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COMSOL Conference 2013 - Call for Papers
The 9th Annual Conference on Multiphysics Simulation is Now Accepting Abstracts
BURLINGTON, MA (March 19th, 2013) - The Program Committee for the 9th annual COMSOL Conference on multiphysics simulation is pleased to invite engineers and researchers from around the globe to begin submitting abstracts describing their designs, projects and achievements for presentation at the Conference. Selected papers will be given the coveted opportunity to present their work at the world's largest conference on multiphysics simulation and computer aided engineering.
Conference Locations
Boston, MA: October 9 - 11
Beijing, China: October 17
Bangalore, India: October 17 - 18
Shanghai, China: October 24
Rotterdam, Netherlands: October 23 - 25
Singapore, Singapore: October 24 -25
Taipei, Taiwan: October 25
Seoul, Korea: November 15
Tokyo, Japan: December 6
The COMSOL Conference connects more than 2,000 engineers, researchers and scientists worldwide, providing them with the chance to showcase their work, share innovative technologies and best practices, as well as with the opportunity to meet with the makers of COMSOL Multiphysics. The Conference focuses on advancing cross-discipline and multiphysics simulation by providing Conference attendees with a multitude of hands-on minicourses, networking opportunities, keynote talks from industry leaders and over 850 user presentations.
Highlights of the Conference Include
- Multiphysics minicourse sessions taught by COMSOL specialists that cover a wide array of disciplines and topics including electrical, mechanical, fluid and chemical applications.
- Keynote speeches from industry leaders and prominent researchers which in the past have included the Toyota Research Institute, Ford Motor Company, Robert Bosch GmbH, DuPont Company, Microsoft Corporation and others.
- Opportunities to interact with a panel of industry experts on multiphysics simulation and listen in on discussions surrounding real-world design challenges.
- An exhibition that showcases the services and products offered by COMSOL Partners and Certified Consultants to enhance and enrich your simulation experience.
- The announcement of a new version of COMSOL Multiphysics. Be the first to hear about new tools and technologies added to the COMSOL Multiphysics product suite.
Presenting a poster, paper, or both at the COMSOL Conference is an unparalleled and esteemed opportunity for multiphysics users to achieve widespread recognition within a highly skilled community of engineers and researchers. "It's a great opportunity for attendees to connect with each other, share their work, and interact with experts of the same field," says Dr. Jinlan Huang, Program Committee Chair of the Boston Conference. Not only will users who present at the Conference have the opportunity to showcase their work to fellow attendees, additionally papers and posters presented at the Conference will be published on the COMSOL website and get international recognition. You can see the contributions from 2012 by visiting the COMSOL Conference User Presentations section of the website.
You are invited to be a part of this prestigious event by presenting your own work as an oral or poster presentation. Suggested topic areas include:
- AC/DC Electromagnetics
- Acoustics and Vibrations
- Batteries, Fuel Cells, and Electrochemical Processes
- Bioscience and Bioengineering
- Chemical Reaction Engineering
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Electromagnetic Heating
- Geophysics and Geomechanics
- Heat Transfer and Phase Change
- MEMS and Nanotechnology
- Microfluidics
- Multiphysics
- Optics, Photonics and Semiconductors
- Optimization and Inverse Methods
- Particle Tracing
- Piezoelectric Devices
- Plasma Physics
- RF and Microwave Engineering
- Simulation Methods and Teaching
- Structural Mechanics and
- Thermal Stresses
- Transport Phenomena
The Poster Session is one of the key events at the Conference. "What makes the Poster Session such a valuable part of the conference experience is the wide array of different applications that are presented," says Bernt Nilsson, Sr. Vice President of Marketing at COMSOL, Inc. "With the Poster Session, not only do you have the opportunity to showcase your project during the scheduled session, but your work is also featured for the full three days of the Conference, allowing for ongoing discussions between the author and Conference attendees."
Call for Papers and Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions will be reviewed by a Program Committee of 20 leaders in multiphysics simulation. This year, the Program Committee consists of an impressive assembly of scientists and researchers from renowned universities, governmental agencies and businesses including Harvard University, Pepsico, GE, and IBM.
To submit an abstract for review by the Program Committee, visit the Call for Papers page on the COMSOL website and select the Conference city you prefer.For the Boston Conference presenters who submit an abstract by the June 21 Early Bird Deadline, a discounted Conference registration fee will be provided. The final submission deadline for abstracts is August 2.
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OVIEDO, Fla. - A water main break spilling 1.2 million gallons of water washed out an Oviedo roadway Tuesday morning, causing a major traffic jam for commuters.
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Mitchell Hammock Road was closed between State Road 426 and Alafaya Trail for most of the morning on Tuesday. It has since been reopened, but traffic was moving slow early Tuesday afternoon.
Oviedo Utilities said it received an alarm around 4 a.m. about the break, which was located across from Miller's Ale House near Norma Avenue.
About a dozen businesses were without water because of the break, but no residents were affected. The water has since been restored with any advisories to boil water.
Officials said a 36-inch water main feeds the area, but a smaller line was likely ruptured. The cause of the break is under investigation.
Motorists were diverted in the area, but commuters using Broadway Street and Chapman Road as alternate routes still encountered major backups.
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By Steve Werner in IndesignSecrets.com
How to create a button that appears to have two appearances and toggles two actions.
I've posted before about how to create a button which both shows and hides another object. Such an interactivity effect can be exported both in an interactive PDF file and in a SWF file which can be played in a web browser.
The method which I described is to give the trigger button two events. Events are mouse actions. I described giving an action to the On Roll Over event to show a picture, and giving the same button an action to hide the picture during the On Roll Off event. (Alternatively, you could have the picture show when the trigger button is clicked—the On Click event—and have it hide when the mouse button is released—the On Releaseevent.
But on the Adobe InDesign Forum, I saw this request:
Using InDesign CS5, I'm trying to create a button that when clicked, shows another button; when clicked again, hides the button that was previously shown. Like a toggle. I've not been able to do this.


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Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Although shingles can occur anywhere on your body, it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or the right side of your torso.
Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you've had chickenpox, the virus lies inactive in nerve tissue near your spinal cord and brain. Years later, the virus may reactivate as shingles.
While it isn't a life-threatening condition, shingles can be very painful. Vaccines can help reduce the risk of shingles, while early treatment can help shorten a shingles infection and lessen the chance of complications.
The signs and symptoms of shingles usually affect only a small section of one side of your body. These signs and symptoms may include:
Some people also experience:
Pain is usually the first symptom of shingles. For some, it can be intense. Depending on the location of the pain, it can sometimes be mistaken for a symptom of problems affecting the heart, lungs or kidneys. Some people experience shingles pain without ever developing the rash.
Most commonly, the shingles rash develops as a stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or right side of your torso. Sometimes the shingles rash occurs around one eye or on one side of the neck or face.
Contact your doctor promptly if you suspect shingles, but especially in the following situations:
Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. Anyone who's had chickenpox may develop shingles. After you recover from chickenpox, the virus can enter your nervous system and lie dormant for years. Eventually, it may reactivate and travel along nerve pathways to your skin — producing shingles.
The reason for the encore is unclear. But it may be due to lowered immunity to infections as you grow older. Shingles is more common in older adults and in people who have weak immune systems.
Varicella-zoster is part of a group of viruses called herpes viruses, which includes the viruses that cause cold sores and genital herpes. Because of this, shingles is also known as herpes zoster. But the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles is not the same virus responsible for cold sores or genital herpes, a sexually transmitted infection.
A person with shingles can pass the varicella-zoster virus to anyone who isn't immune to chickenpox. This usually occurs through direct contact with the open sores of the shingles rash. Once infected, the person will develop chickenpox, however, not shingles.
Chickenpox can be dangerous for some groups of people. Until your shingles blisters scab over, you are contagious and should avoid physical contact with:
Anyone who has ever had chickenpox can develop shingles. Most adults in the United States had chickenpox when they were children, before the advent of the routine childhood vaccination that now protects against chickenpox.
