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One's a gangly Queensland rookie who is just as adept at slam dunking as scoring tries.
The other's a short, nuggety Frenchman who has travelled the world waiting for his NRL chance.
Meet Canberra wingers Edrick Lee and Dimitri Pelo, the Raiders' new ''odd couple''.
When the pair made their NRL debuts against Souths last week, commentators couldn't resist having a chuckle at their vastly different body shapes. The 196cm teenager Lee is built like a newborn foal, while 27-year-old Pelo is just 175cm.
And while their paths to the big time are just as different, both are desperate to make the most of their unexpected chance.
Lee turned his back on a promising basketball career to play league, and is a rough diamond brimming with potential.
Interestingly, Lee is the first 'Edrick' to play NRL, while Pelo is the only player from French territory New Caledonia to crack the world's best league.
Injury to winger Jack Wighton, and Blake Ferguson's move into the centres, has handed them an opportunity to press their claims.
''I was definitely nervous playing my first ever [NRL] game, just the challenge of being up against grown men who have been there before,'' Lee said. ''[Raiders hooker] Travis Waddell said to me 'this is your chance and all the boys are excited to play with you, and the talent you have in the twenties'.
''He's one guy I look up to so whatever he says I take it in, he calmed me down and got me excited for the game.''
Lee lives with fellow indigenous Queenslanders Waddell and Toyota Cup star Malcolm Congoo, which has helped Lee adjust to the capital. ''We just talk about our experiences back home and it makes me feel more comfortable,'' Lee said.
''In my first year of twenties I was really homesick, and struggled without the parents and that family vibe.
''Hammo [Raiders development officer David Hamilton] pulled me aside and said he sees potential in me, and that if I stuck it out another year who knows what I could be.''
'I really took that advice in, and now I'm just blooming at the moment and developing my game to bigger and better things.''
Pelo grew up on the Gold Coast, and attracted early interest from Cronulla and the Titans. But the former Australian Schoolboy has played most of his football for English Super League outfit Catalans Dragons, where he scored 38 tries in 87 games.
However he refused to give up on his NRL dream, and after solid trial form Raiders coach David Furner offered him a one-year contract.
''I played a fair few big games in the English Super League, but I still got butterflies on the night,'' Pelo said.
''Everything's paid off now, I put in the hard yards over the off season and showed what I can do.''
''[My advice to young players is] if the dream and passion's still there, don't give it up.''
Pelo's height difference with Lee has sparked some friendly ribbing in Raiders camp, and the pair are bracing for another size mismatch against Wests Tigers tomorrow. Pelo is set to oppose Lote Tuqiri, who boasts a 16cm and 15kg size advantage on the right wing, while Lee will tower over 168cm Matt Utai on the left.
The Frenchman expects to face an aerial assault from Benji Marshall, but he declared he's up for the challenge.
''It's a priviliege to be playing against a person [Tuqiri] you've been watching since you were little.
''I've always been targeted with high cross kicks, I train extra hard, on that and if I don't get it I'll just take him off the ball,'' Pelo laughed.


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Despite the bad weather at the weekend cyclists battled the elements to help raise money for a good cause.
The fun day and sponsored bike ride at Heysham Cricket Club gathered over £1,000 for the Alzheimer's Society. The event was one of three fund-raisers set up by Emily Wise, in memory of her Nan, Avis Wise who suffered with dementia for six years.
Emily, 24, from Morecambe, is over the moon to have reached her target goal.
She said: "Even though we had to cancel one of the events earlier on we have still managed to raise more than our target goal. Everyone pulled together and managed to raise money for a good cause."
One of Emily's friends, Claire Marsland, 24, from Morecambe, raised £246 in just a week for the charity.
Caption for photographs: Alice Mackay, 18, Morecambe. Atlanta Reeder, 18, Morecambe.
Scarlet Dickson, 3, Heysham. Ella Lee, 6, Heysham. Received parents consent. Fancy that company- 11 years. Deborah and Louise.


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Just a collection of my poetry. Finally got the guts to post it on here. Go ahead and criticize, but just know that I don't care. Most of it is angsty and depressing, so don't read if you're lookin...
Just a little poem I wrote about how I feel sometimes
A little horror poem about a beautiful, yet evil, little doll.
