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Payne, Booker, Menendez, Pascrell, LoBiondo, Watson-Coleman, and Norcross Urge DoD to Consider Alternatives to Fund New Jersey Veterans Suicide Prevention Program
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) joined U.S. Senators Cory Booker (NJ) and Robert Menendez (NJ) and Reps. Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02), Bonnie Watson-Coleman (NJ-12), and Donald Norcross (NJ-01) in sending a letter to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter questioning the U.S. Department of Defense's decision to terminate funding for the successful Vets4Warriors call center without considering any other alternative funding mechanisms to preserve the life-saving program.
"We believe that the DoD decision not to re-compete the Vets4Warriors contract was made without consideration for alternatives that would leave the program operational. Since the decision was made not to re-compete the contract that funded Vets4Warriors, we are asking that DoD consider all avenues of subcontracting opportunities for Vets4Warriors," the members wrote.
The Vets4Warriors (V4W) peer helpline offers 24/7 live veteran support to veterans, active duty service members, and their families in a confidential environment. The program employs forty veterans and four licensed mental health clinicians. Since December 2011, the V4W program has had over 130,000 contacts with service members and their families.


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Absentee and early voting in Laramie County starts March 23
Laramie County voters go to the polls on May 2 to vote on a proposed one-percent specific purpose sales and use tax to fund projects for Laramie County, Cheyenne, Albin, Burns and Pine Bluffs.
According to Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee, the menu-style ballot has nine propositions proposed for funding through the tax and voters can vote "for" or "against" each proposition.
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HMD Global was certainly not kidding when it promised consistent software support for the new Nokia-branded Android smartphones. The Nokia 6, which debuted with Android 7.0 Nougat earlier this year, is now getting updated to Android 7.1.1 Nougat. That's the latest available version of Nougat for non-Nexus devices.
The OTA update for the Nokia 6 weighs in at 370MB in size, which is to be expected from a relatively major update. In addition to bumping up the Android version to 7.1.1, the update includes the latest April security patch update as well. Other major changes according to the change-log include enhanced power saving and background management, 4G/3G dual SIM dual standby support, updated Nokia USB driver, updated versions of preloaded apps, and other enhancements.
HMD Global seems to be setting a new benchmark for OEMs here. Most flagship Android smartphones are still running on Android 7.0 and do not have the latest April security patch update yet. HMD, despite being a relatively new player in the smartphone market, is updating a mid-range smartphone to Android 7.1.1 Nougat with the latest available security patch from Google. The other upcoming Nokia handsets, the Nokia 3 and Nokia 5, are expected to ship with Android 7.1.1 Nougat right out of the box. We can only hope that the company continues to actively support its entire lineup, including the entry-level models.
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The search is on for two escapees from the Liberty County Jail.
Chance Marshall Hunt, 27, dob 07/1/91
6′, 170 lbs,. is a white male. He was being held on a $100,000 bond for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, burglary of a coin-operated machine, and bond forfeiture. He has a lengthy criminal background.
Clay Sterling Harvey
dob 5/6/75
White male, 4′-5″ 193 lbs
brown hair blue eyes
He was being held for manufacture delivery of a controlled substance 200-400 grams
He was also being held for a parole violation
Both were discovered missing several hours ago. A manhunt in Liberty is currently going on TDCJ K-9 units are also enroute. Details have not yet been released.


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Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, 29.01.2016
Carnival of Madness brought America to Nottingham for one night only. Black Stone Cherry acted as the headline, with Shinedown, Halestorm and support act Highly Suspect performing just alongside.
The crowd was buzzing from the word go, as Highly Suspect, a small band from Massachusetts, started the show. The band got the good vibes going and, even if not everyone was dancing, support from the crowd was overflowing with positivity. 'Lydia' was the most poignant track, getting my feet to tap along to the mesmerising beat of the drum and rhythm of the guitar.
Next was Halestorm, a more recognised name amongst the crowd and in the metal genre as a whole. The band exemplified what more experience of live performing can provide. I did not know what to expect, having never heard Halestorm's music live before, but I was pleasantly surprised at how good their act was: the sound of their instruments clearer than shown through the pre-recorded videos.
Lzzy Hale was outstanding, showing energy alongside a great hard vocal that perfected the screaming notes much better than those whose forte is solely the scream. 'Freak Like Me' and 'Amen' were the two songs that kept fresh in my mind, the catchy tunes sticking in my head for a couple of days before heading back to work to non-stop Bieber.
Shinedown, the main reason I attended this gig, amped up the audience and vibe even further. Brent Smith was a welcoming frontman who dared to walk amongst the outstretched hands and was capable enough to get everyone on their feet. This could possibly be bias but, having never seen them live before, this stole the highlight slot of the night for me.
As well as their most popular classic songs, Shinedown also hit the crowd with their latest songs from the album Threat to Survival. 'Cut the Cord' and the 'Sound of Madness' were just two of the tracks that made me catch myself bellowing aloud to, both in the arena and on the way home.
Finally, to headline the night, Black Stone Cherry came on-stage; and quite spectacularly: a sheet covering the stage fell dramatically, revealing the hard-rock band strumming along to the cheers of the crowd.
As the night went on I felt the bands progressively performing better, leading the night to mayhem, but this is for me where it dwindled. The lead singer, Chris Robertson, showed an emotional side, overloading thanks for his fans. For me however, his reliance on the crowd's singing created a bit of alienation to people like me, who didn't know every-single-lyric to every-single-song.
Having just had an act like Shinedown on the stage, who literally got all of the crowd on their feet; connecting us all together and revving up the night; Black Stone Cherry was just not for me. 'Me and Mary Jane' and 'Things my Father Said' were however tracks that stole it back for them in my heart.


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Let me start off by saying, we all know that one of the most important parts of being a parent is making sure that your child is well provided for. A large part of providing for your child is making sure that they get a good education. Which brings me to the topic of this post: funding your child's education.
In today's world, it's becoming harder and harder to afford a good college education. The last thing you want is your 35 year old son or daughter sitting on your couch, flipping through different TV channels all day, eating all of your food, and sucking the life out of your bank account. So, it's very important that you plan things out in a way that won't bankrupt you but will still allow you to provide the best quality of education for your children so that they may be successful just like you.
Most parents, when they think of helping their child out with school, think of writing a check to help pay for tuition, books, etc. Well, rather than doing that, why not consider a 529 plan or some other kind of education-funding account?
A 529 plan allows you to put your money towards your child's education. Not only is it being put solely toward that purpose, but it will also grow. On top of that, it's tax free! The most common form of a 529 plan is called a college savings plan. This plan is an investment that covers tuition, room and board, any fees, books, computers, and other related materials. Another nice thing about these plans is that there are no age limits. This means that you can not only open one for a child, but for an adult as well.
529 plans can provide some great tax benefits. They are tax-free, meaning that they are exempt from federal tax as well as state taxes (as long as the funds are used solely to pay for college expenses).
The other form of a 529 plan is called a prepaid tuition plan. These are a little different. College savings plans have no state guarantee, but they can grow. A prepaid tuition plan, on the other hand, is generally guaranteed by the state, but cannot grow. A prepaid tuition plan mainly covers tuition and mandatory fees, and in some cases also room and board. Unlike the college savings plan, prepaid tuition plans do have age limits for the beneficiaries, and on top of that, have limited enrollment periods.
