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Auckland Councillor Cameron Brewer says Mayor Len Brown is "jumping the gun" by proposing to lift all council staff to a living wage before knowing its effects on services or trimming $100,000-plus salaries.
Tabling his proposed budget yesterday, Mr Brown called for a debate on whether the council should make budget provision for paying at least $18.40 an hour.
This would come in over three years and cost $3.75 million.
Mr Brown said the cost could be recovered from savings in the budgets in other parts of council.
He also proposed a remuneration policy for setting wage scales for the council's 8500 employees to get "best bangs for the bucks" and ensure upper level salaries were not inflated.
However, Mr Brewer said the mayor was putting political expediency before good process.
In September, the previous council resolved that any extra costs from a living wage policy would come from the council's existing $702 million wage and salary budget.
The mayor was ignoring that by asking for the money to be found from all around the council. This had the potential to affect council service levels.
Councillors had neither a comprehensive report on the effects of the proposal nor how six-figure salaries and staff numbers would be slowed.
"The council's own business advisory panel, many business leaders and owners, as well as ratepayers are genuinely concerned about this matter.
"One of the concerns is that the $3.75 million annual cost is only the start and that it could trigger wage inflation throughout the whole organisation, with the prospect of increasing contractor bills also a real possibility."
Mr Brown said a decision on adopting a living wage would be made in May-June next year after community feedback.
He proposed it would be "cost neutral" because the money would be found within existing budgets but whether it would come from existing salaries was "a matter for debate".
He said the cost would not impact on the delivery of frontline services.
However, councillor Cathy Casey said a living wage "needs to happen now" rather than over three years for both council and contracting staff.
Mr Brown said adopting a policy for council contractors was a big issue to be explored but this could be on a progressive basis as each contract was re-tendered.
Public Service Association national secretary Brenda Pilott said more than 1600 Auckland Council workers earned below $18.40 an hour.
Smaller rates rise proposed
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has proposed that an average rates rise of 2.5 per cent in 2014 will allow the same levels of service.
Mr Brown said 2014 was the final year of the three-year budget set by the former council and a rise of 4.9 per cent had been forecast. However, changes in costs and projects allowed the smaller rise.
New projects to be considered by the new council included a $1.6 million operating grant towards the Tamaki Redevelopment Company - a joint housing venture between the council and the Government.
His proposed staged introduction of a living wage policy for council staff would require $1.25 million in 2014.
The annual plan budget will be adopted on November 21 and will go out to community consultation, which usually draws between 1000 and 1500 views.


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approaching lined up in formation.
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"Maybe they are searching for survivors like us." Mark said with a hopeful outlook.
"I don't think so" Danny said.
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lead jet as the planes broke formation and disappeared faster than they had flown in. As
the unknown object was falling from the sky time stood still. Danny held his breath with
all those who were watching when the bomb struck the earth.
When the bomb exploded it wasn't the mushroom cloud that Danny had been
expecting instead it was fire that that continued to spread across the land engulfing
everything that it touched.
Danny and the others watched in horror as the enormous ball of fire being fueled by
fresh oxygen and other gasses in the air made it's way straight towards their vehicles. It
was too late to stop and turn back. There was no safety to be found. The fire ripped
through the line of vehicles burning everyone alive.
As for the the rest of America after the last bombs were dropped, little remained. The
rest of the world watched on as the last of those creatures were burned alive, not knowing
about the countless survivors that had been lost in the flames. The outbreak was finished,
the rest of the world could breathe a sign of relief knowing that those monsters were gone
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The lab where the accident had happened was completely destroyed along with all
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Welcome to SN, triathjohn.
Are there any community or coop type boat clubs in your area? It's worth a quick internet search.
If you're near any size city with a waterfront, there is usually a community boat club. The club fees aren't too much, everyone becomes part owner in the club's boats with membership and there are usually adult sailing lessons available.
These tend to be small, friendly, social clubs with lots of BBQs and informal get togethers. If you really want your wife to learn to love sailing, this would be a good way to do it.
If she meets other women that love sailing, you will find she gets converted pretty quick.
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Hello sailors and wannabees.
I just joined Sailnet a couple of days ago. I did a little sailing when I was 15 years old. We lived on the West side of Buffalo, NY close to Lake Erie and the Niagara River. Don't remember how I heard about it but I joined the Sea Scouts for something to do. I was hanging around getting in minor trouble and just had no focus. I met a great group of guys in the Scout leaders and the scouts. We used to to meet weeky at a building at the foot of Porter Ave. on the waterfront, where we worked on a few wooden, mostly donated, boats during that first winter. The first part of each meeting was dedicated to teaching sailing and seamanship, knots, compass reading, points of sail, a little navigation, etc. In late spring when the ice was gone from the water we started to sail with the experienced scout leaders. I remember sailing on "Ferdinand" from Buffalo to Crystal Beach in Ontario, Canada. We left Buffalo at midnight and arrived around daybreak. I think there were 12 of us aboard. I few of the older guys were drinking beer! It was a flat bottomed wooden ship with a big keel attached. The water seemed very rough and dangerous to us neophites. She would bang down hard and shake when we went over the big waves.
We tied up against the old peer in Crystal Beach. We found a diner that opened early so we were able to have breakfast. When we got back to the ship we headed back to Buffalo.
A month later a Scout friend fell out of one of our canoes and drowned. The Sea Scout Troop fell apart and that was the end of my Sea Scout experience. That was about 45 years ago.
