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Day 1 Dalwhinnie – Loch Ericht – Ben Alder Cottage
Day 2 Ben Alder Cottage – Culra Bothy – Dalwhinnie
Day 1
Dalwhinnie – Loch Ericht – Ben Alder Cottage
06 April 2012
23.3 km/298 m/06:45 hrs
With the TGO Challenge only a bit over a month away, I thought I'd better get some training done – I needed to get used to walking distances of around 25 km with a big pack again.
I had walked from Dalwhinnie along Loch Ericht several times in the past, but at Ben Alder Lodge I had always turned west towards Culra bothy. I was curious how the walk further along the loch would be, and I had never visited (the allegedly haunted!) Ben Alder Cottage near the southern end of the loch.
If the weather and the snow conditions allowed, I could even walk over Ben Alder on the way back, using the normal route from the Bealach Breabag. On my first ascent in June 2010, going up and down via the Long Leachas ridge, I had not seen a thing from the top due to low cloud and drizzle. Nonetheless, I had found Ben Alder very impressive, and I was keen to come back sometime on a clear day to see the views!
When I started from the level crossing in Dalwhinnie, the clouds were quite low, but at least it was dry and pleasantly warm.
The walk along Loch Ericht was as boring as ever, but when I approached Ben Alder Lodge, it looked as if the clouds might lift.
The wide track leads around the fenced-off lodge, and about 200 metres after the bridge across the Allt Coire na Mèine, a smaller path branches off to the left. It leads over a wooden footbridge and into the forest.
A well maintained and even signposted (!) path winds its way through the trees and eventually emerges on a track beside the loch.
Looking south along Loch Ericht.
Beinn Bheòil, seen from the lochside path.
Where the Allt Camas nan Cnàmh flows into Loch Ericht, the track ends and continues as a footpath – this area would make a nice camp site.
Looking back along the loch.
Even the way to the bothy is signposted…!
Corrievarkie Lodge on the other side of Loch Ericht.
I was pleasantly surprised about the good state of the path, considering that it's probably not being used very much. It is grassy, dry and instead of fords there are several substantial wooden bridges along the way.
The craggy SE flank of Beinn Bheòil.
Approaching An Dùn, the path becomes a bit rougher.
Further on, the path seems to disappear completely between some sloping rock slabs. I found a way around them, climbing up the steep heathery slopes, which was a bit awkward with a big pack, but I managed it without falling into the loch…
And for the first time today, it looked as if the sun would come out.
Colourful moss on the slabs.
Just when I walked around the corner and got the first view of Alder Bay and the bothy, it started to rain.
I tried to get to the bothy as quickly as possible, but I was still soaked when I got there. At the same time two men and a little boy arrived from the opposite direction, they had started from Loch Rannoch.
The room on the left and the small one in the middle were occupied by a group of young men who kept the doors shut and didn't seem to be interested in communicating with us (they had a radio blasting anyway), so the four of us settled in the other room and waited for the rain to stop.
The shelves on the wall had apparently been used as firewood…
It kept raining for a while, so I went to collect water and made a coffee and a soup, and the others left to pitch their tents on the grassy, flat area between the Alder Burn and the Allt Bealach Breabaig.
When I had finished, the rain had stopped and I went to pitch my tent as well, then I went back to the bothy to cook my dinner. But in the meantime it had become so warm that I carried a chair outside and had my dinner sitting in front of the bothy.
After dinner, I went for a short walk around the bothy, but it quickly became too dark to take photos.
Bridge across the Alder Burn.
Late in the evening, the bothy inhabitants walked towards the loch with fishing rods, but returned soon after. It was way past 22:00 when they started hammering and sawing firewood outside the bothy, accompanied by shouting and laughing – aaargh, I just wanted to get some sleep!
With hindsight, I should have camped further away from the bothy, but the other walkers had already pitched near the Alder Burn, and so I ended up with a place in the middle. After what seemed like an eternity, the noise stopped and I fell asleep.
Day 2
Ben Alder Cottage – Culra Bothy – Dalwhinnie
07 April 2012
24.7 km/613 m/08:15 hrs
After packing up my tent in the morning, I followed the path along the stream up to the Bealach Breabag.
View back to Alder Bay and the bothy.
Approaching the bealach.
Allt Bealach Breabaig.
From the bealach I could see quite a few snow patches between the crags, and decided against the ascent of Ben Alder. I didn't feel comfortable in these conditions with a big pack, and with the low cloud level I couldn't be sure if I would get any views from the summit.
I wasn't too disappointed, because I'd rather wait for a perfect day – Ben Alder is "bagged" already, after all…
Instead I made my way down to Loch a' Bhealaich Bheithe.
Sròn Bealach Beithe.
Garbh Choire.
Looking back to the bealach.
On the way down, I got a good view of the Long Leachas ridge, the route of my first ascent.
Loch Pattack in the distance.
Instead of walking all the way to the footbridge and then back, I crossed the Allt a' Chaoil-rèidhe a few hundred metres before Culra.
View towards Lancet Edge of Sgòr Iutharn, another interesting, but easy scrambling route.
I had planned to have a quick lunch break in Culra bothy, but I ended up chatting with a bothy inhabitant for almost an hour. He was waiting for his friends to return from the hills, he couldn't join them because he was recovering from a leg injury and was in charge of the catering instead.
Looking back to the bothy, now the hills were all in cloud.
The path from Culra to Ben Alder Lodge must have been improved recently, it was a lot drier than I remembered it, the deeper potholes have been filled and new culverts have been built.
Loch Pattack and Geal Charn, in low cloud.
Looking back from the track to Ben Alder Lodge, the Ardverikie hills were still in cloud, but there was also a large patch of blue sky visible and it looked as if the clouds might lift.
Even above Loch Ericht, there were signs of improvement.
All that was left now was the long walk back to Dalwhinnie, but it didn't seem so bad this time, maybe I'm getting used to it…


