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Free school holiday fun day provides learning and play
Thursday, 04 October
Lismore City Council's fourth annual Upcycle Your Holidays event is coming up on Thursday, 11 October, offering free fun during the school holidays.
Visitors will be able to explore, build and create in a series of fun activities while learning more about recycling and our local native plants and animals.
"This is a wonderful day for local families and is a free family event," Environmental Strategies Officer Barbara Jensen said.
"We are very proud of our recycling facility and the many ways we recycle our community's waste, from glass and organics to polystyrene and problem household items.
"People who visit us here and take our tours are surprised at what they learn and how complex and interesting waste can be."
Upcycle Your Holidays is a great outdoor event with fun activities for young and old.
- Tour our amazing recycling facility
- Operate a garbage truck
- Make a beeswax wrap
- Have fun and learn about water with our Catchment Model
- Pot a seed in our compost to take home and grow
- Koala Watch – get to know more about koalas
- Be a native plant artist or scientist
- Build a nesting box for wildlife
The Revolve Shop will be open for second-hand treasure hunting, and $5 bags of compost will be for sale.
Bring a hat, sunscreen and plenty of drinking water. You may also like to bring a picnic to have in the botanic gardens as you watch out for a koala. Please take extra care moving around the carpark.
Upcycle Your Holidays runs from 9.30am to 1.30pm in the Environment Education Centre and botanic gardens at Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre on Wyrallah Road, and all children must be accompanied by a supervising adult.
Entry is free for all ages.
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New virus strain considered to control rabbits
Western Australia's Department of Agriculture is considering releasing a new strain of virus to control growing rabbit numbers in regional areas.
Department spokeswoman Susan Campell says a rabbit virus was introduced in 1996 and now it is tracking its progress across the state.
"So I guess what we're wanting to do is to have an idea of where the virus is active at the moment and also potentially where versions of a benign form of the virus are also active in the wild so when it does come time to release any new strains, we'll be best placed to ensure any maximum knock-downs of the rabbits in those particular areas," she said.
She says landholders in WA can help the control program by reporting virus-related outbreaks of the pests.
"We're looking for fairly fresh rabbit carcasses to be reported and they'll show no other obvious outward signs of death," she said.
"So things like myxomatosis, if the rabbit's died of 'mixo', they'll have a lot of obvious ulcers around their face and obviously if it's flat and on the side of the road it's road kill so we're not too interested in those either."
Topics: pests, animals, wa, albany-6330, denmark-6333, katanning-6317, bunbury-6230, esperance-6450, kalgoorlie-6430, geraldton-6530
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Clint Eastwood's military drama "American Sniper" will debut Tuesday night in the "secret screening" slot at this year's AFI Fest, festival organizers have announced. The film will screen at 9 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
Opening in limited release on Christmas Day from Warner Bros. and expanding Jan. 16, the fact-based drama stars Bradley Cooper as the late Navy SEAL and sharpshooter Chris Kyle, a Texas native who served four tours of duty in Iraq and became known as the most accurate marksman in U.S. military history. His lethal aim even earned him the nickname "the Devil of Ramadi" from Iraqi insurgents.


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Scarecrow trail inspires Fernhill Heath residents
The terrifying sight of Donald Trump loitering in Fernhill Heath was just one of around 40 disconcerting visitors to the village over half term!
He was the creation of residents at Fernhill House and was their entry to the village's first ever scarecrow trail.
The event saw dozens of families putting their creative abilities to the test - with entries including Star Wars' Darth Vader, a policeman and a gravity defying gymnast. The trail was sponsored by Fernhill House and judged by the home's manager Peta Mandleberg.
The winners were residents from Eastfield Close, who created a family complete with baby, with second prize going to Ivy Lane residents' creation of the three little pigs. In third place came the Chatterbox Pre-School with their interpretation of a happy pupil.
Anyone wanting to enjoy the scarecrow trail, whose entries will be on view until tomorrow (Saturday), can find details at Costcutter, the Post Office and the Spar.
* Fernhill House residents created a spooky Donald Trump scarecrow as their entry to the village's first ever scarecrow trail


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In the early morning hours along the tree-lined streets of New York City's Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods, kids dressed in matching T-shirts and cotton shorts are mingling on sidewalks as moms and nannies spray them down with bug spray—this ritual means only one thing: summer camp season is finally here.
School is out, the fireworks have been set off and now that everyone has had their fill of hot dogs and ice cream, kids are getting into their summer routine. This year summer camp options are as diverse as ever, as camps catering niche interests like filmmaking, culinary arts, and jewelry making are springing up across the country. At Michigan's Museum of Natural History, Muggles can channel their inner-wizard at a Harry Potter themed science camp, or test their survival skills at Hunger Games camp in Alexandria, VA.
Traditionalists can still get their fill of the Great Outdoors. According to the American Camp Association, 47 percent of camps are overnight programs. And the most popular camp activities skew tried-and-true. ACA reports recreational swimming, arts and crafts, rope challenges, archery, and aquatic activities to be the hottest items on camp itineraries.
Those activities may seem basic, but the camp business is a $15 billion dollar industry and as any parent knows, it takes a lot more than just bug spray to get kids prepared for the their summer adventure. Luckily, apparel and outdoor brands are offering smart, kid-friendly camp essentials to make their summer memories even brighter.
So take out your summer camp packing list and check off these must-have items!
Carry On
From flashlights and sunscreen to an extra set of clothes, campers must be prepared for anything. Backpacks are the easiest way to tote around these essentials, and bags from the likes of Keen go a step further with a built-in seat for when tots need a break. The Grasshopper Backseat pack features a back panel that folds down into a camp chair.
Bug Off
Between dunks in the pool and sweaty games of Capture the Flag, kids are bound to need a second shot of insect repellent spray. Treated with EPA-approved, all-natural Insect Shield®, which repels insects like fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, ByeByeBugs™ leg and arm warmers offer an extra layer of protection from summertime pests.
Band Camp
What's a summer without a couple of minor scratches and scrapes? When a trip to the camp nurse isn't necessary, bandages from Ouchies will do the trick with colorful and zany prints likes zoo animals, dinosaurs and candy.
Make a Splash
When a plastic grocery store bag just won't do, wet bags from Itzy Ritzy help keep damp clothes separate from dry items and pricey electronics that kids might sneak in. The bags have sealed seams to prevent leaks and odors and are available in funky, colorful prints that make it easy for even the youngest kids to find them in their jammed-packed backpacks.
Keep Cool
When exploring the Great Outdoors, do the Earth good with eco-friendly water bottles by Lifefactory. The BPA-free glass bottles are outfitted with a protective silicone sleeve that provides grip and helps prevent breakage and they won't fill up a landfill.
About the Author:
Angela Velasquez
With 4 years of experience as a children's stylist and magazine editor, Angela brings you an insider's perspective on trends and seasonal looks that will make babies and toddlers shine in their holiday photos and at birthday parties! Angela also has a way of making everyday clothes and accessories look special — she'll show you how.


