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It appears that Mozilla has shot itself in the foot with the Firefox 3 Download Day Guinness Book of World Records attempt.
As of 2:00pm Eastern time, a full hour after Mozilla said that Firefox would be available, the site is sporadically producing errors reading “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable.” A Mozilla rep said the team was working to get the download site up quickly.
A Mozilla blog post stated the following: “The outpouring of interest and enthusiasm around Firefox 3 has been overwhelming (literally!). Our servers are currently feeling the burn and should be back to normal shortly. Download day will officially commence once the site goes live. The 24 hours period will be clocked from that moment.”
The statement acknowledges that the browser maker has missed its launch time of 10 AM Pacific Time, which was already a postponement of the announced 12:01am Pacific time launch.
PC Magazine has published a review of Firefox 3, which seems to be handling heavy traffic without incident.
Update: As of 3PM Eastern Time, the Firefox 3 download site is up and running. Said Mike Schroepfer, VP of Engineering: “We are currently serving almost 14,000 downloads a minute, which puts us on track to clear 5 to 7 million downloads in one day. The systems are busy, so individual requests may not get through—but are up and serving a tremendous amount of traffic.”
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You wait until the last minute, hoping for inspiration. You seek clues. You ransack your brain for fresh ideas.
You get none.
What does Dad want for Father’s Day? He’s apt to shrug and say, ‘Nothing.’ (He may be thinking: A few hours on the couch, with a six-pack and a Cubs game and no interruptions sounds good.)
In years past, this noncommittal response would trigger a desperation strategy: He’d get a necktie.
For generations, the tie was the default, all-purpose Father’s Day gift. You couldn’t go too far wrong. Even if Dad didn’t need any more—and how could you tell, anyway?—he could still
use one. And if you had a budget, say of $50 or so, as one female colleague noted, “what else on Earth could you buy the man?” But now, the tie is slouching toward extinction, a silky vestige of another time, useful as a rash.
Only about 6 percent of men wear ties every day to the office, according to a Gallup Poll. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Men’s Dress Furnishings Association, the trade group that represents American tie makers, was shutting down after 60 years. As the Journal noted dryly, some of its members “sensed the trend two years ago, when, at the group’s annual luncheon in New York, a number of people turned up tieless.”
The demise of the tie—as fashion statement or gift—reminds us that Father’s Day and Mother’s Day are not created equal. Buying a gift for Dad is a lot harder.
Moms are good at dropping broad hints. They know what they want. Every woman we know keeps a mental list of all the clothing, jewelry, purses, perfumes, spa services and other items of desire, ready to rattle off at a moment’s notice. Even if a spouse or child fails to ask, the default position—flowers—rarely fails.

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Calendars aside, you can always tell a holiday is coming up by the commercials that roll forth; this week, it’s been a steady stream of everything from ice cream cake to golf clubs. Ah, Father’s Day is upon us.
Set in a gendered nest of neckties and barbecuing, the day has, like many other holidays, become marred by commercialization pushing you to “buy” instead of “do.”
Father’s Day originated in 1909 as a rural movement organized by Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Wash., in honor of her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran and a widowed dad of six. Celebrated on the third Sunday of every June, Father’s Day wasn’t made a national holiday until 1972, even though President Calvin Coolidge recommended it be recognized as such in 1924.
Now, almost a century after the first Father’s Day, the typical celebration involves buying some power tools or fishing gear, or simply giving the perfunctory card - according to Hallmark, 95 million cards are expected to be given this Father’s Day. Dad will surely be happy enough with such gifts, but if you’re lucky to live near him (which I am not), why not take some time to hang out together this weekend?
Start things off early on June 14 with the Vasona Vibrations summer concert series at Vasona Lake County Park on Blossom Hill Road from 5 to 7 p.m. The group Blah Blah Woof Woof, comprised of Chuck McCabe, Steve Kritzer and Jay Howlett, will be there with its upbeat blend of acoustic Americana, as will dozens of
folks who come to hear the music while enjoying a picnic or some wine. (The show is free; however, parking is $6 per car.)
If your dad is an oenophile, head to Los Gatos’ Jewish Community Center on Oka Road from 6 to 10:30 p.m. for a wine auction. The event will feature local wines, food, jazz by Silicon Vibe and, of course, an auction of unique wines. Tickets are $90; proceeds will go toward the JCC’s various community programs. For more information call (408) 357-7402.

