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I'm sorry to say, I have to cancel the 13 Wicked Days of Xmas. But, because of that, this year we will be doing THIRTY ONE DAYS OF WICKED XMAS!
That's right, 31 days of author interviews and giveaways. I'm slightly insane, but hey it's for YOUR benefit. This years author list is INSANE:
Plus, other surprise authors through-out the month of December! So come back on December 1st for our biggest batch of giveaways EVER!
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Woot! An awesome list. I am doing 7 days of Christmas :). Filled with giveaways, guest post(s), and reviews. And Best of lists, of course.
Here on Wicked Little Pixies, we don't cancel stuff, we double the F#@! down! 😀
OMG 31 days!! Yes, you are insane… but thank you for being "you". 😉
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THE ADVOCATES of far-reaching constitutional changes have had some sort of epiphany and decided to yield on at least one crucial aspect. Thank you for listening a little to voices of reason.
Albert Kawana, the minister in the office of the President, told the National Assembly on Wednesday that they (Swapo or the trio of Kawana, Prime Minister Hage Geingob and law reform chief Sacky Shanghala) had decided to "compromise in the spirit of give-and-take" and not allow unelected people the same rights and powers as those elected to parliament.
Kawana said they had compromised "in the national interest". Yet he warned: "They (the compromises) were not made because we are weak." Wow!
So, for Kawana and ilk it is about a show of strength? How worrying that lawmakers are more concerned that they would be perceived to be weak if they did the right thing by changing their destructive decisions.
Kawana, his comrades and the opposition parties that meekly went along with these shenanigans because they too would personally benefit, should be proud that rolling back such clearly undemocratic and self-serving changes to the Constitution will stand Namibia in good stead. We all make mistakes...
That one "compromise" is an indication that the myriad of amendments now before the National Assembly were not thought through.
Kawana and the rest of the lawmakers must quickly realise that they have only just begun to do right by the electorate.
And no, Namibians have not and could not possibly have intended to surrender their "sovereignty" to their elected officials, as the proponents of the changes want us to believe. The Constitution is too important to be handed over wholesale to elected representatives or any small group in between elections, so they can do what they feel like with it.
Lawmakers should rescind their plans to give the President constitutional powers to appoint governors. It was a mistake in the first place, as lawyer and constitutional activist, Nixon Marcus, so eloquently states on these opinion pages.
Our (indirectly) elected representatives must rethink their plan to increase the National Assembly from 78 to 104 members at a cost to taxpayers of about N$700 000 in salaries and perks - for each ordinary member - to more than N$1 million a year each for ministers. The same goes for the National Council.
Urgency should be placed on national priorities, such as increasing the number of doctors at state hospitals. It makes no sense that the country has political office bearers who are paid more than medical doctors (with the ratio of doctors to the population lower than that of politician per citizens).
The argument that a vice president is needed to make the State more "ethnically or regionally" representative of the country's diverse people does also not wash. Right diagnosis, wrong treatment.
Tribalism, regionalism and similar evils are growing because politicians and government officials, who control the purse strings of taxpayers' funds, do not distribute the resources equitably. In this day and age, national leaders should not be seen, and should not act, as representatives of tribes or regions. In a country of more than 20 ethnic groupings, and now 14 regions, tribal rotations will only strengthen divisions.
Share the nation's resources well and few would feel bad that, for example, Okahao, where Sam Nujoma originates from, has/had the best public maternity health centre in the country or that an airfield was built because of the President.
We appreciate that democracy and peace are expensive, but the returns on investing in them are highly lucrative. On the contrary, anything else, including the dilution of democracy, as is happening at present, is destructive and ever more costly.
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Lance Storm is scheduled to work with WWE NXT talent this week's at the WWE Performance Center. Storm, who runs his own pro wrestling school, often visits developmental where he helps train wrestlers.
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I would be remiss if I didn't post about my 23rd show of the year — the much-anticipated Dismemberment Plan reunion concert at the Black Cat. A quick Technorati search reveals a ton of breathless blog reviews of the two shows these guys did this weekend (for instance here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). And you know what? Even my rather jaded showgoing self can't help being really, really excited about last night's show.
In various pre-weekend interviews, the D-Plan's frontman Travis Morrison had said that he actually felt that the band were better than ever — better musicians, more comfortable with the material despite not having played any of it in three and a half years. I was skeptical, to say the least, but I honestly have to say that last night's reunion show was easily the best show I've ever seen the band put on, and I saw them four times during their prime. The sound was perfect and their performance was shockingly tight, as if they hadn't just picked up after three and a half years apart. They played all the songs one would expect — "You Are Invited," "Time Bomb," "The Ice of Boston," and so on — playing almost all of Emergency & I and their usual selection of earlier stuff like "Onward, Fat Girl" and "The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich." The only notable omission was "Superpowers," though I also wished that they had played "Sentimental Man."
Setlist aside, the energy at the show was just tremendous. I caught the second opening band, whose frontman said, "We're going to play a short set tonight, because we're not stupid." An apt statement, as everyone there was clearly there for one reason only. People had traveled from all over to see this reunion show, including someone from London and a bunch of people from up and down the eastern seaboard. The crowd was as I remembered from previous D-Plan shows, dancing spastically, pumping fists, jumping all over the place. What was different was the singing: it seemed like every song, the crowd was singing along as enthusiastically as Travis himself was singing into the mike. The band seemed a little overwhelmed by the response, which was understandable — during "The Ice of Boston," in which traditionally the band asks audience members to join them on stage and dance, the crowd flooded up onto the stage to the point that the band didn't have enough room to play their instruments, and by the end of the song Travis had given his guitar to some dude, Jason Caddell and Eric Axelson had stopped playing, and it was just Travis singing with Joe Easley tapping out the beat on drums. And everyone in the club singing along, of course.
They played two full encores, although they quipped to the crowd that they were running out of songs that they remembered how to play (they claimed to be making stuff up as they played "Bra" and "Onward, Fat Girl," but damned if I noticed except for one flubbed line in the former). The band-audience dynamic was unforgettable. And it was all for a good cause. By the end of the year, I'll probably have gone to many shows that were more challenging, musically ambitious, and whatnot, but I doubt any of them will have matched the atmosphere of this one.
UPDATE: There is now a review up at Pitchfork (complete with crowd shot in which one of my friends is visible, wooo), and I added to the list of blog reviews above.
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During the space walk, which began at 12:37 a.m. CST, Grunsfeld and Linnehan removed the old starboard solar array from Hubble and installed in its place a new third-generation solar array and its associated Diode Box Assembly. The old solar array was stored in Columbia's payload bay where it will be returned to Earth to allow engineers to determine how it fared during its nine years in space. The new arrays are two-thirds the size of the current arrays but will provide 20 percent more power to the telescope. Because of their smaller size, the new arrays also will impart less atmospheric drag, slowing the rate at which Hubble's orbit decays.