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Churchill by moonlight
Paul Addison
- The Fringes of Power: Downing Street Diaries 1939-1955 by John Colville
Hodder, 796 pp, £14.95, September 1985, ISBN 0 340 38296 1
Except for two years as a fighter pilot in the RAF, John Colville was Churchill's Private Secretary throughout the war, and again during his peacetime premiership of 1951-5. Some readers will enjoy his diaries mainly as a portrait of Churchill, whose blazing presence and wealth of eccentricity light up almost every page. But in the background a larger subject looms up. Three-quarters of the book depicts the Second World War as seen from the pinnacles of Tory and aristocratic society. Densely populated with characters major and minor, and echoing with the table-talk at White's and the Turf, the Colville diaries are a unique record of a governing class still functioning with superb aplomb in the midst of the People's War.
To Colville, the small world of the pre-war ruling circle was home, and he wrote in his diaries as though its continued existence could be taken for granted. Of aristocratic descent on both sides of the family, he inherited the Court connections of his mother, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary. At the age of 12 he was a Page of Honour to George V and in the late 1940s Private Secretary to Princess Elizabeth. From Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge, he entered the diplomatic service the year before Munich, and thoroughly approved Chamberlain's course of action. A straightforward Anglican and Conservative, loyal to his family and background, Colville was untouched by dissent or rebellion. Marxist Cambridge rolled off him like water off a duck's back. Intelligent and hard-working, and the very model of a stylish young diplomat, his qualities soon attracted favourable attention. In October 1939 he was transferred to Number Ten as Assistant Private Secretary to Neville Chamberlain. It was a mark of high favour that at the tender age of 23 he should be entrusted with prime ministerial secrets of which high-ranking members of the Government were in ignorance.
Loyalty was Colville's forte. During the phoney war he belonged to the up-and-coming circle of young appeasers, including Alec Douglas-Home and R.A. Butler, who flourished under the patronage of Neville Chamberlain. There was much talk of the prospects for a compromise peace with Germany, and of the menace of Soviet Communism. Churchill was regarded as a dangerous adventurer, liable to plunge Britain into a military fiasco. 'One of Hitler's cleverest moves,' wrote Colville in April 1940, 'has been to make Winston Public Enemy Number One, because this has in fact helped to make him Public Hero Number One at home and in the USA.' On the evening Churchill took office as prime minister, Colville, Butler and Chips Channon drank a champagne toast to the 'King over the water' – Chamberlain.
Of all the appeasers, young and old, Colville was the only one to make the transition from Chamberlain's inner circle to Churchill's. The new prime minister took a liking to him, and he – like millions of others – was conquered by Churchill. It may have been galling for Colville to listen while Brendan Bracken or Mary Churchill heaped abuse on his former master. But as he was a charming and diplomatic young man, with malice towards none, he tried to think the best of everyone and usually succeeded.
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Taare Zameen Par (Hindi: तारे जमीन पर, English translation: Stars on Earth) directed by debutant director Aamir Khan. The film was written by creative director and writer Amole Gupte. It stars Aamir Khan in the main lead who plays the teacher to a dyslexic child played by Darsheel Safary.[1][2][3] Also produced by Aamir, the film will have music by the trio, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy with lyrics by Prasoon Joshi. A major part of the film was recently shot near the New Era High School in Panchgani. The film was released worldwide on December 21, 2007.
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Aamir Khan Productions had first approached music maestro and long time favourite, A.R.Rehman, for the score of the movie, however it was eventually given to Shankar Ehsaan Loy due to reasons unknown. The title of the movie was reportedly given by scriptwriter Saleem Khan, when he and Aamir met at party held at Salman's residence. The title was immediately finalised by Aamir Khan Productions and credited to Saleem Khan. Salman Khan is credited as one of the many for an "inspirational factor to Taare...", in the beginning of the film.
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Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class.
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One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. He meets his parents and comes to know about Ishaan's problems of dyslexia and his wonderful world of imagination. He sets out to help Ishaan at any cost. Finally his dreams comes true when Ishaan stands out as an Art Scholar and also passes out his annual exams in school. At last Ishaan thanks his teacher Ram for helping him out to create his own world.
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Darsheel Safary as Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi
Ishaan is 8 years old. He loves colours, fish, shiny things, dogs, golas, spaceships and kites. He loves to draw and paint and be a bindaas boy. He does not want to go to boarding school.Finally it was revealed that he is dyslexic.
Vipin Sharma as Nandkishore Awasthi
Nandkishore Awasthi is Ishaan's father. He gets very angry when Ishaan's teachers from school complain. Nandkishore is of the view that only Boarding school can teach discipline to Ishaan. He simply opposes the fact that his son is dyslexic. He thinks that his son is lazy and does not do the work of his own will.
Tisca Chopra as Maya Awasthi
Maya is Ishaan's mother. She makes good food and looks after Ishaan when he gets hurt. She is very sad that Ishaan has to go to boarding school but she thinks it will be for the best.
Sachet Engineer as Yohaan Awasthi
Yohaan is Ishaan's Dada (elder brother). Dada is a very good student and also plays tennis and cricket. He also looks after Ishaan and loves him.
Aamir Khan as Ram Shankar Nikumbh
Nikumbh sir doesn't scold Ishaan like the other teachers. He sports a very nice smile and he likes colours and fish and dogs and painting too. He comes to know about Ishaan's dyslexic nature and comes to help him. He is also said to be dyslexic in childhood.
Tanay Chheda as Rajan Damodaran
Rajan is Ishaan's best friend. He is very smart and intelligent and a good student and always knows the answers to all the questions. He always tries to be helpful to Ishaan.[4]
[edit] Music
The soundtrack of the film was released on November 5, 2007.Composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, the film's music was well received. Joginder Tuteja from Indiafm.com gave the music 3 ½ out of 5 stars saying, "Aamir Khan, Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy and Prasoon Joshi make a zero compromise album which stays honest to the film's theme and bring in as much variety as one possibly can in the music for a film belonging to a genre different from regular romance, action or drama.Taare Zameen Par boasts of a soundtrack that stays true to the film's spirit and promises to thoroughly involve a viewer while the music is on in theaters."[5]
The song listing is as follows.
Song Singer(s) Lyrics
Bum Bum Bole Shaan & Aamir Khan Prasoon Joshi
Ishaan'S - Theme Instrumental
Jame Raho Vishal Dadlani Prasoon Joshi
Kholo Kholo Raman Mahadevan Prasoon Joshi
Maa Shankar Mahadevan Prasoon Joshi
Mera Jahan Adnan Sami, Auriel Cordo & Ananya Wadkar Prasoon Joshi
Taare Zameen Par Shankar Mahadevan, Bugs Bhargava & Vivinenne Pocha Prasoon Joshi
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Taare Zameen Par may prove to be the best movie of 2007. It has received an overwhelming critical response. Initial box office reports are low, but popularity rapidly spreading through word-of-mouth. Aamir posted in his official website, that PVR owners have informed him that it may well be the biggest grosser of the year[6]. Child actor Darsheel Safary has acted marvelously and is the protagonist.
Indiafm has awarded the movie 4 out of 5 reels saying "TAARE ZAMEEN PAR isn't one of those films that merely entertains, but also enlightens." and "On the whole, TAARE ZAMEEN PAR is an outstanding work of cinema. To miss it would be sacrilege. It has everything it takes to win awards and box-office rewards!"[7]
[edit] References
^ Aamir's "Taare Zamen Par". Hum Online. Retrieved on 15 January 2007.
^ Arjun Rampal's son to work with Aamir. IndiaFM. Retrieved on 16 March 2007.
^ Taare Zameen Par promo released. NiTS. Retrieved on 13 Oct 2007.
^ Taare Zameen Par. Characters: Taare Zameen Par. Retrieved on 18 November, 2007.
^ Taare Zameen Par. Music Review: Taare Zameen Par. Retrieved on 5 November, 2007.
^ http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/12/24/3387/index.html
^ http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/13306/index.html


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However, research showed that the purchase and consumption patterns of African-Americans differed greatly from those of their white counterparts in the same income brackets. Black consumers, for example, spent more than their white counterparts for clothes, cosmetics and toiletries, groceries, frozen vegetables and soft drinks. In addition, they were more brand-conscious and willing to pay higher prices for certain items.
Until the U.S. Civil Rights movement in the late 1950s and '60s, Madison Avenue media planners largely overlooked the country's black population. Progress in civil rights and rapid political, economic, social and educational advancements, however, made advertisers acutely aware of that market and some—in particular, advertisers of alcohol, cigarettes and soft drinks—successfully utilized a variety of media to reach the black audience. While some advertisers employed integrated TV commercials or black models in token appearances, those approaches did not win black consumers.
Television became an integrated medium in the 1963 season, and alert advertisers picked up on the change: Gillette aired a national network campaign featuring black models; Pharmaco cosmetics cast all black commercials; and the nation's first black-appeal TV station was launched in Washington.
By the mid-1960s, as whites moved to suburbia, blacks and other minorities rapidly became the urban dwellers. By 1966, almost half the black population's $27.6 billion effective buying power was concentrated in only 25 U.S. counties. Urban blacks and other minorities represented a great marketing potential because most were concentrated in a "market segment" of less than a few square miles.
Over a 20-year period beginning in 1980, the African-American population of the U.S. increased 15% and the Hispanic community increased 53%. At the outset of the 21st century, the total income of African-Americans in the U.S. was estimated at $276 billion; Hispanics at $134 billion; and Asians at $35 billion.
In addition, waves of immigrants from Asia, Latin America and Africa added to an already growing minority population and radically reshaped the buying habits of the "typical" American consumer. Ethnic-minority shoppers, mostly African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians, spent an estimated $600 billion on everything from cosmetics to clothes to automobiles in 1997, an 18% increase since 1990. By the year 2000, minorities accounted for 30% of the U.S. economy.
Quest for ethnic consumers
Arab, Asian, Hispanic, Russian, Eastern European, African and Caribbean immigrants are often best reached in their native languages, which requires advertisers to become familiar with ethnic media, and have the potential purchasing power of about $400 billion. As with black consumers in the 1960s, many new immigrants are geographically clustered.
By 2000, in their quest for ethnic consumers, advertisers were depending less on traditional forms of mass marketing, such as network TV and general-circulation magazines, and more on specialized media, such as cable TV and ethnic- or subject-oriented magazines.
In 2000, ethnic spending power was estimated at $500 billion annually. The major ethnic communities in the U.S. were African-Americans, Hispanics (Latin America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba), Asians (predominantly China, Korea and Japan), South Asians (India and Pakistan) and people from the Middle East and Europe (primarily Eastern Europe and Russia).


