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Re: More beginning sailing technique questions
You have a healthy sailing mind if wing/wing scares you a little, 'cause it's sailing with the jib-warning-light already flashing. And dead runs are hard for beginners to discern whether the wind is still at the dead-astern angle. I would leave wing-wing sort of alone until your starboard-tack downwind steering arm--and brain--get a little more tiller time. The added benefit is you'll have to sail more broad reaches and jibe more to go downwind, and the jibe practice will be useful.
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If, however, you want to try wing and wing, try it first in very moderate breezes, and make sure everyone keeps their head down.
The safest way to sail wing and wing is with a preventer that is rigged to hold the boom to one side. If you have plenty of crew you can instead have a crew member against the boom who warns where there is any backpressure and keeps it from crossing over on the boat. Obviously the safety of that will depend on the size of the main sail.
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I agree with nolatom that sailing wing and wing is difficult for a newbie, because it requires more helmsmanship skill and better focus. Wing and wing requires accurate steering, because, if you veer off your course a little, things can go bad fairly quickly. That having been said, you shouldn't be afraid of sailing wing and wing. It's a basic (and beautiful) point of sail that you should learn to do, but allow yourself a little time to develop your helmsmanship skills first. If, however, you want to try wing and wing, try it first in very moderate breezes, and make sure everyone keeps their head down.
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I may be too new a sailor myself to give advice, but I have noticed that downwind sailing in waves I need to be much more conservative in my angle to the wind because the waves are also 'steering the boat' to a certain degree. In other words, I avoid running in waves because the risk of a wave sending me into an accidental jibe is too great for my liking, and sail on a broad reach instead.
(I also don't have a preventer - yet - but I set the traveler to leeward to minimize the impact of an accidental jibe if it happens.)
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Re para 1, use tape on the turnbuckles for a start, then decide later what's "perfect". the little "wheel" your buddy's using is probably a roller to prevent the jib from dragging across the spreader tip as much. Another eminently postponable improvement, for now.
Para 2: assuming your boat and rig are "symmetrical", it's probably "you". Many of us sail better on one tack or jibe, than the other. Are you tiller steering? One arm may be more in-tune with the wind, seriously. the other will get educated as you go along, just like learning to write with the "wrong" hand when your writing hand is in a cast. Sailing downwind is much less "intuitive" than upwind, the back of your head is much less sensitive to wind than your face. For now, be satisfied that you'll just have to learn-by-doing how to get more comfortable coming down to a dead-run on starboard (boom out to port) tack.
I find that telltales on the outer sidestays ("shrouds") have become my good friend downwind (masthead fly too, if you got). If they 're pointing "into" the mainsail, you're good. If "away", you're "by the lee" and risking a jibe (jibes, like say pregnancy? are okay if planned for, and not if not). And "straight ahead" is a dead run. Your jib too is a telltale of sorts-when it gets "soft" and begins to drift over to the "wrong' side, watch out, it's a jibe warning.
Give yourself time on this and it will come to you.
Upwind, there's a lot of diff between true and apparent wind once you're zooming along--downwind, much less so, since downwind your boatspeed vector and the wind vector are not opposing each other. and while wind speed may be lower at surface than 10 feet up, there's little difference in direction.
You have a healthy sailing mind if wing/wing scares you a little, 'cause it's sailing with the jib-warning-light already flashing. And dead runs are hard for beginners to discern whether the wind is still at the dead-astern angle. I would leave wing-wing sort of alone until your starboard-tack downwind steering arm--and brain--get a little more tiller time. The added benefit is you'll have to sail more broad reaches and jibe more to go downwind, and the jibe practice will be useful.
Double ditto on the above re spinnaker. Get more comfortable with walking with dogs before walking tigers.
Forget about leech lines for now? Or leave them loose, unless the leech flutters bad in which case tighten just enough to stop the flutter, no tighter.
So I humbly suggest the first priority is to get more skill and serenity sailing deep downwind on starboard, then work on the other stuff, all of which can wait.
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Hello again, helpful people!
We went out yesterday for maybe our 10th or 11th sail, and had another great day. Things are coming together, and we seem to be able to control the boat when heading upwind better and better, and more efficiently. Our P26 seems to point much higher than I thought it would be able to; the new sails helped a HUGE amount. We've only flown the 92% jib; winds haven't been light enough to use the 150%, plus I'd like to place some protection on the shrouds, turnbuckles, and other places it might rub before using it. Any suggestions on what to do or how to go about that? I've seen 2"-3" diameter PVC-looking tubes over the shrouds/turnbuckles, or small diameter plastic covers for the shrouds and sailing tape over the turnbuckles. Is one better than the other? The boat behind us has a little wheel of some kind, maybe 3"-4" in diameter, on his outer (upper?) shroud a few feet lower than the spreader. What's that? Stanchion tops/lifelines? Anything else I should do to protect my new sail before dragging it across the deck a lot? We have hank-on headsails.
I could use some tips for sailing downwind. Upwind seems to make sense to me, but downwind (offwind?), not so much. You'd think it would be easier. My first point of confusion may be the relationships between true wind, apparent wind, and the direction of the waves. My friend who took me out the first time and gave me my first (and only) lesson said I could get a good idea of the direction of the true wind by the waves, and that work's great upwind. I understand the relationship between true and apparent wind. When sailing offwind at an angle to avoid any unplanned gibes, I can sail at pretty much any point from just off a beam reach to what looks like direct downwind based on the waves with my main and jib off the starboard side and the wind coming from the portside and back. However, after a gibe to the other side, I can't come close to sailing direct down wind with the sails off the port side; I have to sail at a much greater angle to downwind when the sails are off the port side. Why? Is that common? I noticed that for the first time yesterday. Was that something unique to the conditions? Will that tendency vary? Is it not really happening, and I'm just reading the wind direction incorrectly, i.e., the wind direction 10 feet and more above the water is no longer the direction at the surface, due to surface friction? It can't be a difference between true and apparent wind direction, because when sailing direct downwind they're the same, although the apparent wind (true wind corrected for the boat's heading and speed) is less in strength than the true wind.
I've tried do fly wing-on-wing w/ varied success, but it scares me a bit. We don't have a preventer, and I worry about the boom having that much freedom to swing in a gust. We don't have a whisker pole, either, so the jib doesn't stay out very far. Tips? Get a whisker pole?
We DO have a spinnaker, but no spinnaker pole although the mast hardware is there for one. Is it time to learn to use it?
One more... under what conditions should the leech lines be tightened or slackened?
Seems like everytime we go out, a couple thing make more sense, but MORE than a couple other things don't.
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The Good: Offers illuminating insights about middle managers' value to their organizations.
The Bad: Is Osterman completely objective? There are some reasons to wonder
The Bottom Line: Of particular note for its discussion of managers' mindset—and alienation.
The Truth About Middle Managers:Who They Are, How They Work, Why They MatterBy Paul OstermanHarvard Business Press; 189 pp.; $35.00
For well more than two decades, middle managers have been one of the whipping boys for all that ails Corporate America. In their 1993 management manifesto, Reengineering the Corporation, consultants Michael Hammer and James Champy argued that advances in technology and processes rendered these modern Organization Men obsolete: They had simply become impediments to the forward march of corporations. Other gurus were even less charitable. Tom Peters declared himself a card-carrying "middle management basher," and Peter Drucker opined that "middle managements today tend to be overstaffed to the point of obesity." All this in turn led to a counterwave of sentiment among many middle managers, who felt they'd been victimized by consultants eager to sell CEOs an easy fix for their companies' inefficiencies.
