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PIMCO's announcement on Tuesday that CEO and co-CIO Mohamed El-Erian would soon leave those roles but stay on as a board member of parent company Allianz continued to ripple through the financial world on Wednesday.
Morningstar analyst Eric Jacobson, among others, shared the mixed views of other experts on the news affecting the Newport Beach, Calif.-based bond shop, which had close to $2 trillion in assets under management as of Sept. 30.
"I think it's of minimal short-term significance, but could potentially have a very long-term impact on the firm," Jacobson said in an interview with ThinkAdvisor.
Also, the Morningstar expert doesn't think El-Erian was nudged out.
"I don't believe that PIMCO's outflows or the Total Return Fund's 2013 difficulties likely had much to do with this departure, nor do I expect that he was pushed," Jacobson said.
Others, like Chip Roame, managing principal of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, agree. "I highly doubt he was pushed out because of one off year," the consultant said in an interview.
His exit, more likely, is related to other issues. "He has been a very busy guy, making appearances everywhere on behalf of PIMCO. He relocated to Boston a few years ago [to work for Harvard's endowment] and then went back. He may just need a break, or he may want to do something different," Roame added.
Investment Woes
Still, PIMCO's reorganization may be tied at least partially to its poor showing last year, when the PIMCO Total Return Fund (PTTAX, PTTRX) had about $41 billion of outflows. It lost 2.3% in 2013 vs. losses of 1.3% for its category, according to Morningstar. Its asset base is about $237 billion; the fund's ETF shares (BOND) are about $3.5 billion.
Several other PIMCO funds did have inflows in 2013, Jacobson says. "Overall, the firm saw $25.9 billion in net outflows from mutual fund and ETF businesses (combined), which is a relatively modest sum compared with the firm's overall assets under management," he noted.
El-Erian has been a lead manager of two funds: PIMCO Global Advantage Strategy Bond (PGSAX) and PIMCO Global Multi-Asset (PGMAX), which have total assets of $3.5 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively. The multi-asset fund declined 8% in 2013 while funds in its Morningstar category improved 9% in the same period.
"If history is a guide, PIMCO will quickly promote his current co-managers to lead roles and more than likely appoint additional managers to back them up. Meanwhile, El-Erian's operational responsibilities appear to be in good hands with the promotion of COO Douglas Hodge to the CEO position," Jacobson wrote online late Tuesday.
The leadership changes to come at PIMCO return the firm to a management structure that resembles what it had in place before El-Erian became CEO, he adds.
On the other hand, the shift leave a "a bigger question mark," according to Jacobson. "El-Erian has been a crucial, senior voice on PIMCO's investment committee and one of only a handful of people who have likely had the right mix of traits necessary to strongly challenge and help influence [co-CIO Bill] Gross' opinions. His loss is particularly significant given the retirement of Paul McCulley in December 2010," the Morningstar analyst explained in an online article.
While there are "top-notch people" on and about to become part of the investment committee, only time will tell if they "will be able to effectively play the devil's advocate role in that group, a role Gross has always professed to value highly," notes Jacobson.
Future Face of Firm
Apart from changes at PIMCO, El-Erian's departure is expected to leave a fairly sizeable hole in daily discussions and media coverage of global financial news and PIMCO's prominent role in these debates.
"In terms of the general investor community, it will be interesting to see how much or whether El-Erian steps back significantly from the public eye," the fund analyst said. "He plans to remain involved in advising Allianz on economic and policy issues, and has signaled that he may continue writing, something with which he has been very prolific."
Meanwhile, speculation on El-Erian's next move is running rampant, including conjecture that he might be tapped for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, a role that would certainly put him back in the public spotlight.
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Review: Holocaust survivor, 108, shines in book
"A Century of Wisdom: Lessons From the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the World's Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor" (Spiegel & Grau), by Caroline Stoessinger: The strength of Alice Herz-Sommer's advice lay in its simplicity. Generosity above all, she says. Gratitude is essential for happiness. Complaining never helps.
As if her 108 years of experience alone were not enough to coax you, there is the overarching fact that draws people to Herz-Sommer's story: She survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and is believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor.
This isn't an entirely new story. It was the subject of a 2008 book, "A Garden of Eden in Hell," and has also inspired a film and varied YouTube clips. But Herz-Sommer's ability to thrive as a celebrated pianist despite the horror she experienced is timeless and inspiring, worthy of being told again and again. It is written this time by a fellow pianist, Caroline Stoessinger, who clearly idolizes Herz-Sommer.
The centenarian's life is offered in great detail, from her childhood in Prague, through her wartime imprisonment, to a post-liberation life in Israel, to the one-room London flat where she still practices piano to this day.
It also offers a fascinating glimpse of the Holocaust-era relationships between Jews and Nazis. Herz-Sommer tells the author of being brought a warm applesauce cake by a neighbor and her husband, the very man she knew to be a Nazi. The next day, she was sent by the Nazis to Theresienstadt. At the camp, she tells of playing the piano with such skill that a guard thanks her profusely for her performance and promises that Herz-Sommer and her son will be kept safe.
Though the author's reverence for her subject does shine through, the book suffers at times from a disjointed chronology and writing that can fall flat. We are offered profiles of Herz-Sommer's students, accounts of her brushes with the famous, even recipes from her kitchen. What we yearn for, though, is for her masterpiece of a life to be illuminated consistently in perfectly lyrical passages.
The book is at its finest when Herz-Sommer's voice is allowed to drive it, not only telling us of her Holocaust experience, but also allowing us a peek at who she is in old age. We find her still animated by the presence of attractive young men, still dishing out advice on love and relationships, still able to distill wonderful morsels of wisdom for visitors.
She tells us that music saved her life, that each day is a new miracle. She tells us to treasure time, that each moment is fleeting. And she says that even when she's surrounded by young people, she feels as if she's the youngest.

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Sugar-Sweetened Sodas from Dublin Bottling Works, Makers of Dublin Dr Pepper
Decades ago, when most soda manufacturers made the switch to high fructose corn syrup, which was more affordable than cane sugar, Dublin Bottling Works—a small plant in central Texas that has been producing carbonated drinks for over 120 years—was a rare holdout. Long before the possible health hazards of HFCS became a hot topic, they vowed that the Dublin Bottling Works would stick with Texas-made Imperial sugar in the Dr Pepper they produced, simply because they liked the taste better. For many years, sugar-sweetened "Dublin Dr Pepper"—made with sugar—was a local legend and a sought-after collector's item among soda fans.
Unfortunately, in 2012, the culmination of years of lawsuits and demands by Dr Pepper's corporate arm led to the revocation of Dublin Bottling Works' license to the beverage. (Carey Jones covers the shutdown here.) With many other companies, the story would have ended then and there, but DBW had been through tough times before, and they weren't about to lay down and die. They could no longer make Dr Pepper, but they rolled out a dozen-strong line of new vintage-themed soda flavors—all sweetened with cane sugar.
I recently picked up 8 flavors of Dublin Bottling Works sodas to give them a try: Vintage Cola, XXX Root Beer, Vanilla Cream Soda, Retro Crème Soda, Orange Cream, Retro Grape, Cherry Limeade, and Tart 'n' Sweet Lemonade. (My local shop didn't stock Black Cherry, Lemon/Lime, Squeeze Orange, or Blueberry. Whether due to a legal injunction, or just bad memories, the company does not make a Dr Pepper clone.)
