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PRTG Manual: TWO—Smart Setup
PRTG automatically starts the Smart Setup on a new PRTG instance. This setup assistant, represented by a member of the Paessler team, guides you through the initial setup of your network monitoring system. The Smart Setup reappears until you have completed all steps. You can skip the introduction altogether right at the beginning.
The Smart Setup in PRTG hosted by Paessler differs in some details from the Smart Setup in PRTG on premises. For example, it asks you right at the beginning to install a PRTG remote probe in your local network. This is required to monitor your LAN, so we strongly recommend that you follow the smart setup.
When logging in for the first time, PRTG shows you the device tree. PRTG on premises already contains several devices with sensors that monitor your network, sorted into different suitable groups. PRTG automatically creates the device tree during the installation process by using its Auto-Discovery function. You do not have to fill out any forms but directly see the availability and first monitoring results of various devices in your network when you first start PRTG.
PRTG scans your network by pinging IP addresses in the subnet of your PRTG system and adds all reachable devices to your specific network monitoring structure.
The Smart Setup scans only for devices with IP addresses in private network ranges. You can manually start an auto-discovery for other subnets later.
You notice a Paessler employee in the upper-right corner of the PRTG web interface. He guides you through 5 setup steps where you can enter more information about your network. PRTG runs another auto-discovery with this information to add additional devices and sensors to your monitoring. You can still edit the monitoring settings provided during the Smart Setup later on. And you can always adjust the monitoring to your needs.
Click OK! to start a guided tour.
If you select Skip introduction now, the Smart Setup assistant never appears again. We strongly recommend that you take the guided tour if you are new to PRTG.
The steps to take are:
- Provide Credentials
- Enter Location Information
- Change Your PRTG Login Password
- Confirm Your Email Address
- Switch to SSL (if you access PRTG from another computer)
Your personal setup assistant Greg asks you to provide credentials for devices in your network. Click OK, show me!, follow the animated yellow mouse pointer, and open the Settings tab of the Root group.
In the Settings tab, enter various administrator credentials for your network environment. With these credentials, PRTG can automatically add a large number of additional devices and sensors to your device tree. This way, PRTG helps you set up your network monitoring so there is no need for you to manually add every single device.
- To monitor your Windows clients and servers via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), enter Windows administrator credentials for your network. We recommend that you use Domain Administrator credentials (if you use an Active Directory). For a general introduction to the technology behind WMI, see section Monitoring via WMI.
- If you have systems running on Linux, Solaris, or Mac OS X, enter root access credentials for these systems. For a general introduction to Secure Shell (SSH) monitoring, see section Monitoring via SSH.
- If you use the virtual environments VMware or Citrix XenServer, enter root access credentials for these systems. For a general introduction to the monitoring of virtual environments, see section Monitoring Virtual Environments.
- To monitor your hardware (router, switches, etc.), the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the most commonly used protocol. Usually, all SNMP-enabled devices use the same settings by default: SNMP v2c, community string public, and SNMP port 161. For a general introduction to the technology behind SNMP, see section Monitoring via SNMP.
PRTG stores these credentials in the Root group of your device tree. All dependent devices automatically inherit and use them for monitoring. You can disable the Inheritance of Settings at any level if you enter other credentials instead.
Click OK, done! to finish this setup step and confirm to start a detailed auto-discovery with the OK, do it! button.
For details about the available options, see section Root Group Settings.
Step 2: Enter Location Information
While PRTG is running a new auto-discovery in your network with the provided credentials, the setup assistant asks you to provide the location of your PRTG server. This information is displayed in Geo Maps. Enter your location and confirm with OK, done!. Click OK, show me! to get back to the device tree.
For details about the available options, see section Root Group Settings.
Step 3: Change Your PRTG Login Password
Back on the device tree, the PRTG on premises setup assistant asks you to change your password. Click OK, show me! and follow the assistant to your account settings. By default, PRTG uses the administrator account with login name prtgadmin and password prtgadmin. So we strongly recommend that you change the password to secure your PRTG installation against unauthorized access.
Enter your New Password, confirm it with Retype Password. The password must meet the following requirements:
- At least eight characters long
- At least one numeral
- At least one capitalized letter
Click OK, done! to save your new password.
For details about the available options, see section Account Settings—My Account.
Step 4: Confirm Your Email Address
To complete the PRTG Smart Setup, check whether the email address that you have entered during the installation is correct.
A working email address is absolutely mandatory for PRTG to reach you via email notifications, alarms, and for other important messages.
If the address is correct, click OK, done! and follow the assistant back to the device tree.
For details about the available options, see section Account Settings—My Account.
If you access the PRTG on premises web interface from a computer other than the computer where you installed PRTG, the assistant appears and asks you to switch to a secure connection with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. We strongly recommend that you run the PRTG web interface using SSL encryption (HTTPS), especially if you make your web interface available from the internet. Otherwise, your passwords are sent over your network without encryption.
- Click OK, switch now! to get more information about using SSL for the PRTG web server.
- In the new window, click the button Yes, switch to SSL now to switch to an SSL-encrypted connection.
- PRTG must restart its services to apply the changes and is reachable under an HTTPS URL afterward.
- When the web interface reloads, most likely it shows a certificate warning. Confirm it to proceed to the login screen.
For more details, see sections System Administration—User Interface and SSL Certificate Warning.
While you were going through the Smart Setup, PRTG created additional devices and sensors for you. First monitoring values are available, too.
To become familiar with the PRTG web interface, we recommend that you read on in section General Layout of the web interface.
Video Tutorial: PRTG - Smart Setup


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A lot of conspiracy theories are floating around the internet these days concerning the Russian Sukhoi SuperJet 100 crash. The SuperJet, the first civilian aircraft to be built in Russia since the Soviet Union, was on a tour flight of Southeast Asia in an effort to attract attention and business on May 9th when it crashed into Mount Salak, a dormant volcano in Indonesian.
The reports and theories, some of them quite extreme, are especially unique because they are coming from reputable publications.
One such theory, reported in the Moscow Times, involves accusations that the United States military may have used interference technology to make the planes onboard devices go haywire.
Another theory, reported in the The Telegraph, claims that pilot Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Yablonstev, an experienced pilot with over 14,000 hours of flight time and a man who piloted the SuperJet on its maiden voyage, may have tried some aerial acrobatics in an effort to impress press members onboard the plane. Details in this theory purport Yablonstev attempted to descend in the mountainous region instead of ascending.
The most plausible theory seems to be that the SuperJet just wasn't as safe and well constructed as advertised. Last year, Russia had one of the world's worst air traffic safety records, with an accident rate three times the world average.
Why so many theories? Well, if it's discovered that the crash was the result of technological failings, the Russian aeroplane industry may have serious trouble ever getting off the ground — and it desperately wants to.
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*Updated* Tau Imperial Knight Conversion WiP (Original Post: 11/29/14. Last Update: 12/10/14)
November 29, 2014
For the past couple of months, I've been cobbling together a conversion of an Imperial Knight to run with my Tau.
The story is that the chassis used to be a deep-water/high pressure plasma-welding construction rig. Where a pair of crab-like manipulator claws were originally located, some Tau Earth Caste genius decided to install an experimental cannon. The plasma drones have been over-charged and can now do short, super-intense pulses (i.e. 'D' attacks) in close combat. When not in close combat, they function as low strength plasma burst guns (i.e. Stubbers). The entire thing is unstable, so any Tau forces deployed with it are strictly forbidden from coming too close.
Pics to this point:
Quick update (12/4/14): First foot largely done save for packing the cockpit with plasticard/greenstuff to provide a better seat for the main shaft and fiddling with the armor for the top of the foot.
Quick Update (12/10/14): Feet complete save for the armor on the top of the foot, glued to plasticard that will eventually be glued to whatever I use as a base (mdf, most likely). Legs not in their final position (and not glued into feet yet).
