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This book is a compilation of photos taken by participants of the LABBB Photographers program.
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Growing up on the Acadian Coast of New-Brunswick Canada, I have spent most of my adult life in the Boston area. Although I have professional training as a photographer, I chose to pursue a "stable & need fulfilling" career in counseling and special education. Photography, however, is part of every facet of my life as I now teach my craft to young people with special needs as well as share my passion with many neighbors in my community (check out www.longlakeflasher.com. I enjoy traveling throughout the US and Canada with my four legged boys, creating landscape, nature and fine art photographs. Thanks for taking the time to read this and for checking out my first book. Theresa LeBlanc
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MineCraft Part 1: Basics What is Minecraft?
Minecraft is a very fun and partially educational simulation game. In the game everything is made out of squares and cubes. There are tools, food, minerals (diamond, gold, and iron) and regular blocks like stone and dirt. Blocks
In Minecraft there are a wide variety of blocks. There is dirt, stone, sand, clay, sandstone, wood, leaves, water, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, and even diamond ore! There are plants and tools as well. Wood Brick Chest Lava Diamond Ore TNT Wooden Planks Dirt with Grass Dirt Water Stone Tools
Tools are needed to collect things and mine blocks quicker and easier. There are five different main tools. The hoe, shovel, ax, pick-ax, and sword (the sword is ambiguous, it can be considered either a weapon or tool). They come in 5 different substances: wood, stone, iron, gold, and my favorite, diamond. Wood Gold Stone Diamond Iron Mobs
Mobs are the other living creatures beside you that are in the game. There are animals like cows and sheep. There are monsters like a Ghast and an Enderman. Here are some examples of mobs on Minecraft. Zombie Pigman Enderman Creeper Zombie Silver fish Spider Slime cube Blaze Ghast Magma Cube Skeleton There are also animal mobs. Chicken Pig Cow Sheep Thank you for watching this Prezi on Minecraft. I hope you will start to play Minecraft. Coming soon there will be more Minecraft Prezis by me. So stay tuned! BYE BYE!
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BEIRUT – Battles raged around Palmyra Monday as Syrian soldiers backed by Russian warplanes sought to recapture the ancient city in what would be a major symbolic victory over the Islamic State group.
Troops and allied militia backed by Russian air power have since early March been pushing an advance around the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Pearl of the Desert.
They are now just 4 km (2.5 miles) from the gates of the city that fell to the jihadis last May, sending shock waves around the world.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor, the advance has been "slow" despite some 800 airstrikes by Russia and the Syrian regime this month alone.
Last week, the army recaptured a strategic hill at the southwestern entrance of Palmyra, 4 km from the city.
Islamic State has fiercely resisted the advance, killing at least 26 pro-government fighters on Monday, the Observatory said.
Aamaq, an Islamic State-linked website, claimed that 30 troops were killed in an attack by a jihadi suicide bomber.
"Meanwhile, warplanes believed to be Russian struck parts of Palmyra city and its surroundings in the east of Homs province, as well as Al-Qaryatain in the southeast," the Observatory said.
"The battle for Palmyra is decisive for the regime, as it paves the way for the recapture of the desert area all the way up to the eastern border with Iraq," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
"IS would automatically lose the desert stretching from Palmyra to the Iraqi border — in other words, 30,000 sq. km (12,000 sq. miles)," he added.
That would cut Islamic State's area of control from some 40 percent of Syrian territory to 30 percent, the Observatory said, adding that jihadis could then be pushed across the border into Iraq.
Thomas Pierret, a Syria expert at the University of Edinburgh, said he doubted that the army would be able to advance much farther beyond Palmyra, however.
"Let's not forget that whatever its advances in Palmyra, the regime is still fighting very difficult battles against IS in the desert west of Palmyra, in the eastern parts of the provinces of Homs and Hama," he told AFP.
But recapturing Palmyra would still be an important regime victory.
"Symbolically it would be huge, since it would enable the regime to portray itself as the protector of Palmyra's antique ruins, even if this comes at the price of turning the modern, inhabited part of the city into rubble," Pierret said.
Should the Syrian army retake Palmyra, that would also "help pro- (President Bashar ) Assad lobbying in the West, which in the medium/long-term could be a game changer," he said.
Since Islamic State captured Palmyra, the city has become practically deserted after most civilians took flight.
Images recently distributed by the Observatory purported to show residential areas of the city in ruins after months of airstrikes.
"The regime has adopted a scorched earth policy, and is trying to advance on several sides of the city," said the Palmyra News Network, which is run by local activists.
Some families that had remained were now fleeing toward the Jordan border, fearing for their lives, the group said.
Global concern for Palmyra's magnificent ancient ruins spiked in September 2015, when satellite images confirmed that Islamic State had demolished the famed Temple of Bel as part of its campaign to destroy pre-Islamic monuments it considers idolatrous.
The jihadis have waged a sustained campaign of destruction against heritage sites in areas it controls in Syria and Iraq, and in mid-August last year beheaded the city's 82-year-old former antiquities chief.


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pressure drop: radiator or porous jump
I'm modeling lots of small channels connected at the ends by common volumes. For my purposes I don't need the behavior in the individual channels, just the overall flow area. So I combined them into one pipe with the correct flow area. But i want to account for the pressure drop that the fluid would experience through the little channels. How would I do this?
So far I've split my pipe into axial section and I plan on applying either a porous jump or radiator boundary condition at the interfaces of these axial sections. Are there any tips on what values i would use for the coefficients? If I've found that the pressure drop reduces by a factor of 4 for the big pipe, how could I use that for the coefficients?