From the viewpoint of a fictional shadow girl.
A horror poem about a fictional little town, based on my short story, which I'm thinking of turning into a play instead.
My thoughts on relationships with other people.
A fantasy poem that I created for a contest on allpoetry.
A little poem, just a thought, of how ignorance consumes you. Of course the terms I use are metaphoric, the flames of ignorance aren't really flames.
This is my teachers favorite poem that I wrote, truthfully, it's one of my least.
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But first, did she create a monster? (or did she just enable the one that already exists?)
One pound of spun wool, empty roving bag, sad new spinner
One of the other things we did at Pogo's was to check out her shop. Which had a bargain bin. How could I resist? Mostly it is samples spun up to show color of roving.
So to share… A two part contest.
Part 1, winner gets
a single ply, I like the red slub! (that's two pics of one skein, the color is someplace between the two pics)
pretty sure this is friendz blendz, Pogo says she can't get that background color anymore (not sure if she means the light or dark color)
I think these are 2 ounce skeins. I made a pair of Maine Morning Mitts from a similar (same?) size skein of friendz blendz and had lots left over.
Here's the contest:
Tell me when you think this pile of snow will be all gone. Send me a comment in this post. Part 1 winner will be randomly drawn from the entries. Deadline for entry, let's say Friday April 4, 6 pm eastern time. Part 2 winner will be the one who correctly guesses when the snow will be all gone.
On the left, Feb 29; on the right Mar 26.
It has snowed since. Last year I think the pile went away in mid-June. I will know it is all gone because I drive my car by it every morning. I'll count my morning observations as knowing when it's gone (technically I may be off here by as much as, say, 23 hours, but it's my contest, right?), because I don't see the bottom of the pile on my way home.
I went to bed feeling wool fly between my fingers and my butt make the little up and down motions from my feet on the wheel pedals……


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Chamelaucium or Waxflower. Just bought some last weekend at the Columbia Road flower market. Mine haven't bloomed yet.ReplyDelete
waxflower...grows like a weed in NZ apparently. Most good florist will be able to get it for you. It tends to be around most of the year, but better in spring. As for growing it...i think it will need serious heat, which might leave our little chilly England out i'm afraid!!ReplyDelete
Emma x
Ps it also comes in pink! but white is a firm favorite of ours!
I love Welsh things too (I'm a quarter Welsh) and a blanket like yours is something I've been after for a while. So far, too expensive.ReplyDelete
Not so safe Friday 13th. My Sheila Maid clothes airer broke loose from its moorings and fell from the ceiling and onto my head. Ouch! xx
am a lover of welsh blankets too. No one weaves um quite like the welsh.lovely find xReplyDelete
This blanket is a dream! You`re a very talented person in finding beautiful things, Artemis...nothing compares to your fine taste!Your blog is so special and I wanna thank you for sharing this with us all the time through the year!ReplyDelete
Beate :)
I love these flowers. I had been wondering the name myself as I also want them in my wedding bouquet...ReplyDelete
Lovely blanket too :)
Don't know what they are called but I had them in my wedding bouquet!ReplyDelete
So beautiful, very jealous of your Welsh tapestry blanket xReplyDelete
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Hello Artemis, It would seem you are unknowingly developing a penchant for Australian native flowers. (Yay!) Firstly by happening upon our Banksia and now our Leptospermum. The beauty you have posted is not referred to as waxflower in our parts but more commonly as "Tea Tree". Its botanical name being "Leptospermum" Of its 86 species, 81 are endemic to Australia. If you're keen, I would chance to try growing it in your climes. New Zealand and Australia can be very cold in places after all and Leptospermum are hardy in most soils and aspects. Greatly admire and respect your blog, Artemis. You've such style, such talent, such grace. It's always a thrill when I log on to read your most recent entry. Happy things. Deborah.ReplyDelete
This is so lovely! Welsh wool is crazily expensive now, I managed to buy myself a tiny piece about 50cms for 50p in a charity shop the other day, unfortunately only big enough for a toys blanket.ReplyDelete
Lovely blanket.. its gorgeous. the flowers are indeed called wax flowers and my friend assures me they also grow wild and crazy in south africa, i often buy them for our vases at the studio as they look so pretty and smell gorgeous.ReplyDelete
I am having a giveaway on my blog so if you have a spare minute please pop by.
