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120508 RAE2012 at KTH
Since October 2011, AB Realisator participates in the KTH RAE2012 (Research Assessment Exercise 2012) management team as deputy director. Expert panels will visit KTH in June and the final assessment report will be available later on this year.
120508 Transport 2030
By order of IVA, AB Realisator is currently evaluating the project "Transport 2030". The aim is to learn about pros and cons of the way IVA run the project and to look for further improvement of the project management process.
111114 Grants from VINNOVA
AB Realisator has received a grant from VINNOVA for the development of a fire-fighting robot, read more (in Swedish).
Besides the money the grant also shows that this is a high quality project that others, than those involved, also believe in. The project will start in December 2011.
110927 Development of a Fire Fighting Robot
AB Realisator has started the development of a fire fighting robot. The work is performed in cooperation with some Swedish fire fighting departments, other companies and researcher at Robotdalen (Mälardalen University and Örebro University). A first demo version, showing the technical potential and key features, is planned to December 2011.
110608 Completed missions
So far this year AB Realisator has completed a number of missions both in cooperation with traditional partners like Kontigo AB and new customers like Royal Institute of Technology, Naturvetarna, etc. Together the missions cover the broad spectrum of services that AB Realisator offers i.e. market & business development, evaluations, and strategy development & implementation.
101221 Grants from VINNOVA
AB Realisator has received a grant from the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA) to carry out a pre-study on the developement of a fire-fighting robot. Successfully performed the robot will contribute to the saving of lives in fires, reducing of damage caused, and reducing of costs. The project is carried out in cooperation with:
101221 Evaluation of metrology
AB Realisator is the project leader of the Kontigo AB project on evaluation of the metrology activities at SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden. The evaluation is a mission from VINNOVA and the contract was won in competition with other organisations. Besides Kontigo AB and AB Realisator the team that will carry out the evalution also consists of Rolf Ericsson Affärs- och Tekniskutveckling.
101221 Continued cooperation
The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) will continue to cooperate with AB Realisator. Recently AB Realisator received yet another order on market investigation based upon one of the agency´s patent applications.
101221 No smoking
AB Realisator do actively participate in and support the "Hem och skola" project "Rökfri ungdom" that aims to reduce the use of tobacco among youngsters.
101019 Evaluation of the Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Centre
Later on this month, interview sessions will be performed with the Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Centre at Chalmers as one part of the Swedish Energy Agency´s evaluation of the competence research centre. AB Realisator is the manager of the evaluation. Members of the international evaluation team are:
Prof Douglas Reeve, University of Toronto, Canada
Prof Robert Johnston, Monash University, Australia
Prof Alison McKay, University of Leeds, UK
Dr Anna Stefanopoulou, University of Michigan, USA
Prof Ulrich Seiffert, WiTech Engineering GmbH, Germay
Prof Alfio Consoli, University of Catania, Italy
Dr Anna Teyssot, Renault, France
100906 Order from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)
During the summer 2010, AB Realisator won the order to evaluate the project "Energy Crossroads" headed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). The purpose of the evaluation is to learn for the future. What was most successful with the "Energy Crossroads" project? How can similar projects be performed even better in the future?
"Energy Crossroad" is aimed at decision-makers who are in a position to influence energy policy. Sweden needs to secure its energy supply on competitive terms for industry, while at the same time reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The project was financed by the Swedish Energy Agency, Svensk Energi, the Swedish Research Council for Envirionment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, and Ångpanneföreningen's Foundation for Research and Development. The report is in Swedish with an English summary.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA, is an independent arena for the exchange of knowledge. By initiating and stimulating contacts between experts from different disciplines and countries the Academy promotes cross-fertilisation between industry, academia, public administration and various interest groups. Bringing people together to take part in lectures, conferences, research exchanges and other projects serves to generate new ideas and knowledge.
100906 Evaluation of the programme INSICT
AB Realisator has accepted an invitation from Reginova Göran Reitberger AB to assist in the evaluation of the programme INSICT. The evaluation will be performed during this autumn and reported in early 2011. INSICT is administered by ACREO and aims at supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the introduction of information and communication technologies (ICT) in products and services. The programme has been running during the period 2006- 10 with a budget of 18 million Swedish Crowns (approx €1.9 million).
100609 "The work by Realisator is exquisite and extremely professional"
A few months after the international evaluation of seven Competence Research Centres, CRCs, (EKC2, CICERO, HTC, KCK, CERC, CECOST, and KCFP) with financing from the Swedish Energy Agency a survey of the implementation was done. All these university–industry centres have been in operation from 4 to 14 years and are planned to continue for at least another 6 years.
The survey showed that the international evaluation team was very pleased with both the method used and the implementation. On a scale 0- 10 (0= the worst I experienced; 10=the best I experienced) the evaluators gave, on average, the score 8,7 for the method used. Using the same scale, the average value for the implementation was 9,0 implying that several of the evaluators gave the highest score. Our interpretation is that we offer a tool that suits the evaluators extremely well.
All evaluators answered that they would recommend AB Realisator as process manager for this type of activities to organisations who need to implement evaluations. Among the comments one found: "The work by Realisator is exquisite and extremely professional", "Realisator was kind and responsive while forceful when needed", "Realisator was helpful and easy to get in contact with", "Realisator did a really good job", etc.
"I'm most impressed by the very high quality of the evaluators that AB Realisator appoints to the international evaluation team. Our work is tough and challenging but due to the professional planning and guidance from AB Realisator everything works smoothly and I can fully concentrate on my task. This way to evaluate CRCs is the most effective I've come across; it requires an experienced and diligent process manager", explains the chairman of the international evaluation team professor Douglas Reeve, University of Toronto, Canada.
"Evaluations have become more and more important for us", says Bernt Gustafsson, senior advisor and responsible for the CRC program at the Swedish Energy Agency. "The method used sheds light on a number of valuable items for both the CRCs and the Agency. The recommendations given to each CRC will be monitored and taken into account by the Agency in future work. Also, the recommendations given to the Agency stimulate internal discussions and make us aware of our strengths and weaknesses. It is good input for us to become better and this survey gives us ideas on how the evaluations can be even better next time. We have chosen to continue our cooperation with AB Realisator in our up-coming evaluations and together we will take advantage of our learning."
The evaluation method is based on a status report from each CRC that serves as the base for interview sessions when the international evaluation team meets with representatives from the CRC. In a written report, the international evaluation team presents its impressions together with recommendations for improvements. AB Realisator has experience as process manager from almost 50 similar evaluations. Normally the planning process starts 6- 12 months prior to the execution.
If you are interested to learn more about the method, its implementation, our experience and our thoughts on how to perform evaluations you are welcome to contact us.
100414 Cooperation with Kontigo AB
AB Realisator and Kontigo AB have started a cooperation that aims to help universities to develop their community relations. The idea is to assist universities to develop and realize their strategies for community relations in order to attract more students, companies, and financing. Together the two companies are very experienced process leaders, they have cooperated with all Swedish Universities, evaluated many research activities in the community relations area, know the environment in which these activities take place, etc. Besides the general approach the cooperation offers assistance in specific topics within this area e.g. business intelligence, portfolio and process analysis, business development, etc.
"Kontigo has a lot of experience from working with universities all over Sweden. The cooperation with AB Realisator brings an industrial and business perspective into our knowledge base. I think this cooperation will be very fruitful for our mutual customers. At present we are together assisting Mälardalens Högskola in these issues", says Christina Johannesson, partner and senior consultant at Kontigo.
100312 New order from VINNOVA
VINNOVA, has entrusted AB Realisator with the assignment of planning for the evaluation of the DARE- project within the Key Actors Program. The DARE project is a cooperation between Luleå University of Technology and Umeå University that aims to develop the organization towards improved community relations. The evaluation will take place at the beginning of May 2010.
100312 AB Realisator relocates
During March 2010 AB Realisator is moving to new locations in the old mill in Trosa – Trosa Kvarn. The old mill has recently been restored in order to serve as office premises for a number of small enterprises. It is beautifully situated by the Trosa river with a restaurant and cafe on the ground floor. Trosa Kvarn is an environment that inspires.
100312 More visible waistcoats
Once again AB Realisator is supporting Momentas campaign for school children's safety in Trosa. As previously, the funds go towards visibility waistcoats for the local school children so they will be easier to detect when out in traffic.