Factors that may increase your risk of developing shingles include:
Complications from shingles can include:
Some people have such mild symptoms of shingles that they don't seek medical treatment. At the other extreme, severe symptoms may result in a visit to the emergency room.
You may want to write a list that includes:
Preparing a list of questions ahead of time will help you make the most of your limited time with your doctor. List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out. For shingles, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask any additional questions that occur to you during your appointment.
Your doctor will examine your rash and may ask some of the following questions:
Shingles is usually diagnosed based on the history of pain on one side of your body, along with the telltale rash and blisters. Your doctor may also take a tissue scraping or culture of the blisters for examination in the laboratory.
There's no cure for shingles, but prompt treatment with prescription antiviral drugs can speed healing and reduce your risk of complications. These medications include:
Shingles can cause severe pain, so your doctor also may prescribe:
Shingles generally lasts between two and six weeks. Most people get shingles only once, but it is possible to get it two or more times.
Taking a cool bath or using cool, wet compresses on your blisters may help relieve the itching and pain. And, if possible, try to reduce the amount of stress in your life.
Two vaccines may help prevent shingles — the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine and the shingles (varicella-zoster) vaccine.
The varicella vaccine (Varivax) has become a routine childhood immunization to prevent chickenpox. The vaccine is also recommended for adults who've never had chickenpox. Though the vaccine doesn't guarantee you won't get chickenpox or shingles, it can reduce your chances of complications and reduce the severity of the disease.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the varicella-zoster vaccine (Zostavax) to help prevent shingles. Like the chickenpox vaccine, the shingles vaccine doesn't guarantee you won't get shingles. But this vaccine will likely reduce the course and severity of the disease and reduce your risk of postherpetic neuralgia.
The shingles vaccine is recommended for adults age 60 and older, whether they've already had shingles or not. Although the vaccine is approved for people age 50 and older, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention isn't recommending it until you reach age 60.
The shingles vaccine is a live vaccine given as a single injection, usually in the upper arm. The most common side effects of the shingles vaccine are redness, pain, tenderness, swelling and itching at the injection site, and headaches.
Some people report a chickenpox-like rash after getting the shingles vaccine.
The shingles vaccine is used only as a prevention strategy and is not intended to treat people who currently have the disease. Because the vaccine contains live virus, it should not be given to people who have weakened immune systems.
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Did you know?
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro is the only metropolitan area Nelson Mandela permitted to use his name.
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro's location on South Africa's south-eastern coast has earned it the reputation of being a coastal city with a superb climate. This, combined with its 40-kilometre Indian Ocean beachfront and expanses of malaria-free bush, makes the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro tourism proposition a very attractive one for the Eastern Cape province.
Named after Nelson Mandela, the renowned freedom struggle icon and South Africa's former President, the metro is the only one in the Eastern Cape and incorporates Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch. The city is also called home by Govan Mbeki, political activist and father of former President Thabo Mbeki; Oliver Thambo, political activist and ally of Nelson Mandela; Athol Fugard, actor and playwright; Olive Schreiner, author of South African classic, The story of an African Farm.
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro attractions are plenty, with the warm waters of Algoa Bay providing perfect swimming, angling, kite- and wind-surfing, snorkelling and canoeing conditions. The bay's numerous reefs and shipwrecks make it popular with scuba divers.
The region is a delight for sportsmen and -women with the St George's stadium used for rugby, cricket and soccer games as well as music festivals.
Architecture buffs will be spoilt for choice with the metro's wide range of architectural profiles, including Victorian, art nouveau and art deco buildings. Port Elizabeth's city centre contains one of the largest clusters of art deco buildings in the country.
The metro also features numerous museums, detailing the histories of local people and early European pioneers, as well as several art galleries. The Donkin Reserve is home to items of public art that form part of a collection of 67 pieces of art throughout the city. The Route 67 arts journey celebrates the 67 years of Nelson Mandela's political life through the creations of local artists. Port Elizabeth also houses a unique aviation art gallery, which is reputed to be among the best in the world.
There's no shortage of cultural experiences in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro – a number of African craft markets is available as well as tours into the area's townships, which showcase traditional dancing, singing, food and a visit to a local shebeen (traditional tavern).
For the kiddies Holmeleigh Farmyard off the Kragga Kamma Road is a popular animal touch farm.
A number of flora and fauna destinations lie within commuting distance of the city. These include: Settler's Park, Van Staden's Wild Flower Reserve, The Cape Recife Nature Reserve, Maitlands Nature Reserve, The Island Nature Reserve, Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area and Groendal Wilderness Area. Further inland, the cityscape gives way to open plains and pockets of African bush that offer Big Five game viewing in a malaria-free setting. Bush walks and game drives are available at the various reserves, which include the world famous Shamwari Game Reserve.
From beachcombing and historical tours to cultural experiences and 'bundu bashing' - there's never a dull moment in South Africa's 'friendly city'.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
The Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency
Tel: +27 (0)43 701 9600
Email: email@example.com
Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism
Tel: +27 (0)41 582 2575
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
Fly direct from any of South Africa's major cities to Port Elizabeth International Airport. If you're driving; from Johannesburg take the N1 south and then the N9 after Colesberg. Pick up the N10 at Middleburg to Port Elizabeth. From Cape Town and Durban, take the N2 north and south respectively to Port Elizabeth.
Best time to visit
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro is an all-year-round destination, due to its sunny weather and warm climate.
Tours to do
A city tour, heritage and historical tour, township tour, wildlife tour, or ghost tour of the metro's Central Hill suburb, which is believed to be haunted.
What to pack
Sunhat, sunblock, swimming costume, snorkelling gear, walking and hiking shoes, game viewing gear including binoculars and field guide, and your camera.
What to eat
Home-grown oysters and citrus fruits, seafood and traditional African cuisine.


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The London 2012 torch has a simple design: 8,000 tiny holes to represent the 8,000 people who will carry it during the Torch Relay. For more information, including a video about the torch's conception, visit the official London 2012 torch page.
East Londonders Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby won the opportunity to design the torch through a competition run by LOCOG and the Design Council. The two designers worked with product engineers Tecosim from Basildon and Premier Sheet Metal from Coventry. Mass production of the torch begins at the end of 2011
- 8,000 tiny holes represent the 8,000 torchbearers.
- A triangular shape represents the following series of threes:
-The three Olympic values of respect, excellence and friendship;
-The three words that make the Olympic motto – faster, higher, stronger;
-The fact that the UK has hosted the Olympic Games in 1908, 1948 and will host them in 2012
-The vision for the 2012 Olympic Games to combine three bodies of work – sport, education and culture.
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Throughout the 1920s, hemlines and waistlines go down and up. You can find a good overview of average fashion for men, women and children by reading the Sears catalog (digitized on Ancestry.com). This illustration is from the Spring 1922 catalog.
I don't expect major changes in the way Violet dresses in the 1920s. There's no way she's going to change her conservative ways. It's up to the younger women in the Crawley household (and Cora's American mother) to wear contemporary fashions.
Solve your family photo mysteries with these books by Maureen A. Taylor:
On Dec. 13, 1905, Joseph wrote: "I expect you will take me out to America about next March or April. I would not stop here any longer, I am totally sick of it. If I stopped here any longer I would be getting too old nearly to be taken in an office. I am always thinking of what kind of a job I would get after landing. I would like to be in the Excise or Customs or some job you would be sure of. I think it is easy to get into the Excise or any Government position. Any how, I must till I get over first and then I would know what would be best."
I'm thinking of buying a prop or two for fun. How about a Pilgrim style hat or bonnet? I might be able to encourage everyone to pose wearing it. Then again...maybe not.
