text:
Oceanside Tall Ship Festival is today and tomorrow at Oceanside Harbor. Dockside tours are offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Battle sail from 2 to 5 p.m. (866) 446-4959.
Naturalist Rick Paul will lead an occasionally strenuous 4-mile hike at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Daley Ranch in Escondido. Meet at the Cougar Pass trailhead. Free. (760) 839-4680.
The Smothers Brothers will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. tomorrow, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 340 N. Escondido Blvd. Tickets: $37 to $55. (800) 988-4253.
"For the Beauty of the Earth," a program of choral music to celebrate the world, seasons, landscapes and natural wonders, 4 p.m. tomorrow, St. Elizabeth Seton Church, 6628 Santa Isabel St., Carlsbad. Features music by J.S. Bach, Brahms, Randall Thompson and Ron Nelson. Tickets: $10. (760) 634-9809.
Watermedia art work exhibit opens Monday at the Studio of Art and Design, 742 Genevieve St., Solana Beach. A reception will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Jan. 17. The exhibit is on display through Feb. 14. (858) 755-6202.
The PhotoArts Group show "Classic Black" continues through Feb. 7 at Inner Space Gallery, 626 E. Grand Ave., Escondido. It features images with strong composition, texture and tone. (760) 436-3854.
"Expressionism" will be presented by the Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild through Feb. 28. A reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, 6004 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe. (858) 759-3545.
Valley Center History Museum will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth with an exhibit featuring items dating to 1862 when the president signed the Homestead Act, which opened Valley Center to settlers. Historic photos of early settlers, many not previously shown, will be displayed through April at 29200 Cole Grade Road. Admission is free. (760) 749-2993.
Food Addicts Anonymous meets at 11 a.m. Monday, Saint Michael's Church, 2775 Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad. (760) 433-0886.
Contemporary Women of North County, a women's volunteer organization, will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Wood House, 1148 Rock Springs Road, San Marcos.
The Job Club, a group to share job-search tips, job leads and support, meets from 9 to 11:30 a.m. the second and fourth Tuesday each month, 1565 Martingale Court, Carlsbad. (760) 929-9192.
Course in Miracles support group, 10 a.m. Tuesday in Oceanside. Call for location. (760) 433-2778.
"Solving a Bavarian Puzzle" will be the case study presented by Gordon Hoard at the North County San Diego Genealogical Society meeting. He will speak at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Georgina Cole Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad. The computer-oriented group meets at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Carlsbad City Council Chambers, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad. (760) 967-8635.
Alchemy of the Hearth will offer several cooking classes: "The Low Carb Kitchen," 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, $65; "Basic Knife Skills," 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday, $45; "The Gourmet Kitchen Series (three classes), 6 p.m. Wednesday, $115; "Professional Catering Series" (four classes), 6 p.m. Thursday, $95; "Fondue Party," 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, $50; "Kids Who Cook," 10 a.m. Saturday, $45; and "Kitchen Know How," 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Jan. 19, $45. Classes meet in Escondido, Rancho Bernardo and Poway. alchemyofthehearth.com or (760) 745-6553.
Thai line dancing classes are on Tuesday evenings, beginning Tuesday, Brengle Terrace Recreation Center, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista. Cost: $59 for Vista residents, $70 for others. (760) 726-1340, ext. 1149.
Learn to create a pine needle basket attached to a ceramic base, noon to 5 p.m. Jan. 18, Oceanside Museum of Art School of Art, 219 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside. Cost: $55 for museum members, $80 nonmembers, $10 for materials. Registration is required. (760) 721-2787.
Palomar College offers tuition-free tai chi classes from 9:15 to 10:35 a.m. Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 21, RB Swim and Tennis Club, 16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive, Rancho Bernardo. Classes will also be offered from 11:15 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. at the Joslyn Senior Center, 18402 W. Bernardo Drive, Rancho Bernardo. (760) 891-0009.
Seamanship will be offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, 7 p.m. Jan. 27, Escondido Chamber of Commerce, 720 N. Broadway, Escondido. Class will cover rules of the road, legal equipment requirements and boat handling. (760) 740-0937.
"Vive La France," a kids' cooking classes, will feature French dishes, the week of Jan. 19, Captain Cook's Culinary Academy, 6986 El Camino Real, Carlsbad. (760) 431-2278.
San Marcos Community Services will host Just Us Girlz! for girls 11 to 16, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 24, San Marcos Community Center, 3 Civic Center Drive. Girls will receive hair and makeup tips from professionals, learn how to be a better communicator, have a photo shoot, lunch and model in a mini fashion show. Cost: $25 for residents, $30 nonresidents. Deadline for registration is Friday. (760) 744-9000.
OASIS will offer several classes: "Handholding Your Investments," 10:15 a.m. Monday, $6; "Detoxify Your Body," 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, $4; "Your Body Whisperer," 1 p.m. Wednesday, $4; and "Courage to Heal," 10 a.m. Thursday, $5. All classes meet at former Robinsons-May building, Westfield North County mall in Escondido. Registration is required. (760) 432-0635.
Seniors can learn to work with pictures, clip art and photos in Microsoft Word in a class offered from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 4-18, Gloria McClellan Senior Center, 1400 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista. Cost: $30. (760) 726-1340, ext. 1539.
FYI is compiled by Cheryl Walker. Send items at least 14 days before publication to firstname.lastname@example.com or mail to: FYI, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 1152 Armorlite Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069. Items also may be faxed to (619) 260-5099.


text:
Last month, a Harker Heights teacher traveled to Dallas to participate in a one-day workshop focused on teaching civics and American government.
Doris Stevenson, who teaches 12th grade government and economics at Harker Heights High School, attended the workshop, which offered teachers the opportunity to work closely with leading scholars, studying the U.S. Constitution as well as branches of the federal government.
Stevenson has been at the high school since she began teaching in 2003.
"I make both my government and economic classes do weekly current events because I believe that they should know what is going on in our city, state, country and also foreign countries," she said. "I have enjoyed watching the students reinforce or change their minds about politics and the economy."
Region 12 sent Stevenson an email about the humanities workshop, which piqued her interest and made her apply to attend.
Participants attended lectures and presentations in the morning. In the afternoon, they joined faculty in small workshops to examine primary sources and develop effective strategies for classroom instruction.
The workshop was held at the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas and was sponsored by Humanities Texas.
Throughout the year, Humanities Texas partners with the state's leading universities and cultural organizations to hold institutes and workshops supporting teachers' intellectual and professional development. These programs enhance student learning by providing teachers the opportunity to work closely with distinguished humanities scholars and explore topics at the heart of the state's social studies and language arts curricula, according to David Ayala of Humanities Texas.
"All of the speakers and the workshop inspired me, as a teacher, to share with my students the discovery of primary sources," Stevenson said. "By using these primary sources, the students learn to teach themselves instead of the teacher pointing out the facts."

