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Přestože hadi v přírodě patří mezi predátory a jejich kořistí se stávají převážně jiní živočichové, mají nezanedbatelné množství přirozených nepřátel a sami se tak často stávají potravou.

Přirození nepřátelé

Pro hady jsou úhlavními nepřáteli nejenom samotní hadi, ale plazi všeobecně jako takoví. Mezi teraristy zabývajícími se chovem hadů je všeobecně známo, že na lov svých blízkých příbuzných jsou z jedovatých hadů specializované (ofiofágní) hlavně některé druhy kober, např. kobra královská (Ophiophagus hannah), která se živí převážně hady, popř. ještěry. Dalším známým požíračem hadů je korálovcovitý had bungar kroužkovaný (Bungarus fasciatus), z nejedovatých jsou to především korálovky rodu Lampropeltis, nebo jihoamerická musurana. Zatímco korálovka pruhovaná (Lampropeltis getulus) loví jedovaté hady jako jsou chřestýši, ploskolebci a korálovci, musurana (Clelia clelia) se zaměřila na jedovatého křovináře rodu Bothrops.

Hadím masem si občas zpestří jídelníček i jiné četné druhy hadů. Z ostatních plazů jsou hadům nebezpeční téměř všechny druhy krokodýlů a dravých, masožravých želv, z ještěrů jsou to hlavně draví varani a větší druhy ještěrkovití. Mláďata, či menší druhy hadů příležitostně padnou za oběť i takovým tvorům jako jsou obojživelníci, převážně se jedná o některé velké druhy skokanů a ropuch, např. skokan volský (Rana catesbeiana), nebo ropucha Blombergova (Bufo blombergi).

Ryby jsou málo známí nepřátelé hadů. Už z důvodu nesnadného pozorování ulovení hada rybami je jen málo informací o početnosti tohoto jevu a tak základní informace chybí. Je však zřejmé, že hadi se příležitostně stávají kořistí ryb jak sladkovodních, tak i mořských. Asi největším nepřítelem mořských hadů jsou žraloci, v povodí řeky Amazonky je nejčastěji napadána anakonda velká (Eunectes murinus) dravými, tetrovitými rybami piraněmi rodu Serrasalmus.

Mezi významné lovce hadů patří bezesporu ptáci. Jenom v Evropě si hady zpestřuje jídelníček víc než 30 druhů ptáků, z nichž někteří mají hady jako hlavní složku potravy. Kromě několika druhů čápů, volavek, dravců, sov a mnohých havranovitých, loví příležitostně hady i velké množství ostatních ptáků, z nichž asi nejznámější je africký hadilov písař (Sagittarius serpentarius) který patří mezi dravce a ibis posvátný (Threiskiornis aethiopica), uctívaný jako skvělý lovec hadů již starými Egypťany. Lovem jedovatých chřestýšů v USA a Mexiku je pověstná nelétavá kukačka kohoutí (Geococcyx californicus), stejně jako je známý v Austrálii obratný lovec hadů - ledňák obrovský (Dacelo novaeguineae).

Hadi mají plno nepřátel též mezi savci, z nichž se snad ani jeden druh nespecializuje výhradně na lov hadů, i když u některých tato potrava převládá. Snad nejznámějšími hubiteli hadů jsou drobné šelmičky promyky (např. promyka mungo či promyka červená), žijící v Indii a na africkém kontinentě. Pověstné jsou jejich nelítostné boje hlavně s velkými jedovatými hady (např. kobry, mamby), proti jejichž jedu si tyto mrštné vražedkyně vytvořily značnou imunitu. Indové si od pradávna zvykli dávat je svým dětem jako společníky, kteří s nimi spí v ložnici - fungují nejen jako domácí mazlíček, ale též jako vysoce efektivní ochrana pro případ, že by se do domu dostal jedovatý had. Podobně sveřepým nepřítelem hadů s vysokou odolností vůči jejich jedům je medojed kapský (Mellivora capensis).

V Evropě je známý svým postojem vůči zmijím hmyzožravý ježek západní (Erinaceus europaeus), který tyto jedovaté hady s oblibou loví a žere. Příležitostně však loví hady mnoho druhů zvířat, hlavně lasicovité šelmy, ale i lišky, vlci, či medvědi. Na hada často zaútočí i druhy, které se jinak masem neživí. Tímto jsou známí především některé druhy afrických býložravých kopytníků, jako jsou buvoli, zebry, nebo pakoně, kteří hada úmyslně zabijí svými kopýtky. Velice agresivně se dokáží chovat jak afričtí, tak i asijští sloni, kteří hada mohou udupat během několika málo sekund. Z amerického i indického kontinentu jsou známy případy podobného chování např. u bizonů, u některých druhů severoamerických jelenců rodu Odocoileus, nebo u sambara indického (Rusa unicolor). Podle legendy byli na řeckém ostrově Rhodos vypuštěni daňci (Dama dama), aby vyhubili jedovaté hady - (zřejmě zmije růžkaté - Vipera ammodytes). Co je na této legendě pravdy není bohužel nic známo, jisté však je, že na ostrově Rhodos dnes žádní jedovatí hadi nežijí, ačkoliv se to tam jimi dříve jen hemžilo. To je přinejmenším pozoruhodné. Slovo Rhodos navíc pochází z fénického "rhod" (had), což svědčí o hojném výskytu hadů v daleké minulosti. V každém případě byl na ostrově postaven daňkům monumentální, bronzový pomník.

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Přestože mají hadi ve volné přírodě celou řadu nepřátel a většina z nich si nenechá ujít příležitost hada ulovit, z této strany největší nebezpečí nehrozí. Daleko nejhorším nepřítelem hadů je člověk, který má také největší podíl na drastickém úbytku hadů v přírodě takřka po celém světě. Pomineme-li odvěkou, po generace pěstovanou nenávist lidí k hadům a jejich brutální zabíjení ze strachu nebo pro jídlo (v mnoha státech Asie a jižní Ameriky se hadi jedí ve velkém množství), největším nebezpečím je asi devastace původních biotopů a znečištění životního prostředí. Obludné mýcení tropických deštných lesů, regulování toků řek, vysoušení mokřadů, to vše negativně ovlivňuje hadí populace po celé planetě. Nepředstavitelné množství jedovatých odpadních látek vypouštěných do ovzduší, do řek a do oceánů, rezistentní pesticidy a jiné chemické postřiky ze zemědělství, zahubily a geneticky poškodily v padesátých a šedesátých letech obrovské množství dravých ptáků, predátorů na samém vrcholku potravní pyramidy. Tento fenomén je všeobecně znám a hodně se již o něm napsalo. Jen málokdo si ale tehdy uvědomil, že hadi jsou s ptáky na stejném stupni potravní pyramidy a že jejich úhyn je s nimi naprosto srovnatelný. Pesticidy (např. u nás již zakázané DDT), se ukládají v tělech relativně dlouhověkých hadů, kteří se živí hlavně drobnými hlodavci, ptáky a ještěry. Ti jsou zase kontaminovaní svojí potravou - hmyzem, proti kterému je vlastně chemická válka vedena. Kontaminace vyvolává genetické poruchy a deformace, neplodnost a mnoho dalších, dosud málo prozkoumaných potíží, vedoucích k postupnému vymírání celých živočišných druhů, nejenom hadů.