There's nothing fancy in the ingredients of Dublin Bottling Work's products; it's a deliberate throwback to to pre-HFCS days in more ways than one. From the packaging to the titles to the stuff inside the bottles, everything is meant to evoke a time before the number-crunchers dictated what went into a soda pop. The price point is tragically modern, but everything else evokes the golden age of '50s soda shoppes; this leaves little to contemplate but the flavor itself, which is just the way the company wants it.
Vintage Cola is the baseline here, and aside from evoking, as do far too many unaffiliated cola brands, the loose sweetness of Pepsi instead of the rich spiciness of Coke, it's a very fine sugar soda. Just enough kick from the carbonation, not too syrupy, and with a strong, memorable cola flavor—it's not flawless, but it's very pleasing and smooth. XXX Root Beer, on the other hand, is a bit of a disappointment; its flavor is all chemical, with almost no real herbal or spice notes, and lacking in a distinct head or finish.
Maybe they just used up all their vanilla in making the Vanilla Cream Soda, and if so, that's fine with me. This is a top-notch cream soda, with a strong, deep vanilla taste, a super-crisp finish, and a solid all-around sweetness. This one is about as good a cream soda as I've ever had. Retro Crème Soda, meant to evoke the perennially popular Texas favorite Big Red, actually gives its inspiration a run for its money; the sugar gives it an immediate boost, but like the vanilla cream, this soda refreshingly clean and free of the overly false bubble-gum sweetness that often comes through with Big Red.
The next two taste tests surprised me in different ways: while I'm usually not a fan of orange sodas, I like orange cream just fine, and Dublin Bottling Works' Orange Cream soda was a treat. It's the most obvious dessert drink of the line, and while it is extremely sweet, it's just short of overpowering and would be terrific in a float. Likewise, grape sodas are generallly not my favorites; of all the standard soda flavors, grape almost always seems the most cloying and artificial. Dublin's Retro Grape, though, really caught me off guard: the 'grape' flavor was still as phony as a Nigerian prince's e-mail, but it was a tasty, appealing fake, not an obnoxious, distracting fake, with a cool taste that was fulfilling but unobtrusive. If they all tasted like this, I might just become a grape soda booster.
Cherry Limeade is another Texas favorite, being the tipple of choice when stopping at one's small-town Sonic. The Dublin version was solid without being spectacular: the cherry flavor was a bit too sweet, but didn't flush out the whole mix, leaving some room for the tartness of the lime. Tart 'n' Sweet Lemonade delivered what it promises in the name, but I still wasn't overly impressed, since I'm of the belief that there's no such thing as a bottled lemonade superior to what you can make at home in ten minutes. Still, there was certainly nothing wrong with the Dublin lemonade; it had a pleasing if uncomplicated flavor and if you need lemonade in a bottle, this will suit you just fine.
We're tough critics, but all told, the Dublin Bottling Works sodas were a rousing success; even the worst of them were merely serviceable, and the best were very good indeed. If you can find them, these sodas are definitely worth tracking down.
Do you miss Dublin Dr Pepper? Would you give other products by its makers a whirl?
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Post Christmas Holiday
>> Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Dates: 26 December 2008, Friday - 29 December 2008, Monday
Venue: Kuantan! (where else? it's my 2nd home :D )
Occasion: Post Christmas holiday with family & friends
Activities: Basically, I was back there just to relax, unwind, & no doubt, meet up with family & friends :) My sister & my friend, Junie, came along with me, & I believe they had a wonderful time as well... even though there was nothing much for them to do except to eat & 'vegetate' ;) Oh yeah, it was our first time driving up to Kuantan too!! Woohoo!!
Note: I received a new Lumix FX-38 digital camera for Christmas!! All the photos below are taken with the new camera ;)
Let's talk about the food first, before I share about the fun! ;)
Date: 27 December 2008, Saturday
Venue: Teng Haw Coffeeshop, Jalan Teluk Sisek, Kuantan (few doors away from Zam Zam)
Occasion: Breakfast with Aaron, Rachel, & Junie
Overall comment: This place is well-known for its curry mee. No doubt the ingredients that came with the noodles were pretty good, but somehow the soup still lacks the 'kick'. I felt that the serving/portion was very generous (maybe it's because we were there late & they were about to close)...
Halal: No
Teng Haw Curry Mee
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Date: 29 December 2008, Monday
Venue: Dream House Kopitiam, Lorong Galing 2
Occasion: Brunch with aunty Rosalind, aunty Alline, Abigail, Aaron, Rachel, & Junie before we left for KL
Overall comment: The 'rainbow pan mee' is pretty nice. The noodles are 'just right' in my opinion, & the soup is quite tasty as well. The only set-back that I think the pan mee lacks is the generosity of the mixed ingredients... like the meat, anchovies, black fungus, & veggie. Somehow I feel that the 'rainbow pan mee' in Seri Kembangan is still better ;) The portion is very, very generous & the price is SO irresistable as well... RM4.00 for a good helping wei...
The different color noodles are just different ingredients used to make the noodles. The green ones are made from 'por choy' (a type of green leaf veggie), while the orange noodles are made from carrots. Apparently there's another variant that uses dragon fruit, but they didn't have it when we were there :(
I've no idea why the dry pan mee is more costly...plus, this is the normal pan mee, not even the 'rainbow' one! Wergh...so strange...but ah well, nothing much to shout about...
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I certainly had more food than just the above ;) The thing is that I didn't take any photos of the:
- 1st day's dinner at Pantai Seafood Restaurant in Air Putih,
- 2nd day's dinner as it was Aaron's grandma's birthday dinner (very pai se to take ok...)
- 3rd day's lunch at the Hainanese Chicken Rice Shop, opposite Berjaya Megamall (bummer) cos it was lunch with Aaron's family
- 3rd day's dinner with chi-chi Evelyn & family at Mr Specky *sigh* (I'm waiting for Calvin to pass me the photos since he was my PA for the night ;) )
Anyways, here are some photos taken during the entire trip:
Date: 27 December 2008, Saturday
Venue: Teluk Cempedak beach, Kuantan
Occasion: Intro Junie to the Kuantan beach since she hasn't been to Kuantan before! Plus take Abigail out for some fun :)
The beach is just 5min drive from the house :) This is Bay2... less people, cleaner water ;)
I guess Junie had quite a lot of fun that morning...though she got kinda sun-burnt :P Same goes to my sister & Abigail...lobsters man :D
Date: 28 December 2008, Sunday
Venue: Mr Specky Seafood Restaurant, Jalan Beserah, Kuantan
Occasion: Dinner with chi-chi Evelyn & family
These are my 2 dearest girls :) Life was very different after I came to know them while I was in Kuantan (3 years ago). I'll SO miss them!!
That's all the photos I have for now. I'll upload more when I get hold of the rest of the photos! Stay tuned & have a great year ahead!!
