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We take a look at the Corsair Vengeance 1400 headset, for 55 quid could this be the perfect headset to make the most of that headphone amp on your new motherboard?
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ASUS Launches Cine5 Ultra-Compact 5-channel Speaker
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ASUS today unveiled the world's most compact 5-channel speaker in the form of its ASUS Cine 5 PC speaker system.
SteelSeries Shows Off Its New Ultra Portable 7H Headset
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Following closely on the launch of its 6GV2 mechanical gaming keyboard, SteelSeries unveiled another gaming special at CeBIT 2010 – the high-end SteelSeries 7H headset.
2010: The Year of the Touch
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CeBIT 2010 took off yesterday in Hannover and OC3D has been there right from the start. And not surprisingly, we found that "touch" is everywhere.
Apple Extends Warranty to Replace Defective Hard Drives
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Apple is giving some of its MacBook customers extended warranties plus a free replacement for any failed hard disk drives.
CM Storm Pulse R Headset Review
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Our next CM Storm review is of the Pulse R headset, which has some very cool customisation potential.
ASUS ROG Vulcan ANC Headset Review
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Today we're looking at an active noise cancelling headset from ASUS, the ROG Vulcan ANC.
ASUS Echelon Camo Edition Headset
Audio | 11th September 2013
If you're in the mood for some gaming action and require a headset, maybe ASUS has just the thing with their Echelon.
Qpad QH-90 Headset Review
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Today we take a look at the latest premium headset from Qpad, designed for the discerning audiophile.
Ozone Rage ST Headset Review
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Ozone gear is very competitively priced, so does the Rage ST prove to be a bargain?
SteelSeries Siberia v2 Headset Makes it to the Grammy Awards
Gaurang Shah | 28th January 2010
Leading game peripherals and accessories manufacturer SteelSeries today announced that its SteelSeries Siberia v2 Headset will be appearing at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
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Auzentech has announced their full-height PCI-Express sound card.
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There will be a rise in the number of attacks on social networking sites and cloud computing
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SteelSeries announce their festive pricing for the Siberia and a mobile adaptor.
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The popular music streaming service now offers offline mode for computer users.
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The "friendship" with Harry is really strange. I'm not saying it's not possible to be besties with someone twelve years your junior, but teenage boys are on a totally different level of maturity than someone of 30.
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Creekside Gas & Auto Repair is an abandoned gas station in Bottineau, North Dakota. The gas station is approximately 50km from the Canadian border. Minimal information is available about when the property became abandoned. However, the pump on the right reveals a fuel price of $1.699, which (according to historical fuel price information) leads me to believe Creekside Gas & Auto Repair has been abandoned for at least a decade.
Incidentally, the current president of Cargill Inc., Gregory R. Page, hails from Bottineau. One of the first abandonments I explored in Buffalo was the Cargill Pool Elevator.
Deep underground in the Kanagawa region of Japan is a series of tunnels spanning 27km (according to conservative estimates). They were built during World War 2 as protection from United States air raids. The tunnel system was intricate; it was home to a 500 bed hospital, power plant, numerous warehouses and even a submarine factory!
During my recent six week trip to Japan, our crew of urban explorers crawled down through a dark and claustrophobic tunnel to make our entrance into a section of the tunnel system. Naturally, we posed for a group photo.
Our team of urban explorers in the Mutsuura Underground Bunker.
The concourse echoes with emptiness. All but two security guards appear to occupy the cavernous space. A rush of empathy hits me as I recall the lone crewman exploring his barren hometown of Edmonds, Washington in the novel On the Beach.
I fish the large receipt out of my backpack that I purchased at JTB International (Canada) in Toronto two days earlier. This receipt will be a golden ticket to easily accessible travel on Japan's legendary rail system. But first, I need to exchange the receipt for a miniature booklet which will become my metaphorical source of ultimate power while slingshotting to and from Nagasaki.
The ticketing office (revealed by the bright green sign with large JR lettering I was instructed to look for by the JTB agents) is soon closing, so their small staff politely gesture me to sit down and quickly complete the process.
Setting up the Japan Rail Pass requires my hotel's name, which I do not have committed to memory. I begin the process of retreiving it from my iPhone's email cache. This proves to be a time consuming effort, so a clerk transfers me to a neighbouring ticket office. Eventually, a Japan Rail Pass and Reserved Seat Ticket are in my possession. All of this was accomplished with incredible politeness from the agents and minimal spoken English.
I proceed to the underground station in anticipation of my first ride on the legendary Japanese rail system.
An iPhone 4 photo of my newly acquired Japan Rail Pass and ticket to Tokyo Station.
The Japan Rail Pass is recommended as the easiest and cheapest method of rail travel for foreigners in Japan. With a flash of the pass at ticketing gate booths, foreign travellers gain quick access to train platforms while all other travellers flow through often crowded turnstiles. As I wave my pass at the booth's clerk, I temporarily fool myself into believing I've acquired Jedi powers.
While standing patiently on the platform waiting for the train to arrive at the station, I become bemused by the odd mixture of English and Japanese in the rail system. There are numbers where I expect Japanese symbols and vice versa. I feel somewhat prepared for this, thanks to the ever popular All Your Base meme. It still requires a few extra seconds to ensure I haven't taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
A typical train departure sign with a mix of Japanese and English characters.
The train arrives and I enter a virtually empty Car 9. The empathetic rush continues. As I seat myself, I notice only a few other passengers. There are three seats in my row, so I set my backpack on the seat beside me and get settled in for the ride to Tokyo Station in the heart of Tokyo.
Within a few minutes, a stereotypically looking Japanese businessman is standing in the aisle beside me and, while showing me his ticket, gestures that I move aside. I briefly pan my eyes around the nearly empty train car, then innocently shrug and slide my backpack and myself over one seat each. I humourously wonder to myself if seating us side by side in a nearly empty train car is a method of indoctrinating foreigners into Japan's infamous style of minimal personal space? Then, using surprisingly clear and tense English, he says, "You should read your ticket." He proceeds to light up a cigarette (I was assigned to the smoking car) and begins to quietly read.
The ride to Tokyo Station is rather low key, so I return to reading the Steve Jobs biography. Occasionally, I lift my eyes away from the page to see the vistas of Japan zoom past under a nearly full moon sky. The first bright sign that flows past is, of course, the golden arches of McDonalds. I grin to myself with an additional eye roll and dive into the next tale of Steve Jobs' early temperament.
As the train pulls into Tokyo Station, I prepare for the first adventure on the road to Hashima Island - actually finding Tong and our hotel!
Tong's friend Kuni, who lives in Tokyo, has graciously made hotel arrangements on our behalf for the night and will be joining us for a few hours. Originally, we planned to meet in Tokyo Station, but they understandably decided to wait for me in the hotel versus standing around for hours in Tokyo Station. It's up to me to find my way to the hotel on my own.
My feet lead me off of the train and into the busy station. The empathetic rush fades. My goal is to get to a central location in the complex and search for a directory map with some kind of "You Are Here" indicator. I spot a large map display at the top of the concourse ramp.
While at the Vancouver airport, I captured a Google Maps screenshot of Tokyo Station and its surrounding area. Out comes my iPhone and I swipe through numerous photos to get to the image of that map. I pause for a second and decide to flip back a few photos to one I passed of my sister Arlene. This brings to mind a conversation we had just before I left for Japan, when she assured me I'd be alright on the trip and my instincts would carry me through any potentially difficult moments. Always appreciating a little inspiration, I decided to make that photo my wallpaper to have it serve as a constant reminder to stick to my instincts and, as Arlene would say, "Just do it!". On a deeper level, Arlene simply inspired me to remember how my Dad approached all intense situations - with a calm, yet quick ability to assess a situation and determine a sound course of action.
After a few minutes of comparing my iPhone map image to the station's map, I realize the Pearl Hotel Yaesu's location is not indicated. There are several hotel icons, but none of them are marked with my hotel's name. Now what?
To be continued...
Japan will be a trip of firsts.