The latest entrant into the debate is Paul Osterman, a management scholar at MIT's Sloan School of business and the author of nine previous works on organizational change and economic policy. Admittedly, Osterman has a history of siding with the hoi polloi. He argued in earlier books that the rank-and-file haven't received their fair share of the economic spoils, and he has offered templates for creating more innovative unions and reenergizing progressive politics. Jack Welch he ain't.
That caution aside, his new book, The Truth About Middle Managers, offers some illuminating insights about managers' value. Osterman interviewed roughly 50 middle managers at two major Boston companies: Fleet Boston Financial (which was in the throes of being acquired by Bank of America (BAC)) and a technology business that's unidentified beyond the hint that its founder had retired roughly five years earlier. And while Osterman's subjects were randomly drawn from lists provided by each outfit's human resources staff—creating the risk of pro-company biases—the author tracked more than a dozen of these managers over the course of a year. That allowed him to be there when some were reassigned or—in at least one instance—laid off. The result is that The Truth About Middle Managers doubles as a scholarly work and an oral history of today's Organization Man.
Some of Osterman's findings simply confirm the consensus view within the popular press: The middle managers he interviewed were to a man—and woman—resentful of the outsize pay and parachutes afforded top executives. As a result of endless restructurings, few harbor much of an emotional attachment to their employers. "Virtually no one is 'of the corporation,' " he writes.
Perhaps surprisingly, few of these managers voiced any desire to climb any farther up the corporate ladder. Osterman perceived this as a reaction to the flattening of management structures and CEOs' increasing tendency to fill executive posts with outsiders, such as the retailing experts BofA imported from Wal-Mart Stores (WMT).
Despite the lack of advancement, Osterman found that all still demonstrated a "strong craftsman commitment" to their jobs—meeting client needs and mentoring direct reports. But he deemed their overall combination of attitudes "limiting and disturbing." To the author, "it means that the managers are neither truly committed to their employers nor fully engaged in executing the firm's strategy."
That CEOs have engendered this mindset concerns Osterman. Over the course of his research into these two companies, he concluded that, as work has become more complex, the need for strong middle managers is as great as ever. "They are responsible for making many of the judgment calls and trade-offs that shape the firm's success. They are also the key communications channel from senior management down through the ranks."
The author argues that corporate boards need to "move in the direction of fairness" by better aligning CEO pay with that of the manager ranks. He also calls on companies to provide more of the educational support that would give managers broader, more portable skills. He endorses the concept of portable health care, too. Unlikely? Probably. After all, in a time of fierce downsizing, it's easier to keep going after the whipping boys.


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Inspired by the success of India's Weekend Testing movement, Michael Larsen saw a need for a group closer to home. The Weekend Testing Americas chapter invites testers from across the Western Hemisphere to join an informal, distributed group of their tester peers to learn and perfect their craft.
Over the past couple of years, a trend has developed. Some testers have decided that, rather thafn slog through books and work on their own to learn about and perfect their testing craft, they will band together and make the goal of learning and improving software testing a group effort. This is most visible with the Weekend Testing movement . Weekend Testing is a grassroots effort that began in Bangalore, India, and is a meeting ground for many testers with various levels of experience.
Chapters developed in other parts of India (Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai) and also spread to Europe and Australia/New Zealand. I've attended a number of these sessions, both for the Europe and the Australia/New Zealand chapters. Since I live in the San Francisco metropolitan area, the European Weekend Testing sessions happen at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday mornings, and the Australian/New Zealand testing sessions take place at 10:30 p.m. Saturday evenings. India's sessions take place at 3 a.m.! This makes attending their sessions challenging, but I often follow along with their experience reports and read the chat transcripts.
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One might excuse the Central Lakes College Raiders if they felt confident they will win this weekend's Region 13B tournament at CLC.
During the regular season, the Raiders swept Mesabi and Itasca twice apiece and split with Northland. They open Friday night against Mesabi but CLC coach Jane Peterson is trying to prevent her team from being overconfident.
"We struggled through those two wins (against Mesabi), they weren't totally decisive," she said. "They have a very dominating outside hitter (Morgan Hanson) who's hard to stop. They also have another very good, athletic middle hitter.
"They're not someone we're going to walk all over. Ask any coach, it's nerve-wracking to beat a team twice and to try and beat them again. I'm trying not to be too nerve-wracked but I am a little bit.
"I want this team to have the opportunity to play in a national tournament. I've done it before, but they haven't. It's a really fun thing. I think they're deserving, but we have to win games against teams that are competitive. This is a challenge. It's not a given."
Any opponent is going to have to contend with Lindsay Monson and Alanna Hansen, who have been a virtually impenetrable front wall for the Raiders (21-6).
Monson, a freshman from Pierz, has bashed 281 kills with 51 ace serves and 82 blocks. Hansen, a sophomore from Brainerd, cranked out 271 kills and 82 blocks.
Sami Knott of Maple Lake has added 200 kills. Crysta Christensen of Pine River-Backus recorded 42 ace serves.
"The key is if we play well defensively," Peterson said. "That 'Defense wins Championships' saying is for a reason. If we can keep the ball on our side it has a good chance of going down on the other side."
Defensively, Sarah Miller of Brainerd leads the Raiders with 382 digs. Tiffany Hartung of Holdingford leads in set assists (756). Carlie Sweet of Brainerd in blocks with 104.
"If we have an advantage that others don't, it's that we have enough people, and the right personnel, so Lindsay and Alanna can focus on what they're best at," Peterson said. "Then they don't get frustrated across the back row. We have others who take care of that, and do that very well.
"The other thing we're consistent at is receiving serves. We've made very few serve receive errors. Other teams don't ace us often.
"Sarah, Hayley Hornick and Crysta pass almost all the time. If those three do their job, play defense, and pass the ball, we can stay in games. We know we're not going to get overpowered by serves repeatedly. The beginning of the offense is passing the first ball."
The tournament will be played during a busy weekend at CLC. On Saturday, the Raiders' football team hosts Northland at 1:30 p.m. in the MCAC state semifinals. There could be a big crowd on campus for both events but Peterson doesn't consider it a huge advantage to play at home.
"There is some comfort in being at home," she said. "It might depend on how many people are in the gym and what kind of energy they have. Northland is here for football Saturday. If they all come Friday, it could be something."
CLC has won seven of its last eight matches, including Peterson's 500th career win Oct. 3 against Fond Du Lac. The Raiders' only hiccup during that stretch was a 3-2 loss to Northland Oct. 17 at CLC.
"I think we had our letdown last week, losing to Northland," Peterson said. "I'm hoping that it was a letdown and it's not going to happen again. I'm not surprised we're in the position we're in, but it's a different position for a lot of these players. They're not used to being in this position.
"We're totally focused on one (match) at a time. Playing in the region tournament there's no greater motivation. We've prepared for each of these teams before, but we're trying to focus on Friday night."
MIKE BIALKA, sports editor, may be reached at 855-5861. Follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bertsballpark.


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Shares in News Corp gained ground yesterday as Rupert Murdoch's ambitions for Kirch Group appeared to have been frustrated, at least temporarily.
As market fears subsided that News Corp would pump more money into Kirch, the company's ordinary shares rallied 33c to close at $12.96.
The rescue deal eliminates the prospect of Mr Murdoch pouring News funds into the debt-laden Kirch Group, a prospect that had been causing market jitters.
News has already written off $1.54 billion in Kirch and analysts say the best-case scenario for it would involve recovering a substantial portion of the money.
The prospect of foreign investors taking a firm foothold in Germany's media had alarmed some German politicians. Kirch, with a controlling stake in broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, is one of only two major private players in Germany's TV market, along with Bertelsmann's RTL group.
Together with its failing pay TV service Premiere, Kirch's stations attract about a quarter of German viewers. Premiere was the source of much of Kirch's troubles, failing to meet subscriber targets and losing €898 million last year alone.