subset: commoncrawl


text: On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Keith Goodman <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > This thread started on the numpy list: > http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2010-November/053958.html > > I think we should narrow the focus of the package by only including > functions that operate on numpy arrays. That would cut out date > utilities, label indexing utilities, and binary operations with > various join methods on the labels. It would leave us with three > categories: faster versions of numpy/scipy nan functions, moving > window statistics, and group functions. > > I suggest we add a fourth category: normalization. > > FASTER NUMPY/SCIPY NAN FUNCTIONS > > This work is already underway: http://github.com/kwgoodman/nanny > > The function signatures for these are easy: we copy numpy, scipy. (I > am tempted to change nanstd from scipy's bias=False to ddof=0.) scipy.stats.nanstd is supposed to switch to ddof, so don't copy inconsistent signatures that are supposed to be depreciated. I would like statistics (scipy.stats and statsmodels) to stick with default axis=0. I would be in favor of axis=None for nan extended versions of numpy functions and axis=0 for stats functions as defaults, but since it will be a standalone package with wider usage, I will be able to keep track of axis=-1. Josef > > I'd like to use a partial sort for nanmedian. Anyone interested in coding that? > > dtype: int32, int64, float 64 for now > ndim: 1, 2, 3 (need some recursive magic for nd > 3; that's an open > project for anyone) > > MOVING WINDOW STATISTICS > > I already have doc strings and unit tests > (https://github.com/kwgoodman/la/blob/master/la/farray/mov.py). And I > have a cython prototype that moves the window backwards so that the > stats can be filled in place. (This assumes we make a copy of the data > at the top of the function: arr = arr.astype(float)) > > Proposed function signature: mov_sum(arr, window, axis=-1), > mov_nansum(arr, window, axis=-1) > > If you don't like mov, then: move? roll? > > I think requesting a minimum number of non-nan elements in a window or > else returning NaN is clever. But I do like the simple signature > above. > > Binary moving window functions: mov_nancorr(arr1, arr2, window, axis=-1), etc. > > Optional: moving window bootstrap estimate of error (std) of the > moving statistic. So, what's the std of each erstimate in the > mov_median output? Too specialized? > > dtype: float64 > ndim: 1, 2, 3, recursive for nd > 0 > > NORMALIZATION > > I already have nd versions of ranking, zscore, quantile, demean, > demedian, etc in larry. We should rename to nanzscore etc. > > ranking and quantile could use some cython love. > > I don't know, should we cut this category? > > GROUP FUNCTIONS > > Input: array, sequence of labels such as a list, axis. > > For an array of shape (n,m), axis=0, and a list of n labels with d > distinct values, group_nanmean would return a (d,m) array. I'd also > like a groupfilter_nanmean which would return a (n,m) array and would > have an additional, optional input: exclude_self=False. > > NAME > > What should we call the package? > > Numa, numerical analysis with numpy arrays > Dana, data analysis with numpy arrays > > import dana as da (da=data analysis) > > ARE YOU CRAZY? > > If you read this far, you are crazy and would be a good fit for this project. > _______________________________________________ > SciPy-User mailing list > email@example.com > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-user >


text:
Written on: 15/12/2013
I ordered and paid for my item, ten days later still not received my item,
I made three phone calls and sent emails to the fragrance shop, I also asked to speak to a manager as the person on the phone was very inexperienced, she would not put me through to a manager, and was just told the same thing, that it was being investigated into. The courier DPD had not received the perfume. I was told I could not have a refund or a new perfume sent to me, in the meantime I am out of pocket by £49.00, and was told it would take 3/5 days. I do not have the time to wait as this was a xmas present, I wish I would of just gone into my town shopping centre. I will never use the Fragrance shop again, appalling customer service. After they take your money, they don't seem bothered in helping you.


text:
Weatherization Training
The Energy and Sustainability Center is committed to providing the highest quality training available for workers in the weatherization industry. We seek to ensure that our training meets the needs and expectations of employers and employees, and that it provides all the skills and certifications necessary to participate in the industry.
BCC is a registered BPI Testing Center, and our Crew Chief Training programs have been authorized by Mass Save to provide their Crew Chief designation.
If there are relevant trainings you seek that are not listed below, please contact us; we have the ability to provide many more trainings than are listed here.
For more information, please fill out the request form here.
More Information
Energy and Sustainability
Noncredit Course Search
Event Calendar
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:45:00 GMT


text: The worst service I have ever received from a retailer. I would never go back to them for any installation services and would recommend the same to anyone else. I had a design consultant at my apartment on April 22nd to set up a blind order, at this time I was told it would be 5-7 weeks for installation. 7 weeks pass and I hear nothing back. It is now July 11 and I still have not been able to resolve this with the store. They've been no help, and have no answers.


text:
Archives of The Midwest Clinic, An International Band and Orchestra Conference
Begun in December 1946, The Midwest Clinic, An International Band and Orchestra Conference (MWIBOC), is a multi-day band and orchestra international music conference held annually in Chicago, IL. The conference not only includes performances of featured ensembles, but also focuses "on bringing music directors into contact with not only the best published music, but also with new and established teaching techniques, and the latest products and services for the music educator." The Midwest Clinic Archives serves as a repository for print and recorded materials associated with the annual conference. The archives include audio and visual recordings in a variety of formats, photographs and scrapbooks, programs and publications, and administrative documents of the organization. Materials from the earliest years of the clinic's history comprise a very small portion of the collection, though the collection does include programs dating to the 1st Annual Clinic in 1947. The earliest recordings are from 1956, and extensive administrative documents begin in the late 1970s. More details about the organization of this collection can be found here.
Important Information for Users of the Collection
The collection is open for research use.
Archives of The Midwest Clinic, An International Band and Orchestra Conference, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/2987
Materials from this collection must be used in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library's Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Special Collections Room, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Contact the curator for an appointment: http://www.lib.umd.edu/scpa/contact
This collection is PROCESSED.A full finding aid is available.


text:
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Occupy protesters shut down an Oakland City Council meeting Wednesday where lawmakers were supposed to hear public comment on plans to consolidate departments and lay off city workers.
The loss of $28 million in state redevelopment money sent city officials scrambling to streamline the budget. That funding supported 159 city jobs. As many as 105 of those workers could find themselves unemployed in February.
"Even some of the unions here tonight, your parent unions agreed to the elimination of redevelopment," said Mayor Jean Quan. But as Quan defended the cuts amid the raucous gathering, the protesters pounced.
KCBS' Holly Quan Reports:
The chanting by dozens of protesters became so loud that Mayor Quan, Councilman Larry Reid and several others got up and left, saying they would resume once things calmed down.
A recess was called, but the mayor did not return once the meeting resumed a half-hour later.
In all, the city sent out 2,500 pink slips after a court upheld Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to divert redevelopment money back into state coffers.
Oakland may be able to keep $7.5 million, an amount the city administrator said would mean just 81 layoffs.
A final decision on the job cuts was expected on Jan. 31.
(Copyright 2012 by CBS San Francisco. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)


text:
The software to find and install the outdated or missing drivers. The software contains a large and modern drivers base from the equipment manufacturers.
The software to upgrade the outdated or damaged driver versions of the system and various applications. Also the software enables to backup the individual drivers.
The package of applications for the effective functioning of the media files and games. The software affects the processing of graphic objects, sound stream and optimization of games.
The software searches and updates the drivers to the recent versions for the various input and output computer components.
The tool for fast and efficient loading of drivers. The software analyzes the information in detail about the device and displays the required drivers.
The software to search and update the stale versions of drivers. Also the software supports the driver updates of the external device.
The convenient tool to update the graphics card drivers from the company NVIDIA. The software allows you to set the optimum settings for the popular games.
A useful tool to download the drivers and update the existing ones. The software includes a module to backup and restore the drivers.
See more software
Operation systems:
- Windows
- Android
- Antiviruses
- Audio converters
- Audio editor
- Chat
- Codecs
- Desktop
- Development
- Discs
- Downloaders
- Drivers
- E-book readers
- Education
- Emulators
- Encryption
- Extensions
- Files
- Files compression
- Games
- Graphics and design
- Internet
- Maps
- Media players
- Network
- Office
- Organizers
- Phone
- Photo
- Remote access
- Screen capture
- Streaming video
- System optimization
- Testing
- Text editors
- Torrent
- Video converters
- Voice communication
- Web browsers
- Webcams
- Youtube
- Others
Top software:
See more software


text:
I'm not taking the test.For the past seven years I've been living in a house where a number of areas are painted white.My wife recently informed me that NONE of these areas is white, that every one is a different pastel shade.After a little thought I decided that if I believe the areas are white that's good enough for me.I don't want to live in a house with pastel shades.It all comes down to attitude, and that's all white with me.
I started wondering: what are the chances that I could find a color close enough to the current one that *I* personally wouldn't see any difference, but others who have better color perception might see clearly the differences and therefore perceive the ceiling and wall as being painted with two different colors of paints.
the lower the score the better.
Didn't u know women perceive colour better than men?
Page created in 0.143 seconds with 71 queries.


