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NorthLink Ferries
|2002 (NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries)
2006 (NorthLink Ferries)
2012 (Serco NorthLink Ferries)
|Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. Offices in Aberdeen & Lerwick
Area served
|Pentland Firth, Orkney and Shetland
Key people
|Stuart Garrett (Managing Director)
NorthLink Ferries (also referred to as Serco NorthLink Ferries[1]) is an operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, as well as ferry services, between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Since July 2012, it has been operated by international services company Serco.
NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries[edit]
The subsidised Northern Isles ferry services, previously run by P&O Scottish Ferries, were put out to tender in 1999. A joint venture between Caledonian MacBrayne and RBS Group, named NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries, won the contract and began operation in October 2002.
A variety of factors, including competition from rival operator Pentland Ferries, the Norse Island Ferries group created by local hauliers concerned about NorthLink's proposed freight pricing, and higher-than-expected operation costs,[2] contributed to financial difficulties within the company. In response, the Scottish Executive Transport Group (now Transport Scotland) made additional subsidy payments of £0.6 million and agreed to restructure subsidy payment timing.[2]
In mid-2003 the company indicated that it would be unlikely to complete its contract due to the financial difficulties. NorthLink defaulted on its lease payments for the vessels in July and August 2003,[2] and in April 2004 the Scottish Executive announced that the service would be re-tendered due to NorthLink's inability to fulfil the terms of the contract.
The company continued to operate under interim arrangements until April 2006 while a new contract was secured.
NorthLink Ferries Ltd[edit]
On 19 July 2005, the Scottish Executive announced that three companies - V-Ships, Irish Continental Ferries and Caledonian MacBrayne - had bid to provide ferry services to the Northern Isles. Irish Continental, however, withdrew its bid in October 2005, leaving two potential operators on the closing date of 1 December 2005. Both of the remaining bids complied with the contract requirements, but Caledonian MacBrayne's lower bid meant it was awarded the contract.
Caledonian MacBrayne formed a company named NorthLink Ferries Ltd, which adopted the branding and vessels of its predecessor, and began operating the Northern Isles ferry services on 6 July 2006.[3]
Serco NorthLink Ferries[edit]
The Northern Isles ferry service was re-tendered in 2011/12 as NorthLink Ferries Ltd's contract came to an end.
Initially, the contract's two services (Aberdeen-Lerwick and Scrabster-Stromness) were to be de-bundled. Eligible bids for the services were received from Pentland Ferries (which expressed interest in the Scrabster-Stromness service only), Sea-Cargo A/S (which expressed interest in the Aberdeen-Lerwick service only), P&O Ferries, Shetland Line (1984) Ltd (part of local haulage and freight company Streamline Shipping Group), Serco, and the incumbent NorthLink Ferries Ltd.[4] The Scottish Government subsequently re-bundled the routes, when insufficient interest was shown in the separate routes.[citation needed]
On 4 May 2012, Transport Scotland announced that Serco was the preferred bidder.[5] This decision was legally challenged in the Court of Session by rival bidder Shetland Line (1984) Limited on the basis that the Scottish Government had allegedly not taken into account that their proposed service scored higher in a quality test than Serco Ltd - suspending the securement of the contract.[6] However, on 29 May 2012, the court overturned the suspension and Serco Limited was confirmed as the new operator, ending Caledonian MacBrayne's 10 years of involvement with Northern Isles ferry services.[7][8] The contract lasts for a six years period and is worth £243m.[9]
Serco Group, using the vessels and branding of its predecessor, began operation of Northern Isles ferry services at 15:00 on 5 July 2012.[10] It has stated that it plans to make no changes to fares or timetables for the remainder of 2012, and that it plans to "overhaul catering, seating and onboard entertainment".[11]
NorthLink operates two passenger routes:
- Scrabster to Stromness, Orkney (90 minutes)
- Aberdeen to Lerwick, Shetland (12 hours 30 minutes northbound; 12 hours southbound). Some services also call at Kirkwall, Orkney, which increases the journey time by 2 hours.
Currently the NorthLink fleet consists of:
- MV Hamnavoe, on the Pentland Firth route, 112m long
- MV Hjaltland and MV Hrossey, sister ships, on the Aberdeen to Lerwick via Kirkwall route, 125m long
- MS Hildasay and MS Helliar, sister ships, used for freight and livestock to Orkney and Shetland, sailing from Aberdeen. Both ships are on charter from Seatruck Ferries.
Former fleet consists of:
- MV Hascosay and MV Clare, formerly used for freight and livestock to Orkney and Shetland, sailing from Aberdeen. They were sold in 2010 and 2011 both replaced by both MS Hildasay and MS Helliar.