So, now you know some of the differences between the two types of 529 plans.
Regardless of which type of plan you choose, there are many benefits of helping your child pay for their education that you will be proactively making a difference in their life. You're helping them understand the importance of getting a good education, all the while helping them pay for it. They will be grateful to you for both of these reasons.
Another monumental benefit is the fact that helping them could help you. More often than not, children that don't get financial aid will end up dropping out or getting themselves deep into debt. If you do a good job at making sure that doesn't happen, you're also making sure that you aren't paying their way once you enter retirement. On top of that, they may end up having to take care of you someday, so this ensures that they'll be able to do so comfortably.
Being the catalyst in making sure that your child gets a good education ensures that you aren't paying their way when they're well into their adult life. It also ensures that when you retire, your money stays where it should: in your pocket!
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Resolution: Fixed
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Fix Version/s: 10.4
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Traditionally requests in the framework (links and form posts) are executed in a hidden iframe (oaa0). The o2cl() javascript method is called before this to make sure only one requests can go to the server at once. Following requests are discarded and a busy spinner appears after half a second to indicate that the app is still waiting for server response.
This works good so far, however IE11 breaks this method when using double clicks instead of single clicks. IE11 executes the onclick callback on the second click of a coubleclick (thus triggers execution of o2cl), however does not actually send anything in the iframe. The busy spinner therefore is never cleared, the application freezes.
The fix is to replace the o2cl methods with something new and not execute the links in the ajax iframe but using a real XMLHttpRequest. The method should be implemented in a way that the server can recognize if a request was made via XMLHttpRequest or if it was opened in a new window/reload.
This also solves a root problem that prevents proper implementation of
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Section: On This Day Category: General
Third Day Pesach - Day 2 Sefiras Ha'Omer
5433/1673 Rav Reuven Hakohen Katz of Prague - Yalkut Reuveni
5743/1983 Rav Meir Abuchatzeira, Baba Meir of Ashdod Son of Baba Sali - Father of Rabbi Elazar, Rabbi David, Rabbi Yekutiel
5765/2005 Rav Shlomo Wolbe (89) - Alei Shor Born in Berlin, Rav Wolbe's early education was in the Yeshiva of Frankfurt and in Rav Botchko's yeshiva in Montreux, Switzerland. In the 1930s, he spent several years in Mir, where he became a close talmid Reb Yerucham Levovitz and Reb Chatzkal Levenstein. Rav Wolbe spent the war years in Sweden. After the war, Reb Shlomo Wolbe moved to Petach Tikvah, where he married the daughter of Reb Avrohom Grodzinsky, hy"d, the last mashgiach of Slobodka. Through her, he became a nephew of Reb Yaakov Kaminetzky, and a brother-in-law of Reb Chaim Kreisworth. In 1948, Reb Wolbe became mashgiach at Yeshivah Gedolah of Be'er Yaakov, a position he held for over 35 years. Later, he served as mashgiach in the Lakewood Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel and he opened Yeshivas Givat Shaul.
5735/1975 Rav Moshele Heshel - Kapischnitzer Rebbe succeeded his father as a true oheiv Yisroel continuing his father, Reb Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel, as Kapischnitzer Rebbe, until his sudden petirah in 1975
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Life can be busy and unpredictable. We work a lot, and many people can feel stressed, overworked and anxious because of this. Therefore, it's nice to have a clean house to come home to after a long day. It helps you to focus on the things that are important to you, instead of being bothered by the mess around you.
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It is Time Saving
Probably the biggest reason why people book a home cleaning service is because it is time saving. Working from Monday to Friday can be exhausting.
So, when you finally have the time off in the weekend, it is nice to do something relaxing and fun – and cleaning your whole house is not exactly exciting.
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If you book a home cleaning service, you have more time to spend on better things. For example, spending time with family, going to the beach, watching a movie or catching up with friends.
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Exercise questions
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I posted here some exercise problems that you can use to expand your knowledge in some chapter in basic astronomy :
1.) The following statements are true or false:
- (a) Of all the natural satellites in the Solar System only the Moon always turns the same face towards its primary.
- (b) The mass of a planet in the Solar System can be determined only if it possesses one or more satellites.
- (c) The planet with the largest apparent angular diameter when nearest the Earth is Venus.
- (d) Pluto is the planet farthest from the Sun.
- (e) A lunar eclipse may occur if the Moon is new.
2.) Calculate the mean density of Jupiter from the following data, assuming the orbits of Earth and Jupiter to be circular and coplanar:
- Angular semi-diameter of Jupiter at opposition = 21",8
- Orbital radius of Jupiter = 5,2 A.U.
- Mass of Jupiter/mass of Earth = 318
- Mean density of Earth = 5,5 kg/m^-3
- Sun's horizontal parallax = 8",8
3.) The two components of a binary star are approximately equal brightness. Their maximum separation is 1",3 and the period is 50,2 years. The composite spectrum shows double lines with a maximum separation of 0,18 Angstrom at 5000 Angstrom. Assuming that the plane of the orbit contains the line of sight, calculate (i) the total mass of the system in the terms of the solar mass, (ii) the parallax of the system.
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The Basic of Star's Spectroscopy
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Spectroscopy is a branch study in astronomy that focus on astronomical objects' spectrum. From the spectrum, we can get informations, such as its temperatures, chemical compositions, movement speed, etc. That's why spectroscopy can be considered as one of the fundamental field in astronomy. The spectrum of a star (or any other astronomical object) is acquired by using an instrument called spectrograph.
One of the fundamental law in spectroscopy is Kirchoff Law (1859) which stated that:
- If a liquid or high pressure gas is ignited, they will emit energy in all wavelength which will produce a continuous spectrum.
- If a low temperature gas is ignited, it will only emit energy in certain range wavelength and produce spectrum which have a dark background and some bright lines. That kind of spectrum is called the emission spectrum. The wavelength of each bright lines are the precise indicator of what gas that produce them. So, the same gas will produce bright lines in certain exact wavelength.
- If a white light (which is a equal mixture of all colors) is passed through a cool low temperature gas, the gas will absorb energy at certain wavelength. The result spectrum will be continuous spectrum as the background with some dark lines in certain exact wavelength. The dark lines called absorption lines and that kind of spectrum is called the absorption spectrum. The wavelength of each dark lines are the precise indicator of what gas that produce them. So, the same gas will produce dark lines in certain exact wavelength.
Balmer Series
Switzerland scientist, Balmer, state a series equation to predict the wavelength of the absorption lines of hydrogen gas. The equation is widely known as Balmer series equation.
with : λ: the wavelength of the absorption lines [cm]
RH : Rydberg constant (= 109678 )
Planck's Quantum Law
Planck postulates that light is radiated in the form of small discrete package called quantum. This theory is the foundation of the birth of a new field in physics called quantum physics.
Planck state that energy of each photon
h : Planck's constant (h = 6,63 x 10^-34 J.s)
f : frequency of the photon [Hz]
c = speed of light (= 3.10^5 km/s)
λ = photon's wavelength
Star's spectrum
Star's spectrum pattern is wide in variety. In 1863, an astronomer called Angelo Secchi classified star's spectrum in 4 groups based on the similarities of its' absorption lines.
Miss A. Maury from Harvard Observatory establish another way to classify star's spectrum and it was revised by Miss Annie J. Cannon. Miss Cannon's classification is the most widely adopted today.
