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Taken from Malaysiakini.com
In this rerun, there was less anger and more resignation. The majority of voters nevertheless sent a clear signal that the methods used by the BN towards the opposition were not acceptable.
Despite the core issue, the two-month campaign was filled the conflicting and confusing messaging. The mantra of 'Wan Azizah to Putrajaya' just did not make sense to many voters, who were not sure whether she was running for the state leadership or national power. It was also not clear if they were voting for her or her husband, Anwar.
If confusion clouded the votes for Pakatan, then contradictions were paramount in the BN messaging. BN moved from highlighting division in the opposition to promoting a racially divisive message calling for the Chinese to vote along ethnic lines.
The messaging was all over the place, as both the BN and Pakatan used every play in the book to win voters with limited results. Neither side evoked the 'spirit' as it was not clear who was more tired – the campaigners or the voters.
Indeed, both sides relied on the old playbook in their campaigning. BR1M 3.0, transportation allowances and 'gifts' of food were the dominant mode of BN engagement, with efforts focused on maintaining their political base – although comparatively less money was spent on this 'buy'-election than others.
This vote buying was buttressed by grassroots mobilisation of both the Umno and MCA political base with appeals along racial lines. MCA was more explicit in its call to vote for a Chinese representative, although race and religion were a major undertone on all sides.
For Pakatan, the 'Putrajaya' song was replayed but it seemed out of tune with this by-election. With political infighting within the opposition over the Selangor government and jockeying for positions within PKR for its May party polls close to the surface, the dance steps to the music seemed unclear, with the campaign itself highly decentralised, uneven and disjointed.
In terms of coordination, there was a flashback to the Hulu Selangor by-election, where PKR contenders did not appear to be helping each other. The overall focus seemed on winning power rather than representing people, with a campaign heavily personality based.
The opposition appeared to be replaying Reformasi 2.0 without a clear programme and plan on what the revised reform programme would be.
Lackluster turnout
The end result is that the campaign relied on negative messaging on both sides, alienating those in the middle. The level of inspiration was overall missing. Those aligned came out to vote, with those less connected staying at home.
Beyond the messaging and campaigning, four factors help us understand why fewer voters came to the polls.
Foremost is the impact of MH370 which overshadowed the campaign. For many Malaysians this crisis, this period of loss for the families and commitment to finding the plane was far more important that the continued saga of BN-Pakatan political contestation.
Frankly, many voters could not be bothered with what some saw as the persistent petty squabbling of politicians. Elites across the political spectrum do not appreciate that many in the public are tired of the fighting and focus on winning power rather than governance. MH370 brought this home, eclipsing the campaign.
An estimated quarter of voters lived outside of Kajang, disproportionately Chinese and younger voters. With the Ching Ming festival beginning next weekend, many Chinese voters did not return for the polls. The timing of the by-election appeared to be set carefully to make it less viable for more opposition-inclined voters to come back and vote.
Along with timing, the incentive to vote was not as strong. This involved, for some voters, financial incentives, with fewer goodies distributed. But the main deterrent was that this vote was a 'sure win' for the opposition and many voters did not think their vote was needed.
Finally, this election was not seen as making a difference. While the opposition touted the election's symbolic value, there was little doubt who would win and whether it would matter.
In addition, many voters are losing faith in elections – not helped by yet another 'blackout' during counting in this by-election reported in Sungai Chua. Doubts were also centred on what would happen after the elections with regard to the Selangor government.
The impact on political power at the national or state level was not clear. The reasons to come out to vote beyond Anwar did not resonate with voters. It is thus no wonder that 16 percent less turnout was recorded.
Shifts in voting behaviour
In spite of this, there are important shifts in the voting behaviour. The results were affected by the straight-fight (no independent candidates) dynamic, but not completely so.
There are small changes to the status quo in voting. Already reported are swings among Chinese and Malay voters, ranging from seven to 10 percent.
Let's take the Chinese voters first. This swing towards BN needs to be treated with caution as it is the Chinese youth primarily who did not return to vote, and if they had, the outcome would have looked very similar to the 2013 results. At best, the MCA held onto its political base, especially older and female voters.
Its focus on local issues kept many of its loyal voters, and its appeal to racial representation reinforced traditional affinities. A closer look shows that the MCA gains were not substantive, although to keep its base in the current context showed some resilience among its voters where they have had decades of grassroots support.
What stands out however is that MCA continues to have very minor level of support among the constituency it claims to represent, reinforcing its persistent legitimacy crisis and weakness within the Umno-led government.
The Malay swing towards the opposition is more meaningful. There were fewer Malay voters living outside the constituency, and interviews pointed to some shifts in loyalties. These were concentrated among Malay women and younger Malay voters.
The connection to PKR's Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and the sympathy she invoked resonated, along with increasing frustration with higher costs of living. For the first time since 1999, a plurality of Malays appeared to have voted for the opposition in this constituency, revealing a decline in support in the Umno base.
Part of this can be explained by the Umno campaign, less spending and the fact that the PKR candidate was a Malay. The results however reveal the main challenge ahead for Umno lies with the disconnect between its promises and governance in the post-GE13 environment, especially in managing the economy.
Prime Minister Najib Razak's political legitimacy is dwindling as it appears that he is losing ground among the group his party touts itself to represent.
While race still is the dominant paradigm to interpret the results, the meaningful fault lines in this election were generation and gender divides. PKR did capture the majority of youth, as it did in 2008 and 1999, with the BN relying heavily on older voters.
BN on its part continued to win over women, although not to the same extent as before, especially among younger women.
With two women in the campaign, the mobilisation of women was evident, and this helps us to understand the persistent Chinese base for MCA (disproportionately female and connected with Chew Mei Fun's style) and the decline of support for BN among Malays, who are more connected to Wan Azizah.
If there are any implications evident in this by-election from voting behavior, it is that women and youth still hold the future trajectory of electoral victory for either side.
Rocky path ahead
This by-election is just one of the many battles for Malaysia's continued polarised political contestation.
This 'sure win' will be followed by what will likely be a decisive victory for BN in Balingian, Sarawak. What makes Kajang more impactful is its multiethnic composition and the effects on the opposition leadership.
For Najib's government, the post-GE13 climate is much harder to navigate as the policies of cutting back subsidies and the resultant higher cost of living are hurting its base particularly hard.
The prominent use of racial politics narrows its ability to reach out to the non-Malays. Najib as a leader has been weakened and has less electoral appeal. Infighting within his own party continues to percolate, as the PM continues to face discontent within Umno. The by-election results, especially the changes in Malay votes, will place additional pressure on Najib.
For the opposition, the battle will be inside Pakatan. The fulcrum will move back to the reasons for the 'Kajang Move' in the first place and disagreements over leadership. The struggle for power in Selangor will continue and infighting within the opposition will persist until it is resolved, likely with the PKR May polls.
Voters will have to deal with both sides focusing on internal politicking rather than governance. Kajang may seem sweet for both sides giving it a reduced majority and victory respectively, but the bitterness is coming.
Given the distractions from attention to the problems of ordinary citizens, both sides need to keep in mind that the real bitterness they have to worry about is further alienation from a public who would like less focus on politics and more attention to people.


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04 July 2014
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying the minimum margin periods of risk (MPOR) that institutions acting as clearing members may use for the calculation of their capital requirements for exposures to clients. These RTS will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector in the European Union.
In order to incentivise the use of central counterparties (CCPs), and in line with the international standards that amended the Basel II text, the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) introduces a special treatment for centrally cleared derivatives. These draft RTS do not deal with institutions' exposures to central counterparties (CCPs).
In particular, these draft RTS specify the level of a particular parameter and the margin period of risk (MPOR) that clearing members may use to calculate the regulatory requirements for counterparty credit risk (CCR) when they apply the internal model method (IMM) or the other non-internal methods (i.e. the mark-to-market method, the standardised method and the original exposure method).
In the case of the IMM, the MPOR will be an input into the model, whereas for non-internal methods, the MPOR will determine a multiplier of the exposure value that is less than one. These draft RTS specify the MPOR for different classes of derivatives, covering the full spectrum of derivative types and all the methodologies for the calculation of capital requirements against counterparty credit risk.