Ferries on the Aberdeen route have onboard cinemas and occasional live entertainment.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to NorthLink Ferries.
- ^ "Serco Sets Sail". Serco Group plc. 2012-07-05. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "Scottish Executive: The NorthLink ferry services contract" (pdf). Audit Scotland. December 2005. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ Alan Rehfisch (2007). "Ferry Services in Scotland" (pdf). SPICe Briefing. Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ "Shortlist announced for Northern Isles Ferry Services contract". Transport Scotland. 2011-11-28. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "New Ferry Contract set for Northern Isles". Transport Scotland. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Serco ferry contract on hold after legal challenge". The Orcadian. 2012-05-14. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Serco confirmed as Northern Isles ferry operator". The Orcadian. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Shetland Line (1984) Limited v. Scottish Ministers [2012] CSOH 99 (29 May 2012), Court of Session (Scotland)
- ^ "Serco confirmed as Northern Isles ferry operator". BBC News. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ "Serco Sets Sail - NorthLink Ferries Service Handover Complete". NorthLink Ferries. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Our Plans". Serco Group plc. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
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You know, some of the GOF patterns like Singleton or prototype are pretty simple. But some of them like factory method is clearly complicated.
What is your advice for understanding them quickly?
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You know, some of the GOF patterns like Singleton or prototype are pretty simple. But some of them like factory method is clearly complicated.
What is your advice for understanding them quickly?
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Try reading Head First Design Patterns first. You'll find it's a much gentler introduction if GOF is over your head.
Try out this SO link for examples. It worked great for me..
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You can learn much from books, casts or tutorials on the web. Any programming language or some best pracices on tools, go for the web. But on Design Patterns, look for a senior developer, who has some time. Talk with him, let him explain. Show him some code and ask him, which pattern could make your life easier in future. This helps you probably more than reading books.
Note, never try to force yourself to implement a pattern, just because you want to have it or 'cause it seems to be "cool" to use it. In most of such cases it will just add complexity. A pattern should naturally fit into your code and give you benefits such as reusability, higher testability, better maintainability,...
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I've been saying this the last few days a lot, but read these 2 ebooks, plenty of good info on how to design/develop/improve code.
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Read lots of descriptions, find lots of examples.
All design patterns are based on very basic principles.
If you first take time to first understand the basics, and then you won't even need to learn any design patterns because if you follow the basic principles you will come to the same answer as the design patterns.
Start with the S.O.L.I.D principles.
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LSP- The Liskov Substitution Principle
ISP - The Interface Segregation Principle
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Editor's Note
Our reviews of Cowboy Bebop Remix 1 (published September 13th, 2005), Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (published August 18th, 2003), and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Blu-ray) (published August 8th, 2011) are also available.
The Charge
"Hey Jet, did you know that there are three things that I hate? Rugrats, beasts, and tomboys. Why do we have all three neatly gathered here?"—Spike
Opening Statement
The Cowboy Bebop remix keeps on rollin'. When I last reviewed this series with the DVD release of Cowboy Bebop Remix 1, the goal was twofold: 1) record a first impression for the two percent of anime fans who haven't seen Cowboy Bebop, and 2) investigate the technical differences between the Perfect Sessions release and the Remix release. Now that the handshake is out of the way, let's look deeper into the characters and get a feel for the tone of this venerable series.
Facts of the Case
Spike, Jet, Faye, and Ein continue to traverse the galaxy, losing bounties in every port. In this volume they pick up a hyperactive hacker named Ed, and even manage to keep a bounty or two. But the crew of the Bebop just can't shake a bad case of the blues.
The Evidence
With another volume of episodes under my belt, the verdict has become clearer. Cowboy Bebop is worth all the fuss. Don't get me wrong, I can easily see how the series would not strike one's fancy. It is, after all, an under-plotted "damsel of the week" coat hanger for a stylish patchwork jacket. Some people simply might not fall prey to its charms.
I might have been among them after Cowboy Bebop Remix 1, which didn't sway me firmly either way. The five episodes in Remix 2 have refined the heart of the series, made clear to me what people see in it, and now I'm on board.
In short, it is cool. That might not sound like a ringing endorsement, but Cowboy Bebop has been cool for over seven years running. In anime years, that is an eternity. Cowboy Bebop taps into the essence of cool, becoming perennially so itself.
Spike's character design says it all. He has an unruly mop of hair, a rumpled jacket, and a loosely knotted tie. He slumps, slouches, and stumbles. But when the action hits, his eyes light up and his lanky limbs blur into motion. He charms us rather than takes us over by force. His smooth character development highlights Cowboy Bebop's subtle approach to…well, everything.
