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package sshrunner

import (
	"fmt"
	"runner"
	"time"
	"utils"

	"strings"

	pb "gopkg.in/cheggaaa/pb.v1"
)

const (
	// AuthTypePwd SSH login by password
	authTypePwd string = "PASSWORD"
	// AuthTypeKey SSH login by ssh-key
	authTypeKey string = "KEY"
)

// SSHRunner execute command by ssh
type SSHRunner struct {
	sshClient  *SSHClient
	sftpClient *SFTPClient
}

func New(user, password, sshKeyPath, host string, port, fileTransBuf int) *SSHRunner {
	sshClient := NewSSHClient(user, password, sshKeyPath, host, port)
	sftpClient := NewSFTPClient(sshClient, fileTransBuf)

	return &SSHRunner{
		sshClient:  sshClient,
		sftpClient: sftpClient,
	}
}

// SyncExec execute command sync
func (sr *SSHRunner) SyncExec(input runner.ExecInput) *runner.ExecOutput {
	var cmd = compositCommand(input)
	var output = &runner.ExecOutput{Status: runner.Fail}

	output.ExecStart = time.Now()
	status, stdout, stderr, err := sr.sshClient.ExecNointeractiveCmd(cmd, input.Timeout)
	output.ExecEnd = time.Now()

	output.Status = status
	output.Err = err
	output.StdOutput = string(stdout.Bytes())
	output.StdError = string(stderr.Bytes())

	return output
}

// ConcurrentExec execute command sync
func (sr *SSHRunner) ConcurrentExec(input runner.ExecInput, outputChan chan *runner.ConcurrentExecOutput, limitChan chan int) {
	limitChan <- 1
	var output = sr.SyncExec(input)
	outputChan <- &runner.ConcurrentExecOutput{In: input, Out: output}
	<-limitChan
}

// Login login to remote server
func (sr *SSHRunner) Login(shell string) error {
	return sr.sshClient.ExecInteractiveCmd(shell)
}

// SyncPut copy file to remote server sync
func (sr *SSHRunner) SyncPut(input runner.RcpInput) *runner.RcpOutput {
	rcpStart := time.Now()
	err := sr.sftpClient.Put(input.SrcPath, input.DstPath, nil)

	return &runner.RcpOutput{
		RcpStart: rcpStart,
		RcpEnd:   time.Now(),
		Err:      err,
	}
}

// SyncGet copy file from remote server sync
func (sr *SSHRunner) SyncGet(input runner.RcpInput) *runner.RcpOutput {
	rcpStart := time.Now()
	err := sr.sftpClient.Get(input.DstPath, input.SrcPath, nil)

	return &runner.RcpOutput{
		RcpStart: rcpStart,
		RcpEnd:   time.Now(),
		Err:      err,
	}
}

// ConcurrentGet copy file to remote server concurrency
func (sr *SSHRunner) ConcurrentGet(input runner.RcpInput, outputChan chan *runner.ConcurrentRcpOutput, limitChan chan int, pool *pb.Pool) {
	limitChan <- 1
	rcpStart := time.Now()

	bar := utils.NewProgressBar(input.RcpHost, input.RcpSize)
	pool.Add(bar)
	err := sr.sftpClient.Get(input.DstPath, input.SrcPath, bar)

	outputChan <- &runner.ConcurrentRcpOutput{In: input, Out: &runner.RcpOutput{
		RcpStart: rcpStart,
		RcpEnd:   time.Now(),
		Err:      err,
	}}
	<-limitChan
}

// ConcurrentPut copy file from remote server concurrency
func (sr *SSHRunner) ConcurrentPut(input runner.RcpInput, outputChan chan *runner.ConcurrentRcpOutput, limitChan chan int, pool *pb.Pool) {
	limitChan <- 1
	rcpStart := time.Now()

	bar := utils.NewProgressBar(input.RcpHost, input.RcpSize)
	pool.Add(bar)
	err := sr.sftpClient.Put(input.SrcPath, input.DstPath, bar)

	outputChan <- &runner.ConcurrentRcpOutput{In: input, Out: &runner.RcpOutput{
		RcpStart: rcpStart,
		RcpEnd:   time.Now(),
		Err:      err,
	}}
	<-limitChan
}

func (sr *SSHRunner) RemotePathSize(input runner.RcpInput) (int64, error) {
	return sr.sftpClient.RemotePathSize(input.SrcPath)
}

func compositCommand(input runner.ExecInput) string {
	if input.ExecUser == "" {
		return input.Command
	}
	if strings.Index(input.Command, `'`) == -1 {
		return fmt.Sprintf(`su - '%s' -c '%s'`, input.ExecUser, input.Command)
	} else {
		return fmt.Sprintf(`su - "%s" -c "%s"`, input.ExecUser, input.Command)
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Meitu Defends Selfie App Data Tracking
'Meitu's sole purpose for collecting the data is to optimize app performance,' the company told PCMag.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/meitu-defends-selfie-app-data-tracking
Anime selfie app Meitu is responding to reports that it is collecting and sending back to China more data from users' phones than is necessary.
In a statement provided to PCMag, the company acknowledged that it collects data such as MAC address/IMEI number, IP address, SIM card country code, GPS and network location, and phone carrier info. It says this is within Apple's iOS developer guidelines and terms and similar to those on popular photo-editing apps for Android users, but developers this week expressed concern that Meitu is too aggressive with its data collection.
In a tweet that now appears to be deleted, Developer Zoë Quinn warned users about some "VERY shady code" discovered in the app. "It asks for permissions to far more things than it needs, and researchers have found it is phoning home (back in China) and sending back a ton of data it shouldn't be, including your GPS info, IMEI (unique phone ID needed to clone your phone) and other personal/sensitive info," she wrote.
In another still-live tweet, she called Meitu "an infosec nightmare."
Meitu said its policies are dictated in part because of Internet restrictions in its home country of China.
"As Meitu is headquartered in China, many of the services provided by app stores for tracking are blocked. To get around this, Meitu employs a combination of third-party and in-house data tracking systems to make sure the user data tracked is consistent," it said in a statement. "Furthermore, the data collected is sent securely, using multilayer encryption to servers equipped with advanced firewall and IDS, IPS protection to block external attacks."
The company is currently developing plans to move servers and user data outside of China, but did not provide any other details on these arrangements.
Meitu App Makes You Look Like an Anime Character
The app lets you snap selfies and apply filters that make you look like an anime character. It's been around for awhile, but only just exploded on social media in the US this week.
"Meitu's sole purpose for collecting the data is to optimize app performance, its effects and features and to better understand our consumer engagement with in-app advertisements. Meitu DOES NOT sell user data in any form," according to the company.
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Today, Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America, said that a deal with Beijing to end a trade dispute between the two nations was coming along nicely, with the negotiators of the United States poised to be in China next week to take part in more discussions.
Both Beijing and Washington have imposed import duties on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of each other's products. The eight-month trade war between the two largest economies in the world has increased costs, affected financial markets, shrunk the farm exports of the United States, and disrupted manufacturing supply chains.
When asked about lifting the tariffs imposed on China, Trump stated: "We're not talking about removing them. We're talking about leaving them for a substantial period of time because we have to make sure that if we do the deal, China abides by it." He did not elaborate further.
Later, during his speech in Lima, Ohio, Trump again emphasized that he wanted the United States to come up with a "great" trade deal with China.
Last Tuesday, an official of the Trump administration disclosed that Robert Lighthizer, the Trade Representative of the United States, and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary, will be in China next week for another round of trade negotiations.
The face-to-face discussions will be the first since President Trump delayed a March 1 deadline to avert an increase in tariffs imposed on $200 billion worth of imports from China to 25 percent from the current 10 percent.