Plazi spolu s obojživelníky jsou asi nejvíce ohroženou skupinou, snad ještě kritičtěji, než savci, či ptáci. Odhaduje se, že evropské populace plazů jsou ohroženy téměř ze 70 - 80%, ve většině státech střední Evropy je již dnes ohrožení vlastně 100% . Člověk svými nevhodnými zásahy do krajiny narušil souvislost vhodného biotopu a rozčlenil tak areál na poměrně malé izolované ostrůvky, kde se ještě hadům daří v omezeném počtu přežívat. Vzdálenost mezi těmito ostrůvky života je pro drtivou většinu plazů nepřekonatelná (savci a ptáci snadněji překonávají větší vzdálenosti), takže tam kde dojde k vymření populace na určité lokalitě, znovuosídlení a opětné rozšíření druhu bez pomoci člověka je prakticky vyloučené. Proto se zakládají ochranářské organizace a Červené knihy, přijímají se zákony a ustanovení. Všechna tato opatření by však byla asi málo platná bez iniciativy nadšenců a dobrovolníků, kteří bez ohledu na čas a dřinu jezdí většinou na vlastní náklady po ohrožených lokalitách, mapují výskyt i úbytek jednotlivých druhů, zakládají pro hady kladiště a zimoviště, nebo čistí břehy řek a rybníků od lidských odpadků. Mnozí z nich jezdí po školách a mládežnických organizacích, kde formou přednášek a otevřených besed seznamují nastupující generaci s problematikou úbytku plazů nejenom na našem území, ale všude na světě.

Odkazy

Literatura
 Obojživelníci a plazi, Günter Diesener, Josef Reichholf, ( Ikar, Praha )
 Nejedovatí hadi v přírodě a teráriích, Ivan Kocourek, ( Ratio Úvaly )
 Zvířata celého světa - Hadi, Jiří Felix, ( Státní zem. nakladatelství Praha )
 Kniha o hadech, John A. Burton, ( Svojtka & Co.)