The proposed methodology aims at properly capturing the risk arising from derivatives exposures to clients adding very limited operational burden on institutions. This is done by identifying the liquidation periods estimated by CCPs for margin purposes as proxies for the margin periods of risk.
The draft RTS have been developed on the basis of Regulation (EU) 575/2013 (Capital Requirements Regulation – CRR) and in particular Article 304(5), which mandates the EBA to draft regulatory technical standards specifying the minimum margin periods of risk (MPOR) that institutions acting as clearing members may use for the calculation of their capital requirements for exposures to clients.
The final draft standards have been sent today to the European Commission for their adoption as EU Regulations that will be directly applicable throughout the EU.

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March 2, 2017
Union Chapel, London
"There's always a vacuum cleaner with a face on it"
The Handsome Family have touring in the UK sussed. Hotel corridors are populated by anthropomorphic Henry hoovers, and a great sandwich can save any bad day. We heard a lot about "the sandwich that saved our marriage." In fact, we heard a lot about the marriage; Rennie Sparks often translating modern life to her husband and duet partner, Brett. He's no Luddite, though – he has a Casio wristwatch! Think Ron Swanson and exactly as funny.
The between song banter often touched on the absurdity of modern life, including dead-end jobs in Chicago: multi-talented Rennie's skill-set was reduced to an ability to alphabetise, while Brett was sent around the tower block to occupy different chairs. It all came to a head when Rennie was asked"who is the tramp that works here?" Turns out that's why Brett was supposed to wear a name tag.
Now living amongst nature in Albuquerque, animals infest their discourse, lyrics and even Rennie's original artwork on sale at the merch desk. Not the sanitised world of household pets, though. We're talking wild, free, unusual – the world's smallest horse, fire-ants, snakes – and, unusually, revolutionary: "all octopuses in the neighbourhood will rise up!"
This show would have been entertaining enough as a two hour surreal stream of consciousness but there was plenty of music to enjoy, too. Of course, the reception for True Detective's theme song Far From Any Road was wild, even though Rennie jokingly called it the soundtrack to "the hit HBO show Real Cat Detectives." They had no problem with playing a Christmas song in February, nor with sharing the darker side of description in So Much Wine: "you fell asleep with blood on your teeth/I got in my car and drove away."
Back In My Day, Giant of Illinois and countless other songs celebrated the obscure, the overlooked and delicious darkness. Brett's deep vocals soared up to Union Chapel's rafters, variously chased down by Rennie's sweet harmonies and her auto harp, xylophone or ukulele, as well as gentle drums and bluesy pedal steel.
Still, the best was left 'til last, a powerful encore beginning with Your Great Journey movingly dedicated to Robert Fisher of the Willard Grant Conspiracy, and ending with Brett's spine-tingling solo version of My Ghost.
Just time enough for a parting thought: "I won't get any cookies or tea unless I stop quoting Nietzsche." Words to live by!
Visit The Handsome Family's website for music and tour dates.
"I'm actually a metal band, you can't even tell because it sounds so nice here"
There will always be some who insist the show starts at 9. Presumably they think their favourite bands went straight from the rehearsal room to the headlining slot. Usually their loss is our gain; fewer people to chatter inanely over the music. Still, every now and again it seems worth trying to convince the uninitiated to see all the artists they've paid to see, because something special is about to happen.
With grim inevitability, the naive folks headed off for their rushed dinner or cheap drinks and may never know how much they lost. For Courtney Marie Andrews' set really was special. Take Not The End, for example. Moving, mature and clearly enunciated, all with a country twang, sensitively accompanied on the pedal steel guitar. The same could be said for Table For One, Honest Life or, in fact, any of the 9 songs; Andrews was consistently excellent.
It wasn't just the music. It's easy to be overawed by Union Chapel's scale and crisp acoustics; even the most seasoned pros have been known to draw into themselves. Of course, Andrews marvelled at the setting: "It's just been a dream playing these big old fairy majestic places."
Yet she remained undeniably endearing. She undercut her metal band quip with "full disclosure: that's a recycled joke!"
That mix of humour and easy charm resurfaced as she described shooting the video for How Quickly Your Heart Mends. She giggled as she recalled the director asking "where did you find these actors," since 'Dancing Debbie' and her co-stars were real-life patrons of Andrews' local bar. She fondly remembered Debbie exclaiming "I'm going to be famous!" and asking for payment in alcohol at the 8:00am shoot; trading a shot of tequila for a shot of fame.
It's become de rigueur for American bands to comment on their new president, usually with some creative insult. Andrews had that ready – 'Mr. Cheeto' – but she had something more, too; a poetic response to the election result: "I wanted to mourn what felt like the loss for women that day." She's not stopping at words, she's also recorded the protest song I Wish I Would Know How It Would Feel To Be Free for Our First 100 Days, a compilation to raise money for organisations under threat under the new administration.
Courtney Marie Andrews is due back in the UK in August and September for a headlining tour. Visit courtneymarieandrews.com for music and loosemusic.com/live for tour dates.
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A lot of time has passed, and a lot of code has been written. Bazil is still in heavy development, but it has reached a good milestone to blog about: it can synchronize changes from one peer to another.
Warning: at this stage in development, we will put no effort into compatibility of file formats or protocols. Do not stare into laser with remaining eye.
What follows is a walkthrough of scenario where we have two computers sharing files – find me at GopherCon for a live demo, or follow the steps and run it yourself.
First, make sure you have a working Go (>=1.4) installation. You are expected to have basic familiarity with Go, at this point in development.
Unfortunately, to work around a missing gRPC feature, we need a custom branch of it for now. Let's check that out:
$ go get google.golang.org/grpc
$ cd $GOPATH/src/google.golang.org/grpc
$ git remote add bazil https://github.com/bazil/grpc-go
$ git fetch bazil
$ git checkout -b auth bazil/auth
And then install Bazil itself:
$ go get bazil.org/bazil
For the rest, we'll assume you have two computers, virtual machines or containers that will talk to each other.
You can also run the steps on one host, by calling passing the
-data-dir=PATH option as appropriate to keep two separate state
We'll call our two environments
black and
white, and differentiate
them with that hostname in the prompt.
white$ bazil create
black$ bazil create
To introduce the peers to each other, we need to pass their public keys to each other. As the current code doesn't actually keep track of any nicknames or aliases for peers, we'll need to refer to these public keys a lot. Let's set shell variables to remember them.
To see the public key of a node, run
white$ bazil debug pubkey
Typically, debug commands access the database directly, and will only work if the server is not running.
Now set the variable
$BLACK on the host
white with the value being
the public key of
black, and vice versa. If you're running the two
on the same host, the following will work; if not, copy-pasting with
the mouse is needed.
white$ BLACK="$(bazil -data-dir=path/to/datadir/of/black debug pubkey)"
black$ WHITE="$(bazil -data-dir=path/to/datadir/of/white debug pubkey)"
As is probably obvious from the
debug in the command name, this is
not the final UX for this.
Bazil has a (per-user) server component that the command-line
utilities communicate with. Let's start the server on
white$ bazil server run &
bazil: Listening on [::]:34211
black$ bazil server run &
bazil: Listening on [::]:nnnnn
We believe in the value of encryption. Bazil uses convergent encryption with sharing keys where the people who know the relevant sharing key can have access to the data.
The default installation sets up one sharing key, but let's make a new
one for our shared files; it's just 32 bytes of random data. We'll
name our new sharing key
white$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=sekrit bs=32 count=1
white$ bazil sharing add friends <sekrit
Let's create a volume using the new sharing key, and mount it.
white$ bazil volume create -sharing=friends myfiles
white$ mkdir mnt
white$ bazil volume mount myfiles mnt
We now have an encrypted, deduplicating, snapshottable, local file
system. Let's share it with
black, using the public key stored in
$BLACK from earlier.
