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Walks and Talks
Our walks and talks are free and open to all.
Held at 8 pm at St Andrews Uniting Church, corner of Chisholm Street and Vernon Street, Turramurra. There's no need to book – just come along!
Walks program for 2020 available soon.
We run two sorts of walks; our introduction to to local bushland walks are 2 h long whilst our other walks explore further afield and usually take 4 to 5 h.
See below for our guidelines for walkers and details of how we grade our walks.
Please register so we can contact you if necessary, eg if we cancel due to bad weather.
Guidelines for Walkers
- For safety reasons and the enjoyment of walkers, numbers are limited
- Bushwalking can be hazardous: we usually walk on unsealed, uneven surfaces which may slope and be slippery or loose; insects may bite or sting; snakes are rare but may be seen
- If you are an inexperienced bushwalker or have a medical condition which could affect your walk, please discuss with your leader prior to departure
- Wear strong, comfortable, enclosed footwear with a non-slippery sole
- Bring plenty of water, appropriate food, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, insect repellent and wet weather gear if necessary
- Dispose of any rubbish in a thoughtful manner
- Only trained assistance dogs are allowed on our walks
Grades of Walks
All our walks are grade 2 or 3 according to the Australian Walking Track Grading System and are usually less than 10 km:
- Grade 2 (easy) – no bushwalking experience required. The track is hardened or compacted surface and may have a gentle hill section or sections and occasional steps.
- Grade 3 (moderate) – suitable for most ages and fitness levels. Some bushwalking experience recommended. Tracks may have short steep hill sections, a rough surface and many steps.


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At the moment, I am plotting a book. If you've read my books, you know I don't get excited about the typical setting for historical romance, the London ballroom. I love the lesser known places, the slightly wild and occasionally remote–Durham, Northumberland, the Lake District, Yorkshire, the northern coast of Maine. That's where my heart lies.
The first book in my new series is set in the 1850s in Kendal, Cumbria, the southernmost gateway to what is now Lake District National Park.
So when plotting the second book, it's been fun to peruse maps and the web for an even wilder and more remote spot, isolated, in a crumbling castle within which is hidden treasure beyond price. These are my contenders:
The Isle of Skye (off the west coast of Scotland):An as-yet-undetermined location near Hadrian's Wall: County Powys, Wales:
Lundy Island, off the coast of Devon:The Yorkshire Dales: I might come up with something entirely different in the end–it's often more fun (and okay, easier) to look for settings than to actually write the book. 🙂
Writers: how do you come up with your settings?
Readers: What kinds of settings do you like the most? Civilized cities, or natural places? Glittery ballrooms or spooky castles?
And which one do you think I should choose? I'll give away an ecopy of one of my books–your choice–to a randomly selected commenter!
About Marin McGinnis
A lawyer in real life, Marin McGinnis feeds the more creative part of her soul by writing Victorian era romance and mystery. She's spent almost half her life in a tree-lined, unabashedly liberal suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. She's been married to the same great guy for over 20 years, and has one teen-aged son. They all live together in a drafty old house with their two standard poodles, Larry and Sneaky Pete. While her very first book will languish under the bed, the next book, Stirring Up the Viscount, won two contests in 2013 and was published by The Wild Rose Press in January 2015. Her next two books, Secret Promise and Tempting Mr. Jordan, are also available from Wild Rose Press. Marin currently serves as President of the Northeast Ohio chapter of Romance Writers of America and is hard at work on the next book. You can find her here, at marinmcginnis.com, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and Pinterest.

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Intune: What's New – RSS Feed
December 9, 2014 at 6:43 pm in Uncategorized by Valérie Siroux
Updates to Microsoft Intune used to be done on a quarterly base.
But Microsoft is going for a more agile method, and release service updates on a more frequent base.
After the updates in November, Microsoft is already releasing a service update this week.
New features that will be released to Intune standalone (cloud only) as part of this service update include:
- Ability to restrict access to Exchange Online email based upon device enrollment and compliance policies
- Management of Office mobile apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for iOS devices, including ability to restrict actions such as copy, cut, and paste outside of the managed app ecosystem
- Ability to extend application protection to existing line-of-business apps using the Intune App Wrapping Tool for iOS
- Managed Browser app for Android devices that controls actions that users can perform, including allow/deny access to specific websites. Managed Browser app for iOS devices currently pending store approval
- PDF Viewer, AV Player, and Image Viewer apps for Android devices that help users securely view corporate content
- Bulk enrollment of iOS devices using Apple Configurator
- Ability to create configuration files using Apple Configurator and import these files into Intune to set custom iOS policies
- Lockdown of Windows Phone 8.1 devices with Assigned Access mode using OMA-URI settings
- Ability to set additional policies on Windows Phone 8.1 devices using OMA-URI settings
And new Intune-managed Office mobile apps (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) for Android devices are coming soon.
Faster updates is a good thing, this means we are able to use the new features faster. But it makes it harder to follow up the releases and new features.
You can follow this RSS feed to stay up-to-date on all of the exciting capabilities coming to Microsoft Intune. And of course there will be a lot of information on the SCUG blogs :).


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So, I'm in Kahana, Maui right now. Did I mention that? Yes, yes I did. Somewhere after the download on the family trip to San Diego, and right before the little evidentiary post regarding a soccer outing in Vegas. I know, because I received hate mail. Not from you, lovely blog readers. From my good friends. Haters, one and all.
I kid. Mostly.
So I'm here in Maui, and I'm drinking me some cocktails, and it seemed only right and fitting to share some liquid happiness–in the form of recipes–with you all. I'm not normally one for the fruity and froofy things, but I gotta say, when the sun is blazing and the skin is burning and the waves are crashing nearby, and the fruit is super fresh, and your husband is mixing them up and handing them to you . . . well, then these little beauties taste alllllll riiiight.
Also, you should know that my hair looks really good in a tropical climate. A little wavy and with good body. And I don't have to use a hair dryer at all.
Those are my very important updates. For now.
One year ago on C & T: Bacon Kale Mushroom Quiche
409 Mai Tai (Named for the condo that we stay in every time we head to Maui. Super yum.)
In a cocktail shaker 1/2 filled with ice:
- 2 oz light rum
- 1 oz triple sec
- 1 Tbsp grenadine
- juice of 1/2 lime
- 2 oz pineapple juice
- 2 oz orange juice
Shake well, pour into glass, top with a dash (or a float, if you like) of dark rum. And do the Mai Tai dance.
Coconut Treat
Over ice in a short tumbler:
- 1 shot coconut rum
- 1 shot cranberry juice
- fill with sprite or 7up
Mix well and chug. I mean enjoy.