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17 Questions For A Mastermind Of Speed
Though he would probably deny it, Don Long is one of the Holy Trinity of dragster builders from the golden age of drag racing. During the mid '60s through the '80s, Long, Woody Gilmore, and Kent Fuller were the guys to go to for a rail. To be fair, there were others, such as Frank Huszar, Roy Fjastad (with his Speed Products Engineering), Hal Canode, and many more. But, when it came to wins, high-profile drivers, safety, and performance, you were at a competitive disadvantage without a Long chassis.
Veteran driver Tommy Ivo said his Long dragster was the finest race car he ever owned. Shirley Muldowney says if there is one car she wishes she could have back it's the Long twin-engine gas dragster built for her and (then-husband) Jack Muldowney in 1969. Besides the 200 front and rear engine dragsters (with a few Gassers and Altereds thrown in), he also built more than 40 Funny Cars based on an incredible chassis jig that his competition scoffed at as "mass produced" and "not tailored to the driver and owner." But, now all "Big Show" Funny Car chassis are built this way and incorporate many of Long's innovations. We caught up with Don at the same Gardena shop he's had since his earliest days of tire haze and nitro in the '60s.
HRM] In spite of racing during the days of devastating clutch explosions and fatal crashes, you have an unblemished record of no one being killed in your cars. Why?
DL] One of the biggest players in safety is a good handling car. I believe I have the best safety record mostly because my cars handled so well, and they didn't cut in half because I was putting liners in the clutch cans. When it was known my cars didn't have clutches coming out, NHRA made the rule to put liners in the [bellhousings]. Mine were the only hardened alloy liners, so when the floater failed it just rubbed on it. Most of the time, the liner could be reused.
HRM] So a dragster that handles well and tracks straight is the key to a safe car?
DL] Of course, and accuracy along with good geometry is what makes them handle well. I have, and still have, the best tooling in the industry. Li'l John Buttera [chassis builder] used to tell me my tooling was more impressive than my chassis. The way I narrow rearends keeps the wheel bearings and carrier bearings highly concentric, and the way I mount the rearend puts it square to the centerline of the chassis. I learned how to do this from my background in geometry. The perpendicular bisector of an isosceles triangle is at a right angle to the short leg. For years, I thought I was the only builder onto this, but recently I read that Scotty Fenn, the early chassis builder who owned Chassis Research, was using the same method. I think most builders just depend on their line-up bar or a straight edge against the back of the block. There are too many variables in those methods for me.
HRM] How did you know what worked and what didn't?
DL] There's no easy answer to that. It's all a big, dynamic symphony; it's all chaotic. It's science, evolution, and trial and error. I try to build chassis so weight shift and aero downforces are balanced with the energy put to the rear tires. The pursuit of speed and safety are in conflict. Anytime you add speed you better consider safety. For safety, there is no answer — only opinions. You can't design a chassis for a crash if you don't know the crash ahead of time. Show me how it's going to crash, and I'll design you a chassis.
HRM] To design and build dragsters and Funny Cars for as long as you did, did it take a mechanical engineering degree or what?
DL] My background is as a design draftsman in the defense industry. When I was young I was a good student and got straight As — until I got a girlfriend. Out of high school, I was hired as a draftsman and worked with all sorts of engineers. I learned a lot from the stress engineers, metallurgists, and aerodynamicists. I was either smart or lucky enough to hang around these people so when I had a problem I could go to them for answers—especially when the answer wasn't in a book. I still have a large circle of intellectual friends that help me, but my drinking friends are still drag racers.
HRM] What key development in dragster evolution are you most known for?
DL] I think I was the wheelbase guy — my cars were most often longer than my competition, which in those days was Woody Gilmore for the most part, and I don't think I would have worked so hard if it weren't for the rivalry between us. I found that the longer the cars got, the straighter they ran and the better the front end stayed down. I wanted to be careful not to build one so long that it was a freak, so I just sneaked into it. Later, I learned about the principle of "angular acceleration." [Think of this as holding a bat at the knob versus choking up it. — TT] This principle tells us a car that is twice as long as another, with all other things being equal, is not twice but four times more resistant to wheelstands. It explains why a dragster will always beat a Funny Car.
Let's say a dragster is 200 pounds lighter than a Funny Car. If you put 200 pounds on the dragster, it will still whip the Funny Car even though it has more drag. How do you explain that? It's because the dragster, due to its wheelbase, is more resistant to wheelstands, allowing its weight distribution to favor traction. In the words of my old friend, the late Ed Donovan, "It's not how long you make it, it's how you make it Long."
Guys like me that want to improve and come up with a new mousetrap don't have a place anymore.
HRM] Were your dragsters the lightest? How did you balance that with safety?
DL] I put a huge effort into saving weight. I did things nobody had done, like washing the oil out of the inside of the tubing to save an ounce or two. Does that make the car any less safe? No. I drilled big vent holes inside the tubing intersections instead of little vent holes. Does that make the car less safe? No. I telescoped the tubing where the rollbars were attached, way before it became a rule. That added a little weight but a whole lot of safety.
I would reduce the size of everything (or even eliminate some things completely) to save weight — but not to the point of what I perceived as being unsafe. We weighed our chassis, and I was confident mine were always lighter. Woody might have been checking to see if mine were lighter [laughs], but I never checked his. The lightest chassis I ever built was in 1967. It weighed 68 pounds with a 175-inch wheelbase. It was a gas car that gained fame as the Adams and Enriquez Jr. Fueler. I built a lot of fuel cars with 185-inch wheelbase that weighted 85-90 pounds.
HRM] Around 1969–'70, you added Funny Cars. Most builders tend to be all dragsters or all Funny Cars. You did both equally well.
DL] When the Funny Cars came around, I figured I could build a lot of them with good tooling and some extra help. Without good tooling, you have to be a good craftsman. With good tooling, almost anyone could do it. I was too busy to build them, along with all the dragsters I had on order, so I needed some good help. Fortunately for me, a nearby sheetmetal shop was closing, and their best employee was available. His name was Ronny Richards, and he was a superb welder, machinist, and sheetmetal man. Together, we built a very accurate Funny Car jig and followed up with 30 to 40 chassis.
HRM] How did they stack up against the competition?
DL] They were the best in the industry by far. You could swap bodies or take a part off of one and put it on another. They were affordable because we could produce a lot. They were really different from the others. My definition of a chassis is a piece that holds the essentials together. The most efficient chassis is going to be the lightest. With the new jig, we produced the lightest chassis ever, mostly because of its simple layout. We came up with improvements like how the body was mountable in height and preload with no additional weight. When you look at today's chassis, they're pretty much the same design. Mine was the grandfather.
HRM] And they were a huge success?