Consequences of KirchMedia's insolvency could reach far and wide. Many of Germany's expensive soccer teams were dependent on the fees Kirch paid to show the games and now face questions about their financial future.
As for the banks, it is not clear how much of their loans the four banks involved in the reported plan - HVB, Bayerische Landesbank, DZ Bank and Commerzbank - can recover.
The involvement of Bayerische Landesbank, half owned by the Bavarian Government and Kirch's biggest creditor, has turned into an embarrassment for Bavarian Governor Edmund Stoiber.
Mr Stoiber is challenging Chancellor Gerhard Schroder in the September 22 elections by trying to portray him as a poor economic manager. Mr Stoiber faces questions from opponents in his regional legislature about why the bank lent so much money to Kirch, an ally of Mr Stoiber's Christian Social Union party.
With unemployment of more than 10 per cent, a third big insolvency in just over three weeks is not good news, following construction company Philipp Holzmann and aircraft maker Fairchild Dornier. Kirch Group employs about 9500 people
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Santau, A.O., Secada, W., Maerten-Rivera, J., Cone, N. & Lee, O. (2010). US Urban elementary teachers' knowledge and practices in teaching science to English language learners: Results from the first year of a professional development intervention. International Journal of Science Education, 32(15), 2007–2032.
Teachers of English language learners face the dual challenge of helping students to learn the academic content of science and to acquire English language proficiency. Elementary teachers, meanwhile, face the additional challenge of responding to new teaching requirements outlined within reform initiatives with an often limited understanding of science and its practices. The study reported in this paper sought to examine these issues (and also a comparison of teacher's knowledge and practice between grade levels) as part of the analysis of a long-term professional development initiative for urban elementary schools. The professional development (PD) sought to enhance teacher knowledge of science content, teaching practices, inquiry processes, and teaching practices in science to support English language development.
Wadman, M., deProphetis Driscoll, W. & Kurzawa, E. (2009). Creating communicative scientists. A collaboration between a science center, college, and science industry. Journal of Museum Education, 34(4), 41–54.
In this paper, the authors describe the process and results of an innovative three-partner project that involved students, scientists, and ISE educators in developing resources for a young audience.
Kind, P. M., Kind, V., Hofstein, A., & Wilson, J. (2011). Peer argumentation in the school science laboratory – Exploring effects of task features. International Journal of Science Education, 33(18), 2527–2558.
Helping learners to engage with argumentation is one key part of science education. Lab work is another. Combining the two, therefore, would seem sensible. This study examined the effect of three different lab-based tasks on the quality of any subsequent argumentation. It found that tasks providing explicit instructions to interrogate data and justify claims were the most productive.
Atwood, S., Turnbull, W., & Carpendale, J.I.M. (2010). The construction of knowledge in classroom talk. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 19(3), 358–402.
In this study, researchers investigated the nature of three different modes of classroom talk—cumulative, exploratory, and disputational—to determine how these modes supported engagement and participation of college-aged students in psychology courses. The article is relevant to ISE educators in that conversation and verbal meaning-making often characterize programs such as science summer camps, afterschool programs, etc. The paper points out how such talk can be made more productive by making it more exploratory in nature.
Howes, E. V., Lim, M., & Campos, J. (2009). Journeys into inquiry-based elementary science: Literacy practices, questioning, and empirical study. Science Education, 93(2), 189–217.
Combining science and literacy is becoming a common teaching strategy, which builds on the importance of professional scientists' use of reading, writing, and speaking in their work. This paper consists of descriptions of efforts of three elementary teachers to teach literacy through science. The authors' purpose was to theorize how and why to integrate literacy practices with scientific inquiry, to provide examples for educators, and to provide considerations for implementation, all of which may also be useful for informal educators.
Mulder, Y. G., Lazonder, A. W., & de Jong, T. (2010). Finding out how they find it out: An empirical analysis of inquiry learners' need for support. International Journal of Science Education, 32(15), 2033–2053.
A study contrasting scientific reasoning skills of students with limited knowledge of the domain against more expert groups found little difference in nature of hypothesising and experimentation, but their lack of domain knowledge hindered non-experts' abilities to develop and test models. Findings highlight the need for support to understand models and organize knowledge.
Sadeh, I. & Zion, M. (2009). The development of dynamic inquiry performances within an open inquiry setting: A comparison to guided inquiry setting. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46, 1137–1160.
In this study, researchers compared two different forms of inquiry, guided and open. The authors found that open inquiry was more effective than guided inquiry in building students' understanding about scientific procedures. For example, students engaged in open inquiry gained insights into the ways that scientists need to adjust their studies as new information or problems arise. The findings of this research will be of interest to ISE educators who are integrating inquiry-based instruction into their programs.
Sharples, M., Scanlon, E., Ainsworth, S., Anastopoulou, S., Collins, T., Crook, C., Jones, A., Kerawalla, L., Littleton, K., Mulholland, P., & O'Malley, C. (2014). Personal inquiry: Orchestrating science investigations within and beyond the classroom. Journal of the Learning Sciences. Doi: 10.1080/10508406.2014.944642
Mobile technology can be used to scaffold inquiry-based learning, enabling learners to work across settings and times, singly or in collaborative groups. It can expand learners' opportunities to understand the nature of inquiry whilst they engage with the scientific content of a specific inquiry. This Sharples et al. paper reports on the use of the mobile computer-based inquiry toolkit nQuire. Teachers found the tool useful in helping students to make sense of data from varied settings.
Hudicourt-Barnes, J. (2003). The use of argumentation in Haitian Creole science classrooms. Harvard Educational Review, 73(1), 73–93.
This article uses critical ethnography and analysis of student talk to refute claims that Haitian children are less than fully engaged in science classrooms. Josiane Hudicourt-Barnes provides examples from a bilingual science classroom to explain cultural differences in language and in students' understanding of scientific argumentation. Hudicourt-Barnes posits that the Creole talk style of bay odyans is naturally scientific because it uses logic in argumentation. Ultimately, Hudicourt-Barnes proposes, cultural ways of thinking and speaking are good bases for science talk, particularly for argumentation.
Brand, B. R. & Moore, S. J. (2011). Enhancing teachers' application of inquiry-based strategies using a constructivist sociocultural professional development model. International Journal of Science Education, 33(7), 889–913. doi:10.1080/09500691003739374
This paper reports on a two-year schoolwide professional development initiative designed to enhance teachers' pedagogical skills in inquiry-based science instruction. The programme emphasised the importance of time for reflection and the role of collaboration among participating teachers to ensure sustained change in their beliefs and practice.


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The faithful 5,000 of Flatbush came back to Ebbets Field yesterday, but were chilled by the raw breezes and disappointed by their Robins, who lost the second exhibition with the Boston Red Sox by the score of 3 to 2. The two clubs thus obtained an even break in the series.
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A slow moving cold front will bring mostly cloudy skies to Maine today with an increased risk of showers as the day moves along. High temps will range from the upper 50s at the coastline to the 60s inland this afternoon. An upper level low pressure system along with the cold front will very slowly cross the Northeast Thursday and Friday and that will cause periods of showers to fall throughout New England both days. A surface storm developing along the approaching cold front may allow a period of heavier rain to develop across Maine beginning later Thursday night and continuing into early Friday mainly along the coast. The combination of clouds, showers and an onshore breeze will help hold high temps in the 60s both Thursday and Friday.
Weather conditions across New England should gradually improve as we head into the weekend as both the upper and surface lows move northeast through the Canadian Maritimes and high pressure begins to build into the Northeast. Skies Saturday will turn partly cloudy, with just the chance of a few widely scattered showers falling, mostly across northern parts of Maine. The high will likely bring mostly sunny skies too our region Sunday along with slowly warming temps. High temps Saturday will likely climb back up into the 70s to near 80, with highs Sunday reaching the upper 70s to low 80s.