Or could I use the radiator boundary condition, and for the heat transfer inputs just insert "0" in all the inputs? would that work, because the pressure part seems easier since it is just a factor?
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Red Light Saints are Back from their Cuba Tour 2011 and it couldn't have gone any better. It was incredible !!! We did everything we set out to do and all kinds of things we never expected. Our time in Cuba was filled with the most amazing experiences, crazy shows, good friends, non-stop hustling, powerful moments, great musicians, new fans, laughs, broken guitars….and Bucaneros!!!
We have a load of media to go through, and we can't wait to share it with all our fans and friends…as a start here is a quick little "photo tour" of our time in Cuba…Red Light Saints…Pinga!!!!
Rockin Cuerda Viva Fest!!!
RLS at Egrem Studios after recording a roots version Of "Father and Son". This is the biggest studio in Cuba with an awesome collection of vintage gear.
Viva Cuba!!!…The National Hotel at Malecon.
Early Morning Interview at Radio Taino…"Speak in short sentences"!!!
Red Light Saints in Cathedral Square in Old Havana.
Tearin' in Up at Maxim Rock…Johnny's sick as a dog, but soldiers on.
Big Chad and Lil' Dan
Humbe Doing some Busking in Old Havana
RLS played for the kids at The Oncology Hospital.
This was a very memorable and meaningful moment for the band.
Heading of to a gig
Kids Rush the Stage at Cuerda Viva…For a moment, we thought they were gonnna rip us to shreds! One of the wildest shows we ever played…stuff got broke!!!
Traditional Cuban Lunch with a Local Family…The Yucca, Rice and Beans and Grilled Pork…Best eats we had the whole trip, hands down. Thanks Igor (y familia:)!!!
Doing a workshop with Cuban Musicians at the Maxim Rock. Ended up being a great big cross cultural jam…No Translation Necessary!
Radio Interview with Juanito Camacho at Radio Ciudad Habana. This guy was awesome. A month earlier, he was interviewing Jimmy Page…
Jammin with the locals at Malecon by the seaside…someone has had too many Bucaneros!!!
Outside the Cuerda Viva Venue.
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Another one bites the Dust…This Love/Hate relationship with Guitars is getting to be an expensive Habit…We had only been in Cuba 4 days!!!
Red Light Saints walking the alleys of Old Havana.
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I cannot begin to fully express my disdain for insects. All of them, really. And this time of year I'm especially despising mosquitoes; I mean a real hate for those bloodsuckers. I really try to steer clear of DEET even though it's what everyone uses when it's time for cook-outs, bonfires or camping. Just the other evening we were at a friend's house for a "grill out" and they were joking that when they spray DEET bug spray on their face that their lips go numb for a few minutes before they regain feeling in them. What?!? This is just normal? And you know what, I kinda don't blame them because when mosquitos are attacking your body and stinging your face at dusk when it seems the attacks are most intense, sometimes you stop caring and just want it to stop. I think it's a good idea to find an alternative because I don't think regular bug spray is at all good for me or healthy and I think it's much better to use natural ingredients to ward them off.
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Goal: Thank Supreme Court officials for ruling in favor of a consumer's right to resell purchased materials, even if those materials were purchased outside of the U.S.
Recently, the United States Supreme Court decided to rule in favor of first sale doctrine rights, specifically the right to resell goods and materials purchased outside of the country. The decision was made as a response to the Kirtsaeng vs. Wiley case in which textbook publisher Wiley claimed that the first sale doctrine only applies to goods manufactured within the U.S. and that the defendant, Supap Kirtsaeng, was infringing on their copyright by purchasing textbooks manufactured in his native Thailand and then reselling them for a profit in the U.S.
The Supreme Court rejected Wiley's notion, stating that a purchaser's right to resell, lend, or even give away goods that they've purchased is not restricted within the confines of the region where they purchased them. The only condition that applies to the resale of printed materials is whether or not the publisher authorized the copy's manufacturing in the first place (in this case Wiley had authorized it).
Supreme Court officials released a statement saying that their decision was based off the recognition that copyright laws are supposed to serve the public interest, not the other way around: "A copyright law that can work in practice only if unenforced is not a sound copyright law. It is a law that would create uncertainty, would bring about selective enforcement, and, if widely unenforced, would breed disrespect for copyright law itself."
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This hotel is not in my priority list, but since my mother prefer a hotel closer to her favourite hangout, I decided to give it another shot for one night on 31 August.
Surprisingly, for our visit this time, the service has improved. Kudos to the staffs, especially the guy who won the August Employee of the Month. Now, this is the kind of little things that would make us return to the hotel.
However, we had a nightmare for breakfast the next day (1 September). The food in the buffet line depleted even faster than one can say 'kia-su'. Well, there's a certain association who celebrated their 40th anniversary in this hotel, and I can conclude that they milked out every single cent the spend on the hotel successfully during the breakfast (I think they forgot other people paid for their food, too). Their table manners and good attitudes was nowhere to be fund, and they put Sylvia Fine and other world class gourmand to shame with their multiple serving mountainous heap of food on their plates. Worst, some hogged the buffet table (yes, they ate in the buffet line) for easy access for extra food. If I were to belong to this kind of people, I would rather die than to live in embarrassment.
Having said that, I think the staff should take a proactive measure during this kind of situation. The breakfast itself was decent, but other guests made our morning a horrifying experience.
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Jenna's cell phone rang. She recognized the familiar number. Her boss was calling from the church office … again. From the first day in her new children's ministry role she struggled to protect these Friday afternoons—a time needed for final weekend preparations. Yet all too frequently, the associate pastor found ways to track her down for "emergency" assignments.