100312 VINN Excellence Centre evaluation report available
AB Realisator was involved as evaluation manager during the first evaluation of the 19 VINN Excellence Centres with funding from VINNOVA that was performed during 2008-10. The evaluation report is now available via this link.
091201 A separate company for evaluation activities
As of November 2009 AB Realisator's evaluation activities are conducted in the new company AB Realisator Evaluation. The change provides a clearer profile both of our evaluation and our marketing and business development activities.
091125 Renewed confidence
Earlier this year, AB Realisator conducted market research on behalf of the Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI). FOI has now given AB Realisator a further assignment. The assignment involves market research on the potential exploitation of patents FOI holds: "We are very pleased with the outcome of the investigations AB Realisator helped us with and our cooperation with AB Realisator is a great help developing our business" says Joakim Hägvall business developer at FOI.
091028 Annual Financial Statement
In mid-2009 AB Realisator closed its books for the first fiscal year that in fact started in February 2008. Most of the net income has, in practice, been generated in 2009 when AB Realisator seriously gained momentum. The objective was to generate a good result in order to gain a good rating for the company.
- AB Realisator has come through its first year well and has met the financial goals we had set, says Patrik Ericsson, Öhrlings PriceWaterhouseCoopers and auditor of AB Realisator.
091016 Visibility waistcoats for children's safety
AB Realisator once again supports Momentas campaign for school children's safety in Trosa. This time the funds are going towards visibility waistcoats for the local school children so they will be easier to detect when out in traffic.
090616 Swedish Energy Agency evaluates seven Competence Research Centres
During August and September this year the Swedish Energy Agency will evaluate the following Competence Research Centres (CRC):
Swedish Centre of Excellence in Electric Power Engineering (EKC2), KTH
Centre of Internal combustion Engine Research Opus (CICERO), KTH
The High Temperature Corrosion Centre (HTC) Chalmers
Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK) Chalmers
Combustion Engine Research Centre (CERC) Chalmers
The Centre for Combustion Science and Technology (CECOST) Lund University
Centre of Competence Combustion Processes (KCFP) Lund University
all financed by the Agency. These CRCs aim to stimulate cooperation between academia and industry so that industry can more easily take advantage of scientific knowledge.
AB Realisator Management Consulting has been contracted as the Evaluation Process Leader with the task of appointing the evaluation team, setting up the evaluation and the logistics. The CRCs will provide the evaluation team with a written Status Report that, together with the interview sessions the evaluation team has with each centre, constitutes the input for the evaluation report. The evaluation team consists of the 22 members:
Prof Douglas Reeve, Canada (chairman)
Prof Anne H Anderson, Scotland
Dr Peter Cunz, Switzerland
Prof Bob Johnston, Australia
Prof Per Stenius, Sweden
Prof Wai Cheng, USA
Prof Juan Ramos, Spain
Prof Barrie Mecrow, England
Prof Nouredine Hadjsaid, France
Prof Erling Ildstad, Norway
Prof Constantine Arcoumanis, England
Prof Ricardo Martinez- Botas, England
Prof W J Quadakkers, Germany
Prof Peggy Hou, USA
Prof Alina Aguero, Spain
Prof Charles Peden, USA
Prof Riitta Keski, Finland
Dr Christine Lambert, USA
Prof Douglas Greenhalg, Scotland
Prof Frank Behrendt, Germany
Prof Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, France
Prof Alex Taylor, England
"I look forward to this evaluation. We have a very competent evaluation team in place representing scientific as well as general competence from a number of countries and with a good gender balance. The purpose of the evaluation is primarily to receive input on how to further develop each of these centres but also how to develop the CRC programme as such", says Bernt Gustafsson, Senior Advisor and responsible for the CRC programme at the Swedish Energy Agency. The first interview will take place on August 24 and the final evaluation report will be ready in November.
090514 Interviews with projects approved within the Key Actors Programme
AB Realisator Management Consulting is the Evaluation Process Leader for the VINNOVA evaluation of its approved projects within the Key Actor Programme. The programme is directed towards the universities' senior management and aims to establish a professional infrastructure for collaboration with the private sector and the society at large and to develop an entrepreneurial culture within a university´s organisation. Five projects were approved in 2007 including Uppsala University, Linköping University, Karlstad University, Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University, Chalmers, and Göteborg University.
The evaluation team for this first evaluation consists of:
Professor Karen Hersey, USA (Chair of the evaluation team)
Rolf Ericsson, PhD, Sweden
Professor Harry Fekkers, the Netherlands
Christer Heinegård, Senior Advisor, Sweden
Charlotte Iwarson, Entrepreneur, Sweden
After reviewing three of the approved projects the chairman, Professor Karen Hersey concludes: -"We have a well-composed team representing a number of diverse perspectives on this hot topic. These projects are just beginning their long journeys and our aim is to support them with recommendations so they can develop even better. It is a challenging and interesting job and we are all gaining new knowledge from participating in it."
The remaining two projects will be assessed during autumn this year and an evaluation report will be presented before the end of the year.
090416 First evaluation of the Berzelii Centre program completed
The Berzelii Centre programme is a collaboration between the Swedish Research Council and VINNOVA that focus on excellent basic research. In addition, the Berzelii Centres must also show a clear long term ambition to collaborate actively with stakeholders from the private and public sectors and to implement research results in the form of commercial applications. During September 2008 the four Berzelii Centres were evaluated after almost two years of operation. These centres were:
EXSELENT at Stockholm University
UFBC at Umeå University
Uppsala Berzelii at Uppsala University
SBI Berzelii at Karolinska Institute
AB Realisator Management Consulting was involved in the evaluation in the capacity of process leader. The full evaluation report is now available via this link at the Vinnonva web site (Pdf-file, opens in new window)
and can be downloaded from here.
090416 Interview
The latest issue of the journal "Företagarfokus" from the municipality of Trosa contains an interview with Thomas Eriksson, the founder of AB Realisator Management Consulting. Read the entire article (in Swedish) via this link. (Pdf-file, opens in new window.)
090416 SAFER evaluation report available
SAFER - The Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers,
is a joint research unit where academy, industry and authorities cooperate in the design of future vehicle and traffic safety systems.
In December 2008 the centre was evaluated by VINNOVA and AB Realisator Management Consulting was engaged as the process leader of the evaluation. The SAFER evaluation report is now available here (Pdf-file, opens in new window) and can be downloaded from here.
090219 Steel Shots for the Environment
Traditionally shots for hunting are made of lead but environmental considerations have resulted in a search for alternative materials. Steel is one of them. For several years the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) has held a patent for the manufacture of wear resistant steel shots. AB Realisator Management Consulting was assigned the task of investigating the commercial value of the patent and has now fulfilled its mission.
"FOI is in a transition mode where our knowledge will become even more available to the civilian market. This investigation has given us a very clear insight into the key commercial aspects of this patent which will certainly be an advantage for us in our future operations. We now know in what direction to move", says Joakim Hägvall, Business Development at FOI.
FOI is the largest research institute in Sweden and one of Europe's leading research institutes in the defence and safety area. The Institute has a staff of about 1000 persons and a turnover of almost 1.2 billion SEK, according to figures for 2007.
090219 Helmets for school children
Together with other local enterprises AB Realisator Management Consulting supports the Momenta project to supply helmets for children cycling to school in the Trosa municipality. The children will be/are given the helmets as a gift.
090126 International Evaluation Team Appointed
AB Realisator Management Consulting has appointed the international evaluation team for the evaluation of the VINNOVA VINN Excellence Centre Programme and five of its centres. The international evaluation team consists of:
Professor Douglas Reeve, University of Toronto, Canada (Chairman)
Professor Anne H. Andersson, University of Dundee, Scotland
Professor Roland Clift, University of Surrey, England
Senior advisor Kim Davis, Research Council of Norway, Norway
Professor Art Ragauskas, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Professor Maija Tenkanen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Professor Ljupco Kocarev, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Art, Republic of Macedonia
Professor Torsten Braun, Universität Bern, Switzerland
Professor Martine Laville, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
Professor Rob Welch, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Professor Jack Hu, University of Michigan, USA
Professor Alison, McKay, University of Leeds, England
"The team represents a group of highly qualified people with a range of expertise and international experience. It is worth noting that the group consists of 40% female evaluators – a high ratio for an evaluation team of this type. Altogether this means that we have great team to bring a broad perspective and give constructive comment to the evaluations", says Professor Douglas Reeve, chairman of the team.
