text: On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 13:23 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:> * Dan Rosenberg <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:> > > > No, the right solution is what i suggested a few mails ago: > > > /proc/kallsyms (and other RIP printing places) should report the > > > non-randomized RIP.> > > > > > That way we do not have to change the kptr_restrict default and > > > tools will continue to work ...> > > > Ok, I'll do it this way, and leave the kptr_restrict default to 0. > > But I still think having the dmesg_restrict default depend on > > randomization makes sense, since kernel .text is explicitly > > revealed in the syslog.> > Hm, where is it revealed beyond intcall addresses, which ought to be > handled if they are printed via %pK?> > All such information leaks need to be fixed. (This will be the > slowest part of the process i suspect - there's many channels.)> > in the syslog we obviously want any RIPs converted to the canonical > 'unrandomized' address, so that it can be matched against > /proc/kallsyms, etc. Their randomized value isnt very useful. That > will also protect the randomization secret as a side effect.> %pK doesn't seem like the right thing to do in many cases, since thecapability check doesn't have proper meaning if the caller isn't inprocess context. If I'm understanding you right (correct if I'm wrong),you're looking for kptr_restrict to be completely separate from thisrandomization, and when randomization is enabled, all pointers areunconditionally de-randomized. It seems like the right way to do thisis to include code in vsprintf.c for all %p-type specifiers that wouldnormally print the actual pointer (as opposed to some of the specializedcases that print other data) that does something like this:if((unsigned long)ptr >= (unsigned long)_stext && (unsigned long)ptr <= (unsigned long)_end) ptr -= (_text - (CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START + PAGE_OFFSET));This way, we don't have to go tracking down every printk caller andconvert them to %pK, which isn't usable anyway in some cases.> The only thorny issue AFAICS are oopses. There's real value in having > 'raw' data from a crash (interpreting crashes is hard enough even > without randomization!), OTOH we could keep most of the value of them > by converting them back to canonical addresses.> > This would be more or less easy to do for the RIP and the registers, > but less obvious for the stack: a kernel pointer can lie on the stack > at arbitrary alignment. On 64-bit we could probably detect them > rather reliably based on the randomized prefix of kernel addresses:> > [ 32.946003] Stack:> [ 32.946003] 0000000000000202 0000000000000002 0000000000000001 0000000000000000> [ 32.946003] 0000000000000198 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 00000000002ca5b0> [ 32.946003] 0000000000000000 ffff88003e5533e0 ffff88003f977c00 ffffffff802225e3> > the ffffffff8 prefix (assuming we end up randomizing the address > within the 2GB window available to a RIP-relative addressed kernel) > would be easy to detect even if it's not word aligned. There *would* > be false positives (a 32-bit value of -7 is common), but as long as > we marked any unrandomization clearly with an asterix:> > [ 32.946003] Stack:> [ 32.946003] 0000000000000202 0000000000000002 0000000000000001 0000000000000000> [ 32.946003] 0000000000000198 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 00000000002ca5b0> [ 32.946003] 0000000000000000*ffff88003e5533e0*ffff88003f977c00*ffffffff802225e3> > we'd be informed that the stack content was slighly different. If we > fixed up register values, say the raw value is:> > [ 32.946003] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff80ce0100 RDI: 0000000000000000> > and randomization is -0x100000 then we'd print the normalized value > for 'RSI':> > [ 32.946003] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI:*ffffffff80de0100 RDI: 0000000000000000> > And the '*' tells us that this value got normalized.> > On 32-bit systems the rate of false positive is probably higher, he > '0xc0' byte pattern is pretty common.> > Now, theoretically there's still a tiny information hole here: if an > attacker can crash a kernel in a non-fatal way that puts some known > data on the kernel stack, then the unrandomization will reveal the > secret ...> > I guess we'll have to live with that: really paranoid places will > disable dmesg access to unprivileged users.I'm tempted to just say "leave OOPS alone", and if you want to preservesecrecy past an OOPS, you should be disabling dmesg access anyway. ButI'll think more about this.> > [ They might also want to have a knob to not log kernel crashes at > all - best protection is if *no one* (not even root) has a way to > figure out the secret. That needs to go hand in hand with forced > use of signed modules, sanitized /dev/mem, no root-controllable DMA > access to any device, no ioperm() and iopl(), etc. - so a very > locked down kernel that protects even root from being able to > execute kernel code. Such systems are still useful btw even if root > otherwise has access to all disks and has access to the kernel > image and can install its own image: a reboot will generally set > off an alarm. ]> > > Thanks very much for the feedback.> > Hey, thanks for taking up on implementing this rather non-trivial > security feature!> What can I say, I like a challenge. :)-Dan> Thanks,> > Ingo