Today: Mostly cloudy, with scattered showers likely and high temps in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with periods of showers and high temps in the 60s.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with occasional showers likely and high temps in the 60s.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a few widely scattered showers possible and high temps in the 70s to near 80.
Sunday: Mostly sunny and warm, with high temps in the upper 70s to low 80s.
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Though the Shoah seems out of place amid the bright colors, tights and capes of comic books, graphic novels have a long history of depicting the Holocaust. Art Spiegelman started writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Maus" in 1972, and the mutant known as Wolverine was given a history in the Polish extermination camp Sobibor. Last week, in Philadelphia, Marvel Comics announced that Greg Pak, best known for writing such characters as Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk, would be penning a new miniseries in September called "Magneto: Testament."
The miniseries, according to Pak, "follows a Jewish boy and his family through Germany and Poland from 1935 to 1945." The character is probably best known as the magnetism-controlling supervillain played by Ian McKellen in the X-Men films. In fact, though Magneto was created in 1963, it wasn't until the mid-'80s that writer Chris Claremont gave him sympathetic origins as a Jewish child during the Holocaust.
To prepare for the admittedly difficult task of telling a Holocaust story in a comic book, Pak has read multiple survivor narratives and histories of the Third Reich and the Final Solution, watched documentaries, and gone back to graphic novels like "Maus." The Magneto of "Testament," Pak emphasized, will be not a tragic anti-hero (the Forward once compared him to Rabbi Meir Kahane, the Israeli activist) but a "three-dimensional human being."
"This isn't a fantasy about a costumed superhero changing the course of history," Pak told The Shmooze. "This is the story of a Jewish boy and his family struggling to survive."
"Part of the goal of this story is to explore religious identity, and history, through fiction," said Warren Simmons, "Testament" editor. "I'd say [Magneto] is one of the single richest and most intriguing characters in our medium. I think to Jewish kids, he's a very important, complex character. I know that he was to me."
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The Use of Social Technology to Support Organisational Knowledge
Alqahtani, Fayez Hussain, Watson, Jason, & Partridge, Helen L. (2011) The Use of Social Technology to Support Organisational Knowledge. In Handbook of Research on Business Social Networking: Organizational, Managerial, and Technological Dimensions. Business Science Reference, Hershey, PA, pp. 140-1164.
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In the current economy, knowledge has been recognized to be a valuable organisational asset, a crucial factor that aids organisations to succeed in highly competitive environments. Many organisations have begun projects and special initiatives aimed at fostering better knowledge sharing amongst their employees. Not surprisingly, information technology (IT) has been a central element of many of these projects and initiatives, as the potential of emerging information technologies such as Web 2.0 for enabling the process of managing organisational knowledge is recognised. This technology could be used as a collaborative system for knowledge management (KM) within enterprises. Enterprise 2.0 is the application of Web 2.0 in an organisational context. Enterprise 2.0 technologies are web-based social software that facilitate collaboration, communication and information flow in a bidirectional manner: an essential aspect of organisational knowledge management. This chapter explains how Enterprise 2.0 technologies (Web 2.0 technologies within organisations) can support knowledge management. The chapter also explores how such technologies support the codifying (technology-centred) and social network (people-centred) approaches of KM, towards bridging the current gap between these two approaches.
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They still do - they are at the top of page 160
I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to this event this year! in Feb. I received my own diagnosis. I'm still going through treatments, and will be through the end of the year and perhaps longer. I have a rare and agressive form of breast cancer, so this challenge, which was always important to me (not to mention tons of fun!), has taken on even greater importance.
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- - Who wins TUF Live (Season 15)? (http://www.mmaforum.com/ultimate-fighter-tv/100461-who-wins-tuf-live-season-15-a.html)
Who wins TUF Live (Season 15)?
Team Cruz
1. Justin Lawrence
2. Sam Sicilia
3. Myles Jury
4. Mike Rio
5. James Vick
6. Vinc Pichel
7. Chris Tickle
8. Jeremy Larsen
Team Faber
1. Al Iaquinta
2. Cristiano Marcello
3. Daron Cruickshank
4. Joe Proctor
5. Mike Chiesa
6. John Cofer
7. Andy Ogle
8. Chris Saunders
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Justin Lawrence was amazing...hope he wins - put a bunch of credits on it.
All aboard the Justin Lawrence bandtrain! CHOO CHOO!!!!
Another member of the Justin Lawrence bandwagon here!
Going with Marcello. Dude should not be fighting in here...he should have already gotten a contract. He was Wanderlei and Shogun's trainer yo. Dude is a fourth degree black belt under Royler and Rickson Gracie!
Second pick would be JLAW...lolz!
Going with Rio!!
I bet on Lawrence too guys... and Jury and Cruickshank and Marcello. Heh, you can bet on more than one so why not. And it's going to stay open through the season since we don't have to worry about results leaking out this time.
no one for michael chiesa yet? Idk, his takedown was SO fast in his fight.. i think he might be the one to look out for.
I put bets on four guys. 1,000 points on Chiesa, 1,000 points on Marcello, 1,000 points on Lawrence, and 4,000 points on Jury. Kind of defeats the purpose and they're not exactly a lot of points either, but hey.. If you can get away with it, why not? I'll be losing points either way if Jury loses, but oh well. I find it hard to imagine that I'd get all 4 wrong. I see one of these guys winning.
I changed Cruickshank's odds to 500 to 1 since he is out. He was one of the favs too, had a few votes compared to none for the guy who ko'd him. I guess he could come back since they don't have auto medical suspensions, if you wanted to bet on that longshot feel free.
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Let's be honest, running your own business can be a nightmare sometimes and, inevitably, the biggest challenge is prioritising what's important and what can wait.
When the inbox starts to overflow, it can be easy to simply set aside tasks that are deemed non-urgent for a later date and, for many, online marketing fall into this category.
But I'll let you into a secret: clients (along with service providers, staff, suppliers, and so on) will never stop throwing curveballs. You will, however, learn to manage them with greater efficiency.
But the fact is that organic online marketing can't wait — it takes time and the later you start, the later you'll see results. Online sales are now forecast to make up 21.5% of the retail market by 2018, a rise of 8.8% from 2012. Without a hard-working online presence, you could be missing out on a substantial amount of potential business.
Too good to be true?
If you have set up a new online business then you've undoubtedly prepared an online marketing plan already. And you've probably also had lots of calls offering services that will guarantee your website a top five organic placement on Google within six months. Trust your instincts on these and steer clear of quick wins — as the old adage goes, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Online marketing is about earning trust and it will take time — that's why it is prudent to start early and focus on the long term. While there are numerous resources available to support beginners with SEO (such as moz.com and our own Donut guides), the greatest challenge for small business owners is time.
Opting to work with a respected search agency can provide a more holistic approach — using their resources to manage multiple elements concurrently rather than jumping from task to task. Alternatively, many search companies will be open to completing certain elements of your own strategy such as social media management or content provision and dovetailing this with your own activity.
The power of pay-per-click advertising
While this work continues in the long-term, an effective way to make more money and drive traffic to your website in the short term is to use pay-per-click advertising (PPC) such as Google AdWords.
In short, you create adverts to be placed on relevant results pages of Google. To do this you need to create adverts that Google deems good quality "answers" to search "questions". PPC offers flexibility both in terms of advert content but also in terms of spend as you will need to ensure that you are targeting relevant phrases and bidding effectively to get a decent return on your investment.
As the name suggests, with PPC you only pay every time your advert is clicked on but if you choose the wrong terms and the wrong bids, your budget can disappear pretty quickly and with little to show for it.