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Billie Eilish Shares Video For Wish You Were Gay
Jon Stickler 30 April 2019
Billie Eilish has unveiled a live video for her single Wish You Were Gay.
The track features on the pop prodigy's debut album, 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?', while the new clip mashes together footage of her London show back in March, with shots of the singer with fans and performing on stage. Discussing how the song developed over social media last summer, Eilish said:
"I wrote this song about a guy that really was not interested in me and it made me feel horrible. So the song is called Wish You Were Gay, and that's so not meant to be offensive in any way. It doesn't mean that I wish he was like… it literally means I wish he was gay so that he didn't like me for an actual reason, instead of the fact that he didn't like me."
Catch Eilish performing at the Glastonbury festival in June. She also appears at Reading and Leeds in August.
Other Billie Eilish stories
Billie Eilish Confirms Recording Of Title Song For New Bond Film No Time To Die
Billie Eilish Shares Self-Directed Video For Xanny
Billie Eilish To Release Live Acoustic Album At Third Man Record Stores
Billie Eilish Drops New Single Everything I Wanted
Billie Eilish Adds Two New London Dates To Where Do We Go? World Tour - Tickets On Sale 9am Today
Billie Eilish Tickets For Summer Where Do We Go? UK Arena Tour On Sale 9am Today
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For those who can't get enough of the stunning scenery and abundance of activities that Utah's Deer Valley Resort offers all year long, it's time to start thinking about the possibility of becoming a permanent resident or, at the very least, a vacation property owner. The popular Park City area has become home to numerous people who have chosen to relocate to the region over the years after falling in love with its peaceful yet vibrant communities. In Lower Deer Valley, potential buyers and investors will find numerous types of real estate opportunities. Some of the best-valued Lower Deer Valley real estate includes those that are part of the Daystar townhome development.
Ski residences in Deer Valley can be on the higher end of property values, but they prove to be well worth the investment. Since it's such a desirable place to purchase real estate, as well as vacation, properties hold their resale value well and tend to be a lucrative way for owners to make a good amount of rental income. The Daystar's Lower Deer Valley real estate is no exception.
The Daystar construction was completed in 1982 to feature three bedroom layouts that were designed with 2,100-2,400 square feet of spacious and luxurious living space. The building is only made up of 24 townhomes, all of which have vaulted ceilings and show off the majestic mountain views with floor-to-ceiling windows. Several of the units have been renovated to highlight upgrades and more contemporary finishes since being built, and most of them come with private hot tubs, individual garages, fireplaces, a washer and dryer, ski storage, and a fully loaded kitchen.
Daystar residents and guests benefit from being in a highly coveted location that is less than a mile from the base of Deer Valley Resort and the lively Snow Park Lodge. This is where many of the winter and summer activities are centered, so Daystar owners are never far from the action. In addition, the free Park City bus drives along this route, only a few steps from the subdivision's front door. Public schools servicing families with children in this area include McPolin Elementary School, Ecker Hill Middle School, Treasure Mountain Junior High, and Park City High School.
In a townhome complex that looks and feels much more like a single-family home, it's easy for buyers to discover all that an investment in the Deer Valley luxury real estate offered by Daystar could bring.


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Justified in Christ: The Doctrines of Peter Martyr Vermigli and John Henry Newman and Their Ecumenical Implications
Analyzing and comparing the doctrines of justification held by a legendary nineteenth-century Catholic, John Henry Newman, and an Italian hero of the Reformation, Peter Martyr Vermigli, this book uncovers abiding opportunities, as well as obstacles at the Catholic-Protestant divide. These earnest scholars of the faith were both converts, moving in opposite directions across that divide, and, as a result, speak to us with an extraordinary degree of credibility and insight.
In addition to advancing scholarship on several issues associated with Newman's and Vermigli's doctrines, and illuminating reasons and attendant circumstances for conversion across the Tiber, the overall conclusions of this study offer a broader range of soteriological possibilities to ecumenical dialogue among Roman Catholics and Reformed Protestants by clarifying the common ground to which both traditions may lay claim.
The Unfinished Reformation: What Unites and Divides Catholics and Protestants After 500 Years
Five hundred years ago, a Catholic monk nailed a list of grievances on the door of a church in Germany and launched a revolution in the history of Christianity. Today there continues to be a number of unresolved issues between the Protestant and Catholic churches, and many experience this ongoing division within their family and among friends and neighbors.
Written in an accessible and informative style, Gregg Allison and Chris Castaldo provide a brief and clear guide to the key points of unity and divergence between Protestants and Catholics today. They write to encourage fruitful conversation about the key theological and sociological differences between the two largest branches of Christianity.
From the revolutionary events 500 years ago that sparked the Reformation to today, Unfinished Reformation takes a nuanced and thoughtful look at doctrine, practice, and how Protestants and Catholics can have fruitful discussions about the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Talking with Catholics about the Gospel: A Guide for Evangelicals
There are 78.2 million Catholics in the United States, representing one of the country's largest demographics. In Talking with Catholics about the Gospel, author Chris Castaldo answers the question: How can evangelical Protestants, most of whom are not from a Catholic background, understand and relate to Catholics in spiritual conversations?
Journeys of Faith: Evangelicalism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Anglicanism
This title is part of Zondervan's Four Views series. Dr. Robert Plummer is the editor with contributions from Chris Castaldo (Evangelical), Wilbur Elsworth (Orthodoxy), Frank Beckwith (Catholicism), and Lyle Dorsett (Anglicanism). Each section presents the reasons why contributors belong to their respective Christian tradition followed by a response and rejoinder.
Una Fe Renovada
SPANISH EDITION. Chris Castaldo takes readers on a fascinating and practical exploration of the challenges and opportunities encountered by Catholics who become Evangelicals. More than just theological insight and historical background, Pastor Castaldo shows you how to emulate the grace and truth of Jesus as you relate to your own Catholic past and the Catholic faith of those you love.
"Irritation," "contention," "fear," "exasperation." These are a few of the words that former Catholics who are now evangelical Protestants use to describe religious conversation among Catholic family and friends. Reasons for this tension are numerous. Holy Ground explores these reasons and provides tools for Christ-honoring engagement.
Chapters of Books and Digests
"Theological Contours of Monergism in the Final Judgment: A Reformed Understanding" in Justified in Jesus Christ: Evangelicals and Catholics in Dialogue, edited by Dr. Steve Hoskins and Dr. David Fleischacker. Proceedings of the National Dialogue of Catholics and Evangelicals 2014-2017 (University of Mary Press, 2017).
"The Bible and the Italian Reformation" in The People's Book: The Reformation and the Bible (InterVarsity Press, 2017).
"The Pastor Theologian as Mentor: The Legacy of John Henry Newman" in Becoming a Pastor Theologian: New Possibilities for Church Leadership (InterVarsity Press, 2016).


With gilt. Lovely very small bowl with gently moulded body. Backstamp: Booths Made in England A8042 Floradora and impressed Made in England. A little very minor wear to the gilt otherwise excellent condition.