It will be the first time leaving North America since a family trip to England when I was six years old. In hindsight, due to youth, that trip almost feels like a dream that never happened. In every way imaginable, going to Japan feels like the first continental adventure.
It will be the first time visiting a primarily non-English speaking country. Curiosity begs an answer to the question of whether or not the power of body language can really overcome the crutch of linguistics.
At the apex of my thoughts is how the safety net will be truly absent for the first time. Previous urban exploration adventures all had a fallback - readily available cell/web communications, similar languages and currencies, a group of travel companions to rely on - forms of control over the situations of "planned spontaneity" I would get myself (and fellow urban explorers) into. But not this time.
The only real fallback will be Tong, who I'll meet up with in Tokyo. Tong is a well travelled, analytical thinker who can understand some characters of the Japanese language (I like to joke that he knows 18% Japanese due to his Asian heritage). However, with our exact plans still somewhat undefined as we're about to converge upon Japan, even he displays an air of uncertainty in our email exchanges leading up to the adventure.
The adventure will be simple, in theory: illegally land on an abandoned island 10km off the southwestern coast of Japan, evade being sighted by sea patrols and other vessels for (an unprecedented) eight continuous hours, then escape the island without being caught. Simple...in theory?
Hashima Island was a coal mining facility owned by Mitsubishi from 1887 to 1974 and sits in the East China Sea, approximately 15km off the coast from Nagasaki, Japan. Due to the island's shape, derelict high-rise structures and sea walls it often goes by the nickname Battleship Island. By 1959, Hashima Island had the highest population density in the world, housing 5,259 people (an average of 139,100 people/km2) in a multitude of concrete buildings on 15 acres of land. After the island's operations closed 37 years ago, it became off limits to the public and the slow process of dereliction commenced.
Hashima Island photographed from the East China Sea
Very few people have had the opportunity to explore Hashima Island. After our urban exploration adventures at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans in June, Tong proposed the idea of exploring Hashima Island in November (he will already be in southeast Asia for work). I mentioned having an urban explorer contact on Twitter (@ikumi_urbex) hailing from Japan who had previously served as a guide to the island for a limited number of other urban explorers. I offered to initiate communications with her via email and see what happens. Ikumi responded immediately, in broken translated English, with a very positive, upbeat reply. And so the journey began.
Ikumi, our guide on Hashima Island
Four months later, after numerous email exchanges (some through a small network of friends providing intermediary translations), we're on our way to meet up in Japan. Arrangements for Hashima Island have been made on our behalf, with guidance from Tong and I on some available options. We've been informed to meet in Nagasaki at a specific hotel and time and prepare for the urban exploration adventure of a lifetime. But first...
Flying can be an excellent source of focus. The constrained environment forces you to concentrate on tasks or emotions on your mind (especially if you aren't comfortable sleeping on planes). During the long flight to Tokyo (with a layover in the beautiful Vancouver airport) I'll do some writing, read large portions of the Steve Jobs biography, and mentally prepare for the pending Japanese adventure.
An iPhone 4 photo of Narita Airport's international visitor's greeting sign
After landing at Narita Airport and getting through customs (a surprisingly easy task), the bottom of the airport's concourse escalator becomes a temporary homebase for myself and my large green suitcase. Immediately, expectations of having no cell signal and no way to call Tong are confirmed. The airport's wifi becomes too weak in the concourse, so the time arrives to test my instincts and intuition(1). I have to figure out how to meet up with Tong without the assistance of digital technology or any understanding of the Japanese language.
Footnotes:1. I try to live a paperless life, so I have no printouts with me. Yes, I admit this tends to artificially enhance my adventures. ;)
Here we are, ten years after that fateful September day when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked by terrorists hijacking commercial planes. Like millions have done today, I took time to think about the events of 9/11 and where I was (both physically and figuratively) in my own life. I also thought about how a significant date becomes a marker in time for annual reflection.
On September 11, 2001, I was working as a Web Developer at my first technology job, an eLearning start-up. My morning routine consisted of arriving at work shortly after 9:00am, reading a bit of news, grabbing an almond vanilla coffee, then doing research or web programming until lunch. The first website I would launch was Slashdot. I typed their URL into Mozilla (yes, I was an early adopter of their fledgling browser) and waited for the website to load. Sensing something was wrong with our servers (given Slashdot's established uptime reliability), I asked a co-worker if our company Internet connection was having issues. He said a plane or missle had hit the World Trade Center and rumours of it being a terrorist attack was causing extreme Internet congestion. Slashdot eventually loaded with some brief snippets of news about the attacks. Google's home page was the only other online source for small tidbits of news. Every other major website was down.
For the previous five years, the eleventh day of September had a different meaning for me than most people. My Mom died on September 11, 1995 after a short battle with cancer. For the next five years, I would wake up on that date with thoughts of her heavy on my mind. I would lose concentration throughout the day reflecting on my life with her in it and the gaping wound her absence had created.
But now, the bastards had stolen the date from me.
The bastards stole it from thousands that day. They created grief and loss where it didn't have to exist. Family members were lost in the attacks when they should have come home that night. Kids needlessly lost their parents. As David Letterman put it (during his first Late Show episode after the attacks): "if you live to be a thousand years old, will that make any goddamned sense?"
There was no stopping the cancer that took my Mom from us. It was heartless, savage and unrelenting. It proceeded with one goal in mind - to destroy life. When medicine gave up, my Dad stepped in and did everything he could to stop the cancer. There were a few successes, but eventually she lost the battle and we were left to pick up the pieces.
The people that suffered during (and after) 9/11 shouldn't have had to endure the same sense of loss and tragedy as myself and my family.
Humanity is capable of such amazing things. In 2008, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was directed to photograph the Phoenix Lander during its descent onto to the Martian surface. This is what we're really capable of accomplishing.
Creative Options in Waterloo, my location during the 9/11 attacks. I returned here today to grab a photo.
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LinuxPPC 1999
There are some very significant things about LinuxPPC and the Macintosh that make installing LinuxPPC a challenge for Mac users. For one, no matter how hard you look, MacOS (the Macintosh Operating System) does not feature a command line or anything remotely resembling one. Fortunately enough, with this release of LinuxPPC 5.1, LinuxPPC, Inc. has done a great job of making the intrinsically complicated installation process easy with their X-based installer. Although the process is not perfect or free from any defects, it does a good job of bridging the gap between a 100% graphical OS and a 100% fundamentally command-line OS.
LinuxPPC, along with MkLinux and NetBSD, are the three flavors of Linux that can be found for Macintosh computers. LinuxPPC supports some very exotic hardware, with various degrees of functionality: BeBoxes, Motorola Powerstacks (a PowerPC-based machine capable of running a defunct WindowsNT), IBM AIX machines (PowerPC-based, such as the Thinkpad 8x0 series) and Apple's discontinued Network Servers (which ran only AIX). Most users run LinuxPPC on Macintosh hardware, whether from Apple or from the late clonemakers (Umax and PowerComputing). A wide array of platforms are supported from old Performas (6360, 6400 series) to the latest B&W G3, Powerbooks G3 and all iMac flavors.
The name LinuxPPC 1999 refers to the most recent version of LinuxPPC, in this case version 5.1, which is a minor update to v5.0. Thus, the name LinuxPPC 1999 and LinuxPPC R5.1 may be used interchangeably.
Essentially, LinuxPPC R5.1 is based on Red Hat 6. This may sound like old news for x86 users, but LinuxPPC was almost an entire year in gestation. On June 10, 1999, the CDs shipped out to patient users. LinuxPPC 1999 follows from LinuxPPC 1998, another Red Hat-based distribution (Red Hat 5). This last release brings some very significant improvements over the previous version, including XFree86, glibc 2.1-based, USB support with 2.2 kernels, a wider array of window managers (WindowMaker, Enlightenment), linuxconf support and Netscape Communicator 4.6 to name a few. Furthermore, switching from the MacOS to LinuxPPC has never been easier, due to the introduction of Benjamin Herrenschmidt's BootX 1.1, a utility that makes flirting with the buggy OpenFirmware settings a thing of the past.