Like SEO, PPC is a task that can be done by your team but, again, it can be time-consuming. And conquering Click through Rate and Cost per Acquisition through trial and error can be expensive. Many search marketing companies offer campaign start-up packages and monthly management plans, enabling you to get a strong presence in search results.
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Panasonic has just introduced two new LUMIX FS-Series digital cameras to their lineup – the DMC-FS7 and the DMC-FS15. The stylish, compact FS models are designed to provide easy operation for both beginner and advanced users to take beautiful pictures.
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FS7
Panasonic announced two new additions to its LUMIX FS-Series of digital cameras, the DMC-FS7 and the DMC-FS15.
The 10.1-megapixel DMC-FS7 features a F2.8 Leica DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens with 4x optical zoom and iA mode, which comprised of four functions including Mega O.I.S., Intelligent ISO Control, Intelligent Scene Selector and Face Detection. Like the DMC-FS15, the DMC-FS7 also include a newly-added independent iA button at top of the camera for user to enter directly into the mode without going into the menu.
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FS15
The 12.1 megapixel DMC-FS15 features a 29mm wide-angle Leica DC VARIO-ELMAR lens with 5x optical zoom. The manufacturer has enhanced the Intelligent Auto Mode (iA) on the DMC-FS15 to include AF tracking and Intelligent Exposure functions in addition to Mega O.I.S., Intelligent ISO Control, Intelligent Scene Selector and Face Detection.
Other features of both FS models include a Venus Engine IV processor for an advanced processing system and quick response times. An intelligent LCD screen detects light conditions and automatically adjusts the brightness levels for viewing in sunlight and helps to preserve battery life. The FS-Series is also capable of recording WVGA (848 x 480) motion pictures at 30 fps in 16:9 widescreen format, as well as standard VGA (640 x 480) format.
The DMC-FS15 will be available in silver, black and blue at a suggested retail price (SRP) of USD99.95. The DMC-FS7 will be available in silver, black, blue, pink and green at an SRP of USD159.95. Both models will be available in late March 2009.
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spectre kit help
so i bought a 60 degree bend , a 90 degree bend and spectre filter ,
as specified in this thread which is probly the best stealth cai iv seen .
BUT there is a tiny problem lol . spectre doesnt sell a coupler bigger than 3 " , thats a little too small to attach onto the stock maf tube .
so i guess all i need to know is what should i use to join the filter and bends to the maf tube?
I bought the spectre kit and used 3" couplers they had at autozone. Worked fine for me. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/05/2u6uja3a.jpg
Oh shoot! Yea I actually cut the wide part of the maf tube with the honey comb off and coupled it onto the spectre kit. Sorry I forgot about that.
i still have to finish it so i will try to take some pics to post up
I used my stock maf tube. However the top section of it was over 3" and I couldn't fit the coupler over it.
I took a dremel to the section of the maf tube that holds a honeycomb screen. I cut off a total of maybe two to three inches. If u look at the stock tube you will see there is plenty of tube to couple onto if u cut that top wide section off. However there's no reusing it on the stock air box obviously.
also , do you have anything supporting the setup or is it free-hanging? im not sure how im going to support mine
The stock maf tube clamp fit correctly the way I set mine up. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/09/06/setamugy.jpg
As for posting images, take ur pic. Upload it to photobucket. Click on the pic once it's on photobucket and copy/paste [IMG] URL to ur post. That's it.
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Hollie Andrew jumped on the phone after her Australian Film Institute award nomination yesterday.
As other categories were being announced, the 25-year-old actress was telling her actor boyfriend about the surprise recognition for her first film role in Somersault.
"He gave me a motivational speech before I came in," Andrew said amid congratulations after the drama received a record 15 nominations at Sydney's Wharf Theatre.
Andrew was delighted to be up for best supporting actress with Lynnette Curran - "my demi-god" - for the film.
She gave up her day job at a Circular Quay cinema when the film, centring on a teenage girl learning about love in Jindabyne, was released last month. "I vowed to myself that when Somersault came out, I wouldn't be working in the same cinema that it was showing in."
Director Cate Shortland's feature will be favourite to win best film from Tom White, Love's Brother and The Old Man Who Read Love Stories when the awards are announced in Melbourne on October 29.
Its producer, Anthony Anderson, said Somersault was easy to get into production "once we did seven years of hard work on the script".
The main competition will come from Tom White, which received 12 nominations, including Colin Friels as best actor. Directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos, it centres on an architect whose life crumbles into homelessness.
With only 10 features entered this year, there was recognition for many first-timers. The model Chloe Maxwell was shocked to be up for best actress for her debut in the comedy Under The Radar.
"I honestly felt like someone was going to jump out in a clown suit and say, 'We were just kidding,"' she said.
Sam Neill was nominated for his directing debut on the telemovie The Brush Off. Also nominated for acting in the mini-series Jessica, Neill was modest about his direction. "I had the cast of all casts and a lovely script from John Clarke, so I just had to keep out of everyone's way, really."
The little-known 25-year-old filmmaker Khoa Do was thrilled by two nominations - best direction and original screenplay - for the ultra-cheap Cabramatta youth drama The Finished People.
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Check back here for more information for the 2017 Money Conference for Women.
Join us on October 28, 2017 at The Money Conference for Women ; a free conference brought to you by YWCA Hartford Region with Honorary Chair Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier. The conference focuses on money management, investment strategies and retirement planning for women of all ages, economic backgrounds and levels of financial knowledge.
The program is designed to address the special challenges women face in their work and personal lives:
Three out of four working women earn less than $30,000 per year
Women earn less and receive half the average pension benefits of men
Women live longer than men, requiring their money to last longer
Women have more sporadic work histories as a result of caring for children or elderly parents
71% of the nation's 4 million elderly poor are women
Women tend to be more intimidated about financial issues, less informed about ways to secure their financial future and are more conservative investors
Program Description:
The conference features recognized leaders in the financial services industry who offer practical advice and tools to help participants design and implement an effective money management strategy.
The Money Conference for Women is excited to welcome back Keynote Speaker Michelle Singletary
A financial expert and author, Michelle will be discussing:
"Six Steps to Financial Freedom"
Michelle Singletary will walk you through six steps that will empower you to become a super saver, dump debt, budget better, invest without fear and be content.
Financial Focus Workshops:
Following an overview of money management, participants attend two Financial Focus Workshops on topics suited to their life stage and needs. Presenters offer practical tools on a variety of topics.
Financial Expo:
Conference registrants may explore different services provided by various vendors in the financial services industries as well as other services available to women and their families.


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The Centre for Journalism's collection of front-page splashes achieved by students on work placement continues to grow. Postgraduate Katherine Purvis is the latest to make the front page. During her two-week placement at the Kentish Express last week, Kat secured the splash with her story about the money raised by friends of a girl who was killed in a car crash earlier this year.
Meanwhile third year undergraduate Dan May appears in today's Kent Messenger with a bylined page lead about the project he undertook for his Advanced Multimedia Storytelling module. Dan's project, Hidden Treasures of Medway, aims to get readers of the local newspaper to learn more about their surroundings using various interactive tools that link real-world locations to an interactive web site that can be accessed via their mobile phones. The project uses Quick Response codes (QR codes) that Dan placed around the Medway towns, and that readers could scan on their smartphones using free software to link directly to the relevant part of the web site. The project's home page is at www.centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk/danielmay/wordpress.


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The Adelaide hills apple producing community recently hosted its annual harvest festival on the oval at Lenswood. It was a magic autumn Saturday and a substantial crowd enjoyed the festival, which is a terrific opportunity for local producers to showcase their products in a relaxed picnic-style atmosphere.
Among the stalls were emerging apple and pear cider producers and small wineries, along with a variety of local food producers. The setting encouraged people to purchase a bottle of wine or cider, lay out a picnic, and enjoy the autumn sun.