2014 Renegade Open Day 1 Condensed Battle Reports
November 27, 2014
This past weekend I went to my first GT, the Renegade Open. List building rules stipulated 1850 points, allowed for two sources, self-allying and Forge World units (not lists though). This is what I took:
- Autarch [Warlord] (Fusion Gun, Scorpion Chainsword, Banshee Mask) 88
- 5 Dire Avengers; Wave Serpent (Scatter Lasers, Shuriken Cannon) 195
- 5 Dire Avengers; Wave Serpent (Scatter Lasers, Shuriken Cannon) 195
- 5 Dire Avengers; Wave Serpent (Scatter Lasers, Shuriken Cannon) 195
- 5 Fire Dragons (Exarch; Fast Shot); Wave Serpent (Scatter Lasers, Shuriken Cannon) 260
- 2 Hornets (4 Pulse Lasers) 160
- 2 Hornets (4 Pulse Lasers) 160
- 8 Warp Spiders 152
- Wraith Knight 240
ALLIED DETATCHMENT: Dark Eldar
- Archon [HQ] (Haywire Grenades, Webway Portal) 100
- 5 Kabalite Warriors [Troops] 40
- 1 Venom [Fast Attack] (Splinter Cannon) 65
Round One (Emperor's Will & 'Maelstrom', Vanguard Deployment): Eldar & Dark Eldar v. Eldar w/ Pulsar Lynx & Cullexis Assassin
Right off the bat I face an army that my list is designed to deal with. While I had initially given feedback (after playtesting mission rules) that having players place terrain was not a good idea, I completely changed my mind as soon as I saw what I was up against. I lost the roll to choose table sides, and therefore the ability to pick the first piece of terrain. Instead of taking one of the LoS blocking pieces, he took the only ruin on the board. I took the biggest piece of LoS terrain and deployed so that I could hide at least one Wave Serpent behind it. That made the difference; despite going second, he only got a few shots at my serpent (and venom) with his Wraith Knights.
My opponent made two fateful decisions: First, he was unwilling to move the Lynx off the Skyshield to get a shot on my two units. Second (and more importantly), he did not capitalize on the Lynx's ability to fly. Knowing that my reserves would be coming in on Turn 2, he could have put the Lynx in flight mode. That would almost certainly have saved it. As it was, I destroyed the Lynx (without it firing its Pulsars once) and one Wave Serpent (the one with his Warlord in it) on the bottom of turn two. With the Lynx out of the picture, I kept the pressure on his ObSec serpents and Dire Avengers, eventually leaving him with only 2 Wraith Knights.
I do have to point out that his Cullexis lasted until turn 4, where it died to Overwatch from the Dark Eldar Warriors. It had charged my Wraith Knight, survived the first round of combat and then deleted my knight with an Instant Death attack, so he made his points back, regardless of how ignoble his eventual death was.
I win 9-2 (or 9-3).
Round Two (Kill Points COMBINED WITH Big Guns Never Tire & 'Maelstrom', Dawn of War Deployment): Eldar & Dark Eldar v. Black Templars
My second round opponent's army seems like it's already giftwrapped for me; Two Landraiders, Razorback, Vindicator and Storm Raven vehicles, a Hammernator unit, Helbrecht & a bunch of dudes, and two small 5-man(ish) units of Templars. We roll up 5 objectives, which is a lot to cover, but I'm confident since my ObSec units outnumber his. Deployment favors me (and I have first turn): He puts the Vindicator next to Helbrecht's Landraider to my right and the Hammernator Landraider on my left, too far apart from each other to lend immediate support. I decide to focus on the Hammernators. On his turn one, he moves up a bit and pops smoke on everything.
My turn two starts out well: I have a Skyfire Node that I can use for when his Stormraven comes in, and all of my reserves arrive. And then I get a lesson in how the best-laid plans can go awry (DICE!) when I fail to destroy the Landraider with 5 Melta hits, a Haywire hit, 2 Heavy Wraith Cannon hits and 2(3?) Pulse Laser hits. The Meltas Pen twice, Glance twice, and fail to do anything with the 5th; the glances go through the smoke and he makes his cover saves for the two pens! The Haywire grenade hits and glances…and he makes his smoke save. The Heavy Wraith Cannon hits fail to do anything, as do the hits from the Pulse Lasers. When the smoke clears (literally), the Landraider is short 2 Hull Points and most every 'fragile' unit in my army is standing around looking dumb.
In the following turn, my opponent kills all the Fire Dragons, but does not get my Autarch. He then proceeds to make a 3-unit multi-charge through terrain. He rolls the charge distance before we measure and agree on the number needed, which results in a bit of contention. Ultimately we call over a judge, who rules in favor of my opponent. It could have gone either way, so I was fine with the ruling–I was annoyed by what I see as a breach of etiquette: ALWAYS measure, discuss, and agree on the number needed before making a charge.
The game stumbles on and his low-model-count comes up in his favor. He beats me on the Primary by just a couple of points, but I take the Secondary. I lose 6-4. C'est La Vie, no?
Round Three (Modified Scouring & 'Maelstrom', Hammer and Anvil Deployment): Eldar & Dark Eldar v. Tzeentch Daemon Flying Circus
For my third opponent, I am paired (by the wonderful software that is Torrent of Fire [/lightsarcasm]) with my round one opponent and another player is ALSO paired with a prior opponent. The options are: Adamantium Lance with some elite (Low Model Count) allies all primed in black (guy had his army stolen the week before the tournament) or flying Daemon spam played by one of my club-mates. I get the Daemon spam. Boo-yah. Although I might have lost against the AdLance, I wanted to take a swing at one given how much time I'd spent prepping. Ah well.
My opponent keeps his Daemons in 'Glide' mode, and then jinks like crazy when I shoot at him (Note: The ability for MCs to 'jink' while Gliding/standing on the ground goes on my list of BS rules, I'd be happy to trade a BS rule that applies to my army to get rid of that one). I deploy almost everything (all the serpents for sure) on the board; there is little to no point in Webstriking versus a toughness army. My opponent has first turn, so he's got Iron Arm etc. etc. up by the time I get a chance to shoot him. I may put a wound on one during the first turn.
During his second turn, he presses forward on a wide front, summoning units and buffing his Daemons (three princes and two Tzeentch HQ dudes). I decide that if I can't kill a Daemon on my turn two, I'm done for (there's nowhere to run, so forfeiting a turn of shooting to try to flat-out away from the Daemons is pointless). With my back against the table edge (and Hammer & Anvil perhaps the only thing giving me a chance at two turns of shooting), I make a mistake and target a T9 Daemon Prince…. I put a wound or two on him before realizing that I do not likely have enough shooting left to bring him down. I switch to my second target (which should have been my first), the non-warlord Tzeentch Daemon. I roll well and my opponent does not, so I breathe a sigh of relief as I finally manage to remove one Daemon from the table.
Then, a miracle happens: One of his Daemon Princes perils (what he was casting is permanently erased from my memory because of what happened next–it was successful, at any rate), rolls a '1' on the chart and then proceeds to fail his Leadership Check. BOOM! Suddenly he's down to just three Daemons and I can see daylight. A minor miracle follows: His warlord charges 5 Dire Avengers but only kills 3. The remaining two make their morale and stay stuck in! I put my Wraith Knight and the Fire Dragons (with the Autarch) into the melee and start chipping off wounds with Melta Bombs (the knight was near-useless).
I shoot down his other Daemons (having effectively stifled his summoning factory) and eventually kill his warlord. I end up holding more Scouring points than he can (two 3-point markers, two 2-point markers, and two 1-point markers on the board, similar to what BAO does with the Scouring) as well as taking the secondary.
I win, 9-2. My opponent goes on to take the Sportsmanship trophy; every one of his opponents voted for him.
Round Four (Table Quarters with 5 'Quarters' & 'Maelstrom', Spearhead Deployment): Eldar & Dark Eldar v. Screamerstar w/ Belakor
So, to keep this short: I dislike Torrent of Fire (that may change in the future). 'Win-Loss' Path as a PRIMARY way of tie-breaking, in an environment where dice can betray the best general/list, is less than optimal. Win-Loss Path in a tournament with 256 players makes sense as a time-saving approach. It -may- also make sense in large Chess Tournaments (doubt it does, but I'm not willing to say it has no place whatsoever).
