programs are carried by over 125 radio stations and heard by millions of listeners. He is the author of numerous books with Edward Said, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy and Tariq Ali.
David is a friend for many of us, but he is an older friend of India. He first came as a young man in 1966, and has since returned innumerable times, immersing himself in its music, languages and poetry. He has taught himself Urdu and Hindi, learned to play the Sitar, and closely follows events in the sub-continent.
When he was deported on September 23 he had a visa which was valid for another 5 years, and although he last visited in February 2011, he had no intimation or warning that he was in violation of any of the conditions under which his visa was issued. The only thing that the Immigration Officers were able to tell him was that he was "banned" from entering the country, and that the reasons were a "secret".
The deportation of David Barsamian unfortunately mirrors the manner in which Prof Richard Shapiro was arbitrarily stopped from entering India in November 2010. We are dismayed that this power to send people back from the airport is slowly becoming a weapon, used to discipline and silence people who draw any kind of attention to uncomfortable truths about India. A year later Prof Shapiro still has no formal response on why he was stopped, and when he can regain his right to travel to India, where he has family.
We therefore ask that the ban on David Barsamian and others like Richard Shapiro be revoked, and the Government of India not impede their return to India.
We demand that the right to travel and the right to free exchange of ideas between scholars, journalists, artists, and human rights defenders be respected and protected, and that government agents not authorize the denial of entry and eviction of visitors to India, or monitor their movement. Free exchange of ideas is one of the most basic human rights and values in free democratic societies. Freedom of travel is one of the most important avenues for furthering such exchange among peoples. Recognizing this, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which India has ratified, protects freedom of expression, right to travel and scientific exchange.
1 Abha Sur, Academic
2 Amar Kanwar, Film-maker
3 Amit Bhaduri, Academic
4 Amit Sengupta, Journalist
5 Anuradha Chenoy, Academic
6 Ania Loomba, Academic
7 Angana Chatterji, Academic
8 Aruna Roy, MKSS, Activist
9 Arundhati Roy, Writer
10 Ashok Prasad, Academic
11 Ajay Skaria, Academic
12 Basharat Peer, Writer
13 Dibyesh Anand, Academic
14 Harsh Dobhal, Journalist
15 Hussain Askari, Journalist
16 Jean Dreze, Scholar
17 Joel Geier, International Socialist Review
18 Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Academic
19 Kamala Visweswaran, Academic
20 Lalitha Gopalan, Academic
21 Manisha Sethi, Academic
22 Mirza Waheed, Writer
23 Najeeb Mubarki, Journalist
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25 N Raghuram, Academic
26 Mridu Rai, Academic
27 Nagesh Rao, Academic
28 Pankaj Mishra, Writer
29 Parvaiz Bukhari, Journalist
30 Philip Gasper, Academic
31 Prashant Bhushan, Lawyer
32 Rahul Roy, Film-maker
33 Sanjay Kak, Film-maker
34 Satya Sivaraman, Journalist
35 Shabnam Hashmi, Activist
36 Shripad Dharmadhikary, Researcher
37 Shohini Ghosh, Academic
38 Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Artist
39 Simona Sawhney, Academic
40 Sukumar Muralidharan, Journalist
41 Suresh Nautiyal, Journalist
42 Suvir Kaul, Academic
43 Saba Dewan, Film-maker
44 Snehal Shingavi, Academic
45 Sherry Wolf, International Socialist Review
46 Vandana Shiva, Academic
47 Vrinda Grover, Lawyer


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Here is another listing I just finished for eBay..so this one is up for bid!!!
I just LOVE how it turned out :)
Americana Star Wreath With Flag
I also listed a watermelon wreath....perfect for summer time!!!! And lets face it, summer is HERE in full force! :)
Americana Star Wreath With Flag
Sunday, June 12, 2011
A couple of new listings up for bid on eBay!
Here is another listing I just finished for eBay..so this one is up for bid!!!
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Saturday, June 04, 2011
New on Ebay.....just listed......
I am getting in the mood for some Americana....With the 4th of July celebration coming up next month, I thought I would get started on something!
I just listed this on ebay....This is the FINISHED product...No pattern for this one....yet ;)
So if you are interested in a little Americana that is REALLY extra primitive, then this wreath is for you!!!! Just click on the link above picture to go to the auction listing :)
thanks for lookin'!!
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Friday, June 03, 2011
New Freebie added, and Pattern CD on SALE...
Grab yours today for only $55!!! :) would also make a great gift for any primitive lover :) If you were to purchase all of these e-patterns separately you would spend over $1700.00!!!! So I would say that THIS is a DEAL :)
Visit TENNESSEE RIDGE PRIMITIVES and grab a copy of yours today!!! Sale ends SOON!!!!!
I've also updated the freebie e-pattern....You can find it to the right of this page :)
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To celebrate the new Tambour Moon collection, Louis Vuitton timepieces now offer the option of changing the strap as the mood takes you. Whatever the model or diameter of the dial, have fun swapping the strap to build your own Tambour watch. A first for Louis Vuitton, this exclusive system is compatible with all Tambour watches, from the classic original to more recent models such as the Tambour Slim and the new Tambour Moon.
Crafted in Louis Vuitton's signature leathers and fabrics, as well as rubber, over 30 straps for men and women are already available.
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Mel Pomerantz
Melvin Pomerantz has been with the Heat Island project since 1994. His main focus is on pavements, as well as some involvement in studies of roofs. His latest activity is the critical analysis of the costs and benefits of cooler surfaces. Before LBNL, he did research on solid-state physics at the IBM Research Laboratories in Yorktown Heights, NY and Almaden, CA. Dr. Pomerantz was a Fulbright Fellow in France, a Meyerhof Visiting Fellow in Israel, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has taught physics courses at the University of California since 1998. Before that, he taught at the Polytechnic Institute of New York, Mercy College and the State University of NY at Purchase.


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New: 1937 Oakland/Temescal Fire Foreshadowed 1991 Conflagration In Oakland/Berkeley Hills
September 26 / 27 is the 75th anniversary of one of the five largest wildfires of the 20th century to burn the west side of the Berkeley Hills. Scorching at least a square mile of land south of today's Highway 24 and the Caldecott Tunnel, the fire burned for more than a day and threatened both Oakland and Berkeley residential neighborhoods. -more-


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The Louisville City Council on Tuesday night, June 4, approved an ordinance allowing indoor shooting ranges in the city's industrial district.
The 7-0 vote came after a dozen shooting enthusiasts took to the podium and appealed to the council to make the appropriate zoning amendment that would allow a shooting range in the city.