However, just before the festival the organisers were informed that their liquor licence had been approved subject to a condition that stall holders would not use glass during the event. The wine and cider had to be sold in plastic cups like it was some dingy nightclub at 2am, running completely against the atmosphere of the festival.
This condition consequently prevented the community association from raising money through the sale of glasses for the event, as it had done the previous year when this regulation was not applied. This revenue raised by the sale of wine glasses on the day helps ensure that the festival can occur.
Apparently the "no glass" requirement was applied because the bureaucrats implementing the rules decided that the oval was a "public place" and that if a glass were broken on the oval, it could remain on the ground after the clean-up, posing a risk to others using the oval in the future.
You have to wonder about the logic of this decision given that this was not the first time the festival had taken place and that there had been no reported complaints or apparent problems.
Fast forward a couple of weeks and another local festival, this time 15 kilometres away in Stirling. This festival had 150 stalls and about 30,000 visitors.
Again, when the organisers approached the relevant authorities to access a liquor licence, they were told that not only would the event require an overall licence, but so would each of the stalls that sold alcohol. So rather than one licence, there would need to be at least 15 liquor licences for the same event.
The point of these examples is to give an insight into the level of hidden regulation that ties down our society at all levels. Often the debate about red tape focuses on regulations that affect business, particularly small business.
But what many do not realise is that Australians are increasingly subjected to regulatory creep that infects all aspects of life.
This regulatory culture has arisen in large part through demands, when unfortunate events occur, for governments to "do something". This is driven by the idea that governments can somehow prevent bad things from happening by regulating to prevent future accidents.
The "something" is nearly always a new law, bylaw, approval process or bureaucratic form. It rarely fixes the problem it sought to address, but rather adds another layer to an already heavy regulatory burden.
It empowers bureaucrats at the expense of the community.
Worse still, governments at all levels have become hooked on attaching fees to regulatory applications. For instance, surely requiring about 15 separate applications (and fees) for the same community festival is more about government revenue raising than it is about achieving a public good.
Regulation has an important role in a modern society, but it must be limited to where it is genuinely required. Its main purpose should not simply be to prop up bottom lines of overspending governments, as often appears to be the case, or to pretend that somehow regulations can always protect people from bad events.
Rather than just accepting the need for greater regulation, governments must ask what a proposed new regulation will achieve.
Next year I hope that sanity prevails in Lenswood and people can picnic in the sun, enjoy some fine produce and contribute to a worthwhile cause without offending the fun police along the way.
The Australian Financial Review


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Brand new flat - 1E
Size47 m²
Floor No.1
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Accommodation summary
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Located in a traditional district in Lisbon, Santos and near the trendy and vibrant Bairro Alto, this brand new flat is fully equipped to make your stay memorable.
This is a district for those who love nightlife fun, as there are bars and restaurants just a few meters away so if you are looking for a calm place this is not the one.
This apartment has one bedroom with a double bed, one spacious bathroom with hairdryer, a fully equipped kitchen with washing machine, refrigerator, freezer, tea kettle, a ceramic hob and a living room. There is also a small balcony to enjoy the amazing light of Lisbon!
We provide bed linens and towels and they are included in the price.
Santos is a traditional district in Lisbon, but it has become really vibrant with bars, restaurants and nightlife fun. It's very close from Bairro Alto (10m walking distance), that is the most popular nightlife area in Lisbon. It's also easy to get to Chiado (15m walking distance), where it's possible to find trendy shops, nice restaurants, timeless cafes such "Brasileira" where famous writers and painters used to meet and the theatre of S.Carlos Lisbon's Opera House.
It is a perfect place to stay because it is close to all kind of public transports like buses, the famous tram 28 that goes around the main touristic areas of Lisbon and the train station is 5 minutes walking distance, and from there you can go to Lisbon or take the time to discover other wonderfull surrounding areas like the beaches in Cascais or the monuments in Belém, that are just 20 minutes away.
Santos is also known as the "design district". The ancient factories and warehouses were renovated in 2006 and this brought along some trendy restaurants and shops.
It is an area with restaurants and bars and for this reason it can be lively at night.
House rulesDeposit €100,00. Please Note the deposit value will be returned via bank transference after your check out.
Check-in is after 3:00 p.m. and need to be arranged before the day of arrival. Please call or send us a message after collecting your luggage at the Lisbon airport, or train/bus station, to let us know you are already in Lisbon. Our representative will give you a friendly welcome and answer any questions you may have.
Check-in after 23:00 is subject to a 25 EUR fee.
Check in on the 24th of December and 31 of December after 6 pm are not allowed..
We will provide you with our contact details after your reservation is confirmed. The apartment will be ready and cleaned for you before your arrival. Fresh towels and bed clothing are also provided and all is included in the total price. You will be given a set of towels per person. Keys delivery: In the apartment. Cleaning: On departure.
Please note that from the 1st of January 2016 a city tax of EUR 1 per person, per night is not included in the total price and should be paid on site. This tax is charged to guests aged 13 and older. It is subject to a maximum amount of EUR 7 per guest.
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Quite Lisbon as a panorama
What makes this weekend drying, is clearly the large windows overlooking the city and the Tagus including bridge. An incredibly beautiful view, as the apartment is located directly below the Castelos on a slope.
Cited in the description balcony is rather a larger outlet, perhaps 1 x 1 m tall. The apartment is otherwise ok, nothing is lacking. The agency worked very well. Very Accurate should accept that some things are a bit rickety and simply needed a screwdriver. Around the corner is a Supermercado, which is open every day, a few pubs and bars are also right next door. To recommend Definitely.
Ganz Lissabon als Panorama
Was diese Wochnung ausmacht, ist eindeutig das große Fenster mit Blick auf die Stadt und den Tejo inklusive Brücke. Ein unglaublich schöner Blick, da die Wohnung direkt unterhalb des Castelos am Hang liegt.
Der in der Beschreibung genannte Balkon ist doch eher ein größerer Austritt, vielleicht 1 x 1 m groß. Die Wohnung ansonsten ist ok, es mangelt an nichts. Die Vermittlung klappte sehr gut. Sehr Akkurate sollten sich damit abfinden, dass manches etwas klapprig ist und einfach mal einen Schraubendreher bräuchte. Um die Ecke ist ein Supermercado, der täglich geöffnet ist, ein paar Kneipen und Bars sind ebenfalls gleich nebenan. Auf jeden Fall zu empfehlen.
Wonderful place to stay - great central location - supermarket around the corner - we love to come back
Wundervolle Unterkunft - super zentral gelegen - Supermarkt um die Ecke - wir kommen gerne wieder
Very warm welcome. Apartment was clean, just a pity that the bathroom door did not close properly. There were few options for storing clothes. Location in the old part of Lisbon was fine. Many restaurants nearby.
Zeer gastvrij ontvangen. Appartement was schoon, alleen jammer dat de deur van de badkamer niet goed dicht kon. Ook waren er weinig mogelijkheden om kleren op te bergen. Locatie midden in het oude gedeelte van Lissabon was prima. Veel restaurants in de buurt.
Very nice apartment in a very sunny place.
There is a private terrace with two lounge chairs for sunbathing.
There is a kitchen with ceramic heater (not induction therefore especially children's).
The owner of the house was very nice, waited for us despite our late arrival and also gave us some useful information.
A few meters away there is also a communal terrace that looks over the city and the show is really impressive.
I recommend it highly to couples and those who have enough gradicelli children (ages 10 and up) because the house is located at the top of the city (lead scenic!) But the roads are a bit 'steep.
And 'the authentic Lisbon with its tram and its narrow streets!
Appartamento molto bello in una posizione molto panoramica e soleggiata.
