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Sherlock Hound - Casefile 3 (DVD 3)
Title: Sherlock Hound - Casefile 3
Volume: DVD 3
Running time: 100
Distributor: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
Release date: 2002-06-11
Suggested retail price: $29.98
Age rating: NR
221 Baker Street has gone to the dogs! Based upon Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories, Sherlock Hound delivers an inspiring introduction of these classic mysteries to new audiences. The wonderful story telling and signature directing styles from Japan's best talent such as Hayao Miyazaki (Totoro, Princess Mononoke), re-populate Sherlock Holmes' world with anthropomorphic dogs and a light touch suitable for all audiences!
Case File III contains:
The Sovereign Gold Coin,
The Stormy Getaway,
The Runaway Freight Car
The Coral Lobster
Presented on a DVD-10, the English version will be on a separate side of the DVD from the Japanese version and contains 30-60 seconds more footage per episode than the digitally re-mastered Japanese Version.
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It is not difficult to understand the frustration felt by so many, from Gov. Jerry Brown on down, over the $400,000-plus compensation package given to new San Diego State University President Elliot Hirshman. Approved on the same day that student tuition was jacked up by 12 percent, the pay package seems to mock the economic hardships suffered up and down California – the layoffs, pay cuts and freezes, the furloughs, the bankruptcies and foreclosures, the downsized public services.
In fact, of all the instances in recent years of outsized compensation, the package given to Hirshman pales by comparison. Consider, for example, that SDSU's football coach makes $800,000, the now-retired CEO of San Diego's Sempra Energy made $3.5 million, with bonus and perks, last year and Life Technologies' chief made a whopping $33.7 million total.
But the Hirshman controversy is nevertheless symbolic of the widening gap between what top executives in both the private and public sectors are paid and what is paid to lower-level managers and particularly the rank and file. In a stagnant and struggling economy, anger over such disparities tends to boil over.
In the days since the SDSU chief's package was revealed, the U-T editorial board has heard from a number of knowledgeable community voices on both sides of this issue.
On the opposition side, the argument essentially boils down to the disparity noted above: In these times of budget crises, especially in education, and with average per capita income in San Diego less than $31,000, how can a $400,000 salary for the SDSU president be justified?
On Hirshman's side, the arguments were more varied:
• A study conducted by a private firm for the chancellor's office of the California State University system showed that CSU presidents make, on average, 52 percent less in total cash compensation than their peers.
• SDSU is, by a number of metrics, the flagship of the CSU system and its president ought to receive the top presidential salary. The new president at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, hired just months ago, is making $380,000 a year.
• If SDSU is to solidify the national recognition gained under retired President Steven Weber, it must hire the best it can get.
• California already sets the "low bar" nationally. Its university tuition, per-student spending, some faculty compensation and other categories are at the low end of the spectrum.
In the final analysis, given that the CSU trustees' action makes Hirshman's package a done deal, we side with those such as Assemblyman Marty Block, D-San Diego, chair of the Higher Education Committee, who said approval of Hirshman's pay comes with "enormous expectations."
Hirshman's performance, Block said, must be "commensurate with the university's investment in his capacity to lead. San Diego State University students and the greater San Diego community deserve no less."

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New Opportunities Present Challenges, Require Culture Change
Legislative initiatives have been giving credit unions the ability to expand their operations beyond traditional parameters. The passage of the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act gave credit unions the opportunity to increase their small business member lending. Other regulatory reforms (like the proposed rule on debit card interchange fees) have the potential of removing incentives for customers to join a credit union. In either case, both the new opportunities and challenges are requiring credit unions to change their operations and corporate cultures. Managing and driving this change effectively from within is no easy task. It demands a clear mission, vision and the right strategies and processes.
The old adage, "The only constant is change," is particularly relevant for credit unions today. They went from what some regarded as the step-child of the banking industry to formidable competitors. While banks have had to fight to retain their customers, many credit unions have seen their memberships grow. There are now an estimated 92 million credit union members. The opportunities for continued growth are strong.
In a Nielsen Claritas survey, "Consumer Reactions to the Banking Crisis," conducted shortly after the September 2008 financial crisis, 40% of bank customers said they were considering changing their current banking relationship. Banks' historical struggle to retain customers, and recent legislation placing credit unions on a more equal footing with banks, is good news for credit union management. For their employees, however, growth and change can be overwhelming. One of the most important things credit union executives can do to help assuage staff anxiety is to empower them. This holds true for staff across all departments, from loan officers and product specialists to customer service and administration.
Through employee empowerment, credit unions can create a climate whereby staff members are better motivated, committed and responsible. Empowerment not only helps employees cope with change, it gives them the tools to embrace change and harness the opportunities it affords. Employee empowerment is achieved through open communications with the organization's leaders and other staff members. An empowered employee has confidence in communicating new ideas, taking ownership and acting on them. They not only are willing to suggest changes, they gain confidence in adopting them. They start to act like leaders and engage others in the process of change as well.
A study by the research and consulting firm of Bersin & Associates confirmed the power of empowerment, reporting that:
- 46% of organizations with empowered employees are more likely to be strong innovators in their markets,
- 34% are more likely to get to market before their competitors,
- 33% are more likely to report higher customer satisfaction, and
- 17% are more likely to be market share leaders.
There are several ways in which credit unions can foster employee empowerment. They include asking employees for their suggestions, establishing self-directed work teams, allowing employees to lead meetings, and giving employees (rather than executives) training responsibilities. Equally important is making certain every employee knows that he or she has a direct line of communication to the credit union's top executives.
Empowering employees is an important step in effectively managing change. Also critical to the process is having clear, realistic goals. They should be reviewed regularly to make certain they reflect the organization's current performance metrics, as well as marketplace dynamics. These goals should need to be written and shared with employees. It has been demonstrated in study after study that written goals gain results. Often, management needs assistance in establishing goals. This support can come from an advisory board, a trusted consultant or industry association resources. Effective goal setting, achieved through a guided process, will result in attainable goals which, in turn, will pave the way for better focus, productivity and performance against those goals.
Change doesn't happen in a nanosecond. It takes time and is a continuous process. Management must allow for the proverbial buy-in by staff and the progressive adoption of new processes and systems. Armed with clear goals and the ability to communicate directly and freely, empowered employees can be a credit union's best drivers of change. What management can expect in return, in addition to the attainment of goals, is greater retention of creative and skilled employees, now more motivated than ever before.
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If it seems like David Hernandez is getting better with each relief appearance, that may be the case.
Hernandez is 2-1, 2.13 with two saves in 11 relief outings. And, over his last three games, he has pitched no-hit ball over 3 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts.
Sunday, he entered the game with the Nats and blew away Josh Willingham and Roger Bernadina on eighth-inning strikeouts. He threw six pitches at these speeds: 94, 95, 95, 95, 97 and 94.
