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Project by jamsie posted 11-26-2010 11:05 PM 1762 views 6 times favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

These are a few bracelets I made for practice. I made the fruit bowl from an ash blank I found, and the apples and pears were made from scrap!
I turned the natural edge bowl from a split branch, you can probably see there is two circles in it.
But the split is nice.
Hope you enjoy!

-- Jamsie

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#1 posted 11-27-2010 12:48 AM

How did you do the inlay on the bracelets?

-- Ryan -- Delano, MN

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#2 posted 11-27-2010 12:50 AM

Nice work!

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#3 posted 11-27-2010 03:41 AM

looking great

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#4 posted 11-27-2010 04:38 AM

Great looking pieces.
I cant even choose a favorite!

-- Theresa,

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#5 posted 11-27-2010 02:16 PM

Very nice turnings. Love the fruit bowl.

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#6 posted 11-27-2010 02:41 PM

Jamsie, those are wonderful and will make great gifts.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

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#7 posted 11-27-2010 06:27 PM

Hi Bues0022,
I just sandwiched the inlay (I don’t know what wood it is! Probably ash) between the two layers of mahogany, glued it with super-glue, and turned away! I don’t know if the glueing will last, but it’s only practice!

Heeluvawreck, These are for sale!

Thanks for all the comments!!

-- Jamsie

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#8 posted 11-30-2010 12:23 AM

hi great bit of turning love the bowl and the fruit looks so real

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#9 posted 12-27-2010 10:50 PM

Hi Jim. Those are some beautiful bracelets. This post really got me interested into doing something different in Az this year. I’m trying to learn all I can so I have some questions.
What sizes ( I.D) do you make for bracelets?
How did you sandwich in the dark wood without it showing on the inside?
I thought the inlays were burned in grooves untill I read all the comments.
Thanks for sharing and sparking a new intereest for me!!!!!!!!!!!........Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

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#10 posted 12-28-2010 03:32 PM

hi Jim,
I used my wife’s arm to get the size for the inside!
It was about 2 1/2”, and I made the bracelets for that. but on showing the bracelets to other people, we found that other people couldn’t get the bracelets on!
So I made a few more, starting at about 2 5/8”, going to 2 3/4”, 3”.
I found that 3” was a bit too big, they (the bracelets) fell off.
It all depends on the size of your subject! (Wife, girlfriend, buyers!)
The inlay does show on the inside! Maybe you can’t see it in the photo.
But have fun making them, and make a few of them with a different I.D.

Keep the faith!

-- Jamsie

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#11 posted 03-14-2011 04:21 AM

Those are beautiful pieces of work. My BF made me a ring out of walnut and it is so if I can get him to make the bracelets:) So the white bracelet is what type wood?

-- If you don't try you will never know if you can!

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#12 posted 03-17-2011 12:40 PM

I think it’s japanese pine, but I’m in Portugal at the moment, so I can’t say for sure.

-- Jamsie

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#13 posted 06-08-2011 09:34 PM

Jamsie – I’ve just been looking (lurking haha) around your home page and I wanted to say that the turnings on this post are brilliant. I particularly like the pear in pic 3. The grain came out in fine style.
Also pic 4 is a major wow. Beautiful piece.

Thanks for posting them.

Rgds etc. Murch.

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#14 posted 06-08-2011 10:05 PM

Those are very attractive. Very nice practice work!

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'Jersey Shore' Star Vinny Guadagnino Gets His Own Show on MTV

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Vinny will host 'The Show with Vinny' which mixes talk show format with reality show by inviting the guests to his Staten Island home.

Vinny Guadagnino will be staying on MTV even after "" takes its final bow in December. The reality TV star has got his own talk show on the network titled "". The so-called hybrid talk/reality series will put a twist on talk show format by welcoming the guests to Vinny's Staten Island home.

"Vinny's unique mix of humor, intelligence, curiosity and heart make him the perfect choice for this genre busting take on the interview format," Chris Linn, MTV executive vice president of programming and head of production, says in a statement.

He adds, "As the lives of the Jersey Shore cast evolve, we are excited to explore new ground while still delivering the laughs and surprises that fans have come to expect from the franchise."

In addition to having a sit-down with Vinny, celebrity guests on the upcoming show will be treated to a tasty Italian meal served in his home. Vinny's mother Paula and partying Uncle Nino will join the candid conversation.

MTV has previously greenlit two other "Jersey Shore" spin-offs, "" which will return for its second season on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 10 P.M. ET/PT, and "".

The cast of the reality show is set to reunite for MTV telethon "Restore the Shore" benefiting the Hurricane Sandy victims. The one-hour special will air live on Thursday, November 15 at 11 P.M. from MTV's Times Square Studio.

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Gallup confirms Montanans have the most state pride

Between June and December of last year, pollers from Gallup called some 30,000 Americans and asked them what they thought of the state where they lived. And guess what? Montanans responded more positively than the residents of any other state.

Those interviewed were asked if their state was “the best possible state to live in,” “one of the best possible states to live in,” “as good as any to live in” or “the worst possible state to live in.” Essentially zero percent of Montanans considered Montana the worst possible state to live in, while some 77 percent considered the Treasure State to be the best or among the best states. Compare that to, say, Illinois, where a full quarter of respondents said their state was the worst and only 19 percent considered it among the best.

Alaska came in a close second in the poll, with a preponderance of relatively remote, cold and unpopulated states—Wyoming, Vermont, North Dakota, Minnesota—rounding out the top ten and indicating that what people want is to be far away from their fellow man, no matter how much cold they have to endure in order to maintain that distance.

While Gallup notes that “a greater standard of living, higher trust in state government and less resentment toward the amount they pay in state taxes” are also important factors in state pride, the venerable polling agency points to a less likely source for Americans’ happiness: proximity to Canada. “In fact,” the report declares, “the two states most highly rated by their residents—Montana and Alaska—are among not only the nation's coldest states but also both border Canada.” With this new data potentially confirming the infectiousness of Canadian contentment, the mystery of why so many people keep moving to Arizona (where a mere 41% of respondents considered their state among the best) only deepens.

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A strong wind off of Lake Mendota didn’t stop the Wisconsin softball team’s offense Sunday afternoon, as the Badgers used a pair of home runs to power past Ohio State, 4-2, at Goodman Diamond. The victory capped off Wisconsin’s weekend Big Ten Conference three-game sweep of the Buckeyes.

Wisconsin’s (33-9 overall, 10-5 Big Ten) first hit of the day was a big one, as Mary Massei lined a ball straight over the center field fence in the third inning to give the Badgers an early 1-0 advantage.

Ohio State (27-17, 6-9) tied the game in the top of the sixth inning, taking advantage of a leadoff walk followed by a double to knot the score 1-1.

The Badgers didn’t stay down for long, scoring three runs in the bottom of the inning to take a commanding 4-1 lead. Massei led off the frame with a walk and Kendall Grimm followed with a single to set the table for Whitney Massey. One swing by Massey sent the ball over the left field fence and gave the Badgers a three-run lead.

The Buckeyes plated a run in the top of the seventh inning, taking advantage of a Wisconsin error, but couldn’t get closer than the final margin.

Meghan McIntosh recorded her 13th complete game of the season, pitching all seven innings and allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits while striking out six.

Alex DiDomenico suffered the loss for the Buckeyes, pitching 5.2 innings. She allowed four runs on four hits, walking three and striking out three.

Wisconsin continues Big Ten action at Goodman Diamond on Wednesday, April 24, when it hosts Northwestern. First pitch of the opening game in the doubleheader is set for 3 p.m.


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50 Aldermen, 50 Artists, and a Favorite

The exhibit The Chicago Aldermen Project: 50 Aldermen/50 Artists, curated by Reader assistant editor Lauri Apple and Jeremy Scheuch, closes tomorrow at Johalla Projects (7 to 11 PM, 1561 N. Milwaukee). You can see all the works here, but here's my favorite:

Jennifer Greenburg

14th Ward: Ed Burke

It's not as eye-catching as some of the other great pieces in the show, of which there are many (more on that in a second), but it's a subtly fantastic portrait of one of the most powerful men in Chicago: an alderman for over 40 years, chair of the finance committee with a seat on the judicial slate-making committee, an influential lawyer, and husband of a state Supreme Court justice. Greenburg shoots him so that he's camouflaged by his wall of awards and recognitions - an unsubtle aesthetic choice by Burke - and it says this is where the sausage gets made. It makes a nice companion piece to Stephanie Dean's portrait of far-northwest side 41st Ward alderman Brian Doherty in his comparatively modest surroundings (he's the city council's only Republican).

I'd be remiss not to praise some other good portraits. 27th Ward alderman Walter Burnett's portrait, by the talented young photographer Lucas Blair Simpson (born in 1985 and only a couple years out of college; his series Frikilándia y la Juventud Rebelde is recommended), is given added weight if you know he grew up in Cabrini Green. Former child model Aron Gent's submission for 29th Ward alderman Ike Carothers (same link as Burnett) is poignant when you recall that he just got indicted for allegedly accepting $40k in home improvement from a developer - grim and lonely, a requiem for the political career of an operator.