Okay and also if you are still reading, we made this flank steak for dinner the other night and it was really delicious. I say that, having not eaten beef for 8 years, and just now coming back to it. So you know it must be true.
Now it is raining on my computer so I have to stop. Internet access only available on our lanai. Yes, it is raining in paradise. But I'm still wearing a sundress and I'm too warm. So there.


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We carry many name brand tires including Goodyear, Dunlap, Kelly, Michelin, Uniroyal, Bridgestone, Perelli, and Yokohama. Each brand has their own performance features.
We Have Trained Tire Technicians
Unlike some tire shops, which have employees with little or no training, our technicians are properly trained to install your tires correctly the first time. We can also reset any TPMS (tire pressure monitor sensors) that your car may be equipped with.
We Repair Slow Leaks and Flats
If your tire goes flat or you notice your tires look low on air, your tire has probably been punctured with a nail or screw. Depending on the size of the hole, we can perform a simple tire repair quickly. For larger holes, we may need to repair your tire with an internal patch to seal the tire. We've seen just about everything that has punctured a tire. Whether it's a nail or a golf putter making your tire go flat, we know how to fix it quickly and properly. If we repair your tire and it doesn't hold, we will apply the cost of the repair to the cost of a new tire, so you don't pay twice.
One last piece of tire advice… Don't use "Fix-a-Flat" when you have a low tire. The liquid used to seal the tire shorts out the electronics on tire pressure monitor.
When Do You Need New Tires
Do you need tires? One way to tell is to measure your tire's tread, especially on your front tires. Here's how… turn your steering wheel all the way to the left or right, so you can see the entire face of the tread. Next, take a penny and stick it in the lowest part of the tread. If you can see the top of Lincoln's head, you NEED new tires. This measurement is equal to about 1/32″ of an inch.


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Can an image not say a thousand words? I am the editor of this, but still, every time I look at it I see something different. There is balance in this photo, as the left side has more color than the right. The tiger on the left is darker than the tiger on the right. This wasn't done intentionally of course.
I've found that once you accept your true nature, that you are a God in the chrysalis, there is balance is all that you do. Each day I evolve, and so can everyone if they would realize their true nature. Human Beings walk upon this Earth aimlessly, distracted and misguided. Find your balance.
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Touchpad Synaptics
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installation
- 3 Configuration
- 4 Advanced Configuration
- 5 Tips & Tricks
- 6 Troubleshooting
- 6.1 My touchpad device isn't located at /dev/input/mouse0
- 6.2 Stopping the mouse from clicking while typing
- 6.3 Firefox and special touchpad events
- 6.4 Opera misinterprets horizontal scrolling
- 6.5 Scrolling and multiple actions with synaptics on LG Laptops
- 6.6 Still can't get your USB (external) mouse working?
- 6.7 Touchpad loses synchronization
- 6.8 Touchpad doesn't have tapping function
- 6.9 There is a delay between a button tap and the actual click
- 6.10 SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad can't grab event device, errno=16
- 7 Other Resources
This article will help install and configure the synaptics input driver for Synaptics Touchpads found on most notebooks.
The synaptics driver is now bundled as xf86-input-synaptics, and is available from the standard repositories:
# pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics
There are two options configuring the Synaptics Touchpad. How you do so will depend on whether you have enabled Xorg input hotplugging.
Configuration via xorg.conf (hotplugging disabled)
Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf as root and add InputDevice "Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents" to the ServerLayout, for example:
Section "ServerLayout" ... InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer" InputDevice "SynapticsTouchpad" "SendCoreEvents" EndSection
Add Load "synaptics" to the Module section, for example:
Section "Module" ... Load "glx" Load "freetype" Load "synaptics" ... EndSection
Lastly, add a new InputDevice section for the touchpad itself:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "SynapticsTouchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "AlwaysCore" "true" # send events to CorePointer #Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "SHMConfig" "false" # configurable at runtime? security risk Option "LeftEdge" "1700" # x coord left Option "RightEdge" "5300" # x coord right Option "TopEdge" "1700" # y coord top Option "BottomEdge" "4200" # y coord bottom Option "FingerLow" "25" # pressure below this level triggers release Option "FingerHigh" "30" # pressure above this level triggers touch Option "MaxTapTime" "180" # max time in ms for detecting tap Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" # enable vertical scroll zone Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true" # enable horizontal scroll zone Option "CornerCoasting" "true" # enable continuous scroll with finger in corner Option "CoastingSpeed" "0.30" # corner coasting speed Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the vertical scroll Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100" # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the horizontal scroll Option "MinSpeed" "0.10" # speed factor for low pointer movement Option "MaxSpeed" "0.60" # maximum speed factor for fast pointer movement Option "AccelFactor" "0.0020" # acceleration factor for normal pointer movements Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true" # vertical scroll anywhere with two fingers Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true" # horizontal scroll anywhere with two fingers Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "2" Option "TapButton3" "3" EndSection
The bolded lines are important because users must now explicitly enable the side and bottom scroll zones of the touchpad. If you already had an InputDevice section configured for the old touchpad driver, you'll still need to add these two lines if you wish to use the scroll zones.
Save, exit and restart X. The touchpad should now have working scroll zones. You can further tweak the InputDevice settings if desired. See Advanced Configuration for more information.
Note that Xorg will automatically load the evdev and psmouse kernel modules required by synaptics, however you may also add them explicitly to the MODULES array in the /etc/rc.conf file if desired.
ALPS Touchpads
For ALPS Touchpads, if the above configuration does not provide the desired results, try the following configuration instead:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "130" Option "RightEdge" "840" Option "TopEdge" "130" Option "BottomEdge" "640" Option "FingerLow" "7" Option "FingerHigh" "8" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "110" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75" Option "VertScrollDelta" "20" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20" Option "MinSpeed" "0.25" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.50" Option "AccelFactor" "0.010" Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200" Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200" Option "UpDownScrolling" "1" Option "CircularScrolling" "1" Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1" Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" EndSection
Configuration via HAL policies (hotplugging enabled)
If you have chosen to use Xorg input hotplugging, then the next time you enter X, you will likely find that your touchpad works without any further configuration.
If it does not or you want to tweak the configuration, remove every related configuration from the xorg.conf file. Keep only the Load "synaptics" line.
Copy /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/11-x11-synaptics.fdi into /etc/hal/fdi/policy/(note that in some cases it apparently needs to be renamed to 99-x11-synaptics.fdi). Edit it with your favourite editor.
The file contains:
<match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> </match>
You have to add a line just before the closing </match> for every configuration option. What was:
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
in the xorg.conf becomes:
<merge key="input.x11_options.RightEdge" type="string">5300</merge>
in this .fdi file.