The centres to be evaluated are:
SUS, Royal Institute of Technology
BiMaC Inno, Royal Institute of Technology
WISENET, Uppsala University
AFC, Lund University
Wingquist, Chalmers
This is the last round in the first evaluation of the fifteen VINN Excellence Centres that are up and running at present. The evaluation will take place during the first week of March 2009.
090115: A new window towards the market
With the publishing of the Realisator website a new channel for communication towards the market is opened up for the company. The aim is to give a flavour and a reference of the comany as well as describe on-going activities.
090115: Competence Research Centre conference
On behalf of VINNOVA, Realisator is participating in the ERA-NET project COMPERA. COMPERA is targeted towards the creation of a sustainable network of programmes that are funding Competence Research Centres. On Tuesday 3 February 2009 COMPERA will organize a conference on Competence Research Centre programmes and policies in Düsseldorf (Germany). Read more


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The housing industry and the economy generally have begun 2005 strongly. An unexpected bounce in housing approvals, rising car sales, and business activity imply a growth rate of 6 per cent in domestic demand.
National Australia Bank reported yesterday that business activity quickened across the board in the December quarter, and the economy seemed to be growing faster than the official figures published by the Bureau of Statistics.
"The Australian economy finished 2004 on a strong note," it said. "Forward orders and capital spending remain at robust levels, while employment gains are strong and capacity utilisation at a record rate.
"Overall, the message is still one of a very strong domestic economy - with domestic demand still around the 6 per cent per annum mark, and non-farm GDP around the 4 per cent mark."
That message was reinforced by new data showing housing approvals in December rose for the second month in a row, while car sales rose 7.4 per cent in January as tariff cuts slashed prices.
The bureau's building figures were slightly ambiguous. Seasonally adjusted approvals for private houses declined 6 per cent to their lowest level since mid-2001. But this was outweighed by a surge in apartment and unit dwellings, concentrated in Queensland and NSW.
Figures for the six months to December, however, show housing approvals over the second half of 2004 were 15 per cent below their levels of a year earlier, confirming that activity is off the boil.
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By Charisse Jones, USA TODAY
PEQUANNOCK, N.J. It may not be the SAT, but for some New Jersey students, passing their school district's newest test may be almost as urgent.
Randomly selected students in Pequannock Township last month began undergoing a screening that can detect whether they drank alcohol up to 80 hours before.
"They're children, and they're going to find ways to do things they shouldn't do," says Larrie Reynolds, superintendent of the 2,500-student school district. "We're one community that wants to do what we can within reason to try and help kids to make better choices."
The test detects ethyl glucuronide (EtG), an indicator of alcohol exposure that is found in urine. It is the most recent addition to the alcohol and drug screens increasingly being used in school systems around the USA. The trend is alarming some civil libertarians who say there are better ways to discourage teen substance abuse.
"The desire to protect students from the dangers of alcohol or other drugs is understandable," says Ed Barocas, legal director of the ACLU of New Jersey. "But sometimes this concern takes on a zeal that ignores other legitimate concerns such as … whether it intrudes on family privacy and whether guilty until proven innocent is a lesson we want to teach our students."
About 75% of Pequannock Township High School's 800 students could be tested. They are involved in extracurricular activities or have privileges such as being able to park on campus. Only those students will make up the pool that can be given the EtG test. Some middle school students who have volunteered for drug and alcohol testing also may be given the EtG screen, says William Trusheim, principal of Pequannock Valley School. So far, only a few students have been tested in Pequannock schools, and officials have not received the results, Trusheim says.
Several Pequannock High students say that checking on whether they and their peers had a drink three days earlier goes too far and ultimately won't stop those who want to from using alcohol.
"It's the stupidest idea ever," says James Martinez, 17, a senior. "I think it's our parents' responsibility. … My dad has a breathalyzer, so if he wants, he can test me."
Martinez and several others say they don't object to drug screening or a tongue-swab test, which picks up more recent alcohol use.
"I think the swab test is fine, because if you're drinking in the morning before school, you have a problem," says Rachel Napoli, 16, a senior. "But what I do on a Saturday night is not the principal's business."
The more intense focus on drinking may backfire, says Ashley Homwey, 17, a senior. "It makes kids want to do it more," she says.
A few students a day
On any given day, five to 10 students will be randomly selected to undergo either a drug test, a tongue swab or the EtG screen.
Township students have been screened for drugs and alcohol since 2005. But Trusheim says that many parents and teachers and some students felt more needed to be done to stem underage drinking.
Drug testing is conducted at nearly 1,000 U.S. schools, and federal officials on average learn of one more school district a week that has adopted the practice, says Heather Janik, spokeswoman for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Schools that conduct random testing generally have focused on drugs such as marijuana rather than alcohol, says Marsha Rosenbaum of the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance, which opposes random screening of students who aren't suspected of using drugs or alcohol.
The school system in Middletown, N.J., also uses the EtG test. Starting last spring, high school students suspected of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol were subjected to screening. The EtG test has been added to the district's random testing program, says Karen Bilbao, interim superintendent for the Middletown public schools. More than 30 students have been screened so far, and none has tested positive, Bilbao says.
Results are questioned
The EtG screen is so sensitive that even hand sanitizer or fermented apple juice can show exposure to alcohol. That led the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration last fall to say it is "inappropriate" to rely on the EtG test alone for legal and disciplinary action.
Reynolds says the Pequannock school district looks for an EtG level that school officials have been assured excludes environmental exposure to alcohol. Students can be removed from extracurricular activities for testing positive on the district's other drug and alcohol screens, but they will not be punished based upon the EtG test.
"There is no loss of privileges," Reynolds says. "Our counselors talk to the children about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, and we communicate with Mom and Dad, saying we believe their child may have been drinking."
The Bush administration, a strong advocate of random drug testing of students, also supports screening for underage drinking, says Janik of the White House drug agency. "We're absolutely in favor of testing for alcohol as well as any other illicit substance," she says. "Students shouldn't be coming to school functions or events with the expectation it's OK to drink. Testing helps prevent that."
Rosenbaum, however, says there are more effective strategies, such as after-school activities for students, better drug education in high schools and counseling. "The drug testing programs are really a shot in the dark," she says. "If a parent wants to test their child, they can walk around the corner to a store and pick up a drug test. The school doesn't need to be involved."
But Trusheim says that for students facing peer pressure, drug and alcohol testing "gives them an out. If they're at a party and someone says, 'Do you want to try this or that,' they can easily say, 'I don't want to risk my participation (in sports), or I've signed up for random drug testing.' "
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But upon this day I think.
I will honor my child,
Who provides me with a link.
God teaches me through you,
How he feels from day to day.
When I think about your life,
What you do, what you say.
I see his love fashioned,
Through eyes mixed with tears.
I watch a world you live in,
With all my countless fears.
I find it very difficult,
To be removed from your time.
I wait here patiently,
If only in this rhyme.
So know, that when your ready,
I am but a call away.
No sorrow is necessary,
Just words you mean and say.


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Who sponsored the Million Vet March?
....the march, which is being sponsored by Special Operations Speaks, a group of veterans that is fiercely holding the Obama administration accountable for the Benghazi scandal and demanding that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) form a Select Committee to investigate the matter.
Here's the link to Special Operations Speaks. Go see for yourself. It's wall to wall Benghazi. Point being, the outfit is partisan, with prejudice.
If you still have doubt, here's part of the invitation to the Million Vet March from Special Operations Speaks....
I want you to help "circle the wagons" on that day to help protect and defend our brave veterans who risked their lives for our freedom – and now are being barred from visiting the memorials erected to honor their deeds.
In a mean-spirited fit of selfish anger, Barack Obama has shut down our nation's war memorials. And he has declared open war on our honored veterans!
Obviously, again, the group is radically partisan and didn't try to hide that fact.
Who are the people behind the group Special Operations Speaks?
"We are all military brats, current and former military spouses and some veterans."
"some veterans", but mostly not.