C'è un terrazzo privato con due sdraio per prendere il sole.
C'è una cucina con piastre a resistenza (non induzione quindi attenzione ai bambini!).
La proprietaria di casa è stata molto gentile, ci ha aspettato nonostante il nostro ritardo all'arrivo e ci ha dato anche alcune utili informazioni.
A pochi metri di distanza c'è anche una terrazza pubblica che guarda su tutta la città e lo spettacolo è davvero suggestivo.
Lo consiglio molto a coppie e a chi abbia figli abbastanza gradicelli (dai 10 anni in su) perchè la casa si trova in alto alla città (vantaggio panoramico!!) ma le strade sono un po' ripide.
E' l'autentica Lisbona con i suoi tram e le sue stradine!!
The apartment was very nice and modern and from the small balcony we had a great view. There was even a washing machine and iron if you want to travel with little luggage. Also pays if you have a mild case of high drags the four floors. Unfortunately, the neighbor is feeding in the house across the pigeons constantly ... so purely put chairs if you do not want to constantly wipe pigeon droppings.
The location was great right in the Alfama district with restaurants, small shops and an enoteca next door. When we come again to Lisbon we book again with Margarida. Obrigada!
Die Wohnung war sehr schön und modern ausgestattet und vom kleinen Balkon hatten wir eine tolle Aussicht. Es gab sogar eine Waschmaschine und Bügeleisen wenn man mit kleinem Gepäck reisen will. Macht sich auch bezahlt wenn man einen leichten Koffer die vier Stockwerke hochschleppt. Leider füttert die Nachbarin im Haus gegenüber ständig die Tauben...deswegen Stühle reinstellen wenn man nicht ständig Taubenkot wegwischen will.
Die Lage war toll mitten in der Alfama mit Restaurants, kleinen Läden und einer Enoteca direkt nebenan. Wenn wir mal wieder nach Lissabon kommen buchen wir wieder bei Margarida. Obrigada!
Very charming apartment in a good and quiet location, everything exactly as described. We liked awarded the family of 4, so we would not hesitate to book again.
Sehr charmante Wohnung an guter und ruhiger Lage, alles genau so wie beschrieben. Hat uns als Familie mit 4 Personen ausgezeichnet gefallen, weshalb wir sie jederzeit wieder buchen würden.
The stay at the apartment was perfect for cleanliness and good standing of this.
As we arrived we explain the points of interest near to the apartment.
The apartment was very central, about 3 minutes walk from one of the most beautiful squares in the city, and 1 minute from the gazebo, one of the best areas of Lisbon.
At the apartment was not missing a single detail, bright, youthful atmosphere, and very modern.
It is in a quiet area with a good atmosphere.
In our opinion, both the apartment and the care provided were excellent.
Will definitely repeat.
La estancia en el apartamento fue perfecta por la limpieza y buena situación de este.
Según llegamos nos explico los lugares de interés cercanos al apartamento.
El apartamento se encontraba muy céntrico , a unos 3 minutos a pie de una de las plazas mas bonitas de la ciudad, y a 1 minuto del mirador, en una de las mejores zonas de Lisboa.
A el apartamento no le faltaba ni un detalle, mucha luz, ambiente juvenil, y muy moderno.
Se encuentra en una zona tranquila, con un buen ambiente.
En nuestra opinión, tanto el apartamento como la atención recibida fueron excelentes.
Sin duda repetiremos.
We were greeted very nicely at the handover of the key. They gave us some tips on Lisbon and to Esssen not far from our accommodation a few good restaurants. We enjoyed unserern stay in this beautiful apartment, ideal for 2 persons, quiet neighborhood. Lisbon, worth a visit, very nice city and the people very loving.
Wir wurden sehr liebevoll bei der Übergabe des Schlüssels empfangen. Man gab uns einige Tips betreffend Lissabon und zum Esssen nicht weit entfernt unserer Unterkunft einige gute Restaurants. Wir genossen unserern Aufenthalt in dieser schönen Wohnung, ideal für 2 Personen, ruhige Gegend. Lissabon, eine Reise wert, sehr schöne Stadt und die Einwohner sehr liebevoll.
Conveniently located in the Bairro Alto, this small apartment is perfect for exploring on foot to explore Lisbon and its share of narrow stairs and alleys. Very easy to access when you arrive at the airport, one metro change is needed to reach the Baixa-Chiado station where you will be within a 10 'walk to your base. The picturesque tram 28 and the funicular Bica are even closer!
We were very well received by Margarida who left us a city map and gave some useful explanations for our stay.
Only negative due to the central location of the apartment, evenings purposes may make some noise ...
Idéalement situé dans le Bairro Alto, ce petit appartement est parfait pour partir à pied à la découverte de Lisbonne et son lot d'escaliers et ruelles étroites. Très simple d'accès à votre arrivée à l'aéroport, un seul changement en métro est nécessaire pour arriver à la station Baixa-Chiado où vous serez à moins de 10' à pied de votre lieu de séjour. Le pittoresque tram 28 ainsi que le funiculaire de Bica sont encore plus proches !
Nous avons été très bien accueillies par Margarida qui nous a laissé un plan de la ville et donné quelques explications utiles pour notre séjour.
Seul point négatif dû à la situation centrale de l'appartement, les fins de soirées peuvent apporter certaines nuisances sonores...
Very amazing apartment, clean, spacious and very very close to the city centre. Sara, the host, was really nice and gave us a lot of information about the main turistic places and some good restaurants. I definitely recommend this apartment!
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Mebane, McDaniel to play, Avril doubtful vs. Panthers - Sept. 6, 2013
Marshawn Lynch #24 of the Seattle Seahawks during their game at Bank of America Stadium on October 7, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
by Curtis Crabtree
KJR reporter
Twitter: @Curtis_Crabtree
RENTON - The Seattle Seahawks were facing the prospect of being without both starting defensive tackles DT Brandon Mebane and DT Tony McDaniel for their season opener against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
Both players had been nursing groin injuries the last couple weeks leaving the Seahawks possibly having to scramble to find available bodies to play along the defensive line.
But head coach Pete Carroll delievered some good news Friday as both Mebane and McDaniel are expected to play against the Panthers.
"Those guys look great," Carroll said. "They finished the week practicing full go."
In addition, receivers WR Sidney Rice and WR Stephen Williams have both practiced all week long and are ready to go as well.
The Seahawks definitely will be missing three players Sunday with two more being game-time decisions.
DT Jordan Hill (biceps), T Michael Bowie (shoulder) and DE Chris Clemons (knee) have all been officially ruled out.
DE Cliff Avril was listed as a full participant in practice on Friday but is still considered doubtful for the game. Avril is trying to come back from a hamstring injury that has kept him sidelined for the majority of training camp.
CB Brandon Browner also will be a game-time decision. He's listed as questionable for the game while dealing with a hamstring strain of his own. If Browner can't play, CB Walter Thurmond and CB Byron Maxwell both will play, though Carroll didn't outline their roles.
If Avril can't go, LB O'Brien Schofield is expected to start with LB Mike Morgan and DE Benson Mayowa as rotational options at the LEO end position.
Injury Report:
Carolina Panthers
RB Kenjon Barner (foot) - DNP
CB James Dockery (thumb) - Limited
S Mike Mitchell (calf) - DNP
WR Domenik Hixon (hamstring) - Limited
G Amini Silatolu (hamstring) - Limited
DT Dwan Edwards (thigh) - DNP
TE Ben Hartsock (foot) - Full
FB Mike Tolbert (hamstring) - Full
LB Jon Beason (knee) - Full
Seattle Seahawks
T Michael Bowie (shoulder) - DNP
DT Jordan Hill (biceps) - DNP
DE Chris Clemons (knee) - DNP
DE Cliff Avril (hamstring) - Full
CB Brandon Browner (hamstring) - DNP
WR Sidney Rice (knee) - Full
WR Stephen Williams (head) - Full
DT Tony McDaniel (groin) - Full
DT Brandon Mebane (groin) - Full


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Happy anniversary, Freemans Sporting Club!