When I was 30 with a wife and 2 young boys we bought a Sunbird sailboat which we had for 2 years. My wife wasn't a sailor and I wasn't much of one, except in desire and love. She seldom went out and was deathly afraid to let our sons go out on the water. Work was scarce and I took a job on Long Island. I spent so much time commuting and missing my family in Buffalo that we sold the Sunbird.
Finally, in my sixties, a couple of marriages later, I am ready to buy another small boat. I have been a windsurfer over the years and rented the ocassional dinghy and Hobie on vacations through out the years.
I'm thinking of another Sunbird to start and maybe a small trailerable pocket cruiser in a couple of years. We like to visit the Finger Lakes, Chautauqua Lake, Lake Placid, thus the trailerable. In the meantime I will be convincing my landlubber wife to take sailing lessons and I will take them also if that will get her to do it.
Sailnet looks like a great group and I'm looking forward to some good discussions and advice.
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Bad thermostat, weird idle and MPG
Just though I'd post this for those interested.
My '05 ST with 2.3 was purchased with a bad thermostat (stuck open). It warmed up according to the gauge in just a couple of miles from cold. It ran well except for an inconsistently high idle, no CEL. The heater put out warm, not really hot air. MPG was ranging from 27-30.
I plugged in the scangauge to get an idea of the temps the PCM was seeing. Turns out that when the gauge reads normal, it doesn't change from 143* to at least 215* which is as hot as it ever got. Often it would run between 150* and 175*. Again, the in-dash gauge always read the same and indicating "normal".
Changed thermostat.
Now it warms up much faster, heater is toasty hot and maintains at least 195* per the specs. Idle is rock solid and consistent. MPGs now are consistently just over 33 in the last 3 tanks.
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A to Z Mysteries is a mystery book series. It is written by Ron Roy and published by Random House Inc. There are twenty-nine books in the series.
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- The Missing Mummy
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Franklin Half Dollars
The Franklin Half Dollar series only ran briefly from 1948 to 1963, making it one of the shorter US coin series of the 20th century. It has the misfortune of being placed between two highly popular series, with the Walking Liberty Half Dollar design before it and the Kennedy design after it. Nonetheless, many collectors take particular focus on the series for its challenges and rewards.
Franklin Halves were produced at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints. The Philadelphia Mint struck coins for each year of issue, while for certain years no coins were struck at Denver or San Francisco. Starting in 1950, Proof coins were struck for inclusion in government issued proof sets for coin collectors.
The obverse design of the coin features a bold portrait of Benjamin Franklin designed by John R. Sinnock. The inscriptions include "Liberty", and "In God We Trust", along with the date of issue. The reverse design features a portrait of the famous Liberty Bell from Philadelphia. A small sized eagle is also placed to the right of the bell to fulfill the legislative requirement for its appearance on the denomination. The inscriptions read "United States of America", "E Pluribus Unum", and "Half Dollar".
Of particular interest for the Franklin Half Dollar series are two areas. The first is the Full Bell Lines designation. Coins with this designation exhibit uninterrupted sets of horizontal lines on the reverse Liberty Bell. This generally denotes a strong strike and absence of bag marks which can trouble many coins of the series. Third party grading services use the designation FBL to denote this.
Also of interest are coins with a cameo or deep cameo finish. These proof coins exhibit frosted raised elements over mirrored backgrounds. Coins with cameo finishes for early years of the series can be particularly difficult to find. Third party grading services use the designation DCAM or Ultra Cameo to denote this.
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Chapter 12. Through The Himalayas
During, the night the fog cleared off. There were symptoms of an approaching
typhoon--a rapid fall of the barometer, a disappearance of vapor, large clouds of
ellipsoid form clinging to a copper sky, and, on the opposite horizon, long streaks
of carmine on a slate-colored field, with a large sector quite clear in the north.
Then the sea was smooth and calm and at sunset assumed a deep scarlet hue.
Fortunately the typhoon broke more to the south, and had no other result than to
sweep away the mist which had been accumulating during the last three days.
In an hour they had traversed the hundred and twenty-five miles of the Korean
strait, and while the typhoon was raging on the coast of China, the "Albatross"
was over the Yellow Sea. During the 22nd and 23rd she was over the Gulf of
Pechelee, and on the 24th she was ascending the valley of the Peiho on her way
to the capital of the Celestial Empire.
Leaning over the rail, the two colleagues, as the engineer had told them, could
see distinctly the immense city, the wall which divides it into two parts--the
Manchu town, and the Chinese town--the twelve suburbs which surround it, the
large boulevards which radiate from its center, the temples with their green and
yellow roofs bathed in the rising sun, the grounds surrounding the houses of the
mandarins; then in the middle of the Manchu town the eighteen hundred acres of
the Yellow town, with its pagodas, its imperial gardens, its artificial lakes, its
mountain of coal which towers above the capital; and in the center of the Yellow
town, like a square of Chinese puzzle enclosed in another, the Red town, that is
the imperial palace, with all the peaks of its outrageous architecture.
Below the "Albatross" the air was filled with a singular harmony. It seemed to be
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wood with a thin slip of bamboo beneath. In the breath of the wind these slips,
with all their notes varied like those of a harmonicon, gave forth a most
melancholy murmuring. It seemed as though they were breathing musical
It suited Robur's whim to run close up to this aerial orchestra, and the "Albatross"
slowed as she glided through the sonorous waves which the kites gave off
through the atmosphere.
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TIGER AIRWAYS says it has now established a solid financial foundation to remain in Australia into the long term, after declaring its domestic operations had become "self-sufficient" and were now generating positive cash flows.
