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Basketball Drills - Defense 1-on-1 DrillsBy Dr. James Gels, from the Coach's Clipboard Basketball Playbook... lots of great basketball stuff. Come on - join today.
1-on-1 DrillUse both ends of the court and make four lines, one under each basket with the players facing the free throw line, and one at each free throw line with players facing the basket.
The defensive players are under the basket; the offensive players are at the free throw line. The first player in the defensive line passes the ball to the offensive player at the free throw line, and closes-out aggressively. The offensive player tries to score, by shooting or driving to the hoop.
The defender should play aggressively and box-out after any shot. Once the offense scores or the defense stops him/her, it's done, and they pass to next defensive player in line on the baseline. The rotation is that the offensive players go to the defense line and vice-versa.
The defensive players should work on proper stance and footwork (see Basic Defense), and box-out on any shots. The defense should close-out initially with the strong foot forward and that hand up toward offensive player.
Over-guard the offensive player's strong side. The other hand should be low, out to the side, palm up. Proper footwork means sliding with the offensive player (don't cross your feet), and staying between the player and the basket. Watch the belly-button, contest all shots with a hand up at the shooter.
You can make a game of it and have your players or managers keep score. Losers run.
Also see this 1-on-1 Offense/Defense Drill.
Full-Court "Cut and Pressure" DrillThis is a good full-court conditioning drill, while working on defensive footwork. See the diagram.
Start with a line at one end of the floor. The first player in line becomes the defender. The next person in line attempts to dribble the entire length of the floor in a straight line, without having to cross-over or change direction. The defender, by using correct footwork, must try to "turn" the defender as many times as he can... i.e. force him to change direction or cross-over dribble.Once they reach the opposite end, the pair moves over to the opposite side of the floor and the original defender now becomes the dribbler and vice-versa for the trip back up the floor. Meanwhile, the next twosome can start up the opposite side of the floor. Players must stay on their half of the floor (to avoid collisions).
"Speed-Dribble at and Run With" Drill - defending in the open courtThis is a good drill for teams that like to press. Oftentimes, when someone is speed-dribbling at the defender, the defender will simply reach-in and swipe at the ball as it goes by... and then he/she stands there and watches (instead of sprinting to the hoop).
First, it is very difficult to actually stop a good point guard speed dribbling at you in the open court. This drill teaches our players to "run with" the ball, rather than reaching-in and watching the offensive player go to the hoop. Running with the ball gives us more defensive presence going to the hoop, and gives us another rebounder on a missed shot.
Additionally, look at diagram B (which is a common game situation)... if we have a defender (X5) back as in diagram B, as O1 speed-dribbles in, X5 often comes over to defend O1, leaving O5 for the pass. But if X1 runs with O1, even though he/she might not be able to actually stop O1, X1 can switch and get to O5 and break-up that pass, or defend O4's shot.
Run the drill as in diagram A... 1-on-1, offense goes to defense, and defense goes to the offense line.
Make sure your defender is in a good defensive position, and not standing flat-footed and upright. Knees should be bent, and weight on the balls of the feet. He/she should sprint all the way to the hoop, even if beaten in the open court.
Helpful DVDs:
Mike Anderson: '40 Minutes of Hell' (Vol. 2)
with Mike Anderson, University of Missouri Head Coach.
Price: $39.99
Tom Izzo - Open Practice: Defense & Rebounding Drills
By Tom Izzo, Michigan State University Head Coach.
Price: $39.99
Jay Wright: Defensive Progression Drills & Techniques
with Jay Wright, Villanova University Head Men's Basketball Coach.
Price: $39.99


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"Research-driven thinking, applied" is the operating principle for the Olin Business School two-year MBA Program. Research-driven thinking is a way of approaching business problems or issues with the same rigorously analytical mind set used to conduct research.
The Olin MBA curriculum offers a comprehensive set of required and elective courses built upon a foundation of critical-thinking and leadership skills. The degree requires completion of 66 credit hours, nearly two-thirds of which are elective courses selected by the individual student, allowing Olin MBAs to shape the curriculum to fit their own objectives.
The fall semester of year one focuses on critical thinking, leadership, career strategy, and the major functional areas of business. During the spring semester of year one, and throughout year two, students take mostly elective courses, often following the guidelines of concentration areas that help students navigate the curriculum toward career goals. Elective courses include semester-long (3-credit) courses, six-week "mini" (1.5-credit) courses, and experiential learning opportunities. Olin MBAs can also take up to nine credits of approved course work from other graduate programs at Washington University.
Ranking Analysis:
The Olin School's MBA program in St. Louis had a complete recovery in rankings in 2012. The school zoomed ahead a dozen places in the Poets&Quants' survey, moving to a rank of 29th from 41st in 2011. There were two major reasons for the improvement: A significantly better ranking from the new Bloomberg BusinessWeek survey and inclusion on The Financial Times' 2012 global 100 list after not appearing in 2011.
BusinessWeek ranked the school 31st, up nine full places from its rank of 40 in 2010. The magazine, which ranks full-time MBA programs on the basis of graduate and corporate recruiter satisfaction as well as the published "intellectual capital" of the faculty, said that Olin improved in all three of its metrics this year. In graduate satisfaction, the school ranked 15th, up from 28; in the recruiter survey, the school placed 51st, up from 55th, and in faculty publication in key academic and practitioner journals, the school was eighth, way up from 37th in 2010.
In fact, on the basis of its graduate satisfaction scores, BusinessWeek awarded Olin a grade of A for its career services office and an amazing A+ for the quality of the teaching. We're a little skeptical of that latter grade on teaching, not because Olin doesn't have great professors but because the school is not known for superb teaching. Nonetheless, it was an incredibly impressive showing.
Olin, which was not ranked at all by The Financial Times in 2011, made it back onto the list in 2012. The FT ranked the school 30th among U.S. MBA programs and 61st in the world.
MBA Program Consideration Set:
Stretch Schools: Indiana, USC, Georgetown
Match Schools: Minnesota, Notre Dame, Rice, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Wisconsin, Michigan State, University of Washington, Brigham Young
Safe Schools: Southern Methodist, Rochester, Maryland, Boston University, Purdue
Olin has not published in its employment report its top employers, preferring to list all of the firms that hired the school's graduates.
Notes: MBA Program Consideration Set: If you believe you're a close match to this school–based on your GMAT and GPA scores, your age and work experience, you should look at these other competitive full-time MBA programs as well. We list them by stretch, match and safety. These options are presented on the basis of brand image and ranking status.

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It can often prove to be difficult to convert a hardcore couch potato into a literary nerd, but this new publication due for release on July 1 just may be a gamechanger. The story follows protagonist and drama teacher Eddie Hartley, who lives in constant resentment of former lover and now famous TV star Martha Martin. Hartley's all but given up when he remembers the one thing that might stand to make him relevant in the acting world again - an intimate video recorded with his ex-flame - but will his marriage and career benefit from the ensuing media firestorm? You'll have to crack this one open to find out.
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IRS Updates Health Savings Account Family Contribution Limit for 2018 – Back to $6,900
On April 26, 2018, the IRS issued an announcement that impacts the maximum family contribution to a Health Savings Account (HSA). For 2018, taxpayers with family coverage under a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) may treat $6,900 as the maximum deductible HSA contribution. As you may recall: The IRS initially announced in May 2017 that $6,900 […]Continue Reading →


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Disney and Lucasfilm released the third and likely final trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" last night, and they also started selling tickets for the highly-anticipated film.