Table 1 : Resume of the classification of star's spectrum (to remember it use the donkey bridge : Oh Be A Fine Girl (or Guy), Kiss Me). (you can click the figure to get bigger and clearer version of the table above; .
Sub-classification of star's spectrum
Star's spectrum classification O, B, A, F, G, K, M is divided again to several sub-classes :
Bigger number represent lower temperature! The use of this sub-class is to narrow the specification's range and become more precise.
(for further information, check this site.)
M-K Classification (Star's Luminosity Class)
Stars with same certain spectrum's class is found to have different luminosities. In 1913, Adam dan Kohlscutter from Mount Wilson Observatory showed that the width of spectrum's lines can be used to estimate star's luminosity.
Based on these facts. in 1943 Morgan and Keenan from Yerkes Observatory divided stars to several luminosity class as shown in the table below.
Very bright super giant star
Class 1b
|Less bright super giant star
Class II
Bright giant star
Class III
Giant star
Class IV
Sub-giant star
Class V
Main sequence star
Morgan Keenan's Luminosity Class (M-K class) is sketched in a Hertzprung-Russell diagram (H-R diagram) below.
Now, star's classifications use the combination of spectrum class and luminosity class. For example : A G2 V star is a main sequence star that belongs to spectrum class G2
Star's motion
Contrary to widely beliefs that star isn't moving in space, star DO move in space. However, the movement of stars is hard to track. Beause of its immense distance, the movement of star only produce extremely small apparent movement in sky. We have to wait several years (or decades!) to track star's movement in sky. Warning : the star's movement that is discussed above is not the apparent daily motion of the star !
The star's angular motion of a star is called proper motion (μ). Proper motion is usually measured in arc-second per year. Star with biggest proper motion is Barnard Star with μ = 10",25 per year (In 180 years, this star will (only) move in extent as full Moon's disk).
Relationship between tangential velocity (Vt) and the proper motion (μ):
Vt = 4,74 μ d
with :
Vt = tangential speed of the star [km/s]
μ = proper motion of the star ["/ year]
d = star's distance [parsec]
the above equation also can be stated as :
with p is the parallax of the star (in arc second).
The proper motion is measured by two quantities: the position angle and the proper motion itself. The first quantity indicates the direction of the proper motion on the celestial sphere (with 0 degrees meaning the motion due north, 90 degrees due east, and so on), and the second quantity gives the motion's magnitude, in seconds of arc per year.
The equations used to find the quantity of star's proper motion are :
μδ = μ cos θ
with :
μα = proper motion in right ascension
μδ = proper motion in declination
μα and μδ is measurable –> μ and θ can be determined.
Beside proper motion, information about star's motion can be obtained from its radial motion, which is the component of star's motion that lies parallel to our line of sight.
Radial velocity (Vr) can be measured by its spectrum lines that shift (Doppler shift). For star which radial velocity (Vr) is significant compared to the speed of light:
For Vr being much smaller compared to the speed of light (c), the equation can be simplified to:
with :
Δλ = the difference between static wavelength (λo) and observed wavelength (λ). [Å or nm]
λo = static wavelength. [Å or nm]
Vr = radial velocity [km/s]
c = speed of light (300.000 km/s )
Now, we are able to calculate Vt and Vr as discussed above and we will be able to calculate star's true motion (linear motion):
- "Astrofisika I" lecture notes, by Dr. Djoni N. Dawanas
- Wikipedia
- Google images
For other pages that discuss this material, you are advised to visit these sites:
1. Spectroscopy
2. Astronomynotes.com


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Click the drop-down arrow next to "View" at the top of the page. Choose "All Employees" to bring up a list of all of the employees, both active and inactive.
Locate your inactive employees in the list. Those who are inactive will display with an "X" next to their name.
- Removing the "x" next to the inactive employee's name will reinstate the employee into active status.
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Prince Sirius Valardin
Inquisitiveness, willfulness, and fixation -- mile markers on my path I hope leads only forward.
Description: Sirius' height is decent to say the least, with a slightly avianesque bone structure that seems to build up to a hawkishly long physique, more slender than wide, stealing some of his perceived size, it playing trade-off with an air of bookishness. He's threatening emancipation, but not quite; he's skinny, but of sturdy constitution, his genetical structure being at constant odds with his perchance for unintentional starvation that make the Sirius of today.
His eyes appear small and narrow beneath the ridge of his brow, gray and hazy to view that pair with a thick swatch of dark, bushy lashes. His jaw's line is sturdy and long- his nose's bridge long and high, defined sweepingly as if sculpted. His lips are thin, faded in pinkish color, and prone to raggedness product of both the heat and cold.
His hair's black and soft, often kept short in a naturally sweeped combover that leans to the left, but can too be found to the right. It's messy and often scarcely groomed, just like his facial hair. If it's grown at all at the time.
Personality: Honest, open, transparent - adjectives one could use to describe the Sirius of today, but that's all duress and education; that's what maturation and years of disciplined living instills in one, but isn't all that which Sirius represents.
Sirius, too, is bold. Ethically speaking--accountable to the boldness, decisive and communicative to his wants, he is. There's a drive to his person, a desire to reach out and grasp the intangible to make it tangible. It's reflected in his method of leadership--he understands the Compact is fair and beautiful because everyone finds their place. His is to lead.
Deeply principled in Oathlander ways: honor, chivalry, and loyalty are core tenets on which he acts in his still growing and fleshing set of morals. It's difficult for him to find humor in things, and the analytic method he chooses to tackle most of life's hardships oft makes him seem cold, stuffy. Detached.
In spite of this, he's rarely unempathetic to the plight of others and isn't shy of activism to see shared goals through to the end. Still, his soft-spoken ways belie a nostalgic, thinking boy with airs of melancholy just trying to find his way in a constantly shifting world he feels is leaving Oathlanders behind.
Background: Young Sirius came to the world a whining, petulant child since the moment his head peaked out of his mother's hindquarters, eyes as open as babes could have them. Born into a familial circle of economical means and connections, his begetter arranged for him ostentatious tutors in all sciences of man found worthy of the Oathlands; martial, physics, mathematics, theology, languages, geometry. History. Despite the wide selection, Sirius found himself the most attracted to the sword.
As he grew into early youth, issues became more apparent in his physique. His feet looked clubbed inwards, and he lacked the physical capacity to match the speed and dexterity of contemporaries, bringing out an ire and impatience in his father fattened only by the shame in the possibility of his boy being a cripple. And he was, in fact, crippled. It's what a particularly crude Sister of Lagoma informed him after witnessing him pushing the child too hard.
Sadly for her, Lord Alberich Valardin was a stubborn man. As singular, unsettling tales were suggested amongst his keep that his son wouldn't amount to knighthood, Alberich exhausted his resources in finding experts in matters of healing to exhume the vile crippledness from his boy. He soon had him wear all sorts of absurd apparatuses, from harnesses to wooden chassis around the ankles, ropes that'd pull away at every particularly bent toe to force his feet in place. It was a painful existence, but some of that stubbornness had been inherited by Sirius, who bent all efforts in pleasing his father.