text:
Bahrain gears up for Gulf Industry Forum
Manama , October 8, 2011
Following the stunning success of the inaugural Gulf Industry Forum (GIF) in January 2010, top-level government, industry and business leaders will again converge in Bahrain on February 8 for the second Forum in the series.
The forum is being organised by Bahrain-based Hilal Conferences & Exhibitions (HCE) in association with international event consultancy North Star Associates at the Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre.
The event will be held alongside HCE's flagship trade show, Gulf Industry Fair, which runs from February 8 to 10, 2012.
The Forum will feature influential personalities from government, industry and business laying out their visions for the long-term economic prosperity of Bahrain and the Gulf region, under the theme 'The Future is Industry'.
The Forum format will also facilitate a frank and open exchange of information, views and opinions between speakers and all delegates, in an intellectual environment.
Topics to be discussed at the Forum include Powering Industrial Development; Developing SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises); Market Innovation; and Creating Industrial and Manufacturing Businesses.
Confirmed speakers for the high-profile event include Dr Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Bahrain Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Shaikh Daij Al Khalifa, chairman of Bahrain Logistics Zone; Khalid Al Qadeeri, CEO of Foulath Steel and Mahmood Daylami, general secretary, Gulf Aluminium Council (GAC).
The 2012 edition of the forum is being held as GCC governments forge ahead with massive industrial projects and oil prices recover to more realistic levels.
The future of industry in the region is sustainable and exciting, particularly for the manufacturing and services sectors, which are expected to witness outstanding growth opportunities in the next few years, said a senior official.
Commenting on the event, HCE conference director Ahmed Suleiman said, 'The inaugural forum laid the foundations for HCE's vision to develop Bahrain as the 'Davos of the Gulf' by bringing together leading regional and global experts to share their views on industrialisation in an intellectual environment.'
'GIF provides a platform for constructive dialogue and ideas among key decision makers and industrialists in an environment of debate, unfettered by distractions of self-promotion,' he added.-TradeArabia News Service


text:
One of the common Trend Reversal signals is the Shooting Star. Here is a brief explanation:
On Monday, March 26 2012 I noted that one such candle had formed on the Daily chart for FINL (Finish Line Inc) and that it would need confirmation the following day. Here is a current Daily chart of FINL:
As you can see, the price action today is NOT confirming the Shooting Star candle from yesterday. This is a key point to make here: these Trend Reversal patterns do in fact need confirmation from subsequent price action (in this case, the next day's price action).
Source: http://www.vss2000.com/support/iChartPROc.asp


text:
how to disable Shockwave Flash?
Discussion of general topics about Mozilla Firefox
7 posts • Page 1 of 1
I have Shockwave Flash as plugin, how i can disable it?
While I've never messed with this, it looks like you should be able to deselect it in Tools | Options | Downloads | Plug-ins. I think you can permanently remove it by deleting a file from a folder somewhere, but I don't know what or where exactly.
Other possibilities include the FlashBlock extension, or creating an AdBlock filter with something like "*.swf".
you can also find its' dll in the plugin folder, and change the extension to sth else.
cant afford a sig.
Macromedia have an UNINSTALLER which I downloaded "just in case;" I only took Shockwave plugin tonight, in fact! You don't like it? Hmm . . . I may end up uninstalling too. It's a 180k uninstaller exe available from the Macromedia site.
ADDENDUM: Here are the links; first is for Macromedia flash, and the 2nd one for Shockwave:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowl ... 511#remove
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowl ... 15508#10_2
PentiumIII/W2K, Toshiba AMD laptop/Vista. FX 3 on both.
OK. Just used the uninstaller for Shockwave; removed 6.7MB of "stuff," and as I recall that's about how much was "missing" after the install. Removed the application data Folder under "Macromedia;" only "Flashplayer" is left. I don't know about "traces" here and there, but most of it is gone.
So I can attest for the uninstaller. Not wanting anything to do with I.E., I had "browsed" on install to Progams>Mozilla Firefox>PlugIns to install, and the uninstaller still found it.
PentiumIII/W2K, Toshiba AMD laptop/Vista. FX 3 on both.
thanks for your replies
7 posts • Page 1 of 1
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 10 guests


text:
Free tickets at the Browns' bandwagon.
Postgame thoughts and other observations following YSU's 37-35 loss to Indiana State.
Blogging live from the second half of the YSU-Indiana State game in Terre Haute, Ind.
Live blogging from YSU-Indiana State.
Live blogging from the Sept. 24 YSU-Indiana State game.
Live blogging from today's Illinois State-YSU game.
YSU coach Eric Wolford may have been No. 65 in the program, but he was No. 1 in your hearts.
It's conference week.
Live blog from today's Valparaiso-YSU game.
Since getting turned down by the Mid-American Conference in the 1990s, YSU fans have held out hope of one day making the jump. Although it seems unlikely this would happen, you can never say never.
Blogging live from YSU-Michigan State.


text:
'Don't cry for me, oh Malaysia'
Hazlan Zakaria
Feb 3, 11
10 friends can read this story for free
COMMENT Did Rosmah Mansor, wife to our Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak sing "Don't Cry For Me, Malaysia!' when, overnight, the special department said to have been set up to serve herdisappeared from the online listings of the Prime Minister's Office.
In the US government there is a position in the White House called First Lady of The United States - or Flotus for short - that serves as the better half of POTUS - the President of The United States.
While there is such an office dedicated to the woman behind the most powerful man in America, it is merely an adjunct to the office of president and is without any real standing in the government.
The Flotus doesn't execute policies nor dictate diplomatic direction. Unless you discount Jackie O Kennedy and her insistence on deciding on the wardrobe for dignitaries on the day of her husband JF Kennedy's, funeral.
Protocol officers dread the installation of a female US president. The term Fgotus or First Gentleman of The United States and Fhotus or First Husband of The United States have been floated as replacement. But let's leave that to the protocol experts to figure out.
The honour is reserved for the wife of the head of state, in our case it is the Permaisuri Agung, not for the wife of a chief executive of the government, as the term has been abused as improper and in terms of practice.
Considering the US-based firm assisting Najib with 'strategic communications', recent revelations of a FLOM division smacks of a Flotus-style addendum to the Prime Minister's Office.
In truth, even true First Ladies don't have direct access to power, as they are unelected adjuncts to a democratically elected post.
Regardless of personal capabilities or lack there of, Rosmah is not empowered to act in ministerial capacity nor to dictate public policies, government programs or diplomatic direction.
Regulations allow her to represent her spouse only in ceremonial functions.
But Rosmah seems to be flouting all of the above, while public funds continue to pay for her trips abroad, her personal 'Permata' programmes, and her gallivanting 'diplomatic' dos.
Public relations stunt?
This is not the first time the 'first lady' was involved in what smacks of a 'public relations stunt' as one of the 'strategic communications services' being afforded to Najib and Rosmah by a 'certain' consultancy firm famous for serving dictators.
There was that moment when Rosmah (right, with Martha Stewart) found and returned a 'valuable' box to a Saudi prince that she had found on a yacht rented for holiday. We hope neither the yacht nor the public relations stunt was paid for by the rakyat's taxes.
Then there was the sudden 'visit' by Rober de Niro.
That, in turn, followed an award for 'international peace and harmony' by an obscure non-governmental organisation and a 'state visit' arranged for her to the United States.
Nor can we discount the off-colour 'Saya mahu main' joke made at the expense of national badminton shuttler Lee Chong Wei, tastelessly planted by Najib and ministers in his cabinet during an event in Parliament House, no less.
A scripted 'joke' scripted by political consultants to endear a certain personality to the public, perhaps?
One wonders how many tasteless jokes and Cheshire cats can make an aloof leader and his spouse 'closer' to the public.
Such 'personal' services paid for by public funds, however, is just downright improper.
Of course, unless one wanted to be dragged before Parliament's rights and privileges committee and suspended like Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, one must not dispute that any of this, like 1Malaysia, is but the brain child of the PM himself.
Despite Najib's protestation and assertions of the non-existence of dedicated staff and funding for Rosmah in his parliamentary reply to Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong, the FLOM revelations raise more questions.
Is there another YB who should follow Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim into suspension for "misleading the House"?
After all, in the much vaunted traditions of Westminster Parliament, one as wise as the wise and honourable Speaker would know that Standing Order 36(12) was instituted to protect Parliament and the country from ministers who mislead.
If the Parliament and the Speaker were truly independent and the rights and privileges committee was truly concerned about 'who is misleading the House', perhaps it is the leader of the ruling coalition who should be censured.
Backdoor to power
But this is the coalition that deals with the inconvenience of having its ministers democratically elected by anointing them senators, thereby using the back door to allow a politician favoured by Najib who lost the people's mandate to serve the people - or even their masters who elevated them.
This is a clear violation of the requirements for senatorship, positions reserved for those with expertise and wisdom and those with years of service in the country under their belt, not asrewards for political turncoats or 'lifeline' for rejected politicians.
I wonder how many years of actual service to the country a particular former PKR Youth leader amassed to be considered one who has 'served' the nation? Unless one was a sleeper agent for the powers that be all along, 'serving' them all this while?
What if the person picked to represent 'service' to women in Malaysia were a former minister who had been shown the exit by voters in her own constituency? Or are they suggesting that there is a dearth of true women activists in our country?
How can one forget the well-dressed Oxford-educated young man who, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, also married into what was once the Kennedys of Malaysia? Or should I say the family of Pak Lah.
He too 'married' his way into power, though like the 'Terminator' star himself, he is now out of favour with scant hope of us hearing him say "I'll be back".
Considering all the above, maybe one really can come into power - not only vis-a-vis back door senatorships - but via front pew marriages to ministers or, perhaps, the prime minister, instead? Dare I say it... Malaysia Boleh!
Evita, Imelda or Leila?
But back door or not, there are precedents of genuine first ladies who gained political weight and power via marriage. The more benign of such was the one and only Eva Peron, more well known in Argentina as Evita.
Second wife to Argentine President Juan Peron, she was not only the first lady, but rose to be the de-facto head of a government ministry and led foundations that worked to uplift the people.
While claims of abuses abounds, she is still revered as a true heroine of the Argentine people today, which should speak for something. None will argue that Evita was indeed close to the people.
And she used the power she wrested to work for and with them.
Despite her flamboyant fashion taste and expensive 'rainbow tours', she did hold a torch to the people's rights and aspirations.
But when it comes to Rosmah, one has to ask: is she an Evita?
Or does she more closely resemble a certain Imelda Marcos.
Or to use a more recent example, Leila Ben Ali, the spouse of Tunisia's former 'president-for-life'?
Both gained 'power' via marriage much like Evita. but neither were as popular nor people-friendly with their bounty.
Should we cry, 'Oh, Malaysia?
Article courtesy of Malaysiakini: Don't Cry for me Malaysia