It could be useful to run a
Here a simple <match> section to begin with, it activates the most wanted features and leaves many settings alone:
<match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.AlwaysCore" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge> </match>
For my ALPS touchpad I needed to change:
<match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad">
<match key="info.product" contains="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint">
You can find the exact information for your touchpad here in /proc/bus/input/devices.
If the above config does not work for you, try this: cat /proc/bus/input/devices
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad"> <match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> </match> <match key="info.product" contains="AlpsPS/2 ALPS"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> </match> <match key="info.product" contains="appletouch"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> </match> <match key="info.product" contains="bcm5974"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> </match> <merge key="input.x11_options.protocol" type="string">event</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.touchpadoff" type="string">0</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.shmconfig" type="string">on</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.vertedgescroll" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.horizedgescroll" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.RightEdge" type="string">930</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.BottomEdge" type="string">700</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizScrollDelta" type="string">20</merge> </match> </device> </deviceinfo>
Or, if you find hal is not loading your settings, try this one. Note the "append key" line, required in some systems. Then add the options you prefer.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="info.product" contains="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"> <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">input.touchpad</append> </match> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad"> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">3</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">2</merge> </match> </device> </deviceinfo>
Advanced Configuration
Input device options
The synaptics driver offers a number of options that can be customized. The following is a brief list of some of these options--see man synaptics for full details:
Device defines where your synaptic device is located. See Troubleshooting to find your device handler if it isn't /dev/input/mouse0 for you.
MinSpeed and MaxSpeed are set to determine the minimum and maximum speed factor. An floating point value is expected.
AccelFactor is the acceleration factor as well defined as a floating point value.
VertScrollDelta and HorizScrollDelta is an integer value defining scrolling speed. Smaller values result in faster scrolling.
SHMConfig is a boolean value (on/off) for activating or deactivating shared memory. This must be enabled in order to monitor or configure your synaptics device with a client such as synclient, which is discussed below. Shared memory is also required if you want to use udev rules to disable the touchpad automatically when external mouse is plugged in (see the relevant section below).
Once the touchpad is configured, GNOME users can also install the gsynaptics package to enable a GUI-based control panel for the device:
# pacman -S gsynaptics
To save and load the settings from gsynaptics automatically, add gsynaptics-init to the list of Startup Programs found in System -> Preferences -> Sessions.
Note: Non-GNOME users can also use gsynaptics by instead adding gsynaptics-init to their .xinitrc or .xsession startup scripts.
Note: The gsynaptics web page [1] indicates that it is becoming obsolete and users should consider GPointingDeviceSettings [2], currently available in AUR and as source code.
Hotplugging Enabled: If you have hotplugging enabled you will need to make a new file in /etc/hal/fdi/policy called shmconfig.fdi with the following content.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics"> <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">True</merge> </match> </device> </deviceinfo>
Fine tuning with synclient
The synclient monitor can display pressure and placement on the touchpad in real-time, allowing further refinement of the default synaptics settings. In order for synclient to work properly, the SHMConfig option must be set to on or true.
You can start the synaptics monitor with the following command:
$ synclient -m 100
Where -m activates the monitor and the following number specifies the update interval in milliseconds.
This monitor provides information about the current state of your touchpad. For example, if you move the mouse with the touchpad, the x and y values in the monitor will change. Therewith you can easy figure out your touchpad's dimension which is defined in the LeftEdge-, RightEdge-, BottomEdge- and TopEdge-Options.
The abbreviations are explained as following:
- Time in seconds since the logging was started.
x, y
- The x/y coordinates of the finger on the touchpad. The origin is in the upper left corner.
- The pressure value. It represents the pressure you are using to navigate on your touchpad.
- Number of fingers currently touching the touchpad.
- Value that represents the finger width.
- Those values represent the state of the left, right, up, down, middle and multi buttons pressed where zero means not pressed and one means pressed.
- For touchpads which have a guest device, this are the associated button states for guest left, guest middle and guest right pressed (1) and not pressed (0).
gdx, gdy
- x/y coordinates of the guest device.
If a value constantly is zero, it means that this option is not supported by your device.
With this in mind you should be able to figure the proper values out for you.
Edge scrolling
To enable the scroll zones found along the edges of the touchpad, add one or both of the following options to the touchpad device section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice" ... Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" #vertical scrolling when dragging along the right edge. Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true" #horizontal scrolling when dragging along the bottom edge. ... EndSection
In /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi(or if that doesn't work, /etc/hal/fdi/policy/99-x11-synaptics.fdi) for Hotplugging:
<match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad"> ... <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">1</merge> ... </match>
Two-Finger scrolling
Recent synaptics touchpads support two-finger scrolling. This allows you to use two fingers together anywhere on the touchpad, similar to the behaviour of Macbooks.
If your hardware supports this feature, you can enable it by inserting the following lines into the touchpad device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice" ... Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true" # vertical scroll anywhere with two fingers Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true" # horizontal scroll anywhere with two fingers Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "120" # this may vary between different machines ... EndSection
EmulateTwoFingerMinZ is only necessary for the Alps Touchpad, which several Dell machines have. (from Ubuntu forums)
Firefox users: You might find the default behaviour of Firefox pretty annoying relating to the horizontal scrolling. Just see Firefox and special touchpad events below to find out how to disable it.
In /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi(or /etc/hal/fdi/policy/99-x11-synaptics.fdi) for Hotplugging:
<match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad"> ... <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" type="string">120</merge> ... </match>
Circular scrolling
Circular scrolling is a feature that synaptics offers which closely resembles the behaviour of iPods. Instead of (or additional to) scrolling horizontally or vertically, you can scroll circularly. Some users find this faster and more precise. To enable circular scrolling, add the following options to the touchpad device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice" ... Option "CircularScrolling" "on" Option "CircScrollTrigger" "0" ... EndSection
In /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi(or /etc/hal/fdi/policy/99-x11-synaptics.fdi) for Hotplugging:
<match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad"> ... <merge key="input.x11_options.CircularScrolling" type="string">on</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.CircScrollTrigger" type="string">0</merge> ... </match>
The option CircScrollTrigger may be one of the following values, determining which edge circular scrolling should start:
0 All Edges 1 Top Edge 2 Top Right Corner 3 Right Edge 4 Bottom Right Corner 5 Bottom Edge 6 Bottom Left Corner 7 Left Edge 8 Top Left Corner
Specifying something different from zero may be useful if you want to use circular scrolling in conjunction with horizontal and/or vertical scrolling. If you do so, the type of scrolling is determined by the edge you're starting.
To scroll fast, draw small circles in the center of your touchpad. To scroll slowly and more precise, draw large circles.