I have successfully installed LinuxPPC on a variety of platforms I have owned over the past years: a Performa 6360 (PPC 603ev, 160 MHz), a PowerMacintosh 6500/275 (PPC 603ev 275 MHz, ATI RageII), a Powerbook G3/3500 (PPC 750 250 MHz, Chips and Technologies 65554) and on my latest acquisition, a Powerbook G3/266 (PPC 750 266 MHz, ATI Rage Pro LT).
Installation has never been so straightforward: there's the choice of an X-based installer, running on a minimum live file system (with shells and WindowMaker), and for more confident users, the Red Hat installer.
The most difficult step to be carried out during the installation process is partitioning the hard drive. Although this is by no means a complicated operation, it has to be carried out cautiously to prevent any loss of data on MacOS partitions. It should be noted that, although LinuxPPC is becoming a mature distribution, users are expected (read required) to polish the edges by manually tuning their installation and resolving some minor problems. First-time users are often frustrated at this point: between the use of vi and the large number of configuration files to be edited, their MacOS experience falls short of helping them conquer the final hurdles.
LinuxPPC, however, and for that matter most Linux distributions, are built on the premise of experience capitalization: from the resolution of a problem, so much is learned of the system itself that the next problem is tackled efficiently.
The installation process starts by launching the LinuxPPC 1999 Installer, having the live file system on a local volume and rebooting the machine into LinuxPPC (using BootX). The installation can access the distribution whether it is located on a CD-ROM, HTTP, FTP or NFS. An excellent 68-page installation guide is provided to cover the common pitfalls, and prospective users should consider reading it several times before attempting the installation.
By far, the simplest and safest installation process is with the $40 CD-ROM sold by LinuxPPC (or any custom-made CD-ROM with long file name support). Although the FTP installation is equally easy, it requires a relatively fast and reliable Internet connection and support present in the kernel for the Ethernet hardware. The local installation, which involves downloading the RPM files from one of the FTP sites to a MacOS volume, can be equally challenging: MacOS does not support long file names (in excess of 32 characters) and the name truncation is often FTP client-dependent. Furthermore, HFS+, the updated version of the MacOS file system HFS, is not supported in LinuxPPC. Hence, a local distribution should be on an HFS volume only. A custom CD-ROM can be recorded on any PC in the ISO9660/HFS Format with Rock Ridge Extensions (with long file name support). The DOS version of mkhybrid can be used to generate the ISO image file supported by most CD mastering software.
Nevertheless, once the source installation issue is addressed, the installation process involves six steps:
Partition the hard drive (1GB as root and 200MB as swap are recommended).
Choose and configure the installation method.
Choose the packages to be installed (minimum installation is 400MB).
Enter the root password.
Configure the network.
Reboot the machine.
Although there aren't any major issues to be resolved during the installation, I noticed the output shell is overly verbose. It reports errors which appear to be are serious, but which do not prevent the installation process from concluding successfully.
Once the machine is restarted, the user may be faced with the first problem as the screen cycles a number of times displaying a hieroglyphic message stating that a process is respawning too fast, and as a result, another process was murdered mysteriously. Fortunately, the cycling pauses for five minutes after a number of attempts, which is enough time to log in as root and solve the problem. The resolution is described at the LinuxPPC web site, under the updates section. Once this problem is resolved, the system boots in runlevel 5, and it presents us with GNOME and Enlightenment and an Xlogin screen. From there, customization of the environment and installation of new packages are simple matters common to most other Linux systems.
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Nectarines are fruits with a smooth, yellow and red skin. Inside, the fruit is golden with tinges of red surrounding a brown pit. Nectarines have a rich, sweet, peach-like flavor.
Pollock with Nectarine Salsa
The citrusy nectarine -and-kiwifruit salsa brings out the mild, natural sweetness of the pollock. If pollock isn't available, substitute cod instead.
Nectarine Sundaes
A nectarine transforms into the most amazing dessert when grilled and brushed with honey. We topped two with ice cream, berries, and crushed cookies to make this tantalizing sundae.
Nectarine & Prosciutto Pizza
Here sweet ripe nectarines and salty prosciutto ham are arranged on a crust slathered with basil pesto and sprinkled with assertive blue and provolone cheeses. If you haven't tried pizza on the grill, you're missing one of the joys of outdoor cooking. Once you've mastered this technique, use it ...
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How to make a sunset sangria. What you need: limes, sugar, ice, bottle of pinot noir or syrah and fresh nectarine . Add 1 cup of lime juice, 2TSP lime zest, 3/4 cup sugar, and water. Stir. Add ice. Add 2/3 cup of the mixture. Finallyneed: limes, sugar, ice, bottle of pinot noir or syrah and fresh nectarine . Add 1 cup of lime juice, 2TSP lime zest, 3/4 cup sugar, and water. Stir. Add ice. Add 2/3 cup of the
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An extremely versitle transformer coupled tube amp.
Pros: Can drive a wide range of headphones low and high impedance cans and even IEMS (lack of noise) Excellent build quality Looks Tube Rolling
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2004 Saturn L300 Repair and Maintenance
A guide to problems, costs, maintenance and repair for your 2004 Saturn L300
- AC Compressor Replacement $972 - 1,234
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- AC Recharge $189 - 289
- Automatic Transmission Fluid/Filter Change $167 - 262
- Water Pump Replacement $410 - 735
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- Ray & Dana's Inman Auto Care (732) 856-5054 | 3.46mi
- Zaloom's Auto Repair (646) 681-5255 | 8.95mi
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2004 Saturn L300 Problems
Illumination of the Check Engine Light can be caused by a loose or worn gas cap.
A burning smell may develop due to an oil leak form one or both valve cover gaskets. Resealing the valve cover will generally correct this concern. However, the valve covers should be inspected and replaced if damaged.
The ignition module or an ignition coil may fail causing the engine to misfire which can cause the Check Engine Light to illuminate or begin flashing.
2004 Saturn L300 Questions
I checked fuel pressure and got about 41 psi, started to pull coil packs to check for spark, but found plug cavities full of oil. Help please. Did find that rubber boots need replaced as well but where is oil coming from?
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I purchased this car used and have owned it for 4 years now, and the only problem I've had is a broken fuel pump; which was caused by me hitting a very deep pothole. The transmission shifts smoother than any car I've ever driven, including a Mercedes-Benz. Problems that catch my attention are the general cheapness of some of the plastic panels, like the grill. The dashboard lights can also sud...
i bought a 2004 saturn L-300 about a year ago and it is a great car i have not had to do anything to it except get in and drive it except for changing the oil when it comes time to. rides great and i live on a rough gravel it gets excellent gas millage perfect for goin on long trips so all and all i think it is a great car
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HOUSTON (ICIS)--Phosphate producer OCP Group and Bunge Limited have reached an agreement to buy Bunge's 50% stake in their Moroccan fertilizer joint venture Bunge Maroc Phosphore S.A., the US-based agribusiness major announced on Thursday.
The joint venture was formed in 2008 to provide phosphate-based materials for Bunge's fertilizer businesses in South America.
According to company officials, the operation has a production capacity of 375,000 tonnes per year of phosphoric acid and other derivative products. The deal, which will need approval from Brazilian regulators, is expected to close by the end of 2013.
Morocco-based OCP is a global leading phosphate producer and, looking ahead towards its acquisition, the company said it is considering making additional capital investment to improve the facility's infrastructure and increasing production rates.
"Bunge Maroc Phosphore has played an important role in meeting our fertilizer supply needs in South America," said Soren Schroder, CEO of Bunge. "However, with the sale of our fertilizer business in Brazil, the opportunity for OCP to acquire our interest in the joint venture at this time makes strategic sense for both parties."
Headquartered in White Plains, New York, Bunge Limited operates in over 40 countries and is involved in many aspects of agricultural services and products, including buying and transporting oilseeds and grains, and producing sugar and ethanol from sugarcane.