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — After walking nearly 22 miles in his walk across Connecticut, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy was greeted with a standing ovation from a crowd of 500 voters at arrived at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown on Thursday evening.
"Walking across Connecticut is a great idea in theory," Murphy said after he was introduced by First Selectman Pat Llodra for the town hall meeting.
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He took off on Sunday from Killingly. Murphy hoofed it nearly 21 miles on Wednesday and will wrap it up with a 10-mile walk on Thursday, arriving in Danbury for a picnic celebration at noon at Rogers Park.
Even after the four days of hiking, Murphy — sporting a red UConn T-shirt, shorts and a few days worth of beard — stayed on his feet for another 90 minutes as he took questions from his constituents.
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Police Legitimacy and Procedural Justice
PoliceLegitimacy and Procedural Justice
Legitimacy,on a general perspective, can be defined as being valid before thelaw or the eyes of informed citizens it is a valued quality ofsocial and political processes. Justice, on the other hand, isconsidered as fairness in the protection of human rights andpunishment of wrongs. Justice can be achieved through properadministration of the laws of a particular land. The task of leadingan enforcement agency has always been complicated because it requiresskills in the mastering of the policy issues, management ofemployees, maintaining organizational structures and system, andaddressing the expectations of the community. The quality of policingin the United States has significantly improved as compared to thepast years because there is better handling of crime and the policehave become more professional. To understand police legitimacy andprocedural justice, it is vital to explore the history of policing,how it affects public perception, and the role of police managersregarding interagency collaboration and community relations.
Historyof Policing
Colonialistsettled in America and immediately allowed constables to beappointed. The community members came up with the "watch" whichconsisted of one constable, six watchmen, and volunteers whopatrolled during the night. The policing during this era was moreinformal as it was based on volunteering headed by a constable whodid the supervision. The informal modalities served the purpose ofcommunity policing where danger was reported by the watchmen andvolunteers until the idea of having a centralized municipal policedepartment emerged. In the more rural America, the sheriff was incharge of attending the court, collecting the tax, and serving legalpapers. Moreover, the early policing was a structure incorporated thewatch, sheriffs, and constables (Mazerolle, Bennett &amp Tyler,2013). The watch was purely based on people offering their time toassist in crime watch and security, which affected communication inthe sense that not all the crime was reported adequately. Some of thewatch volunteers, especially those who patrolled during the nightcould fall asleep in the middle of the evening hence, they could notgive a correct report of what happened. As the business class economygrew, police work also increased, and most of the volunteers optedout because it was time-consuming. It became even difficult tocommunicate any crime as the volunteers were few and could not coverwatching the community effectively. There was no documentation ofreported crime it was more of verbal reporting.
Anycommunication by the sheriff or constable was passed on by thevolunteers who sometimes were not efficient and reliable and coulddistort information. As more businesses opened and more peoplesettled in America, it meant more work for the watch (Bottoms &ampTankebe, 2013). The city of Boston became the first one to establisha centralized municipal police. The modern policing had police asregular employees hired on a full-time basis, fixed rules andprocedures for the police departments and were bureaucratic innature.
PublicSafety about
Allcitizens have a legal right to be protected despite their race,gender, social status or color. Public perceptions of safety are areal basis for judging policing in a democratic community. Properlawfulness means that the police have complied with professional andconstitutional norms. Research, over the past years, has consistentlyshown that the minorities are more likely to view law enforcementwith distrust and a lot of suspicions (Bottoms &amp Tankebe, 2013).The legitimacy and procedural justice will determine the perceptionsthe public have towards the law enforcers. For example, minoritiesoften report that the police single them out based on theirethnicity. Minorities have been known to bear a negative perceptionwhen it comes to their safety and the safety of their communities.Mistrust of the police system undermines their legitimacy, whichaffects their functioning. If the legitimacy of the police iscompromised in any capacity, then it changes the public perception oftheir safety. A justice system that is unfair regarding handling itscrime and legal issues also may affect the law enforcementdepartment.
Roleof Police Managers in Interagency Collaboration
Interagencycollaboration is the involvement of agencies and families comingtogether for the purpose of interdependent problem-solving andimprovement of services. Interagency collaboration has benefits suchas better decision-making, a new development of new policies,reduction in duplication of services, consistency of messages fromthe interested persons, increased quality of case monitoring andfaster access to offered services. For interagency collaboration towork efficiently, full participation of the concerned agencies isrequired. Police managers play a crucial role when it comes tocommunity relation and interagency partnerships. Police managermobilizes the different agents within the community that canparticipate in the collaboration by offering their services. Policemanager is also in charge of mitigating conflict between the agenciesto ensure smooth running to avoid duplication of services and is incharge of accountability among the agencies (Walker &amp Archbold,2013). As a police administrator, one is obligated to increasecompany productivity by monitoring the activities of the agents. Themanager can foster strong community relations through communitypolicing in the area.
Problemsin Structure and Design of Police Department
Lawenforcement staffs try every day to build and maintain trust with thecommunity that they serve by ensuring timely and efficient service.However, a single story of misconduct of the police could destroy theconfidence among the citizens. The manner the community perceives thelaw enforcement depends on how they relate with the differentinternal departments of the police (Mazerolle, Bennett &amp Tyler,2013). The police have a duty to maintain high integrity andprofessionalism when handling cases, which should constantly bereiterated by the heads of departments. Internal affairs should haveprocedures of handling and investigation any misconduct by any policeofficer to build the trust among the citizens. Racial and ethnicminority officer in the department help in building trust for thepolice force among the minorities group because of the belief ofhaving equal justice (Mazerolle, Bennett &amp Tyler, 2013). Therecruitment of women in the police structure is a potential problemin trust building with the community because there is a difference inpolicing for the two genders.
Intelligent-ledPolicing
Theintelligence department of the police does not only deal withinformation clearing but also provides strategic integration ofinformation into the overall mission of the law enforcementdepartment. Intelligence-led policing, however, differs from othercommunity policing models regarding where they get information andtheir policies. It is based on management and assessment of riskswhere the officers serve as guides to operations (Ratcliffe, 2016).Intelligence-led policing came about due to the rejection of some ofthe policing models that were not meeting the expectations of thecommunities. Initially, the intelligence-led unit would not discloseinformation from one department to another to deal with crimeeffectively. This was different from other policing models where allthe information was available for investigations. It later changedafter the September 11 bombing of the twin towers. ILP offersmanagement of crime services in comparison to other policing modelsin that it focuses on serious offenders and has integrated criminalanalysis in their work. The department is still not stable because itlacks a universal conceptual framework.
Improvementof Public Safety
Localsecurity does not only depend or rely on the police but also dependson the individual. It is the responsibility of any person to avoiddanger by any means necessary (Bullock, 2014). Local safety can beimproved regarding swift communication and response to reportedsituations. The police should have a faster response regardingaddressing a reported crime. Proper investigation of offenses beforeany conviction by the law is the duty of the police. Law enforcementdepartment should ensure that there is enough security through theday and night, there should be regular patrols in the neighborhood tocurb crime activities. In essence, the public safety can be improvedby the timely response to crime related activities.
Policelegitimacy is the basis of community perception and trust. Thefunctioning and productivity of the law enforcement can be affectedby the opinions of the community members. The history of policing hasconsiderably improved as the years go by with modern policestructures taking charge. Interagency collaboration within thecommunity can be improved by the police managers taking up theirroles efficiently and ensuring there is conflict management. Theintelligence-led department is important when it comes to trustrelations with the citizens this is dependent on its structures andhow it is integrated into the community. The design and structure ofthe police department have an influence on the city's reliance onthe force. The relationship between the different internaldepartments affects the outcome of the larger force.
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Bringing homestyle cooking to Edenton.
On Dec. 17, Inner Banks BBQ held its grand opening celebration to a large crowd of local leaders.
Situated at the corner of North Broad Street and North Oakum Street, the new BBQ is owned by Carl Overton and his wife, Keana Green-Overton.
Moving from Maryland to open the restaurant in Edenton, Carl Overton says it is his first time starting a business like this.
He is, however, no stranger to Edenton. The Overtons are descendants of the Badham family, a legendary line of African American carpenters from the turn of the 20th century.
Returning to his family home in Edenton, Carl Overton took up residence near Kadesh AME Zion Church on East Gale Street.
"This is my first time getting into the food business," Overton said. "We're filling the needs of the community with something that's different."
Overton stressed that he wants his business to be a place that folks can come and relax and enjoy good food.
"This is where everyone can come and sit down and enjoy. They can take a moment to decompress and have some good food," he says.
Overton's wife, Keana Green-Overton, was on hand before the grand opening to explain the couple's vision further.
"We're going for a sweet and sassy style in cooking. Something homestyle, not necessarily greasy soul food," Green-Overton said. "We first decided to open this place after we came down to get our house up and running. I drove into town and expected good food, being in North Carolina and all, and I saw there were not a lot of choices around for me to eat."
She continued, "The opportunity presented itself. We talked with the owner of the property and took off from there."
The food, Green-Overton says, is not as "heavy" as soul food and does not rely on fried chicken as the staple. Rather, the focus is on the pulled pork and pulled chicken, which she says slow cooks for over 12 hours using a vinegar base: Eastern North Carolina cooking at its finest.
In addition to the meats, sides of macaroni and cheese, cabbage, green beans and sweet potato can be found inside.
Looking to shake things up with more diverse offerings in town, Green-Overton emphasized the eatery's smoothies, all of which are made on-site with fresh ingredients.
The BBQ's soft opening on Dec. 10 was a massive success, according to the couple.
"The day we had our [soft] opening, the line was wrapped around the corner," Green-Overton said. "The day after, during the Christmas parade, was the same. We were packed all day."
Green-Overton said she is thankful that her and her husband were able to secure such a prominent spot for a business.
The restaurant is not only at the corner of a busy intersection – just off of U.S. 17 – but it also finds itself within close proximity to many local businesses as well as the Oakum Street residential corridor.
The grand opening attracted a teeming crowd, eager to see what all of the buzz was about in North Edenton.
Mayor Pro Tem Elton Bond, speaking on behalf of the town of Edenton, welcomed the couple and their new business to town.
"This is like coming back home," Bond said. "They are my neighbors. You could've chosen anywhere to retire and you came to our little country town. Thank you."
Chowan Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Kirby also issued a warm welcome, thanking the pair for putting their faith in Edenton.
"I learned a month ago you planned on opening here," Kirby said. "When I heard it was a restaurant I was excited... when I heard it was a BBQ, I was over the moon."
Kirby complimented the owners on the samples of food passed around.
"You're doing it right," Kirby said. "When you're ready to open a franchise in Rocky Hock – my district – come on down. I'm ecstatic for another eatery in the community."
After the crowd had assembled, the big red scissors snapped away and the ribbon was cut.
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It's certainly been smooth sailing, fun work, but it's still time consuming and detail oriented. Finish work can be the best. It can also take the longest.
Hence…our how-to posts will come in waves, so as not to kill you with picture/instruction overload.
Remember our dining room before?
I remember telling Layla that I was totally over the heavy, weighted down furniture and chair moulding and wallpaper. I envisioned a light-filled, planked-wall, farmhouse-elegant space.
This is why you need a friend who talks design and house-stuff with you. We just talked it all out in about 30 minutes.
You get the idea….the whole plan was born in about half an hour, and it was just flat-out nice to have a second opinion on all of my ideas. Plus, this handy friend can actually draw it all out in Photoshop…so bonus.
We had fully intended on buying the orange-speckled laminate giant of the 70s, but when we got to Lowes, we found this whitewashed pine version instead. At $14.98 per 4 x 8 sheet, it was a steal when compared to adding real wood to our walls!
Let's show you how we did it, then.
First, because we had 9 foot walls (from baseboard to moulding), we had to cut a one foot piece to add on top of our bottom piece of paneling. We simply drew out a 1 foot section with a ruler.
We then trimmed off all the pieces with our Skil saw. It's my favorite tool.
Second to my Purdy XL Cub.
-and cut with the Skil saw again.
*That's also the great thing about this paneling: it's super thin, so you're able to rip through it with a circular saw like a butter knife to melted butter.
For the hanging…super simple. You just nail that stuff in the wall. It really is that easy, but here's some tips we learned along the way.
-Because studs are begun in one corner of a room, you'll want to find that corner first. If not, you may end on a wall where the stud is not spread 16 inches apart (a.k.a your paneling edge is flapping in the wind). I speak the truth.
-If you aren't patient enough to find the starter stud, ahem, like us, then you'll want to heat up your hot glue gun to tack any flapping parts down. Works like a charm.
-Attach the bottom pieces first. This will allow you to slip your top pieces in easily (and level).
Now it was time to cover that seam at the top of the wall. We purchased 3 7 foot lengths of 2 inch lattice trim (which is typically lying right beside the paneling in your home improvement store).
Again, using your level, simply nail it in to your paneling to cover the seam.
Here's where many would have spackled those nail holes, but we didn't. We didn't even spackle or caulk any edges or corners. We wanted this paneling to look as much like authentic wood as humanly possible. The nail heads and breaks in the paneling added to the overall look we were going for.
There's also the business of the A-MAZ-ING built ins my uber-talented husband built for us. He gets more and more talented (and supportive) every single day, and I love working with him. If only we could do this every day, all day long!!
See what I mean?? He did beautiful, custom work….I'm so thankful for him. And those built ins.
We'll also show you some tips for building your own bench seat, and rumor has it there's some reclaimed wood around here just waiting to be turned into a farmhouse table.
What a great way to spend less and still get the look you love! I love this look, and I really like the lattice trim rail to cover the seam. Great post and great blog.
It is so great to see folks that aren't afraid to try something. Way to go with the paneling. It looks great! Way to think out of the box. It's so inspiring to watch creative people turn ordinary to extraordinary.
Oh my gosh Shaunna! What a great look for a super price! I was just texting my husband early this morning on some beadboard options but you may have steered us in a different direction! Thanks for the tips and the tutorials! We appreciate your inspiration!
Amazingly beautiful in every way!
I am always in awe of projects like these done by those who are skilled! Thank you for sharing!
It's really, really fabulous! Great job!
Love the look of the word paneling–I can't wait till I have a house!
Love this look and the white is absolutely stunning!!
It's looking beautiful! Can't wait to see the finale.
I can't wait to get to the point we can do some finishing. I need the builders and all the dust out of my house. Your pictures are giving me faith that we'll get there at some point.
I can't wait to be done with apartment life so I can do projects like these!
Who knew paneling could look good and fresh again? I really like this, it fits perfectly with your current style. I'm looking forward to seeing the built ins and farmhouse table.
Love it! Your tutorials are always so good! Thanks for sharing this one! This is a stunning addition!
Looks absolutely amazing, Shaunna! I cannot wait for Matt's tutorial on the shaker style doors! We are debating on what to do with the doors in our linen closet & this might be an amazing option! Thanks for the continued inspiration!
Shaunna! This is amazing. As if we should expect anything less from you. Thanks so much for taking the time to include the step by step for all of us.
These walls are so dreamy!!! Cant wait to see what else you have up your sleeves!
Such a giant impact for little cash. I really love how your room is turning out. I know it will be stunning!
It looks amazing and the seam trim looks like it belongs.
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I know I'm late to this post, but I just found your blog from another blog link.
I love how this paneling turned out. Good point on leaving the edges where the paneling goes together, that really does make it look more "authentic".
Now I'm off to see more of your blog!
What a fab team you three make! (you, hubby, Layla) 🙂 LOVE your tips on leaving all the imperfections too.
Thank you, Donna! We are super excited to finish our reclaimed farmhouse table, and it'll be finishing touches after that…thanks so much for stopping by! Your comments made my day!
I need to redo my basement home office and really could not decide how to go. After reading your article I am also going to use this panel and follow your advice. Great article and thanks for the advice!
I'm gearing up to add paneling to our kitchen walls. You don't know how relieved I am to find beautiful posts like these to help me feel like it can be socially acceptable, and beautiful when painted. Thank you!!
One picture of the finished dining room was not enough!! More pics please!!!
Your blog and images are very good. Your post is very useful and it will be help full to get some ideas to decorate my home.
Awesome! Do you need to do anything special with the outlets since it will be thicker than the drywall?


