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VIOS Shared Storage Pools (was called NextGen) = Simple
Finally, I found the time to try this new exciting feature and it was really simple to create and operate. I captured movie footage of my first attempt and it all worked (once I removed my spelling mistakes in commands). It only took two commands. So the technology has advanced concepts but it really easy to use, COOL! Some of the commands come with long option names like "-custername". A quick misquote from Star-Trek, never goes wrong: "It is UNIX Jim, but not as we know it!" One command to create my cluster,... [More]
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Updating to VIOS 22.214.171.124 FixPack 24 SP1? - Don't Make My Mistakes
We all know that a VIOS level is only fully supported for 2 years ... right! If you have problems with an older VIOS, you may be asked to upgrade to a supported level before a fix can be issued. Most teams run a dual VIOS configuration to allow painless and live upgrades for just this reason. The other reason is to survive a VIOS crash but I have never had a VIOS failure but that would be because I don't go fiddling with them nor adding unsupported software. I quickly upgraded my POWER7 VIOS from 2.1 to the latest VIOS level and made a... [More]
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VIOS Next Generation phase 1
You may have seen comments or even presentations with a few slides on VIOS Next Generation or VIOS NextGen in the past year. I did at the Power Technical Universities and was very interested. Well, the first phase has been release but you may well have missed it as it appears as VIOS 188.8.131.52 FixPack 24 Service Pack 01 - not a catchy title and it slipped out below my radar! It is a regular service pack for the current VIOS and include some other features and fixes too. The first thing you have to note is that only a few features are available... [More]
High Speed Adapters need Sensible Memory Sizes
AIX or VIOS Start-up Memory Problems I have been working with a couple of customers that have a newly setup AIX Logical Partition (LPAR) that fails to start due to not having enough memory. The common factor is that the LPAR for AIX (or VIOS) includes a good number of what I call "high speed" adapters like 10 Gbps Ethernet, or 4 Gbps or 8 Gbps Fibre Channel adapters. They tend to have multiple adapters of each type for redundancy and throughput. For example, trying to start the LPAR with 1 or 2 GB of memory but it turned out they need... [More]
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Upgrading to Systems Director 6.2.1? - Don't get caught out, like me!
If you are running Systems Director and upgrading to the new version ... WATCH OUT !! Make sure you have 1 GB free space in /var Make sure you have 2 GB free space in /tmp I did not, this upgrade script does not check for free space and it crashed during the Systems Director updating itself (/tmp 100% full) and it never came back. I ended up with a corrupt Systems Director. The smart guys would (before the upgrade) also stopped Systems Director (smstop) and saved the database (smsave) before attempting the upgrade - so the older version... [More]
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Check those migrated Java SDK versions for POWER7
If you are migrating work from an older POWER5 or POWER6 machine/LPAR to POWER7 ... don't forget to check that those Java versions are compatible with POWER7 or you may hit "unexpected Java errors" The approved Java SDK on POWER7 are limited to particular versions with specific fixes . They can be found here: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/power7/index.html Harder to check are the Java versions which are embedded in applications. Here are two important ones for IBM software: There is a technical bulletin regarding... [More]
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Systems Director 6.2.1 Available for Download
The new November Update is available from the download site from the regular website: http://www.ibm.com/systems/software/director/downloads/index.html When you have 6.2 or 126.96.36.199 installed get Systems Director to update itself - then update the plug-ins via the download site. There is lots of new features and quality improvements too. I will summarise these in a different blog entry. One quick note: if you are doing a fresh install - install DB2 as the database.
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System Planning Tool - now with NPIV
I've just told me this is now available from http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/systemplanningtool/ Update to Version 4.10.323.0 (once you have 4.09.323 installed) OK, we have waited long enough so "hurray" its here at last. My colleague in Norway is going to use this to install a very large Power 795 in Norway next week. He is so happy because its going to save him hours and hours in setup time and will get it right first time.
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Am I a WPAR? (workload partition) or just a regular AIX?
I was asked at the Technical University: How can we tell (in a script) if we are running in a WPAR or a regular AIX? We also called it the Global AIX, if its running WPARs. It took me a good few minutes to find out how to do it and thought I would shared it to save you time: Use: uname -W It returns 0 for the Global AIX and a regular AIX or if it is in a WPAR it returns the WPAR Number (i.e. non-zero) Below we show how to use this in a script. wparno=`uname -W` if (( $wparno == "0" )) then echo Global AIX else echo... [More]
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Ten Smarter Technologies - Results
Here are the results from 40 techinical IBMers, 300 people at the Las Vegas Technical University (mostly customers, some business partners and a few IBMers) and 90 more from the same event in Lyon, France. Remember this contains no announcements, the technology is available now and the choice of technology is entirely my own. Voters were allowed to vote for 4 out of the 10 and the results are percentages. All technologies got votes, so there is no failures here, even the lowest scoring one had ~47 votes. My comments: Clearly, Solid State... [More]
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Ten Smarter Technologies - Results soon
I ran this session at the Las Vegas Technical University last week twice. I spend 5 minutes on each of the ten covering the basic concept and the "pro's and con's" then get the audience to vote on their top four. The smaller room took 105 people and the second time in a larger room to 187. It was a BIG conference with 1500+ people attending - its good and encouraging to see so many people interested in Power Systems. The results are fascinating a few top technologies are clear favourites but then the IBMer and customer views are... [More]
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Ten Smarter Technologies - coming your way
Hi, I am preparing for a Power Systems Technical University in Las Vegas, USA and Lyon, France in October. I have a session with the title below and I am seeking feedback from technology guru's like yourselves. Which four of the below ten technologies do you think are "most likely to be normal in five years time"? Please comment on this AIXpert (see "Add a Comment" below) with your four top technologies. I will post the overall results as a graph in roughly two weeks time. Below here there should be a large image of the ten... [More]
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Which AIX Release, Technology Levels and Service Packs to use for the POWER7 machines?
I am getting this question quite a lot and the answer is it depends on the model and when it was made available.
These are the minimums but higher service packs are recommended .