Five months since the Singapore Airlines-backed budget carrier launched services out of Melbourne, Tiger's chief executive, Tony Davis, said: "The cash flow in Australia has been self-sufficient. We've been able to fund it from our own reserves."
He said this could now allow Tiger to expedite its Australian expansion plans.
He said Tiger Australia, established with a capital base of $1 last year, did not have to use the carrier's Singapore operations to subsidise its operations in Australia.
Tiger also rejected speculation it was looking to appoint a new managing director in Australia to replace Chris Ward, who helped set up the domestic carrier and who worked with Mr Davis at the British budget carrier Bmibaby.
There has been talk Tiger had chosen the former easyJet executive Shelley Roberts as its new Australian boss, but a Tiger spokesman said he was unaware of the speculation that Ms Roberts, 33 - who works for Macquarie Group - could be preparing herself for the job.
Tiger boasted, via a press release, that despite increasing its fleet of A320s in Asia and Australia by only three, from nine to 12, it had increased passenger numbers by 50 per cent and revenues by 82 per cent in the year to March 31. The airline has 50 more A320s on order.
"We've closed our financial year with out strongest cash position ever," Mr Davis told the Herald. However, he declined to say if Tiger reported an overall loss for the year. Mr Davis said Tiger would wait for its full-year results to be audited before disclosing this.
But there are concerns Tiger's "positive cashflows" are hugely dependent on its forward bookings.
Some critics argue Tiger's cash flows could quickly dry up if domestic demand in Australia falters, especially if there is an economic slowdown. It also has been argued Tiger's statement on its financial position was a reaction to Qantas's part-owned Singapore carrier, Jetstar Asia, announcing last week it had made a profit after three years of operation.
Some have suggested that Tiger's plans to establish a second base in Australia have been a ploy to seek a financial inducement from an airport keen to attract more services.
Jetstar has argued Tiger is simply trying to find a second airport to park its jets overnight. The Qantas low-cost airline says it already uses 10 airports to park its jets overnight in Australia and New Zealand.


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Chapel Hill - Head coach Jenny Levy has released the 2013 University of North Carolina women's lacrosse schedule, a slate that features at least eight games against 2012 NCAA Tournament teams in Florida, Towson, Northwestern, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Duke, Maryland and Navy.
UNC also will host the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament at Fetzer Field, and the Tar Heels will face three of the four 2012 NCAA semifinalists in national champion Northwestern, Florida and Maryland.
"We are excited about our schedule," Levy says. "Every year when we schedule outside the ACC, we try to find great competition to challenge our team. Playing three of last year's Final Four teams and eight NCAA Tournament opponents certainly will challenge us.
"Northwestern and Florida are the top two teams in the ALC, Penn is a consistent power in the Ivy League and Georgetown not only beat us last year but also is always strong in the Big East," Levy continues.
The Tar Heels' home slate will include matchups with Florida (Feb. 9), Towson (Feb. 15), Richmond (Feb. 17), Northwestern (Feb. 22), Virginia (March 9), Georgetown (March 16), Cornell (March 20), Boston College (March 23), Navy (April 10) and Jacksonville (April 12). The 2013 ACC Tournament will be April 25, 26 and 28 at Fetzer Field.
The road schedule includes dates at Penn (March 2), High Point (March 12), Duke (March 28), Virginia Tech (March 31), Maryland (April 6) and Vanderbilt (April 20).
The Tar Heels will play seven night games starting at 7 p.m. in 2013. "We hope playing more night games will help generate some great crowds," Levy says. "As the sport continues to grow in North Carolina our crowds have gotten better in recent years. Hopefully that will continue."


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Rain slows traffic: 81 minutes from Federal Way to Bellevue
Rain slowed the morning commute around the Seattle area, particularly in the south end.
At 7:30 .m., traffic was taking 81 minutes to get from Federal Way to Bellevue on Interstates 5 and 405, normally a 45-minute drive in the morning commute, said Mike Allende of the state Transportation Department.
Traffic from Federal Way to Seattle on Interstate 5 was taking 61 minutes, about 15 minutes slower than normal.
Traffic from Everett to Seattle was taking 60 minutes, about 15 minutes longer than usual.
Allende said no major accidents were reported. "It hasn't rained for a few days and it's a Monday morning and people are just kind of taking it slow," he said.
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WASHINGTON -- Someday, perhaps some years from now, some unbiased observer will write a book providing a genuine analysis of Willard Mitt Romney and why he was so misrepresented by many of us in the press during this tedious campaign. Readers will be amazed.
Will this future character really be the same Mitt Romney seen in the sarcastic, super-critical headlines we read every day now? What about the Mitt who kept his dog on the top of the car during a long family trip? His odes to trees that were "just the right size"? Above all, what about the man who came into this world with his father's money falling out of every pocket, the man who never had to work for anything himself?
This campaign is wallowing in a rhetorical and journalistic marsh in which the interesting tale of Mitt and the Romney family are rotting in the hands of media analysts who seem to resent the fact that Mitt will not give them interviews. And so, the campaign press corps call him "Mittens," but the fun about ends there.
Let us start with Mittens ... I mean Mitt Romney, the man, first. I have no idea why he has stayed so far away from the press, but I do know that it is a terrible mistake. He is a handsome and charming man with a beautiful, media-savvy wife. But not being able to know him, the press surmises that he is dense and dumb.
