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Derby della Mole – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_della_Mole

The Turin Derby has been compared to the Manchester derby in England. Here, Manchester City are the most popular in Manchester, while Manchester United have support from all over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In Turin, Torino has the biggest local following, but Juventus draw support from all over Italy, and all over the Meditarranian.

August 18, 2008 | The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/omer

“I am a Palestinian journalist from Gaza. At the age of 17, I armed myself with a camera and a pen, committed to report accurately on events in Gaza. I have filed reports as Israeli fighter jets bombed Gaza City. I have interviewed mothers as they watched their children die in hospitals unequipped to serve them because of Israel’s embargo. I have been recognized for my reporting, even in the United States and United Kingdom, where I have won two international awards. I have also been beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers.”

Linux tip: Controlling the duration of scheduled jobs

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-job-terminating/index.html

Say you need to debug a pesky problem by running some traces for 30 minutes at midnight, or you would just like to use your Linux system as an alarm clock. This tip helps you stop jobs, such as those started with the cron and at capabilities, after the jobs have run for a certain time, or when some other criteria are met.