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Papal Rectal Cranial Inversion
It's gratifying to see a scientific journal with the intellectual heft of The Lancet taking on the pope and his recent idiotic rantings in Africa and how condoms "contribute to HIV/AIDS":
"Whether the Pope's error was due to ignorance or a deliberate attempt to manipulate science to support Catholic ideology is unclear. But the comment still stands and the Vatican's attempts to tweak the Pope's words, further tampering with the truth, is not the way forward. When any influential person, be it a religious or political leader, makes a false scientific statement that could be devastating to the health of millions of people, they should retract or correct the public record. Anything less from Pope Benedict would be an immense disservice to the public and health advocates, including many thousands of Catholics, who work tirelessly to try and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS worldwide."
But they're being nice. Or tactful. Or something. I'm sorry, but is it really "unclear" if his intent was to manipulate science to support Catholic ideology? Really? Unclear to whom?
Note to Galileo: About 1.7 million people, mostly women, in sub-Saharan Africa became infected with the HIV virus in 2007, bringing the total number of infections in the region to 22.5 million, according to the latest report by UNAIDS, the United Nations program that deals with HIV/AIDS. That's two-thirds of the global number of people living with the virus.
The pope's comments are nothing short of an outrage, and frankly are as much a "crime against humanity" as any genocide. Medieval rot.
Of course, it wouldn't be the first time…and the Vatican's record on astronomy would be enough to give anyone pause when it came to listening to papal science (which, interestingly, if you Google "papal science" the first thing that comes up is Paypal. Somehow perfect.)
"Papal science"…Is that an oxymoron? Or just a moronic?
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Crimes Against Nature
https://youtube.com/watch?v=b0vGamcQIYs
One of the most common slurs aimed at Gay folk is the "crime against Nature" accusation…the idea that homosexuality doesn't occur "naturally." Now, of course, we all know that's a bunch of heteronormative bunkum…Gay penguins, Lesbian seagulls, Bonobos (known taxonomically as Pan paniscus, or the "diminutive Pan"), dolphins ("birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it!")…all you have to do if you're looking for instances of homoeroticism in Nature is look for it and be willing to actually see it.
On the other hand, am I the only person in the room who is mildly disturbed by these stories of multiple births (eight at last count in California, to a woman who apparently already had six children…and they are questioning whether fertility drugs were involved. Well duh!…ya think!?) and, this morning, a 60 year old woman who gave birth. Now…I'm going to be 59 myself this year, and I can tell you, the idea of getting up for middle-of-the-night feedings, to say nothing of diapers, is the very last thing I would welcome. The story mentioned that this 60-year-old woman had turned to fertility drugs after decades of attempting to conceive… ahem… naturally. In my humble opinion, these aren't births…they're litters.
No one is supposed to question the aching desire of these women. Nevermind how self-centered and entitled it all is. My favorite part of all of these stories is how the mother in question always manages to see herself and her conception as something for which god needs to be involved and thanked, completely ignoring the fact that none of it would have happened without the science of in vitro fertilization. One wonders how many of these women who see their wombs as "miracle sites" would in the next breath condemn evolution. Or the women who, with multiple embryos crowding their otherwise unfertile wombs, decline what the doctors refer to as "selective reduction", i.e. selective abortions of some of the embryos for the health of the remaining embryos, citing "god's will," as though god had anything to do with the multiple embryos science placed in her. If god had anything to do with it, then perhaps the very idea that someone, after decades of infertility, might figure out the message that perhaps she isn't supposed to conceive.
And I have to wonder: did anyone bother to tell these self-absorbed "aching wombs" that, in the United States alone there are more than 129,000 children in foster care in need of a loving families and mothers?
And what doctor gave this woman fertility drugs? Where is the oversight? This woman is not married, already has 6 children, lives with her mother and her excuse for having fertility treatments – and therefore eight more children – is that she just wanted one more girl? She was lonely!!?? These are not Barbie Dolls, they're human beings. Babies. Yeah…that's the answer: Collect them all!
That's what I call "a crime against Nature."
And another question: How many of these multiple birth families end up needing public tax monies (paid by Gay people who are, in some states, forbidden to adopt) to manage their families?
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Martin Delaney
It is with profound sadness that we pass along Project Inform's announcement of the passing this morning of their Founder, Martin Delaney. He was 63 years old.
Martin Delaney,
Founder, Project Inform
When the full history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is written, there can be no doubt that Martin Delaney will rank as one of the greatest contributors to ending this great human tragedy. Those of us living with HIV, and all of us who care about people living with HIV, mourn the loss of this great leader, lifesaver and wonderful human being.
Delaney's activism is legendary. He was a David among many Goliaths. He has assured that government, researchers and pharmaceutical companies understand and respond to the needs of HIV-positive people. He heavily influenced the development of the strong arsenal of medications we now have to prolong life for millions of people worldwide.
Personally and through Project Inform, Martin Delaney educated or counseled tens of thousands of HIV-positive individuals and their caregivers about how to treat HIV. A day does not pass in the life of this agency that a person living with HIV or a supporter tells of a life lengthened or saved as a result of Marty's efforts.
Intellect, activist, diplomat, mentor, friend — each of us will remember Marty for the great attributes he brought to his lifesaving work. He will be missed terribly.
We will provide information as quickly as we are able about the date of a public event to memorialize Marty. Emails of support can be sent to support@projectinform.org and cards can be mailed to Project Inform, 1375 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
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Healthy Balls
January 24, 2009 Editors Leave a comment
As you may or may not be aware, White Crane sponsors the Gay Men's Health Leadership Academy, under the guidance of the wonderful Chris Bartlett. In the interests of Gay men's health, then we would like to offer this instructive video…NOT your father's instruction video:
We recommend you do the same.
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The 2009 National LGBTI Health Summit: The Call
December 15, 2008 Editors 1 Comment
Announcing a Call to Action
Please join us for
LGBTI Health Through the Life Course
The 2009 National LGBTI Health Summit,
in conjunction with the BiHealth Summit
August 14 – 18, 2009 in Chicago
About the Summit
The 2009 National LGBTI (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex) Health Summit is an event dedicated to preserving and improving the emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual, psychological, environmental, and social health and wellness of LGBTI people, a population that continues to experience significant health disparities because of its members' sexual orientations and/or gender identities.
We welcome all individuals who support the health and well-being of LGBTI people as well as all members of the community (no previous health experience necessary) to explore what it means to be a healthy LGBTI person, living in a healthy LGBTI community.
We invite you to spend a few days in Chicago working intensively with colleagues from all over the nation and world who are grappling with similar challenges, and engage in deep thinking and extended discussion about innovative programming related to the theme of "LGBTI Health Through the Life Course."
We are especially excited to be holding this summit in the year marking the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the event frequently cited as the beginning of the LGBTI rights movement. The Stonewall Riots was a series of spontaneous, raucous demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn of New York City. in response to a government-sponsored system that persecuted homosexuals, and started the modern gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
This summit is different from traditional health conferences. Our LGBTI Health Summits (previously in Boulder, Colorado; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and most recently in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) have been described as nurturing retreats, exciting and intense think tanks, and an event of great enlightenment. Participants come away with a renewed passion for the cause, energized and inspired to tackle the problems confronting LGBTI health and wellness.
The Summit is a chance for all participants to reach out across differences in sexual and gender identity, ethnicity, race, age, and socioeconomic status and begin to work toward common goals. We avoid a focus on celebrities and big names, and we take plenty of time to relax, have fun, and make meaningful contact with other participants.
The Summit needs the input of those who face daunting questions and formidable challenges as well as those who have succeeded in creating effective programs and campaigns related to LGBTI health and wellness. We welcome activists as well as researchers, doctors as well as holistic health practitioners, religious and spiritual leaders as well as sex workers. Most of all, we request the participation of ordinary LGBTI-identified people who will share their valuable experiences, questions, and energy as we build a movement around community health and empowerment. We welcome all individuals who support the health and well-being of LGBTI people and all members of the community (no previous health experience necessary) to explore what it means to be a healthy LGBTI person, living in a healthy LGBTI community.
Registration and a call for abstracts will be announced in the first quarter of 2009. In the meantime, you can stay abreast of our work by contacting Cat Jefcoat at CatJ@howardbrown.org or Jim Pickett at JPickett@aidschicago.org. We will be disseminating information about the Summit widely as details are finalized. Please stay tuned.
Thank you, and see you in Chicago, August 14 – 18, 2009!
The Chicago Host Committee of the 2009 National LGBTI Health Summit
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National Latina/o AIDS Awareness Day
October 15, 2008 Debanuj Gupta 1 Comment
Today the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) honors National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). Held annually on October 15, the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month, NLAAD helps raise awareness about the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS in Latino communities throughout the United States and its territories. "The importance of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day cannot be overstated," says NMAC Executive Director, Paul Kawata. "Like all minority communities, Latinos have experienced increases in HIV infections related to a myriad of social determinants, including lack of access to health care, education and housing." Indeed, updated HIV incidence data released by the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in August revealed that Hispanics accounted for 17 percent of new infections in 2006, even though they represent only approximately 13% of the U.S. population.