The illustrations of Sandi Jackson and Rey Colon, by Lunchbreath (his Chicago Auto Show series is wryly funny) and Creighton Berman (also a talented designer), share an aesthetic.

Without going on too long—you should check it out tomorrow, and take our quiz while you're at it; the bike you could win is pretty choice.

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Northern Maine towns think new trash incinerator will be hot stuff

Six months from now, the ground in this northernmost corner of the Northeastern United States will be frozen solid to depths of more than a yard. The temperature will sink toward minus 40 degrees F. The winds from Quebec will whip snow against the barren potato fields.

That is not exactly the best weather for burying municipal garbage in dumps -- or (as they are now called) "sanitary landfills."

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But James Barresi, director of the quasi-governmental Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission here, thinks he has found the answer. He has just been given the green light to build a novel incinerator -- the first of its kind in the nation -- in the border town of Frenchville.

Burning garbage rather than burying it is nothing new, even in a sparsely populated state with plenty of undeveloped land. But most incinerators use No. 6 oil or some other fuel to get up to temperature. Some no longer meet air quality standards. And many simply cannot compete with the lower cost of landfills.

The Frenchville model, however, may revive incinerator interest. "It seems to have every other system beat hands down," says an enthusiastic Mr. Barresi, gesturing towards a drawing of a large hangarlike building with two silos attached. The silos are actually high-temperature refractory incinerators, inspired by sawdust burners now in use in some Western states.

If the plant is completed as scheduled this fall, Mr. Barresi says, it will:

* Reduce waste to only 5 percent of its original volume and 25 percent of its original weight -- producing ash so dense that a cubic yard of it weighs a ton.

* Provide temporary storage for 1,000 tons of ash -- so that the two-acre secure landfill on the site need only be opened up three or four warm days a year to bury the ashes.

* Produce exhaust clean enough to comply with tough air quality standards -- so low in "particulate emissions," says commission planning administrator Kenneth Arndt, that people will be "able to breathe it."

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* Provide enough heat to meet the heating needs of the plant itself and of an airport terminal building nearby.

* Cost the participating towns -- Madawaska, Fort Kent, and Frenchville, the three most northerly towns in the Northeast -- only $500,000 to build.

* Use no fuel except the waste itself -- which, the designers say, you can light with a match.

Cost is crucial. The plant, handling 40 tons a day, will be only one-fifth the size of a conventional incinerator opened last spring in Auburn, Maine. That one, however, cost about $4.5 million -- nine times as much.

What makes the Frenchville plan different? Aside from some special design features -- like the ash storage and the idea of pumping liquid residues back into the 1,400-degree F. heat at the top of the burner where they disappear into a puff of gas -- the key lies in the building material.

Most incinerators are steel, lined with a special refractory material. This one will use olivine -- a naturally occurring rock formed largely of magnesium oxide, silica oxide, and iron.

It is found (among other places) in a mountain in Bellingham, Wash., where the Olivine Corporation has been crushing it, casting it into cement modules, and using it to build more than 100 wood-waste burners, some of which have already had seven years of trouble-free operation.

The rock, says Olivine's Corky Smith, will withstand temperatures up to 2,000 degrees F. -- and then cool down overnight without cracking. He recently built a small prototype garbage incinerator, and says that "we can burn it clean as a pin."

The Frenchville plan, however, is not without its critics. So unusual is the design, in fact, that the staff of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) originally insisted that the three communities spend another $ 200,000 for a backup landfill in case something went wrong.

"Usually what we do is expect the worst," says the department's Allen Jones. The "worst case," he says, might involve a long shutdown. If that happened, garbage piled at the site could attract enough birds to interfere with air traffic at the nearby airport.

On Aug. 12, however, the DEP board overruled its own staff -- in what some observers see as a decision based more on politics than on design -- and granted a crucial permit.

Why are these three towns interested in this project?"I think the incinerator concept is cheaper than landfills," says Frenchville town manager Dan Martin, "if you're going to operate them legally." The incinerator proposal will shortly come before town meetings in the three communities, but Mr. Martin foresees no difficulties in having it approved.

And if this pioneer operation proves successful? "I expect that the whole northern area [of the state] will install them," says Barresi, with perhaps a little exaggeration.

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Plans to upgrade US chemical weapons face a crucial post-recess House vote

The first use of lethal gas in combat came nine months into World War I, on April 22, 1915. That day, near Ypres, Belgium, the German army opened valves on 5,000 cylinders and sent a cloud of poisonous chlorine drifting into Allied lines. Ever since, civilized nations have struggled to keep this weapon of mass destruction bottled. The threat may someday include potent biological weapons, as well as chemicals, warn some experts.

The United States, for its part, is now on the verge of its most momentous action on chemical warfare in more than a decade. In September, the House of Representatives will hold a final vote on whether to allow US production of new chemical munitions for the first time since the 1960s.

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The Reagan administration has been lobbying for such production since 1982. The House has blocked the action in previous years.

But earlier this summer representatives switched position and gave preliminary approval to new chemical weapon construction, if certain restrictions were met. Those restrictions were loosened in a House-Senate conference. The final, mid-September vote will approve or disapprove this change.

The administration is confident, but opponents claim the vote is not a foregone conclusion. ``It'll be closer than the first time we voted on it this year,'' says Rep. John Edward Porter (R) of Illinios, a leading chemical-weapons critic.

The US military years ago decided that the best way to deter the use of chemicals against it was to have a chemical capability of its own.

The current stockpile, manufactured for the most part during the 1950s and '60s, includes some 3 million nerve-gas artillery shells. The US also has obsolete, nerve-gas-filled land mines and rockets, ``Weteye'' chemical bombs, spray tanks that fit no plane now in the US arsenal, and cluster bombs filled with an LSD-like hallucinogen.

These weapons are stored at eight sites in the continental US, one Pacific Island, and one West German facility. Almost half of all chemical munitions are kept at an Army depot in Tooele, Utah.

The military considers only a small portion of these weapons usable, and wants to build modern ``binary'' chemical weapons. Such munitions contain two safe chemicals, which mix and become lethal after the weapon is fired or dropped.

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A Chemical Warfare Review Commission, appointed by President Reagan, concluded this June that the US chemical stockpile is more usable than the military thinks. But the panel said modernization of chemical weapons is still needed.

Though current, aging weapons for the most part aren't a safety hazard, says the panel, the new binary weapons would be much safer to handle and transport. In addition, panel members concluded that current weapons have only limited military utility -- many artillery shells are filled with long-lasting agents, though current doctrine calls for front-line use of chemicals that quickly wear off.

``It's not the right stuff, in not the right containers,'' says John Kestor, a former high Pentagon official who served on the commission.

The commission report claims that the Soviet Union has 14 chemical-weapons plants and is researching new biological weapons that might be more lethal than today's chemicals. The Pentagon should be paying more attention to the possible ``chemical and biological threats of the future,'' says the panel's report.

Opponents of new chemical-weapon production claim that the proposed binary shells and bombs are flawed weapons. The current US stockpile, they claim, will be usable into the 1990s.

A current ban on open-air testing of such weapons ensures that any new chemical munition would be sent to the troops untried -- a dangerous proposition, say critics. The proposed new ``Bigeye'' chemical bomb is a particular problem, they say. An October 1984 General Accounting Office report said the complicated ``Bigeye'' was plagued with technical bugs.

Because their citizens would object, America's NATO allies won't allow new chemical weapons to be stored on their territory, say critics. The weapons would have to be airlifted to Europe before they could be used -- reducing their utility in a crisis. John Kestor of the review commission replies that ways could be found to deliver the weapons to Europe quickly.

The US should modernize chemical-weapon defense before it spends cash on new chemical offense, says a House committee aide: A GAO report this spring found that Army-issue chemical protective boots are highly flammable and take 15 minutes to put on.

Finally, critics claim the Soviet chemical threat isn't as ominous as the administration claims -- and that chemical weapons, in general, are good not for attacking troops trained to deal with chemical weapons, but for wiping out civilians. ``If someone could tell me what good these weapons are, I'd be glad to hear it,'' says Harvard biochemist Matthew Meselson.

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This director's intensity makes his art uncompromising. A current museum show and stage production reveal his masterly treatment of the forces of beauty, space, and time.

`SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'' does an occasional sketch mocking German avant-garde talk shows. The sketch is called ``Sprockets,'' and its host, Dieter, sports a black turtleneck and serious intellectual eyewear. The purpose is to poke holes in the high-intensity, ultra-self-absorbed image of modern artists. I'm not lumping Robert Wilson in with that crowd, but it wouldn't be hard to do a sendup of this enigmatic artist and theater director. He has the look. He has the presence. He has the European suits and the ramrod profile. His movements are as precise as hands on a clock.