With that background, get a load of what the Special Operations Speaks official statement was after the event was over.....
The political agenda put forth by a local organizer in Washington DC yesterday was not in alignment with our message. We feel disheartened that some would seek to hijack the narrative for political gain. The core principle was and remains about all Americans honoring Veterans in a peaceful and apolitical manner. Our love for and our dedication to remains with Veterans, regardless of party affiliation or political leanings.
The very organizers of the Million Vet March, most of whom are not veterans,.....blamed some unnamed "local organizer" for "hijacking the narrative for political gain"...when the truth is that Special Operations Speaks was and is nothing if it isn't a politically partisan group determined to bring Obama's presidency down.
The same people who invited others to attend the Million Vet March on Oct 13, the same people who invited others using these words...."(Obama) has declared open war on our honored veterans!"... had the audacity to complain, after the fact..."We feel disheartened that some would seek to hijack the narrative for political gain."
I give these posers one thing.....they have brass ones.....even if they are, obviously, a pack of liars and deceivers.
So what we have here with the Million Vet March is an ugly and reprehensible political attempt to shield the TEA GOPers from bearing the brunt of the war memorials being shut down and transfer responsibility for the shutdown to Obama. I think Alex Jones would call that a "false flag" operation.
But that's not even the worst part. In their excitement to bash and blame Obama, the Million Vet group used actual veterans as stage props. "Pawns", Sister Sarah called them.
Rage-filled, anti-Obama, Benghazi-obsessed, extremely political, "army brats" organized a Million Vet March in response to the Tea House anarchist vote to close non-essential government services starting October 1st. When media members pointed to Cruz, Lee and Palin's participation as evidence of politicization of the event.....the organizers, in a classic WTF-ism, claimed disappointment over the event being politicized.
Deceivers, double dealing liars.....and most of all.....cowards.
Finally.....in the swirling dustup over the Million Vet March stunt....many sought to gin up patriotic emotions over past and present veteran-heroes vis-a-vis war memorials. Contrary to Tea lore, those war memorials belong to all Americans...not just veterans.
None of us....including veterans...have a constitutional right guaranteeing access to war memorials.
If Teas, and their "army brat" deceivers wanted veterans, or anyone, to continue visiting war memorials uninterrupted by a non-essential government shutdown.....then they should have "marched" to keep the government open.
I rarely go here....but this stunt has really frosted The Reverend's cookies....
Special Operations Speaks, and the Tea Horses they rode in on, are the worst effing people in the world.
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July 15, 2004 - The Hopkins County National Diamondbacks won the Dixie District 5B 9-10-year-old tournament held July 3-10 in Broken Bow, Okla. They will advance to the state tournament in Grand Prairie beginning Saturday with a first-round game against Marshall National at 7:30 p.m. at Charley Taylor Park.
The Diamondbacks' first opponent last week was Paris Continental, who they defeated, 26-3. The Hopkins County team had strong pitching performances from Taylor Perez and Corbin Flora. Offensively, they were led by Jordan McLarry with four singles, Jenner Jackson with two singles and a triple, and Blake Chester with a single and a double. Connor Cooper tripled, Collin Williams doubled, Jordan Jackson and Perez added singles.
The team's second victory came against Broken Bow National by a margin of 14-0. Jenner Jackson singled twice and tripled, Blake Barnett doubled twice, and singles were added by Jordan Jackson, Chester, Perez, Flora and Kaylon Alexander. Perez, Flora and Jordan Jackson combined on the mound for the shutout.
On Wednesday night, the Diamondbacks met Broken Bow American in a match-up of the two undeafeated teams left in the nine-team, double-elimination tournament. Jenner Jackson pitched five innings in a four-hit shutout. Flora came in the game in the sixth to close out the victory. Jackson also singled twice along with Chester and Alexander. Singles were added by Cooper and Garrett Womack.
The Diamondbacks next met Lamar County and defeated them, 11-1. Perez, Jordan Jackson and Flora combined for a three-hitter. Leading hitters were Jenner Jackson with a single and a double, and Barnett with two singles. Hits were also added by McLarry, Perez, Flora, Cooper and Womack.
The team's lone defeat came Friday against Paris National, 5-3. Leading hitter was Chester with a single and a double. Perez and Flora also added hits. Jenner Jackson pitched the entire game, giving up two hits and striking out 11.
Hopkins County prevailed over Paris National in the tournament finale, 5-1, behind strong pitching from Perez. He gave up two hits and struck out nine. McLarry singled twice for the Diamondbacks. Hits were added by Chester, Cooper and Womack.
The Diamondbacks are coached by Phil Jackson, Jerry Barnett and Mike Flora.
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Megan Fox 'wanted baby for a while'
Megan Fox is reportedly pregnant with her first child and could not be more "thrilled."
The 26-year-old Transformers star has been married for two years to Beverly Hills 90210 star Brian Austin Green.
And although the couple has yet to make a formal announcement, friends of the brunette beauty says it's something she has wanted for a long time.
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Jennifer Aniston Hits Central Park, Talks Bad Breakup
Back on the set of her new movie, Jennifer Aniston joined forces with Jeff Goldblum to film scenes in New York City on Thursday afternoon (May 14).
The former "Friends" actress joined the cast and crew at their Central Park shooting location - greeting a few friends before taking her spot on a park bench.
Aside from working on "The Baster," Jen has also been fitting in promotions for her upcoming movie, "Management," which hits theaters on Friday (May 15).
Talking about her worst breakup moment with USA Today, the 40-year-old tells: "I broke up with a guy and he tried to get back together with me by bringing his mother to a restaurant I worked at and getting down on one knee in the middle of the restaurant."
Laughing as she reminisced about the happenings, Jen adds: "The whole restaurant started applauding and I was like, 'Get up!' It was horrible."
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New Orleans, LA -- Patients and physicians are showing a growing acceptance of routinely removing the fallopian tubes but preserving the ovaries during hysterectomy, according to new research presented today at the Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Removing just the fallopian tubes during hysterectomy may lower the risk of developing the most common type of ovarian cancer, researchers said.
Bilateral salpingectomy, the removal of both fallopian tubes while preserving the ovaries, is considered a safe way of potentially reducing the development of ovarian serous carcinoma, the most common type of ovarian cancer. Increasing evidence points toward the fallopian tubes as the origin of this type of cancer. Removing the fallopian tubes does not cause the onset of menopause, as does removal of the ovaries.
This study, led by investigators Christine H. Holschneider, MD, and Susan K. Park, MD, at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, assessed physician and patient acceptance of the bilateral salpingectomy procedure during hysterectomy. The study also looked into the feasibility of a department-wide practice to offer and perform bilateral salpingectomy at the time of hysterectomy while preserving the ovaries. "We also wanted to confirm that bilateral salpingectomy added no significant additional risk to hysterectomy," said Dr. Park.
The researchers conducted a retrospective study of women who underwent an abdominal, vaginal, or laparoscopic hysterectomy with ovarian preservation at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center between January 2009 and June 2012. They reviewed medical records for 1,060 patients and collected data on these women about being offered bilateral salpingectomy as well as actual completion of the procedure at the time of hysterectomy.
All but two patients who were offered salpingectomy in the study consented. Six of the consenting patients could not have the procedure due to complications. Bilateral salpingectomy rates rose from 3% in 2009 and 2010 to 33% in 2011 and 77% in the first six months of 2012.
According to Dr. Park, there appears to be no increased risk with salpingectomy at the time of hysterectomy with ovarian preservation compared with hysterectomy alone. "There is high patient and provider acceptance of this practice," Dr. Park said. "Our study aids physicians in assuring patients that there does not appear to be any increased risk of surgical complications associated with performing salpingectomy at time of hysterectomy."
This study does not address the possible role or risks and benefits of salpingectomy in patients undergoing tubal sterilization procedures or the role of salpingectomy in women with a genetic predisposition to ovarian cancer. "We studied only surgical morbidity," Dr. Park said. "We did not study the important long-term outcomes, such as the risks of developing post-hysterectomy adnexal masses or cancers. Such a study is an important next step but would need to be done at a much larger scale than a single institution study."
