SYMPATHY

I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
And the river flows like a stream of glass;
When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,
And the faint perfume from its chalice steals—
I know what the caged bird feels!
I know why the caged bird beats his wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and cling
When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
And they pulse again with a keener sting—
I know why he beats his wing!
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—
When he beats his bars and he would be free;
It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings—
I know why the caged bird sings!

Paul Laurence Dunbar

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18338/18338-h/18338-h.htm#Page_102

systemd-analyze - Analyze system boot-up performance

systemd-analyze may be used to determine system boot-up performance of the current boot.

systemd-analyze blame prints a list of all running units, ordered by the time they took to initialize.

SysVinit to Systemd Cheatsheet

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SysVinit_to_Systemd_Cheatsheet

Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connectors

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

Fedora Full List of Kernel Options

The full list of kernel options is in the file /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-<version>/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, which is installed with the kernel-doc package.

Taken from:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_kernel_problems#Getting_the_Full_List_of_Kernel_Options

2014 Federal Holidays

2014 Holiday Schedule

Date	Holiday
Wednesday, January 1	New Year’s Day
Monday, January 20	Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 17 *	Washington’s Birthday
Monday, May 26	Memorial Day
Friday, July 4	Independence Day
Monday, September 1	Labor Day
Monday, October 13	Columbus Day
Tuesday, November 11	Veterans Day
Thursday, November 27	Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, December 25	Christmas Day

*This holiday is designated as "Washington’s Birthday" in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees. Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it is our policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law.

Taken from: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/federal-holidays/#url=2014

Free Gifts!

Some gifts you can give this Christmas are beyond monetary value: Mend a quarrel, dismiss suspicion, tell someone, "I love you." Give something away -- anonymously. Forgive someone who has treated you wrong. Turn away wrath with a soft answer. Visit someone in a nursing home. Apologize if you were wrong. Be especially kind to someone with whom you work. Give as God gave to you in Christ, without obligation, or announcement, or reservation, or hypocrisy. 

Charles Swindoll (from Growing Strong)