Throughout the space walk, Mission Specialist Nancy Currie used the shuttle's robotic arm to maneuver the two space walkers around Columbia's payload bay and the Hubble telescope. Linnehan was on the arm for most of the space walk, with Grunsfeld taking his place about five hours and fifteen minutes into the space walk.
From the aft flight deck of Columbia, astronauts Mike Massimino and Jim Newman assisted the two spacewalkers throughout their numerous tasks. Newman and Massimino will be performing their first spacewalk of the mission tomorrow morning, replacing Hubble's port solar array and a Reaction Wheel Assembly, one of four devices that help Hubble maintain a steady position as it photographs distant objects.
During the spacewalk, Grunsfeld's EVA suit did not transmit its normal telemetry signal to the ground, though the Flight Surgeon was able to monitor the astronaut's biomedical data. After resetting power to the suit later following the spacewalk, EVA officers in Mission Control were able to receive data normally. It is believed a relay in the suit's communication system needed to be reset.
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Violin virtuoso Christian Tetzlaff presents a solo concert of the complete cycle of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin on Sunday evening - part of the San Francisco Symphony's Great Performers series.
One of the finest ambassadors of these works, Mr Tetzlaff has made two superb recordings of the cycle, praised by The New York Times for the "clarity and solidity… sharp articulation…[and] intensity of the emotional charge he draws from this music".
Christian Tetzlaff has also performed and recorded 19th century masterworks by Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms, concertos of the 20th century by Bartók, Berg and Shostakovich, and world premieres of contemporary works.
He founded the Tetzlaff Quartet in 1994, was Musical America's 2005 Instrumentalist of the Year, and was a Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist in 2010-11, an initiative in which musicians are invited to curate a personal concert series in Carnegie and Zankel Halls.
Christian Tetzlaff plays Bach at Davies Symphony Hall at 7.00 pm on Sunday, May 11. For more information, visit the San Francisco Symphony website.


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Plains GP IPO to Test Demand for Income-Oriented Energy Stocks
Fans of dividend-oriented plays on the energy sector are about to get their biggest initial public offering yet.
Plains GP Holdings LP, a part-owner of North American oil pipelines and natural gas storage facilities, plans to sell up to an estimated $3.2 billion in equity in an initial public offering late Tuesday. Similar publicly traded
companies have proliferated in recent years, amid a resurgence in U.S. onshore energy production and investors' demand for steady dividend payers in an era of historically low bond yields.
Plains GP Holdings expects 128 million shares to fetch $22 to $25 each in its offering, according to a regulatory filing. The shares are scheduled to price after the close and start trading Wednesday under the symbol "PAGP."
Plains GP Holdings offers all manner of stock investors exposure to the so-called "general partner" ownership in Plains All American Pipeline L.P., a master limited partnership. MLPs pass cash flows from energy assets to investors in the form of dividend-like distributions.
The general partner interests, typically held by management and big investment firms, are set up to offer higher dividends than the MLP shares, particularly as the entity's cash distributions increase.
"It's just a levered play," offering investors juiced-up exposure to expansion in Plains All American Pipeline's cash distributions, said Hinds Howard, a former Lehman Brothers MLP banker who now advises investors on MLP investments as chief investment officer of Guzman Investment Strategies.
By contrast, "if plains ever were to cut its distribution, you would expect this GP to drop more than the MLP," he added. "It's a little higher-risk, higher-return kind of thing."
At the midpoint of Plains GP Holdings's IPO price range, it would pay an initial annual distribution of 2.54% its stock price, compared to the S&P 500′s 1.8% dividend yield. Plains All American Pipeline L.P. has targeted a 10%
increase in its annualized distribution rate from November 2013 to November 2014. Plains GP Holdings's payouts would increase along with that and other potential distribution hikes in the future.
Some of Plains GP Holdings's peers have gotten a warm reception from investors this year. Western Gas Equity Partners LP, which had an IPO in December, is up 23% year-to-date. Targa Resources Corp. has gained 40% in 2013. But Kinder Morgan Inc., which raised nearly $3 billion in an IPO in 2011, is down about 1% this year.
At $3.2 billion, Plains GP Holdings LP's IPO would be the largest-ever "general partner" IPO, according to data provided by Mr. Howard. The deal would also surpass Linn Co. LLC's $1.27 billion IPO in size, the largest MLP deal on record, according to Dealogic.
The size and the prospect for its distribution to increase may appeal to some investors.
"We've had this thesis about distribution growth accelerating in the MLP space for a couple years," said Todd Williams, who helps manage about $600 million in shares of master-limited partnerships and similar income-oriented equity investments at Westwood Holdings Group Inc., and plans to try to buy shares of the Plains GP Holdings. "If you believe in that, you want the most leverage to that growth."


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A gentleman in Middlesex County purchased this table at auction recently, and has done some repair work on it. He notes that the top is a replacement, using old wood that appears to have been re-planed. The apron still has the two swing arms that supported the previous two leaves.
This table dates from the mid-nineteenth century, and probably originated in the mid-Atlantic region. The late Sheraton legs are well-turned, and the new top boards
harmonize with them.
The table is serviceable, and has good lines, but it is a fragment of what it originally was. With the replacement top and the now redundant arm swings, the value has diminished considerably. In its initial form the table was a typical example of its period, not rare, but still highly desirable.
Today the purist collector would not accept its renovated appearance, which does not mean that it is without value. It conveys a good country motif, and would fit in well with primitive antiques. As such, the present value would be $175. A similar one in its original form would be over $400.
When buying antiques one of the most important considerations should be condition. When pieces are renovated to the extent of having lost their original form and purpose, the value is going to be reduced greatly. This consideration should govern the determination of what to pay for them. In this instance the value has been halved, and the change is irrevocable, short of putting on an entirely new top with the correct leaves.
As I have written many times in the past, antiques are commodities, and their values go up and down with the changing market conditions, as well as the changing tastes of the times. When buying for investment purposes, I always advise getting the most pristine quality that will survive the test of time, in other words aim for the best and you will be able to reconvert to cash under any market circumstances, and likely with a profit.
Happy Antiquing
Lisa and Henry Hull operate Commonwealth Antiques and Appraisals, Inc. at 5150 Jessie DuPont Hwy., 22570 (P. O. Box 35). Wicomico Church, Va. 22570.


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TC TO JOHN A. CARLYLE; 4 February 1847; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18470204-TC-JAC-01; CL 21:152-153.
Bay House, 4 feby, 1847—
Dear Brother,
I might have written yesterday, had I recollected what first struck me this morning, that you lose a post for Liverpool by our southern position here: however I hope this will still find you safe in Maryland street, in which neighbourhood I suppose you to be for the last four-and-twenty hours. At Manchester you will find Espinasse, and little Ballantyne; Miss Jewsbury can point out their location; or you may ascertain at once by going to the "Examiner-Newspaper Office." Espinasse was with us lately in London, arranging about certain German Translations he is to be employed in. If you think of going round by Leeds and Bradford, I will send you the Introductory Notes at any time you like.