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Cape Town - Every year before the Cape Town International Jazz Festival starts, there is a teaser called the Free Community Concert.
A foretaste of the festival, it comprises performances by some of the world-class artists, at no charge to the public.
This year's prefestival concert took place on Wednesday, and the musos more than delivered.
They transformed Greenmarket Square from a market into a haven of beautiful sounds as people imbibed jazz in a harmonious atmosphere – marking a welcome change to the dramatic events of the week.
The audience, made up of thousands, comprised a mix of young and old, tourists and locals.
The opening act was the All Star Band, a developmental ensemble comprising a group of learners selected from different schools that attended the Music and Career Workshop Programme, an initiative aimed at exposing young musicians to bigger platforms and broadening their understanding of the music industry.
The nine-piece band, whose youngest member is 14 years old, was facilitated by saxophonist Donveno Prins and jazz pianist Camillo Lombard.
Also on stage was Danielle Jacobs, the 2017 winner of the SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union's annual talent contest; VuDu, the nu-jazz collective who won the 2017 espYoung Legends contest, which was spearheaded in 2015 by espAfrika, organisers of the Cape Town jazz fest, to discover new talent; Mozambican saxophonist Moreira Chonguica; and US R&B all-female group En Vogue.
A spirit of humanity blended with the soulful sounds.
Next to me, Capetonian Solly Solomons gave up his seat to Yong Heekin, a Korean tourist visiting Cape Town for the first time and happening on Greenmarket.
"I love African music and original jazz," she enthused.
The historic square was full of security personnel. There was no rest for the homeless, who had to look "decent" to avoid being thrown out of Greenmarket by the officials.
Two large screens made it easy for the audience to enjoy the performances.
A highlight was Afro-pop band Mango Groove's rendition of their classic, Special Star.
The audience sang along, and the dancers moving to the kwela sounds on stage took us back to when we first heard the iconic song.
Now in its 18th year, the actual festival saw more than 40 international and local artists perform over two days at the International Convention Centre.
Friday's line-up included baritone vocalist Tsepo Tshola; US saxman Kamasi Washington; Mango Groove; En Vogue; last year's Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year winner for jazz, Siya Makuzeni; US musos Gretchen Parlato and Taylor McFerrin; VuDu; SA Music Award winner Tresor and the UK's Tom Misch.
Saturday's line-up included UK soul singer Laura Mvula, Skyjack, a band of five jazz musos from South Africa and Switzerland; the US's Andra Day, multigenre duo The Internet and Afro-jazz singer Thandiswa Mazwai.
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Leon Hall: Incredible Interception
The guy has mad skills.
The guy has mad skills.
October 24th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
and I thought, "Man, he just pulled a Woodson"
October 24th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
Seriously, though, great pick. Nice to see Leon Hall playing so well.
October 24th, 2010 at 9:27 PM ^
and your comment reminded me of Woodson's pick against Colorado in 97:
October 25th, 2010 at 12:14 AM ^
won't last long on youtube. NFL is notoriously tough enforcing this type of stuff.
October 25th, 2010 at 1:00 AM ^
They are also notorious for putting up crappy quality videos that are prefaced by a 30 second commercial. F U NFL.com.
October 24th, 2010 at 7:37 PM ^
I can be extremely happy for him on this play because my Falcons pulled it out. And I didn't see the game so I'm not sure how much of Roddy White going off was against Hall.
October 25th, 2010 at 12:15 AM ^
From what I saw/heard it was more Trent not Hall responsible for White having a huge game.
October 24th, 2010 at 8:07 PM ^
Thanks for posting.
October 24th, 2010 at 8:19 PM ^
He stayed at the WR's hips and turned his head as soon as the WR sees the ball. Great job of covering and an even better catch!
October 24th, 2010 at 8:22 PM ^
but he gave up some coverages early he had no business giving up!
October 24th, 2010 at 8:31 PM ^
Hall covered really well and it was a tight coverage with Hall staying with the WR's hips all the way through.
October 24th, 2010 at 8:47 PM ^
The pass was intended for former Ohio State reciever Michael Jenkins. Michigan FTW.
October 24th, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
"Leon Hall What Up?"
Awwww, I thought he said what up. It was went up.
October 25th, 2010 at 9:45 AM ^
Gus Johnson makes watching anything more interesting. I would be willing to watch every March Madness game on tape delay if it meant Gus got to do all of them.
October 24th, 2010 at 10:58 PM ^
If Hall didn't play for the Bengals, I think he would be in the discussion as the best DB in the league. Nothing against Revis and Asomugha, but Hall has been dynamic since he joined the league.
October 25th, 2010 at 12:16 AM ^
How about nothing against defensive POY Charles Woodson?????
October 25th, 2010 at 1:06 AM ^
The color guy used the perfect adjective for that one, "tremendous!"
October 25th, 2010 at 1:33 AM ^
Watching that, it was one of the first times I've really understood what people mean when they talk about fluid hips. Hall makes it look so easy to go from backpedaling to running, and stays glued to the WR.
October 25th, 2010 at 3:52 PM ^
M football players all over the NoFunLeague! for me it is always good to see good/great football. the feelings are even sweeter when they are made by former wolverines! Go Blue beat psu!


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If you want a performance tandem kayak that gives you plenty of legroom, then the Ocean Kayak Malibu 2XL Tandem Kayak Sport Package is an excellent choice. The Ocean Kayak Malibu Two is a stable kayak that perfect for the whole family and comes outfitted with the Comfort Plus seats. This package includes two comfortable NRS VIsta PFDs, two durable Carlisle Magic Mystic paddles, and two bungee paddle leashes.
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Live near coastal waters of Florida. This is a very nice kayak for two. It handles very will in the water and the accessors are all well made. I would purchase this again.
Austin Kayak is and continues to be the bestat delivering on my orders. This ocean kayak was an addition to my rental fleet and has held up very well.


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Another stand out was illustrator Yeni Kim whose stunning pop up book was one of the best things I saw. I enjoyed the minimal colour palate of black, white and red alongside the complex and imaginative paper structures that sprang from the page:
And last but certainly not least, I must mention Minho Kwon. His impressively rendered, and wall-sized, Neo Tower of Babel combines architectural features from the Classical, Medieval, Industrial and Modern periods. It is a breathtaking piece with such minute and precise detail it was impossible to take it all in in one go. Sadly there are no detailed images on his website. Instead, here are some illustration that won him a runner-up accolade in the V&A Illustration Award:


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YENCO.COM has released an update for Finance, bringing it to version 4.5.5. Finance is a personal account management app designed to work along side your electronic banking account. The maintenance update fixes an obscure bug. According to YENCO.COM:
YENCO.COM is proud to announce the release of Finance 4.5.5!
Finance is a checking, savings, and credit card account management program. It enables you to quickly enter, view or modify transactions, search through your records, and reconcile your account balance with your bank statement by just clicking a button.
This update fixes a rather obscure bug where trying to change the transaction type of an existing record rather than creating a new record first would result in the auto-save routine entering the new (incorrect) transaction type for the existing record. This problem in turn could lead to an error in the balance if that record was deleted.
You can find more information about the Finance update at the YENCO.COM Web site. Finance 4.5.5 is free for registered uers, while the full version is available for US$20.00.


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Book : The Corruption of Blood
Author : Robert K. Tanenbaum
Published :
Synopsis : A congressional committee reopens the investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy, and Butch is tapped to lead it. Accompanied by his wife, tough-as-nails prosecutor Marlene Ciampi, into the Washington world of ambiguous allegiances and byzantine conspiracies, he soon stumbles onto ``Evidence of an interest on the part of the CIA to suppress a thorough investigation,'' a mysterious Guatemalan connection that suggests even darker doings in Castro's Cuba than were suspected all along, and the secret history of a JFK colleague and friend whose own nefarious agenda may have involved him in the crime.
Corruption of Blood is a gripping story that draws from author own experience as Deputy Chief Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations.The writing is excellent and there are enough plot twists to keep you turning the pages.