Ha ha! No 'my special Italian' is not Berlusconi thats for sure...ReplyDelete
This one is quite the opposite in fact ;)
I've been having an Australian native moment this summer (and not because I'm Australian) but because they're so wild and sculptural looking, even when they're dainty like these Geraldton Wax. They're all over my blog today because I can't resist buying them in big (cheap) bunches at markets. I was carrying a bunch of gum leaves the other day and a guy rushed up and ran his hand through them just to get a whiff of the scent before asking if he could crush a leaf to get the full effect. Better than perfume, me thinks...ReplyDelete
those flowers are amazing, they remind me of Manuka trees in NZ. I might get some!ReplyDelete
i am glad too to find out what these little darlings of a wildflower are called...they remind me of heather and foggy welsh landscapes. hope i can find them in colorado!ReplyDelete
i love your fake furry snood photos too!
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What/who is the opposite of Berlusconi?! Hmmm, I had first guessed that you were getting an Italian breed puppy, but then thought the blanket was too nice for a dog bed... More clues please, I love guessing, and have got bored of speculating about the ending of the Sherlock Holmes series!ReplyDelete
Ha ha! yes very opposite to Berlusconi...ReplyDelete
this italian has done A LOT more for Italy's reputation thats for sure.
This Italian is unassuming, modest, loved by pretty much all other Italians {that I know of anyway} beautiful, cool and sophisticated, not greedy,...basically opposite in every way you see!
In fact, its a she!
all will be revealed next week... x
Oh, how exciting. I cant wait to meet your little italian. I think I have an idea of what she is :) but i might also be wrong....ReplyDelete


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Channelizers are playing an increasing role as a way to manage the ever-widening bandwidth of digitized signals in radar and communications systems. Given their high frequency operation, inherent parallelism, and high-speed I/O, FPGAs provide an ideal platform for implementing channelizers.
In this webinar, engineers from MathWorks and Altera demonstrate how to use MathWorks products to design and implement channelizers on Altera Stratix V FPGAs. You will learn how to construct testbenches and generate stimulus using MATLAB code. We use an example based on an Altera reference design to show how a Simulink model of the channelizer can be targeted to a Stratix V using Altera DSP Builder.
We cover the use of HDL cosimulation and FPGA-in-the-loop with the Altera Stratix V DSP Development Kit to verify that the original Simulink models have been correctly implemented.
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Robert Anderson is a Principal Application Engineer for signal processing and communications at MathWorks, with a focus on FPGA implementation. Robert has over 25 years of experience in hardware design and implementation. He earned his MS. in electrical and computer engineering from Northwestern University.
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We've long been fans of horchata, the delightful, delectable Mexican rice milk. But even our affection for that sweet drink did nothing to prepare us for the joys of the White Rabbit, an horchata-based cocktail at the downtown hotspot SideBar. A sweet yet never cloying mixture of horchata, Frangelico, and White Godiva liqueur, the White Rabbit is served in a giant "up" glass with a sugar rim — kind of like the adult version of the last sweet drops of milk in your bowl after a breakfast of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Yummy!
To paraphrase an old saying about a dead cat, you could swing a baseball bat in this town and hit a piñata. Many grocery stores sell them, and you can easily cruise 16th Street in central Phoenix and find a wide selection. But would it be wide enough? This year, our little princess didn't want a princess piñata. She wanted a piglet. And not just any swine would do; she wanted Piglet — you know, from Winnie-the-Pooh. After exhausting our brick-and-mortar possibilities, we got online and found Arizona Piñatas. We called, and a cheerful employee complied, agreeing that Piglet would be ready by Friday. And would we like it delivered? What? We just about dropped the iPhone, we were so happy. Yes, absolutely. And, sure, throw in the matching stick to whack the thing with. This endeavor wasn't cheap, we'll warn you. But, boy, was it worth it. Piglet arrived on our front porch on time as promised and was the life of the party until, well, until he wasn't.