We introduce a new peer, identified by the public key stored in
$BLACK. We tell
white to allow
black to access its local
content-addressed storage, and
myfiles volume we just created.
white$ bazil peer add $BLACK
white$ bazil peer storage allow $BLACK local
white$ bazil peer volume allow $BLACK myfiles
Let's tell
black to use the new volume. First, we introduce the
white as a new peer for
black, and giving the network location
where the server on
white is listening on. The server prefers the
port 34211 (bazil, do you see it?), but will use any free port. We
saw the port output earlier.
black$ bazil peer add $WHITE
black$ bazil peer location set $WHITE 192.0.2.42:34211
Later, we'll introduce more rendezvous mechanisms, including multicast DNS and an internet-wide lookup based on the public key, and mechanisms for working behind NATs.
black needs to know the sharing key from earlier. Copy the
file from
white to
black through whatever means are appropriate,
and then run
black$ bazil sharing add friends <sekrit
black$ bazil volume connect -sharing=friends $WHITE myfiles
black$ bazil volume storage add -sharing=friends myfiles peerkey:$WHITE
black$ mkdir mnt
black$ bazil volume mount myfiles mnt
We now have the save volume mounted on two machines.
Let's make changes on
white and observe them on
white$ echo hello, world >mnt/greeting
black$ bazil volume sync myfiles $WHITE
black$ ls mnt
black$ cat mnt/greeting
white$ echo hello, again >mnt/greeting
black$ bazil volume sync myfiles $WHITE
black$ cat mnt/greeting
Hey! It works!
The sync implementation doesn't currently handle deletions or subdirectories.
There is currently no user interface to resolve conflicts, or to finish sync merges that were postponed because a file was still open.
At this stage in development, we will put no effort into compatibility of file formats or protocols.
After the obvious missing functionality mentioned is done, there's plenty of work to be done on making the user experience of managing peers better. The steps above are very manual and discrete right now, as that is what's easiest to debug.
Once the common usage scenarios have been explored, more convenient mechanisms can be added on top of these low-level steps, e.g. bootstrapping a peer connection over ssh, and interacting with friends over im with humans copy-pasting short messages.
To learn more about the why of Bazil, read the introductory blog post.
To understand the architecture of Bazil better, browse the documentation https://bazil.org/doc/ .
Bazil is still at an early stage in development, but the future looks really exciting. We'd love to have you participating.
posted on 2015-07-07, tagged as bazil
GopherCon is here, and it is time to reveal what Bazil is all about.
Bazil, also known as
bazil.org/bazil, is a file system that lets
your data reside where it is most convenient for it to reside.
Bazil is still under heavy development, but welcomes developers and curious power users. Here's a little teaser of what's coming.
Imagine you have
On the desktop, you naturally want to be able to use the whole 3TB disk. And you're not always using the desktop, even when you're home – the sofa is just so comfortable. You'd like to work with your files even when you're on the laptop.
So you install the currently fashionable large-corporate-backed cloud-sync solution.
A file sync based solution will try to copy all of your files from the desktop to the laptop – yet the laptop's smaller SSD just can't hold that much! You're forced to play games with picking-and-choosing what folders get synchronized, and just don't have the convenience of grabbing that 8-year-old wedding photo on a whim.
To modernize an aphorism, you can't put ten terabytes of files on a 500 GB SSD. Syncing between very disproportionate systems is fundamentally a problematic design, and is best for a small hand-picked set of files, not as an actual storage solution.
Don't take this the wrong way; you really should have some sort of remote backups for important data, in case the building burns down. S3 RRS/Glacier, Google Cloud Storage DRA seem very promising for backup cold storage; we'll come back to that later.
Rocking it old school? We're down with that.
A network file system like CIFS or NFS, or something like
would let you use the files from the desktop on the laptop – but your
wifi will never be as fast as the laptop's local SSD, in either
bandwidth or latency, so now all your file accesses are crawling, and
you end up hunting for an ethernet cable whenever you need to transfer
something bigger.
To speed things up, you end up copying often used files to the SSD. Now you have several copies of the same files, and no idea what was modified when, or whether you're looking at the last copy, or whether it's safe to delete to free up space on the cramped laptop.
A network file system will also require for you to stay within wifi range. For travel, you're once again reduced to up manually copying files around, and once again lose track of where's the latest copy of what file.
Desktop use is kinda sorta tolerable: you're never sure whether the file you are looking at is the latest copy
Laptop use is miserable: you're confused about which copies of your files are the right ones, the network file system is an umbilical tying you to your home network, and everything goes over the slow wifi all the time
Cloud storage is still expensive, but now you can use it as backup only and bypass the synchronization service providers: switching between clouds is easier, and cold storage and reduced availability is cheaper.
However, this leaves you installing & configuring cloud backup software in addition to your network file system woes; not the simplest ordeal, and don't expect any kind of file history browsing / recovery integration for you network file system clients.
or You can choose to back up to your own disks – with the same caveats as above
or All of the bad parts of the computer in the closet, with the extra of needing to fiddle with the disks and remember things.
Bazil separates knowledge of a file from the contents of the file, letting the laptop know about all of the files, without having to store the contents of the file.
With Bazil, the laptop SSD contents act as
And because Bazil keeps track of the changes, it can also keep track of changes and synchronize them between the different peers; no more confusion about what copy is the latest.
You try to read a file where the contents are not locally stored, the data will be fetched from desktop or cloud/closet server, whichever happens to be the fastest way. All the data is accessible even if it won't fit on the SSD.
You can pin files for travel, so you're no longer tied to your home network, or even any network connectivity.
Bazil is the archival solution, with the snapshot feature. Every Bazil peer can browse the earlier snapshots, making restoring files easy no matter what computer you're on. You don't have to manage both a network file system and a backup solution.
Bazil is the redundancy solution, with copies of file contents
stored on multiple computers. The CAS stores
immutable, write-once objects, so you can even mitigate software bugs
by taking an extra copy of the history with just
rsync, file system
snapshots, or any other file copy tool. A snapshot is just an object,
and refers to other objects; the objects contain everything needed to
regain access to your files.
All Bazil file storage can be encrypted to guarantee your privacy, whether in the cloud, on your own computers, or on external hard drives. Encryption is on by default.
Bazil is still under heavy development, and a lot of the functionality hinted at above is still not quite there. We welcome developers and curious power users.
See the documentation for more, and feel free to ask questions on the mailing list or Twitter @BazilFS.
The original gopher image was made by Renee French.
posted on 2014-04-24, tagged as bazil project announce
Tv is talking about the Bazil FUSE library at the local Gopher meetup tonight. Check out the slides.
posted on 2013-06-10, tagged as fuse talk
Hi. This blog post establishes the Bazil.org project. This is not an April Fool's joke.
There are more ambituous things floating in the background, but many people have expressed interest in this, so here's an early release: a Go FUSE filesystem programming library.
This is based on Russ Cox's fuse library, as hosted at https://code.google.com/p/rsc/source/browse/#hg%2Ffuse
Here's how to get going:
go get bazil.org/fuse
The github repository is at https://github.com/bazil/fuse
posted on 2013-04-01, tagged as fuse announce


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The National Hurricane Center identified a large area of low pressure hundreds of miles east of the Bahamas as an area of interest Sunday for possible tropical or sub tropical development.
But as of this morning, no tropical forecasts have been issued and some hurricane experts are doubtful the conditions in the western Atlantic will allow for a tropical cyclone to form.
Related: Will a hurricane be named after you this season?
If something forms, it would be no threat to the U.S., but notable for its early start date. Just one Atlantic tropical or subtropical cyclone has developed in March since records began in 1851 and that was more than 100 years ago, according to Weather Channel hurricane expert Michael Lowry.
Check the Palm Beach Post storm tracking map
The official hurricane season start date is June 1.
Weather Underground co-founder Jeff Masters and meteorologist Bob Henson said the waters near the disturbance are just 75 degrees – likely too cold for anything tropical to form.
Sea surface temperatures of at least 80 degrees are usually needed for tropical development. They also note that wind shear of up to 69 mph will keep the disturbance from organizing.
"An early appearance of the Atlantic's first named storm of 2017 unlikely this week," they wrote. "The low will head north and then northeast, passing a few hundred miles southeast of Bermuda on Tuesday."