"I go out there and I don't really feel like I'm trying to throw harder," Hernandez said. "I do feel like I have a little more adrenaline coming out of the pen. Also, you don't have to hold anything back because you'll be out there for just three to six outs at the most."
He said for him it's a different approach than it was as a starter.
"A completely different mindset. You know you don't have to set up hitters for the next at bat. You are only going to face them usually once. I just try to attack with my fastball and throw my slider just to keep them off the fastball. But for the most part, it's me trying to throw my fastball to both sides of the plate.
"As a starter, you have to try and conserve some pitches for later in the game. Usually the key pitches happen later in the game. When you go out as a reliever, you don't have to hold anything back."
Hernandez in 2010:
As a starter: 1-5, 5.31....................27 K's in 42 1/3 IP.....246 batting average against.
As a reliever: 2-1, 2.13, 2 saves.....15 K's in 12 2/3 IP......196 batting average against.
Hernandez says his mechanics are more consistent when he pitches out of the stretch which he sticks to as a reliever whether anyone is on base or not. When pitching from the windup, he said he can be off balance at times.
"I've always felt I have a better delivery out of the stretch. When I go through the windup it is harder to repeat my delivery," he said.


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"That's definitely a 'No! No!'", the President stated this morning. "Either they must stop or i'll lift my nose higher!" Nothing yet said about all Christians massacred in Egypt.
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|December 25th, 2012, 11:30 AM
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Yes most of crops give much less than INR 100000 per ha of profit. We have large mango plantation and mango plantation almost touches sugarcane profits. (but profits are cyclic in nature)
The crisis we have is that with small land holdings saving are low. Because prices of land are high and people are unable to expand the farm land. With increase in family size farmers have reached a point where most have to leave farming otherwise survival is going to be difficult. Consolidation of land must happen (if we do not want crisis in near future) where farmer owns close to 5-10ha of land and rest moves out to cities.
price of land in Budelkhand area should not be more than 10-15lakhs per ha. Land here is not irrigated and is not as productive as western and central UP.
Many / Most of things do not make sense in India but this is how the counrty is and we need to find solutions under the constraints.
UP earns almost 9000 crore per year from land/property registration. This means people have money to buy land at market rate/circle rate.
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This also paves the way for the whole question of compensation. In the first stage land is acquired and the hiighway gets built. Migrants come from other places and build it, resulting often in locals not getting even low paying jobs. Then with highway development, urbanisation of a chaotic and bad kind rises. Malls come and so do housing complexes but basic facilities like elctricity, water, health and schools are missing.The rich use borewells and expensive private schools to avoid depending on the government.
The next stage is that slums grow because the poor cannot afford to commute long distances so they opt to live close by. The public transport facilities at housing sites near the expressway are often poor leading to growth in private car consumption and pollution. The original inhabitants who gave their land often spend all their money given as compensation on a big house, fancy cars, ACs etc and end up without money or land. This causes resentment.
How do we find a way out of this?
|December 26th, 2012, 04:43 PM
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Reality is that when companies and factories grow rapidly, companies provide training and skills, construction conglomerates and retail stores create all sorts of jobs - many of which do not require lot of education, rather require on the job training. Infrastructure and construction and factories/hospitals/industry create opportunity that lifted all boats everywhere in our world.
India has to go through the same evolution. Do not assume India's situation is unique or any different or hopeless.
Something does not make sense there. If lot of money was meant to ensure livelihood, they would have invested it in opportunities and income generating activity and self or kids education/training. But I have not read one media report that suggests that such a constructive and productive application of 'cash received after land acquisition' actually happens. In reality the 'assumed, helpless land owners' spend it all on short-lived conveniences is all I have read in the media reports. Why do you think this is? What does it tell us? Are we making the right assumptions in our concerns with land acquisition with projects such as A-L expressway?
|December 27th, 2012, 02:40 PM
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Well, if you give a guy earning Rs 100,000 a year, Rs 2 crore, theres every chance he will go wild spending it. Somebody needs to educate farmers in projects where a lot of land is taken that you have to invest, save and put a lumpsump in a bank account where the interest is enough to ensure his family a fairly decent life. Plus, industries coming near/along the expressway must give employment to the displaced persons.
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Education and understanding is a good idea. Not only for the land owner, but the unemployed youth and the remaining 90% of the society that does not own land; everyone must understand the choices being forced on them by the land owners. Every INR 100,000 of extra upfront cost for land, every INR 100,000 in job guarantees to everyone with political leverage and media champion, plus interest expense from delays, will ultimately be paid by the society. Investors such as retiree investment funds must recover their hard earned savings which they invested to help build the infrastructure. Society must pay, and always pays. There is no free lunch, as they say, in theories of finance.
As it turns out, for yamuna expressway, installments versus upfront was offered, but land owners chose upfront. Media reports protests even now, but never mentions how much money per acre have the protesting land owners already received per acre, how much the land was yielding in income, and whether there is an imbalance.
At land costs topping US$ 80,000 per acre, many infrastructure projects and many industries become high risk, uneconomical and uncompetitive to investors. That $80,000 per rural acre is 15-25 times more expensive than rural land in developed nations, and even more than other southeast Asian countries. Industrial investment and industrial jobs will go to countries that offer less upfront capital at risk and better returns.
There wouldn't be as many potential high paying quality jobs to give, if the cost of doing business is excessive.
m_1973 - Do you have urban-rural split in that 9000 crores per year transaction rate? how many acres average transacted per year?
If rural land prices are 60 to 80 lacs per acre, and if inside town/city land prices in Uttar Pradesh are 2 to 3 crores per acre, assuming one uses a 100 lacs per acre average, we get 9000 acres per year (3600 ha) transacted - that seems like a tiny fraction of 1% of all land area in Uttar Pradesh. With about 200 million people, that is far far short of land transaction needed for housing projects and school building projects and other infrastructure projects necessary to empower the current youth and the next generation. That is very low average rate and nothing like China-style urban and rural development in recent times, or anything close to what Japan / US / Europe / others went through in last 5 decades.
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60 to 80lacs per ha not acre is the price that is what I mentioned. Same is the price also mentioned in the A-L expressway concept report.
I do not have split of rural / urban distribution but all the info on land transaction in UP is online. Who bought which property at what price when can be looked at by anyone
The website list
-name of person
-details of property
-date of registry
-the price at which the transaction was done
-market price of property
-stamp duty paid
Circle rate info
You have to search the website to get consolidated numbers for rural / urban areas
|December 27th, 2012, 04:51 PM
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Land acquisition policy on UP Govt
Latest land acquisition policy of UP
UP govt under its land acquisition policy (latest one) agreed to pay INR 23,000 per acre for good 33years. UP govt also agreed to increase the payment by INR 800 every year.
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Thanks m_1973. It appears from those links that land transactions in Uttar Pradesh are far lower than other major emerging economies.
You had mentioned that farmers in India derive income from agriculture output as well as livestock. I looked into it, to determine what is the average income generated per acre every year in India, when both farm crop income and livestock income are considered. Here is what I get for 2010-2011 (see source data here):
Total arable land in India is about 400 million acres.