I hope we shall be in Town by the time you arrive: at all events, you will find a house with rooms in it, and a little handy maid who will be ready to receive you, if you give us warning so as to announce your approach. T. Erskine is in London (55. Baker Street), and the Chorleys and many other old acquaintances of yours.
There is nothing yet settled about the time of our leaving this place. I rather think the people themselves have a vague eye to the very end of this Month, for the Lady is not to quit till the first of March: but that, I rather imagine, may for us be too long a date; idleness, tho' coupled with fine weather and other adjuncts, will not do for too long. Meanwhile Jane seems decidedly to improve; is indeed wonderfully well at present, tho' unable to get out except in favourable hours of sunshine; I myself seemed on the improving hand last week; but for the last few days I have got into sleeplessness again, and have not much to say on that subject. Baring is this moment off to Town; to return on Saturday with Lords Lansdown, Clarendon1 &c: the rule is, To be in Town all week from Monday till Saturday, during which interval we are left perfectly quiet here. I read all forenoon (with a fair chance for smoking too); then a walk by the quiet beach, in sight of the Steamers & skiffs; then dinner: talk, reading, and the other etceteras: with good sleep and health it might be very pleasant. I am engaged in no writing, am not strictly meditating any. My own thoughts, often enough of a sombre and abstruse enough complexion, are company enough for me. Frequently I think of getting away from London now altogether: I never till within the last two years felt habitually that I was old, actually not far from being ended,—my poor portion, such as it was, of this grand Universe not far from spent! It is a thought unspeakably impressive; sad, and yet great, almost godlike.—
Poor Christie is in terrible tribulation: his Wife is just dead;2 broken down, I believe, by hardship long continued; and the poor creature, still altogether forlorn in regard to economics too, seems almost in despair for the time. Jane is in great distress about him.
You must make many kind compliments for me at Maryland Street; to Mr Welsh and all the rest,—especially to Helen my fellow-passenger in that astonishing Slow-Coach, which neither of [us]3 will ever forget! Remember me also at Seaforth, if you go thither as is likely.—
Adieu dear Brother.
Yours ever truly /
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Children's Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce a $1.025 million gift from the E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation in support of Dr. J. Kimble Frazer, M.D., Ph.D. as the first recipient of the CMRI E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Chair in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center. Dr. Frazer is a skilled physician-scientist who brings innovative research in children's cancer to Oklahoma.
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Previously, an investigator at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and an assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of Utah, his study of the immune system and clinical training in pediatric oncology make him a skilled researcher of T-cell leukemia and T-cell lymphoma.
"Fifty years ago children with leukemia had a very low chance of survival; today that chance has increased to 80%," said Dr. Frazer. "Even though progress is being made, there are still un-met needs in the treatment of pediatric T-cell cancers."
In order to improve treatment regiment, Dr. Frazer is using a zebrafish model to uncover genes involved in T-cell cancer.
These freshwater fish, like humans, possess T-cells, a thymus and marrow, making it an excellent model for the study of T-cell cancer. Surprisingly, there seems to be very little that differentiates zebrafish T-cell leukemia and human T-cell leukemia. By studying fish, the Frazer lab is able to find out what is wrong genetically with the cancerous fish cells and compare it to human patients, potentially allowing them to better predict which patients have more aggressive forms of the disease and tailor treatment accordingly.
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Adam and I felt like Vietnamese for lunch after church on Sunday so we rocked up at Indochine, Box Hill. Dave's recommendation of their bun bo thit nuong (vermicelli noodle salad with pork) was what sparked our decision to go there rather than our usual Vietnamese-At-Box-Hill joint, Tien Dat. It's been a few years since I've been to Indochine but I remembered it being pretty impressive, both in terms of food and of décor which is a bit like Nam Giao's but more spacious, more charming and more French.
We arrived at 11:45am to a room almost filled to capacity. For some reason, it was also very dim which made photo-taking a bit dificult. After choosing a comfy booth by the kitchen, we were promptly given menus but no tea (50 cents per head if you wanted tea). A quick glance at the very extensive menu showed that there would be something for everyone – they had about 10 varieties of vermicelli noodle salad (bun), including the beef and spring roll combination which I could never find in Vietnamese places (most places usually only offer pork with spring rolls and when I ask if I could have beef instead of pork, I would usually get a 'wha? Me no understand' look). I thought about getting my usual boring pho but in the end, the bun bo xao (char-grilled lemon grass beef) prevailed. All our dishes came out at the same time, something which irks me a little as I like my dishes to come out one after the other but whatevs…
We shared a serving of Hanoi spring rolls (4 for $8.90). Tien Dat is the only other place that serves this (as far as I know) and they make pretty good ones so I was keen to see what Indochine's ones were like. For those of you who aren't sure, Hanoi spring rolls are like "normal" Vietnamese spring rolls but bigger and wrapped in (fried) rice paper as opposed to the standard wonton wrap that Chinese people use. Apparently they're fairly common in Vietnam but only a handful of Vietnamese restaurants in Melbourne serve Hanoi spring rolls. Anyway, four crispy logs were served with a small bed of noodles (too small, I reckon) and the obligatory lettuce leaves, Vietnamese mint and basil. I felt that there was too much pork in the filling and not enough prawn, which made the spring rolls not as nice as Tien Dat (sorry, my bias towards pork shines through).
Dave's recommendation plus awesome memories of years gone by created high (but reachable) expectations so I couldn't help but be a little disappointed as I walked out of Indochine. The prices were very reasonable (just over $30, including drinks), the décor fantastic and the service better than what you get at other Vietnamese restaurants. Clearly the problem lay with the food and Indochine's, in my humble opinon, way too ambitious and too long a menu. To use cricketing analogy (forgive me if you're not a cricket fan), if Indochine was good at everything like Flintoff or Kallis, all would be okay. Unfortunately, they are not. Indochine is more like Andrew Symonds – while not as polished as Flintoff or Kallis, Symonds used to be respectable. But now, he's gone off the radar by trying to be too many things at once instead of focusing on one thing. And that's where Indochine gets it all wrong.
In short, Indochine completely misses the wicket by a whisker … but I will not rule out a comeback if there are MAJOR changes to their menu and overall food quality.
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The springrolls look very crispy!
I actually prefer rice over vermicelli because I dunno, I don't particularly like vermecelli at restaurants as they are always too soggy!