text:
Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Summer School?
Our Summer Schools offer a chance to study a subject in-depth and experience university life. You will stay on campus, meet current students and take part in hands-on activities led by current academics. Attending a Summer School will help to enhance the personal statement part of your UCAS application.
How much will it cost?
£175 which covers all activities, meals, refreshments and accommodation.
Free places and support with travel costs are available to all those who live in a household with an income of less than £25,000 or who are in care. See our Enrichment events FAQs page for more details.
If you have any questions or concerns about cost, please contact us.
How do I apply?
You can apply online now. Before applying, please read the Summer Schools 2017 Application Guide. The guide includes what information you will need to have on-hand to apply.
The deadline for applications will be 1 May 2017. Places will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis subject to meeting the predicted grade requirements (ABB+ for A-levels or equivalent) and a strong supporting statement. You will be notified about the outcome of your application by 22 May 2017.
Please do not hesitate to contact us to check whether places remain before completing your application.
Where will I stay?
You will stay in your own room in our en-suite student accommodation on campus. A student ambassador will be on-hand in each flat and rooms will be allocated based on the Summer School that you are attending.
Who else will attend?
Year 12 (and 11s for the Law Summer School) students from all over the country (and beyond!) attend our Summer Schools. You will also have the opportunity to meet and work alongside current university students.
When are the Summer Schools?
All Summer Schools run from Sunday 2 July - Tuesday 4 July 2017. 2 July is an arrivals day so you are welcome to join us in the afternoon (time and location to be confirmed) to register your attendance. The Summer Schools will end at approximately 4pm on 4 July - please refer to your individual Summer School programme for exact finish time.
How many places are available on the Summer Schools?
The maximum number of places available for each individual Summer School are listed below:
- Chemistry and Pharmacy - 60
- Engineering - 30
- History - 40
- Law - 60
- Mathematics - 40
As soon as bookings are full, we will have a waiting list and release places should any become available.
I have been offered a place on the Summer School. What should I do now?
Please follow the instructions and deadlines included in the email confirming your place:
- If you don't qualify for a free place (your household income is greater than £25,000 or don't meet other criteria), pay for your place (£175) via BACS transfer or send a cheque to Enrichment team – LSB 0.20, UEA, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ.
For BACS transfer to the UEA bank account (please quote 1332 ARM16 when making payment):
Barclays Bank plc
5 - 7 Red Lion Street
Norwich, NR1 3QH
Account Name: University of East Anglia
Account Number: 30918202
Sort Code: 20-62-53
- If you qualify for a free place, visit our website to see if you are eligible for help with travel costs and for more information on how to apply to our travel fund.
- Read the code of behaviour and see our terms and conditions. Please note that should you no longer require a place on the Summer School, you will be entitled to a refund providing that you give 30 days' notice to allow us to fill your place.
- If you are under 18, we will email your parents a consent form so please ask them to complete.
We'll be in touch to ask for your meal and social activity choices for 2 July only, as well as send you your joining instructions in due course.
Final reminder information and any changes will be sent to you two weeks before the Summer School.
Do I need to bring food?
All meals and refreshments are provided, and included in the fee. There are plenty of shops and cafes on campus if you get really hungry!
What do I need to bring with me?
Accommodation is en-suite and you will be provided with a towel and bedding. Please bring your own toiletries. Please put any medication you need in a plastic bag clearly marked with your name.
Please come appropriately prepared for possible hot or wet weather e.g. suncream, waterproof coat.
Please bring trainers or other closed-toes shoes, as these are needed for any laboratory work and field trips.
Engineering Summer School - please bring boots or sturdy trainers, as you will be going on a industry site visit.
I can no longer attend the Summer School, can I claim a refund?
As per our terms and conditions, you need to give 30 days' notice in advance of the Summer School to claim a refund.
Please contact the enrichment team as soon as you know you are unable to attend the Summer School or indicate this when returning the confirmation form.
If you want to know anything else about our Summer Schools, please get in touch.


text:
|[TowerTalk] Tower Climbing Safety
|firstname.lastname@example.com (firstname.lastname@example.com)
|Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:26:59 +0000
If I may add my two cents. First, besides being a chemical process engineer, I have 15 + years experience in Industrial Health & Safety and OSHA compliance. I personally use a MSA full body harness, that features a back D Ring, between the shoulder blades, and two side hip D Rings. It also has thigh and butt straps. There is no belt (later on that). I, like others, don't like falling, and make it a habit to be always clipped on, even when climbing. I use two connection devices. First I use what is called a Rebar Chain Positioning assembly, which consists of two locking snaphooks on each end of a thirteen link chain. These attach to the hip D rings. Floating on the chain is a gorilla hook, with safety latch mechanism. I clip the gorilla hook to a tower member and can then lean back freeing both hands. I can also slide a little side to side also. The gorilla hook allows quick connection and disconnection. Secondly, I have a six foot shock absorbing lanyard attached to the back D ring. On the other end, I've attached another gorilla hook. As I climb I, religiously hook and rehook the lanyard. Once at the working spot, I hook the lanyard somewhere above my head. I'll admit, I'll go between the lanyard's and the positioning chain's gorilla hooks as I move around the tower, but one of the two is always attached. Carbiners are designed for attachment and not for repeated connection & disconnection. I'll use a carbiner to secure the rotator to the tower prior to installation after it has been hoisted to the top, but never to connect me. Two hands are required, by design, to twist the safety lock and move the lever. An important note to make is that all of you should have a shock absorbing lanyard. The reason is, to sum it up greatly, is that when your body falls, and then is abrupty stopped by a line, the forces that are exterted on the body are on the order of about 5000 lbs for a typical 300 lb body. That's enough force to really mess you up. The shock absorbing lanyards are designed to cushion the fall shock to on the order of around 500 lbs. The full body harness is designed to transmit the fall shock to the strongest part of the body, the hips. The lack of a belt is on purpose, the belly is a soft spot. With steel shank shoes and good gloves ( I like brown cotton jersey gloves that have rubber dots on them.), and a good harness, I am very comfortable up the tower. Not to take business from Steve & Champion or ONV, who all market excellent products, there are other manufacturers and suppliers of this gear. Miller, MSA, and DBI Sala are some manufacturers that come to mind. Suppliers include Grainger, Lab Safety, Airgas Safety, and other industrial safety supply houses. Look on the internet. Keep safe, Phil KB9CRY ________________________________________________________________________ Where do you get ICE bandpass filters & beverage matching boxes? The same place that pays for the hosting of this list: The eHam Store. Order online at http://store.eham.net. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: firstname.lastname@example.com Administrative requests: firstname.lastname@example.com Problems: email@example.com
|<Prev in Thread]
|Current Thread
|[Next in Thread>
|Previous by Date:
|[TowerTalk] The First Triband Yagi, Jim White, K4OJ
|Next by Date:
|[TowerTalk] Leather Glooves, email@example.com
|Previous by Thread:
|[TowerTalk] Telrex 40M346 yagi, firstname.lastname@example.com
|Next by Thread:
|[TowerTalk] Tower Climbing Safety, Eugene Jensen
|[Date] [Thread] [Top] [All Lists]