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Winter seems to be hitting Central Illinois with force today. We've had basically no snow this year. Apparently Mother Nature decided we'd become too soft and has blessed us with 5" of snow and its still going. Thankfully even though tomorrow is supposed to be the kids first day back at school from Christmas break her Dr. wants her to stay home a few more days. That means I can just stay put. I'm pretty basically ok with that. I'm ok in that I have no desire to drive in the snow with all the idiots who have forgotten there snow driving skills since our last snow how ever many months ago. That said I'm developing some cabin fever. We've all been sick and more or less housebound for going on 3 weeks. I'm not counting trips to the Dr./ hospital or the grocery store as excursions.
This time of year is always tough. Its such a downer to take down all the Christmas decorations and then you're back to the doldrums of regular life. I'm feeling a bit antsy so I think it's time to start a few projects. I've got over 300 pics from our Disney vacation to do something with. I haven't scrap booked in forever but this seems to call for a scrapbook all its own. Other than that I have no idea what to do to lift the blues. I'm thinking there is going to be some Pinterest perusing in my future!
While I do love having PB home with me and I think I probably teach her more than her current teacher is there are a few downsides to having absolutely no time to myself. The series finale of Sons of Anarchy is still waiting to be watched. It played when we were in FL and I've had no alone time since to watch it. I just don't feel it's an appropriate show for my 11 year old. She assures me that her friend watches it. Yeah, no. That argument doesn't work now and won't ever.....wonder how long it will take her to figure that out. Yes I know that Jax dies but damn....I watched the series from the beginning of season 2. I've got some time invested here! Also while she tries my daughter doesn't like it when she's not the focus of my attention. The downside of being an only child. Mason and I can't have a decent conversation when PB is home for extended periods of time. It is kind of funny listening to them both compete for my attention though. It reminds me of preschoolers.
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Intravenous (I.V.) morphine is widely given to infants in neonatal intensive care units to ease or prevent pain from invasive procedures. But in preterm, mechanically ventilated infants, morphine may be no better at relieving pain during these procedures than a placebo, a new study suggests. Possible reasons include the immaturity of opioid receptors in preterm infants or altered morphine metabolism in the immature liver.
In a clinical trial, researchers studied 42 infants, gestational age 23 to 32 weeks, who were intubated within 72 hours of birth. Half received a loading dose of morphine followed by a continuous infusion, and half received placebo (an infusion of 5% dextrose).
The infants' response to heel-stick pain was documented on two pain scales at baseline (before the loading dose), 2 to 3 hours after the loading dose, and 20 to 28 hours after the loading dose. Researchers found no significant differences in responses on either pain scale at any point in the trial.
Because pain experiences in infancy help shape how a person processes and responds to pain later in life, the findings have important clinical implications. The researchers advise clinicians to treat neonates undergoing invasive procedures with other analgesic approaches such as administration of sucrose, which has been shown to briefly produce analgesia in neonates for pain lasting a short time (2 to 3 minutes). Intravenous morphine is effective for alleviating prolonged pain, reducing stress responses to surgery in term infants, and improving ventilator synchrony and sedation in preterm infants.
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1: I was born on 7th June 1996 in Móstoles, because there weren't I've been living here, in Alcorcón for eight years. When I was young, we lived in a different house. It was small and when my brother was born we moved to a bigger house.
2: My best earliest memory is when my brother was born!. I've been to different places since I was a child like Murcia, Granada... We visited the Alhambra. | I also remember a summer in my great grandmother's hometown. My father taught me to ride a bike. I also remember when I flew to Lanzarote for the first time. We rode a boat too.
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4: I went to Carmen Conde primary school for eight years. Right now I am studying at the Galileo Galilei's High School. I've been here for four years. I'll finish secondary school and I think that I'll study at university. My father wants me to become a neurosurgeon.
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Bella Coola Heli Sports is your choice if you are looking for a special experience: small groups for skiing, all this within wild and breathtaking, heavily glaciated scenery!
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Am I required to sign a waiver?
Absolutely and you can download a sample version of our waiver of liability for your perusal prior to your arrival where you will sign the waiver.
Do many couples ski/snowboard with you?
Yes, and this number is increasing every season.
Do you mix skiers with snowboarders?
Yes, providing their abilities match and all are in agreement.
How do you pick your groups?
Most groups are booked as just that; a group of friends that decide to book together. If not we do our utmost to fill in any gaps by matching skiers and boarders to their abilities. Our guides & staff have many years of skiing and riding experience and are very adept at matching individuals with a group.
How many groups share each helicopter?
A private tour has only one group of up to five per helicopter, semi private has two groups and all other tours we fly a maximum of three groups of five per helicopter.
How much heliskiing/boarding is in the trees and the alpine?
The high alpine is our strength what we are famous for. We do however have plenty of tree skiing which we use primarily during stormy weather. A much apprecicated bonus of our location.
How much will I ski in an average week?
This, of course, depends on you and your group, as well as weather and snow conditions. We have had groups and individuals that have logged well over 200,000 vertical feet in a week. Then there are others who prefer to ski or snowboard the vertical allotted within their tour. An average week of skiing is about 120,000 vertical feet. An average day is anywhere from 15,000 vertical feet to 30,000 vertical feet. Occasionally we have a huge day and ski and ride between 40,000 to 50,000 vertical feet.
Is there a staff photographer?
All of the guides take photographs of their group each day. You are encouraged to bring your own cameras but the smaller "digis" are better for the weight considerations in the helicopters. Extra memory cards are sometimes available in Bella Coola but we suggest you carry extra unless you bring your laptop to download the day's images. There is just so much to photograph that we would not want you to miss any of the splendour.
We also post the photos of your week in our new photo gallery for you to share with your buddies and let the jealousy kick in...
Is there compensation for group organizers?
Yes, please contact us directly for the details.
Luggage and around the house?
At BCHS we are very casual, sort of like home away from home! We ask that you limit yourself to one carry-on bag and one suitcase weighing no more than a total of 50 lbs (23 kilos). This is the maximum baggage allowance set by our airline charter. If you are planning to travel heavy please let us know ahead of time and we can make arrangements to book a luggage seat. There are laundry facilities available at all of our locations. Please be sure to bring exercise clothing to wear during the morning stretching sessions.
Organizing a group?
Groups are welcome. If you do not have the time to organize your group we can assist you with the coordination of your group. Simply Contact Us for more information.
What are the different tours you do?
We offer a variety of heliskiing and riding packages to suite different peoples needs and interests. Between our Tweedsmuir Lodge location, Pantheon Helisports, and Big Mountain Heliskiing packages, there's something for everyone.
What clothing is best for heliskiing?
Bring the same clothing you would use at a ski resort. Layered inner clothing such as microfibre or fleece wool blend are the best. Outer wear such as Gore-tex and SOS's Event are both durable and warm. Average alpine temperatures range from -5° C to -15° C (23° F to 5° F). We carry a variety of apparel in the lodge gift shop
What equipment should I bring?
We recommend that you leave your skis and poles at home and use our equipment, which is included in your tour. If you do bring your own skis remember the fatter the better! Always carry your ski or snowboard boots on as hand luggage. Boots are hard to replicate. Bring your own snowboard and boots as we find this equipment to be technically personal to each rider so we do not provide boards/boots. We also provide you with our guest packs complete with shovels and probes that are the right dimensions for being in the A-Star B2 helicopters. All guests will use our Barryvox transceivers.
What level of skier or boarder should I be?
The better physical condition you are in the more you will be able to ski and the more fun you will have. You should be comfortable and have experience skiing deep powder snow including variable conditions. No beginners thank you!
What skis and poles do you provide?
We provide Armada JJs for your skiing pleasure. We also have poles for you to use too. These skis work well in a variety of conditions. You are welcome to bring your own skis but if you would like to use ours just note your request in the space provided on the Reservation Form.
What type of helicopters do you use?
We only fly the A Star B2 helicopters.
When is the best time to book my next tour with you?
As soon as you know you are coming back! With such small groups we book up very quickly and usually a season, sometimes two in advance.
When is the best time to come?
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Facing the difficult task of heading a safety net hospital operating the region's only children's hospital and only Level 1 Trauma Center, which receives no local funding, Gill unveiled an initiate, Pathways to Excellence, to save the hospital money. With Maggie Gill's experience as the CFO of Tenet South Florida Health system and VP of Finance at MHMC, she will help insure the hospital's financial health during these challenging times. In 2011, after MHMC went through three CEOs in four years, the hospital's board unanimously voted, affirming their support of Gill, knowing that she had the right mix of executive and financial savvy to lead Memorial Health Medical Center.
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"At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done but BECAUSE OF HIS MERCY. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit". Titus 3:3-5
Welcome to our digital home! We're glad you're here! Here is where we write the TRUTH and speak the TRUTH. The TRUTH of Jesus Christ, the TRUTH of the Cross, the TRUTH of Sin and Redemption, the TRUTH of Heaven and Hell, the TRUTH of Holy Spirit, the TRUTH of satan. In this digital home, as it is in our earthly home, we speak the TRUTH. And while that has, at times, caused some dissension, we nonetheless will not and cannot be silent.
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What you'll find is a long running book review blog. That is how this page got started back in 2012. I (Ann) found that I was able to join my love of reading (free books to boot) with my desire to write, and voila' a blog was born.
Around that same time, we decided to separate personal writings from the book review blog and another blog was started. And then life took over. It's been such a crazy few years, and the want-to's took second, sometimes third place to the have-to's and the must-to's. It is our hope that a lot will come to fruition this year. All in one place… on this website.
We set some lofty goals for ourselves in 2018 to bring multiple blogs together under one banner, finish and publish my first book "Refined by the Fire", create our YouTube Channel and Blog "Truth Series", and though not on our list, we launched a PodBean Podcast.
I'm happy to say that all but one of our goals was birthed. As for the one remaining unfinished goal, my desire to publish a devotional and prayer journal (though still in process) has taken second place to the birth of two new books – "The Cross Splits the World" (expected publication Spring 2019) and "It's All About Who You Know" (the working title, expected publication Summer 2019).
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Like a faithful old horse, it may not be noticed, but is always there for me
Coughing during acceleration; fixed with the simple application of new HT leads.
Erratic idle speed was caused by a pipe that needed replacing on the engine. Sorry for being so fantastically non-technical, I can't remember what it was.
The engine seems to be using noticeably more oil, although there are no obvious leaks. A quick internet search revealed that this is not uncommon with the petrol Zetec Focus. I'll keep an eye on it for now.
Pound for pound, this is easily the most reliable car I've owned.
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After ten years and 80,000 miles or so, I first met my Focus as it sat still proudly gleaming in its Pacific Green on a less-than-reputable used car lot in deepest Surrey.
'Full service history' quickly turned into 'lost service history', followed by 'no service history'. But despite a shaky start with the dealer, there were no such shaky starts with the car itself.
I was after a sensible balance of practicality, reliability and financial economy - but still a nice drive. I decided the little green Zetec was the right companion for some new adventures.
Luckily for me, adventures only come when required, as my car favours road-trips over and above trips into the parts bin and local garages. Aside from the few things listed above, none of which prevented me driving the car as normal, it hasn't missed a beat.
Seats are blackly sensible in appearance, but are comfortable. The dash is easier to use than its higgledy-piggledy appearance may suggest. There's enough power, and Zetec is entirely happy cruising round the M25 or sitting in a traffic jam. A commanding driving position gives a comfortable level of visibility, and helps keep me relaxed and assured, whether parking or changing lanes at speed.
The body bears the scars of a life in London - some pretty nasty scratches, curbed alloys, a random greasy handprint that is impossible to remove and a ruined boot lock, where my Focus must have proudly defeated a bungling burglar attempting to access it. Luckily you can still open the boot remotely from the dash.
At ten years old it was cheap to buy, and being a Ford I assume it's comparatively easy and cheap to fix if it goes wrong. Easy to drive, easy to run, and I expect easy to sell when the time comes.
Being such a best-selling car, there are plenty of them around, which ironically could be seen as the biggest drawback - you're never going to be seen as an individual from a motoring perspective. Individuality is a good thing, but perhaps not as good as passing another MoT with no extra costs to bear. I expect opinions differ, and yours may tell you whether or not a relatively sensible car such as a Focus is right for you.
My advice to anyone thinking of buying a Focus is simply to take advantage of the large numbers of cars available. I'm sure there are bad cars out there as well, as with any - and I've been fortunate. So take the time to make sure you choose one of the good ones from the wide choice available.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
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How men feel about the ol' ball and chain
Surprisingly positive, according to MSN, though that might have something to do with the fact that they called it "marriage" instead of "the ol' ball and chain". One thing is for certain--men should be alarmed about putting marriage off to later and later ages, because if they wait too long, they will end up spinsters. Or not.
There are many reasons for this, not the least of which is the fact that more people choose to marry after they finish school and establish themselves professionally. In previous decades, marriage was something you did concurrent with these activities. And let's not underestimate the loosening of social mores that used to require marriage before sex and cohabitation. Now it's acceptable to try on relationships and living arrangements without the necessity of wedlock.
Selfish men who spend their youth pursuing their careers instead of marriage only to find themselves lonely at 40 with their biological clocks ticking away. These men need to dial it down a little and focus on snagging a woman before it's too late.
Unmarried men who were raised in intact families (54%) and men who regularly attend religious services (55%) are more likely to be ready to wed than other men.
Of the men whose religions teach that wives are spiritually obliged to be obedient, the percentage of men who want to be married and now was probably much higher. Unfortunately, they didn't ask that question.
Finding the right person will motivate 54% of men to marry.
The other 46% expressed some willingness to marry just anyone, I guess.
The study also found that men who have cohabitated once are more likely to believe that their most important personal goal is marriage.
Alas, their girlfriends just don't see the point of buying the cow when they can get the milk for free.
Who's Holding Off?
Of the single men surveyed, 74% say they wanted to be free to have fun at this stage in their lives.
Once you get married, you are legally obliged not to have fun anymore. You vow to love, honor, and be a big stick in the mud 'til death do you part.
Fun Fact: The ability to play the field was only a factor for 36% of men polled.
It's true. Playing the field isn't as fun once you're married.
Some 22% of single guys surveyed admitted that while they had no problem with the idea of marriage for some people, it wasn't something they'd do. These guys feel their biggest concern after marriage would be their loss of personal freedom.
They're just confused. This is the 22% that thinks if someone in a black robe says official-sounding things in your direction, you're going to jail.
So, gals, when you're out there looking for Mr. Right, keep these statistics in mind. They might help you make better decisions about the men you attract – and the men you avoid.
Wear black robes on your first dates and the ones who make a break for it are not the marrying type.