The low is causing sea heights of 17 feet and there is a gale warning for the area.
An invest is an area the hurricane center is interested in watching further and collecting more data on. Once a system has been designated an invest, it doesn't mean the disturbance has a better chance of developing, but just that its worth being watched more closely.
Accuweather meteorologist Eric Leister said the disturbance has only a short window to become something more as it tracks to the northeast during the next few days and into cooler waters.
Sea surface temperatures typically need to be about 80 degrees for a tropical system to form.
"There's nothing particularly special about this storm, other than the time of year and the angle that there could be a tropical nature to it," Leister said. "It's not something that's common. It's an unlikely scenario."


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1 + 1/4 cup pitted medjool dates
1/2 cup water
1 15oz can of garbanzo beans
1/3 cup chocolate chips
3 Tablespoons almond butter
2 Tablespoons rolled oats (I used gluten free)
1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
Remove pits from the dates and place in a bowl or jar with 1/2 cup of water. Cover the bowl or jar and let it sit in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours (or overnight).
Strain and rinse the chickpeas.
Combine the chickpeas, dates (including their soaking liquid), almond butter, oats, vanilla, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a food processor, excluding the chocolate chips. Blend until smooth, scraping down the sides with a spatula as needed.
Remove dough from the for processor and gently mix in the chocolate chips.
Lightly coat a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray, or line with parchment paper. Scoop the dough into 1 inch balls and place on the cookie sheet.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until cookies are firm in the center. Remove from oven and let cool.


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A proposed change in a law aimed at protecting children from exposure to methamphetamine is one step closer to becoming a reality.
In April, Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant traveled to Austin to testify before the Committee on Law Enforcement to push for a change in a law that would allow authorities to charge parents with endangering a child when they use meth or allow others to use meth in their child�s presence.
The law currently states that parents can only be charged if they manufacture the drug in the child�s presence.
�I want to hold parents accountable when anyone uses meth around a child, not just when they manufacture it,� Bryant said.
Earlier this week, Bryant learned that the change he is requesting has passed the House and is now headed for the Senate.
�I was told that if there was no quarreling about it, it will go to Governor Perry�s desk,� Bryant said.
Prompted by a growing frustration over the increased number of children testing positive for the drug, Bryant began searching for ways to hold parents accountable last year. Bryant said when meth is smoked in the home the drug can enter the child�s system through inhalation and exposure to carpet and clothing containing the drug�s residue.
Bryant said he is pleased that legislators are listening to what he has to say and acting on his suggestion.
�This is the first time I have sought help from the Legislature to change a law or a bill - and I never expected to testify in Austin,� Bryant said. �What this tells me is that the changes we are trying to get passed are good and others agree. I believe this change will help a lot of children living in homes where drugs are being abused.�
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Secretary Clinton, White House Slam Wikileaks Document Release
The White House and the State Department on Monday widely condemned Wikileaks for the release of classified documents. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the disclosure "an attack on the international community."
In a Monday press briefing, Clinton said the State Department is "taking aggressive steps" to identify and hold responsible the people who leaked the documents.
"I have directed that specific actions be taken at the State Department, in addition to new security safeguards at the Department of Defense and elsewhere to protect State Department information so that this kind of breach cannot and does not ever happen again," Clinton said.
Clinton also took issue with those who applauded Wikileaks for exposing government information. "There is nothing laudable about endangering innocent people, and there is nothing brave about sabotaging the peaceful relations between nations on which our common security depends," she said. "There have been examples in history in which official conduct has been made public in the name of exposing wrongdoings or misdeeds. This is not one of those cases."
Clinton reiterated what the White House said Sunday; these documents, or cables, are the work of U.S. diplomats, and the people with whom diplomats speak must be confident that discussions with American officials will be kept secure.
"These conversations also depend on trust and confidence," Clinton said. "For example, if an anti-corruption activist shares information about official misconduct, or a social worker passes along documentation of sexual violence, revealing that person's identity could have serious repercussions: imprisonment, torture, even death."
People must be able to have candid, private conversations, Clinton said. "Whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs," she said.
Public debates are "one of the greatest strengths of our democracy but stealing confidential documents and then releasing them without regard for the consequences does not serve the public good, and it is not the way to engage in a healthy debate," Clinton said.
Secretary Clinton, however, was confident that U.S. relations with other countries have not been permanently tarnished. "I can tell you that in my conversations, at least one of my counterparts said to me, 'Well, don't worry about it. You should see what we say about you,'" she joked. "So I think that this is well understood in the diplomatic community as part of the give-and-take."
In response to Clinton's statement, Wikileaks urged supporters via Twitter to take their own "aggressive steps" and donate to the site.
In a video message (below) posted Monday morning, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs echoed Clinton's statements.
"The leak is very disconcerting. These are highly classified cables, and [the leaks put] at risk our ability to do our foreign policy that promotes our security and protects those who have honest discussions with other governments," Gibbs said. "President Obama, as you know from the campaign, is a huge proponent of open and transparent government. We seek every day to ensure that nothing is over-classified in this investigation. But clearly the revelation of 250,000 documents that are highly classified is dangerous and is a threat to our ability to conduct foreign policy."
Secretary Clinton did not address a letter from Rep. Peter King, in which the New York Republican asked Clinton to consider designating Wikileaks as a terrorist organization. In other Wikileaks news, the New York Times said the leaked documents confirm that the Chinese government helped orchestrate an attack on Google earlier this year. PCMag's Neil Rubenking also spoke with Security expert Mikko Hypponen about who might have executed a denial of service attack against Wikileaks on Sunday.


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GeoNet continuously monitors New Zealand's active volcanoes. The overall activity for each volcano is quantified by setting an alert level from 0 to 5. Response agencies in New Zealand are notified whenever the alert level changes, and they use it to determine the type and scope of their responses.
During a volcanic eruption
- Listen to a local station on a portable, battery-operated radio or television for updated emergency information and instructions. If the electricity is out, this may be your only source of information. Local officials will give appropriate advice for your particular situation via local media.
- Follow any evacuation orders issued by authorities, and put your Household Emergency Plan into action. Although it may seem safe to stay at home and wait-out an eruption, doing so could be very dangerous if you are in a hazard zone. The best way to stay safe is to take the advice of local authorities.
- Bring animals and livestock into closed shelters to protect them from breathing volcanic ash.
- Put all machinery inside a garage or barn to protect it from volcanic ash.
- Stay indoors. Your safest place is inside, away from various hazards.
- Close all windows, doors, and dampers to keep volcanic ash from entering indoors.
- Stay out of designated restricted zones. Effects of a volcanic eruption can be experienced many miles from a volcano.
- Avoid low-lying areas, areas downwind of the volcano, and river valleys downstream of the volcano. Debris and ash will be carried by wind and gravity.
- Wear a dust mask designed to protect against lung irritation from small particles.
- Protect your eyes by wearing goggles. Wear eyeglasses, not contact lenses.
- Keep as much of your skin covered as possible.
After a volcanic eruption
Stay indoors and away from volcanic ash fall areas if possible. The fine, glassy particles of volcanic ash can increase the health risks for children and people with respiratory conditions, such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema.
Whether you are indoors or outdoors:
- Wear a dust mask designed to protect against lung irritation from small particles.
- Protect your eyes by wearing goggles. Wear eyeglasses, not contact lenses.
- Keep as much of your skin covered as possible.
- When it is safe to go outside, clear roofs of ash fall. Ash is very heavy and can cause buildings to collapse, especially if made wet by rain. Exercise great caution when working on a roof.
- Avoid driving in heavy ash fall. Driving will stir up volcanic ash that can clog engines and stall vehicles. Abrasion can damage moving parts, including bearings, brakes, and transmissions.
- Keep animals away from ash fall and possible hot spots. Wash animals' paws and fur or skin to prevent them from ingesting or inhaling ash when they groom themselves.
Further information
For information on volcanic ash provided by GNS Science and the US Geological Survey, click on the link here.
GNS also has a number of fact sheets specific to New Zealand (in particular Mt Ruapehu and Mt Tongariro) which can be found here.