Hah, dumb? After graduating from Brigham Young University with highest honors, he was accepted at Harvard for a just-created dual-degree program in law and business. Of hundreds accepted, only 15 won the dual degree, and Mitt graduated with honors, in the top 5 percent of his class, according to "The Real Romney," by Boston Globe journalists Michael Kranish and Scott Helman.
Moreover, Mitt and his young wife lived in a $62-a-month basement apartment at Harvard, received only a car from the family for a wedding present and did not start off on any inheritance from Mitt's prominent father, Michigan Gov. George Romney. George himself suffered extreme poverty, even hunger, as his Mormon family made its way up from Mexico, subsisting mostly on Idaho potatoes, and avoiding Mexican revolutionaries in 1910.
You see, an earlier generation of Mormon Romneys had been cruelly exiled in Mexico because they then believed in polygamy. Once in kindergarten in California, George was widely known as "Mex."
Indeed, by the time George Romney, who had left Mexico behind and made a brilliant political career in America in which he was always in the forefront of the civil rights fight, died in 1995, Mitt was already a wealthy man on his own. What he did inherit from his father, he gave away to charities connected with his father's name.
But what if Mitt Romney had inherited from his illustrious father? What difference would it make in what kind of president he would become?
JFK, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, and many others came to office as wealthy men. Perhaps it helped keep them and their colleagues honest. Perhaps it gave them the social sheen and knowledge that a president should have. It certainly should not harm one any more than coming from a lower class should. (And God save us if we begin to bring class seriously into our elections!). At any rate, Mitt Romney is surely more admirable than that 1 percent in the upper (non-Mormon) spheres who pursue money grubbing at any cost to the nation.
Here, again, comes the strange, but real, dislike of the press for Mitt Romney. I repeat that the greatest part of the dislike comes from resentment and jealousy on the part of much of the press because he ignores them. Mistakes about his life are repeated over and over. But that's his fault, too. If he loses, it will largely be for this unexplained gap in his campaign strategy.
But Romney isn't the only candidate who suffers from caricature. We might consider the whole crowd of Republican candidates like a court, or even a circle of bishops:
Mitt is the good father, the one like your own who can't tell jokes but is a top-notch provider. Rick is the papist, standing judgmentally in his red robes, his eye on the lookout for a sneaky condom. Newt is the court poet, the intellectual whose ear is always cocked for heresy. Ron Paul is a Greek chorus all in himself, providing whispered verses of wisdom.


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The roads were all small and winding - not conducive to any sleep. We stopped around 10pm at a dried fish market. Every single local came back on the bus with carrier bags loaded up! Then again, a stop at 1am for some 'dinner' (?). The rice noodle soup woman was doing a roaring trade.
We arrived at Luang Prabang at 7am. The bus station being 5km away from town, so the tuk tuk drivers were trying to have us on charging a ridiculous amount. I laughed them all away with their 70k price (£6) but then stood there wondering how I would actually get to town
I have a hotel room booked for tonight, so went to drop my stuff off. Shame I couldn't have a quick sleep now, the room wasn't ready. After tonight they are full for the next few nights, so I will need to find somewhere else to stay.
I have high expectations of Luang Prabang, everyone has told me how beautiful it is. With 33 temples, many monks and set in a luscious green backdrop, it sounds perfect! The town is wedged between the confluence of two rivers, so is actually fairly small and easily navigable. The small streets are full of little (never more than 2 stories) French style houses and covered in pretty flowers.
Sort of forgetting it was still only 8am, I went off for a walk! Just outside of my hotel was a large morning market. The women selling every kind of food - filled baguettes, noodle soup, bbq meat, fruits and vegetables, smoothies, blocks of honey comb, seaweed.....you could get everything
I've lost count of the number of temples I've visited recently! (Cambodia is full of them, the famous plains of Bagan in Burma and all over Thailand). Good thing I like them as there are even more to visit here!
Wat Xieng Thong is right at the northern tip of the town. It's supposed to be the most ornate temple in the area. And ornate it was! Around a large courtyard, there were several individual buildings. One contained a 12m high golden funeral chariot that was used for members of the royal family. The main temple structure was covered in gold paintings of flowers and Buddhas. At the back, there was a huge mosaic from floor to roof of the tree of life and all around the walls small mosaic pictures had been placed.
My favourite structure was one of the much smaller temples within the complex, totally covered in a mosaic story. Complete with people, elephants and farming equipment! It was really clever and totally different from all the other temples I've visited.
Phu Si is the 100m high hill that looks down upon the rest of the town. It's a fairly quick climb up the 300 odd steps to the top. The views from the top were nice, you could see the whole town, plus out to the surrounding mountains. The glistening golden tops of temples were dotted around. Right on the top of the hill is a small temple, then as I made my way back down the other side of the hill I bumped into several other small temples. One of them claiming to contain a Buddha footprint! (The Buddha must have been all over the world, leaving a hair in burma, a tooth in thailand and a footprint here!)
On the way back down, I got totally lost and ended up wandering through a maze of small village back streets. After a while, I found a road - and eventually found my way back to the main street!
After zero sleep last night on the bus, I am exhausted. So made full use of my huge comfy double bed for the afternoon!! Im treating myself, no dorm room tonight!
Bordering the northern edge of the city is the Mekong river, restaurants, cafes and resting spots line the river banks and offer a lovely view of the sunset. Today the sun glowed red as it set behind the mountains in the distance, while fishermen cast their nets in the shallows. It was very pretty.