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I read this post this morning and it changed my outlook today. I noticed things on my routine commute that made me grateful. I floated through some situations that would normally send me spinning. It's also been unseasonably warm which makes me happy.
In other news, there is no shortage of gift guides out there right now but so far this one is my favorite.
i am also going to try to hit these sales over the weekend.


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Bone scans using radioactive tracers can provide detailed information on the spread of cancer to the bones. That's why patients with cancers have traditionally received bone scans using Single-Photon Emission Computed Topography (SPECT) technology.
Now there's a revolutionary alternative. Using a new kind of tracer called F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF), a bone scan from Positron Emission Tomography with Computed Tomography (PET/CT) provides more accurate information in less time.
A Better Test for Bone Imaging
Particularly helpful in determining the presence of bone metastases in patients with cancers of the prostate, breast, lung, kidneys and thyroid — cancers that are prone to spread to the bones — this NaF PET/CT test is more sensitive and more specific than a conventional bone scan and includes the following, additional advantages:
Because conventional bone scans use the radioactive isotope technetium as a tracer, a shortage of technetium, which is produced in only a handful of nuclear reactors around the world, can lead to delays for patients with cancer. With NaF PET/CT, there is no waiting because sodium fluoride can be produced on demand.
NaF PET/CT scans are also more patient-friendly than conventional scans. While both require patients to receive an injection of a radioactive tracer, the uptake period is just 30 minutes for sodium fluoride, compared to three hours for technetium-based tracers.
Patients also spend just 20 minutes in the scanner with PET/CT as compared to 45 minutes with conventional exams.
Although NaF PET/CT scans deliver a slightly higher dose of radiation than conventional scans (5 mSv versus 7.4 mSv), the radiation exposure is still low. In fact, NaF PET/CT may prove accurate enough to reduce the need for additional imaging tests, leading to lower overall radiation exposure for patients.


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Although I started reading this right after we received it at Christmas from my Aunt & Uncle, I just finished it last week. Yep, I'm one of those people who read 12 books at the same time and finish about 3 of them a year.
I'm generally wary of any attempted reflection or wisdom imparted by members of the entertainment industry. This one is written by Toby Mac and Michael Tait, members of the popular Christian market rock band DC Talk. Despite my wariness, I found this an enjoyable read.
The book is a collection of vignettes about various people who helped shape the America we know today - George Washington Carver, Ruby Bridges, Harriet Tubman, on and on and on. There are 60 of these stories. Not to fear, for they average about 6 pages each, which really helps out with my short attention span.
In each of these stories the authors make a tie between the actions of the person and the person's faith in God. Through each story they make a case for the founding of America on strong Christian beliefs.
I am woefully ignorant of our country's history, so there was nothing that could jump out at me as patently false. If nothing else it whet my appetite for learning more about the historic characters of our country.