First off, I'm loving the look and feel of this movie. There's CGI, of course, but then there seems to be real sets that makes everything so . . . real. Not the hyper-pretty, carefully careless perfection of the last three films.
So, what went down in the trailer? Seems like Rey and Finn don't know if the events leading up to The Return of the Jedi is real. Han tells them it's all true.
"The dark side . . . the Jedi . . . they're real," he says.
And yeah, Han and Leia reunite.
We do not see or hear Luke, however. What he is up to and where he is now, is still a big mystery.
Rey is clearly more important than it seems, even though she says "I'm no one."
The two teasers that were released before this, just for getting your spines tingled some more.
If you have time, do head over to Polygon and read the scene by scene breakdown. It's awesome.
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- University of the Arts, Philadelphia: 'Invisible City: Philadelphia and the Vernacular Avant-garde,' Jan. 21 - April 4.
Past Solo Shows
- Makler Gallery, Philadelphia
- Kenmore Galleries, Philadelphia
- 'The American Dream-Girl: Graffiti Pataphysic' ~ Galerie AP, Copenhagen
- Peale Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
- 'Graffiti Pataphysic' ~ Kenmore Galleries, Philadelphia
- 'Graffiti Pataphysic, for all mankind' ~ Slought, Philadelphia
Installation view from "Invisible City: Philadelphia and the Vernacular Avant-garde," Jan. 21 - April 4, 2020. Jim McWilliams's poster for a group show with Brewton (left, 1967) and James E. Brewton's "The Pataphysics Times," right, 1964) at the Art Alliance, one of four venues for the show, curated by UArts Director of Exhibitions, Sid Sachs. Photo: John Heon.
Past Group Shows
- 26th Annual Exhibition of Young Philadelphia Artists, Friends Central School, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Water Color Club (prize, for The Deposition)
- Annual exhibitions of painting & sculpture, PAFA
- 2nd Biennial, Detroit Institute of Arts (prize; show traveled to PAFA's 155th Annual Exhibition)
- 45th Annual Exhibition, Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts (prize, for The Suicide of Judas)
- 46th Annual Exhibition, oils & sculpture, Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, (honorable mention, Une Saison En Enfer)
- "Paintings, Drawings, Prints, and Sculpture Collected and Owned by Fourteen Philadelphia Artists," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, November - December.
- [exact dates unknown] Two group shows at Makler Gallery, Philadelphia
- Socrates Perakis Gallery, Philadelphia
- Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia: 'Haunting Narratives: Detours from Philadelphia Realism, 1935 to the Present.'
Solo at Slought, 2014
"James E. Brewton, Graffiti Pataphysic," was on view March 21- May 1, 2014, at Slought, 4017 Walnut St., Philadelphia.
The well-received Brewton show was part of Philadelphia a la 'Pataphysique, a festival, conference and long-term effort by various groups in Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania to build a physical and digital collection of scholarly resources related to 'Pataphysics.
Hear Michael R. Taylor's talk about Brewton, given on March 21. (Audio link is on the lower right of page.)
Edith Newhall reviewed the show in The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, April 27. Mikala Jamison wrote a cover feature on the quest for Jim's artwork in Philadelphia City Paper on April 3, 2014.
Philadelphia a la 'Pataphysique generated so much interest that the Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium (PASC) was formed. PASC has held annual symposia since then. The Brewton Foundation is proud to work with PASC, a perfect match for our mission to collaborate with educational and cultural organizations.


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A Dialysis Technician, sometimes referred to as a hemodialysis or renal dialysis technician, is certified to operate kidney dialysis machines. In order to become certified, you must complete official dialysis technician training. There are many dialysis technician schools that can certify you to become a dialysis technician.
What is Kidney Dialysis?
The human kidney is a type of filter. It is responsible for filtering and removing waste from the blood, which is then diverted into the bladder as urine. When the kidney stops working properly, it may be necessary for a patient to receive kidney dialysis. A dialysis machine filters the blood the same way as a kidney does, but it does it mechanically. By completing dialysis technician training you can be certified to operate a kidney dialysis machine.
Educational Requirements
To become a dialysis technician, there aren't very many prerequisites or educational requirements. However, most states do require that you have a high school diploma or a GED certificate. In order to become certified as a dialysis technician, you will also be required to complete an accredited dialysis technician training program and pass the final exam to receive your certification.
Dialysis Technician Salary
According to O*Net OnLine, one of the largest partners of the America Job Center Network, the health technician occupations earn an average annual salary of $38,080, about $18/hour. It can be assumed that the dialysis technician salary has a similar average. Salaries in the higher dialysis technician jobs can range from $54,000 to as high as $100,000 annually for advanced and administrative positions.
Dialysis Technician Jobs
According to Indeed.com, as of January 2013 the average Dialysis Technician job listing was for $35,000 annually in the United States. The dialysis tech career path has good opportunities for growth and promotion.
Dialysis Technician Job Description
A dialysis technician is primarily responsible for setting up and operating the kidney dialysis machine. He or she is also responsible for providing direct care to dialysis patients and respond to patient concerns or anxiety. Taking a patient's vital signs before, during, and after dialysis is one of the most common duties listed on a dialysis technician job description. Preparing the dialysate according to formula is another general job duty. There are other various functions of a dialysis technician, all of which are directly related to the maintenance and operation of a dialysis machine and a dialysis patient.


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If you love wildlife and you enjoy being active outdoors – and you're not opposed to a good dash of luxury, choose White Elephant Safari Lodge in KwaZulu-Natal's Pongola Game Reserve. It will give you a unique, wonderfully varied and action-packed wilderness experience, with far more than the usual twice-daily safari drives, to keep you … Continue reading "Your Action Safari in Pongola: Activity Lineup at White Elephant Safari Lodge"
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Safaris often imply long road trips, with many hours spent behind the wheel before arriving at the dreamed-of safari hideaway. Not so if you're travelling from Johannesburg to a safari lodge in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve – there are no more than 2 hours of travelling between you and your big game safari – how easy … Continue reading "The Best of the Bush Near the Buzz of Sun City: A Pilanesberg Safari"
The Pilanesberg National Park rests in the rocky amphitheatre of a long extinct volcano in the North-West Province. The fourth largest reserve in South Africa, the Pilanesberg is very scenic and is prolifically populated by wildlife. Almost all of southern Africa's mammals are represented here, and the Big Five most certainly. The Pilanesberg is also … Continue reading "The Pilanesberg: Luxury Lodges for a Super-Scenic Big 5 Safari in South Africa"
Samara Private Game Reserve is an extraordinary landscape in the Great Karoo. It is a precious wilderness where life is sacred and carefully conserved. Forming part of a larger vision to create South Africa's third largest protected area in a global biodiversity hotspot in Eastern Cape, Samara is committed to redeem the ecosystem of the incomparable Great … Continue reading "'Love Will Save This Place': Message from Samara Private Game Reserve for Valentine's Month"
It's a real treat to go on a luxury safari in a prime wilderness area where there's no risk of contracting malaria. For groups of travellers who might be more vulnerable to the risk of malaria – infants and young children with minimal immunity, mums-to-be, and people who live in areas without malaria – South Africa is … Continue reading "13 Amazing Malaria-Free Safaris in South Africa"
Epitomizing African bushveld and small-hamlet and farming life in South Africa, the Groot Marico town and surrounds is a place of unmistakable atmosphere, with a "feel" and character all of its own. It is home to interesting people, and irreversibly associated with mampoer – a potent white spirit distilled from fermented fruit. The Groot Marico is a special part of … Continue reading "Groot Marico and Madikwe Game Reserve: Beautiful Bush Lands and Wildlife Safaris"
Wildlife safaris are just about everywhere in South Africa! The Western Cape / Garden Route is endowed with its fair share of safari experiences, with several safari lodges between Cape Town and the Garden Route offering enticing wilderness accommodation and exciting guided safaris. As a bonus, the road trip through the Western Cape and along the Garden … Continue reading "A Cape Safari: 4 Fab Safari Lodges Between Cape Town and the Garden Route"
So the whole family sets off on a bumper safari and arrives at family-friendly Tuningi Safari Lodge, a five-star hideaway deep in the wilderness of the North-West's Madikwe Game Reserve, with over 75 000 hectares of wild adventure-territory at your feet. But let's not jump the gun – getting there comes first: that's a 4-hour drive from … Continue reading "Take the Kids to Tuningi Safari Lodge where All, Young & Old, have a Bumper Safari"
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A sysadmin can try out any one of the following tool to put given subsytems under a specified load.[donotprint][/donotprint]One can stress test CPU on Linux other subsystem. Instances in which this is useful include those in which a system administrator wishes to perform tuning activities, a kernel or libc programmer wishes to evaluate denial of service possibilities, test your systems entirely on high load and monitoring the health and more. This is also useful for sysadmin, system builders, and overclockers who want to test their hardware under high load and monitor stability and thermal environment.