Average rural farm crop income = INR 1093806 crores / 400 million acres = about INR 27,000 / acre = US$ 500 / acre
Average rural livestock income = INR 260300 crores / 400 million acres = about INR 6,500 / acre = US$ 120 / acre
Total income per acre per year = about US$ 620
To provide a replacement US$ 620 per year income to a land owner with farm+livestock income currently,
fixed deposit needed in a bank paying at least India's Reserve Bank rate of 8% = 620 / 0.08 = US$ 7750 per acre of land acquired = about INR 4.25 lacs per acre acquired
If a job is provided with guaranteed annual income after land acquisition, the deposit needed per acre may be lowered.
These are averages for India. Some land may yield less income, some more as our discussion thread above shows. I am looking for data to do an equivalent land acquisition fair price analysis for Uttar Pradesh and A-L expressway.
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FWIW, I just noted that the agriculture GDP (GDI/income) reported by Govt of India includes crop, fishing, forrestry and such activities in India. Fishing and forrestry is currently about 20% of India's agriculture GDP. Since expressways such as A-L, and highways in rural areas do not need acquisition of rivers or ocean surface etc, we should take out those elements to determine minimum fair price from equivalent crop-from-land income. This adjustment gives an average crop income as US$ 400 per acre per year from India's 400 million acre of farming land.
Adding in livestock income implies, on average, an acre of rural land in India generates about US$ 520 per year of crop-plus-livestock income, to everyone dependent on that acre (landlord, workers, etc.). A fixed deposit of US$ 6500 per acre acquired, earning Reserve Bank of India's benchmark 8% rate, would generate a perpetual annuity income of US$ 520 for the landlord and his or her family. If job guarantees are provided, the fixed deposit can and should be lower.
In other words, A-L expressway project that proposes to acquire land at US$ 60,000 per acre is paying 10 times in tax payer money than what the land earning potential in perpetuity is. This applies to all highway and infrastructure projects in India.
One other question, m_1973 - is sugarcane grown every year on the same acre, or is sugarcane crop rotated every 1-2-3 years in India, for better yields? Crop rotation is typical in other major sugarcane growing regions of the world (Brazil, e.g. - the world's largest sugarcane producer).
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sugarcane grown every year and in UP area under it is increasing because of good price
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Feedback Infra and Redecon selected as consultants by UP govt for six lane Lucknow-Agra expressway
LUCKNOW: The state government has selected a consortium of Feedback Infrastructure Services and Redecon as the project development consultant for the six lane access controlled Agra to Lucknow expressway.
The greenfield expressway would be built under the Public Private Partnership model with minimum distance and minimum agricultural land formula and is expected to reduce the travel time between Lucknow to Agra to 3 hours from the present six hours.
The project development consultant was finalised by the consultant evaluation committee in a meeting headed byInfrastructure & Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) Anil K Gupta. The meeting was attended by Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CCEO) UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority, Mukul Singhal, Special Secretary, Infrastructure Development -Sumant Singh and senior officials of departments of Finance, Law, Planning, Forest, Environment, etc.
Financial bids of two technically qualified bidders, namely consortium of Feedback Infrastructure Services with Redecon (India) and consortium of Egis India Consulting Engineers with Ernst & Young were opened. Feedback Infrastructure Services in consortium Redecon was found to have quoted the lowest financial bid for providing services.
The project development consultant would undertake preparation of techno-economic feasibility report (TEFR) and detailed project report (DPR) of the expressway.
It will also provide assistance to prospective bidders to assess the project requirements in a clear and predictable manner and to implement the project on PPP basis through a ""concessionaire"" by a competitive bidding process. Besides, facilitation in obtaining various clearances will be undertaken by the selected consultant.
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sugar price to growers is dictated by the state government, which gives an automatic increase every year
sugar imports are eroding this cosy business
sugar biz is in trouble - maybe land prices will come down
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जागरण संवाददाता, आगरा: मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव एक तरफ बजट में आठ लेन के आगरा-लखनऊ एक्सप्रेस वे के लिए बजट प्रावधान घोषित कर रहे थे। यहां धरातल पर भी काम शुरू हो गया है। सबसे पहले सर्वेक्षण हो रहा है। इसके लिए आगरा से मैनपुरी सेक्शन के बीच सात टीमें सक्रिय हो गई हैं। एक्सप्रेस वे जमीन से कम से कम एक मीटर ऊंचा एलीवेटेड रोड जैसा होगा।
आगरा से लखनऊ के बीच की दूरी 350 किमी के लगभग है, जबकि आगरा-नोएडा एक्सप्रेस वे 165 किमी लंबा है। दोनों एक्सप्रेस वे को जोड़ने के लिए कुबेरपुर और कलाल खेड़िया के बीच लिंक करने वाली रिंग रोड होगी।
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-एक्सप्रेस वे बरौली विकास खंड के कलाल खेड़िया से शुरू होगा।
-बुरेहड़ा मोड़ पर इंटरचेंज के माध्यम से इसका एलाइनमेंट होगा, जो फतेहाबाद में यमुना नदी पार करेगा।
-लखनऊ एक्सप्रेस वे की 10 किमी की दूरी इनर रिंग रोड में समाहित होगी।
-किसानों की जमीन अधिग्रहण का कार्य आपसी सहमति के आधार पर होगा।
-चालू वित्तीय वर्ष में ही डीपीआर तैयार हो जाएगी।
-मई-जून में निर्माण एवं संचालन के प्रचलित मॉड्यूल पर निजी निवेशक की तलाश का काम किया जाएगा।
सर्वे के आधार पर ही तैयार होंगी रिपोर्ट
सर्वे का काम फीडबैक इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर सर्विस लि. और रैडीकोन (इंडिया) प्राइवेट लिमिटेड की संयुक्त देखरेख में किया जा रहा है। आधिकारिक जानकारी के अनुसार अध्ययन के आधार पर टेक्नो इकोनॉमिक फिजिबिलिटी रिपोर्ट (टीईएफआर) और विस्तृत परियोजना रिपोर्ट (डीपीआर) तैयार की जायेगी।
छह घंटे की दूरी घटाने का लक्ष्य
कंसल्टेंट का मुख्य लक्ष्य लखनऊ-आगरा के बीच छह घंटे की दूरी को घटाकर साढ़े तीन घंटे करना है। साथ ही वर्तमान में लखनऊ से आगरा होकर दिल्ली (ग्रेटर नोएडा) पहुंचने में लगने वाले समय को नौ घंटे से कम करके पांच घंटे करना होगा।
बाहरी परिधि के जनपदों को जोड़ने के लिए बनेंगी सड़कें
एक्सप्रेस वे आगरा से शुरू होकर फीरोजाबाद, शिकोहाबाद, इटावा, मैनपुरी, कन्नौज, हरदोई, मलिहाबाद होते हुए लखनऊ पहुंचेगा। इसकी बाहरी परिधि में पड़ने वाले जनपदों तक आने-जाने के लिये सड़कों का निर्माण अलग से होगा। इसके लिये भी एलाइनमेंट और डीपीआर तैयार करने का काम सर्वेक्षण में शामिल है।
सभी डीएम को सहयोग के निर्देश
ग्रीन फील्ड प्रोजेक्ट के लिए यूपी एक्सप्रेस वे इंडस्ट्रियल अथॉरिटी को नोडल एजेंसी बनाया गया है। इसके मुख्य कार्यकारी मुकुल सिंघल सभी जिलाधिकारियों को सहयोग के लिए निर्देश दे चुके हैं।
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UP will boast two of the longest and most advanced expressways though I seriously wish that Upper Ganga canal one gets approval because that stretch is miserable.