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Gustav Threatens the Gulf Coast and the RNCSeptember 02, 2008
As I sat in the airport waiting for my connection to the Twin Cities, I do what any good lobbyist does — I checked my e-mail. And while I had been monitoring the increasingly disturbing news coming out of the Weather Channel, the e-mail I received confirmed it. All but barebones official convention proceedings were canceled for Monday, the first day of the 2008 Republican National Convention, because of the looming hurricane off America's Gulf Coast. While news releases say the call was made by soon-to-be-minted Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), I am sure the fact that both President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney rightly opted not to attend and speak as planned on Monday night — a decision made earlier — had a bit to do with it as well. It may be McCain's convention, but it's still Bush's party. All the major news organizations are also pulling their anchors out of St. Paul and sending them to the Gulf Coast to commence emergency coverage.
Hurricane Gustav is horrible news for the people of the Gulf Coast region. It is only a few years after New Orleans drowned in Hurricane Katrina, not to mention the additional devastation felt by the rest of the coast states affected by that and other hurricanes that year. To have another big storm bearing down on Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas so quickly seems beyond cruel — but then Mother Nature is not always known for her benevolence. The good news is the region is mobilized and mandatory evacuation orders are in place for cities in the direct path of the storm, including New Orleans, so if the worst does happen, local residents, officials, and the nation will hopefully be better able to cope with the disaster.
Meanwhile, in St. Paul, Republican officials are scrambling to react, well aware that the eyes of a nation are watching and remembering a Republican-led FEMA department that didn't do so well last time. (Of course, the Democrats in charge in Louisiana at the time didn't get such high marks either.) Other ancillary events to the convention — meetings, lectures, gatherings, parties — appear to still be on tap but will continue with an understandable shadow. The parties especially seem to be turning into charity events, where funds will be collected for disaster relief while convention goers continue to, well, convene. But all the events will be different; members of Congress who were scheduled to speak may not be in attendance, for one.
The Republican National Committee has said it will play it by ear regarding the rest of the week's official schedule, but the party must do some basic things to ensure that their candidates appear on the ballot in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. That official business is the only sure thing for a convention whose official schedule and attendance have been thrown very much up in the air. I heard one official speaking on NPR Sunday morning, saying the convention may turn into an "American Idol Gives Back" kind of an event — a telethon to raise money for disaster relief should the worst come to pass. The RNC has already chartered a DC-9 to ferry delegates back to affected states and set up an "Affected States Command Center" and an "Affected States Task Force" to deal with issues from St. Paul to get the best information to folks as they receive it.
But the RNC and convention goers like me will cope; we're still safe and dry. All we can do is hope and pray for the best for our families, friends, colleagues — indeed, even complete strangers — who have Gustav bearing down on them. To our friends in the Gulf Coast: take care of yourselves and, please, be safe.
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I agree that Sarah Palin raises a ton of issues for feminists. We think women should have the same opportunities as men but in the backs of our minds we nevertheless question a mother of five with a young baby taking on the VP candidacy. Then we can beat ourselves up for having a double standard for men and women. I guess we all need to learn how to ask the questions we feel we need to ask in a way that would be fair to a candidate whether male or female.
I want to talk about this Sarah Palin! I feel so conflicted about her as a VP choice. She cuts to the core of the problems women have when they try to have it all. In her shoes I don't see how she can run for VP with all she has going on in her life. Perhaps her husband is picking up the slack. Doesn't having 5 kids limit, at least for a time, what you do as an occupation?
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How to Lead Effectively When You Inherit a Mess | Weekly Project Management Roundup
Leading Effectively When You Inherit a Mess
In this HBR article, Ron Carucci has shared experience of an executive who joined an organization where organization was in big problems in terms of cost overrun, loss making unit, weakening customer loyalty, higher attrition, decreasing employee trust, etc. Ron referred a decade long study about transitions of executives, found that more than 50% of executives who inherit a chaos or mess tend to fail within their first 18 months on the job. So Ron has six great attribute about how to sail through such troubled waters
- Resist the temptation to emotionally distance yourself.
- Never blame your predecessor
- Minimize references to past successes
- Know the fine line between self-promotion and real help
- Test the reliability of your data.
- Be transparent about how you will make changes.
Do read this insightful article further.
What to Do When You're Returning to a Company You Used to Work For
In another HBR article by Rebecca Knight, has observed that the trend is visible wherein employee leaves a job at an orgnizaation and rejoins it later. Not only this is gaining acceptance by employees but also hiring managers. If you are employee, you would obviously like to make it more fruitful and enjoyable career move. So there are few pointers Rebecca has shared how to make it smooth, make it better and acceptable.
- Reintroduce yourself
- Be positive
- Reset colleagues' expectations
- Reset your own expectations, as well
- Onboard
- Network around the company
- Offer perspective
- Pace yourself
There are also some interesting Dos and Don'ts and case studies to give you better perspectives. Do read about returning to a company you worked before.
How to Handle Project Naysayers
Michael Zekser
During a project's lifecycle, there are instances wherein project manager has to approach various stakeholders such as sponsors, resource managers, customers for project approval, resources onboarding, change request approval, etc. These stakeholders may raise questions, approve/reject the request depending on various factors. If you have to go through naysayers in this process, life can be little difficult for you: they may ask validity of your request, why this project is even required, who told you to reach me out, I can not help you, etc. However even if there is a single naysayer, you will have deal with him/her carefully. Michael Zekser, has wrote down specific ways and possibility to turn the naysayers into supporters.
Explain why a given activity is being handled in a specific manner, understand the issues raised by the complainers so that you get opportunity to address their objections.
If their objections, concerns appear to be valid, you can show some flexibility at your end to check the possibility of changing schedule or so, if not, ask them check the possibility to push their own timeline. Better yet, ask them to put forth their ideas about how to handle the conflict. This way, you are encouraging them, respecting them and hearing them out.
If project sponsor is objecting something about a project, you have to listen to their concerns, apprehensions and understand those well, document it, share it with right stakeholders asking for alternatives/solution.
All in all, a good article that suggests there are alternatives and right methods to find reasonable ways out.
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When most people hear the word "diplomacy", they think of diplomats, politicians and presidents sitting around a table strategizing ways to avoid a war. For some high schools students who dream of future career in politics, international relations or perhaps entering the Peace Corp, this is a really exciting view.
But what about young leaders who dream of being entrepreneurs, doctors, teachers, parents, or working in technology? What about those youth who haven't decided what career they want to pursue? How will meaningful dialogue and skilled diplomacy help your future?
The skills learned in the Global Youth Village's Dialogue and Diplomacy Workshop have long lasting benefits, here are five:
Get a great job
According to Forbes magazine's, The 10 Skills That Will Get You Hired in 2013, Active Listening ranks #4 (behind 1)critical thinking, 2)problem solving and 3)judgment, see GYV's Leadership Development skills). Forbes defines active listening as "giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting. " Active listening is a key skill developed during D&D. While engaging in many fun "listening games" you can practice the skill and learning more about your international friends at GYV.
Become a Leader
Whether you are running for class president, have to organize a group for a project or want to start your own business in the future – good communication is key to being a leader in any field. More specifically, communicating with an open mind is vital to great leadership. According to Forbe's article, 10 Communication Secrets of Great Leaders, "a leader takes their game to a whole new level the minute they willingly seek out those who hold dissenting opinions and opposing positions with the goal not of convincing them to change their minds, but with the goal of understanding what's on their mind. " As a D&D participant, you learn how to have open conversations with people who have different points of views and opinions on important subjects. You'll learn it is much more powerful to listen to all points of view than to simply push your own.
Stand up for yourself and others
Whether you are defending a friend who is being bullied, or discussing a seemingly unfair grade on your latest history essay with your teacher, you will use skills you learned in D&D. Merriam-Webster defines diplomacy as "skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility". When you are approaching someone who bullies, or an authority figure, it is important to do so calmly and in a way that won't make the other person angry. In D&D you learn and practice technique that allow you to speak your mind in a way that will keep everyone calm and respectful and will ensure that your voice is heard.