Tools To Stress Test CPU and Memory (VM) On a Linux / Unix
- stress : It is a simple workload generator for POSIX systems. It imposes a configurable amount of CPU, memory, I/O, and disk stress on the system. It is written in C, and is free software licensed under the GPLv2. It is not a benchmark, but is rather a tool designed
- stress-ng : It is an updated version of stress tool and it will stress test a server for the following features:
- CPU compute
- Cache thrashing
- Drive stress
- I/O syncs
- VM stress
- Socket stressing
- Context switching
- Process creation and termination
- It includes over 60 different stress tests, over 50 CPU specific stress tests that exercise floating point, integer, bit manipulation and control flow, over 20 virtual memory stress tests.
Warning: Running the following tools with root privileges is recommended to avoid out of memory and other errors. Also, note that tools will stress out your server resources quickly so use the following command judiciously.
Getting started with stress tool on Linux
This program is supposed to be easy to use and recommended for new sysadmins. The tool is known to work on x86 Linux and FreeBSD/OpenBSD, powerpc AIX and Linux, SPARC Solaris, Compaq Alpha Tru64 UNIX, and many others.
Install stress package on a Linux
You can install stress as part of the Linux or Unix distribution.
Install stress on a CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora Linux
First, turn on EPEL repo and then type the following yum command to install the same:
sudo yum install stress
Sample outputs:
Install stress on a Debian and Ubuntu Linux
Type the following apt-get command to install the same:
apt-get install stress
Sample outputs:
Install stress on a FreeBSD Unix system
Type the following pkg command to install the stress tool using binary method:
pkg install stress ## OR ## pkg install sysutils/stress
Sample outputs:
Install stress on a OpenBSD Unix system
Type the following pkg_add command to install the stress tool using binary method:
## if installpath not set in /etc/pkg.conf as follow ## ## installpath = http://mirror.esc7.net/pub/OpenBSD/%c/packages/%a/ use ## ## PKG_PATH ## export PKG_PATH=http://ftp.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/`uname -r`/packages/`arch -s` pkg_add stress
How do I use stress tool on Linux?
First, note down the current system load averages by typing the following command:
# uptime
Next, run any one of the following command to see load on screen:
# watch uptime
OR use tload command:
# tload
The syntax is as follows:
stress [OPTION] ## Stress using CPU-bound task stress -c 4 ## Stress using IO-bound task stress -i 2
For example, a load average of four is imposed on the system by specifying two CPU-bound processes, one I/O-bound process, and one memory allocator process as follows:
# uptime
# stress -c 2 -i 1 -m 1 --vm-bytes 128M -t 10s
# uptime
Sample outputs:
- -c 2 : Spawn two workers spinning on sqrt()
- -i 1 : Spawn one worker spinning on sync()
- -m 1 : Spawn one worker spinning on malloc()/free()
- --vm-bytes 128M : Malloc 128MB per vm worker (default is 256MB)
- -t 10s : Timeout after ten seconds
- -v : Be verbose
Getting started with stress-ng on Linux and Unix
The stress-ng tool will stress test a Linux computer system in various selectable ways.
Install stress-ng on a Linux or Unix-like systems
Type the following command to download stress-ng tarball using the wget command:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/stress-ng/stress-ng-0.09.34.tar.xz
Untar tar ball, enter:
$ tar xvf stress-ng-0.09.34.tar.xz
Compile stress-ng, run:
$ cd stress-ng-0.09.34
$ make
Sample outputs:
make -f Makefile.config make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/stress-ng-0.09.34' autoconfig: using -lcrypt autoconfig: using pthread spinlock autoconfig: using -lrt autoconfig: using -lz autoconfig: using -ldl autoconfig: using -lpthread autoconfig: using wchar.h autoconfig: using grp.h autoconfig: using sys/xattr.h autoconfig: using sys/syscall.h ..... ... ..... CC mwc.c CC parse-opts.c CC out-of-memory.c CC net.c CC sched.c CC setting.c CC thermal-zone.c CC shim.c CC perf.c CC thrash.c CC time.c CC stress-ng.c CC stress-personality.c LD stress-ng make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/stress-ng-0.09.34'
You can also install it using snap command or apt-get command:
$ sudo apt install stress-ng
How do I use the stress-ng tool on Linux?
The syntax is:
stress-ng [options] stress-ng -c 2 stress-ng -c 4 -t 10 -v stress-ng -c 4 --metrics-brief
Always note down the output of uptime command before starting it:
Let us see some examples of stress-ng.
Unix / Linux cpu stress test
Let us start N workers exercising the CPU by sequentially working through all the different CPU stress methods:
stress-ng --cpu 4 --timeout 60s --metrics-brief
Unix / Linux cpu stress test
For disk start N workers continually writing, reading and removing temporary files:
stress-ng --disk 2 --timeout 60s --metrics-brief
One can pass the --io N option to the stress-ng command to commit buffer cache to disk:
stress-ng --disk 2 --io 2 --timeout 60s --metrics-brief
Unix / Linux memory stress test
Let us populate memory. Use mmap N bytes per vm worker, the default is 256MB. One can specify the size as % of total available memory or in units of Bytes, KBytes, MBytes and GBytes using the suffix b, k, m or g:
stress-ng --vm 2 --vm-bytes 1G --timeout 60s
The --vm 2 will start N workers (2 workers) continuously calling mmap/munmap and writing to the allocated memory. Note that this can cause systems to trip the kernel OOM killer on Linux systems if not enough physical memory and swap is not available.