People often refer to Phoenix as a young city, but our burgeoning metropolis has a pretty old soul. That's why our hearts delight when we have the opportunity to drive past what used to be the El Mural bar in west Phoenix. It's been years since anyone's hoisted a drink there, but the outside is still emblazoned with the beautiful work of Victor Caldee. Though of Cuban origin, the artist (with the help of Miguel Dominguez) brought together a bevy of Mexican icons: music and entertainment heroes Beatriz Adriana, Lola Beltran, Vicente Fernandez, and Jose Alfredo Jimenez, and revolutionaries Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. The spirit of old Phoeniquera barrios is further connected to a past long gone via the depiction of a Mayan figure and pyramid surrounding El Mural's entrance.
For the past several years, the Desert Botanical Garden has thrown the best Dia de los Muertos party in town. This year, the festivities — held Halloween weekend and the first week of November — promise to be grander than ever, with performances, food, and hands-on crafts for the kids. Oh, and a mercado! We'll be sure to stop by to check out the wares offered by Bets and Nancy Nenad, two adventurous Phoenicians who travel through Mexico to bring back a fine, fun selection of skeletons in many forms — from plastic to papier-mâché. Hey, it's a living.
The Hispanic equivalent of the bat mitzvah or "Sweet 16" party, the quinceañera marks a Latina girl's coming of age. It's easy to find a respectable dress for the event, but only at a true tiendas de bodas can you get service to fit a quince's exact needs. Owner Ofelia Martinez understands the Hispanic market and, more importantly, understands young Hispanic women. Her shop carries a wide range of colorful gowns and specializes in "plus sizes," which means girls with curves won't have to stretch and tug their way into a stick-girl dress. Fluffy, traditional quinceañera dresses in shades of peach and robin's-egg blue are plentiful. If the quince is a modern gal, perhaps a more contemporary sheath dress — in ivory white to please la familia. The shop also does in-house alterations and carries latilla veils, rosaries, crowns, and gloves to accessorize the little princess. Whether the quince wants to look like Cinderella or J-Lo in The Wedding Planner, Ofelia has her covered.
At one end of this cavernous, winding mishmash of spaces is a room packed with all kinds of crosses — metal, tin, wooden. At the other end, there's a room full of hand-tooled gun holsters. In between is just about any Mexican tchotchke you can dream of: small wooden guitars, leather wallets, ceramic pots, embroidered dresses. We felt like we'd died and gone to Nogales. Beware: The neighborhood, across the street from the Arizona State Hospital, is in a rough part of town near Van Buren Street. Obviously the owners are aware of their surroundings. The place opens at 9 on weekdays, but whatever the time of day, you'll need to ring the bell before they'll let you in.


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Since Live 8.1.4, when connecting several APCs, Live combines their session frames to one unit internally, so you can change its position from any of the APCs. In situations where this is not desired, the combination can be prevented via the entry "-DontCombineAPCs" into Live's Options.txt file.
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|Sanford Stadium on Saturdays next year if Richt is still the head coach.
I'm getting the feeling that that's how bad this season is going to be for Georgia. (Which means you can print this post and wipe your butt with it.) But I'll come back to that.
Mark Richt just lost his job. Losing to Mississippi State, and only scoring a garbage time touchdown doing it, automatically renders you not qualified to coach at Georgia. It's in the contract. The fact that you even got into the wrong end of "garbage time" against the other Bulldogs is enough to make Athens want to shut down as a municipality.
So it may not happen until the end of the season, but if Richt is back next year Georgia might as well go join the Big East.
Which means it's time to start talking about a replacement.
For my money (a nickel's worth of free advice) I think Jim Harbaugh should at least be in Georgia's top three, whenever it starts its search (read: Monday).
Harbaugh has turned a moribund Stanford program into something to be reckoned with in the Pac-10, but that's obvious. Perhaps not so obvious is the fact that Harbaugh's recruiting tentacles already reach the talent rich south. I've covered high school football in metro Atlanta for the past four years and frequently you'll hear of quality local recruits having Stanford on their list. Harbaugh's even managed to talk a few of them into becoming Cardinal.
Henry County receiver Jamal-Rashad Patterson, Woodward Academy defensive lineman Henry Anderson, Walton High School linebacker Chase Thomas and Centennial High School offensive lineman David Yankey have all packed their southern drawls and headed west for Harbaugh in the past two seasons.