Many of those who spoke were longtime Louisville residents who said they had grown up hunting and target shooting and that currently they have to drive long distances — to Englewood, Lakewood and Longmont — to practice shooting at a range.
Local entrepreneur Richard Weingarten has expressed interest in building a 16-lane facility, called On Target Shooting Center, in the Colorado Technology Center. It would be open to the public and law enforcement personnel.
Weingarten will still need to get separate approval from the city through a special use review to actually build a range.
Councilwoman Emily Jasiak spoke out against allowing a shooting range in Louisville last month but reversed her opposition Tuesday after hearing from constituents who supported the idea. Councilwoman Frost Yarnell also voted in favor of the zoning change despite expressing concern about a range at the last meeting.


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I can't believe that the 5 week LL BCI-1 is complete. What a great experience it was!! The people just like me, trying to lose the fat and get a grip on the whole numbers thing. It is all numbers. Calories in, calories burned, etc. All numbers. The coaches are incredible. One thing that made this so 'real' to me was the weekly teleconference with the group.
So, get this: my team, Mission I'm Possible, lost a total of 119 pounds. 13 of us! Team 2 lost 89 and Team 3 lost 87. I just find that incredible. The least amount of weight lost was 3.8 pounds, the MOST WAS 26.9!! 26.9 pounds! This person began the program at 400+ pounds with a goal to lose 25 in 5 weeks. This person reached the goal. Awe inspiring!!
My results? I lost 8.4 pounds. I began at 152 after purchasing a new scale which read me 6 pounds higher than I though I was..major blow to my mind..then weighed in at 144.6 yesterday. Yahoo. I lost 1.2 pounds of muscle and 7.2 pounds of fat per body fat calculations. I don't know, I am lifting more pounds than at the start and my biceps and calves have grown, so I don't think I really lost muscle, but maybe that is just wishful thinking. I do know that I lost the fat. My waist, butt, thighs and boobs all lost inches.
The big finale: all members of Team I'm Possible WON TRAVEL VOUCHERS FOR TWO PERSON TO FLY AND 2 NIGHTS HOTEL. How is that? Way cool!! Hmmm...better get shopping for a new bikini.
Leanness Lifestyle Bootcamp Intensive-2 begins April 6. I hope I'm accepted!
Thursday, March 17, 2005
2 comments:
- Nico said...
Hi Julie, my CONGRADULATION for your 8 pounds lost. I'm so happy for you, knowing how hard you have been working out and my best admiration as well to your mental strenght and dedictation, you did never give up regardless how hard it was finding THE right program for you. Yeah, you who are an Ultra Runner and never give up. Having been following your path since a while, well a couple of month's through this path that was not easy, you are now the proof that when we want something deeply, truely, we can reach it and find a solution. I bet you'll be 125 pounds in July.
- Julie B said...
Thanks Nico! I appreciate your congratulations. I will never give up!! You either. Rock on!
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text: Our History Dates Back to 1891 The first garden club in America was founded in January 1891 by The Ladies Garden Club of Athens, Georgia. On May 1, 1929, 13 federated states became charter members at an organizational meeting in Washington, D.C. In 1935, the National Garden Clubs established headquarters at Rockefeller Center in New York City. A permanent headquarters building in St. Louis was dedicated May 10, 1958. Today, National Garden Clubs, Inc., (NGC) is a not-for-profit educational organization headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri USA, adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Our organization comprises 50 state garden clubs and the National Capital Area, 5,000 member garden clubs, and 165,000 members. Additionally, NGC has 60 national affiliated organizations within the United States and nearly 330 international affiliated organizations with locations ranging around the globe including: Canada, Mexico, South America, Bermuda, South Africa, Australia, and Japan. Overall, we promote the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility and we help coordinate the interests and activities of state and local garden clubs in the U.S. and abroad. We organize, support, arrange, and deliver educational and school programs along with a variety of resources to support horticultural and environmental activities. Further, we sponsor many networking opportunities and special projects in which our members can participate in order to be of service and help our communities on a local, regional, national, and international level. Gay L. AustinPresident 2019-2021National Garden Clubs, Inc. NGC Mission Statement National Garden Clubs, Inc. provides education, resources, and national networking opportunities for its members to promote the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility. NGC Conservation Pledge "I pledge to protect and conserve the natural resources of the planet earth and promise to promote education so we may become caretakers of our air, water, forest, land, and wildlife." A Sampling of Our Projects and Programs Plant America The theme for President Gay L. Austin's administration is Plant America, a singularly focused initiative on gardens and gardening and the establishment of a grant fund to facilitate local club projects. Both a call to service and a description of what NGC clubs do, Plant America supports the main reason that people say they join a garden club - to learn about gardening! Youth Programs A wide variety of in-school and out-of-school youth programs to help kids learn, get involved and take an active role in protecting and conserving our environment and growing their own gardens. 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Garden clubs develop and participate in a myriad of outstanding and rewarding local, regional, and national community service projects that involve and include people of all ages and backgrounds. A small coast-to-coast sampling includes: Healing with Gardens and Horticultural Therapy Therapeutic projects are diverse and include such things as teaching gardening skills to developmentally challenged high-school students; planning, planting and maintaining healing gardens in nursing homes and veterans hospitals; and providing gardening education and encouragement to prison inmates. Click to learn more. Replanting Disaster-Struck Areas Garden clubs across the nation raise money annually in support of the USDA Forest Service Penny Pines program (www.pennypines.org), which replants damaged state and national forests. Garden clubs in the Gulf States are working to re-landscape hurricane-damaged public areas through the NGC-sponsored Green the Gulf Coast Grants program. Click to learn more. Helping Habitat for Humanity Homeowners Garden clubs provide gardening education and assistance to Habitat homeowners throughout the U.S. During Habitat's national Home Builders Blitz, garden club members work side by side with new homeowners to help them establish low-maintenance, environmentally friendly gardens. Click to learn more. Conducting Flower Shows These enjoyable events continue to draw crowds while giving club members a chance to exhibit their plants and floral arrangements and compete for prizes. The shows also help spread the word about the joys of gardening and serve as a forum for learning and discussing the latest horticultural techniques. Click to learn more. Beautifying and "Greening" the Community Garden club members frequently take on park and vacant lot rehabilitation; community gardening; recycling and pollution-control efforts; and historic-site preservation. 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United States v. Comstock: Argument Preview
The following is an argument preview of United States v. Comstock (08-1224), oral arguments for which will be heard this morning at 10 a.m.