The night market is held along the main road running through the town. From around 5pm the road is closed off for all vehicles and the street vendors come out in their hundreds! You can buy everything from local handicrafts, souvenir tshirts, jewellery and food. The all-day baguette and smoothie stalls are still out in force, but joining them are several vegetarian food buffets. For just 10k kip (80p) you receive a plate that you can fill with a variety of vegetarian goodies - noodles, vegetables, spring rolls, fried bananas, prawn crackers...! Amazing. Very cheap and so tasty!
And despite asking round many guesthouses, I still have nowhere to stay tomorrow. They all give the same response 'check back tomorrow'
Sunday 17 February 2013
Well today is tomorrow and I had no problem finding a room for the night. So after enjoying a lazy morning, I moved a few meters down the road to my new room.
Off to see another temple. Wat Wisunalat is a little bit away from the main touristy area. Built in 1513, is the oldest temple around Luang Prabang that is still in use today. Infront of the temple was That Patum - a large stone structure also called Lotus Stupa. I liked it, was a bit different!
For the afternoon I went out to Kouang Si Waterfall. It's about an hours drive out of Luang Prabang, through some small villages, pretty rice fields and banana plantations.
There are a couple of options for walking to the falls. I tried the jungle path first - through a narrow passage cut into the trees, climbing up using the roots and climbing over fallen trees
The waterfall went on forever, I made my way up to the top passing many cobalt blue pools with water running over small limestone ledges. It was really pretty. Right at the top were the main falls - they were huge! Water dropping down several levels of rocky boulders - really cool.
I went for a swim, but it was freezing!!!!
By the entrance to the falls are some large enclosures containing sun bears. These black coloured bears have been rescued from poachers and are now looked after here. Quite cute looking.
In the evening, I headed back to the night market for my fill of 80p buffet vegetables!
Monday 18 February 2013
Traditionally monks rise early in the morning and set out to receive alms (their food for the day) donated to them by lay people
When I was in Burma, I was lucky enough to see a festival at Inle lake - thousands of monks were there and they went round in procession around a huge temple collecting alms (of dried rice) from the women. We were the only tourists there at that time (about 5 of us) and although tried to keep ourselves out of the way, they were as interested in us as we in them!
Luang Prabang is famous for its morning Tak Bat. More recently, there have been many problems due to the numbers of tourists wanting to watch. I have seen many signs posted up around the town outlining rules for how one should behave during this religious act.
These rules including the following:
- stand on the other side of the road to observe
- do not use flash photography
- observe in silence
- cover up (no bare legs or shoulders)
- only participate if it means something to you (ie
I was interested to go and have a look. So I rose at 6am with the gongs from the nearby monastery and went down towards the biggest temple where the majority of the monks make their morning rounds. Before I had even got there, already many locals had tried to sell me 'food for the monks'. These ladies will give you bananas and wrapped biscuits (not suitable monk food for a start - they normally accept cooked sticky rice from locals), give you a mat to sit on and a slot on the pavement.
I was shocked when I reached the main strip. The whole street was already set out in neat groups for tourist tour groups to sit in line (who then arrived in their hundreds by minibuses). I saw maybe 10 local people in line - and this actually means something to them. But they are surrounding by people who think its the 'thing to do' while they are in Laos.
When the monks started coming out (around 6.45am) I'm surprised they could move past the throng of flash-going paparazzi standing in their way, totally surrounding and running all around them. (So much for no flash and being on the other side of the street). I was in utter disbelief at these people
The (some half dressed) tourists gave their 'alms' of bananas and biscuits, obviously feeling very pleased with themselves that they were participating in such a lovely show. But the monks don't want this - there are bins laid out at regular intervals and they were throwing any rice away. The other food, they were giving to the begging boys running after them with bags (who then, I'm sure go and sell the biscuits back to the local selling women, who then sell them back to tourists tomorrow - one big circle!).
I kept myself respectfully away from the crowds and stood down a side street to begin with, watching a distance behind the alms givers. I then moved across to the other side of the road (where really you should be stood) and where only a handful of people were actually stood. From here, we were totally unable to even see the monks past all the crowd. All the people stood further away were younger backpackers. All the paparazzi crowds were middle aged to older (you think they would know better), or Chinese.
This 'show' is seemingly now just for tourists to feel like they are participating in something wonderful. It has lost all of its original meaning and the monks are just part of a circus. It was embarrassing. I left very quickly after only a couple of minutes.
After a short rest to relieve my annoyance, at 8am I headed off down to the boat jetty. Another day, another temple. But this one being a bit different - built into the side of a mountain in a small cave
The scenery was really pretty - totally undeveloped the whole way. Small villages dotted along the river banks and small vegetable plots marked out in long stretches. Other long boats moving up and down the river transporting people and cut down trees (!) along. As we went further upstream, the mountains came into view and some limestone karsts rising up out of the water.
After about an hour, we stopped off at a village. This village is famous for its production of LaoLao - a local cheap whiskey. They were making it with a small coal fire burning under a metal barrel, with a hose coming off the side! A very simple distillation set up! They offered us samples of a purple liquid, my lips went numb after trying it....wasn't such a fan! Around the village there were several women weaving and cockerels running around! There was a really pretty gold and red temple, full of animal models!
A bit further up river, we reached the caves - called Pak Ou. The lower cave is full of Buddhas! I'm quite a fan of Buddha statues and here, there were hundreds! Some were white, some black, most were golden coloured
A bit further up the mountain, after climbing several hundred stairs, is another cave. This one is pretty dark and doesn't contain so many Buddhas but was nice.