He seems to know what he's doing, he can get players and he's an up and comer, which means he's got two qualities that Mark Richt does not.
As for the rest of Georgia's season, is there a game on the schedule – other than Idaho State and maybe (MAYBE) Vanderbilt – that looks like a sure Georgia win? Five wins looks like pie in the sky right now.
No wonder A.J. Green sold his jersey. He might as well sign with an agent today because his team's season is over.


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"Industry exhibitors and visitors are anticipating a great show, and many new sector companies are investing in EMEX being a great showcase for their products.. With the theme of this year's EMEX being 'Where New Zealand Manufacturing Innovation Takes Off!' suppliers will be showing the latest cutting edge technologies for every aspect of the manufacturing process from design right through to delivery says EMEX sales manager Mike Lust. Industry exhibitors and visitors are anticipating a great show.
"A spectacular show centrepiece will be a New Zealand designed and built carbon fibre composite helicopter. It's manufactured in Dairy Flat by the Composite Helicopter Co which has had export orders from a number of military agencies in the Northern hemisphere. There will even be a visitor draw for the chance to win a ride in the helicopter!
"There's a great deal on offer for industry visitors through knowledge gained from exhibitors, new insights and learnings picked up during the impressive seminar programme. There's an impressive list of other prize draws on offer such as the change to win a Ford Transit Custom SWB valued at $51,000, and 2degrees prize draws promotions.
Many hundreds of trade visitors have been challenging their online gaming skills in the leadup to EMEX 2014. The EMEX website contains a custom built helicopter flight game giving the industry a fun glimpse into what they can expect to see at the event, and a leaderboard tracking visitor and exhibitor best scores That's running right now at www.emex.co.nz/game.php." says Mike
There is strong industry support for EMEX 2014 says Mike, and seminar topics that will provide a great deal of discussion. "Topics in planning include: innovation strategy, the economy and how it affects manufacturers, supply chain, retention of manufacturing in New Zealand, and market research and marketing. This really is the prime industry event, with the EPMU, IEDA and Metals NZ all confirming their support and promotion for member engagement to get involved at the event.."
Among those in the industry keen for EMEX 2014 to get underway and showcase the industry is a company that is at the cutting edge of a high tech that's sweeping the world. Dermid McKinley says Tasman Machinery is one of the pioneering companies in the New Zealand engineering and related industries.
"We're thrilled to be back at EMEX. Visitors to our stand will be blown away by the advances in 3D printer technology. They'll see a full range of FDM and Polyjet 3D Printers, and see some of the most exciting and game changing technologies yet to be seen out of the fast moving 3D printer industry. Stratasys is again at the forefront of the technology curve. Since EMEX 2012, the growth in the 3D printing market has been incredible, with the uptake across all sectors continuing to accelerate as the huge advantages offered become even more apparent to users. Until you see what these new machines can do you won't believe it."
High tech will be a common sight throughout EMEX 2014, and Mike Shatford of Design Energy says robotics will feature.
"As a proudly Kiwi company we have worked hard to find technology that fits New Zealand producers who historically have been unable to enjoy the benefits of automated production. EMEX 2014 is an excellent opportunity to share our expertise with industry. As sole New Zealand agents for Universal Robots (www.universal-robots.com) and Nachi Robotics (www.nachirobotics.com) we will be showcasing two companies who are leading the world with award winning, high performance industrial robotic arms, even though these brands are not yet widely recognised in New Zealand."
'Energy' is a word that's used a lot these days. With environmental impacts as well as increasing costs, it something top-of-mind for everyone says Alistair Jeffcoat of Powerbox Pacific.
"Powerbox is looking forward to EMEX 2014 and we have something very special and very cool to show those attending this year's show. We will have on our stand a Methanol Fuel Cell converter that converts liquid Methanol into 12V or 24V DC and is used primarily to provide battery recharging for equipment in remote areas.
"The product is best used in a hybrid setup with solar panels or a small wind turbine. As wind and solar energy are dependent on weather conditions they are not always guaranteed to be around. When they aren't present and the battery bank has been discharged to a pre-defined level, the fuel cell switches on, drawing in Methanol and air which is passed over a catalytic membrane in the stack and converted into electrical energy. Smart electronics built into the Fuel Cell converter detects the battery bank voltage and recharges at a profile based on whether you are running a 12V or 24V DC battery bank.