In 2006, Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, which gave the federal government (in 18 U.S.C. § 4248) authority to seek civil commitment of "sexually dangerous person[s]" already held in its custody. That authority in turns allows the government to seek to have individuals who are either completing federal prison sentences or incompetent to stand trial remain in federal custody indefinitely as a result of their "sexually dangerous" status.
To secure the continued detention of an individual completing his sentence, the government must demonstrate that by clear and convincing evidence that the individual "is a sexually dangerous person"; if the United States can make this showing, the individual is committed to the custody of the Attorney General, who must then "make all reasonable efforts to cause" the state in which the individual resides or was tried "to assume . . . responsibility" for his custody and care.
When four of the respondents in this case were completing terms in federal prison, the federal government initiated civil-commitment proceedings against them. (A fifth respondent was in federal custody because he had been found mentally incompetent to stand trial). The individuals moved to dismiss the proceedings on the grounds that Section 4248 exceeded Congress's powers under the Commerce Clause, that the "clear and convincing" requirement did not meet due process standards, and that the Section violated the Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. A federal district court agreed and granted the motion to dismiss. On appeal, the Fourth Circuit affirmed, holding that Section 4248 exceeded Congress's enumerated powers. The United States filed a petition for rehearing en banc, which was denied.
The United States petitioned for certiorari in which it emphasized that even if there was not a circuit split on the proper interpretation of Section 4248, the Supreme Court has nonetheless frequently granted cert. when a court of appeals declares an act of Congress to be unconstitutional. The government attributed the lack of a circuit split to the fact that a large number of sex offenders in federal custody are held at a facility in North Carolina, which leads to the majority of civil-commitment proceedings "" and challenges to them "" taking place within the Fourth Circuit.
The Court granted the petition in June 2009; in so doing, it declined Comstock's suggestion (raised in his brief in opposition) that it also address whether Section 4248 comports with due process.
In its brief on the merits, the United States begins by observing that it "bears the burden" of proving that a person is sexually dangerous before detaining him. A person found to be "sexually dangerous," it continues, can challenge his detention at any time; further, his detention remains under federal control only if the state in which he lives or was tried refuses to assume responsibility for his custody.
The government then turns to the Necessary and Proper Clause, which in its view authorizes Section 4248 as an "appropriate" and "not prohibited" means by which to pursue a "legitimate" constitutional end. Pointing to the "decades of law" dealing with the civil commitment system, the government contends that civil commitment authority has long been considered "properly incident" to the exercise of federal powers, and that the legitimacy of the government's custodial role in the detention of "sexually dangerous" persons is well-established. Moreover, although the system's original framework was intended to address the detention of other individuals in whom the federal government had a "special interest" "" such as members of the military "" this framework serves, according to the government, the same ends as Section 4248. And because Section 4248 deals with the custody of individuals already held in federal custody, its application does not represent an intrusion on the rights of states.
Turning next to the lower court's determination that Section 4248 is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's rulings in United States v. Morrison and United States v. Lopez, the government contends that, unlike the statutes addressed by those cases, Section 4248 includes a "jurisdictional element" which ensures that all affected cases implicate federal interests. Because it is limited to individuals already "in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons" or "committed to the custody of the Attorney General," the statute applies only to cases in which a legitimate federal interest exists. Furthermore, because Section 4248 allows states to assume responsibility for federal prisoners domiciled and tried there, it "pays due respect" to federalism.
Finally, the government criticizes the lower court's decision to dismiss the proceedings against one respondent without explaining why Section 4248 was unconstitutional as applied to individuals who, like him, had been found incompetent to stand trial. Although the lower court conceded that civil commitment of such individuals would lie within the federal government's authority if pursued under another statute, the government complains, it did not articulate why the same would not be true of civil commitment pursued under Section 4248.
In his brief on the merits, respondent Graydon Comstock emphasizes that the Necessary and Proper Clause is merely a "caveat" allowing Congress to carry out powers already enumerated in the Constitution, rather than a "standalone basis for federal legislation." The authority to enact criminal laws and to operate a prison system is a "necessary and proper means of carrying out specific enumerated powers" "" rather than being itself an enumerated power "" and a further exercise of power for the purpose of carrying out that authority cannot therefore be "necessary and proper." Because no enumerated power directly supports Section 4248, the section cannot be said to be necessary and proper for the purposes of enacting such powers.
Responding to the government's contentions that Section 4248 is "necessary and proper" because of the "connections," "interests," and "special relationships" between the federal government and the individuals affected by the provision, Comstock argues that the Necessary and Proper Clause requires a statute to be justifiable in relation to an enumerated power, not to the regulated individual. Indeed, he observes, the "special relationship" between a detainee and the federal government can be applied to many citizens: according to the government's reasoning, employees, recipients of federal benefits, and numerous others can be seen as subject to the type of general police powers authorized by Section 4248. Likewise, he contends, the government's asserted "interest" in preventing crime does not justify the custodial authority which Section 4248 sanctions.
Comstock also notes that the government declined to defend Section 4248 under the Commerce Clause, speculating that such a defense would be baseless because most sexually violent conduct represents a violation of state law. In Morrison, the Court rejected the notion that Congress can regulate noneconomic violence by invoking the Commerce Clause, and the lower court's comparison between that case and his was an accurate one. Moreover, Morrison identifies the suppression of violent crime as a core state power; by transferring that power to the federal government, Section 4248 interferes with state sovereignty.
Comstock also contends that the history of civil commitment actually reflects a federal reluctance to interfere with the power of the states. Congress and the Executive Branch have repeatedly been reluctant to allow the federal government to play more than a limited role in civil commitment, in particular allowing the federal government to retain commitment custody only of insane individuals enlisted in the army and navy or living in the District of Columbia.


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New Xilinx ISE and Linux
Xilinx recently released version 13.1 of their ISE Webpack toolkit. If you haven't used ISE, its the tool that lets you build logic descriptions for FPGAs using schematics, Verilog, or VHDL. You can simulate your design or build bitstreams suitable for use with most of the Xilinx FPGA or CPLD products. I applaud Xilinx for making a Linux version available although I have often noted quirks on the Linux side that seem pretty fundamental.
This round, things seem to work pretty well, except for the core generator. The two things I have noticed is that browsing for a COE file in the memory generator crashes the core generator. I have to manually enter the file name. The other problem is that when the core generator completes, it prints out some sort of exception in the console and the xco file is NOT added to your project. It isn't hard to work around this -- you just have to manually include the file the core generator creates. However, its things like this that make the software creaky to use in Linux.