The musical score perhaps gets the most attention, and why not? I've since listened to it standalone, and the music is really good. Yoko Kanno transitions from rock to jazz to salsa without missing a beat. If you underestimate the importance of music, try watching Cowboy Bebop dubbed with the radio playing in the background. The right music is critical.
It surprised me when I discovered that I was looking forward to watching the characters interact (flirt? bicker?). Cowboy Bebop elicits laughter from nuance, be it past character interactions or simply narrowed eyes. It underplays its hand, which—imagined or not—gives the impression of an entire reservoir of humor behind the dam.
Details are below in the episode discussions, but for now let's look at the disc. Like its counterpart, Remix 2 has bee granted a superlative new surround track. Purists may detect a lapse in detail here or there, but let's not overlook the forest for the sound of falling pine needles: This thing sounds great. I want to buy all of the Cowboy Bebop soundtracks now just because this DVD sounds so good.
Remix 2 also favors the previous volume in terms of visual style. The art direction and character design are outstanding, while the frame rate takes a nose dive periodically. A decent transfer is marred by pervasive rainbow shimmer around fine lines, combing artifacts, and not-quite-deep black levels. It doesn't look bad, but flaws are readily apparent.
The extras have been pruned down to a commentary with ADR English Director Yutaka Maseba and Wendee Lee on episode ten, "Ganymede Elegy." Maseba and Lee reprise their composed, professional banter, but it seems less informative this time. I mostly got out of the track that they both like the music, and that Wendee was the perfect choice for her role.
The commentary did lead me to re-evaluate the English voice work, which is outstanding. Both tracks are, in fact. I still prefer the Japanese track on general principle, but I watched entire episodes of this volume in English and found the vocal work nearly flawless. The characters are appropriately wry, and there are no "antics" within earshot. Some of the dialogue is superior to the translated subtitles, especially Jet and Spike's conversation in the blues bar in "Sympathy For The Devil." Faye's bitter commentary on sexual politics in "Ganymede Elegy" is sharper when you hear it in your native tongue (if English is yours, of course).
These summaries contain spoilers:
• "Sympathy For The Devil"
Sympathy is the key word for the entire episode. Spike shows sympathy in the face of his enemy, and nearly buys the farm. If sympathy had dulled his reactions but one hair more, an immortal evil would have continued unabated through the galaxy. Yet this same sympathy makes Spike an affable, standout character in anime.
Fortunately, Spike's reflexes are up to the task. Small details sell the action. For example, Spike's gun is shot out of his hand and spins off to the left. Spike goes against the expected and leaps right, away from his gun, thereby avoiding the stray bullet meant to catch him as he made a dive for it. Cowboy Bebop is full of touches like this that enrich the stories.
Though "Sympathy For The Devil" is dark (especially the shootout
at the end), I found myself in peals of laughter at some of the witty repartee
between the Bebop crew. When Faye eats Ein's dogfood, the character implications
are as telling as they are amusing. Later, Jet professes to have lived for the
blues "since I was in my dad's sac!" Whether playing it light or
crude, the writing delivers fine comedic moments.
• "Heavy Metal Queen"
Spike meets one such trucker en route to collecting a bounty, in one of the series' more memorable comedy fight sequences. A hung-over Spike purchases an expensive egg to make his morning-after pick me up, only to have brawling cretins knock it into his lap. Spike intervenes and shows them what fighting is all about, saving a damsel in distress and gaining a reluctant ally in the process.
The episode itself is subservient to the vibe, a throwaway plot about a
nerdy explosives aficionado (who reminds me of another made up character, but I
can't place it…Waldo? Leisure Suit Larry?). There's also some made-up
drama at the end—could Spike not spare an extra twenty seconds to fill
everyone in on the plan? Nonetheless, the episode is a highly entertaining
interlude between two forbidding bookends.
• "Waltz For Venus"
Ever on the fringe of the shiny future, Cowboy Bebop takes us into the dusty badlands. A sweet frontier gal suffers blindness from a potent allergic reaction to the atmosphere-scrubbing plants they use to make Venus habitable. Her kid brother has been plaguing Spike to teach him some moves ever since witnessing Spike in action during the attempted hijacking. The kid needs those moves: he has stolen a rare plant that is worth millions to the mob and worth recovery to his sister. If you wonder how it all turns out, you haven't watched enough Bebop.