Succeed in college/ university
At college, you need to be able to listen to long lectures while paying close attention and listening for important details. Sometime this can be really difficult, if the class is early in the morning, or if your professors like to tell lots of stories or use complicated vocabulary. During D&D you will practice particular techniques that will make listening for key details and important information easier. You learn how to concentrate on what someone is saying and learn to filter the important parts from the less important. (Read about how D&D helped GYV participant Momin from Iraq prepare for medical school)
Travel smart
Many students these days travel either the year between high school graduation and the first year of university, or study or volunteer abroad while in college. International travel is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you want to make the most out of. Learning how to talk with "the locals" in any new city or country will help you find the best restaurants, tourist attractions and will help you meet interesting people! D&D teaches you how to communicate with people from different countries and cultures. It will also help you understand the importance of keeping an open mind while in a new place. (Read more about GYV participant international travelers)
Have more questions about how a Dialogue and Diplomacy workshop will help you? Post a comment below and a Dialogue and Diplomacy instructor will reply!


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Cloud Computing offers a sense of "vastness" in terms of storage and remote processing. In addition, there are challenges to any digital forensics investigation within a distributed environment such as cloud computing.
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Prior to Transcendental, The Ocean released their sixth full-length in 2013: Pelagial - which was hailed as the group's "most ambitious record to date" (HeavyBlogIsHeavy.com). Over the course of the crushingly massive record, "tender piano interludes get stomped on by Mastodon-shaped footprints, lush strings work next to bulldozing double-kick work, and, at the end, the submarine crashes at Melvins tempos" (Spin.com). Since the album and EP's release, the group has toured the world in support of them, earning much praise for their mesmerizing live shows.
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How to Disable the Onboard Graphics and Install a New Graphics Card in Your HP Pavilion 6630
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The HP Pavilion cannot have the integrated graphics disabled in the BIOS. This can be frustrating if you are trying to do what the graphics card manual says.
1Disable the on-board graphics (assuming that you are running Windows). Turn your computer on and log on using Safe Mode. You can do this by pressing F8 repeatedly during boot up. You should come to a list of options; highlight Safe Mode using the up and down buttons, and press 'Enter' to select.
2Right click on My Computer and select Properties.
3Select the Hardware tab, and click on Device Manager.
4Click on the '+' by the picture of a monitor. It should pull up your graphics device (something like Intel Integrated Graphics).
5Right click on the device for your on-board graphics.Disable it, don't uninstall it; otherwise, this will cause you a world of trouble.
6Log off, and power your computer off.
7Remove the case cover and insert the new card in an empty slot.
8Plug your monitor cable into the new card, and when you log on, it should run on low resolution until the driver is installed. It should find the new hardware, and from here, follow the graphics card installation manual. Sometimes it has programs that install the driver and not the Found New Hardware Wizard.
Community Q&A
QuestionWhat do I do if after following the above directions, Windows 7 won't start up after a new graphics card was installed?Community AnswerIf your version of the HP is a laptop, do not change graphics cards; it is set to a specified setting and optimization. If you know a lot about laptops and do manage to change a few things, remember to check compatibility.
QuestionWhere can I find information on how to do this for my specific model of computer that uses Windows 8?Community AnswerSee the community forums for your manufacturer (e.g. Google search for e.g Acer community forum).
QuestionI disabled my internal graphic card thinking my external will read, but now the screen is not showing at all and can't see bios setup. What do I do?Community AnswerRemove CMOS battery to let system reset. This looks like a large watch battery, may take some effort to remove it. Put back in after a couple minutes. May take a couple reboots to make things work again.
- You may want to wear a grounding wire, as you wouldn't want to fry your new card or your entire system. Safety first!
- Ask for help. Never assume you know everything about computers (unless you really do).
- Wear a grounding wire, and unplug the PSU (power supply unit).
- Or you can just plug off the computer power cable.
Things You'll Need
- A Phillips head screwdriver.
- Grounding wire.
- A metal piece attached to yourself and the ground (to avoid frying the parts by static touch.
- (You can use the metal bar surrounding the inside of the desktop touch it at least once before installing to avoid static)
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Español: deshabilitar la gráfica integrada e instalar una nueva tarjeta gráfica en tu Pavilion 6630, Italiano: Disattivare la Scheda Video Integrata e Installare una Nuova Scheda Grafica sull'HP Pavillon 6630, Português: Desabilitar a Placa de Vídeo Onboard e Instalar uma Nova Placa de Vídeo em um HP Pavilion 6630, Deutsch: In einem HP Pavilion 6630 die integrierte Grafikkarte deaktivieren und eine neue installieren, Bahasa Indonesia: Menonaktifkan Kartu Grafis Terintegrasi dan Memasang Kartu Grafis Baru di HP Pavilion 6630, Français: désactiver la carte graphique intégrée et installer une nouvelle carte graphique dans un HP Pavilion 6630


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Islamorada Shark Fishing
Have you ever watched the famous Discovery Channel show called Shark Week? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the ultimate predator up close and personal? Let's go Florida Keys Shark fishing!!!
Here in Islamorada, the Sports Fishing Capital of the World, we can offer a large variety of 1st class fishing. Our Islamorada Shark Fishing trips are home to sharks of all shapes and sizes, that can be found right here in Islamorada just minutes from the dock. What kind of sharks do we have here? Bonnet Head, Nurse, Lemon, Black tip, Bull, Spinner, Hammerhead and an occasional Tiger which is the true trophy giant of our shallow water world. Can you imagine a 10 footer sliding up to the front of the boat in less than 4 feet of water? It is a hair raising experience, trust me!!
Here in Florida Keys, we have warm water temperatures for most of the year, which allows us to fish year round for Sharks. The only exception would be a wicked cold front in the winter when the water temps can drop well below 70 degrees.
Florida Keys Shark fishing may be one of the most rewarding fishing charters available with a catch ratio much greater than some of our other famous sport fish species. Sharks are capable of putting any angler to task as these fish are big, mean, powerful, unpredictable and most of all EXCITING!!
How can you fish for sharks? Realistically, any way you want!! The shallow waters of Islamorada and the Florida Keys let's us target them with live or dead bait, artificial lures, and flies. Would you believe Sharks eat flies? Check out our Islamorada Shark Fly tournament in March 2010.
In addition to being the most feared and dangerous predator in the ocean, Sharks are really a spectacular game fish and a wonderful creature serving their purpose in the food chain. Catch and release is the only way we Shark fish.
The most fearsome animal in the Florida Keys fishing arena has to be the SHARK!! Inshore, Offshore, Flats, Backcountry, and Gulf of Mexico fishing areas all have SHARKS. There are many types of sharks found here in the Florida Keys. Leaving from La Siesta Marina, in the heart of Islamorada, this can give you access to some close to home SHARKIN!! Did you know you can catch a six foot Lemon or Bull Shark in water less than 18′ deep in the Islamorada Backcountry?
Are you a Florida Keys Saltwater Fly Fishing junkie? Have you ever held a 13 wt., one piece Biscayne Fly Rod in your hand and suddenly feel under powered? While Fly Fishing in Islamorada, the chance for a giant sea creature like a Hammerhead Shark of over 10 feet long visiting your chum slick is possible, especially in the spring time. Last year, during the 2nd Annual Islamorada Shark Fly Tournament, Capt. Steve Friedman and his angler Greg, caught and released 17 different sharks in two days of fishing. All Tournament Sharks must be over 4 feet long, caught on 20lb. class tippet, and abide by all IGFA rules. There were 74 Sharks total caught on fly in last years tournament. Does that sound like fun to you??
Light Tackle Fishing in the Florida Keys would not be complete without SHARKS. You can sight fish for SHARKS on any of our shallow flats. You can drift and chum for SHARKS in the Gulf of Mexico or other lakes in the Backcountry and catch them on bait. You can even tease them with topwater plugs…careful getting the plug back!!
Fishing in the Florida Keys also includes evening time. Don't like the heat, got a busy day, want to see a Florida Keys Sunset, Shark Fishing is something fun in the keys to do all year long here in Islamorada.