- Ruth


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PLACE PRODUCTION IN GLOBALIZING MIDDLE EASTERN CITIES A STUDY OF CAIRO AND DUBAI by Hussam Hussein Samir Salama A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PLANNING) December 2009 Copyright 2009 Hussam Hussein Samir Salama
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|This dissertation introduces a heuristic model that can contribute to a better understanding of the nature of urban transformation in globalizing Middle Eastern cities. It primarily aims to explain the new trends of urban development that are occurring in these cities. New types of places as business headquarters, spectacular skyscrapers, financial centers, mega malls, luxury hotels and gated communities are reshaping the urban form of many Middle Eastern cities. In literature on globalization and urbanism, these trends of development are usually explained as products of global flows of capital, people, and ideas. These flows are perceived as the main forces that drive contemporary urban transformation in globalizing cities. The roles of other agencies as state, domestic enterprises and local forces are relatively ignored.; I propose an analytical framework that focuses on the dynamics of the process of urban transformation in these cities rather than the urban outcome. The framework reconsiders the role of these other agencies in the process. Besides, it emphasizes place as a focal issue in our attempt to better understand these new trends of development. The analytical framework deconstructs the process of the production of these new emerging places in globalizing cities. It focuses on three main aspects. 1) The agencies of place production in the era of globalization. I identify four main agencies: state, market, global domain, and locale. 2) The dynamics of interaction between these agencies. I argue that the forces representing the four agencies interact like vectors each having a power and orientation. These vectors have the capacity to merge, collide or neutralize the impact of each other. 3) The dimensions of place that are influenced by the four agencies. I classify these dimensions as: places as realms of flows, places as imaginaries, places as text, places as landscapes of resistance, and places as reflections of authenticity.; In this dissertation I apply this analytical framework on two globalizing Middle Eastern cities: Cairo and Dubai. I trace the role of the four agencies in shaping the dimensions of place in these cities. The research uses both qualitative and quantitative data to emphasize the contribution of these agencies to the urban transformation of the case study cities.; The study concludes that although Cairo and Dubai share the same interest in establishing world class urban structures, the process of achieving this quest in each city is significantly different. Cairo is exposed to relatively the same scale of global flows as those in the case of Dubai. However, the former features a significantly slower and more deliberate process of urban transformation. This is attributed to the role of local forces which tend to neutralize some of the impacts of globalization. Local culture, urban heritage, and the civil society are playing a significant role in slowing down the process of change in Cairo. On the contrary, these forces are relatively minimal in the case of Dubai allowing the state, market and global flows to dominate the process of urban transformation.; The framework proposed in this study could be applied not only on globalizing cities, but also global ones. It can contribute to comparative studies that investigate the distinctions or commonalities of development patterns between different cities in the era of globalization. The framework is a heuristic device that tends to explain the sophisticated dynamics of urban change in cities. It shifts the focus from the interpretation of meaning of place, towards the understanding of the process of that leads to its production.
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By Robert Dex
Daniel Day-Lewis said he was "entirely amazed" to receive a knighthood.
The star is not short of honours - his 2012 Oscar win for Lincoln made him the first man to win three best actor statuettes.
He said: "I'm entirely amazed and utterly delighted in equal measure."
Day-Lewis, the son of former poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon, has been nominated five times for the best actor Oscar and has a reputation for taking his method acting very seriously.
He is said to have lived in a tent on a deserted Texan oil field during the making of There Will Be Blood.
To play Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon in the film In The Name Of The Father, he spent two days in a prison cell without food and water.
While shooting The Ballad Of Jack And Rose, he chose to live apart from his wife Rebecca Miller and their two children - because she was the director and he was playing a conflicted family man.
And he chose to stay in character as fearsome Bill "The Butcher" Cutting even when the cameras stopped rolling on the Martin Scorsese epic Gangs Of New York.
"He'd be sharpening his knives at lunchtime just like you'd expect Bill the Butcher to do. He's just really intense," recalled co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
But he is also not afraid to poke fun at himself. Accepting his best actor Bafta for Lincoln, he told the audience: "Just on the chance I might one day have to speak on an evening such as this I've actually stayed in character as myself for the last 55 years and had a various selection of Bafta sets downscaled, dating from the late fifties, placed in every single room of every house I've ever lived in and every time I rise from a chair it spontaneously unleashes a soundtrack of thunderous applause, with a few boos and some drunken hecklers."
Away from Hollywood, stories of his eccentricities abound.
In 1997, he turned his back on the film industry and became a shoemaker in Florence, where he remained until Scorsese lured him back into films.
The 55-year-old, who grew up in south London and has dual British and Irish citizenship, is fiercely private and lives in Co Wicklow, Ireland, with Miller - daughter of playwright Arthur Miller - and their sons.
He also has a son from a previous relationship with French actress Isabelle Adjani.
He is often spoken of as a recluse but has told an interviewer he needs peace and quiet to prepare for acting jobs.
"I couldn't work or get ready for a piece of work from a city base, from city life. I need deep, deep quiet and a landscape too that I can be absorbed into.
"So much of the work is in the process of aimless rumination in which things may or may not take seed," he explained.
His breakthrough role was in 1985 British drama My Beautiful Laundrette and other acclaimed performances include The Last Of The Mohicans, The Age Of Innocence and A Room With A View.


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My system has a Radeon graphics card - partial output from hwinfo is
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Device: "RV620"
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I tried to install Natty but got the empty screen described in here. I've just got the system back up under Maverick and am not anxious to go through that again. I'd like to be able to test the grub settings for Natty before committing to the upgrade. Unfortunately I can't boot the stand-alone Natty CD (64 bit) either - the cursor shows on the screen, I can type stuff, but nothing happens (good or bad).
Is there any way to intercept or control the CD boot so I can try to figure out video settings that may be messing me up?


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To distance myself from any similarities of that famous book ,I must begin by stating the following facts: the only thing Anne Hathaway and I have in common is that we are both brunettes...at least I still am and that we both have been associated with men with criminal records.Ok...so in my situation it was barely a federal case,the guy in question did not rip off the Pope but he had come out of a brief stint in jail and was mightily affronted by the fact that I no longer wanted to be his penpal. Like that wee tidbit could be swept under my turkish carpet. So I was shallow and judgemental ...Lets get real,he was no Tony Soprano and I sure as heck wasn't going to be his Carmela.
Moving on....
Having worked for "my devil" for 5 plus years,I have never seen the inside of the magazine offices,let alone visited the "wardrobe" or ran out for coffee and "mamouls".I would be hard pressed geographically since the office is in Cairo,Egypt and I live in the South of France.
I would meet "my devil" in London or Monte Carlo where we would host events,or better still,Paris for catwalk shows,parties and bargain shopping. Our mutual hunting ground would be behind the scenes,ignoring stars and designers while greedily sipping on a glass of bubbly waiting for our visions to clear and for our ears to stop buzzing. Did I get wined and dined in fancy eateries?...Not so much. In fairness she did host "magazine dinners" and would gather us round be it at the "Armani" restaurant in Paris or "The Saliere" in Fontvieille,MC...there we would gather, photographer, stylist, Paris/ London/Monaco correspondents, her personal friends and we would be wined and dined like the best of them. Outside of these rarities...she and I pretty much schlepped our way around from show to metro, on our own 2 swelling feet with barely a moment to spare for sustenance. Frankly,dehydration was the look "du jour" I sported on most occasions and I must confess it did me no favours.Nothing like the puckering up of your innards to get you going....so much for expense accounts.Whenever a pit stop was made, I would always spy "my devil" nursing her white wine with quiet contemplation and pursing her lips around her faithful cigarettes. She made it a point to feed me,like a she wolf caring for her pup but rarely did she join me herself...nurture versus nature? Or purse strings versus Penne?