After counting my Victory Points, I think I will make the Top 16 (only 8 players can have a 3-0 record, so there are 8 spots that will go to 2-1 records with the most Victory Points). So, I call home and tell my son, 'Maybe!' A teammate tells me I should be in and shakes my hand, so I call home and say, 'Yay, I made it!' Then the list is posted and I'm out of the top 16. I call home and say, 'Oh well. I don't understand it, but that's ok since I have another tourney tomorrow.' I express my disappointment to the Tournament Directors and leave it at that. Then, that list comes down. I assume it is final so I pack my models and start coordinating a post-tournament beverage imbibing and sympathizing session with a guy I just met in person (long-time forum acquaintance). I have my coat on, ready to walk out in just a couple minutes, when ANOTHER list of the Top 16 pairings is posted…and I'm on it (10th! /flex?). I call home, despite my teammates shouting at me to not jinx it and, to the total befuddlement of my wife, say, 'Yay!' What a rollercoaster.
The Renegade had requested Win/Loss RECORD + Victory Points as the means by which the Top 16 should be determined. The software did not do that, so they had to do it by hand. Despite doing it by hand, three players were left out of the Top 16 that should have been there. Had everyone who qualified actually been listed, Adeptus Brew City would have put 5 players in the top 16. Not bad.
[Insert Picture Here: Didn't get one, nor could I find one taken by someone else. Ah well. He had 4 flying Daemons (Fateweaver, Belakor and two(?) supporting Daemons), two Heralds of Tzeentch (one with the Grimoire), 8 or 10 Screamers, two units of Horrors, a unit of Plague Bearers and a Bastion.]
The game: I face a Screamerstar for the first time ever. I get the Infiltrate Warlord Trait and decide to use it to Outflank (still Webstriking my Fire Dragons in their Wave Serpent). My opponent, who went on to finish 3rd overall, commented that my decision to Outflank rather than Infiltrate was interesting, and that it put some extra pressure on him.
Since I only had two units (Wraith Knight and a Wave Serpent) on the table on turn one, despite going first (in retrospect, putting everything on the table is the better choice), I managed to put 2 wounds on Belakor but not take him out. Had I done so, the game still would have been difficult (he rolled up Perfect Timing, which makes it hard for serpents to avoid being glanced to death), but definitely more in the realm of possibility. As it was, I spent too much time running from the Star and hardly made him pick up any models at all (two units of minor Daemons, if I remember correctly). My idea was to preserve my ObSec units until turn 5, then put them in as many table quarters as possible. Unfortunately, when his Star split up, he had more than enough firepower to remove all of my ObSec units, leaving only my Warlord and the Fire Dragons to contest the center 'quarter'.
Overall it was the most interesting game of the day, and one that I think I would have done better in if I'd had any experience at all against Screamerstars. Ah well, I made the Top 16, which was my goal for the tournament.
I lose, 9-0 (he did not get my Warlord) and am knocked out of the championship track.
Dark Eldar Archon, Warriors & Venom
November 20, 2014
Yeah, I'm one of those guys. I hired some shady (even for Dark Eldar shady) mercenaries that just happen to be in possession of a Webway Portal…. You may notice that I really only have 3 paint schemes…this one is yellow/red/black. I'm not a very good painter. 😦
The Archon (I'm going to do more work on the sword):
The Warriors:
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|Did you really think you could escape?
|~ Smek
Smek (formerly known as Captain Smek) is the main antagonist of DreamWorks' 31st full-length animated feature film Home. He is the arrogant leader of an alien race called the Boov who are trying to find a place to hide from their enemy, until one of them made a mistake, a Boov named "Oh", Captain Smek sends an Alien Traffic Cop named Kyle to hunt down Oh for what he did. He was the one who stole the egg from the Gorg.
He was voiced by Steve Martin, who also voiced Hotep in The Prince of Egypt, and previously portrayed Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors and Mr. Chairman in Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Smek's main trait is being wimpy and unemotional, and being celebrated by being said thing. He will retreat from anything, and has incorporated said thing to the Boov culture.
Not much is known about his life, other than having stolen a device of Gorg's he uses to shut people up, although the device is actually a Gorg egg.
Smek tells all of the Boov that they are going to invade earth as their new home. After Oh sends an invitation to all of the Boovs (including the Gorg himself), Smek then tells all of the Boovs to find Oh and tell him what his password is to stop sending the invitation to the Gorg he sends a Boov cop named Kyle to find Oh and tell him what his password was.
Oh's password
Later Smek goes to Paris and tells them if they found Oh, but one of them lies and gets Smek upset until Kyle tells him that Oh got away with Tip within getting his head hit by Smek's "Shusher", Smek tells Kyle if he got any idea what to do, Kyle suggests that they type in random buttons which doesn't work for only Oh knows it, Smek likes the idea (he likes any idea despite that they are aliens) and tells the Boovs to get to work.
Many Mistakes
Later they find Oh and Tip and Smek explains how dumb Oh by saying he makes many mistakes and thinks it is a game to Oh and thinks he will continue to make mistakes, after Tip turns the "gravity thingy" upside down Smek later escapes in Kyle's flying pod.
New Captain
|I saw who did that! I hold grudges, you know!
|~ Smek's last words before starts crying in the Floor.
After the Gorg attacks the Boov, Smek did not know about the super chip that the Gorg had and Smek was the only one who thinks he's the super Boov and anyone who holds the "Shusher" is the captain which is what Smek is Oh however mentions to all of the Boov about how a bad captain Smek is by doing the wrong thing about humans, Smek has finally had enough of Oh and before he can hit Oh with his "Shusher" Kyle forces him to let Oh be captain but Smek refuses and gets hit in the head by Kyle but tells the Boov Oh would not know what to do and thinking he would make more mistake but gets hit by Kyle again and gives the "Shusher" to Oh with Smek getting run over by the Boov and crying on the floor, near the end Smek redeems himself and becomes a DJ for the Boov and for Oh being captain.
Almost Home
In the short film Almost Home, Captain Smek appears when getting out of his spaceship and announcing to his Boov on arriving at their foster new planet.
- The name "Smek" is a Swedish word that means "caressing".
- He is the fifth 3D computer-animated movie villain to be an alien, the first being King Goobot, the second being Gallaxhar, the third being General Grawl, and the fourth being Lena Thackleman. However, unlike all four of them, Smek isn't truly evil, and would do anything to protect the Boov from any certain threats.
- Smek's voice resembles Jeffrey Tambor and Jay Leno.
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What our graduates say
Ok so where to start, from the very beginning I dealt with Martin & Kevin, frommy very first email upon enquiring about courses, I was warmly welcomed with quick kind responses, patient with my replies as I had a few issues from my end as I was booking from abroad.
I came from the UAE and it was worth every minute I spent with this amazing Academy. I chose to do 4 courses (FASHION, PERIOD STYLING, LACE FRONT WIGS, HAIR EXTENSIONS & HAIR PIECES)-We had amazing surprise teachers as well as all the guidance and knowledge from Kevin along the way. He's so open and inspiring and has an amazing history with hair, highly professional yet very easy going, which makes this course so relaxed and enjoyable.
I would highly recommend the Kevin Fortune Hair Styling Acdemy to anyone looking to get your groove back, further your skills and learning some great techniques and hacks along the way. I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent there and left satisfied that I had definitely gained a lot from my time. I can't thank them enough.
Hairdresser, Hairstylist
Abu Dhabi UAE, November 2016
So thrilled to have been back to the Academy! I enjoyed every moment of the 'FASHION : BLOW DRYING & TONGING Masterclass Series'. This course was extremely inspirational and creative. It gave me a clear understanding of key hairstyling techniques and made me think about every section, product and tool that I use to achieve different results. It boosted my confidence and I am already using these newly learnt techniques and receive really positive feedback from my clients. I also enjoyed having the opportunity to be taught by another amazing guest-tutor, celebrity hair stylist Nick Peters, who helped us understand how it is to collaborate with a creative team and how to articulate our ideas and personal style with clarity and confidence. I can't wait to come back for other courses in the future.