Documenting the Past
A shared meal is a great time to share stories and photo. Armed with my iPad "Voice Recorder" app, I'm going to record those tales. (Of course, it's possible to do this recording using my phone too, but I like my iPad.)
I'm thinking of decorating the table with baby or childhood photos of the family in attendance. This ought to get them talking <smile>.
Photo storytelling starts with questions. Back when I was in elementary school, I had an English teacher who drilled into us the five basic questions to use to build a story: who, what, where, when and how.
I'll bring out some other old family photos and see what happens.
I'll let you know what happens.
Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Hanukkah!
Mae's birth year suggests that this photo was taken circa 1908. I'd love an image of the back to see what clues it holds.
Last week I wrote about women in World War I and featured photos of Dora Rodriques. Thank you to Wendy Schnur for telling me more about the Holland-born actress who supposedly walked across the United States to promote recruitment.


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Eric Murray, the youngest of his brothers, is determined to gain his rightful inheritance after 13 years of bitter dispute with his father's family. Starting out alone to confront his tight-fisted kinsmen, he encounters a chestnut-haired beauty set upon by thieves. When she begs for Eric's protection for herself and her infant nephew, Eric promises to deliver them to the safety of her family.
Bethia Drummond has tried desperately to ignore her attraction to the azure-eyed stranger. Still, Eric Murray is Bethia's only hope of escaping her ruthless kin, who plan to kill her and her orphaned nephew and claim their inherited land. Then Bethia learns that Eric, too, is seeking land and coin from his own kin - her family's closest allies. How could she love a man she might one day be forced to stand against? And yet she cannot ignore what her troubled heart knows - that this proud knight is her very destiny.
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"Those who enjoy Ms. Howell's exuberant writing style and a well-drawn Scottish setting should not miss Highland Promise." (Romantic Times)
I love being swept away by a new romance and thankfully Audible's ever growing Library means I get to indulge myself over and over again
As with all the Murray books - they are filled with... yes, I'll say it again, HHH (Handsome Highland Hunks) and this one has the most handsome but he is so much more than a pretty face - he's loyal, brave, and true.
This one seemed to pack so much into it - lasses to be won, battles to plan, the King to see, old enemies to kill, find out who your true kin is, a birthright to claim back, a bride to woo bed and wed etc etc etc that you can't help but be impressed at HH's writing abilities as she entwines the plot with lots of sub plots effortlessly.
Worth a credit? Yes and I've happily spent the credits and downloaded all he Highland books.
Will do anything for books!
"Keeps up it's promise!"
This is a good one! I love that Eric sees to the heart of Bethia and helps her to see the truth as well. They both help each other along and this becomes a great love story (of course) They are young and you can tell from their issues, and their emotions, but they are a fiery pair!
Worth the credit. I'm not sure if I will continue the series or not, I see good things about the future books and I understand the series (18 books long) spans 4 generations but it looks like the Murrays will be seen in some ways in a negative light, which I hate to see the people I put onto a pedestal that way, but I will probably give in and find I love them.
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"VERY disappointed - and so many good reviews!"
Where do I start? The narration might not have been so bad if the story had been better.
The heroine! How many times can she think it's "safe" to go out unprotected, and every time she's attacked? Not very quick witted. The sex was rather ho-hum as well.
Unable to distinguish her "male" voices from certain female characters. Male voices too gravelly.
The heroine. She's a dim-witted dud.
The story is also the weary conundrum of a couple unwilling to each be the one to admit to being in love first - so they both "hold back" certain truths.
"excellent series!!!"
I really liked this series & hated to see it end. The narrator was good I'm really glad the same one was used for the entire series. It made it easy to slip back into the story. I hope to listen to more highland romances from Hannah.
"Highland promise "
Enjoyed this book very much. I have read many of Hannah Howell's books. She one of the best of storytellers.
"Good Scottish romance"
This was better than the first two. I enjoyed this book and I guess that's what is needed sometime.
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This article was published 22/9/2013 (1430 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Two RCMP officers had to be treated in a Steinbach hospital Saturday after their cruiser car was T-boned by an alleged drunk driver.
"They're lucky to be alive. The car, its safety features, they did their job," said Steinbach RCMP Const. Terry Sundell. "It really only takes a few inches," he said.
The officers were out patrolling for drunk drivers at about 1 a.m. Saturday on Road 37 North in the RM of Ste. Anne. That's when RCMP say a Buick Century ran a stop sign and plowed into the cruiser at highway speeds.
The Buick's driver and three passengers also suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Cameron Kostash, 24, of Richer faces a raft of charges, including four counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, four counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm and three counts of uttering threats to kill a police officer.
He was also charged with resisting arrest, and is held in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.
Police say Kostash is also facing charges of dangerous driving from a separate incident a year ago.
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The long-serving headteacher of an Ilkley preparatory school has died suddenly at the age of 53.
Westville House School, on Carters Lane, Middleton, issued a statement last Thursday announcing Charles Holloway tragically died tragically and unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 23.
Mr Holloway had been headmaster at the school for more than 17 years, following his appointment in the summer of 1995.
Chairman of the school governors, Neil Brown, paid tribute to Mr Holloway.
He said: "The news is hard for us to take in.
"Charles's handiwork is imprinted on so many of the best things about Westville today, and he was rightly proud of the tremendous achievements and progress of the school over the years of his headship.
"There will be time and opportunity in the days ahead for all of us to pay our respects and to give our tributes to his career achievements.
"And our heart goes out to Charles's wife Katharine, children Joe and Lydia, and wider family."
Westville House is an independent school for boys and girls aged between two and a half and 11.
The school is set in leafy grounds in the rural landscape of Middleton, close to the former Middleton Hospital site, north of the River Wharfe, Ilkley.
Late last year, Westville House was ranked 35th in the Sunday Times national Top Preparatory Schools list.
Mr Holloway previously taught in both the state sector and a number of preparatory schools around the country.
He was only the fourth head in the history of the school, which was founded in 1960.
His wife, Katharine, a teacher, takes a full part in the life of the school. The couple's children both attended Westville House.
During his term as headteacher, Mr Holloway has overseen new developments at the school.
A multi-purpose hall was added to the school in 2003, followed by the opening of a newly-refurbished nursery.
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TEACHERS and pupils at a Burnley primary school have been given a great start to their holidays after being told they are back on track.
Inspectors ruled in February 2013 that Cherry Fold Primary, in Cog Lane, 'required improvement' after it was discovered pupils did not make sufficient progress, especially in writing.
It was reported that 'teaching is not yet consistently good in all year groups and, as a result, over time, teaching requires improvement'.
But after a return visit, lead inspector Andrew Morley has informed staff, governors and parents the school has made great strides over 18 months.
Mr Morley said: "Achievement has improved. Pupils make good progress across reception and Key Stage One. Most groups of pupils are making rapid progress across Key Stage Two."
He has praised the work of executive headteacher Simon Smalley, who was drafted in from Barden Primary, and the contributions made by Cherry Fold deputy headteacher Deanne Marsh and senior leaders.
And the children are said to be 'polite, friendly and respectful towards each other', with the school providing 'excellent care' in pre-school and after-school clubs.
Mr Morley added: "Staff 'go the extra mile', to help parents in supporting their children's learning and work unstintingly to provide very good support for pupils."
Senior staff and governors have also been given a pat on the back for meeting the challenges raised at the 2013 inspection, with morale said to be 'good'.
The inspection by schools watchdog Ofsted has remarked that the school is not yet rated as 'outstanding' because the most able pupils are not being given tasks to stretch them.
Staff are also being encouraged to share examples of their best teaching with colleagues. Another factor is that progress in writing is not as fast as that of reading and maths.


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BILLY Vunipola believes England can still win the Six Nations despite their heartbreaking opening day defeat to France.
The former Castle School pupil and ex-Thornbury Broncos youngster shone on his tournament debut in Paris on Saturday, leading England's fight back from an early 13-point deficit by setting up both tries to help them lead 24-19 with just four minutes left before Gael Fickou's late converted try gave the hosts a 26-24 win.