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like my mom when she wants you to do something
hell is...
i was taught to believe that tom waits has his long, spindly fingers involved in hell somehow. i only need to go to the source. these are ideas for an illustration assignment and the last image is fort plans. who's building with me? we'll start small, with a giant apple core. there's a tiny obama magnet on fridge door.
some people's pets.
these dogs remind me of my sister's yorkie. one even looks like a pig! what terror.
alternately, a podcast on research with a talking parrot has left me peculiarly affected.
here's some look into my sketchbook as of late. i've been working in a larger square format and just found a small book to begin working in, too. i'm feeling tired into the semester.
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You may be surprised to hear that there are many times when you might need to rent a Dell laptop...
There may come a point in time when your Dell laptop will need to be fixed and you will have to ship it to Dell for repairs. During that time what are you supposed to do?
If having a computer is an absolute necessity for you then renting a laptop just might be the perfect solution for you. Online rental companies provide extremely fast shipping so you won't have to wait very long to get a nice laptop.
And most rental companies offer a variety of options to choose from so you can get a laptop for the amount of time that you need.
Most of the rental companies I have experienced with have the option of choosing daily, weekly, or monthly. So you won't be wasting any money on a rental laptop once you are finished with it.
When else would I want to rent a laptop?
There may come a time when you will need a lot of technology for only a short amount of time. Instead of going out and spending thousands of dollars buying all of this equipment you can simply just temporarily rent whatever you need.
For business owners, you may be holding a conference or need some additional laptops for a training class. This would certainly be a great time to rent a Dell laptop.
And what about when you have temporary employees?
There is no sense in going out and spending all of that money on technology that you are only going to need for a short amount of time. Why not just rent everything at an affordable cost so you won't have to worry about the large investment you made.
As far as places to rent a Dell laptop here are a few that you can check out...
Rentacomputer.com - Offers a couple different options of Dell products.
Laptoprent.com - Offers a few more options of Dell laptops and also other name brands.
Rent-A-Center - A much more reliable and big name rental company with a few Dell selections.
Make sure that you explore the different options that you have. Prices widely vary from place to place. Some companies offer very affordable daily use but expensive monthly costs. And some companies are a much better choice for longer periods of time.
So whatever you need, be sure to explore your options. And if you are a little unsure about renting in the first place be sure to talk to one of their representatives before purchasing.
They will be more than happy to answer any questions that you have. Good luck!
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Drug Name:
REVATIO Rx
Generic Name and Formulations:
Sildenafil 20mg; tabs.
Pfizer Inc.
Therapeutic Use:
Indications for REVATIO:
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) (WHO Group I) to improve exercise ability and delay clinical worsening.
Limitations Of use:
No beneficial effect on exercise capacity in adding sildenafil to bosentan therapy.
5mg or 20mg three times daily; separate dosing by 4–6hrs. Max: 20mg three times daily.
Not recommended.
Concomitant organic nitrates, riociguat.
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: not recommended. PAH secondary to sickle cell anemia. Underlying conditions that could be affected by vasodilatory effects (eg, concomitant antihypertensive therapy, BP<90/50, fluid depletion, severe left ventricular outflow obstruction, autonomic dysfunction). Risk of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; monitor for sudden vision loss. Retinitis pigmentosa. Anatomical penile deformation. Predisposition to priapism. Severe hepatic impairment. Active peptic ulcer. Bleeding disorders. Elderly. Pregnancy. Nursing mothers.
See Also:
Pharmacological Class:
Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (cGMP-specific).
See Contraindications. Hypotension with nitrates. Concomitant potent CYP3A4 inhibitors (eg, ketoconazole, itraconazole, ritonavir): not recommended. May be antagonized by CYP3A4 inducers. Concomitant α-blockers (eg, doxazosin) or amlodipine may cause symptomatic hypotension (monitor BP). Potentiates bleeding risk with Vit. K antagonists. Concomitant Viagra or other PDE5 inhibitors: not recommended.
Adverse Reactions:
Epistaxis, headache, dyspepsia, flushing, insomnia, erythema, dyspnea, rhinitis; hypotension, vision or hearing loss, priapism, vaso-occlusive crisis.
Hepatic (CYP3A, CYP2C9).
Fecal (primary), renal.
Generic Availability:
Tabs (YES); Susp, inj (NO)
How Supplied:
Tabs—90; Susp—112mL (w. bottle adapter, oral syringe); Single-use vial (12.5mL)—1


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WARRENSBURG - Town Supervisor Kevin Geraghty stepped onto a porch on Horicon Avenue and knocked on the door.
Moments later, Anna Baker came to the door, and Geraghty held out a bagged hot lunch of pepper steak, potatoes and mixed vegetables.
Baker was taken aback, because her regular Meals on Wheels delivery person Marilyn Griffen was standing nearby with a smile on her face, rather than handing her the meal.
Geraghty chuckled, nodding toward Griffen, a 10-year volunteer driver.
"I just picked her up on the way," he said. "She keeps me on my toes."
Baker smiled, recalling that Geraghty lived just up the street where he grew up, and she watched that process years ago.
Baker peered into the bag.
"I like these lunches. They remind me of home-cooked food," Baker said. "You eat more than if you fixed up something, and you really enjoy it," she said.
Geraghty was participating in a Mayors for Meals event held throughout the region, in which local officials deliver for the Meals on Wheels program to get a first-hand knowledge of its benefits for seniors.
Baker stood on her porch and chatted with Geraghty, praising Griffen for her reliable delivery service - and her friendship.
"Marilyn hugs me when I get back from Florida," she said.
After goodbyes, Geraghty and Griffen got back in Geraghty's car to travel to the next stop on the route.
"I could get in trouble, I talk too much," Griffen said. "But I may be the only person these people see each day, so it's important to spend a little time with them."
The duo stopped a few blocks away at a home on Terrace Avenue.
Ethel Bennett came to the door and looked surprised to see Geraghty.
"I remember when you once picked raspberries in my yard, and your mother sent you over to apologize," she said.
Looking at the lunch, she registered an expression of approval.
"These lunches are pretty good most of the time," she said. "It's nice to have warm food."
A half-hour later, Meals on Wheels driver Stephen Burns, also a 10-year volunteer, pulled his minivan up to a home on Montcalm Street in Lake George.
"If it weren't for these deliveries, a lot of these seniors wouldn't fix a meal for themselves," he said. "This program allows many people to stay in their homes longer."
Evelyn Truax came to the door, to be greeted by both Burns and Village Mayor Robert Blais.
Looking surprised, she told Blais about the program.
"It's a good service," she said. "These hot meals taste home-cooked."
At the next stop, Burns went it alone, stopping at the home of Charlotte Sherman, who's on oxygen, and doesn't get out much.
Accepting the meal, she talked with Burns about the Elvis clock he'd given her. The clock plays a different hit of her favorite rock 'n roll star at regular intervals.
"This is a big deal for me - I like talking with Stephen," she said. "He wants to know how I'm feeling, and that makes me feel good."
A little later, Geraghty pulled into the Warrensburg town hall after 17 stops.
"This is an important program, and a lot of people enjoy what they get from it," he said. "I know I had a really good time."