*Wednesday Paper #1: Incorporating Routine Bilateral Salpingectomy at the Time of Hysterectomy with Ovarian Preservation
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03 Feb 2007, 01:19am by Bill Barnwell
New Falcons coach Bobby Petrino is going to allow Michael Vick to -- gasp -- call audibles at the line (hey!) if plays look doomed next season. No word on whether he will stop Vick from employing the offense solely to earn Madden Challenge Points.
29 comments, Last at 06 Feb 2007, 2:37pm by Joe T
01 Feb 2007, 01:11am by Bill Barnwell
Suspect there's a little bit more to this one than meets the eye. Well, the AP story's eye, at least.
12 comments, Last at 01 Feb 2007, 10:00pm by Jason Mulgrew
25 Jan 2007, 07:31pm by Bill Barnwell
The world's most dangerous football reporter, FOX's Jay Glazer, is reporting that the Cowboys are interviewing Norv Turner with the idea that he might be their next head coach.
One day, we will be able to figure out which coordinators are suited for head coaching jobs and which coordinators are not. I think it is safe to say that one of the ways we will be able to verify the validity of such a tool would be the appearance of Norv Turner as a member of the latter group.
54 comments, Last at 30 Jan 2007, 2:49pm by Wanker79
23 Jan 2007, 03:57pm by Bill Barnwell
Correlation is, apparently, always causation. Who knew?
39 comments, Last at 24 Jan 2007, 10:56pm by Papa Narb
23 Jan 2007, 03:33am by Bill Barnwell
I've already put one XP up with the Raiders picking a head coach. I'm not doing three.
And poor Monte Kiffin!
And, actually, I wonder if the Raiders were insistent on getting a USC assistant by hook or crook. Maybe the towel guy would've got the job if enough people had turned it down.
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20 Jan 2007, 05:58am by Bill Barnwell
As per the request of about 10 people in the AFC Championship Game Preview Thread, Patrick Hruby's gorgeous piece on the media buildup to this game is probably the best thing you will read on Page 2 for months that has nothing to do with D.J. Gallo.
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19 Jan 2007, 04:43am by Bill Barnwell
ESPN's "Experts" (sorry, Jaws) have all picked New Orleans to win this Sunday at Chicago. The only holdout? The mysterious Accuscore.
It should be noted that Vegas has the Bears anywhere from -2 to -3. In addition, I wrote a piece last week for Boston Sports Media Watch where I noted that cold weather teams playing host to warm weather teams, over the last 20 years, are 33-7 (.825); all home teams, on average, win 69% of home games.
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17 Jan 2007, 05:24pm by Bill Barnwell
I'm not sure if you're familiar with this concept, but...
Also, "Pro football is violent game and running backs arguably take the greatest amount of punishment." Did you ghost-write this column, Jason Mulgrew?
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17 Jan 2007, 02:08am by Bill Barnwell
James Lofton is apparently discussing terms to become the next head coach of the Oakland Raiders. The article notes the Raiders to be the Chargers' "most-hated rival", which is odd. I thought their most-hated rival was celebratory dancing.
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15 Jan 2007, 06:49pm by Bill Barnwell
This pretty nifty article takes a look back at the weaknesses reported on some of the college scouting reports of current Steeler players. Steeler fans, have they improved?
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WADDABOUT dem Waratahs? Where has that team been hiding the last five years?! You know, the one that took on the second-placed Sharks last week at the Sydney Football Stadium and whacked 'em, smacked 'em, poked 'em, rolled 'em up and SMOKED 'em? Somehow, in the past few weeks, every player seems to have lifted a gear, is playing with confidence and daring, is backing both himself and the players around him, and all up playing the best rugby any of us can remember from men in sky blue in recent time. We have seen the Promised Land. We believe. And yea, though we will walk in the shadow of the Valley of Death in coming weeks, yet will we fear no evil, for we have the meanest pack in the competition, and suddenly the most dashing backs.
Worthy misdeeds
Bring it in tight. Here's the idea.
Think professional sport and you think a mixture of glamour, glitz, oodles of money sloshing around, with a few Saturday night atrocities here and there, usually resulting in the player paying a fine. As well, when clubs breach salary caps - or, say have an extra man on the field when they shouldn't - they too pay fines. Now think about this city's homeless and underprivileged, the shadowy figures flitting by in the distant darkness as you and I head home to the warmth. Or kids in hospital wards dying of cancer, while organisations devoted to medical research struggle to get the funds they need. Or the many other people in need in our society, for whom only a very little money can go such a long way
The connection?
There really is very little, apart from regular visits from the sportspeople to the children's wards to hand out teddy bears or the like, as the cameras roll for the photo op, before they all go home again. But why not connect them up more formally? Why not have it that each of the major sports institutes a convention whereby all of their fines go directly to a chosen charity, instead of simply back into the gaping maw of general revenue, never to be seen again? How wonderful if the 25 grand the Swans paid in a fine this week didn't just head off to the AFL, but went to the Salvos or the like! As to player atrocities, how terrific if next time a leaguie heads up to the Cross for a quick gun-fight, or a rah-rah throws a quokka around, or a soccer player hits a referee, or an AFL player decks someone with the sweetest punch you ever saw, there would be some good news to go with it. The whole thing could only help bind clubs and players to their communities, and make them less likely to be accused of being merely voracious businesses without a soul.
What do you say?
Some respect where it's due
And speaking of bad boys, last week TFF asked the rhetorical question as to where was Ben Cousins when the West Coast Eagles needed him? The answer came on the same day from a Fitzphile in Asia, Steve Bell: "I saw him yesterday in Thailand, respectfully attending the Anzac Day dawn service at Hellfire Pass, then again at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery attending the 11am service. He painted a very respectful figure as he wandered by himself for some time through the graves of many ex-Aussie servicemen who died as POWs."
Frills and skills with pedigree
Up in Brissie rugby circles, the former Wallabies back-rower Chris Roche has always been highly regarded as a coach. He is no-nonsense, intense and gets results. This year the high-powered lawyer took over perennial cellar dwellers, Norths, and after five rounds they are undefeated - after having beaten all of last year's semi-finalists - and are leading the comp. Impressive, too, was his choice of skills coach. Now, this skills coach has about as impressive a rugby pedigree as it is possible to get with a father, son, and brother-in-law who are all famous Wallabies. Oh yes, and a husband that is also a famous Wallaby. She is, of course, Marguerite Howard, daughter of Cyril Towers, wife of Jake Howard, mother of Pat Howard and sister-in-law of Roy Prosser. As well as her rugby coaching, she is a part-time teacher at the Currimundi Special Needs School, and grandmother of four young children all under the age of six. This weekend Norths play GPS, and packing down in the GPS front row will be another of Jake and Marguerite's sons, David.
Footy at its purest
TFF attended last week's Anzac Day game between Collingwood and Essendon at the MCG and have rarely seen something so impressive in the world of sport. As they played the Last Post and the national anthem, the 100,000-strong crowd uttered not a peep, whispered not a murmur. The atmosphere was electric and the general mood in the air one of reverence for the diggers and anticipation of the game to come. Aficionados put that day higher than grand final day, as the G is filled with genuine fans, not just corporate heavies who can afford the price and have the clout to get the coveted tickets. Somewhere, someone has done a superb job organising that landmark day in Australian sport.
Gold Coast Titans. With five wins on the trot, they are starting to look like roughies for the premiership. Meanwhile, Souths have lost seven in a row.
Malcolm Speed. The CEO of the ICC was let go from the remaining eight weeks of his seven-year contract. Speed wanted the people who run cricket in Zimbabwe to be held to account for alleged financial irregularities, while the board of the ICC wanted to let it slide. In cricket these days, when money clashes with principle, it is a fairly safe bet to put your money on money.
Manchester United and Chelsea. The two clubs will play the first all-English Champions League final, in Moscow on May 21.
Adam Scott. After initially blowing a three-shot lead going into the final day of the Byron Nelson Classic in Texas, he came back with a winning 15-metre putt on the first play-off hole. Nailed it!
The Sydney Swans. You may not know that the Just Enough Faith van, which feeds a fair chunk of Sydney's homeless every night, is going through a rocky time of late, but it's great to see the Swans sponsorship of the project remain intact.
Wycliff Palu. His raging bull performance last Saturday night scattered his opponents like nine-pins and delivered the Waratahs two tries.