POWER7 Systems
Power 750, 755 (Jan)
Power 770,780 (March)
Blade 700, 701,702 (June)
Power 710, 720, 730, 740, 795 (Sept)
POWER7 Systems
Power 750, 755 (Jan)
Power 770,780 (March)
Blade 700,... [More]
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It is just not fair - AIX 6 TL6, AIX 7, WPAR Mgr for Versions WPARs, VIOS 2.2
Its just not fair that the week I am on holiday so much brilliant software is coming out AIX 6.1 TL06 AIX 7.1 first release Workload Partition Manager for Versioned WPARs (meaning running AIX 5.2) - a Systems Director Plug-in Virtual I/O Server 2.2 Don't forget that for AIX you should also install the first service pack that comes out at the same time. This sweeps up all the fixes between the Gold DVD cut and the actual availability date. The smart guys will be downloading the AIX and VIOS DVDs from ESS (see earlier AIXblog) to get it quickly.... [More]
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Systems Director 6.2 is Saving Me Time on AIX/POWER - check out how!
OK, this is "blowing my own trumpet" a little but I just finished a 12 minute movie on the best bits of Systems Director. Best in the sense that they "save me a lot of time" and you might like to take a look to see if they can help you too. As I run lots of POWER based machines and lots of copies of AIX, this is why it is very relevant to this AIXpert Blog. The 8 areas are: One Hour Install, Update Manager - HMC, Firmware & AIX in four mouse clicks, Whole
Machine Performance View, LPAR direct to HMC, Active Energy... [More]
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Reclusive R&B-hip-hop star Lauryn Hill has put a halt to her planned comeback tour, canceling her entire European lineup of dates, the AP reports. Hill was scheduled to headline this year's Stockholm Jazz Festival on July 15th, but her agent informed festival organizers yesterday that the show was off due to unspecified "health reasons." Hill's performance at Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival was also called off, as were scheduled concerts in Sweden, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Italy, France and Austria.
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The canceled European tour is just the latest in a long string of mysterious events surrounding Hill in the decade since she released her 1998 Grammy-winning masterpiece The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Rock Daily caught Hill's 2007 hits-filled performance in Brooklyn, but since then the singer has surfaced for a strange photo op with Martha Stewart at a book signing in New Jersey last October. Hill has reportedly been working on new music since 2004, but outside of Miseducation and her 2002 Unplugged 2.0 album, the former Fugee has only released a handful of songs for soundtracks like Surf's Up and The Passion of the Christ.
In August 2008, to mark the 10th anniversary of Hill's landmark Miseducation, Rolling Stone spoke to the people who helped make the groundbreaking LP for an exclusive oral history.
Related Stories:
• Lauryn Hill To Headline Stockholm Jazz Festival, Plots European Tour
• Lauryn Hill to Return to the Stage at Montreux Jazz Festival
• Inside "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"

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25. September 2009
Adding to an impressive slate of East Carolina programming this season, MASN will exclusively produce and televise ECU's Homecoming game against Rice on October 17th at 3:30 p.m. live from Greenville. This will increase to nine the number of Pirate football games being televised by MASN this year as part of the network's partnership with ECU.
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I did an interview with The 5th Corner before the UNC game and just had a chance to post it. I wasn't right about the score though. Please check it out.
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I have to think that Pirate Nation is on deck with me when I ask this question: Why does a different Pirate team walk out of the locker room for the second half?
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Great picture from Moody of Pirates Supporting Pirates from overseas: http://twitpic.com/i2yz2
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Bottles of Purell hand sanitizer have been flying of the shelves in Greenville leading up to this weekends ECU vs. UNC game in Chapel Hill this weekend. Some stores have even invested in purple masks to sell to Pirate fans who are making the trip UNC. The Tarheels lead the University School System in most confirmed cases of H1N1 flu virus, commonly known as Swine Flu.
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ECU has given the go ahead for a 7,000 east endzone expansion beginning this upcoming December. The Dowdy-Ficklen stadium expansion has been much talked about and much anticipated over the past year. Student Pirate Club members and the ECU Marching Pirates would be moved from their current location to the 7,000 seat expansion. This would open up 3,500-4,000 seats between the 35 yard lines for Pirate Club members.
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Earlier today, MASN announced a renewed partnership with the Pirates where they will be carrying eight games throughout the 2009 East Carolina football season. This is big news for the Pirates and its fans as we set sail into a new year filled with great opportunities to get into the national spotlight.
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Have you heard about THE PLUNDER TOWEL? If not, come check out the story and find out how to get one so you can be ready for when ESPN comes to town!
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Colubris Targets Cable Cos.
June 15, 2004
The WLAN specialist teams with ARRIS to help Time Warner and others add Wi-Fi.
Continuing its partnering strategy, wireless LAN
The sales, marketing and support deal was announced today at the Society of
Cable Telecommunications Engineer's Cable-Tec Expo in Orlando, Fla.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Under the pact, ARRIS will provide integration and support services for all
of Colubris' Wi-Fi access products, making it easier for cable companies to
deploy hotspots
"Wi-Fi is an ideal element for driving the cable [operators'] opportunity
with enterprise customers," Barry Fougere, president and CEO of Colubris
Networks, said in a statement.
The service provider, part of the Time Warner
For Colubris, ARRIS TeleWire Supply, a subsidiary of ARRIS,
Last year, the Waltham, Mass.-based firm teamed with Wificom Technologies, a
provider of back-end services for hotspot operators as well as network
equipment heavy hitters Juniper Networks
In addition to partnerships with equipment vendors, Colubris Networks also
works with partners that can support and manage access control and policy
management for networks of any size.
conglomerate, offers Road Runner "Speed Zones" using equipment and services
from Colubris and ARRIS.
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08-30-2008, 05:52 PMI'm not certain about Palin just yet. On the surface, it looked like a WTF pick, but after thinking...that "God's Chosen One" should win this election handily, McCain has nothing to lose.
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Al-Jazeera is in discussions with Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator, about bringing the network's English-language channel to millions of U.S. homes, the Qatar-based news service said Tuesday.
Al-Jazeera hopes to capitalize on its growing reputation as a serious provider of top-quality journalism from an increasingly tumultuous Middle East.
"We're very grateful for all the support and appreciation we've been receiving," Al-Jazeera English managing director Al Anstey said in a statement. "Clearly the demand is there for Al-Jazeera, and people want to see us on their screens."
Anstey arrived in New York City on Tuesday to lead the talks, the network said. The Comcast meeting was the first move in a new push by Al-Jazeera to get on U.S. cable systems, which have been reluctant to carry the Qatar-based news network. A Comcast spokesperson declined to comment on the talks.