"Gone are the days of worrying whether or not your auto start generator is going to start in the middle of winter. The EFOY Pro fuel cell provides clean and autonomous back up power whatever the weather. In addition to having an EFOY Pro Fuel on the stand there will be demonstration videos being played on a flat screen TV showing how this product can be used within a variety of industries."
High tech and energy solutions seems obvious, but technology is something that's found in what, at first glance, seems to be the least-technical of things. Hose reels are a good example.
"ReCoila Hose Reels has long been established in New Zealand, but this is our first time at EMEX," says Leonie Waldron. "We're looking forward to the opportunity to talk directly to engineers, as well as to the friendly local atmosphere. ReCoila is presenting a comprehensive cross-section of our hose reels, which range from simple workshop models to fully customised heavy duty reels. Exhibiting at EMEX presents a fantastic opportunity for us to have quality face to face discussions with engineers as well as catching up with our existing customers."
EMEX will again have a focus on the virtual as well as the physical, with software and computing solutions for every part of the business, from shop floor to business solutions. CAM is always a draw card, and Delcam will have something special says Robert Simunic.
"Delcam will demonstrate the newest 2014 version of its FeatureCAM feature-based CAM. This provides support for milling and drilling with right-angle heads, and one-stop programming of multiple roughing operations using Delcam's unique Vortex area-clearance strategy. Other enhancements include better control of Z-level roughing, and improvements to Wire EDM and chamfering.
"Right-angle heads allow internal pockets to be milled and internal holes to be drilled that would be inaccessible, and so impossible to produce, using a conventional head. They are now available as an option on an increasing range of machines, including a wide variety of mill-turn equipment.
FeatureCAM 2014 R2 is the first release to have the ability to programme and simulate both milling and drilling with right-angle heads. These new strategies will allow users to take full advantage of the flexibility of machines with this option. These are just a few of the advantages of the new release, and we'll be happy to demonstrate them all at EMEX."
Another key part of the industry is ensuring that design, repairs, maintenance and replacements are sought and implemented to preserve production efficiency and contain costs. element14 is a high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair.
"EMEX is the perfect event for element14 to showcase some of our latest products and services in the engineering industry," says Joyee Cheung. "We'll have an exciting stand with product demonstrations, technical staff on hand to help with any enquiries or product recommendations, and an opportunity for customers to meet with our sales managers."
Another exhibitor that's focused on solutions for customers is Global Communications. Paul Scoble says the vision is very simple. "This is a solutions based business. Our solutions team works with customers and identify areas where we can apply our products to make their business more effective and efficient.
"We'll be showing how to use mobility to expand markets, and the advantages that we offer by looking for solutions, and being distributor and reseller. As well as that we'll be giving one lucky visitor to our stand a free rugged tablet worth nearly $3k. So, much to gain and nothing to lose by coming along and saying 'hi'."
EMEX 2014 sales manager Mike Lust agrees.
"Every EMEX, the buzz grows. With world-class seminars, the cream of suppliers, a myriad of opportunities to network and do beneficial business, and the chance to win a brand new Ford and other great prizes, there are more reasons to attend than ever."
