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Great post, Very Intriguing! Deals may be a little far fetched but crazier things have happened. Nice job
The more that I understand the rules for signing FA's the more stupid the 2010 plan has become to me.
This time last year I thought that we could sign our own FA's without spending our cap and then use the cap room we have to sign other FA's.....NOT THE CASE!
Then I thought that we would had the MLE to use -thanks to an article written by Peter Vescey- that too is not the case - I now know that thanks to information provided by our very own LJ-
So I can not see the logic in Donnie Walsh's current approach!
Danny Ainge was Boston's version of Isiah Thomas -minus the harrassment suits- but he is considered to one of the best GMs now all because he made some ballsy moves, Mitch Kupchak couldve had D Wade in his move that sent Shaq to Mia but he ends up with Caron Butler -who he later traded for Kwame Brown-,Brian Grant and Lamar Odom, thus breaking up a dynasty and making him look like the biggest dumbass in the league. but he salvaged his career by doing what....not by waiting to get under cap, but by making bold moves! Now did both GM's get a little lucky -and Ainge got some damn help from a former teamate!- but they did not just sit on their hands
So what it boils down to is that The Knicks have 27 million to spend and at least 7 roster spots to fill. That is just under 4 million dollars per player, give David Lee 10 million and that is less than 3 million per player. Sign a coveted max FA and that leaves about 1 million dollars per player
And I guess you could point to our core of players as reason not to be concerned, but without a reliable PG,true SG or Center I'd say there is plenty of cause for concern with Walsh's plan.
So I present to you the NEW NEW YORK Plan for regaining Respectability! Also known as the "NO EXPIRING CONTRACTS LEFT BEHIND!"
Warning:This plan does not include us getting Lebron or D Wade if you are one of those fans who are living in that world proceed with caution!
Here's The Blueprint of the plan; 1. utilize most of our nearly 60 million dollars in expiring contracts instead of just letting them melt away this summer. 2. Get the players we would be after this summer at the trade deadline rather than July 1st, and then retain their Bird Rights to beat out offers on them!
It is basic mathematics 60 million gets you more than 27 million!!!!!!!
1st move: David Lee and Cuttino for Amare and 2010 1st rounder
Logic: Phoenix saves money on both ends of this deal. They Cuttino's contract saves them about 3 million this season, and they can re-sign Lee for less than Amare this summer, thus saving them money then too! We get the future first rounder because Lee is actually outplaying Stoudamire for less this season. We make this deal to improve shot blocking, Amare is no Mutumbo but he has blocked more shots in 53 games this year than Lee has in the past two seasons combined! They are both undesized Centers, but Amare is better at it, plus even with Lee's improved offensive play, Amare is the better one on one player in the post.
2nd Move: Jared Jefferies and Toney Douglas for Luke Ridinour
Logic: Scott Skiles gets two defensive minded players who would fit in nice with his team. Jefferies would be a favorite, and I think he can better mold Douglas into an NBA PG than just about any coach outside of Larry Brown.... In short, We get a true PG!
3rd move: That rumored 3 team deal with Wash and Hou
Logic:Lone standing I do not get this deal, but If we make moves around this deal then I like it. Don't know all the players involved, but I suspect we would be giving up Hughes and Harrington and getting back T-Mac. T Mac is a legit SG and consider that we now have Ridnour then our backcourt looks pretty solid even if T-Mac is not at his superstar level.
4th move: Nate Robinson for James Jones and 2011 or 2012 first rounder
Logic: The Heat went after Rafer Alston to provide a spark off the bench and they have not got that from him and probably won't! they can make this move to get that spark and just buy out Alston's league minimum contract. Nate won't veto a deal to South Beach and we get a 3 pt shooting, defensive minded, role player who has 3 straight team options on his contract after this one! The first rounder is for the obvious disparity in talent.
5th move: Darko Millic and a future first rounder for Leandro Barbosa
Logic: Leandro's minutes are consistently down since Mike D left Phoenix and his production has dipped, Phoenix could use this move -accompanied by my first proposal- to save 14 million in cap next year which would put them about 7 million under and even more if Hill calls it quits, which basically allows for them to replace Barbosa with a JJ Reddick, Mike Miller, Travis Outlaw, or Matt Barners. We get another Dantoni favorite who is a more under control version of Nate.
side note: I actually realize that this trade is a huge stretch
Ridnour/Duhon (this is where he should be)
T-Mac/Barbosa/ Chandler
This is the type of team Mike Dantoni needs! I give this team 45 wins next season -I said respectability-and should provide a ray of hope to our franchise. Curry's expiring deal plus Wilson and Gallo should make for some nice trade chips come next season's trade deadline.
Ok, then in the off season we just retain all the players who we traded for who have expiring deals and we keep Duhon as a backup for one more season.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
Great post, Very Intriguing! Deals may be a little far fetched but crazier things have happened. Nice job
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
Nice work. It's a stretch to say the least.
But isn't Mobley's contract past it's trade expiration date? As far as I know it became void in late December.
And what's the knicks combined salary if that was to be our team? It'd still be below the league minimum of active players.
Might still need a few tweaks I reckon.
There is one problem here:Steve Kerr would never trade Amare or Barbosa to the Knicks and help out his old coach.
I think the guy just laughs at Mike D'antoni's putrid 51-82 record with the Knicks and wishes the worst for him.
Until D'antoni or Kerr lose their jobs, any good trades involving the Knicks and Suns are off.
New York Knicks = An organization more useless than a bag of rocks painted in orange and blue. The most over-paid collection of talent ever assembled on an NBA floor. They could only be coached worse by a dead Rich Kotite.
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About the team salary..... I would imagine around 64 million or so.
I would give Ridinour 3 years 21 million. 6.8 million next year (identical to what Jefferies wouldve made)
T-Mac is still a risk, thus he gets two years 22 million with a team option on the second. 11 million next year
Amare would get his 16 million per year
Duhon gets a generous 1 year 2 million dollar deal to be a backup
add Barbosa's 8 million and 4 million to James Jones -if we choose- and its around 65 million add a couple of league minimum types to fill out the roster and it is at 67 million, which would make us 16th in the league for team payroll. Seems about right for a middle of the pack type team.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
Not that this will likely happen but, how would you feel if you heard Lebron say that the Knicks were his number one option in the 2010 free agent market but couldn't sign with them because they were over the salary cap?
New York Knicks = An organization more useless than a bag of rocks painted in orange and blue. The most over-paid collection of talent ever assembled on an NBA floor. They could only be coached worse by a dead Rich Kotite.
Man...I've been saying this for months now. It's nice to see some of you coming around.
Like New New York said, once you understand cap space, free agent signings, Bird Rights and the fact that the MLE and Bi-Annual exceptions must be renounced (i.e. they are not available to teams under the cap), you can then realize how faulty the 2010 plan is.
Add to those facts that we have the worst roster in the NBA and only Jeffries, Curry, Douglas, Hill, Chandler and Gallo as the roster to attract free agents (no Lee because we can't afford his Bird Rights) and the 2010 plan seems almost impossible.
Now, let's take a look at the players that we know are available NOW.
Amare Stoudemire
Caron Butler
Tyrus Thomas
Kirk Hinrich
Kevin Martin
Emeka Okafur
Luke Ridnour
All of these trades work, are reasonable and completely within our reach:
Send Harrington to the Wiz for Caron Butler (we already know will work)
Send Hughes to Chicago for Hinrich and Thomas (all Chi wants is cap space)
Send Lee + Nate + Darko for Amare Stoudemire
Send Duhon + 2010 2nd round pick for Ridnour
Lineup for remainder of season:
PF-Tyrus Thomas
w/ Ridnour, Gallo, Hill and Douglas off the bench.
That is a very good defensive team that can run the floor. Easily makes the playoffs this year.
Then with the expiring contracts of Curry and Jeffries other players can be had.
Once you accept the fact that Lebron and Wade are not coming, this team looks pretty good. Can anyone build a better roster in 2010? What about 2011? I doubt it.
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I like the whole idae in general but your 1st and 4th trades are unlikely.
Phoenix is trading Amare and would be foolish to throw in a 1st round pick with it. Amare and David lee are all stars, if anything they would do it straight up at best. Any other scenerio would be Phoenix wanting Hill or Doulgas in the deal.