Thank you Kevin and Martin for an amazing week!" xx
So I'm a bit late writing this review but here it is finally … I decided to do a refreshing course for session styling since I had a few days off … initially I wasn't sure where to go so I just went online and found Kevin. .. The minute I saw the kevin fortune hairstyling academy website I knew I wanted to go there … After a long long flight from India I finally reached the first day for class . From the second I entered with Martin n Kevin welcoming all the students I knew this was just going to be an AMAZING learning experience . I completed the entire ART OF HAIRSTYLING COURSE..
KEVIN is not just one of most talented hairstylist that I have met but such a gem to work with . He taught everyone in the class with so much patience and love … His temperament to deal with each and every student is just so amazing …. what he teaches you is his style and technique which is OH SO AMAZING … so if your a beginner or an established stylist u have so much to learn .
There were also a bunch of guest tutors who came in to teach us on few days … and it's just a huge bank of talent … so grab everything you see and hear …
All of the teachers give so much attention to every single thing you do … makes you feel like your in for a private class .
And lastly for MARTIN …. B.O.O.M … He is such an inspiration … He might not be involved with the training as such but in reality he is fully involved .. always pushing us to do better and create something great … Thank you for all the pics you took and showcasing our work everywhere possible …
Lastly I would just like to tell everyone reading this if your planning to learn something new or just refresh your present skills this is the place to come to … There might be many courses you can choose from that you will see n hear about but I promise you that THE KEVIN FORTUNE academy won't disappoint ….
Love love n more love
I had a fun and enjoyable experience doing Kevin's Lace Front Wig course. Kevin brought us to a wig outlet to choose our own wig pieces and took us through the making of a wig. This was also beneficial as we got to experience first hand the wig makers in action.
Kevin is one in a million, as mentioned by other stylists, he has a special way of teaching which makes me feel inspired. He has great patience (especially with me ), his way of teaching is truly magical and hypnotic as he breaks every step down for you to understand- which motivates me to learn more. Martin and Kevin have a special and unique partnership which works brilliantly for the academy- the praise and individual acknowledgment they portray to each student is something you do not see at any other school. Their encouragement makes me want to achieve the best I can be and prove to myself "I can do it".
Thank you boys xxx
I am so happy I chose to complete the three week Art of Hair Styling course at the Kevin Fortune Hair Styling Academy. It really is an expertly run course. Kevin is an amazing teacher with the patience and positivity of a saint; I've never met anyone like him. Creative Director, Martin, is full of creative exuberance and is always so warm and ready to help. He is also very skilled with a camera and took some amazing shots of our work throughout the course, and came into his element on the shoot day in his role as Art Director! Together they make the Academy an inspiring and fun place to learn.
The guest tutors were also wonderful and ready to share their knowledge. All tutors are still working in the industry and are at the top of their game, so you know you are in the best possible hands and that you are learning the most current techniques and trends.
The course was well-structured and I learned so much. As the course is open to already established hairstylists as well as novices (like myself), I was worried that I would be out of my depth, but I need not have been. Kevin made sure that he spent ample one-on-one time with everyone, demonstrating and re-demonstrating techniques until we grasped them.
In conclusion, I would highly recommend the Kevin Fortune Hair Styling Academy. Thank you, Kevin and Martin, for having me there. Xx
One of the best courses I've been on, in just two days I learnt so much about blowdrying and styling from knowing nothing…Definitely going on another course in the future xx
I attended the Kevin Fortune Hairstyling Academy in September 2014 and completed the 3 week course in 'The Art of Hair Styling'. So what can you learn in three weeks you may ask? We started the course with blow drying techniques and completed it with a professional photo shoot including clothes designer, photographer, makeup artist, creative director, models not to mention us as session stylists and the results where exceptional!
The course from start to finish was jam packed with techniques and skills taught and overseen by Kevin, whose passion for hair and love of life spills from every single pore and it is so infectious. We were very luck to have master classes taken by the renowned Denise McAdam who taught us beautiful vintage hairstyles and Sherman Hawthorne who taught us some excellent afro hair skils. Kevin runs the Academy with his partner Martin and between the two of them they make you feel like you are at home the moment you walk through the door. They both have the patience of saints (particularly with a certain student who was relatively new to hair!!!!!) and Martin is super talented at the creative thinking and imagery side of the school, not to mention his epic t-shirt collection!
If you are contemplating doing this course I can't recommend a better place to learn in an environment where you will be made to feel wonderful and given the confidence to travel outside of your comfort zone from day one! My advice – DO IT!
Monday 24th November 2014, I attended two courses in 1 week at the Kevin Foutune Academy; learning Blowdrying and Period Styling Techniques. The classes consisted of a small group of six ladies from the beauty, make-up or hairdressing industry; we all had different levels of hair experience but all had the same objective – to learn new and different styling techniques and Kevin does not disappoint.
Each morning before the group arrived, Kevin already in the studio, prepped for the day's lesson to start at 10 am prompt. Kevin demonstrated many techniques with such ease, which for many of us in the group took hours to perfect…almost! Kevin is the master. But it was no trouble for Kevin to go over a particular technique again until the individual felt happy they understood all the steps to continue and practice for the rest of the lesson. Some of the styling techniques were challenging and Kevin would break down the process into steps. At one stage Kevin compared learning a particular curl formation to driving a car for the first time since there are several manoeuvres to remember simultaneously to produce 1 curl and without burning your fingers!! But it is a great feeling when you are heading in the right direction; Kevin always would comment "Good, Great, You've got it!"
Kevin is very passionate about his craft. He is patient, funny and very positive throughout your time at the Academy. He is attentive to each individual's level of skills and ability, giving good advice when something needs tweaking. Kevin shares many stories of his experiences he encountered throughout his successful career, he instils confidence within the group that with practice, practice and more practice! We all can achieve great results.
Thank you Kevin for a great five days and also to Martin for your warm welcomes and uplifting energy; and too not forgetting Sherman Hawthorne another great session stylist who spent a day teaching the group at the academy.
If you are looking for a course that provides great teaching, top tips of styling hair and an insight into world of session work, then I would recommend you contact the Kevin Fortune Academy.
Enjoy 🙂
As a Make-up Artist, I wanted to learn how to blow-dry my clients with confidence and I wanted to achieve big bouncy blow-drys. So
I was recommended this 2day course.
(BLOW DRYING TECHNIQUES For Session Styling)
I have learnt so much it has changed my life where hair is concerned. You not only learn how to distribute the right products, you also learn the life of hair and how to nourish it etc.
A rep from Philip Kingsley (Lisa Caddy, Education Manager & Consultant Trichologist) talked us through 'What id Hair' and that was so interesting.
Kevin teaches with such fun and encouragement. I will be booking on tonging course and would really recommend this course for any Make-Up Artists who need to stop winging their blow-drys!
Make-Up Artist & Hair Stylist
KENT, UK August 2016
Many thanks for this excellent and inspiring hair course (AFRO HAIR From Care & Sculpting To Straightening & Extensions), which jams a plethora of knowledge and techniques pertaining to textured hair types
into the three days.
Kevin, who is a brilliant and very generous teacher taught the bulk of the course himself but also invited excellent guest-tutors, trichologist Tatlyn Grant and Fashion & Media Hair Stylist, Sherman Hawthorne, giving a really comprehensive overview of working with black and mixed-race hair and also included great insights into the industry itself.
I feel very fortunate to have trained with Kevin and his colleagues and thank them all for their openness in sharing their considerable expertise.