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Survey has began. 7 teams between Agara - Mainpuri have started operating.
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|February 22nd, 2013, 01:08 PM
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I hope the quality is like YE, hope it does not become KMP expressway
End of sickularism.
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Project Salient Features
Agra to Lucknow Access Controlled Expressway (Green Field) Project
The proposed Six-lane expandable to eight lanes access-control Agra-Lucknow Expressway Project with service road on either side will extend the connectivity of the State Capital with National capital with High Speed Corridor. The start point of the project expressway is at proposed Agra Ring Road near village Madra/north of Katara village and south of River Yamuna. It is about 9 km from NH-2 or end point of Yamuna Expressway and ends near proposed Lucknow Ring Road near village Kathipara, which is located 5.0 km south of village Kakori and South of Sarda Canal (Lucknow). The expressway is a Greenfield project with an approximate length of 270Kms and provisions (ROB/RUB, Interchange or Flyover) would be
made to ensure that uninterrupted traffic flow. The Expressway will be connected to existing and potential commercial/agriculture hubs such as Firozabad, Shikohabad, Mainpuri, Etawah, Kannauj & Malihabad etc. by construction of four link roads (total of 63.53Kms) by the concessionaire. The construction period assumed for the completion of the proposed expressway project and link roads is 3 years.
· Details of roads to be constructed -
Agra - Lucknow Expressway 269.7Km and following four Link Roads 63.53Km:
1. Agra Link Road (8.67 km) to be developed as 6-lane divided carriageway. This will be a part of proposed Agra Ring Road.
2. Firozabad Link Road (15.01km) to be developed as 4-lane divided carriageway.
3. Kannauj Link Road (26.0 km) to be developed as 4-lane divided carriageway.
4. Lucknow Link Road (13.86 km) to be developed as 6-lane divided carriageway.
The Project is envisaged to be executed by private entrepreneurs through SPV on Design, Build, Finance and Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) model to keep pace with the forth coming economic development within the State.
Items Parameters / Nos.
Design Speed 120 Kmph
Lane width 3.75 m
Median (Min) 4.5 m
Median side paved strip (Shy distance) 0.75 m
3-Lane carriageway 11.25 m
Paved Shoulder 3.0 m
Average Embankment Height 3.0 5.0 m
Structures & Embankment To be constructed for 8 lane
Pavement Construction To be constructed for 6 lane
NH Crossings 4
SH Crossings 7
Village Road/track Crossing 186
Railway Crossings 3
River Crossings River Yamuna and River Ganga & 9 others
Canal Crossings 39
Flyover/Interchange 9
PUP / Cattle Crossing 107
Balancing Culverts 270
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For many mid-market finance operations, finding an efficiency solution may involve outsourcing. That's evident in Ames, Iowa, home to the North American Financial Shared Service Center of Sauer-Danfoss, a $1.2 billion company that designs, manufactures and sells engineered hydraulic and electronic components for mobile equipment manufacturers.
Corporate treasury may be multinational, but making supplier payments in North America is a classic middle-market operation. Sauer-Danfoss has put in place classic middle-market solutions by outsourcing non-core competencies.
Sauer-Danfoss's shared service center plugged into two state-of-the-art automated solutions by outsourcing supplier payments and travel and entertainment expense processing and reimbursement to Wells Fargo Bank, explains Kim Sampson, manager of the center.
"When our North American facilities were transitioning to SAP in 2005, we took a close look at our business processes and how we might improve them in the future considering the move to SAP," Sampson says. "Disbursing funds for supplier payments is not a core competency for us. Rather than setting up an internal solution within our new SAP system to disburse supplier payments, we found an efficient and cost-effective provider."
The SAP payment program with a vendor master data in SAPdetermines who gets paid, how much, and when, she explains. "We then export the payment file to Wells Fargo, which disburses the payments to our suppliers via check, ACH, and foreign wire.
"We essentially replaced a 16-step check printing process, which tied up resources from accounts payable, IT and our mail room, plus supplies, with a one-step process," Sampson notes. "Our SAP payment program is completely automated and set up to run on a weekly schedule. We use an SAP iDoc to package the payment information into something the bank can receive. The bank confirms receipt and verifies the number of checks, ACH, and wires and the dollar amounts associated with them. Then they take the file, divide it according to payment types, and send the payments along with the remittance information to our suppliers. There are no touch points for us."
The company's business case for this project calculated that outsourcing supplier payments would break even with the cost of its current process if 80% of payments were converted from paper check to electronic payment. "We're at 94% electronic payments now," says Sampson, "so we've saved time and money by outsourcing.
"The shared service center typically generates 1,800 supplier payments a month, covering approximately 15,000 invoices," she says.
Wells Fargo prints and mails check payments including remittances to suppliers. Sauer-Danfoss will sometimes have the bank print checks and mail them back to the shared service center in Ames. There's a reason, of course.
"Some suppliers require a coupon or remittance document with our payment," Sampson explains. "We see this with government and tax payments, and also with donations. Our HR team likes to send a letter along with the check for donations."
The other efficiency gain came from outsourcing the administration of the North American travel and entertainment expense process. Today, the company uses the Wells Fargo commercial credit card program for 700 travelers and key purchasing employees, who charge T&E expenses and purchases to their company-issued credit cards.
"Prior to the commercial card, employees paid for their travel expenses and used a spreadsheet template and extensive routing of paper to eventually be reimbursed," Sampson reports. "Now employees log onto a Wells Fargo portal when it's convenient. Instead of keying information and numbers into a spreadsheet and totaling columns of numbers, they verify charges recorded on their statement and add a business description.
"Once they complete the approval of their monthly statement, the Wells Fargo system sends their leader an e-mail recognizing the completed statement," she adds. "Leaders then log into the Wells Fargo portal to review and approve or reject their employee's monthly statement of charges. It's a much more streamlined process than before."