EMEX 2014 is on from 27 to 29 May at the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland. Industry professionals wanting to visit EMEX can register for free entry on the website at www.emex.co.nz


text: 283 FXUS63 KFSD 241731 AFDFSD Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 1231 PM CDT Mon Jul 24 2017 .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Issued at 437 AM CDT Mon Jul 24 2017 Comfortably cool night with surface high pressure nosing from Minnesota into northeastern Nebraska. Only concern out of the starting block is the potential for some patchy fog. Had a few hints on KSPW report, but webcams clear thus far. Day of fairly decent mixing could have resulted in too shallow a moist layer, but given the small temperature-dewpoint differences and nearly calm winds, could still see development of some mainly low-lying shallow type fog through early morning, but have trimmed some areas west of the ridge axis back toward I-29 where starting to see a little more easterly gradient. Interesting feature of the day is well-defined wave/MCV pushing into northwest SD carrying with it a persistent area of convection. Starting to trend downward in overall updraft coverage based on decrease in lightning and warming cloud tops. Support in southeasterly upslope flow, but airmass is progressively less favorable for maintenance heading eastward, and through the day will see mid level heights in a slow and steady climb mode, which should begin to shunt the system a bit more northerly track as it shears into the ridge axis. Cirrus shield will push out ahead of complex early this morning, but dynamics suggest a slow demise to convection will likely make it progressively more ragged. Trend in hi-res models has been to pick up the pace a bit with diminishing precipitation, now bringing into areas near KHON by around 18z. This times better with progression of the upper level impulse than does lower-resolution solutions which hold precipitation back quite a bit through the morning, and take until late day to reach that same area. Will carry only a small chance starting early afternoon near KHON, as will have progression of some steeper mid-level lapse rates into the region from the west along with wave. Still that small chance toward evening that heating out will break capping and lead to a couple of isolated storms toward south central SD. Motion on these storms will be fairly sluggish toward the east and southeast, so any threat would likely be fairly limited in area. If anything approaching severe storms would occur, would only be a wind threat with decent DCAPE the most notable convective feature. In terms of temperatures, only area that is likely to get quite warm today would be toward south central SD where readings should reach well into the 90s. Some questions remain further north and east toward the mid James valley of impact of early day clouds and potential for some precipitation early to mid afternoon. Clouds sure to have some impact on temperature trends, and have slowed warming some across the northwest for the morning hours. Southerly winds will be on the increase through the day, with some gusts approaching 30 mph this afternoon west of the James River. Fire weather concerns are a bit higher, but with minimum humidity generally 20-30 percent, will feature up to a high fire danger. Southerly winds will keep things quite mild tonight, becoming gusty along the ridge late. There could be a couple of isolated storms across southwest Minnesota later tonight as low level jet focuses further northeast. Lows upper 60s to mid 70s likely. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Sunday) Issued at 437 AM CDT Mon Jul 24 2017 Tuesday evening into Wednesday afternoon still poised as the potentially busiest over the next several days. As warm advection in the mid levels moves through on Tuesday morning an isolated thunderstorm will be possible in southwest Minnesota. After that the remainder of the morning and afternoon should be dry for most locations. The exception will be from about De Smet to Huron to Chamberlain where strong surface heating could allow a few thunderstorms to develop after 4 pm. If any storms do develop in the area CAPE values around 2000 J/kg and marginal deep layer shear values around 20 to 25 knots. This might hint at a few initial supercells through about 0z to 1z, then all models suggest that the LLJ will increase as the mid level winds remain fairly weak. This might hint that any convection that is ongoing along and north of Highway 14 will begin to settle south towards the stronger and increasing LLJ convergence. Freezing levels look to be about 13000 to 14000 feet so as the convection settles south the hail threat will likely diminish while the heavy rain threat increases. CAPE profiles in the evening and overnight hours not overly impressive either, but strong dry air below about 850mb would likely support a wind threat. So, from about 5 pm through 8 pm central SD towards De Smet along highway 14 will see a threat for hail up to golf ball size as well as wind gusts to 70 mph. From about 8pm to midnight the threat should transition to heavy rain and wind with a skinny CAPE profile, high freezing level and an increasing LLJ helping drive convective propagation southward. Not looking like a perfect set up for training but some hints that storm motion during this time could be a bit southwest. Wednesday should see a continued chance for showers and thunderstorms with a bit of a decreased threat for severe weather. Wednesday will depend upon how far south the more unstable air is suppressed by the overnight MCS. Will see the better chance for severe thunderstorms in northwest IA, with that threat quickly diminishing during the evening hours. Thursday through Sunday looks seasonal and mostly dry. A weak wave will bring a small threat for showers and thunderstorms Friday night to the Missouri River corridor. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Tuesday afternoon) Issued at 1230 PM CDT Mon Jul 24 2017 VFR conditions expected to dominate, with increased southerly flow creating the primary aviation concern for this period. Occasional wind gusts exceeding 20-25kt expected through early this evening in areas west of I-29 corridor. By late evening, increasing low level jet will result in low level wind shear through shortly after daybreak Tuesday. Potential for very isolated, high-based convection affecting far western/northern fringes of the forecast area through this evening, but chances far too low to mention in KHON TAF at this time. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...None. MN...None. IA...None. NE...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...Chapman LONG TERM...08 AVIATION...JH


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Gilles Detillieux (email@example.com)
Wed, 9 Dec 1998 14:21:32 -0600 (CST)
According to Andriu Isenring Ritsch:
> When I run htdig -isvvv the program seems to start as it should, but I
> get the message:
> ---cut-----
> unable to build connection with www.xxx.com
> ---cut-----
> where www.xxx.com is the www address entered in htdig.conf.