On the surface Mr. Wilson's art induces the formal, distancing effect that people associate with modern art's lack of humanity and humility - exactly what Saturday Night Live spoofs on television. But it's clear there's something more to his drawings, sculpture, and sketches. To appreciate his art, it's important to know that Wilson does not create theater that most of us would recognize. He's said that so-called ``naturalistic'' plays that portray ordinary people in recognizable dilemmas - your basic Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, or Lillian Hellman - falsify reality and are highly unnatural.

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As Wilson told one reporter, ``I think the more formal theaters, which are full of the artificial, are much more natural. There's more mental space. There's time to reflect, to think. They seem much closer to nature than this theater we call naturalism.''

This is a valuable clue to the Wilson approach. In an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, he has created installations using stage settings, lighting, and props from his past works. The visitor first walks through a long corridor wallpapered in photographic close-ups of tree bark. The sound of wind rustling through the leaves is heard from the sophisticated sound system. Human birdcalls fill the space. It's the farthest thing from a forest, but it quiets the viewer and prepares him for what is to come. It invites contemplation in the same way that a Wilson theater piece may pause in mid-action to let the movement hang suspended, open.

Wilson is adamant about allowing things to happen slowly, deliberately. Some commentators have likened his work to tableau vivant. This was a popular style of theater in the 18th century in which actors/models posed as living paintings. (I have heard actor acquaintances complain that Wilson uses performers like pieces of furniture.) But it could be said, and Wilson has, that everything in modern life - on stage and off - has been speeded up and bears no resemblance to life based in thought.

YOU may not agree with him, but for Wilson, the dream life is a potent thought-force in waking life. Like dreams, the graphite and chalk drawings in the exhibit are indistinct but penetrating. When I closed my eyes, I still saw the drawings. It's similar to when I dream and see something that my mind defines and delineates, but when I wake it eludes me. This ephemeral quality inhabits both Wilson's theater and art, and is inseparable from them.

But Wilson's facility with architecture allows him to give form to the weightless visions and ideas that animate his art. He uses industrial materials for his sculpture: wire mesh, steel, glass, cast lead, and enameled wood. His ``Hanging Chair'' from the show ``The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud'' casts a shadow on the wall as precise as a draftsman's line drawing. The ``Lightbulb'' from the production ``Death, Destruction and Detroit I'' begins as a theatrical emblem and recurs as a spectral charcoal drawing. One art form feeds the other.

My favorite piece of Wilson furniture/sculpture was missing from this show - an elegant, seductive black chaise longue from his 1988 theater piece, ``Quartet,'' but I found a substitute. The wire-mesh couch from the opera ``Parzival'' rivals anything a diva could recline on - ignoring for a moment the grid marks when she got up.

Another quintessential Wilson piece of architecture is a copper-edged water tank from ``A Letter for Queen Victoria.'' The tank sits about 4 and a half feet high, is 6 or 8 feet long, and a couple of feet wide. A smaller version became a fish tank for a scene in ``Quartet.''

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Robert Wilson was on hand at the press opening, so I sidled up to him to ask if, in ``Quartet,'' he had intended for the water to slosh at exactly the same angle as the diagonal of his stage set. He laughed politely as if it hadn't occurred to him, and said softly, ``Actually, once this is filled with water, it's a frame to be seen through.'' End of conversation.

I didn't ask him about the ``Quartet'' goldfish. In 1988, I toured backstage at the American Repertory Theater where the show was playing and talked to the technical director about the difficulties of bringing Wilson's ideas to the stage. In rehearsal, it seems, Wilson noticed a filter had been placed on his copper-and-glass sculpture-cum-fishtank. He pointed it out to the crew, complaining that it spoiled the aesthetics and created air bubbles. He was gently told that the fish needed to breathe.

Finally, he and the crew agreed the filter would be taken off just before the tank was brought on stage. (The crew kept replacement goldfish in a big garbage pail and drew a small black cross on the wall when a fish died. There were dozens of crosses.)

This points to the single-minded intensity with which Wilson pursues his calling. It makes him slightly off-putting. It makes his art uncompromising, but also more interesting. He dominates your senses, making you examine time, space, beauty, and relevance. Most of all, the passing of time.

THE final installation of the exhibit has the effect of bracketing time. A life-size adult mannequin in fetal position, encased in a lucite box, travels slowly the length of the wall on a track. Behind the body, a display of small white lights blinks on and off. At the same time, a doll-size chair with a clock above it travels laterally. The body never reaches the end of the wall, although the clock and chair arrive at the bottom.

Surrounded by darkness and the sound of an eerie sea whistle, I felt isolated, even though there were reporters all around me. They too had fallen silent, watching the body inch along the wall. The forlorn noise of a dog barking somewhere in a backyard years away pulled at our collective imaginations.

What a strange thing Robert Wilson has composed, and how unforgettable.

``Robert Wilson's Vision'' runs through April 21 at the Museum of Fine Arts. It travels to Houston's Contemporary Arts Museum June 15-Aug. 18, and then to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sept. 19-Dec. 1.

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As Latinos tilt Democratic, can Texas stay ‘red’?

The Lone Star State is the last big GOP bastion where Hispanics are a sizable voting bloc.

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When President Bush says so long to Washington on Jan. 20, he’ll return to a much different Lone Star State from the one he left eight years ago.

Pickup trucks, Big Oil, and barbecue brisket still reign supreme, but this red state that helped deliver the presidency to Mr. Bush twice and his father once, and that catapulted GOP strategist Karl Rove to the national stage, is suddenly spotted with big pockets of blue.

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Dallas is controlled by Democrats; Houston is in their hands, too. It’s all largely because of the state’s growing Hispanic population, which overwhelmingly sided with Democrats this year.

“The tide of demography in Texas is moving against the Republicans,” says Cal Jillson, a political scientist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. “All the major cities are Democratic and are likely to become more so over time.”

The Pew Hispanic Center reports that Latino voters sided with President-elect Obama over Sen. John McCain by a margin of more than 2 to 1, helping Democrats win crucial states such as Florida, Virginia, Nevada, and Colorado. While the overall Hispanic turnout did not rise much – it accounted for 9 percent of the vote this year and 8 percent in 2004 – Latino support for the GOP dropped nine percentage points, according to Pew.

That has left Republicans panicking and Democrats drooling. Duncan Currie writes in last week’s conservative Weekly Standard that Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R) of Florida says the GOP has a “very, very serious problem” because of diminishing Hispanic support.

Political scientists, sociologists, and activists say that concern reflects a keen awareness of what a growing and increasingly political Latino community could mean in big, traditionally red states like Texas: Those voters could tip Democratic in future national contests.

“We are in the process of watching this remarkable shift,” says Stephen Klineberg, a sociologist at Rice University here, referring to the overall demographic transformation of America. “You can be absolutely certain that every election [to come] in Texas will have a larger percentage of Latino voters.”

In 2005, Texas joined California, New Mexico, and Hawaii as states where minority populations collectively outnumber whites, according to the US Census Bureau. In Texas and California, the second-largest group behind whites, and the fastest-growing population, is Hispanics. Nationwide, Hispanics number about 45.5 million, or 15 percent of the population. In Texas, Latinos make up about 36 percent of the population and about 20 percent of participating voters this year.

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“It’s the biggest pool of Hispanic voters left in a state that didn’t vote Democratic in 2008,” not counting Arizona, because it’s Senator McCain’s home state, says Richard Murray, a political scientist at the University of Houston.

For the Democratic Party nationally, the overwhelming Hispanic support presents an inviting opportunity, especially to develop party loyalty among younger Latinos, who backed Mr. Obama 76 percent to 19 percent for McCain, according the Pew analysis.

In Harris Country, which includes Houston, 70 percent of people older than 60 are Anglo, while more than 75 percent of people younger than 30 are non-Anglo, notes Professor Klineberg.

While Bush didn’t carry the Hispanic vote here in 2004, he came close. He captured 49 percent of that bloc, with 50 percent going to Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry. Republicans also lost ground among Hispanics this year in Florida.

Since the advent of his political career, though, Bush found ways to appeal to the Latino community, which saw him favorably for his close relationships with Latin American leaders, his faith-based initiatives, and his ability to speak Spanish.

While Hispanics are not a monolithic bloc, many began turning away from the Republicans in Texas, and elsewhere in the US, amid the harsh rhetoric about immigration reform in 2007, says Professor Murray.

“Even in Texas you can’t just be a party of white folks,” he says. “Nationally and locally, the party is going to have to do some retooling.”

Though the Lone Star State’s spots of blue darkened on Election Day, the state remains solidly Republican (55 percent McCain, 44 percent Obama). McCain scored huge victories in rural Texas, taking as much as 93 percent of the vote in some counties in the Panhandle, helping deliver the state’s 34 electoral votes to the Republicans. The statehouse in Austin also remains in Republican hands.