Hair & Wig Artist, GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA HOUS
As a session stylist I think it's important to refresh your memory at least once a year and learn new skills. When I attended the Kevin Fortune Hairstyling Academy I was expecting to learn the average amount you can in a week. However after being in the class room for not even two hours my opinion had dramaticall changed… Kevin's warm, gentle and inspiring approach to teach truly oozes off him when he talks about the art of hair. I was taught and succeeded in things I thought I'd never be able to excel in and it's all down to the love that Kevin and Martin have for the school…
I would highly recommend any of the courses at the school and am planning to attend the blow drying course in September too! Sign up and attend, it'll be the best course you've ever done!
I took part in the editorial and catwalk hairstyling course in Dec 2014. All I have to say about the course is….it was AMAZING!!! I had so much fun learning lots of different styles and working with so many textures. Overall I learn't soooo much & all the tips Kevin has given us, I still use to this day. Kevin is an outstanding teacher, he is so patient, he makes sure to spend time with you and goes above and beyond of what is required of him. Martin is just as amazing, always there to lend his support and help us turn our visions into reality! We made such a great team!! I definitely recommend this course and academy to everyone. 🙂 I hope to work with the fantastic duo again in the near future. Love, Fawziyah xxx
Editorial, Extensions, Afro Techniques and High Fashion, just a peep into whats available to learn from The Kevin Fortune Hair Styling Academy.
I Have had the pleasure of watching an idea cocoon into a butterfly which is now The K.F.H.S.A which attracts an abundance of enthusiastic students, local and international of all ages and experience, seeking knowledge to add to their hairdressing repertoire.
It is a great joy to for me to be regularly invited as a session hairstylist to contribute as a guest tutor on my knowledge from the hairdressing industry.
Having just attended the two day Blow Drying Techniques For Session Styling course. I can honestly say I finally feel confident and inspired about achieving the perfect blow drys! Thanks to Kevin for his great relaxed, patient approach to teaching and making it a fun two days. Kevin and Martin run a fantastic Academy, just awesome!! X
Kevin Fortune Hair Styling Academy… The BEST place to get hair styling education for hair professionals – new or old. Kevin is by far the most patient person I've come across (I learned how to cornrow and it was one of the most difficult things to pick up for me, but this man does not find anything impossible to teach)! What an amazing week it's been with him! The final day of the week was a photoshoot that him and the academy's Creative Director, Martin, organized for the students. After having looked through every course that London has to offer, i am SO happy that I will never have to look elsewhere for hair styling education. From techniques to styling products to funny life stories to great music to amazing co-students, there is not a single problem with this academy. The only downside is that it comes to an end!! I can't wait to be back with Kevin and Martin for some more fun-filled education. A must-do course for a beginner or a pro!
The Afro-hair Course was such an amazing experience, I really learnt so much. Kevin is an incredible teacher with so much knowledge, experience and understanding of hair. He explains and demonstrates everything very clearly and the lesson is very easy to follow. I came away with not only complete understanding and techniques for doing afro hair, but so much information about products and tools. Altogether I walked away feeling like an expert in Afro-hair.
The Blow Drying and Period Styling courses are fast paced, practical and packed full of information.
Kevin is as generous with his knowledge as he is with his smile, and I felt my confidence grow hour by hour, supported by the small class size, which meant that we all got to know and grow with each other. Martin is a whizz at handling all the admin, and holding the space with encouragement and support, and together they made the whole learning experience a joyful one. We were also treated to a day with fabulous Sherman Hawthorne and a talk from a top Trichologist.
I will no longer be secretly praying that I don't have to blow-dry a client's hair, and am super excited about my next job, armed with my hair-care knowledge and treasure chest of new skills.
I would highly recommend this course to all make-up artists and stylists who are wanting to up their game.
The FASHION : Blowdrying and Tonging Techniques is one of kind course that concentrates on enhancing your skills which helps any stylist in so many different ways. Be it editorial, bridal, commercial, campaign, celebrity i feel empowered with some great techniques post attending this course. Kevin and Mark (Francome-Painter) both imparted some really detailed knowledge in terms of products and their respective usage.
I would highly recommend this course to anyone keen on enhancing knowledge.
MITESH RAJANI, MUMBAI, INDIA, August 2016
AFRO HAIR – From Care & Sculpting To Straightening & Extensions Oh my gosh, we loved it! This was a course that we all thoroughly enjoyed. It was a very intensive
3 days but the knowledge we gained was invaluable.
Working with textured hair is not included in general hairdressing training, therefore this was a great experience and a fantastic addition to our skillset.
We now have the confidence to apply these techniques to our creative environment and look forward to having the opportunity to use them.
Kevin's passion, energy and enthusiasm for what he does really rubbed off
and made complicated tasks enjoyable to learn. We also gained a great deal
from the experts that were brought to us: Sherman for his dressing tech
niques and Tatlyn, the trichologist, for her scientific input.
Special thanks to Martin for his superb organisation over the entire three
days and Glyndebourne for the opportunity.
Hair & Wig Artists, GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA HOUSE HOUSE
March 2016
Thank you so much for the most amazing week at the academy. I learnt more than I could have ever imagined and I'm already putting everything into practice and perfecting all the techniques I've learnt.
I can't speak for the rest of the group but I'm sure they will agree that I found the course very bespoke and tailored for all our levels. Kevin, you're such an inspiration and watching you work and learning from you was such a privilege.
I felt so comfortable and at ease to ask any questions, no matter how silly it sounded in my head!
I had the most incredible time at the Kevin Fortune Academy on the Period Styling Techniques course. As a makeup artist trying to find the time to fit in a long course is impossible, this was both intense and rewarding, everything I needed! Being taught by a legend was inspiring and I highly recommend it. Everyone was so warm and welcoming, thank you Martin and Kevin x
I had a fabulous time when I attended the Kevin Fortune Academy on the period styling techniques course. After day 1 I felt I had a new fresh approch and attitude to my work, and throughly enjoyed learning Kevin's techniques and methods, I look forward to using them in my work. Kevin was extremely thorough and helped every individual as much as was needed.
I will definitely be back next year! And would recommend to anyone. Many thanks to Kevin and Martin x
"I was so happy to finally find somewhere that taught Afro Hair Styling as it had been practically impossible to find short courses in the UK, let alone near me.
It went way above what I was looking for in that it was current, creative with lots of training support.
Kevin is a natural teacher, in that he can break down practical instructions to reach an individual's level, which is difficult for many professionals when a manual skill has become second nature.
I would recommend this course to any hair and make-up artist that is looking at their CPD and broadening their skill set."
The most inspiring and educational courses I have ever done! I'm a fully qualified hair and make up stylist and took the Afro Hair and Lace Wigs course. By the end of the first day I could cane row confidently and created an elaborate style. We had a guest teacher, Sherman Hawthorne, who has toured with Diana Ross and Janet Jackson to name a few! I can also now confidently style and set any wig and understand how they are made. We also made our own hair pieces to take away with us! Amazing! I now feel extremely confident going into any job knowing that anything that's thrown at me I can handle. Can't wait to book another course. Thank you Kevin Fortune ❤ xxx
I attended one of the academy's Blow-Drying masterclasses over the summer. I was amazed, that I left after just one day – trained on different hair textures the do's and don'ts when looking after european and afro hair, roots, how to blow dry, curling/styling techniques, and what products are the best to use on what hair-type. I could go on. I was blown away at how much I learnt in one afternoon. Kevin's tutoring was excellent, very clear and we learn't so much in a short space of time. The investment in this course will be priceless for makeup artists and hair dressers, by one of the best teacher's in the business today, sharing his wealth of expertise. I thank Kevin for my new found passion with hair. He gets 5 stars for a fun day and fabulous personality when teaching us.
I am a professional hairdresser of more years than I can mention, I have done lots of different course's over the years with professional well know hairdressers.
Hand on heart Kevin is the friendliest most down to earth amazing professional I have done a course with.
I did the full 3 weeks (Sept. 2014 'The Art Of Hair Styling') it was the best thing I did. Kevin is a very kind patient, knowledgeable and inspiring session hair stylist.
Nothing is too much trouble from Kevin and Martin.