The ride back down river was slow. First we stopped to tow a broken boat, then later on we broke down ourselves! But after 90 minutes we were back at nearly 2pm!
I booked my bus back to Vientiane for tomorrow (cant wait....another night bus...) and spent the rest of the afternoon doing nothing!
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Today I did absolutely nothing. But that was kind of the idea, I've been so busy the last couple of weeks - so I've used my time in Luang Prabang to slow down a bit and relax
I did venture out and have a massage. I went to one of the cheaper places along the river. That was probably a mistake. It was pretty awful. Compared to what was actually really enjoyable in Thailand (for basically the same price) this was very rushed and hurt quite a lot. Apparently Lao massage focuses more on pressure points so maybe that was the point. Anyway, I preferred the Thai one I had in Chiang Mai.
And after not feeling very relaxed, I popped into a few more temples that I spotted on my walk. All much the same as the previous ones! Once you have seen one, you have seen them all!
So after enjoying my lazing around, internet planning day, I headed off to the bus station ready for another night bus back to Vientiane.
We left at 7.30pm, on time but seemed to make even more stops than last time. Literally every hour.
And now I know why the 1am noodle soup stop is so popular. It's free! There is a tear-off coupon attached to the bus ticket - no one told me that before! And when the bus ticket is entirely written in Lao script, I didn't have a chance of even working it out!! So this time, despite really not being hungry at 1am, I tried some. It was thin rice noodles with fresh tomato, spring onion, coriander and dried onions in a water broth. It was ok. Not my favourite food, but it seems to be awfully popular around here.


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|1st September 2003, 03:47 PM
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Is your Aleph oscillating?
Hi all, recently I had this problem: One IRFP240 of left channel aleph2 got blown, source resistor got burnt to bits. It was the mosfet on the amplifier bank (V- side), not the current source. After replacing the mosfet, everything returned to normal but not for long....
Using an AC clamp meter, I turned on the amp while monitoring the current draw. Normal operation is about 1A@230v. After about an hour, using an IR thermometer, the heatsink reads ~50 degC, while each mosfet is about ~60degC.
During listening, the meter suddenly registers 5A@230v, while music is replaced by a loud humming sound (Can't be DC if there's sound right? Not sure if it's mains 50hz also.). At this point, I turn off the amp immediately. After that, I can turn on the amp again, and everything returns to normal. But then it happens again, randomly.
This only happens in one channel, the current draw as stated is 1A@230v. The other channel is ok, operating at 0.8A@230v, it also runs about 2degC cooler than the other channel.
Help guys! How can I make the amp more stable?
|1st September 2003, 04:22 PM
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Maybe the problem is layout dependent . Especially if you made very distant tracks on the PCB , or P2P wiring , capacitance in the feedback resistor region / or lag compensation capacitor / or current source capacitor is not adequate in value .
Concerning the lag capacitor , sometimes you need one sometimes not . Use oscillo to confirm .
The problem could also be a ground / earth loop problem , this can go to oscilation problems with amps .
Try change some small capacitors values , and monitoring the amp with an oscilloscope ( you have some friends can let you one) to see if your squarewaves are free from oscilations .
With some Aleph 2 mono blocs I had ground loop problems . You know what ? using both amps together I got some smoke on one inductor of the PSU ...
Try to verify no ground loops . Isolate all grounds from chassis . Connect earth directly to chassis , and use a thermistor or a 4R7 / 5 W to join PSU ground to earth on each mono bloc . Then , Use a 3 R/ 5W resistor to link PSu ground to circuit ground . on each mono bloc .
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|1st September 2003, 05:45 PM
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I used all standard values of the aleph2 schematic. By the lag capacitor, do u mean increasing the 10pf (C8)? I could probably borrow a scope to try it out, but I may have some problems generating the square waves....
Speaking of ground lines, I did measure a 0.3amp AC from earth to PSU ground on the faulty amp, but 0.1amp on the ok amp (both during normal operation). Don't know why this current exists, but it does.
My earth line is connected directly to the chassis, then to the PSU caps thru a 25R thermistor. Circuit ground is currently tied to PSU ground. If I use a 3R resistor from PSU to circuit ground, do I tie the speaker -ve terminal to circuit ground or PSU ground?
Really puzzles me, both monoblocs were built as identical as possible, as you can see even the wiring lengths & routing flows the same way. But only 1 channel has this problem. Maybe I really have the same problem of ground loops as you, how do I tell?
|1st September 2003, 05:49 PM
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Hmm, I also have a somehow strange situation on my new Mini-A.
- The amp is dead quiet without a signal lead, extremely low hum despite just 10,000 uF caps. Imeasure 0.003 V AC.
- With a signal lead there is a bit of ground loop type hum.
- With signal lead connected to the pre/EQ when it is *off*, massive hum and static.
- With signal lead connected to the pre/EQ when it is *on*, still a bit more hum than with nothing connected.
I use pseudobalanced connection (200 Ohms on both signal and on ground return of signal lead).
The amps are mono blocks, earthed, earth to chassis and via opposing diodes to signal ground. Signal gnd and power gnd join at the cap bank.
It's a bit strange in that with the balanced input it can't just be external signal pickup - and if it's internal layout probloms, why is it gone when no signal lead?
|1st September 2003, 07:35 PM
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to the feedback resistor divided by the input (Gate) resistor
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|2nd September 2003, 04:46 PM
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Interesting.. thank you Nelson.