Nat Robinson is in his last year...why would the heat trade a 1st round pick for someone they can get after this season? And who knows if they want Nate? No one gave him a contract last off season.
Those two trades seem unlikely because teams are not giving us a 1st round pick.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
simply put....a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush!
A remote chance at signing James is not worth us blowing off potential deals.
Fact: James is at least twice as good as any of the players I suggested that we trade for
But another fact of the matter is that James can not do it all by himself! If we had a better core of players, then it would be worth it to put all our efforts into nabbing James.
But....Wilson,Gallo,Hill,Jefferies,Douglas and Curry is not a desirable lineup for any FA who is serious about winning and not just out to get a big check!
Even if Lebron has another MVP season and you play him at the point to supress that need, our team is at best a 5th seed in the East and that's giving a lot of credit to us. So why would Lebron bolt his home town team for that?
So allow me to ask you a question good sir.....what if we do nab James and he tears an ACL, how would you feel about putting our all into one player?
Fact remains if we got James we would be one injury away from being a 23 win team again. That's not smart team managment when the drop off is that major with the loss of just one player
What we shouldve learned from The Sixers Final run back in 2000 is that one player can only carry a team so far! And AI had a much better core of players around him than what we have on our team after this season.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
But realistically, you have to ask yourself, why would Lebron come to that roster?
Can someone give me one good reason why any of the big-time free agents would come to the worst roster in the NBA?
Why would anyone want to sign to a roster of Curry, Jeffries, Douglas, Hill, Chandler and Gallo (plus a bunch of other scrubs to fill the roster with the remaining cap space)?
Everyone just assumes Lebron, Lee and others will just sign here. Nobody actually asks the logical question of why?


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©2007 BBC Audiobooks Ltd; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
"Read The Warden first"
I would urge the reader to consider reading the first book in the Barchester series --The Warden--before reading this one. Although one could read Barchester Towers alone and enjoy it immensely, I think the relationships between the central characters are better enjoyed and savored more fully if one has read about them first in The Warden. (It's relatively short and very enjoyable.)
Still BT is an enjoyable read all by itself and the wonderfully amusing wry asides by the author truly made me laugh out loud. If you yearn for a simpler time, or delight in the very best novels of English country life from Austen to Pym, or simply love an English sentence well-turned, you will enjoy this book. The reader is excellent.
"Simply superb"
The book itself, of course, is a perennial classic for its elegance and wit. Timothy West has comprehended the book magnificently and his reading of it is a triumph. Listening is sheer, unadulterated pleasure.
What can one say about Anthony Trollope? He's one of the giants. My wife wouldn't be found dead reading him so it is clear that not everyone falls for him, but for those who love Trollope, Barchester Towers is one of the loveliest, though frankly there's nothing Trollopian I wouldn't read. With readings, the narrator is also critically important and here we have Timothy West, who in my opinion is as good as it gets. I think he is not entirely on the mark with Madeleine, but bear in mind this book has multiple characters. Timothy West does a terrific job differentiating them. He is better at men than at women - go figure - but he is overall so good that listening to this book was a pleasure from start to finish.
"Great book: very well read"
Listening to this book convinced me that Trollope is a fine writer, and I plan to listen to many more of his works. In all cases I'll choose the Timothy West version. This reader is excellent. I especially like the way he conveys character through the various voices he uses. His Mr. Slope and Bishop Proudie are especially good.
"The Warden/Barchester Towers"
I listened to The Warden/Barchester Towers after listening to The Way We Live Now (my first Trollope venture) and for that reason, I believe, I was not as entranced with the first two Barsetshire novels as I was with my first. The books are similar, in that they deal with issues of the time and the affairs of the many characters found throughout the book, but upon starting the Barsetshire books I was lost from the beginning because of all the religious terminology. I had to do a bit of research on the subject before I continued so I would not be completely lost. The Warden should be listened to first to get the feel for some of the main characters of Barchester Towers. Like The Way We Live Now, Trollope develops great characters we can really care for and really dislike. Trollope's characterization is what keeps me coming back for more. Regarding the story, it is entertaining and funny and sometimes slow and boring. Sometimes I had no idea what Trollope was going on about, but I always soon found myself back on track with the story and, having finished the story, feel that I didn't miss that much when I was spacing out at the more tedious bits. Timothy West does an excellent job narrating and I must admit that his narration is another reason why I can't quite give up on Trollope's writing. After taking a little break, I attend on listening to Doctor Thorne and then, eventually, the rest of the series. All in all, this is pretty good story telling.
I love reading and listening to books, especially fantasy, science fiction, children's, historical, and classics.
""I'll Slope him!" "I'll dean him!""
War in Barchester. The army invading the quiet cathedral town is spearheaded by the low church, hen-pecked, gormless new Bishop Proudie, his evangelical, despotic wife ("the she-bishop," the "Medea of Barchester"), and their odious, duplicitous, ambitious, bad-beef complexioned and clammy-handed chaplain Mr. Slope, who, fancying himself the true new Bishop of Barchester, plans to promote Sabbath-day schools and to throw the music and ceremony of the Anglican service out with the rubbish. The outraged local defending forces are comprised of the modest, mild, weak, but stubborn ex-Warden of Hiram's Hospital Mr. Harding, his arrogant, righteous, and hot-tempered Archdeacon son-in-law Dr. Grantly, and the high church "champion," the thoughtful former Oxford professor of poetry and new vicar of St. Ewold, Mr. Arabin. Amid the warfare run rumors of courtship: Eleanor Bold, the younger daughter of Mr. Harding, with a beloved baby son and 1200 pounds per year, is a very eligible widow for suitors calculating, feckless, or inexperienced. Also mixed in the conflict is the Stanhope family, back in Barchester after a twelve-year sojourn in Italy, during which the father, a prebendary of the cathedral, was catching butterflies while supposedly caring for his sore throat. The Stanhope son Bertie is a lazy, good-natured, and unprejudiced parasite, his sister Madeline (AKA La Signora Neroni) is a crippled, beautiful, arachnoid man-catcher with eyes bright as Lucifer's and compelling as a basilisk's, and the first-born daughter Charlotte does her best to enable the predilections of her younger siblings.
In his second Barchester Chronicles novel, Barchester Towers (1857), then, Anthony Trollope sets these colorful characters in play with and against each other in a largely unpredictable and wholly entertaining comedy of manners with much to say about mid-nineteenth-century gender, class, age, reform, religion, love, family, and novels, all in a way that is particularly Victorian British and universally human.
Trollope's writing is witty, elegant, suspenseful, knowing, allusive, and quotable. I enjoy, for example, his epic similes using classical literature, Elizabethan drama, or the Bible, as when he hilariously compares Mrs. Proudie to Achilles or Mr. Slope to Lady Macbeth. Trollope's narrator and characters say pithy things like:
"If honest men did not squabble for money in this wicked world of ours, the wicked men would get it all."
"A man must be an idiot or else an angel, who, after the age of forty shall attempt to be just to his neighbours."
"Gentlemen do not write to women about their tresses, unless they are on intimate terms."
"There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel."
And Trollope relishes sympathetically mocking his characters, as when with heroic formality he encourages the Bishop to stand up to his wife:
"Now, bishop, look well to thyself, and call up all the manhood that is in thee. Think how much is at stake. If now thou art not true to thy guns, no Slope can hereafter aid thee. How can he who deserts his own colours at the final smell of gunpowder expect faith in any ally. Thou thyself hast sought the battlefield; fight out the battle manfully now thou art there. Courage, bishop, courage! Frowns cannot kill, nor can sharp words break any bones. After all the apron is thine own. She can appoint no wardens, give away no benefices, nominate no chaplains, an' thou art but true to thyself. Up, man, and at her with a constant heart."
The novel is not without a disappointment or two. Eleanor's sister-in-law Mary Bold has devolved from an intelligent and independent woman who writes reform-minded newspaper pieces in The Warden (1855), the first novel in his Chronicles, to a bland live-in nanny in Barchester Towers. And some things, naturally enough, feel dated, like the ideas that the ideal condition of wife and husband is for the woman to be a beautiful parasitic plant like ivy decorating a wall (the man) and that independence is a "heavy burden" for women.