Other features
By default, Synaptics touchpads are able to detect the number of fingers on the touchpad, ALPS touchpads are not. If the touchpad is tapped with two fingers, it will emulate a middle click. If the touchpad is typed with three fingers, a right click will be emulated.
Tips & Tricks
Disable touchpad upon external mouse detection
In assistance to udev, it is possible to automatically disable the touchpad if an external mouse has been plugged in. To achieve this, add the following udev rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/01-touchpad.rules:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", RUN+="/usr/bin/synclient -s TouchpadOff=1" ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", RUN+="/usr/bin/synclient -s TouchpadOff=0"
SHMConfig must be enabled (see the Configuration section for details)
My touchpad device isn't located at /dev/input/mouse0
If that's the case, you can use this command to display information about your all input devices:
cat /proc/bus/input/devices
Search for an input device which has the name "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad". The Handler in this section will tell you which Device you have to specify in your xorg.conf.
Example output:
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version=0000 N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" P: Phys=isa0060/serio4/input0 S: Sysfs=/class/input/input1 H: Handlers=mouse0 event1 B: EV=b B: KEY=6420 0 7000f 0
As your Handlers are mouse0 and event1, you use /dev/input/mouse0.
Stopping the mouse from clicking while typing
This is a neat little trick incorporated with the synaptics driver, you can actually make sure that the touchpad is disabled while typing. It is a very simple procedure, so here is how it is done.
Just add the following line to your .xinitrc before you run your window manager:
syndaemon -i 2 &
The -i 2 switch sets the idle time to 2 seconds. The idle time specifies how many seconds to wait after the last key press before enabling the touchpad again.
Additionally you can add the -t switch that tells the daemon not to disable mouse movement when typing and only disable tapping and scrolling:
syndaemon -t -i 2 &
As usual you may find further information in the manpage:
$ man syndaemon
Note: Don't forget to turn on SHMConfig in your xorg-setup, either in /etc/xorg.conf (hotplugging disabled) or in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi (hotplugging enabled). Some users may need to specify touchpad preferences in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/99-x11-synaptics.fdi, instead.
Note: If you're using GDM as your login manager and Gnome, GDM will ignore commands added to .xinitrc, other than the command to start Gnome. To start syndaemon you need to use Gnome's Startup Applications Preferences program. Login to Gnome and go to System > Preferences > Startup Applications. In the Startup Programs tab click the Add button. Name the Startup Program whatever you like and input any comments you like (or leave this field blank). In the command field add:
syndaemon -i 2 -d
The "-d" option is necessary to start syndaemon as a background process, instead of the "&" which does this in .xinitrc. You can add other options as well, the same way you would in .xinitrc. When you're done click the Add button in the Add Startup Program dialogue. Make sure the check box next to the startup program you've created is checked, in the list of additional startup programs. Close the Startup Applications Preferences window and you're done.
Firefox and special touchpad events
Even though this problem isn't concerning the synaptics drivers, you will probably look up here for a solution anyway. By default firefox is set up to do special events on tapping or scrolling certain parts of your touchpad. You can edit the settings of those actions by typing about:config in your firefox address bar. Editing takes place by double clicking on those lines, true changes to false and vise versa, a numerical value you'll have to change manually.
To prevent firefox from scrolling (back and forward) through the history and make it scroll the site, you have to edit the following settings:
mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action = 1 mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines = true
To prevent firefox from redirecting you to urls formed out of your clipboard content, on tapping the upper-rigt corner of your touchpad (or middle mouse button), you have to set the following line to false:
middlemouse.contentLoadURL = false
Opera misinterprets horizontal scrolling
Same as above. To fix it, go to Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Shortcuts. There you edit the mouse preferences: Delete the entries with "Button 5" and "Button 6".
Scrolling and multiple actions with synaptics on LG Laptops
These problems seems to be occurring on several models of LG laptops. Symptoms are that when pressing Mouse Button 1 synaptics interprets it as ScrollUP and a regular button 1 click, same goes for button 2.
The scrolling can be solved by entering in xorg.conf:
Option "UpDownScrolling" "0"
This however will make synaptics interpret one button push as three. There is a patch written by Oskar Sandberg, found at http://www.math.chalmers.se/~ossa/linux/lg_tx_express.html , that removes these clicks.
However when trying to compile this with the latest version of synaptics it fails. The solution to this is using the GIT repository for synaptics. It can be found at http://web.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/synaptics/.git .
There is also a package build file in the archlinux user repository to automate this, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15983.
Instructions on how to build this package, after downloading the tarball and unpacking it:
cd synaptics-git makepkg
If you want it to be automatically installed after it has build just add '-i' after makepkg.
Still can't get your USB (external) mouse working?
First, make sure your section describing the external mouse contains this line (or that the line looks like this):
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
If the "Device" line is different, change it to the above, and try to restart X. If this doesn't solve your problem, make your touchpad the CorePointer in the "Server Layout" section:
InputDevice "Touchpad" "CorePointer"
and make your external device "SendCoreEvents":
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"
finally add this to your external device's section:
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
If all of the above doesn't work for you, please check relevant bug trackers for possible bugs, or go through the forums to see if anyone has found a better solution.
Touchpad loses synchronization
Sometimes the cursor may freeze for several seconds or start acting on its own for no apparent reason. This is accompanied by similar records in /var/log/messages.log
psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 3 bytes away
This problem has no general solution, but you may try several possible workarounds.
- If you use cpu frequency scaling, try not using "ondemand" governor and use "performance" governor when possible, since touchpad may lose sync when cpu frequency changes.
- Try not using acpi battery monitor.
- Try to load psmouse with "proto=imps" option. To do that, add this line to your /etc/modprobe.conf
options psmouse proto=imps
- Try another desktop environment. Some users report, that this problem only occurs when using Xfce or Gnome and newer occurs under KDE.
- If your touchpad loses sync not only under Linux, but under Windows too, this may be a hardware issue. So, you may need to replace the touchpad itself.
Touchpad doesn't have tapping function
Xorg v7.4 does not enable tapping by default. To enable, simply add following to the touchpad's InputDevice section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice" ... Option "TapButton1" "integer" Option "TapButton2" "integer" Option "TapButton3" "integer" ... EndSection
The integer of option "TapButton1" means which mouse button is reported on a non-corner one-finger tap. Usually it is 1. The integer of option "TapButton2" means which mouse button is reported on a non-corner two-finger tap. Usually it is 2. The integer of option "TapButton3" means which mouse button is reported on a non-corner three-finger tap. Usually it is 3.