Marked with the stigmata of disability, it was only reasonable that Sirius became retiring to the public eye. Sequestered to the dusty, and worn existence of his father's decaying library, he took it upon himself to be the bailiff that cared for every book, and while children played with swords and horses he, too, played with swords and horses. Only that his were whittled from wood, and placed on boards knapped from slate, where he borrowed scenarios of war and conflicts of the past to re-envision and reenact them within his capabilities once he derived them from books. Every soldier, every horse; every general, every officer, given a face and purpose. He was particular towards cavalry.
Eventually, time gave way to a young man healed of his physical impediments. As fate would have it, those ropes and pulleys that had kept his feet drastically in place had, in fact, healed his club-footed appendages, just not as quick as his father would've wanted. He had forgotten that knights wield swords and not pens; that they couch lances, and not books. So inadvertently, Alberich had let his son become a scholar of war, not a soldier that fights in one.
All his life, Sirius could feel an insistent gnawing in the back of his mind. A strange yearning, a thirst for more he could neither numb, nor sate, and it culminated with a self-effacing exodus to Arx. To visit the fabled Academy of War, and further his desire to understand conflict beyond the station of a soldier, or knight.
Relationship Summary
|Inquisitive and well spoken. I do like to encounter one so willing to listen to the ideas of others.
|An admirer of good sword work. I think we will see his true mettle soon, as we need every Dragon we can get, in dark times such as these. Moreover, pleasant and sociable. None of these traits are ones that I have.
|I think if someone stared on through me like that, I'd be crawling out my skin all over again.
|Stubborn, but uncompromising in his ideals and his honor. I admire him; reminds me of the stories of Steel.
|Definitely needs a little more spine. I didn't even give him my best stare I reserve for those who deserve it. Could also probably do with being a little more careful with his drinks and needs to learn when someone is jesting with him. Of course I wasn't going to take his foot!
|A reluctant and jittery prince. Interesting perhaps, if only he would share his name.
|There's a tiny armored bug found in the woods around Oakhaven, a peaceful and rambling sort of insect prone to exploration. When you startle them, they curl into an impenetrable ball. ...it's probably rude, comparing a gentleman to an insect, however much he minds me of them. My apologies.
|I'm not sure what to make of him: a man covered in soot asking scholarly questions, dodging his title and addressing some of the fundamental questions of our history. I suspect we may have a brilliant acquaintance ahead.
|A curious Valardin Prince, excitable and seeming to be educated reasonably well. He doesn't seem to be in the best health though.
|Stiff and restrained, at least at a glance. Still, the courtesy he showed to the common folk shows a desire to be liked, if a lack of knowledge as to how to achieve it.
|Here's one with his own style, tall and gangly - a Valardin prince like one I've never met before, not that I've met a lot of Valardin princes, but STILL. Curious about spiders.
|This Prince is a real treasure. Young, but my favorite thing about him is his mouth. He's so well spoken.
|Another Valardin Prince, but this one not quite what you expect. I can see why he's been getting into trouble. But he's a good lad.
|Usually when a bolt strikes its target, it's the arrow left quivering from the impact. I hope he finds his stance.
|Galant, benevolent Prince. Apparently overwhelmed by colors.
|He's... enigmatic. And odd. Interesting. I'd like to peel back those stone layers.
|Strange Prince. I wonder about him. His condition, his... strange sense of humor that I don't quite grasp. I wonder what the slate is for. I wonder if he'd allow me to experiment on him...
|Humble, thoughtful, likes herbal flower teas and has very good manners. He seems intelligent and deeply thinking and alert.
|A serious and interesting prince who makes me so absolutely uncertain of everything it's unnerving. I do like his company though.
|Weird how a Valardin prince can remind me a little of someone who's a true and special friend. Gotta be careful. Some seem soft but ain't, specially silks.
|An Oathlands Prince who is newly arrived, intelligent, deeply thinking and likely will be very useful to Compact and his family. Sometimes what we need are good ideas and he has them. I think he is someone I would consult with again. I don't regret opening up to him tonight.
|I am still baffled that he would come to /me/ for advice, but I hope I was able to help - even if it was just a little. Despite being as young as he is, he's clearly got a good head on his shoulders and I have no doubt that he will do great things one day. A ripple of change, maybe? I hope I'll be around to see it. My new friend-of-a-friend has still got a lot of growing to do first, though, but then again - who doesn't?
|A Valardin prince with an interest in books and history. I have heard much of Oathlands warfare, but I know little of Valardin tactics. I think this may soon change.
|He seems to not really seem confident at first but he seems intelligent and that makes up for anything else.
|While it's true that I adore anyone that indulges my husband and lets him talk about his many amazing works, I found Prince Sirius to be quite the picture perfect Valardin Prince and ever so engaging! I can't wait to see him at more outing such as this! Although maybe there could be less boats next time.
|An insightful prince of House Valardin. Different than most, willing to take a deeper look at the complexities of the world around us. It seems like a rare trait these days and one that I can appreciate.
|A Valardin. Definitely didn't look as though he belonged in the lowers. And apparently I came in on the tail end of some sort of ominous conversation with one of the Cardian representatives. Still, he seems observant.
|He may not be the specimen of physical perfection by his own account, but he is a clever young man with a good and noble heart. I have great hope for him as a knight. He embodies the Valardin ideal.
|Has a great ass. Didn't say nothin' to or about Tuna.
|Silk, obviously. Smart, that's also obvious, but innocent. He doesn't know but he seems to try. Better than most, right?
|The prince is a dutiful son of the Oathlands and I know he'll become a stalwart commander once he reaches his stride! I hope he also gets over his anxiety, because all the shrieking and sweating may not inspire the most confidence on the battlefield.
|A well-spoken man, with a penchant for asking questions. He seems to have put some thought into the worth of doing nothing well. I could stand to hear more about that philosophy.
|He has a strong sense of what is right and fair.


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Gua Tempurung
Gua Tempurung (Tempurung Cave)
15 December 2007
Exploring cave is fun. Our caving exploration is located at Perak. One of the popular cave, Tempurung Cave is well known to the kids and adults for adventures. I went once with colleagues in year 2007 and 8 months later again with my family.
Getting there is quite fast, only 3 hours from KL using PLUS highway. Take the exit from Gopeng toll when you follow the Ipoh signboard on the North-South PLUS Expressway towards Ipoh.
Turn left at the junction towards Kampar. Look for the green/white Gua Tempurung sign. Drive for 5-6 km and look for a large billboard sign, turn left. Drive another 2 km to reach the entrance to the cave facilities. Parking is FREE.
That's the reason why 5 of us organized this adventures after Taman Negara: Gua Telinga cave exploration.
At first, we thought it's just a visit to the cave like what we had before. But in fact, they have some options to go for tougher and wetter. Here it is:
Of course we go for the toughest as we want to complete it in one shot! We ask our guide how would it be and according to him, it's just involve some crossing in a very narrow and wet river. The water level is reaching our neck. Haha.
In fact, you need to bow down and crawl, that's why the water level is on your neck.
For Dry Tour
- Dress comfortably (t-shirts and long pants) and wear comfortable shoes or sandals with straps and a good grip. Hiking boots provide better support on rocky surfaces.
- Bring water containers and other personal stuff in small daypack
- Camera and torchlight are optional, but always good to have another light handy.
For Dry and Wet Tour
- Wear comfortable clothes, shoes and socks. Hiking boots are the best for better traction. For pants, use an old pair of loose fitting ones over constricting denim jeans.