It's quite a turn of events for Al-Jazeera, which until its widely praised coverage of the unrest in Egypt was something of a pariah in the United States. During the Iraq War, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld branded the network's reporting of civilian casualties as "vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable."
Now, the White House is watching Al-Jazeera alongside CNN.
As recently as a few weeks ago, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly labeled Al-Jazeera as "anti-American." Later on the same program Fox News commentator Monica Crowley called the network a "propaganda outfit for the autocrats who sit on the sands of the Middle East."
This might come as a surprise to Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who accused the channel of "fomenting unrest." Or to embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who in a rambling and defiant speech Tuesday said Al-Jazeera was trying to portray Libyans as "bad people … a people of turbans and low beards," according to one translation.
Al-Jazeera, which has more journalists in the Middle East than any U.S. news agency, was repeatedly cited by MSNBC and CNN even before the network offered its content to other outlets through a Creative Commons license.
The treatment of Al-Jazeera's reporters by security forces in Egypt and Libya added credence to the network's claim of independence.
In Egypt, Mubarak's goons ransacked and closed the network's Cairo bureau, before assaulting and detaining several of its journalists. In Libya, state intelligence services jammed Al-Jazeera's TV signal on the Arabsat satellite frequency, the network said.
Al-Jazeera, which is Arabic for "the island," is currently not available on any major U.S. cable system, but Al-Jazeera English is streamed live on the web, for free.
The network says it can also be seen in local markets in Vermont, Ohio and Washington, D.C., on the following systems: GlobeCast World TV (DTH Satellite), Buckeye Cable (Toledo, Ohio), Burlington Cable (Burlington, Vermont), Link TV (Direct TV channel 375 or Dish Network channel 9410), Washington Cable (Washington, D.C.) and MHz Networks (Washington, D.C., by agreement with Comcast).
See Also:
- Complete Wired.com coverage of Egypt
- Complete Wired.com coverage of Libya
- Al-Jazeera Says Its Cairo Bureau Has Been Shuttered by Egyptian …
- As Egypt Erupts, Al-Jazeera Offers Its News for Free to Other Networks
- American News Bankrupted and Lobotomized, Replaced Worldwide by Al-Jazeera


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The State of the Digital Customer Journey
Wednesday, 21 September, 7pm CEST
Customer loyalty and retention, two of the most important considerations in measuring business success in banking, are created by truly knowing your customer and offering a superior customer experience.
The Adjacent Possible for Banks
Tuesday, 1st November 5pm CET
The Adjacent Possible for Banks provides a powerful conceptual framework for a bank's digital strategy. So what is this framework? And how can it be applied?
PSD2: Making it actionable
Wednesday, July 27th
In this special, exclusive webinar, Jouk Pleiter and Jelmer de Jong of Backbase talk about what PSD2 means for the banking industry, and how can banks can prepare for this inevitable change.
The Journey to Digital Transformation: The Real Life Examples of Touch Bank and CheBanca!
June 22nd, 2016
In this webinar, Jouk Pleiter, CEO and Co-Founder Backbase talks to two of the most innovative banks in Europe – Touch Bank and CheBanca! – and share real-life examples of digital transformation.
Embrace Fintech
March 30, 2016
In this webinar, Jouk Pleiter and Jelmer de Jong of Backbase talked about how banks turn the threat into opportunity and embrace fintech.
The Uberization of Banking
February 17, 2016
Uber has become a byword for the disruption of an entire industry with every new startup calling itself the 'Uber of ______'.What can we in banking and financial services learn from Uber and its fellow disrupters? How as established can we learn and innovate, to deliver better experiences to our customers?
Building the '10-times-better' bank
November 11th, 2015
In this webinar, Jouk Pleiter and Jelmer de Jong of Backbase outline the journey of creating the 10-times-better bank, providing a detailed analysis of how banks can begin their digital journey, with a strong focus on five key points.
Building a Smarter Bank
June 3rd, 2015
Ron Shevlin shares: with technological developments and upstarts threatening to disrupt and established FI's, what should banks and CU's do to defend their positions, and to in the new world of banking?
Regain Control of your Digital Strategy
January 28th, 2015
Pete Chapman shares his personal experience as IT Director at a regional bank in overcoming control challenges and how he currently at Backbase helps other banks regain control.
Digital Disruption in Banking
December 18th, 2014
Digital disruption and digital transformation are the main topics in this webinar where Jouk Pleiter and Jelmer de Jong share the key focus points for 2015..
Everyday Bank: A Journey to Digital Transformation
November 20th, 2014
Juan Pedro Moreno of Accenture shares his firm's vision for banks in the digital age with a strong focus on digital banking transformation.
Can a bank disrupt the retail industry?
October 15th, 2014
Amir Tabakovic of PostFinance will share his expertise on the integration of digital gift cards into banks' own existing digital channels.
Shift Happens: Consumer Payments
June 19th, 2014
We discuss the issues that are influencing the change in consumer attitudes to and adoption of payment channels.
Reinventing Customer Engagement
March 19th, 2014
Learn about successful business models for banks and insurers and the role customer engagement plays in today's banks and credit unions.
Digital Banking Trends in 2014
January 29th, 2014
What trends are shaping digital banking in 2014? See how the omni-channel trends are shaping tomorrow's bank.
Inspiration for Innovation
April 23rd, 2013
Bradley Leimer, VP of Online Strategy at Mechanics Bank and financial technologist guru, talks about the latest innovations in banking apps.
Trends Shaping Tomorrow's Bank
March 28th, 2013
Get insights into the trends shaping tomorrow's bank as Jouk Pleiter and Jelmer de Jong debate what the future holds for banks and financials.
Digital Marketing Strategies for FS
February 28th, 2013
Leading Direct Marketing Strategist, Jim Marous, and SVP of Integrated Marketing Jay Dillemuth, share their expertise on creating successful digital marketing strategies.
The Emerging CXP Trend
October 17th, 2013
Learn about how A customer-centric, platform that empowers all stakeholders, including customers, business, and IT, can boost your business.
Banking On Digital: Innovation in FS
August 7th, 2013
A 'Digital First' mindset is fundamental for financial services providers focused on significantly enhancing customer satisfaction and building customer loyalty.
Future of Omni-Channel Banking
May 29th, 2013
Learn about the latest strategies and best practices to help banks and credit unions successfully deliver a truly omni-channel banking experience.