Here at Florida Keys Fun Fishing, we provide many charter options for those who enjoy family fishing in the Florida Keys. Kids of all ages love SHARKS and so do we. Imagine the smile on your child's face as he holds his very own SHARK for a picture. Show and Tell will never be the same.
Have any questions about what trip would be best for you? Contact us directly at 305-393-8670 to discuss your fishing trip needs and we'll help you select the best trip for you and your family! You can also email us using the form on our Contact Us page.


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Registration is now open for staff and the public for the Central Library April 2015 Classes. The classes offered in the month of April will feature a Money Smart Week presentation with Dr. Stephanie Yates and Job Searching Tips with local career counselor, Jack Norris.
All classes are held in the Regional Library Computer Center (RLCC) of the Central (downtown) Library. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL CLASSES due to limited seating.
To register for classes, go to https://rlccbpl.wordpress.com/computer-class-schedule/ or pick up a copy of the April 2015 Class Schedule at your local Birmingham Public Library branch. Please note that registration does not necessarily guarantee you a spot in the class. Call or email to confirm.


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Riding over bumps, crashing and having your bicycle bumped can cause your derailleur to become misaligned over time. A misaligned derailleur can cause your shifters to fail to shift properly. To ensure a smooth shift, you should periodically realign your shifters. This should be a part of your basic bicycle maintenance to keep your bicycle in good running order.
Lock your bike into your work stand. Set your bicycle upside down on the handlebars and seat if you do not have a bicycle work stand.
Loosen the cable stops on the derailleur using an Allen wrench. Turn these bolts in a counterclockwise direction, but do not completely remove them. Pedal your bicycle by hand to allow derailleur to guide the chain to the smallest gear settings.
Pedal the bicycle by hand as you stand behind your bicycle. Check the alignment of the rear derailleur over the smallest cog of your gears. Loosen the high-limit screw -- marked with an "H" -- on the derailleur if it is pushing the chain to the left of the smallest gear. Tighten the high-limit screw if the derailleur is pushing the chain to the right. Use a screwdriver to tighten or loosen the limit screws.
Look at the front derailleur. Tighten the low-limit screw -- marked with an "L" -- with a screwdriver if the derailleur is pushing the chain to the right of the cog. Loosen the low-limit screw if the derailleur is pushing the chain to the left of the cog.
Shift the front derailleur to the largest gear. Watch the alignment of the derailleur over the large cog. Tighten your high-limit screw on the front derailleur until the chain just comes into contact with the derailleur. Loosen the high-limit screw until the chain no longer rubs on the derailleur as it is being pedalled.
Tighten the cable stops on both derailleurs with an Allen wrench.
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- "The Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair 2nd Ed."; C. Calvin Jones; 2008


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Foto: In front Valerie and Suzanne, in back Mike and Brian!
Brian Harrington brought The Word today, Suzanne translated. We had a wonderful time studying God´s Word and fellowshipping together!
Thanks for coming to minister in Wiesbaden!
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School transmutation; Level bard 0, druid 0, sorcerer/wizard 0
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range touch
Target creature touched
Duration 1 round/level
Saving Throw Will negates (harmless); Spell Resistance yes (harmless)
The recipient of this spell receives a five foot enhancement bonus to its base land speed. The spell does not enhance any other mode of travel (swimming, flying, burrowing, etc.).
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Stacie and Rich Wedding {Snohomish Wedding Photography}
On Saturday I had the privilege of photographing Stacie and Rich's Wedding at Lord Hill Farms in Snohomish, Washington. What an amazing event!! This was an "exclamation point" event. I feel like every sentence I write should end with an exclamation point (or two or three). It is difficult to try to capture all the festivities and emotion of the day in 20 or so pictures...but here is my attempt!!
First, a shot from their engagement session....
One of the things that struck me about the day was the amount of little details that Stacie had put into the day. It showed her thoughtfulness of others, her gift giving abilities, and love of fun little surprises. The shoes were beautiful and had "I Do" on the bottom of them. She had both something blue (underwear that said "I Do" as well), and something borrowed (a little charm in her veil that was from her mom and dad's wedding, I believe). SO FUN!!
Then there was the detail of the flowers. As they were setting up for the wedding, the flowers just kept coming and coming! And they were breathtaking!! I don't thing 100 pictures could do justice to the amount and beauty of the flowers of the wedding. For those of you who were there, you'll just nod your head in agreement with me and for those who weren't, I've added a couple of pictures for you to see.
Stacie and her bridesmaids were so fun (and beautiful)!!! They were relaxed and laughed with each other. I could see their love for each other...and how much fun they like to have together!
The ring bearer and flower girl were so cute! Once again - in the details...the flower girl's dress had the same buttons as Stacie's dress going down her back!
There is so much more I could say, but let's get to the main focus of the day...THE BRIDE!! Stacie, you are beautiful and you were positively glowing on Saturday!!
Not to leave Rich out...here he is with his groomsmen. They were relaxed, fun and oh so handsome. (Although I understand that between the two groomsmen, there was some hair cutting and change of color a day or two before. It would have been fun to have before and after pictures!)
Rich and Stacie opted not to see each other before the wedding, but that didn't totally stop them from being
together. We placed them on either side of a thick curtain just before the ceremony so they could talk, hold hands and connect.
Once again, the flowers...this is a picture of the aisle. Ribbons, flowers, petals, beautiful floral arrangements up front...oh my!! It was breathtaking!
A wide view from the back of the ceremony. And what a great ceremony!! A family pastor did the service, one of the bridesmaids sang, they lit the unity candle...and the ring bearer did a great job staying up there the whole time even though you could tell he was bored. (But what can you say...when you are a boy of four years old, weddings are not that exciting. Now, legos...there is some excitement!!)
You can tell Stacie and Rich have found their *BEST FRIEND* in one another.
One of my favorites of the day! May you have thousands of more moments to kiss one another over the span of your lifetime together!
So I feel like there are still dozens of pictures I would need to post to do the whole day justice. There were so many details and stories, I couldn't tell here (or the post would just go on and on and on and on...). Thank you to my friend, Moch Snyder, who came and second shoot the wedding with me. Thank you to Rich and Stacie's families...it was a tremendous celebration (and I love the flowers I got to take home!!)
Thank you, Rich and Stacie. It was a true privilege to get to capture your day in photographs. May your love for one another just grow and grow over the years!! And may you always be about the little details and fun surprises for one another!
Posted by Tara Malouf at 5:04 AM
Labels: Weddings
6 comments:
- Stacie and Rich said...
Tara - YOU ARE AMAZING! You captured the beauty of the day so perfectly!
We love everything!!!
All our best!
Stacie and Rich Meyer
- July 20, 2009 at 7:24 AM
- Rachael said...
Stacie and Rich's wedding looks so amazing. Thanks for sharing this with us. Congratulation guys. Hope for many years of happiness :)
- July 20, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Presca Lynn said...
Absolutely GORGEOUS!
- July 20, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- Alex said...
Great pics! Congrats to Rich and Stacie.
Many thanks to all who made the evening such a great event.
- July 20, 2009 at 9:50 AM
As the parents of the bride the day could not have been more perfect!! Thanks Tara for capturing all the special moments.
Love you guys, Mom & Dad
- July 20, 2009 at 11:18 AM
this is the mot amazing photo i have ever seen!!!
- September 16, 2009 at 11:02 AM
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26th April 2018 – HEATHROW AIRPORT
Training Workshop Overview
Due to the complexity and cost of aeronautical operating environments incidents or accidents can be considered as a very high risk. With a mature principle in mind the organisation can determine the root cause(s) of such events much more accurately and one way to do this by moving away from the term "error" and replacing it with "event". This neutralises any preconception as to "why" an incident / accident may have occurred and changes the outlook to focus on "how" an incident / accident came to fruition i.e. a "Just Culture" and not a "Blame Culture". The workshop is designed to assist the delegate to think more laterally, transparent and non-judgemental toward investigations of incidents or accidents.