"Hopefully we can now do what Wales did (in 2013) and win the Six Nations after losing the first game. We have to bounce back against Scotland," Saracens No 8 Vunipola told The Independent.
"We have to stop being the nearly men and start winning these kind of matches, because it's heartbreaking to lose after putting in so much effort.
"I was watching those last minutes on the bench and it was squeaky-bum time, because you know what France can do."
France opened up a 16-3 lead inside 21 minutes at the Stade de France, but Vunipola got England on the front foot and made the offload for replacement Mike Brown to score in the corner.
The 21-year-old also delivered the scoring pass for Luther Burrell's try on 47 minutes, which gave England the lead for the first time, after charging through the French defence.
Burrell, making his England debut, was quick to deflect the praise for the try to Vunipola.
He said: "Full credit goes to Billy. I thought he was going to go the length himself. As it was, I just got on the end of a brilliant piece of play from him."
For 14 minutes, both Vunipola brothers were on the pitch at the same time with older sibling Mako coming on for Joe Marler at prop 11 minutes into the second half before Billy was replaced by Gloucester star Ben Morgan, who grew up in Kingswood.
Former Frampton Cotterell youth player Dave Attwood also made his Six Nations debut when he came into the second row for the last 13 minutes, but England were unable to hold on for what would have been a memorable victory.


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THE race to make The Big Knit 2014 the best year ever has begun and Age UK Wiltshire is calling for all knitters to get out their needles to meet the national target of 800,000 hats.
People across the UK will be supporting The Big Knit 2014 by knitting little woolly hats which will sit on Innocent smoothie bottles in 2015.
For each be-hatted smoothie sold, Age UK Wiltshire will receive 25p to help fund winter warmth projects. Age UK Wiltshire has been tasked with knitting 26,500 hats by early October.
Allison Davis, of Age UK Wiltshire, said: "It's that time of year again and we want to involve as many local people as possible in this year's effort to knit 26,500 hats for The Big Knit.
"The donation we receive for every smoothie bottle sold will enable Age UK Wiltshire to fund vital projects aimed at keeping people in later life warm and healthy this winter." For more information on The Big Knit contact Age UK Wiltshire on 01380 727767 or log onto Age UK Wiltshire's website.
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Hello All,
I was wondering if any one observed the time taken to download or upload a file over ftp using Python's ftplib is very large as compared to performing FTP get/put manually over windows command prompt or using Perl's Net::FTP module.
I created a simple FTP client similar to http://code.activestate.com/recipes/521 ... tp-client/ but I am unable to attain the speed which I get when running FTP manually on Windows DOS prompt or using perl. Is there something I am missing or is it a problem with the Python ftplib module.
I would really appreciate if you could throw some light as to why I am getting low throughput with Python.
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Hello there,
I'm having two different ''issues'' with Aircrack at the moment and i hope that some one knows the solution to either one of them.
These are the issues i get whenever i try to crack a WPA2-PSK key:
First of all, I do not know the key and I have a 10.5 GB dictionary. (dictionary only has keys that would fit a WPA key).
airolib-ng crackwpa --import passwd Whenever i use the above command, it takes days to read the lines.
Is there a faster way to achieve this?
Might there be another tool for the job? I know there are a lot of tools out there that can do exactly what aircrack can do but i have had no in finding one yet.
Importing a password list takes days for me, i've let it run for 7 hours now and it's still going. I don't have a clue howmany lines the dictionary file has so I got no eta on the duration.
The second issue has to do with the data i'm receiving
Whenever I use:
airodump-ng --channel X --write output --bssid X mon0aireplay-ng --deauth 10 -X -c X mon0i get the message: Fixed channel mon0: 1-13 in the area were the WPA-handshake would be.
Even though i get this annoying message, it does flicker for a second saying: WPA-handshake captured. And i could confirm that i had captured a handshake when i tried to crack it using an alternative and smaller dictionary.
Is there any work around this?
I've googled this issue and other people have the same issue. I've tried some of their solutions but I still experience the same problem.
I hope some one has a solution to either of these problems.
Thanks in advance!
First issue i would say why do it that way? Just feed it straight into aircrack-ng, it can be slower but it starts straight away. Depending on your system too both can take some time.
They second issue needs more explaination, are you actually typing the commands one after the other?
Also agree with Snayler, if its your wireless you should know the password
Ah yes i see now Snayler, i know people dont want to show things like essid and bssid but why put an 'X'?? Start to wonder if they have just used an X instead of channel and bssid ;-)) (Hopes not)
I agree with Slaynor,
But if you want a definite way to know how long it takes to go through your password list (assuming you actually know the password, because it is "your" network)
Add the password at the end of the dictionary file and then it should give you an output as to how long it took to get the password in Aircrack-ng after you successfully "cracked" the network password
or if you cannot wait that long.
Find how many lines there are in the sheet (i dont recommend counting a 10.5GB dictionary file) and put in your password in your dictionary attack at 1/100th or 1/1000th of the way into your password list and then multiply the time it took from the time you started your dictionary attack, to the time it finished.
as Slaynor said, this information is assuming you have the wireless key to your own AP
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Well if it's yours you should know the key, if not you should not be playing with such things.First of all, I do not know the key and I have a 10.5 GB dictionary. (dictionary only has keys that would fit a WPA key).
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Thank you for your replies.
First of all, I got to clear some stuff up
I do know the wireless key to my home network (which i'm trying to crack)
I'm just doing this to practice for a future occasion. I'm trying this on my home network so I know that i'm capable of doing this.
I used an X because it is different in every situation and don't worry i didn't actually use that
Feeding it straight into Aircrack wouldn't work cause the key contains capitals, numbers in a mix. The only possibility would be to put it in somewhere at the start but I am unable to open it and I would have to split the file and then open it.
I'm looking for an ETA when using airolib-ng.
I have a relatively quick system, it manages to do +- 2100 keys/s when i'm doing a brute force attack.
Another issue that i found myself in, is that the screen goes black after about 5 minutes. My system is plugged into a power source and the powerscheme is set to ''Performance''. When the screen goes black, airolib-ng grinds to a halt and i have to sit next to my laptop to make sure that it keeps on going. Is there a workaround for this?
Thanks in advance!
Aircrack-ng has documentation, nows time to read them.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
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I lost my hearing from all of the energy drinks
I lost my hearing from all of the energy drinks
Damn you Clemson! Im'm going to have to blare some System of A Down to get that crap out of my head.
Here's what's in my rotation right now:
Pre-Dawn Patrol: BBC World News, Marketplace podcast, Descendents, System of A Down, Grade, Hot Water Music.
Other: Dave Ramsey Show, Marketplace, NPR News, Cat Empire (if you don't know, you should), anything from the Two-Tone and much Third-Wave Ska, any of the hundreds of Drum and Bass and/or hip hop mixes I did back when I made extra cash on the Wheels of Steel, anything produced by Dan the Automator (including Deltron 3030, Dr. Octagon instrumentals, HBMS and remixes thereof), anything produced by DJ Shadow and anything that has ever come from Def. Jux (Rob Sonic, El-P, RJD2, Cannibal Ox, Mr. Lif etc...), DJ Krush and tons I'm forgetting right now.
Speaking of Third-Wave Ska: My wonderful wife got us tickets to see the Toasters at the Soapbox this coming Tuesday. STOKED!!!!
^Dude, I can't get enough of them, especially the late seventies live stuff, so much going on.
I have to throw out some throwback Sublime. Sublime will change your life. This is from 95' - "Crazy Fool"
Wet Suit by The Vaccines. Pretty much loops in my head during winter sessions. Old Iggy and the Stooges gets me pumped. I'm the world's forgotten boy...
Always another good standby: Man..... Or Astroman?