Putting it all together
To run for 60 seconds with 4 cpu stressors, 2 io stressors and 1 vm stressor using 1GB of virtual memory, enter:
stress-ng --cpu 4 --io 2 --vm 1 --vm-bytes 1G --timeout 60s --metrics-brief
Sample outputs:
In this example, run 16 cpu stressors and stops after 900000 bogo operations:
stress-ng --cpu 16 --cpu-ops 900000
stress-ng --cpu 16 --cpu-ops 900000 --timeout 16
Sample outputs:
stress-ng: info: [30367] dispatching hogs: 16 cpu stress-ng: info: [30367] successful run completed in 60.17s (1 min, 0.17 secs)
To run 4 simultaneous instances of all the stressors sequentially one by one, each for 6 minutes and summaries with performance metrics at the end:
stress-ng --sequential 4 --timeout 6m --metrics
To run 2 FFT cpu stressors, stop after 5000 bogo operations and produce a summary just for the FFT results:
stress-ng --cpu 2 --cpu-method fft --cpu-ops 5000 --metrics-brief
To run cpu stressors on all online CPUs working through all the available CPU stressors for 2 hour:
stress-ng --cpu 0 --cpu-method all -t 2h
To run 2 instances of all the stressors for 10 minutes:
stress-ng --all 2 --timeout 10m
To run 128 stressors that are randomly chosen from all the available stressors:
stress-ng --random 128
To run 64 instances of all the different cpu stressors and verify that the computations are correct for 5 minutes with a bogo operations summary at the end:
stress-ng --cpu 64 --cpu-method all --verify -t 5m --metrics-brief
To run all the stressors one by one for 5 minutes, with the number of instances of each stressor matching the number of online CPUs:
stress-ng --sequential 0 -t 5m
To run all the stressors in the io class one by one for 1 minutes each, with 8 instances of each stressor running concurrently and show overall time utilisation statistics at the end of the run:
stress-ng --sequential 8 --class io -t 1m --times
Should I run stess-ng with root access?
From the man page:
Running stress-ng with root privileges will adjust out of memory settings on Linux systems to make the stressors unkillable in low memory situations, so use this judiciously. With the appropriate privilege, stress-ng can allow the ionice class and ionice levels to be adjusted, again, this should be used with care. However, some options do requires root privilege to alter various /sys interface controls. See stess-ng command man page for more info.
You just learned how to use the stess and stress-ng command to impose high CPU load on Linux and Unix-like system.
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Are you a new college student curious about establishing your credit or an existing college student that wants to avoid mistakes that will impact you for years? If so, check out these 5 credit killers for college students.
1. Too many credit cards – When I was a college student in the early 1990s, my university's main campus walkway was lined with banks offering free t-shirts to anyone that filled out a credit card application. Inevitably, every table would have a line of students ready to sign on the dotted line. Today, there is legislation in place that controls the marketing of credit cards to college students, but this doesn't mean that college students can't get a credit card. If you decide that now is the time to open up your first credit card, don't get excited and open up as many as you can. Get one and use it responsibly. If you have too many open lines of credit, your credit score will suffer.
2. Maxing out credit cards – You have your first credit card, now what? Don't max it out. A credit card balance that is too close to the line of credit will negatively impact your credit score. There are various schools of thought as to the best balance to line of credit ratio and no one really knows the sweet spot. In my opinion, I'd ignore the possible positive benefits of maintaining a balance and just plan on paying off your credit card balance in full every month.
3. Paying bills late – Obviously, paying bills late will have a negative impact on your credit, but usually not until a payment is 30 days or more late. The grace period doesn't extend your due date, though. Don't get in the habit of taking advantage of this grace period, because you're just setting yourself up for trouble in the future. Bills have a due date for a reason, pay them on time and you'll avoid credit dings as well as late fees.
4. Excessive student loan debt – Americans are holding about $1 trillion in student loan debt. Yes, college is expensive but don't think your can borrow your way to a degree. While loans may help you walk across the stage to accept your degree in four years, you could be setting yourself up for a decade or more of tight budgets, or worse. If you have to apply for a student loan, only accept the bare minimum. Financial aid awards often come with more money than you need to cover tuition and books and some college students don't realize that they can choose to accept a lower amount.
5. Paying rent and utilities late – You're living on your own for the first time and with that comes the added responsibility of paying for your own rent and utilities. Make sure these bills all get paid on time. If you make a habit of paying your rent late, you'll find it difficult to rent another place in the future. You also need to pay your utilities on time. Paying your utility bills late will not only negatively impact your credit, you could also end up needing a more substantial security deposit in the future.


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The Sabres and defenseman Nathan Beaulieu avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year deal Monday that carries an average annual value of $2.4 million.
Beaulieu, acquired in a June trade with Montreal, was one of three Sabres to file for arbitration, along with goaltender Robin Lehner and forward Johan Larsson. All three agreed to contracts before Friday's deadline for arbitration hearings.
Beaulieu's deal carries the fifth-largest cap hit of Sabres defenseman, according to figures from Cap Friendly, trailing Rasmus Ristolainen ($5.4 million), Zach Bogosian ($5.1 million), Marco Scandella ($4 million) and Josh Gorges ($3.9 million). Beaulieu's previous contract had an AAV of $1.275 million.
Beaulieu, 24, totaled four goals and 24 assists in 74 games last season. He had a goal-for percentage of 55.79 and a 50.65 Corsi percentage on the Atlantic Division champions while playing 19:29 a game.
Sabres' Lehner, Larsson, Beaulieu among 30 players to file for arbitration
Beaulieu on Sabres: 'I'm very refreshed, excited and super happy'
Sabres sign goalie Robin Lehner to one-year contract worth $4 million


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Virtual Security: VMware remote authentication
Ensure virtual security, harden VMware's remote authentication by changing VMware GSX Server's Remote Console port number as described in this excerpt from Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise.
VMware Remote Authentication: Changing VMware GSX Server's Remote Console Port Number
If you're wondering if you can force the Remote Console authentication daemon (vmware-authd) to use a different port number, you can. In addition, if you want to take a minute to beef up security on your GSX Server, you should change the default port. Though a ping-sweep on your network may enumerate open ports on your server, changing the default port of GSX Server's Remote Console port will keep someone from specifically targeting the default port of 902. Don't select a common port, such as ports less than 1024. These ports are already assigned to common services, such as ports 25 (SMTP), 80 (HTTP), and 443 (HTTPS). To change the port, you'll need to follow these steps at the CLI:
1. Type vi /etc/xinetd.d/vmware-authd.
2. Find and change the port number to what you want. We'll use 9876 in this example.
3. Type vi /etc/vmware/config.
4. Change the authd.client.port entry to match your desired port number (9876).
5. Restart xinetd with service xinetd restart.
6. Restart the Management Interface with httpd.vmware restart.
GSX Server guests will be managed from the port you specified. Now, you'll need to use the VMware Remote Console application to connect to guest VMs. When connecting to the server, you'll need to specify your port number in the Connection field in addition to the IP address (for example, 10.10.5.136 9876). After entering your information, select Connect to proceed.
After connecting to your GSX Server though the Remote Console application, you can verify the port change. For instance, from within a Windows operating system such as Windows XP, you can execute the netstat command at the command line with the –n option, netstat –n. Under the Foreign Address column, locate your server's IP address and verify that the port being used is correct.