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A report by the Goldwater Institute indicates potential problems with the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program at Sky Harbor Airport and specific abuses of the system by Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox.Read More »
Capitol Times earns 18 ANA awards, 10 national awards
I realize this is blatant self-promotion, but I can't help myself - I'm just so darn proud of our staff. It was a record-breaking year for the Arizona Capitol Times - at least in terms of awards won at the annual Arizona Newspaper Association's journalism contest.Read More »
Dems target Kyl in "Call 'Em Out" campaign
The Democratic National Committee has decided it's time to call out Sen. Jon Kyl for his statements on the health care legislation. The "Call 'Em Out" campaign now has three targets - all of them high-profile Republicans.Read More »
Williams, Jensen deny doing business with Desert Divas
A list of Desert Divas clients posted on Greg Patterson's website is authentic - we got our own copy from the Phoenix Police Department late this afternoon. It includes some notable names, including one matching prominent Arizona lobbyist Mike Williams.Read More »
Poll: McCain, Obama, Kyl have similar approval ratings in AZ
It appears Sen. John McCain is viewed by Arizona voters only slightly more favorably than President Obama, at least when it comes to the percentage of people who think the two federal officials are doing an "excellent" or "good" job. A ...Read More »
Trio incorporated to buy East Valley Tribune
It appears David Ganezer, of the Observer newspaper group, and a Mesa resident named Rebecca James have incorporated in Arizona in an effort to take over operations of the East Valley Tribune.Read More »
Poll: Brewer's ratings slip among Arizona Republicans
Another poll shows dismal approval ratings for Gov. Jan Brewer. This time, pollsters contrasted her performance, as judged by Arizona residents, with those of former governors Janet Napolitano and Jane Hull. And, if the approval/disapproval ratings of former governors can ...Read More »
PV mayor walks away with big win in Cap Times online poll
Even I was surprised by the results of our online poll. I expected Dean Martin to rank highly, as well as Jan Brewer. But I had no idea Vernon Parker would top the results. On Sept. 9 we asked readers to ...Read More »
A last-ditch effort to buy the East Valley Tribune
Just prior to the Aug. 31 announcement that Freedom Communications Inc. was seeking bankruptcy protection, it appears there was a last-ditch effort to sell a large portion of Freedom's assets in Arizona, including the East Valley Tribune. It's not clear ...Read More »
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Electric workers labor agreement, Portland, 1917
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Purchase a reproduction of this item on VintageMaineImages.com.
A labor agreement between Portland-based Cumberland County Power and Light and its railway employees, delineates wages, hours, holidays, and more. The workers were part of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America.
In 1917, a first year conductor made 29 cents per hour.
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- Title: Electric workers labor agreement, Portland, 1917
- Creation Date: 1917
- Subject Date: 1917
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 2115, Box 186/3
- Collection: Central Maine Power Company collection
- Object Type: Text
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Google is always trying to maintain its future with new updates, and the Gmail contacts list has been added to the upgrade. The whole social networking place is using symbols of some sort to strike importance etc, so now it is the time of the email with the new yellow star.
The yellow star within Gmail contacts allows users to mark them as a favorite or important, it is all rather simple in the way it works. You go to your Gmail contacts located top left and when open you will see a blank star next to your contacts, in a way these new yellow stars to mark as important or favorite are not really what we would call highly useful, when you compose a new email most of the time we start to type out the name of the person we want to email and its finds the contact.
We will not go to deep into this but the new updates works very well indeed if you want to pair it with Android devices. For more information about this please visit this Google+ page.
This Gmail new yellow star feature now showing in contacts is already being used next to incoming emails, you can mark emails of importance in the same way, so all Google has done is mirrored the feature over to the Gmail contacts list.
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The UK capital does unique like nowhere else. Here are its most out-there places to while away an afternoon
Sew Over It Clapham
There's a basement in Clapham full of women hitting the needle. The sewing needle, that is. In a cutesy space where wicker baskets rub shoulders with wall-mounted floral prints and prettily-patterned cushions, a £6 entry fee gets you unlimited tea and the chance to sew in company whilst using a serious range of needlework gear. Walls are lined with sewing machines, irons sit atop gingham ironing boards and there are racks full of scissors, rulers and other bits of sewing paraphernalia. Can't sew? Don't worry, classes are available too.
Address: 78 Landor Road, London, SW9
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- 2. Porridge Cafe
- 3. Attendant
- 4. Draughts
- 5. SL 28 at Net.works
- 6. Trew Era Café
- 7. The Canvas Café
- 8. Coffee, Cake and Kisses
- 9. Cereal Killer Café
- 10. Ziferblat
- 11. Biscuiteers Boutique and Icing Café
- 12. MakersCAFE
- 13. Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium
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Cosplayer carrousel > Costume of Heather Mason (Silent Hill 3)
- Most Recent Photo
- 07-14-2011
- Series
- Silent Hill 3
- Character
- Heather Mason
- Year Completed:
- 2007
- Construction Difficulty:
- Very Easy
- Costume worn at:
- AniMinneapolis 2011
- Convergence 2008
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
This costume was originally thrown together last minute for a friend to wear with me (I was Memory of Alessa) to ACEN 2007. She didn't actually like Silent Hill so I held onto it. In 2008 I went back and finished the pockets and found much better boots. I also got a wig on ebay that I am very happy with. In 2011, I splashed some blood on the front and wore it again :)
- Personal Thoughts:
- This costume isn't the fanciest or the most impressive, but it is one of my absolute favorites!
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Didier Drogba is expected to be charged by Uefa with misconduct today after the governing body concluded its investigation into Chelsea's behaviour following their Champions League defeat by Barcelona.
Drogba verbally abused the referee, Tom Henning Ovrebo, and swore into a television camera after his team's semi-final exit at Stamford Bridge. Uefa is set to publish its findings and there could be misconduct charges for Chelsea and other players, including Michael Ballack, John Terry and Jose Bosingwa, for their conduct or comments about the referee.
Bosingwa described the Norwegian referee as a "thief" and a "disgrace" in a post-match interview before later retracting the comments. Uefa is also expected to take a dim view of remarks made by the Terry, the Chelsea captain, that the referee lacked experience. However, Michael Ballack, who remonstrated in the face of Ovrebo after having a penalty appeal waved away, may escape misconduct charges as his protestations were during the match and not after the full-time whistle like those of his team-mates.
The cases will be heard next month. Chelsea's punishment could range from fines and suspensions to being forced to play Champions League matches behind closed doors.


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The international Red Cross restored clean water to the neighborhood where Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic began, an agency disaster management specialist said Thursday, but added such progress was threatened by lack of money.
Farid Abdulkadir of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies spoke by telephone Thursday as he headed to Chitungwiza, where the water system had been restored with Red Cross help. Earlier Thursday, he oversaw an emergency system for a Harare prison, whose staff and population of 10,000 was to be supplied with water taken from a nearby quarry and then purified.
"Every day, we are seeing real progress," said Abdulkadir, who is the international Red Cross's national disaster management coordinator for southern Africa.
But Abdulkadir said lack of money was "slowing us down."
In December, the international Red Cross appealed for about $9 million for what it expected to be a seven-month fight against cholera in Zimbabwe. Thursday, Abdulkadir said donors had come up with only about 40 percent of the budget, and that it was not clear cholera could be defeated in the originally allotted seven months.