I don't know if its because I am using Ubuntu and they expect a different version or if its my 64-bit setup, or if it is just not tested well under Linux. On the other hand, at least they do provide a Linux version and it does work very well when it works. The simulator, in particular is much better than what I was using on the old 10.1 release.
If you've ever been interested in FPGA development, you should realize that you can download this free software (or the equivalent from other vendors such as Altera's Quartus software) and design and simulate with no investment in hardware at all. Hopefully, one day Linux will be the first platform EDA vendors target instead of a welcome afterthought.


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Occupy's Pledge to FIGHT BACK
We Didn't Start the Class War
kara j lincoln pledged on to fight back against the 1% by doing the following:
- Come out in the streets when Occupy calls for a day of action.
- Attend at least one meeting with their local Occupy group.
- Help promote #occupy news and actions via social media.
- Never go to work during a general strike.
- Help organize their co-workers to make demands.
- Dump their bank and join a credit union.
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As readers know, I was in Europe a few weeks ago, making a LOT of presentations. My London-based partners seem to feel that an hour or two of down time is wasted and only for sissies. I learn as much as I impart, and come away with lots of interesting information. Every now and then I learn something that gets into the category of what in the wide, wide world of (multiple expletives deleted) economics is going on? Subprime was like that when I first read about it. Could you really design CDOs that were so patently absurd and then sell them to the Europeans and Asians? Turns out you could.
Last week, Niels Jensen (head of Absolute Return Partners) and I were talking with a variety of pension funds. They started telling us about this thing called Solvency II. Outside the arcane world of European pension funds and insurance companies, it is not on the radar screen of most people. But it may be one of the more explosive problems in our future. Cutting to the chase, the new rules require insurance companies and pension funds to buy more bonds to match their liabilities. But as yields go down they are required to buy yet MORE bonds and then yields go down some more. And so on. The possibility of serious defaults by these same pension funds in the wake of these new rules (setting aside whether it makes sense to actually require pension funds to set aside enough assets to pay their obligations) is all too real. And more pervasive than we now think.


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Sunday, June 30, 2013
A Fun Challenge/Giveaway
Most of you who have followed me know my sidekick, Brittany(Bree), my niece. For those of you who don't she helps me with just about eveerything (except gardening) and she does all my computer fixing when I mess it up.LOl Here is a post on Britt if you would like an update on why she doesn't help me with gardening. ROFLMBO!!
We have all heard old women making comparisons with their old sayings when they are explaining something. Well Bree is wanting answers to some of these old wives sayings. So she has asked me to have a fun challenge/giveaway to get some answers.
So here are the questions.
Who is Dick and why is his hatband so tight?
Who is Kootie Brown and why does he stay drunk?
Now for the fun. Starting July 1st until July 15th everyone can leave comments on what you believe is the answer. Bree is going to go through these answers and pick out what she believes is the 10 best. Then we are going to let everyone vote on what they think is the best of those ten from July 16th to July 31st. I will have the crows in the mail on Aug. 1st to the winners. That person will win this Lil' Grandma Crow's Old Timey Sayings Crow. I LOVE this Lil' Crow!!
But to give everyone a chance I am going to take the rest of the people who leave comments and give away another crow! So everyone has a chance to win.
If you don't know who Kootie Brown and Dick are, that's ok. Just leave a comment on what you think.LOL And if you have any more sayings we would love to hear them! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
The rules are simple. All you have to do is be a follower of my blog. New followers are always welcome. If you would like to share the fun on your blog or pinterest, facebook, etc. feel free to do so. I want this to be a fun challenge/giveaway. And remember Bree is in charge of the challenge/giveaway, I am just providing the free gifts.
So put your thinking caps on and give here some answers!
Posted by yorkie's primitives at 8:40 PM
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- Unknown said...
Who is Dick and why is his hatband so tight?
I think it means he has a "big head" or a lot of big feelings about himself- pride. One in my neck of the woods would be "He/she thinks he/she is all that and a bag of chips..." The first time I used it in my fifth grade class, they thought I had lost it!
Who is Kootie Brown and why does he stay drunk? Well, good gracious, if you had a name like "Kootie", wouldn't you? Kooties are never a good thing! It is kind of like that Johnny Cash song,"A Boy Named Sue" except Kootie didn't make him tougher. Hmmm. Usually you run away from boys who have Cooties. Maybe he is sad that he can't get a date! So, he is drinking his sorrows away. Poor guy! Dick should give Cootie some of his confidence. Maybe Dick can be like a Dr. Phil to Cootie and help him with his self-worth issues. Hmmm...
:) Heather
Those are my thoughts!
- July 1, 2013 at 5:37 AM
- Barb said...
Well Valerie and Bree I am old but do not know the answers to this and not creative enough to come up with the reasons why.
But a fun giveaway all the same!
- July 1, 2013 at 7:19 AM
- yorkie's primitives said...
Heather that is tooooo funny!!! This is going to be so much fun, Valerie
- July 1, 2013 at 9:05 AM
- Danice G said...
dick refers to richard cromwell, a son of oliver cromwell. dick was appointed 2nd lord protector of england upon oliver's death. it was said that ole dick was not competent to perform his new duty, hence the saying tight as dick's headband or crown. kooter or cooter brown is an old mostly southern saying that refers to someone who is ridicously drunk. we in alabama also will say that the person is as drunk as a bicycle. thank you for this fun challenge. i posted to my sidebar and am a follower. please enter me in the giveaway. please excuse the all lower type, as i have a broken arm in a cast and it hurts to push the caps key. thank you. blessings.
- July 1, 2013 at 9:55 AM
- Danice G said...
just noticed that you said cootie brown, not cooter or kooter. we all refer to cootie and cooter or kootie as being cousins who are both often drunken, lol. i agree with you valerie that heather's answer is very funny. looking forward to reading some more of the answers.
- July 1, 2013 at 10:09 AM
- Danice G said...
cooter or kooter and cootie brown stayed drunken during the civil war era because having family members on both sides, they couldn't decide which side to fight for. staying drunk maybe helped them to avoid the draft and forget about the civil war.
- July 1, 2013 at 10:17 AM
- Anonymous said...
Ok Ladies, first let me say thank you to those who have answered already! I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who has pondered these sayings! I love the funny ones, and plan on researching the realistic answers. So please keep answering and if you have answered please share the link. I'm hoping I can help Gram (Aunt Valerie) can increase the people who see her lovely crafts and all of your sites as well! I love hearing about all of you so I hope my kooky questions can bring you all a little laughter! So keep posting and keep sharing! :0)
- July 1, 2013 at 7:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Oh that comment was from me, Bree! :0)
- July 1, 2013 at 7:06 PM
- Unknown said...