I haven't been to indochine for ages too! too long to remember what it's likeReply
Indochine tomorrow for lunch! Yay and nay! It's the fourth time in as many weeks. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Another workfriend's B'day lunch.Reply
my bf still swears by indochine..
just a note… tien dat and indochine are family… 😀Reply
Do any of these venues serve the " The 7 delights of beef " ?Reply
That's a winner if you love beef …
I don't like reading your blog during lunch time at work…… it makes me SOOOO hungry!!!!
You should start doing restaurant reviews and get paid for it!Reply
@funky_ass –
Oooh that explains why there are two restaurants on Carrington that look pretty much the same…
@vamp168 –
I don't think I've seen it in any Melbourne restaurants… I don't think I love beef THAT much to be able to order it but we shall see. Heh.Reply
Just went to Indochine for the upteenth time this week – 3 times, which totals up to 6 times in the last four weeks. It's been a pretty Vietnamesey month for me! Nam Giao with yourself, Jen and Shirley, Tien Dat 6 times because of colleague birthdays and friends celebrating the end of the Graduate Program, Thanh Dat or something like that on Windsor/Buckingham avenues in Springvalue.
Hrmmm… a bit of England in Springvale I just realised after typing Windsor and Buckingham, after spending nearly 80% of my life in Springvalue!Reply
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Haha Springvalue? Was that an honest typo or deliberate?Reply
Typo dude, typo. Obviously you know who I work for and the word value I use alot lately in writing reports =(Reply


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I have seen many of the parody shows at Gorilla Tango Theatre. When "The Rack of Khan: A Star Trek Burlesque" opened last Friday, I was in the sold out audience. I felt like I had seen the show before and I had. There was a similar Gorilla Tango production of "Boobs of Kahn" in 2011.
The show parodies Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. The crew of the Enterprise are all played by women (see complete cast list below.) They are gender transformed by Kahn, well played by Misty Orchid with a Tina Turner like elan. Kirk, Spock, Checkov, Scotty and the entire crew find their man parts replaced with what Checkov calls "fajinas." They travel to the future from Star Date: 867-5309 to find a solution for their gender reassignments. They eventually chase down Kahn, defeat him and recover the genesis device, a bedazzled dildo, which was what changed them in the first place.
It's a burlesque show as well as a comedic drama, so you'll be laughing and seeing lots of skin! There's one hilarious scene where a red shirt ensign is in the teleportation room.
Checkov says, "Prepare to beam down."
"I AM NOT BEAMING DOWN!" answers the red shirt, played by Royal T.
She goes on to list and explain what has happened to every other red shirt character that has, of course, died in the vintage TV Star Trek series. She was very funny and also a good physical comedian.
A Myth Ist, that's her burlesque name, was great as Spock, she had a purple mohawk, a deadpan delivery and some of the funniest lines in the show. Sherri Blossom as Kirk had the swagger and confidence of Captain James T, Kirk, but her "Kirk speak" was very inconsistent. Shatner's Kirk, as you know, has a very distinctive, slowish, stilted, and almost syncopated rhythm. Blossom was at times very Kirk like and at times only plainly conversational. If she had done one or the other, it would have been better.
Cyn Cat played a shiny, sexy, android with long golden eye lashes that announces that she's fully functional. Evelyn Tension was in the future scenes as Next Generations' Worf, doing a holo-deck combat dance with Klingon sneers that was great.
The show, though inconsistent, was enjoyable. When Kirk strips down to a g-string with Star Trek communicator emblem pasties, or when the incredibly hot Data does a song and dance routine and ends up practically naked, you can't help but be entertained.
Tickets are $35 and the show runs Fridays at 9 p.m. though June 27 at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL.
Cast and Crew:
- "Kirk" - Sherri Blossom
- "Khan" - Misty Orkyd
- "Spock" - A Myth Ist
- "Chekhov" & "LoCuteUs" - Jean Wildest
- "Scotty" & "Borg" - Greta Von Tapp
- "Red Shirt" & "Borg" - Royal T
- "Data" - Cyn Cat
- "Worf" - Evelyn Tensions
- Understudies: Tallulah Twist & Vespa Van Dyne
- Directed & Choregraphed by Erica Reid
- Asst. Director/Choreographer: Denise Aden
- Costumes by Kristen Ahern


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Nokia sees itself rising above competitors in 2009
Nokia has predicted that the mobile phone market segment will see lower profits for all parties in 2009, due to the current worldwide economic crisis. It believes mobile phone companies will experience the first dip in their sales figures in eight years.
At the same time, however, Nokia thinks it will fare better than many of its competitors, especially those who own a significantly smaller market share than theirs. Basically, Nokia sees the economic downturn as a bad thing for everyone, but it knows it won't be as bad for them as it is for their competitors.
CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told the Financial Times in an interview that Nokia will focus on profit development amid a falling cellphone market in which many competitors are cutting prices. It seems Nokia is still perfectly confident in their old way of doing business, wherein they won't reduce prices despite having competitors offering phone bargains everywhere.
Additionally, Kallasvuo brought up the fact that their current status as the mobile phone industry's juggernaut should at least provide them with a bit more armor than its lesser market share owning rivals.
"When times are tougher, people who have stronger positions fare relatively better than the competition . . . So, overall, I believe many of our competitors will have limitations here in terms of their ability to do things."
A bit cocky, but completely rational. So there we have confirmation that we won't necessarily see any price reductions on any of Nokia's upcoming phones for 2009. I guess you'll just have to cross your fingers for handsets that are worth their list prices and then some, though.


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Quick Sniffs: Nouveau Paris Feral Forest, B Never Too Busy to Be Beautiful Dirty and L'Artisan Parfumeur Ambre Extreme
B NEVER TOO BUSY TO BE BEAUTIFUL DIRTY: Two parts grease monkey, one part pre-dawn locker room and not entirely bad. This is what Nasomatto Duro could have/should have been, instead of the unwearable, noxious mess it actually is.
If you're in the market for a masculine scent that smells like a cool, shadowy, oil-slicked garage, this could be your pot of gold. I wouldn't purchase it for myself, but weirdly enough, I don't mind the stereotypical approach to its consumer demographic in this instance, and I give it a bemused thumbs-up.
NOUVEAU PARIS FERAL FOREST: Mossy, woodsy and with an undercurrent of smooth musks and a dollop of sweet amber. Not as green and twig-snappingly fresh an approach to a forest fragrance as CB I Hate Perfume Wild Hunt, yet I think it's better for it. There's something to be said for understatement.
I like (or maybe I should say, "I admire") the vivid evocation of nature that's CB's Wild Hunt, but I don't ever wear the stuff. This, I could wear. And easily.
L'ARTISAN PARFUMEUR AMBRE EXTREME: Where sweet, mild-mannered Mr. Vanilla meets Mr. Industrial Grade Patchouli.
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It's worth noting that sweet, mild-mannered Mr. Vanilla triumphs in the end.
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You can take comfort, when life throws you a curveball, in this thought: "If God can part the Red Sea, he can untie this little knot."