- Gloves and kneepads are highly recommended.
- Bring mineral water and other personal gear in a small daypack
Other Considerations
- A change of clothes, towel and shoes/sandals to leave in vehicle and clean up for the ride home.
- Waterproof torchlight.
- Bring a waterproof camera or an inexpensive one in a watertight container.
- Put your other items in a dry bag to avoid getting soaked.
- Caving helmet and first aid kid.
As per schedule, we went in and inside was so dark. Without the light from our torch light, we see nothing, absolutely nothing. It was proven when our guide told us to switch off all the light, what can we see. A total blind person as we are.
What we see inside are walls of marble, stalagmites and stalactites. It grows an inch in a hundred years and took million years to form entire cave.
Most people are unfamiliar with caving and what conditions to prepare for.
Our assigned guide has briefed us some caution during the exploration. A big group here.
We were getting entire wet with crawl all over the place.
I do not want to be the last in the group as I did not bring torch light.
The cave tours are a mix of easy walks to challenging scrambles.
Fact Sheet
Gua Tempurung (Tempurung Cave) has existed since early 8000 B.C. and it is one of the larger cave systems found in the scenic limestone hills of Perak. In fact, it is the largest natural limestone structure in Peninsular Malaysia. The cave measures 1.9 km in length and 120 metres in height. The cave follows a direct course through a mountain range called Gunung Gajah-Tempurung, located south of Ipoh towards Gopeng and Kampar.
Gua Tempurung was first identified in 1887 in the Map of Perak-Malay Peninsula, which indicated a mountain spelt as "Gunong Tempoo Rong"…..
Here are a few interesting facts about the Gua Tempurung limestone caves:
* A karst cave of marble limestone, the cave is over 400 million years old.
* An underground river passage runs for over 1.5 km inside the cave.
* Five large domes with coconut shell (tempurung) ceilings give the cave its name.
* The cave extends nearly 2 km long with heights reaching 120 metres.
* Water levels range from ankle to chest deep and the stream exits somewhere through the hillside.
Jiann Huei is look nothing in the cave, just pass through with confident.
There are few slopes that need to pass through and with others help. I found the sliding is quite fun and challenging. I fall a few times.
We clambered over muddy paths, crawl over rocky holes and slide down slippery stones on a physical. Squatting along the path is really tired and nearly get my leg cramp.
Try to see what is the hidden image under this nature caused?
Wind tunnel is one of the place where you feel the air blowing. The guide asked us where the wind comes from since there's no connection to outside world. We are still in cave.
He explained the exchanging air from different pressure, hence the air is moving.
A part of cave history exposes itself as with some remnants of mining activities from the old days.
One of the challenging hole to get into. Sure will get you to another path.
As expected, we finished our tour in 3 hours. Feel tired, wet and dirty are in our mind but it's fun. Fun in term of the way how we done our exploration gave us some sense of success and confident.
There are a toilet and changing room. Shower need to pay RM1 while normal use is 20 cents. Clean up and we continue our ride to Ipoh for lunch and back to KL after that. As car pooling among us, the cost is really cheap, roughly RM50 plus for entire trip per person.


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What?, yes and that is true, don't think you know it. Maybe in your mind you are already defining marriage for me- marriage is the coming together of man and woman to become husband and wife, that incantation we were all thought in school?, forget it. There is more to it than just that, marriage is not all about husband and wife but more of HUSBANDING AND AND IF THERE IS ANY WORD LIKE THAT, WIFING.
It is this shallow knowledge about marriage that have hindered many, this is a natural principle, if you have not understood a thing and the way it works you're likely to fail if you venture into it.
Many singles are yet to understand the principles, concept and purpose of marriage yet they just want to get married. God can not give you a spouse until you understand in the light of God what you are going into, you can't give your car key to one who doesn't know how to drive and so is God. Maybe you want to get married just to get rid of loneliness, enjoy sex, get off peoples mockery, some want to marry to balance their sexual urge, some want to get married to a rich spouse to change the condition of their family, and many more thwarted purposes that are not the purpose of God for marriage. So check your mind very well, what do you take marriage for?, why do you want to marry?, what are your ideas and notions about marriage? Are your purposes, ideas and notions about marriage sound and godly?. I want to leave you today with those heart searching questions, I know you want me to at least tell you about the right and sound purpose, concept and principles of marriage but I want you to first of all go and research by your self, that is one of the principles of improvement, seek counsel and read books if necessary to know what you should know. Things you discover by your self have more effect. When I come back for the next discuss of this series you would have known better and I will only add to what you know about marriage.
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Today, we were given time window of 1pm-5pm - I had to call multiple times to A&E and GeekSquad to find out where the tech was - A&E kept confirming the tech would show up in the next 30 min, until their offices were closed. This happened 3 times - A&E Tech was a NO-SHOW! No point calling BestBuy, since they would have to call the provider to find status.
Very dissapointed in both GeekSquad/BestBuy and A&E. BestBuy needs to hold their partners accountable for service appointments - as a consumer who is buying the additional service plan, I expect better from BestBuy for ensuring timely service of their partners and better escalation process for their customers!
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Click HERE for The Fairy Godmother Was A Pimp (PART 4)
My people, the gear we are entering now is PG25. So, if you know you are here, and your mother taught you or your pastor preached to you that sex before marriage is bad, then stay put. Lol. You'll need the enlightenment.
And so, the ghen-ghen moment is upon us.
"May I kiss you, milady?"
"Yes, you may, my Prince."
And all things quiet and divinely present watched with bated breaths as the Prince lowered his head to Cinderella's.
He gently pulled her to him. As his face drew nearer to hers, she could feel his heated breath fan her face. And then he brushed his lips against hers once and then twice before finally meeting them for good.
The kiss was gentle at first, a teasing of lips, a darting of tongues. Cinderella stood very still, absorbing every sensation, allowing the heat to build, layer by layer. Then she raised her hands to his shoulders, clinging to him as she kissed him with everything she had, everything she wanted to be. She heard a soft murmur of contentment from him as he slid his arms tighter around her. His tongue, arousing and probing, was warm and soft as satin, and all at once, she knew that they were right for each other, that what was happening was the right thing for both of them.
Suddenly, standing still was no longer an option, not with those strong hands moving up and down her back, pulling her closer, as though he wanted her inside of him.
She pulled back from the kiss, and breathless, she said, "Make love to me, my Prince."
The Prince lifted his head and looked at her. "Only if you promise to marry me, if you promise to be really and truly mine," he said hoarsely.
"I promise."
And thereafter, there was no longer any need for words. They fumbled with buttons and zippers and snaps as they stumbled toward a divan in the room.
They fell into the divan and their bodies arched toward each other. Cinderella's legs went up and wound themselves around the Prince's hips, pulling him in, closer. He was buried deep inside her, and every stroke pushed her higher, closer to the pinnacle, up to the peak where earth ended and heaven began.
His mouth was at her ear. She heard a throaty murmur of his claim of her, felt a warm rush of his breath, inhaled the scent of his skin – and then, she was there, in that hot, sweet world where only this man could take her, a world where boundaries dissolved and souls had wings and the time was always now.
Gradually, slowly, she floated back to earth, back to an awareness of the divan beneath her. The Prince rained kisses across her face as she opened her eyes. He was looking at her with such tenderness that her heart swelled.