I worked the circuit over and discovered I actually made several "small" layout mistakes that contributed to the noise and hum. That included a 1/2 inch deviation from star grounding - fixing that gave a very big improvement - and omission of the ground isolation resistor of the A30 frontend which I use.
I have it pretty much ironed out and completed now - feels very happy to have a "final version" (for the moment haha) and I started a new thread to present it to the audience :
Interestingly, I initially had way too much current gain. In the various prototypes I had measured current gain and fixed it to 50%. I liked the sound very much. Then I build the final circuit with standard values compiled from this board - and found the sound very "hard" and a bit grainy. While I fixed the grounding issues I double checked AC current gain. It was way too high... likely bec. of the different transimpedance of the IRFP140 vs. the IRF240 or 244 that most circuits use. I fixed it to 50% through a higher resistor, and got the smooth sound back ... it makes a huge difference! In fact with the high AC gain it sounded artificially precise while having less actual detail. Hard to explain - like a contrasty, grainy picture gives the illusion of high detail when a picture with the "right" contrast looks softer but gives more information.
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"Anytime you end a homestand by getting lambasted (15-3 Sunday loss) then a rain out it is good to get back after it in tough conditions," said Chiefs manager Joe Kruzel. "We had rain falling all day and for these kids to hang in there and grab the lead early it's good to see, just what you want out of a road double header."
After waiting more than 90 minutes between games due to rain, the Chiefs picked up where they left off in game one as C.J. McElroy Jr. hit the first pitch of the game into right field for a single off surprise starter Brent Powers. When Juan Herrera grounded to shortstop, no one covered third base and McElroy kept running. First baseman Ryan Huck's late throw to third sailed down the left-field line and McElroy scored for a 1-0 Chiefs lead.
Beloit tied the game in the bottom of the first, scoring the first run allowed by Chiefs starter Nick Petree all season. Herschel Powell bunted for a single and moved to third on a B.J. Boyd double. After a strikeout, Ryan Mathews drove in Powell with a sacrifice fly to right field before Petree ended the inning with the game tied.
Michael Schulze walked to start the third and moved to second on a wild pitch. McElroy singled to left to put runners on the corners. After a flyout to shallow right, McElroy was caught stealing second but Schulze sprinted home to put the Chiefs on top 2-1. Kenny Peoples-Walls and Ronald Castillo collected consecutive singles to put two on with two outs. Steve Bean singled up the middle to put the Chiefs on top 3-1.
Beloit tied the game against Petree in the bottom of the fourth. Ryan Huck led off with a solo home run to left, his second of the day. After McElroy made a diving catch in left-center to rob Luis Baez, Michael Soto tied the game with a solo home run to center. The two homers were the first allowed by Petree this season.
Both bullpens settled in and the game went into extra innings tied 3-3. The Chiefs broke through against Andres Avila in the top of the ninth. Matthew Young clubbed a double to left-center and scored on a double by Cesar Valera to right-center. Valera moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single by McElroy for a 5-3 Chiefs lead. Juan Herrera added insurance when he doubled off the center field batters eye to bring home McElroy for the 6-3 lead. Kyle Barraclough struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth for his second save.
"Zach Loraine settled the game down and got the momentum back on our side," said Kruzel. "Thomas made a great play on the double play and threw two strong innings. We got the lead in the ninth with the doubles and Barraclough threw strikes to finish it off."
Petree allowed three runs on six hits over four innings. He walked one and struck out five in the no-decision. Zach Loraine allowed three hits over two shutout innings. Chris Thomas (1-0) allowed one hit and struck out two in two scoreless innings for the win. Barraclough walked one and struck out three for the save.
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That makes two bad incidents due to purse carry in a matter of days.
This is a discussion on Why purse carry is not good within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; My wife has always wanted to do purse carry. After discussing my concerns about it, we compromised on an ankle holster. Now she is sold ...
My wife has always wanted to do purse carry. After discussing my concerns about it, we compromised on an ankle holster. Now she is sold that purse carry is not good. Today in Kansas City, a woman's purse was snatched and the gun inside the purse fired.
www.kansascity.com | 06/13/2008 | One grazed as bullets whiz out of woman's purse at KC Health Department
That makes two bad incidents due to purse carry in a matter of days.
Your lead in is a bit misleading although probably not intended to be.
The following copied from the web link given does not indicate it to be a purse snatching as in theft.
"A gun inside a womans purse accidentally discharged inside the lobby of the Kansas City Health Department office this morning, grazing another woman in the thigh.
The shooting occurred about 9:25 a.m. on the first floor of the building at 2400 Troost Avenue.
Police said the victim was conducting business at a window along the counter when a second woman approached the window next to her. As the second woman set her purse on the counter, a gun inside the purse fired.
A man with the second woman grabbed the purse and ran outside. As he did, the gun went off again. Police dont know where that bullet ended up. The second woman also fled.
Police were still looking for the couple and investigating what laws or ordinances they may have broken.
Paramedics examined the victim, who declined further medical treatment for a superficial wound, police said. Six people were in the lobby at the time of the shooting, police said.
Officials closed customer service at the Health Department for more than two hours but reopened it about noon.
The safety of residents and staff at city facilities is our top priority, said City Manager Wayne A. Cauthen. We want to assure residents that we continually work to maximize security and minimize any risk to their safety and well-being.
A notice on the buildings front door says that weapons are prohibited."
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I would be shocked and awed if the woman in TOF's post possessed a legal CCW permit.
I will continue to purse carry when I see the need, it is very safe when done correctly.