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Well after 6 years of writing my own column for an Egyptian based fashion/lifestyle magazine and loving it!.. my frazzled nerves could no longer handle the ever tightening of the in house purse strings and so it was time to move on. Here with great trepidation and pride is my blog... so with the opening track of "Star Trek" resounding in my ears and a hint of Buzz Lightyear I shall :"Boldly go,where every blogger has gone before me.... To infinity and beyonnnnd! "
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Uniwarfin 5 mg (Warfarin)
How it works
What is Warfarin?
Warfarin is an anti coagulant drug (blood thinner) which prevents the formation of blood clots. Blood clots can lead to heart attack or stroke. This medication is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Warfarin is sold throughout the world under various brand names like Coumadin, Warf (Cipla), Uniwarfin (Unisearch) among several other brand names.
Warfarin may also be prescribed for conditions not listed above.
Important Information about Warfarin
If you are a pregnant woman, then follow your doctor's advice about taking Warfarin (Coumuadin, Warf, Uniwarfin) as this medication can harm an unborn baby or cause birth defects. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and shortcomings of using Warfarin while pregnant.
Avoid taking Warfarin (unless or otherwise advised by your doctor) if you have a bleeding or blood cell disorder, bloody urine or stools, an infection of the lining of your heart, bleeding in stomach, bleeding in brain, recent or schedule surgery in the near future, or If you require a spinal tap or spinal anesthesia (epidural).
Warfarin is a blood thinner which may lead to easy bleeding, especially if you are over 65 years of age; if you have a history of bleeding problems, high blood pressure or severe heart disease; liver or kidney disease; cancer; surgery or medical emergency; a disease impacting the blood vessels in your brain; a history of stomach or intestinal bleeding; or if you are severely ill or weakened.
There are several drugs (prescribed, OTC and herbal) that can interact severely with Warfarin leading to serious medical problems or even death. Remember to share the list of all medications which you use with your doctor in advance. Ask your doctor if it is safe to take any pain, arthritis, fever, or swelling medications while taking Warfarin. These medications may affect blood clotting and increase the likelihood of stomach bleeding.
Make sure that you inform any healthcare provider who treats you about your Warfarin usage. Don't ever take a double dose of this drug.
Before taking Warfarin
Take care of all the precautions and points mentioned above prior to taking Warfarin (Coumuadin, Warf, Uniwarfin). Discuss about them with your doctor. Never forget to ask any questions regarding Warfarin if you are in doubt.
To ensure that Warfarin intake doesn't lead to any unpleasant conditions, let your doctor know if you have celiac sprue (an intestinal disorder); diabetes; congestive heart failure; hyperthyroidism; a connective tissue disorder like Marfan Syndrom, Sjogren Syndrom, Scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, or lupus; or if you ever had low blood platelets receiving an injection of heparin.
It is not known whether Warfarin can pass into breast milk and harm a nursing baby. Discuss about this with your doctor if you are breast feeding.
How should I take Warfarin?
Take Warfarin medication (Coumuadin, Warf, Uniwarfin) strictly as prescribed by your doctor and no changes regarding its dosage and duration of using must be made without his or her advice. Your doctor may change the dosage occasionally to get the maximum benefit out of the medication.
Take Warfarin with or without food. Make it a habit to take this medication at the same time every day. While taking Warfarin, your progress will be monitored closely via blood tests. Never miss any scheduled blood tests.
You should not employ weight-loss measure like dieting when you are taking Warfarin. If possible, wear a medical alert tag or carry a display card which mentions that you are taking Warfarin so that anyone treating you will know about it in advance. Store this medication in a cool and dry place.
What if I miss a dose?
If you miss a dose of Warfarin, take it as soon as you remember it. However, if the time to take the next dose is near, skip the missed dose and take the next dose as scheduled. Don't take extra medication to compensate for the missed dose.
What if I overdose?
Get emergency medical attention or call the Doctor Immediately in case of an overdose of Warfarin. Overdose of this medication can cause severe internal or external bleeding.
What should I avoid while taking Warfarin?
Avoid excessive food items having a high amount of vitamin K (liver meat, leafy green vegetables or vegetable oils) while taking Warfarin (Coumuadin, Warf, Uniwarfin). Vitamin K aids in blood clotting and hence can interfere with Warfarin and render it less effective. Grapefruit based products may interact with Warfarin and cause undesirable side effects. Talk about this with your doctor.
Warfarin Side Effects
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Some less serious and common side effects of Clopidogrel are nausea, vomiting, mild stomach pain, gas, bloating, or changed taste.
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Back in March, an electrical engineer named Glenn decided to embark on a project to help his sister. Glenn's sister has Cerebral Palsy which is a physical disability that most commonly affects motor control.
This makes it rather difficult to use modern electronics due to their tiny buttons and sensitive touch interfaces. So, the kind brother set about modifying a Kindle to transform it into something that his sister could easily use.
Glenn, who has a degree in electrical engineering, said that engineering students usually choose their major for one overarching reason: to improve the quality of life on this planet. He also said he loves building things, so he decided to create what he calls the "Frankenkindle."
He posted the finished product on Sunday, along with the YouTube video below that explains the technical parts of the device. The Frankenkindle has a 5-way keypad (up, down, left, right, and center), as well as a "Home" button.
Glenn took the controls from an e-reader for kids called the V.Reader. During a trip to Best Buy, Glenn's sister found the buttons were easy to use; however, it only displayed children's books.
Glenn bought the V.Reader and referred to it as his "Organ Donor." Each silicone button has two wires attached, which he then routed into the Kindle's interface board.
Though it's still a prototype at this point, the Frankenkindle is rather impressive. The prototype was designed for what Glenn thinks his sister will need, but he'll do some revisions once she tests it out.
As of now, the only thing that the Kindle needs is a permanent mount and a little more wire organization. Though it doesn't look as pretty as a normal Kindle, Glenn says it doesn't have to be. As long as it's functional, that's all that matters.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
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Four Juried Animation Emmy Winners Are Announced
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Wednesday the juried winners for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Individual Achievement in Animation. The 2012 juried winners are:
Disney's Phineas And Ferb. "Doof Dynasty"
(Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel)
Jill Daniels, Background Paint
Disney's Prep & Landing: Naughty Vs. Nice
(Walt Disney Animation Studios, ABC)
Bill Schwab, Character Design
Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. "Nightmare Sauce"
(Cartoon Network Studios, Cartoon Network)
Robert Ryan Cory, Character Design
Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. "Nightmare Sauce"
(Cartoon Network Studios, Cartoon Network)
Chris Tsirgiotis, Background Design
The Primetime Emmy rules state that in a juried award, all entrants are screened by a jury of professionals in the peer group, with the possibility of one, more than one or no entry being awarded an Emmy. There are no nominations. The winners, if any, are announced prior to the awards presentation. Deliberations are an open discussion of the work of each entrant, with a thorough review of the merits of awarding the Emmy. At the conclusion of the deliberation on each entry, the jury votes on the question, "Is this entry worthy of an Emmy award — yea or nay?" Only those in unanimous approval win.