But mostly I listened to Barchester Towers chuckling, grinning, and generally reveling in Trollope's characters, story, and prose and in Timothy West's virtuoso reading of them. As Juliet Stevenson was born to read Virgina Woolf, West was born to read Anthony Trollope. He's perfect with people young and old, high and low, male and female, and unlike Simon Vance reading The Warden, West's Eleanor has no irritating falsetto. His Mr. Slope (nasally unctuous), Mr. Harding (mild, good, and weak) and Signora Neroni (provocative ersatz Italian charm) are all wonderful.
Charles Dickens had crowded Trollope out of my life until I read The Warden, the first novel in his Chronicles, and was so delighted by it. Both authors write colorful and comical characters we care about, but while Dickens leans towards caricature, Trollope leans towards realism. Dickens' characters are often wholly good or wholly evil, while Trollope's are often very mixed indeed. (Compare Dickens' villain Uriah Heep with Trollope's Obadiah Slope.). Trollope feels less sentimental and melodramatic than Dickens, but after all they both wrote entertaining and page-turning, socially-conscious, humorous, and dramatic novels. I warmly urge fans of 19th century novels, especially readers familiar with Dickens but unfamiliar with Trollope, to read Barchester Towers. (Though both The Warden and Barchester Towers tell self-contained stories, reading the first book first would increase one's pleasure in the sequel.)
"Brilliant Performance"
The story is wonderful and describes the setting with a perfect amount of detail. The characters are fully developed and their foibles are both comical and infuriating but above all presented as people that we care deeply about as the story proceeds. Money and love play a part in the story. The moral questions of life are sifted and answered and although this all occurs in a time past, the universal nature of such struggles makes this book engrossing for today's reader. The narration is simply perfection.
"fabric artist and quilter"
"A complete delight"
Barchester Towers could have been written by Jane Austen's granddaughter! It is filled with janeisms but set some 50 years later. Trollope has the observations, the wit and the overall gentle and genteel comedy of manners and misunderstandings that made Jane Austen's books so loved.
Even the characters are updated Austen characters, some with wonderful humorous names such as a father of 14 children being called Mr Quiverful and the social climbing farmers the Lookalofts. My personal favourate was Mr Slope who challenges Mr Collins from Pride and Prejudice as the most odious curate ever!
I love the direct appeals Trollope makes to the reader - it brings you right into the action and Timothy West is absolutely perfect as the narrator. I believe, some narrators are born to read a particular author, Juliet Stevenson is perfect for Jane Austen as Timothy West is for Trollope. A match made in heaven!
At the end of The Warden I wasn't sure about Trollope and not sure if the Barsetshire series had grabbed me. I can tell you now at the end of Barchester Towers that I am totally smitten with it - I have already downloaded the next in the chronicles and can't wait to start it.
"West is best"
Barchester Towers is perhaps the most enjoyable novel of an author whom it is almost always a delight to read. Perhaps the novel does not scale the heights and social criticism is mild and muted in comparison with other Victorian novelists.But there are few readers who will not enjoy the portrayal of the Archdeacon, Mrs Proudie ,the egregious Mr Slope and many other characters.
When in addition the novel is superbly read by Timothy West, this becomes an outstanding audio book. He judges the varied tone of the narration to perfection and differentiates and portrays the various characters so well that listening one forgets that there is just one single reader. I'm sure that I will not be alone in finding that listening to these novels read by Timothy West is more rewarding and enjoyable than reading the book for oneself. Strongly recommended as are all of Timothy West's readings of Trollope.
"Superb reading makes story come alive"
I have always enjoyed reading Trollope but of course he is not as dramatic - or melodramatic - as Dickens. This reading brings out the light and shade in his writing. With the subtlest of accents or voices Timothy West breathes fascination into the whole book. Perhaps one of the features that make some readers find Trollope dull is that the commentary by the narrator is so understated. Giving each character his or her own distinctive voice keeps the attention of the listener. It's a virtuoso performance.
"A perfect audiobook"
This is everything an audiobook should be: Trollope's easiest to go along with novel sublimely well read. The baby talk section always makes me laugh. Don't bother with any other Barchester Chronicles readings!
"Pure pleasure"
This recording of Barchester Towers is an absolute joy to listen to. Timothy West gives each character their unique 'voice' and it is easy to picture them in conversation together.
My favourite is Rev. Slope who sounds as slimy and ingratiating as Trollope writes him.
I usually listen to my Audible books before going to sleep and I had several rather late nights while listening to this as I didn't want to stop!
"Tim's Trollope Triumph"
It's fashionable, especially among politicians to cite Trollope as a favourite writer over the likes of the more obvious Dickens. In reality, he is not in the same class but he is certainly worthy of his place amongst the greats. This is a beatifully read rendition by the great Timothy West (why not Sir Timothy by now?)which brings out all the wonderful humour of the novel.
"Wonderful novel, wonderful reader"
What more can one say. This is audiobook heaven. I know of nothing else that comes close to the Trollope and West combination.
"A delightful book beautifully read"
This is the second book of the barchester chronicles series. All the books in the series are a delight, and Timothy West reads them beautifully.
"West is best"
Barchester Towers is perhaps the most enjoyable novel of an author whom it is almost always a delight to read. Perhaps the novel does not scale the heights and social criticism is mild and muted in comparison with other Victorian novelists.But there are few readers who will not enjoy the portrayal of the Archdeacon, Mrs Proudie ,the egregious Mr Slope and many other characters.
When in addition the novel is superbly read by Timothy West, this becomes an outstanding audio book. He judges the varied tone of the narration to perfection and differentiates and portrays the various characters so well that listening one forgets that there is just one single reader. I'm sure that I will not be alone in finding that listening to these novels read by Timothy West is more rewarding and enjoyable than reading the book for oneself. Strongly recommended as are all of Timothy West's readings of Trollope.
"What a joy!"
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. The reader's characterisations are brilliant, from the Bishop with his thin, weedy voice, to the conniving Mr Slope. I had forgotten what a great book this was, it is so much more entertaining than its predecessor, The Warden. The dry wit of Trollope and the social observation are glorious, he is recognisably the same author as that of The Warden, but he seems to have gained considerable confidence and really enjoys exploring the possibilities that various combinations of characters and situations provide him with. The novel is peopled with such wonderful characters, and so much incident that I defy anyone not to be entertained. And if you can get through this book without laughing out loud then I'll eat my hat!
"Set the Tardis to 1861"
I'm beginning to wonder whether my plan to audit the whole of the Barchester Chronicles this summer is not a great use of my time. This volume is twice as long as the first (The Warden, set in 1851) but it doesn't really seem to add very much that is new. The characters are the same, as is the setting, and their concerns and attitudes also. I still love the atmosphere of the Cathedral close in 1855, the sunny gardens and very correct grammar and manners, and the insights into the nineteenth century frame of mind (e.g. the position of women and class structures) but it is now becoming predictable and repetitive. I'm going to skip the next volume (Dr Thorne) and fast forward to 1861. Into this happy band of ecclesiasticals should fall the nuclear bomb of the Origin of Species, and I'm hoping that will spice things up.
The performance from Timothy West is first class. Every character has a distinct, consistent and appropriate voice, including Trollope himself: it is Trollope himself who is starting to pall for me.
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December 28, 2005
Contacts: Nicole Deaner, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 202-203-7613
Adam Meier, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 202-203-7026
Chad Colby, U.S. Department of Education, 202-401-1576
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will co-host the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education January 5-6, 2006, in Washington, DC. The Secretaries will engage leaders of U.S. higher education in a renewed partnership to strengthen international education, emphasizing its importance to the national interest. Secretaries Rice and Spellings have called this Summit, organized by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to initiate a dialogue on the need for government to work collaboratively with the non-governmental sector on the future of U.S. higher education in a global arena.
"Through this Summit, Secretary Rice and Secretary Spellings and their respective Departments want to reach out to college and university presidents to reinforce a common interest in attracting foreign students and scholars to U.S. institutions," notes Karen Hughes, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. "Of equal importance is seeking investment in educating globally competitive U.S. students to work in fields of international interest."
Summit attendees will represent the full richness and diversity of the higher education system in the United States, coming from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and will include leading public and private research institutions, as well as community colleges, historically black institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, religiously affiliated institutions, and women's colleges. Also invited are the principal presidential higher education associations and the heads of the federal science and humanities bodies.