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"The article which inspired me is in Threads Magazine , January 2012, number 158, pages 70-74.
This is the challenge:
You are to create a the Koos Loop infinity scarf following the printed directions.
You are to use a base fabric and at least two more different fashion fabric strips which are to be edged or finished in some fashion. From here on, the trims and extra fabrics are up to you to use or not.
The finished scarf is for you and should be made to co-ordinate with something in your wardrobe: a coat, dress, jacket, sweater, blouse etc. This makes your fabric choices very important. Please bring a photo, or the garment to model and explain your methods at the next meeting.
You may alter the dimensions of the scarf to suit your finished look.
It is up to you to make this rather simple ( maybe not, I have not tried it yet)) accessory a challenge to your skills by the use of fabric, fabric manipulation, finishing techniques,or another method which is unfamiliar to you!!!!!"
Here are the results:
And The Winner:
Sue B.
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Passengers have mixed reactions to new BART trains
Hundreds of BART riders put a test model of the Bay Area transportation agency's "fleet of the future" through its paces at the Pleasant Hill Station Saturday.
The three-car test train came complete with brightly colored seats, six display monitors with real-time maps and three doors per car instead of the current two — the latter meant to get passengers on and off the train more quickly.
Overnight testing for the train should start in the next two weeks, said Paul Oversier, assistant general manager for BART, with daytime runs starting in December and tests with passengers starting in early 2017.
The seats are narrower, 20 inches wide from the current 22. And there's fewer of them: about four less per car.
The ceilings are about 5 inches higher. There's a souped-up air-conditioning system designed to blast air more efficiently during hot, sticky commutes. And there's a bike rack designed to lock around tires and hold bicycles in place without their riders.
Regular BART commuters from Pleasant Hill and elsewhere into the East Bay bemoaned the lack of seats available on the new cars. Already, the current cars with four more seats are overcrowded, they said, and standing for an hour commute isn't exactly comfortable.
Lee Walden, who uses BART for his weekday trip from Walnut Creek to Oakland City Center, said the fresh, modern cars "sure do look nice," but he's concerned the seating shortage makes the car more ideal for short city stops than longer-haul commutes like his.
"This is a nice car for city streets where you stop every other block," Walden said. "But for dozens of miles? Where you have to stand up and hold on? It's so tiring."
BART said that the number of new cars coming on-board should increase overall capacity on the trains by about 50 percent by 2021. And with an increase in ridership projected at about 100,000 new riders each weekday over the next decade, there's no time like the present to upgrade.
"The key message is that overcrowding relief is coming," said Gail Murray, the director of BART's District 1, which includes the Pleasant Hill station.
Aisles on the trains are wider thanks to the narrower seats, which are a couple of inches higher to allow more room for luggage underneath and spaced to bring about more legroom.
After he ducked through the doorway of the test train — the height of which hasn't changed — one 6-foot-8-inch man said the higher ceilings and increased legroom gave him more room to stretch out.
"They're pretty comfortable," said Thomas Patterson, a Concord resident. "There's more room. They look good. They smell good — for now."
BART's also trying to make it easier to bring bikes onto trains, improving the current juggling act that forces riders to hold up their bike along the horizontal steel bars built into existing trains.
One cyclist, Kenyi Yamada, wheeled his bike onto the test model at Pleasant Hill to test for himself the rubber clamps that squeeze around bike tires to hold them upright.
"It's definitely an improvement," Yamada said, but he noted how his bike's rear tire stuck out across the car's door opening, and how it wobbled a little too much for his liking.
"It feels a little unsafe, to be honest," Yamada said. "Someone could come and kick the wheel coming in or out of the train."
Erick Brady, who was nearby, chimed in. He said he used to work in the bike industry.
"This is not a good idea," Brady said, adding that a misplaced accidental kick from a rushing commuter could bend the bike's frame or damage the tire. He suggested a clamp system that would latch around the body of the bike to secure it.
As its designers finish the details over the coming months, BART plans to start ramping up production of the new cars, part of a $1.5 billion contract with Bombardier Transit Corp., to roll out 775 new cars by 2021.
Sixty cars are planned to be rolled out by the end of 2017.
Michael Bodley is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: email@example.com Twitter: @michael_bodley


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Bhubaneswar: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Jack David Fischer on Friday said space gives a sense of humbleness and spirituality.
"Sight of the boundary-less Universe with its innumerable astronomical bodies and movements make us felt how small and insignificant we are in this endless ocean", said the NASA astronaut at the Odisha Knowledge Hub Lecture series here.
He said thousands of scientists over the years have made it possible to explore space.
Responding to a query put by a student, Fischer said, "Walking in space gives an amazing and transfixing experience".
Reacting on the existence of aliens in space, Fischer said: "I can not say that we are the only living beings in this boundary-less universe. There might be living beings in other solar systems."
He also said young scientists and students in Odisha have projected encouraging interest in space research which would be of great help in future.
He added: "Space has taught us how we the people from different countries can come together to work for the growth of science and technology."
Development Commissioner R. Balakrishnan said in the year 2009, Jack Fisher was selected as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group-20 for his distinguished achievements in military service and astronautical space engineering.
He served as a flight engineer for Expedition 51 & 52 that launched to the International Space Station on April 20, 2017.
Fischer returned to the Earth with his team members on September 3, 2017, with an overall space stay of 135 days, 18 hours and 8 minutes.


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Treasure Bay Casino - Lucaya
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This casino and hotel are very very nice! The beach front hotel rooms are the best! You'll have a nice view of the beach and you can look down on the city. You can see for miles both east and west. The sun rise and sun sets is beautiful coming up over the Gulf of Mexico. The sun a sets going down over the Gulf of Mexico is gorgeous!!! The food is also pretty good! They have a buffet with all you can eat boiled snow grab! It's amazingly good! The people here are friendly. This place is full of what I call southern hospitality! They aim to please there guest at any cost! I love that! The only thing I didn't care for was the slot machines didn't pay out like I would've excepted. But that goes with every casino you visit! On a scale of 1 to 10... 1 being horrible 10 being amazingly awesome. I rate Treasure Bay a 7......!!