NMAC's encourages everyone to visit the NLAAD website to find out more about local events honoring the day. NMAC has assisted in raising awareness about HIV/AIDS in Latino communities in several ways. The opening plenary of the agency's annual United States Conference on AIDS, held this past September 18-21 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, focused on the Latino AIDS crisis. Facilitated by Univision and the Kaiser Family Foundation, with support from the Latino Commission on AIDS, the plenary featured a special screening of the first HIV/AIDS-related Spanish language public service announcement (PSA) targeting Latinos called "Soy" ("I am"). The PSA will debut on Univision and its affiliatestoday. (For more information about Soy, go here.)
"We are dedicated to attaining better data to assess the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Latinos communities, particularly in Puerto Rico," says Ravinia Hayes-Cozier, Director of NMAC's Government Relations and Public Policy Division. "The revised CDC numbers are a great place to start in this discussion, but did not include Puerto Rico. This represented a rather major elision, in light of the 11,000 people known to be living with HIV/AIDS on the island. NMAC was further disheartened to learn that the CDC recently announced that it will not be funding Puerto Rico to use the new HIV tracking technology that generated the updated data in the first place."
To ensure that all Latino communities are included in future HIV incidence and prevalence reports, NMAC and its People of Color AIDS Partnership partners – including Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, The Balm In Gilead, The Black AIDS Institute, BIENESTAR, National Association of People with AIDS, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, and National Native American AIDS Prevention Center – are working on a paper about the AIDS epidemic in Puerto Rico for release in 2009.
For more information visit www.nmac.org or click on any of the related links provided above.
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I'll Get You…and your little veep, too!
Vice Presidential pretendee/nominee Sarah Palin credits and praises a Kenyan Minister named Thomas Muthee with helping her to achieve the Alaskan governorship through prayer. It turns out the Muthee also hunts down witches and makes Rev. John Hagee, to say nothing of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., look positively normal. At a speech at the Wasilla Assembly of God on June 8 this year, Palin described how Muthee had laid his hands on her:
"As I was mayor and Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me, and you know how he speaks and he's so bold. And he was praying "Lord make a way, Lord make a way. And I'm thinking, this guy's really bold, he doesn't even know what I'm going to do, he doesn't know what my plans are. And he's praying not "oh Lord if it be your will may she become governor," no, he just prayed for it. He said "Lord make a way and let her do this next step. And that's exactly what happened."
She might also have enlisted him in some good old witchhunting. After founding the Prayer Cave in 1989 in Kiambu, Kenya, Muthee reportedly says that he spoke with God and was called to the United States where he would be embraced by Palin and her church. While in Kenya, he says that he discovered that the community was inundated by witchcraft: "We prayed, we fasted, the Lord showed us a spirit of witchcraft resting over the place."
He even identified one witch known as Mama Jane, who ran a competing "divination" center called the Emmanuel Clinic. He declared that she was responsible for a rash of car accidents and led a crusade against her — a movement that would trigger calls for her to be stoned to death. She was eventually arrested and then fled the area.
It is certainly an example of "small town values" but perhaps not the quite type that the campaign is looking for. On the other hand, something like 80% of U.S. voters say they believe in Angels. So it's only a quick hop, skip and a jump to witches, I suppose. Halloween is right around the corner…and let's not forget that "witches" and "witchcraft" was an early way of the monotheists to crack down on…and mass murder, the Old Folk Ways, and that many of these were strong women, and faeries…
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A Loss to Literature
July 8, 2008 Editors Leave a comment
It is sad to report the loss of yet another elder of the community, novelist, poet, librettist…a literary and visionary mind, he was, in fact, a prolific writer in many genres, Thomas Disch.
Disch was an American science fiction author…he preferred "speculative fiction"…and poet. He won the Hugo Award in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nominations and nine Nebula Award nominations to his credit, plus one win of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, a Rhysling Award and to Seiun Awards, among many others. His latest book, to be published posthumously, The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Rewritten, is written in the first person, voice of God. When asked, he said this device "enabled him to speak nonsense and it would be true."
Disch was born in Des Moines, IA. In the 1960s, his work began appearing in science-fiction magazines. His first novel, The Genocides, appeared in 1965. He soon became known as part of the New Wave, writing for New Worlds and other avant-garde publications. His critically acclaimed novels of that time included Camp Concentration and 334. In the 1980s, he moved from science fiction to horror, with a series of books set in Minneapolis: The Businessman, The M.D. and The Priest.
Perhaps his most widely read and affecting work was The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances, in which a small toaster, a clock radio and an electric blanket come to life. Written as a children's book, the New York Times's Anna Quindlen quite rightly recommended, "By it for your children; read it for yourself." Made into a Hyperion (Disney) film with Jon Lovitz in 1987 it was an instant classic.
In America, Disch's poetry remained little known until a 1989 mid-career retrospective collection, titled Yes, Let's. A book of new poetry, Dark Verses & Light, followed in 1991. In 1995 and 2002, Disch published two collections of poetry criticism. He continued to regularly publish poetry in magazines and journals such as Poetry, Light, Paris Review, Partisan Review, Parnassus: Poetry in Review and even Theology Today (perhaps an odd choice for a long-lapsed Catholic). His "How To Behave When Dead" prescribes proper etiquette for the buried.
Near the end of his life he stopped submitting poetry to literary journals unless the journals asked for his contributions. He preferred to publish his poems in his LiveJournal blog account. In an interview just ten days before his death, Disch said, "I write poetry because I think it is the hardest thing I can do well. And so I simply enjoy the doing of it, as an equestrian enjoys spending time on a good horse. Poetry is my good horse." He wrote a series of poems on grammar and antagonized science fiction writers for encouraging people to believe in things like UFOs.
Disch partner of 30 years, poet Charles Naylor died in 2005, and he had recently suffered a crushing series of personal setbacks. He was reported to have been depressed for several years, badly hit by the death of Naylor, as well as fighting attempts to evict him from his rent-controlled apartment, that had, unbelievably, recently burned. His upstate New York home had also been flooded and he suffered from diabetes and sciatica.
Disch, who had proposed a calendar that commemorated famous self-annilators (like Sylvia Plath on February 11) took his own life on July 4th.
How to Behave when Dead
A notorious tease, he may pretend
not to be aware of you.
Just wait.
He must speak first. Then
you may begin to praise him.
sincerity and naturalness
count for more than wit.
His jokes may strike you as
abstruse.
Only laugh if he does.
Gifts?
They say he's mad for art,
but whether in the melting
elegiac mode of, say, this
Vase of Poppies
or, turning the mirror
to his own face, a bronze skull
gorging on a snake —
that is a matter of taste.
In any case, the expense
is what he notices.
What to wear.
Some authorities
still insist on black.
But really, in this modern age,
your best is all that is required.
— Tom Disch
Bo Young, Community, Current Affairs, Gay Health, Health, Men, Science, White Crane Institute programs
June 11, 2008 Editors 2 Comments
A year ago, White Crane health columnist, Jeff Huyett, wrote an important piece on anal health and HPV-related cancer in Gay men in an article HPV…Yes! I'm Talking to You! This is a problem that is not going to go away on its own, and as usual, unless Gay men take care of themselves, no one else will.
Now AIDSMEDS.com (an excellent health resource) has a piece about further science and treatment options for Gay men. A leading HIV specialist and two HIV-positive men who've survived anal cancer argue that anal Pap smears are lifesavers…for Gay men as well as women.
Until 50 years ago, cervical cancer was the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in the United States. It now ranks 15th. Experts credit a simple procedure called a Pap smear—in which a doctor swabs the cervix and sends the sample to a lab to check for abnormalities—for the plummeting death rates. Now some treatment opinion leaders are saying that Pap smears around back may help protect against anal cancer, notably among HIV-positive men and women who may already be facing a higher risk of this potentially fatal disease.
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May 12, 2008 Editors Leave a comment
Killer Gay Sex!
by Tony Valenzuela
The clueless tabloid and public health hysteria over man-on-man sex may be hindering HIV prevention efforts. From an imaginary "super strain" of HIV to the sci-fi MRSA superbug: What is it about Gay sex that makes U.S. health officials want to play Chicken Little with AIDS prevention and public safety?
In February 2005, a New York man with a multidrug-resistant strain of HIV and a crystal meth dependency became the source of the most reported AIDS story of the decade, but he had never, until now, spoken about his trying ordeal. A slew of chilling claims was made about this man – that he carried a new, more virulent strain of HIV dubbed a "supervirus" that progressed from infection to AIDS in as little as two months; that his meth-induced promiscuity would instigate a deadly epidemic potentially undoing a quarter century of progress against HIV; that he signified what many in the Gay community had been dreading would occur, given that Gay men—stubbornly, recklessly—refused to give up their uniquely nefarious brand of promiscuity. It is, then, no less remarkable that these allegations that gripped the world with renewed fears of Gay plague proved comprehensively false, yet the cycle of alarm that equates Gay men with disease—as seen once again this past January in San Francisco with a drug-resistant "Gay staph" scare—continues unabated to this day. By the time the man with the "supervirus" disappeared from the headlines, those still paying attention would learn he did not have a never-before-seen strain of HIV nor did he set off a new epidemic. Instead, he carried a very rare and difficult-to-treat multidrug-resistant virus that is today fully suppressed as he adheres to a complicated regimen of antiviral medications.
In Paris, the same year the "supervirus" story broke, the late Gay-rights pioneer and scholar Eric Rofes declared to an audience of international activists, "The pathologizing of Gay men's communities and cultures and spaces is the most powerful challenge we face to promoting Gay men's health." Three years later, this man's story lays bare how far too many who work and report on Gay health narrowly imagine the sex lives of Gay and bisexual men inside a realm of disease and dysfunction.
This article continues at Poz.com