Experiential Innovation for Bankers
January 17th, 2013
Discover the power of experiential banking as Senteo CEO, Mark Ruckman, explores how banks can build customer loyalty through mutually beneficial relationships.
Bank 2.0 Trends
July 12th, 2012
Bank 2.0 – What is it? How did it start and who's doing it right? Find out with Jouk Pleiter and Jelmer de Jong as they discuss the latest trends.
10 Key Trends From the Banking Trenches
March 7th, 2012
A look at how online consumer behavior and new-wave web experiences are changing banking forever, with Bradley Leimer, VP of Online Strategy at Mechanics Bank.
Digital Banking in 2012
January 26th, 2012
Backbase CEO and Co-Founder, Jouk Pleiter, and Jelmer de Jong, Head of Global Marketing, deliver an insightful digital banking forecast for 2012.
Reinventing Financial Services
December 14th, 2011
Exclusive tips on how to become a more customer-centric bank, from best-selling author Roger Peverelli of Reinventing Financial Services fame.
Forrester on Digital Banking
November 9th, 2011
Senior Forrester Analyst Brad Strothkamp gives expert advice on how banks must become S.U.P.E.R.: Simple, Ubiquitous, Personal, Empowering and Reassuring, to win big online.
The Future of Banking
October 6th, 2011
Brett King, renowned author and Founder of Moven, formerly known as Moven Bank, discusses the emergence of the Era of Engagement Banking.
UX Trends in Banking
August 3rd, 2011
Backbase's own Head of UX, Wessel van Leeuwen, talks about his plans to create outstanding customer engagement experiences online.
Social Media in Banking
June 6, 2011
Christophe Langlois, Social Media Specialist and blogger for Visible-Banking.com, presents a practical guide to succeeding with social media.
The Future of Payments
March 29th, 2011
Acclaimed financial services commentator Chris Skinner, talks about how money is being digitalized and what this means for banks and financial services.
Trends in Interactive Banking
February 24th, 2011
Executive VP for the Revere Group, Michael Horne, sits down with Jouk Pleiter to talk about the top 10 obstacles to interactive banking and customer engagement.
Online Banking 2.0 - With Brett King
October 28th, 2010
Author of the bestseller, Bank 2.0, and founder of the International Academy of Financial Management, Brett King advocates for changes in online banking.
The Engagement Banking Strategy
January 27th, 2011
Michael Degnan, Engagement Banking Lead of SapientNitro, and Jouk Pleiter on why it's time to make a commitment to customers or lose them.
Mobile Banking
December 15th, 2010
Mobile banking pioneer, Hannes van Rensburg – he developed the first mobile banking solution in 1999 - shares his vision of mobile banking.
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Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
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Rod Roddy (1984) Gene Wood (1985-86) Marc Summers (1986) | |
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Pilots: 10/19/1984 Test Episode: 12/2/1985 ABC Daytime: 1/6/1986 - 4/4/1986 | |
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PILOT SPIEL: First, the championship women's team: (insert four female contestants) and (insert fifth female contestant). And now, the members of the men's team: (insert four male contestants) and (insert fifth male contestant). The game is... "Hot Streak"! And here he is, BRUCE FORSYTH!
SERIES SPIEL: First, the members of the (championship) (insert gender)'s team: (insert contestants names) and now, the members of the (insert gender)'s team: (insert contestants names). They're here today on "Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak". And now, here he is... here's BRUCE FORSYTH!
Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak was Pyramid with a twist. It's the only US game show hosted by British personality Bruce Forsyth.
Two teams of five contestants (one consisting of men, the other consists of women) compete in a battle of the sexes game of word association.
In each round, the captain of the team in control chose one of two words presented by the host. The other four team members wore headphones to ensure they couldn't hear the word. Once a word was chosen, the team was given 40 seconds to communicate the word down the line. The team captain would describe the word to the second team member, who, after guessing the word, would then do the same for the third team member. The process is continued down the line until one of the following events happen:
- The team completed the transition down the line (classified as a Hot Streak)
- Time ran out
- A player repeats a clue or a keyword already given
- Pantomimes
- Gives an illegal clue in the description such as, saying the word or form of the word, saying part of the answer, giving the form of the repeated word or keyword already given or conveying the essence of the word.
In Rounds 1 and 2, each successful transition was worth $100, for a maximum of $400 per round. For Round 3, each correct transition was worth $200, for a possible $800. The maximum grand total for a game was $1,600.
The team with the most money won the game, kept the cash and advanced to the bonus round. If the game ended in a tie, the captain of the champion team was given one final word and opted to play or pass. The team that played the tie-breaker had to score a hot streak to win; failing to do so sent the other team to the bonus round.
The Bonus RoundEdit
A subject was given to the team captain to start, with his/her teammates once again wearing headphones. The captain gave four words associated with the subject, the ones he/she thought were the most obvious. After that, the teammates have 20 seconds (five seconds per team member) to guess the four words provided by their captain. Each word guessed was worth $200. This process was repeated with a second subject worth $300 per correct guess.
For the third and final subject, if the team was able to guess all four words provided by the captain within 20 seconds, their bonus round score was multiplied by five, for a maximum payoff of $10,000. If the team was unable to do so, they added whatever they won in the first parts of the bonus round to their winnings from the main game.
Pilot RulesEdit
The pilot bonus was played exactly the same except that the payoffs are different:
Subjects #1 & 2 - $300
Subject #3 - 10 times the value
The maximum grand total is $24,000.
Other PicturesEdit
The Party Line PilotEdit
- Main article: Party Line
Three pilots for the show were made, with the first from 1983 titled Party Line. It was hosted by Gene Rayburn with Jay Stewart announcing. Forsyth hosted the other two pilots (with Rod Roddy announcing both).
For the most part, the main game was played the same as the other two pilots and series, but contestants earned points instead of money. Ruck Zuck, the German version of this show, used the same scoring format.
However, the bonus round for the first pilot was substantially different from the series and other two pilots. The winning team faced a zigzag line of nine players, and all team members were given the same word. The team captain was given a baton, and with the baton he or she gave clues to each of the nine players, without repeating any clues. If at any time the captain runs out of clues, he/she can pass to the next teammate in line (the process is the same for the other team members). The first transaction was worth $100 and the money doubled for every subsequent transition, up to $25,600. The process lasted for 40 seconds as in the main game.