DL] No. The first chassis went to Pete Everett. Pete's driver was Leroy "Doc" Hales, and Leroy drove the car into the wall at Long Beach on the first run. He was supposed to make an easy run and shut off early, but he just full-throttled it and got in over his head. Back then, a few experienced drivers would make a full pass with a new car, and I think Leroy wanted to do the same. Some of my competitors took advantage of what happened and [criticized] my chassis. The next car went to Mart Higgenbothem, and it did very well but was somewhat out of the spotlight. Then we built one for Joe Pisano that he ran once or twice, then told the world that it didn't work. That same car was bought from Pisano by Jim Green and won the championship — the Green Elephant Vega was the NHRA Winternationals runner-up in 1974 and 1975, and won the '73 NHRA Funny Car World Championship with Frank Hall driving, as well as '73 Division 6 FC Championship. The Hales and Pisano incidents pulled the carpet out from under the Funny Car sales. We only built 30 to 40 of them. They were great cars, and in a way I get the last laugh because today the "Big Show" Funny Car chassis are built on a jig similar to mine. They've got interchangeable parts exactly like we tried to do in 1970.
HRM] Throughout this time, tire shake was a big problem?
DL] Oh God, tire shake, it was horrible. We were doing a lot of repairs because cars were breaking so much and in places they'd never broken before. They would break behind the engine on both dragsters and Funny Cars, and on dragsters around the rearend where it mounted to the lower framerail. We tried more diagonal trussing, but it didn't help much. One time, the rear engine Cerny-Moody car came in and the top rail was broken all the way through. Sometime after that, Gary Rupp came along and wanted a dragster without all the additional trussing. I said, "OK," and his chassis life seemed to improve. So the evolution was to make the chassis looser instead of more rigid and heavier — same with the wing mounts. At that time, those with the more flexible mounts had fewer problems than those with the more rigid ones. That's also the time when the hose clamps were used to retain the motor mounts — the solid mounts were just too rigid.
HRM] You didn't try the flexible chassis like Woody was experimenting with. Why?
DL] The chassis of Ed Pink's Old Master was sort of a flexible one, and a few other early ones were, too. I got away from that because I felt the frame should be a rigid body, and the suspension is where movement gets taken up. The flex should be in the springs because you get into fatigue when you start bending the tubing. Woody started the flex thing with saddles, and I've got to say today's fuelers are "flexi-flyers." Not exactly like Woody's, today there is no suspension, and the chassis movement is obtained by not trussing the forward bays. They do fatigue and crack, so they replace them. It's a consumable chassis today.
You can't design a chassis for a crash, if you don't know the crash ahead of time.
HRM] What about independent suspensions on dragsters?
DL] To me, an independent suspension was just unnecessary motion and weight. I always wanted to keep things simple and light so I never went there.
HRM] When you transitioned to rear-engine dragsters, did you see it coming?
DL] No, I can't say I did; but it was great for business. I enjoyed building the rear-engine cars equally, or more, because I was getting into building more accurate tooling. The Funny Car jig was awesome, so I built a similar one for the rear-engine dragsters. Dragster number 66 was the first rear-engine one, number 67 was a front engine, and then from 68 on, they were all rear-engine. It changed just like that.
HRM] Do you have any favorite cars or customers?
DL] There were several "House Cars" that we built, and I guess they were my favorites mostly because I got to try new ideas. I was very careful not to try new things on cars that were not close to me. As far as customers go, I built chassis for most of the top names: Prudhomme, Shirley, Ivo, Ruth, Donovan — but never any for Garlits. Garlits always built his own, some thirty-something of them. Most of my customers got it right on the second or third try [laughs].
HRM] Why did you get out of building dragsters?
DL] I ask myself that, and it's a hard question. Unlike Tom Hanna and so many others that were into drag racing, then out of it, then back in it again, I stayed in it, and I guess it just ran its course. Another reason is the leadership has taken drag racing in a direction I'm not fond of. They no longer have room for a new mousetrap. Anybody's new idea is almost immediately eliminated—we're not wanted nowadays. So guys like me that want to improve and come up with a new mousetrap don't have a place anymore. Bonneville is the only motorsport that is actually growing, and it's growing by leaps and bounds. Why? They welcome innovation. Bonneville is the drag racer's last train robbery.
HRM] But, you're still building cars and making parts.
DL] I want to retire. I want to go fishing. I'm 74, and all those years of welding have scarred my arms, weakened my eyes, and damaged my lungs. It's time to spend more time with my family. I have two daughters, and for all the praises and awards I've received, the best thing I have ever done is work with my wife, Pauline, to get those girls into prosperous adulthood. I've got three beautiful grandchildren.
There are three more restoration projects ahead of me, and then I'd like to close up shop and retire. I guess there's a chance that if something really cool came in I would change my mind, but I turn down work now.
HRM] In 2010, you received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield. You broke up the crowd.
DL] When I received the award, I thanked all the racers that bought my cars and ran hard for their own causes because they made me look good. I thanked Woody, [builder Kent] Fuller, [body maker Tom] Hanna, and Steve Gibbs and Greg Sharp both from the NHRA Museum. When I thanked Hanna, I told the crowd his work was so outstanding that it could almost make a Garlits chassis look good. That joke got a good laugh, but the best laugh came when I thanked my wife, Pauline. I told the story about her and I, back in the '60s, when I was working real hard and putting in so much time. She questioned why I was working so hard, so I told her that someday I would get an outstanding award and she would have her answer. "Yeah," she replied, "When there's a black man in the White House, you will."
Built With Math to Go Fast
Don Long built 200 dragsters and 40 Funny Cars from the mid 60s through the '80s. Many won national events or were first to reach certain elapsed-time or top-speed thresholds.
Two builders who influenced Long were Kent Fuller and Don Weddle. He says both were good at "balancing form and function." Says Long, "They were very clever men and I learned a lot from them."
HOT ROD made three revisions of this article because Long believes in the "C-Model Theory," where anything can be refined to a higher level after its second, or "B" iteration, to around 90 percent or better on its third or "C" version. Long says anything refined to 100 percent means those involved are crazy. There are no crazy people at HOT ROD.


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The diabetes drug Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone, has been suspended by UK and European drug watchdogs. The drug, which is used to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetes, has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
In light of these risks, both the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have recommended that the drug is no longer prescribed. This prescribing ban also applies to Avandamet and Avaglim, two related drugs also containing rosiglitazone.


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Follow-up after treatment for colorectal cancer
Follow-up after treatment is an important part of cancer care. Follow-up for colorectal cancer is often shared among the cancer specialists (oncologists), the surgeon and your family doctor. Your healthcare team will work with you to decide on follow-up care to meet your needs.
Don't wait until your next scheduled appointment to report any new symptoms and symptoms that don't go away. Tell your healthcare team if you have:
- pain in the abdomen or pelvis
- dry cough
- fatigue
- nausea
- unexplained weight loss
- difficulty going to the bathroom
The chance of colorectal cancer recurring is greatest within 5 years, so close follow-up is needed during this time.
Schedule for follow-up visits
Follow-up visits for colorectal cancer are scheduled based on your risk of recurrence and general health. Most people with colorectal cancer have follow-up visits every 3–6 months for 5 years after their first surgery.
People with stage 4 colorectal cancer who don't have surgery, chemotherapy or targeted therapy don't usually need regular follow-up visits.