text: Hi guys, Recently I've decided to switch from LM Rad OS to MP after demoing it. But after reading all the post about how great the LM Pres MP is compared to the Rad MP, I've decided to switch to the Pres MP instead (though I have not demoed it since it is not available in my local store for demo). My local sport store has the LM Pres MP in stock, but the grip size is only 4 1/4. I normally play with a 4 3/8. I would order the LM Pres MP online, but since I have store credit with my local store, I would rather purchase it there. Now I am struggling between purchasing a LM Rad MP 4 3/8 or the LM Pres MP 4 1/4. Please help. I am having sleepless nights over this. If I guy the LM Pres MP with 4 1/4 grip and use the grip build up, will it still feel the same? Thanks,


text:
Steve Bruce shows Steven Fletcher road to Hull City
Hull City launched their pursuit of Steven Fletcher, the Sunderland striker, with an offer rising to £8 million last night. While the bid was rejected, Steve Bruce, the manager, is likely to return with an improved bid.
Fletcher is surplus to requirements, but Sunderland are demanding a fee nearer to the £12 million that they paid Wolverhampton Wanderers for the 26-year-old 18 months ago. He has scored 14 league goals, three of them struck this season for the bottom side in the Barclays Premier League.
Hull are looking to strengthen their attack after spending £3 million on Yannick Sagbo, who has scored only twice in the league since his move from Évian, the French club, in the summer. Hull also have an interest in Max…


text:
Hatch & Co. is a beautiful restaurant located in Brisbane, Newstead. Boasting a warm and welcoming atmosphere, Hatch & Co. is the perfect home away from home for friends and family to come together and share rustic, honest food.
Executive Chef Craig Wright leads the Hatch & Co. kitchens, delivering dishes such as small plates, share plates and side plates as features of the mouth-watering menu.
The menu draws inspiration from the principles of communal dining with rustic, home-style dishes crafted from the best of local and sustainable produce. To complement and enhance the food offering, the full service bar features boutique wines and a classic cocktail list, alongside a selection of local and imported labels. Our menus include breakfast, lunch and dinner services.
In addition to our regular each Hatch & Co. location is able to cater for functions and events for 12-250 guests. We can cater for birthdays, corporate functions, stand up cocktail parties, and Christmas parties.
Our dedicated events team will work tirelessly from beginning to end to ensure that your vision is brought to life. Our functions team can assist with styling and theming to help produce a sophisticated event space that reflects your budget, style and occasion.
Hatch & Co. is renowned for its signature décor that combines contemporary blonde wood furniture, open kitchens and eco-friendly green walls to seamlessly connect the restaurant's indoor and outdoor dining spaces.
Hatch & Co. offers a sophisticated function space to host your next event so please join us to enjoy a rare and unmatched dining experience at our restaurant in Brisbane.


text: hey my names Skylar im a 21yr old male that is in school and very involved in aquariums. i have 5 tanks set up and am setting up an aquaculture system in my garage where im gonna raise my own coral, clownfish and someday octi's (hopefully) as i see it it may not be practical for the last one yet. having to feed them so much everyday would most likely cost more than i would make from selling them. however i am seriously interested in reducing our dependence on the ocean for species and want to make a positive change! i was amazed aquariums cause a few peole i knew had awesome tanks. but i didnt make the descision to get a tank until one day, when i was in a aqua store they had an octopus! i was captivated by it but at this point was just really cool. i strated playing with it in the container and it reached out to me and sucked onto my hand. ever since then i have been addicted to aquariums and octo's!!! then got into fish and later into coral. but my first love was my little octopus buddies. set up my first tank for them and it went out of control from there! i look forward to me growing even further than i have and hope that i can someday make a difference by influencing people to buy more captive species! otherwise "one day we will run out!" i'd like to say hello to everyone and that im interested in all these things and would appreciate any literature you can send me to further my quest for knowledge! thank you and hello!


text:
Can anyone provide an explanation on how to go about pairing an integrated amp and speakers so that the speakers will die before the amp (ie. - the volume can be continually increased WITHOUT meaningful distortion resulting, before the speakers fail)? This would probably involve the study of the "Measurements" portion of a Stereophile review, but what would be the important criteria to look for? I know there has to be more to it than just simply comparing the amp's watts-per-channel, the speakers' impedance, or the speaker manufacturer's maximum recommended watts to the speaker. I would also prefer to not buy any more watts/power than is needed to efficiently and cleanly drive the speakers to their limits. Any guidelines or suggestions you are aware of to accomplish this would be appreciated.
You are here
Can anyone provide an explanation on how to go about pairing an integrated amp and speakers so that the speakers will die before the amp (ie. - the volume can be continually increased WITHOUT meaningful distortion resulting, before the speakers fail)?
Go to Radio Shack and buy some cheap headphones. Rip them apart and use the drivers as your main speakers by connecting them to the speaker outputs of your amplifier. If you have tone controls, turn the bass up to full and engage the loudness contour. Sit across the room and turn the volume on the amplifier up until the sound stops. The amplifier will probably have already started to clip. Clipping distortion is what kills most speakers.
Why do you wish to have your speakers die?
While too much power injudiciously applied can kill a speaker, the bigger problem is not having enough power to properly drive a power hungry speaker. Driving an amp too hard leads to clipping that can damage speakers, especially tweeters.
I'm with Jan, what exactly are you going for and why?
Sorry for my poor description of my information needs. I am chomping at the bit to buy a new system (integrated amp, player, and speakers) from scratch. I have narrowed down my choices for each, but am having a hard time deciding what amp to purchase, especially since they are rated quite differently in power (61 WPS at the low end, 150 at the high). Since all three have their pros/cons, I am trying to take into account the power they have available to drive the speakers, and to do so at high levels at times without resulting in your described result of distortion, strain to the amp, etc. So I would rather the amp have plenty of power to drive the speakers to higher levels without clipping/distortion, and only have to be concerned with blowing fuses on the speakers (I really don't want the speakers to die, just me using too strong of a descriptor). The components I am choosing between are listed on the "Please Cast Your Votes" thread on the Entry Level forum. If I can elaborate any better, please let me know what additional input would be helpful to you. Thanks for your responses, and your patience with a neophyte.
Got it!
At a minimum of 61 watts per channel you will have enough to play any reasonably efficient speakers quite loud in an average room. I don't recall the speakers you are looking at in your other thread, but I bet you will be fine with any of them.
The only caveat is that you will not get realistic rock concert levels without more power and large speakers, but I doubt you were expecting this anyway.
I just went to look at your other thread. I second the recommendation for the Revel Concerta F12 speakers. I really like Revel speakers overall and the F12's are amazing for the money. At 90dB efficiency they will get *loud* with 60 watts.
Great choices on all of your equipment lists, by the way. I can see being happy for a long time with any of them. Nice job!
Working into an 8 Ohm load resistor the voltage difference between a 60 and a 150 watt amplifier won't be what determines whether the amplifier will drive the speaker adequately at higher levels. I would be far more concerend with the ability of the amplifier to drive whichever speaker you choose at reasonable volume levels. After you've chosen the speaker decide which amplifier you'll need to adequately supply the actual power the speaker requires. Depending on the speaker this may require more current than another speaker choice might. Even then, you don't have enough information to really decide which amplifier to buy just by looking at on paper numbers.
If you are after high volume levels, you will find it easier to start with the most sensitive and highest efficiency speaker. The higher those two specs go, the less wattage you'll need. By choosing a speaker with 3-4dB higher sensitivity the 60 watt amplifier will likely play noticeably louder than the 150 watt amplifier with a less efficient speaker.
If you're not sure how to correlate specs, I would hope you are working with a good dealer who can translate your wishes into a decent system the first time out.
Much thanks, Elk and Jan. I will have to figure out how to audition the Revels, since the nearest dealer for them is 3 to 4 hours away (Houston, Dallas). Jan, your first paragraph expresses very well (compared to my fumbling attempts) the reason why I spun this thread - to ask how does one correctly match amp power/wattage with the expected speaker load. It doesn't appear to be an easy process, so if I don't make the long road trip, I might call the dealer and ask for suggestions/recommendations for amps/power requirements/etc. for the F12s. Thank you both very much for assisting me in my pursuit of a system that I will enjoy, and not have buyer's remorse for down the road. Good listen' to you both.
This topic has been covered in several threads. If you'll look through some of the recent archives, you'll find more information.
For now; http://www.symphonysound.com/articles/tubefriendly.html
For more place "tube friendly speakers" in a search engine. If a speaker is "tube friendly", it will be amplifier friendly. If you don't understand what you're reading here, I would once again encourage you to find a good dealer.
While too much power injudiciously applied can kill a speaker, the bigger problem is not having enough power to properly drive a power hungry speaker. Driving an amp too hard leads to clipping that can damage speakers, especially tweeters.
A bit off topic, but despite our universal belief about the damage to HF drivers caused by HF harmonics cuased by clipping is this really true? As the frequency to the speaker increases so does the impedance value of the crossover and the HF driver voice coil. This increase in impedance at higher frequencies cuases a decrease in current to the HF driver. Does one offset the other?
Nope! 'twas heat that killed the beast.
Nope! 'twas heat that killed the beast.
Damn, not another global warming fanatic.
Another fine shot straight at the target...excellent
Boy have we done a massive amount of work in this area in the world of Power PA.
Jan holed in one here -- when an amplifier is clipping the PD across the coil holds a lot of DC content - Under this condition the coil heats up and cannot cool down until the clipping has ceased.
This is how underpowered amplifiers can destroy higher value Bass drivers in a PA stack. I use Large Concert PA as an example because I dont know of many instances when a Hi-fi enthusiast would run his amplifiers continuously to the limit as they do in open air concert.
This is something we used to simulate under bench conditions often to see how Eminence - JBL - Peavey - Martin - Electrovoice and other big Concert names coped with a thorough and comprehensive thrashing.
This was back in the early 80's when the first vented airgaps- flat-wound coils and aluminuim formers were coming to the fore to get a lot more from the product.
It was fun burning speakers out on purpose
In the case of passive cross-overs it is the higher harmonic that tends to kill off tweeters as DC cannot pass through a capacitor (the feed to the treble unit)
If it is an active crossover in circuit, (before the amplifier) the output from the amplifier is raw and connects straight to the tweeter. Instant BBQ - or 2 Pico seconds of red hot sunshine as the coil turns from copper to carbon.