"Milady." He said the word softly, almost reverently, grazing her lips with his. "That was amazing."
Cinderella smiled, feeling a twinge in her heart as she thought of the lie she was. But she was determined to claim and nurture this bubble of happiness. "It was," she agreed.
"I never want to leave your side."
She chuckled. "You have guests. I reckon they have started to wonder about us."
An impatient look fleeted past her lover's face. "I do not care about all those other women. I have found the one – I have found you." His brows drew forward and he seemed to realize something. "That's it. That is what I must now do. I must tell Father that I have found the woman after my heart."
"You should get on with it then," Cinderella said, the beam on her face reflecting the sunshine in her heart.
"But I do not want to leave you just yet."
"You won't be leaving me, my Prince. You'll just be gone a little while, and I'll still be here, waiting for your return."
They exchanged a smile, and he dropped another soft kiss on her lips before pulling away to right himself. Cinderella sat up as well to put herself back in order.
The Prince kissed her once again, and with a smile, he murmured, "Do not go anywhere, my love. I'll be right back."
And he was gone. And with him went the warmth of his nearness. Cinderella felt a slight shiver run through her body, and she clasped her hands about her to preserve his impression on her body. She felt aglow with the love she felt for the Prince.
But the glow was nothing compared to the incandescence that suddenly filled the room, startling the young woman. She stared as a figure bathed with light emerged into the room. The beginnings of a smile turned up her lips as she realized it must be the Fairy Godmother coming to know how far the night had progressed. Or perhaps she already knew and was here to express her approval.
However, the smile stayed incomplete when the brilliance dimmed and she found herself gazing up at a form that was unlike the visitor she'd had earlier that night. There was the silvery-bright skin and the gossamer-like wings that fluttered with gentle grace; that was where the similarities ended. The figure was male and youthful, tall and golden, with eyes that flashed upon a gravely expression.
"Cinderella," the angel said, the one word conveying icy reproval that had the girl suddenly trembling.
"Who are you?" she stuttered, not knowing why this creature brought foreboding when the Fairy godmother had brought magic.
"I am he who bears a message of comeuppance for your actions tonight," the angel said.
"Comeuppance?" The girl was horror-stricken. "But…but what have I done to deserve such a turn in the bliss that has been this entire night?"
"You debauched yourself. You lay with a man. You forsook a lifetime of purity and gave up your chastity in a moment of passion –"
"For love!" Cinderella cried out, the words sagging under the weight of her distress. "I lay with the Prince because I love him. And he loves me too."
"Love." The angel said the word slowly, as though savoring it. He didn't seem entirely pleased by the taste. "Love is no excuse for weakness, but it is a reason for leniency. And so shall it be that what was once given shall be taken away. Upon the stroke of midnight, everything bright and beautiful that was bestowed on you will be stripped away. At the stroke of midnight, everything will return to the way it was. For love does not require any artifice for it to truly exist."
"Oh goodness…" Cinderella choked out, clutching at her heart.
"Midnight, Cinderella," the angel said, his words resonating with solemn finality as he slowly evanesced. "At midnight, the magic will cease to be."
And soon, the room was back to normal, with its fluttering linens and polished tiles. However, there was nothing normal about the way Cinderella was feeling. The realization that her happiness was threatened by the cessation of this magical evening was like a sickness ravaging her insides. She slid to the floor from the divan, holding herself tight, as if her heart would break out of her.
"Oh my Prince, will we ever survive this night?" she said in an anguished whisper.
Just then, a sound, which in reality was no louder than a footfall, jarred through the bereaved girl like the peal of the bell at the town square. Startled, she looked up in the direction of the sound, to the ornately-carved, ormolu clock hanging from the marble wall, behind whose gilt-framed bland face the time had just struck for a quarter of an hour to midnight.
At midnight, the magic will cease to be.
The solemn voice of divinity imparting that dire warning echoed through Cinderella's consciousness, crystallizing her purpose and galvanizing her into action.
Gathering the pearl-strewn, royal-blue folds of her dress, she tottered to her feet and darted to the large, cedar doors of the living room. She slipped through into the hallway, and looked wildly around, feeling the music swell from downstairs. She experienced a brief surge of panic at the thought of cutting her way through the guests, the confident noblewoman who'd made such a grand entrance now hastening for a frantic exit.
Tamping down on the rising panic, she made for the stairs.
Feeling her heart spring to her mouth, she whirled around. The Prince was walking down from the other end of the hallway. His eyes sparkled as brightly as ever and his gait was just as jaunty as it'd been when he left her earlier, his attitude like nothing had changed.
But something had changed. Everything had. Cinderella knew this, and coming face to face with the Prince so soon after this realization caused a hard, hurting fist to clutch her gut, bringing with it the sinking feeling of sadness and fear.
"My Prince…" she croaked.
"Where are you off to in such a hurry, my love?" He was drawing close to her.
"I…I…" She turned a quick look to the revelry as a burst of cheers surged upward.
"You said you would wait for me."
He stopped before her and she was captured again by how bronzed and handsome he was, the intense appeal of his face enhanced by the azure of his eyes and the cowlick that had fallen so attractively over his temple. Her body still echoed from their passion of several moments ago, and the memory of the hunger and urgency of it fleeted through her. Her impassioned responses had unleashed from him a wild possessiveness. She remembered the way his hands had moved over her body, claiming it, the intensity with which he had thrust into her, and how jealously he'd held her afterward.
She wondered now if he'd hold her just so if the magic was stripped from this moment and she stood, a mere servant girl, before him.
The thought, the sheer terror of it, drew a small cry from her.
"Milady…" The Prince was instantly full of concern.
"I have to go, Your Highness," she rasped.
"Your Highness?" His elegant brows lifted. "Whatever happened to –"
"Goodbye." She said the word softly, under the weight of her breaking heart, before turning to flee.
"Milady, wait!"
But Cinderella progressed down the stairs and into the ballroom. She began to shove her way through the revelers, ignoring the Prince's calls as he bounded down the stairs after her, a scene that soon caused a stir to ripple through the room. The Prince had led the noblewoman out of the room several moments earlier, and now he was pursuing her! Speculation rode the waves of rapid interest as bodies parted first before the stricken noblewoman, and then before the ruffled prince.
"Milady, wait!"
Cinderella drew up short at the threshold of the ballroom to the blinding sight of lightning streaking through a bruised sky, its flashes illuminating the heavy sheet of silver falling from the sky. At some point in the evening, it had begun to rain. Cinderella hesitated, flinched from the downpour as a small gust of wind blew pellets of cold on her.
The call of the Prince firmed her heart again and spurred her forward into the rain. Within seconds, she was drenched as she sped down the glistening stairs, her progress bogged down by the heavy fall of her skirts and glass-shod feet. What had once felt and looked regal now threatened to keep her from escaping with her dignity.
"Wait! You cannot leave!"
The Prince chased after her into the rain. The knowledge that he was willing to come after her, in spite of the bad weather, gave her a fresh burst of speed she was not prepared for. Her right foot twisted on the wetness of the marble step, and with a choked cry, she was pitched forward. The dress billowed, cushioning her fall as she stumbled down a few steps. When she came to a stop, she looked up from her undignified heap, preparing to rise and carry on with her escape.
Then a sight above her made her gasp. The slipper which had been on her right foot was right up there, where she'd begun her tumble, a solitary glass habiliment appearing to give off a myriad of silver lights under the beating of the rain and the flashing of lightning.