Caught in a sort of limbo, "Waltz For Venus" evidences neither
strong humor nor a compelling pathetic element. Maybe it's because the
damsel-in-distress card has been used too often in the series already, but
"Waltz For Venus" struck me as a follower rather than a leader. Maybe
it's because the "hey mister, help my poor, blind sister while I sacrifice
myself to the mob" shtick smacks of cliché. Whatever the reason, I
wasn't enthralled with the story. The episode still musters a cohesive tone of
sadness and regret, so it isn't bad.
• "Jamming With Edward"
I was warned about this episode, maybe even by some of you reading this now. A friend of mine told me that Ed (the aforementioned kid hacker) was the last straw, and that he was done with Cowboy Bebop for good. I'll admit that the bored spy satellite plot doesn't exactly draw you in, nor does Ed's eerie facility with a remote control. There is a lot of filler with Jet hitting the streets balanced with a little action when Spike jumps at the chance to take on a network of laser-wielding death machines. There are in-jokes about otaku and the Bebop's propensity to lose bounties. But you could argue that this is the least boppin' Bebop of 'em all.
Yet it has something going for it. I have an unhealthy fixation on the
Big Shot For the Bounty Hunters hostess. Seriously. Those golden locks of
hair, the green eyes, the healthy, bouncing cleavage barely concealed behind her
denim vest…ahem, I told you it was unhealthy. "Jamming With
Edward" is worth a B in my book for sheer fan service audacity alone. Where
can I get a Big Shot girl action figure?
• "Ganymede Elegy"
Faye gets wind of a chink in Jet's emotional armor and worms away at it until he snaps. That's Faye for you, always the picture of class and discretion. Jet confronts an old flame who has shacked up with a questionable boyfriend, and decides between old love and duty. The decisions paint a complex picture of Jet, making him more than a sidekick. He keeps his imposing aura of shrewd logic while showing us what ticks inside. This personal element tinges "Ganymede Elegy" with deep sadness.
The art direction is outstanding in this episode, with cut away shots of
knick knacks highlighting moments of emotional resonance. The drinking bird
takes on an almost malignant symbolism, like the paperweight in 1984 or
rosebud in Citizen Kane. When the
action kicks in, it kicks in big, but the action is umbilically linked to Jet's
personal demons. When action is married so potently to character development, it
makes the episode that much better.
Closing Statement
The second volume of Cowboy Bebop Remix maintains the high audio-visual quality of the first volume as well as the episode count. The extras take a major hit while the episodes find a groove. As with the initial release, the real question is: How important is the refurbished soundtrack to your Cowboy Bebop listening experience? My answer is still the same: the new track makes a noticeable difference if your pocketbook can take the hit.
The Verdict
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Hebrew for "face", usually expressed with affection.
Aw, what a punum! Only a mother could love!
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Being cup-cake-like, very cute, and "aww" worthy.
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Punum is a term used to describe a person, creature or thing that is very cute. Usually people just want to hug the 'punum' substance. Taken from the longer phrase Punum Taj it can also be said as Punumer
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An alternative when referring to a baby.
Mom to be: "I can't wait to have a little punum in my belly!"
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a little furry dog with minimal intelligence, but oh so cute.
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One simple way to get Windows Server 2008 to send low disk space e-mail alerts is to use Task Scheduler and the System Log. If the free space falls below the percentage specified in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\DiskSpaceThreshold, an event is recorded in the System Log that can trigger a task to send an e-mail message. ...
Take a look a ITwatchdogs. Their weather goose line looks very nice. They monitor temp, light, sound, humidity, etc. Here's a list of vendors (not APC) that have other products. What I use in my data center appears to be a discontinued model. What ever you end up using, make sure that: They use SNMP, not some special protocol. Have remote temperature ...
You could use something like LogWatch. Or even a simple script like this (it's pseudo code you'll need to modify it for your enviroment): #!/bin/bash GREP_STRING=`grep -c <error string> <acpid log location>` if [ $GREP_STRING -ne 0 ] then <send email notification> fi Put that in cron to run every hour or so and you should get ...
This depends slightly on the operating systems you're running on the servers, but in general, it is possible to obtain alerts from HP ProLiant servers and Smart Array RAID controllers. The full driver and software support listing for your DL380 G5 systems is listed here. SNMP and a monitoring solution is the best approach... But you can augment that with ...
This is the compressed kernel and you should care if it ever changed without you knowing about it, because if the kernel was replaced, you could be open to any attack. It may have been a legitimate reason, but unless you are sure, you should not trust the changed kernel.
Using XMPP / Jabber to send Instant Messages is pretty popular. Here is a short tutorial on how to set this up.