Associated Press exit polls showed that whites, seniors, Christians, and the affluent largely stayed with the GOP ticket and that McCain took two-thirds of the state’s white vote and about three-fifths of families making more than $50,000 annually.

While rural, suburban, and small-town Texans stick with traditional Republican values, Klineberg says, a new cosmopolitan and high-tech Texas is emerging in cities such as Houston, which is the country’s fourth-largest city, with a population of about 2 million.

Houstonian Judy Craft, a longtime Democratic activist and an environmentalist, is used to swimming against the red tide in Texas. “I was hoping we’d do better, but that’s because I’m really good at suspending my disbelief during the middle of a campaign,” says Ms. Craft, who signed off her e-mails during the campaign with the hopeful wish that Texas would turn blue. “Oh well, at least I got a bluer shade of purple.”

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The Hanukkah and Christmas holidays coincide amid a season of Jewish and Christian bridge-building, as evidenced, in part, by a recent surprise bestseller on Amazon.

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This year’s Hanukkah and Christmas seasons coincide amid what many scholars and religious figures alike are calling a notable period of reconciliation and bridge-building between Jewish and Christian communities.

“The Jewish Annotated New Testament,” written by Jewish scholars and warmly received by top religious scholars and general readers alike, was a surprise bestseller earlier this month, selling out on Amazon, and is still hovering among the top recommended reads.

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Co-editor Amy-Jill Levine, a Vanderbilt University Bible scholar, says the book, which puts the writing and writers of the New Testament into a Jewish context, has led already to substantial conversations between Jews and Christians, including seminars and high-profile interfaith meetings.

This caps at least a decade of mutual Christian and Jewish outreach, during which The Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies in Baltimore sponsored an event that led to what Professor Levine calls a remarkable statement, entitled “Speak Truth” and signed by nearly 170 rabbis and Jewish professors.

The document, first published in The New York Times, affirms eight major areas of agreement between Christians and Jews, including the assertion that both accept the moral principles of the Torah, both seek authority from the same book and both believe in the same God.

“Speak Truth,” or “Dabru Emet” in Hebrew, “was followed up by ‘A Sacred Obligation: A Christian Statement on Jews and Judaism,’ ” Levine points out.

“This is a season of rapprochement,” says Alan Brill, chair of Jewish-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey. This increased dialogue has been fueled in part by information from recent archeological findings, including the Dead Sea scrolls dating back to 1947, finally working its way into mainstream Jewish and Christian scholarship, points out Professor Brill.

There have been pivotal, historic moments, such as the decision of the Second Vatican Council – the three-year gathering (1962-65) to address the Catholic Church’s relationship to the modern world – to officially absolve the Jewish people for any responsibility for the death of Jesus, as well as Christian expressions of support for the state of Israel. These moves have paved the way for greater shared respect for mutual history as well as different traditions. “It is an exciting time,” Brill adds.

Christian scholars share an interest in understanding Jesus in the context of history, says Silviu Bunta, assistant professor of religious studies at the Catholic University of Dayton in Ohio, who says there is a growing convergence of the current Jewish and Christian understanding of Jesus.

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In ancient Judaism, he says, there was no single way of reading the Torah and Jesus’ manner of interpreting the Biblical text does not fall outside of Jewish interpretations at the time. Christian students of the same period have come to rediscover Jesus’ humanity and Jewishness, he says, adding, “Christian scholars are becoming more and more comfortable with viewing Jesus as a product of Judaism.”

Growing cultural trends such as interfaith marriage support this growing openness, says Rabbi Yitzchak Wyne, founder of Young Israel Aish, an Orthodox Jewish community synagogue in Las Vegas, and author of, “Life Is Great!: Revealing the 7 secrets of a more joyful you!”

“We have a greater level of interfaith marriage today than at almost any other time in history,” he says. With the advent of Israel, “we are in a much more liberal time, with Christians being more accepting of Jewish traditions and families celebrating many traditions,” he says, adding that he just finished counseling a woman married to a non-Jewish man. “They will go home and light the menorah this week and then on Sunday head over to his mother’s house for Christmas dinner.”

Concern over watering down of religious observances and principles must be balanced against tolerance for different beliefs, he says.

“Christian and Jewish traditions are coming closer together,” says Chaplain Paul Fullmer, Religion & Philosophy professor at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Penn.

“Particularly as Christians begin to appreciate the value of reading Christian teachings ‘with Jewish eyes,’ community-based celebrations of a Seder meal, Purim, or Sukkoth are becoming opportunities for education, understanding, and on-going relationship,” says Professor Fullmer, noting that he sees the shifting attitudes among his students as they are exposed to newer ideas.

“ ‘How can a Jewish person not believe in Jesus?’ a student asked me recently,” he says. “ ‘Haven’t they read Isaiah 52 to 53?’

“At a Seder meal held on our campus, that student came to understand how the Suffering Servant in these passages is understood by many Jews as representing the Jewish community as a whole,” he says. Jewish-Christian celebrations and other opportunities through which Jewish and Christian community grow closer together matter, he says, “to the extent that they help Christians to appreciate the Jewish approach to faith, and vice versa.”

And in his forthcoming book, “Kosher Jesus,” Orthodox Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, also reexamines the historic Jesus, suggesting that a better understanding of his actual historic role helps both faiths.

“We need to rediscover the humanity of Jesus,” he says, adding, “we need to understand more about what he actually said about how we should live and act.”

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As the mercury starts to rise and swimwear climbs even higher up your shopping wish list, we caught up with cult swimwear designer Nicky Zimmermann to talk trends, cuts and finding the perfect cossie to suit your shape

How would you describe your Resort Swim collection? Fresh!

Where was the campaign shot? On a boat off Cabo San Lucas in Mexico.

Who is the model in the campaign and why did you chose her? Josephine Skriver. She walked in our New York Fashion Week show in February, and I’ve been wanting to work with her for Swim since then. She’s incredible and has an amazing body – perfect for swimwear.

What are the trends for SS14-15?
We wanted Resort to be about clothes that move. I wanted them to be lighter than past seasons’ Swim collections.

What are you tips to finding the right bikini to fit and flatter shapes?
I always suggest taking lots of different shapes into the change room, even when you don’t immediately think they’re right for you. It’s nice to evolve your swimwear looks from season-to-season, like everything else in your wardrobe.

The best beach accessory for summer?
We’ve done some really oversized beach bags. They’re huge, but they’re what I want to take with me to the beach at the moment.

The print of the season?
I love the floral we’ve done for Resort on the chartreuse base. It’s classic Zimmermann but really fresh too.

Favourite beach in the world?
I have lots - but I particularly love Sydney’s Tamarama, Camp Cove and Palm Beach.

This summer we’ll find the Zimmermann sisters…
I think we’re staying local this summer – maybe Palm Beach, in NSW. I’ve got our autumn/winter show at the beginning of February, so I need to be around the studio early in the new year.

Can you share with ELLE the things no one knows about your New York SS15 fashion show?
Outside of our regular team, there were Australians everywhere backstage at our show in New York. There are just so many Aussies in New York now and working in the industry – there are dressers, set and lighting guys and cameramen, and you hear all these accents everywhere. There’s something strangely comforting about it.


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April 25 Deadline: Grant program seeks innovative resource conservation projects for agriculture

The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Idaho set aside $150,000 for the 2014 Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program which funds projects that demonstrate new ways to conserve resources on agricultural lands. Pre-proposal applications are due to the Idaho NRCS State Office by April 25.

“This grant program funds progressive, on-the-ground conservation projects on agricultural land,” said Jeff Burwell, Idaho NRCS State Conservationist. “It offers an opportunity for organizations or individuals to get funding for one- to three-year projects that work on solutions to specific agricultural related resource problems.”

“We are looking for proposals that lead to creative conservation techniques or technologies that producers can adopt,” said Burwell. “They should take methods that have been shown to work and apply them to field demonstration or pilot projects.”

The application process has two-phases: a pre-proposal application followed by a full proposal package for selected applicants. Grants will be awarded through a statewide competitive process. The maximum amount may not exceed $75,000.

Projects must take place in Idaho and address resource concerns related to soil health, nutrient management, energy conservation, wildlife or other resource concerns. Complete application requirements, along with application materials, are posted on the Idaho NRCS Web site at http://www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig/state.html. Information on past years’ projects are also posted.

Contact the Idaho NRCS State Office, 9173 W. Barnes Drive, Suite C, Boise, Idaho, 83709 or electronically through http://www.grants.gov; Denise Adkins at 685-6991.

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A driver and passenger survived a very close call with a train Monday night in Ottumwa.

The Ottumwa Courier reports a small pickup was hit by a train. The driver apparently drove around the stop arms at the railroad crossing.

Firefighters said the driver and a passenger survived the crash. At least one was treated for injuries. An official said that none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.

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Australia's Glenn Maxwell ready for verbal duels vs England

The all-rounder believes there will be plenty of banter during the Twenty20 and ODI series between England and Australia.