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The things you think about when you should be out enjoying the day
Pedal Powered»
The Pedal Powered blog began as the experiences of transportation reporter Robert J. Hawkins bicycling to work for one month. OK, that's over. Let's make this an all-things-bicycling blog for everybody on two wheels, or one or, whatever. You've just got to pedal it. Send your bike news and muses to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The things that come crashing into your head when you most want the brain to be set on "normal."
I want so badly for my first bike ride to work on Monday to be a just-another-day-at-the-office experience. You know: you get up, dress, brush your teeth, pack your bag, carry the bike from the spare bedroom to the street and just, well, pedal to work.
It ought to be like breathing, only difficult when you really really think hard about it.
But here it is, a gorgeous Sunday and I'm sitting at the kitchen table mentally composing a game plan for getting to work, when getting to work is a thing I have been doing consistently for (cough, cough) decades.
Here's how stupid some of my thoughts are: Travel light? OK, so I'm staring at a short stack of business cards and thinking "Do I really need to carry all of those in my backpack?"
Seriously, Bob? Business cards?
Gone for now is the luxury of automobile as storage locker and remote filing system. The spare change of clothes, the spare notebooks and pens, the comforting coffee and muffin beside me, the old fast food trash, the parking receipts, the infusion of morning news from grandmotherly NPR voices on KPBS, the extra hat and sunglasses, the unopened mail, the gym bag of running clothes that hasn't been opened in months (relax, they're clean ... ) -- all that stuff must be set aside.
The bicycle is like that bullet-head guarding the velvet rope. It is only going to permit me on with what's reasonable to carry.
So I ask myself, what do I really need to successfully get through a day at work (besides coffee, which we have in abundance in the office)?
But then I must also consider, what will be asked of me at work today? Will I cover a meeting full of seriously suited change-makers? Will I be asked to do a stand-up for Channel 10 TV? Will I be out in the field -- no, I mean a real field -- as in a construction site? Will I be meeting with bosses?
Am I really sitting here playing dress-up at my age?
Time to get down to basics: All I am doing is riding a bicycle to work -- maybe six miles, I'll clock it in about an hour -- instead of a car.
This is normal for so many many people. They do it every day, or every other day. And many climb steeper hills and travel farther than I can imagine.
It is normal, normal, normal.
And vastly more people arrive safely then get in accidents.
See? Normal.
Think ahead. Plan accordingly. Learn to live without that-which-you-can-not-carry or stuff under your desk at the office ahead of time.
I can see where years of carry-on-only packing for airline flights is going to pay off.
The Adams Avenue Roots Festival is winding down and I have yet to hear a single performance. I'm going to drive over and catch the last few hours -- and on the way drop off a change or two of clothes (and a coat and tie) in the office, under my desk.


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The county commissioners authorized an outside review of the county's various offices and functions, seeking efficiencies, redundancies and possible opportunities for improvement.
The Cape Cod Commission adopted new regulations in May requiring the swearing in of all individuals providing testimony to commission subcommittees at the start of each hearing.
The contract to prepare a county-wide wildfire preparedness plan was awarded to Northeast Forest and Fire Management, LLC in June to build on work with Cape towns over the past six years.
Who says environmentalists are humorless? GreenCape, a grassroots organization advocating for the elimination of pesticides and other chemicals from the Cape's everyday habits and practices is sponsoring "The Toxies" Saturday evening.
The advisory board of the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority will meet Aug. 1...
Three documents meant to guide transportation policy and projects hereabouts are up for public review through Aug. 19 at noon.
The Barnstable County Commissioners are taking next week off, meeting next on Aug. 3 when they expect to be presented a list of suggested appointments for the special county review commission.
The Cape Cod Council of Churches' Overnights of Hospitality is in line to get $12,500 in county support.
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I find talking to others and giving real life support and tips helps me to stay focused. The more people I talk to about healthy living, the more I am compelled to live healthy!
When I need a boost, I take some time to read the message boards and offer encouragement and support to others. It's impossible to lift someone up and stay in the dumps. When I post positive thoughts for someone else, I'm reading them, too. It's a win-win.
Sharing to others make me feel great that I can help others to get back on track by donating my clothes and shoes.
Helping others with encouraging words keep me encouraged, too. It takes a village.....


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Walter de la Mare
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17 3/4 in. x 13 in. (451 mm x 330 mm)
Given by Rothenstein Memorial Trust, 1960
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Profile: Sempra Energy (SRE)
27 May 2015
$0.31 (+0.29%)
Sempra Energy, incorporated on October 11, 1996, is a holding company. During the year ended December 31, 2011, Sempra Energy's business was organized in five segments consisting of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), Sempra Generation, Sempra Pipelines & Storage and Sempra LNG (liquefied natural gas). Sempra Generation, Sempra Pipelines & Storage and Sempra LNG are subsidiaries of Sempra Global. Sempra Global is a holding company for most of its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2011, SDG&E owed and operated four natural gas-fired power plants: a 560-megawatt electric generation facility (the Palomar generation facility) in Escondido, California; a 495-megawatt electric generation facility (the Desert Star generation facility) in Boulder City, Nevada; a 47.6-megawatt electric generation peaking facility (the Miramar I generation facility) in San Diego, California, and a 48.6-megawatt electric generation peaking facility (the Miramar II generation facility) in San Diego, California. In September 2013, Sempra Energy's Sempra United States Gas & Power acquired and will develop the Broken Bow 2 wind project in Nebraska.
SDG&E purchased the 495-megawatt Desert Star (formerly El Dorado) natural gas-fired power plant from Sempra Generation in October 2011. On January 1, 2012, SDG&E purchased a fifth natural gas-fired power plant, the 52-megawatt Cuyamaca Peak Energy Plant (formerly CalPeak El Cajon Energy Facility) located in El Cajon, California from CalPeak Power-El Cajon LLC. As of December 31, 2011, SDG&E's electric transmission and distribution facilities included substations, and overhead and underground lines. These electric facilities are located in San Diego, Imperial and Orange counties of California, and in Arizona and Nevada. The facilities consist of 1,896 miles of transmission lines and 22,449 miles of distribution lines. As of December 31, 2011, SDG&E's natural gas facilities consisted of the Moreno and Rainbow compressor stations, 168 miles of transmission pipelines, 8,490 miles of distribution mains and 6,388 miles of service lines. As of December 31, 2011, SoCalGas' natural gas facilities included 2,960 miles of transmission and storage pipelines, 49,773 miles of distribution pipelines and 48,572 miles of service pipelines. They also included 11 transmission compressor stations and four underground natural gas storage reservoirs with a combined working capacity of 134 billion cubic feet (Bcf).
As of December 31, 2011, Sempra Generation operated or owned interests in power plants and renewable generation facilities in North America with a total capacity of 2,200 megawatts. Sempra Generation leases or owns property in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Mexico for potential development of solar and wind electric generation facilities. As of December 31, 2011, Sempra Pipelines & Storage's operations in Mexico included 1,903 miles of distribution pipelines, 224 miles of transmission pipelines and 3 compressor stations. Sempra Pipelines & Storage operates Mobile Gas, a natural gas distribution utility located in Mobile and Baldwin counties in Alabama. Its property consists of distribution mains, service lines and regulating equipment. Sempra Pipelines & Storage operates Chilquinta Energia located in Valparaiso, Chile. Its property consists of 9,622 miles of distribution lines, 339 miles of transmission lines and 45 substations. Sempra Pipelines & Storage operates Luz del Sur located in Lima, Peru. Its property consists of 11,806 miles of distribution lines and 173 miles of transmission lines. In Washington County, Alabama, Sempra Pipelines & Storage operates a 15.5 billion cubic feet natural gas storage facility under a land lease. Sempra Pipelines & Storage also owns land in Simpson County, Mississippi, on which it operates a 7.5 billion cubic feet natural gas storage facility. Sempra LNG operates its Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal on land it owns in Baja California, Mexico and has a land lease in Hackberry, Louisiana, where it operates its Cameron LNG terminal. Sempra LNG also owns land in Port Arthur, Texas, for potential development.