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In the almost 28 years I have been writing for the Bedford Times Register, Maple Heights Press, and now the Nordonia Hills News Leader, Twinsburg Bulletin and other Record Publishing Co. newspapers, this previous Christmas column has brought me the most satisfying response:
Growing up in a family of 10 children (I was the youngest) in the early 1930s on Cleveland's east side may have been short on material goods, but was bountifully blessed with innumerable happy Christmas memories.
We lived on East 92nd Street off Holton Avenue, about a mile from St. Ladislas Church, where my dad, John, was custodian for many years. My mother, Eva, managed the household with a firm hand; cooking, washing clothes, and ironing (no automatic washers or dryers). At times, one of my six sisters stayed home from school to help.
Much of our family activity centered on the church. It was not uncommon for my brothers and sisters to join our dad in dusting pews at the church, shoveling coal, baking potatoes in the boilers and removing snow.
Christmas was always special at the church. We all worked together to erect a 15-by-30-foot manger (complete with life-size statues) that Fr. Ladislas Necid, the pastor, had personally built and secured.
It was simply outstanding. We set up freshly cut trees and then decorated them with multi-colored lights.
In those days, we had to physically ring the church bells, which were in the choir loft. We rang the bells at noon and 6 p.m., and on special occasions such as Christmas and New Year's Eve to announce the turn of another year. Three-inch-thick ropes traveled up some 40 feet to the bell tower. The bells were so heavy it took two or three of us to pull the rope down, which resulted in our being lifted about 3 feet above the floor. Many of my schoolmates at St. Ladislas eagerly volunteered to ring the bells -- mostly for the thrill of the ride.
When Christmas Eve arrived, and all the preparations were in order for the Midnight Mass, my dad and I carried a 4-by-24-foot table to our house for the annual family gathering. After the traditional dinner, I had to present a memorized Christmas greeting in Slovak to a tough audience. The sisters (Vincentian Sisters of Charity) prepared us well. This accomplished, I looked forward to unwrapping the gifts. Never enough! I'm told by my siblings.
When people talk about the good old days, I know what they mean. My mom and dad did not have much money, but they gave us $1 million worth of love and taught us the importance of family values.
My sisters, Mary, Julia, Clara, Cele, Evelyn and Dorothy, and brothers George, Ed and John all benefited from the loving home our parents provided for us.
As my older sisters and brothers married and left home, there was more room in the house and an easier time for me to find a prominent place at the dinner table.
My sister Dorothy joined the Vincentian Sisters in Pittsburgh at the age of 16 and later distinguished herself as Superior General of the order for eight years. She continues to serve at St. Thomas A' Becket Parish in Jefferson Hills, Pa., where she is an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion.
Of the four brothers, John and myself were the only two who entered the service. John joined the Army in 1939 and served in Germany during World War II, where he was wounded. I joined the Air Force in 1952, survived a tour at K-9 Air Base near Pusan, Korea, and returned to serve two years at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.What a lovely assignment.
But I digress.
When I was discharged from the Air Force after three years and 10 months of service, I attended Kent State University (on the GI Bill) to get a degree in radio-speech and journalism. My career included a 10-year stint in broadcasting, more than 30 years in public relations, and writer for Cleveland mayors Ralph J. Perk, George Voinovich and Michael R White, and Gov. Voinovich.
I retired from the latter's office on March 31, 1997.
Many of the previous experiences were unique -- a gift -- not available today. And which may never be duplicated in the future.
We indeed were blessed. And we are grateful.
May the infant Jesus bless each of you and your families on His birthday and throughout the coming New Year. Merry Christmas.
And to our Jewish veterans and their families, I offer the very best for a Happy Hanukkah celebration.
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|I got over my fear of Phyllo
and made this sensational pie.
I've been staring at a recipe for this pie for months now. As appetizing as it looked, the main barrier to getting it made was a terror of working with Phyllo dough. As is well known, I am not the baker in our house and I leave pastry making completely in Andrew's brilliant hands. Here, there was no pastry-making involved just the purchase of ready-made Phyllo from the supermarket freezer. When I finally got up the nerve to make my B'stilla, it turned out all the trepidation was unnecessary. I passed my Phyllo test with flying colors. And you can too. And once you do, you'll be able to taste this aromatic combination of sweet and salty flavors under a crisp cover of pastry topped with powdered sugar. And fear not, no pigeon is necessary to make an authentic B'Stilla.


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A by-election will be held on November 29 to find a replacement for Coun Chris Dobbie in the Lickhill ward.
Mr Dobbie was elected as a councillor in March 2009 but recently handed in his notice after he and his partner decided to move away from the town.
The candidates are Liberal Democrat Robert McNaughton and Conservative David Conway.
Mr McNaughton, who moved to Calne three years ago, is a freelance creative artist specialising in multimedia.
If elected he says his main interest would be to get people involved in the regeneration of the town centre.
He is a member of the Calne Environmental Group.
He became involved in local politics after he grew annoyed at litter in Sainsbury's lower car park and began helping with litter picks.
David Conway is a stay-at-home father, a governor at Holy Trinity Primary School, and a coach at Calne Rugby Club.
Mr Conway, who lives in Quemerford, has been canvassing on the issue of dog mess on the Lansdowne Park Estate and the need to improve parking around schools in the area.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 1/8/2013 (1481 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
When my father passed away 21/2 years ago, he left my inheritance in the form of a testamentary trust. This means the trust did not exist while he was alive, but it was only created in his last will and testament, and only came into existence after his passing.
He had received some good estate-planning advice, which was really for my benefit. The advantages of this trust for me were the assets in it are protected from my creditors, they are not part of my marital property if my marriage broke up (so it would be maintained for my children) and the trust is a separate taxpayer from me.
In my case, it is the separate taxpayer status and the benefit of the graduated tax rates that provide me with the most benefit. (I don't plan on having either creditor problems or a marriage breakdown, though I suppose people never plan for either.)
The graduated tax rate means any interest, dividends or capital gains earned by the investments in this trust are taxed at the low tax bracket first, then the medium brackets and only at the top tax bracket if the annual investment income exceeds $135,000.
Such trusts are often used to help out surviving spouses and provide a valuable way to continue some of the income splitting a couple can access. This may help the widow or widower decrease taxes, avoid OAS clawback or loss of other credits provided to moderate income earners.
Whenever I have presented seminars or provided advice on this topic in the past, people often express skepticism that the Canadian tax system would actually provide this advantage for surviving family members. My answer was always, "CRA is not that generous; you have to be willing to die to get the special treatment."
Well, it looks like the government has decided that even dying might not be enough to merit this potential tax break. Let me explain.
In the March 2013 federal budget, the government announced an intention to invite submissions from stakeholders on this issue, with a view to limiting this tax treatment, after providing a reasonable period of time for the completion of the estate administration.
However, when they announced more details on June 3, 2013, the government language was highly prejudicial against such trusts, using terms like "inappropriate tax planning" and "unintended tax advantages," neither of which is accurate or fair. I personally found that highly objectionable, as was their conclusion that changes would increase fairness.
Further, they announced fairly definite plans to implement a flat top-rate tax on such trusts starting in 2016, after allowing up to 36 months for estate settlement.
At this point, the only sector protected would be the preferred beneficiary rules, which apply when trusts are created for the benefit of a disabled child.
How does this affect your own estate plan?
Until such changes become official, my suggestion is you continue on with your best estate-planning strategies under the current rules, while keeping an eye on these possible changes and their effects.
Changes to the tax rules that affect plans already put in place have happened in the past, and should always be contemplated in any thorough planning. Specific to this case, writing into a new will the opportunity for testamentary trust creation may still be worthwhile, especially for non-tax reasons, but flexibility must be ensured. This is done by giving the trustees discretion to not form the trust, or wind up a trust put in place, if the tax rules change and there is no longer a benefit to the trust.