That knot can be seemingly insurmountable to us. An unforeseen medical condition, a death in the family, a relationship gone awry. It could be any of the myriad obstacles we encounter in this life that we just simply do not understand. But this truth remains unchanged: with God, nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37).
Does this mean he will 'bail us out' of every uncomfortable situation and every problem we come across in life? No. If life was free of trials, how would we ever learn or grow? This life is a time for us to be tested and tried. Proven, to see if we will obey the commandments, live in faith, and overcome ourselves. We each have our own lessons to learn, our own gifts to receive, our own trials to overcome.
If it be His will, God can untie that knot. He can make sense out of what does not make sense to us. We cannot understand all things, but thankfully, we have a loving Heavenly Father who does. He is with us through the best of days and the toughest of trials. He lifts us, strengthens us, and is our constant friend.
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Combine warm, wonderful wool with your favorite cottons for the Sheep's in the Melon Patch quilt. Choose from the Improved Nine Patch (58" x 78"), which is fat quarter friendly, or the Melon Patch (66" x 86") designs shown in the photo. You will be piecing a quilt top made of pieced blocks, then adding melon-shaped pieces to the top rather than sewing curved pieces to create this time-honored quilt. Designed by Kara Schorstein
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How the WTA avoids communication disconnect
PARIS — This is what's known as the loaded question, but Larry Scott, the chief executive officer of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour knew it was loaded, he knew where I was coming from and I could tell he was fine with the way the question was asked.
I asked him this afternoon how, with dozens of his chief constituents flying all over the world to play tournaments, does he keep in touch with them when he's preparing to make a decision or thinking about a major change of policy or rules.
The concept behind the question was to play off the way Scott has been successful pushing through his Road Map 2009, which is a major change in scheduling and a number of other important issues, with the way the ATP has failed badly, splitting players and putting its CEO, Etienne de Villiers, in danger of not being retained when his contract is up Dec. 31.
When you ask this question, it's crucial that you don't mention de Villiers or the ATP because Scott is not going to want to appear to criticize a man with whom he has an excellent relationship. But at the same time, I knew he would be anxious to let the world know that his tour has a solid relationship with its players.
"In our organization, decisions don't just get taken," said Scott. "You're a servant leader. You work for the players and you work for the tournaments and you lead them in a certain direction. And there's a lot of consultation with players and tournaments before any decisions are made."
I love that phrase — "servant leader." It's such a perfect way for Scott to describe the role he has taken and why he deserves every farthing of that $1 million-plus salary he's earning.
I'm not saying de Villiers doesn't see himself as a "servant leader." Maybe he does. But I can't imagine him using that phrase and, to be fair, he's in a different situation. He was hired with a mandate to make changes and he's made a number of them. Unfortunately, next month he's facing a lawsuit from owners of the downgraded Hamburg tournament next month that many believe could bankrupt the ATP if it loses. Just downgrading the tournament caused a major player split.
Even if the ATP wins the suit, it might not get court costs and legal fees, which now are estimated to run well over $7 million. The ATP players are unhappy. The WTA players are not.
One of Scott's big edges is his experience in tennis. He was a tour player, though he'd appreciate it if I didn't mention his career record, and he worked for years as a high executive for the ATP. He understands the communication needs of players.
de Villiers worked for the Disney Corporation, and he was very good at what he did. But basically he was reporting to a board of directors with occasional sit-downs with Mickey and Donald. At the ATP, it's a whole different dynamic. He not only has to satisfy a board of directors, but scores of players and he has not, apparently, been successful with that because most of the top 20s in a letter to the ATP demanded to be better informed about what is happening at the top of the ATP food chain.
Here's Scott again: "We've got a lot of systems in place (to communicate with players). We have staff on the road, a Player Council with seven active members, and they're on calls every few weeks.
"At various levels, we communicate with agents and family members." There are four mass meetings a year, each at a Grand Slam. But, said Scott, in reality not much happens at the formal meetings. "It's the informal meetings where you get the word out."
His top-20s, like the ATP's top-20s, are the heavyweights who need to be kept closely informed. "As a group, I'm in touch with them a half-dozen times a year," said Scott. "But more often than not, I'm texting them or picking up the phone and calling them. When I'm at a tournament,. I'll pick out players and have one-on-one time with them. Players have the potential for a lot of input and influence, and the top players deserve a real voice in the way the game is going."
The result for Scott has been acceptance of his Road Map changes, and no change in tennis is easy with the disparate factions of players involved. Clay courters vs. hard courters and Europeans vs. Americans, to name just two.
That's why the WTA is moving forward and the ATP is, well . . we're not sure where the ATP is going.


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The San Antonio Food Truck scene started a little over a year ago. It is now growing into a full fledged deal with some awesome food and all for reasonable prices.
San Antonio recently passed an ordinance to allow the trucks into the downtown area. Although just a pilot program right now the city seems confident that it will be adopted permanently after the initial 6 month trial period.
There are currently 4 Food Truck Parks in town, The Boardwalk on Bulverde (http://boardwalkonbulverde.
The Boardwalk on Bulverde started it all in San Antonio. They are open Thursday and Friday for dinner and Satday and Sunday for lunch and dinner. There are anywhere from 8-12 trucks there on any given day. The Boardwalks trucks are Rickshaw Stop, Spice Runner, Guilty Pleasures, Lagniappe Today, Sabor Columbiano, KC's Cones, R&R Chicken Wings, Toastie Buns, Taco King, 1-2-3 Hot Dog, The Meating Spot and (a name Dallas may recognize) San Antonio's first full service bakery truck, Society Bakery. A lot of these trucks do events outside of the park including corporate lunches and dinners and weddings. If you are looking for a specific truck be sure to check Twitter and/or Facebook to see where they are. The Boardwalk is also a BYOB (most of the time) park. If they are hosting a big event, like the upcoming Kitchens for Cancer Event May 25-27, then they are selling beer and you cannot BYOB. 3 of the Boardwalk trucks are heading your way soon. Sabor Columbiano, R&R Chicken Wings and KCs Cones will be in Dallas for the Tx Food Truck Festival.
Alamo Eat Street Bar is open Tuesday-Thursday 4pm-Midnight and Friday and Saturday 4pm-2am. On occasion a truck or two will also open for a weekend brunch. They have a rotation of 5-7 trucks. The trucks at Alamo Eat Street are aAttaboy Burger, The Chili Queens, Tapa Tapa Truck, The Rolling Pig, Wheelie Gourmet, Where Y'at and The DUK Truck. The trucks rotate by the day so be sure to check the website or Twitter to see who is out there. Alamo Eat Street offers a variety of craft beer ranging from Alamo to St Arnold to San Antonio's own Ranger Creek. For the unadventurous you can also get the basic Bud Light, Miller Light, and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
The Point Park is open Wednesday and Thursday 11am-9pm and Friday and Saturday 11am-11pm. They also will open on weekends for breakfast if there is a breakfast truck there. The trucks rotate frequently between Rocker Dogz, Blazin Burgers, Chelas Tacos, Skinny Cat Catering, Fat Bellies, Texasada Mexican Street Food, Kitchen Fusionz, Mars Mobile, The Big Red Apple and Crepe Nation. The Point also offers a nice beer and wine selection on top of an Art Space for local artists to set up and display. Check the website for a list of trucks and upcoming food, art and wine events.