California Natural Gas Utility Operations
SoCalGas and SDG&E sell, distribute and transport natural gas. SoCalGas purchases and stores natural gas for itself and SDG&E on a combined portfolio basis and provides natural gas storage services for others. Core customers are primarily residential and small commercial and industrial customers. Noncore customers at SoCalGas consist primarily of electric generation, wholesale, commercial, industrial, and oil recovery customers. Wholesale customers are primarily other investor-owned utilities (IOUs), including SDG&E, or municipally owned natural gas distribution systems. Noncore customers at SDG&E consist primarily of electric generation and commercial and industrial customers.
SoCalGas purchases natural gas under short-term and long-term contracts for the Sempra Utilities' core customers. SoCalGas purchases natural gas from Canada, the United States Rockies and the southwestern United States. It also purchases some California natural gas production and additional supplies delivered directly to California for its remaining requirements. Pipeline companies, primarily El Paso Natural Gas Company, Transwestern Pipeline Company, Gas Transmission Northwest, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, and Kern River Gas Transmission Company, provide transportation services into SoCalGas' intrastate transmission system for supplies purchased by SoCalGas or its transportation customers from outside of California. SoCalGas has natural gas transportation contracts with various interstate pipelines. SoCalGas provides natural gas storage services for core, noncore and non-end-use customers. The Sempra Utilities' core customers are allocated a portion of SoCalGas' storage capacity. SoCalGas offers the remaining storage capacity for sale to others through an open bid process.
Electric Utility Operations
SDG&E's service area covers 4,100 square miles. At December 31, 2011, SDG&E had 1.4 million customer meters consisting of 1,238,900 residential; 147,700 commercial, 500 industrial, 2,100 street and highway lighting, and 4,900 direct access. SDG&E buys natural gas under short-term contracts for its Palomar, Miramar, Desert Star and Cuyamaca Peak generating facilities and for the Otay Mesa Energy Center LLC, Orange Grove Energy L.P., and El Cajon Energy, LLC tolling contracts. SDG&E's natural gas is delivered from southern California border receipt points to the SoCal CityGate pool via backbone transmission system rights. The natural gas is then delivered from the SoCal CityGate pool to the generating facilities through SoCalGas' pipelines. SDG&E has also contracted with SoCalGas for natural gas storage from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012.
SDG&E has a 20% ownership interest in SONGS, which is located south of San Clemente, California. SONGS consists of two operating nuclear generating units. The city of Riverside owns 1.79% and Southern California Edison Company (Edison), the operator of SONGS, owns the remaining interest. SDG&E's share of the capacity from the two units is 430 megawatts. The nuclear fuel supply cycle includes materials and services performed by others under various contracts. SDG&E is a participant in the Western Systems Power Pool, which includes an electric-power and transmission-rate agreement with utilities and power agencies located throughout the United States and Canada. Chilquinta Energia is an electric distribution utility serving approximately 600,000 customers in the cities of Valparaiso and Vina del Mar in central Chile, with a main service area covering 4,400 square miles. As of December 31, 2011, its customers consisted of 563,400 residential, 35,400 commercial, 1,400 industrial, 4,800 street and highway lighting and 4,400 agricultural. Luz del Sur is an electric distribution utility serving approximately 900,000 customers in the southern zone of metropolitan Lima, Peru, with a main service area covering 1,160 square miles. As of December 31, 2011, its customers consisted of 859,900 residential, 56,200 commercial, 3,500 industrial, 4,800 street and highway lighting and 1,200 agricultural.
The Company competes with Calpine, GenOn Energy, Dynegy, NextEra Energy Resources, Edison Mission Energy, NRG Energy, AES Corporation, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, Duke Energy, El Paso, Endesa, Energy Transfer Partners, Enterprise Product Partners, Iberdrola Renewables (Enstor), Iberdrola, Kinder Morgan, Plains All-American, Spectra Energy, TransCanada, The Williams Companies, BG, BP, Cheniere Energy, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Dominion Resources, Eni, Excelerate Energy, Gas Natural Fenosa, GDF Suez, OAO Gazprom, Repsol, Royal Dutch Shell, Southern Union and Statoil.
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HOUSTON (ICIS)--Third-quarter earnings in ExxonMobil's chemicals business rose 30% year on year to $1.03bn (€752m), driven by higher commodity margins, the US-based energy and petrochemicals major said on Thursday.
ExxonMobil added that "prime product" chemical sales for the three months ended 30 September rose 5% to 6.2m tonnes.
However, ExxonMobil's overall third-quarter earnings fell 18% year on year to $7.87bn on a sharp decline in downstream earnings because of "significantly weaker refining margins as a result of increased industry capacity," the company said.
Downstream earnings were $592m, down from $3.19bn in the 2012 third quarter.
In related news this week, US refiners Valero and Phillips 66 also reported sharp earnings declines in their refining businesses because of lower margins.
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London police maintain "shoot-to-kill" policy
By Tim Castle
LONDON (Reuters) – London's police force has reviewed its
controversial "shoot-to-kill" policy and left it largely
unchanged despite the killing of a Brazilian mistaken for a
would-be suicide bomber, Scotland Yard said on Saturday.
"We have reviewed it and we have made one or two small
changes, but the operation remains essentially the same," a
Metropolitan police spokeswoman told Reuters.
The spokeswoman declined to detail the changes, but London
police chief Ian Blair said officers would continue to use
deadly force to stop possible terror attacks.
"The methods that were used appeared to be the least worst
option (for tackling suicide bombers) … we still have the
procedure in use," he told the Daily Mail.
A spokeswoman for the Association of Chief Police Officers,
which issues the shoot-to-kill guidance, codenamed "Operation
Kratos," said the overall policy was unaffected.
"They are going to make changes operationally, but they are
not in a position to change the guidance. We are not changing
it," she said.
Operation Kratos outlines what level of force officers can
use to thwart what police call a "deadly and determined
Public awareness of the policy only emerged after police
shot Jean Charles de Menezes eight times at point blank range
as he boarded an underground train on July 22, the day after
four bombs failed to explode on the London's transport system.
De Menezes's family has called for Blair to resign.
Len Duval, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority,
which oversees policing in London, said there was a growing
consensus for a public inquiry into the policy but it was a
decision for the government.
"If greater oversight of operations provides public
reassurance then that can only be a good thing," he told the
Independent newspaper.
"But I urge caution … The issue of suicide bombers is not
going away and there needs to be an effective way of dealing
with this threat."
At the time of the incident Blair said de Menezes was under
surveillance as part of a manhunt to catch the four fleeing
bombers and had not respond to police challenges. The next day
Police admitted they had shot the wrong man and apologized.


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The winds are picking up
A last tip about Alesjaure and a forewarning of tomorrows day to come. Our day has come to an end at Alesjaure and tomorrow we are off to Unna Allakas. A trip I am looking forward to with anticipation, but also a bit nervously, as I also know this is going to be one of the hardest parts of our journey. Today the day ends with a beautiful blue sky, but also with winds that are picking up quickly. The night is going to be a cold one, the temperatures do go down quickly at the end of the day. But luckily it is rather warm in my sleeping bag, that can handle the cold well. The wind though is another story. The tent is not quite made for these weather conditions and creaks and moves under the pressure of the wind. I wonder what it would be like tomorrow when we hike further up into the mountain, while I look worried at the flag, waving energetically in the wind......
..... but this story will continue on my Unna Allakas page.
Bye Alesjaure! I hope to return to you some day!
Afternoon walk
Alesjaure.... a place for me to remember and a place I long to visit again. For me this picture says it all, the beauty of the landscape, the tranquallity: a dreamspot. Seeing this picture I can feel the crisp cold of the mountains in the air, but at the same time the warmths of the sun on my face. The quietness, birds flying free in the sky, a bird singing in the distance, the sound of the water flowing rapidly in the creek, the smell of the green meadow. The colours ranging for blue to bright green, topped off with some patches of white in form of snow in the mountains. Alesjaure is a place where body and mind can come to rest, far away from the rest of the world.