The photo shoot we did was amazing they both Kevin and Martin put in a lot of work so we got the best out of the shoot so we had amazing pictures to show for it. I highly recommend the whole 3 weeks its just got to be done ☺
Thank you so much Kevin and Martin I miss you both and look forward to doing a top up in the future
Vivienne xx
The academy was a breath of fresh air for me. Aside from being a really beautiful space to work in, the knowledge and confidence I gained from the tutorial was invaluable. For anyone who is looking for a relaxed, professional and cool place to further their craft, especially in session hair styling then this is the place. Kevin blew me away with his knowledge of afro hair and I've been in the business for a long time! His Partner, Martin was also a fabulous host and his organisation made sure we could all stay focussed on the job in hand – braiding! So many hairdressers, new and old, are looking to become more involved in doing sessions and wanting to evolve there skills to keep up, if you feel its for you then pay them a visit. What once upon a time could only be learnt assisting on shows and shoots for years, can be learnt here at a much faster pace. I just hope they don't teach you too well otherwise I'll be out of a job!


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Testosterone is a male hormone that is responsible for many male attributes, including body hair, a deep voice, and muscular strength. It is also directly connected to energy levels and the ability to maintain muscle mass and burn fat.
As men age, the level of testosterone in the body begins to decline. This decline generally begins around the age of 24 or 25 and continues steadily through the late 20s, through their 30s, and begins to accelerate more in their 40s and 50s.
Testosterone is also directly associated with impotence, male infertility, and a low sex drive.
For men who are looking for ways to boost their testosterone levels in a natural and healthy way, they are going to discover a wide range of potential ingredients that many testosterone boosting supplements contain. Siberian ginseng is one of them.
How Does Siberian Ginseng Affect Testosterone Levels?
Siberian ginseng comes from the plant of the same name. The root of the plant is what is used to make medicine and for certain supplements. It is believed that Siberian ginseng has the ability to strengthen the body and increase general resistance to daily stressors.
It is commonly used to treat heart and other blood conditions, including high and low blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, and rheumatic heart disease. It is also used to treat a variety of ailments, including kidney disease, chronic fatigue, diabetes, the flu, chronic bronchitis, and even tuberculosis. It is also commonly used to help temper the side effects of cancer chemotherapy.
Athletes have a tendency to use Siberian ginseng to help improve their performance and ability to work out. It is believed that using Siberian ginseng as a supplement can boost testosterone levels by encouraging the body to reduce the amount of testosterone binding agents, including SBGH.
We looked at three studies that were conducted on the effectiveness of Siberian ginseng. The results are below.
Study #1:
The first study wanted to assess the effects of the main elements contained in Siberian ginseng on endurance performance. It was conducted by Goulet and Dionne at the Geriatric Institute of the University of Sherbrooke in Canada.
In this research study, there may be some significant methodological problems with the researchers' study methods and their approach. However, they determined that even for male individuals, participants in the study who were given up to 1,000 or 1,200 mg per day of Siberian ginseng supplements for a period of time of 1 to 6 weeks, they noted no significant advantage during exercise routines of these male participants.
Some of the participants would work out for 6 minutes to 120 minutes, depending on the aspects of the study at the time. This study could not determine whether Siberian ginseng has any effect on overall testosterone levels.
(Read more about this study at NCBI.)
Study #2:
The second study that we looked at was done in 2001 by Gaffney, Hugel, and Rich, through the School of Nursing at Griffith University in Meadowbrook, Australia. It was a randomized, double-blind clinical trial on male individuals who were considered competitive, club level endurance athletes. Each of the participants in this study were given 8 mL a day of ethanolic extract that contained approximately 4 g or 2 g per day of the dried Siberian ginseng supplement, or a placebo.
The findings were that the levels of testosterone in the participants remained consistent and that there was little to no significant increase in the average levels of testosterone, either free or total.
Another aspect of this study found that the main ingredient of Siberian ginseng actually increased hormonal indices of stress in the body, which has been directly associated with lower testosterone levels.
(Read more about this study at NCBI.)
Study #3:
Conducted in 2000 at the University of Southern Mississippi by Eschbach, Webster, et al. in a randomized, double-blind crossover study, nine highly trained male individuals between the ages of 26 to 30 were given 2 mL per kilogram weight every minute, cycled through a 120 minute period of time.
Overall, the average participant received 1,200 mg per day for seven days.
The researchers found that there were no significant differences in overall hormonal indices of stress or other factors. They did not measure the direct impact that it could have on testosterone levels, however.
They did conclude that, for this population of male individuals, there was no significant improvement in overall endurance or performance.
(Read more about this study at NCBI.)
It is important to note that in these research studies, especially Study #2 and Study #3, while they did not determine a significant increase in testosterone levels, the participants in these studies were high endurance, physically fit male individuals. In the second study, these male individuals were ranging in age from 26 to 30.
There will need to be more research conducted on older male individuals, especially males who are not considered high endurance, high impact training individuals to determine whether Siberian ginseng actually has a direct and measurable impact on overall testosterone levels in the body.
We will continue to scour the latest research that comes out with regard to Siberian ginseng and postal studies as they are published.


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In my last post, we looked at how to find a theme's style.css sheet. In this post, we'll investigate how to manipulate the typographic elements with Additional CSS customization. We'll focus on the header styles. They're a good basic element are easy to customize–if you know the ins and outs of WordPress theme coding. This is part 2 in the series on Investigating Your Theme.
More on Investigating Your Theme
Good style sheets for WordPress themes should have a table of contents at the top of the style sheet that look something like this:
I've highlighted the "chapter" or section we'll be looking at today, 5.0. If you have your theme style sheet, you can just page down to the appropriate section–and you can use "find text" in whatever editor you're using to find the 5.0 section, just like an ordinary document.
Deciphering the CSS content
The first part of the 5.0 section shows that the default font-size is 16px in the first declaration (html { font-size: 16px}. Next, a whole bunch of elements are put into a kind of "group style" — that is, ALL of those elements, body, button, input, optgroup, select, etc. (we'll cover those some other time) and the text area (textarea) of the blog posts are all assigned the default fonts that the original designer chose.
This is kind of hard to see, so I've cut it off here–to give you a better view:
The body.rtl is put in there so that people CAN choose to write in this theme uses languages that go from right-to-left (Hebrew, Arabic, for example) rather than left to right (like Western languages) — is certain font-sets are selected. This allows the theme to be used for non-Western languages. As we look through the style sheet, we'll see a great deal of .rtl stuff — it's nice to know what we can safely ignore (or what we need to hone in on if you're blogging in those kinds of languages.)
If you're unfamiliar with CSS syntax, this W3 school page will get you up to speed very quickly in the terms, to help you read CSS declarations more easily. It also has a handy list of all the CSS codes with authoritative explanations on the left column. W3 school is THE authoritative source on HTML and CSS — they're part of the organization that determines the standards for hypertext, globally.
Professional Themes Have to Be Usable by Most Everyone
WordPress themes have a global audience, with lots of needs and requirements. That's why there is a lot of CSS code that you or I may never use (like formatting text that is right-to-left, instead of left-to-right). I'm not going to go over every line of code–just the ones we're interested in at the moment.
Styling Header Tags (H1 – H6)
We're going to start with some easy examples of manipulating the Additional CSS code–code we can add–to override the style.css code that exists in the style sheet. First we have to understand what's THERE already. Here's a portion of the default style sheet.
H1 tags are used for our blog posts. They're set a size that is 2.125 "ems" An em is the height of the text being used (usually 12 points). "Em" is a printer's measure, commonly used in HTML documents to describe text in terms of size. The developer also set the line height and margins. Developers often use development packages like Bootstrap or other editors that can calculate these measurements of margins and line height to this very high degree of specificity. We don't necessarily need to be that precise when we're hand-coding, but being able to know what the current values are may help us as we define different styles.