During follow-up visits
During a follow-up visit, your healthcare team will usually ask questions about the side effects of treatment and how you're coping. Your doctor may do a physical exam, including:
- feeling the abdomen
- feeling lymph nodes in the chest, abdomen and pelvis
- listening to the lungs
- digital rectal exam (DRE)
You may also have the following tests as part of follow-up care.
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) testing is done every 3–6 months for 5 years. An increase in CEA levels over time could mean the cancer has come back, or recurred.
Colonoscopy is done one year after surgery. If it is normal, then it is done every 5 years.
CT scan of the chest and abdomen is done to check for cancer in the lymph nodes, lungs and liver. It may be done every year for 3–5 years after surgery. If you were treated for rectal cancer, you may also have a CT scan of the pelvis to check for a local recurrence. People treated for stage 0, stage 1 or stage 2 colorectal cancer don't usually need follow-up with imaging tests like CT scans.
Flexible sigmoidoscopy is done every 6 months for 2–5 years if you were treated for rectal cancer, especially if you didn't have radiation therapy.
If a recurrence is found, your healthcare team will assess you to determine the best treatment options.
Find out more about tests and procedures done during follow-up.
Questions to ask about follow-up
To make the decisions that are right for you, ask your healthcare team questions about follow-up.
Cancer affects all Canadians
Nearly 1 in 2 Canadians is expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.


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This is a collaborative blog "for kids, with kids, and by kids." Students plan a "Fun Family Field Trip" which they document in a media project and share here on the blog. While enriching the science and social studies curriculum, the goal is to get students and their families to fully appreciate and experience the wonderful place where we live. Meanwhile, students will be learning valuable technology skills that will allow them to make their own unique contributions to our learning.
Step 1: Browse the destination idea document.
Step 1: Browse the destination idea document.
(You can pick a new one if you prefer. We will add more ideas as we go.)
Step 2. Destination Proposal Form
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Step 3: Go on your field trip and document it with approximately 1-11 pictures and/or video clips, or drawings.
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Step 4: Next, create your media project using your favorite free online tool (such as mentioned on this site.) Or if you'd prefer, you can make your video/slideshow using your favorite video editing software. If you make your own video, and if you have permission from your parents, you can post on YouTube.
(Sign up for help at school if you need help with anything at all.)
(Sign up for help at school if you need help with anything at all.)
Email the link when you are done.
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"I'm not sick; I'm only dying," a friend told Dr. William Lamers Jr. The man had inoperable cancer and wanted to go home to die, but his doctor wouldn't let him out of the hospital.
It was the early 1970s, when most people with incurable illnesses died in a hospital, in a lonely room, attended by doctors and nurses with no specialized knowledge of the dying patient's emotional and physical needs. There was no system for caring for the dying at home.
The experience opened Lamers' eyes to a major failing of the healthcare system.
In 1974 Lamers, a psychiatrist, helped start one of the first hospice programs in the United States, Hospice of Marin in Northern California. It helped terminally ill patients spend their last days at home, surrounded by family and supported by health workers and volunteers trained in end-of-life care.
Considered one of the founders of the modern hospice movement in the United States, Lamers died Feb. 2 in Malibu of an infection, his family said. He was 80.
The approach he championed spread across the country. There are now more than 5,000 hospice programs in the U.S., according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Unlike in England, where the modern hospice movement began, the majority of U.S. hospices provide care in patients' homes rather than in a separate facility.
"In many ways the growth of hospice in this country is a direct result of Bill Lamers' work and the model he created," said Ken Doka, senior consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America. Lamers "really moved the notion of hospice from a facility to one's home."
When his friend with cancer was dying, Lamers was unfamiliar with the word "hospice" but knew from his psychiatry practice that providing a "good" death was crucial — not only to the patient but also to the survivors. He once estimated that at least one-third of his patients had issues that stemmed from unresolved grief.
At first he considered opening a counseling center to help people deal with loss. His focus changed after he met Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the Swiss-born psychiatrist whose 1969 bestseller "On Death and Dying" lifted the taboo in the medical community on discussions of dying. She encouraged Lamers to start a hospice and introduced him to the work of Cicely Saunders, who in 1968 had established the first modern hospice, St. Christopher's in London.
Saunders' concept was to provide home-like comforts for the dying in a facility devoted to their care. Although impressed with Saunders' pioneering efforts, Lamers didn't want to raise money for a building. He thought there was no better home-like environment "than one's own home," Doka said.
With Rev. John Thornton, an Episcopal priest, and social worker Barbara Hill, Lamers started Hospice of Marin out of his house in San Rafael. Now called Hospice by the Bay, it serves four Northern California counties.
One of Lamers' earliest cases was a woman from the Midwest with terminal cancer who was new in town and had no friends or family. She wanted to die at home with her dog. Lamers and the hospice staff asked her neighbors to help her and promised to show them how.
"They gave her beautiful care, as good as she could have received in our best hospitals," Lamers told the Marin Independent Journal in 1979. "When she died, all the people who had helped gathered together. They weren't strangers anymore; they were like a family. And they said ... when can we do something like this again?"
"What Bill was really interested in was building community," said Sandol Stoddard, author of "The Hospice Movement" (1978), who observed Lamers' early efforts in Marin. "He was a joyous person who loved people and loved his work."
His spirit was not his only bountiful feature. Thornton recalled a time someone mistook part of Lamers' ample physique for a backpack: Lamers, clad in snow gear, said, "That's not a backpack, that's me!"
Born in Milwaukee on Christmas Eve in 1931, Lamers graduated from Marquette University School of Medicine in 1958. After an internship in San Francisco, he completed his residency in general psychiatry and a National Institute of Mental Health fellowship in child psychiatry in Cincinnati.
In the mid-1960s, after serving in the Navy, he moved to Kentfield in Marin County, where he opened a private practice in child and family psychiatry.
He was believed to be one of the first physicians to prescribe lithium to treat bipolar disease. He was also an early advocate of oral morphine to manage chronically severe pain, according to Stephen R. Connor of the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance.
Lamers served as Hospice of Marin's president until 1976 and medical director until 1981. He later was the medical director at hospices in Los Angeles and Calabasas. He also trained scores of hospice managers and was chairman of a national hospice accreditation panel.
In the course of his work, he witnessed hundreds of deaths over the decades. One case he often mentioned was that of a boy with bone cancer whose mother asked him on his final morning what he wanted for breakfast. The boy replied, "A kiss."
"You can't top that," Lamers had recalled.
Lamers is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; a daughter, Jennifer; two sons, William III and Mark; stepdaughters Sabrina De Fillipis and Monique Sofen; two brothers and seven grandchildren.
He died at home under hospice care, with family and friends by his side.
"I'm not sick; I'm only dying," a friend told Dr. William Lamers Jr. The man had inoperable cancer and wanted to go home to die, but his doctor wouldn't let him out of the hospital.


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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that as of 1 August 2009, we will no longer release online registration invoice through the congress web registration system. We will also close all new requests for Visa Invitation Letter as of 1 August 2009.