Cootie Brown was trying to avoid the Civil War by staying in his drunken 'state'.
Dick and his tight hat band is in reference to a person being a 'tight wad' with their money.
And lots more! I was raised in the south!!
Thanks for the fun Giveaway!
- July 2, 2013 at 5:47 AM
- عبده العمراوى said...
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Ohh Rose, please forgive me :ooh: I understood from your Secret Thread that you would only lift it after their arrival; but liked an attribution while they were still on their way to you...Again, I beg to apologize to my misunderstanding and misinterpret.. :pb:
Beautiful Rose, really beautiful treasure....I am having a few days away in Devon, but had to sign in to see what your secret was....I wonder if they are Barovier Toso...you have every reason to be very very pleased indeed. :kissy:Rosie. :sun:
Look Murano to me. But I'm keeping the secret about who did them. Just kidding. I don't know who did them. Maybe Barovier?? They are beautiful. I know you're going to enjoy your lighting a lot more now.
as my Mother always said, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."
LOL! That's what my mother always said as well, Christine! :24: Rose I would say they do look very like the Barovier ones, especially the style of the bases! :hiclp: :X:
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Recipe Box, Sunny Side Up Brunch Pizza
This tasty egg topped naan pizza makes a great brunch/lunch treat
Make it for 1 or for many!
You can assemble one in mere minutes
Naan bread, pesto, fresh asparagus, Gruyère cheese, pine nuts and an egg
Spread on a nice layer of pesto and top it with chopped asparagus and pine nuts
Put the cheese around the edges forming a ring to hold the egg in place
Transfer your pizza{s} to a foil lined baking sheet{s} before topping with egg
Break the egg into a bowl
Slowly pour/slip egg into the cheese ring
Carefully place pan in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Check for doneness and continue baking for several more minutes until the egg is set the way you like it
Some of the white may leak out onto the baking sheet, but it should stay in place for the most part
Season with salt and pepper and dig in!
Sunny Side Up Brunch Pizza
for each pizza* you will need:
1 individual naan bread
2-4 Tablespoons of pesto
1 Tablespoon pine nuts
3-4 fresh asparagus stalks, cut into small pieces
1 oz Gruyère cheese, grated
1 egg
salt & pepper
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Spread pesto on naan in an even layer. Top with asparagus and pine nuts. Place grated cheese around the edge forming a ring to hold the egg. Transfer your pizza{s} to a foil lined baking sheet or sheets.
Break egg into a bowl, then slowly pour/slip egg into cheese ring. Carefully place pan in oven. Check after 10 minutes and continue to bake until egg is cooked as desired. Season and serve.
*if making multiple pizzas, prep time will be slightly longer
This would made a great supper too
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Looks like a great lunch Jenna! I love fresh asparagus in the spring:@)
I have Naan bread, eggs, cheese and quacamole with some salsa so thanks for tomorrow's breakfast idea, 😁 I will have to try your exact recipe another time, sounds great with the asparagus.
What a cool recipe! I like things that I can make for myself while Edward is away on business or for us to have a light lunch! Hugs!
Hi Jenna I'm Carole from Carole's Chatter. I think you do really super things with food. I wondered if you would like to join the group of bloggers who share their posts on a monthly basis via Food on Friday. I host this link up on the second Friday of each month. Every month there are a few different themes. This month they are Breakfast, Soups and Easter Food. If you would like to check it out just hop on over to Carole's Chatter. We would all love to see you there. Cheers
What a fun pizza and what a great idea! Hope you have a very special holiday and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 21, 2008) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Training Team opened its eight-match exhibition tour of China on Friday evening with a 25-22, 25-21, 25-21 loss to Tianjin, a professional club team based in the host town of Tianjin. The match was televised live by Tianjin TV China before a sellout crowd.
The U.S. will play Tianjin again on March 22 at 3 p.m. China Local Time (1 a.m. Mountain Time). Team USA will train in four different cities with some matches in outlying areas of the towns during the current three-week training period in China, which will host the 2008 Olympic Games Aug. 8-24 in Beijing. The U.S. qualified for the Olympics by finishing with the bronze medal at the 2007 FIVB World Cup.
U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach "Jenny" Lang Ping returned to her native China for the first time to coach Team USA since qualifying the Americans into the Olympics in November 2007. The trip was arranged to better evaluate a younger group of athletes in international match situations, many who have not played international volleyball above the U-20 level or at any level.
The U.S. started Juliann Faucette (San Diego) and Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) at outside hitter, Tracy Stalls (Denver) and Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) at middle blocker, Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.) at opposite and Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) at setter. Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) served as the libero for the match. Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) subbed into the match during the second and third sets, while Lindsey Hunter (Papillion, Neb.) saw action late in the third set. Alix Klineman (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) entered into the match briefly in the second set.
Faucette led Team USA in scoring with 14 points all on kills. She converted 48 percent of her attacks into kills. Stalls contributed seven kills on 11 errorless attacks to go with three blocks. Hughes added eight kills on 25 swings with two errors, plus a kill and block for 10 points. Akinradewo chipped in eight points with three kills, team-high four blocks and an ace. Hooker and Pressey each totaled four points in the match. McGinnis charted two setter dumps for kills and two blocks for four points. Davis supplied 11 digs on defense and handled 26 of the team's 63 service receptions. Team USA held an 11-7 advantage in blocks and converted 41 percent of its attacks into kills.
"The team remained composed, but not aggressive enough to challenge for the match," U.S. Assistant Coach Tom Hogan said. "'Adjustment' is a good word for the night."
"It was a good start for the young team, especially considering most girls not having experience with the quick Asian style of offense," said Davis, captain of the U.S. team.
Tianjin was led by Yin Nan's 15 points, followed by Yan Ya Nan with 13 points. As a team, Tianjin converted 45 percent of its attacks into kills and held a 6-2 margin in aces.
"Big difference compared to college," Hooker said after the match. "(When blocking) in college, I would have my hands high, but here they just shoot between your arms."
All three sets remained close throughout with neither team holding more than a three-point lead. In the first set, the U.S. scored three straight points on two Stalls kills and a Faucette kill to give Team USA a 9-8 advantage. However, Tianjin came back to take a 11-10 lead that it never relinquished. The U.S. remained within two points in the set until Yin Nan scored a kill at 23-20. McGinnins dumped a kill followed by a Faucette kill to narrow the deficit to 23-22, only to have Tianjin score the final two points.