The Summit will focus on how to attract foreign students and scholars to study in the United States, as well as how to encourage more American students to receive part of their education abroad. In addition, participants will discuss marketing of U.S. higher education programs abroad, reaching out to underserved populations, understanding visa and regulatory processes, cooperating to meet exchange priorities, and utilizing fully the international education resources of community colleges. The Summit will also draw attention to the key investments required to strengthen international higher education for Americans, including increasing access to study abroad, encouraging non-traditional study abroad locations, strengthening non-traditional language acquisition, developing dynamic international strategies at U.S. universities and colleges, and engaging the public and private sectors in a shared national vision for the future.
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Web Testing & Gallio: A Little Helpful Trick
When doing automatic testing of Web apps using unit testing frameworks, it can be a pain in the butt to pinpoint the proper HTML element. A lot of times tests will fail because you used a wrong locator, but since the browser will automatically close after the test, you don't have an access to the HTML code of the page to look at what's actually there.
Fortunately Gallio provides a class called TestContext which contains the current information about the running test and which you can use to determine if the latest test is successful or not. This can then be used to run your custom handling code during the test teardown:
[TearDown] protected virtual void Teardown() { if (TestContext.CurrentContext.Outcome.Status == TestStatus.Failed) { using (TestLog.BeginSection("Failed web page HTML")) TestLog.Write(WebDriver.PageSource); } }
In the above snippet, we record the current Web page's HTML code into Gallio's log (the TestLog class). To avoid spamming the log, we do this for failed tests only.
Gallio provides a powerful framework which I think is very much underused, mostly because the documentation is not very detailed (to say the least).


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Global Exchange: Think Asia
WATCH: Global Exchange: Think AsiaTranscript
UTS's Global Exchange program allows you to study overseas for one or two teaching sessions at a UTS partner university in Asia, Europe or the Americas. With 248 exchange agreements with partners in 50 countries and territories, UTS has one of the largest international exchange programs in Australia.
While you are studying overseas, you remain enrolled full-time at UTS and receive credit towards your UTS degree. In most cases, you will be able to combine travel and study without adding extra time to your studies.
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Global exchange is a wonderful opportunity for you to gain intercultural knowledge, skills and experience in another country.
Check out our student blog (opens an external site) of exchange experiences of UTS students around the world or read about other UTS students' experiences.
Are you a student from outside Australia who wants to come to UTS on exchange?
Global Exchange or Study Abroad?
Global Exchange
The UTS Global Exchange program gives students enrolled at UTS the opportunity to study at an official UTS Exchange partner institution (opens an external site). You continue to pay your tuition fees at UTS and will receive credit towards your UTS degree.
Study Abroad
The UTS Study Abroad program allows students enrolled at UTS to study at any recognised university or college worldwide. For Study Abroad the institution does not have to be a UTS partner. Study Abroad attracts a tuition fee based on the number of subject credit points you study at the other institution.
Study in English
The majority of our partner universities teach in English; therefore you are not required to speak the language of your host country. However, going on exchange is also an opportunity to learn a new language, even if you will not study in that language.
If you are learning a language other than English at UTS and wish to study in that language while on exchange, you will need to have attained UTS level 8 language proficiency before your departure.
Global Exchange step by step
- Register for and attend a Global Exchange Information Session
- Shortlist your partner institution choices
- Research which subjects you can study at each university
- Apply online
- Submit your application form to your student centre for faculty approval
- Submit the completed application forms to UTS International by the due date
Note: You must apply to go on exchange more than six months before your intended departure date. For example, if you wish to go on exchange in the UTS Autumn session 2017, you need to apply during the UTS Autumn session 2016.
Short-term overseas partner programs
If you don't want to spend an entire session of your course overseas, or you may just want to explore an interesting elective option, many of UTS's partner universities offer 'for credit' short-term academic partner programs during their summer or winter periods.


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Cardinal Girl is Bad Luck
Well, it's taken me a couple weeks to get around to writing about the games I attended on the Cardinals' recent ugly West Coast trip. I guess I was just in mourning since they lost all 3 games I attended (2 in LA, 1 in Phoenix). Maybe I'm bad luck. Or more likely, Dave is bad luck, since the Cardinals lost every game he's attended with me. But then, I only brought him to 2 out of the 3 games, so I guess the blame falls on me.


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Christian Morig's name was noted often in my 2x great-grandfather James P. McPherson's diary; the two families were close neighbors throughout their lives in Springdale.
Christian Morig (Mohrig, Mohrich) was living in Springdale at the time of the 1850 Federal Census, however, his name in Ancestry's census index appears as Christian Merry. Also listed are his wife Fredrica, and children, Wilhelmina and Charles. By the 1860 Federal Census, he is listed as Christian Mcrichy, as are Frederikka, Wilhelmine, and Carl; on the next page, his three younger children are listed as Mary A., Henriette, and Robert Morichy. 1870 brings a new variation of the name on the Federal Census, Morick. Finally, in the 1870 Federal Census, 73 year old Christian and his 64 year old wife Fredericka are listed under the name Morig. (According to the Census Reports he could have been 77 years old, with birth year reported between 1803 and 1807; Fredericka's birth year was fairly consistent, approximately 1817)
To further complicate the name issues, on the 1862 platt map Morig's property, which is not far from that of my 2x great grandfather's, J.P. McPherson, is listed under the name of Mohrich. (As a further teaser in the Morig's in Springdale, between J.P.'s land and Christian's land, as shown on the 1862 Springdale platt map, is the property of William Morhich. I do not have a clue as to the connection, or if there is one, between Christian and William Mohrich.
(Note: There is not a listing in the 1860 Federal Census of Springdale for a William Morhrich, Morig, or any of the other name variations for Morig.
Also, the problems with the Morig's names in the census appeared to be two fold; a language issue between Morig's German accent and what the enumerator heard, plus equally unclear handwriting that blurred the lines between o's, e's. c's, g's, y's and g's.)
Christian Morig
as presented on page 136,
Centennial History of the Town of Springdale
Dane County, Wisconsin, 1848-1948
Christ Morig was an early settler in Springdale the exact date of his arrival not being known. He homesteaded the farm now know as the Lust farm and owned by Ervin Lust. Robert Morig, a son of Christ Morig, married Sofie Showers. They had five children, namely Robert, Al, Ralph, Wallis and Elda.
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COMSOL Conference Bangalore 2012: Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline coming up in July
Vineet Dravid | June 7, 2012
The early bird abstract submission deadline for the COMSOL Conference Bangalore is approaching soon, on 13th July. Submitting the abstract by this date gives you access to conference registration at a reduced rate. You can find submission and conference details on the Bangalore Call for Papers page.Read More
Jinlan Huang | May 15, 2012
The Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline for the COMSOL Conference Boston 2012 is fast approaching — in fact it's exactly one month away from today! If you submit your abstract prior to the deadline on June 15th you will receive a reduced registration fee. In case you need to edit your abstract, we are enabling you to do so through the My Conference page even after submission. This feature will be open for you until the Final Abstract Submission deadline […]Read More
Fanny Littmarck | March 2, 2012
We are excited to reveal our recently added list of over 20 different preliminary minicourse topics that will be offered at the 2012 conference in Boston. The list includes, but is not limited to topics such as:Read More
Jinlan Huang | February 21, 2012
I can share in the enthusiasm Valerio expressed in his blog about chairing the COMSOL Conference Program Committee. The difference for me is that I am chairing the Boston Conference for the very first year!Read More
Valerio Marra | February 10, 2012
I was reading Fanny's blog post about the call for papers and it reminded me of my duties as program chair of the COMSOL Conference 2012 that will be held in Milan, Italy. I had gotten distracted. At the time I was working on a two-phase non-isothermal flow simulation and I was lost in my train of thought… "How to correctly represent volume forces? Is it ok to use the Boussinesq approximation? Is this mesh fine enough? Am I using […]Read More
Fanny Littmarck | February 7, 2012
We have now officially opened our doors to receive abstracts for paper and poster submissions for this year's COMSOL Conference. This means that if you are interested in presenting your work in either Boston, Milan, or Bangalore now is the time to submit your abstract.Read More
Phil Kinnane | January 19, 2012
Reading Fanny's blog post from a couple of days back, I'm also getting excited about the COMSOL Conference. The big news for me is the introduction of Panel Discussions. We've noticed that although the User Presentations are interesting, there's very little time to ask the presenters questions before the next one has to get up there to present. On the other hand, we have all appreciated the Keynote presentations, which are often more general in their content, but also don't […]Read More
Fanny Littmarck | January 17, 2012
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Phil Kinnane | November 16, 2011
Vineet Dravid, Managing Director of COMSOL India reports…. "The 3rd COMSOL Conference in Bangalore was an exciting event. It was kicked off by a keynote address by the VP of Product Management, Bjorn Sjodin, who introduced the Particle Tracing Module, the Physics Interface Builder and other new features of COMSOL version 4.2a. This was followed by Pranay Goel, IISER, who talked about the basis of insulin secretion in the pancreas, and then by R Venkatraghavan, Unilever R&D, who gave a […]Read More
Phil Kinnane | November 14, 2011
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Oslo, Norway – 15 May, 2012 – Norman, a leading security company serving global enterprise, SMB, government and consumer markets, today announced that Isabella Alveberg has been named Chief Marketing Officer, effective immediately.