Jenna thought, "No! I don't want to do childcare for the women's ministry tomorrow morning. No! I can't pull the kids together to sing in the worship service because little Emma's grandparents will be visiting. No! Your failure to plan isn't my emergency. This isn't fair to me, my team, or the mission of our church or children's ministry. We're about making disciples, not running a babysitting service or kids' theater group. Don't you get it? Am I the only one in children's ministry facing these issues?"
With good reason, Jenna feared answering her phone. She knew it would result in yet another last minute "ask" that would ultimately fall on the shoulders of her and her team. Jenna could sense a subtle shift away from what mattered most under her leadership—reaching kids to become lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ. She was frustrated even before she answered Jeff's call.
Children's ministry leaders face many hurdles in a given day or week, but there's nothing more challenging than interpersonal dynamics and mission drift. When others get in the way and derail a God-honoring vision, it's painful to a leader's heart. In a spirit of truth and grace, leaders need to have the guts to say "No!" as a leader. You also need the guts to say "Let's go!" when the people you lead require a push.
Jenna's situation is a familiar one. "Growing in guts" is learning to stand firm as a leader, a discipline that rarely develops naturally. Had Jenna been able to stand firm, she could have said "No!" with a clear conscience regardless of Jeff's request. Most importantly, she needed to keep her children's ministry mission on track.
Rather than fumble through a similar situation, you can take bold action steps that will help you and your team. God is clear in His Word that the best way for leaders to proceed is in step with Him. Joshua 1:9 says, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." This is foundational to having the guts to say "No!" and "Let's go!" but it will take effort to improve in effectiveness.
If you want to stand firm in your ability to respond to people and problems, and lead with integrity of heart, start by strengthening your CORE as a ministry leader.
Imagine if leaders like Jenna were spring boarding from a solid foundation (CORE) at any given moment. Imagine if their "No!" and "Let's go!" flowed naturally out of their center. CORE is an acronym that can help any leader identify and stay true to what is most important. If you and your leadership team strengthen your CORE (personally and as a ministry), you'll be able to lead with renewed energy, focus, and impact.
Why do you faithfully serve as a leader in children's ministry?
What we believe impacts how we behave. You decided to step into the leadership ranks of children's ministry because God placed some deep convictions in your heart. What were those reasons? Did you make a decision to trust Christ for salvation as a child? Were you invited to serve as a children's ministry leader as a teenager? Was there someone influential who inspired or challenged you to pursue ministry? Maybe you shared the Gospel and saw a child change from the inside out.
Write down five reasons why you chose children's ministry. Put them in a place you'll often revisit. Include Scripture passages about evangelism, discipleship, family ministry, or the importance of children in God's eyes. When you can draw upon your deepest convictions in tough situations, it will empower you to say "No!" or "Let's go!" as a leader. Doing this exercise as a ministry team is also a fantastic way to align your combined efforts for effectiveness.
What will be the Christ-honoring results of what we're doing in the lives of kids, their families, the church, and the world?
Children's ministries come in all varieties. Some are strong in worship and teaching, others on serving and missions, and still others center on fun and games with a splash of Scripture tossed in. What are the primary objectives of your ministry? Does this align with the vision of your church? Programs and curricula can help you achieve your goals, but there are no silver bullets. Discipleship is relational, not plug and play. Evangelism is lived out and proclaimed, not tied to fancy facilities. Take time to assess what it means to know, love, and serve Christ for a lifetime. Do whatever it takes to help your God-guided vision become reality.
When you stand firm on sound objectives, you'll be able to better discern when to say "No!" or "Let's go!" when (not if) conflicting or complementary opportunities present themselves.
Who/what are you uniquely called, gifted, and equipped to oversee?
Are you energized by the children's ministry you do? Do you thrive on the responsibilities you're handed, or do you want to turn tail and run? If you're being asked to do things that you aren't equipped to do, you have a short-term problem with no long-term solution. You need to have a conversation with the people who help make ministry happen so that your leadership becomes healthy and sustainable.
Have you inherited responsibilities that need to be removed? Or, have you started taking on tasks that anyone—not just you—can do. Delete some things and delegate others. If you're a teacher, teach. If you're a leader, lead. If you're gifted to do both, bonus!
As for the uniqueness of your ministry, consider what's being asked and if it's in line with what's most needed. Just because you have a nursery wing, doesn't mean you need to run childcare seven days a week. On the other hand, God might ask you to do so in order to reach out to non-Christian parents in a distinct way. Having clear responsibilities will ensure you can speak up to say "No!" or "Let's go!" at just the right time.
What are you measuring to determine effectiveness in making disciples?
Whatever gets measured gets done. Jesus told His followers to make disciples, not count how many they made. On the other hand, the Apostles definitely measured how many newly baptized believers were present in Acts 2. Numbers aren't everything, but they are something. When you decide an initiative matters, find a way to measure success. Making a plan and then discovering no one implemented it is discouraging. Once you've established your leadership convictions, objectives, and responsibilities in children's ministry, it's time to start evaluating progress.
Taking steps to evaluate isn't easy, but it's as simple as 1-2-3.
- Assess on your own, with your team, and with the church leadership how well
things are going.
- Address the challenges and celebrate the wins.
- Apply steps to change the trajectory as needed.
This analysis process is important so everyone's on the same page. (By the way, I didn't create Assess-Address-Apply, but trust me … it works!)