Registered Delegates may download practical information about re-registration, here!
Thank you for your interest to participate in the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.
Please read the following registration guidelines thoroughly before proceeding.
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Stand Back (Science)
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Science rocks. But it's safer with goggles, eyewashes, protective clothing, and steel-toed boots. Oh, and a fire extinguisher nearby. And an evacuation plan.
We love the verb on this shirt. It could have been "do." It could have been "perform." But no. It's "try." Which is so unsure. As a wise figure once said, "Do or do not. There is no try."
"Stand back! I'm going to try science!" with a little figure holding out a flask and a calculator in white on the front of this black 100% cotton t-shirt.


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The Star Wars Cookbook
Cantina Chow
- Book of 25 recipes inspired by the Star Wars movies
- Make Greedo's Burritos, Boba Fett-Uccine, more!
- 60 pages that wipe clean - good for messy cooks
Even Wookiees need to eat. And when they do, there is nothing they like more than Wookiee Cookies. Despite what you might be thinking, Wookiee Cookies are not, in fact, hairy. They are, however, delicious, and just one of the many recipes your find in The Star Wars Cookbook. You'll also learn how to make Jedi Juice Bars, Dark Side Salsa, Boba Fett-Uccine, and loads more.
Why just sit at home eating boring food, when you can follow the instructions in this recipe book and make that same food but with super-outer-galactic names? Anyone who tells you not to play with your food is a dummy - playing is what makes food fun. Especially when you can make a Jedi Juice Bar and then fly it into your mouth-hangar. The Star Wars Cookbook is loaded with different types of inter-galactic recipes: drinks, breakfasts, main courses, desserts, and more. Age is no issue when it comes to Star Wars cuisine - kids as well as adults will have a great time with this book. Whether you drove to your first Star Wars flick or just had your fifth birthday, there's no reason you can't whip up some Crazy Cantina Chili at near light speed.
The Star Wars Cookbook
- Learn how to make out of this world treats.
- Features
- 60 wipe clean pages with over 25 recipes
- Recipes include: Greedo's Burritos, Twin Sun Toast, Tusken Raider Taters, and more!
- Concealed wire-O binding - so each page lays flat while you cook
- Includes 13 foil stickers to label your completed creations


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USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
This publication is issued by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, in cooperation with the USDA
Natural Resources Conservation Service, as authorized by Mike Thralls, executive director. Copies have
not been printed but are available through the agency website, http://conservation.ok.gov.
October 2011
Washita River Watershed Project
Severe flooding occurred along the Washita River in the early 20th Century. Towns along the river were frequently flooded, as well as productive Washita River bottomlands. Not only were crops and livestock lost to flooding, but homes were flooded and lives were lost. Seventeen people lost their lives in Hammon, Oklahoma in April 1934 when the Washita River flowed out of its banks and flooded the small community in the middle of the night.
Oklahoma conservation leaders worked with others across the nation to get Congress to pass the Flood Control Act of 1944. This Act authorized eleven flood control projects across the country that would introduce a new approach of controlling the flooding. The concept was simple, a series of small flood control dams would be built in a watershed on tributaries to a large stream or river. These dams would impound the water from heavy rain storms and release it slowly through a pipe in the dam over a period of days or weeks. This would prevent all the rain water from the storms from reaching the river at one time reducing flooding.
The Washita River was one of the eleven projects selected for authorization. The Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service) administers the Program and provides technical and financial assistance to local units of government (mainly conservation districts) in planning and implementing the projects. These projects consist of construction of flood control dams and the installation of conservation practices in the watershed to reduce erosion and sedimentation.
The first flood control dam constructed in the nation under this program was in the Cloud Creek Watershed in Washita County, Oklahoma in 1948. Today there are 1,107 flood control dams in 55 watershed projects in the Washita River Watershed.
As the dams were constructed the state began to see the results by the reduction in flooding.
With the success of the eleven watershed projects authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944, Congress passed the 1954 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law 83-566). This Act expanded the watershed program concept to other eligible watersheds across the nation. Oklahoma has developed 74 projects with assistance of this program and constructed 1,000 dams.
2,107 NRCS-assisted flood control dams have been constructed in 61 Oklahoma counties with assistance of these two programs. These dams provide over $81 million in average annual benefits.
For additional information about watershed projects in the state visit the Oklahoma Conservation Commission website at: http://conservation.ok.gov or visit your local conservation district and NRCS office.
This watershed project is an example of how local, state and federal government agencies have worked together to utilize the Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed Program to address natural resource needs and improve the quality of life for thousands of Oklahomans.
Washita River Watershed
Project Benefits
$32 million in average annual benefits from reduced flood damages
Flood protection for 286,000 acres of floodplain
Flood protection for 650 bridges and hundreds of state highways and county roads and bridges
Flood protection for 8,100 farms and ranches
20,000 acres of wetlands have been created or enhanced by the project
Sedimentation is reduced by 4.8 million tons of soil annually
Impounded water has created fish and wildlife habitat, waterfowl nesting areas and livestock water
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Eating green doesn't just mean eating your veggies.
The eco-friendly Feeding Spoons and Forks are made in the USA from 100% recycled plastic milk containers. This ultra-safe recycled plastic has no melamine, BPA, phthalates, PVC, or external coatings. Each of the four forks and spoons in this set has soft edges and is easy to handle for beginning eaters and those that help feed them. Make meal time healthy and full of Good Green Fun™. Packaged using only recycled and recyclable materials and printed with soy inks. Spoon and forks are 4 1/4" long. Dishwasher safe.
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KNX (1070 AM) takes an in-depth look at the Crescenta Valley on Jan. 31 as "KNX on Your Corner" heads north.
"Corner" was a program originally launched by sister station KFWB (980 AM) to get out into the local communities and highlight the areas through discussions and live broadcasts. KNX took over the series when KFWB changed from news to a news/talk format.
This time the program will focus on the group of communities lying between the San Gabriel and Verdugo mountains: Sunland, Tujunga, La Cañada Flintridge and La Crescenta-Montrose. Civic and business leaders will be on hand to discuss the areas' advantages and challenges.
KNX will broadcast live throughout much of the day from the Black Cow Cafe, 2223 Honolulu Ave., in Old Town Montrose. The morning newscast anchored by Tom Haule and Vicky Moore will start the day's broadcast from 5 to 9 a.m. It's back to the studio at 9 while locals hear roundtable discussions with area leaders.
At 1 p.m., Frank Mottek will host "Business Hour" live from the cafe, then at 2 p.m., Chris Sedens and Diane Thompson will anchor the afternoon news from the cafe as well.
I think the "Corner" series is one of the best special events carried by KNX. Listeners can learn a lot about areas around SoCal they don't know well. It also gets the station involved locally, which is exactly what radio needs to do. It seems I am not alone in thinking that way; the series was honored in 2013 with a Golden Mike from the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California.
Upcoming "Corner" visits will take place in the San Gabriel Valley, Orange County and Marina del Rey.