If you don't want to have to specify the port number to use when using Remote Console, you can configure it to use a specific port automatically. For Windows systems, create a file and label it config.ini. Place the file in C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataVMwareVMware Remote Console. The file should have one line of code: authd.client.port = <portNumber>
If you're using a Linux client to connect to your host, you'll need to modify either /etc/vmware-console/config or /usr/lib/vmware-console/config. Add the following line of code: authd.client.port = <portNumber>
- Introduction: Installing and deploying VMs on enterprise servers
- Installing Microsoft Virtual Server
- Installing VMware GSX Server for Windows
- Installing VMware GSX Server for Linux
- Installing the VMware management interface
- Working with the VMware virtual machine console
- Changing GSX Server's remote console port number
- Installing VMware ESX Server
- Verifiying and viewing configuration files
- Using Linux survival commands
- Understanding MUI and SSL
- Configuring the ESX Server installation: Troubleshooting an ESX Server installation
- Configuring the ESX Server installation: A smooth ESX Server installation
|About the author
|Chris Wolf is an instructor at ECPI Technical College, as well as a leading industry consultant in enterprise storage, virtualization solutions, and network infrastructure management. He has a master's degree in information technology from Rochester Institute of Technology, and his IT certification list includes MCSE, MCT, and CCNA. Wolf authored MCSE Supporting and Maintaining NT Server 4.0 Exam Cram, Windows 2000 Enterprise Storage Solutions and Troubleshooting Microsoft Technologies, and he contributes frequently to Redmond Magazine and Windows IT Pro Magazine. Wolf also speaks at computer conferences across the nation.


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How not to anger a JOC
I`ve realized that most Jews who are white have a hard time dealing with Jews who are black or any other colour. Heck Jews who are darkly tanned are confronted with bigotry at shuls or other public places where they expect to be treated accordingly as a fellow Jew and not as some sort of racial pariah stalking out to steal a wallet as everyone is singing Aleniu. Nor are we here to attack you with our black on black crime that apparently you know so well. We are Jews who bleed and weep when terrorist attacks occurs to when swastikas are spray painted on the synagogue door. However this cannot penetrate the skulls of a lot of Jews who can pass as white and I`ll list them out for you,
- Stop asking if we converted, none of your darn business if we did or didn`t.
- If you like to constantly stare at us, take a picture it might last as long as your processing "Black Jew"
- Not all of us left Ethiopia or are Ethiopian, why are you asking for?
- No we cannot spice up your food because we`re black. Kugel not spicy enough for you?
- Do not ask us if this is the first time we have had Jewish food, some of us have been eating it as long as you have.
- Stop setting us up with other black p.o.c., the jungle fever isn`t good enough for your white passing children?
- When you see us at Limmud, why the automatic assumption we`re there to learn more. Trying to say something you can`t because it might sound bigoted?
- Never tell us we`re overreacting to racism, if we are stop overreacting to anti-Semitism.
- Black on black crime? You mean Jew on Jew violence, sounds really stupid right?
- Purim, can you stop with your black face, and hanging Afro-American dolls to represent Haman please?
- Just because you don`t see something as racist, doesn`t mean it isn`t racist. Brain cells are overworking on this Im sure.
- You have white privilege, sorry!! You`re white passing. Change that name and that religion, you`re a regular Joe Smith mishpocha!
- When you can use the term mulatto, shvatsa, nigger, and negro in regular conversation…ten points you`re a racist!
- Stop bringing up Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and complain how the Black community needs to stop supporting them. They don`t represent all Blacks just like Netanyahu and Likud represents all Jews.
- Boy you guys love to talk about the good old days when Blacks respected us, we helped them fight for civil rights. Question: Were you there marching with MLK Jr Or Black Lives Matter to say that now?
This list is just a few things Ive heard over the years. It isn`t extensive nor does this list conclusive. While you can sip your tea of noncompliance or unwillingness to listen, more and more JOC(Jews of Colour) will eventually be lost and go off the derech.
A Jew is a Jew no longer works for JOC who have simply had enough of bad treatment and no good memories with the Jewish community. Notice how Drake is so avoidant to embrace the Jewish people of his own? (His bar mitzvah video doesn`t count) At certain times it feels like I`m pushing for integration in synagogues across the country and even across North America. So to establish some kind of kosher labeling system for JOC, I`ve created your shul is racist rating,
- 1.Non-Racist membership
- Somewhat Racist
- Incredibly Racist
- Ⓤ Racist
- Steaming hot racist membership, JOC beware!
This isn`t safe spaces, this is a safe place to be an observant Jew within an observant community in any stream of Judaism.


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The Delhi High Court today declined to stay the trial court proceedings in a criminal defamation case filed by union minister Arun Jaitley against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders in the controversy surrounding Delhi cricket body DDCA.
The Delhi High Court today declined to stay the trial court proceedings in a criminal defamation case filed by union minister Arun Jaitley against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders in the controversy surrounding Delhi cricket body DDCA. The high court was hearing a plea by AAP leader Deepak Bajpai, who along with others was put on trial in the defamation case, challenging the lower court's orders summoning and framing notice against him.
Justice I S Mehta issued notice to the Delhi government and Jaitley and sought their response on the plea but declined the plea of Bajpai's counsel for an interim stay on the proceedings before the trial court. The court listed the matter for September 19. Besides the trial court orders of summoning and framing notice against Bajpai for the alleged offence of defamation, his advocate Prashant Mendiratta also challenged the order by which his application seeking to be heard on the point of notice was also rejected.
During the hearing, senior counsel Sandeep Sethi and advocate Amit Mahajan, appearing for Jaitley, opposed the plea saying the AAP leader wanted to delay the proceedings and should not be allowed to do so. They argued that the accused have been appearing before the trial court for over a year and filed the plea before the high court now. Bajpai's counsel argued that he resides outside the jurisdiction of the trial court and cannot be summoned by the court without an inquiry under the CrPC, which was not done in this case.
He claimed in the petition that the order by which he was denied the opportunity to be heard on the point of framing notice was "erroneous" as, in law, the accused has a right to be heard before notice is framed against him by the court which has not been done in this case. "Notice for offence of defamation has been framed against accused persons including the petitioner without affording them opportunity to be heard," the plea said. Besides, Kejriwal and Bajpai, the other AAP leaders accused in the case are Ashutosh, Kumar Vishwas, Sanjay Singh and Radhav Chaddha.
Jaitley had filed the complaint alleging that the accused had defamed him in a controversy regarding Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) which he headed for over a decade. Earlier, Jaitley had appeared in the trial court and said that Kejriwal and five AAP leaders had made "false and defamatory" statements. He had rejected the charge that he had siphoned off money from DDCA for his own benefit. Jaitley was the DDCA President from December 1999 to December 2013.
On December 21, 2015, Jaitley had filed the criminal defamation case against them and sought their prosecution for offences that entail a punishment of up to two years in jail. A civil defamation suit has also been filed by Jaitley before the Delhi High Court in the matter seeking Rs 10 crore as damages. Presently, Jaitley is being cross-examined by Kejriwal's counsel before the high court.
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Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) officials given the SCCL Medical Officer Recruitment 2018. The officials mention 30 vacancies for General Duty Medical officer post. The application starting date is 23 July 2018. Interested candidates should apply before the last date 04 August 2018 through their official site @ www.scclmines.com.