After falling behind 3-1 in the early stages of the second set, the U.S. tied the set at 3-all with a Hughes kill and Tianjin error. Hughes followed a Akinradewo kill with an ace to yield a 5-4 U.S. advantage. Tianjin used a 4-1 spurt to take a 9-7 lead, which was quickly erased with kills from McGinnis and Stalls to tie the score at 9-all. Tianjin regained a two-point cushion at 14-12 and the U.S. answered with an Akinradewo block after a Tianjin service error to put the scoreboard at 14-all. Tianjin ran off a deciding 3-0 run to take a 17-14 lead. Team USA challenged right back to come within one at 19-18 after a Stalls block. Tianjin returned to a three-point edge at 22-19 and went on to win 25-21.
Tianjin built an early 4-2 lead in the third set, but the U.S. responded with three straight points with blocks coming from Hooker and McGinnis around a Tianjin attack error to give the Americans a 5-4 lead. The U.S. earned its first two-point advantage at 8-6. After the first technical timeout, Tianjin scored three unanswered points and continued to climb into a 14-11 lead. Trailing 15-12, the U.S. scored four unanswered points of its own with blocks from Stalls and Hughes, along with kills from Akinradewo and Hughes to reach the second technical timeout leading 16-15. Faucette downed consecutive kills to provide the U.S. with an 18-16 lead. Tianjin recovered with four straight points including two service aces to build a 20-18 lead. Hughes and Hooker tallied consecutive kills tie knot the score at 20-all, but Tianjin would score five of the next six points to end the match.
For additional information on the U.S. Women's National Team, check the team's home page at http://www.usavolleyball.org/National/wnthome.asp.
Post-Match Quotes
Nicole Davis
Q: Describe your leadership with the young team
A: I try to lead by example with how I play and being communicative and helping blockers with their responsibilities and being a leader in passing.
Cassie Busse
Reflections on the game
A: We did "really well adjusting to their style of offense. They used a lot of pump fakes they didn't use during the scrimmage, [but] toward the end we got a lot more touches. Tomorrow will be better."
A: "[I] was not expecting such a large crowd. I'm glad the young team got to experience that."
Destinee Hooker
Q: So was your height a disadvantage in a way?
A: "My height was effective when I hit but not when I blocked."
Q: Changes for next game?
A: Serve more aggressive, help out defense, give energy and feedback to my team.
Q: What do you think about the atmosphere?
A: "Packed. I've seen lots of college arenas, but nothing like this. It shows how much people love volleyball. It's a privilege for us.
Sue Woodstra (U.S. Assistant Coach)
"The team adjusted well."
Team USA Tour of China Match Information
March 21: Team USA vs. Tianjin club at Tianjin, 7:30 p.m.
March 22: Team USA vs. Tianjin club at WuQing, 3 p.m.
March 24: Team USA vs. Chinese Army Club at YiYang, 3 p.m.
March 26: Team USA vs. Chinese Army Club at ChangShu, 7:30 p.m.
March 28: Team USA vs. TBA in Hangzhou, 7:30 p.m.
March 29: Team USA vs. TBA in FuYang, 7:30 p.m.
April 1: Team USA vs. TBA in Nanjing, Time TBA
April 2: Team USA vs. TBA in Nanjing, Time TBA
U.S. Women's National Training Team Roster on China Tour
# - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 - Juliann Faucette (OH, 6-2, San Diego, Calif., Texas)
2 - Destinee Hooker (OH, 6-4, San Antonio, Texas, Texas)
3 - Therese Crawford (OH, 5-11, Kalamazoo, Mich., Hawai'i)
4 - Alix Klineman (OH, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Stanford)
5 - Angie Pressey (OH, 5-8, Lake Mary, Fla., California)
6 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
7 - Tracy Stalls (MB, 6-4, Denver, Colo., Nebraska)
9 - Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-5, Ann Arbor, Mich., Texas)
11 - Heather Hughes (OPP, 6-2, Fallbrook, Calif., Loyola Marymount)
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15 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-6, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
16 - Lindsey Hunter (S, 5-10, Papillion, Neb., Missouri)
17 - Angie McGinnis (S, 5-11, Fraser, Mich., Florida)
18 - Cassie Busse (OPP, 6-1, Prior Lake, Minn., Minnesota)
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BERKELEY — An Alameda County Superior Court jury weighed in on the controversy surrounding unlicensed pot distributors by voting Nov. 2 to close the Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers' Collective at 1820 San Pablo Ave.
Forty Acres, which has operated at the location since 2009, came under pressure from the city late last year when city code enforcement served property owner Clarence Soe a notice of violation warning that, under new medical marijuana codes adopted by the city in 2010, operation of such a collective in a commercial zone was illegal.
Faced with the threat of heavy fines, Soe filed a lawsuit to evict Forty Acres against operator Chris Smith with the Alameda County Superior Court in June.
Soe "was perfectly happy if (Smith) wanted to run a pot club there so long as it was in compliance with the laws," said Clifford Fried, Soe's attorney.
The city currently has three licensed medical marijuana dispensaries, which are allowed to operate in commercial zones. Smaller collectives may cultivate and distribute medical marijuana to members as long as production is "incidental to residential use."
Lately, the city has taken steps toward eliminating pot distributors that don't fit either of these definitions and exist outside the city's laws. At a meeting on Oct. 11, the Berkeley Zoning Adjustment Board passed a resolution recommending the City Council close Perfect Plants Patients' Group, a medical marijuana distributor at 2840-B Sacramento St., for violating city code by operating within 600 feet of a public school.
According to Whitney Leigh, Smith's attorney, Forty Acres had operated lawfully as an unlicensed collective before changes in the city code enacted in 2010 by Measure T, which now restricts collectives to residential areas. But Soe argued that Smith had stopped residing at the property as many as seven years prior, making the cultivation of medical marijuana illegal without a dispensary permit.
To complicate matters further, the city found the residential units on the property owned by Soe also to be in violation of zoning laws, which Soe hadn't previously informed his tenants about, according to Leigh.
"The landlord rented the property out to tenants without telling them that they were in a commercial zone," said Leigh. "Forty Acres is paying the price because the landlord failed to tell Forty Acres about" the zoning.
As a result, Smith has filed a lawsuit against Soe for fraud.
According to Leigh, Forty Acres had an interest in obtaining a permit to operate as a dispensary.
City records show that Smith filed applications in February for permits that would allow him to operate Forty Acres at Soe's property on San Pablo, as well as at another property at 1510 Ashby Ave. Both were denied for zoning reasons.