These awards will be handed out during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, September 15 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. They will be taped for a two-hour, edited version which will air Saturday, September 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Reelz Channel. For more information, visit www.emmys.com.


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On Saturday night after coming back from drinking I had a eureka moment to use scissors to open the back of my Trapezoid watch to change a battery.
I saw a video that showed the same idea that I had, so I thought then and there to give it a try. I managed to cause a few tiny scratches on it so I gave it up feeling defeated (and drunk tired).
I went into Akihabara today to buy a tool specifically for this purpose. It's three points fit into the notches giving it enough traction to screw open the back.
I found one place on the Internet that was a little over a thousand yen. We looked around if I could find it cheaper, but of that type it was the cheapest.
Along the way I bought a pink multi-card reader, and batteries for the watch. I didn't bring my camera for maid photos although it was the perfect sunny day for it.
Arriving back I wasted no time putting it all together. The back was screwed in VERY tight. There's no way I could have done it with scissors (or say, needle nose pliers). If you do this, get this tool. It will save you a LOT of heartache, and scratches. Trust me.
I like the old proverb, "If you get given a fish you eat for a day. If you learn to catch fish, you eat for your whole life".
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Watch Back Remover
On Saturday night after coming back from drinking I had a eureka moment to use scissors to open the back of my Trapezoid watch to change a battery.
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Thursday, 14 April 2011
Yoyogi Park Hanami
With some good friends I was goin' to hanami like it's 1999!
The cherry blossoms were dropping their petals like snow.
There were quite a lot of people eating and drinking, and playing badminton!
The weather is finally warming up, so I'm looking forward to more park drinking. Let's drinking!
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Sunday, 10 April 2011
Chidorigafuchi Cherry Blossoms
We'd been coming here every year to see the cherry blossoms but this year it feels kind of sad that they decided not to set up the floodlights.
Another kick in the face was the remark from Tokyo's governor, Ishihara stating that we shouldn't celebrate cherry blossom parties in respect for the victims of the earthquake.
I think if anything the people here in Tokyo need this more than ever. The cherry blossoms give us a bit of solace, and being able to forget about the troubles (and aftershocks) is really necessary.
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Founded by Greg Anderson back in 1998, the Southern Lord label is renowned for its focus on the doomier, heavier and bleaker end of the musical spectrum. Their gloomy album covers are adorned with dystopian imagery or religious/satanic themes, often featuring a sinister illustration of a wolf or a goat or a massive fanged serpent or something. Turning to the reverse sleeve, you'll find yourself confronted with song titles such as 'Blood Swamp', 'Storm Shadow', 'Cursed Realms of the Winterdemons' and 'The Perpetual Screaming of the Hate Shards Pt. IV' (I made that last one up but you get the picture).
Fontanelle's guitarist Rex Ritter has toured and recorded with Anderson's hooded drone merchants Sunn O))), producer Randall Dunn has worked with the likes of Sunn O))) and Wolves in the Throne Room and, yes, Vitamin F's cover is indeed largely black. It's a pleasant surprise, then, to discover that the music contained within it is quite so much fun. Don't get me wrong, it's not fun as in 'Look! They're all wearing sparkly capes'" or fun as in 'Hey! Their percussionist is a tap dancer!' or fun as in 'Wow! A guest verse from bewigged cartoon rapper Nicki Minaj doing a poor English accent!' No, this is fun in a playful, avant-jazz-funk-fusion, 'What if Miles Davis hadn't died just before the explosion of post-rock?' kind of way.
Ritter and the other founding Fontanelles have assembled a gifted gaggle of horn players - Steve Moore (Earth, Sunn O)))), Dave Carter, Hans Teuber, Eric Walton (Skerik), Jef Brown (Jackie-O Motherfucker)... - and allowed them to blow, breathe, toot and parp all over their sedated funk backing.
The opener is not called 'Plight of the Stillborn Hell-Troll'. It is called 'Watermelon Hands' and it begins with some laid-back drumming, shortly accompanied by the band's splodgy cosmic wobbles, before the smooth, rolling brass appears. At first, this proves reminiscent of the melancholic style honed by The Drift's much-missed trumpeter Jeff Jacobs, but as the track develops, the horn becomes increasingly hyperactive and in the last minute or so bursts into full-bore free-jazz Ornette Coleman territory.
'The Adjacent Possible' remains fairly tranquil throughout, bearing a faint resemblance to a comatose take on Henry Mancini's Pink Panther theme, its jazzed minimalism is repetitive though not uneventful.
The title track's faster drumming supports a range of wonky effects evoking a florescent alien tapping and circling his long green fingers around the rims of wine glasses half-full of glowing galaxy goo, with the assorted brass floating past like mellow space-ships.
'Traumaturge' and 'When the Fire Hits the Forest' get things really grooving. Both bring to mind Funkadelic, although each in different ways. The former's swaggering rhythm guitar hangs behind the frantic brass which jams away like it's snake charming a ghost adder with an illicit Ouija horn. The lead guitar on the latter, meanwhile, is a blistering, sizzling beast that Eddie Hazel himself would be proud of.
'Ataxia' fuses jazz, rock and funk so triumphantly it makes you wonder why more bands don't try this - probably because it's actually a lot harder than Fontanelle make out - and the closer 'Reassimilated' calms things back down; returning to the lighter sound of the first two tracks, it gives the album's journey a cyclical feel, providing room for relaxation after the invigorating mid-album jazz-funk work-out.
Vitamin F is an old term for the fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 which help create/repair body tissue and are thought to reduce levels of depression. It's good to know that if all the goth robes, pentagram necklaces, and guttural lyrics about "placid pits of violent tar and bitumen regurgitated by demons chained to misery" are getting you down, Dr Southern Lord will happily prescribe healthy doses of therapeutic, exuberant jazz fusion.
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"David, you're sounding like an old dude!" Matt Flannery, who runs social-lending website Kiva, couldn't understand when I explained that, no, I wouldn't be keeping in touch with him via Facebook. "What are you worried about?" he teased in a break at the PINC conference in Holland. "Only old guys get worked up about privacy."
Well, Matt, I admit I'm the wrong side of 30, and that I still avoid using emoticons in formal correspondence. But let me explain why I'm not active on Facebook, nor sharing my credit-card purchases on Blippy, nor allowing Google Buzz to mine my contacts list, nor even publishing my DNA on 23andMe.com. My cautious use of the social networks has nothing to do with paranoia about privacy; and yes, I celebrate the unprecedented transparency and connectivity that these services can empower. But what's increasingly bothering me is the wider social and political cost of our ever-greater enmeshment in these proprietary networks. Here are half a dozen reasons why.