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Beef 'O' Brady's
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- Dress code: Casual
- Full bar
- Kid-friendly
- Take-out available
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Beef 'O' Brady's Restaurant Review: While the name is vaguely Irish, the food at Beef 'O' Brady's is classic American bar fare. Along with Beef's jumbo-sized wings (available in one of two dry rubs or eleven signature sauces), diners can also choose from pub favorites like fish 'n' chips, thick-stacked roast beef sandwiches and an assortment of Angus burgers. The restaurant's TVs make it a busy sport bar when events are on that you can watch sipping on one of the signature cocktails. Want to celebrate your birthday or grab some grub with the team at Beef's? Planning parties is a cinch with the chain restaurant's customizable, easy-to-use E-vites, which are available on the company website. Other locations.
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How do you cover company events live via social media?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world's most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC recently published #FixYoungAmerica: How to Rebuild Our Economy and Put Young Americans Back to Work (for Good), a book of 30+ proven solutions to help end youth unemployment.
1. Customize a Hashtag
We produce a lot of high attendance events like Technori Pitch, where we gather 500 people to watch six startups launch on stage. We ask them to tweet our hashtag for the event, tweet the hashtags of the pitching companies, and to use our Technori Twitter handle in their tweets if possible. Our results are that one event can produce 200-300 tweets under that event hashtag. Very simple and easy.
- Seth Kravitz, Technori
2. Start Streaming Video
If you want to keep people in the loop about the changes happening at your company, live streaming video or live Q&A on video the way to go. It keeps people engaged, shows your personality, and allows people to see behind the scenes at the same time.
- Nathalie Lussier, The Website Checkup Tool
3. Live Online Press Events
We've previously set up a live stream of a press event for clients. We invited journalists via email and sent them the transcript beforehand so they could follow along. We also encouraged folks to follow the company-specific hashtag. The great thing about this event is that we were able to record it and make the videos available on the client's press page for future use.
- Heather Huhman, Come Recommended
4. Engage Remote Audiences Online
CoverItLive is a web-based app for liveblogging, has varied pricing models — free with a limited 100 clicks — and has tiers for each number of viewers you need. It allows multimedia embedding such as video and photos to be added along with text. It is available on web, tablet, and smartphones and pushes out to social networks to engage readers.
- Lane Sutton, Social Media from a Teen
5. Promote With Photography
For Modify, photography is king in promoting live events. We capture photography of fans engaging with and buying our products, and post both during (on Twitter with hashtags) and after (Facebook albums) the events, and drive attendees and those not lucky enough to be there to view. We also discount on-site at live selling events based on social engagement (e.g. "Like" us for a discount on-site).
- Aaron Schwartz, Modify Watches
6. Open a Public Hangout
I've been experimenting with opening public hangouts on Google+ and inviting anyone on who wants to keep up with what we're doing. It offers an interesting back channel for an event, often creating more discussion quickly than other social media tools.
- Thursday Bram, Hyper Modern Consulting
7. View It on Vokle
I've been on a couple live calls using Vokle which seems to work really well. It allows you to chat, tweet, and interact with everyone on the call in a simple to use interface that keeps everyone engaged.
- Sean Ogle, Location 180, LLC
8. Offer a Photo Booth
Photo booths are a great idea for company events because everybody loves a photo booth, and these days, they're "smart" and can stream photos directly to Facebook and Twitter with pre-defined hashtags. Having one of these at your event will share great photos through your company's or employees' Twitter or Facebook accounts all night long, without any additional effort needed.
- Jesse Davis, Entrustet
9. Include Attendee Participation
Whenever we do something as a company, we try to think of ways our audience can participate when sharing it via social media. That can be as simple as answering a related question or voting on what we eat as a snack!
- Derek Flanzraich, Greatist
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Reus bleibt! Reus bleibt! Reus bleibt fürs Leben. Reus remains for life.
Something like this refrain is joyfully clanging around BVB supporters right now after yesterday's news of Marco Reus extending his contract with Dortmund until 2019. After signing the contract extension, Reus declared: "I am delighted to commit my future to BVB. Dortmund is my home town and Borussia is my club" in his opening line of an official statement. The hometown boy is keeping it local. Perhaps the most significant news about the contract is that the 25 million-Euro release clause from Reus' prior contract has now been removed, according to ESPN FC, which Reus himself confirmed. Hallelujah. BVB's beloved peroxide boy is safe from the Siren clubs of Europe (i.e. Real Madrid, Arsenal, Barcelona, and whoever sniffed around), who would have been more than happy to trigger that release clause. The assurance of another four seasons – minimum – of Reus' work means that Dortmund is finally, finally, finally not losing its best player after the successive departures of Mario Götze (Bayern) and Robert Lewandowski (Bayern).
Our takeaway from Reus' extension? Buy-out clauses are the most important parts of football contracts. You can safely ignore everything else.
Reus crowned the news, appropriately enough, with a sort of "love letter" tweet:
Hi Leute,
ich freue mich euch mitteilen zu können, dass ich meinen Vertrag bis 2019 verlängert habe! @BVB Euer Marco pic.twitter.com/mXEuEhBrg7
— Marco Reus (@woodyinho) February 10, 2015
My god, how cute: "Euer Marco" he says. Our Marco, indeed.
Immediately, the internet commentariat hit top gear in churning out news analyses, consisting mostly of kvetching that Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, whomever, "lost" a targeted signing and what this news will mean for their dear precious futures. I really pity the Siren clubs in their moment of need. Poor things. They'll have to wait until 2019.
On Reus' extension, BVB CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said a couple interesting things in his official remarks during the event. First, on the contract extension itself, Watzke sounded a triumphalist note: "We refused to believe all the transfer rumours and always felt there was a good chance that this extraordinary player would commit his future to BVB." Perhaps I'm sensitive, but isn't the point supposed to be that CEO Watzke doesn't live in the world of mere transfer market rumors? Surely, he's privileged with insider status during an event like this.
More significantly, however, Watzke cast a compelling rhetorical frame around Reus' extension by anticipating the specific meaning it could have for the blonde and club alike: "Marco can define an era in Dortmund as Uwe Seeler did in Hamburg or Steven Gerrad in Liverpool." Yes, hopefully. Furthermore, I love the way Watzke's comment stages Reus' potential legacy at BVB as a local boy long-timer, catalyzing his charges to Bundesliga glories. Let's call this the "Stevie G. Legacy" argument to add to one's "re-signing a superstar rhetorical toolkit." I love it. Moreover, perhaps this comment about Reus' future legacy will subtly act as a motivational agent, driving Reus and keeping him even longer at the club in order to fulfill the sporting immortality hinted at by Watzke. The timing of Reus' extension – amid BVB's long journey out of the Bundesliga cellar – was not lost on Watzke as well, who noted as much in his comments.
On a nostalgic note, Reus' extension signals the kind of player longevity that just doesn't exist in the contemporary sport. Or the potential for it, given Reus' own exit from Mönchengladbach after the 2011-12 season. In his defense, Reus is a Dortmunder hometown boy, deciding to play his peak years at home. Nevertheless, his decision to stay is still rare within the wider world of big money football. At his point, players – even if successful and/or winning trophies – take the pay and glory bump by moving upstream to the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Manchester United, or Chelsea. In our post-Bosman ruling world of European football, these "upstream" moves for star players are routine – and expected.
Although the "loyal player" character type is largely a fiction (thanks to the pre-Bosman world of zero player movement and less professionalization, no/smaller TV contracts in past days), Reus obviously defies the trend, especially in the Bundesliga, of star players moving onto to Bayern or bigger clubs outside Germany. While we might feel nostalgia for something that never existed through Reus' decision to remain in Dortmund, for myself I can't deny that his decision taps deeply into an emotional place, cradling my fandom in its most elemental form. I see a man saying yes to my/our club, saying yes to his heimstadt, and saying yes to a community.
Marco Reus, you have me by the heart strings. Be kind, please.
For supporters, Reus' decision and contract extension leaves them in a paradoxically vulnerable place. On one hand, the move triggers all kinds of deep-seated trust (dare I say connection?) that we don't normally have for players anymore. On the other hand, if Reus and BVB have a bad ending, the pain and disappointment will be that much greater, Fußballgottes forbid.
Meanwhile, Reus' extension provides an additional replica kit purchasing option for supporters, Kevin Großkreutz aside, since you won't be burning his kit at any future point.
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text: Civil Unions Now Legal in Colorado It's a long-awaited moment, Gov. Hickenlooper tells crowd By Matt Cantor, Newser User Posted Mar 22, 2013 4:45 AM CDT 17 comments The Colorado Civil Unions Act awaits the signature of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, prior to a signing ceremony at the Colorado History Museum in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) View 3 more images (Newser) – It's official: Civil unions are legal in Colorado. Governor John Hickenlooper signed the bill into law yesterday before a big and emotional crowd. "Dearly beloved," said bill sponsor state Sen. Pat Steadman, to cheers. "We're going to make history." The bill marks a major shift for a state once dubbed the "hate state," the Denver Post notes. In 1992, voters backed Amendment 2, calling for a ban on anti-discrimination laws against gays. "I was there on election night in 1992 with many of you, and I see your faces in this room," Steadman said. "That was a very tragic moment, and yet it gave us so much hope and so much momentum moving forward." But he noted that "there is still much to do," since the bill "is not an extension of equal rights." Hickenlooper, meanwhile, applauded "a moment that the whole community has waited for for so long." The AP notes that Colorado now joins eight states that have civil unions or similar laws; nine states and the District of Columbia allow gay marriage. The law takes effect May 1. (Read more Colorado stories.) View 3 more images My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results | 0% Hilarious 0% Intriguing 2% Depressing 27% Brilliant 67% Scary 3% Ridiculous