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Okay, so it was more of a fast shamble.
I was still faster than the zombies, though.
And, there weren't actually any zombies. It was all in my head.
Well, actually in my ears.
I was listening to the introduction mission for the Zombies, Run! 5K training app. Which, by the way, at first blush seems really nifty. I love stories, and becoming invested in something is a great motivator for me. Plus, I can run Map my Walk in the background and log these walks with them as well, giving me dual layer metrics and a more complete look at my activity overtime. It's not all story either, if it were I might have just chosen to listen to an audio book or podcast, no, Zombies is more like passively interactive theater. As far as I know the story doesn't actually "respond" to your pace or direction, but rather has preset dialogue at certain points in the mission. That being said, the writing is so good that I found myself instinctively wanting to change direction when instructed to and looking for the landmarks they were pointing out. Not like I was going to run out into a busy street or anything; the directions are always landmark oriented, "veer towards the old mill," for example, so it was really just a momentary urge, but that definitely helped immerse me in the story. Oh, and it integrates with your music player, allowing you to listen to your custom playlists while you walk/jog/run, and it even has a shuffle feature for variety. I haven't used this feature yet, since I am sorely lacking in the MP3 department, but I plan on putting a playlist together soon. I think it will add another layer of depth to the already impressive audio cinematics. I think I'll go classic rock, it seems appropriate to the setting.
Oh, and I'll let you in on a little secret. I don't do zombies. Period. At all, ever. Ever since the chick opened her eyes in the flooded office in Resident Evil I have been scarred. I just don't do the whole zombie genre. It makes my skin crawl.
But, I'm using this app.
- It is extremely well written.
- I never said I didn't like the post-apocalyptic genre.
- I don't actually have to see any zombies.
- It is seriously immersive.
- The zombie sounds, so far, have been kept to a bare minimum.
That's right. It's a zombie based app focused on good writing, and good story. Had I been subjected to walking around with the sounds of moaning, gnawing, screams, shuffling, and other "sounds of the living dead" in my ears I would have shut it down as fast as I could and listened to just about anything else instead.
So, for those of you who are geeky enough to even consider a story based 5K training app, I say check this one out.
Even if you don't do zombies.
So, how did I do on my very first day?
I'm not sure I'm in their intended audience.
You know, the one that has a decent chance of being able to complete a 5K in thirty minutes after training for only eight weeks.
I walked 1.35 miles in 31:57 minutes. Which means that the fastest I could move was a 22.5 minute mile. And, yeah, it was the fastest I could move. My right calf was cramping after the first ten minutes, and by the time I climbed back up to my apartment my legs felt like they'd gained ten pounds.
At least I'm still faster than the zombies.
No, really, it's cool though. I did an amazing hips and hamstrings routine from Do Yoga With Me afterwards, had my protein shake, took my FCLO, and in general felt great.
All my times mean is that this is where I'm starting. I can replay the missions as often as I want. There's no rule that I must finish the program in only eight weeks, and the app isn't going to disappear either. A twenty-two minute mile might not be something most people brag about, but I'm going to brag on myself that I rolled out of bed and walked a mile first thing in the morning. Plus, I'll get to brag about cutting seconds off my time for a lot longer than someone who started out with better times. Progress is motivating, and so is success. My times give me the ability to experience both for a longer period of time before entering maintenance.
I'm happy with my 22.5 minute mile.


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Dine at Dexter's Pub fundraiser to help families of Mott Children's Hospital patients
All of the proceeds raised during a Dine at Dexter's Pub fundraiser set for next week will benefit families of patients at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital during the holidays who are struggling with financial burdens of caring for their sick children.
The fundraiser is set for Dec. 8, with a silent auction from 4 to 7 p.m., at Dexter's Pub, 8114 Main St., Dexter. Ten percent of all meal prices of diners with a flyer will be donated to the Jerry Reed Memorial Fund, which benefits families burdened with health care costs.
The event will also feature a silent auction with University of Michigan sports memorabilia such as footballs signed by legendary former U-M football coach Lloyd Carr and a hockey stick signed by U-M men's hockey coach Red Berenson to special packages to businesses around Washtenaw County, according to a news release.
Click here to download the flyer.
Started in 2010, the Jerry Reed Memorial Fund was created in memory of former C.S. Mott Children's Hospital employee Jerry Reed. For 35 years, Reed worked as an activity therapist to make kids smile during often difficult stays in the hospital. Others around the hospital often gave him donations around the holidays knowing he would know who might benefit most from them, according to the release.
It has been more than a year since Jerry unexpectedly died at the age of 56. In honor of Jerry's generous spirit, this fund was started at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital to continue giving to patients in need during the holiday season.
Fri, Dec 2, 2011 : 8:30 p.m.
Jerry was a very loyal Mott Hospital employee and a good friend. I hope a lot of people turn out for this event. There are so many families with sick children who need a little help.


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It's happened to all of us at some point in our lives. We make a great friend and we become inseparable. Then one day our friend hangs out with someone else and we feel left out. In the story Flabbersmashed About You written by Rachel Vail, we witness this all-to-common playground occurrence.
At first students reactions are that Jennifer is being mean when she plays with another student, but when we look at it closer, she isn't doing anything hurtful. This is what happens when we feel left out, we quickly jump to blame the other person for hurting our feelings. We discussed that it's okay when friends want to play with someone different or play a different game than usual. We can ask to play with them or invite them to play with us altogether. We can find new friends to play with. Just because a friend plays with someone different, it doesn't mean that they aren't our friend any more. If we're feeling neglected we can suggest a play date.
I then told them about Kelso's recent problem:
Dear Lee Students,
I have two friends who want to play with me at recess. I feel like I'm stuck in the middle. If I play with one friend, the other feels bad. What should I do???
Sincerely, Kelso
Using our discussion as a springboard, students wrote letters to help Kelso figure out his next steps:
Letters in Response to Kelso's Problem:


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Disclaimer: this article is published by Mulyadi Santosa, I find it from http://www.linuxforums.org/articles/using-top-more-efficiently_89.html
For desktop users, monitoring resource usage is an important task. By doing this, we can locate system bottleneck, planning what to do to optimize our system, identifying memory leak and so on. The problem is, which software one should use and how to use it according to our need.
Among many monitoring tools that available, most people use "top" (a part of procps package). Top provide almost everything we need to monitor our system's resource usage within single shot. In this article, all the information are based on procps 3.2.5 running on top of Linux kernel 2.6.x
Here, we assume that procps package is already installed and run well in your Linux system. No previous experience with top is needed here, but if you had given it a try briefly, that would be an advantage.
Here are some challenges:
A. Interactive or batch mode?
By default, top is invoked using interactive mode. In this mode, top runs indefinitely and accepts keypress to redefine how top works. But, sometimes you need to post-process the top's output and this is hardly achieved using this mode. The solution? Use batch mode.
$ top -b
You will get output like below:
top - 15:22:45 up 4:19, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00
Tasks: 60 total, 1 running, 59 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 3.8% us, 2.9% sy, 0.0% ni, 89.6% id, 3.3% wa, 0.4% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 515896k total, 495572k used, 20324k free, 13936k buffers
Swap: 909676k total, 4k used, 909672k free, 377608k cached
1 root 16 0 1544 476 404 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.35 init
2 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 ksoftirqd/0
3 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.11 events/0
Uh, wait, it runs repeatedly, just like interactive mode does. Don't worry, limit its repetition with -n. So, if you just want single shot, type:
$ top -b -n 1
The real advantage of this mode is you can easily combine in with at or cron. Together, top can snapshot resource usage at certain time unattendedly. For example, using at, we can schedule top to run 1 minute later.
$ cat ./test.at
TERM=linux top -b -n 1 >/tmp/top-report.txt
$ at -f ./test.at now+1minutes
Careful reader might ask "why do I need to set TERM environment before invoking top when creating new at job?". The answer is, top needs this variable set but unfortunately "at" isn't retained it from the time of invocation. Simply set it like above and top will work smoothly.
B. How to monitor certain processes only?
Sometimes, we are only interested on several processes only, maybe just 4 or 5 of the whole existing processes. For example, if you want monitor process identifier (PID) 4360 and 4358, you type:
$ top -p 4360,4358
$ top -p 4360 -p 4358
Seems easy, just use -p and list all the PIDs you need, each separated with comma or simply use -p multiple times coupled with the target PID.
Another possibility is just monitoring process with certain user identifier (UID). For this need, you can use -u or -U option. Assuming user "johndoe" has UID 500, you can type:
$ top -u johndoe
$ top -u 500
$ top -U johndoe
The conclusion is, you can either use the plain user name or the numeric UID. "-u, -U? Those two are different?" Yes. Like almost any other GNU tools, options are case sensitive. -U means top will find matching effective, real, saved and filesystem UIDs, while -u just find matching effective user id. Just for reminder, every *nix process runs using effective UID and sometimes it isn't equal with real user ID. Most likely, one is interested in effective UID as filesystem permission and operating system capability are checked against it, not real UID.
While -p is just command-line option only, both -U and -u can be used inside interactive mode. Like you guess, press 'U' or 'u' to filter the processes based on their user name. Same rule is applied, 'u' for effective UID and 'U' for real/effective/saved/filesystem user name. You will be asked to enter the user name or the numeric UID.
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C. Fast or slow update?
Before we answer this question, let's take a short look on how top really works. Strace is your friend here:
$ strace -o /tmp/trace.txt top -b -n 1
Use you favourite text editor and load /tmp/trace.txt. What do you think? A lot of jobs for single invocation, that is what I think and maybe you'll agree. One of the jobs top must do in every iteration is opening many files and parsing their contents, as shown by the number:
$ grep open( /tmp/hasil.txt | wc -l
Just for illustration, in my Linux system, it yields 304. Closer look reveals that top iterates inside /proc directory to gather processes information. /proc itself is pseudo filesystem, meaning it doesn't exist on real disk but is created on the fly by the Linux kernel and live on RAM. Within directory such as /proc/2097 (2097 is a PID), Linux kernel exports information about related process and this is where top gathers processes information along with resource usage.
Also try these:
$ time top -b -n 1
This will give you illustration how fast top works on single round. In my system, this yields around 0.5-0.6 seconds. Look at "real" field, not the "user" or "system" field because "real" reflects the total time top needs to work.
So, realizing this fact, it will be wise to use moderate update interval. Browsing RAM based filesystem takes time too, so be wise. As rule of thumb, 1 to 3 seconds interval is enough for most users. Use -d in command line option or press "s" inside interactive mode to set it. You can use fractional number as interval, e.g: 2.5, 4.1 and so on
When we should faster than 1 seconds?
You need more samples during a time. For this need, better use batch mode and redirect standart output to a file so you can analyze it better.
You don't mind with extra CPU load carried by top. Yes, it is small but it is still a load. If your Linux system is relatively idle, feel free to use short interval, but if not, better preserve your CPU time for more important task.
One way to reduce top's work is by monitoring certain PIDs only. This way, top won't need to traverse all the /proc sub-directory. How about user name filtering? It won't do any good. User name filtering brings extra work for top, thus combining it with very short interval will increase CPU load.
Of course, whenever you need to force the update, just press Space and top will refresh the statistic right away.
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D. Fields that we need
By default, top starts by showing the following task's property:
Field Description
PID : Process ID
USER : Effective User ID
PR : Dynamic priority
NI : Nice value, also known as base priority
VIRT : Virtual Size of the task. This includes the size of process's executable binary, the data area and all the loaded shared libraries.
RES : The size of RAM currently consumed by the task. Swapped out portion of the task is not included.
SHR : Some memory areas could be shared between two or more task, this field reflects that shared areas. The example of shared area are shared library and SysV shared memory.
S : Task status
%CPU : The percentage of CPU time dedicated to run the task since the last top's screen update.
%MEM : The percentage of RAM currently consumed by the task.
TIME+ : The total CPU time the task has been used since it started. "+" sign means it is displayed with hundreth of a second granularity. By default, TIME/TIME+ doesn't account the CPU time used by the task's dead children.
COMMAND : Showing program names.
But, there are more. Here, I will just explain fields that might interest you:
Field Description
nFLT (key 'u')
Number of major page fault since the process is started. Technically, page fault happens when the task access a non existant page in its address space. A page fault is said as "major" if kernel needs to access the disk to make the page available. On the contrary, soft minor page fault means the kernel only need to allocate pages in RAM without reading anything from disk.
For illustration, consider the size of program ABC is 8 kB and assume the page size is 4 kB. When the program is fully loaded to RAM, there will be 2 times major page fault (2 * 4 kB). The program itself allocates another 8 kB for temporary data storage in RAM. Thus, there will be 2 minor page fault.
A high number of nFLT could mean:
The task is aggressively load some portions of its executable or library from the disk.
The task is accessing a page that is swapped ou
It is normal if you see a high number of major page fault when a program is run for first time. On the next invocations, buffer is utilized so likely you will see "0" or low number of nFLT. But, if a program is continously triggerring major page fault, big chance your program needs larger RAM size than currently installed.
nDRT (key 'v')
The number of dirty pages since they are written back to the disk.
Maybe you wonder, what is dirty page? First, a little bac ground. As you know, Linux employ caching mechanism, so everything that is read from disk is also cached in RAM. The advantage of this action is, subsequent read to the same disk block can be served from RAM thus reading completes faster.
But it also costs something. If the buffer's content is modified, it needs to be synchronized. Thus, sooner or la this modified buffer (dirty page) must be written back. The failure on the synchronization might cause data inconsistency on related disk.
On mostly idle to fairly loaded system, nDRT is usually below 10 (this is just a raw prediction)or mostly zero. If it is constantly bigger than that:
The task is aggresively write something to file(s). It is so often that disk I/O can't keep up with it
The disk suffers I/O congestion, thus even the task only modifies small portion of file(s), it must wait a bit longer to be synchronized. Congestion happens when many processes access the disk at a time but cache hit is low.
These days, (1) unlikely happens because I/O speed is getting faster and less CPU demanding (thanks to DMA). So (2) has bigger probability.
Note: On 2.6.x, this field is always zero without unknown reason.
P (key 'j')
Last used CPU. This field only has meaning in SMP environment. SMP here refers to Hyperthread, multi core or true multi processor. If you just have one processor (non multi core, not HT), this field will always show '0'.
In SMP system, don't be surprised if this field change sometimes. That means, the Linux kernel tries to move your task to the other CPU which is considered less loaded.
CODE (key 'r') and DATA (key 's')
CODE simply reflects the size of your application code, while DATA reflects the size of data segment (stack, heap, variables but not shared libraries). Both are measured in kilobyte.
DATA is useful to show how much your application allocates memory. Sometimes, it can also reveal memory leaks. Of course, you need better tool such as valgrind to differentiate between repetitive memory allocation or growing memory leaks if DATA continously climbs up.
Note: DATA, CODE, SHR, SWAP, VIRT, RES are all measured in page size (4KB in Intel architecture). Read only data section is also calculated as CODE size, thus sometimes it is larger than the actual text (executable) segment.
SWAP (key 'p')
The size of swapped out portion of a task's virtual memory image. This field is sometimes confusing, here is why:
Logically, you would expect this field really shows whether your program is partially swapped out and how much. But the reality shows otherwise. Even the "Swap used" field shows 0, you will be surprised that SWAP field of each tasks show greater than zero number. So, what's wrong?
This comes from the fact that top use this formula:
VIRT = SWAP + RES or equal
As explained previously, VIRT includes anything inside task's address space, no matter it is in RAM, swapped out or still not loaded from disk. While RES represents total RAM consumed by this task. So, SWAP here means it represents the total amount of data being swapped out OR still not loaded from disk. Don't be fooled by the name, it doesn't just represent the swapped out data.
To display the above fields, press 'f' inside the interactive mode. Then press the related key (mentioned above inside the parentheses). Those keys toggle the related fields, so press once to show it, press again to hide it. To find out whether the fields are displayed or not, simply watch the series of letters on the first line (at the right of "Current Fields"). Uppercase means the fields is shown, lower case means the opposite. Press Enter after you are satisfied with the selection.
Sorting use similar way. Press 'O' (upper case) followed by a key representing the field. Don't worry if you don't remember the key map, top will show it. The new sort key will be marked with asterisk and the letter will change to upper case, so you can notice it easily. Press Enter after you are finished
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E. Multi view are better than one?
In different situations, sometimes we want to monitor different system property. For example, at one time you want to monitor %CPU and cpu time spent by all tasks. At another time, you want to monitor resident size and total page faults of all tasks. Rapidly press 'f' and change the visible fields? I don't think this is a smart choice.
Why don't you use Multiple Windows mode? Press 'A' (upper case) to switch to multi windows view. By default, you will see 4 different set of field groups. Each field groups has a default label/name:
1st field group: Def
2nd field group: Job
3rd field group: Mem
4th field group: Usr
1st field group is the usual group you see in single window view, while the rest are hidden. Inside multi window mode, press 'a' or 'w' to cycle through all the available windows. Pay attention, switching to another window also change the active window (also known as current window). If you are not sure which one is currently the active one, just look at the first line of top's display (at the left of current time field). Another way to change active window is by pressing 'G' followed by windows number (1 to 4).
Active window is the one which react to user input, so make sure to select your preferred window first before doing anything. After that, you can do anything exactly like you do in single window mode. Usually, what you want to do here is customizing field display, so just press 'f' and start customizing.
If you think 4 is too much, just switch to a field group and press '-' to hide it. Please note, even you hide current field group, that doesn't mean you also change the active group. Press '-' once again to make current group visible.
If you are done with multi window mode, press 'A' again. That also make active group as the new field group of single window mode.
F. "How come there is only so few free memory on my Linux PC?"
Come to same question? No matter how much you put RAM in your motherboard, you quickly notice the free RAM is reduced so fast. Free RAM miscalculation? No!
Before answering this, first check the memory summary located on the upper side of top's display (you may need to press 'm' to unhide it). There, you will find two fields: buffers and cached. "Buffers" represent how much portion of RAM is dedicated to cache disk block. "Cached" is similar like "Buffers", only this time it caches pages from file reading. For thorough understanding of those terms, refer to Linux kernel book like Linux Kernel Development by Robert M. Love.
It is enough to understand that both "buffers" and "Cached" repre- sent the size of system cache. They dynamically grow or shrink as requested by internal Linux kernel mechanism.
Besides consumed by cache, the RAM itself is also occupied by application data and code. So, to conclude, free RAM size here means RAM area that isn't occupied by cache nor application data/code. Generally, you can consider cache area as another "free" RAM since it will be shrunk gradually if the application demands more memory.
On the task point of view, you might wonder which field truly represent memory consumption. VIRT field? certainly not! Recall that this field represent everything inside task address space, including the related shared libraries. After reading top source code and proc.txt (inside Documentation/filesystem folder of kernel source's tree), I conclude that RSS field is the best field describing task's memory consumption. I said "best" because you should consider it as approximation and isn't 100% accurate on all time.
G. Working with many saved configurations
Wanna keep several different configuration of top so you can easily switch between preconfigured display? Just create symbolic link to the top binary (name it anything you like:
# ln -s /usr/bin/top /usr/bin/top-a
Then run the new "top-a". Do the tweak and press 'W' to save the configuration. It will be saved under ~/.top-arc (the format is your top alias name+'rc').
Now run the original top to load your first display alternative, top-a for the second one and so on.
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H. Conclusion
There are numerous tricks to use top more efficiently. The key is by knowing what you really need and possibly a little good understanding of Linux low level mechanism. The statistics isn't always correct, but at least it is helpful as a overall measurement. All these numbers are gathered from /proc, so make sure it is mounted first!
Understanding The Linux Kernel, 2nd edition.
Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt inside kernel source tree.
Linux kernel source.