1) Private companies aren't motivated by your best interests
Facebook and Google exist to make money, by selling advertisers the means to target you with ever greater precision. That explains the endless series of "privacy" headlines, as these unregulated businesses push boundaries to make it easier for paying third parties to access your likes, interests, photos, social connections and purchasing intentions. That's why Facebook has made it harder for users to understand exactly what they're giving away – why, for instance, its privacy policy has grown from 1,004 words in 2005 to 5,830 words today (by comparison, as the New York Times has pointed out, the U.S. Constitution is 4,543). Founder Mark Zuckerberg once joked dismissively about the "dumb fucks" who "trust me". I admire the business Zuckerberg's built; but I don't trust him.
2) They make it harder to reinvent yourself
"When you're young, you make mistakes and you do some stupid stuff," President Obama warned high-school students in Virginia last September. "Be careful about what you post on Facebook, because in the YouTube age whatever you do will be pulled up later somewhere in your life." He's right: anything posted online might come to haunt you permanently, yet all of us need space to grow. As the writer Jaron Lanier said in a recent lecture, if Robert Zimmerman, of small-town Hibbing, Minnesota, had had a Facebook profile, could he really have re-created himself as the New York beatnik Bob Dylan
3) Information you supply for one purpose will invariably be used for another …
Phone up to buy a pizza, and the order-taker's computer gives her access to your voting record, employment history, library loans – all "just wired into the system" for your convenience. She'll suggest a tofu pizza as she knows about your 42-inch waist, she'll add a delivery surcharge because a nearby robbery yesterday puts you in "an orange zone" – and she'll be on her guard because you've checked out the library book Dealing With Depression. This is where the American Council for Civil Liberties sees consumerism going – watch its pizza video online – and it's not to hard to believe. Already surveys suggest that 35 percent of firms are rejecting applicants because of information found on social networks. What makes you think you can control what happens to your personal data?
4) ... and there's a good chance it will be used against you
Mark Zuckerberg would like to suggest that, in an ever more transparent world, "you have one identity – the days of you having a different image for your work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly." That suits his purpose – but in our multi-layered lives it's just not true. A vindictive ex-partner, or a workplace rival, or a health insurer, or a political opponent, may selectively expose information to your detriment – powerfully re-framing your identity in a way you would consider dishonest.
5) People screw up, and give away more than they realise
To understand how much personal information Facebook users are inadvertently sharing, visit youropenbook.org and search for phrases such as "cheated on my wife" or "my new mobile number is" or "feeling horny". I'll bet that most of the people whose intimate details you'll get to read are unaware that their updates are being shared quite so openly. Have they genuinely given Zuckerberg their informed consent?
__6) And besides, why should we let businesses privatize our social discourse? __
Some day you should take time to read those 5,830 words: it's Facebook that owns the rights to do as it pleases with your data, and to sell access to it to whoever is willing to pay. Yes, it's free to join – but with half a billion of us now using it to connect, it's worth asking ourselves how far this "social utility" (its own term) is really acting in the best interests of society.
Don't take my word, Matt – young internet users themselves are increasingly wary of the social networks' use of their private data. A recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project – a decent sample of some 2,253 Americans – found that 44 percent of Generation Y (aged 18 to 29) now limit their online personal information, compared with 33 percent of internet users between ages 30 to 49. And three-quarters of younger social-networkers have adjusted their privacy settings to limit what they share.
Call me uncool – but that's a trend I'm happy to share with my friends. In person.
David Rowan is the editor of Wired UK magazine. He also* writes The Digital Life, a monthly tech column in our sister Conde Nast magazine, GQ. This column originally appeared in CG's September issue.*
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- Facebook Debuts Simplified Privacy Settings
- Facebook to Launch "Simplistic" Privacy Choices Soon
- Privacy Flare-Up Prompts Facebook Meetings with Congress ...
- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative ...
- Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Believe In Privacy ...
- What if the Facebook (Un)Privacy Revolution Is a Good Thing ...
- Open-Facebook Competitor Diaspora Sets Sept. 15 Launch Date ...
- Open Facebook Alternatives Gain Momentum, $115K
- Mark Zuckerberg: I Donated to Open Source, Facebook Competitor ...
- Open Source Facebook Contender Releases Code to Public
- NYU Students Aim to Invent Facebook (Again). We've Got Your Back ...


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Foyer Table Woodworking Plans
If you are beginner and very interested in doing a DIY project for home, or Foyer Table Woodworking Plans, then, woodworking can be interesting. If you do not have the proper information, instruction, and skill, you may land up spending more money and time than you originally intended to spend.
As a beginner woodworker, you need have the space, time and the correct tools. Having said, there are a few essential factors that you should keep in mind, before starting with any woodworking project.
1. If you are beginner, you should first need to be very interested in woodworking. Creating something new with your own hands is a special feeling. Do not start a project if you are not interested, as this may land you in a bad place.
2. Think of the main reason of creating this woodworking project. Decide on the uses of the item you are making.
3. Consider your skills and analyze the time you have, before you start with a project.
4. Start projects that you can finish. If you are in the middle of some work, then it is better not to start any project at all.
If you keep these essential points in mind before you begin a woodworking project, it will become very easy for you to achieve success. Woodwork requires planning as much as it requires effort. So how do you get started?
Foyer Table Woodworking Plans
Getting Started With Woodworking Projects and Plans for Beginners
Before starting anything, it is very important to choose the woodworking projects that you want to start with. As a beginner, always select a project that has a very basic build up or a simple construction. Some easy to begin projects include, bird feeder, benches, shelves, etc. As soon as you get hold of the techniques, you can always move to the next level of woodworking projects, like cabinets, sheds and others. Beginning projects should always be less complicated and less frustrating so that you have a better knowledge of working with woods and their tools. Once the project is selected, start selecting your tools.
Beginners Woodworking Tools
Tools are the means through which you will win the battle of woodworking. Many people think that power tools are needs. However, for beginners basic hand tools can be very handy and more than helpful in completing a project. If woodworking is your hobby, then a few tools that you would require are:
1. Workbench – A workbench is required for precise cuts and measurements. The workbench when fixed with vises offer ample space to work. As a primary tool, workbench should be a part of your beginner's woodworking tools.
2. Hammer – Hammer is an essential tool for woodworks. It helps you to drive nails, pins, staples, etc. A small and lightweight hammer will make things much easy for you. When you buy a hammer, always check the balance between the weight and stand. Always select a sturdy, yet lightweight product.
3. Saw – A saw is another tool that you cannot live without while woodworking. This tool helps you to cut woods at different sizes. There are different types of saws available in the market. Choose a size that you can handle.
4. Screwdriver – Screwdrivers are available in different shapes and sizes. Mostly there are Canadian types and standard flat type. Having all of them will help you in advance woodworking. You can also buy power screwdrivers as they make the work much faster.
5. Measuring tape – It is another very important tool that you cannot work without. The measuring tape helps you to measure wood before they can be attached together.
6. Wrench – Some woodworking projects require fixing bolts and fixes. For such projects, you require wrench. However, this is not a tool for beginners, but having it would make work easier for you at a later stage.
7. Drill – Drill helps you make holes in wood. Power drills are more useful but they cost more. Low wattage power drills will make the task much easy.