As she got to her feet, she made to go back for it, but she could see the Prince dashing down the stairs, flanked by two palace guards. Panicked, she wheeled around and sped the rest of the way down the remaining flight of stairs.
As though her urgency had earlier communicated itself to her service, the carriage was waiting at the bottom of the stairs for her. A footman had the door open, and was gesturing hastily at her. The horses were neighing impatiently, tossing their manes with each snort, as their hooves clopped the pavement, barely restrained under the lash of the coachman's whip.
They too must sense the doom of the impending hour.
Cinderella disappeared into the carriage. The door was slammed shut behind her. The coachman's whip cracked through the damp air, and the carriage jumped forward. Cinderella only had a moment to glimpse the Prince as he stood where she'd fallen, her glass slipper in his hand, cutting a dejected figure that caused a lump of sadness to block her throat.
"I'm sorry, my Prince…my love…" she whispered to the diminishing sight.
She was crying now, very hard, and silently. She was looking downward while the tears simply fell. She heaved and shivered from both the cold and her misery, swaying side to side to the motion of the carriage bearing her home. She stayed abject in her grief for the longest time, oblivious to the passage of the familiar terrain of her neighbourhood.
"Cinderella…!" came a panicked croak from the window.
She was roused from her sadness by the footman's call, simultaneously startled when she heard the slight squawk that came from the front of the carriage. Even then, she could feel a stir around her, a series of sensations horripilating across her body.
Realizing what was happening, she shoved open the door of the carriage. It was losing its hard, metallic feel, and her hands encountered a softening as she barged through and threw herself out of the carriage. She hit the ground for the second time that night, barely bruising herself on the sodden ground.
Seconds later, under a bright burst of silver dusts, the magic was gone. The horses collapsed into rodents, who scampered off in a squeaking litter into the night. Behind them, the carriage had dropped to the ground into a pumpkin that split into chunks, scattered on the road. Unseated now, the coachman squawked and flapped its wings, a very outraged geese, beside lizards that had darted into a nearby underbrush.
Left on her own, Cinderella finally looked miserably down on the ragged linen of her servant clothes, the tatters and tears replacing the shimmering silk she'd been clad in moments ago. Sadness pulled her shoulders into a slump and longing formed a knot of self-pity in the bottom of her stomach. Wiping at her freshly moistened eyes, she made a rise, and then gasped to a stop.
She had thrust her left foot forward, and the sight of the glass slipper it was shod with snatched away her breath. Everything was gone but the slipper. Reverently, she slipped her foot from it and took it in her hands, knowing with no shadow of doubt that one other was holding the other pair in his hands, just as he had her heart. Raddled glee and divine melancholia chewed at her at the same time as she got to her feet.
She'd been wrong. The magic wasn't gone – at least not all of it. There was still the magic of hope left.
And that rounds up my revelations of what truly happened that night.
But relax. Disney didn't entirely lie to you. Every other thing that happened in the following days happened. The Prince found Cinderella. Her leg fit into the glass slipper. They kissed. They wed. And then they lived happily ever after.
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It now seems inevitable that the conservative Coalition government of Tony Abbott will abandon one of its key pre-election energy promises and seek to axe the $3 billion Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
The government is making clear it will dump some 50 government agencies in the budget, and the Australian Financial Review and News Ltd, both citing government sources, said ARENA will be dissolved and its functions relocated to within the department of energy in tomorrow's federal budget – confirming a story first broken by RenewEconomy in March in our article entitled "Abbott's new assault on clean energy".
This is how we reported it then:
"ARENA has already been massively defunded, and there is speculation that if its budget is further cut, as part of Joe Hockey's first annual budget in May, then the decision may be made to re-absorb the independent, statutory body into a government department.
It used to be part of the Department of Resources and Energy, before being separated out and run by an independent board following a string of disastrous grant allocations. Such a move would cause considerable disquiet in the renewable energy sector in Australia, particularly those looking at new technologies such as hybrid systems, solar PV and solar thermal, storage, and other "enabling" technologies."
The decision to axe ARENA, and remove most, if not all, its unallocated funds, will be the latest in a string of broken promises from the Abbott government since its election last September.
In Opposition, the Coalition insisted it was a supporter of ARENA and it was not under threat. It also pretended it would continue "bipartisan" support of the 20 per cent renewable energy target, although it was clear to most that this never meant support for the current legislated fixed target of 41,000GWh of large scale renewable energy.
The uncapped component of the small scale renewable energy scheme, which includes rooftop solar, is also under threat, as are the upfront incentives in the form of small scale certificates. And the government's commitment to a "million solar rooftops" appears to have sunk without trace.
The Coalition has also vowed to dismantle the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation, although it always made clear it would abolish what it called "Bob Brown's green bank". This, of course, goes along with its decision to repeal the carbon price, abolish the Climate Commission and dismantle the Climate Change Authority.
All of these acts were included on the "wish list" of policy actions of the far right Institute of Public Affairs whose acolytes now have a stranglehold over policy making, and were included in the list of recommendations from the Commission of Audit which was dominated by existing business interests. ARENA said last week the commission simply didn't understand what ARENA was designed to do, and rejected the idea that it was duplicating other agencies.
This, of course, makes Australia world leading in the area of green energy, but not in any way to be proud.
It will be the first country to abolish a carbon price, the first country to wind back the ambitions of renewable energy targets, the first country to dump a newly formed green bank, and the first to slash funding on the sort of R&D and support for emerging technologies that was the speciality of ARENA.
The ARENA decision – like that of the CEFC – will face tough opposition in the Senate, and is likely to force the ARENA board to continue to operate in defiance of the government's wishes until such time as legislation is changed.
ARENA originally had $3.2 billion of funds to be spent over a decade. However, the former Labor government reduced its funding, and pushed some beyond the immediate financing horizon, and it was cut further to around $2.5 billion in budget forecasts released by the newly elected Abbott government, although these cuts have yet to be enacted.
CEO Ivor Frischknecht says 181 projects that already have a funding agreement in place with ARENA will not be affected by future funding decisions. However, what is in doubt is the funding for close to 190 projects worth approximately $7.7 billion that are in the pipeline.
"We are considering funding proposals for approximately $2.4 billion for projects right across the innovation pathway, with industry investment totalling more than $5.3 billion," he said in an emailed statement.
And where will the savings from all these cuts be targeted? Certainly not to the retirement of debt to address the confected "budget crisis", but as Joe Hockey said over the weekend, towards the "biggest increase in road expenditure in Australian history'' – and to Abbott's multi-billion dollar maternity leave subsidy.


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Definitions for "Invalid"
Keywords: infirm, sickly, feeble, chronic, incapacitated
A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health who is unable to care for himself.
Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.
To make or render invalid or infirm.
Keywords: cogency, valid, conclusion, argument, false
Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.
When applied to a measurement scale, a lack of validity means that the numbers assigned do not reflect the true magnitude of the property being measured. (Pronounced with the second syllable accented, to distinguish this adjective from the homographic noun designating a person in poor health.)
an argument is deductively invalid when it is possible for its conclusion to be false when the premises are true.