Sauna anyone?
On the way back to the Mountain Hut we found a nice big stone to sit on and relax. From here we had some great views over the landscape and also towards the Mountain Hut and its sauna. Hahaha, we actually had 'front row seat' to see some fun sauna behavior, looool :-) In the picture you can see the sauna (bastu) of Alesjaure, we sat on the right side of it, across the river.
The sauna here is a quite popular and maybe even a 'must do'.... oops, I didn't, hahaha, but I wanted to! Maybe next time :-))..... After having sweated it out for a while inside the sauna it is time to cool off in the freezing waters of the river below (that's the icy blue water you see on the right side of the picture). The way to get there is to take the many steps down the hill and they just jump into the freezing water. The sauna costs 50 SEK to use and the bathing is for free :-)) The front row seats we had costs about 100 SEK, hahaha, that was what we were told jokingly anyway when we got back to the Mountain Hut, loooool :-) Unfortunately we didn't have any brave bathers when we were sitting there watching. They didn't get any deeper into the water than up to their ankles.... A thing I can understand. But heeej... if you do the sauna-thing, do take that dip in the water too! It's part of the whole experience :-))
It is said that the sauna in Alesjaure is rather good. It's a mixed sauna and it opens up I think around 5 in the afternoon. If you are an early visitor to the Mountain Hut they might fire up the sauna a bit earlier for you.
Looking in the other direction
Okay, I think I've been lazy enough! Filled with new energy after a great lunch, a nice rest with amazing views, it is time to put on our hiking shoes again. The view you see is taken from the mountain hut. The direction the photo is taken towards, is the direction we are going to hike to! We first considered to go towards the glacier on the other side of the lake, higher up in the mountains, as this the place where the moose are hiding out in the summer season, looking for the colder areas (strange animals, hahaha, going to look for the cold on such a nice summer day!). I would love to see the moose, but climbing a long way up the mountain didn't seem the thing to do for this afternoon. So we opted hike in the opposite direction and take an easier trail, hoping I would spot the moose on another time during our trip.
It was so wonderful to hike without my backpack! Hahaha, amazing feeling to be without it! With more energy than I thought I would have after todays hike, we walked for a few kilometres towards the Sami village. The way back we took a more challenging route, making up our on route, climbing straight up a hill. The views are again amazing! The mosquitoes for once a pest, hahaha, and I felt more like a climbing goat then a hiker :-) But fun it was.
There are many nice hike to do from Alesjaure Mountain Hut, so this place is excellent to stay over for an extra day, and make a daytrip in and around the area. The perfect chance to go out without your heavy backpack and just take a lighter daypack with you.
The view from the mountain hut
Looking a bit more to the right (compared to the previous picture), you have this amazing view. It somehow reminded me of the photos I have seen about Rapadalen in Sarek National Park. A park that is said to be one of the most amazing of them all and one of the last true wilderness in Europe. I am sure that Rapadalen is much more grand than the view I have here, but it must have a bit of the same feeling. The two rivers splitting up, a wide valley, an amazing view. Sarek must be so amazing! No other area in Europe has equally large quantities of unbroken and monumental wilderness.
Sitting here and looking over this landscape I start dreaming of Sarek. How much I would love to visit this place. But it is much more of a wilderness there, compared to hiking here along the Kungsleden Hiking trail. There are no real hiking trails there, no mountain huts, just endless nature..... one day, I promised myself.... And as difficult terrain as this may sound, it is not an impossible dream and trip either! The park is quite doable I heard. It just need more planning and a bit more experience. So some day I'll write to you here about Rapadalen and Sarek National Park.... This is what I promised myself :-)))
The little blue dot to the left
The warmest welcome I had was here, at the Mountain Hut at Alesjaure. We arrived very early in the day (around 1:30 or 2 or something like that). Most hikers don't arrive before 4 o'clock in the afternoon, so it was rather quiet at the Mountain Hut. But the welcome of the staff was so nice and heart warming. I felt at home here right away!
You can camp at the Mountain Hut itself, but they were very friendly and gave us the tip that camping just outside the Mountain Hut area would be for free! A perfect combination of having the luxury of the Hut in the area, but without paying the camping fee. So nice of them! So that's what we did! We crossed the bridge over the river and set up our tent. A big and good lunch was prepared in the kitchen and we enjoyed a lazy afternoon.
Sitting on a little bench in front of the mountain hut we looked down on the surrounding area. Down there, just across the hanging bridge, a bit to the left at the river you can see a tiny blue dot.... our tent and resting place for the night. It's quite the climb up and down to the mountain hut, but it is just perfect. It was nice and quiet down there, and we found a rather secluded spot, away from all the other tents. And from up here, on this little bench in front of the Hut, you have stunning views over the valley.
Setting up the tent
As we had the afternoon off in Alesjaure, we decided to take some time to explore the surrounding area. Close to Alesjaure is a little Sami village called Alisjávri, beautifully located on the lake with the same name.
"Alisjávri" means "Alesjaure", but spelled in Sami. And the word "jávri" or "jaure" means lake. So it is Alis or Ales Lake :-) Reading maps can be quite confusing in this area though, because the names are sometimes spelled in Sami and sometimes in Swedish on the same map.
From the Alesjaure Mountain Lodge you can see the Sami village. It looks picturesque with its colourful houses beside the blue lake. You can't really walk to the village, because there is a little creek you have to cross to get here. But we were not so eager to visit it. There wouldn't be so much to see, it is quite your normal village, but one or two more unusual building, that are / were typical for the Sami.
But who are the Sami? The Sami are an ethnic minority and the indigenous people of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. The area the Sami inhabited, today called Sápmi and it stretches from Idre in Dalarna in the south, to the Kola Peninsula in Russia to the northeast. I'll tell you a bit more about the Sami on my Local Custom tips.
The longest travel is the one to get here
Most people have asked me how much I have hiked during my trip. But to be honest: does it really matter? Does distance matter? Is it better to have hiked 200 kilometres instead of a 100?
A strange question maybe, but it is something to think about. Moments, like the one I described in the previous tip, are the moments to remember. It is all about to feel the Fjällen, to experience the Fjällen.
"The longest travel is the one to get here" is a phrase I read here and felt so right for this place. What can I say..... do take off that backpack so once in a while and just enjoy all you see around you. And when planning a trip: don't only focus on what you can hike on a day (if you want you can hike endlessly), but please plan in some days (and afternoons) to give you the opportunity to just sit, relax, and take it all in. It will make your 'fjäll' experience so much more amazing. Oohh.... and it might rain once in a while here too, hahaha, and in that case a resting day is good as well, lol ;-)
The photo you see is taken about 4 kilometres (or maybe even less) before Alesjaure. And that little dot in the picture: yes, hahaha, that is me! :-) And I feel so very happy. The landscape is beautiful, and I love this hiking experience. It is my first time going on a long hiking trip like this, being away from the world for more than a week, and I just love it! For today we have one BIG obstacle left, but with my cheerful mood, that is not going to be any problem..... or?... is it??..... ;-)
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Lots of birds
Another surprise and another good one. Not only is there a huge amount of flowers here, there are also many species of birds. Along this part of the Kungleden you can even see a few sort of birds you normally see close to the sea. The large lakes here attract lots of different types of birdlife. I heard fjällpipare and almost stumbled over a whole family of fjällripare here.
In the picture you can see a Fjällabb (Stercorarius longicaudus) or Long-tailed Skua in English.... lots of thanks to Dave_21 for helping me knowing which type of bird this is! :-)) You can spot this bird quite often here in the summer as it breeds on the Arctic tundra. Their numbers fluctuate though depending on the numbers of lemmings. During winters it is at sea.
A good morning
We wake up with grey skies, but the rain of the previous evening has blown over and I sense that this might become a nice sunny day. For now there is still this chill in the air and the sky is grey, but I don't really care. We are on a dream spot and I just love it here so much.