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Keith Windschuttle has presented The Fabrication of Aboriginal History as 'the most exhaustive study that's ever been done.' 1 Yet within its pages are many examples of errors and misrepresentations that cast doubt on his management of colonial source material. One conspicuous blunder is in his treatment of the Risdon Cove massacre of May 1804.2 The shooting was certainly mass murder - even Windschuttle concedes three Aborigines were killed. An eyewitness, Edward White, informed the 1830s Aborigines Committee that 'a great many' Aborigines were killed, and the attack was unprovoked. Windschuttle discredits White, saying the man was working at a creek below the settlement and could not have seen the shootings. Either Windschuttle did not read White's statement properly or he misleads his readers, for White's account continues: 'the soldiers came down from their own camp to the creek to attack the Natives.'3 White also claimed that Surgeon Mountgarret packed bones in barrels and sent them to Port Jackson, which Windschuttle disputes, saying that White, a convict, could not have had any direct knowledge of the behaviour of a member of the colonial elite. This is laughable. Risdon Cove was a tiny outpost that relied on convict labourers who were perfectly placed to observe the activities of their masters. There is no reason to doubt White's recollection or to pour scorn on those who tell the story today.
This article challenges Windschuttle's self image as a purveyor of 'truth' by forensically examining another of his misrepresentations - that the Black War of 1824-31 is a misnomer. Windschuttle claims it was not a war but a 'crime spree' begun by Musquito, the Sydney Aborigine who joined ranks with the Oyster Bay people of Tasmania. Windschuttle's depiction of Musquito reveals the shallowness of his research. The notion that Musquito led the Tasmanians into aggression, and consequent denial of their agency in the conflict, dates from Governor Arthur's time. In replicating this narrative Windschuttle obscures significant information to present Musquito as a criminal antagonist, because he sees the Tasmanian people as primitive degenerates who were incapable of political organisation, and who were not fighting for their land, but engaging in 'senseless violence'. 4 This essay will present the known details of Musquito's life in a more complex light. While Musquito was a skilled fighter, his involvement in Tasmanian hostilities lasted only seven months, and only a few of the attacks that occurred within that period can possibly be associated with Musquito.
Windschuttle glosses over Musquito's life in the following terms: he was sent to Tasmania in 1813 as a blacktracker where he lived among whites in Hobart, becoming so 'integrated' that he went on a cattle-buying expedition to Mauritius with Edward Lord in 1818. When Musquito captured the bushranger Michael Howe, the convicts shunned him so he asked to be sent to Sydney. The passage was not approved, so Musquito fell in with one of the 'tame mobs' near Hobart. When he later joined the Oyster Bay Tribe he recruited the Tasmanian Aborigine, Black Jack, as his 'chief accomplice', and lured away Black Tom (Kickerterpoller), a Tasmanian raised in a Hobart household. In 1823 the gang murdered two stock-keepers at Grindstone Bay. Of the seven attacks recorded in 1824, all bar one were supposedly the work of this band. In August 1824 Musquito was apprehended. He was hung in February 1825 for the Grindstone Bay murders, with Black Jack who was guilty of another killing. Their actions were not 'nationalistic', says Windschuttle, but were simply 'crimes' for which execution was just punishment.
When Norfolk Island was evacuated in 1813 Musquito was sent to Port Dalrymple (Launceston) with other evacuees. The following year Musquito's brother Phillip applied for his return to Port Jackson, which was approved by Governor Macquarie, but did not take place. The records suggest that Musquito tracked bushrangers to secure his passage home. In October 1817, Lieutenant Gov Sorell advised Macquarie that he was sending Musquito, Black Mary and a convict named Gill (McGill) to Port Jackson because their assistance in hunting bushrangers had made them 'odious' to the convicts at Port Dalrymple. Yet the three stayed behind. In February 1818 Edward Lord advertised his intention to take Musquito, his servant, to Mauritius. But perhaps Musquito was too valuable for Sorell to release, as Lord left without him. Just over six months later McGill and Musquito found and killed Howe.8 The promised passage never eventuated and Musquito, who had literally placed his life at risk while living under the norms of white society, must have felt profoundly betrayed.
It seems Musquito decided to live again with Aboriginal people. He travelled south and joined one of the 'tame gangs' around the Pitt Water, which is a lagoon at Sorell, near the current site of Hobart Airport. This group of men, women and children was visited by Reverend William Horton in winter 1823. Horton was horrified by their manner of living naked in the open air and eating meat 'without salt and without vegetables', but described Musquito as possessing good English and 'superior skill and muscular strength'. Horton opined they could be used to open communication with tribes in the interior.9 However, this 'tame gang' was living in the country of the Oyster Bay people, who had faced gunfire at Risdon Cove on 3 May 1804. By the 1820s the south-eastern territories of the Oyster Bay people were under serious pressure from white settlement.10 Although Windschuttle disputes this, it does not take much effort to understand the Aborigines had reason to prevent the further expansion of white settlement by attacking outposts, guerilla style. Musquito was stranded in strange country, but he probably recognised the patterns he had seen in the Hawkesbury. Perhaps, after the Governor's betrayal, he felt he had nothing left to lose by joining the Oyster Bay people on their journey to war.
In November 1823, a few months after Horton met the 'tame gang', the Grindstone Bay killings took place. The sole survivor, Radford, gave a vivid account of the attack at Musquito's trial in Hobart's Supreme Court.11 The stock-keepers hut was a remote outpost, newly established in kangaroo and emu hunting grounds.12 The band of sixty who arrived at the hut was not a war party, as it included women and children,13 so the Aborigines had probably not expected company. The Aborigines camped, hunted and played while Musquito spoke with the uneasy men, ate their food and brought women to the hut. After three days, for some reason which Radford was either unable or unwilling to explain, the mood soured. The Aborigines approached the hut and the stock-keepers realised their firearms had been removed. Musquito wordlessly took the sheepdogs while the Aborigines stood about the men with their spears raised. Radford said 'we accordingly did run'. He was speared, but his hapless companions, William Hollyoak and Mammoa, a Tahitian, were killed. Radford did not see who struck the mortal blows, and though he heard poor Hollyoak scream, he was unable to say what happened to Mammoa.
This attack was only the beginning. Windschuttle uses the meticulous notes of N.J.B. Plomley to calculate that 11 attacks, including ten killings, occurred in 1824.14 Windschuttle attributes six of these to Musquito and Black Tom, describing a killing in March (actually the firing of a hut) and a spearing in April. However there is no evidence Musquito or Tom were involved in either attack, although the Hobart Town Gazette supposed they had been 'from the circumstances of the Natives having been with one or two instances only excepted, entirely harmless until these two blacks have lately appeared among them'15 - remarks which hardly constitute proof. Similarly, a letter from the Magistrate Charles Rowcroft, which Windschuttle quotes, should be viewed sceptically. Rowcroft wrote to Lieutenant Governor Arthur on July 16, 1824, pleading for armed assistance and alleging Musquito had committed six attacks, including four murders. Many of these attacks occurred in the neighbouring territories of the Big River people, yet Windschuttle lays them at the feet of the 'detribalised black bushrangers'.16 He takes at face value Rowcroft's allegation that Musquito was involved in Matthew Osborne's murder, and that his widow's life was 'despaired of.' Yet Rowcroft did not know the Osbornes and was exaggerating. On the very day of Rowcroft's letter, the Gazette reported that Widow Osborne had recovered from her injuries and published her account of the ordeal, in which she incriminated Black Tom but never mentioned Musquito. The only attack in which Musquito was definitely involved in 1824 was a non-fatal spearing at Pitt Water in August.17 This means Musquito and Black Tom committed only one each of the 11 recorded attacks in that year. As Hobart newspaperman Henry Melville wrote: 'Many deeds of terror are laid to Musquito's charge, which it is impossible for him to have committed.'18 Given that Windschuttle demands a very high standard of proof for killings of Aborigines, it is bizarre that he so readily apportions blame for attacks on settlers to just two people. Clearly, other Aborigines were launching attacks independently.
The trial of Musquito and Black Jack is also misrepresented by Windschuttle. The men were tried in December 1824 for 'aiding and abetting' the murder of Hollyoak. Windschuttle does not admit any sense of tragedy into his account of the trial or the executions that followed. He neglects to say that neither man was given counsel, nor allowed to testify in his own defence. As Musquito was a capable speaker of English it was most unfair to deny him the right to testify in his own defence. This trial took place at a time when other colonial authorities were questioning whether Aboriginal people should even be tried under the laws of the usurping power. Melville certainly felt the men were prisoners of war, and said they had committed no crime as they had acted in retaliation. Gilbert Robertson, a friend of Musquito, called the hangings murder, and said they led to further killings by Aborigines. The historian J.E. Calder, of whom Windschuttle approves when it is convenient, wrote in 1875 that the hangings were intended to terrify the Aborigines, and multiplied aggression tenfold. He also said: 'I don't believe that justice, or anything like it, was always done here'.19 Windschuttle silences these dissenting voices. Neither does he explain how Melville's sad observation that 'not one single individual was ever brought to a Court of Justice, for offences committed against these harmless creatures'20 reflects on colonial justice during Arthur's tenure.
Musquito apparently told his gaoler: 'Hanging no good for black fellow ... very good for white fellow for he used to it', which Melville interpreted as meaning his execution was useless as it served no example to the 'savages'.21 Unfortunately the example was all too clear. Just before Musquito's trial a large group came into Hobart, and were provisioned at Kangaroo Point (Bellerive). When two more Aborigines were tried and hanged in September 1826, the people at Kangaroo Point left, never to return.22 Then the violence accelerated markedly. In fact the worst years, by Windschuttle's own admission, were 1828 and 1830, long after the death of Musquito and well after Black Tom's final surrender in 1827.23 Hostilities continued into the 1830s. It is, therefore, simply ridiculous to argue that Musquito and Black Tom caused the Black War.
Windschuttle's critique of the 'guerilla warfare thesis' becomes fatuous when he says that the Aborigines 'not only had no political objectives but [had] no sense of a collective interest'. He draws this conclusion because no statements survive from a 'tribal Aborigine' expressing a 'patriotic or nationalistic sentiment', and because no 'political approaches' were made.24 It is not right to privilege the words and documents of colonists over black actions. Those white words were not to be trusted - as Calder put it, Arthur's proclamations about amelioration were 'silly advertisements' best condemned 'to the waste basket of the colony.'25 Killings held meaning and each murder, whether committed by Aborigines, settlers or the hangman, conveyed a fearful warning, understood on both sides of the frontier. The actual number of killings was irrelevant in that atmosphere of anxiety.
I have spent much of the last year mulling over the reasons why this contorted book was written. The last three chapters are simply abhorrent. Windschuttle picks out the most negative accounts to present the Tasmanians as 'maladapted', 'internally dysfunctional' and 'incompatible with the looming presence of the rest of the world'. He goes so far as to argue that the Tasmanians were 'active agents in their own demise' because the men 'held their women cheaply'.26 His thesis that Musquito led the Tasmanians into aggression is just another way of dehumanising the Tasmanian people. The purpose of this dehumanisation becomes clear in the epilogue, in which Windschuttle attempts to discredit contemporary Aboriginal Tasmanians by questioning their genealogies, and attacking their attempts to regain control over their cultural heritage. And all this from a writer who has claimed to be 'apolitical'.
This essay shows that Windschuttle has twisted source material to suit his own bitter interpretations. Now is the time for the next generation of historians to mine the rich vein of colonial documentary evidence in Tasmania. I hope these new voices will not be afraid to convey the drama and tragedy of the Tasmanian frontier, and to express the compassion that is so lacking in this book.
Naomi Parry is a PhD candidate in the School of History, University of New South Wales. This article will be published in the forthcoming issue of Labour History, the journal of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History.
1. 'Historian dismisses Tasmanian Aboriginal genocide 'myth'', PM, ABC Radio, 12.12.2002.
2. Keith Windschuttle, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History: Volume 1, Van Diemen's Land 1803-1847, Macleay Press, Sydney, 2002, pp. 22-26.
3. British Parliamentary Papers, Colonies, Australia, 4, Correspondence and Papers Relevant to the Government and Affairs of the Australian Colonies 1830-1836, vol. XIX, Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970 (hereafter BPP), p. 225.
4. Hobart Town Gazette 2.4.1824; Arthur to Goderich 10.1.1829, in BPP, p. 175; Musquito's deeds were dramatically embellished by early Tasmanian historians. See John West, The History of Tasmania, (ed.) A.G.L. Shaw, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1852 , pp. 267-9; Charles Bonwick, The Last of the Tasmanians, Johnson Reprint Corp., Baltimore, 1872 , pp. 92-104; Windschuttle, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, pp. 130, 377-386.
5. Windschuttle, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, pp. 65-75, 130, 399.
6. Descendants of Musquito's family believe he was Gai-Mariagal from Sydney's Northern Beaches, with important connections to Hawkesbury sites. Pers. comm. from Dennis Foley, a descendant, 17.4.2003; Gov. King to Camden, 30.4.1805, Historical Records of Australia (hereafter HRA), series 1, vol. 5, pp. 306-307; Sydney Gazette 19 May 1805, 2c; 9 June 1805 4a; 30 June 1805, 2a; 7 July 1805 2b; 4 Aug 1805, 2b.
7. King to Camden, 20.7.1805, HRA series 1, vol. 5, pp. 497 & 502-5; King to Piper, 18.8.1805, NSW State Records Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1788-1825 (hereafter NSW SR Col. Sec.), Reel 6040, ML Safe 1/51, p 41; The absence of a charge is confirmed in Carol J Baxter (ed.) General Musters of NSW, Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land 1811, Sydney, 1987, pp. 94 & 152.
8. Archives Office of Tasmania (hereafter AOT), CSO 1/177/4306; NSW Colonial Secretary to Lt Gov Davey 17.8.1814, NSW SR Col. Sec., Reel 6004, 4/3493, p 251; Sorell to Macquarie, 13.10.1817, Historical Records of Australia Series 3, Vol. 2, pp. 283-4; Lord advertised his intention to sail with his servants 'Muskitoo' and James Brown in Hobart Town Gazette, 14.2.1818; AOT Departures Index, ref. Crowther, Port Certificates, Book L, p. 33 states two other servants accompanied Lord; Howe's capture is reported by Sorell to Macquarie 20.10.1818, AOT CY1096, p 91.
9. Mitchell Library, Bonwick Transcripts, 52, vol. 4, Wesleyan Mission Papers, Rev Horton to Wesleyan Mission Society, 3.6.1823, pp. 1269-74.
10. Lyndall Ryan, The Aboriginal Tasmanians, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1981 , pp. 83-88.
11. Hobart Town Gazette, 3.12.1824.
12. James Erskine Calder, Some Account of the Wars, Extirpation, Habits &c of the Native Tribes of Tasmania, Henn & Co, Hobart, 1875. Although Calder wrote 50 years after the event, he knew Radford, who still lived at Grindstone Bay.
13. AOT CBE1/1, Gilbert Robertson to Committee for the Care and Treatment of Captured Aborigines, pp. 16-17.
14. Windschuttle, Fabrication of Aboriginal History, p. 85.
15. Ibid., p. 68 & 68nn; Hobart Town Gazette, 26.3 & 2.4.1824.
16. Windschuttle, Fabrication of Aboriginal History, p. 69.
17. Hobart Town Gazette 16.7 & 6.8.1824.
18. Henry Melville, The History of Van Diemen's Land from the year 1824 to 1835, inclusive During the Administration of Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur, (ed.) G. Mackaness, Horwitz-Grahame, Sydney 1836 , p 32.
19. AOT CBE 1/1, p. 17; Calder, Some Account of the Wars, pp. 13 & 54.
20. Melville, The History of Van Diemen's Land, p. 59.
21. Ibid., p. 39n, pp. 56-59.
23. Windschuttle, Fabrication of Aboriginal History, pp. 84-85.
25. Calder, Some Account of the Wars, p. 16.
26. Windschuttle, Fabrication of Aboriginal History, pp. 377-386.