If you experience a delay between the tap on the touchpad and the actual click that is registered you need to enable FastTaps: If you're using xorg-server with disabled input hotplugging change xorg.conf so that you have:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" ... Option "FastTaps" "1" ... EndSection
If you're using input hotplugging change your 11-x11-synaptics.fdi(or 99-x11-synaptics.fdi, in some cases) so that it contains:
<merge key="input.x11_options.FastTaps" type="string">1</merge>
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad can't grab event device, errno=16
If you are using Xorg7.4, you may get a warning like this from /var/log/Xorg.0.log, that's because the driver will grab the event device for exclusive use when using the linux 2.6 event protocol. When it fails, X will warn this message.
Grabbing the event device means that no other user space or kernel space program sees the touchpad events. This is desirable if the X config file includes /dev/input/mice as an input device, but is undesirable if you want to monitor the device from user space.
if you want to control it, add or modify the "GrabEventDevice" option in you touchpad section in xorg.conf:
... Option "GrabEventDevice" "boolean" ...
That will affect when next time you start X, and you can also change it by using synclient. When changing this parameter with the synclient program, the change will not take effect until the synaptics driver is disabled and re-enabled. This can be achieved by switching to a text console and then switching back to X.
Other Resources
Synaptics TouchPad driver for XOrg/XFree86 : [3]


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A diagnosis can be important. Adults with ADHD tend to have lower incomes as well as higher rates of accidents, unplanned pregnancies, and substance abuse than those without it, says Martin W. Wetzel, MD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha.
Here are 15 signs of adult ADHD.
You're restless
"Adults don't show the more obvious signs such as running and jumping," says Colette de Marneffe, PhD, a clinical psychologist in Silver Spring, Md. "Hyperactivity presents more subtly in the form of restlessness."
However, you may recall a rambunctious childhood. Dr. Wetzel had a patient who recalled spending a lot of time in the school hallways because "he couldn't sit still." It's a "classic story," he says.
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When a child is diagnosed with ADHD, some adults, who may have had the same symptoms when they were children, realize that they may have always had the condition without realizing it.
You have relationship trouble
"Oftentimes adults with ADHD really have a hard time with that transition," notes de Marneffe. "When the relationship becomes more stable and predictable, conflicts tend to emerge."
Being easily distracted or inattentivesymptoms of ADHDcan also sabotage existing relationships with family, friends, and significant others who view their loved one's behavior as self-centered, Dr. Wetzel adds.
You smoke
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Adults with ADHD are also more likely to use alcohol and other drugs, and at earlier ages, than people without ADHD.
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You're a champion procrastinator
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It makes sense, he adds, because when people with ADHD are under the gun and anxious, that's when they can focus. Constant anxiety, however, can be very stressful.
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The key is to channel that desire for excitement and novelty into activities that don't jeopardize your work and family life, says de Marneffe. Parasailing or other high-adventure activities may be good outlets.
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Dr. Wetzel describes ADHD as an "underpowered state of consciousness."
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You have a quick temper
Because this type of irritability can also be a symptom of bipolar disorder, some people with ADHD can be misdiagnosed, says Dr. Wetzel. (However, you can also have both.)
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In its Capital Investment Plan (CIP) for 2010, the airport operator for the first time provided a detailed plan of IT investment that it was proposing for the period between April 2010 and 2013.
In previous years, BAA would only give a very brief outline of its IT goals in its CIP under the headings of BAA IT, specific major IT investments and IT content within main capital projects. However, this year, BAA has provided more detail to its investment under the headings of Airport Operational Systems, Infrastructure Renewal and Business Planning and Support Solutions.
These projects fall under BAA's IT/Systems Programme, which the airline operator developed during 2009 with the aim of improving IT service, reducing operating costs and implementing technology.
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The remainder of the capital investment in IT, £31 million, will fund the business planning and support IT solutions, which aims to deliver systems that meet the needs of Heathrow Airport's back office functions such as HR, finance and commercial. This includes maximising the business return from its core Oracle platform, which will be delivered under the Back Office Improvement Programme (BOIP) and delivering non-bespoke solutions wherever possible. BAA said that the Oracle platform should be the "first choice solution" for other major projects.
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To support its investment plan, BAA consults on a quarterly basis with CIOs from British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Emirates, British Midland, KLM, Star Alliance and the Airline Operators Committee (AOC). Senior IT managers from these organisations also meet monthly to review and endorse the investment plan portfolio and carry out detailed consultation on key IT projects.
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If you are looking for business advice, you might haul out your old MBA textbooks or consult a management guru. But the shrewdest guidance often comes from an actual entrepreneur. Someone who's created a company. Someone who's faced the challenges of missed deadlines, cranky employees and dodgy supply chains. Someone, say, like Bob the Builder.
You might not realise it, but the overall-clad, stop-motion animated construction executive – who debuted on CBBC in 1999 and whose television programme now reaches children in 240 territories and 45 languages – is a management radical. His approach to directing projects, people and himself runs counter to the prevailing wisdom about business performance.
Most of us believe in positive self-talk. "I can achieve anything," we mouth to the mirror in the morning. "Nobody can stop me," we tell ourselves before walking into a big meeting. We believe we'll do better if we banish doubts about our ability or our strategy and instead muster an inner voice that affirms our awesomeness.
But not Bob. Instead of puffing up himself and his team, he first wonders whether they can actually achieve their goal. In asking his signature question – Can we fix it? – he introduces some doubt.
Self-help gurus from Norman Vincent Peale to Anthony Robbins might shudder at allowing a shaft of negativity to shine through our mental doors. But this spring, a team of American scientists concluded that Bob might be right after all.
In a nifty set of experiments, three social scientists explored the differences between what they call "declarative" self-talk (I will fix it!) and "interrogative" self-talk (Can I fix it?). They began by presenting a group of participants with some anagrams to solve (for example, rearranging the letters in "sauce" to spell "cause".) But before the participants tackled the problem, the researchers asked one half of them to take a minute to ask themselves whether they would complete the task – and the other half to tell themselves that they would complete the task.
The results?
The self-questioning group solved significantly more anagrams than the self-affirming group.
The researchers – Ibrahim Senay and Dolores Albarracin of the University of Illinois, along with Kenji Noguchi of the University of Southern Mississippi – then enlisted a new group to try a variation with a twist of trickery: "We told participants that we were interested in people's handwriting practices. With this pretence, participants were given a sheet of paper to write down 20 times one of the following word pairs: Will I, I will, I, or Will. Then they were asked to work on a series of 10 anagrams in the same way participants in Experiment One did."
The outcome was the same. People "primed" with Will I solved nearly twice as many anagrams as people in the other three groups. In subsequent experiments, the basic pattern held. Those who approached a task with questioning self-talk did better than those who began with affirming self-talk.