8. Other small and basic tools – These include pencils, gum, staple gum, level, erase, first aid kit and shop vac.
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Foyer Table Woodworking Plans – Costing and Budget for the Project
There is no fixed cost on woodworking projects. Based on the type of project you want to complete, pricing can be determined. The simple the project, the less cost it involves. However, at the very beginning buying the tools will be a little hefty. Therefore, it is better to fix a budget first on the tools, then on the project. Buying the basic tools will ensure that you do not need to buy any more material other than the wood ply.
Time and Instructions
Instructions are one of the primary things that every beginner should follow. It is like the woodworking Bible. Instructions guide is a very easy to understand process, what to do and how to do it. It is a systematic guide for completing the project. Time also plays an important role in the building of woodworking projects. Woodworking projects require time and therefore it is necessary for a beginner to have ample amount of time every week. Foyer Table Woodworking Plans
Tips and Tricks for Beginners
There are no quick tips or tricks that would make the work easy. Nevertheless, the most essential thing that will help you to achieve success is proper planning. With proper planning and a strategy, it is possible to achieve success quickly. If you know the purpose of woodworking, the item you want to build, the tools you require to own and the average time you can give every day; then you are all set to go.
To save time and money, one tip I would give any starting woodworker is to make good choices when it comes to woodworking plans. When woodworkers, overall beginners, do not use blueprints or plans things do not go as smoothly as they should. Of course, you will not be using blueprints all your life when you want to make a table or whatnot. As you progress in your woodworking journey, you will find that you will gain tactics and shortcuts that will give you great results and that will make you a better woodworker.
There are many places you can go to find some good woodworking plans for all levels; whether it is for beginners or seasoned woodworkers. There are strategies I will be mentioning that you should take into account when choosing the right collection of woodworking blueprints. Foyer Table Woodworking Plans
One thing that I want to get across to you is that this journey will require of your patience, creativity, and stick-to-itiveness. This might be a hobby for you and during your spare time you might even end up making some cash. Imagine, if you're not looking to make cash, a home garden for your family. With the right tools and plans, you can do just that and more. However, you need to do things correctly by asking the right questions and obeying the guidelines because it could possibly be devastating. There are people that invest a lot of time and they don't learn the right and best way to accomplish woodworking.
Everyone has different ways of learning and doing things. You need to discover the most effective information for you. Doing things when you are not comfortable could lead you to make the error of overlooking the most critical action. Take advantage of the information that is easy to understand and helps you to get started right away. You need to find realistic plans that are not too difficult for your level. There are blueprints that are suitable for both beginner and advanced woodworkers.
Foyer Table Woodworking Plans – Keep In Mind
Something you need to keep in mind is also getting the right tools and equipment required to build a project. Foyer Table Woodworking Plans: Many woodworking blueprints out there will tell you exactly what you need to get the job done: tools, wood, and instructions.
There are many people that start a journey such as woodworking and they want to jump in it like they've gone 100 miles already into their race. However, we all need to understand that if we want to be good at something, then we need to follow the learning process to reach our goal. You might get bored by following step-by-step instructions eventually, but make sure you never get overwhelmed by the learning curve. If you do not follow instruction for the first part of your journey, you will most likely fail and just move on to something else. However, if you do follow guidance, than you will have reached your goal and will be able to feel proud for your accomplishments and not have regret in your conscience.
Woodworking can be either a hobby or career or both. Either way it gives a lot of satisfaction when you can stand back and look at the finished article and say to yourself: "I did that".
Of course as with most things in life it is best to plan or to have plans to help you start and be heading in the right direction. A good set of woodworking plans is essential otherwise you could end up spending more than is necessary on timber that you do not need. Most good sets of plans will include a cutting list as well as other important things that you will need. The cutting list for example will show just how much timber you will require for that particular job. Also the plans will tell you what you need by way of fixings (nails and screws) and what tools you need to complete that job.
-Another important thing to take into account is exactly where you can lay your woodworking plans: you need the room to lay your plans for easy reference, also that you have enough room left to build whatever it is you are attempting. Ideally a good sized shed or workshop is a must, failing that you could always build it outside, weather permitting. Foyer Table Woodworking Plans
-The place to start would be to obtain a set of woodworking plans that will show you how to build your own shed to start with, then you could get plans to build whatever you wanted.
-Be very careful when looking to buy woodworking plans, or any plans for that matter because some will "skimp" on the important details which will leave you scratching your head and not knowing what to do next. The plans should go into great detail as most people are attempting to build something themselves for the first time. You must make sure that they give a step by step guide on what to do and when to do it and make sure that you follow by the letter. Whatever you decide to build with a good set of plans, it will have been built before by experts who through these plans will show you the quickest and easiest way to put something together without incurring any problems. If you try and do it your own way believe me you will find yourself getting in all sorts of difficulties, because when most things are built they are done in the most efficient way possible.
Woodworking plans take on a whole new perspective if you try your hand at boatbuilding for which you would obtain a set of boatbuilding plans. Boatbuilding is a different ball game, because for the majority of the time you are building from a centre- line and squaring off it, unlike a house you have no square corners to build from. It is because of this fact and sometimes building off a curved surface, it is sometimes best left to a professional boatbuilder who will build from scale plans to the customers requirements. Having said that many people have tried and have been very successful, so if you feel confident then why not have a go. Foyer Table Woodworking Plans


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Chances of escapees remaining free are slim, past history shows
November 17, 2011
The odds of remaining free for long are against two Kansas inmates who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility Tuesday evening.
Chad Duane Amack, 22, and Matthew Glen Allender, 28, were reported missing from a minimum security unit at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The two are the fourth Kansas inmates to escape this year, and the 99th and 100th since 2005. But only one of those escapees — Jose Ibanez, who walked away from a work release program at the El Dorado Correctional Facility in 2007 — hasn't been caught.
Another inmate, Ronny Dale Peters, also escaped from Lansing on Sept. 14 and was caught two days later.
"That seems to be the pattern," said Jan Lunsford, Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman, of the short length of freedom for many inmates — such as Peters — who escape.
Amack, serving a 23-month sentence for theft and burglary, was eligible for parole in March, and Allender, serving a 23-month sentence for two theft convictions, was eligible for parole in May. Add that to the poor odds of eluding capture and the increased prison time an escape can earn the two, and the incident seems puzzling to Lunsford.
"I'm amazed at these two in particular," Lunsford said. "Who knows what motivates (them)?"
Both Amack and Allender could face aggravated escape from custody charges, which is a level 8 nonperson felony in Kansas and could add about two years to their sentences.
Two Kansas escapees have eluded investigators and remained free for decades.
The state's longest running escaped Kansas inmate is Priscilla Ann Frey, who escaped on Christmas Eve in 1974 from a women's unit that used to be at the Lansing Correctional Facility.
The other is Randy Schmidt, who escaped with another inmate while working on the property at the state fairgrounds in Hutchinson on July 18, 1980. Schmidt, serving a sentence for rape and sodomy, drove a state dump truck off the property. Schmidt's escape partner was later arrested in Oklahoma, where he told investigators he split up with Schmidt.
Lunsford on Wednesday morning said he had no new information about Amack or Allender's escape. Amack and Allender are considered armed and dangerous.
Amack is a white male, 5-feet-9, 175 pounds, with green eyes and brown hair.
Allender is a white male, 5-feet-8, 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information pertaining to their whereabouts should call 911 or the Lansing Correctional Facility at 913-727-3235.