What you're proposing is to effectively re-implement your monitoring system (by feeding the current system's alerts into another monitoring system that's smart enough to know something is wrong if it's not constantly reassured that everything is fine). This almost certainly is not what you need. What you need is a combination of on-site and off-site ...
net send * "This is a message."
I think monitoring the event log is the easiest scenario. You can pick your poison (Microsoft System Center Essentials, Nagios, etc.) and have it send out an SMS alert when you come across Event 528's and 540's of logon type 10. Monitor 538's (again of type 10) in order to see them log off. Reference: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Logon-Types....
You can use OSSEC HIDS to set up rules on log files and, at the same time, get security information from your host. Setting it up is very easy: Download the source Uncompress it and run ./install.sh Choose local install Answer the questions (email, checks, etc.) Edit /var/ossec/rules/local_rules.xml as specified below Start OSSEC with /var/ossec/bin/ossec-...
There isn't one standard, at all. You need to define what you're monitoring for your clients and how you'll do it. If you're making sure their websites are up, a hosted solution (is that what you mean by "cloud") is probably best. The hosted monitor will hit the websites from one or multiple locations and measure the response times. If you're doing ...
We just setup Riemann to handle alerting based on log messages. Riemann can read a stream of log messages from logstash and send out alerts based on the contents. One of the advantages with riemann is you can rollup all messages from a certain time into one email. This way you will not get to many e-mails but you will still get all your messages. Much ...
A couple of specific answers and a suggestion ... 1- There are several makers (linked in other answers) of standalone temp and humidity monitoring devices. These are pretty simple .. typically you mount them where you want to monitor, plug them into the network, and configure them to email alerts. They work well. 2- Most servers can raise SNMP alerts ...
I checked out several of the options mentioned on this page, and ended up using something far simpler: swatch. Those other systems are great for dealing with existing system logs, or with software where you don't have control over the output. I just didn't want to write a bunch of code to do email notifications just yet. So I just created a swatch file ...
We show nagios alerts on our IRC channel using the NagiosIRC bot
You associate an SQL Agent "alert" to detect the error, which then sends an email to an "operator" or runs a job. You use sp_add_alert but the main info is here: Monitoring and Responding to Events
Is there a monitoring software suite that will alert me if it has received no activity in a time period?
Nagios supports exactly what you want. Take a look at passive checks and freshness. Basically, you define a host and service for your job, and tell Nagios that the service is passive and has a specific freshness threshold (e.g. 26 hours.) Whenever your process runs, have it submit a "OK" result to Nagios. Nagios keeps track of when the OKs are submitted, and ...
The answer to such questions is most often Nagios. The alerting options are as flexible as it's monitoring capabilities. Configure it to send only the alerts you want and no more.
Try the --errors-only flag which should greatly reduce the amount of text spit out by this plugin. -e, --errors-only Display only devices/mountpoints with errors This seems to do the trick for me. Note the drastic difference in the output: # /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 20% -c 10% DISK WARNING - free space: / 37167 MB (96% inode=98%); /...
Check out HP Insight Manager http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim I believe it should work with your Servers
It is not something that has to do with your kernel, it is your kernel. If you reboot, and that file is corrupt, proverbial shit is going to hit the proverbial fan. Did you have a kernel update at the time mentioned in the message?
I see from Wikipedia that this has something to do with the kernel That is an understatement: The vmlinuz file is the kernel itself. It is this file which gets loaded when you boot your server, then it gets uncompressed (hence the 'z'), and then started. If you recompiled or installed a new kernel then there is nothing to worry about. If you did no such ...
Sure. Look up the "hpssacli" utility. You can parse the output. But the HP management agents eliminate the need to roll-your-own. The server logs this, sends SNMP traps and can email you. What's your ultimate goal?
I would suggest Nagios its what we run where I work for monitoring multiple machines with are network. Its very good i've not used it specifically for what your doing but you can certainly set it up to email you when errors occur. There is a guide here for installing it on Ubuntu http://beginlinux.com/blog/2008/11/install-nagios-3-on-ubuntu-810/ and one ...
We are using twitter, google chat, mail, and the best thing is the nagios firefox plugin there are also hardware option like the nagios nabaztag mod
You could look at setting up a jabber server and installing a jabber client on each users machine. Logins can be tied to AD or to another LDAP system or a database. As it's open source if the config file doesn't let you disable the features you want disabled just disable or remove that block of code from the source.
We use Nagios for this. The check_http program included with it knows how to talk SSL, and can return a "warning" or "critical" status based on how close the certificate is to expiration. From the command's help output: CHECK CERTIFICATE: check_http -H www.verisign.com -C 14 When the certificate of 'www.verisign.com' is valid for more than 14 days, ...