"We are still having the cholera cases increasing," Abdulkadir said, adding the onset of the heaviest rains was still ahead, and there had already been flooding. That and the weakness of the water and sanitation system made it difficult to predict when the crisis would be controlled.
Residents of Chitungwiza, a densely populated Harare township, sued the government in November, saying they had been without running water for 13 months, causing the cholera outbreak. The lawsuit filed with the High Court described "large pools of raw sewage" in the streets of Chitungwiza.
Zimbabwe's first cholera cases were reported in Chitungwiza in August. As of Wednesday, the U.N. said, 48,623 cholera cases and 2,755 deaths had been recorded across Zimbabwe.


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Japanese brand Bape has teamed up once again with Luminox as part of their Holiday 2012 Collection. Together they worked on the 3001MIL military watch, which comes in a black case, with matching black strap. Bape branding is featured on the dial and the back of the case.
The watch is now available from Bape stores.


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NOTE: a copy of Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! was provided to Again With the Comics for this review.
In Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! ($24.95, Portfolio) Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams offers up his wit and wisdom on the world outside the workplace in a series of brief essays covering every subject from airport security to marriage. Most of these are in the vein of observational comedy, but Adams has some interesting thoughts about the nature of reality that kept me pondering for awhile after I closed the book. The book consists of Adams' blog entries for the last couple of years, so expect the disconnectedness that that implies, but I got quite a few laughs out of his rambling. The cover letter suggested that I save this for a flight, which is great advice, since this is the sort of light, fun, and easy read that airline travel demands. Which is not to say it is slight. It may not change your life, but Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! will provide some laughs, and maybe make you think a bit, too.


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Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan character was created in 1912 and is nearing his 100th birthday in various forms of media. Throughout his long history, he's had quite a few action figures. One of the most unique of those figures, is Mego's World's Greatest Super Hero version. Today we're taking a spotlight look at this jungle adventurer.
Tarzan is one of my favorite figures in the Mego WGSH line. That may sound strange, as he's arguably one of the weakest of the figures in many respects. However, what Tarzan lacks in brand appeal, he makes up for in oddity. Tarzan was a hugely popular character throughout the 20's-60's but was definitely starting to wane in popularity by the 1970's. Today he seems downright antiquated, best left to Disney cartoons and black and white movies… But there was a time when Tarzan was badass.
That's not to say Tarzan wasn't still popular to an extent in the 1970's, as he would receive a Saturday morning cartoon and eventually a toy line by Mattel in the decade. However it's his 1974 debut in Mego's line that's perhaps a testament to his uniqueness. Mego was beginning to crank out a variety of big name superheroes from DC and Marvel in their 8 inch line, and out of nowhere comes Tarzan. To say that he didn't fit would be an understatement.
While the WGSH assortments are known for some strange choices, many are more logical when you examine them. Falcon as an example, would appeal specifically to the African American demographic. But why Tarzan? As it turns out the late Neal Kublan, former Vice President of Mego, was a big fan and licensed the character for the line simply because of that.
Aside from being an oddball character in the line, Tarzan has a lot of interesting choices in his design. His hair is more like that of a shaggy Beatle than the long mane that Tarzan was often known for. His hair didn't even look like Ron Ely's more manicured 1960's Tarzan. The different look is one of the things that definitely attracts me to this toy.
His outfit is similar to the old circus strongmen and this was a look that had been phased out for Tarzan by the 1970's. Perhaps this is how Kublan had remembered Tarzan. He even has a flesh bodysuit on, reminding me of Jack Benny's portrayal of the ape man. In fact I have to wonder if Jack Benny as Tarzan wasn't the model for this figure. His bodysuit runs right down to his feet, giving him a pajama-like look.
He's hardly the most imposing figure in the line, but there's something just so corny and camp about the character that works. This version is a Type 1 body which makes him even less dynamic in look. This is a pretty common body to find Tarzan on. Incredibly, despite being nearly 40 years old… This figure has tight joints and stands on his own in a variety of poses with absolutely no problem.
He's also one of the few World's Greatest Super Heroes from Mego that includes an accessory. A single, rather unremarkable black knife. These are much harder to come by these days, as they were often lost by kids. Any small GI Joe knife, or Action Jackson knife will work as a decent substitute, though.
It's a bit of a mystery as to why Tarzan doesn't look more like Conan, but I figure it goes back to Kublan's preference. Even the artwork used in the Tarzan package shows him with nothing but animal pelt shorts. Tarzan isn't super hard to come by these days, but he's a little rarer than some. Mego lost the rights to him in 1976 and many kids likely didn't take as good care of an offbeat character such as this one. However I'm certain that kids in the 40's-50's would have flipped for a Tarzan this cool.
I'm not sure why I like the Mego Tarzan so much… Perhaps it's because he's an underdog. Maybe it's because he's just such an odd toy. Maybe it's because you can take him out in the backyard and instantly have an adventure… I don't know. Whatever the case, I think he's one of the more fun additions to the line.
Tarzan is an eclectic representation of the character and a truly different choice for the Mego line. However, he's a really fun figure and one that I am definitely glad to have in my collection. To many people, Tarzan is the lamest member of the WGSH, but to those who can see beneath, you'll see one of the brightest spots! WGSH wouldn't be quite as fun without Tarzan.
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AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great stuff!
I don't tell you enough how much I dig your work.
Thanks man, much appreciated.
Mego was before my time, but I do remember my big brother telling me about these huge Batman and Robin toys he had that had magnets for feet and as such I always enjoy seeing the different toys they created over the years from just new costumes and heads. Well done!
Sorry that Mego Tarzan didn't get to meet Al Molinaro in your pictures. I woulda liked that. I guess Al wasn't up for a trip to "The Wilds of Africa"…
This is one strange figure. I remember even as a lad wondering why he was wearing the leotard, instead of just a loincloth. I guess Mego wasn't much on logic or esthetics (or quality).
In my opinion, Tarzan's head is based (very loosely) on Joe Kubert's drawings from the comics of the time.
You could be right about the Kubert part, it definitely does bare a resemblance there.
Poor Al, he didn't get to show up this time. Perhaps he'll show up soon!
Good times indeed!
My brother had the Tarzan figure. Those bodysuits always tore out at the toes.
Hey Newt! i had a Mego Tarzan as a kid. Got it for Christmas in 75. I didn't ask for him. My Dad was a BIG Tarzan fan, so I'm sure that's how I got one. Sadly, mine didn't survive. Although, many of my Megos did and I still have them today. It took a couple years, but I do have a complete Mego Tarzan in my collection now. Keep up the good work! Bob


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Lately, I've seen a lot of questions in the mailing list for people that would want to use camel to execute SSH commands to remote hosts.
I think it would be nice if we could provide such component to the users.
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Thanks for the patch Scott. I have applied it to trunk, and updated the wiki page.