We provide the educational qualifications, Age limit, Salary, and Application fee details of SCCL Recruitment. The application mode is online. Candidates should check info and apply for this Singareni Collieries Company Limited notification. For more details regarding the Singareni Recruitment, read the full article.
SCCL Medical Officer Recruitment
Post Details
- 1 SCCL Medical Officer Recruitment
- 1.1 SCCL 30 General Duty Medical Officer Vacancies
- 1.2 SCCL Medical Officer Recruitment 2018 Details
- 1.3 Eligibility Criteria
- 1.4 SCCL Medical Officer Application Form
- 1.5 SCCL GDMO Notification 2018 @ www.scclmines.com
SCCL Recruitment 2018 issued on the official site of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) . The SCCL Board is ready to recruit the candidates based on their performance. The officials of SCCL released a notification for filling the 30 Medical Officer vacancies. Candidates should check the eligible details in our page and then start applying for the notification before the date expires. The closing date to submit the application is 04 August 2018. So, candidates, who are waiting for this SCCL Medical Officer Recruitment, they have the wonderful opportunity to apply for this SCCL GDMO Jobs. Aspirants who are completed the mentioned educational qualification, they are eligible to this Singareni Recruitment. Contenders whose dream is to get a job in Singareni Collieries Company Limited board they should have the qualifications that are given below. Candidates who are born and raise in Telangana state and waiting for a government job, for those aspirants the government of Telangana announced 30 GMDO vacancies. For the latest employment news follow our site.
SCCL 30 General Duty Medical Officer Vacancies
The officials of SCCL declared for SCCL Recruitment for 30 vacancies of General Duty Medical Officer posts. Candidates who are interested to apply this SCCL notification they can check the education qualification, Age limit, Pay Scale, and application fee. Applicants who want to apply for this Singareni Jobs vacancy they must have completed their PG degree/Doctors having Post Graduate Qualification/Specialization with minimum marks. The officials decided to conduct the written exam to the applicants of these 30 General Duty Medical Officer posts. Job hunters having the age limit of maximum 45 years are preferable. Here we provide all the information along with the application process. Candidates should gather the information like SCCL Medical Officer Recruitment application links and application fee, Selection process which are mentioned below. The SCCL team mention the important note that they pick the candidates based on their performance in written test/Personal Interview. Candidates should apply for this job through online only. Here you in download the syllabus and prepare for the exam.
SCCL Medical Officer Recruitment 2018 Details
|Organization Name
|Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)
|Post Names
|General Duty Medical Officer
|Vacancies in Number
|Application Starting Date
|23rd July 2018.
|Closing Date
|04th August 2018.
|Job Location
|Govt. Jobs.
|Application Mode
|Official Site
Eligibility Criteria
Education Qualifications:
Candidates can be completed their PG Degree, Doctors having Post Graduate Qualification/Specialisation with minimum marks.
Age Limit :
- Maximum – 45 Years.
SCCL Application Fee:
For General Candidates Rs. 200/-
No Fee for SC / ST.
SCCL Recruitment Vacancy Details :
|Post Name
|Number Of Posts
|General Duty Medical Officer
|Rs.20,600 – Rs.46,500/-
Selection Process :
Candidates will be selected on the basis of their performance
- Written Examination/Interview.
SCCL Medical Officer Application Form
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I just fashioned a piece of tape into a tape bubble and stuck it on my forehead. Maybe genius thoughts will accidentally get stuck on the tape bubble and find their way into my brain. Because that's the kind of week I'm having.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
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Do any runners still read this blog?
Hello 'ello 'ello 'llo 'llo 'llo 'o 'o 'o….
I know this blog has taken a bit of a diversion from running, but if there are any readers who are runners with Garmin trainers, I have a question for you. I do still run, by the way. Almost more now that I have Gertie in the city. I just don't talk about it much. Well, because I've had more interesting things to talk about lately….
Anywho, I'm thinking about getting a Mac Book and want to know if anyone has encountered any compatibility problems with Garmins and Macs. I'd love to hear from you — the good, bad and the ugly. Many thanks in advance!
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Here Kitty, Kitty
The boyfriend has a cat. Well, technically his roommate has a cat, but for all intensive purposes, there is a cat at the boyfriend's house. And this has been a little unnerving to Gertie (read: Gertie's Mom who is terrified that Gertie might be even less of a vegetarian than she is.) who has never really met a cat. At least not long enough to decipher how she feels about cats. For the past month, (whee! It's been over a month!!! Look at me in the big relationship!) we've kept Gertie confined to a certain proximity of space when I've been over. She's been able to see Kitty, but always at a distance. The two have co-existed with Kitty slinking by to take a look at this dog skidding around his living room hardwood floors, licking his owner and others, flopping on people's laps and in general being the lovable spaz that she is. (That's right, Justin. I said love able spaz!)
But last night, we made a huge step for all dog kind. Gertie met Kitty nose to nose. I actually didn't know it was happening or I would have probably set up an intervention. But the boyfriend, who was in the kitchen at the time, apparently thought it was as good a time as any to let them meet. Imagine my surprise when I walked in and saw Gertie less than a foot away from Kitty.
And Kitty was still alive.
And Gertie was, well, more interested in the food that boyfriend had going on than the Kitty treat sitting in front of her.
Later on, in the living room, Kitty stopped by to flop on the floor near Gertie, who didn't seem to mind the company.
Maybe we can just all get along.
100 Things About Me (Part II)
I know you've been waiting on pins and needles for me to finish this.
The wait stops here.
51. I am a Klutz (capitalization intentional)
52. I don't bake
53. I don't recycle as much as I should.
54. I make wish lists for things I want to buy but can't afford. These lists live in my dayplanner.
55. I sleep walk.
56. My parents used to put a gate up to prevent this.
57. My friend Dawn improvised with an ironing board once.
58. When referring to my friends, I often claim ownership "my friend Dawn," "my friend Jenny" and so on… I don't know why I do this, but I do.
59. In seventh grade, I laughed so hard I peed my pants in the middle of cooking class. Unfortunately, I had a (non-related) detention that afternoon, which made for a very long day.
60. I saved every note written in seventh grade; they are still folded up into little triangles.
61. I love to be the passenger.
62. Spontaneous trips are heavenly.
63. As long as I have ample time to fret about what to pack.
64. I heart my job.
65. I refer to my parents by their first names when talking about them.
66. Hi Terry.
67. When I see a cute dog, I have a tendency to gush and sometimes shriek a little. In general, I refer to dogs as "boogies."
68. I sometimes need to use my inside voice.
69. But I prefer my outside voice.
70. I was never popuuuuular.
71. But I love the song.
72. I do not. Repeat. Do not. Do scary movies.
73. If a move becomes at all terrifying, a pillow is required to hide behind.
74. I love happy hour.
75. Who doesn't?
76. When picking out a book, I read the back cover or inside flap and then at least the first page. I know pretty much right away if a book is going to carry my attention.
77. When I concentrate, I chew the side of my tongue. It looks really stupid.
78. I wear skirts more than pants.
79. Every winter I pray that tall boots and skirts won't be out of style.
80. Eventually this will happen and I will be that lady stuck in the fashion dead zone.
81. Speaking of winter, I hate to drive in the snow and/or ice.
82. Considering my summer driving record, it is probably best that I avoid winter driving all together.
83. I let Gertie kiss me on the mouth.
84. Aside from the ceramic flat iron, I think on demand and DVR technology are two of the greatest inventions of my adult years.