In the defintion of the alert you can define the resend interval to be every 'x' minutes, and how many emails to send before giving up.
Set up a Pingdom monitoring service to send you emails and SMS messages when things go wrong. Also set up something like Nagios to alert on internal services, also set up to alert via sms, using a provider such as Clickatell.
Define a serviceescalation with notification_interval set to 120 when the service is in CRITICAL state: define serviceescalation{ host_name xx service_description disk_free notification_interval 120 . . escalation_period 24x7 escalation_options c }
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"A joy to read. Even as it merges hefty philosophical arguments, detailed discussions of key economic concepts, and numerous historical examples, its light and breezy prose enables quick reading...Free Market Revolution could not have come at a better time." ―The Objective Standard
"Free Market Revolution will raise the ire of every statist, socialist and crony capitalist. Rand understood - as do the authors of this all-too-timely book - that free markets are, indeed, moral while Big Government is manifestly not." ―Steve Forbes
"A powerful and unapologetic case in support of capitalism. For those who think more government will solve our nation's problems, Free Market Revolution will open your eyes. For those who can already see the light, it will sharpen your vision." ―Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc., host of the Peter Schiff Show on www.SchiffRadio.com, and author of The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy―How to Save Yourself and Your Country
"Free Market Revolution is must-reading for an age in which the government seems to be treating Atlas Shrugged not as a warning, but as a how-to manual." ―Glenn Reynolds,
"Free Market Revolution is a potential game-changer. Brook and Watkins dismantle the myth that free markets are responsible for today's ills, and they teach us how to take the moral high ground in the fight against Big Government. If there are any Occupiers left, this book should make them lay down their signs in surrender. Anyone who wants to understand why we have strayed so far from the Founders' ideals, and how we can find our way back, should read this book." ―Mallory Factor, Founder, Mallory Factor, Inc., and Professor of International Politics at The Citadel
"This book is a must read for anyone concerned about the demonization of capitalism and deification of collectivism. Yaron Brook and Don Watkins meld philosophy with practicality in their cogent analysis of how Ayn Rand's moral defense of capitalism can bring down the limitless growth of government and restore its original, intended purpose--protection of individual rights. Changing the trajectory of the country calls for a long and intense fight with very steep odds against victory. But the concept of the Free Market Revolution, celebrating the individual pursuit of rational, long-term self interest as a virtue, provides the arsenal for the assault. And Brook and Watkins give a battle plan of surefire approaches to limit, and then eliminate, even such massive incursions as the government's takeover of healthcare." ―Jim M. Kilts, Former CEO of Gillette Company
"The most important issue in our society today is the morality of capitalism. Free Market Revolution lays bare how capitalism is the only economic system consistent with man's nature as a thinking being who must act in his long term rational self-interest to survive and prosper. This is an important book which integrates philosophical ideas with their real world consequences." ―John A. Allison, Retired Chairman & CEO, BB&T Corporation
"Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government is very welcomed indeed. With clarity and courage Brook and Watkins present?the basic teachings of free market economics, and place them within the?context of Ayn Rand's broader moral-philosophic system. As the problems?with government intervention into the free market become more and more?evident to larger segments of the population, Ayn Rand's writing, especially her epic Atlas Shrugged, takes on a new life for a new generation." ―Peter J. Boettke, Professor of Economics, George Mason University
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Yaron Brook is Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, and CNN.com, and appeared on The O'Reilly Factor, The Glenn Beck Show, On the Money, and Closing Bell, among others. A former finance professor at Santa Clara University, he is the co-writer with Don Watkins of a column on business and capitalism at Forbes.com
Don Watkins is a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute and the co-writer with Yaron Brook of a column on business and capitalism at Forbes.com. He appears regularly on radio and TV, and his op-eds have appeared in such venues as Investor's Business Daily, The Christian Science Monitor, FoxNews.com, and Forbes.


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Journal of Youth and Adolescence
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The Skinny on Body Dissatisfaction: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Girls and Boys
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The present study tested whether theoretically derived risk factors predicted increases in body dissatisfaction and whether gender moderated these relations with data from a longitudinal study of 428 adolescent girls and boys because few prospective studies have examined these aims, despite evidence that body dissatisfaction increases risk for various psychiatric disturbances. Body dissatisfaction showed significant increases for girls and significant decreases for boys during early adolescence. For both genders, parental support deficits, negative affectivity, and self-reported dietary restraint showed significant relations to future increases in body dissatisfaction. Ideal body internalization and body mass index did not demonstrate significant relations to future increases in body dissatisfaction; peer support deficits showed a marginal relation to this outcome. Gender did not moderate these relations, despite adequate power to detect interactive effects.