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The word "A7a" has a negative meaning in Egyptian society, though often people are not sure why it is considered a swear word. The word itself has no origin in the Arabic language, and is entirely colloqiual based.
The most believed theory of the origin of the word was that during the Fatimid era in Egypt the word "to object" (Ahtag) was banned, so Egyptians started using the word "A7ta", which later turned into "A7a."
Wagih uses a mixed media installation, relying mostly on photography, to explore the notion and attempt to find alternate meanings.
Opening Wednesday, 13 March at 7pm
Photopia, 15 El-Somal Street, behind Vodafone, Korba, Heliopolis, Cairo
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As Christmas shoppers spend away and data breaches keep hitting the headlines, the Payment Card Industry's security council is charged with keeping customer's data safe.
By Miya Knights, 12 Dec 2008 at 11:14
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and the global forum formed to administer it, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), pre-dated the biggest security breaches that have come to mark a new era of unprecedented cyber criminal activity.
Since card operators Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discovery and JCB aligned their individual data security policies and created PCI DSS in 2004, the likes of TK Maxx, Cotton Traders and numerous government departments have proven the need for such regulation.
But the PCI DSS has risen up the corporate agenda ever since the threat of fines and losing the ability to process credit cards was introduced with a June 2007 deadline for those found to be non-compliant.
The standard is intended to create an additional level of protection for consumers by ensuring that merchants meet minimum levels of security when they store, process and transmit cardholder data. And the PCI council is charged with regulating PCI DSS and communicating its importance to any organisation handling credit card data anywhere in the world.
IT PRO spoke to PCI SSC general manager, Bob Russo about the challenges faced in raising the data security agenda.
IT PRO: 2007 was big year for PCI DSS, with the passing of the payment card operators' final deadline for compliance. What's been going on this year?
Russo: It's been just as busy. We released version 1.2 of the standard in October. Just prior to its release, we had our North America community meeting, which attracted 625 attendants and actually included quite a few representatives from Europe. There were a couple of days' good debate about the development of the standard, given that we're in a two-year cycle.
Next year will be a feedback year on how the implementation of version 1.2 has gone. And we also talked about our new QA [quality assessor] programme and got a lot of feedback on that, having kicked it off in October to maintain the quality of PCI assessments as well.
Then we had our first European meeting in Brussels with well over 200 people attending. I would say there is a lot more uptake in Europe on the standard. In fact, they are running, not walking, to comply. Reaction to the new version was good. It doesn't really contain any surprises, but instead includes a lot of clarifications, so organisations looking to stay up to date don't have to go back to square one to remain compliant.
It's interesting that you observe organisations are 'running' to be compliant. How do you propose they keep up if, as you say, the standard is on a two-year development cycle?
My guess is that the next release in 2010 will be a 2.0. But there are a couple of things we're doing to make sure it develops in line with the capabilities of our stakeholders. Starting in January, we're launching research into how the standard's specification should embody emerging technologies, like end-to-end encryption, virtualisation and secure payment tokens, that might come outside of its scope, making it easier to comply.
The study that the council is commissioning will also look into making the standard more robust and will be a major piece of what version 2.0 will be. It will help determine what can be added to or deleted from the standard to take account of new systems' functionality, as well as how any revision might impact that new functionality.
For example, there are specific sections in the standard that sets out how credit data is to be stored. But it has to be decided that if the data being stored in a certain way, using particular technologies, whether they would be sufficient to deal with the threats to its security.
We also introduced the Payment Application (PA) DSS. And before the end of the year, we'll be releasing two additional controls to the existing PED [PIN entry device] standard around unattended payment terminals and hardware or software host security modules.
Having had the opportunity to get feedback on the current release of the standard from merchants and card payment companies, what have been the areas that have attracted the most debate?
I wouldn't say we've had any debate, so much as clarifications, as version 1.2 sought to do, along with the combination and simplification of some of the forms that have to be completed. There were some clarifications on timings and on what security components are in or outside of its scope, such routers and firewalls. But any organisation handling sensitive data has to use the security features of both. And the standard applies just as much to paper media as it does to electronic media, as another example.
Another area that was discussed was the fact that a lot of merchants have gone down the WEP security route for their wireless networks. But events at TJX and other companies have proven WEP password security is not as secure as it used to be and so we've set a deadline of 31 March 2009, after which there should be no new installations of WEP security. And by June 2010, there should be no WEP installations at all.
Well, I'm sure you can imagine that there were a few that weren't too happy about that, especially as a lot of major merchants have spent a lot of time and money on their wireless networks. But even they, perhaps grudgingly, understand that WPA and WPA2 wireless security standards are far stronger. And the deadlines for transition should give everybody enough time to get ready.
So, if you are finding overall agreement over the specifications of the standard, how easy has it been to get businesses to take the threat of non-compliance seriously?
Lots of companies I meet that are getting compliant are trying to deal with not having any security standards in place at all. They are using PCI DSS as springboard to get security on the business agenda.
And in the largest, Tier 1 retailers, they have been using legacy systems that were installed 10 to 15 years ago. You have to remember that, what was available in security terms, was quite a bit less than is available now. Retrofitting these security technologies is a very delicate thing to do and costs quite a bit, and perhaps even more so in making sure it doesn't cause any problems to the business.
This is reflected by the fact we're looking at developing the qualified assessor programme to be a first line of support for merchants. This is exactly what the PCI council wants, why we train them and why we've introduced a process of remediation for assessors as well.
As for the threat of fines, I can't comment on that as the card brands are in charge of that side of regulation. Thankfully, it hasn't come to that. But merchants are beginning to understand that the potential damage to their brand if they are involved in a security breach could far outweigh the cost of a fine. And they are realising compliance is becoming a differentiator – that consumers can feel safer shopping with them.
How do you see the progress of PCI DSS efforts in Europe going specifically?
Europe is a little more boisterous that the US, but then it is further along in implementing the EMV chip. That's succeeded in lowering fraud at the counter with chip and PIN. But that's also basically succeeded in moving fraud over to CNP (card-not-present) transactions. I also think they're not shy in addressing any issues they are facing in complying with the standard.
Generally, I think European merchants have also done a lot more work on developing their transactional systems. Within the study I mentioned that we're launching, we're calling the EMV chip an emerging technology. But then you guys in Europe are using it every day. I remember back in the beginning of the roll out of PCI DSS, I heard merchants in the UK saying that they'd already jumped through hoops to become compliant with chip and PIN and done stuff to make their systems more secure that we hadn't in the US. And that's great, but the security issues are still there. One new technology doesn't solve the issue. And it's just one example that reflects the work that needs to be done to make sure the standard is as robust as possible.
You've mentioned a major study that the council is launching in the New Year. How will it be conducted and what will it involve?
I can't say too much about its methodology as the study is now in RFP [request-for-proposal] stage, so its scope may change. But suffice as to say, it will very strongly focus on those emerging technologies I mentioned earlier to see how they affect, or don't affect the scope of the standard.
via IT PRO | PCI's Bob Russo: Data loss hurts brand more than a fine.


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Sunday was Mother's Day. I found myself thinking that I probably owe my atheism, at least in part, to my mother and the mistakes she made when I was a child. While she has been a great mother by most counts, she insisted on dragging me to church into my early teens out of an unfortunate conviction that it would be good for me. I certainly did not enjoy this experience, but it sometimes occurs to me that I might still believe in gods if not for having been through it.
To be fair to both my mother and to myself, I suspect that I would be an atheist today regardless of whether she had imposed church upon me. The way my mind works and my love of science from an early age probably would have led me away from superstition regardless of my church experience. Still, I do think it is quite likely that being forced to attend church over my objections helped me to escape religion at an earlier age than I would have otherwise.
Sitting in church and observing my surroundings amplified the hypocrisy of it all. I remember thinking things like, "That woman seems so pious, but I'm pretty sure she's the one who's been having an affair." But most of all, I remember how nonsensical my mother's emotional reasoning seemed when I begged to be exempt from church. No matter what I said, the response would be the same: "But its good for you!" She never bothered to explain how doing something I hated and that did not benefit anyone else could possibly be good for me.
I've never been much for regret. It isn't that I don't have my share of regrets, but I suppose I've always understood that dwelling on them merely wastes what time I have left. We are all shaped by our experiences, and I wouldn't be who I am today without going through much of what I went through.
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Welcome to the South Gloucestershire branch of the NCT!
The branch is run by local parent volunteers, offering support, information and friendship to new parents and parents-to-be. Our area covers the whole of South Gloucestershire, including the postcodes of BS15, BS16, BS32, BS34, BS35, BS36, BS37, GL9 and now including Thornbury area too.
Members and non-members of the NCT are more than welcome to take part in everything the branch has to offer. We'd love to hear from you, whether you're breastfeeding or bottle-feeding, whatever your birth experience, new to the area or have lived here all your life. We're here for all parents.
The branch currently offers a variety of activities and services, including antenatal classes, home birth group, local coffee morning groups , breastfeeding support, nearly new sales and social events to name but a few!
We recently held a Nearly New Sale on Saturday 2nd May 2015 in the Armstrong Hall in Thronbury. Please see our facebook page for details of any forthcoming sales: https://www.facebook.com/SouthGlosNCTNNS
We currently have coffee mornings in Bradley Stoke, Emersons Green, Thronbury and Yate - please email firstname.lastname@example.com for venue details or look on our facebook page.
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse on "Mr.Soul" and "Hey Hey, My My" in Vienne, France 15/07/13. Thanks Iñaki!
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Let's Get Small
There is a lot to be said for being small. I am comfortable in economy airline seats; I often get clothing really cheap (and still wear hand-me-downs from my nephew Dan), I need fewer calories to survive and get happy on less beer. Over at Slate, William Saletan suggests that it might help save the planet if more people were small, and suggests a little selective breeding and genetic engineering.
Smaller people consume fewer resources, live longer, and are cheaper to transport. They can fit in a Hyundai. Forty-five years ago, if you were 6 feet tall, you couldn't fly in a NASA space capsule. Now, you can barely fly coach. Blessed are the short, for they shall inherit the earth.
In another post he says "Don't tell me it's impossible. Look what we've done to dogs."
He suggests that it we could save a lot of resources this way. He has a point.
Who has a smaller ecological footprint?
Small people just take up less room; they can live in smaller places, increasing density, and pack more tightly into transit.
They can comfortably live with smaller furniture.
Smaller cars are a no-brainer, and they are almost cheaper than walking.
Dietitians recommend that meat portions be no larger than a deck of cards; small people have no problem with that. Imagine the impact this would have on the amount of meat raised and the reduction of the carbon footprint of meat if everyone was eating half as much.
William Saletan is onto something that Seth Godin nailed a few years ago: Small is the new Big.