Alveberg brings more than 16 years of experience in the software industry and in digital sales and marketing management to this role. Previously she served as Digital Director for Aftenposten, one of Norway's largest media organizations. Before that, she worked with Microsoft, where her most recent position was Consumer and Online Marketing Director.
"Norman continues to strengthen its organization and executive team to address a very significant market opportunity in the security market," said Stein Surlien, President & CEO. "The addition of Isabella Alveberg will bring extensive digital marketing and sales expertise and strong competency in consumer and enterprise sales and branding to our company."
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Poems As 'Stepping Stones': Remembering Seamus Heaney
By Jacki Lyden • Sep 1, 2013
Originally published on September 1, 2013 5:18 pm
The poet Seamus Heaney died Friday. Heaney won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 and has been described as the "most important Irish poet since Yeats." Heaney was 74 years old. Host Jacki Lyden spoke to Heaney in 2008, and has this remembrance.


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Discover the Fallowfield Loop - Chorlton to Debdale Park
Tuesday 18th June 2013 at 7.00pm This is what time the ride will set off. It's best to get to the starting point at least 15 minutes beforehand to avoid missing the start.
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Steady If you're fairly confident on your bike and ready to broaden your cycling horizons, Steady rides are ideal. At a comfortable pace, and possibly with some modest hills along the way, rides take place on mainly quiet roads with plenty of sights along the way.
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- Chorlton Metro Station, St Werburgh's Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 0XN M21 0XN
- Overall Duration On a long ride, it's sometimes good to have a little break in the middle, or maybe a catch up at the beginning or end to keep it sociable. This means that the overall ride duration may be longer than the actual cycling time.
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The Yoshida family in Waikele is celebrating 20 years of having a Christmas Light Show.
You can find it on Anapau Place. The Yoshida family is accepting donation to help bring holiday cheer to children of families trying to transition out of being homeless. Last year, donations were accepted and used to purchase clothes, games and toys for 50 children of the Next Step Shelter in Kakaako.
It started 20 years ago with a few strands of lights hanging on the lanai balcony which took all but 15 minutes to set up. They had to take the 100-bulb light stand out of the box and find an extension cord to plug it in.
As the Yoshida familiy grew, so did the Christmas light display which has now became a family project that starts sometime in July.
There's a lot that needs to take place before the first bulb is hung -- planning, drawing, building and programming all start four months before.
The Christmas light show is comprised of more than a mile of electrical wiring and 20,000 lights all controlled by a computer that orchestrates the lights to "dance" to music broadcasted to your car radio.
Most of the lights are custom-built to work specifically with unique hardware and software that control the show and LED lights are used to significantly reduce power consumption.
The light show is powered 100 percent by the sun as a photovoltaic system produces more than enough electricity during the day to power the entire light show all night!
The light show has many different songs and runs about an hour before it repeats. If you don't want to listen to the music in your car, you can also enjoy hearing the music closer to the house.
The Waikele Christmas Light Show runs daily from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. It will run to 11 p.m. as it gets closer to Christmas Day.


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Much like spring, the Town of Highland is bursting with fresh energy and new initiatives these days. The latest evidence is the Artisan Fair, a series of events featuring the work of local artists that will launch this weekend and continue on select dates throughout the summer and into October on Austin Road in the hamlet of Barryville.
The events are being coordinated by potter Kim Lust in conjunction with the BrookHouse Gallery, which opened in October 2010 near the intersection of routes 97 and 55. Lust is no stranger to such ventures, having organized several successful arts fairs over the past several years.
"There are so many talented artists living in the region, and it's a great opportunity to see their work," said Lust.
BrookHouse owner and manager Luiz Aragon said the gallery opened with a core of five area artists, in addition to artist-in-residence David Bush, but that many others have expressed interest. "We began to ask ourselves, 'how can we expand this?'" said Aragon.
The solution was the Artisan Fair, which will provide local artists the opportunity to share their work on a monthly basis along the street in front of the gallery. Earlier this year, the town approved closure of the quiet road during the fair dates. While the street fair transpires outside, the gallery will host openings featuring various artists.
"Barryville is becoming an art hub for the Upper Delaware," said Aragon. "By doing this on a regular basis, we hope people will start to link the arts and Barryville."
In addition to a collaboration featuring pottery by Lust and paintings by John Tomlinson at this weekend's kickoff, Daria Dorosh's company, Fashion Lab in Process (FLiP) will present "SUSTAINABLE + SULLIVAN = FASHION."
Wearable creations by local artists, designers and fashion lovers created on the theme of sustainability will be presented to demonstrate the beauty of re-purposed, one-of-a kind "fashion rescues." FLiP is collaborating with actor/director Gregory G. Schott, of the Margolis Brown Adaptors and a team of performers who will model the clothing while acting out short dramas written by Schott for the event. The performance will be from 3 to 3:30 p.m. on the porch of the gallery and afterward the garments will be available for purchase. A special selection of the designs will be offered in a silent auction for early bird shoppers.
The thriving location where all these activities will occur is seeing additional growth with the opening of two businesses adjacent to the gallery that will sell wine and local foods and gifts, a new antiques shop and the relocation of the Turner Real Estate office.
Just down Route 97 behind the River Market, the Barryville Farmers Market is also expanding, with the addition of a monthly educational series titled "Farmers Teach," which will take place at 11 a.m. on select dates. The market will also feature special community performances including NACL Theatre's family play, "The Little Farm Show," on August 13 at 12 noon. The market is held on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For information about the Artisan Fair contact Aragon at manager@brookhouse or call 845/456-0066.
Artisan Fair:
What's happening when
The Artisan Fair will take place from noon to 7 p.m. on each of the following dates, and will coincide with the openings listed here.
• May 28, A fashion performance by Daria Dorosh's Fashion Lab in Process and Gregory G. Shott, featuring Sustainable Fashions by Local Designers, 3 p.m.; opening for a collaboration featuring pottery by Kim Lust and paintings by John Tomlinson, 4 to 7 p.m.
• June 18, "Designing Women" featuring fiber designs by Laurie Stuart, mixed media designs by Yvonne Parker and rug designs by Liza Phillips, 4 to 7 p.m.
• July 2, "Bird Show" featuring paintings on wood by resident artist David Bush and wood work by John Perella, 4 to 7 p.m.
• August 13, "Oracle Show" featuring steel sculptures by Janet Rutkowski and mixed media by Danniel Saint Laurent, 4 to 7 p.m.
• September 3, "Mixed Media Show" featuring sculptures and music by Walter Kenul and mixed media by Richard Human, 4 to 7 p.m.
• October 8, "Sculpture Show" featuring sculptures by Tom Holmes and mixed media by Rick Webber, 4 to 7 p.m.


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Gavin is getting over gastro (or flu or some other nasty virus, we never actually got it diganosed). I stayed home today and the kid was like a leach! I tried hard to be sympathetic to the fact that he hasn't really eaten properly in days, and that his body needs fuel to recover. But I easily spent 5+ hours sitting nursing the kid today!
I am soo thankful I am able to nurse him and give him all he needs (Naomi was/is also sick and we were having a hard time getting sips of water into her). But I'm just feeling a little touched out right now.
I can't wait until things are back to normal and I have my happy independant boy back!