"Setting goals and striving to achieve them assumes, by definition, that there is a discrepancy between where you are and want to be. When you doubt, you probably achieve the right mindset," researcher Albarracin explained in an email to me.
"In addition, asking questions forces you to define if you really
want something and probably think about what you want, even in the presence of obstacles."
To Lisa Gansky, this makes sense. Gansky has launched several ventures, including Ofoto, a pioneering photo-sharing service now owned by Kodak. "I'm a self-talker for sure," she told me (and probably herself). "And when I'm working on an idea, it starts out as a declarative."
But as she progresses, she moves toward the interrogative – because business leaders in general, and entrepreneurs in particular, face an occupational hazard that Gansky calls "breathing your own exhaust".
"When you create something, you can fall in love with it and aren't able to see or hear anything contrary. Whatever comes out of your mouth is all you're inhaling," she says. "But when you ask a question – Will I? – you're creating an opening. You're inviting a conversation – whether it's self-conversation or a conversation with others."
Dov Seidman agrees – to a point. In 1992, fresh out of Harvard Law School, Seidman started LRN, a consultancy that advises large companies on creating ethical cultures and that now has offices around the world. He acknowledges that "people who make proclamations show a little hubris". But he says that "proclamations by people who are guided by integrity are promises they have to keep. And that can be very powerful."
Yet Seidman also believes there's equivalent power in humility. "People who ask questions come from a more humble place, which creates space to come up with a deeper solution," he told me.
In other words, questions open and declarations close. We need both, of course. But that initial tincture of honest doubt turns out to be more powerful than a bracing shot of certainty.
And that's something that the research affirms and that Bob the Builder exemplifies. Although Bob and his anthropomorphic trucks might not qualify for a London Business School case study, his workplace isn't all that much different from yours or mine (leaving aside the weirdly compelling romantic frisson between Bob and co-worker Wendy).
His business is a series of projects – many of them unexpected, most of them hazily-defined – that require people to collaborate, fashion solutions on the fly and contend with surly customers. By asking "Can we fix it?", Bob widens the possibilities. Only then – once he's explored the options and examined his assumptions – does he elicit a rousing "Yes, we can" from his team and everyone gets to work.
So the next time you're feeding your inner self a heady brew of confident declarations and bold affirmations, toss in a handful of interrogatives with a few sprinkles of humility and doubt.
Can you do that? Yes, you ... well, you'll have to ask that yourself
Daniel H Pink is an author and business leader who writes about the world of work. His most recent book is Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Canongate Books)


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One of the early Skinner linear behaviour teaching machines from the 1950's (with a link to FutureLearn remedial system).
A first example of a touch screen multimedia EdTech from the 1960's (including a blueprint from 1966 that shows an approach to sequenced multimedia tele-education offerings as can be seen in most major MOOC platforms, instructivist pedagogy: inform, test, explain).
A 1970's reference to the first AI driven tutorial machines (including the Dyna book, the inspiration of the tablet 40 years prior to the ipad; the Plato IV which was the forerunner of the one laptop per child idea - which also was the first network computer system), and also looking at Papert's first use of the logo programming for children idea to increase problem-solving skills (pdf of Mindstorms book). Interesting remark from Mike Sharples on Papert being dead against any guidance for children's learning, bit similar to what Sugata Mitra concluded from his Hole in the Wall project, illustrating the need for guidance to support exploration (done by children with technology).
1980's sees the launch of micro-computers (reference to BBC's first micro computer), commercial teaching coming in with multimedia personal computers.
1990's spread of online learning (VLE's, intelligent agents, integrated learning environments).
2000 search of mobile learning with contextual and seamless learning coming up (with a reference to handler, one of the first personal mobile learning devices, paper describing HandLeR here).
After this first part of the talk, the focus shifts to old/new learning starting in 1990 to 2010.
An important paper from Meltzoff, Kuhl, Movellan and Sejnowski (2009) describes the foundations for a new science for learning (pdf here). This paper is seen as a manifesto to see learning as a science, and no longer as a craft. It also brings together multiple disciplines that are all part of learning (neurology, machine learning, education, psychology).
Looking at 3 important learning theories: John Dewey with instrumentalism (inquiry led learning), Yrjo Engestrom with expansive activity theory (socio-constructivist learning) and Gordon Pask with conversation theory (coming to know through conversation and mutual adjustment, and a nice reference to wikipedia as an example of conversational theory). With a nice hint to the usefulness of the Experience and Education book by Dewey that you can use in almost any learning situation (pdf here). Part of the FutureLearn learning approach was based upon Pask's theory, which is why each bit of content in FutureLearn actually has an option to interact with others (or yourself) as part of a learning conversation.
Last bit of the talk: evaluating learning
Visible learning by Hattie (more info here), Hattie used meta studies to look at the effect size (whether a learning intervention has an effect) of different factors coming out of around 800 studies. He concluded that if you can make learning more transparent, more visible, the learning will have more effect.
Another nice resource mentioned here is the map of learning theories created by Richard Millwood (map link)
Link to the video below, and there is an upcoming talk - a follow-up on this talk that will be given this Thursday (20 October 2016) at the OU, UK.


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A few years ago I started getting interesting people and even some celebs to pose with one of my many rubber ducks for a quick picture. Now I have a category for those pictures called "hold my duck" because I simply approach these people and ask them to "hold my duck" for a picture with a duck. It was no different in Vegas. Here are a few of the shots I got:
Cheese Duck and the Flamingo Showgirls.
Elvis (and his other brother Elvis) and Elvis Duck.
Woody (from Toy Story) and the Cowduck.
And of course, Donald Duck (and the Disney gang) holding Cupcake Canard. Aren't they a little far from home? Well..they are standing in front of the Planet Hollywood Casino.
Stay tuned for more duck-tabulous adventures in Vegas! Because what happened in Vegas gets posted on Duckshow…mostly


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We are delighted to announce the release, our second vintage of La Vie Sparkling Wine.
Blanc de Noir Sparkling Wine has been a part of the La Rochelle portfolio for many years. When we became the stewards of La Rochelle, just prior to the 2013 vintage, our love for Champagne inspired us to expand the selections of Sparkling Wines that we produce.
We love the small "Grower Champagnes" of France and, in the tradition of the Pinot Noirs from La Rochelle, are focusing on small-lot, single vineyard, vintage dated, single varietal Sparkling Wines.
La Vie is the new name, and new look for our family of hand crafted Sparkling Wines.