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'99 has its priorities | GCN
this writing, Washington is in a paroxysm of worry over politics. But for most people,
what's been happening on Capitol Hill is more a cause for watercooler bickering than
concern over the future of the republic. We all have work to do.
For federal information technology managers, 1999 will have several themes.
First of all, you'll have a professional life beyond year 2000 fixes. Speculation
last year had it that date code work would occupy agencies' IT activities to the
exclusion of all else. That's mostly been untrue. In the last two weeks of 1998
alone, the IRS and the General Services Administration awarded multibillion dollar
contracts that have nothing—or very little—to do with year 2000.
A priority for many agencies will be, not surprisingly, electronic commerce.
Federal agencies should look to state counterparts such as Texas, which wants to extend
its EC project beyond online ordering to cover financial and accounting components of
transactions. That's a complicated job, but it's a crucial step in making
electronic commerce a reality.
You should also expect to deal with two continuing topics: the IT talent drain, and
data security and privacy.
The ongoing depletion of the IT ranks may slow a bit as the economy cools, but that
won't change the fact that the bureaucracy has suffered a knowledge loss. And make no
mistake, you cannot outsource your way out of this dilemma.
As to security and privacy, government systems remain seriously unprotected. A recent
Privacy is about to burst onto the scene as a big political issue as it dawns on
citizens that public and private entities have amassed enormous amounts of personal
information. Expect it to become an oversight matter if your agency maintains databases of
information about citizens.
Oh, and let's not forget: Everything you do will occur against the backdrop of a
dynamic technology environment and a nearly endless choice of new products.
Turmoil may prevail at the top, but don't let it distract you from the important
work at hand.
Thomas R. Temin