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Hi everyone... a quick post covering things to keep in mind while working in the HP Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environment. The lessons learned below have come from about a year's worth of experience across several client installations.
If you have additional items to add to this list, I would love to hear about them, as we can then help each other learn. So, please post a comment below :-)
In the initial project planning stage, you will need to allow additional time in the overall project schedule for the following required steps:
- Creating the documentation based on the HP SaaS Development Process
- SaaS requirements spreadsheet
- SaaS implementation document
- SaaS release document
- HP SaaS Technical CAB Reviews
- In addition to using HP QualityCenter for logging issues/defects, the HP SaaS program also makes use of HP QualityCenter for Release Management
- Note that Change records are moved through the Change Management lifecycle, including the delivery of TEST and PRODUCTION build packages, as attachments on the RFC
- Code migration occurs via the following steps:
- Note that Production implementations are performed by the HP Production Team
If you are an HP Partner and you are implementing or working with the HP Service Manager application in the HP SaaS environment, you will have access to the HP SaaS DEVELOPMENT environment via HP Service Manager's Windows/eclipse client and the web client. You will also only be granted Remote Desktop access to the HP SaaS DEVELOPMENT server. Partners are limited to accessing the HP SaaS TEST and PRODUCTION instances only via the HP Service Manager web client. Please plan accordingly.
This means:
- It is difficult to troubleshoot HP Service Manager application issues because the RAD debugger is not available via the web client.
- When troubleshooting possible issues in the TEST or PRODUCTION environment, the HP SaaS Team has to be engaged to access log files.
On a more positive note, one advantage of using the HP SaaS environment is that the HP product versions are maintained by HP. As an example, Techport Thirteen kicked off two projects under the HP SaaS Program in late 2011 and the plan was to implement HP Service Manager 9.2x for both. HP Service Manager v9.3 was released around that time and the HP SaaS Team updated their SaaS environments in time for us to perform development on the latest version of the application. Pretty cool!
So, that is what I have learned so far... It is important to know of these items ahead of time, as you will have a much more successful relationship with the HP SaaS environment in the long run.
Make sure you download a copy of the HP SaaS Development Process overview document per the button below. It is only 11 pages long, and reading it ahead of time, especially if you are in a Technical Lead or Project Manager role, will be very beneficial:


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Police investigating SF nightclub shooting
2006-02-19 04:00:00 PDT San Francisco -- Police are searching for the person responsible for fatally shooting one man and injuring another earlier today in a crowded club in San Francisco's South of Market District.
Police responded to 1015 Folsom, a club located on Folsom Street near Sixth street, at 3:30 a.m. after people inside the club reported hearing two to three gunshots, according to San Francisco police Sgt. Neville Gittens.
Inside the building, police located an injured man on the club's lower level. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 4 a.m., Gittens said.
A second man, who was shot in the left elbow, was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Gittens said.
Police are currently interviewing people who were at the crime scene, according to Gittens, who said the club was "very crowded" at the time of the shooting.
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office is withholding the name of the man killed pending notification of next of kin.
Police ask that anyone with more information regarding the shooting contact the Police Department at (415) 575-4444.


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(Well, we didn't really mean to "take a day off" ourselves, after that last post.)
Yesterday being the Annual Meeting at our church, we've again come across verses this morning that fit so well–not only with church meetings, but with friends on lj!
But first: our favourite version, The Message, needs some explanation of the first verse (Ephesians 4:1).
"In light of all this, here's what I want you to do. While I'm locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk–better yet, run!–on the road God called you to travel. I don't want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don't want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere."
It's the idea of running instead of walking that just doesn't strike the best sort of chord… mind you, that's what children prefer, and we are to "become as little children". But the other versions say to be "worthy of the people God has chosen" (CEV) and "live a life that measures up to the standard God set" (GNB); which I suppose is explained in the words about not "sitting around on your hands" or "strolling off down some path that goes nowhere".
Okay! Now for the rest of the scripture:
"And mark that you do this with humility and discipline–not in fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love, alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.
You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly.
You have one Master, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness.
But that doesn't mean you should all look and speak and act the same. Out of the generosity of Christ, each of us is given his own gift." (Ephesians 4:2-7)
(That last verse is the part that especially fits for lj.) There's a lot there one could discuss… like staying together "both outwardly and inwardly", meaning that you shouldn't fake it and just pretend to get along, I suppose. And "called to travel on the same road and in the same direction"… what does that make you think of? Of course, one must remember that The Message is not for deep study; however, it's certainly good to get one thinking!


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Monday, February 20, 2006
Tea, Tea, Tea
Lately there have been a flurry of "tea is more popular than ever, tea is really good for you" type stories in the media. Here are a few of them.
Time For Tea appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a few days ago. It's a Tea 101 article with input from a local tea drinker and Ron Rubin of Republic of Tea. Read it here.
Best Place To Brew Tea Is Home Sweet Home appeared in a Minnesota paper, the Pioneer Press. It focuses mostly on how best to prepare different types of tea. Read it here.
Tea Riding Wave Of Coffee Craze just appeared in the Washington Times. A few tea industry types sound off as well as some local DC-area tea drinkers. We also find that tea was first drunk in 2737 B.C. - how's that for precision? Read it here.
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This looks like it's going to be the season of the Tyrells.
Natalie Dormer's performance of Margaery Tyrell is everything I never hoped it could be, since my impression of the character in the books was fairly indifferent. Yet this Margaery is ambitious but kind, clearly sweet and generous, but also a master at working people's emotions in her favor. Graceful, elegant, and aware of how powerful every word can be. She's an expert at the game that Sansa has only just begun, and it is stunning to see her.
And of course, Cersei's reaction to Margaery is already fascinating. They're both women who can play with elegance and words, but while Cersei rules through spite and fear, rejecting anything feminine that she cannot use to manipulate others, Margaery uses love and kindness to gain power and influence, and is an ambitious yet feminine woman at heart.
Meanwhile, we got to see more of Sansa's relationship with Shae, which is, in my opinion, one of the best things that the show has done with the series. Shae is the jaded, practical foil to Sansa's hope and naivety, seeing only what is, while Sansa still wants to imagine that there might be something better. It's very different from the superficial Shae we see in the books, but then again, Sansa is also different, learning to lie, to choose her words carefully, as shown in her conversation with Littlefinger. She wants the chance to leave, and she still wants to dream that it's possible, but she's not going to show her feelings or toss everything away on wild hopes again. Dreams are for harmless games as she watches ships sail away, not for matters that affect her life and her safety.
I think Margaery is going to have a lot to teach her.
This episode also saw the introduction of Missandei, the young scribe girl from Slaver's Bay. She's another character who I didn't pay much attention to in the books, but the show has already begun to show me the error of my ways. She's intelligent, talented and diplomatic, and although she is the man's slave, her language skills mean that she has a lot of influence in the situation, influence that it seems she'll be willing to use.
Apart from that unnecessary Bronn-in-a-brothel scene, it was altogether an excellent episode, full of great character moments. A little slow, and lacking in some of my faves, but it set an excellent foundation for the season. Can't wait for the next one!