Keywords: void, ithout, firemen, ineffective, force
Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.
not legally sufficient; no binding force.
force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen
Keywords: fashala, unrecognizable, faulty, erroneous, flaw
Erroneous or unrecognizable because of a flaw in reasoning or an error in input. Invalid results, for example, might occur if the logic in a program is faulty. fashala View
Keywords: displeasing, portends, interfering, companions, dream
To dream of invalids, is a sign of displeasing companions interfering with your interest. To think you are one, portends you are threatened with displeasing circumstances.
adj. a possible constituent trait of a character which if present signifies that the character cannot ever appear in a token except under the control of a single escape character. For details, see Section 188.8.131.52 Constituent Characters adj. (of a character) being a character that has syntax type constituent in the current readtable and that has the constituent trait invalid 1. See Figure 126.96.36.199 Constituent Traits.
For example, an invalid cheque is worthless. That means, that you will not get the money that is written on the cheque. In general this is due to not filling in the cheque properly or
An area of a window is invalid if the window server knows that its content was not drawn by the application. Applications may also invalidate parts of their own windows. See also: window redraw
This predicts a delayed success if you were the invalid. If someone else was the invalid you can expect an appeal for help from a relative or friend.


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A new website!
Welcome to my new blog site! I kept around the old blog as a single page, for posterity.
How the site generation works
I knew I wanted to use static site generation for my blog, and generate simple HTML that loads fast. Since I'm a big fan of using Haskell, I also had a preference for configuring and extending the site in Haskell. The most obvious answer to this would be the hakyll static site generator.
I didn't want to start from scratch – much more efficient to build off someone else's site! Many hakyll sites publish their source code, and there is a list of sites using hakyll, so I clicked every single one using Hakyll 4 to see which ones caught my eye.
I noted down quite a few sites, but one that really caught my eye was Ruud van Asseldonk's site. It has a lot of the attributes I was looking for. In particular, it prioritizes simplicity and keeping the download size minimal. It also looks great to me! With the combination of nice typography, the particular shade of red highlights, and the background color, it really reminded me of Tufte's books, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
So, I took a look at the code for Ruud's site, and was a bit surprised to see that it was using a custom static site generator instead of hakyll. At first, this put me off using it as a basis, but then I realized that it had some nice advantages:
Simplicity and changeability – most of the code is pretty straightforward. This makes it easy to modify how it all works. I like having all of the logic in one spot, in the main repository. The main complicated bit is the clever font subsetting, but I don't use that feature.
Hacker aesthetic – Ruud calls his site generator "homemade". There's the simple appeal of crafting your own site generator to fit your purposes.
Reliable regeneration – hakyll tries to only regenerate things that need to regenerate. This is a nice feature, but I wonder how it handles the behavior of your code changing? I'm guessing that you need to manually force it to do a rebuild, perhaps by deleting the results. Since Ruud's generator simply regenerates everything, I don't need to think about this. The generator also starts with the most recent post, which is typically the one you are working on. Since the most recent post updates quickly, the overall rebuild speed is not a concern for me.
Due to these reasons, I decided to base my site off of Ruud's design and generator instead of using hakyll. This is not really a criticism of hakyll – I didn't really give it a fair shot. I find this custom site generator approach to be quite nice, though.
Ruud kindly gave me the go-ahead to base my site off of his. You can check out the code on github. I've tweaked the layout a fair bit, and I'm use google fonts instead of the beautiful and proprietary calluna family of fonts. Particularly due to the fonts, I think his site is substantially better looking than mine :-)


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the SLOW movement
Is it the new sustainable, savourable, sanity-saving black?
Turf that Multitasking for Dummies guide in the bin, baby. Not only is multitasking a myth, it's way uncool.
Slow food. Slow cities. Slow design. Slow travel. Slow leadership. Slow thinking. Slow just-about-anything-you-like. Including actual slow movement: Tai Chi, some yoga forms, and of course, Feldenkrais.
But what does slow really mean?
Teaching group Feldenkrais classes (Awareness Through Movement) is a great opportunity to observe just how relative a phenomenon time is to each of us. After giving an instruction to do a movement slowly, I've observed some students flop about like goldfish on the living room floor, and others move so glacially I had to restrain the urge to go over and check their hearts were still beating. Is there an ideal speed for 'slow' in an ATM? I don't know. The main point of moving slowly in a Feldenkrais lesson is to give yourself the necessary time to notice what you are actually doing (which may be quite different to what you think you are doing). The awareness that develops from this is an essential part of the learning process which allows you to take your newly-learned efficiency of movement into everyday life.
The practice of moving slowly has a profound effect on tango follow, too. In the early stages of learning follow, most tango students focus on correctly interpreting the lead. Eager to demonstrate this 'correct interpretation' to one's dance partner, a follow will rush on the slightest suggestion into a step. Frustrated leads and tango teachers alike call this "anticipation" and in tango, it's Not a Good Thing. Why? Two very important reasons. First, unless the lead is highly experienced, on a crowded dance floor it may be vital for a lead to make a split second change to avoid a collision. Anticipation completely removes that choice. Second, it kills the conversation of tango. It's like talking with someone who constantly pre-empts the end of your sentences. Or worse, faulty interpretation can lead to no conversation at all ("Do you like Chekov?" "I'll have the fish, thanks."). Follows, if you want to really savour the tango, festina lente. Unless you're dancing a milonga, there's no sin in being slow. Moving slowly actually alters your perception of time: it feels like you have more time to become aware of the lead and choose your response.
Which leads (pun intended) me back to what does slow mean? Regardless of objective speed, I think it means creating the time for awareness, and choice.
Natalie Shaw permalinkSeptember 1, 2009 8:48 pm
I may just be inspired to start tango lessons .. why haven't I caught up with your blog before???


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Last Updated on February 22, 2014 by
Yep, you read the title correctly. The Baltimore Orioles are reportedly close to a deal to save the Seattle Mariners from Nelson Cruz. Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com wrote early Saturday morning that the Orioles were nearing a deal with Cruz.
If and when the deal becomes official, Cruz will be off the market, leaving Kendrys Morales to the Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, New York Mets or Pittsburgh Pirates — or perhaps an ever-popular mystery team.
I wrote late Friday night and included a potential lineup should the M's bring back Morales. Seriously, it wouldn't be too darned bad.
Morales, however, is represented by the Boras Corporation, an agency known for playing hardball until the bitter end. At the start of the offseason, many believe the asking price for both Cruz and Morales was somewhere beyond four guaranteed years at $15 million per season. We don't know what Cruz's deal with the Orioles looks like just yet, but it will be a useful barometer for Morales' deal, both in years and dollars.
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1. People come and visit, watch a class, and decide that what they see isn't for them.
2. People come and visit, watch a class, and decide to sign up. They come to class fairly regularly for a few months, buy a gi, and then disappear.
Neither of these outcomes is what we hope for when someone considers taking up Aikido. We enjoy Aikido, appreciate the gift it can be, and want new students to join us. Every person that comes and sincerely practices makes our dojo a better place. It doesn't have anything to do with how "good" someone is at the art.
The first outcome is understandable. There are lots of reasons to watch a class and not decide to sign up. All that falling. The physical activity level. It looks hard. It doesn't look effective. Another dojo they visit seems better to them. They might not have been even considering a martial art. Did I mention all that falling?
The second outcome is understandable, too. Progress in Aikido is slow. At six months,
So how do you get started successfully? I don't know how you will do it. I know how I did it. That's the subject of some upcoming posts.