IamTHATguy 8 years, 11 months ago
Little late with this story - They were caught last night... http://kansascitykansan.com/blogs/nick-sloan/escaped-inmates-discovered-near-gas-station-downtown-kck/11381
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I am having an issue with keystrokes getting missed via IPMI and OpenBSD 5.5 amd/64. I have swapped out every piece of hardware, ram, processor, motherboard, hdd, network cables, switch but no luck until I tried a different operating system (linux).
Is there anything I can do to make sure all keystrokes get logged? (it makes it impossible to login when random keys are missed)
Thanks in advance.
Also, the install goes smooth (not a keystroke missed) but as soon as you reboot (or any time after that) it will miss keystrokes randomly.
Last edited by EverydayDiesel; 10th August 2014 at 03:55 PM.
Because an IPMI implementation is platform-specific, I recommend you post this question to the misc@ mailing list. You will reach a much broader audience, likely to include users of your specific hardware.
Don't forget to include a complete dmesg(8) in line (attachments will be deleted).
I finally registered but i am not sure I understand the response or if it even applys to my situation.
Here is what they wrote.
Do you actually need keyboard?
I haven't tried it with X9 but I've just setup some X10 (A1SAi) with
serial-over-lan (console redirect on com1, redirect after POST -> boot
loader), it's much easier to work with than the java-plus-binary-module
As far as the OpenBSD side goes, if you 'stty com1 115200' and 'set tty com1'
in the boot loader when you install, the installer will prompt you to run
a console on that port automatically - otherwise if you've already installed,
you can add the stty/set lines to /etc/boot.conf and run a getty on tty01
in /etc/ttys.
Connect with "ipmitool -I lanplus -H hostname -U ADMIN -P ADMIN sol activate".
Private network on the management lan port of course, *never* expose crappy
BMC hardware to the internet! I run conserver on a host with a private network
to BMCs, which runs the above command to connect to the consoles, which logs
and manages access to them (and I recently added some config snippets for
this to the port in -current).
The mailing lists are archived, so your conversation can be found on marc.info and gmane.org's servers, such as here.
The "they" you referred to was a single person - Stuart Henderson, one of OpenBSD's developers (sthen@). I can't say I understand his response entirely either, but then, I have no experience with IPMI operation. The part I do understand is the serial device configuration. The boot console can be serial, or you may have a non-console serial device (tty).
My knowledge of IPMI ends with Wikipedia, where serial connections are noted as optional with IPMI versions 1.5 and 2. Your link to your hardware spec page in your misc@ conversation mentions IPMI 2.0, which the Wikipedia article states uses Serial over LAN.
I recommend replying to Stu and him clarifying questions. If you prefer, you can ask him by replying to his address at spacehopper.org, rather than to the mailing list.
From what little I can gather, without knowledge of your system or of any other IPMI system, is that your "missing keystrokes" could be an issue of serial flow control. Could be. You can change flow control options in /etc/ttys, as described in ttys(5), and restart getty with # kill -s HUP 1 as described in init(8), then log in once again and see if the problem is fixed. Be warned -- you must have alternative access, such as an accessible sshd(8) server running so you can log in with ssh(1), because any change you make in /etc/ttys could render your serial connection inoperable.
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I've lived with Liz for two months now and, in the last two months, one thing has become very apparent to me: there is absolutely no similarity to how we live our lives other than we do our laundry in the same washing machine and we both drink skim milk and have the same grandma.
I am aware that I am very go-go-go-go but living with Liz has really shined a light on how compulsively active I am. And what a homebody Liz tends to be.
Liz works her ass off. She works long hours for a big company in an important position. Her commute is an hour each way. And when she's not at work, she is at home. She obviously likes to be at home. Because she never leaves. I'm not judging – I swear that I'm not judging – but it isn't unusual for Liz to get home on a Friday night and settle in for the weekend and, other than a Sunday trip to the grocery store, not leave the house.
And that is c-c-c-c-c-c-crazy to me.
I can't do that. I don't have it in me.
Like, I look at Liz all stretched out on the couch on a Saturday afternoon and in my head I am like OMG HOW CAN YOU DO THAT JUST LAYING THERE AND NOT EVEN, LIKE, SIMULTANEOUSLY BALANCING YOUR CHECKBOOK OR KNITTING A HAT?
I woke up yesterday embracing the idea of a lazy Sunday morning. Nowhere to go. Nothing to do. "This is what normal people do," I told myself. I fixed a cup of tea and I crawled back into bed and I got right to business finishing the book that I was reading because I wanted to cross that goal off of my list. I wanted to accomplish that task. Before noon. And I also wanted to get all of my bills paid because I was sick of thinking of it and, goodness, that's what a lazy Sunday is about, right? Getting things done? It's called lazy because you're still wearing your pajamas, yes?
Heaven forbid I actually relax. I certainly didn't earn the right to relax. Oh, no. The weekend wasn't busy at all.
I worked all day on Friday. Immediately after work I went to visit Lucy and the baby. Immediately from Lucy's house I went to a bachelorette party for one of Meg's best friends – I just went to dinner, but I didn't get home until after midnight. I collapsed into bed and not long after I fell asleep The Coach wakes me up to update me on his team's game. I talked to him for quite a while (he was displeased with the results and venting accordingly) and didn't get back to sleep until who knows when.
Up early on Saturday morning to cut up massive amounts of fruit and vegetables for Heather's bridal shower. Clean up the enormous mess I made in the kitchen. Breakfast. Dress and tights and heels. Hair and makeup. Present wrapping. Coffee on my way out the door. To Heather's shower a few hours early, helping her mom and sister set up. Then the baby shower. So many games. So many pictures. And then the cleaning up after the baby shower. Finally back home. I observe Liz sleeping on the couch. Decide to take a quick nap of my own (this is somewhat monumental) before going to the gym. Decide against the gym – cook dinner instead. Hang with Liz on the couch for all of 30 minutes. Talk to Meg on the phone. Read my book. Check the score of The Coach's game. Get to bed just after midnight. Awakened by The Coach, updating me on his game. (I absolutely love when he does this because it makes me feel like so much more of a part of his life – even though it is thousands of miles away. And because it makes me quite sure that he knows that I care about what he is doing there and how he is doing there.)
So, no. Clearly I didn't earn the right to just hang out on Sunday morning. Especially when Sunday evening featured a hockey game and a soccer game. Please. Productivity is where it is at.
Liz must think that I am completely insane.
Liz must also think that I am the best roommate ever. All I do at that house is sleep.
And not on the couch on a random Sunday afternoon, either.
Monday, January 23, 2012
2 comments:
- Mrs. Architect said...
Hmm...I think I fall in the middle between y'all two, so I can relate to both. Life has been 100% go go go go go lately, but I can also spend a whole weekend never getting out of pjs or leaving the house and be totally content.
- k said...
I had a drink with my summer roommates a few weeks ago. Nice enough people but we have little in common. I made some comment about having to get up early the next morning to run and the female of the couple says "Oh yeah, running. I forgot that you do that a lot. Like everyday..." Ummmm, yeah, sorry I don't sit on the couch from the moment I get home from work until the time I go to bed...
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