If you really believe evangelism and lifelong discipleship is important, find a way to measure effectiveness. If you really believe family ministry matters, establish methods to discover if and how parents and kids are being impacted. Evaluation is essential. When it becomes part of your "guts," you can more easily determine when to say "No!" and "Let's go!"
Remember Jenna? She answered the phone and talked to Pastor Jeff. She hesitantly said "no," and to her surprise he was okay with that. That made her a little stronger in saying "No!" or "Let's go!" the next time.
Dan Lovaglia is the Director of New Ministries and Parent Engagement at Awana. He is the co-author of The Gospel Truth About Children's Ministry and Relational Children's Ministry. The team he leads is finding fresh ways to equip kids, families, and ministry leaders to know, love, and serve Christ. Twitter and Instagram: @DanLovaglia


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Lighter, quicker, minivanier.
Nor were we enamored of the brake pedal's feel, as the first third of its travel produces little braking action. The Pilot stops from 70 mph in a respectable 180 feet but suffers from brake fade during repeated stops. The ride quality, though, is quite good, as the Pilot ditched the trailing arms in its multilink rear suspension and also gains Honda's two-stage dampers. Much more so than its predecessor, the overwhelming feeling from behind the wheel is that you're driving a minivan—a plush, comfortable minivan, but a minivan all the same.
That impression comes not just from the dynamics but also the packaging. The cabin feels much wider than before, as the larger, more steeply raked windshield is farther away and the hood is short. There's even one of those convex, bus-driver mirrors overhead, so you can see what the kids are up to in back. The towering center armrest has been ditched in favor of minivan-style flip-down supports attached to each seat, which opens up elbowroom. In the resultant space sits a low console with a rolltop-style lid, which, Honda points out, makes a great perch for a purse or a fast-food bag (those folks know their market).
Whereas the old Pilot's dashboard was a clifflike hunk of industrial-grade plastic, the new one is slimmer and more attractive. Padded surfaces abound inside. Unfortunately, the new Pilot also sees the installation of Honda's ergonomically awful touch-screen infotainment interface that banishes all physical buttons and knobs. It lacks tactile feel and thus requires both eyes and fingers to operate.
This flies in the face of that perennial parental obsession, safety, though the new Pilot is now onboard with the latest collision-avoidance technology, some of it reserved for the upper trim levels. Adaptive cruise control, lane-departure warning, forward-collision warning with automatic braking, lane-keeping assist, blind-spot warning: You name it, it's got it. Well, almost. All that's missing is the built-in cargo-area vacuum that Honda introduced on the Odyssey.
Only the Elite comes with individual second-row buckets, which were unavailable before. Some parents consider them essential to both hassle-free access to the third row and the avoidance of back-seat warfare, although they drop the seating capacity to seven (six, really, given that three-across in the third row is pretty optimistic). To also reduce work while getting to the standard third row, EX-L and higher trims have the easy one-touch buttons that scoot the second-row seats forward. The space back there is not bad, but the cushion is very low and flat. With all the seats in place, luggage capacity is better than most, with room for a quartet of standard-size roller bags standing up behind the rear-most seatback.
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Amateur snake breeder Richard Sutton had recovered only two of the non-venomous pythons by late Monday afternoon, the Border Mail reported.
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His collection of rare snakes include black-headed pythons, north-western albino carpet snakes and water pythons, with some of the creatures measuring four metres in length.
Mr Sutton, his partner and two daughters were not in their Culcairn home at the time of the fire and the cause is still being investigated.
The blaze started in the kitchen and spread to the roof, with 70 per cent of the brick four-bedroom house in Kirndeen Street sustaining water damage.
"We were at my mother's house, which is nearby, when we saw smoke," Mr Sutton said.
"We went to investigate and discovered it was our house.
"I pushed the screen off a window and let the snakes out. I have incubators with many eggs ready to hatch," he explained.
"There would have been close to 80 snakes, but most of the eggs would not have survived."
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Chapter 7: "Ms. Sonata"
The next day a new teacher came and was in training to teach "Major Writing Class", in which you use your best skills to make new poems and stories.
{School of Ron, Room 789, Major Writing Class, 10:00AM}
"Hello students, I would like you all to meet your new teacher, Ms. Sonata." Said Galbon.
"Hi." Said the class.
Lily, Incanter and Selite were in that class and they remembered the last name of Sonata, but they didn't think it was Satia.
"So Students, I hope your all ready for this, you will have to try very hard and learn a lot to pass this class." Said Ms. Sonata.
They did there work and were coming up with a poem Ms. Sonata assigned.
"Students, this assignment is due in 2 days, please make sure it is ready by then." Said Ms. Sonata, seriously.
The bell rang and they left the class.
{School of Ron, 4:30PM, Wolff's Room}
"No what a day, this new teacher Ms. Sonata is a pain." Said Incanter.
Wolff, was confused.
"What?, Ms. Sonata?" Asked Wolff.
"Yes, Ms. Sonata was the teachers name." Said Lily.
"She looks very strict, actually." Commented Selite.
Wolff wondered could that in fact have been Satia, but then again she wouldn't like teaching.
{School of Ron, Room 789, Major Writing Class, 5:30PM}
Its was Wolff's and Wilhelm's turn to meet this teacher now.
"I wonder how is this teacher like?" Asked Wolff to Wilhelm.
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They entered the class, Wolff looked at the teacher, he was completely impacted, it was none other then Satia his sister.
"Ahh, Wolff I guess I will be having you as a student in my class then." Said Satia.
"So this, is your sister Wolff?" Asked Wilhelm.
"Yes, she is." Replied Wolff.