Note: Training workshop facilitator – led by a previous experienced 'air crash investigator'
Key Discussion Workshop Topics
- Creating a culture of reporting occurrences and transparency within the organisation
- Understanding interviews and questioning techniques
- Increase employee engagement & confidence in reporting events and the generation of reports to senior management
- Accurate investigational reporting, data analysis and opportunities for improvement within the organisation
Workshop Objectives
- Understand the Just Culture environment
- Introduction to reporting tools
- Interviewing & questioning techniques, handling difficult situations
9am to 3.30pm – including refreshments / lunch
Premier Inn, Heathrow Airport, 15 Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 2AB, United Kingdom
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Happy Thursday! My girls are on Spring Break this week, so we are enjoying the slower pace of no homework, no rushed mornings, and no after-school activities. I think sometimes we don't even realize how hectic life has become until we have a break from it! It has been so nice to just hang out at home and do not too much of anything. Do you have big plans for Spring Break this year?
Last week's one year celebration & giveaway was a lot of fun. The 3 winners were posted on Sunday's Weekend Wandering post–be sure to check it out if you haven't already!
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Nexus Q Sold Out After First Day on Market
The Nexus Q media hub hit Google's digital shelf Wednesday, and rolled off hours later.
Google's new streaming media player sold out on Google Play the same day it became available; they are currently out of stock. The online store lists the $299 product as shipping "soon," with a two- to three-week waiting period.
The device, unveiled at Google's I/O conference last month, is compatible only with Android phones and tablets. The 4.6-inch orb weighs 2 pounds and streams content from Google Play and YouTube to speakers and screens around the house. The "computer for your home" comes with a built-in 25W amp, as well as connections for an AV receiver or HDTV.
A powerful but portable player, the Nexus Q runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and includes 16GB of NAND flash memory and 1GB of RAM. It runs on OMAP4460 dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU and SGX540 graphics core.
The Q also comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC connectivity, plus various connections including Micro HDMI, Micro AB USB, and Ethernet.
The Nexus Q received some attention early this month when repair manual manufacturer iFixit released the results of its teardown, which reported that despite claims of being "designed and manufactured in the U.S.," much of the product's individual pieces were created in Asia, then assembled in America.
Confusion about the device's actual purpose, in comparison with Google's own Google TV Smart TV platform, and its obvious competition with the Apple TV, didn't stop consumers from being the first to try out the Nexus Q.
Similarly, Google's only tablet offering, the Nexus 7, sold out of $249 16GB devices in its first weekend; the $199 8GB tablet is still available to order on Google Play. No shipping dates are available for the larger version; interested buyers can enter their email address to be notified when the device is back in stock.
For more, see PCMag's review of the Google Nexus Q and the Google Nexus 7, as well as Is the Nexus Q Dead on Arrival?
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I'm looking at today's pictures and wishing the 70-degree weather from last weekend would come back! Yesterday, out of nowhere, the temps dropped and all of a sudden we had snow. And we are supposed to get several inches on Sunday... ugh. I want to wear my new Spring clothes so badly! And I'm ready for warmer weather so I won't be shivering during photoshoots lol.
For today's post, I'm sharing one of Spring's hottest trends, overalls!
PHOTOGRAPHY: Cricket Maiden Photography
At first, I didn't think this was a trend I could get behind, but after seeing several blogger friends style them, I just had to give it a go. I found this pair of overalls (wearing size 0) at a really affordable price (and the site almost always has additional sales) and a slimmer style. I paired them with a comfy cotton tee because I felt it was clean and classic. Also, this tee is a staple everyone needs... so comfy! For shoes, I decided to wear a fabulous pair of cognac colored wedges to give the look an elevated feel - a little less casual and a little more grown up.
Then, lastly, I added AH-mazing tortoise sunglasses. I've gotten so many questions lately about where they are from so I've included them above and below.
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Rao, KSS and Kumar, Jyant (1994) Vertical uplift capacity of horizontal anchors. In: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 120 (7). 1134-1147 .
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The method of characteristics coupled with a log-spiral failure surface was used to develop a theory for vertical uplift capacity of shallow horizontal strip anchors in a general c-phi soil. Uplift-capacity factors F(c), F(q) and F(gamma), for the effects of cohesion, surcharge, and density, respectively, have been established as functions of embedment ratio lambda and angle of friction phi. The extent of the failure surface at the ground has also been determined. Comparisons made with existing test results support the predictive capability of the theory, and comparisons with the analysis proposed by Meyerhof and Adams show the proposed analysis provides slightly more conservative predictions of pullout capacity.
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text: Hold your rake! Clearing out your garden can backfire–you are removing the building blocks of soil and harming if not destroying beneficial insects that found a safe place in your garden during the winter. You can learn more about some of these animals in this post: What's in a Leaf Pile. Read the below… Read more »


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Hi folks,
Well, as I promised, here's a look at the new cover. Look for the book to appear at your favorite book seller this coming week. Here's what to look for.
As I said before, the book should appear this coming week. I'll be sure to let you know as soon as it becomes available. I can't wait to see your reaction to this one.


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We run an open access surgery every morning, Monday to Friday between 08.30 and 10.00 for our registered patients only. No appointment is necessary but please be prepared to have to wait to be seen on busy days. There are usually three doctors working on the open access surgery. Other consultations are by appointment made by telephone or in person with our reception staff. At the moment, you may expect to wait three or four weeks for a pre-bookable appointment.
Usual consultation times are:
7.30am – 8.30am (Wednesday & Friday)
8.30am – 11.00am
2.30pm – 5.20pm
Appointments are 10 minutes long. Double appointments are available on request. There is an emergency surgery for urgent problems each day, usually at 3.00pm (by appointment). We would however ask that if you can come to the open access surgery then please do so, as it is easier to access secondary care for urgent onwards referrals if necessary.
We offer 4 different types of appointments for our patients to help provide you flexible access to your doctor or nurse.
ADVANCE BOOKING: appointments can be made three to four weeks in advance
TELEPHONE APPOINTMENTS: for simple questions or follow up 11.00 to 11.30am.
ADDITIONAL OUT OF HOURS SURGERIES: (Please note the phone lines are closed until 8am)
7.30am to 8.30am Wednesdays and Fridays (by pre-booked appointment only).
EMERGENCY SURGERY: Our surgery has a daily emergency surgery for urgent cases only. Please be advised that you may be asked for a reason for your visit. This is to help signpost in an appropriate way and is not meant to cause offence.
House Calls
House calls are for the seriously ill or housebound patients.
We operate a duty doctor system who will do most of the daily house calls; be prepared to leave a contact number as they may call you back before coming out to visit.
Please ensure all house call requests are in as early as possible preferably by 9.00am.
Please note: It is easier for us to provide a higher standard of care if patients attend the practice. House calls are time consuming and can impact on the amount of time we have available for all of our patients. We encourage you to attend the practice if at all possible.
Telephone Advice
For simple problems or follow up telephone appointments can be made where your doctor will call you back at a designated time between 08.00 and 13.00
Please ensure your phone number is up to date.
You can also leave telephone messages for your doctor if a consultation is not required.
Cancelled Appointments
It is important that you inform the reception staff if you you are unable to attend your appointment, this will allow that appointment to be offered to another patient. If you fail to notify the Practice that you are unable to attend, you will be sent a letter informing you that you have defaulted from your appointment. Persistent defaulters maybe removed from the list.
If you are Late
Please attend your appointment on time , if you are late you may not be seen.
Please note appointment times may vary during illness and holidays.
If you require an interpreter to attend with you when you see your Doctor please notify the receptionist and she will arrange this for you.
Private Medical Examinations
Medical examinations for special purposes such as pre-employment, fitness to travel, elderly drivers, fitness to undertake sports etc, will require longer than a routine appointment.
These examinations do not form part of NHS Services, you will be charged for any such examination. Please check the fee chargeable when you require to arrange any such examination.
Request for GP Letters/Completion of Forms
If your Doctor has agreed to write a letter for you in connection with your employment, acting as a referee, or for some other specific area, you may be charged for this letter. Please allow at least five working days before collecting your letter, if you require this letter urgently please inform your Doctor during your consultation. If you wish your Doctor to complete a form/report for you, there will also be a charge for this, please allow 48 hours before uplifting your form.
The reception staff will advise you of any applicable charges.