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Who might they have traveled with? Family structure can be helpful in locating families who traveled together, although it bears mentioning that it wasn't unusual for the head of the family or some family member to come over first and then send for the family later, once employment and a living space had been secured.
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Our ancestor's may not have traveled with the Americanized version of their name that we're familiar with. Look for your ancestor's given name in his native language. BehindtheName.com is helpful in finding some variants.
For surnames, look for information online and in print publications that can teach you the ins and outs of surnames in the land of your ancestors. For example, the website PolishRoots.org has several articles and helpful resources on Polish surnames.
Search the Internet for other similar sites for your ancestor's background (e.g., German given names, Hungarian surnames, etc.)
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The story of ancestors arriving through Ellis Island is a popular one and although New York was the port of choice for millions of immigrants, many traveled through Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and other U.S. ports (all of which can be searched here). In addition, for many years travel to Canada from Europe was cheaper and you may find that your ancestor took that route to the United States. Border Crossing records from Canada to the U.S. are available for the years 1895-1956, and Canadian Passenger Lists are available for 1865-1935.
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Don't overlook the possibility that your ancestor may have made more than one trip. Sometimes—particularly in later years when steamships made the trip easier and faster—immigrants made several trips before finally settling in.
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On the Big Island, fire burned hundreds of coffee trees for farmers in need of every bean to fulfill a growing demand.
"It's just like our coffees are our children," said Lorie Obra.
She and William Tabios manage coffee farms near the Pear Tree Orchard in Ka'u where fire turned coffee trees into skeletons.
"How long do you have to wait?" asked KITV reporter Lara Yamada.
"Another three years," said Tabios.
Obra and her husband had planned to move to Hawaii to retire, but fell in love with those red berries and rich results. So, this hurts.
"You know, it's a family. We put in so much care, and you see the devastation that happened it's disheartening," she said.
Before the fire reached the coffee farms, it blazed through the eucalyptus trees.
Cattle also used to roam through the area. Now the fences are gone, and so are the cattle.
"Farmers, ranchers, macadamia, orchards, it went across the whole spectrum of agriculture in Ka'u," said John Cross of the Ka'u Coffee Mill and Edmund C. Olson Trust.
Despite this recent hit, he said it's an area building quite a name for itself.
The Specialty Coffee Association of America, the world's largest coffee trade association, has named brews from ten companies "Coffees of the Year."
Three are from the U.S. and all from Ka'u -- two being Tabios and Obra.
Cross' employer has invested millions in Ka'u, buying and maintaining thousands of acres of agriculture land, opening a coffee mill - the first in the area - and taking on the monumental task of rebuilding miles of old plantation irrigation from tunnels high on the Big Island to farmers short on water down below.
"Up in pear tree there is no irrigation! Last week, they could have put those fires out or they could have controlled some of those fires, instead, the fire ran through the orchards and the windbreaks," Cross said.
The biggest problem now is time, but people we talked to in Ka'u say this setback is not nearly enough to stop them.
"The people are incredible. We all work together," said Obra.


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In the first article in this series, I talked about how to make the case for Linux in your company's portfolio of computing technologies. A logical next step would be to find a nice, self-contained application where we can use Linux to make a good impression. A good candidate would be a place where Linux could show its value without a lot of support issues. In fact, the best place would be where we could use Linux to solve some support issues. For this discussion, we'll examine using Linux as a network diagnostic tool.
Networks are funny places where all sort of things happen in a matter of microseconds. Domain Name System (DNS) lookups are answered, and data blocks traverse the network as part of file-sharing protocols (such as SMB and NFS) while packets make their way from the Internet to your web browser. At any moment a network printer could go haywire and start broadcasting an endless stream of address resolution requests, or an NFS client could send mangled data to its server wreaking havoc on your work.
If you've done any systems administration work, you have probably seen these problems and dozen of others. Debugging them requires experience, as well as the right tools to diagnose what has gone wrong and to help determine what to do about it.
One of the most valuable tools in diagnosing a network problem, besides the manuals that come with all of your networking gear, is a network protocol analyzer. A network protocol analyzer listens to the network, then displays the data in a way that lets you watch things such as
Commercial network analysis software packages can cost more than $1,000 for the software alone. Add a dedicated top-of-the-line laptop and a high-speed network controller, and the cost can easily exceed $5,000.
Fortunately, there are open source, Linux-based solutions that can give you all of the benefits of a commercial product (along with the ability to extend the software) at a fraction of the price.
Two packages that make network diagnostics and troubleshooting easier are Ethereal and Netwatch.
Ethereal, as shown in Figure 1, is a GUI-based program that displays packet traffic on a network. In this figure, Ethereal displays several packets on my home network, including DNS lookup packets, NFS transactions, and e-mail being delivered via the POP3 protocol. The packet highlighted in this example is a WHO packet that is part of a protocol that reports on machine uptimes, and records who is logged in to which machine.
Figure 1. Ethereal displays packet traffic on a network. (Click on image for full-size view)
In this example, the middle panel of Ethereal shows the decomposition of the WHO packet that contains sub-fields which describe who is logged into the machine that broadcast the packet along with other relevant machine info such as load averages and uptimes.
The bottom panel of Ethereal shows the actual packet-data as a hexadecimal dump of bytes.
Taken as a whole, Ethereal is a complete network traffic analysis tool. A short list of features includes:
Next, we'll look at the network monitoring tool, Netwatch, and consider some of the prickly legal issues involved with monitoring and testing the systems of your company.
Linux Tools For Network Analysis
by David HM Spector |
Gordon MacKay's Netwatch utility, which runs in a terminal window, is invaluable for watching network loads and for seeing, at a higher level than Ethereal, who is talking to whom on your network. As shown in Figure 2, Netwatch monitors network bandwidth in terms of which hosts are producing and consuming packets.
Figure 2. Netwatch monitors network bandwidth. (Click on image for full-size view)
Another useful mode of Netwatch, seen in Figure 3, shows which ports are involved in the communications between hosts. This can be very useful in seeing if the client/server applications on your network are using the ports that you expect them to use.
It can also alert you to potential trouble if you see hosts using protocol slots that should never be seen on your network. For example, if you see a service (such as TCP or UDP port) that shouldn't be running, it could mean someone is running an unauthorized service on a machine (for example, a Quake game server) or that someone has broken in.
Figure 3. Netwatch monitors network bandwidth. (Click on image for full-size view)
Netwatch can also be used as a simple monitor to collect gross network statistics. I use Netwatch to gather statistics on my DSL connections to see how much bandwidth my virtual web-hosting clients are using.
I mention Ethereal and Netwatch because I use them on my own systems and have found them quite useful. But they're just the beginning. There are an incredible number of tools and utilities out there. If these tools aren't right for troubleshooting your particular network problem, I would recommend looking at Freshmeat.net, a site dedicated to announcing what's new (and updated) in the Open Source universe.
Another good source is VA Linux's SourceForge, where large numbers of open source developers host their projects, including a number of network diagnosis and management tools. Enter a few choice keywords in the search boxes on these sites; you can get a good handle on what kinds of tools are available.
In addition to Ethereal and Netwatch, the GNOME project has announced a number of network tools, including tools such as Cheops by Mark Spencer. Cheops is a network discovery and mapping tool that can be invaluable for finding out what's on your network to begin with. Cheops builds a graphical network map that shows your network subnet by subnet, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4. Cheops maps your network subnet by subnet. (Click on image for full-size view)
In this screenshot, my home network is shown from the perspective of the machine running Cheops (my main workstation, called THX1138). Cheops can also probe SNMP daemons of hosts it discovers, as well as run a limited set of port-scans which can be useful for determining what services a given network object supports.
On a totally different front, if you are more of a do-it-yourself type, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) is a great resource for network utility modules for the Perl programming language. There are Perl modules for everything from IP accounting through TCP and IP packet assembly/disassembly routines, which can be used to construct almost any kind of network tool you can dream up. There is a lot of very heavyweight programming involved in using many of these packages, so you'll want to have an up-to-date copy of Perl installed on your system.
Linux, as we have seen, can do some really nifty network tricks, but it isn't all wine and roses. In the "old days" (like, six months ago) it usually wasn't a big deal if you put a random machine on your company's network. If you were a system administrator, you could probably even put a network sniffer up on your LAN to diagnose a network problem without too much of a hassle.