Some similar government initiatives never come to pass. I can think of two such consultations that have gone on for more than 12 years, without any tax changes being implemented. In the case of testamentary trusts, you can submit your views by email to email@example.com.
We would hope this tax treatment would be extended at least to widows and widowers, if not to future generations, and that might help form your submission.
Enjoy the remaining "dog days of summer."
David Christianson, BA, CFP, R.F.P., TEP, is a financial planner and advisor with Christianson Wealth Advisors, a vice-president with National Bank Financial Wealth Management, and author of the book Managing the Bull, A No-Nonsense Guide to Personal Finance.


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CORINTH — The state auditor's office says an investigation into a former manager of the Crossroads Arena in Corinth has resulted in money returning to that facility.
State Auditor Stacey Pickering's office said in a news release the investigation looked into misappropriation of public funds by Reggie Churchwell, the facility's former manager.
Pickering's office says Churchwell misappropriated public funds from the arena by failing to document receipts. Officials say Churchwell had the responsibility to supervise and account for all the arena's funds as its director.
The $25,277.23 returned to Alcorn County includes principal and interest costs.


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Join experts from Sequoia Audubon Society on this morning walk through woodland, chaparral, and grassland communities. You'll learn which resident and migrating birds use Edgewood County Park and which native plant communities they depend on. We will likely see Raptors, Sparrows, Warblers, Bluebirds and many more.
This walk covers approximately 3 to 4 miles of trails and includes some uphill/downhill sections. Bring water, a hat, sturdy shoes, and sunscreen. This walk is geared to adults, but capable, attentive children 10 years and older are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Heavy rain cancels.
Meet at the Bill and Jean Education Center.
Please visit Friends of Edgewood for information about other events at Edgewood County Park and Natural Preserve.
Friends of Edgewood aims to protect and celebrate Edgewood County Park and Natural Preserve as a unique treasure by promoting exemplary stewardship, and by reaching out with informative public programs. Visit FriendsofEdgewood.org.
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Norway Gazetteers
Back to Portal Page Norway A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers describe towns and villages, parishes, counties, rivers, mountains, sizes of population, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that exist at the time the gazetteer was published. The place-names are generally listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. The standard spelling used in the gazetteer may differ from the variation used in records of your ancestor.
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as schools, colleges, universities, major manufacturing works, canals, docks, and railroad stations.
You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and church jurisdictions over those places. For example, the place-name Maugerud, Flesberg, Buskerud, Norway reads this way: Maugerud is a farm, in the parish of Flesberg, which is a parish in the county of Buskerud, in the country of Norway.
Many places in Norway have the same or similar names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific parish where your ancestor lived, the county of the parish, and the jurisdictions where records about your ancestor were kept. Gazetteers are also helpful for determining county jurisdictions as used in the Family History Library Catalog.
Getting Started
This guide will help you verify Norwegian places in the 1901 Norsk Stedfortegnelse (postal guide). The postal guide may list the parish, clerical district, and county in which your ancestor's farm, village, or town lies. Norway's official vital records were kept by the state church, so you need to know which parish your ancestor lived in. (Governmental vital records did not begin until the early 1900s.) Also, to find records in the Family History Library Catalog, you will need the names of the parish and the county.
If the farm, village, or town where your ancestor lived was established after 1901, it will not be listed in the 1901 postal guide.
Finding Place-Names in the Family History Library Catalog
Place-names in the Family History Library Catalog are listed under their modern names and in their current counties. When using the microfiche version of the catalog, you can find the county that a parish or city is listed under in the catalog by using the "see reference" on the first microfiche for Norway. When using the compact disc version of the catalog, the Locality browse can be used to identify the county a particular parish belongs to.
The following postal guides of 1901 and 1972 are the best sources for identifying the parish and county a particular farm of village belongs to:
- Klaus Helsing of Ragnar Lundh. Norsk Stedfortegnelse, Norway: Postadressebog for Norge (Norwegian Place-Name Index: Postal Guide for Norway). Kristiania, Norway: Poststyrelsen, 1901. (FHL book 948.1 E8ns 1901; film 123,205; fiche 6030038-49) Norsk Stedsfortegnelse.
- Norge. Postdirektoratet, 1972 (Norway. Postal Directory, 1972). Oslo, Norway: Nasjonaltrykkeriet, 1972. (FHL book 948.1 E8ns 1972, fiche 6054629)
- Norge. Postdirektoratet, 1972 (Norway. Postal Directory, 1972) see Internet link:
Historical Place-Names
The Amt (county) system was introduced to Norway and Denmark in 1661. The union of Denmark and Norway lasted until 1814. On 14 August 1818 the word county in Norway became fylke. A list of the old county names with reference to the new county name is found in List of Parishes, Clerical Districts, and Regions with Maps for Each County in Norway. (See the "Maps" section.)


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[VS] TACGIR 18/04/13 After Action Report
Post up your thoughts and feedback in here.
Ouch there was already a thread for AARs, meant to keep the number of threads down. Not sure if people like that concept, though.
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I figured as this was our first TACGIR with new comms we could have a dedicated thread.
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Squads and individuals should be more willing to bugger off and do their own thing when orders are still forthcoming/they're bored out of their skull.
Edit: we had some toothing problems with the new comms setup, and I had to spend more time than I had wished, getting channels up and getting people acquainted with the system, but it's all much better now!
We agreed that we will remove the whisper links between ROs, so comms go only from PL to all ROs, and from each RO to PL. Correct?
We also agreed that platoon staff was not a good place to be. So, remove that, and just pull any channel the PL wants to play with into the Platoon Leader channel. Squad channels are already set to refuse shouts from PL, so only SL and RO will hear the command comms. Correct?
We also agreed that clearer directions for ROs is needed. SLs seem to know what to do, it is a rather clearly defined role, whereas RO is not. So pitch in with feedback in the outfit guide thread, where I've made some guide posts. Here!
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I think tonight went really well, there were a few teething problems but generally the new comms worked great. SLs co-ordinated well and MrEclectic did a great job of leading. Having an air force was awesome too. We should definitely collect all the guides on the forum into the main outfit Google doc so that there is only one single place for people to look for all guides.
For the RO guide having a few examples or even some standard operating procedures for what to say would be great.
I'm quite keen to try being PL with TACGIR.
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That 10 minutes cap was eternal. Everything else worked fine, we won everywhere we went to today in a swift way.
Agreed. No fiddling. I just want to set up a few more channels so that we don't end up as tonight, with me having to make more channels on the fly, to accommodate all players. We had much more than the regular 50ish yesterday. Fun!
I'd also like to set up channels for the rest of the outfit and get them connected, so that anyone can benefit from the new system, and to get TACGIR channels connected to irregular channels. The aim is for anyone to be able to take the same set of bindings and having them do the same thing no matter whether they play in TACGIR or not.
The air group might need more too, not sure. And CMaster'plan for TANKGIR needs some channels too.
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I only logged on for 30 minutes but in that time I piloted my first gal drop from a separate air squad. I really didn't like not being able to talk to the people in the gal and I didn't get clear orders on the exact point to do the drop. Could probably be fixed by making sure proximity chat is working, I think that's something the air squad and at least SLs should ensure (it'd also help bomber co-ordination).
Felt a bit cheated that I pulled a gal, made 1 drop over an already secure base, and then it wasn't needed any more. A waste of a lot of air resources that would have been essential if I'd been online for longer. Not sure what to make of that, maybe it's just the way of things.
It didn't help I had it set to 'platoon only' for a while either, but that's my own fault.
Still, I'd like to persevere in the air squad, it should be interesting once I get a longer play session in.
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Bravo RO last night. It didn't really work for me. Some of last night, I had two people talking at the same time, which is what I expect as a RO. However, the rest of the time, it was more than two people. As far as complaints about the lack of sitreps and such, I agree entirely that I didn't do enough on that, but it wasn't because I didn't know what I was doing. I couldn't work out when the platoon leader channel was clear to report in and didn't want to step on other people.