Tue Oct 21 2008
It's traditional to give cotton for second anniversaries, so it only makes sense that Freemans Sporting Club would mark down their sophisticated menswear line, including peacoats, hobo suits and bank bags, to celebrate their second year. Stop by this Thursday for 10 percent off everything in the store. And, because everyone should look good during a celebration, the sale extends to their old-fashioned barbershop. In addition to great deals, they'll have pumpkin carving, rounds of bobbing for apples and hot apple cider. Here's to—at least—two more well-groomed years.


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This has gotten a lot easier from a previous post about joining an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop to a windows domain. Always make backups of the files that you change, you never know when something will get messed up.
This is largely taken from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ActiveDirectoryWinbindHowto with a lot of the extra taken out and some more detail added.
Open a terminal and away we go.
First things first;
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
(restart if needed)
apt-get install samba smbfs smbclient smbldap-tools winbind krb5-user krb5-config krb5-doc libkrb5-3 libpam-krb5
When installing the above krb5-config should prompt you for a realm this will be your domain name in upper case DOMAIN.LOCAL.
Add the following information to the /etc/hosts file (this is precautionary incase the dns servers aren't resolving properly)
vim /etc/hosts
x.x.x.x (IP address of domain controller) dc.domain.local dc
Add your realm to the krb5.conf file. I personally take out all the other realms in there as they aren't needed.
vim /etc/krb5.conf
kdc = ip address of DC1
kdc = ip address of DC2 (if you have more than one)
admin_server = ip address of DC
I personally delete everything in smb.conf and copy/paste rather than trying to find these individually in the file.
vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
workgroup = DOMAIN
realm = DOMAIN.LOCAL
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
security = ADS
map to guest = Bad Password
passdb backend = tdbsam
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
log level = 3
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
wins server = winsserver.domain.local
allow trusted domains = no
ldap ssl = no
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
idmap config * : range = 10000-20000
idmap config * : backend = tdb
template homedir = /home/%U
template shell = /bin/bash
winbind use default domain = Yes
winbind nested groups = Yes
admin users = '@domain admins'
read list = '@domain admins'
write list = '@domain admins'
create mask = 0777
force create mode = 0777
force security mode = 0777
directory mask = 0777
force directory mode = 0777
force directory security mode = 0777
winbind enum users = Yes
winbind enum groups = Yes
Adding valid users = @"Domain Users" to the [global] section will allow all Domain Users to see all of the shares avaliable without a password. This is the equivlient to allowing "Everyone" to read all shares. If you want to restrict reading a share then you will have to specify valid users for that share.
service winbind stop
service smbd restart
service winbind start
kinit email@example.com
You should see a ticket from AD.
If there are no errors time to carry on.
net ads join -U Domain Admin (or other user that has permissions to join a computer to the domain)
You may get a DNS Update failed! message, this can be ignored.
Instead of modifying each pam file by itself you can now run:
We make some changes to /etc/pam.d/common-session, add the lines below.
vim /etc/pam.d/common-session
session optional pam_ldap.so
session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0077
Modify nsswitch.conf
passwd: compat winbind
group: compat winbind
shadow: compat winbind
hosts: files dns
networks: files
protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files
netgroup: nis
service winbind stop
service smbd restart
service winbind start
Now test it out.
wbinfo -u (this should list all domain users)
wbinfo -g (this should list all groups)
If you have domain trusts and need to see those users and groups change 'allow domain trusts = no' to yes.
If you aren't seeing all your users/groups you may need to change the idmap uid/gid and increase the range.
Some more testing.
getent passwd (should list all domain users in a passwd file format)
getent group (should list all groups in group file format)
If you haven't gotten any errors you should now be able to login to your machine using AD credentials.
This was all I needed to get my server on the domain and thus I've excluded a lot of information that was included in the article at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ActiveDirectoryWinbindHowto. If you are experiencing problems you may want to check there or post a question.


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Beijing, China, January 29, 2013 – In a further confirmation of the break-through role Embraer Executive Jets has in the business aviation industry, the Hurun Report has named the Legacy 650 as the Large-Size Business Jet Star Performer in the recent Ninth Hurun Best-of the-Best Awards Ceremony in Shanghai China. The publication also named the Legacy 500 the Best New Arrival in business jets in January 2012.
The move adds another distinguished award to the four received in the last 12 months from luxury publishing brands. Since 2007, Embraer Executive Jets has received more than a dozen international design and innovation awards. The Hurun Report is read by China's high-net-worth individuals and is considered one of the most influential publications of the luxury genre in the country.
"We have brought several new and innovative features with each of the business aircraft we have offered on the market and it is very rewarding for them to be recognized by the Hurun Report," said Ernest Edwards, President, Embraer Executive Jets. "Clearly, our reliance on customers to help design their ideal aircraft is an effective strategy and is reflected in the recognition by our most challenging analysts – the worldwide luxury and aviation press. This is an outstanding achievement for any business aviation company."
In addition, in May, the Legacy 500 and the Legacy 450, Embraer Executive Jets' latest, clean-sheet designs, received the Foremost Luxury Brand Award by GaFencu, a leading luxury and lifestyle magazine, while the Legacy 650 was honored with the Best Executive Jet Award by the Robb Report, one of the top luxury and lifestyle media brands. Finally, the Legacy 650 also received the Best Executive Jet Brand Award by Insider Report, a key influential lifestyle publication.
The awards confirm the market acceptance and leadership position of Embraer Executive Jets in China. The Legacy 650 was chosen by Jackie Chan, world renowned film star, for his international transportation. Chan was later named Brand Ambassador for Embraer Executive Jets.
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William Winters, of Airport Road, White Township, has announced his candidacy for White Township tax collector.
A lifelong resident of Indiana County, he has resided in White Township since 1980. William believes that the variety of work experiences he has gained throughout his life provide him with the knowledge, work ethic and the ability to problem solve that will allow him to be a creditable tax collector for White Township.
After graduating for Alderson Broaddus College, Winters returned to work with his father's excavating company, Ray I. Winters and Sons Inc., where he served as the treasurer of the company in addition to managing daily work operations.
In 1995, Winters was instrumental in bringing to the area Third Wave, Indiana County's first Internet service provider.
For the past 17 years, Winters has been president of Winterwind Farm Inc., a company involved in interstate and secondary roadway mowing for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Looking forward, he plans to change career paths and is excited about the opportunity to serve White Township in the capacity of tax collector.
In his free time, Winters can be seen running the roads and trails of Indiana County and has competed in many marathons across the country, including Boston and Chicago.
He and his wife, Ginny, reside on a White Township farm they share with the Welsh terriers and all of the wildlife that surrounds them.


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WHALEN TAKES OVER POLICE POST TODAY; SHAKE-UP EXPECTED; He Gets Leave of Absence From Wanamaker's and Will Be Sworn In by Mayor at Noon. SACRIFICES $100,000 IN PAY Accepts Call as Duty, He Says, and Will Have Free Hand to Reorganize City Force. SOME AIDES SLATED TO GO Three Deputies and Four Inspectors Viewed as Likely to Follow Warren in Retiring. THE NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. WHALEN TAKES OVER POLICE POST TODAY
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Announcement of the appointment of Grover A. Whalen as Police Commissioner to succeed Joseph A. Warren was made yesterday by Mayor Walker. Mr. Whalen will take office today and will be sworn in by the Mayor at noon at City Hall.
December 18, 1928
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