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- The Skinny on Body Dissatisfaction: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Girls and Boys
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- 2006-04
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Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note
Lately, I've become accustomed to the way
The ground opens up and envelopes me
Each time I go out to walk the dog.
Or the broad edged silly music the wind
Makes when I run for a bus...
Things have come to that.
And now, each night I count the stars.
And each night I get the same number.
And when they will not come to be counted,
I count the holes they leave.
Nobody sings anymore.
And then last night I tiptoed up
To my daughter's room and heard her
Talking to someone, and when I opened
The door, there was no one there...
Only she on her knees, peeking into
Her own clasped hands
Analysis of Poem
Rhyme Scheme: none
Stanzas: 7 stanzas (5,1,4,1,5,1)
Punctuation: Uses the "…"
Author is an African American
Written during the 1960's when prejudice towards blacks was prevalent in America.
Literary Devices:
Repetition: "And now…"
"And each…"
" And when…"
" The ground envelopes me"
" Broad edged silly music"
" Tip-toed"
" Clasped hands"
Figurative Language:
Personification: "The ground envelopes me"
" Broad edged silly music the wind makes…"
Tone: Hopeless
Theme: African Americans are frustrated because they are being oppressed by whites.
Author Background:
Amiri Baraka was born on October 7, 1934. Preface to a Twenty-Volume Suicide Note was published in 1961, and it was his first volume of poetry. He was the founder of Totem Press, as well as the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School. Baraka has also written many off-Broadway plays and has taught at colleges such as San Francisco State University, Yale University, and George Washington University. He has been a professor of Africana Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook since 1985.


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Two top-20 featherweights, a middleweight icon and an MTV host have made their way onto the next Dream card.
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Joe Warren vs. Michihiro Omigawa and Gegard Mousasi vs. Tatsyua Mizuno will be part of the Dream 16 show on Sept. 25 in Nagoya, Japan, U.S. broadcaster HDNet announced Friday.
Sakuraba-Miller matches up two quarterfinalists from the Dream 2008 Middleweight Grand Prix. Both men are skilled grapplers, but Sakuraba uses a pro wrestler's approach that has him taking more chances to go for submissions, while Miller might be the better all-around fighter.
At age 29, Miller also has the advantage of youth and dynamism. While Miller remains in relatively good shape, the 41-year-old Sakuraba has absorbed more than his fair share of punishment over the course of his legendary career and has looked slower in his last several bouts.
Miller, host of MTV's Bully Beatdown, has been angling for a grudge match with Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz, but the promotion decided to have Diaz defend his title belt against K.J. Noons in October.
Warren, who is already slated to face Joe Soto next week at Bellator 27, earlier this week said he expected to face Omigawa at the Dream show. Omigawa and Warren are Nos. 8 and 18 in the USA TODAY/SB Nation consensus rankings.
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The student, who wished to remain anonymous, said the school
raised the commission rate from 20% to 25% last week, less
than two weeks before the exhibition, which opens today.
Given that students paid course fees and had to cover the
cost of materials used in their artwork, they felt the level
of commission was "ridiculous", the student said.
It meant students would need to raise the price of their
works to cover the cost of materials, reducing the chances
they would sell.
"It's really stressful.
"This is supposed to be about celebrating our work, but we
now have to stress out about how much money we are actually
going to get out of it and ...[whether] we are actually going
to cover our costs."
The school had also failed to tell them why the rate was
raised to 25% this year.
It was not the fact students had to pay commission, but the
lackof communication and the fact the rate was so high that
frustrated students.
"If [the school] had explained why, then the commission would
be easier to accept."
Otago Polytechnic director of communications Mike Waddell
said art students always had to pay commission at the
end-of-year exhibition.
"The reason for the increase is that the commission has been
at 20% for the last 10 years and, as you can imagine, costs
have gone up during this time, hence the 5% increase," Mr
Waddell said.
The "reality was" the art school subsidised the exhibition,
which made a loss.
It was common for artists to be charged 40% or more for
artworks sold at private galleries and to have to pay for the
hire of the venue, he said.
Fifty graduating students from the school will show their
work at this year's exhibition, SITE 2012, at the Dunedin
School of Art in Riego St.
The exhibition is open to the public today from 10am-4pm and
next Monday to Thursday from noon to 4pm.