The fundamental laws of nature, as we currently understand them, are both incomplete and self-contradictory. Unsolved problems include the unification of forces and particles, the origin of the universe and the quantum structure of black holes and event horizons. Professor Strominger's research, almost always undertaken with collaborators, has endeavored to shed light on these problems using a variety of approaches. The emergence of string theory as a potential unified theory of nature began with his discovery of Calabi-Yau compactifications1. This construction demonstrated that string theory not only reconciles quantum mechanics and gravity, but can also contain within it electrons, protons, photons and all the other observed particles and forces, and hence is a viable candidate for a complete unified theory of nature. Strominger discovered the brane solutions of string theory2, and subsequently used them to unravel the intricate and beautiful duality symmetries of the theory. He used these branes to give a microscopic demonstration that black holes are able to holographically store information3; resolving a deep paradox uncovered by Hawking and Bekenstein a quarter century earlier. He further used the branes to derive new relations in algebraic geometry, equating the moduli space of a brane in a Calabi-Yau space to the mirror Calabi-Yau4, and relating the Donaldson-Thomas to the Gromov-Witten invariants5. Strominger found a mathematically precise mathematical relation between the Navier-Stokes and Einstein equation7, demonstrating that horizons evolve as incompressible fluids and providing a bridge between fluid dynamics and general relativity.
The discovery of holographic information storage by black holes was extended beyond its stringy origins to astrophysical black holes with large spins (such as GRS1915+105) by the discovery of a near-horizon conformal symmetry of the Einstein equation6. Observational signals of this conformal symmetry for gravity wave detectors, accretion disk Fe lines and the Event Horizon Telescope are being studied7.
Recently Strominger8 has discovered an exact mathematical equivalence between three disparate phenomena which have been separately studied for the last half-century: quantum field theory soft theorems, asymptotic symmetries and the memory effect. This has deep implications for the infrared structure of all gauge and gravitational theories ranging from collider physics to the black hole information paradox9.
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Home Opinions Resolve in Iraq now will make a better world tomorrow
Resolve in Iraq now will make a better world tomorrow
By Brian Hackett
The War in Iraq has been the center of much military battle and political debate since it began in March 2003. Recently there has been great discussion in the newly Democratic-controlled Congress about a "phased troop redeployment" and whether the United States should continue this war on terrorism.
Currently, polls show that a majority of the American public has lost the resolve to continue our fight in Iraq, largely because of what seems to be an endless civil war. Some even equate our situation in Iraq to Vietnam. Most war critics' views are based on mere emotion and little historical or realistic substance.
This piece seeks to point out the pretenses for beginning the war in the first place, as well provide an explanation of why it is absolutely necessary for the United States to be successful in Iraq. I will also offer critique on those critics who claim President Bush started a pre-emptive war and that he has been unsuccessful in the War on Terror.
Invading Iraq was not our first pre-emptive strike on a country, contrary to what ignorant critics claim. Truman entered America into the Korean War, which resulted in 55,000 lives lost. Kennedy started America's involvement in Vietnam in 1962, which developed into a quagmire that cost 58,000 lives. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without United Nations or French approval; yet when Sudan offered three times to give the U.S. Osama bin Laden, he refused because of political correctness. It took Bush and our troops less time to topple the Iraqi regime than it did for Attorney General Janet Reno to take down David Koresh and his cult in Waco, Texas. And that was with 12 U.N. resolutions backing him and a coalition of 30 countries.
The solidarity between Congress and Bush was a convincing factor for me in supporting the original intervention. So was the last decade of public statements against Iraq by, primarily, the United Nations. But the best reason for me was when even France said that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
For 12 years the United Nations was getting nowhere with Saddam's regime as it defied sanctions, no-fly zones and even kicked out weapons inspectors in 1998. This move alone signaled to me that they had something to hide, which was not very comforting.
Let's face the facts of what critics mean when they say "phased troop redeployment." They want America to declare defeat and pull out like Clinton did in Somalia in the early 1990s. Leaving Iraq right now would be politically, militarily, diplomatically and morally disastrous for the United States.
What happened to Somalia after America lost its resolve and Clinton gave in to defeatist attitudes is the clearest example. We went into the country's capital with a heavy fist and firm resolve, and as soon as the insurgents there turned up the heat, we demonstrated we were politically weak and retreated. Upon our retreat, Somalia fell into a fragmented country marred by warlords and factions, a hotbed for terrorism and violence, which it still is today.
We were laughed at by our enemies, and considered the big giant with big empty promises. The very same, and worse, will happen in Iraq if we leave before the job is finished. Before, that is, the insurgency is put down and the Iraqi government is firmly established.
Iraq has become the hotbed of sectarian violence fueled by Syria and Iran, as well as for terrorists who are taking up the fight against the U.S. goals of freedom. It should be very easy to understand why the battle is so difficult in Iraq. The terrorists are threatened by the successful advances the United States has made in fighting their extremism since Sept. 11. Just try to put aside all the liberal media bias that has tainted the reporting of the war on terrorism and think for a moment about the amazing success we've achieved.
We have liberated two countries, totaling over 50 million people, from oppression, tyranny and subjugation. We have ended the Taliban regime in Afghanistan that supported Osama bin Laden and have wiped out over 75 percent of the top terrorist leadership of al-Qaeda. There has not been another attack on the United States in over five years; in fact, hundreds have been prevented because of the diligent and patriotic work of American and Allied officials.
In Iraq, we have disposed of Saddam, his two sons and the Baathist regime. We have established the roots of a fully functional democratic ally in the Middle East. The terrorists don't want another democratic ally in the Middle East like Israel because it threatens their ability to plot and kill. The reason the United States supports Israel so much is the exact goal we are trying to achieve in Iraq and then some.
Even if the liberals won't concede this point, it is a fact that no one in Congress who voted to authorize the Iraq War voted for failure, and if we leave, failure will surely ensue, just as it did in Somalia.
If we leave Iraq before the job is done, the democratically elected government will collapse, insurgents from Syria and Iran will take over and extreme terrorists will use the country as a base.
This will put horrible pressure on Israel and will put that sole democratic ally, as well as the United States, in much more danger. Leaving now will show we don't have the resolve to fight terrorism, and that 9/11 was not the start of a continual struggle.
We must apply history to our present condition so we do not repeat the mistakes of our past. Let us learn from Somalia, which fell into chaos. Let's stand strong in Iraq now so that we can leave as soon as possible, when the job is complete. Then America can not only say but prove to the world that we are who we say we are: a resolute, determined, freedom-loving country that won't allow terrorism to dominate and consume the God-given rights of all mankind.
This is an epic struggle and the stakes are high. Just as we look back at the then-unpopular Civil War and are thankful to our countrymen for preserving the Union, when history looks back at this era a hundred years from now, our children's grandchildren will thank our generation for standing firm and doing what was necessary to preserve America from the grasping claws of global terror. May God bless our soldiers and the USA.
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Pakistan army kills rebels in restive north
At least 24 fighters killed in combined air strikes and ground battles in northern tribal areas, security officials say.
North Waziristan operation is aimed at eliminating local and foreign fighters accused of attacks [File photo/Reuters]
The Pakistan military has killed at least 24 fighters in combined air strikes and ground fighting in northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, as part of ongoing offensives in the region.
Air strikes took place in the restive North Waziristan tribal district on Tuesday, where the army first launched a major operation in June targeting Taliban and Haqqani network fighters.
The strikes came as ground troops traded fire with gunmen in Khyber Valley, where Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam fighters are based.
"In early morning precise aerial strikes in North Waziristan Agency today 17 terrorists were killed including some foreigners," a senior security official told the AFP news agency.
Local intelligence officials confirmed the air strikes and said they took place near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan.
"There are five Uzbek and two Haqqani network militants among those who have been killed in the air strikes," an intelligence official told AFP.
Separately, seven fighters were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Khyber's Tirah Valley, when up to 60 fighters stormed a security check post, according to military officials.
The north Waziristan operation began in mid-June, when jets and artillery began targeting rebel strongholds before ground forces moved in.
The army says it has killed more than 1,100 fighters and lost more than 100 soldiers since the start of the operation.
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Off a '14 Legacy 2.5. 5K mi OCI. Max Life 0W20. First tear Ive ever seen on a Proselect. This car does 5K miles every 3 months. I saved previous proselect and it looked fine. Put a proselect back on and ST 0W20 in.
Another victim of wide pleat spacing. Media couldn't take the delta-p when the pleats get bent over sideways.
I was beginning to think Gastonia ran out of media and borrowed some from Fayetteville.
Uh-oh, it's the Tear-o-Wix-o-lator!! Hope Puro didn't start supplying Wix with media!
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The last 2 Wix made Supertech filters I cut apart had very brittle media. They were intact, but I was able to tear the media with my fingers. Did not give me any warm fuzzy feelings.
Uggh... and the fiasco continues.
How hard is it to make tight even pleating.
Honestly, what's the point of a 22psi bypass spec if the filter media is just going to tear... ohh the irony.
I sure would like to see a video of the automated system that makes these filters. At least, I assume it�s an automated production line. The poorly spaced pleats we are seeing sure seems like some bean counter cranked the speed up on the production line and now there�s less time for the pleats to even out after installation prior to the adhesive being applied.
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well......... when their filter media tears, they won't need that high psi BP valve anymore, anyway.
Yes, high bypass setting along with brittle media is not a good formula.
I was afraid of this when they were taken over by MH, how long before it spreads to the Gold? Funny thing is though the German made MH is rock solid so its not like they don't know how to make a quality product.
Its almost seems like they bought the company and let it run like it always did with little or no parent company support.
The Proselects have been known to tear. So far it has not been epidemic.
I think old man Winter did his magic with the wide pleat space and brittle media.
The Proselect is very well respected by the BITOG members but they have seen several failures in the last year or so.