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London: Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is preparing himself for plenty of banter in the forthcoming limited overs internationals against England.

Following England's 3-0 Ashes series win completed with Sunday's drawn fifth Test at The Oval, the arch-rivals face each other in international cricket's shorter formats, starting with the first of two Twenty20 fixtures in Southampton on Thursday.

Australia Test captain Michael Clarke and England batsman Kevin Pietersen exchanged a few heated words at The Oval while, during the course of the fifth Test, Australia coach Darren Lehmann called Stuart Broad a cheat during a radio interview.

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Confessions of a legend: Sachin Tendulkar writing 'tell-all' autobiography

Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar disclosed that he has started work on his autobiography but refused to give out details, saying he did not want to affect the release of the book.

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Retired cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar refused to give out details of an autobiography he is currently writing, saying he wants to maintain silence so as to not affect the release of the book. He disclosed during a corporate event on Wednesday that the work on the autobiography had already started. "The work on it has started. If I give out the details of it, then who will read it? When the time is appropriate, I will let you know (more about it)," Sachin said during the event.

Tendulkar, who retired from all forms of cricket last year amid huge reception from fans while playing his 200th Test match against the West Indies, said that writing was definitely not an easy job as it required a lot of practice and hard work. "Writing, much like batting, needs ample practice, the right technique and execution," he said.

Judging by the Master Blaster's recent comments about how writing letters to his wife Anjali during his cricket career had been more difficult than batting, his family life including his son Arjun and daughter Sara, is expected to feature prominently in the book.

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India's selectors recalled hard-hitting opening batsman Virender Sehwag for an upcoming Test series in Australia.

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Virender Sehwag was on Wednesday handed out a fresh lifeline with the national selectors springing a surprise by recalling him while also naming rookie paceman Pankaj Singh in India's 16-member Test squad for the grueling cricket tour of Australia.

Sehwag, who did not figure in the list of 24 probables, got the nod after Gautam Gambhir was ruled out of the tour beginning later this month because of a sore shoulder.

The 22-year-old Pankaj Singh, the Rajasthan paceman who has caught the eye with his sterling performances in domestic cricket, was the lone new face in the squad announced by BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah after the selection committee meeting here.

Some of India's key players like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Zaheer Khan and Rudra Pratap Singh, who missed the third Test against Pakistan because of injuries, were included in the squad, having recovered from their fitness problems.

Barring the selection of Sehwag and Pankaj, there were no other surprises in the squad, which has seven batsmen, five pacemen, two spinners and two wicket-keeper batsmen.

"Gambhir has a sore shoulder and according to the report of physio John Gloster, he will need three weeks of rest. That is why he was not considered for selection," Shah said.

While wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik retained his place, paceman Munaf Patel was omitted from the squad with the selectors wanting him to play more domestic matches before returning to international cricket.

"Munaf Patel is advised more match practice before his selection for international matches, so he will be seen in Ranji Trophy," Shah said.

Shah said the Indian team will leave for Australia from Mumbai on December 17. The team is scheduled to play the first Test at Melbourne on December 26.

For Sehwag, it turned out to be an expected recall to the longer version of the game after a gap of nearly one year. He had lat played a Test for India against South Africa in Cape Town in January this year.

After being in the wilderness for sometime, Sehwag first came to the national team for the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa with moderate success.

Many former cricketers including former Australian captain Ian Chappell were surprised at the selectors' decision to leave out Sehwag from the list of probables, saying conditions in Austalia would suit his game.

The dashing Delhi batsman has generally been successful on bouncier tracks and the tour of Australia will provide him an opportunity to revive his sagging career.

Pankaj Singh, who has been preferred ahead of an injury-prone Munaf Patel, has taken 73 wickets from 23 first class matches will be an unknown package for the Aussies.

With the squad packed with pacemen, it appears unlikely that the young pacmen would get the coveted Test cap during the series.

Paceman Ajit Agarkar, opener Aakash Chopra, spinner Murali Kartik and wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel, who figured in the list of probables, could not make the cut.

Parthiv, who had done well during the last tour Down Under and has also been in good form in domestic cricket would consider himself unlucky to miss out on a berth.

Chopra, another player who had done well on the tour of Australia in 2003 and also scored heavily in Ranji matches, could not impress the selectors enough to force a comeback.

The team to be captain by Anil Kumble has a well settled batting line-up comprising the likes of Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

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Philipp Lahm slams Germany fans for again booing Mario Gomez

Gomez hurried through the mixed zone after the game and quickly left the Fritz-Walter Stadium, but it was in sharp contrast to his Fiorentina introduction four weeks ago, where he was greeted by adoring fans and Lahm called for the verbal abuse to stop.

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Berlin: Captain Philipp Lahm has slammed Germany's fans for again jeering unpopular striker Mario Gomez during the draw against Paraguay and called for the five years of cat-calls to stop.

Whistles and jeers rang out on Wednesday in Kaiserslautern as German fans voiced their noisy disapproval when the 28-year-old Gomez came off the bench for the final half hour of the 3-3 draw with the south Americans.

Gomez bore the brunt of supporter frustration for a below-par performance from the Germany team when he replaced veteran Miroslav Klose, a former Kaiserslautern player and firm fans' favourite, who is just one short of Gerd Mueller's goal-scoring record.

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Border security and bad presscontinue to squeeze Mexico's Nogales

Scoring drugs in Mexico just isn't what it used to be.

At least that's the word from Javier Navarro, who's passing this unusually warm afternoon at the counter of the Diamond Farmacia. His tiny store sits on the hushed Plaza Pesqueira, across from a dentist's office and just south of the Mexico line in Nogales, Sonora.

Navarro once filled prescriptions for armies of Americans eager to buy Viagra or Allegra at a fraction of the cost back home. "In the winters, they used to come down on big buses," he says. "But not anymore. This year has been very slow here in Nogales."

Instead, he now serves a trickle of visitors willing to ignore the bad press and border-crossing hassles that have made travels to his scruffy town an exercise in trepidation.

Like others here, Navarro downplays the effects of the narco-violence that has plagued much of northern Mexico, including Sonora. Rather, he points to U.S. financial troubles as a major drag on the tourist trade. He also believes that increased security at the border—including the recent requirement that all Americans possess passports to return home—are daunting to visitors. "When people are coming back from Mexico," he says, "Customs checks your pockets, your bags, your passports, everything."

Hard numbers behind the economic decline in Nogales are slippery. But glance around these languid streets, once teeming with American, Canadian and European tourists, and the decline is obvious. Today, the sidewalks are filled mostly with hungry-eyed curio-hawkers, desperate to get a warm body inside their stores.

Merchants I spoke with repeatedly argued that the grisly, narcotics-related murders in Nogales and other border towns have been over-hyped by the media. Whether that's true or not, the worst of the bloodletting does seem to have passed. According to Sonora state security officials, the number of homicides in Nogales, Sonora, was 83 in 2011, down from 210 the year before. Still, violent crime persists. According to the U.S. State Department, no fewer than 21 American citizens were slain in Nogales between Jan. 1, 2010, and Dec. 31, 2011.

However, it's widely believed that the increasingly rigorous security at U.S. border crossings is equally to blame for tourism declines. That includes the requirement, implemented in 2009, that all U.S. and Canadian citizens must have a passport when entering the United States. The change grew out of proposals made by the 9/11 Commission, and was initiated under a policy called the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. One could assume that most day-trippers are unlikely to trouble themselves with obtaining a passport just for visits to Nogales.

At the same time, an intimidating security apparatus—including massive Border Patrol buildups—has dispelled any notion of the borderland as a carefree travel destination.

Michael Foltz sees the effects of that buildup firsthand. As the owner of the Reisen Arizona tour company, he regularly squires European travelers throughout Southern Arizona. But these days, the Tucson native advises against crossing into Sonora, after having some of his entourage grilled by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents for hours at a time.

"My concern, if they go across and then come back from Mexico, is that there's an extra focus on them for being foreign," Foltz says. "That's also been a major issue with my guests, in terms of them not feeling very comfortable over there."

Other times, he says, passengers in his vans have received intensified scrutiny at U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints, such as the one on Interstate 19 between Tucson and Nogales.

He recalls another checkpoint north of Tombstone, where a Border Patrol agent grilled his vanload of elderly German women. The agent asked the women to read the addresses on their passports aloud, in German, "like they were somehow fictitious passports," Foltz says. "By the time he'd gotten through the second or third person, I asked him if he spoke German. He said no. So I asked him how he even knew what they were saying was right."

Border Patrol spokesman Omar Candelaria didn't return several phone calls seeking comment. But according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Juan Osorio, everyone crossing the border into this country is treated equally.

That's not always necessarily the case. For instance—despite the sweeping policy shifts—Americans are unlikely to find themselves stranded in Mexico just because they lack a passport. "We cannot deny entry to a United States citizen," Osorio says. "That is the law."