Ewen McKenzie. How sweet it must be.
Harbhajan Singh. Was rubbed out for 11 IPL matches for slapping Shantha Sreesanth. Why was Sreesanth then crying like a baby? It was not a good look for India's most feared fast bowler. If anyone had slapped Dennis Lillee like that, the great man would have dropped them like a sack of spuds.
Shane Warne. This bastard just won't quit. Somehow, after taking over as captain/coach of a no-name team in the IPL, he has inspired them to the point they might even win the whole wretched thing.
What they said
Sonny Bill Williams takes the yellow jersey in this year's Tour de Cliche on The Footy Show when talking about the upcoming Kiwis-Kangaroos Test: "It's definitely going to be a war out there. I've always said, on our day, we can beat anyone if we click. And with Wayne Bennett and Steve Kearney, we're moving in the right direction and the dust has settled on all that. We just need to get on the same page and I think we can do wonders."
The text message Andrew Symonds received from a mate, after being caned for 30 runs in one over in the Indian Premier League: "Please call Virender Sehwag on 464646." Maria Sharapova, on her claycourt game.
"I used to say I was like a cow on ice, but now I'm like Bambi."
In the wake of the Herald article last month concerning Jack Gibson's best quotes, a reader reckons this one, after Queensland had just thumped NSW, tops them all: "NSW were in this game right up until the national anthem finished."
The following is from The Guvna's match report in the Nambucca Guardian News, after the mighty Bowraville Goannas' win over the Hastings Valley Vikings in the mid-north coast rugby union league: "The Les Craggs Electrical points went to Mick Lewis, Tom Aitken and Max Duncan, with players' player Matt Allom (incidentally Craggsy if you read this, can you send Nongy around to fix my stove, thanks mate)." Oh yes, and Nongy, give Guvna an uppercut from us!
Carlos Augusto Nogueira, a police superintendent in Rio de Janeiro, on the scandal involving football star Ronaldo and three transvestite prostitutes: "He said he just wanted to amuse himself. That's not a crime. Ronaldo said he is not good in the head."
Crusaders and incoming Wallabies coach Robbie Deans on whether he sees NSW young guns Luke Burgess, Rob Horne, Kurtley Beale and Lachie Turner as rookies or fully fledged Super 14 campaigners: "I see them as opponents right now."
Former India coach Greg Chappell on his new language skills: "When you've been abused as many times as I have, mate, you are bound to understand some Hindi and Urdu."
After Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc displayed a T-shirt captioned, "God bless the Pope", manager Gordon Strachan defended him: "He's not a bad lad [the Pope], to be fair. If it was 'God bless [convicted child killer] Myra Hindley', I might have a problem."
Shane Warne, while explaining how he has done so well as captain-coach of the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, also manages to have a go at his erstwhile Australian coach: "We don't use computers. We use our brains. I don't need a computer, or 15 pages of notes or 25 meetings."
Why North Melbourne coach Dean Laidley didn't call a head count in those final seconds against the Swans: "I didn't want to be remembered as the Trevor Chappell of football."
Reg Reagan after being told by the AJC he is not welcome to stand in for John Singleton and make the acceptance speech should Tuesday Joy win the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick today: "I'm hurt and disgusted. I had the suit dry-cleaned and the speech ready Now I'll have to watch it at the Collaroy Ex-Servicemen's with Noel Kelly and Chow Hayes."
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From: Paula Goodfellow <>
Subject: BMD Certs online, ever?
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:43:43 -0700
I just got my copy of the new edition of Mark Herber's Ancestral
Trails, and he mentions the upcoming changes in information that will
be allowed on recent BMD certificates which has been discussed here. He
also mentions that perhaps soon one will be able to view the actual
certificates for older BMDs right online, to reduce current costs. Is
there any actual possibility of that happening in the near future? This
would be wonderful, since I'm trying to sort through a very large
family in Southwark. (Luckily they were considerate enough to have a
very distinctive surname, but ordering all the certs is still going to
be very expensive.
And, a relative of mine went to a talk about doing British genealogy
and she thought that the speaker said one could search the entire GRO
indexes free now, and she thought they meant online. I'm thinking that
either the speaker meant FreeBMD which is not complete? Is there
anything else that this person could have been talking about? Thank
you, Paula
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I have tried to make a similar setup work on m0n0wall for a few weeks now.
After searching the archives and doing several tests of my own, I determined
that two methods were available, each with a drawback that I could not live
Scenario A:
Subnet my /28 network from ISP, giving half to WAN interface and half to DMZ
interface. Declaring the /29 subnets on each interface allowed it to work
as Falcor suggested in his reply, but with one problem: I could not access
the DMZ from WAN. DMZ could get out to WAN, but incoming WAN traffic could
not reach the DMZ machines when they were publicly addressed. LAN to DMZ
(and reverse) worked fine.
Research into the archives pointed to m0n0wall wanting to perform NAT to the
DMZ, which was fouling things up on the incoming side. One workaround that
I read about was to *enable* advanced NAT rules, effectively stopping
m0n0wall from trying to build a NAT rule for the DMZ. I tried this from a
defaulted configuration but still could not get it to work any differently.
It seemed like that would be the answer, but that is the point at which I
stopped pursuing it (for the time being). Enabling advanced NAT may still
be the answer, I may have just missed some other step.
Scenario B:
The alternative to subnetting was to bridge the DMZ interface to the WAN
interface. This worked as well, but the drawback to it was that now my LAN
could not access the DMZ machines! This was unacceptable as well, since my
entire goal was to leave the DMZ machines publicly addressable, yet
reachable from both LAN side and WAN side.
While I haven't properly answered your original question, I thought I would
add my findings to the discussion to see if it might help you (and me) reach
a solution. One thing I have not done is to request that my ISP direct all
traffic to my WAN interface's IP address. Perhaps if I have them do that
the routing will work properly as suggested.
Of note, in both of my scenarios I wrote *.* rules for all interfaces and
watched the firewall logs for blocked packets to insure it wasn't the fw
stopping the communication attempts.
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From: "Falcor" <falcor at netassassin dot com>
To: "Jeanne" <techielists at regionalhelpwanted dot com>
Cc: <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] newbie DMZ question
> unless you change the subnet you need to instruct the machines on your
> DMZ to use x.x.x.241 as the gateway.
> The proper way to do this would be to have the ISP route all traffic for
> x.x.x.240/28 to your WAN interface. Then subnet the /28 and assign the
> subnets to your DMZ setting the proper subnet mask for each interface so
> it reflects your division of the network. If you did this then you
> would end up with a gateway IP for the DMZ interface, and the internal
> route statement on the firewall would understand sending traffic to the
> different networks. Then you would need to add rules allowing traffic
> to/from the DMZ etc.
> If you don't do it this way then you will need to setup ARP forwarded IP
> addresses from the firewall's WAN interface to the DMZ hosts. Not so
> good to do for your setup.
> Someone may have another trick, but that is the proper way of doing this
> no matter what firewall / router you are using.
> The difference is that your 3com probably did the subnet mask for you,
> and although there were probably issues with SAP and RIP and such on
> your DMZ segments the 3com accommodated it. E.g. you specified an IP
> range, and it did the bit math but the servers still had /28 subnet masks.
> Jeanne wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am replacing a 3com firewall and need to keep the IP addressing as is.
Nat/Firewall is working fine for the LAN. I cannot configure the DMZ.
Machines on the DMZ cannot ping the Wan or the Gateway.
> >
> >ISP issued block: x.x.x.240/28
> >WAN x.x.x.251/28
> >ISP designated gateway for this block: x.x.x.241
> >Machines in the DMZ have public IPs within this x.x.x.240/28 block. For
example, our web server is x.x.x.252 with a gateway of x.x.x.251, and an ftp
server is x.x.x.246. The 3com allows for 2 DMZ ranges of x.x.x.242-250 and
252-254. m0n0wall appears to allow only a single DMZ net.
> >
> >For the moment I am allowing all traffic to and from the DMZ:
> >Wan interface -- Proto: * Source: DMZ Net Port: * Destination: * Port: *
> >DMZ Interface -- Proto: * Source: * Port: * Destination: DMZ net Port: *
> >
> >Please know that I have searched the archives, but I'm still stumped.