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Back to Back $1000-to-win Main Events close out C.A.R.’s first half of 2008
Casa Grande-Ariz (May 20th, 2008) The Barnett Harley DIRTcar Modified Touring Series will make its only appearance of the season Memorial Day Weekend at Central Arizona Raceway for back-to-back $1000-to win Main Events. This weekend will mark the halfway point in the lucrative 12-race mini series for Barnett Harley DIRTcar Modified drivers who follow the tour making stops in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
Coming into the weekend, Jay Foster holds a one-point lead over Anthony Madrid as the top five in points are separated by just 20-markers. Completing the top five in points are Jason Noll, RC Whitwell and Tony Steele. Foster and Madrid shared feature wins on March 28th & 29th while Bumper Jones (2007 Barnett Harley DIRTcar Modified Touring Series Champion) and Whitwell (2007 Barnett Harley DIRTcar Modified National Champion) split feature wins on April 18th & 19th.
Scott Logston (2006 Barnett Harley DIRTcar Modified Touring Series Champion) currently holds down sixth in the points standing, just one behind fifth and 19-points ahead of 10th. Rounding out positions seven through ten are Sherman Barnett, Jay Rosales, Guy Norton and Mark Harrison.
A total of 48 different drivers have complete in Touring Series events in 2008 while last years Touring Series stop at Central Arizona Raceway attracted over 50 drivers for each event.
Joining the Barnett Harley DIRTcar Touring Series Modifieds for the weekend will be the Pure Stocks and Desert Dwarf Car Club. Bo Partain leads the Pure Stock contingent with four main event wins this season while JJ Lemoine’s three main event wins set him atop the Desert Dwarf Car Club point standings.
Previously scheduled practice for Friday, May 23rd has been cancelled!
Pit gates open at 4pm, grandstand gates at 5pm with the first green flag slatted for 7pm.

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A while back, an Oromo friend forwarded to me an excellent paper, a theological rather than historical analysis of Waaqeffannaa, the genuine Oromo religion. The text was written by one of Oromia´s foremost intellectuals whose vast knowledge, academic methodology, sociopolitical approach, and spiritual values are a great advantage for the entire Oromo nation.
Mr. Getachew Chamadaa Nadhabaasaa´s text under the title ´Waaqeffannaa
Testimony of an Indigenous Religion of the African Past and Present´ had earlier been published in a forum, posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004, 3:05 am, by Cancuu. Two brief enthusiastic comments had been added in Afaan Oromo without further discussion, although the text offers the possibility of extensive analysis, substantial commentaries, and rich exchange of ideas and viewpoints
In the beginning, I thought to republish the text integrally and then comment extensively; soon I realized that this would be counter-productive. My comments will go far beyond the limits of one or two articles, as Mr. Nadhabaasaa´s text covers a wide range of subjects from the possible origins of Waaqeffannaa, the Kushitic Antiquity and the Kushitic religions, the differences existing between Waaqeffannaa and the so-called ´three monotheisms´ (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), the essence of Monotheism, and the great cultural chasm that separates the Kushitic Oromo Ethiopians from the Semitic Amhara and Tigray Abyssinians to the interrelationship between religion, society and politics, the originality of the African Democracy, and the revelation of the reasons for which the English colonialists so deeply hated the Oromo nation and attempted to totally destroy it by using the Abyssinians. I do not mean that Mr. Nadhabaasaa´s text analyzes all these issues; however, his text sheds light on many points that inaugurate polarizations around, initiate a better understanding of, and instigate further research on, all the aforementioned issues.
In addition, Mr. Nadhabaasaa´s is a text of its own, outstanding, value that deserves distinct treatment and independent publication. I would even consider it as a turning point in the History of Waaqeffannaa, the subject that it describes! Very little has been published so far about the genuine, historical Oromo religion; even less has been published about the future of Waaqeffannaa, the challenges the historical Oromo religion currently faces, in what Waaqeffannaa is necessary to all the Oromos, and eventually other people as well, and how it can survive.