The air squad was beautiful though. They shouldn't be wasted on galaxies. Suicide is a far better option to get one of those. Having the air filled with friendly death made taking enemy locations far easier, though I am curious whether it can be maintained when the opposition flies in strength.
How about we skip gals then and just have the airfolk go CAS.
Regarding RO etc I think it is very much time we go full time call in system (like on call to arms) as that solves all issues with that system. Seeing as SLs have a direct line to eachother now there should be more cohesion anyway. It is VERY VERY VERY important unit SL talk is very short and does not get chatty. It got chatty for about 5 minutes last night and that can't ever happen, and I did tell people to stop.
When using SL to SL comms like "delta to alpha, you got a sunderer?" think before you speak, take a maximum of 5 seconds to speak if we are in battle and use it for stuff as "go attack B, we will take C and cover you". If out of battle, keep it to 10 seconds or so and coordinate transport and such things. If it's more macro stuff or involves the PL, it should go through your RO.
This way ROs can also care about the macro level and not the micro and focus on receiving orders, requesting orders, requesting reinforcements and most importantly - this is what the RO should do at all times - give sitreps.
A good way for ROs to call in to PL is following:
"Delta to PL, sitrep"
"Delta to PL, new orders"
These two should be responded with either Delta GO/HOLD by PL and nothing else. Then the Delta RO gives a sitrep or explains that our objective is taken (this should be called in 1-2 minutes before cap) without resistance and we're ready to move.
"Delta to PL, arrived" is another potential message that should jsut be thrown in without asking permission to speak. That's just sort of an update for the PL so he/she knows where that squad is.
Should I consolidate this stuff somewhere? And is Cooper getting submod soon? We need to clean up this forum real bad.
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19-04-2013, 09:55 AM #14The air squad was beautiful though. They shouldn't be wasted on galaxies. Suicide is a far better option to get one of those. Having the air filled with friendly death made taking enemy locations far easier, though I am curious whether it can be maintained when the opposition flies in strength.
As for air in general I've already said several times that I'd love to get a proper air squad going and I know there have been/are several other interested parties as well (not sure who exactly). Should we start another thread about air squad I wonder or discuss it via Mumble/PM's? I've unfortunately missed all the initial TACGIR events this week so not sure how it has been organized so far."Time is a companion, travelling with us on the journey of life, to remind us to cherish each moment as it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived."
Less threads will be better, we need to clean up the forum and consolidate info real bad. Everything is everywhere and it's a bit of a mess. Just take it in the main TACGIR thread.
I think the taking territory side of things went well for a ghost cap. However from my point of view in the air squad I was bored wittless. I think I got to kill two enemy infantry the whole time I was online. The one time there was any air around was when I got insta-gibbed by a lib with the tankbuster before I even knew he was there.
I feel having that much air just sitting around waiting for something to do is a bit of a waste. It may work out to be more fun if the air squad has it's own objectives, even just harrassing bases away from our main push. If we're needed we can always be there in under a minute anyway. Having a couple of scythes with the main force would be good, but when we have that many ESFs we should be doing something useful with them and not hovering around getting bored.
As an additional note, squad/platoon waypoints need to be put down ASAP, there were several times when I was waiting for something to do, due to confusion with the comms, we could hear the command chat, so it was rather difficult to know where we were supposed to be and what we were supposed to be doing. Having the waypoints down would help a lot as at least we would know where we were needed and could just kill some stuff while we wait for more explicit orders.
To sum up my experiences, we had some problems but with practice this set up could work really well.
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Yeah, better that the PLs say "PL to Alpha, sitrep" and then "PL to Bravo, sitrep" after alpha, etc etc. Otherwise I fear people may just start going out of order, especially with multiple platoons.
I'll do a quick brief on proper comms usage on sundays training thing.
Listen, Think, Speak was the comms-mantra from the army. :-) Sometimes I've heard it expressed as listen hundred times, think thousand times, speak once.
Caveat: I've only lead twice, and I'm relatively new.
As a platoon lead I'd like to be able to call on ROs individually, have them report in individually as the situation requires. I can call on an RO for a sitrep easily enough, especially if I'm only talking to the RO:
PL "Bravo sitrep please?"
RO "On objective, minimal resistance, securing now"
RO "Bravo to Platoon"
PL "Go ahead."
RO "Meeting heavy resistance and require support"
PL "Copy that Bravo."
and then PL takes charge of sorting out support or changing plans if everyone's getting hit hard. The inter-communication flows from PL to RO to SL to squads and back again. Once you get a selection of good SLs and good ROs who aren't having technical problems and know what's expected of them, this system will just get slicker and slicker.
"Delta is on site" or "Charlie objective complete in 30 seconds" are useful bits of information to throw out, but as a PL I do spend a large amount of my time in the map looking at how things are going as a whole anyway, and with the new changes to how information is displayed on the map you'd probably be able to keep on top of that as a PL more easily now as well.
On another note - having the air squad was fantastic; as we're so used to being swarmed by Mosquitos and Reavers, seeing that many Scythes up in the air and chasing off enemy attackers was great. It also means that infantry and tanks can focus on killing other infantry and tanks rather than having to worry about air defence.
I definitely think the air squad shouldn't be used for taxi service though. Yes there's a lead time if a squad member has to drop back to a Warpgate or Tech Plant to pull a galaxy, but hopefully SL should know where he's going before he's finished his current objective and can call for someone to drop back and pull transport before they have to move out (in an ideal world, of course ... and if the PL is on his game!).
Unless we're doing a platoon sized gal drop on a large facility, having SLs worry about how they get from where they are to where they need to be seems like the best option (with guidance from PL if required, but to assume that the SL will take the lead unless told otherwise:
PL to RO: "OK, great work on capping X - next objective is Y."
RO to SL "PL says we're awesome and we're going to cap Y next."
SL thinks: we can get there by sundy / we need a gal to get in there
SL to squad "Great stuff guys, once the cap is done I want everyone to gather on the squad waypoint. Need one volunteer to pull a sundy / drop back to warp gate and pull a gal."
Nine times out of ten you'll get someone volunteering. So SL takes care of the how, PL takes care of the where (and can also advise the SL of how quickly the how needs to get done if that's important).
Keeping the air squad flying close air support and combat air patrols gives us a great option in the air, not just for defending ground forces, but also for interdicting enemy action against us - e.g. we are taking a tech plant, we have all four squads committed, we have CAS hunting out enemy sundies around the base and CAP a bit further out hunting down enemy reinforcements etc. (I have visions of enemy Gal drops being destroyed on route etc.)
I got online after the comms teething problems had been sorted out (up until the point Eclectic blue-screened), and had GinSoaked and Skumbly for SL and RO - felt like both knew what they were doing and kept things moving, but we had the unfortunate experience of getting to the fight late or not being able to get into the fight at all.
Something more game-related for the PL to bear in mind - Alpha and Charlie are getting a lot of fighting done, Bravo's been off on a ghost cap for a while. Let's have Bravo and Delta take the lead on the next big fight and have Charlie ghost that outpost to the south ... or whatever.
So yeah ... this post turned out to be really long.
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Victorian Matthew Griffin and now Melbourne resident Terry Pilkadaris were part of a group of players who emerged victorious in the year-long ''golf war'' court case that highlighted simmering tensions between the Asian and OneAsia tours dating to 2009.
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Asian Tour officials opposed the introduction of the OneAsia Tour, and it has rules discouraging players from competing in OneAsia events.
The OneAsia Tour maintains its primary goal is to offer an alternative playing platform to the US PGA and European tours, and had originally wanted the Asian Tour to be a founding partner.
Griffin and Pilkadaris, who held playing rights on both tours, successfully argued that the penalties they received were unfair and they should be allowed to play elsewhere if the Asian Tour did not stage a tournament during the same week.