Today, with increasing sensitivity to cracker-attacks on systems/networks and the spotlight on computer security issues, corporate management is very gun-shy and have lawyers primed to overreact to the slightest problem whether perceived or real.
Some of the fear about network security is well grounded: Few networks are encrypted, and there's an awful lot of valuable information that can be gleaned with a network sniffer. However, if you're thinking it would be a clever idea to try it on your company's network, read on.
Before putting a sniffer or any other piece of network analysis hardware or software on your network, make sure that you have approval to do so. If you are planning to use any other tools (such as the password-cracking tool "crack," or a port-scanner like nmap) to ferret out weak passwords or search for other security holes, make sure that you have buy-in from your firms' legal and audit groups.
Make sure that approval is in writing on letterhead and signed by someone high on the food-chain. What used to be common systems management techniques have become deadly serious security breaches in the eyes of many managers. In a well-documented case, a rather well-known Perl book author (no, not Larry Wall) found out the hard way what happens when your boss decides to make a legal test case out of your life. He's been fighting to overturn a felony conviction for illegal computer access for the last several years because of it.
Linux Networking Resources
In an upcoming column I'll delve more deeply into the security issues and how you can use Linux systems -- with the appropriate approvals -- to make your systems and networks more secure.
Obviously it's impossible to do justice to the scope and breadth of the networking tools available for Linux in a short column. But hopefully this will give you a starting point in your own explorations of how Linux can make your network administration tasks a bit less taxing. In the sidebar, I've included links to the packages mentioned here, as well as starting points that will lead you to many more interesting network tools and projects available on the Internet.
What are your favorite Linux networking tools? Join the discussion in the O'Reilly Network Linux forum.
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Living conditions and volunteer lifestyles in Liberia
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|As a Peace Corps Volunteers, you will have to adapt to conditions that may be dramatically different than you have ever experienced and modify lifestyle practices that you now take for granted. Even the most basic practices— talking, eating, using the bathroom, and sleeping — may take significantly different forms in the context of the host country. If you successfully adapt and integrate, you will in return be rewarded with a deep understanding of a new culture, the establishment of new and potentially lifelong relationships, and a profound sense of humanity.
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Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyles by Country
Pre-Departure Checklist
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Mail may be sent to:
[your name]
Peace Corps Volunteer
P.O. Box 707
Monrovia, Liberia
West Africa
Letter mail may be received at the above post office box number. Parcels may also be sent, but delivery is not reliable. If parcels are sent it is recommended to keep the tracking number for reference. Please keep in mind that mail delivery is nearly nonexistent in Liberia, so Volunteers should not count on receiving a lot of mail. Email is the best bet, but access will vary according to location. There will be a computer available for Volunteers in the Peace Corps office in Monrovia, the nation's capital, but trips to Monrovia are infrequent.
All of the telephone lines were destroyed in the war and there are no hardlines available. All calls are made by cellphone. The cellphones in Liberia are not "locked" into a particular provider, as they are in the United States. They use SIM cards, so if you bring an American phone, please be sure it is multisystem and is "unlocked." Otherwise, you may purchase a phone here. Phones cost about $40 and usage charges are based on the amount of minutes used. Phone cards are sold for $5 per card and these basic costs have been calculated into your living allowance.
Peace Corps will provide one satellite phone to each warden for a clustered group of Volunteers. It is for emergency communications and Peace Corps business only and is not available for personal calls, incoming or outgoing.
If you have your own laptop, a solution that may be of interest is the use of a data card. Several cellphone companies offer Internet service through cellphone technology. You can purchase a data card and it calls a nearby cellphone tower for service. It is slow, but works in most towns. The data card is currently available for $129 and the monthly fee is $59, but this may go up. The bandwidth is around 64/32 kbs. If you have a newer laptop that requires the more sophisticated "smartcard" then you may need to buy a compatible cellphone that can attach to your computer or you may wish to bring a separate data card reading device. Some of the major cities have limited wireless locations. There are also small Internet cafes opening in Monrovia and a few of the major cities.
Housing and Site Location
Housing is in short supply in many regions of Liberia, so be prepared for very basic housing.
Volunteers are assigned to work under various ministries, but at the comunity level. Volunteer housing is provided by the host country; the ministries collaborate with local school authorities, community leaders, and partner organizations to secure housing. Some of the homes are equipped with electricity that may be provided for several hours daily, usually in the evening. Some homes will not have any electricity. Water will be available, but usually from nearby pumps and will have to be carried to the house.
Most Volunteers are assigned to schools and organizations in rural towns. Your workplace will be within walking distance of your home, but it might be a long walk! Dependent on community need, Peace Corps makes every effort to cluster Volunteers within reasonable distances of each other in order to promote collaborative efforts and minimize isolation. Some Volunteers might be placed in the same community. In this situation, Volunteers might have to share a house. You must be prepared to accept the living conditions to which you are assigned as you will be living under the same conditions as the people with and for whom you work. Peace Corps inspects all potential housing to ensure it meets our standards for health and safety.
Living Allowance and Money Management
Volunteers will receive a settling-in allowance to purchase the basics they need, such as bedding, dishes, etc. The price of purchasing a local cellphone has been incorporated as well. In addition, you will receive a monthly living allowance for your food and other expenses. It will be important to budget your funds.
The banking system in Liberia is rebuilding from the long period of war. There are not a lot of bank branches up-country and there are no ATM machines. The banks intend to open them over time, so this may happen during your tenure in Liberia. Until that time, you will likely have to travel some distance to banking facilities in another town.
Liberia is a cash economy and credit cards are not accepted. There are a few retailers in Monrovia who will cash a U.S. personal check for a fee. You may bring travelers checks, but there are only a couple of places that take them. Peace Corps/ Liberia is able to lock up any Volunteers' traveler's checks and credit cards for safekeeping so you can use them when you travel internationally.
Food and Diet
In Liberia, rice is the staple. If someone does not have rice to eat in a day, the person may feel as if he or she has not eaten. Other favorite foods include plantains, fufu, and dumboy. The latter are paste balls made out of various root vegetables and have a consistency of tapioca.
The typical meal is a sauce called "soup" or "gravy" poured over rice. They can be thick stews of vegetables (such as okra or greens) with meat and/or fish or more of a broth with meat and vegetables. Frequently a combination of meats is used in the soup. The meat is not trimmed the way Americans are accustomed, so there are frequently bones or cartilage. The variety may be beef ("cow meat"), chicken, or "country meat" (which is usually game). Fish may be fresh, dried or smoked.
If meat or fish is not available, peanuts are always a good source of protein. There are not a lot of vegetarians in Liberia, so most cooked dishes will have meat in them. If you have the ability to remove the meat and eat the rest of the dish, then you will have more dietary choices. Strict vegetarians and vegans will be challenged.
Liberians love their hot peppers, so they can be cooked into the soup, added whole, or made into a pepper sauce.
Liberia is graced with wonderful fruits. The pineapples are sweet and bananas are plentiful. Papaya, coconuts, and mangos are also grown locally. In season, fruits and vegetables are a good buy. Out of season, specific fruits may be unavailable and also unevenly distributed across the nation. It can be challenging to eat a well-balanced meal during some seasons and the variety of foods may be limited.
Access to western style foods may also be very limited, so you will have to adapt your diet (and tastes) to local foods. Normally, you will do your shopping at the local market every few days, but some items might have to be purchased at a larger town nearby.
Liberia is a country with chronic malnutrition. The worldwide food crisis has created higher prices for rice, but it is still available. There is local rice production and "country rice" is delicious. The country is fertile and there is a governmental program to promote farming to enhance food production that was interrupted by the war.
Transportation will be as challenging as any Peace Corps country, with Volunteers primarily using public transportation. Up-country, there are small taxi cars, medium-size taxi buses (minivan types), and trucks. In cars, there are usually two passengers in the front passenger seat and four or more in the back seat. In minivans, there are five to a row and an extra row has been added for a capacity of 20.
Motorcycle taxis have become widely used in Liberia. Due to safety concerns, Peace Corps Volunteers are not permitted to use them. If Volunteers wish to purchase a bicycle, they will be provided with helmets and instructed on the bicycle safety policy.