85. I text my hairstylist.
86. I'm not opposed to online dating.
87. When I worked in commercial radio I had my own news jingle.
88. I love striking up conversations with complete strangers.
89. I'm really looking forward to completing this list.
90. Maybe there aren't really 100 things about me to share?
91. Nah, that can't be true. I never shut up.
92. I'll think of 100 more after this list is published.
93. Some unfortunate soul will have to hear me talk about myself later.
94. I have my ears pierced and my belly, but I really want to pierce my nose.
95. When I was a baby, they wrapped me in foil to keep me warm. I looked like a baked potato.
96. No wonder I have to work next to a space heater all day. They set me up to be cold my entire life.
97. My passport expires this year. I should do something about that.
98. I once lost my passport in the Frankfort, Germany airport.
99. I actually have the worst travel luck ever.
100. My initials spell SAM. I tried to get friends to use this as a nickname, but it never stuck. Just goes to show you, you can't force your own nickname.
Don't read this while drinking anything that could go out your nose
Is it bad that I want Chipotle now?
me time
I love it. My own agenda. My own rules. My own destiny. Last night I took myself out for dinner. Crisp greens tossed in a tangy balsamic vinaigrette with bites of salty kalamata olives, crunchy bread with buttery, nutty olive oil and creamy pureed eggplant, sun dried tomatoes and fresh basil nestled within the crevices of homemade farfalle. A perfect espresso to finish it off. Heavenly.
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- Staff available 24 hours/day: Family Support Specialists are available by phone during regular business hours. After-hours support is available by phone with a masters-level clinician for support and consultation 24 hours/day.
- Support and training groups: These support and training groups provide foster parents with an opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills and gain encouragement and support from one another. See calendar for all support/training group meeting dates.
- Specialized Training: Foster parents receive 10 hours of pre-service training and 10 hours of child-specific training on caring for children with disabilities as well as ongoing trainings to continue to build foster parent skills.
- Respite Care – Foster parents are encouraged to take advantage of respite care, which allows for vacation and time off from the daily responsibilities of taking care of a child with special needs.
- Contact with staff: A Family Support Specialist will be assigned to your family. He/she will meet with you in person at least 2-4 times a month or as often as needed and will be available by phone.
- Non-taxable reimbursement: Foster parents receive a tax-free stipend to cover a child's expenses.
- Access to mental health services: Foster Care Select is part of Centerstone, a community mental health provider. Children in our homes have access to therapists, psychiatrists and medical staff who specialize in working with children, and other psychological services that are provided through mental health centers.


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CAUTION Artem Semenov is wanted for his alleged participation in an Eastern European cyber crime ring, operating out of New York, which is known for recruiting money mules to open bank accounts, cashing out money received through unauthorized money transfers, and then transferring the money overseas. An arrest warrant was issued for Semenov in the Southern District of New York on September 29, 2010, after he was charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud; conspiracy to possess false identification documents; and false use of passport. If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate. Field Office: New York Semenov speaks both Russian and English, although his English may not be that good. He tends to stay close to Russian communities. He may enjoy frequenting casinos and playing poker. He may travel to Las Vegas, Nevada.
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This adventure all started five fateful days before when I met a German and Swiss rider heading south. We passed each other in a small village, and since it's pretty uncommon to see another overland rider, flipped around and met for a cold drink and chat session. The two of them planted the seed and it was on after that.
They had gone to Long Cheng (Long Tieng), the former CIA airbase during the Secret War. Located in Xiangkhouang Province in a valley at 3,100 feet, it was a town and air base operated by the Central Intelligence Agency. It maintained a population of 40,000 people, which was the second largest Laotian city at the time, but never appeared on any maps. First set up in 1962 for Major General Vang Pao, and a 1260 meter runway was installed in 1964. By 1966 it was one of the busiest airports in the world and one of the largest U.S. bases on foreign soil, which was kept very secret at the time.
In 1975 the final defense outpost was defeated by the north Vietnamese and evacuations began. Quoted from Wikipedia: "By May 1975, there were almost 50,000 guerrillas and refugees living in and around the city. However, by then, the U.S. had withdrawn all its civilian and military personnel from Indochina, except for a few Embassy personnel in Laos and Jerry Daniels in Long Tieng. There were few resources for an evacuation. Daniels had only a single transport aircraft and Hmong pilot in Long Tieng to take evacuees to Udon Thani, Thailand. Aderholt located three additional American transport aircraft and pilots in Thailand. He had the planes "sheep dipped" to remove all markings identifying them as American-owned and sent them to Long Tieng. On May 10, 1975, Vang Pao reluctantly followed the CIA's counsel and decided that he could no longer maintain Long Tieng against the opposing forces. Between May 10 to May 14, 1975, US C-130s and C-46s airlifted people from the airbase to US bases in Thailand. Between 1,000 and 3,000 Hmong were evacuated. Crowds of civilians surrounded the flights on the runways, creating a chaotic atmosphere. Those evacuated were primarily Hmong military leaders and CIA employees. The evacuation ended with the departure of Major General Vang Pao and Jerry Daniels. Vang Pao told the people still on the tarmac "Farewell, my brothers, I can do nothing more for you, I would only be a torment for you," as he boarded a helicopter. Tens of thousands of fighters and refugees were left behind. The 10,000 or more Hmong clustered around the airfield expected more aircraft to return, but they soon realized that none would come. The shelling of Long Tieng began on the afternoon of May 14. Many of the Hmong fighters and their families made their way overland to Thailand during the next several years, a dangerous journey that cost many of them their lives." The terrible thing is that there are still Hmong being hunted by Laos government forces in the forests, and many of them still hold out hope that the Americans will come back to rescue them. It breaks my heart. I'd read a book about the pilots, called ravens. Much of the book involves this base, and I had to see it for myself. It' s pretty much been a restricted area since the war, and no tourists allowed. The two riders had met a military guy in Phonsavan who told them it was open now and ok to go. They had just rode the rough track from Phonsavan to Xaysombourne the previous day and had awesome pics. A very strange experience though because of being followed and their every move watched by guys in black. Knowing the history of the place, I had to go. Highway 1D going to the north is beautifully surrounded by limestone mountains.
The road snakes its way up and down through valleys and over ridges. Instead of staying on path to Phonsavan I turned off at Ban Vieng Thong to head west towards where I could catch the road to Long Cheng. It wasn't a go fast road and was thoroughly rutted out with large rocks jutting out at every angle, but drove into a nice sunset over the peaks.
They told me the Long Cheng road was a day trip so I didn't worry about riding far in the dark and set up camp on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. I rode down into Xaysombourne in the morning slowly escaping the morning fog, which opened up gorgeous vistas.
A big meal stuffed into my belly and I was ready for a big day. In Xaysombourne the road becomes sealed and nice going to the west. Around Namngon theres a road that heads north, and this is the one that twists up to Long Cheng. It's hard to miss because theres a massive mining operation going on. In the first village, a few km in, there were already guys walking around with assault rifles. The road wasn't wonderful, but not too bad. The area is full of limestone mountains and ridges, and somewhere close is the tallest mountain in Laos.