"But anyways, class will begin please take your seats." Said Satia.
"SATIA!" Said Wolff, he almost never calls his sister by her name.
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Has anyone run into a problem with the task winlogon.exe consuming lots of processor? On one of our systems it is using all of one core, which shows in Task Manager as 50% of the entire system.
I've tried searching the Internet and I find quite a few people with the same problem but no solutions that work. I've run the usual malware scans and run a program called "Malware Bytes Anti-Malware' that had worked for others.
Any ideas on an approach?
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What results did you get from Malware Anti-Bytes?
I have seen this process being eaten up by Malware in the past. There are additional tools such as Spybot Search and Destroy, HiJackThis, etc that will remove whatever it is that is causing that process to eat up resources.
Dec 22, 2008 at 9:02 UTC
This is more of an alerts/threat watch/announcements board, but if you run sysinternals process explorer you can probably determine if the process is spawning/running malware. Then work from there. See attached.
You can also try running a couple online scanners:
Microsoft Windows Live One Care: http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm
Trend Micro Housecall: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
McAfee FreeScan: http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/
Kaspersky Online Scanner: http://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/kws/kavwebscan.html
You can also run and post a hijack this scan log.
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There. Now that we've got that settled, I think it's time to say a few words. Today I had badminton in gym, which was horrid. Trust me, badminton isn't as easy as it looks. The weather is dreadful. Its cloudy and windy with a hint of precipertation. It feels like Ireland weather here, pretty much. Well, I'm out of ideas, so thats all for today. Peace~
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----- Original Message ----- From: "DIGLLOYD INC" <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: "Tomcat Users List" <email@example.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 7:01 AM Subject: tomcat won't download large files -- out of memory error >I have some large zip files I want to make available for download. When I >try to download a 70MB file, tomcat is trying to cache these huge files >(it seems). The result is that downloading them always fails. I *want* >caching for most everything eg jpegs, html, etc and I've set tomcat to use >up to 1.5GB of memory. > > Is there a way to limit the size of the file that will be cached? It's > regrettable that failure to cache a file can't gracefully degrade into > just not caching it. > > > Sep 25, 2008 9:50:17 PM org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter > service > SEVERE: An exception or error occurred in the container during the > request processing > java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space > at org .apache > .naming.resources.ProxyDirContext.cacheLoad(ProxyDirContext.java:1571) > at org .apache > .naming.resources.ProxyDirContext.cacheLookup(ProxyDirContext.java:1449) > at org > .apache.naming.resources.ProxyDirContext.lookup(ProxyDirContext.java: 283) > at org > .apache.tomcat.util.http.mapper.Mapper.internalMapWrapper(Mapper.java: > 782) > at org.apache.tomcat.util.http.mapper.Mapper.internalMap(Mapper.java: 626) > at org.apache.tomcat.util.http.mapper.Mapper.map(Mapper.java:516) > at org .apache > .catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.postParseRequest(CoyoteAdapter.java: > 444) > at > org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java: > 284) > at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java: > 844) > at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol > $Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583) > at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java: > 447) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613) > > > Lloyd Chambers > http://diglloyd.com > > [Mac OS X 10.5.2 Intel, Tomcat 6.0.16] Lloyd... dont know, its definitely running out of mem, but I'm not sure its because of a 70 meg file... The default static cache size is 10 megs, so its doubtful that TC is caching that file... We run video content on the Lan and some of that stuff is 700 megs on standard settings... out of the box settings. We are still running TC 5.5.25 in production... I dont know the MAC, but its possible that its just not setting enough memory... I guess the MAC has its own TC and its own JRE... so I have no idea how you monitor stuff, or what the defaults are. If it does have the later Sun JRE VisualVM tool... thats a nice way to watch what your TC is doing. Is it been served by tomcats default servlet or from a custom servlet... if the later the coder may infact be sticking it all on the heap, very likely it will break then. The default servlet in TC is smarter than that... I dont think a 70 meg file should pose any problems served as a static file... I would try another TC version just to make sure... and I would ask email@example.com as well if you dont come right here. I think you may be seeing a symptom of another problem... ie something else is consumed all the memory, and the file down load is the straw that broke the camels back. Maybe another test case is in order where you make a little webapp with nothing else but the static file in it... if that works, then something else in that webapp ate your memory... Good Luck... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HARBOR : http://www.kewlstuff.co.za/index.htm The most powerful application server on earth. The only real POJO Application Server. See it in Action : http://www.kewlstuff.co.za/cd_tut_swf/whatisejb1.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Discussion in 'PPV's & Specials' started by Crayo, May 28, 2012.
Yes or no?
The preshows are good, gives talent that normally wouldn't be on the card to sort of be on it.
It's cool, one extra match for the hell of it. Doesn't interfere in the PPV, so I like it.
This is my opinion too.
In fact, I look forward to seeing the pre-show botches that occur.
I don't remember any, examples?
When Ryder kicked Kane and almost broke his freakin neck.
I don't watch them, so I guess the answer would be No.
I'll give you that, but I think Crayo was referring to some sort of pre-show specific botch (maybe sound problems during backstage segments, I don't know). Ryder breaking Kane's neck could happen in any show.
No not those type of pre-shows.
You hear announcers rehearsing. I remember Cole practising his lines whilst the screen was black but it was airing. Striker was making jokes with Josh Matthews too once before thinking they were off-air. It's awesome.
I see, those types of botches. I love them too.
I'm personally a fan of the pre-show's, it get's me boosted up for the actual paperview.