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Gas deals the focus of Bolivian leader's Moscow trip
The visit of Bolivian President, Evo Morales, to Moscow highlighted the country's gas production potential. Bolivia has major reserves but is looking for investors after it nationalised its energy sector two years ago.
The first visit by a Bolivian Head of State to Moscow, the meeting of the two leaders was accompanied by the signing of trade deals – key among them agreements gas exploration. Russian President Medvedev noted the strategic significance of the agreements.
"Russia will support its Bolivian friends in hydrocarbons development and building a gas transport system on Bolivian territory. Large-scale consultations were organised – and memorandums signed with Gazprom. This is a strategic project, which should last until 2030."
The country holds Latin America's second largest gas reserves, comparable only to Venezuela- boasting reserves of 750 billion cubic meters,
Like Venezuela, it nationalised its energy sector. But that's led to an exodus of foreign investment, and Bolivia produces only a fraction of its reserves – just 15 billion cubic meters annually.
Konstantin Simonov, Director, National Energy Securities Fund says replacing the investment is a priority
"It's not an easy project, for example in Bolivia and Venezuela, the price of production will be not so cheap. Because of this Bolivarian revolution there is a withdrawal of some foreign companies and that is why they need some other investors."
With so much to gain, Gazprom is already in talks to participate in Bolivia and Venezuela's state gas venture, Petroandina, regarding a stake in the company. Last December, Bolivia's energy minister said Gazprom could help build a pipeline linking Bolivia to its Southern neighbor, Argentina.
Russia remains key to the landlocked country's plans to boost foreign investment this year to $530 million. Despite its underground riches, Bolivia will still need to rely heavily on its Northern ally to start to heat up its frozen energy sector.
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Q: User interactive Drawings I want to draw at my winforms application some CAD drawings.
Also I will need some parts of the drawings from them be a user interactive (Interactive with the mouse) .
Any idea what technology should i use for drawings here ?
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A: You could use the opendwg library's for reading and writing cad files
http://www.opendwg.org/The_ODA_Platform
for .net
http://www.opendwg.org/the_oda_platform/dwgdirect.net
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Wilhelm A. Korte (* 1954) ist ein deutscher Jurist, Historiker und Provenienzforscher.