On the other hand, not having a passport can mean a long wait while agents authenticate a traveler's citizenship. "A passport just makes it so much easier to travel, to facilitate your entry," he says. "Because when you come into the United States, the burden of proof is upon you."

Regardless of exactly where the burden lies, its fallout is obvious at Corucos Gift Shop, on Avenida Lopez Mateos in Nogales. Standing among metal yard ornaments and decorative folk art, salesman Israel Gutierrez blames slow times on overblown narco-trafficking worries and a weaker American economy. And slow, they are: He estimates that sales have dropped by at least 60 percent in the last few years. To cope, his store has begun manufacturing its own merchandise rather than ordering pricier inventory from far-off Mexican states such as Oaxaca or Guerrero.

Gutierrez calls fears of violence unfounded, particularly in the border-hugging tourist zone that he says is now patrolled by bicycle cops. "This triangle is touristy, and safe for you guys. You never hear about a gringo being held at gunpoint or something like that. ... The cartels are fighting, but that's in the mountains, sir."

A few minutes later, shop owner Efraim Llamas arrives and glances out at the quiet courtyard. He provides security, he says, and tries to make sure that all of the 27 shops in this sprawling complex remain open. Then someone calls from a distant passageway, and he sidles off.

As Gutierrez rearranges a cluster of metal sunflowers, he says that most problems involving tourists arise from situations they've created for themselves. He cites the fact that Americans are occasionally caught hauling guns into the country, or sneaking drugs out. Then there's the occasional traveler who overdoses in some ratty hotel room.

Gutierrez emphasizes that crossing the line can be therapeutic. "We want you to get away from all the stress over there," he says, pointing toward the United States. "We want people to come for their tequila, for getting their teeth pulled, and to buy a couple of little souvenirs, and go home happy."

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EEE risk level raised to 'High' in Raynham, Taunton, W. Bridgewater, Easton

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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday announced the detection of mammal-biting mosquitoes infected with Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, in Easton, Raynham, Taunton and West Bridgewater, The Patriot Ledger reported.

As a result, health officials have raised the EEE threat level to “high” in these four communities. DPH urges communities designated as “high” to curtail planned evening outdoor events for the remainder of the mosquito season.

“We are seeing EEE activity in mosquitoes in scattered locations, including in several mammal-biting species, so it remains very important for people to take precautions to avoid getting bit,” said DPH Public Health Veterinarian Catherine Brown. “People need to continue to use insect repellent, cover up exposed skin, and avoid being outdoors at dusk and after nightfall when mosquitoes are at their most active in the highest risk areas.”

The surrounding towns of Norton, Mansfield, Dighton, Berkley, Sharon and Stoughton have been raised to “moderate” risk for EEE due to their proximity to the area of identified risk.

There has been one confirmed human case of EEE in a Massachusetts resident this year. In 2012, there were seven cases in humans of EEE in Massachusetts.

EEE is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. EEE is a serious disease in all ages and can cause death.


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The longest year ever

The longest year ever

The longest year ever
1. January 4: The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395).

2. January 16: Super Bowl VI: The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins 24-3.

3. February 3- February 13: The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo, Japan.

4. February 4: Mariner 9 sends pictures from Mars.

5. February 5: Bob Douglas becomes the first African-American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

6. March 2: The Pioneer 10 spacecraft is launched from Cape Kennedy, to be the first man-made satellite to leave the solar system.

7. March 24: "The Godfather" is released in cinemas in the United States.

8. April 16: Apollo 16 (John Young, Ken Mattingly, Charlie Duke) is launched. During the mission, the astronauts achieve a lunar rover speed record of 18 km/h.

9. May 26: The Watergate first break-in, the "Ameritas dinner," fails.

10. May 27: A second Watergate break-in attempt fails.

11. June 17: Watergate scandal -- Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee.

12. June 23: Watergate Scandal -- U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the C.I.A. to obstruct the F.B.I.'s investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

13. June 30: An extra leap second (23:59:60) is added to end the month.

14. July: U.S. actress Jane Fonda tours North Vietnam, during which she is photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun.

15. August 10: A brilliant, daytime meteor skips off the Earth's atmosphere due to an Apollo asteroid streaking over the western US into Canada.

16. September 1: Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match at Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American to be world chess champion.

17. September 28: The Canadian national men's hockey team defeats the Soviet national ice hockey team in Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series (French: La Série du Siècle, Russian: Суперсерия СССР - Канада), 6-5, to win the series 4-3-1.

18. October 25: The first female FBI agents are hired.

19. Apollo 17: (Gene Cernan, Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt), the last manned Moon mission to date, is launched.

20. December 11: Apollo 17 lands on the Moon.

21.How Much things cost in 1972:

• Yearly Inflation Rate USA: 3.27%
• Yearly Inflation Rate UK: 6.4%
• Year-End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average: 1020
• Average Cost of new house: $27,550.00
• Average Income per year: $11,800.00
• Average Monthly Rent: $165.00
• Cost of a gallon of gas: 55 cents
• Roxanne Ladies Swimsuit: $30.00
• Kodak Pocket Camera History: $28.00
• Wrangler Jeans: $12.00
• Ladies Timex Watch: $30.00

22. Popular Films:
• The Godfather
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Diamonds Are Forever
• What's Up, Doc? • Dirty Harry
• The Last Picture Show
• A Clockwork Orange
• Cabaret

23. Popular musicians and songs:
• Abba
• Roxy Music
• The Eagles
• John Lennon
• Paul Simon
• Simon and Garfunkel
• Rod Stewart
• Don McLean with "American Pie"
• Michael Jackson with "Ben"
• Elton John
• The Moody Blues
• David Bowie
• Led Zeppelin

24. Popular books:
• John Ashberry, Three Poems
• John Gardner, The Sunlight Dialogues
• Maxine Kumin, Up Country
• James Merrill, Braving the Elements
• Eudora Welty, The Optimist's Daughter

25. Born this year:
• Gwyneth Paltrow, Sept. 27
• Scott Peterson, Oct. 24
• Jonny Lee Miller, Nov. 15
Jonny Lee MillerBen Affleck, Aug. 15

26. Died this year:
• Gil Hodges
• J. Edgar Hoover
• Harry S. Truman

27. Technology:
• HBO launched in U.S. as the first subscription cable service
• Richard Nixon orders the start for the space shuttle program
• Apollo 16 lands on the moon, where the lunar rover is tested by astronauts John W Young and Charles M Duke.
• Apollo 17 lands on the moon and the last men to walk on the moon are Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan.
• Digital watches are introduced.
• First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced (price $395).
• The Volkswagen Beetle becomes the most popular car ever sold with more than 15 million sold.
• Atari kicks off the first generation of video games with the release of Pong, the first game to achieve commercial success.

28. Top 10 songs:
• 1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack
• 2. Alone Again (Naturally), Gilbert O'Sullivan
• 3. American Pie, Don McLean
• 4. Without You, Nilsson
• 5. The Candy Man, Sammy Davis Jr.
• 6. I Gotcha, Joe Tex
• 7. Lean On Me, Bill Withers
• 8. Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me, Mac Davis
• 9. Brand New Key, Melanie
• 10. Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast, Wayne Newton

29. Baseball
• January 19: The BBWAA elects Sandy Koufax (344 votes), Yogi Berra (339), and Early Wynn (301) to the Hall of Fame.

30. Other facts
• The 968.9-carat Star of Sierra Leone diamond was discovered in February. It ranks as the third-largest gem-quality diamond and the largest alluvial diamond ever discovered.
• On January 30, the British Army killed 13 unarmed Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Derry, Ireland. The incident is referred to as "Bloody Sunday" by future generations. This was the inspiration behind the protest song Sunday Bloody Sunday by Irish rockers U2.
• 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich
• In the final of the men's basketball, the United States lost to the USSR, in what USA Basketball calls "the most controversial game in international basketball history". In a close-fought match the U.S. team initially believed it had won with a score of 50-49, but confusion over a late timeout gave the Soviet team a few seconds to score two more points and claim victory. Ultimately the U.S team refused to accept their silver medals, which remain held in a vault in Lausanne, Switzerland.


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 From:  "Marten" <wleiden at xs4all dot nl>
 To:  "Tim Maass" <tim underscore maass at gmx dot de>
 Cc:  m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
 Subject:  Re: [m0n0wall] WLAN mini-PCI?
 Date:  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:35:35 +0200 (CEST)
> Hi,
> Can anyone tell me which NIC I can use that will be supported
> by the wi driver? (The list is only for PCMCIA cards?!)
all prism chip cards
all harris chip cards (no apmodus)
no atheros chip cards

or www.senao.com

try and enter

"prism mini pci senao" in google

==> first to hits are vendors....

BE sure to have right firmware in it! p 1.1.1 s 1.5.6

> Or, can disassemble one of the listed PCMCIA Cards?

nope, but very old wmp11 from linksys do :)


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Mermaid cookies

This set was for a recurrent costumer. I love her because she always have really fun party themes for her daughter and know exactly what she wants. She even bring me the necessary cookie cutters , but always give me freedom to design and bring to life her ideas in the cookies. This year they had a pool party with a Mermaid theme.