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Do I look bewildered and bewitched? Well, you would be too if you saw all the activity I've seen around here the past two weeks!
I see my mom coming and going; sometimes she's in the studio and sometimes she's out and about! On a good day, I get to go out too!
There's been soldering (and more soldering) goin' on... I think (if I counted right) she's made about 45 ornaments!
... and then just when I thought I had seen everything, she goes and starts dabblin' in watercolor and pointed pen calligraphy
... OH, and did I mention she learned how to sculpt with paperclay recently too! Look at the newest addition to our Christmas decorations. Her name is Noelle. She's quite pretty, if I do say so myself!
I've noticed a lot of vintage buttons lying around...
Sometimes those buttons turn into these pretty bracelets...
oooo-la-la... do you see the fleur-de-lis button?! She's selling most everything at a new charming boutique in Watsonville: Shabby Maison If you still need Christmas gifts or a nice hostess gift, a birthday present or stocking stuffer, you're sure to find the perfect treasure at Shabby Maison.... I "bark" from experience... really! I've been there with my mom.
Well, if this weren't enough activity... QUESS WHAT?!!!....
My mom (Lynne) is finally launching her new concierge business too! (Woo-hoo!)
It's called, Coco Concierge Services and by the looks of it, I may just have a job!
See her new business cards and marketing postcard...
now take a closer look.....
Yep, that's me! I'm guessing this means I have a job... that I get to go with my mom when she goes to work. I didn't even have to interview. I must just have that natural knack to make people smile! I love people, and I can't wait to meet my mom's new clients!
Here are some of the services my mom and I am offering:
Personal Assistant Services
Home Management Services
Elderly Companion Services
Patient Advocacy Services
After-School Au Pair Services
Dog-Walking Services (this is my favorite!!!)
Short-term House-Sitting Services
Our Mission is....
To provide the highest quality of assistance with compassion, integrity, reliability and enthusiasm to meet your personal and/or business needs.
So... do you know anyone who might need my mom (and me, of course!)? She won't disappoint! And I promise to work really hard too!
So hire us! Life is busy; Your time is precious; WE can help!
Well, that's it for now. Stay tuned for updates! I promise to let you know when we get our 1st client!
Woof, Coco


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Accessibility Innovations and ChallengesTed Drake, Yahoo Accessibility Lab
Facebook: YahooAccessibility
Yahoo Accessibility Lab Blog: http://yaccessibilityblog.com/
Drake's Blog: http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/author/tdrake/
Presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/7mary4/yahoo-hack-university-accessiblie-innovations-and-challenges
- Yahoo
- Has history of front end engineers working with back end engineers
- Front end team has task of making it accessible
- Web developers do most of the accessibility work
- Accessibility HackU competitions (http://developer.yahoo.com/hacku/uw.html).
- Students build tools that make things more accessible
- Team with the best hack gets a prize
- What is accessibility?
- Addressing the needs of people with disabilities and their friends and families
- About leveling the playing field
- A major goal is to remove barriers - if your UI requires a mouse, you are already excluding people
- Thinking about universal design, from the start, all the way through
- You want designs that work for people whether they are abled or disabled
- Who makes it accessible?
- Lawsuit against Target for the inaccessibility of their
commercial site design emphasizes the importance of accessible
- Accessibility is built by advocates and champions
- Advocate refuses to go around things that are inadequate
- Champions make accessible design happen
- Lawsuit against Target for the inaccessibility of their
- Make it accessible
- Contrast - There are several good contrast evaluation tools
out there, just search for "contrast checker"
- Do not rely solely on color to convey meaning ("click on the red button")
- Alt text for graphics needs to be explanatory, do not just repeat the headline
- alt="" appropriate if image is decorative
- ARIA has a role="presentation"
- Title attribute - does not replace the Alt attribute
- Images may be disabled
- If using background images in CSS and you have text on that background,
check for contrast of text on background without image. White lettering
that no longer has a dark background is hard to read.
- If using background images in CSS and you have text on that background,
- Off-screen text
- A method sometimes used to make text available to people
using screen readers but not visible to others by placing it
way off screen
- A problem in countries with text flow from right to left
- A method sometimes used to make text available to people
- Using wrong element type in HTML can confuse things. Use the most
semantically correct element type
- Example: using button for sign-in, then using anchor for cancel
because you want cancel to look like a link
- Confusing because cancel is an action, not a link to somewhere
- Instead, make the cancel a button and style it as a link
- ARIA role role="button" can be used to clarify things for the screen reader
- Example: using button for sign-in, then using anchor for cancel
- Use th in tables for row and column headings
- Command + allows you to zoom the page
- Web designers are getting lazy about accessibility implications
- A person who zooms in ends up with scroll bars
- On Firefox, go to zoom text only (View -> Zoom - Zoom Text Only
- Use YUI CSS packages
- Example: YUI Grids CSS (http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids/) takes care of all the basics for you
- All based on standards
- Proportional sizing is nice, but your situation may require fixed widths
- Forms need labeling - every form field should have a text associated
with it and the label attribute should be used to associate the field and
the text.
- Can be used today
- Works in almost all browsers
- How to do it
- Landmarks role="search"
- Function role="button"
- Labels aria-label="Search Term"
- State aria-invalid="true"
- Firefox 4 will have the ability to use HTML5 roles, but most other browsers are not there yet
- Contrast - There are several good contrast evaluation tools
- Innovative Solutions - Things student developers can work on
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Be careful about grayed out parts of your UI
- Planning and execution assistant and trainer (PEAT)
(http://www.brainaid.com/) manages timeline events, notifying
patient of what needs to be done when
- Short term memory loss hacks
- Re-education tools
- Cognitive disabilities
- Syntax simplifiers
- Presentation transformation
- Readability.com
- Simplifies presentation of Web pages
- Readability.com
- Icon identification of options
- Enables visual based search, such as for phone numbers
for people who have difficulty reading
- Enables visual based search, such as for phone numbers
- Memory loss
- What will help a person remember?
- Mental games, seems to help short term memory loss
- Journals
- Non-visual people
- Texture recognition
- Converting visual to plain text
- Photograph a street sign and it tells you want the sign says
- Directions
- Phone Wand tells you are going in the right directions
- Games
- Game for the blind that uses stereo sound
- Deaf hacks
- Sound detector, warns of sirens, etc.
- Deaf twitter - take video, send it to twitter
- Physical challenges
- Web site scanner, moves through Web page section by section,
bringing up sections that contain actions
- Designed for someone who navigates with a single finger
- Picture based communication devices
- Buttons for specific messages (no, yes, help, etc.)
- Need a service on the cloud that remembers your settings
- Web site scanner, moves through Web page section by section,
- Support social network
- Giving feedback to support people
- If it ain't broke, fix it anyway
- Cool little apps can really enhance people's lives even
if initially people are not sure they need them
- Cool little apps can really enhance people's lives even
- Traumatic brain injuries