> I can ping the host - no problem, and I can view the pages in the
> browser, so the server is reachable and the network is ok.
> I'm using S.U.S.E Linux 5.3 and the htdig that came with the package.
> As I said, it seems to work, but connection is not possible - what can I
> do about it?
Here are a couple things you might try.
1) If your browser is set up to go through a proxy server, configure
htdig to use the same proxy server, using the "http_proxy" configuration
file parameter. Conversely, if your browser isn't using a proxy, make
sure htdig isn't either. Make sure you're connecting to the same port
on this system. The default port for http is 80, but if you're using
a different port to connect to that system in your browser, configure
htdig to use that same port.
2) Are you running your browser on the same system as htdig? If not,
try connecting to the same www server using a browser on your Linux
system, e.g. lynx or netscape. If that fails, look for a configuration
problem on that system. E.g. DNS setup, other network setup.
If all that fails, it could be a problem with your htdig configuration.
Take a close look at that to see if there's anything odd there. What
version of htdig came with your system? Perhaps you should upgrade
to the latest version, although something basic like what you're doing
shouldn't fail.
-- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <firstname.lastname@example.com> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the htdig mailing list, send a message to email@example.com containing the single word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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WHEN JAMES HEYWOOD'S brother developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, two years ago, Heywood looked to the Internet to learn more about the debilitating disease. After months of Web searches, however, he concluded that the ALS community was spread too thin. Scientists posted positive findings but produced no therapies and conducted good research but sponsored little development. As Heywood saw it, doctors needed IT to bring them together to coordinate their efforts.
In December 1998, from the basement of his home in Newton, Mass., Heywood formed a nonprofit group called the ALS Therapy Development Foundation, vowing to use technology to connect the people who had the best chances to cure the disease. When Microsoft Project proved inefficient, Heywood sought an alternate product. This led him to San Diego-based Inovie Software, a developer that discounted its TeamCenter business collaboration tool to help facilitate the organization's efforts.
Written in C and C++, it works almost like a project management suite, enabling scientists to exchange research, schedule online meetings and message each other in a chatlike environment. It offers e-mail notification when someone publishes new findings, and it can also be configured as a Web portal that displays the latest ALS news. Heywood says the technology is the perfect enabler for the kind of community he envisions. "When you're conducting real-time work from multiple locations, technology like this is critical," he explains.
Heywood isn't the only one who's been pleasantly surprised. At Inovie, Vice President of Marketing Evan Knuttila says the company has received tremendous positive feedback because of its ALS effort. Knuttila hopes the technology can help facilitate a cure for the disease, which helps keep Heywood optimistic: "I expected to be more depressed about my brother's prospects, but I'm not," he reveals. "I honestly believe it's possible to beat this. With technology on our side, I'd say it's just a matter of time." For more information about ALS, visit www.als-tdf.org.
This story, "Collaborate to Cure " was originally published by CIO.


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LA may get first Latino fire chief in its history
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles may be getting the first Latino fire chief in its 128-year history.
Ralph Terrazas was named to the job Tuesday by Mayor Eric Garcetti after a nationwide search.
Terrazas is an assistant chief and a 30-year department veteran.
If the City Council confirms his appointment, Terrazas will take charge of a department with 3,500 employees and a number of challenges. There have been scandals over poor emergency-response times and nepotism in hiring.
Garcetti says he wants Terrazas to cut those response times and reform the department.
Terrazas says he'll work on making the department more technologically sophisticated. He replaces former Chief Brian Cummings — who retired last October — and acting Chief James Featherstone.
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