Thanks for your time.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Jeanne
> >
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The school-based occupational therapist presented a boilerplate evaluation that stated the child was normal in all areas with the exception of atypical scores on a Sensory Profile. In the entire four page evaluation there were three or four narrative statements that were specific to the child's performance. The test scores were also presumably specific to the child. The rest of the report was generic and basically descriptions of the tests that were administered. OT was not recommended for the child.
The parent brought the child to me for a private evaluation. I repeated some of the same tests because I was concerned that perhaps the assessments were inaccurate based on the expressed concerns of the family. I was pleasantly surprised to see that he DID score in a typical range on some of the tests, for example, the VMI. This is a test where children have to copy shapes - and it was obvious that he had prior exposure to copying shapes because he replicated them flawlessly.
However, the test doesn't measure HOW a child copies the shapes. This child copied them with atypical approach, often using right to left and bottom to top pencil strokes. The forms were also accurate, although they were reproduced in a segmented fashion. Also, the child held the pencil with a fisted grasp. There was no mention of this on the school OT evaluation. The OT evaluation included a two paragraph description of the VMI but stated nothing about the child's performance outside of the test score.
I don't usually give the Peabody to five year old children because I find it is not as sensitive as other assessments. However, I knew that he couldn't button and I knew that he had an immature pencil grasp so I gave the test knowing that it would be another point of documentation that actually showed where he was having difficulties. Also, I knew that we would have to re-assess him for annual review in the Spring, and I wanted to hold back the most appropriate assessment for that time because generally you want to avoid using the same test repeatedly within a constricted time frame. In the Spring I would like to give him the Miller Function and Participation Scales, which I believe will accurately capture the nature of his functional performance problems. That test also requires a lot of direction following, and I like to use that test when children ALREADY know me and there is a better chance that communication problems or shyness will not interfere with test participation.
Anyway, he scored below the first percentile on the Peabody Fine Motor Scale, and that dragged down the Fine Motor Composite rating as expected. This data didn't seem to move the school based therapist though, who couldn't change her position that he was able to copy the forms accurately on the VMI.
So we talked about other issues like the atypical fine motor skill, the atypical writing approach, his poor visual attention, his inability to dress independently, inability to manage buttons, his clumsy gross motor skills, his inability to answer 'wh' questions and interact dyadically, his inability to effectively interact with other children in play, and his inattention to social convention (like walking out of the kindergarten bathroom with his pants around his ankles). The OT stated that she would never write a goal to improve pencil grasp if a child scored normally on the VMI, and that the other issues were "not OT." She was willing to provide the classroom with a sensory diet, as if that will solve all these other issues.
Sadly, the oddity of this meeting did not end with the OT. He is diagnosed with autism and the committee struggled with what educational classification to use. At first they wanted to use 'Other Health Impaired' or perhaps just provide a 504 plan. Then they decided that the severity of his speech delay would qualify him for speech 3 times weekly, but they would use the 'Multiple Disabilities' classification and state that he has autism and speech delay. They STRONGLY resisted using the 'Autism' classification despite direct documentation from a doctor that he has autism. That would have qualified him for more intensive language intervention as well as some training for the school so they would be better prepared to understand how to intervene. They gave him a classification that identifies the problems but does not qualify him for the necessary interventions. It was surreal.
Finally, we were all pushed out the door as the allotted time for the meeting expired. On every child's IEP there are statements called 'Present Levels of Educational Performance' or 'PLEP' statements. They summarize a child's strengths and needs and are a critical part of the IEP document because they help people understand the nature of the child's skill levels in the school environment and act as a guide for educational intervention. We left the meeting with these incomplete and inaccurate. "Just read them over when you get the document," we were told. "Let me know if we need to change anything. What's important at least is that we got the classification and services established."
So I guess we accomplished classifying him, but not with the classification that is most appropriate and would support the services he needs. I guess we also achieved speech therapy three times a week and OT once a week - although we didn't write goals, didn't write appropriate PLEP statements, and the OT openly stated in the meeting that she didn't know what she could do for the child.
The parent was happy, because this was the most productive meeting she has attended and prior requests to get him classified and services were denied. Although I am glad that she is happy, I was sad because the system has caused her to set her bar so low on this issue.
The system was willing to wait and see how he does in kindergarten, but it ignores the fact that he has required services his whole life and he has an autism diagnosis. The family is worried NOW and they don't understand why he was declassified and they don't understand why the committee acts as though the most important issue is about what terms he should be classified under - when the MD has already provided some very clear evidence regarding his diagnosis. Families don't understand why this process has to be so painful.
The people in the room seemed mostly kind, and other than the apparent administrative tactical maneuvering to avoid the Autism classification it seemed as though they wanted to help the child. I am a little puzzled over how I could have helped the OT. I understand the position that the child scored functionally on one of the tests, but there was an absolute inability to consider his functional participation OUTSIDE of those tests that he could score functionally on. Even when presented with other evidence like:
- long history of therapy participation because of difficulty achieving skills
- Notable motor delays
- Notable sensory processing differences
- Notable social and play impairment
I understand that it must be intimidating to have another therapist come in to a meeting with a second opinion. It is not comfortable to discuss conflicting findings, and certainly no one wants to be wrong, or incorrect. However, as therapists we can't let our own feelings or egos get in the way of improving our own skills and providing the best possible services for a child. A impersonal boiler plate evaluation is not acceptable or appropriate. Failing to consider a child's individual history and needs is not acceptable or appropriate. Parents should demand and rightfully expect more professionalism than template evaluations where the only thing changed in the document is the test scores. If the systems you are working in place pressures on you to cut corners - don't give in. Fight back and improve the system.
Then I remembered my own advice.
We still have a lot of work to do, because although I wrote that advice nearly two years ago I don't know that I have seen enough progress on what we need to do to improve these systems.


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The Pera Turkish Taco truck, conducting business at Tavern on the Green Courtyard in Central Park behind the visitor center, was granted a one-year liquor license to sell beer, wine, and mixed drinks; but the truck's patrons can only drink within the adjacent seating area.
Alcoholic drinks served include Margaritas and Sangria. You can follow The Pera Turkish Taco truck on Twitter.
The Turkish Taco Truck is the first food truck in the city with a liquor license, according to owner Burak Karacam, who also owns Pera Mediterranean Brasserie restaurant.
The Wall Street Journal notes that The Pera Turkish Taco truck's new liquor license could "very well spark a new wave of boozy mobile vendors".
Burak Karacam, owner of both the truck and Pera Mediterranean Brasserie restaurant, heralded his one-year license as a "precedent-setting privilege."
However, Karacam's taco truck is only permitted to sell alcohol that will be consumed within the seating area near Tavern on the Green, which may make it difficult for other catering trucks with no designated seating area to seek a liquor license.
In September 2009, Tavern on the Green filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, then in December auctioned off its interior decorations and closed its doors.
As of October 2010, the Tavern on the Green building is a public visitors center and gift shop run by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, retaining the name Tavern on the Green.


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Random fact: Having one extra body in the house somehow results in approximately $40 more in groceries.
On the menu this week -
Sunday (been there, ate that) - baked haddock, mashed red potatoes, green beans
Monday - tofu lettuce wraps
Tuesday - heading to American Flatbread for Hope's birthday. (I'm already planning on ordering the veg special - Wild Ramp Pesto, Amir's Shiitake Mushrooms, Baby Spinach, Vermont Butter and Cheese Company Chevre)
Wednesday - black bean & brown rice enchiladas
Thursday - fettucine with broccoli & romano
Friday - sweet potato fritters & salads
Lunches will be a variety of salads + leftovers + hummus & pita chips.
Note to Kirsten - I had your comment in mind today while I was grocery shopping - bought a bag of black beans & a bag of chickpeas instead of canned!


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Starting a child care center offers opportunities to operate a business that can positively affect the lives of children and their families in your community. But before you start caring for young children, there are many things to consider. The following sections provide resources to help with planning your center. Factors to consider include regulations that govern child care licensing and standards in Illinois; strategies for working with parents; funding; location, equipment, and materials; and curriculum.