External linksEdit
Party Line Info Page @ xanfan.com
Party Line at The Game Show Pilot Light
International VersionsEdit
The following are a list of countries that did their versions of (Bruce Forsyth's) Hot Streak:
- Australia
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Poland
- Russia
- Serbia
- Spain
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Both the Spain and Serbian versions of the show (known as Dame Una Pista/Give Me a Clue and Zlatni Krug/Golden Circle respectively) has a mixture of Hot Streak and the popular British game show Give Us a Clue.
Ray & Marc Ellis
"It's nice to see you, to see you... AUDIENCE: Nice!" - Bruce Forsyth and the Audience - 1986
"Hot Streak round two, won't start without you!
"Don't wanna be left out, do ya? If you're feeling hot, and wanna streak, then tune in each and every day of the week on Hot Streak. Cheerio!" - Bruce Forsyth, 1986
"Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak is a Reg Grundy Production!" - Gene Wood/Marc Summers - 1986
Additional PageEdit
Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak/Video Gallery
External LinksEdit
- Rules for Hot Streak
- Xanfan's Hot Streak Page
- Xanfan's Older Hot Streak Page
- Michael Tiller's Hot Streak Page
- Josh Rebich's Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak Rule Sheet
- Official Pearson site for (Bruce Forsyth's) Hot Streak (via Internet Archive)
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This is almost a deal breaker for me... I have one day before I can return it, so I'dl like to know if anyone has issues with this, and whether it's a concern for you. When I have the HotSpot on and I"m talking with a bluetooth headset, the bluetooth call quality is bad. As soon as I turn off the HotSpot, the bluetooth quality is good. My goal was to be able to use my laptop with the HotSpot while talking to clients via the bluetooth headset. As a backup, I can use a wired headset/mic, but I hate the cord, and now I have to have the phone close by, rather than by the charger (which we always need.) I was told by one VZW tech agent, that this is as good as it gets. This is my first smartphone so maybe my expectations are too high. I guess I could go back to not having this, and saving $60/month. Thanks for any feedback.
Sounds like the radio's are interfering with each other and that would be a hardware problem, so if that's definitely a deal breaker, I say return it. I personally think using your phone as an internet source is silly, so I've never experienced this.
Thanks for the response/feedback. I thought it might be a deal breaker, but I went down to the store, and there really isn't anything else out there that gives me the features, and 'bang for the buck' in my opinion. I would agree that it's silly, but you might change your mind after using a 4G LTE HotSpot. On my notebook, I'm getting 15/5, while at home, my connection is only 8/2. I signed on before 7/7/11, and was also able to get unlimited HotSpot data for an additional $30/month. I live in Orlando, and the entire area is covered in 4G LTE, so I'm pretty lucky/spoiled. Now, I'm just hoping that a firmware update from LG might fix the bluetooth/hotspot conflict, but I'm not holding my breath.
With last night's software update (VS910ZV6), the Bluetooth does not crackle when the HotSpot is turned on. I'm quite happy with it, now.
A few days ago, my phone went back its annoying ways with the Bluetooth crackling when the HotSpot is turned on. :-(


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Alumnus Featured in Australian Magazine
Work by Illustration alumnus and Adjunct Faculty Brian Williams (CCAD 2003) was featured in the August issue of Map Magazine, an arts and culture magazine based in Australia.
The August cover featured one of Williams' drawings from his series Extinct Birds. The magazine included an interview where Williams described himself as "the sexiest Sasquatch-hunting art nerd you'll ever meet."
Extinct Birds features species that are each wearing clothing typical of the year they became extinct.
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text: Taipei Gallery: A Star-Studded Week Hsieh Su-Wei brought her Wimbledon and TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships trophies out to the OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open - see all the best pics of her visit, the finals and more, right here! Published November 10, 2013 12:01 The draw for the OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open was packed, including Japanese No.1 Kimiko Date-Krumm. But Date-Krumm fell first round - as did Chinese rising prospect Zhang Shuai, who succumbed to injury. But with the No.1 and No.3 seeds falling early, No.2 seed Yanina Wickmayer saw an opportunity... As did an unseeded Alison Van Uytvanck, who battled through to the final of the WTA 125K Series stop. And it was Van Uytvanck who ended up taking the title, beating Wickmayer in an all-Belgian final. Van Uytvanck captured the title and subsequently made her Top 100 debut on the November 11 rankings. Wickmayer may not have won the title but it was a strong finish to the former Top 15 player's season. Van Uytvanck also had a fantastic week in doubles, making the final alongside Anna-Lena Friedsam. At the end of the day the team that came out on top was Caroline Garcia and Yaroslava Shvedova. Friedsam and Van Uytvanck, both 19 years old, are two of the WTA's promising young up-and-comers. Garcia and Shvedova were playing together for the first time and went all the way to the title. There was a lot of off-court action in Taipei too, including Chinese Taipei natives the Chan sisters. And Chinese Taipei's shining star, Hsieh Su-Wei, who couldn't play the event but came to see the fans. In 2012, Hsieh became the second player from Chinese Taipei to win a WTA title, after Wang Shi-Ting. This year, Hsieh became Chinese Taipei's first Grand Slam champion, winning the Wimbledon doubles. Topics: 2013, tournaments, news, photos or videos, shuai zhang, kimiko date-krumm, su-wei hsieh, caroline garcia, yaroslava shvedova, yanina wickmayer, alison van uytvanck, anna-lena friedsam, taipei [+] More Share this page! Print Email Related photos WTA Stars Take A Taste Of Taiwanese Culture January 30, 2017 Before the start of the Taiwan Open - which kicks off right on Lunar New Year - Lucie Safarova, Jelena Jankovic, Elina Svitolina and more WTA players got a chance to celebrate at the Welcome Party! Taiwan Open: Welcome Dinner February 11, 2016 Asia's all-time greats - along with No.1 seed Venus Williams - glammed up for the Taiwan Open welcome dinner. See the best pics from the night right here! Taipei Gallery: Where It All Began November 09, 2014 The original WTA 125K Series event celebrated its third year on the calendar, with a Russian taking the singles title and a pair of homegrown stars taking the doubles. To The Top 3


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The ceremonies will be held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Howard Coliseum on the Senatobia campus. The 10 a.m. ceremony will be for graduates in the college's Career-Technical programs, and the 2 p.m. ceremony will be for those in the Academic programs.