Over the next few years the family will include:
2013 Blanc de Noir (Pinot Noir) – McIntyre Vineyard – Santa Lucia Highlands – Monterey County
2016 Blanc de Blanc (Chardonnay – Black Knight Vineyard – Bennett Valley – Sonoma Valley
2008 Late Disgorged Blanc de Noir – McIntyre Vineyard – Santa Lucia Highlands – Monterey County
2016 Le Meunier (100% Pinot Meunier) – Van der Kamp Vineyard – Sonoma Mountain
2013 Rosé of Pinot Noir – McIntyre Vineyard – Santa Lucia Highlands – Monterey County
We are delighted to announce that La Vie Blanc de Noir is now available to order. For those of you who placed advanced orders, your bubbles are already on their way to you.
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This release is extremely dry and crisp. No dosage was added which will accentuate the toasty brioche and yeast that developed during the 4 years en tirage.
Just a few of many quotes about Champagne....
"Four be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Three be the things I shall have till I die:
Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye."
― Dorothy Parker, The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker
"Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right."
― F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Champagne is a condiment to my day." Our Personal Favorite!
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63.17 ▶ Questioner: Is the reason that they can do this and the fifth- and sixth-density Wanderers who are here cannot do it the fact that they have the fourth-density body in activation?
Ra: I am Ra. This is correct. Wanderers are third-density activated in mind/body/spirit and are subject to the forgetting which can only be penetrated with disciplined meditation and working.
65.12 ▶ Questioner: Then each of the Wanderers here acts as a function of the biases he has developed in any way he sees fit to communicate or simply be in his polarity to aid the total consciousness of the planet. Is there any, shall I say, more physical way that he aids in— what I mean is, do the vibrations somehow add, just as electrical polarity or charging a battery or something? Does that also aid the planet, just the physical presence of the Wanderers?
Ra: I am Ra. This is correct and the mechanism is precisely as you state. We intended this meaning in the second portion of our previous answer.
You may, at this time, note that as with any entities, each Wanderer has its unique abilities, biases, and specialties so that from each portion of each density represented among the Wanderers comes an array of pre-incarnative talents which then may be expressed upon this plane which you now experience so that each Wanderer, in offering itself before incarnation, has some special service to offer in addition to the doubling effect of planetary love and light and the basic function of serving as beacon or shepherd.
Thus there are those of fifth density whose abilities to express wisdom are great. There are fourth- and sixth-density Wanderers whose ability to serve as, shall we say, passive radiators or broadcasters of love and love/light are immense. There are many others whose talents brought into this density are quite varied.
Thus Wanderers have three basic functions once the forgetting is penetrated, the first two being basic, the tertiary one being unique to that particular mind/body/spirit complex.
We may note at this point while you ponder the possibility/probability vortices that although you have many, many items which cause distress and thus offer seeking and service opportunities, there is always one container in that store of peace, love, light, and joy. This vortex may be very small, but to turn one's back upon it is to forget the infinite possibilities of the present moment. Could your planet polarize towards harmony in one fine, strong moment of inspiration? Yes, my friends. It is not probable; but it is ever possible.
63.15 ▶ Questioner: Would the purpose in transitioning to Earth prior to the complete changeover then be for the experience to be gained here during the harvesting process?
Ra: I am Ra. This is correct. These entities are not Wanderers in the sense that this planetary sphere is their fourth-density home planet. However, the experience of this service is earned only by those harvested third-density entities which have demonstrated a great deal of orientation towards service to others. It is a privilege to be allowed this early an incarnation as there is much experiential catalyst in service to other-selves at this harvesting.
63.18 ▶ Questioner: I am assuming that the reason for this is that, first, since the entities of harvestable third density who have very recently come here, they're coming here late enough so that they will not affect the, shall I say, polarization through their teachings. They are not infringing on the first distortion because they are children now and they won't be old enough to really affect any of the polarization until the transition is well into transition. However, the Wanderers who came here and are older and have a greater ability to affect [polarization] must do that affecting as a function of their ability to penetrate the forgetting process in order to be within the first distortion. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is quite correct.
13.23 ▶ Questioner: How does a third-density planet become a fourth-density?
Ra: I am Ra. This will be the last full question.
The fourth density is, as we have said, as regularized in its approach as the striking of a clock upon the hour. The space/time of your solar system has enabled this planetary sphere to spiral into space/time of a different vibrational configuration. This causes the planetary sphere to be able to be molded by these new distortions. However, the thought-forms of your people during this transition period are such that the mind/body/spirit complexes of both individual and societies are scattered throughout the spectrum instead of becoming able to grasp the needle, shall we say, and point the compass in one direction.
Thus, the entry into the vibration of love, sometimes called by your people the vibration of understanding, is not effective with the present societal complex. Thus, the harvest shall be such that many will repeat the third-density cycle. The energies of your Wanderers, your teachers, and your adepts at this time are all bent upon increasing the harvest. However, there are few to harvest.
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We all know plenty about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the brilliant Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich its powered by, what you might not know is apparently a few shops already are accepting pre-orders in the UK. The popular online store Phones2U.co.uk not only are accepting pre-orders for the Galaxy Nexus, but have it listed as "order today for delivered on November 16th". Do they know something we don't?
Galaxy Nexus pre-orders live in the UK, delivery date set for November 16th
I doubt any of our readers missed it, but just in case here is our Galaxy Nexus hands-on coverage for all the pictures and video you'd want until you can get your own fingers on this flagship smartphone from Googleville. Look over the image below and you'll see what we mean, they are claiming the device will be launched before the 16th because that is their expected delivery date — not ship date.
In case you are still wondering about the Galaxy Nexus. It is the latest and greatest from Google running the brand new 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It rocks a 4.65″ Super AMOLED 1280 x 720p HD display, a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and it has a stellar camera. While only 5 MP it's being touted as one of the best smartphone cameras available with zero shutter lag. You'll find out everything you need to know in the hands-on post linked to above, as well as our hands-on video below. Check it out and decide if you'd like to purchase this phone, then head to phones4u.uk and order it today.
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First published between in April of 2004 and August of 2004 as a free online serialised novel, US author David Wellington's first instalment into his 'Monster' zombie apocalypse trilogy was entitled 'Monster Island'. Following the release of the final book in the trilogy 'Monster Planet' (2005), the three books went on to be published in hardcopy for the first time in 2006.
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In her blistering hot and increasingly hostile homeland of Somalia, Mama Halima has brought together an impressive degree of regimented control amongst the ensuing chaos of the zombie apocalypse. Solely down to her powerful leadership and uncompromising command, Mama Halima has built herself a devoted army of young Somalia girls who collectively go by the name of 'Mama Halima's Glorious Girl Army Of The Free Women's Republic of Somaliland'.