The Mountain Hut at Rádunjárga is located on such a wonderful place; right at the lake, beside a little stream. The mountains are surrounding us and there is this quietness, peacefulness which gives this strange sensation of inner peace and happiness..... sigh, it is so hard to explain in just a few words....
Some birds fly around playfully, the air smells fresh and green. I hear the sound of the little stream beside our shelter, and in the distance I hear the more thunderous sound of the waterfall on the other side of the lake. And maybe more intriguing is the sound of 'nothing'. No people, no cars, not even in the very distance, as a mumble in the background.... just nothing; nothing besides wonderful nature sounds surrounding me.
Soon I am going to say goodbye to all this. And right here, at this very moment I also realize how much I love it here in the Fjällen. A special place, a place where the mind comes to ease, one can think again, clear in the head. It is also a place where you realize how huge nature is, and how small you are. There is nothing out there, just you, your partner and the immense beautiful nature.
I wash myself at the cold stream beside the shelter, brrrr, such cold water! It is melting water of the snow from the mountains. But luckily I have some warm water boiled on the fireplace with me, which makes this into a luxury experience. Strange how quickly you get used to primitive circumstances. I do miss my electricity,and my tap with running warm water, but on the other hand..... I guess I just don't miss it all. It feels good, it feel right to be here without all that.
Crossing the river through icy water
Oops obstacle.... another stream.... and a BIG one this time! And uuuuhhh..... where is the bridge???? Mmmmm, no bridge..... *Thinking*...... this must be what they call a "vad" in Swedish, hahaha, a river without a bridge! So take of your shoes, put on some shorts, sandals, and yep...... we are going to wade through ice-cold freezing water!!!
I still feel cheerful, even after realizing I have to cross this river; I feel I can do this. Åke seems confident and without any doubt, and that gives me a good feeling. Standing on the edge of the stream I look up, and I see the snow on top of the mountain that has produced all this water, brrrrr! The water looks so cold!!! The stream is rather wide, 10 to 15 metres, but the water only gets halfway to the knees and the current isn't so strong. Carefully I make my way through the water over the rocky surfice below it. And yes, it is just as cold as I feared it would be! But I clear it with a smile and a laugh :-) Piece of cake! :-)) My feet feel numb of the cold, but I feel happy. I passed this new challenge without any problems. I feel more and more confident with every hour I hike. So many things I never dreamed of doing before, and here I am, doing it, and enjoying it to the fullest. I dry of my feet and change back into my hiking shoes again. I feel relaxed and enjoy the warm sunshine on my face.....
From here on it is an easy hike to Alesjaure. Estimated arrival time 2 o'clock in the afternoon.... that gives us plenty of time to relax, enjoy the views and do a little exploring of the surroundings.....
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A wonderful view from up there
Look at that view! Isn't it stunning! The clear blue colour of the Lake Alisjávri and the sound of the roaring waterfall beside us, The little stream working its way down into the valley. The green fields and the blue sky.... yes, you see that right: a blue sky!
The sun has come out by now. I can feel the warmth right away and everything seems to cheer up instantly! The mountains are green, there are bits of snow on top of the mountain, and even here on the edges of the waterfall lies snow and ice. And the lake, yes the lake is amazingly blue. It might be quite a climb up, but it is so worth it!!! We sit down for a while to take it all in before we start our descent down again.
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Running up the mountain
How moods can change so quickly. One moment I am in doubt and very nervous and the next: well; I just feel so happy, cheerful and relaxed. Only a few metres from the previous stream we cross another one. An easy crossing this time...phew :-)
My eyes follow the stream and up there, on the mountain, I see this waterfall. I have to go there!! I decide. So I just toss off my backpack there and then and shout to Åke, who is a few metres behind me, "I am going to climb up the mountain to take some pictures of that waterfall!!!" I laugh and I continue to explain: "We've got alllll the time in the world today! It's only a few more kilometres to Alesjaure!" "Byeee!" Hahaha, a stunned look by Åke and a big smile :-) "Wait, I'll follow you!" he shouts back while taking off his backpack as well. Too late! I am already charging up that mountain with the camera in my hand.
I follow the little stream upwards and make my way through the high grass and flower fields. It is so beautiful here! I suddenly realize that I am gasping for air: oops, this is steeper and higher than I thought! More walking up the hill, but now in a slower pace… my heart is beating loud and my lungs feel heavy. Hahaha, don't give up now! You're almost there! Åke catches up with me by now and we walk the last little bit together. The valley lies below us, from above we hear the roaring sound of the waterfall. Yes, it is every bit as wonderful as I hoped it would be.
Crossing a stream
Oops.... the easy hiking stops just here. In front of us is a little stream with just one plank over it. And I have this heavy backpack on my back which makes me not so sure about my balance. It shouldn't be so difficult to cross, if it wasn't for this %¤! backpack!
The distance is too long to cross it in just one or two steps; I really need to keep track of my balance here. A worried look. Can you feel I am nervous? Yes, I am nervous! Very nervous! Not that it is so bad if I would fall in the water. I would get wet, hmmmmm.... not a good idea, but I would survive it! But then again: I could twist my ankle too! Absolutely NOT a good idea being so far away from everything. Okay Simone... now don't be so stupid. It is just a little plank a few metres to cross, no big deal? Or?? More nervous...... Why isn't there a normal bridge here??! This is the Kungsleden! The hiking highway through the mountains! There should be a normal bridge here, I reason on. Hahaha, how little did I know then of the challenges that would cross my path later on during my hike.
Looking to the left for other ways to cross this little stream... nothing. No options on the right either. No other planks that can come to the rescue. Okay, I guess I just have to cross it then. Åke is already on the other side of the stream, hahaha, piece of cake for him of course. Here we go.... one, two, take a deep breath...... and yes, I made it in one piece to the other side. Of course I didn't get any wet feet or twisted ankles. That is all just in your head. A lesson you will learn in the Fjällen is that you can do much more than you ever thought. And this little bridge was just the beginning for me....
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Fields of flowers
The most surprising thing during this hike (and about the Fjällen in total) are the many wildflowers that bloom here! I had hoped for some flowers, but I never expected this type of landscape! Flowerfields as far as the eye can see! So beautiful! This is a mixture of "buttercups" and "smörboll" or "Globeflower" in English. This whole landscape has come alive by the yellow glow of the many flowers. I couldn't believe my eyes! These are rather common flowers, but there are many rare species to be found here as well. They are often small, so you do need to pay attention. But if you look closely you can see the most beautiful and unusual flowers during your hike.
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kelechi says
Hello, why do we calculate reorder cost for 80 orders as in this example 1, but calculate holding cost for only 1 order. Thanks.
John Moffat says
We are calculating the total cost over a year.
For reorder cost there are 80 orders during the year and so the total cost is 80 x the cost for each oder.
For the holding cost, the average level of inventory throughout the year is half of the quantity ordered each time, so we are multiplying this by the cost of holding one unit for a year. (We are not calculating it for one order).
I do suggest that you watch the first lecture on inventory control again, where I explain this.
philip says
Hi Sir
Thank you very much for the lectures,they seem to be a great help.I am just revising work capital and I have come across buffer stock in a few exam questions.i am not sure if I have missed something in the notes/lectures but I have not come across it?
John Moffat says
I don't mention it in this lecture but I do mention it is the revision lectures.
All that buffer (or safety) inventory is, is carrying extra inventory all year to be safe (in case for example that a new delivery is late arriving). It does mean paying more holding cost for the extra, but it doesn't affect the EOQ calculations.
adarsh says
hi sir
is re order level and lead time (constant and uncertain demand ) out of our syllabus ?
I find those those topic bit difficult to deal with :/
John Moffat says
They can be asked. You can find about reorder level and lead time in the revision notes and lectures.
adarsh says
Okay thankyou sir
arman90fy says
Hello Sir,
as you said when on the question will mention that eg: inventory cost per unit is $2.5, then when we will calculate the holding cost for discounted quantity, that time we dont need to deduct the discount rate form the inventory cost per unit? thats what u tried to meant?