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Q: Any way to list physical disk on Windows with Flutter/Dart? Does anyone know of a method to list the physical disks on Windows using Flutter?
I've done a bunch of research but can't find anything. Only the path_provider, but that only provides access to the temp locations.
I suspect this isn't possible...

A: I don't think there are any method in the SDK which provides such a feature. But you can call another executable and parse the result.
In Windows you can get the list of available drives through:
C:\>wmic logicaldisk get caption
Caption
C:
E:
F:
G:
Z:

So we can create the following in Dart:
import 'dart:convert';
import 'dart:io';

Future<void> main() async {
  print(await getDrivesOnWindows()); // (C:, E:, F:, G:, Z:)
}

Future<Iterable<String>> getDrivesOnWindows() async => LineSplitter.split(
        (await Process.run('wmic', ['logicaldisk', 'get', 'caption'],
                stdoutEncoding: const SystemEncoding()))
            .stdout as String)
    .map((string) => string.trim())
    .where((string) => string.isNotEmpty)
    .skip(1);

A more complicated example showing how to get multiple values out for each drive. The freeSpace is nullable since unconnected network drives (or empty CD/DVD drives) returns no value when asked for free disk space:
import 'dart:convert';
import 'dart:io';

Future<void> main() async {
  (await WindowsDrive.getDrives()).forEach(print);
  // DriveLetter: C:, FreeSpace: 20392869888
  // DriveLetter: E:, FreeSpace: null
  // DriveLetter: F:, FreeSpace: 69761130496
  // DriveLetter: G:, FreeSpace: 85562028032
  // DriveLetter: Z:, FreeSpace: null
}

class WindowsDrive {
  final String driveLetter;
  final int? freeSpace;

  const WindowsDrive(this.driveLetter, this.freeSpace);

  // Node,Caption,FreeSpace
  factory WindowsDrive.parse(String line) {
    final segments = line.split(',');
    return WindowsDrive(segments[1], int.tryParse(segments[2]));
  }

  @override
  String toString() => 'DriveLetter: $driveLetter, FreeSpace: $freeSpace';

  static Future<Iterable<WindowsDrive>> getDrives() async =>
      LineSplitter.split((await Process.run(
                  'wmic',
                  [
                    'logicaldisk',
                    'get',
                    'caption',
                    ',',
                    'freespace',
                    '/format:csv'
                  ],
                  stdoutEncoding: const SystemEncoding()))
              .stdout as String)
          .map((string) => string.trim())
          .where((string) => string.isNotEmpty)
          .skip(1)
          .map((e) => WindowsDrive.parse(e));
}

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Board Members Becca Keo-Meier, Lou Weaver, Monica Roberts, and Melanie Pang presented to the Health and Benefits Advisory Committee (HBAC) of the City of Houston and various other HR professionals within the city to provide education on disparities in transgender healthcare access.
In consideration of our goals of expanding outreach and cultivating relationships, we have launched our speaker series where we will invite various individuals to speak at our monthly Board meetings. Community member/activist Crimson Jordan was our first speaker at our February meeting and he spoke about Dr. Charles Law in observance of Black History Month.


Business editor, The Idaho Statesman, Boise, 1970-1973; information services director, Jim Hawkes Advertising, Boise, 1973-1974; assistant alumni director, Idaho State University, Pocatello, 1974-1976; public relations manager, United States West Communications, Boise, 1978-1988; director information, United States West Foundation, Boise, 1988-1991; manager community affairs, United States West Communications, Boise, 1991-1993; executive director, Idaho Cmty. Foundation, 1993-1996; director, Idaho State History Society, since 1996.
Stephen Craig Guerber, American historical society director. Recipient Outstanding Public Service award Social Service Administration, 1983, Professional Achievement award Idaho State University College Arts and Sciences, 1991, Simplot Volunteer award, 1988; named Idaho Distinguished Citizen The Idaho Statesman, 1988.
Guerber, Stephen Craig was born on October 2, 1947 in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. Son of Allen Lewis and Thelma Mae (Gilson) Guerber.
Bachelor, Idaho State University, 1969.
Councilman City of Eagle, 1984-1988, 98—, mayor, 1988-1996. Board directors Association Idaho Cities, 1988-1994, Silver Sage council Girls Scouts United States of America, 1990-1993, American Festival Ballet, 1984-1988. Member Ada Planning Association, 1985-1999, Fourth Idaho District Judicial Council, 1988-1996, Ada County Centennial Commission, 1989-1990.
Avocations: free-lance sports writer, carpentry, landscaping.
Married Donna Kay Panko, February 4, 1968. Children: Dani Moffit, Patrick Jason, Suzanne Crupper.
Recipient Outstanding Public Service award Soci Recipient Outstanding Public Service award Social Service Administration, 1983, Professional Achievement award Idaho State University College Arts and Sciences, 1991, Simplot Volunteer award, 1988. Named Idaho Distinguished Citizen The Idaho Statesman, 1988.


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HIGGINS AND DREW CLINCH 2014 RALLY AMERICA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SUBARU
Despite a few hectic moments in the closing stages of the 2014 New England Forest Rally, David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew held on the their lead therefore winning the rally and clinching the 2014 Rally America Championship. Photo Neil McDaid
Newry, Maine (July 19, 2014) -- Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew overcame a late New England Forest Rally scare to take their fourth Rally America National Championship title on July 18-19 in Newry, ME. The scare occurred when British rally competitors Higgins and Drew opened up a 1:34.5 minute lead over rival teammates Travis Pastrana and Chrissie Beavis in their 2015 Subaru WRX STI heading into the last leg of the New England Forest Rally. Higgins struck a rock on Stage 10 causing major suspension damage. At the end of the stage Higgins was in the process of repairing the damage when a fire flared and he received a face full of fire extinguisher spray.
Higgins' lead over Pastrana was cut to 31.1 seconds. Following service Higgins pushed through the last three stages, despite the discomfort, to take his fourth consecutive Rally America title, and sixth U.S. National Championship overall victory in an outstanding career to date.
"We still had a reasonable lead when we left service," said Higgins, "The rally isn't over until it's over. We went out to win the last three stages to win the rally, and more importantly to win the Championship. America has been very kind to me." Photo Neil McDaid
With each rally since his return from Nascar Travis Pastrana and his co driver Chrissie Beavis have been quickly building their pace, the team showed great speed over the two days of racing in Maine and New Hampshire claiming victory on 5 of the 13 stages. Photo Neil McDaid
FY Racing's Adam Yeoman and Jordan Schulze took a nice safe line down the middle of the road to end a two-event DNF streak to take third overall and make it a Subaru podium sweep. Photo Neil McDaid
Super Production's Dillon Van Way and Andrew Edwards secured a consecutive class victory and a fourth place overall placement. Van Way is fresh from winning his class three weeks ago at the Mt. Washington HillClimb. His victory helps extend his Super Production points lead over Nick Roberts and Rhianon Gelsomino with two events remaining.
"The team has been really strong and we haven't had the luck to win until the last two events," stated Van Way, "We need the points and the Super Production Championship is looking pretty good for us."
Nick Roberts and Rhianon Gelsomino had led the event until Van Way took over the class lead on Stage 6. On Stage 8, Roberts went to wide into a corner and got stuck. The team was not able to extract themselves and unfortunately was forced to retire.
Roberts' retirement moved Gary Gill and Nathalie Richard into second in Super Production for their first podium, and Rookie of the Year candidate Mickey Moran with co-driver Alice Von Denes took third. Photo Neil McDaid
Another Championship was decided at the New England Forest Rally with Ford Racing's Andrew Comrie-Picard (ACP), co-driven by Ole Holter, taking the Two-Wheel Drive category victory. ACP survived challenges from Scion Racing's Matthew Johnson and Jeremy Wimpey, and Datingsite.com's Troy and Jeremy Miller, to take his first career 2WD title.
"We are totally thrilled, it's just amazing to win this event and lock up the 2WD Championship with two events remaining," exclaimed Comrie-Picard, "It took us a few years to get here. But the Ford Fiesta ST has been amazing and Ole (Holter) has been terrific in the co-driver's seat."
Johnson and Wimpey got as close as 5.7 seconds to ACP on Stage 5 until transmission problems surfaced and forced the team to replace it during service. Johnson is pleased to settle with a second place 2WD finish considering the team missed the last two Rally America rounds. Troy and Jeremy Miller took third in class, and Troy Miller currently continue to lead the Rookie of the Year standings over Mickey Moran. Photo Neil McDaid
Bethel, ME hometown favorite, Chris Duplessis with British co-driver Phil Hill, took the B-SPEC Class win in a Ford Fiesta over Honda Performance Development's James Robinson and Brian Penza and their Honda Fit. But it is James Robinson's finish at the New England Forest Rally that mathematically secures his second B-SPEC National Championship.
Another local driver from Bangor, ME, John Cassidy with co-driver Dave Getchell, took the Maine Regional Rally and New Hampshire Regional Rally victories.
The Rally America National Championship's next television airing the NBC Sports Network is August 2at 12:30pm EDT. The next televised date is August 31 at 5pm EDT. More show details forthcoming.
Posted by Rally World News at Sunday, July 20, 2014