Measure T allows for the licensing of a fourth dispensary in Berkeley. But the city won't create a process for the approval of such a permit, said Leigh.
"The law's pretty clear that you can't constitutionally withhold a permit," said Leigh. "There's no regulation that (Forty Acres has) been unwilling to comply with or meet — the city's put them in this catch 22."
According to city spokeswoman Mary Kay Clunies-Ross, Berkeley's Medical Cannabis Commission is still developing a set of guidelines for the approval of a permit for the fourth dispensary.
And the commission doesn't seem to be in any hurry to get it done. In response to a letter from Leigh, Gregory Daniel, the city's code enforcement supervisor, rejected the idea that the city could be compelled by its existing laws to adopt additional legislation outlining a licensing scheme, saying the city's code "merely makes the adoption of such a scheme a conditional precedent to allowing additional dispensaries."
In the meantime, Smith said he will continue to look for a new location for Forty Acres, preferably one with wheelchair access. They will also file an appeal, according to Leigh.
"We're disappointed with the decision, but it's far from over," he added.


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I want to archive the following behaviour of my controls:
I got 2 Controls. the one on the left side contains a dataGrid with 1 column, the one on the right side a bunch of other controls.
When i now klick a part of the left one (the green arrow) i want it to expand over the right control and add some columns to my datagrid.
Problem is: i dont know the width of the right component as it fits to the window-width.
anyone got an idea how i can archive this?


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Christina Aguilera has a perfume too!
It seems everyone has their own perfume now a days. Christina Aguilera has her own now too. I want this one because when you spray it on you get an instant tattoo. That would be way less painful and a lot cheaper!
Keri Russell and River!
Doesn't River look just amazing?? And Keri Russell looks so happy!! What a great mom!
Britney Spears doesn't think Chris Crocker is funny!
US magazine says that Britney Spears finds Chris Crocker insulting! Chris Crocker may be Britney Spears' biggest fan but the feeling apparently isn't mutual.
Sources tells Usmagazine.com that the Tennessee native, who garnered instant fame after posting his "Leave Britney Alone!" plea on YouTube, has rubbed the pop princess the wrong way.
"Britney does not think Chris Crocker is funny," a Spears pal tells Us. "She thinks he's creepy and that all his videos are an obvious attempt at fame. She finds it insulting and difficult to watch."
But Crocker defends his teary online tribute. "It was to give Britney fans a voice," he tells Usmagazine.com. "There is nothing insulting there. It was for her fans to show our support."
Hayden Panettiere looks like she's in a photo shoot!
I think this is a cute picture of Hayden Panettiere. It looks like she is in the middle of a photo shoot. But dogs need to go out...so may be these dogs couldn't wait???
Here are some more pics:
Britney Spears is optimistic about getting her kids back says a friend
People.com is reporting that Britney Spears is "very optimistic" that she'll get her sons back as she completes the judge's checklist, the singer's close friend Sam Lufti tells PEOPLE.
Lufti, whom Kevin Federline's camp attempted to subpoena in the ongoing custody battle, reminded PEOPLE in an e-mail that Federline getting custody is "temporary."
"We ... signed all the necessary documents that she needed to get done," he said. Spears, he added, is "in a good mood, no problems, very optimistic."
Monday a judge granted Federline physical custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, "until further order of the court."
Lufti told PEOPLE that what led to the ruling was just a misunderstanding. "Scheduling conflicts and errors in communication led her to believe that her deadline was later this week rather than [Monday]," Lufti said. "However, once we finally realized what was going on, we completed the list of tasks. ...So everything's looking good."


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Welcome to the Linux Foundation Forum!
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"a cluster has 'quorum' if a majority of nodes are alive, communicating, and agree on the active cluster members. So in a thirteen-node cluster, quorum is only reached if seven or more nodes are communicating. If the seventh node dies, the cluster loses quorum and can no longer function."
why it is so...... why cluster cant work, if its majority nodes go down????


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This was like dangling a chicken in front of an alligator! Give me a little tiny piece and I think great, finally I'll break down this brick wall. LOL sure. Not a chance. Then the chicken is thrown beyond the wall our of my reach. Just a tease!
Here is what we know:
- Jerry Roe was born about 1861 in Iowa (based on the 1910 census of family in Otoe, Noble, OK ).
- He married Rachael Mason on 2 Jan 1883 in Livingston, MO (based on (Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm).
- Their first believed child, Jesse, was born 1887 in MO. (this was found by Jeanette Coaly. Not sure how she made the connection)
- Then we know based on the 1910 census that they certainly had three boys: Pier born 1895 in MN, Frank born 1898 in MO, and Jaybird born 1903 in KS.
- According to the 1910 census Rachael was half Chippewa Indian, making the boys 1/4. Jerry was not Native American.
Searches done:
- Searched Dawes rolls, Dawes Index, Dawes packets on Ancestry and Footnote for any indication that they applied for the Indian rights. They were living on an Indian Reservations after all.
- 1900 and 1920 census. Even using various surname spelling such as: Rose, Rowe, Row.
- Find - A - Grave for any of the names in the family
- Guion Rolls would not be a likely fit because it appears that Rachael was from Canada and part of the Chippewa/Ojibwa tribes. Guion Rolls, primarily but not solely, involved the Cherokee and other southern tribes. However the index on NARA was searched for the slim chance.
Searches still to do:
- Microfilmed records in: Livingston, MO and Noble Co., OK
- Roe families in Iowa. Research any that can be found in the 1860 to 1880 census in the hopes any of them connect to Jerry Roe.
- Mason families in Canada and Missouri from 1860 to 1880 that have an English father and a Native American mother.
I will keep working on this family. Some day I will break through. I know the answers are out there somewhere they are just not easy to find.


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Sasha Sirotkin currently works on the FemtoLinux Project, improving Linux latency and real-time capabilities. FemtoLinux's design goal is to bring Linux performance closer to that of an RTOS, such as VxWorks, to allow complex real-time application development and easy porting.
As Linux has become more widely used in embedded systems, the number of file systems which work directly with the flash storage (i.e. via MTD device as opposed to some block device hardware emulation layer such as the one present on most DiskOnKey devices) has grew substantially.
First embedded Linux systems used read-only CramFS and SquashFS file systems. These are still very much in use today, as many embedded devices such as routers do not need a real read-write file system. Such devices typically store only small amount of configuration information that can change, which occupies only a few 1KB, i.e. less than a single flash block and is usually written directly to the flash while root file system resides on CramFS or SquashFS.