Styling Groups of Elements and Classes All At Once
Note that the H2 and H3 tags are styled in the very same way: declaring a font-size, line-height and margin. But H4 is different. When we get to H4, we're styling a BUNCH Of different things with the exact same style:
- h4 — the fourth level header tag
- big — a value that browsers and coders use for defining text as to what "big" text actually means, in terms of font-size.)
- AND .widget-title–this is a declared class found elsewhere in the text that styles widgets –like my navigation widget which may appear at the top right on a post.
H5 is styled in a similar method as H1, H2, and h3. But then H6 shares the same styling as "small" text.
You'll see these kinds of group stylings all through the code, to create a consistent look.
For example take this code, just a little bit down the page of the stylesheet. It defines the code not only for the unordered list (ul), but also for unordered list in the COMMENT sections of the blog:
Here you can see that the list style for an unordered list in the blog AND for an unordered list in someone's comment both receive the list style: "disc" (the little dot).
In the next declaration, NESTED unordered lists are all receive the open circle as a style. So do nested unordered list in the comment sections.
Nested unordered list up to the third level of nesting, in both the blog posts themselves and in the comments, all go back to the disc setting.
Some style sheet elements are easily over-ridden by new CSS, others–not so much.
If an attribute is NOT set by the original style-sheet, then additional CSS changes it with little problem.
Here I've changed the H1 properties of Impractical Advice to GREEN. Color is not an attribute that is specified in the parent (style.ccs)
Here's the additional CSS:
And here's the result:
All the headers using H1 –including the title, would change to green, if I "published" the Additional CSS theme customization using that code.
When we try to "monkey" with the values already set, then we begin to see that SOME things may work, but others DON'T. In this example, I set the size of the H1 font to a much larger size.
The code specifies a much larger value the the parent (which was 2.125em) but only the headers in the blog posts were affected. The TITLE of the blog was not.
This is where the investigation begins.
I knew that I needed to find the words "title" (most likely). As I had the stylesheet downloaded, I could simply use the search function to find all instances of the word "title" — and within about ten minutes, I found this:
"Site-title" is the class we need to target!
Now let's see what happens when we add this class to our additional CSS code for H1.
Hmm. This doesn't quite work! This is what we get:
The green color is gone! Oh, NO! — well, we're missing something. What have we done?!
The very important COMMA
Our previous examples are NESTED examples. When we're styling several things, we need to make sure we include a COMMA between elements. This is an easy fix–and a very common mistake!
And here's what we get:
That's all for today. We'll delve into some trickier examples soon.
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To Cure the Economy, Joseph E. Stiglitz
Posted by Québec de Droite in Crise économique, Mondialisation on mardi 4 octobre 2011
C'est un des économistes que je respecte, ce n'est pas parce qu'il a reçu un prix Nobel, c'est parce qu'ils couchent moins avec les groupes d'intérêts.
Extrait de : To Cure the Economy, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Project syndicate,2011-10-03
NEW YORK – As the economic slump that began in 2007 persists, the question on everyone's minds is obvious: Why? Unless we have a better understanding of the causes of the crisis, we can't implement an effective recovery strategy. And, so far, we have neither.
We were told that this was a financial crisis, so governments on both sides of the Atlantic focused on the banks. Stimulus programs were sold as being a temporary palliative, needed to bridge the gap until the financial sector recovered and private lending resumed. But, while bank profitability and bonuses have returned, lending has not recovered, despite record-low long- and short-term interest rates.
The banks claim that lending remains constrained by a shortage of creditworthy borrowers, owing to the sick economy. And key data indicate that they are at least partly right.
· After all, large enterprises are sitting on a few trillion dollars in cash, so money is not what is holding them back from investing and hiring.
· Some, perhaps many, small businesses are, however, in a very different position; strapped for funds, they can't grow, and many are being forced to contract.
Still, overall, business investment – excluding construction – has returned to 10% of GDP (from 10.6% before the crisis). With so much excess capacity in real estate, confidence will not recover to its pre-crisis level anytime soon, regardless of what is done to the banking sector.
The financial sector's inexcusable recklessness, given free rein by mindless deregulation, was the obvious precipitating factor of the crisis. The legacy of excess real-estate capacity and over-leveraged households makes recovery all the more difficult.
But the economy was very sick before the crisis; the housing bubble merely papered over its weaknesses.
Without bubble-supported consumption, there would have been
a massive shortfall in aggregate demand.
Instead, the personal saving rate plunged to 1%, and the bottom 80% of Americans were spending, every year, roughly 110% of their income. Even if the financial sector were fully repaired, and even if these profligate Americans hadn't learned a lesson about the importance of saving, their consumption would be limited to 100% of their income. So anyone who talks about the consumer "coming back" – even after deleveraging – is living in a fantasy world.
Exacte, après la bulle technologique, l'accroissement moyen du PIB était 1.6 % pour les pays matures, pour stimuler l'économie, on a créé du crédit facile, avec les conséquences que l'on vit actuellement, par contre on n'a jamais réglé
le problème à la base.
Fixing the financial sector was necessary for economic recovery, but far from sufficient. To understand what needs to be done, we have to understand the economy's problems before the crisis hit.
Il est incroyable que ce raisonnement aussi simple n'ait pas diffusé dans les médias et dans le milieu des économistes.
First, America and the world were victims of their own success. Rapid productivity increases in manufacturing had outpaced growth in demand, which meant that manufacturing employment decreased. Labor had to shift to services.
The problem is analogous to that which arose at the beginning of the twentieth century, when rapid productivity growth in agriculture forced labor to move from rural areas to urban manufacturing centers. With a decline in farm income in excess of 50% from 1929 to 1932, one might have anticipated massive migration. But workers were "trapped" in the rural sector: they didn't have the resources to move, and their declining incomes so weakened aggregate demand that urban/manufacturing unemployment soared.
For America and Europe, the need for labor to move out of manufacturing is compounded by shifting comparative advantage: not only is the total number of manufacturing jobs limited globally, but a smaller share of those jobs will be local.
Globalization has been one, but only one, of the factors contributing to the second key problem – growing inequality. Shifting income from those who would spend it to those who won't lowers aggregate demand. By the same token, soaring energy prices shifted purchasing power from the United States and Europe to oil exporters, who, recognizing the volatility of energy prices, rightly saved much of this income.
The final problem contributing to weakness in global aggregate demand was emerging markets' massive buildup of foreign-exchange reserves – partly motivated by the mismanagement of the 1997-98 East Asia crisis by the International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury. Countries recognized that without reserves, they risked losing their economic sovereignty. Many said, "Never again." But, while the buildup of reserves – currently around $7.6 trillion in emerging and developing economies – protected them, money going into reserves was money not spent.
Where are we today in addressing these underlying problems? To take the last one first, those countries that built up large reserves were able to weather the economic crisis better, so the incentive to accumulate reserves is even stronger.
Similarly, while bankers have regained their bonuses, workers are seeing their wages eroded and their hours diminished, further widening the income gap. Moreover, the US has not shaken off its dependence on oil. With oil prices back above $100 a barrel this summer – and still high – money is once again being transferred to the oil-exporting countries. And the structural transformation of the advanced economies, implied by the need to move labor out of traditional manufacturing branches, is occurring very slowly.
Évidemment, ce n'est pas tout le monde qui veut aller à l'université, alors on fait quoi ? avec toute la population qui n'a pas un diplôme universitaire ou n'a pas un corps de métier spécifique, ont les oublies, car les emplois de moindre qualité sont tous rendus en Chine.
Typique de théorie économique qui ne représente pas la réalité économique.
Government plays a central role in financing the services that people want, like education and health care. And government-financed education and training, in particular, will be critical in restoring competitiveness in Europe and the US. But both have chosen fiscal austerity, all but ensuring that their economies' transitions will be slow.
Le problème avec ce raisonnement, c'est que l'on suppose que les pays émergents restent en position statique, je regrette les Chinois produisent autant d'ingénieurs que l'Europe et les États-Unis combinés et une main-d'oeuvre nettement moins chers.