The court ruling in Singapore is a positive result for all professional golfers, and aspiring professionals, as it could effectively end the notion that players must choose between the Asian and OneAsia tours. It opens the door for players to compete in more events and for greater prizemoney by providing a precedent for golfers with Asian Tour cards to challenge any fines they receive for playing in the million-dollar OneAsia events. The Australian Open, which starts in Sydney on December 6, and the Australian PGA Championship, which tees off on December 13 in Coolum, are part of the OneAsia Tour circuit.
Griffin said he hoped the decision would benefit golf in Asia, with the OneAsia Tour trying to become an elite pathway for emerging youngsters and the third-tier circuit behind the US PGA and European tours. ''All we ever wanted from this action was the right to play golf wherever we had earned the right,'' he said.
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PHILADELPHIA -The Penn men's lacrosse team used a five-goal run that bridged the second and third quarters to defeat Saint Joseph's, 9-5, in a midweek game played at the Hawks' Finnesey Field.
The Quakers were up 7-2 early in the fourth quarter, before SJU made a three-goal run to get back within two. However, the Penn defense stiffened after that, and the Red and Blue put two more goals on the board in the final three minutes to earn their second straight win.
Ryan Parietti led Penn (3-8) with three goals, while John Conneely had a goal and three assists. Dan Savage scored twice, and Tim Schwalje had a goal and an assist. At the other end, Brian Feeney -- the reigning Ivy League Player of the Week -- had another standout game with 10 saves while allowing just five goals.
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Parietti got things started in a slow-moving first quarter, scoring the game's first goal after almost 12 minutes had passed off an Anthony Adler assist. Saint Joseph's (3-9) tied it up nearly a minute later when Johnny Simanski scored unassisted.
Drew Belinsky gave Penn a lead it would not relinquish just 1:06 into the second quarter, finishing a Conneely feed. It took more than five minutes for the Quakers to double their lead, but Schwalje had the honors as he scored unassisted. The lead expanded to 4-1 at the very end of the half, when Savage scored unassisted with just three seconds left.
After a deliberate half by both offenses, Penn broke out with two goals in the first 27 seconds of the second half. The first came from Danny Feeney directly out of the faceoff, and then 16 seconds after that Parietti scored his own unassisted goal to make the score 6-1. However, the Quaker offense was stifled the rest of the quarter, and Saint Joseph's got one of the goals back when Ryan McGee scored. It was 6-2 after three quarters.
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The Quakers settled things down, however, and gave themselves some breathing room with 2:50 to play when Conneely finished a Schwalje feed. With 1:06 left, Savage closed the door on the scoring by finishing a Conneely feed with Penn in another man-up situation.
Penn will close out the Ivy League portion of its regular season this Saturday, traveling to Dartmouth face the Big Green at 1 p.m. The Quakers are still alive for an Ivy League Tournament bid, but must beat the Big Green to keep those hopes alive going into the final Ivy weekend of April 28 (when the Quakers have the bye and play out of conference).
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Batting first, Bermuda were reduced to 31-8 by Grant Broadhurst (3-8) and Junaid Siddiqui (3-20). A late charge by Bermuda brought them to 79-9. In reply Canada lost an early wicket and then moved to 40-1 in 7.3 overs (J Sandher 17*, T Bastiampillai 7*) before rain intervened.
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14 July 2012 04:29 PM
I have been amazed at the number of bumble and other bees on Comfrey and Phacelia tanacetifolia. I have found that Phacelia is best grown in blocks rather than single plants.
Both flower over a very long period.
14 July 2012 06:13 PM #1
Hi Sparrow,
I agree fully with your verdict !
Have you noticed that there are two ways that bees can work Comfrey ?
The smaller and long tongued ones enter the flower from below. (Here I've noted pratorum, hypnorum, pascuorum and hortorum.)
Others do "Nectar Robbing" and make/use holes at the side of the flower tube close to the top. These are Short Tongued species of BB (terrestris, lucorum) + honey bees and their method allows them to gain access to the nectar despite having short tongues. Honey bees use the holes made by BBs. If you take a look at freshly fallen flowers, you can often find flowers with holes in the side.
And you can also see such behaviour on Runner Bean flowers.
You might also notice that Comfrey flowers are often a bit bruised where the bees hooked feet have gripped hard on the flower. This tends to be towards the bottom of the flower tube.
As to Phacelia, I once visited an open day at Rothamsted Research and there was a large patch of this plant there maybe 20m x 20m. You could hear the excited and busy buzzing from hundreds of bees working the flowers from about 50 m away !
Phacelia seems to be grown in Pheasant Food patches in the countryside around here - and perhaps more widely. It looks good and provides useful bee-fodder.
14 July 2012 09:55 PM #2
Hi Clive, yes I have noticed short tongued bees making these holes in comfrey and runner bean flowers. I will certainly check out any fallen comfrey flowers to look for the bruising you mention - thank you.
I see you are now a "Hive Member". I wonder what you will be called next, or is this the ultimate title?
Is there a member of Admin who could explain this procedure?
14 July 2012 10:32 PM #3
Hi Sparrow,
Oh dear, I think I'd rather be a "Colony Member" than a "Hive Member" it makes me sound like a Honey Bee worker not a BB worker !
And I guess if I am a BB worker, then I should be a Long Tongued one at that, rather than a Short Tongued one ......!
I should have some photos showing the bruising on comfrey flowers, so will try to add one later.
PS. Picture now added. To my eyes the brown areas on the petals are damage from bee feet etc
16 July 2012 09:46 AM #4
I see what you mean. I did check my comfrey but found nothing like that but there are very few flowers left. I need to cut the plants back to get a second flush of flowers.
Sparrow - Sue
18 July 2012 01:00 PM #5
Top 2, tricky.
Lavender would have to get a mention - get the right one and they're covered in bees almost all the time
Then probably Pulmonaria (lungwort) - for the earliness!
27 July 2012 01:58 PM #6
Hello , just wanted to add that whilst at the Volunteers meeting at Sandy last Saturday we were all amazed to see the amount of Bumblebees, particularly Cuckoo Bees on some Wall germander, Teucrium Chamaedrys.
Most of us made a note all vowing to make sure we got some for our gardens.
My Lavender and Knapweed are the real favourites right now, it's so good to see so many Bees in such a tiny garden
13 August 2012 03:27 PM #7
Hello, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading some of the posts on this forum. I only have a tiny garden, but have stuffed it as full of plants for bees as I can. If it is of help to any others with small spaces the plants I have found to attract bumblebees are as follows :- Pulmonaria (early and long flowering) Chives (dual purpose, cut some for the kitchen, but leave to flower, the bees love them) Geranium ( the cup shaped flowers are perfect for the shorter tongued bumbles) Lavender (try to plant more than one kind, as the vary in flowering, and this will expand the season) Monarda (great to watch the bees fight to get into the tubular flowers,chose the smaller varieties) polemonium northern lights ( this is a beautiful, and very long flowering form, easy to grow and split, flowers for months) Echinops (again chose the smaller varieties, the white form is small) Agastache, (take cuttings or use self seedlings as not always hardy) Astrantia (loved by bees and other beneficial insects, lots of smaller varieties to chose from) Salvia, Allium sphaerocephalon (bulbs can be grown in pots, I have seen up to five bees feeding on one flower head) Scabious, Echinacea (smaller varietes) Eryngium (fabulous plant, and will attract lots of bees, watch out though they are spiky) Calamintha nepeta(similar to cat mint without the associated problems, mine is called 'Blue Cloud' I only have one plant and have counted as many as 20 bees,3 species, on it at one time) Cultivated varieties of knapweed. I have achieved a garden buzzing with bees, it took me a lot of trial and error, so I hope this is of use to some of you
14 August 2012 09:26 AM #8
Some great suggestions above, I can see I'm going to have to make a shopping list. Can I add Foxglove as another that Bumblebees love.
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