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Korte studierte Geschichte, Rechtswissenschaft und Politik an der Freien Universität Berlin, an der Universität München und an der Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Korte ist in den 1980er Jahren nach Washington D. C. gereist, um im National Archive Besatzungsakten zu studieren. Danach hat er sich auf die Recherche, Identifikation und Restitution von Kunstwerken spezialisiert, die während der Naziherrschaft, im Zweiten Weltkrieg sowie unmittelbar danach verloren gegangen waren (sogenannte Raub- oder Beutekunst). Hierzu greift er auf sein Spezialwissen über private und öffentliche Archivbestände zur Kriegs- und Nachkriegszeit zurück.

Korte ließ in den 1990er Jahren von den US-Behörden vor allem im New Yorker Kunsthandel Werke konfiszieren, die nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg von den Russen als Trophäenkunst abtransportiert wurden. Später arbeitete er mit einer Anwaltskanzlei zusammen, um für jüdische Privatleute Besitzansprüche geltend zu machen. Bekanntheit erlangte er, als er den verschollenen Quedlinburger Domschatz aufspürte und aus den Vereinigten Staaten zurück nach Deutschland bringen konnte.

2013 recherchierte er in Düsseldorf im Auftrag des Max Stern Art Restitution Project und äußerte sich verschiedentlich zum Schwabinger Kunstfund.

Literatur
 Siegfried Kogelfranz und Willi A. Korte: Quedlinburg – Texas und zurück. Schwarzhandel mit geraubter Kunst, Droemer Knaur Verlag (1994) ISBN 3-4262-6675-X

Weblinks
  Das Geschäft mit der Tugend - Treibgut Kunst
 Nach 53 Jahren zurück nach Kassel: Beutekunst aus den USA

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Historiker
Provenienzforscher
Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes 1. Klasse
Ehrenbürger von Quedlinburg
Deutscher
Geboren 1954
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Right-Wing 'Tea Party' Movement Was Planned Months Ago by GOP Billionaires /
Right-Wing 'Tea Party' Movement Was Planned Months Ago by GOP Billionaires
Alternet.org
Populist revolt against the U.S. government is all the rage in the Republican Party, these days. As they tell the story, the public is so outraged by the recovery and reinvestment efforts of the Obama administration that Americans everywhere are turning out to overthrow the tyrannical king of the federal government by re-enacting the Boston Tea Party.
Funny thing, though: it turns out this whole "populist" movement was a planned PR stunt funded by big-money right-wing backers of the GOP who specialize in faking grassroots movements to drum up opposition to Barack Obama.
Everything about this so called "Tea Party" movement was pre-planned--from the supposedly "spontaneous rant" of CNBC stock market reporter, Rick Santelli, to the presumed ground-level organizing of protests all over the country. Fake, fake, fake--like a product launch staged covertly to look like a spontaneous trend.
Playboy bloggers Mark Ames and Yasha Levine pulled together all the pieces of this puzzle in an incredible expose (Exposing The Rightwing PR Machine):
What hasn't been reported until now is evidence linking Santelli's "tea party" rant with some very familiar names in the Republican rightwing machine, from PR operatives who specialize in imitation-grassroots PR campaigns (called "astroturfing") to bigwig politicians and notorious billionaire funders. As veteran Russia reporters, both of us spent years watching the Kremlin use fake grassroots movements to influence and control the political landscape. To us, the uncanny speed and direction the movement took and the players involved in promoting it had a strangely forced quality to it. If it seemed scripted, that's because it was.
What we discovered is that Santelli's "rant" was not at all spontaneous as his alleged fans claim, but rather it was a carefully-planned trigger for the anti-Obama campaign. In PR terms, his February 19th call for a "Chicago Tea Party" was the launch event of a carefully organized and sophisticated PR campaign, one in which Santelli served as a frontman, using the CNBC airwaves for publicity, for the some of the craziest and sleaziest rightwing oligarch clans this country has ever produced. Namely, the Koch family, the multibilllionaire owners of the largest private corporation in America, and funders of scores of rightwing thinktanks and advocacy groups, from the Cato Institute and Reason Magazine to FreedomWorks. The scion of the Koch family, Fred Koch, was a co-founder of the notorious extremist-rightwing John Birch Society.
It helps, in other words, to have field experience ferreting out Soviet propaganda to understand how Rick Santelli suddenly became the figurehead of a right-wing "grassroots" revolt against the United States government. It is worth reading the entire post.
The next time you hear that the Tea Party Republican revolt is "grassroots," "spontaneous," and "populist," just swap out those PR keywords for the more accurate terms: "planned," "scripted," "billionaire bigwigs."
All of this makes sense, of course. Santelli's philippic had all the hallmarks of a rehearsed piece of political theater--the pre-planned message launched of a viral marketing campaign.
Not that any of this comes as a surprise, but...my goodness.
Even though the curtain has been pulled back on this astroturf marketing by GOP megabucks elite backers, it is important to keep in mind what the larger stakes are and how to respond.
Scripted or not--this Tea Party revolt needs to be treated as politically real. People engaged in this agitation will not acknowledge ever that it is scripted, because these folks sincerely think they are engaged in some kind of revolution against their own government. They really want the country to evaluate whether or not an elected President and Congress are the same as a tyrannical king and whether a tax by fiat from the 18c is the same as a legislature approved public investment program from the 21c. Those folks just want to make noise--lots of noise--to throw the debate off its tracks.
The big story to defend and advance, in other words, is a president advancing real solutions aimed at helping millions of Americans in serious economic trouble. The agitation against it, whether it is scripted or not, is designed to stop those solutions from being discussed seriously, from unfolding, and then to weaken the president making them happen. That is a basic confrontation between pragmatic action and ideological politics--between investment in people and inaction in the name of dogma.
In the end, then, we need to make themselves aware of the massive resources the right is spending to block any effort by the American people to work together to repair the damage to our economy and restore our national confidence. And after we have made ourselves aware of how far the opposition is willing to go, we need to get back to work making sure the debate states focused on the real issue at hand here: millions and millions families who need help right now, and the greatness of a nation that stands together in times of need to overcome seemingly impossible obstacles.


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Q: (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory in Yocto I have built core-image-sato for my device but device fails to boot into GUI mode.
When I looked at Xorg.0.log file, found that Xserver is unable to find device node(/dev/dri/card0).
This question is asked in multiple forums and people could resolve them also but none of the solution seem to work for me in my device running yocto warrior branch with 4.19.62-intel-pk-standard kernel.