A closer and less crowded view

The mermaid cutter is shaped as a side view of a mermaid but I design it looking to the front.

I used non-perils, airbrush and hand painted goal accents for the jellyfishes

Some other techniques here: airbrush accent color and piped scales for the mermaid tales and scales stencil for the plaque. The shell in the plaque was made out of fondant. For the mermaid tail I used a huge whale cutter.

Looking forward for next year T!

Shopkins cake and cookies

A few months back we were in a Shopkins theme Birthday party when one of my daughters friends announced that she also wanted the same theme for her birthday. I was in charge of making it happen and these are the Shopkins cake and cookies I make for her.
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Mix media – “Antique Hearts” cookies

Cookie Connection’s latest challenge was “mix media cookies”. This year I want to be more involved in the cookie community so I took a small step and create these cookies for the challenge. By the way I miss the deadline for submission but I really have fun working with this little set of cookies. Next time hopefully I’ll be on time because their prizes are good!

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    The challenge requested using different mediums so I create this “Antique Hearts” set using  . . .

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Chinese Year of the Horse Cookies

Cookies for the Year of the Horse in 2014, never have the opportunity to share here in my blog. Enjoy them.

Chinese New Year 2014-

One of the first times I used shadows to enhance the details in the horse face. I use black gel color mixed with a little bit of alcohol (tequila, vodka, even lemon extract works) and apply it with a fine brush.
Chinese New Year 2014-

Wet on wet technique for the flowers in the lanterns, all the gold details were brush with luster dust also mix with alcohol.
Chinese New Year 2014- Chinese New Year 2014-

Chinese Koi Fish Cookies

More Chinese cookies! I’m not sure but is probably the color combination that attract me to Chinese symbols and today I will show you how I make these staple of Chinese culture the Koi fish that represent Harmony and Happiness and is tied to the Ying Yang symbol.

Chinese New Year 2014-

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Winter Gingerbread Birdhouse- Casita de Gengibre

I won the most recent Cake Central inspirational Challenge! The theme was Birdhouses and you can see the images included in the inspirational board here. My entry included a big gingerbread Birdhouse, some medium, and tiny little one as cupcake topper and pops. Also decorated cookies.
IMG_3060 Cardinals Birdhouse

The best part is that my creations will be feature in Cake Central Magazine

Let me share with you the steps to create the big bird house.

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Christmas Season is here ! – JW Marriot Resort and Spa

I’m already in the Christmas spirit thanks to JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa! My family enjoyed their spectacular JW Illumination holiday light show where hundreds of thousands of twinkling lights are choreographed to joyful holiday music as part of the resort’s outdoor wonderland. I haven’t started baking this year’s Christmas treats yet so I will share a special treat we got and pictures of our visit to the JW Marriott;  just to cheer up your Holiday spirit !.

PicMonkey CollageJW Cookie

 This is a special Holiday cookie with the resort logo imprinted in milk chocolate.  Not only did the cookie look amazing but it was delicious!

Let me share all the details from our incredible evening in the JW Marriot.

 JW Resort at duskPicture courtesy of  JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort &Spa

 Tinsel the JW Elf  was our host. My kids love her! If you want to meet her, Tinsel will be visiting the Village Shopping Center’s Toy’s for Tots event on Dec. 14th

Tinsel 5x7_3Picture courtesy of the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort &Spa

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Autumn Quilt Cookies – Cake Central Inspiration Challenge’s runner up

On this special time of the year Cake  Central invited all its members to join its Autumn Quilt Inspiration Challenge, and my cookies place as a runner up

Autumn Quilt Inspiration Challenge

All entries must be inspired by the designs and colors included in this Autumn Quilt Inspiration – Pinterest board.

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Belleville Diocese faces another suit over alleged priest abuse

Kelly Holleran Aug. 7, 2012, 12:17pm

An Illinois man has filed suit against the diocese that he says hired a former Catholic priest who has already settled numerous lawsuits for millions of dollars. In the lawsuit, the man alleges he was abused by the priest for six months.

The man, identified only as John Doe S., claims former priest Raymond Kownacki sexually abused him in 1985 while Doe was a parishoner at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Valmeyer.

Before Kownacki was appointed to St. Mary's, he had served at numerous churches throughout the region, according to the complaint filed July 26 in St. Clair County Circuit Court. The diocese had received reports of various instances of child abuse involving Kownacki, but continued to allow him to work around children, the complaint says. In addition, it failed to warn parishioners of the reports, Doe claims.

Because of the diocese's failure to advise people of the alleged abuse, Doe claims he and his family trusted Kownacki. Doe began staying with Kownacki at the rectory, according to the complaint.

However, it was at the rectory where Doe began to be sexually abused by Kownacki, the suit states.

"Kownacki repeatedly sexually abused John Doe S. by touching or fondling John Doe S.'s genitalia and engaging in oral sex with John Doe S.," the complaint says.

Eventually, the diocese transferred Kownacki away from the children he was abusing. Still, it continued to conceal the abuse, misleading Doe and others to believe that Kownacki had retired, Doe claims.

With time, Doe claims his memories of the abuse faded, then disappeared altogether. However, in 2011, they returned to his consciouness, according to the complaint.

Because he did not remember the abuse until last year, Doe claims the statute of limitations has not expired.

Doe is not the only person to allege abuse against Kownacki. James Wisniewski received $6.3 million when a jury found in his favor for alleged abuse the priest committed in the 1970s. Kownacki also settled a suit in 2009 for $1.2 million, according to news reports. In addition, there are at least three more suits pending against the priest.

Due to his alleged abuse, Doe claims he suffered great pain of his mind and body, including injuries such as post traumatic stress disorder and major depression, and lost his normal life, according to the complaint. He also experienced a diminished earning capacity and incurred medical costs because of the abuse, the suit states.

In his four-count complaint, Doe is seeking a judgment of more than $200,000, plus exemplary damages, costs, attorneys' fees, interest and other relief the court deems just.

He will be represented by J. Michael Weilmuenster, Frederick W. Keck and J. Brian Manion of Weilmuenster Law Group in Belleville.

St. Clair County Circuit Court case number: 12-L-385.

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The nodes appear to be holding steady at the 8G that I set it to in the config file now.  I’ll keep an eye on them.

From: aaron morton []
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:08 AM
Subject: Re: 1.1 not removing commit log files?

4096 is also the internal hard coded default for commitlog_total_space_in_mb

If you are seeing more that 4GB of commit log files let us know.

Aaron Morton

Freelance Developer

On 22/05/2012, at 6:35 AM, Bryce Godfrey wrote:

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alain RODRIGUEZ []
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: 1.1 not removing commit log files?

commitlog_total_space_in_mb: 4096

By default this line is commented in 1.0.x if I remember well. I guess it is the same in 1.1. You really should remove this comment or your commit logs will entirely fill up your disk as it happened to me a while ago.

2012/5/21 Pieter Callewaert <>:

In 1.1 the commitlog files are pre-allocated with files of 128MB.

( This should

however not exceed your commitlog size in Cassandra.yaml.

commitlog_total_space_in_mb: 4096

Kind regards,

Pieter Callewaert

From: Bryce Godfrey []

Sent: maandag 21 mei 2012 9:52

Subject: 1.1 not removing commit log files?

The commit log drives on my nodes keep slowly filling up.  I don't see

any errors in my logs that are indicating any issues that I can map to

this issue.

Is this how 1.1 is supposed to work now?  Previous versions seemed to

keep this drive at a minimum as it flushed.

/dev/mapper/mpathf     25G   21G  4.2G  83% /opt/cassandra/commitlog


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From Dain Sundstrom <>
Subject Re: Request change to RTC Process
Date Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:50:10 GMT
On Jun 19, 2006, at 4:28 PM, Matt Hogstrom wrote:

> Clearly the opinion of some on the thread is they trust each other
> and communication has already been fine so this is just slowing
> them down?  Is that the summary?  I'd have to disagree that things
> have been fine although I'll concede that perhaps some changes to
> RTC may be warranted.

I think that the model of reviewing is working and I like it.  What I
don't like is the requirement to physically apply every patch and run
a full build.  I feel that a careful read of the patch is good enough
for trunk and tends to spur collaboration and communication that was
the original intent of switching to RTC.

For micro releases, I taking a more conservative approach may be
warranted, but I honestly don't see how applying a patch and building
it is going to find more error.  For example, the NPEs you pointed
out are likely to only be found by testing user applications, and
when we do find one a test case should be added to prevent regressions.

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From Manoj Kasichainula <>
Subject Re: http protocol tracing?
Date Tue, 07 Sep 1999 19:36:46 GMT
On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 02:26:41PM -0600, BIXBY,MARK HP-Cupertino,ex1" wrote:
> Is there anything I can turn on within Apache that will log the http
> protocol between the server and the browser?  Or do I have to add my own
> code to do this?