Patch adding certFilename parameter so that you can just specify a certificate filename in the uri.
Agreed. I'll try to today / tomorrow get a new option for the cert file using FileKeyPairProvider (I'll also look at classpath option), and adding to the camel-example-ssh an XML setup for Cert.
Updated the documentation a bit.
I suggest that we provide an option for more easily use the KeyPairProvider with a file, so you can just refer to the file name, and Camel will automatic create and use a FileKeyPairProvider. This makes configuration from XML DSL much easier.
Scott, Jason, thanks for your contribution. Its added to ASF now.
I put up an initial wiki page for the documentation at
There is most likely a few options which is not documented in the table. And we need some examples as well.
Can you help with that?
I also created a GitHub pull request - https://github.com/apache/camel/pull/2 - for this...
Sorry I'm still a newbie with git...
I created this patch file using diff... looks like there are errors in other patch file in the components/pom.xml such that it won't merge in adding the <module>camel-ssh</module> change...
Let me know if this new patch works better - thanks
Scott, there is something wrong with the patch. It does not contain the full source of the camel-ssh component.
Here's a patch file including the camel-ssh component with example, unit tests, and OSGi feature mods...
Great job Scott.
I haven't had the chance to test the component, but I have given a glimpse at the source.
Assuming that Mina SSH clients works in the same manner as Mina I assume that the client connection will stay open across requests. With this in mind it might be a good idea to hold the session open[1] and reuse it across requests, so that you don't connect, authenticate etc all the time.
Hopefully, I'll find some more time and provide more feedback.
[1]: There could be an enpoint uri parameter or a header in the Exchange that would allow the user that doesn't want the connection to be open. We have something like this in camel-mina, camel-mail etc.
Pending research in to how the ssh client code handles reusing the connection.. having redelivery set via configuration would allow the redelivery to be controlled per endpoint instead of per route, but I suppose that can be worked around pretty easily if the route is kept short.
I don't have a strong opinion either way as to whether or not we do it via configuration of the endpoint or in an error handler if there's no real impact from whether the same connection is reused across multiple exchanges.
I added a unit test using Camel Error Handler redeliver, and it provides equivalent / better capabilities than your maxReconnectAttempts code, so I'm reverting your code for now. Please let me know if you agree...
I need to dig deeper into Mina SSH client code to understand if it holds the connection open across requests. Knowing that may cause me to re-think adding in reconnect logic within the camel-ssh component.
I just sent in a pull request that includes retry support in case you can't connect initially - there are two extra configuration parameters I've added, maximumReconnectAttempts and reconnectDelay.
Also, does each exchange that gets sent to this endpoint use the same connection when using SshClient from sshd-core? That isn't immediately obvious to me on first glance at SshClient.
Scott this is great. I guess make sure you have adequate unit test coverage as well, if not already.
Also you may polish the javadoc a bit and remove the Readme.txt file which is from the maven archetype etc.
As well give some thoughts of the documentation for this new component.
Jason, you got any feedback / thoughts?
Claus: Thanks for the feedback - all your suggestions have been incorporated...
Good work Scott.
In the endpoint, I would suggest not to both log error and throw exception. Just throwing exception is fine. And use CamelExechangeException instead of just Exception.
And add some debug/trace logging in the sendExecCommand so ppl can turn on logging to see what the component is doing.
Does the await() method block forever? What would happen if there is no physical connection? I assume it should be possible to set some timeout value.
In the producer, you may be aware that getOut will create a new empty message. Which means that any headers is not preserved. So what we usually do is to copy those headers. See for example TransformProcessor from camel-core.
I've now got a connection re-connect test, and code and test for RSA Key Auth at https://github.com/scranton/camel. Plus sync'd with Camel trunk as of today...
Any feedback, testing, etc. would be greatly appreciated...
Not sure at one point this component reaches enough critical mass to be worthy of consideration of inclusion in Camel proper for on-going use and development...
Its good to hear that mina ssh client is up to the task. I'll gladly try it out and provide feedback or any other help you'd like.
I'm using Mina SSH client in my flavor (https://github.com/scranton/camel), and no issues with it so far...
I've got Polling Consumer and Producer working, a simple example project, mods to the OSGi feature stuff so it deploys into at least Karaf 2.2.4 (my simple example deploys and runs in Karaf calling Karaf via SSH). I'm planning on adding some re-connect logic, and rsa key auth over next day or two (I'll look at some of Jason's test cases to pull over).
Any testers / feedback / help greatly appreciated...
Some comments about the ssh clients in java. So far I know of 3 efforts.
i) Jsch
ii) Mina SSH
iii) sshj https://github.com/shikhar/sshj
From personal experience jsch is widely used, but in some cases it has its issues (for example there are cases where it needs quite a few retries with no apparent reason). I was using in jclouds-karaf for running scripts to remote hosts and ditched it.
I am a huge fan of mina, but I am not sure if its ssh client is of equivalent quality with the server. I haven't seen projects using it and I have not used it myself.
SSHJ works like a charm, is OSGi ready, supports all the things we would want from an ssh client. There are a couple of projects using it and my personal experience with is has been great.
So my opinion is:
-1 jsch
+0 mina (if it works without issues and supports things like rsa key auth etc, I would go +1, but have no personal experience).
+1 sshj
Sure! The route you took using the client stuff in apache sshd was probably wiser, since I've got a fair bit of protocol level code using jsch that's a bit of an eyesore and maintenance burden. Just so long as we can do something like support streaming (which I was going to get to eventually) and re-use of a single connection per producer sshd's client classes ought to be ok. I wasn't near finished with all I wanted to do, but I've got a fleshed out set of tests that were testing things like retries and sending multiple commands.
I'm around on the camel irc channel on codehaus if you want to sync up there soon. Let's figure out what should be in the component and nail down a final URL structure (mine differs a fair bit from yours).
Looks like a couple of us have the same thought. I've been working on a Mina SSHD client based component as well
Mine uses the following syntax "ssh://[user[:password]@]host[:port][?queryParams]", and I'm using the exchange body as the command(s) to send to the SSH Server. I was thinking of also allowing this to be a ScheduledPollConsumer using a "pollCommand=<command>" parameter to avoid the timer;setBody;to uri="ssh" boilerplate.
I've got it merged in the camel trunk with a Mina SSHD unit test, an example in examples/camel-example-ssh, and I've added some OSGi stuff such that you can deploy the example in Karaf 2.2.4 and at least the simple example works...
Jason: would love to work with you on this. Let me take a look at what you've already done, and let's see how we can collaborate...
I've added some parameterization to this and it is working, at least according to some test methods I've written that embed apache sshd (warning: they aren't fast tests). Right now it supports retry logic, keeps a connection alive across multiple message exchanges, and allows you to use key or password based auth (though right now it expects a private key file from a File reference instead of from class path or from a keystore).
Could someone give it a look and provide some feedback on this code as it exists?