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You may remember a while back that I was looking to install a new car stereo "head unit" in my truck to take advantage of some newer technology, namely digital HD Radio and a built-in Bluetooth cellphone connection. I finally found one I like that also includes a new SiriusXM tuner add-on. Without getting too technical, I learned a lot about about some of the newer equipment. For example, with SiriusXM Satellite Radio, there are actually three systems: the original Sirius system that uses the Sirius satellites, the XM system that uses the XM satellites, and the SiriusXM system that is compatible with both.
So, my findings? I love the new radio; it is a fun toy. In spite of its technical problems with interference, I like the sound of digital HD Radio on AM. KNX, in fact, has a superb-sounding signal on HD that puts many FM stations to shame. KFI (640 AM) is nice as well but doesn't have the smooth high end that KNX offers. KABC (790 AM) sounds like the highs are overemphasized and is not pleasant to listen to.
Where I drive, KNX, KFI, KABC and KFWB stay locked onto HD fairly well, while KDIS (1110 AM) has trouble. KBRT (740 AM) is somewhere in between. As expected, KOGO (600 AM) from San Diego goes in and out of HD as I drive.
The extra channels offered by the newest SiriusXM system include some fun ones, such as Carlin's Corner — all George Carlin, all the time. And for reasons yet unknown to me, the SiriusXM system seems to sound better than either of the old Sirius or XM system receivers. I am not sure if they are using a different compression scheme, or it's just a better amplifier on the new radio, but it sounds great. And I can now rewind the audio if I miss something. Overall, call me a happy camper.
Richard Wagoner is a San Pedro freelance writer covering radio in Southern California. Send him email at email@example.com.


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To keep warm in future winters we will change windows, reconstruct some walls with thicker layers of mineral wool, and install an air-to-air heat exchanger for use in moderately cold days. And finally - perhaps we will even install photovoltaic panels on the roof. Locally produced and consumed non-emission electric energy sounds tempting. A question of money, of course. But photovoltaics are competitive already when compared to diesel generators. So it is a question of payback time and affordable loans.
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After making his name as a supporting player in "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" and "The Avengers" and top-lining in the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker," Jeremy Renner will try to prove he can kick butt himself at the box office this weekend in "The Bourne Legacy."
The relaunch of the spy franchise that started a decade ago with star Matt Damon is expected to have a healthy debut of about $45 million in the U.S. and Canada this weekend, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys.
It is certain to be No. 1 at the box office, replacing "The Dark Knight Rises" after that Batman film held the top spot for the last three weeks.
With a new star and a new director in Tony Gilroy -- who had a writing credit on the previous three films in the action series, and co-wrote this one -- "The Bourne Legacy" is not expected to match the last entry, 2007's "The Bourne Ultimatum," which opened to $69.3 million.
It should be a strong weekend at the box office overall, as two other new films are also likely to have solid launches. "The Campaign," a political comedy starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, is expected to take in $30 million during its first three days in theaters.
"Hope Springs," a romantic comedy about a long-married couple (played by Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones), hit cinemas on Wednesday as Sony Pictures tried to get a jump on the weekend competition. The inexpensive picture grossed an estimated $2.2 million on Wednesday and will likely collect about $15 million by Sunday.
It took several years for Universal Pictures to decide how to continue the "Bourne" franchise after Damon and director Paul Greengrass declined to return. Because the franchise was one of Universal's most lucrative -- the first three films have a total of $944 million in ticket sales worldwide -- the studio was hell-bent on finding a way to make it work.
Enter "Michael Clayton" director Gilroy, who came up with the new story line about an even more covert government program.
With slightly dimmer commercial prospects, given the new star, Universal spent a bit less on the fourth movie than the third, budgeting "The Bourne Legacy" at a cost of between $125 million and $130 million, and co-financing the picture with Relativity Media. If the movie is successful, Renner's super-spy could continue as a franchise of its own.
Meanwhile, "The Campaign" hits theaters late in a summer when big-name comedy stars have failed to draw audiences to the multiplex. Adam Sandler's latest flick "That's My Boy" fell far short of his usual $100-million domestic benchmark, and even the combination of Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill wasn't able to attract moviegoers to "The Watch."
Warner Bros. is hopeful that "The Campaign," about two candidates vying for a seat in Congress, will buck that trend. Galifianakis is hot off of the "Hangover" series, but Ferrell's last two major star vehicles, "The Other Guys" and "Land of the Lost," were both box-office disappointments.
"The Campaign" has so far generated largely positive reviews, as has "Hope Springs." The latter movie is being distributed by Sony, which together with partner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer bought domestic distribution rights from financier Mandate Pictures for about $15 million. The film had a total cost of about $30 million.
Sony is playing up the film's strong performances from Streep and Jones as a way to attract older moviegoers to theaters. Movies aimed at adults have done well in August the last few years, with examples including "The Help" and "Julie & Julia."
However, the key for "Hope Springs" will be word of mouth, as people over 40 tend not to rush to see new films on opening weekends.
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CLEVELAND (Reuters) - One of three women freed a year ago after more than a decade imprisoned in a Cleveland house wrote in harrowing detail of beatings, rapes and torture at the hands of her captor, Ariel Castro, and her need to forgive him to move on from the ordeal.
"If I don't forgive him, then it'll be like he imprisoned me twice," Michelle Knight said on the last page of a book released on Tuesday to coincide with the anniversary of their escape.
"Forgiveness is the only way I can truly reclaim my life," Knight said.
Knight, now 33, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus fled Castro's
dilapidated house along with Berry's then 6-year-old daughter, a girl fathered by Castro.
Castro pleaded guilty to hundreds of charges including kidnapping, rape and murder for forcing Knight to miscarry. He was sentenced to life without parole, plus 1,000 years, but hanged himself in his cell in September.
In "Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed," Knight talks about growing up a neglected and abused child, living as a homeless teen, becoming a single mother and then her abduction by Castro in 2002.
Knight recounted being chained up, beaten, raped and mentally tortured for years by Castro, who pointed to high-profile searches by the families of co-prisoners Berry and DeJesus as proof that no one cared about her.
Those words bit into her, she wrote. "Even if I escape from this bastard, I often thought, what kind of life will be waiting for me in the real world? After this mess is over, who will really be there to love me?"
Knight, who is changing her name to Lillian Rose Lee, referred to Castro only as "dude" throughout the book, but wrote that she cried after hearing about his suicide.
Dr. Frank Ochberg, an expert on post-traumatic stress, said in an interview that many survivors experience traumatic bonding with their abusers.
After feeling invisible most of her life, Knight wrote, she has been overwhelmed by the attention she has received and does not know how to answer people when they ask how she is doing.
"I don't have all the answers. I probably never will. But I have realized that my life can't get better if I dwell on everything I've been through. I have to look ahead," she wrote.
(Reporting by Kim Palmer; Editing by David Bailey, Mary Wisniewski and Steve Orlofsky)


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About a year ago, the Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care & Education (OCCD) at Portland State decided to eliminate the office's five-gallon bottled water service and opt for an in-sink water filter. And it's already paying off.