Now, how on earth did it go off the second time?
Or, I suppose, he was just trying to haul and not get caught and just never thought about the fact that the gun could go off again. Sounds like shot number two is definitely criminal negligence, no matter what they charge on the first one.
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Wonder what make/model gun was in the purse.
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The purse is a bad idea. Thats the first thing the bad guy is going to go for. Once the BG has control of the gun you are screwed. There is always the possibility that some one will see the gun while she is digging through it for a check book or keys. If her purse were taken and the gun was carried she would still have a surprise in store for the BG
My wife uses a purse designed for CCW. The gun can only be accessed from a zippered end that pretty much is a storage area in the center of the purse. She carries a S&W 642 and nothing else is in that storage area at all other than her gun.
Purse carry is not my first choice for her, I suppose it's sort of a compromise between us though. My wife is an Administrator and works in a very "safe" workplace. Her job requires her to wear business-dress clothing. I can assure you she will not wear a belly band, smartcarry, IWB, or anything else like that. Without a purse carry option she would just leave the gun in the car all the time. Don't get me wrong I'm not necessarily a purse-carry advocate, but if the person is diligent in managing their purse, I think it is a viable option for those who are responsible.
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You are right. I should have called it a purse grab instead of a purse snatch. My apologies.
Purse designed for CC should be no problem, or a proper holster for the weapon inside the purse should be no problem. Its sounds like there is more to this than meets the eye.
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Troost Ave. in KC, MO is not a place you stop to get gas in the evening or want your car to break down at. Knowing this area fairly well, I feel pretty safe in saying that she wasn't licensed to carry concealed. I also fell pretty confident in my assumption that this gun wasn't "legally" obtained. This isn't an upscale doctor's office but a free health care clinic so this gives you a little idea of the cliental. Chances are they either weren't supposed to be in posession of a firearm or had warrants out for their arrest which would explain the man grabbing the purse and running like a banshee.
As far as purse carry goes, although not the best method for obvious reasons, if done properly is not unsafe. By this I mean haveing a purse designed for concealed carry. I'd much rather see my wife do it this way and have it readily available as opposed to it being in the car or at home as she's still not too hip on carrying on her body. We're working on that though. Babysteps I keep telling myself...babysteps.


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Has anyone heard of this?
They are saying a premium upgrade from Australia to KL flying Airasia for $120 extra, seems to good to be true.
Has anyone heard of this?
They are saying a premium upgrade from Australia to KL flying Airasia for $120 extra, seems to good to be true.
Been living in Malaysia all my life and never heard of this town.
Gosh...thought it was a town in Malaysia...so sorry for that.
I tried it last week. Was offered KL - Perth for 60 but didnt get it.
Haven't been refunded yet either. Over the 5 days they say to.
There is a link on the Air Asia site so assumed it was above board.
Hope you get refunded.
ya better luck next time... i got upgraded in 2 out of 3 times and get refunded after 4 days! I hope to get upgraded to premium for my next christmas trip :)
are they legitimate? Why would Air Asia sell their premium at such low price?
I just got an email today to say that I had been upgraded for my Perth - KL flight - very pleased!
Now just crossing my fingers that my return flight gets upgraded also.
It is definitely legitimate, it is even advertised on the AirAsia website. I suppose they want to fill their premium seats even at a huge discount and also this gives them the ability to sell my old seats again.
Hi perthrich,
I have applied for an upgrade KUL - MEL in november. Was wondering when you applied for upgrade? And when you were notified of upgrade relative to flight time? Was it just the minimum 4 hrs or did you know a day or 2 ahead? Did you get notified by air Asia or optiontown?
yes, can you please tell us how to apply for an upgrade-
do you do it once you have your seats booked? for example, i have seats booked (in one of their sales) for next august- can i upgrade and how do i do it and how do you know how much it will cost?
I am flying 4th November and I applied for the upgrade a few days ago when I first saw this post! I received an email from Opiniontown last nigt advising of the upgrade then about a minute later received an updated itinerary from AirAsia. Went online and chose my seats (included in the price) but not sure how to go about choosing a meal?


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MIME4J-160?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Clément Denis updated MIME4J-160: --------------------------------- Attachment: (was: quotedprintablewithoutencoding.mime) > Document/describe how QuotedPrintable/Base64 decoding deal with unexpected input sequences and if we need multiple behaviour supports or not. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MIME4J-160 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MIME4J-160 > Project: James Mime4j > Issue Type: Task > Affects Versions: 0.6 > Reporter: Stefano Bagnara > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.8.0 > > > Base64 should "die" on unexpected content, but MIME says that any char outside the "charset" should be ignored, because at least CR and LF are expected to appear in mime base64 streams. Should a strict base64 decoder die on some other char or not? > QuotedPrintable currently handle these 2 malformations: > == translated to = > =XX on invalid XX is left as is (=XX) > Some other decoder have different strategies: > some of them match =[hex]?[hex]? some of them match =[any][any] (see how this alter the interpretation of a =X=A=BB sequence) > after matching the treat invalid sequences differently, too. Some of them output the invalid sequence as is, some of them output it without the "=", some other remove the whole sequence from the stream. > The same applies with dealing with space at the end of a line: some implementation leave it as is, some other implementation removes it. > I tried searching the RFC to understand if there is a preferred strategy to deal with malformed sequences but I had no success, maybe I've missed something. Any opinion? > As I know that we rewrote the QuotedPrintableInputStream multiple times, I'd like to head opinions about dealing with malformations. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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