There is no such code in Apache itself (that I know of). Try netcat,
at <>. It has
the ability to act as an intermediary between clients and servers on a
TCP connection, logging the data that go through.

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Subject Re: [Apache Bloodhound] #110: Use product prefix in ticket queries
Date Sat, 03 Nov 2012 05:16:47 GMT
On 11/2/12, Peter Koželj <> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Apache Bloodhound <
>> wrote:
>>  r1404931 adds the possibility of trac referring to a field other than
>> the
>>  r1404932 changes the field that tickets use to refer to products from
>> name
>>  to prefix - this includes a database migration for any tickets that are
>>  already using products
> I wanted to discuss model changes together with multiproduct features
> and enhancements:
> If we are putting the product prefix in search and/or url, we would need to
> make sure reports and url for a ticket do not break if ticket is moved to
> another product. This can no longer be solved by a simple many-to-one
> relationship.

At least at the moment it seems there's no need to do so ... afaics .
Ticket ID is still the primary key . Even if multiproduct is installed
/ enabled ticket will still be identified by the same ID .

Many-to-one relationship should not matter (too much) as it's external
. AFAICS only a single redirect from onto might
be useful (but definitely not required) . This should be implemented
using request filters or similar mechanisms .

IMO there's no big deal to worry about this particular subject

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From Paul Foxton <>
Subject RE: List traffic et al
Date Tue, 03 Jul 2001 10:16:01 GMT
well there's already SERVLET-INTEREST@JAVA.SUN.COM and

perhaps ppl with more development specific questions should use these?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Newman []
> Sent: 03 July 2001 11:24
> To:
> Subject: Re: List traffic et al
> Emir wrote:
> > List is "tomcat-user" and not "java-server-development";
> thus, issues such
> > as getting Tomcat up and running (i.e. Tomcat configuration) ARE the
> purpose
> > of this list.
> >
> > Methinks you should get invovled into discussion more
> often, given as you
> > say that getting Tomcat up and running is no issue to you: could you
> > perchance share your knowledge with us?
> >
> > The lists are there to provide convenient ways of GIVING to
> the community,
> > not only TAKING...
> >
> > My 2 cents.
> <snip>
> I have no problem with "giving" to the community - its just
> that I've got
> tired of answering the same questions again and again, and if
> I answered
> every question that I had an answer for I wouldn't get any
> work done (like
> most/all of us here I do have a full time job). Because I saw the same
> questions coming up again and again I decided to get involved with the
> tomcat-book project (which has had to take a back-burner for me at the
> moment due to things going mental at work).  The fact remains
> that general
> discussion as to servlet development DOES take place here,
> which leads me to
> believe that there may be a place for a decent developmnet
> mailing list. Now
> this (jakarta) might not be the best place to host it I'd
> admit, and if
> anyone knows of a decent list which already exists that covers
> servlet/jsp/taglib development, please let me know. On a
> related note I know
> for a fact that the jakarta-taglib list contains probably 50%
> general taglib
> discussion as opposed to specific stuff about the jakarta taglibs.
> As to the general config issues for tomcat, there still might
> be some scope
> for splitting the list - perhaps one for general issues, and
> one covering
> integration with other tools (webservers, EJB containers
> etc). Its just that
> given the volume of traffic I think the things that interest
> me (and the
> things I could mostly helpfully contribute to) are getting
> lost. Also the
> generla configuration issues are typically for the newer
> users, whilst more
> advanced issues (SSL, working with IIS/Apache etc) concern
> those people who
> are more familiar with Tomcat.
> By splitting the list, you would reduce traffic for those people only
> intersted in one side of it or the other, and those that
> still care about
> both will recieve the same number of posts (bar some potential
> cross-posting). This would reduce the amount of people (probably with
> something to say) who leave the list because of the amount of
> daily posts..
> sam

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Subject: for , re XView
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: John Kohl <>
List: current-users
Date: 05/23/1995 21:42:58
Someone with a faulty email address, <>,
sent me mail about the XView  i386 package.  I hope he's on this list,
or someone can find him and send this along.

Subject: Re: Your XVIEW Port.

I haven't used the XView stuff directly very much--mostly I just use my
port of the WorkMan CD player.  So I can't comment much on clipboard
errors, sorry!

The XView stuff should work fine under an X11R6 server, and with X11R6
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Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: sendmail 8.12.8 imported
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From: David Laight <>
List: current-users
Date: 04/11/2003 00:27:57
> >Oh - mailq no longer seems to work :-(
> since sendmail can't read the files in the main queue any more, yes.

Mmmm  I just sent some mail while my ISP link was down.

The mail is 'stuck' in /var/spool/clientq, 'mailq' doesn't show it
and 'sendmail -q' doesn't flush it.

How do I flush it out?
(I usually know when this happens - mutt sends the mail far too quickly!)

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Subject: Re: iso-image
To: Alan Barrett <>
From: Iain Hibbert <>
List: current-users
Date: 04/01/2007 18:06:39
On Sun, 1 Apr 2007, Alan Barrett wrote:

> On Sun, 01 Apr 2007, Iain Hibbert wrote:
> >    regarding the iso-image target, in BUILDING it says:
>      [outdated stuff]
> Does the following patch to BUILDING.mdoc look accurate?

that looks to be what happened here.. (I don't know about architectures
other than i386 alas)

btw Dq args do not need quotes, so

+.Dq make release .

is more consistent with other usage in that file..

PS also in src/Makefile:
#   iso-image:
#	Create CD-ROM image in RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/installation.
#	RELEASEDIR must already have been populated by `make release'
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Re: sysupgrade - has anybody tried it

> > Anyway - I see sysupgrade can do the trick without all the hassle. My
> > question is - has somebody sucessfully updated from 5.1.2 to 6.0? Any
> > traps there? I read in the NetBSD-Doku that sysupgrade is still
> > 'undergoing field testing' by August 2012 ...
> Unfortunately doing an upgrade from 5 to 6 with sysupgrade still
> requires some manual handholding.  I haven't had a chance to make this
> better yet :-/
> The key trick is that you must ensure there is a reboot between the
> kernel upgrade and the userland upgrade. Something like:
> Julio Merino / @jmmv

All hints sound good - many options to choose from.

Julio, I read in sysupgrade's man-page all the examples beginning
with the user prompt '$'. Isn't it intended to use '#' instead?

If you don't read further postings from me - it went wrong ;)

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Subject: CVS commit: pkgsrc/geography/gdal-lib
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From: Thomas Klausner <>
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Date: 06/11/2006 20:42:49
Module Name:	pkgsrc
Committed By:	wiz
Date:		Sun Jun 11 20:42:49 UTC 2006

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Add missing zlib dependency, noted in Linux bulk build.

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Subject: Re: Thread benchmarks
To: Kris Kennaway <>
From: Darren Reed <>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/02/2007 02:16:15
Kris Kennaway wrote:
> Andrew Doran wrote:
>>> In tests that have been run on p4 hardware, the FreeBSD system's graph
>>> looks more like NetBSD's than the one presented here.  FreeBSD's kernel
>>> has a lot of debugging options that hurt performance on by default.
>>> Also,
>>> FreeBSD's malloc defaults to 'AJ' in head, which would result in reduced
>>> performance.
>> I can try turning off debugging in the allocator. What else would you
>> like
>> me to try? I would like to provide remote access to the two systems but
>> unfortunatley my Internet link is unreliable and I'm not in a position to
>> leave them on 24x7. Some details on the test. I grabbed my.cnf from Jeff
>> Roberson's weblog:
> You should rebuild malloc with MALLOC_PRODUCTION defined (edit
> lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c) as well as making sure that either
> /etc/malloc.conf is removed or symlinked to 'aj'.  This is pretty
> important.

When does this get turned on for normal FreeBSD builds?
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Re: CVS commit: [uebayasi-xip] src/sys/miscfs/genfs

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 03:52:26AM +0000, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> > Why not adding VOP_GETPAGES_XIP - because XIP is almost transparent to
> > filesystems.  The difference between XIP or not is only where to get pages,
> > which is beyond filesystem's task.
> it doesn't sound convincing to me, given that you have a separate copy
> of genfs_getpages for xip.

My intent is to merge it into genfs_getpages().  But that'll involve changes
to genfs_getpages(), and it's beyond my scope at the moment.  I put comments
to reflect my intent that I want to merge two copies.

I hope this answers your questions.

Masao Uebayashi / Tombi Inc. / Tel: +81-90-9141-4635

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Slides from MKPM perl XS, SWIG, CLucene talk

Tom Hukins tom at
Wed Jun 21 04:09:42 PDT 2006

On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 09:19:14AM +0100, Peter Edwards wrote:
> I put the slides from my talk up here:

Thanks, Peter.  I've linked to your slides from the
Web page and added mine and Paul's as well.  I'm still waiting for

See you all for the next meeting on the 27th - only 6 days away.

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