With a staff of 15 people, OCCD was going through approximately six bottles every month. After the staff agreed to make the switch, OCCD submitted a work order through Facilities for the installation of a filter on the cold-water tap, which cost $127 and came with a replacement filter. This up-front cost was recovered after only a few months of drinking from the tap—the department is now saving $30 per month.
In addition to cost savings, OCCD staff have benefited from improved water quality and taste, unlimited water availability, increased storage space, and convenience. As PSU Climate Champions, the department has also reduced its environmental impact, from eliminating emissions associated with the production and delivery of the plastic bottles to the waste those bottles ultimately become.
Since Portland has some of the best tap water in the country, it may not be necessary to install a filter in many PSU buildings, which would increase cost savings for some departments even more.
In 2011, the Sustainable Drinking Water Task Force, a collaborative group of staff and students appointed by President Wiewel, developed a series of recommendations for reducing bottled water consumption on campus. The task force made many recommendations aimed at increasing consumption of tap water on campus and supporting departments in making the shift from bottled water. To learn more about why tap water is more sustainable visit pdx.edu/planning-sustainability/sustainable-drinking-water, and for a map of individual water bottle refilling stations across campus, click here (pdf).


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What were you doing 50 years ago? What happened on Nov. 22, 1963, that changed the course of U.S. history? Why does it matter? What is our fascination with what happened that day? It was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
At 12:30 p.m. Nov. 22, 1963, President Kennedy was shot and killed while in a parade in Dallas. Also in the motorcade at the time of the shooting were Kennedy's wife, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Texas Gov. John Connally and his wife, Nellie, along with two Secret Service men in the front seat. The target was Kennedy even though Connally also was injured.
From what I've seen on television and read, three shots were fired. One bullet did not hit anyone in the car. A second bullet hit Kennedy, and it is theorized that this bullet hit him in the back of the neck, traveled through his neck, passed through Connally's back exiting out of his chest, hit his right hand and lodged in his left thigh. A third bullet was a direct hit to the president's head, which killed him. The gun used by the shooter was an old Army rifle.
I still remember Walter Cronkite broadcasting that day on CBS national television. He reported the president had been shot in Dallas. Shortly thereafter, he gave an unofficial report that President Kennedy died. Cronkite received official word at 1 p.m. and announced the president of the United States was dead at the age of 46 years old. Many of us spent every spare minute listening to reports on television and radio about our national loss and clung to the sentiment voiced around the world and in our nation as we grieved the loss of our beloved president, who was shot down in the prime of his life.
Just think, if Kennedy were still alive today, he would be 96. But, to me, he will always be young because that is how I remember him. JFK was the youngest man elected president at the age of 43. He was the 35th president of the United States and was loved by the majority of the people. His wife, Jackie, was a gracious first lady and his two young children, Caroline and John, stole our hearts.
So what did Kennedy do that impressed us? He certainly had a charm about him. Perhaps part of his appeal was his youth, Bostonian accent, pretty wife and two cute children. Perhaps it had something to do with his most famous quote at his inauguration in January 1960 "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Maybe it was our country's issues he dealt with, such as civil rights, the economy and communism. JFK led the country he loved. He was a man who put politics aside and worked for the betterment of the people of the United States of America. Isn't that the way it should be?
Kennedy chose Lyndon Baines Johnson to be his vice president. LBJ had been in both the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. He was a powerful man at the time and helped Kennedy win the presidency. The moment Kennedy was pronounced dead, Johnson became the 36th president of the United States. He officially took the oath on board the plane that would head back to Washington for the long trip home with the body of JFK and Jackie aboard.
Robert (Bobby) Kennedy was appointed by his brother to serve as U.S. attorney general. Even though he was younger than JFK and had little experience in law or politics, he was smart and was his brother's right-hand man. He had hoped to eventually become president himself, but was shot down by an assassin during his campaign.
Questions were raised. Who shot JFK and why? Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone or did he have an accomplice? Was it a political act or simply a hate crime committed by a cold-blooded killer?
Of course, there is the conspiracy theory there was another shooter. Evidence seems to prove Lee Harvey Oswald was the shooter. And why did Jack Ruby kill Oswald before we could know the answers to the questions?
Do you remember when Kennedy was in Hays on Nov. 20, 1959, for a Democratic dinner at Jefferson West School (later renamed Kennedy Middle School)? A picture of JFK along with several Hays residents appeared in The Hays Daily News after the event.
At the time of his stop in Hays, he had not yet announced he was a candidate for president of the United States. He officially announced his candidacy in January 1960. I wish I would have been there, met him, heard him speak in person and shook his hand. His legacy lives on through those who lead and love this country.
Alberta Klaus is a contributor to The Hays Daily News Generations advisory group.


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pcp−vmstat, pmstat − high-level system performance overview
pcp [pcp options] vmstat [interval [samples]]
pmstat [−gLlPxz] [−A align] [−a archive] [−h host] [−H file] [−n pmnsfile] [−O offset] [−p port] [−S starttime] [−s samples] [−T endtime] [−t interval] [−Z timezone]
pmstat provides a one line summary of system performance every interval unit of time (the default is 5 seconds). pmstat is intended to monitor system performance at the highest level, after which other tools may be used to examine subsystems in which potential performance problems may be observed in greater detail.
pcp-vmstat is a simple wrapper for use with the pcp(1) command, providing a more familiar command line format for some users. It also enables the extended reporting option by default, see the −x option below.
Multiple hosts may be monitored by supplying more than one host with multiple −h flags (for live monitoring) or by providing a name of the hostlist file, where each line contain one host name, with −H, or multiple −a flags (for retrospective monitoring from sets of archives).
The −t option may be used to change the default reporting interval. The interval argument follows the syntax described in PCPIntro(1), and in the simplest form may be an unsigned integer (the implied units in this case are seconds).
By default, pmstat fetches metrics by connecting to the Performance Metrics Collector Daemon (PMCD) on the local host. If the −L option is specified, then pmcd(1) is bypassed, and metrics are fetched from PMDAs on the local host using the standalone PM_CONTEXT_LOCAL variant of pmNewContext(3). When the −h option is specified, pmstat connects to the pmcd(1) on host and fetches metrics from there. As mentioned above, multiple hosts may be monitored by supplying multiple −h flags.
Alternatively, if the −a option is used, the metrics are retrieved from the Performance Co-Pilot archive log files identified by archive, which is a comma-separated list of names, each of which may be the base name of an archive or the name of a directory containing one or more archives. Multiple sets of archives may be replayed by supplying multiple −a flags. When the −a flag is used, the −P flag may also be used to pause the output after each interval.
Standalone mode can only connect to the local host, using a set of archives implies a host name, and nominating a host precludes using an archive, so the options −L, −a and −h are mutually exclusive.
Normally pmstat operates on the default Performance Metrics Name Space (PMNS), however if the −n option is specified an alternative namespace is loaded from the file pmnsfile.