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As someone in whose life art figured for most of my
working-years, eg 'Technical Illustrator', through to
Watercolour Artist, with spells spent in film/video and
photography, these people are badly in need of a
reality-check; which they will get, once they begin to employ
their skills earning their livings in a cold, unsympathetic
world, for 'artists'. Be realistic, about that it is, you
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Nick Barmby has only been a manager for five games, but he has already proved himself a man for the big occasion.
Back-to-back defeats against Burnley and Southampton left fans wondering whether Barmby, a local hero, was management material.
But, with the pressure on, Barmby has delivered. Two wins in five days over promotion rivals Leicester City and Birmingham City have moved Hull up to sixth in the Championship table and cemented their place as genuine play-off contenders.
The manner of the victories certainly have added weight to claims that the 37-year-old should be given the role on a permanent basis.
Barmby, however, is only focused on City's next game, a trip to bottom of the league Coventry on Saturday, and staying in the promotion hunt.
"I'm not really thinking on them lines. My main object is to get the team ready for games. I just want to keep this run going. Nobody here is getting carried away," said Barmby, after his came from behind to beat Birmingham 2-1 at the KC Stadium.
"With the team we have got the players should definitely believe they can challenge for promotion and as long as they show the same application they did today week-in-week-out then they have got a chance. It's a difficult league and we need to find that consistency." Birmingham, meanwhile, have now only won one of their last nine matches in all competitions and seen their promotion hopes take a hit after a promising start to the season.
Manager Chris Hughton admitted the result left him "disappointed and frustrated", especially because of his side's wastefulness in front of goal.
He said: "We were victims of not being clinical enough. If you look over the 90 minutes we had enough good chances not to lose a game.
"The performance has been patchy tonight. We have conceded two poor goals. It is my job to pick these boys up and we will go again on Saturday." Birmingham took the lead when Marlon King, a former Tiger, flicked on a long ball up field for Wood, who half-volleyed the ball into the bottom left hand corner of the goal from just inside the box.
Whatever Nick Barmby said to his players at half time it worked because less than two minutes into the second half they were level.
Cameron Stewart danced down the right wing before cutting the ball back for Robert Koren to smash home his third goal in as many games.
Spurred on by the goal, the home side started to find the attacking rhythm they lacked in the first period. They took the lead after 68 minutes with a superb counter attack that was finished off by Aaron McLean, who up till that point had been largely ineffectual.
Peter Gulacsii has come in for criticism this year, not least after a poor performance at, but Hull fans were singing his name after he made a reflex save from close range to deny Chris Burke.
Hull City (4-2-3-1): Gulacsi, Rosenior, Chester, Hobbs (c), Dawson, Evans, McKenna, Stewart (Dudgeon, 85), Koren, McLean, Fryatt Subs: Basso, Cairney, McShane, Adebola
Booked: McLean, McKenna
Birmingham City (4-4-2): Myhill, Carr (c), Caldwell, Ibanez, Murphy, Burke, Spector, Fahey (N'Daw, 77), Elliot, King, Wood (Zigic, 76) Subs: Doyle, Gomis, Rooney.
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A Civil Aviation Authority inquiry is under way this
afternoon into a fatal helicopter crash in a forestry block
near Gisborne this morning in which a 53-year-old local man
He was a passenger on board the Gisborne Helicopters Ltd
machine that crashed at the bottom of a hill near a forestry
skid site on the Paritu Road off State Highway 2 in the
Wharerata Ranges.
The crash happened around 10am, and the victim was pronounced
dead at the scene.
The pilot, aged 49, was flown to Gisborne Hospital by the ECT
rescue helicopter and was admitted to the intensive care
"He is in a stable condition," a hospital spokeswoman said.
Paramedics said the pilot had suffered multiple serious
"We treated him and then used a long-line to lift him out."
The body of the victim was to be recovered by helicopter this
"A post-mortem examination will be conducted," police said.
The chopper was delivering supplies from one work site to
another prior to a controlled burnoff on the property when
the accident occurred.
Police have spoken to numerous witnesses.
The helicopter did not catch fire as a result of the crash.
"We will not be commenting on the cause of the accident,"
police said.
"It will be up to the CAA to determine how the accident
happened and make comment."
Police will maintain a cordon around the crash site overnight
as the inquiry continues.
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Henrico County will dedicate Elko Community Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 27 at 6216 White Oak Rd. in Sandston.
This event, which is open to the public, will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature remarks by county officials, facility tours, children's activities, games, exhibits, classic cars, food and music by Churchyard Grass.
Built in 1924, the community center was a meeting place for the Windsor Club of Elko. During World War II the Elko community gained some historical significance when the United States military converted part of the Elko Tract into a decoy airfield in an effort to secure Byrd Airport.
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