I've got some preliminary code that at least covers the basics out on github right now. It is lacking some parameterization (such as what Heath mentioned).
Right now with the code as it is written you need to hit another server (or localhost) running ssh but I'm soon to embed mina-sshd for the tests.
is there a need for extended open connections? Maybe a parameter for this component could be provided to allow the user to specify maintaining the connection after executing a command?
The camel-exec component already offers this feature. The only difference would be that camel-exec won't keep a connection to the remote server open.


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Patton has been a part of excellence in racing for years and has worked the last 10 years as the farm manager at Peter Vegso's The Racing Edge Farm near Ocala, Fla. The farm has produced recent graded stakes winners Splendid Blendid (gr. I), Silver Tree (gr. II), and Orchard Park (gr. III).
Patton also owns his own small farm called Patton's Place. He also had success in the early 1990s as a breeder with To Freedom, winner of the Lafayette (gr. III) at Keeneland and Jaipur (gr. III) Stakes at Belmont Park.
Patton's history with Therecomesatiger dates to his purchase of the gelding's grandam, Critical (by Critique) for a mere $700. Patton said Critical was "a good conformation mare" and he purchased her specifically to breed to Artistry, who was owned by a friend at the time. The mare produced two Artistry fillies. The second was Come Tight, the dam of Therecomesatiger.
Come Tight was unplaced in three starts as a 3-year-old in 1996. She began her broodmare career the following year and is now the dam of six foals. Her second foal, Herecomesacat (by Storm Creek), placed third in the 2003 Princess Mora Stakes at Calder.
Twelve-year-old Come Tight had a Pure Precision filly April 4 and is in foal to Honor Glide.
Tiger Ridge is the sire of Therecomesatiger and six other stakes winners, including 2005 added-money winners Here Tiger, Weekend Weather, Tiger Belle, Taming the Tiger, and Savona (in Mexico). Tiger Ridge stands at Hartley/De Renzo, Walmac South near Ocala. His 2005 fee was $7,500.—A.W.


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FREIBURG, Germany, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman in Germany is introducing a new Hybrid Navigators product line for aircraft that include the LCR-100N and LCR-110 fiber-optic INS/GPS system.
The new products provide navigation information regarding the aircraft's position, heading and attitude. They are derived from Northrop Grumman's CR-100 Attitude Heading Reference System but incorporate significant performance improvements, including increased accuracy of inertial measurement units and enhanced utilization of Global Positioning System data.
In addition, the products help aircraft operators take advantage of Single European Sky and NextGen, the modernization initiatives for air traffic management systems, as they shift from radar-based to satellite network controls.
"The lightweight, state-of-the-art LCR-100N and LCR-110 systems help companies to save fuel, time and costs," said Eckehardt Keip, managing director for Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH. "We offer novel navigation solutions at the best value to meet the evolving needs of our commercial customers."
Northrop said the LCR-100N and LCR-110 offer extended coasting performance that allows them to maintain accuracy and continue to provide navigation information in the event of GPS signal loss. The systems also provide real-time assessment of current performance.
Production deliveries of the LCR-100N are to begin in 2012, while the LCR-110 should be available by early 2014, Northrop said.


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Saturday, June 22, 2013
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Cornerstone Cellars
6505 Washington St.
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Cost: Complimentary
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Celebrate the beginning of summer with your friends at Cornerstone Cellars! Enjoy appetizers each day from 4-7pm and live music on Saturday from 4-7pm.
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My glasses steamed up, but OK with me
Awkward, delicious time at Little Sheep
Ian Anderson 9:30 a.m., Nov. 23
Last week two $600,000 grants were awarded in Southern California by the National Science Foundation to increase the number of female professors, particularly females of minority origin, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. UC Riverside and the University of San Diego received funds to support the AFFIRM program - Advancement of Female Faculty: Institutional climate, Recruitment and Mentoring.
"We're excited about the opportunity to become a model for undergraduate institutions that want to increase their diversity and provide a supportive environment for female faculty," said Mary Boyd, dean of USD's College of Arts and Sciences, in a press release announcing the grants.
While women earn about 40 percent of degrees in these fields, male professors outnumber females 2-to-1 nationwide. Only ten percent of faculty, including males and females, are African American, Hispanic, or Native American.
Critics, however, argue that the money at USD might be misplaced. Mark Perry, a University of Michigan professor of economics and finance writing for Daily Markets, points out that the USD president, provost, VP for Student Affairs, and three deans of affected fields (Math and Computer Science, Chemistry, and Sociology), are female. 28 of the 58 faculty in these fields (also including Biology and Environmental Studies), or 48%, are also female, Perry says. He also argues that the school of Nursing and Health Science should be considered in the sciences, claiming 96.5% of USD's faculty there is comprised of women.
Boyd says USD "has made some progress in these areas but there is much more we can do." By the university's count, 41% of professors in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are women, but only five of them are "female professors of color."
When is our government going to get out of the race business? We'll never move past racism while stupid race-based social engineering projects like this persist.


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Emergency services were called to Horsham following a collision involving a car and road sign yesterday afternoon (Wednesday November 21).
Crew arrived on the scene in Forest Road just before 2.30pm.
A spokesperson for West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said an elderly man was assisted from a car by ambulance paramedics.
Firefighters made the scene safe and left ten minutes after arrival.


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Amazing accounts of bigfoot from around the world. Are these eyewitnesses seeing an apparition or is this creature real? Listen to the riveting testimony of those who have encountered the beast first hand and decide for yourself.
Bigfoot or Sasquatch attributes from numerous reports include: The smell of a Sasquatch far exceeds that of a bear or other mammals, many cases report an intolerable stench when a Bigfoot is in the area. They vocalize in terrifyingly, high pitched scream like mannerisms, many recordings have surfaced in recent years.They knock trees with branches and logs, reportedly to communicate with each other over long distances. They throw rocks and boulders, there are countless cases with the creature throwing rocks at campers, even boulders from hill tops if disturbed. They live in family units, many cases report the sighting of not one but two or more individuals at a time, often with young in tow.They may have developed a language, many reports tell of a whinnying or gurgling whistle sound associated with their possible speech patterns. They leave very distinct footprints, many of these prints have dermal ridges and other anomalies that rule out a hoax. Is Bigfoot real? You will believe after exploring this fascinating collection.
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"Not worth the time."
Some kind of story line would have been nice.
Performance is not the problem, lack of content.
"Good book with a few rough pages"
from what i have read yes
I thought the book was very informative , andI verymuch liked the personal storys through out the book, but the background music that was playing in the back of some of the personal accounts made it very hard to listen to what the people were saying.
I would get rid of the background music totally, i think it ruins the story line of the book
Well I am a blind person so I depend on audio books mostly, so I like clear, and clean audio to be spoken when I listen to a book, and of course this was a radio programso I really can't complain but playing background music during some of the personal interviews did make it very hard for some one like me to understand what they were saying. All in all I did enjoy the book Thanks audible Roy
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