If the −s the option is specified, samples defines the number of samples to be retrieved and reported. If samples is 0 or −s is not specified, pmstat will sample and report continuously − this is the default behavior.
When processing a set of archives, pmstat may relinquish its own timing control, and operate as a ''slave'' of a pmtime(1) process that uses a GUI dialog to provide timing control. In this case, either the −g option should be used to start pmstat as the sole slave of a new pmtime(1) instance, or −p should be used to attach pmstat to an existing pmtime(1) instance via the IPC channel identified by the port argument.
The −S, −T, −O and −A options may be used to define a time window to restrict the samples retrieved, set an initial origin within the time window, or specify a ''natural'' alignment of the sample times; refer to PCPIntro(1) for a complete description of these options.
The −l option prints the last 7 characters of a hostname in summaries involving more than one host (when more than one −h option has been specified on the command line).
The −x option (extended CPU metrics) causes two additional CPU metrics to be reported, namely wait for I/O ("wa") and virtualisation steal time ("st").
The output from pmstat is directed to standard output, and the columns in the report are interpreted as follows:
The 1 minute load average.
The swpd column indicates average swap space used during the interval, in Kbytes. The free column indicates average free memory during the interval, in Kbytes. The buff column indicates average buffer memory in use during the interval, in Kbytes. The cache column indicates average cached memory in use during the interval, in Kbytes.
If the values become large, they are reported as Mbytes (m suffix) or Gbytes (g suffix).
The metrics in this area of the kernel instrumentation are of varying value. We try to report the average number of pages that are paged in (pi) and out (po) per second during the interval. If the corresponding page swapping metrics are unavailable, we report the average rate per second of swap operations in (si) and out (so) during the interval. It is normal for the ''in'' values to be non-zero, but the system is suffering memory stress if the ''out'' values are non-zero over an extended period.
If the values become large, they are reported as thousands of operations per second (K suffix) or millions of operations per second (M suffix).
The bi and bo columns indicate the average rate per second of block input and block output operations (respectfully) during the interval. Unless all file systems have a 1 Kbyte block size, these rates do not directly indicate Kbytes transferred.
Interrupt rate (in) and context switch rate (cs). Rates are expressed as average operations per second during the interval. Note that the interrupt rate is normally at least HZ (the clock interrupt rate, usually 100) interrupts per second.
Percentage of CPU time spent executing user and "nice user" code (us), system and interrupt processing code (sy), idle loop (id).
If any values for the associated performance metrics are unavailable, the value appears as ''?'' in the output.
By default, pmstat reports the time of day according to the local timezone on the system where pmstat is run. The −Z option changes the timezone to timezone in the format of the environment variable TZ as described in environ(7). The −z option changes the timezone to the local timezone at the host that is the source of the performance metrics, as identified via either the −h or −a options.
default PMNS specification files
pmlogger(1) configuration for creating an archive suitable for replay with pmstat
Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).
PCPIntro(1), pmclient(1), pmtime(1), PMAPI(3), pmNewContext(3), pcp.conf(5) and pcp.env(5).
All are generated on standard error, and are intended to be self-explanatory.


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The face of battle
Vintage Books, 1976 - Art - 352 pages
The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the "point of maximum danger." Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions. John Keegan has written what is probably the definitive model for military historians. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles representative of three different time periods, he manages to convey what the experience of combat meant for the participants, whether they were facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt, the musket balls at Waterloo, or the steel rain of the Somme. Book jacket.
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The Bridge will be appearing at the Association of Model Railway Clubs Wales & West of England show, aka the Bristol Model Railway Show 2017, which is being held at the Thornbury Leisure Centre, Thornbury, Bristol on Friday April 28th April to Sunday 30th April.
This will be yet another showing for T gauge this year. The more, the merrier!!
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Covering Up The Past
When I first looked at the house with the realtor 4 years ago this month the place was a dump. I mean really a dump. There was literally a big pile of garbage in the backyard and a half dozen old stoves, washers, and dryers piled up in the side yard. There were several broken windows and others had plywood nailed up on them. From the outside there were few indications that the house was at one time a grand old home.
Even though the inside was in bad shape it was easy to see the elegance that was once there. The grand staircase, the great mantles, and all the high Victorian millwork that was mostly covered in paint. From the outside though, you would never have guessed this was once a great home. There were a few indications for the trained eye to see. The 3 stained glass windows were not something that would have been put on your basic, run of the mill home, especially the big front window. Then of course the over all shape and size of the home screamed Queen Anne but you couldn't tell anymore after they Eisenhowered the house.
The last indication could be seen on the side attic gable. If you leaned back against the fence and craned your neck back you could see that a small section of one of the asbestos shingles had broken away to reveal a few fish scale shingles. You could see one whole shingle and a few partials. The owner was walking around the exterior with myself and the realtor and when I pointed them out he said, "Hey look, it's those curly Q shingles. I wonder what they're doing under there?". I kind of shrugged my shoulders and didn't say anything. Inside I was thinking, "Holy crap! This guy has no idea what's under the asbestos siding. Just keep your mouth shut or maybe he'll use it as an excuse to try and raise my offer during negotiations."
It never came up again. After the close of escrow all I could think about was what could be under the rest of that asbestos siding. I knew enough about Queen Annes and local architecture to know that if the fish scales where on the attic gables there was most likely some other type of shingle on the second story. It could be staggered squares, notched squares, diamonds, octagons, tear drops, or it could even assortment of different styles. It was eating away at me to get that hideous asbestos siding off. First, though, I had to get the apartments rented. I don't think my mortgage company would have the same enthusiasm as me and understand if I was late on my payment because I had taken off the asbestos siding instead of renting the apartments.
The rest is history. I spent 3 or 4 months fixing up the two apartments over the garage and as soon as those where rented I started ripping off the asbestos siding. I took 5,300 pounds of asbestos siding off the house. It was a spectacle as a revealed this spectacular house to the neighborhood. Crowds gathered out front. People honk at me driving by as I was on the ladder taking them down. Most people were stunned by what was underneath. There were a few weeks when I was working on the front facade where it was hard to get work done because so many people wanted to stop and talk or ask questions.
The previous owners had painted the asbestos siding green and the trim to match. When they did that those few fish scale shingles where the asbestos shingle had broken off were painted green. The original wood shingles were brown so the house has been this weird brown color with green trim. I'm not sure if anybody notices that those few fish scale shingles are green while everything else is brown, but to me they've stuck out like a sore thumb for more than 3 years now. You can see them in the picture below just to the left of the window. Those are the "Curly Q" shingles that started it all.
And now I'm finally painting. I'm amazed I didn't do it sooner but other pressing issues took center stage. The electrical and plumbing in the house was shot and that needed to be taken care of. But I'm finally painting and it really feels good. Today I painted over those few fish scale shingles that peeked out from behind the asbestos siding. I've covered over one more indication of this great house's torrid past. It's like a long term rehabilitation. It's a long process and there are those little things that may seem like an insignificant thing to many, but in reality they are a milestone to those that go through the whole process start to finish. Now I just have to paint the rest of the house.