Vehicles from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and United Nations agencies (WFP, UNHCR, UNICEF) traverse the country and sometimes are good options, based on relationships and friendships. Volunteers should avoid using U.N. Peacekeeper military transportation, unless it is an extreme emergency, to avoid any appearance of an association between the military and the Peace Corps.
When coming to Monrovia, Volunteers should try to travel in pairs. Once in Monrovia, there is a special transportation policy and a list of trusted drivers that Peace Corps Volunteers may call upon.
Geography and Climate
The climate, especially on the coast, is warm and humid yearround, dominated by a dry season from November to April and a rainy season from May to October. The dusty and dry harmattan (desert winds) blow from the Sahara to the coast in December, bringing relief from the high relative humidity. Deforestation and drought in the Sahel have affected the climate, lengthening the dry season by almost a month in some areas.
Mean annual temperatures range between 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18 Celsius) in the northern highlands to 80 F (27 C) along the coast. Rainfall is irregular, and the rainy season varies in intensity and begins earlier on the coast than the interior. The greatest amount of rainfall, 205 inches (5,200 millimeters), occurs at Cape Mount and diminishes inland to about 70 inches on the central plateau. The interior has hot but pleasant days and cool nights during the dry season. Source: http://www.britannica.com
Professionalism, Dress, and Behavior
While the heat and humidity might make casual attire preferable, there are certain dress standards that must be respected.
Peace Corps Volunteers are professionals who bring their expertise to assist Liberian institutions. As such, a professional demeanor and appearance is expected. This can be challenging to Americans, who often pride themselves on individuality, but appropriate dress, both on and off the job, is required.
Being neat and cleanly dressed in a culturally appropriate manner is a sign of respect and pride. Worn, dirty, or ripped clothing is unacceptable. While clothes may have quite a bit of wear and tear due to rough washing, transportation, and manual labor, great care should be taken to be neat, clean, and presentable.
Long hair and long beards are not normal for men in this society. While there is no restriction in place, please be aware that a male Volunteer with long hair or a long beard will attract unwanted attention and might have to work harder to prove his professionalism. Shorts are normally worn by boys or students rather than men. It is appropriate to wear shorts for sporting events or around the house and yard; otherwise, pants or jeans are appropriate.
Short skirts (short is defined as anything above the knee), tops that expose your stomach or lower back, low-rise jeans/ pants, backless dresses, spaghetti strap tops, and shorts (outside of sporting activities) are considered inappropriate for female Volunteers. If shorts are worn for exercise, they should be longer shorts – preferably to the knee. Slacks are acceptable for women, although most women will wear skirts or dresses. All dresses and skirts should cover the knees, even when sitting. For women, inappropriate dress could attract unwanted attention and even be a cause for harrassment.
Visible tattoos and body piercing may attract unwanted attention and commentary. Earrings and nose rings on men may create concerns among supervisors and counterparts, or minimally, bring several questions and unwanted attention.
Going barefoot or wearing flip-flops outside of one's home is not acceptable in Liberian society and considered unprofessional or even disrespectful. Sandals and closed-toe shoes are best. In the rainy season, there is a lot of mud, and in the dry season, there is a lot of dust. Shoes that can be washed are ideal.
Village attire and city attire might differ. If you are unsure about how to dress in a certain situation, it is better to be over-dressed rather than under-dressed. You may also ask Liberian friends, counterparts, or staff members for advice.
Personal Safety
More detailed information about the Peace Corps' approach to safety is in the "Health Care and Safety" chapter, but it is an important issue and cannot be overemphasized. As stated in the Volunteer Handbook, becoming a Peace Corps Volunteer entails certain safety risks. Living and traveling in an unfamiliar environment (oftentimes alone), having a limited understanding of local language and culture, and being perceived as well-off are some of the factors that can put a Volunteer at risk. Many Volunteers experience varying degrees of unwanted attention and harassment. Petty thefts and burglaries are not uncommon, and incidents of physical and sexual assault do occur, although most Liberia Volunteers are likely to complete their service without incident. The Peace Corps has established procedures and policies designed to help you reduce your risks and enhance your safety and security. These procedures and policies, in addition to safety training, will be provided once you arrive in Liberia. At the same time, you are expected to take responsibility for your safety and well-being.
Each staff member at the Peace Corps is committed to providing Volunteers with the support they need to successfully meet the challenges they will face to have a safe, healthy, and productive service. We encourage Volunteers and families to look at our safety and security information on the Peace Corps website at www.peacecorps.gov/safety.
Information on these pages gives messages on Volunteer health and Volunteer safety. A video message from the Director is on this page, as well as a section titled "Safety and Security in Depth." This page lists topics ranging from the risks of serving as a Volunteer to posts' safety support systems to emergency planning and communications.
Rewards and Frustrations
Your greatest reward will be basking in the wonderful reputation of Peace Corps Volunteers in Liberia. Your predecessors have created a legacy that will help you as you work, live, and travel in Liberia. Liberians genuinely love Peace Corps Volunteers. Anyone over the age of 30 likely had a PCV teacher. You will find that younger Liberians may not be as familiar with Peace Corps as their parents, so you may have to explain it to them.
As a foreigner, there will be a perception that you are wealthy and people may ask you for money and favors. These may range from small requests to borrow items up to paying for a college education. You should be honest and tell people you are not in a position to help someone financially.
The infrastructure of the country was destroyed by the war, so you will need patience. Simple tasks take longer, like making a phone call when the call is dropped or the service is temporarily unavailable. Transportation is a huge challenge, with the difficult roads and shortage of public transportation. Also, since this is a newer post, it will take time to work out all of the systems, policies, and procedures. You will need to be patient.
Life for a Peace Corps Volunteer can be in a "fishbowl"; everyone will be curious and interested in all of your activities. You will need to manage all of the attention you receive, be it welcome or unwelcome. You will need to be sensitive to the fact that you represent Peace Corps 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You will need to consider your actions so the Volunteers who come after you will benefit from the same excellent Peace Corps reputation that you will enjoy.


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Home List of Titles New technology, the global economy and organizational environments : effects on employee stress, health and well-being
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/34889
- Title
- New technology, the global economy and organizational environments : effects on employee stress, health and well-being
- Author(s)
- Langan-Fox, Janice; Antoniou, Alexander-Stamatios G.; Cooper, Cary L.
- Abstract
- Several key issues arise from the current organizational environment in considering the work-health relationship. First, there is the influence of the global economy which has brought about dramatic changes in employment participation trends. Second, huge technological advances have accompanied organizational restructures (Langan-Fox, 2001) and have influenced how work is experienced. Third, change may have had a negative effect on autonomy and other aspects of control over work processes. Fourth, increased dependence on technology may have increased responsibility amongst workers but may also have contributed to deskilling, and poor employment prospects for those who cannot keep up with the pace of change. Finally, change in the nature and quality of work has affected health and there are flow-on effects to other areas of life such as the family. The present chapter examines these questions and attempts to illuminate research avenues which would provide an agenda for future research. In what follows we examine, first, the effects of downsizing and restructures; second, the requirement of workforce flexibility; third, the effect of unemployment and technology; and, finally, the broad issues involved in the work-health relationship and the attendant risks associated with employment, and whether interventions and health promotion and prevention programmes have worked, and will work, and how research can provide answers to the various issues presented above.
- Publication type
- Book chapter
- Source
- Research companion to organizational health psychology / Cary L. Cooper and Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou (eds.), p. 413-429
- Publication year
- 2005
- Keyword(s)
- Global economy; Globalisation; Industrial psychology; Occupational stress; Organisational behaviour; Organisational psychology; Technology; Well being
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- 9781843766247
- Publisher URL
- none
- Peer reviewed


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I thought of another question -- thank you all so much for all your helpful advice!
My son (1 month old) loves to comfort nurse, but I'm wondering if that will exacerbate my oversupply issues? Typically during the day we do an eat, play, eat, sleep routine. Since I am doing a one-breast-per-feeding to get my supply under control, he will feed on one breast for about 20 minutes. Then we do some play/activity time, then he gets swaddled up and comfort nurses for about 5-10 minutes before falling asleep for his nap.
I used to switch breasts for that, but now I'm going back to the same breast. I think it's good that he's getting some hind milk (he does do some swallowing even though his sucking is slower and pretty weak), but is this just creating more problems for me in terms of supply? I'm getting so sick of the constant leaking and engorgement, so I'm hoping my supply will regulate soon.