I made it to Long Cheng District, and was well on track. Along the way I stopped to help a few guys who were fixing a flat tire and needed a knife. They recommended i stay the night in Long Cheng. I was hoping I got some good karma from helping them, which would help me through. I made it 36 km in and hit the sign for the town, but standing in the road by it were six guys with big guns. They automatically gave me a timeout hand sign and pointed back where I came from. They weren't the most official looking ragtag bunch of guys. Some wore cammo and some just regular clothes.
I offered them money to let me through, but nothing worked. Finally one left to check if I could with someone higher up I'm guessing. Before I knew it more police showed up. Most of them were fairly friendly. They wore clothes like a detective and had handguns on their hips. They talked and talked and finally told me I needed to go back to Xaysombourne. It was very matter of fact and they were done talking. Damn did I feel defeated. Usually you can find some way to make things work out, but I had to drive all the way back out, and then it's not an easy way to Phonsavan. It took a lot longer to get out because the road was shut down for two hours to do construction, and there is no other way.
I could still try from Phonsavan. Instead of choosing to go back over the road I had already done from Ban Vieng Thong, I came back out and drove west. On googlemaps theres a road, which goes over towards Vang Vieng, but turns out a dam was built and theres a massive lake instead of a river now. My offline map showed this, and also showed a ferry doing a route across it to the road I wanted to catch. The road towards the lake starts at the mining town. As I drove down the gravel road in the dark, twice I passed groups of at least ten camouflaged dudes marching with assault rifles. Not the most settling feeling in the world when you don't really know where you are and why theres so many guys with guns. I made it to the shore where a small floating home and some rickety canoes greeted me. The family didn't speak english, but luckily he had a friend to call that did. Found out ferry would leave the next day at eleven and I set up camp on the road leading down to the water.
I found out in the morning what all the guns in the area were about. It's mostly the security for the mining operation, which is a big Australian company (Phu Bia Mining). They're mining all around the area and have a lot of protection going on. I wish I would have known that the previous night in the dark. It wasn't a small boat, but it wasn't the ferry that I expected, and definitely more of a passenger ferry. I had to take off the windscreen and mirrors just to barely fit it in.
It took us about twenty minutes to squeeze it into the entrance. It's a nice hour long trip through the lake with ridges rising around you. It went by quick because I made a friend. There was a little boy looking bored so I gave him my camera to play with and he loved it. He picked it up really quick. My dirty motorcycle came in handy for drawing pictures. The people shared their fruit and I shared my chocolate bars. Remote control cars will always be fun no matter how old I am, and we built ramps out of my ammo can lids. We raced his car all over the boat.
My battery went dry and for a few days and it took a while to find distilled water. In the mornings I had to pop start it. Once on the other side, me and another guy had to push it up a steep hill so i could get speed coming back down and start it. It was a little scary flying towards the cliff edge and braking at the last second. From here I made it up to Vang Vieng for a couple nights to do some much needed work on the bike, laundry, take river baths, eat tons of sandwiches from the ladies on the street, and think about how I could get into Long Cheng. I spent a week in Vang Vieng a few years ago, and it was one of the craziest weeks of my life.
That was at the peak before it all got shut down. Combine super cheap booze and drugs with a river full of bars, swings, zippiness, and slides, and its going to get messy. Tons of people were dying each year and after an especially deadly year it all got shut down in 2012. The best thing about the place is the pure beauty of it. On the other side of the river are limestone cliffs hiding many caves and swimming holes. The guesthouse I camped at had a nice view of the sunrise hitting the mountains while the steam rose off the soil.
I messaged the german biker my dilemma and he sent me the contact info for the guy they had met, who was apparently high up in the military. I made it to Phonsavan and gave him a call. He spoke good english and assured me that it would be fine to go into Long Cheng and if I had any problems to call him. Thats all I needed to hear and it was on. I took most of my stuff off the bike and left it at my guesthouse to lighten the load on the crummy roads. When I woke up at sunrise to take off, I had a feeling like I shouldn't go and that I should just stay in bed. I headed off into the thick bone chilling fog that constantly covered my face shield. The road was surprisingly good and the suns warmth was soon back. I was feeling very confident at the halfway point and thats when I came around the corner to a road block. A couple young military guys questioned me and then a couple police came over. The police are really hard to tell though because a lot of them are party or totally in regular clothing.
They wanted my passport, but I had left it at the guesthouse. They looked through my pouch and got my ID card, but weren't happy with just this and insisted on my passport. They wanted to look through my tank bag and in my back case, but all I really had with me were tools. They wouldn't let up about the passport and kept asking me the same questions over and over, "are you alone", "why are you coming here", "have you taken pictures", "how many times have you been to Laos", etc. I told them I would go back to Phonsavan, but was told no, and that I had to wait a moment. Time went by and nothing was happening so I got on my bike and said I was leaving. One guy grabbed my hand and keys in the ignition and told me to stop, while the others got around the bike.
I was continually told to wait for the boss. Finally he arrived in a truck with three other police. He wore an olive green uniform with military looking stuff on it. We went through another half hour of questioning, and then they said we had to go get my passport. First he told me that I would ride with them and one of the officers would drive my bike in. They didn't trust me to ride back in with them following, and ended up loading it in the back of the truck. It was getting ridiculous. I was forced to sit in the back with one of the guys on each side of me. I'm guessing so I wouldn't try to escape and jump out? During the hour plus drive back in I daydreamed about it being a scene in a movie. If I was Bruce Willis, I would pull out two guns from my leather jacket and with four shots they would all be dead. Then I would dive into the front seat and manage to gain control of the truck before it flew of the cliff.
I could picture the exact moves. I would most likely then be picked up by a helicopter and waiting on board would be my beautiful lover in a tight fitting dress. I realized I didn't have my pouch and knew they had to still have it, but waited to check my pockets better till we got to town. Along the way, the boss cop would randomly ask me a question, which was always something I'd already told them. When we got back to Phonsavan I led them to the guesthouse to get my passport. I realized that my ammo can panniers were in the room, because I took them off for the day, and they would probably be alarmed when they saw them. I quickly explained it as I opened the door, and tried to convince them I wasn't G.I. Joe secretly sent in. Three of them followed me in and while I got the passport they went through my things, and thoughrouly examined the cans contents. They loaded me back up and we went to the police station. At this point they had my ID, passport, GoPro camera, my other camera, and some documents. I was taken into a room and sat down at a table. Then all the police came by to take a look at the American while giggleng with each other. They wrote out an entire sheet in Lao and then asked me to sign it. I laughed at them just as hard as when they said they would drive my motorcycle. They tried explaining what it was, but there was no way i was signing it. For the next five hours I was interrogated by a couple different guys.
It was mainly done by one who I found out was an immigration officer. Some of the guys there were Vietnamese, and I think Vietnam has a lot of pull/control in the area. Portraits and painting of Ho Chi Minh were everywhere. We went over the same things repeatedly. The one positive was they brought me a whole box of little cakes for lunch. I shared them with some of the guys in the room.
Each one of them literally spent a half hour each looking at the GoPro and not understanding how it opened. They reminded me of monkeys. I mean that just in their actions and nothing rascist. Some people get the wrong idea. They all looked through every page of my passport. There was nothing I could do but make the best of the situation. The thing I was most upset about was my pouch and the money they took. It was over a million and a half, kip that is (still $200). After spending the entire day in the police station I just wanted to get out. They asked if I would write down on a sheet and sign that they hadn't taken anything from me. Eventually they handed me my cameras and passport back, and said I could go.


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