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Fort Detrick will mark Armed Forces Day today with music, an air show and fireworks, weather permitting.
Armed Forces Day was first observed in 1950 following a proclamation by then-President Harry S. Truman.
It replaced separate days of recognition for the Army, Navy and Air Force, although the Marine Corps and Coast Guard still each observe their own celebrations in addition to Armed Forces Day, according to the Defense Department.
Parking for Fort Detrick’s Armed Forces Day observance is available at Frederick Community College, with attendees able to access the post through the college gate, said Harry Geesaman, of the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation’s Community Recreation Division, in an e-mail Friday.
Attendees are not allowed to bring alcohol on post, although there will be a beer concession. All bags, boxes and coolers brought on post will be subject to search, Chuck Gordon, the post’s spokesman, wrote in an e-mail Friday.
Events including the air show, military displays and vehicles and a DJ start at the Nallin Pond events complex at 10:30 a.m.
Rain or high winds could affect some of the planned events, such as the air show, but as of Friday morning, everything was still going ahead as planned, Geesaman wrote.
“We are sticking to our schedule — mother nature will control what we have or get accomplished tomorrow,” he wrote.
Today’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny in the daytime with highs in the low 70s and winds up to 15 to 18 miles per hour later in the day, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight brings a 30 percent chance of rain.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - PGA TOUR - AT&T CLASSIC, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia - With a birdie on the first playoff hole, Zach Johnson beat Ryuji Imada to win last year's AT&T Classic.
Then the reigning Masters champion, Johnson collected his third career PGA Tour win — all of them coming in the state of Georgia. The 32-year-old Iowan hasn't won since then, and he has missed the cut in two of his last three starts heading into this weekend's title defense.
His first career victory came at the 2004 AT&T Classic, which was then called the BellSouth Classic. Johnson was the fourth player to make the event his first PGA Tour win.
Phil Mickelson, who was the two-time defending champion heading into last year's AT&T, won't be in the field this week — a pattern repeated by most of the world top 25.
No. 15 Stewart Cink is the highest-ranked player in the field, followed by Johnson at No. 22. They are the only players in the top 25 who will be at Sugarloaf this week.
Retief Goosen, the 2002 champion and world No. 30, will be in the field, as will former world No. 1 Greg Norman in a rare start.
The Golf Channel will have coverage on Thursday and Friday, with CBS taking over for the weekend. Each broadcast will be from 3-6 p.m. (et). Next week's event is the Colonial, where Rory Sabbatini defeated Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer in a playoff last year.
IRISH OPEN, Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort, Limerick, Ireland - Padraig Harrington held on to beat Bradley Dredge in a playoff at last year's Irish Open, becoming the first Irishman in 25 years to win the European Tour's biggest event on the Emerald Isle.