Pre shows happen anyway so putting them on youtube is a bonus
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Chennai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) wants larger banks to come out with customer-friendly interest rate policies following the deregulation of savings bank rate like their smaller counterparts in the private sector, reports PTI.
RBI Governor D Subbarao said, since the deregulation of the rate last year seven relatively small private banks have raised it (deposit rates) and expectedly improved their share of this market segment.
"The big banks have yet to respond to this...Reserve Bank looks forward to more active play in the saving bank segment with banks coming out with some customer friendly innovations especially aimed at attracting low income households, presently outside the banking sector," he said.
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However, Subbarao said belying earlier apprehensions, the adjustment to the deregulation has been fairly smooth.
He said it is expected that whenever big banks respond to the deregulated regime, "...the adjustment will be smooth".
While deregulating the rate in the segment, RBI mandated the banks to provide a uniform rate for accounts upto Rs1 lakh while enjoying flexibility in the rates and charges for accounts over Rs1 lakh.
This was done to protect small customers whose knowledge levels and bargaining power are low, Subbarao said.
British MPs voted unanimously last night to ban IM, placing it on the list of 47 organisations that have been banned from functioning in the UK
London: The UK has banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), citing the 'indiscriminate mass casualty attacks' carried out by the Lashkar-e-Toiba-linked terror group in India and the threat it posed to British nationals there, reports PTI.
British members of parliament (MPs) voted unanimously last night to ban IM, placing it on the list of 47 organisations that have been banned from functioning in the UK.
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Senior Labour leader Keith Vaz said his constituency (Leicester East) had the highest number of Indian origin people in the country, and added that he was not aware of IM functioning in the United Kingdom.
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Volkswagen had bought 49.9% stake in Porsche in late 2009 as part of the merger plan.
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As the end of the tax year approaches, financial institutions are offering tempting interest rates on their Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs).
However, customers in receipt of high rates are often required also to invest in other products.
ISAs are a tax-free scheme designed by the government to encourage people to save money.
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Trying, and struggling, to believe I'm doing what's best for my babies(43 Posts)
Hi everyone! o/ First post on here though I've lurked on and off for a while.
sooo, background.. I'll probably ramble on for too long so sorry in advance.. if anything just writing it all down might help give me some clarity and stop annoying my parents/friends with my waffling, but if anyone can manage a reply too, that would be great
I'm Daddy to two wonderful little angels. Son's 4 and daughter's 3. Their Mum walked out on me more than a year and a half ago and we've mostly worked things out since. A close friend drowned and I got pretty depressed for a while after, so she helped by leaving. (...)
Initially she moved to a place not far away - walking distance. Schedule of child care was vague and often changing (on her end usually) but was mostly 50/50ish and I didn't have to fight with her to get that. She "was leaving you, but not taking the kids away from you".
Six months later, after suggesting that she might move a bit further away, she did. She doesn't drive and moved to a place half an hour's drive away with Mr. New Guy, who she'd been seeing since 10 days after we split up. He worked up there so they'd been "struggling"? for him to get back from work late and such. No mention of how it would affect the kids or their nursery places, me being able to help when she did need it.. If it was a problem anyway, tough, because she'd already rented a place.
We changed to an entire week with both kids for each parent, as a trial. An idea suggested by me as I certainly wasn't too keen to just "pop up" every time she decided she wanted to change today's plans for some reason, nor have to do 2/3 trips up and back each week. She agreed to try it and we've done the same ever since (not that she's happy about it).. more than a year now as I've refused to cave in to her idea: that children should be with their Mother from Monday to Friday "because I'm their Mother".
She still worked in my town and the kids were attending a great nursery here too. Eventually she gave up trying to bring the kids down to my local nursery (and her job down here), and nursery had to tell me they couldn't have the kids any more as they just couldn't have kids one week then not the next.
I found a new nursery, even better than the last, just a bit out of town but not all that far. They're in the grounds of a great primary school too - ideal for the boy to start there this September. She's never been there, doesn't ask how they're getting on, hasn't been to parents' evening or asked to see reports or anything.
For two whole months they also went to a second nursery with their Mum, on her week, in her town. A place that I thought was crap personally and chosen for her convenience but hey, it's her week, "I can do what I like with them when I have them". (which included not telling me she's gone to the other side of the country to see her Mum for a week, but I apparently DO need to tell her if I want to take them abroad [technically correct, yes but it would at least be nice to tell me they're 350 miles away]) Soon she again gave up work and stopped sending them to second nursery, so on her week I feel they've been missing out on the social interaction with other kids, plus have a completely different schedule to a week at my place.
A few months after deciding to quit work and be a SAHM (her bf doesn't make nearly enough for that), she's now back at work and the kids are shuffled around whoever can look after them while she works. Her bf, his mum, a friend of her's.. whoever's willing, it seems. No mention of them going back to nursery.
She instigated mediation between us to try to end up with the kids M-F but now the tables have turned and if I don't change anything, I'll be the one ending up with them M-F.
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Soo, why am I even writing this post/essay?
Schools, maybe, I think. lol
I get Child Benefit for the boy and she gets it for the girl. So essentially, I'm the one choosing or with more clout to choose whichever school I want our son to go to in September. Back in January I filled in the form and put down the school right next to the nursery they are currently at when with me. Come April, I got what I wanted and he has a place at the school, yay.