text:
2545 South Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89169Request info Add to list
To view building contacts please sign in with your Pro account or create a pro account.
Kit G.
Company: requires Pro account
Email: requires Pro account
Phone: requires Pro account
Building Details:
2545 South Eastern Avenue is aretail property for lease in Las Vegas, NV.
We are pleased to present the opportunity to sublease a
+/- 47,600 square foot former grocery store space at the SWC of Sahara Avenue and Eastern Avenue in Las Vegas, NV. Both Sahara Avenue and Eastern Avenue are major east-west and north-south arterials (respectively) throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Additionally, pylon signage is available on Sahara Avenue.
Request Property Information
Please describe your commercial real estate requirements. We'll introduce you to local properties that match your criteria.


text:
Cassandra's Legacy
Monday, June 16, 2014
"Extracted": the movie
Credits: Babylonia-Brussels, Dianna Rienstra, Daphne Davies, the staff of the Club of Rome, and several more people.
The book "Extracted" is available from Chelsea Green
Posted by
Ugo Bardi
Email This
Share to Twitter
Share to Facebook
Share to Pinterest
No comments:
Post a Comment
Newer Post
Older Post
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Ugo Bardi is a member of the Club of Rome and the author of "Extracted: how the quest for mineral resources is plundering the Planet" (
Chelsea Green 2014
). His most recent book is "The Seneca Effect" to be published by Springer in mid 2017


text:
As a winter storm passes through New England, slick roads are making for messy holiday travel the day before Thanksgiving.
Police all over the region responded to crashes on the roadways.
Travelers are advised to take care as the storm persists.
NECN will have more as this story develops.
Published at 4:28 PM EST on Nov 26, 2014 | Updated at 8:29 AM EST on Nov 27, 2014


text:
The gift of a ring to mark a commitment is a tradition throughout human history. The never ending circles of your platinum three stone alexandrite commitment jewelry express your boundless love, celebrate the occasion, and serve as a reminder of your bond from this day forward. The precious metals and gems stand for the preciousness of your promise. Your relationship is unique, so your rings should be too. Our wide selection of platinum three stone alexandrite commitment jewelry means you can find a design that reflects and expresses your individual style. Three-stone jewelry designs have the added symbolism of past, present and future. Or add birthstones to represent your family. Gemvara commitment rings perfectly symbolize your promise in the finest gems and precious metal, crafted to last a lifetime. Symbols, gems, and personal engravings express your personality through the design. Gemvara selects the finest possible materials to make one of a kind platinum three stone alexandrite commitment jewelry to order, just for you. Our precious metals are recycled or responsibly mined. An eye-catching, gorgeous gemstone and a rare form of the gem chrysoberyl, alexandrite's discovery traces back to 1830 in Russia's Ural Mountains. Naturally white and exceptionally rare, platinum's 95% purity makes it hypoallergenic too. You'll feel the difference: platinum weighs 40% more than 18k gold. Gemvara's luxurious platinum three stone alexandrite commitment jewelry are designed to be future heirlooms, made by hand in America.
We can help right away. Chat with a jewelry expert now!


text:
Fully Functional for 30 Days
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer delivers a traffic analysis dashboard that offers a simple, summarized view of your network traffic on a single page with easy drill-down capability. See what's going on at a glance and drill down into problems areas, exploring traffic patterns and device performance.
With SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, you can look at traffic patterns from months down to minutes, so you can drill down to the moment when something happened and investigate the source of issues like excessive bandwidth utilization or unexpected application traffic.
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer tracks application traffic arriving from designated ports, source IPs, destination IPs, and protocols to determine which applications are consuming the most bandwidth.
With SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, you can set up and share custom network traffic views by filtering flow data based on custom parameters and instantly access the data most critical to your network.
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer allows you to easily configure interface utilization alerts to notify you when bandwidth consumption exceeds your defined threshold. Alert notifications even include a list of the top talkers on your network so that you can quickly pinpoint the bandwidth hogs.
Shipping with multiple built-in reports, SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer makes it painless to report on network traffic data over specific time periods or by network segment. SolarWinds NTA includes several out-of-the-box reports including:
A simple interface makes it easy to customize built-in reports and allows the creation of completely customized NetStream reports. Plus, with SolarWinds NTA, it's easy to schedule and automatically generate reports for delivery to management on a weekly basis.
Monitor bandwidth use by application, protocol, and IP address group.
Analyze network traffic patterns over months, days, or minutes by drilling down into any network element.
PerfStack™ cross-stack network data correlation.