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Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend
Maybe all those never-ending rainstorms that soaked South Beach through most of July have finally freaking disappeared. Or, maybe not, and August will be just as flooded by the Sunshine State's infamous summer showers.
But one thing's certain: Whatever the weather, it's always cool and sweaty inside SoBe's clubs. At some of the city's hottest party spots, the world's biggest DJs spend the wet months dropping epic summer-y sets, proving that a little rain can't stop the music.
Check out this week's six best club parties on South Beach.
Guy J and Matthew Dekay. Presented by Kontrol. Thursday, July 26, 11 p.m., Mansion, 1235 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-695-8411; mansionmiami.com. Tickets cost $15 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. You don't hear much about the Israeli EDM scene. But over the past decade, Guy J has been one of the top electronic music ambassadors from the Holy Land. In Tel Aviv, he's considered a top selector. And internationally, his star is rising. Similarly, Matthew Dekay's brand continues to climb. Like Guy J, this German DJ has been in the game for about a decade, dabbling in just about every EDM subgenre imaginable.
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Sander Kleinenberg. Thursday, July 26, 11 p.m., LIV, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-4680; livnightclub.com. Tickets cost $40 to $50 via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Sander Kleinenberg is a DJ's DJ. Less concerned with stage antics or gimmicks, he relies on the music itself. Kleinenberg is a student of clubland, studying each crowd 'round the globe and catering to its specifics needs. He's as comfortable dropping a set in Buenos Aires as he is playing New York, Belfast, Paris, or South Beach.
dBerrie. Saturday, July 28, 11 p.m., Wall Lounge, 2201 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-938-3131; wallmiami.com. Tickets cost $60 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. While many DJs have made the transition from hip-hop to house, few have done it as effortlessly as dBerrie. His background as a "DJ to the stars" helped build his name, but he's become renowned for his command of the turntables. Drawing on skills from his days as a hip-hop DJ, dBerrie's brand of progressive house is uniquely dope.
Sultan and Ned Shepard. Saturday, July 28, 11 p.m., LIV, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-4680; livnightclub.com. Tickets cost $75 to $125 via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. After living in Kuwait, Cyprus, and Egypt, Sultan moved to Montreal and started DJing. He landed a weekly, overnight gig on one of the city's most popular radio stations in 2000. And soon, he built a reputation 'round Montreal as one of the best DJs in the city. About seven years later, he teamed up with good friend and fellow producer Ned Shepard. And that's how the party started.
Miss Nine. Sunday, July 29, 11 p.m., SET, 320 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; 305-531-2800; setmiami.com. Tickets cost $30 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. If Miss Nine hadn't set her sights on a career in modeling, the German-born, Holland-based DJ may have never touched the decks. After signing with Elite Model Management, Miss Nine moved to Amsterdam and fell in love with the electronic dance music scene. Shortly after learning how to mix, she found herself headlining Amsterdam's legendary Motion parties. And the rest, of course, is history, with Miss Nine launching her own record label and landing sponsorships with Pioneer and Levis.
Diego Camejo. Wednesday, August 1, 11 p.m., Mansion, 1235 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-695-8411; mansionmiami.com. Tickets cost $30 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. By day, he's a student at Boston University. By night, however, he's a DJ. And no, he's not patching a few iPods into a mixer at a frat house. He's touring the globe and playing tracks at some of the hottest clubs on the planet.
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I recently changed mail-servers. Neither the current nor the previous mail server are in house. We route our in-house email through MS Exchange Server. We do not run BB Enterprise Server so I have set up my BB Style to go directly to the external mail server. I am using MS Outlook 2010 on my desktop computer.
My BB Style is not receiving all the emails coming to me. Some emails come through our MS Exchange Server but not to my BB. Other emails are received both on my device and desktop.
Any ideas why this is happening.
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You will need to check your internet-facing mail system that you are using to integrate to the BB...depending on it's capabilities something could be happening. Refer:
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Good luck!
I suppose this could be the problem. It's curious that it was not an issue for the first year of using my BB Style.
Our Exchange Server is going to the mail server every 15 minutes. I don't know how to determine the frequency with which my BB looks for mail on the mail server, nor do I know how to adjust that time. I suppose if the BB looked for mail every 5 minutes and the Exchange Server looked and deleted mail every 15 minutes, I should get the majority of the emails on my Blackberry. But there is likely no assurance that I would get all email messages on the BB. Is there really no solution to this problem?
Thanks for the quick response. Should I do a Security Wipe to best accomplish our goals of a fresh start? If I did I would simply create a fresh account (but using prior email address, user ID and password) and sync down to the device from my Outlook account after waiting at least an hour.
BB has three options for the security wipe. 1) email, contacts, etc. 2) User installed applications and 3) Media card. Is there any reason why I should wipe 2) and 3)? I only have a couple or three UIAs and I don't do videos or music. Just a few photos of the grandchildren.
Well, that's a bit more drastic than anything I've yet recommended...I tend to recommend the "least damaging" possible fixes first, and progress into those that are "more damaging" only if necessary. The WIPE is the second most "damaging" or "drastic" method...but if that's the resolution you wish to jump to, feel free!
Indeed, you've not yet even done these steps (steps 1 and 2 each should result in a message coming to your BB...please wait for that before proceeding to the next step):
1) Register HRT
2) Delete and Resend Service Books
3) Batt Pull Reboot
Sometimes, if the Service Books (for example) have become corrupt, this can clear things up.
After that, I usually recommend the removal and reintegration of the affected email account. Following the failure of that, the removal and reintegration of all email accounts. Failing that, I'd start to move toward the WIPE actions (preceded by the removal of all integrated email accounts), then followed by clean OS reloads.
But everything must be preceded by determining exactly what behavior to expect...not knowing the capabilities between your new server and BIS, for example, means we don't even know yet if the behavior we are already seeing is expected or not. So, if it is expected, then we're already seeing all that we will see, and nothing we do will change it. So I really do recommend first determining what the expected behavior should be, based on all of the factors I've provided to you. Then, if we can truly determine that it is not correct now, you would proceed with attempts at remedy. But that's my method...you can choose other methods, of course
Good luck!
Thanks for the suggestions. Apologies for the delay in responding. I've been busy with other things.
So I'm trying to register at the Host Routing Table and there are 5 options for me to choose from. Four CDMA options and on Wi-Fi option. Which one do I register with. The one at the top of the list is Bold but is would seem I could register for any of the 5.