The 281 Food Park (formerly The Park at Summerglen) is recently under new ownership (as well as the new name ). The hours are 11am-9pm Wednesday-Sunday. The trucks here are Panini Street, Barnyard Smokehouse, Pier 67, Ellie's Farm to Truck, Fry Guy and Top It Off Froyo. They do have a couple of other trucks that swing in on occasion as well. Best bet for this park is to check Twitter and see who is there.
On top of the parks you can also find a lot of the trucks throughout the city. There is StrEAT Food every Wednesday with varying trucks. StrEAT Food is a fun event in one of our local bar parking lots. Great Happy Hour specials and, of course, great food. You can also roam the streets (or check Twitter) and find trucks like Say.She.Ate, Winner Winner Chicken Dinner, Congers Smoke Shack and many many more.
If you are heading to San Antonio feel free to hit me up on Twitter, @SAFoodtrckstlkr, I will be happy to let you know what is going on. You can also check out my Mobile Food List for easy access to all of the SA Food Truck Tweets. (https://twitter.com/#!/mySA_


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Trompe l'oeil is an art technique creating optical illusions of three dimensions. Using realistic themes the artist creates murals that fool the eye. This type of painting originated in the Baroque era, however, illusionism dates much further back.
One of Coachella Valley finest mural artist, who uses the art of trompe l'oeil in most of his works, is Keith Blum, a Los Angeles raised painter with over 25 years of experience. Keith was recently nominated as "Best Artist of the Year" in the Coachella Valley by CV magazine. "I want to entertain the eye as well as fool it" he says, and "When you find your passion there is nothing in the world more satisfying than doing it."
Keith has recently taped a DVD teaching the "How To" of painting 3d illusions, which will be available on-line soon. He explains that using water based latex and acrylic paints are more practical for murals. "It dries much quicker, it is easy to correct and it's cheaper than oils. Oil outside in sunlight will yellow and discolor in time." He uses 40 to 50 colors, draws the outlines with chalk and continues with white primer to give it a good base. Soon the painting takes on a life of itself and the images begin to look real.
Trompe l'oeil was used in films like Singin' in the Rain (1952), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and many more Hollywood productions. Art has always nourished the soul and is used to enhance one's imagination.
With talented competition like Snake Jagger, Shawn Savage, Natalia Astankina, and Ron Cameron the competition is fierce at the "Best Artist of the Year" event. It certainly will be an exciting run-off of the most talented painters of the area.
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JCO Religious Teacher : 35 posts for RRT 72 (Pandit-31, Maulvi-3, Padre-2) and 24 posts for RRT 73 [Pandit 19, Maulvi 02 and Padre 03], Age Limit: 27-34 years for civilian and 25-34 for remustered candidates.
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The Concert in Miniature Broadcasts - 1952-1953 (Artistry CD-001)
Stan Kenton (piano), Bill Russo (trombone), Bob Burgess (trombone), Frank Rosolino (trombone),
Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, Ruben McFall (trumpets), Keith Moon, Bill Smiley (trombones), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (alto saxes), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (tenor saxes), Bob Gioga (baritone sax), Sal Salvador (guitar), Don Bagley (bass), Stan Levey (drums).
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Recorded: live at the Hollywood Palladium, January 31, 1953
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
Bill Russo recorded this composition with his own orchestra for the Dee Gee label, and later created this setting for the Kenton ensemble. The piece reflects his study with Lennie Tristano, as it sounds like a written improvisation over a set chord sequence. If Bach had written for the Kentonians, this is probably what the result would sound like; this has a very baroque-classical feel with near-even eighth notes over Levey's metronome-like brushes (fellow Tristanoites Konitz and Warne Marsh would open up gigs by playing Bach Two-part Inventions). Later on, the band breaks out into counterpoint, which is beautifully balanced. In fact the entire track shows how the band could play with precision and the kind of contained excitement needed for much of Russo's writing during this era. Soloists are Russo, Burgess and Rosolino on this live performance. It is a pity that this piece was not commercially recorded by the Kenton Orchestra.
Reviewer: Jeff Sultanof
Tags: 1950s jazz · big band
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Many articles suggest that using public key authentication is more secure than using a password. References: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/is-ssh-keys-authentication-more-secure-than-password-authentication-934866/ and http://www.spy-hill.net/~myers/help/PublicKey.html.
I beg to differ.
The problem with public key authentication is that it converts the authentication mode from "something you know" to "something you have in your home folder".
Consider the attack propagation. If a single machine is compromised, you are better off containing the attack within the same machine when using password based authentication rather than a public key - using which every machine is compromised.
My opinion is if scripts are not used in the server - that store the password, having password authentication and account lockout for bruteforce is much stronger than public key.
When scripts are present - 1. Ensure that scripts run as least privileged user as possible and use public key authentication for the scripts to access other machines. 2. It scripts require root privileges to run, still use the same unprivileged account and use a local executable with suid (accessible only to the script) to run the privileged command.
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We were a little pressed for time. One of our group of four had to go to work in about an hour and a half. We'd just finished up a game of Puerto Rico, with our soon-to-be-out-the-door man (Steve) having won the game. I suggested that we break out Martin Wallace's new game, The Witches, and there was a general sort of outcry that it being a Martin Wallace game, there wasn't any way that it could be taught and played in the amount of time we had left. I assured them that in spite of Mr. Wallace's penchant for elegant complexity in games that can often take two or three hours to play, this one was not like that; that without breaking a sweat, it could be taught, comprehended and played in plenty of time for Steve to get to work on time.
We made it with time to spare.
"I don't think the game will hold much appeal to experienced gamers," said Wallace in an interview with Kris Hall of The Opinionated Gamers, this past May. "It's a simple (role-playing) board game, where each player takes the role of a trainee witch and has to solve problems. You feed up on the simple problems before you take on the hard ones.
"What I can say," he added, "is that I think it is the only game in existence where players have to meet up for tea."
Our gang of four, experienced gamers all, had a good time with it, although all acknowledged that it didn't really have a lot of meat on its bones. Didn't seem to matter. Steve's impending exit was assisted by the fact that the game is something of a race against time, anyway, and its bare-bones mechanics are extremely simple to explain - Draw a card to determine where on the board a problem is about to arise, move your playing piece (by walking to adjacent spots or flying, via broomstick) to a location of your choosing (not necessarily the place where the new problem arose at the start of your turn) and see if you can solve a problem.
