Just discovered at
http://openjdk.java.net/projects/nio/javadoc/java/nio/file/Path.html#...
that Java 7 might support the developer in creating symbolic links to files and directories.

Marmots can be extreme loud and shocking. Today I ran a trail up to the Steinkasern Alm in Voldertal (valley) and there suddenly a marmot howl its alarm signal just 10 meters in front of me on a big boulder. Got nearly a heart attack. I could approach to the marmot nearly 5 meters in front of me. There was a snow field between us.

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Mensch, alle fahren nach Chamonix:
http://www.kletterzentrum-tivoli.at/index.php?con_id=273
Und ich hab meine für letzte Woche geplante Tour wegen der vielen Arbeit absagen müssen.
Wär ich so gern dieses Jahr gewesen, auch wenn ich vielleicht so a paar Sachen skischonender gelöst hätte ;-)

To query data for a datawarehouse report starting at n-days ago at midnight up to newest available data, I can use the following SQL:

 timestamp(char(date(current timestamp - 2 days)) concat '-00.00.00.000000')

I am wondering if this volcanic ash over Europe is really more dangerous for airplanes than the sand from the Sahara blown over the Mediterranean Sea up to Germany.
The sandy air, you could taste last time and after 2 days you see the sand in the road fissures.  Also the sky has been tinged with yellow and red, and now?
Maybe the ash is the cause of the hazy air, but I haven't seen any ash in the streets up to now.
Was the first flight warning, because of the ash, dated at April 1st?