Cambodian lawmakers from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) look for their names during a meeting in Phnom Penh, Nov. 2, 2016.
In a move that is troubling opposition party lawmakers, Cambodia's National Assembly agreed to boost 2017 defense spending in the country by about 23 percent even though the country is at peace.
"We have noted that there is a contradictory point from the government's claims that our country has peace and good relations with neighboring countries," Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) chief whip Son Chhay told reporters after Wednesday's vote to approve the budget.
"We are spending almost the same as Vietnam, which is having a conflict in the South China Sea," Son Chhay told the Phnom Penh Post.
Vietnam and China are among the countries that are at loggerheads over Beijing's attempts to control the valuable waterway.
Cambodia's defense spending would run just over $470 million in 2017, according to an analysis by the newspaper. The Ministry of Interior and Public Order is slated to receive about $320 million, according to the analysis.
The country's total budget for 2017 comes to about $5 billion, local media reported. All told, the budget plan projects that Cambodia's spending will increase by about 15.6 percent with increases for most sectors.
Education spending for 2017 is expected to be about $667 million, while health spending for comes in at around $420 million, according to the Phnom Penh Post.
While the CNRP was critical of the budget approved by all 66 members of the ruling Cambodian People's Party who attended the parliamentary session, the opposition abstained from voting, according to local media.
Son Chhay told reporters after the vote that the CNRP could not support the budget because of what it deemed insufficient increases in spending to the Health Ministry and Education Ministry.
"The spending doesn't respond to the needs of priority sectors such as education and health, but the defense sector keeps increasing," he said, according to The Cambodia Daily.
Prime Minister Hun Sen left the assembly's plenary session early to attend a meeting with the Vietnamese and Lao prime ministers.
While Hun Sen didn't stick around, the national budget reflects his priorities, and the increase in military spending is problematic as the prime minister has shown little reticence about using the military inside Cambodia.
Hun Sen's personal body guard has been linked to abuses of power including the 1997 grenade attack that killed 16 people in what appeared to be an assassination attempt that targeted CNRP leader Sam Rainsy.
Three members of Prime Minister Hun Sen's military bodyguard, convicted of the brutal beating of a pair of opposition lawmakers near the National Assembly last year, were freed earlier this month after serving just one year in prison.
Hun Sen's bodyguard unit also deployed military helicopters, navy vessels and troops for "exercises" close to CNRP headquarters in downtown Phnom Penh.
The prime minister, who has ruled Cambodia for more than three decades, has also made it clear that he will use the military to crush any "color revolution" in the country.
He made similar remarks during the Police Academy of Cambodia's graduation ceremony.
Hun Sen has inveighed several times against "color revolutions," named after a series of popular movements that used nonviolent protests under colored banners to topple governments in countries of the former Soviet Union during the 2000s.
Civil society groups and their supporters began staging "Black Monday" protests soon after the arrests of officials from the human rights group ADHOC that came in connection with the government's wide-ranging probe into an alleged affair between CNRP leader Kem Sokha and a young hair dresser.
While the protests began as an attempt to pressure the government over the arrests, it has morphed into a more generalized campaign against government abuses, including land confiscations. Demonstrators wear black during the Monday protests as a symbol of solidarity.
Land issues were also part of the budget debate on Tuesday as Son Chaay blamed the country's need to borrow $1 billion on the government's inability to collect taxed from companies with land concessions.
Cambodia leases out large parcels of land to private companies that use the land concessions for growing crops or other economic activity.
"There is a conspiracy to let the concessionaires violate their contracts and sell the concession land or continue their deforestation," he said according to the Phnom Penh Post report.
Deforestation is a big issue in Cambodia and other Asian countries. Companies with large land concessions often clear cut valuable timber from what are supposed to be protected forests. The timber is then smuggled into China where it is used to make high-end furniture.
Senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap defended the budget, saying it will help the country achieve its objective.
"Spending for the 2017 budget is in response to the priorities and needs of the various ministries and institutions to achieve their policy objectives," he said, according to the Cambodia Daily.


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Apple iPhones and iPads have started receiving the iOS 12.2 update and it brings in new features including the recently announced Apple News Plus subscription service. Apart from that we also see new Animojis, AirPlay 2 features, along with bug fixes and improvements.
Apple News Plus service costs $9.99 (around Rs 700) and consolidates popular newspaper and magazine subscriptions, which could appeal more to casual readers suffering from subscription fatigue. Users can get a subscription for publications such as The New Yorker, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Wired, Los Angeles Times and more.
A new feature introduced on the iOS 12.2 update is the ability to play videos from your iOS device to Apple TV using Siri. For using this feature, your Apple TV also needs to be updated to version 12.2. Apart from that Apple has also brought AirPlay 2 support for the AirPods 2, which were silently announced last week along with the new iPad mini and iPad Air.
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No, Your Glasses Reflection Won't Reveal (Much) Data Over Zoom
Eyeglass reflections could be read by others under the right conditions, finds a new study... But only large print.
Could your eyeglasses reflect the screen you're looking at, leaking otherwise private information to others on a video call with you? Weirdly, the answer is yes.
A recent study has found that popular video conferencing softwares like Zoom or Google Meet can record the glasses reflection of a computer screen in enough detail to recreate the text on that screen.
So why shouldn't you be worried about it? Because the common webcam resolution, 720p, is only capable of reading font sizes of 50-60 pixels, or the size of a particularly large headline. Unless you're on a Zoom call while also taking a headline-sized look at your bank details or password list, you'll be safe.
Why Glasses Reflections Are Worth Keeping an Eye On
The study, titled "Private Eye: On the Limits of Textual Screen Peeking via Eyeglass Reflections in Video Conferencing," was conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan in the US in tandem with those at the Zhejiang University in China.
The team included researchers Yan Long, Chen Yan, Shilin Xiao, Shivan Prasad, Wenyuan Xu, and Kevin Fu, who paired mathematical modeling with human subject experiments to figure out just how small a reflection could be before the text could no longer be reconstructed.
"Our models and experimental results in a controlled lab setting show it is possible to reconstruct and recognize with over 75% accuracy on-screen texts that have heights as small as 10 mm with a 720p webcam."
The "over 75%" statistic refers to perscription glasses, which yielded better results than the more reflective blue-light blocking glasses in the study, due to a smaller curvature. The 10 mm reflection size tends to map to font size of between 50 and 60s pixels, according to an email from Long to The Register.
Will 4K Cameras Be Able to Capture Smaller Text?
Currently, the study found, the danger of a reflection revealing data through a present-day 720p webcams is fairly low, since it will only work for big fonts.
In the future, when 4K cameras are common, that risk increases at least a little.
"Our models further show that the evolution towards 4K cameras will tip the threshold of text leakage to reconstruction of most header texts on popular websites. […] Our research proposes near-term mitigations including a software prototype that users can use to blur the eyeglass areas of their video streams." ~The study
In other words, even an HD camera will likely be limited to reflected headlines.
That's still a danger, so it makes sense that the study's authors have suggested a potential fix: Software that can automatically blur eyeglasses on video streams. We already have the technology, with blurred backgrounds a common feature in video conferencing software.
Given how often video call services like Zoom (and Microsoft Teams in particular) issue small updates and new functionalities in a constant battle to remain the most feature-rich conferencing service, it's easy to picture a glasses-blurring feature being introduced in the wake of this study.
Until then, you can stick with the classic reflection-reducing technology of contact lens.
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Q: How to get array of native events from socket.io? I'm writing some 'shield' code in my node websocket server, so that if the client tries to send events which are out of state, the socket is disconnected.
But since socket.io handles their native events (like 'connecting', 'disconnected' etc) similar to user defined events, I'm having a hard time differentiating between them in my generic handler
Is there a way to programatically retrieve a list of all built-in events from socket.io?
I want to avoid hardcoding this list.

A: After some digging, find out there is internal list of packet names, and is easily accessible:
var io = require('socket.io');
var events = io.parser.packets;

It has a bit more than just three usual events, but can be usefull anyway.