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The statistical secret to MLB playoffs
Today's winner in Stats & Analytics:Chase Blackburn, Phil Hughes, Phillies
Today's losers:Ty Cobb, Giants, situational stats
Pick a player, any player, who is on a team that's still alive in the MLB playoffs -- Carl Crawford, Derek Jeter, Ryan Howard, whoever. Now, tell me this: Did you care how he was doing on April 7, four days into this season?
Okay, you may have cared, because he was playing in games that counted. But did you think his performance in those first few days really meant anything? Of course not. It's like asking whether you'd be concerned if I told you your favorite player hit just .231 on the second Wednesday of every month. Tiny sample sizes just aren't meaningful or predictive.
Yet here we are in the postseason, subject again to a barrage of "statistics" whose sample sizes are microscopic. I have very much enjoyed TBS' coverage of the playoffs, but the fact that Denard Span went 2 for 9 in the first two games of the Twins' series against the Yankees told us nothing about how he would do in Game 3, and shouldn't be a stat that got shown and re-shown on national television. And that's just one offense of many that rain down upon us at this time of year. Statisticians have just a handful of teams and games left to focus on, so they slice and dice their metrics to an absurdly situational level. And newspapers, play-by-play men and talking heads serve them up. One blog intoned that Evan Longoria "was batting .083" (that would be 1 for 12) heading into Game 4 of the Rangers-Rays series (when he promptly slammed a homer and two doubles).
Why do fans gobble up these insignificant numbers? Well, we need something to support our arguments! And too many people really don't appreciate sample size. But there's a deeper reason: Fans, media types and players all tend to believe the postseason is a different animal from regular baseball, with attention and pressures that only certain special players can withstand. If I had a dime for every time I heard before Game 3 of the Yankees-Twins series that "we" had "no idea" how Phil Hughes would "respond" to making his first postseason start, my daughters' college savings accounts would be fully funded.


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phpList Documentation
Upgrading phpList
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Upgrading phpList in a few steps:
- BACKUP your database!
- BACKUP your old config.php file, or optionally backup your whole phpList so you can rollback if something would go wrong.
- Replace your old phpList with the new version.
- Copy your configuration files to lists/config or re-edit the new config file.
- Go to http://yourdomain/lists/admin/ and choose the Upgrade link in the System Functions section.
- Click the link in this page.
Longer version
- If you're using phpMyAdmin you can follow these steps to make a full backup of your database:
- Copy your old configured files to a safe place.
- These files are:
- lists/config/config.php
- lists/texts/english.inc, or any other language.inc file if you have customized these
- lists/.htaccess, if you have customized it and want to keep it for reference.
- any plugins you may have been using
If you want to be on the safe side, we recommend you download the contents of the phpList directory from your web server to your hard disk. Should things go wrong, you can simply restore these files to the server.
- Now you can delete your old phpList installation and replace it with the new version
- Download the latest phpList release marked as stable from the phpList website
- The file is a either a .zip or .tar.gz archive, which means you need to unpack it with a program like Winzip, 7zip or Winrar. Make sure you let it re-create (sub)directories.
- Delete all from your online phpList folder (make sure you stored your config.php file, and your customized english.inc or language.inc files).
- Upload the contents of the phpList directory (i.e. the "lists" directory) to your online phpList folder.
Your phpList is now upgraded.
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Free At Last! Herman Wallace Has Finally Been Released
After a day long legal standoff with LA authorities, Herman Wallace has been released from prison!
After a long, dramatic day, we are humbled to report that the indomitable, irrepressible Herman Wallace has just been released after spending over 4 decades in solitary confinement.
Even after Judge Jackson's late evening ruling denying the State's attempt at a stay and again ordering his immediate release, the State continued to stall. Once notified of the continued delay, Judge Jackson stoically refused to leave his quarters until Herman was released, and just minutes ago, Herman was driven away from the prison a free man, awake and able to revel in this miraculous turn of events.
The State will likely still appeal to the 5th Circuit and attempt to have the order reversed, and may even re-indict him, but it seems that Herman, against all odds, has won.
Despite all the exciting drama of the day, this is obviously a deeply bittersweet moment for all those involved in the campaign as we know Herman may not have much longer amongst us, but thanks to the unwavering commitment to justice that those on this list have demonstrated over the years on A3's behalf, he will not die in prison behind solitary bars.
Now we must resolve collectively to harness this rediscovered energy and excitement and dedicate ourselves to getting Albert the same result without delay.
If you happen to be in New Orleans, supporters are holding a vigil tonight starting in just a few moments at 8pm. Everyone is welcome to come and celebrate this incredible news. Coliseum Square was the original location, but it has been changed to LSU, outside the hospital emergency room, at 2021 Perdido St New Orleans, LA 70112.
With awe, bewilderment, and a renewed optimism, we will keep supporters updated.
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Regarding "Democracy Now's" reporting of the ultimate release from the EMPIRE's prison of Herman Wallace:
What a wonderful 'exposure' of the Disguised Global Empire (HQed in our former country) that this EMPIRE has so effectively focused its sociopathic rage on the most politically conscious group in the US (Blacks), and by doing so against the former black slaves has been able to leverage imperial injustice and racist propaganda which poisons the minds of a substantial portion of white Americans, even now two centuries beyond the founding of America on "equality for all", that the tiny <1% ruling-elite of the Empire can continue to dominate this Disguised Global Empire (DGE) --- this corporate, financial, militarist, media, (IL)legal, and political phony dual-party 'Vichy' Empire.
Best luck and love to the fast expanding 'Occupy the Empire'
educational and non-violent revolutionary movement against this
deceitful and Disguised Global EMPIRE, which can't so easily be
identified as wearing Red Coats, Red Stars, nor funny looking Nazi
helmets ---- quite yet!
Liberty, democracy, justice, and equality
Violent ('Vichy' disguised dual-party)
Alan MacDonald
We don't merely have a gun/fear problem, or an MIC problem, or an
'Austerity' problem, or an expanding wars problem, or a 'drone
assassinations' problem, or a vast income & wealth inequality problem, or a Wall Street 'looting' problem, or a Global Warming and
environmental death-spiral problem, or a domestic tyranny NSA, NDAA, and FISA spying problem, or the world's largest political prisoner problem,
or, or, or .... ad nauseam --- we have a hidden EMPIRE cancerous tumor which is the prime CAUSE of all these underlying related 'symptom problems'.


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This is an interactive spreadsheet to generate a printable, portable cheat sheet to aid you in estimating distances and sizes via a mil dot reticle on a rifle scope. Parameters in the spreadsheet can be adjusted to match the magnification power that your scope manufacturer specifies to use when estimating with mil dots, as well as the magnification power you tend to actually use during rangefinding and target sizing.
Read the instructions in the spreadsheet to customize for your application.
Note the reticle to the right is of the round dot, 0.2 mil variety. But 0.25 mil dots are also common. So in that case, read between columns in the table for fractional measurements. Or you insert new 2.5 and 7.5 mil columns into the spreadsheet, scaled for 0.25 and 0.75 mil dots.
Instructions for use
- Measure your target (or a distance on a paper target) in mils, through your scope at the magnification indicated on the upper right of the card.
- Find the corresponding mil column on the card.
- Rangefinding: if you know the actual size of the target in inches, find that size within that column and read across that row to determine the distance to the target in meters.
- OR, target sizing: if you know the distance to the target in meters, read across that row to intersect the mil column and determine the actual size of the target in inches.
- You can multiply or divide any row, column, or cell to extend the card's range. Shifting the decimal is easiest, obviously. Examples:
- 150 m and 200 m ranges can be read from the 15 m and 20 m rows by multiplying the inch measurements by 10.
- A target size of 0.5 mil can be read from the 5 mil column by dividing the inches by 10
- Rangefinding: Target is known to be 40 inches high and measures 4 mils high in the scope at 25X. So the 4.09 inch size is close in the 4 mil column, when multiplied by 10. That's on the 65 meter row, so one should estimate the range to target as slightly less than 650 meters.
Sample output
(That PDF is an example; it may not be appropriate for your scope or application so use the spreadsheet, below.)
An Imperial (yard) version of the card is also included. OpenOffice.org or compatible spreadsheet program is required to read the file below. Alternatively, here are pre-rendered versions for a scope used at 25X magnification that is calibrated to use mil dots at 10X magnification.
|Darren Stone
mildot.ods (OpenOffice.org spreadsheet format)