However, as ex-UN Weapons Inspector Dekalb and his daughter, Sarah, are about to discover, Mama Halima's army is far from a protective band of survivors looking out for their fellow man. Instead, after Dekalb and his daughter run into the savage and uncaring army, Dekalb finds himself in a whole heap of trouble. Thankfully, his daughter is quickly put in Mama Halima's favour by being both female and of a partial African origin. Dekalb on the other hand, needs to prove himself to the strong-willed Somali woman or else find himself cast onto the piles of burning zombie corpses that the militia leave in their wake.
But Mama Halima has a life threatening problem. Her powerful rule could be brought to an abrupt end soon if she doesn't find a cure for her illness. She has AIDS. Luckily, from his employment within the UN, Dekalb might well be able to locate some medicine for the Somali which should prolong her life. And so, with his daughter Sarah now a hostage for Mama Halima, Dekalb sets off across Africa and Europe to find the medicine that he needs to get his daughter back safely.
After coming up with nothing, Dekalb knows of one final place where the medicine could still be - in a UN complex located in New York City. And so, Dekalb, together with a band of Mama Halima's well equipped troops, sets sail for New York under the command of Ifiyah and her second in command Ayaan.
Meanwhile, in the zombie infested urban cesspit of New York City, ex-medical student Gary has begun his own medical experiments into the cause of the zombie epidemic. After slicing and dicing a good handful of the undead to explore the causes and symptoms, Gary comes to the theory that it is a sudden lack of oxygen to the brain between death and reanimation that causes the zombies to become nothing more than a braindead walking shell of their former selves. And so, confident of his understanding, Gary kills himself whilst connected up to the medical equipment that will keep oxygen flowing through his body. And in doing so, Gary awakens without a heartbeat, cold and without any feeling to his flesh, but in full possession of his mind. He has become the first zombie to be more than a mindless flesh-hungry walking corpse.
Back with Dekalb and his highly equipped militia escorts, the cargo ship that they have crossed the ocean in pulls into a service dock on the edge of New York City. From here the band are greeted by waves of the undead. Their first glimpses of this once powerful nation, now awash with flesh-hungry zombies. And so their fight through the streets of New York City to the deserted UN complex begins.
However, there is far worse than just hordes of the undead at work out there. The ancient Celtic mummy once known as Mael Mag Och has awoken to the sounds of the undead. And through his powerful dark influence, he has begun to control the mindless zombies lumbering around the landscape. Under his control, Mael Mag Och will unleash all hell and finally bring the world to its end.
The battle is only just beginning...
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Being an online serialised tale, you expect to see some strong evolution and a considerable amount of interesting meandering to the storyline – but nothing prepares you for Wellington's highly inventive and altogether original take on the zombie apocalypse scenario. Forget the usual rules, the standard urban backdrop and the typical small handful or survivors trying to get out of 'the city'. Nothing about Wellington's 'Monster' trilogy is in any way clichéd, done before or indeed remotely predictable. Zombies and the whole zombie apocalypse premise has suddenly been redefined, reworked and completely turned on its head.
So what have we got instead? Well, to start with we have a lot more unlikely and immediately much more interesting characters. Wellington purposefully avoids going overboard with the intricacies of in-depth characterisation, and instead allows the characters' actions and responses during the first quarter (or so) of the novel to define who they are and set their individual places within the grand scheme of things.
The plot, like with the rest of the novel (and indeed the whole trilogy) is intriguingly elaborate and multi-layered, with Dekalb's personal agenda in getting his daughter back at the very forefront of the tale. Nevertheless, the inclusion of Mael Mag Och and indeed the new intelligent zombie in Gary, along with his gradually developing personality, brings in another set of wholly interesting layers to the tale.
No doubt because of its original short segmented offerings as an online serialisation, the tale keeps together a quick-fire snappy pace, with plenty of action always going on around every corner. There are typically three parallel running threads to the story playing out alongside each other throughout the length of the tale, ultimately keeping the thrills and spills coming from all angles.
Okay, so the zombies have been pretty much reworked. Wellington not only wanted to take the idea further, but he also clearly wanted to make it more demanding, and in doing so – much more impactful. Instead of just hordes of flesh-hungry zombies, we now have reasoning behind their hunger. It's not just about flesh; it's about consuming the actual essence of life. And life can be found in more than just human flesh, but that of animals and plant life too. And so the marauding undead have become an unstoppable force, hell-bent on consuming all life on the planet. Furthermore, with a dark puppeteer guiding them, an army is slowly rising from the chaos – an army that could quite easily crush those remaining and bring the world to an end.
Although utterly magnificent in its concept and daring originality, 'Monster Island' isn't without its faults. At times it does suffer from a feeling of slipping onto a directionless path, with occasional bursts of stunted or misfiring pace. One thing leads to the next, which leads to the next, which in turn leads to the next, all of the way through; but not always with much of a clear goal in mind. Sometimes on a purposeful course, sometimes derailing and brought back on track with some quick manipulative writing. But who cares really? Suspend disbelief and get stuck in with some colourful and utterly captivating zombie literature.
The novel was followed on in September of 2004 by the first chapter of the next book in the 'Monster' trilogy – 'Monster Nation' (2005).
The novel (in its printed format) runs for a total of 378 pages.
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In Nursery children will consolidate speaking and listening skills and develop the foundations for the phonic work that starts in Reception through practical games and activities.
Systematic phonics is taught in Reception and key stage 1 using Read Write Inc. Children have a daily lesson in which they learn the letters and sounds needed to read and write and apply this in practical contexts. Once children have completed the programme this time is used to focus on more complex spelling patterns.
In key stage 2 children who need further consolidation will continue to be taught using Read Write Inc. as an intervention programme.
The EYFS Curriculum is structured around a number of core books and children in nursery will become familiar with these through group reading, storytelling and role play. In Reception children also read with an adult on a one to one basis.
'Guided Reading' sessions take place daily for years 1-6 . Children read in groups at their instructional reading level. All children will bring home a levelled guided reading book to practise at home every day.
Children also have regular access to the school libraries to borrow books of their choice to bring home and read for pleasure. In addition to the school library in key stage 2 we use the Accelerated Reader programme to motivate and encourage children to read.
We expect all children to read at home with an adult every day to help support and consolidate the learning that takes place in school.


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text: 8 out of 10 Rebecca Edinburgh Music teacher, composer Good Points+ I love the content Bad Points− If these are warm-ups intended to be focussing on improving children's technique, I woudl not have sung them with pop-style sliding between notes and I would have been very careful of diction on 'u' vowels. Understand the idiosyncracies of regional accents (I'm a Northerner myself and have to be careful of vowels!) but there are vocal traits here that choirs will not want to be emulating if using the vocal track to demonstrate. Perhaps that vocal track is just for the teacher's benefit? Just a thought! But LOVE the content! Confirmed purchase: 20 August 2014 Published on: 20 September 2014