I would be really tankful if you could help me to get Xserver working?

Attaching Xorg.0.log for reference,
[   311.723]
X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   311.723] Build Operating System: Linux 5.3.0-40-generic x86_64
[   311.723] Current Operating System: Linux panther1 4.19.62-intel-pk-standard #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 18 02:52:04 UTC 2020 x86_64
[   311.723] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz label=boot root=PARTUUID=8284c79f-02 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 video=vesafb vga=0x318 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8
[   311.723] Build Date: 17 March 2020  08:37:43AM
[   311.723]
[   311.723] Current version of pixman: 0.38.0
[   311.723]    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   311.723] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   311.723] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Mar 18 07:31:59 2020
[   311.724] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   311.724] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[   311.724] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[   311.724] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[   311.724] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[   311.725] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
    Using a default monitor configuration.
[   311.725] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   311.725] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   311.725] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[   311.725] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[   311.725] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/" does not exist.
[   311.725]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   311.725] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/" does not exist.
[   311.725]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   311.726] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF/" does not exist.
[   311.726]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   311.726] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/" does not exist.
[   311.726]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   311.726] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[   311.726]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   311.726] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[   311.726]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   311.726] (==) FontPath set to:

[   311.726] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[   311.726] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
    If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[   311.726] (II) Loader magic: 0x56511022cd00
[   311.726] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   311.726]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   311.726]    X.Org Video Driver: 24.0
[   311.726]    X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[   311.726]    X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[   311.727] (--) using VT number 2

[   311.727] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[   311.735] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:0be2:8086:7270 rev 11, Mem @ 0x40200000/1048576, I/O @ 0x000040d0/8, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[   311.736] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[   311.736] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   311.736] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[   311.745] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   311.745]    compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   311.745]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[   311.745] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 0
[   311.745] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 1
[   311.745] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 2
[   311.745] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[   311.745] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[   311.745] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[   311.745] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   311.745]    compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.20.4
[   311.745]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   311.745]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   311.745] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[   311.746] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[   311.746] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   311.746]    compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 0.5.0
[   311.746]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   311.746]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   311.746] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[   311.746] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[   311.747] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   311.747]    compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 2.4.0
[   311.747]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   311.747]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   311.747] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[   311.747] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[   311.747] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[   311.772] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[   311.772] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[   311.772] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[   311.772] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[   311.772] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[   311.772] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[   311.773] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   311.773]    compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 0.0.2
[   311.773]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   311.773] (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device
[   311.773] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[   311.773] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[   311.773] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[   311.773] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[   311.774] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   311.774]    compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 0.0.2
[   311.774]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   311.774] (II) FBDEV(2): using default device
[   311.774] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[   311.774] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[   311.774] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[   311.774] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[   311.774] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[   311.774] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[   311.774] (EE) Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs        for all framebuffer devices
[   311.774] (EE) Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs        for all framebuffer devices
[   311.774] (EE)
[   311.774] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
     at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
[   311.774] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[   311.774] (EE)
[   311.824] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.


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Finance minister: Elektrilevi separation decision may come before elections
Arp Müller
Minister of Finance Annely Akkermann. Source: Siim Lõvi /ERR
The planned separation of electricity network services firm Elektrilevi from generator Eesti Energia, which was decided in principle by the cabinet last August, may be finalized before the Riigikogu elections in March. However, Minister of Finance Annely Akkermann (Reform) said, that the separation process will most likely take longer to complete.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) criticized the delay in the separation of Elektrilevi, laying the blame with Eesti Energia. The following day, Eesti Energia's management board and supervisory board both rejected the prime minister's criticism in a statement sent to ERR.
According to Minister of Finance Annely Akkermann, Kallas's impatience is understandable, however, the criticism should instead have been aimed at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, due to the delay in their jointly commissioned analysis of the potential Elektrilevi separation.
Akkermann explained, that former Minister of Finance Keit Pentus Rosimannus had been due to present the results of the analysis to the cabinet in October, however, Pentus Rosimannus has since departed making way for Akkermann and there has also been a change of leadership at Eesti Energia.
"I myself did not present the analysis to the government, in order that I could present to Eesti Energia's new board chair first, then go with them to the cabinet in January, in order to get everyone acquainted with one another," she said.
According to Eesti Energia, the analysis showed that the separation of Elektrilevi would not be in the interest of consumers, as it would lead to increased network charges. However, Akkermann said, that the results of the analysis suggest the move would still be reasonable.
The Minister of Finance explained, that in the long term, keeping Elektrilevi separate would not be any more expensive.
"The main message of the analysis for me, was that (separation) will not cost significantly more. It's not going to get cheaper, but it's also not going to get more expensive. As a result of the analysis, I was persuaded to keep Elektrilevi separate," said Akkermann.
According to Akkermann, the government may still decide on the separation of Elektrilevi before the spring elections, however the process will take longer to complete.
"I am afraid, that from a purely technical point of view, it will not be possible before the elections. I do think that a decision could be taken before the elections, but I am not certain whether it will be completed (by then)," said Akkermann.
Akkermann said, that the government's main task is to avoid distorting the market and the separation of Elektrilevi from the Eesti Energia group would certainly promote competition among electricity producers.
ERR contacted the Ministry of Finance to request an analysis of the planned separation of Eesti Energia and Elektrilevi. The ministry replied that the analysis would not be made public until after it had been presented to the government.
Editor: Michael Cole
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Q: Print Current Time In Tkinter I have written some code in python for a live time in tkinter.
Whenever I run the code it comes up with some numbers on the tkinter window like 14342816time. Is there a way to fix this?
import tkinter
import datetime

window = tkinter.Tk()

def time():
    datetime.datetime.now().time()
    datetime.time(17, 3,)
    print(datetime.datetime.now().time())

tkinter.Label(window, text = time).pack()

window.mainloop()

A: After some fixes to your code, I came up with the following, which should at least get you started toward what you want:
import datetime
import tkinter

def get_time():
    return datetime.datetime.now().time()

root = tkinter.Tk()
tkinter.Label(root, text = get_time()).pack()
root.mainloop()

The imports are needed so that your program knows about the contents of the datetime and tkinter modules - you may be importing them already, however, I can't tell that for certain from what you posted. You need to create a window into which you put your label, which wasn't happening; following convention, I called that parent (and only) window "root". Then I put the Label into root. I changed the name of your time() function to get_time(), since it's best to avoid confusing fellow programmers (and maybe yourself) with a function that shares its name with another (the time() function in time). I removed two lines in get_time() that don't actually accomplish anything. Finally, I changed the print you had to a return, so that the value can be used by the code calling the function.
There are other improvements possible here. If you're content with the time as it is, you could eliminate the get_time function and just use datetime.datetime.now().time() instead of calling get_time(). However, I suspect you might want to do something to clean up that time before it is displayed, so I left it there. You might want to research the datetime and time modules some more, to see how to clean things up.