text: Updates: Labels: -Milestone-Release0.9 Comment #3 on issue 313 by SpencerJanssen: Merge contrib's isFullscreen and doFullFloat to core http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=313 Let's get this done next release. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings


text:
Please Help a Permaculturist in Trouble – Update
Tiny Eglington, who has been hospitalised in the Riverside Medical Centre, in Bacolod, in the Philippines for an infection is his leg, is now conscious and out of the Intensive Care Unit. Three days after Geoff's post, PRI had raised $2174.01 which was sent to Tiny. This was enough funds for him to buy blood and have a small operation on his leg — and the good news is that they will not have to amputate. Since the 13th of August PRI has raise another $645.31, which will be sent along with any other funds to Tiny on Friday the 24th of August.
His original medical bill is still outstanding and insurmountable for Tiny. And although his hospital bill is continuing to rise we are hoping to have enough funds to get him well enough to fly home. Tiny now knows what you have all donated and appreciates what everyone has done, more than each of you will ever know. It saved his leg after all! So thank you to all who contributed!
Tiny still has a long way to go and even once well enough to return home, a huge medical bill will await him. If you would like to make a donation, please do so via any of the means listed here. (Be sure to enter a note mentioning 'For Tiny Eglington', and if you're not sure, just email office (at) permaculturenews.org after making your deposit, letting us know the amount and by what medium you sent it.)
100% of funds donated through PRI go to Tiny!
One thought on "Please Help a Permaculturist in Trouble – Update"
Latest news: Tiny's foot injury for which many of our subscribers have assisted in the recovery is now about 98% healed. But, unfortunately there have been subsequent non related health complications.
Tiny sends a sincere and deeply felt "thank you" to everyone in the Permaculture family who have assisted.


text:
In response to Gareth Smith (Echonetdaily January 13), I certainly do not accept the claim that Israel 'confiscated' the land on which the Israeli suburb of Gilo is located. Nor do I accept that this area was a part of 'Bethlehem's northern lands'. Gilo is located on a hilltop in the southern part of Jerusalem. Bethlehem lies further to the south and is separated from Gilo geographically by a deep gorge.
Archaeological excavations reveal that Gilo was the site of an Israelite village for many centuries from the beginning of the Iron Age onwards. Modern Gilo was built as a suburb of Jerusalem in 1973. According to Jerusalem-born scholar and urban planner Israel Kimhi, Gilo was established on land that had been legally purchased by Jews before World War II, much of it during the 1930s. They were the legal owners of the land when the area was captured and illegally occupied by the Jordanians during the 1948 war. In 1967, after repelling a further attack against it by the Jordanian army, Israel captured the West Bank, including the parts of Jerusalem which Jordan had previously occupied, and Gilo was restored to its Jewish owners. For this reason the Israelis say Gilo is neither illegal nor a settlement, while Palestinians claim that the land on which Gilo is built belongs to the Palestinian villages of Sharafat, Beit Jala and Beit Safafa.
Unlike Mr Smith, I do not propose to act as judge and jury over what appears to be a complex legal dispute over private ownership of land. What is beyond dispute is that in every proposal and counter-proposal that Israel and the Palestinians have discussed for a two-state solution, the major settlement blocs that are contiguous to the pre-1967 armistice line, including Gilo, have been included within Israel, and that Israel has offered to include an equivalent part of its pre-1967 territory in the State of Palestine. What has been at issue is the extent of the land swap, the range being between 4 per cent and 8 per cent of the total area of the West Bank. Nobody, not even Bob Carr, who is quoted by Mr Smith, has disputed that there should be a land swap.
Vic Alhadeff, CEO, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies


text:
A Scout is Reverent Catholic Prayer Manual$1.99A prayer manual for Scouts and Scouters of the Catholic Faith. Containing a compendium of prayers and practices useful to all Catholics, especially those involved in scouting. Learn More
God and Church (Grades 6-8)
Starting at:
$4.50The "God and Family" program is the third program in the God and Country Series and is designed for youth in grades 6-8. The God and Country Series is a program of the church. Learn More
God and Family (Grades 4-5)
Starting at:
$4.50God and Family, the second program in the God and Country Series (a religious program of the church), is designed for children in 4th-5th grades. The goals of this program are: to provide an opportunity for young people and families to explore their faith together, to learn six ways of strengthening families through faith and to learn the Ten Commandments. As the title of this program implies, the learners will be expected to work with their families. Learn More
God and Life (Grades 9-12)
Originally Starting at:
$5.49Starting at:
$4.50God and Life, the fourth program in the God and Country Series (a program of the church) is designed for youth in 9th-12th grades. The goals of this program are: to strengthen young people in their relationship with Christ, to be open to God's calling in their lives, to make a plan for daily Bible reading, to experience the joy of serving others and to write a statement of commitment. The study outline is based on the life of the apostle Paul as recorded in Acts 9:1-31. Learn More


text:
Some residents of a violence-scarred Tijuana neighborhood have snatched a sense of security from the unlikeliest of sources: a battered orange traffic cone.
It bears a sacred image, they say.
"I feel that the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to us because of all that we're suffering, because of what the community has gone through recently," said Marı́a Elena Hernández Mena, 58, who found the cone earlier this month in the eastern colonia of El Florido. "Since she appeared, we feel calm, protected."
A local Catholic priest sidesteps calls to declare the image a miracle, and instead speaks of the residents "needing a message of hope."
El Florido is populated mainly by low-income families. Baja California authorities logged 15 killings in the colonia from September 2008 to Oct. 9 of this year, linking most to drug-trafficking groups.
Standing beside an improvised altar around the cone on a dusty street, Hernández eagerly retells the story of how she discovered the image.
About 4:45 a.m. Oct. 4, a Sunday, she was walking the half-block from her house on Calle Invernadero to Avenida Principal, where she sets up a stall at a market and sells used clothing on weekends.
A car ran over a traffic cone next to the sewage canal that runs along the avenue, she said. The driver didn't stop. Hernández picked up the cone and was perplexed.
In the predawn darkness, straining to see with eyes damaged by cataracts, Hernández says she saw an image that looked like the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Unsure of what she was seeing, she showed the cone to her children, her neighbors and other sellers at the market.
They all agreed that it looked like the virgin.
A few days later she placed the cone in a makeshift altar in front of her home, where she lives with eight of her children and 15 grandchildren.
Soon, a stream of people began to arrive to see the cone for themselves. Photos of it have been published in news media from Tijuana to Mexico City.
Seen through some eyes, the image looks simply like a mark left by a car's tire.
Seen through the eyes of the faithful, however, it resembles a silhouette — especially the upper portion — of the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of largely Catholic Mexico.
On a recent day, the altar was adorned with 27 bouquets of fresh flowers, two small pictures of the virgin and seven votive candles.
"I don't fully understand what's happened. . . . Maybe it's a sign to stop all the horrible things that are happening," said Vicente Santillán Ruelas, 53, who sells electric appliances a block from where the altar stands.
Lino Bernardino Meléndez, 49, who lives on the same block, doubts the image is of the virgin, but he says he feels "safer and less burdened by all the problems that are going on in Tijuana."
Hernández remembers the day last November when two young men were killed and their bodies dumped in the sewage canal a half-block from her home.
"In times like these we need God and maybe we need messages of hope," said the Rev. José Guadalupe Rivas Saldaña of the San Pedro-San Pablo Catholic Church, which serves the area.
He interprets the image as a symbol meant to bring people together in the face of violence rather than as a miracle.
"The subject of an apparition is a very delicate one and it always requires serious investigation that can take years," he said.
Sociologist Guillermo Alonso, a researcher with the Department of Cultural Studies at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, a prominent think tank, said the image says much about the people who revere it.
"In this case, the residents seem to be saying that even though they are poverty-stricken, the virgin still blessed them with her presence," he said. "It's a message typical of the Catholic Church: Endure your life because you will be rewarded in heaven."
Religious images found in common objects, clouds or even tree bark have been noted throughout civilization, Alonso said.
"They are symbols to make the tragic situation many people live every day a bit more bearable," he said.


text:
Lately, and even in the past, I have been approached by people that know me, not very well, but tell me they are so surprised that I was so ill in my life. The reason they are so shocked when they find out about my past is because of how I appear to them now.
They tell me they thought I was so "perfect and my life was so perfect." How can they possibly tell that by looking at me or chatting with me briefly? That is a question I do not understand. Please do not judge people by their appearance or what someone may say about them. Really try to find out about someone if you are truly interested in them. There is no way, by looking at me or anyone, that you will have any idea what my story is, or anyone's, and what we have been through. Everyone has "stuff" in their lives. Getting past it is the challenge.