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On Wednesday morning, we had ESPN's Adam Schefter saying he believed the New England Patriots would trade backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. Then on Thursday morning, we had ESPN's Ed Werder saying he didn't believe Garoppolo would be traded.
Welcome to the NFL offseason in New England.
Everything gets leaked out of New England for a reason, and there's no sense in the Patriots revealing whether they actually do or don't want to trade Garoppolo until the 2017 NFL Draft. So for the next two months, we wait.
Let's get into this week's mailbag.
@DougKyed Werder says Jimmy G staying put. What do you think? 🤞🏻 *Takes Jimmy G jersey for sale sign off front yard for now.
— @Tav2real
I think it's actually really funny and fitting that two ESPN reporters essentially put out conflicting reports on whether Garoppolo would be traded. And that's not a knock on ESPN at all. It's funny and fitting because I believe there's almost a perfect 50 percent chance Garoppolo gets traded.
I think the Patriots certainly are open to trading Garoppolo, but it has to be for the right deal. They're not going to trade him for anything less than basically 200 cents on the dollar. The Patriots selected Garoppolo with a late second-round pick, and they should be receiving at least a first-rounder for him in return.
@DougKyed Do you agree with Edelman's assessment of Jimmy G's ability? #MailDoug
— @Vroc31
That he's a stud and has a gunslinger mentality? I mean, I guess. I feel like the term gunslinger isn't thrown around enough anymore. So, if Garoppolo being traded and becoming a starter means we all get to hear and say gunslinger more, then I'm all for it.
Gunslinger Garoppolo has a nice ring to it. The G in Jimmy G doesn't stand for Garoppolo anymore, either. It stands for Gunslinger. Jimmy Gunslinger.
What do you think Trey Flowers ceiling is? #MailDoug
— @lundlin87
I don't think it's crazy to think he can be an All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection. He already might be the Patriots' defensive player. Or maybe he's not. You'll have to read what I wrote Thursday morning to know for sure. OK fine. He's not. (Or is he?)
@DougKyed will the pats extend James white or will he just be another woodhead and Vereen?
— @patsfan71284
That all depends on what he believes he can get from another team. I think he's a similar talent to Vereen with perhaps a little less raw skill but more versatility. I think he's also a player who works best in the Patriots' system, so if I were another team, I probably wouldn't offer him a contract similar to the one Vereen received with the New York Giants for $4 million per season.
My guess is that White sticks around past his rookie contract.
@DougKyed do you think it would make more sense for the Pats to sign a free agent or draft Logan Ryan's replacement if he leaves?
— @June__NYC
If Logan Ryan walks in free agency, they could always try to trade for Jason McCourty to make it a one-for-one Rutgers swap in the secondary.
McCourty only is on the books for $7 million with the Tennessee Titans in 2017, and Devin McCourty has expressed serious interest in playing with his brother again at some point.
And quite frankly, Devin would probably be a little lonely if Ryan and the Patriots' other Rutgers secondary member, Duron Harmon, leave in free agency.
@DougKyed Of the Super Bowl roster, who are 10 least likely to be on active 53-man roster at start of 2017 season.
— @ChicoWins
Hmm, that's an interesting question. Barkevious Mingo, Jabaal Sheard, LaAdrian Waddle, Justin Coleman, Matt Lengel. This is getting difficult.
Logan Ryan, Duron Harmon, Jimmy Garoppolo, Danny Amendola annnnnnnd Martellus Bennett? Maybe replace someone with Michael Floyd?
@DougKyed as a Bama fan how should I feel if Daboll is hired as the OC? Don't know a whole lot about him
— @dbrown33177
Good. I think Brian Daboll can be a really good college offensive coordinator, and it's a great position for him to be in.
Hey, Steve Sarkisian was Alabama's offensive coordinator for, like, a few hours and got an NFL OC gig. I think this is a nice step for Daboll in rebuilding his reputation after struggling for a few years as an NFL offensive coordinator.
And if Daboll gets hired away from the Patriots, New England could always rehire George Godsey, who was fired as Houston Texans offensive coordinator, to coach tight ends.
@DougKyed This is a big IF, but if Brady wins a sixth SB next season, do u think he'll retire allowing us to keep Jimmy? #MailDoug
— @paddyflan
Brady already told TheMMQB's Peter King that 2017 won't be his last season. So, unless you're calling Brady a liar, then no. I don't think he'll retire if he wins a sixth ring.
@DougKyed If Pats get rd1-12 from CLE for Jimmy G, would we break even from #deflategate? Trade 1-30 and 4-30 in 2016 draft for 1-12 in 17.
— @johnnyamundson
I think it would be really funny and fitting if the Patriots receive a first- and fourth-round pick for Garoppolo. Because that would mean Brady's four-game suspension actually allowed them to recoup their Deflategate punishment.
@DougKyed will Long and Blount be replaced with youth?
— @chjch
It's possible Chris Long and LeGarrette Blount are re-signed as free agents and the Patriots bring in youth at defensive end and running back. The Patriots will need bodies at defensive end next season, and they need a jolt of youth in the early-down running back department.
So, maybe?
@DougKyed Blount, Murray, or Lacy?
— @JustinMH90
Blount over Latavius Murray or Eddie Lacy. Blount over Bill Murray and Jesse Lacy too. I'll take Bill Murray or Jesse Lacy over Mark Blount, though.
Why aren't there more great football movies?
— @Eric_Edholm
That's a good question because there are great hockey, baseball and basketball movies. This might be a really hot take, but the only football movie I love is "Friday Night Lights", and the TV show was better.
Even as far as the '90s kids genre of sports movies go, "Little Giants" was a step below "The Mighty Ducks", "D2", "Rookie of the Year" and "The Sandlot."
Maybe it's because there's always too much focus put on the coach rather than the players? That really might be it. I think I figured this out at 12:22 in the morning.
Let's go rapid fire.
@DougKyed when you play tic tac toe, do you start with an X or and O? #MailDoug
— @DomGonzo12
@DougKyed Out of the 5 pats SB wins which one was your favorite ? #MailDoug
— @Mkhan3000
Maybe the most recent? The whole week surrounding Super Bowl LI was really fun.
@DougKyed Time for a long form article where you emulate TB12s diet and exercise for 3 weeks-month. You up for it?
— @MrQuindazzi
Yeah, I'm down with doing that. Brady eats Totino's Party Pizzas, though right? And Chili's? And I can eat all the strawberries I want?
@DougKyed What is your favorite Taylor Swift song?
— @Asmitty10_
Whoa. Alison coming in with the tough questions.
I went to the Taylor Swift DirectTV party at Super Bowl LI, not to brag, and I think I was most excited when she played "You Belong With Me" because I have very fond memories of that song. That song's music video was released when I was touring heavily with my band in 2009, and we'd watch it while sleeping on friends' floors across the country. There's nothing weird about four 22-year-old dudes in a hardcore band loving TSwift.
I really like "Blank Space" and "I Wish You Would," though.
I guess I'll go with "Blank Space," and "Love Story" is a banger too.
@DougKyed will this be better than the last mailbag #MailDoug
— @ChaseDawg2
I legit think it might be. Gotta believe.
@DougKyed Who plays you in the movie about your life?
— @Philostopher_
#maildoug is football fake and dumb bc it seems it
— @Jedonfire
Nah, those guys are really tackling each other.
I think you're thinking of WWE. Or maybe politics.
@DougKyed if you had to rename yourself, what would your top 3 names be? Don't spell "Doug" 3 different ways either #maildouglass
— @toph_guy
JimBob, HaHa or Dlug.
@DougKyed What's the worst mailbag question you've ever received (aside from this one)? #MailDoug #FailDoug
— @TeamCrazyMatt
Any serious question asking whether the Patriots should sign Terrell Owens. Do you guys remember 2013? That season was WILD.
@DougKyed Sup? #MailDoug
— @June__NYC
I'm kinda straying from the whole "no days off, no days off, no days off, no days off, no days off, no days off, no days off, no days off, no days off" mantra by going to a wedding this weekend. So, while you guys are shuffling through snow, #VacationDoug will be in Florida.
Sorry not sorry.
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