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Q: How to display default text on Facebook wall? I am developing one application. In it i am displaying all default sharing options like Bluetooth, E-Mail, Drive, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, FreeSMS. I am getting default Text in All except Facebook. How to set Default Text on Facebook wall. Please Help Me for my this issue.
my Code is as follows:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

private Button btn_share;
// private Dialog mdialog = null;
private String TAG = "This Message is from HardenUp.Thank You.";

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    getInit();
}

private void getInit() {
    btn_share = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_share);
    btn_share.setOnClickListener(this);
}

public void onClick(View v) {
    if (v == btn_share) {
        // showDialog();

        Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(
                android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);

        sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
        sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, TAG);
        sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "HardenUp");
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share Using"));
    }

}

}

A: public void postOnWall(String msg) {
        Log.d("Tests", "Testing graph API wall post");
         try {
                String response = mFacebook.request("me");
                Bundle parameters = new Bundle();
                //Here what you want to pass message
                parameters.putString("message", msg);
                //Here what you want to pass message
                parameters.putString("description", "test test test");
                response = mFacebook.request("me/feed", parameters,
                        "POST");
                Log.d("Tests", "got response: " + response);
                if (response == null || response.equals("") ||
                        response.equals("false")) {
                   Log.v("Error", "Blank response");
                }
         } catch(Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
    }


He sleeps instantly, his eyes are soft and sometimes sad as they dream through every night. He sits up randomly, awake in his sleep something similar to a flower, alive and standing and very much a reality, but unable to understand anything around it. I imagine he dreams of his mother, now in Heaven or reincarnated as a hawk's flight pattern circling beautiful some field mouse prey, or of a different kind of life, one where families full of kings, crowns and princesses sit full bellied around dinner tables never unhappy, never apart.
His math sheets are nearly flawless, his pictures drawn with realistic fantasy, his reading quick and the words each understood all through his brain. He's merely 8 years old but what wisdom and understanding, what culture and vision he has is enough to overflow the gray matter cups of many whole families. He'll be more than I am at my age, more than I'll ever be by his death.
Still though, he's a child now and while I'd love to see a companion in him for travels and tribulation, he craves his fellow children, wishes for playgrounds and a dog for a best friend and routine. I am not aware of the appeal of routine, personally, but if we are alive and conscious, and consciousness is the ability to determine right from wrong through self-awareness and the realization that others exist in the same manner, then my pursuits as a parent are the struggle triangular between teaching through example, minimizing tears in his biggest blue eyes, and not trading one life for another.
What does this mean for the dear boy? Californi-ay? Pittsburgh? You gonna stop traveling? Hey, I have an idea…get off your website and send me you folks' address!
What it all means is still fuzzy at best…decisions are something I've come to be too comfortable escaping, so I'm still wrapping myself around getting that back on the table.
But certainly Pittsburgh no, Californi-way definite possibility.


A leaked AMD slide confirmed specifications of the Radeon HD 7790 video card. According to the leaked slide, the HD 7790 is based on new silicon, sporting 2.08 billion 28nm transistors.
The core clock appears to be 1 GHz, pumping out 1.79 TFLOPs. It's also decked out with a 128-bit memory bus at 6.00 GHz. It has a 85 W TDP and requires one 6-pin power connector. The HD 7790 is expected to release latest tomorrow, on the 22nd of March 2013.


As we learn of the retirement of Dr. John LaBrecque, Lead, Earth Surface and Interior Focus Area at NASA Headquarters, we want to extend our warmest thanks and wishes for a relaxing (and exciting) retirement. John has been a major NASA force in supporting, encouraging, advising, critiquing, and funding QuakeFinder over the last 10+ years. When many in the community scoffed at electromagnetic monitoring of earthquake processes, John saw a raw, untapped potential there, and did something about it. For his willingness to listen and to explore with us, and for his general positive attitude and warm, friendly demeanor, we applaud your work and sincerely thank you for your service to the country. The best to you and your family in retirement from Celeste Ford, Tom Bleier and the entire staff at QuakeFinder.


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Violence against the world's children is epidemic, report shows
By Mary Brophy Marcus
January 25, 2016 / 6:00 AM / CBS News
A new study reveals an epidemic level of violence against children across the globe - including kids here in the U.S.
More than one billion children ages two to 17 - over half of the world's kids - experienced violence in the past year, researchers report in the study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. The problem is equally rampant across both developed and developing countries alike.
"There are two billion children in the world. This is a minimum of one out of two, and we're not just talking about their whole life. We're talking just in the past year," said lead study author Susan Hillis, senior advisor for global health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hillis and colleagues from the CDC and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School analyzed 38 reports covering 96 countries and estimated that at least 50 percent of children in Asia, Africa, and North America experienced past-year violence, as did more than 30 percent of children in Latin America.
They parsed the data by country, age group, and type of violence: physical, sexual, emotional abuse, or multiple types.
Hillis said they were interested in creating a full picture. "Our interest was all locations - in homes, schools, the community."
The scientists also looked at detailed breakdowns of different types of violence, including if a child had been kicked, choked, beaten, whipped, burned, bullied, or had suffered emotional violence and felt unloved or unwanted by a caregiver or parent.
The study included violence by any type of perpetrator - parents, caregivers, teachers, strangers, romantic partners, peers.
Hillis believes the findings, while grim, actually underestimate the problem of violence against youth.
"The shocking and sad truth is our estimates are actually low estimates," she said, because incidences are under-reported.
She said their research carries greater weight when you consider that it's based on self-reported violence by young people themselves, aged 13 and up, or the caregivers of children younger than 13.
She said North America rated the second worst region, just below Asia and above Africa.
"We're right up there. It's a serious problem in Northern America," Hillis said. "There's absolutely no way we can say it is their problem and not ours."
Violence against children needs to be viewed as a public health issue as important as exposure to tobacco and unsafe drinking water, the author said. It's linked to increased risk for illness in later life: heart disease; infections such as HIV/AIDS; mental health problems, including depression, suicide, and PTSD; teen pregnancy; and lifelong disability.
"The consequences are so vast and enduring," said Hillis.
Dr. Joel Fein, co-director of the Emergency Department Violence Intervention Project at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, told CBS News that the new report is important and well done.
"It shows the prevalence and impact all countries have regarding violence to children," said Fein, who is also an attending physician in the emergency department at CHOP and a professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
He said hospitals and health care systems need to get involved beyond their own walls to help find solutions to the violence against children. His hospital's programs reach out to schools and communities to address the problem.
"We understand the trauma that many of our children and their families go through and how that impacts them and we really want to capitalize on peoples' strengths and build on that," Fein said.
While some of CHOP's initiatives center on teachers and students to address bullying, others focus on mothers or fathers involved in domestic violence.
"We have them take responsibility for connecting and getting support at community organizations," Fein said.
"We are providing the right care at the right time," said his colleague, Stephen Leff, a psychologist in the department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and co-director of the Violence Prevention Initiative at CHOP.
Leff agreed that the new report is a "very, very strong study."
"This supports the reason why we do this work," said Leff, also a professor of clinical psychology at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine.
"The fact that this is being published in the journal Pediatrics really does speak to the point that the health care system has a strong role in addressing this issue," he added.
But he said part of the message is also that families can be motivated to make changes.
Study author Hillis said that while the study reveals that the issue of violence against the young is "monumental and urgent and unconscionable," there is hope.
"The world appears ready as never before to act wisely, to act now, and to act together to implement effective sustainable and scalable solutions that work to protect children from violence," she said.
First published on January 25, 2016 / 6:00 AM
Mary Brophy Marcus
Mary Brophy Marcus covers health and wellness for CBSNews.com


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