The problems are numbers written on tiles; easier ones in the 7-12 range, harder ones in the 16-23 range. Each of the tiles on which these numbers can be found is identified with a less abstract issue, like "sick sheep," for which the number is 9, or "fever," for which the number is 7, or "death," which bears the number 12. "Broken limb" is apparently just a little less difficult than "death" to fix, because its number is 11. The harder problems are generally nefarious characters, drawn from the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett (more on these a little later), which inspired this Wallace design; Lankin the Elf is a "19" problem. The Cunning Man is a "19" problem, too. There are four types of Elven tiles, which, in addition to their problem solving number (16 for each of four Elves, 19 for Lankin the elf, 20 for the King of the Elves, and 22 for the Queen of the Elves) create a bit of a mutual problem for all players involved. If three of the four types are on the board, face up, at the end of someone's turn, everybody loses.
The solution to these problems are dice; four of them. On your turn, you roll two to see if your chances of solving the problem are good or bad, at which point, you can retreat, gracefully, or press on. If you press on, you roll the other two dice. If the total of the dice equals or exceeds the problem number on the tile, you get the tile and put it on your Trainee Witch Display. Failure has varied consequences, depending on the situation. In addition to the problem number, each of these tiles has a victory point number, with, as might be expected, more victory points associated with solving harder problems like the Queen of the Elves, who'd get you six victory points. Curing the sick sheep, by contrast, will only earn you a single victory point. Fixing death is apparently worth less than messing with the Queen of the Elves, because it will only earn you three victory points. Player with the most victory points at the end of the game wins.
There are some added mechanics, like a hand of cards, three at the start, which can be used on your turn to do things like boost your dice rolls, or solve problems without using dice, or sneak through sites on the board (an invisibility option) without having to confront the problems there (normally mandatory). Every time you have solved two, easy problems, you get to increase your hand size, up to seven maximum, which can be helpful when you start tackling the harder problems, with their higher dice total requirements. Every time you collect two hard problems, you can add +1 to your dice roll, up to a maximum of four. If you've successfully solved four hard problems, you've probably won the game. In our little foursome, each of us had only one hard problem solved by game's end, which, by the way, can happen when the active player places the last of the problem tiles onto the board; at the start, in a four-player game, there are 10 hard tiles, and 18 easy tiles to be placed, along with nine easy tiles and five hard tiles which are on the board when the game actually begins.
The "tea" experience noted by Wallace is related to the fact that when you enter a space occupied by one of your fellow witch trainees, you are required to stop for tea; "just etiquette," say the rules. Stopping for tea allows you to get rid of three "cackle" tokens, which are picked up when on your dice roll, one (or more) of the dice shows a "cackle" symbol (equal to "0" for calculating dice totals). These "cackle" tiles can accumulate to the point where you might have to pick up a Black Alis tile, which will deduct one victory point from your total for each of these you have at the end of the game.
It is a family game, albeit one in which the idea that 'pregnancy' is something that can be fixed by a witch trainee, might require some parental guidance. To 'solve' the pregnancy requires a dice roll of 10, with a reward of two victory points, making it a little less difficult than death with one less reward.
We liked it, the four of us, and based on the 'race against time' feel to it, we'd likely pick it up again, even without the meat on its bones. The artwork by Peter Dennis is top-notch, as is the quality of its components, with the possible exception of the unremarkable player tokens, rendered in primary-colors plastic, which resemble witch's hats. A Collector's version is available which replaces these with pewter figurines.
Having just been released, The Witches has picked up only 42 ratings, to date, on BoardGameGeek, with an average rating of 6.31. It is apparently, based on some accompanying comments, more popular with fans of Pratchett's books, some of whom could care less about its playability, and are fans of the game because of its link to the much-loved Discworld novels.
The Witches is the second of three planned designs by Wallace, relating to Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, which began in 1983 with the publication of The Colour of Magic. The fictional Discworld is a flat disc, balanced on the back of four elephants, which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle. As of a couple of years ago, more than 70 million copies of 39 Discworld novels have sold in 37 languages. Until J.K. Rowling came along and introduced Harry Potter to the world, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author through the 1990s. Two years ago, Wallace designed and released the first of these novel-inspired games - Discworld: Ankh Morpork. I was sent a copy of this game by Mayfair at the time, but for reasons that escape me at the moment, I wasn't able to get it out onto a table for play, prior to a review. I can tell you, having resurrected it from my shelves for a look and sometime soon, will get it out onto a table for actual play, that it's a little more complicated than The Witches, though not by a lot. It's an area control game with a few Martin Wallace-like complications added to the process, which would never have hit the table successfully on that night when Steve had to get to work. The explanation is simple enough, but the task of actually accomplishing the game's objectives are much more difficult. Stay tuned for a report on Discworld: Ankh Morpork.
The Witches, designed by Martin Wallace, with artwork by Peter Dennis, is published by Mayfair Games, who provided me with a copy for review. It can be played by 2-4 people, and does come with both solo and co-operative variants. The time frame is an hour, maybe a little more or less, depending on the expertise of the gathered. The lower end of the age spectrum is set at 6-8. Hard to imagine a six-year-old playing it, but as I've noted about other games that dip that low into the age barrel, it depends on the six-year-old. It bears an MSRP of $50, and can be found at assorted outlets for less. Copies on the BoardGameGeek Marketplace have been seen for under $35.


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There is much debate regarding which and how many items should be included in a survival kit, but there is one item upon which everyone agrees – the knife. With so many uses – trapping, skinning and wood cutting, to name just a few – the survival knife is a vital component of a kit that one would carry in a wilderness environment or in an emergency situation.
A good knife can make the difference between surviving and not surviving. While every survivalist agrees that a knife is essential, there are many opinions about which is the best one for the variety of purposes that it may be called upon to serve. One knife might be right for a person with one set of skills, while another knife would be preferable for someone with different strengths.
The link below will direct you to a very informative article about survival knives. Not only does it communicate the most important characteristics that a survival knife should possess, but also provides a top five list of the best survival knives.
Hope you enjoy the article. Meet you on the other side.
It's difficult to argue with the writer's top five list, so we'll leave that alone. But I've followed those five knives with another eight that I like.
- ESSE RC-5 – carbon steel blade; a saber grind keeps the blade thickness all the way to the point
- Scharade SCHF9 – large handle; great grip, even in wet conditions
- Ontario RAT 5 – easy to handle for small bush craft tasks; ideal for carving
- Gerber LMF II ASEK – all-purpose blade; positive response from U.S. soldiers
- Mora of Sweden Morakniv Companion MG Carbon Steel – perfect for hunting, fishing and camping
- Columbia River Knife and Tool's 2013 Razel SS7 – can split a log and also cut rope, straps, wire and more
- Hawke's Hellion – a nine-inch blade that does the work of a folding knife, a sheath knife and a hatchet
- Buck Hoodlum – light, 10-inch blade can handle big tasks and small.