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40-Hour Work Week is Long Gone
Remember the good old days, when you showed up at work at 9 a.m. and left at 5 p.m.
A new report by PGi, a virtual meetings software company, finds 88 percent of American professionals now work more than 40 hours a week, and 71 percent routinely bring work home with them.
Technology is part of the problem since it is now possible to reach workers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"Your boss can call you Saturday afternoon on your cell phone, or send you an email on your smartphone on Sunday afternoon - or (you) can just log onto your workplace computer from home at night and do more work," said Lewis Maltby, president of the National Workrights Institute in Princeton.
And while computers were supposed to make life easier for workers and allow them to spend more time with their families, it has turned out to be exactly the opposite, according to Maltby. "We can get more work done with a computer, but our bosses make up for it by giving us even more work to do. No matter how you look at it, the work just keeps piling on. The computers haven't helped us at all."
For some professionals, like a doctor or an executive, working more than 40 hours a week is part of the job, but for many workers that's not the case, according to Maltby.
Workers putting in more than 40 hours could be entitled to more money. "Most people are entitled to overtime for anything over 40 hours a week, but just because you're entitled to it, doesn't mean your employer is going to give it to you. There are literally millions of people today who are entitled to overtime who aren't getting it because their boss isn't doing it voluntarily, and they don't know enough to demand it."
Where can workers turn if they feel they deserve more money for working longer hours? Maltby recommends contacting the New Jersey Department of Labor to have the matter reviewed.


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Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) is big; its the ninth-largest U.S. energy company. Yet, somehow this energy giant has underperformed the market in the past year while North America has faced a massive oil and gas boom. It has underperformed so much that even the company's CEO, John Richels, has gone on the record saying that the company trades at a deep discount to its peers. How can this be?
A lot has to do with labels, and Devon has been labeled a natural gas company. In this video, Fool.com contributor Tyler Crowe explains why this label could be miseading for investors, and how recent trends in the natural gas space shouldn't be scary for investors.
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When I go out on Saturday nights, I find that a lot of people end up looking like this. Please don't let it be you!
Rather just go straight edge & keep it fresh and clean... Because it's a fact that alcohol abuse and drugs will make you look butt-ugly!


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Top 5 Plumbing Emergencies
Over the 25 years that Priority Plumbing and Heating has been in business, we have dealt with all kinds of plumbing jobs to serve the Long Island Community. Whether they be common maintenance tasks like clearing out a clogged sink, or major repairs to your water heater or drainage system, we have the team that can help you with all of your plumbing concerns. Sometimes, the job tends to be a little more severe. When a plumbing emergency strikes, we are just a phone call away. Priority Plumbing and Heating is here to help with your emergency plumbing repair to keep your family and your home safe and functional. Read on for the top five plumbing emergencies that we will be ready to handle at a moment's notice.
Broken Water Pipes
Broken water pipes have the ability to cause severe damage to your property and plumbing system. Broken water pipes require a lot of work to fix them, so it's not advisable to do it yourself. The first step in fixing a broken pipe is turning off the main water supply to prevent flooding, then seek professional plumbing services as broken water pipes fixing require digging under your floor to fix. Although broken water pipes are a big job, Priority Plumbing and Heating has what it takes to get them repaired for you in a timely and efficient manner.
Blocked Sewer Lines
A blocked sewer line could cause severe damage to your home's plumbing system. When the sewer line blocks, you need to immediately repair or replace them to avoid flooding and severe damage to your property. After noticing sewer blockage, shut the main water valve before contacting a qualified plumber from Priority Plumbing and Heating. This could help you avoid an even larger emergency.
Gas Leak
A gas leak is the most dangerous plumbing emergency there is. If you believe you have a gas leak, you should be calling Priority Plumbing and Heating immediately. When gas leaks to your property as it can cause an explosion or a fire. If fumes are inhaled, they pose immediate threat to your loved ones. When you suspect a gas leak, first shut down the main gas valve before calling a plumber. The plumber should be trained and qualified to handle gas leaks to avoid accidents or future leaks. Because gas leaks are dangerous you need to evacuate your property until the leak has been properly detected and repaired.
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A little while back, I won some yarn from a blog giveaway here: http://peasoupoftheday.blogspot.com/
I had no idea what to do with it. 300 yards of superwash wool? I didn't want to just simply make another hat, oh no- this yarn was special. I carried this yarn in my purse for weeks on end, just hoping that one of the zillion times I had to dig in my purse for my wallet or keys would magically grant me realization of what to do with this yarn. I tossed around a few ideas here and there, but nothing really seemed appropriate. Until a few days ago, that is. My plan came through fruition on Sunday afternoon, while spending some time at my Dad's house.
I give you, the Divine Cowl.
I decided to use a stitch pattern from rheatheylia to work it's magic. I just sort of started in the middle of the pattern, after making a starting chain and slip stitching into the first chain to make a loop. I did not expect the yarn to line up colors like this, but after the second round I noticed what it was doing, so I tried to keep my tension steady so as to continue what it was doing.
Isn't that just magic?
Arts and Dannas
January 13, 2009
2 comments:
Oh I LOVE it! So wonderful to see my handdyeds doing something special. And on the other side of the world, too!ReplyDelete
- Meagan BryantJanuary 14, 2009 at 7:19 AM
awesome job Danna, those stripes are supre cute, makes me think of fruit stripes gum!ReplyDelete
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George is looking under the bonnet of his car. Lynne asks him what the problem is and George replies that he doesn't have a clue. He asks her to take a look and then thinks to himself that he'll take a good look too.
There is something wrong with George's car. Although this car has the same front as George's normal car, it seems as though this car has no paint job. George picked up this rustbucket for cheap and now intends to do it up as a little project. What George is most confused about is how something which doesn't even have a battery in it can still have its lights on.
This is not the first time that George has used this method to take a look at Lynne's rear. It is strange that Lynne has fallen for it again. She must really want to improve her car maintenance skills. She must have some knowledge for George to ask her to have a look. Yes, he only wants to ogle her behind, but this ruse doesn't work unless Lynne has at least a passing interest in engines.
The doing up of the car is just a pet project for George, and also Lynne. He really only bought the car for the number plate. 7 BPF is a desirable number plate. George likes to think the P stands for 'property'.