text:
The theme for this year's Kansas History Day contest will be "Taking a Stand in History: Individuals, Groups, Movements."
The contest is sponsored by the Kansas State Historical Society. It encourages students in sixth through 12th grade to conduct historical research and to develop a paper, project or performance or media presentation.
For more information, call the Kansas Museum of History at (913) 272-8681.
Copyright 2017 The Lawrence Journal-World. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. We strive to uphold our values for every story published.


text:
Reposting TechNet Edge post:
If you are one of our TechNet Plus subscribers today is the the day that you can get your hands on the RTM version of Windows Server 2008 R2. The latest release of our Windows Server product. In order to help get you ready to get those servers of yours ready for R2, I've decided to post a blog highlighting some of my favorite Edge videos on R2.
Migration Videos
Inside the new Server Migration Portal: It's no secret that in the past migration guidance from Microsoft has been spread out all over the place and has been difficult to find. Enter the Server Migration portal on TechNet. In this interview I sit down with Sergei and Jared to talk about this new portal and get details on the portal as well as some of the new tools there to aid IT Professionals in migration of their server roles.
Installing the Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration Tools: Gordon Ryan shows us some great how to guidance on installing the new Windows Server R2 Migration tools.
Migrating DHCP using the Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration Tools: Gordon Ryan walks through a migration of DHCP using the Windows Server R2 Migration tools.
Hyper-V Videos
Hyper-V Changes in Windows Server 2008 R2: Issac Roybal is the Product Manager for Hyper-V and spent a few minutes with me discussing some very late breaking features in Hyper-V coming with the Windows Server 2008 R2
Hyper-V R2: Initial Installation & Configuration: This video walks through the installation of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2, and also looks at some of the key changes in this release, such as Processor Compatibility Mode, Core Parking, and more.
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Bare M… Migration (In about an hour!):In this one-off video, Matt McSpirit, Partner Technology Specialist at Microsoft UK, walks through a bare-metal installation of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) on 2 physical nodes, hooks them up to an iSCSI SAN, configures the SAN storage, and then, from a Windows 7 (RC) laptop, validates, and builds a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) Cluster. The end result? A Highly Available, Live Migration enabled, Virtual Machine!
Direct Access Videos
DirectAccess with Devrim: DirectAccess provides users the experience of being seamlessly connected to their corporate network any time they have Internet access. If their corporate network supports DirectAccess, the users don't need to connect via their Virtual Private Network in order to access corporate resources. They can work as if they are in their office, no matter where they are.
Direct Access Simplified with Corey Hynes: I asked Corey to sit down with me and talk about one of the truly game changing features in Windows Server 2008 R2: Direct Access.
Configuring DirectAccess - Windows Server 2008 R2 Demo Screencast: This is the fifth of five screencasts based on the five demos that were part of the TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008 R2 Technical Overview (Part 2 of 2). In this Screencast Kevin Remde walks through configuration of Direct Access in Windows Server 2008 R2.


text:
Rockabye Lady Pillowcase Set
When the wind blows, or a bough breaks, you won't even notice, so deep into your pleasant slumber you'll be atop these 100%-cotton pillowcases! Drifting off into saccharine dreams is straightforward and easy with this set's folksy font and positive bedtime advice -"Sweet Dreams" - reminding you to enjoy your time in REM sleep. Adding a rustic, yet simple element to your bed, this duo looks homey next to a paisley quilt or clean against a white duvet and aside a wooden clock, lamp, or nightstand topped with your favorite childhood read!


text:
OGDEN — Nate Fakahafua has a knack for making big plays in critical moments.
Just like when the Highland senior took over in the 4A football championship last November to lead the Rams to their first football title in 24 years, the 6-foot-4 forward decided he wasn't ready for the Rams' basketball season to end on Friday night, leading Highland to the 54-52 victory over Lehi in the semifinals at the Dee Events Center.
"Nate took it on his back," Highland coach Keith West said after his team rallied to pull out the narrow victory. "He got a couple quick fouls in the first half and couldn't play, but then when things got real desperate there, he just took over. He started to attack the rim, started to defend, started to rebound."
Fakahafua recorded his first of two three-point plays with 1:25 remaining in the third quarter to pull the Rams within one, 36-35. The second, which came after the Pioneers hit two 3-pointers and had momentum in their favor, was two minutes into the fourth quarter and turned the tide of the game.
Senior Lew Evans followed Fakahafua's play with a long 3 of his own, giving Highland its first lead since the second quarter.
From there, the Rams and Pioneers traded baskets, and leads, over the final five minutes of the game. Lehi got big shots from three different players — Zach Stanley, Colton Colledge, and Ryan Christofferson — while it was sophomore David Divver and Fakahafua who shined for Highland.
"He's a shooter and he has no fear," West said of Divver, who hit a 3, a 2, and then two foul shots to give the Rams a three-point lead, 53-50, with 41.6 seconds remaining. "They put all that attention on Nate and then we got the ball moving and found David for some wide-open looks, and he stepped up with some huge shots."
Stanley hit two foul shots for Lehi to pull within one, and then Highland point guard Sam Orchard hit 1-of-2 with 14.5 second left to regain a two-point advantage.
Colton Colledge had a shot at the buzzer to win it, but it hit off the front of the rim and the Highland crowd exploded.
"One of my assistant coaches had scouted them, had the play, so he drew it up (in the timeout)," West said of how his team defended the last-second attempt. "We did a good job on it. A running one-hander, it wasn't that great of a shot … and we got the win."
After Highland took the lead early, with a 13-5 advantage after the first quarter, and Lehi bounced back, with an 18-point second quarter to take a 23-22 lead at the midpoint, the teams stayed within a handful of points of each other the rest of the game.
The Pioneers found a rhythm from the floor, shooting 62.5 percent in the second half, while the Rams did their damage from the foul line.
"We're a good free throw shooting team," said West, whose team's 20-of-24 performance gave the Rams just enough of an edge to hold on for the win. "We put a lot of emphasis on that because we've told them all along, the teams that hit free throws win games."
Colledge finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and two blocks for the Pioneers while Stanley also reached double digits with 10 points, two rebounds and four assists.5 comments on this story
Evans led Highland with 18 points and six rebounds, Orchard had 11 points and Fakahafua and Divver each finished with 10 points.
The Rams will face Bountiful in the 4A championship today at 3:30 p.m. The two are Region 6 foes and have seen each other twice already this season, splitting those matchups.
"It's going to be chippy," West said. "We've played each other twice already and we don't like each other that much as it is, and now we're going after it. It'll be a really tough game. It'll be a fun game to watch."
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
PLANNING permission for a centre to help vulnerable children could be delayed following opposition from villagers.
Proposals to transform a farm into a residential therapeutic, education and care facility have been met with concern from residents of nearby Heighington, near Darlington.
Villagers spoke of their worries at a recent public meeting and more than 100 letters of objection have been lodged with Darlington Borough Council since the plans were announced in November last year.
Loading article content
Concerns have been raised around issues such as security, increased traffic on access roads, the impact on local farmers and the spoiling of the rural landscape.
One complaint said: "The modern design of the development, especially the school, is not in character with the surrounding rural area."
Another added: "The lanes leading to it from A68, Heighington and Redworth are difficult presently, being single vehicle width in most sections, with vehicles having to back up to avoid collision.
"In winter conditions and in the dark these would be a dangerous nightmare."
Residents have now set up a steering group led by local farmer Peter Cockburn, who fears the development could be a potential hazard to his livelihood and to children who may be tempted to climb combustible haystacks on his land.
Mr Cockburn told a meeting of Heighington Parish Council last week that funds raised by villagers have been used to enlist the services of planning experts.
He said the steering group is now calling on Darlington Borough Council to delay any decisions until they have had chance to conduct their own traffic surveys and site visits.
Mr Cockburn also suggested that there was no local need for the facility, saying that most of the children who would be housed there would be placed from outside the area.
However, planning documents submitted by the Witherslack Group say that the £3m development would meet demand for residential spaces in the area.
The documents say just five per cent of children's homes in the country are based in the North-East and that between 26 and 50 per cent of looked after children from County Durham and Darlington are placed outside of the local authority boundary.
The proposed development - which would initially cater for 14 children and provide more than 50 new jobs – would incorporate two residential buildings and a learning centre on the site of Jubilee Wood Farm, near Heighington.