I have gone through steps 1 and 2 as you suggested. After sending the service books the activation server sent me an "action required" message indicating I should change my Outlook settings to leave email messages on the the mail server. We are running our desk top email through MS Exchange Server and I am told by my IT support person that MS Exchange Server does not allow us an option to leave emails on the mail server. Comments?


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Description: 124.5x34x96 This impressive piece was commissioned by an Oscar winning actress as a gift to her stepson & daughter-in-law. Hand carved of antique pine, it is 3 separate pieces. The center section has corinthean column details on each side, with heavy crown on both top and bottom. The top cabinet doors are retractable for television storage and easy viewing. The bottom cabinet has an adjustable shelf for plenty of storage. The two flanking side cabinets/bookcases have adjustable shelves on the top open bookcase section, as well as inside the lower cabinets. Heavy crown detail on top & bottom mirrors the center section. Brass hardware. One-of-a-kind.


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The Best of RALPH:
The Review of Arts, Literature,
Philosophy and the Humanities
Lolita Lark, Editor
Volume One
466 pages
$25.00Volume Two
513 pages
$25.00Boxed Set of Two Volumes,
$50.00Library of Congress Control Number: 2012939592
Publication date:
13 January 2013Distribution: Baker & Taylor,
Ingrahm Books, Borders, Barnes & NobleAd campaign in New York Times Book Review, New York
Review of Books, New Yorker, TLS, LRB, PW.For five glorious years, the upstart Fessenden Review managed to bemuse literary America with its saucy take on books and the publishing industry. Our reviews were the subject of articles by media writers at the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Library Journal and on National Public Radio among others.
Writer Herbert Gold said, "I enjoy your quirky take on things, although you don't seem to review my books." The late Max Lerner said, "The reviews break all conventions and are the stuff of life." Other encomiums came in from Writer's Digest, American Libraries, The New England Review/Bread Loaf Quarterly, The Bloomsbury Review and Dædalus.
Despite its critical success, The Review was bludgeoned to death by its many creditors, but, in 1995, made a spectacular return online as The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities, or, more succinctly, RALPH. To date, 230 issues have gone up in hyperspace at
We continue to enjoy 10,000 to 20,000 hits a day.This elegant boxed set consists of what we believe to be the best of the best drawn from the on-line magazine and its immediate predecessor, the late-lamented Fessenden Review. These are articles, reviews, readings and poems that have consistently garnered the most praise, attracted the most hits --- or, in a few cases, sparked the most noisome complaints.
Lolita Lark has been the editor of RALPH since 2000, and was editor of a book of poetry drawn from the magazine, A Cricket in the Telephone at Sunset. This is what poets and crickets --- I mean critics --- said about that volume:
"Forty years ago I decided never to write comments for publicity. If you have seen me on the back of a book, it is something quoted from a publication. I am sorry to let you down, but I cannot change my policy now."--- Donald Hall
"Sorry, I don't do blurbs though I love the book."---Bob Hass
"This quirky volume claims to reprint poems from The Fessenden Review, a short-lived but unrepentantly forthright magazine. The poems are not afraid to work with subjects that many people would avoid but in doing so use language with a freedom and reassurance that turns the most unpromising subject into art. The editors have truly succeeded in their aim to free American verse from the steely grip of the establishment poets. This book is good to look at, pleasant to hold and fun to read. Buy it, enjoy it and be inspired."--- Polly Bird
New Hope International Review OnlineWHAT A LONGTIME FAN
Ms. McGowan
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Noise To: Lolita LarkFrom: C. McGowan
RE: The Noisiest Book Review in the Known World
Dear Ms. Lark:These gorgeous books deserve better. Nevertheless, I am eating while reading The Book, dripping bits of my lunch, a nice chicken sauté with cous-cous onto its creamy pages. Page 33 now has a tiny translucent smear over the word "Okie." ...
My copies of The Book will have one shirt-tail untucked, frayed pants cuffs, Broad Shoulders and a head full of curly hair. It will laugh "Hee Hee Hee." I am reading every word and always eating, so it is fate, as well as untidiness, reshaping my The Book.
Ms. McGowan
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NoiseIt made me laugh out loud. It took my breath away. I bled with Quan Barry. I read "When I was a German" and "Surviving as a Musician" in Bikrenau and they spoke to that question, "What Would I Have Done?"I still don't know how to kick a duck, and I won't look at trees quite the same way again. It is so fine that I haven't even finished it and I want to read it all over again. I want to read it all tonight and I want to savor it.
I wish I could visit with you and sit right next to you and talk about every piece I've read. Doug Cruickshank's ghost dog. Blue Cloud's horses. Outing J. S. Bach as an alien. But I ramble. In summation, it really is the best of the best. You have every right to be proud of your baby.
--- C. McGowan
On the Library of Congress page of the new book,
the ISBN for Volume One appears as 0 - 917329 - 31 - X and
the ISBN number for Volume II appears as ISBN 0 - 917329 - 45 - X.
These are wrong (wrong) (wrong!)
The correct numbers, as noted above, are
ISBN 0 - 917320 - 31 - X for Volume One and
ISBN 0 - 917320 - 45 - X for Volume Two.


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Nearly 50 per cent of recent science and maths graduates are unhappy because they rarely or never use their science and maths skills in their jobs, according to a recent survey conducted by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).
"Some graduate jobs do rely on having a specific degree and knowledge but an awful lot rely on just having a degree, so many science and maths graduates end up in a generic office job sitting in front of a computer screen and going to meetings," says John Connolly, head of recruitment at TDA.
The TDA asked 200 science and maths graduates who finished university in the last three years if they felt that their science and maths degrees were relevant to their careers.
These results come out as the TDA are set to launch a campaign to get more maths and science graduates into teaching. The TDA needs about 6,000 science and maths teachers for the next school year and will be in constant need of more as teachers retire.
"Teaching is a job where you will use the knowledge you spent all those years getting," says Connolly. "You get to pass it on and you have to keep your wits about you as you never know what a class is going to ask you."
The TDA pay a £9,000 bursary for science and maths graduates to go through the year-long teacher-training course, followed by a "golden hello" of £5,000 after their first year of teaching.
"Right across the economy there aren't enough science and maths graduates," says Connolly. "They are very employable in the private sector and the TDA are competing against everyone else that wants them."