How we would carry on doing a week each, I wasn't sure, but obviously using public transport to cover a half hour drive turns it into a 2.5 hour trip to and from school, twice a day, for her and of course for the kids to endure as well. Maybe that would have been enough to make her move back to my town and we'd all be closer again. However, she's "not moving back to [mytown] because it's [mytown]" Lol. So, in mediation I'd even offered to do approx 500 miles a week driving up to hers, picking them up, bringing them to school then taking them home again after. For her. Because she moved away and can't very easily travel. Ridiculous, yes, but this was my way of keeping what I wanted - for us each to keep the kids a week each and for him to go to a good school which he's already expecting to go to.
I don't feel it fair on the kids or one parent to only have them for 2/3 nights a week at the weekend. I don't want to only have them m-f myself and don't want her to either. A whole week. It works. Serious/normal "work"/school week plus the fun weekends together too. Balanced, fair for all; suits me fine. Kids aren't missing out on being with either of us. I'm a real Dad, I have my angels 7 days and nights and do everything for them; they love and depend on me and it's frankly the best thing in the world. I'd be crushed if I ended up seeing them for just two or three nights in a week or even one weekend out of two, yikes. Don't get how some Dads out there don't bust a gut to ensure they get greater access to their kids but hey, different story.
Where I have so far done everything I've been able to do for the children, my infinite capacity to screw everything up has left me without a driving license for three years. Stupid, yes. Happened, yes. So where have we gone from here? Well, it's become quite clear that her move a year ago has been sustained by the fact that I could drive and now that I can't, we're all screwed. My fault or hers for moving away when she couldn't drive?
As their Mum's intent on not moving back to where the kids were born and always lived until she moved away, causing a nursery change, leading to me applying to the school he currently still has a place at, I guess I'll have to move and change everything to suit her. Makes everything easier for her, for the kids.. not exactly for me but if I have to move to a crappier town, I'll have to. We'll lose out on having my parents a mile away from me who are always offering dinner and any other help they can. But then "grandparents shouldn't play such a big role in the kids' lives". Facepalm.
So I applied asap to change schools to [hertown]. 1st June rolls up and .. ah. Too late, the three schools are full, have waiting lists and were filled even in the first round of allocations. He's still got his place for now at the school that I can get to but Mummy can't.
Just yesterday I managed to get a call back from the admissions board to let me know exactly how many places are currently available in which schools in the area. (both my area and hers, or at least close to hers but a bit further than the three we applied for in her town).
So for the third time I'm back to looking at schools, comparing results, trying to find what's best as yes, unfortunately, it seems we're going to have to move them from where they are at nursery now to a different school for him and new nursery for her. And a new house for me, if I can even find a suitable one to move to in that dump of a town.
Either I move and we change schools/nursery, or she can move closer to where he already is meant to be going, or I'm going to have to have the children for mon-fri and her at weekends.
Of the schools that I now know have places, the closest ones to her have been ruled out by her because, like my town, "they're not going to school there because it's [townname]" Someone please tell me that this is daft and which town it is is irrelevant; it's more a question of which school will give them the best education and start in their school lives.
While I've looked at every school in the entire county pretty much, three times over, she's done nothing at all as is evidenced by her total lack of comparative knowledge on the schools. Sure, I get his Child Benefit so my decision is "more important" than hers, but some input from her throughout the process sure would have been more helpful. Or rather, useful input would have been useful, instead of just "they should be with me anyway as I'm their Mum" or "not going to a school in [townname]".
Since starting to write this last night, having a sleep and carrying on, she's actually just this morning said to put down two schools that are in the town next to her that she previously refused to consider, which I guess would then be fine, she's also pushing the idea of home schooling and keeping him on a waiting list at a school closer to her. Trying, desperately to get her way and end up with the kids at school right on her doorstep and I'll just have to move close to her and deal with it. We're only talking like 3/4 miles away; one stop on the train or 20 mins on the bus.. hardly impossible. That's as far as I go now to take them to nursery anyway.
As the kids have already been to nursery for about two years, I'd think they can cope with changing to a different school - they've both managed fine when we changed nurseries and are shining more than ever where they are. Not that I'm against home schooling really, I just think being in an actual school, with other kids would be so much better for them. I know that I don't know everything myself and given that they could go to a multitude of schools really, I don't see the point in doing it at home. How would she/I work? How many friends would the kids have? What about the level of teaching itself...
I better draw this
post book to a close, partly because it's so long but also because there's not actually a point to it really. I'm not even asking a question I guess. Just a single 50/50 Dad having a bit of a rant, who's getting too tired of battling ideas that always seem based around what's best/easiest for their Mum, where I'm always prepared to do whatever's best for the children. It shows in how the kids are with me that I'm doing my job as a Dad more than well enough, I've just had enough of being made to feel so shit for everything I do or don't do. Always being threatened that she'll take our daughter away to her Mum's and such.. like huh? You think that's really a good idea, to separate them and move 350 miles away? REALLY?!
Thanks for reading and any snippets of help or wisdom anyone can give would certainly be appreciated, if anyone's gotten this far. I need a coffee now...
From what you have said, it seems to make sense that you have them m-f and she has them weekends. In fact I can't see any other solution (at least in the short term).
I can see your point about being the "boring work week" parent, but I can tell you from someone who is the m-f parent, that you will be the main parent in that scenario. You will be the one who lives the every day with them and that's what counts really. You will probably find as they get older that they have parties and play dates with their school friends (in your town) and that might mean more contact too.
Did you get her permission to take them away for 5 weeks? Why are you implying that she wouldn't miss her children for that amount of time? Would you?
I hope you can keep this from going to court. Although it doesn't feel like it to you right now, things aren't that bad. What you need and haven't got is emotional distance. You are still a wreck over this relationship. You need to let go of the irrelevant stuff and disengage from her. It is utterly pointless wasting time over the holiday thing. The law says the other parent needs to be notified if you go out the country that's all. Yes it is common courtesy to let you know where she is but you can't force this.