As flash sizes increased and Linux moved into more embedded niches, the need for read-write flash file systems was answered by JFFS2 which for a long time was de-facto standard Linux flash file system. As flash sizes grew even more and devices such as cellular phones that store large amounts of information (pictures, mp3 files) started using Linux, JFFS2 reached its scalability limits. As a result, new file systems specifically designed for large NAND flash devices were developed -- UBIFS, LogFS, and YAFFS. For a long time only UBIFS was part of the mainline kernel and both YAFFS2 and LogFS where available as a patches. At some point in time it looked like LogFS developed was stagnated, with the latest patch available for kernel version 2.6.24. However, LogFS suddenly resurfaced and rather surprisingly was quickly merged into kernel 2.6.34 indicating that its developers kept working on this project, albeit with little publicity. YAFFS2, which contrary to LogFS was widely used, undergoes a similar process with respect to inclusion into mainlaine Linux kernel. It looks like even though in the past YAFFS2 developers did not make any significant effort to put it into the mainline kernel, it is going to change now.
When I started my embedded file system evaluation, I was almost certain that eventually I will choose UBIFS simply because it is part of the mainline kernel and YAFFS2 is an external patch. However, it turned out that YAFFS2 is actually easier to configure -- I kept getting errors while mounting UBIFS partition until I disabled "Verify NAND page writes" kernel parameter. Apparently this is a rather old and wellknown bug, which is still present in kernel 2.6.32 that I use on my systems. This is pretty subjective, but I had zero issues with YAFFS2 even though I had to patch the kernel. The patch works smoothly as all YAFFS2 files reside in a single directory "fs/yaffs2" and the only files that need to be modified are these related to the build system.


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Climate change matters: a roundup of events in July
Climate change matters: a roundup of events in July
Paving the way for a global deal
The international negotiation machine is on, setting the foundations for the climate change conference in December.
With a view to facilitating intergovernmental dialogue, the UN has designed a document that streamlines the negotiating text which will form the basis of a universal agreement.
In the meantime, a French government document was released which said that a global deal is edging closer. The ministers of 60 countries met for an informal meeting in Paris in order sharpen the UN's negotiation stance.
Although it is now unlikely that the final accord will be enough to slow global warming, the commitment of countries to this negotiation process is strong evidence that governments do not want to reproduce the failure of the Copenhagen summit in 2009.
The French paper acknowledged some uncertainties however, including the channelling of funds from rich countries to developing nations.
Update on Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)
More country pledges to reduce carbon emissions were announced last month. At the time of writing (early August), 58.8% of global emissions are now covered by submitted INDCs.
However, a number of significant emitters are yet to formally pledge including:
- India
- Brazil
- South Africa
- Indonesia
- Australia
China made its pledge on 30 June, committing to a peak in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 with "best efforts" to peak earlier.
The country also aims to source 20% of its energy from low-carbon sources by 2030 and to cut emissions per unit of GDP by 60-65% of 2005 levels by 2030. This represents a 2% annual decline from now until 2030.
The Chinese submission is the first pledge from an Asian country and contained 15 broader policies, most of which already existed. These cover:
- The long-term strategy for low-carbon development
- Controlling coal consumption
- The build-out of nuclear and renewables capacity
- Getting strategic emerging industries to account for 15% of GDP by 2020
- The roll-out of a national carbon trading scheme
Although criticised for not articulating the level at which emissions are expected to peak, the formal commitment of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter (responsible for nearly a quarter of such emissions) could increase the pressure on other nations to be part of the global deal.
Shortly after the Chinese announcement, South Korea submitted its own pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 37% from 2030 business-as-usual (BAU) levels.
This was seen as a modest pledge, and not much more of a carbon reduction commitment compared to the country's prior 2020 target.
Kenya and the Marshall Islands both submitted their INDCs in July.
Kenya pledged a 30% greenhouse gas reduction from BAU by 2030 subject to international support in technology, finance, investment and capacity building.
The Marshall Islands submitted a main target of 32% below 2010 levels by 2025 and an indicative target of 45% by 2030. The Islands face high risks from rising seas which explains why their plan will include climate-resilient public infrastructure.
New Zealand committed to a 30% reduction by 2030 on 2005 levels, which is equivalent to an 11% cut from 1990 levels. This is conditional upon confirmation of accounting rules in Paris that will allow it "unrestricted access" to global carbon markets, as well as a settlement on accounting rules for the forest and land sectors.
Finally, Singapore pledged a 36% reduction in emission intensity by 2030 compared to 2005 levels with emissions to peak "around 2030".This is to be delivered through both renewable and energy efficiency efforts.
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In Europe, July saw the UK government announce a budget that has been criticised for perceived inconsistencies with the previously articulated support for the global climate deal in December.
The government announced the end of a series of subsidies and policies in favour of the low-carbon economy, arguing that decarbonisation should be achieved at low-cost through enterprise and competition.
These measures could make it more challenging for the UK to meet its emission reduction targets.
In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – which requires states to draft plans to lower emissions from power plants - has announced it will allow an extra two years (until 2022) for states to start cutting carbon emissions from power plants under a final Clean Power Plan.
It still calls for them to meet emission goals by January 2030, but extends the time they have to craft plans, requiring an initial state plan by September 2016 and a final state plan by September 2018. Some believe that this flexibility could strengthen support for Obama's climate change policies.
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Carrot & cream cheese cupcakes
This crowd-pleasing recipe turns the ultimate afternoon-tea favourite into delightful cupcakes
Nutrition and extra info
- Can be frozen un-iced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal442
- fat32g
- saturates14g
- carbs38g
- sugars26g
- fibre2g
- protein4g
- salt0.7g
- 175g light muscovado sugar
- 100g wholemeal self-raising flour
- 100g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is an alkali which is used to raise soda breads and full-…
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- zest 1 orange
One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…
- 2 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 150ml sunflower oil
Sunflower oil
Sunflower oil is made from pressing sunflower seeds and extracting the oil. It's usually…
- 200g carrots, grated
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- orange coloured sprinkles, to decorate
For the icing
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with cases. In a large mixing bowl, mix the sugar, flours, bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice and orange zest. Whisk together the eggs and oil, then stir into the dry ingredients with the grated carrot. Divide the mixture between cases and bake for 20-22 mins until a skewer poked in comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack before icing.
For the icing, beat the butter until really soft, then beat in the soft cheese, icing sugar and vanilla. Use a palette or cutlery knife to swirl the icing on top of the cakes, then sprinkle with decorations.