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See, I never thought much whenever a known poet took interest in a lesser known, up-and-coming poet. Not until I met Chase Berggrun, a 17-year-old poet who lives in Yarmouth and goes to the Sturgis Charter Public School on Main Street, Hyannis. Watching this young man move up amongst the ranks of the poets is a phenomenal event to eyewitness. It is as moving as meeting Gwen Brooks was, for different reasons. I despise the word “protégé,” but must admit having a young poet around to offer advice to certainly elevates my spirit.
Chase is a funny kid. He had been threatening to show up at The Black Spot poetry open mic (the last Thursday of the month) for some time. His mother Susan Russell, a friend of mine, had been calling me, asking that I encourage her son to pursue his writing. She gave me his cell phone number, and I stopped by the house a couple of times to talk with him. Chase had been writing poems for four years, and finally showed up at The Black Spot this past January. Everyone loved him.
The poetry that Chase writes is short, refreshing in a day and age when Slam poetry and Hip-hop, with a leaning toward performance, spout poems as long as songs on the radio. But Chase’s poems work on the page, and are easily remembered. There is something to be said for brevity, and Chase Berggrun has it down to a science.
After that first open mic, Chase used the resources available to him at Sturgis to print up his first chapbook. At his second open mic, he had a table with a book display going on. Sweet. Every artist should take a course in business, except Chase. He’s done quit well in figuring out how to turn poetry into a 100 percent margin of profit, and that’s unheard of.

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SPRINGFIELD — Standing before a class of 20-plus Maple Elementary third-graders, Maria Avila reads with the poise and enthusiasm of a seasoned teacher, even stopping on occasion to ask the children a question or remark on something silly.
She gets tripped up only once — over “bow wow,” the only English word she comes across in her Spanish-language version of a book of children’s poetry. She pronounces it “boe-woe,” laughing because she knows she didn’t get it right.
Avila didn’t always have such confidence. For her and a dozen other Hispanic parents who read stories at Maple, it’s taken time to grow comfortable at the head of the class.
Helping Spanish-speaking families feel comfortable, welcome and valued is a primary aim of Maple’s Family Bridges/Puentes de Familias program, which began in earnest in the fall of 2006, spearheaded by English Language Learner teacher Zehra Greenleaf.
The program encompasses a range of activities, but at its core are classroom readings, scheduled once every couple of months. Hispanic parents (mostly mothers) stand side-by-side with teachers, taking turns reading storybooks — the teacher in English, the parent in Spanish. Afterward, the pair lead the children in a craft — typically something related to the story and Hispanic culture.
On this day, Avila and student teacher Gina Pearson read “From the Belly­button of the Moon and Other Summer Poems,” a whimsical compilation featuring sunflowers, summer storms and a bi­lingual dog that barks in English (“bow wow!”) and Spanish (“guau guau!”). Then they pass out orange and yellow construction paper circles and ovals, and the kids use glue sticks to create their sunflowers.
Near the front is 8-year-old Giovanni Avila, Maria’s son. Having his mother come in to read to his class (this is her fourth appearance) makes him proud and happy, he says, “because I love her so much.”

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On this 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world’s most celebrated holidays probably wouldn’t be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts.
Anna Jarvis would want us to give mothers a white carnation — she felt it signified the purity of a mother’s love.
Jarvis, who never married and never had children, got the Mother’s Day idea after her mother said it would be nice if someone created a memorial to mothers.
Three years after her mother died in 1905, she organized the first official mother’s day service at a church where her mother had spent more than 20 years teaching Sunday school.
Today, the former Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church is the official shrine to mothers around the world. On Sunday, the shrine will celebrate the 100th anniversary, giving each mother attending a special service a white carnation.
The shrine also serves as a "reminder to the accomplishments of these women and to the issues mothers still deal with today, trying to do the balancing act of being everything to everyone," said Cindi Mason, the shrine’s director.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 83 million mothers in the United States. More mothers now work out of the home and the number of single-mother households has tripled to more than 10 million since 1970.
What has allowed Mother’s Day to become celebrated on the second Sunday in May in 52 countries is "everyone has a mother," said Sally Thayer, a trustee of the International Mother’s Day Shrine in Grafton. "It’s a wonderful thing to celebrate."
Jarvis’ devotion to and her fierce defense of Mother’s Day could be tied to the feeling that "a certain era was passing and mothers like her mother were becoming fewer," said Laura Prieto, an associate professor of history and women’s studies at Simmons College in Boston.

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