1. Learn to pick your battles and save your emotional energy. You have another 14 years of this.
2. I am guessing you lost your licence to DiY. But regardless you lost it and the high ground. I think your only choice now is to move near her to minimise disruption for the kids.
3. Start keeping a log. Do Not put anything emotional in there. No she said this or it's not fair or anything judgemental. Just log every call, date and time, you and the mother have, every night the kids are with you, every trip to the doctor, dentist, parents evening, piano recital etc. I cannot stress enough how important that you do this as you go along and that you write, and date, everything. Whenever she accuses you of something or indeed if you make a slip up. BUT keep your own judgements on her actions out of it.
Should this go to court any judge will view a journal in your hand that has clearly been written at the time very seriously. Then will not look at anything that was written in retrospect and they will not consider anything that smacks if he said, she said.
Ha! That was meant to be DUI - driving under the influence. Although attempting to plaster a wall while driving would be dangerous too.
Yes, OP did lose it to DUI - it was very hard to find in the ENORMOUSLY long posts that he made.
I know a woman who is mentally unstable and the dcs dad look after them as main carer and she has them every other weekend. The Dad later moved them 3 hours drive away. The thing she is judged upon is the fact that she has made no attempt to move closer to the dcs. It was possibly wrong of the Dad to move them so far away, but there was absolutely nothing stopping her from moving closer. A parent that truly cared for her children would have done what it took to get closer to them.
Your first post made it sound like an open and shut case - you offer more stability and are the reliable parent.Given that she made the decision to move away, I would have been convinced that you were the best bet.
Your second post mentions the DUI.
Your third post attempts to minimise the DUI and also mentions that you lied about which schools you had applied to. You also fail to understand why 5 weeks away could be a bad thing.
Do you have any more things to tell us before we post replies?
Breathe, I thought the OP's first (very long) post was a bit me, me, me. I realise it was a rant but there's a lot of stuff in it about what the OP wants justified by using the excuse that it's for the children. His subsequent posts sort of back that up in my mind.
Like a PP I'd also be interested in the other side of the story. Sadly I suspect that there are twp children stuck in the middle of a massive point scoring/wall pissing exercise between their two parents. Neither seem to be painting themselves in glory.
I don't agree with a lot of stuff said on the Relationships board, but I think the OP should probably count himself lucky he posted in Primary Ed and not there.
Agreed clay, would have had many rants back from relationships!
You sound like you are muddling the two issues - kids and your relationship with her, it seems you still feel bitter and angry. Maybe try counselling to help that as it clouds judgement...
As for dc they need stability. No idea how a week with each could possibly work for say an 8 yo. By then they will have friends in one town or the other, clubs, beavers..., not fair on them to only go alternate weeks. They either need to go school and socialise at one or the other - maybe yours as grandparents near and she was the one to move.
She can move back again at any time.
Have you looked into transport for dc through the la which the school is in? This could solve your long public transport issue.
I don't think there's any chance that the LA will provide transport. They will almost certainly argue that this should have been settled between the parents before they even applied for school places.
I have to say that your comments about the drink drive do make me a little dubious that we're getting the whole side of the story.
There are 2 ways in which you can finish up with a 3 year ban - one is for this to be the second drink drive conviction within 10 years, and the other is for the reading to have been extremely high (120+ in breath).
There's no way his justification of it not being black and white like speeding and one drink can push you over the limit can be true. If it was he'd have got a fine and 12-16 month ban. Aside from that who tries to justify a drink driving conviction.
I do do 50:50. But level at which you must have been over the limit to get at three year ban ( not just one glass) makes me unable to provide you with advice.
And if it was a reading at that level, I assume you're also on a community order/suspended sentence? If not, you've been extraordinarily lucky!
The 50/50 thing is only ever going to work if you are nearby, so that's one of you two making the compromise for the kids. You'd also need to divvy up school holidays fairly. But this could mean you'd end up following her around the country if she decided to move and visa versa.
Or which I think may be better suited given the school and driving problem, you start m-f (divvying up school holidays so you get fun dad time too). Then in a year or so's time when the dust has settled and your relationship with their mum is separated better from the relationship you have with your kids look at it again if its not working for you
She abandoned her marriage to move in with a new man she met just 10 days after leaving you.
You should be given Mon-Fri custody of the children as this will least upset their routine and education.
The children are already used to living with both parents separately so they wouldn't be disrupted by this.
Would you win this kind of custody arrangement in family court? Unlikely, sadly. But it's worth fighting for. It's clearly the best arrangement for the children.
He doesn't want all weekdays as then not the 'fun' of the weekends. But. I don't think you have a choice. It doesn't matter one jot what the circumstances were. You drank alcohol and you drove. End of. Be a man for your kids. Have them Mon to Fri and move near the mother. This isn't about her or whether it is fair that you have to do this and she doesn't, she left you etc. the only two people who matter are the kids. Focus on them an stop making it about you.
Another thing you mention is that she never asks about how the dcs are doing at nursery.
Actually the nursery should be informing the mother anyway about what's going on. She doesn't need to ask you or discuss it with you. Of course it would be nice if she did, but perhaps she feels it's best not to. You are making massive assumptions and judgements about her.
This is why 50:50 parenting just cannot work with school aged kids unless you live very near to each other and have a good relationship. You have neither. Personally I would be seeking iegal advise about contact, but prepare yourself for eow.
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