John Moffat says
Inventory costs are either given as a fixed amount per unit (in which case it does not change if a discount on the purchase price is given) or instead it is given as a percentage of the purchase price (in which case it obviously does change if the purchase price is lower because of a discount).
arman90fy says
got it, thank you sir……:)
jefzen2610 says
Hi Sir,
Earlier I asked why on example 3 there is 99%, I hadn't realised it's the discount of 1%, please ignore me.
jefzen2610 says
Hi Sir,
Looking at the answer for Example 3, I would like to know why it has 99% to a purchase cost, could you please explain as I'm puzzled.
fahim231 says
hello john………..I have got a scientific calculator, and its quite big….however on some calculations it represents the answer as a E – 03 or something….can you please tell me what this represents? or do you have any other solution to this problem? thank you in advance.
John Moffat says
The same happens with my calculator
However, do not worry – if you carry on and take the square root (I assume that you are trying to calculate the EOQ) then it will provide you with a normal number
fahim231 says
Ok so for example if i do 0.1 divided by 250, it gives me a answer of 4.e-04 on my calculator……On my phone it gives me a answer of 0.0004…….. how do I get the same number on my calculator exactly? Ive tried taking the square root, but im having no luck…
cona700 says
Insightful. I was always getting the Holding cost calculation wrong. Good Lecture.
karam says
I just finished watching the lecture and i dont understand why the discount applies to holding costs and purchase costs but not to re order costs.
John Moffat says
The discount only applies to the purchase price.
It will affect the holding cost but only because the holding cost is a % of the purchase price in this question. If the purchase cost is lower then obviously the holding cost in this case will be lower.
There is no reason at all why the order cost should be affected. If we are charged (say) $100 for delivery, then just because the purchase price is lower, it will not mean that the delivery cost is lower.
Munazza says
Why the best re-order qty is 5000 units. what if we order less than 10,000 more than 5000?
John Moffat says
I do deal with this in the lecture.
Think about the graph that I drew.
The EOQ is where the total inventory costs are at a minimum. At any other level the total inventory costs will be higher.
If we order 10,000 then it could be worth having the higher inventory costs because we will get the discount on the purchase price – the only way we can check is by costing out.
However, if we ordered (say) 7,000, then the total inventory costs will be higher than at the EOQ. We will still be having to pay the same purchase price, so it cannot possibly be better that the EOQ.
The best is always the cheaper of the EOQ and the levels at which we first get a discount. No other levels could possibly be better.
Munazza says
OK…now that thing is clear in my mind..may be need some practical examples..
Thanks alot.
Munazza says
Why the Re-order cost is fixed? As the more qty we order the more delivery charges will be.
John Moffat says
Usually in the exam (and in this question) the re-order cost is given as a fixed amount e.g. $20 per order. In this case we assume that it will remain at $20 per order whatever the size of the order.
In practice, it could change with the size of the order, but even then it would not be relevant.
Suppose the reorder cost was a fixed $20 per order plus $0.10 per unit ordered. Obviously as the number of orders changes the total of the $20's will change over the year. With regard to the $0.10 per unit order, the cost of the individual order will indeed change with the number of units ordered. However, over the year we will still order the same number of units in total, and so over the year, the number of $0.10's will stay fixed.
So……although there is unlikely to be a variable order cost in the exam, we would still only consider the fixed cost per order in the formula and when dealing with discounts.
I hope that makes sense
Amanpal says
Hi Mr John Moffat
Thank you for your lectures, they are helping me understand the subject better alongside Kaplan text books. Could you please help? I have done the order level at 10000 and am getting a different result to you?
40000/10000 x 4 x 20 = 80
10000/2 = 5000 x 2.4625 = 12312.50 + 80 = 12392.50
40000 x 98.5 x 25 = 98500 000 + 12392.50 = $98 512 393
I am not sure where my mistake is?
Kindest regards
John Moffat says
985000 + 12393.5 does not equally 98512393!! It is equal to 997393.5
(By the way, the answers to all of the examples are at the back of the Course Notes – see the contents page!)
Mona says
i think the mistake is on 40000x 98.5x 25 which should be 40000x 98.5%x 25.
hope you see the point 98.5 is a percentage
Roisin says
Thank you. The lectures explain things very well.
rajive says
Is opentuition lectures and notes adequate enough to pass f2? I am self studying and my work schedule may not be so flexible to facilitate other tuition providers.
John Moffat says
Yes, they are sufficient, provided that you get hold of a Revision / Exam Kit in order to practice lots of questions.
rajive says
Thank u sir.
John Moffat says
You are welcome
Tyler says
Hi Sir, I am currently using this lecture for paper F9. My question is that there are two remaining lectures for paper F2 which are for EBQ Example 4&5 and Re-order Level. Do the last two lectures apply for paper F9 as well? Because in the course notes for F9, it stops at example 3 and then last page has something about just in time system and that's about it for that chapter.
John Moffat says
No (or Yes )
Paper F9 only tests on the EOQ formula – it does not test on the EBQ formula or on reorder levels.
Tyler says
Why you put "yes" in brackets then? :p
John Moffat says
No, they are not in F9. Yes, what you say is correct.
sdmaalex says
Thanks alot! Great lecture
Daniela says
hi, i am new here. tell me please what text book do you use for your lecture, thanks.
John Moffat says
We use our own Course Notes. You can find the link above the lecture on the right hand side.
r rupalia says
Hi, I am unable to view this clip online, it says page not found. Any help?
John Moffat says
The lecture is working fine. Best if you look at the support page – it must be a problem specific to your device.
Macha says
I have understood that if the holding cost per unit is fixed, it will not be affected by the discount while calculating the total annual holding cost. But, in the BPP Practise & Revision Kit, there is the exercise below (Answers Bank 6.19 page 128)
"A company uses an item of inventory as follows.
Purchase price $25 per unit
Annual demand 1,800 units
Ordering cost $32
Annual holding cost $4.50 per unit
EOQ 160 units
What is the minimum total cost assuming a discount of 2% given on orders of 300 and over?
I got $44,967.00 and chose D.
But they chose B. They applied the discount in the total holding cost computation. Below are the details:
"With a discount of 2% and an order quantity of 300 units, unit costs are as follows.
Purchases $45,000 × 98% 44,100.00
Holding costs (W1) 661.50
Ordering costs (W2) 192.00
Total annual costs 44,953.50
(1) Holding costs = average inventory × holding cost for one unit of inventory for one year
Average inventory = order quantity ÷ 2 = 300 ÷ 2 = 150 units
Holding cost for one unit of inventory for one year = $4.50 × 98% = $4.41
=> holding costs = 150 units × $4.41 = $661.50
(2) Ordering costs = number of orders × ordering costs per order ($32)
Number of orders = Annual demand ÷ order quantity = 1,800 ÷ 300 = 6 orders
=> ordering cost = 6 orders × $32 = $192″
Please help. I am confused.
John Moffat says
Your answer is correct and BPPs answer is wrong.
You only assume that the holding cost per unit changes with the cost per unit is you are specifically told that is the case. Otherwise you assume that the holding cost per unit stays constant.
Macha says
Thank you very much!
nari says
i understand that the TOTAL cost per ANNUM is cheaper at 5,000 units, however when i first did it i chose 10,000 units because the cost per unit is cheaper at that amount…… at 10,000 its 99.73 while at 5,000 its 199.27.
John Moffat says
You are dividing by the wrong number of units! You should have divided the total cost p.a. by the total units per year. Over the year we are buying the same number of units in all cases.
nari says
sigh…cant believe i made that error!!
naucelime says
Is it possible for me to save the video after loading it?
John Moffat says
Sorry, but no. It is the only way that we can keep this website free of charge.
abdulrahman says
I am having trouble answering this question can some kindly show me the calculation for this:
A company uses uses item of inventory as follows.
purchase price 25
annual demand 1800
ordering cost 32
annual holding costs 4.50
what is the minimum total costs assuming a discount of 2% given on orders of 300 and over?
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Tragic death gives life purpose
Craig Scott was in the library of Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, when his sister, Rachel, was killed in a shocking shooting spree.
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