L'éducation ne changera rien à la situation, car les multinationales ont très bien compris, il y a autant de gens qualifiés techniquement en Chine ou en Inde. Par contre, il coûte dix fois moins cher, alors pour rétablir une saine compétitivité, il faut changer les règles du jeu, sans cela, nous sommes damnés à subir du chômage persistant.
American companies discovered that they could have their manufacturing and even their engineering done more cheaply overseas. When they did so, margins improved.
Management was happy, and so were stockholders
The prescription for what ails the global economy follows directly from the diagnosis: strong government expenditures, aimed at facilitating restructuring, promoting energy conservation, and reducing inequality, and a reform of the global financial system that creates an alternative to the buildup of reserves.
Eventually, the world's leaders – and the voters who elect them – will come to recognize this. As growth prospects continue to weaken, they will have no choice. But how much pain will we have to bear in the meantime?
Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University, a Nobel laureate in economics, and the author of Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy
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Boy Scouts now welcome girls
*Editor's note: Due to spacing in the print issue, we could not fit Jim Longworth's entire opinion article in this week's paper. The full version has now been updated online.
By: Jim Longworth
Call it political correctness. Call it co-ed scouting, or a gender-blind experiment. Call it whatever you like, but Boy Scouts of America is now accepting girls into its ranks, and for the local Old North State Council, that means an opportunity to serve families better.
As a 64-year-old former cub scout, I was skeptical of BSA's new initiative, which now allows girls K-5 to join gender-specific cub dens while mixing with boys for family activities (older girls will join BSA in February 2019). So I asked Old North State Council CEO Ed Martin to bring me up to speed on how the new inclusive arrangement will work.
Jim: Why should girls join BSA if a Girl Scout Council is accessible to them?
Ed: For many years, families with sons and daughters have been asking the Boy Scouts of America to provide one program where the entire family can participate together. Families today are busier and more diverse than ever. Many do not have the time nor capacity to take one child to one program location and another child to another location. Also, the ability of boys and girls to participate in one program location is of great benefit to single-parent families.
Jim: What specific activities can a girl participate in through Old North State Council that she can't participate in with Girl Scouts?
Ed: Both BSA and GSA are fine organizations that offer unique benefits to youth and families. However, there are many different program experiences offered within each organization. For example, the BSA has offered programs for young men and women ages 14-21 years since 1971 in Career Development (Career Exploring), and since 1988 in high adventure (Venturing). Some of the young ladies in these programs previously participated in the Girl Scouts and then determined that the BSA program was a better fit for their interests. Also, many young women have served on summer camp staff at Old North State Council properties for many years and then decided to participate in Career Exploring or Venturing.
Last year when BSA announced its plan to recruit girls, Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont CEO Lane Cook responded by talking about the benefits of a single-sex environment. They told me, "I hope girls will continue to choose Girl Scouts because we are the girl experts, and are dedicated to ensuring that girls can take advantage of a program tailored specifically to their unique developmental needs, not one tailored for boys and adapted for girls. Girls thrive in an all-girl, girl-led environment such as Girl Scouts, where they can take center stage, and where the constant message is that nothing can stand in their way. In Girl Scouts, girls can try new things, take risks, and take on challenging roles. Our girls follow their passions without worrying about what their male peers may think about them. Girls succeed in positions that otherwise might go to their male counterparts in a co-ed environment."
For his part, Ed Martin doesn't see BSA and GSA as competitors, but rather as co-existing organizations that simply want to serve the needs of children.
"We realize there will be some young women and families that participate in BSA programs and then determine the Girl Scouts is a better fit for their interests or needs," Martin said. "We encourage families to visit us, the Girl Scouts, or any other youth development program that will best meet their interests or needs. The Old North State Council is proud to support all families that choose to join local BSA programs, and help make the dreams and desires they have for their children a reality."
Nationwide, over 3,000 girls have already signed up for BSA's Cub Scout program, including 7-year-old Ruthie Bunthoff, who, last week, became Old North State's first recruit. She comes from a long line of scouts, starting with her grandfather who was an Eagle Scout. Her mother Kathryn was also a scout, as are her male siblings. In an interview with the Greensboro News & Record, Ruthie said, "I want to be just like my brothers."
Something tells me that Miss Bunthoff is going to make a great scout, and grow into a fine young woman. And I wouldn't be surprised if someday, some little boy says, "I want to be just like Ruthie."
Jim Longworth is the host of "Triad Today," airing on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on ABC45 (cable channel 7) and Sundays at 11 a.m. on WMYV (cable channel 15).


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Saturday, July 22, 2006
Dang! I wish she had a website
Drop Dead Gorgeous by Linda Howard
Good news/Bad news
Good news - it's in paperback
Bad news - we have to wait until November
I know it's more about Blair and Wyatt, Blair is planning her wedding and someone is after her but I want excerpts!!!
Oh well - at least now I'll have to go back and read To Die For again sometime before November to refresh myself :) I like that idea! One can never read To Die For enough times. Unless of course one didn't like Blair. Then once is more than enough. But I loved her so......
And how about this cover?!?!?!?!?
While the picture of the couple is not bad although I think she needs to comb her hair - or wash it or something - I surely hope they don't stay with these colours 'cause man are they bad!!! It hurts to look at it without sunglasses. It's brighter than an errupting volcano, or a blazing fire or the even the sun for petels sake! And what is with the font? I think Bam needs to get hold of this one.
'til later
8 comments:
- Marg said...
I don't understand how authors don't have a web presense these days!
- 11:41 pm
- Kristie (J) said...
I know! I don't get it either. If I was an author that's the first thing I would do. But then I suppose she is a big enough name that people don't need a website to know about her.
- 11:51 pm
- Marg said...
I would think that that means you are just as likely to need a website to keep on attracting new readers, for things like series order etc etc
- 1:08 am
- CindyS said...
Knowing myself well, I can safely say that if I am procrastinating the internet is a wonderful place to play. So, if I was an author it would be a time sucker. Maybe Howard knows herself well and keeps herself away from the computer. That said, she could hire someone but then I think you would want to be involved and then *whomp* she's sucked in ;)
You were much more gentle with this cover than I feel. It's gross!!
- 1:59 am
- nath said...
I heard that Linda Howard used to have a website, but she doesn't anymore, because she was getting stalked - like receiving emails from a spooky someone... so that's why she decided not to have a website anymore.
What I love the most is when the authors have a website and actually update it frequently... Kelley Armstrong and Sherrilyn Kenyon are two authors that come to mind.
- 1:18 pm
- Jennie said...
It seems really unprofessional for any author, especially any well-known author, not to have a website. And stupid too. It could only help sales.
And if it was a stalking problem, she could just not have any contact info listed.
That cover is seriously ugly!
- 5:22 pm
- Valeen said...
Seriously?? Is it all about Blair and Wyatt??
I LOVED To Die For. One of my favourites. Can't say enough about it.
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Is there any real overhead associated with InvokeRepeating? I have something that runs in Update that I can easily get away with updating, say, 30 times per second instead of every single frame (which in most scenarios means it's being run about 150 times per second; which seems like I have a lot of excess frames to work with, but I'm making a physics game so I need to squeeze out as much performance as possible).
Keep in mind this is for simple "update counter text" type things, so the function itself that is being repeated isn't heavy, but I'm trying to maximize speed and wondering if InvokeRepeating has any inherent performance hits.
If there aren't any problems, I'm going to happily start migrating a bunch of things out of Update, where it seems wasteful to do them every single frame when there's no need.
Also, is there any difference between using coroutines and InvokeRepeating in terms of performance?
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Nov 28, 2011 at 07:48 PM
In terms of overhead, the order (from most to least) is Update, coroutines, then InvokeRepeating.
Ah, that's surprising. Thank you.
Specifically, InvokeRepeating is about twice as efficient as a coroutine when it repeats, but the "wait" part for both has no appreciable overhead (as opposed to Update, which always has overhead).
Really useful to know. I've been using coroutines a lot but end up yielding a new WaitForSeconds() each time and I think InvokeRepeating() feels like a better fit in these cases.
Can I ask where you have this information from?
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