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I'm moving a tridion site from asp.net to java and I am wondering about how to handle the taglib declaration for tridion tags (ComponentLink, ComponentPresentation, etc.) at the top of the page. It seems from my research that it's generally put in the page or component template. This seems odd to me. I thought one of the benefits of tcdl tags being converted to a specific language during deployment was to keep the Content Management environment language agnostic. If I have to hard code the taglib declaration into the template I am no longer language agnostic... Granted you have to specify the page extension (jsp, aspx) in the CMS but it still seems counter intuitive. Is there an out of the box option for this that I'm missing or would I need to consider a deployer extension to inject the declarations in the page during deployment?
As far as I have seen, most people place the snippet at the top of the Page Layouts. I understand the point you are making by not embedding the taglib - but out of the box this functionality doesn't exist. I would actually suggest writing a 'language agnostic' TBB that either checks the extension of the page being published, or the output type of the publication target and based on that injects the respective string.
So the TBB would run (after the DWT) and see that our page is a jsp page (as an example), and then find the head of the document through a regular expression and inject the following.
Update: A way to write the TBB being consistent with the OOTB TBBs (such as the Link Resolver) would be to define a custom TCDL tag, such as:
and use a regular expression to parse your page's output for your custom tag, and have it swap the tag with the appropriate string. It would give you a bit more control around placement of the tag.
The likelihood of there being much benefit to be had from language-agnostic templates is almost certainly small. Most people would be OK with accepting some amount of language-specific things in their templates. So even if you can manage to achieve this technically (I'm sure you can.), it's probably still more effort than dropping these declarations into the page template, and fixing it up again on some putative future occasion when you change technologies again. Even then - when you change technologies again - you'll almost certainly change some other aspects of your design, so you'll be updating your code anyway, and you'll have a project with a budget.


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The purpose of this note is to examine a new model for ipw2200 wireless signal quality and a conversion from signal quality to signal strength bars.
The quadratic model of signal quality that currently appears in ipw2200.c and ieee80211_wx.c is one I proposed some time ago. This model is based on a least squares fit of four data points collected using the Windows XP driver. In this note, I propose to revert to a piecewise linear model of signal quality that is the same as the model used in ipw2200-1.0.0 except for the low signal and high signal set points.
Users typically encouner wireless statistics when using the wireless tools. For example,
iwconfig eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"mosswap" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:01:24:F0:40:5A Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-** Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=69/100 Signal level=-55 dBm Noise level=-82 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:1
iwlist eth1 scan Cell 01 - Address: 00:01:24:F0:40:5A ESSID:"mosswap" Protocol:IEEE 802.11b Mode:Master Channel:6 Encryption key:on Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11 Quality=74/100 Signal level=-53 dBm Extra: Last beacon: 124ms ago
The ipw2200 driver produces an average for signal level and noise level in dBm. It converts the associated access point average signal level into a signal quality (0-100%) and also provides a link quality (0-100%) which is the minimum of five qualities: signal quality, beacon quality, transmitted quality, received quality, and rate quality. The iwconfig utility reports link quality along with average signal level and average noise level for an associated access point.
For each access point found in a scan, the ipw2200 driver produces a signal level in dBm. The ipw2200 driver provides a signal quality for each scanned access points using the same model that is used for associated access points.
The signal quality model we propose can be applied under the following assumptions. We assume that the wireless driver provides a value for signal level in dBm. We assume that the wireless driver defines a constant which represents the average noise level in dBm.
The signal-to-noise ratio, snr, is defined by
snr (dB) = signal_level (dBm) - avg_noise_level (dBm)
We propose the following model for signal quality as a percent.
signal_quality = 0 if snr < 0 signal_quality = 5*snr/2 if 0 <= snr < 40 = 100 if snr >= 40
Figure 1 shows a plot of this piecewise linear model (red), together with the quadratic model (green) that is currently used in ipw2200 and ieee80211.
The weakest usable signal typically corresponds to a signal-to-noise ratio in the interval [10, 15] dB. This model associates 10 dB with 25 percent. Zero signal-to-noise ratio is converted to zero percent signal quality, meaning that the signal cannot be distinguished from the noise. There is no functional difference between two signals corresponding to signal-to-noise ratios above 40 dB. This model assigns all such signals the signal quality of 100 percent.
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Jim Geier proposes the following signal-to-noise ratio bands for use in signal strength meters that use bars.
40 <= snr 4 bars, always associated, lightening fast 25 <= snr < 40 3 bars, always associated, very fast 15 <= snr < 25 2 bars, always associated, usually fast 5 <= snr < 15 1 bar, mostly associated, mostly slow 0 <= snr < 5 0 bars, no usable signal, not associated
Here are the corresponding percentage bands for the new model of signal quality.
40 <= snr 4 bars, 100 = signal quality 25 <= snr < 40 3 bars, 63 <= signal quality < 100 15 <= snr < 25 2 bars, 38 <= signal quality < 63 5 <= snr < 15 1 bar, 13 <= signal quality < 38 0 <= snr < 5 0 bars, 0 <= signal quality < 13
In practice, I don't find much difference between the 4 bar case and the 3 bar case. All the action seems to fall into the 1 and 2 bar cases. This is typically where you see the driver's adaptive bitrate selection algorithm changing the bitrate. In the 1 bar case, roaming may be initiated.
There is variation across wireless drivers in the way signal and noise levels are represented. My preference is for rssi to be represented as a nonnegative integer and for signal and noise levels to be represented in dBm. The ipw2200 driver does not use this representation. Instead, in the ipw2200 driver, rssi represents signal level in dBm and signal level is not reported. Here I will denote nonnegative integer rssi by rssi_raw to avoid confusion. For ipw2200, typical values are
0 <= rssi_raw <= RSSI_RAW_MAX = 92 -85 dBm <= signal_level <= -20 dBm -85 dBm = average_noise_level
The constant
#define IPW_RSSI_TO_DBM 112
which is currently found in ipw2200.h is used to convert rssi_raw values into dBm values or dBm values into rssi_raw values.
signal_level = rssi_raw - IPW_RSSI_TO_DBM rssi_raw = signal_level + IPW_RSSI_TO_DBM
The tradition model for signal quality is to convert rssi_raw to a percent with RSSI_RAW_MAX corresponding to 100%.
signal_quality = 100*rssi_raw/RSSI_RAW_MAX
How do the new and traditional models for signal quality compare? Here are plots assuming that the average noise level is -85 dBm. Figure 2 shows a plot of the new model (blue), the quadratic model (red) that is currently used in ipw2200 and ieee80211, and the traditional model (green).