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Visiting Table Mountain
One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Situated within an Unesco World Heritage Site. Part of a National Park. Not just one of Cape Towns most iconic landmarks, but also one of South Africa's. Who I am? Sound like a question from a game show with the obvious answer being Table Mountain. Now I hope nobody got it wrong though. Table Mountain was on the top of our list of places to visit while in Cape Town just like it is on the list of every international visitor to the Mother City.
One a clear day from the right spot one can see just about all the way down to Cape Point, but in general you have spectacular vistas over the city, Clifton, Sea Point, the V&A Waterfront, Table Bay, Robben Island, the Cape Flats and the Cape Peninsula. You will also see Lion's Head, Signal Hill and Devil's Peak mountains while on the western side there is a great view of the Twelve Apostles.
The family was excited, the weather perfect with no clouds in sight and the queue was long. Mind you, the week between Christmas and New Year is peak holiday season and the busiest tourism time in the city so perhaps not the the easiest time to visit Table Mountain. BUT, the wait is absolutely worth it. After inching along waiting for our turn we boarded the cable car that takes visitors from the Lower Cable Station (363m above sea level) to the top (1067m above sea level). Each cable car has a capacity of 65 people and in the five minutes it takes to get to the top the floor of the cable car rotates 360° so that everybody can have a view in all directions. This also eliminates a lot of pushing and shoving for the best spot when boarding.
Chaos Boy leading the way on one of the wheelchair friendly walkways
Once you get to the top of the mountain the best way to take in the mountain itself as well as the fabulous views that are on offer is to take one of the various trails. We, like most people, did the shorter Dassie Walk while there is also the thirty-minute Agama Walk and the longer Klipspringer Walk to choose from. The short walk is very easy for both young and old visiting the mountain and to top that its also wheelchair friendly.
Drama Princess admiring the view over Clifton and Camps Bay
The Table Mountain range is home to 1 460 different species of plants (mostly Fynbos) as well as little animals like Rock Hyrax (commonly known as dassies), mongooses, lizards, snakes (although chances are slim that you will see them on top of the mountain with all the people about) and butterflies. Birders may be able to spot several indigenous bird species like Redwinged Starlings, Cape Verreaux's Eagles, Rock Kestrels and Sunbirds. But most visitors go for the view and what an magnificent view it is!
Whenever I visit Cape Town I just can't take my eyes off Table Mountain. She's like that sexy lady in the bikini lying on the towel just in front of you on the beach, you just can't help but to look. Even though I have never lived in Cape Town, I get home sick when I see "my" mountain and getting the chance to visit the top of the mountain again and being able to share it with the kidz for the first time was wonderful.
Our visit up Table Mountain was made possible by the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway. You can find them on Facebook as well as Twitter for regular updates about what is happening at the mountain, weather conditions and wether the mountain is open.
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The Hummer, produced by AM General, was first a military vehicle. Thanks to Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Hummer hit the civilian market with a big, oversized bang. Characterized by huge, boxy looks, rugged interior, and ridiculously poor fuel economy, the Hummer represents indulgence and authority.
The Hummer brand originated in the military. Produced by AM General, the early models were created as part of a contract with the United States Army. In 1983 AM General won the contract to produce 55,000 Humvees over five years. The contract eventually totaled 70,000 units. AM General began producing these massive military vehicles from their factory in South Bend, Indiana.
During a successful relationship with the United States military, the Humvee began to receive some popularity amongst soldiers and even the public in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm. During this time the popular military vehicle caught the eye of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He sought to buy one of the vehicles for himself, as well as urge the company to release a version for all civilians.
In 1998 General Motors purchased the brand name Hummer and produced multiple versions of the Hummer for general release. For more than 10 years GM brought Hummer vehicles to the public, but as a result of a shaky economy and fuel efficiency concerns, the last Hummer was produced in 2010.
The original Hummer, called the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee), was designed as a military light tactical vehicle. When the Hummer H1 was released, it closely resembled this rugged military style. With 16 inches of ground clearance it could wade through 30 inches of water and climb over obstacles that stood 22 inches high. In other words, it was more than enough for suburban errands and showing off to other well-to-do friends.
More Hummer vehicles were released as sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and trucks under the H1, H2, or H3 moniker. All had four doors, a very wide body, and a huge engine, either a 6.2 or 6.5 liter V-8 diesel or turbodiesel with automatic transmission.
The Hummer is short on features, unless you consider requiring tons of gas and having the ability to literately run over other cars . . . features. Since it was created from a military vehicle, features such as cloth seats should be viewed as impressive. However the newer models did sport new, more comfortable seats, a redesigned dash, and even an optional DVD-based navigation system. However, no one buys a Hummer for a long list of luxury items in the cabin.
The original Hummer, created in 1979, was a military light tactical vehicle called the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee). It was not street legal and not for civilians. After Schwarzenegger managed to procure one of his own, he helped push AM General to release the Hummer to the general population. In 1992 the HMMWV became known as the Hummer. In 1999 the Hummer H1 was released to the public. This first Hummer model weighs more than 7000 lbs. and is almost three feet wider than a compact car. The Hummer is excellent, almost unmatched on rough terrain, however it is very difficult to maneuver on regular city streets. It's also quite slow to get going with a zero-to-60 time of more than 16 seconds. The seats are also very small, considering the size of the vehicle. No one is driving the H1 for comfort. It's all about power and unbelievable size.
In 2002, AM General released the H2. It was available in two different models, the SUV and the SUT which had a truck bed. 2006 brought the Hummer H3 which is classified as a midsize SUV. It is the smallest Hummer and also available with a truck bed. In 2010, the last year of production, only the H3 was available. The H3 SUV was designed to be a "real world" Hummer. It retained the Hummer look, but came in a smaller size and offered a bit better maneuverability. It was also the most stylish Hummer in the cabin with slightly better materials, standard Bluetooth, and rearview camera.


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Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: Day 1 notes: Introduction, biosignatures, and mineralogy
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/28 05:57 CDT
I apologize in advance for the expanse of text, but I hope that some of you will find the details interesting.
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: A review
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/27 05:59 CDT
Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday, about 200 scientists and engineers will sit in an over-air-conditioned room in Monrovia, California to participate in what is officially titled the "Fourth Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site Community Workshop."
Successor to Mars Climate Orbiter will fly aboard ExoMars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/30 03:20 CDT
Congratulations to the Mars Climate Sounder team on winning a spot for a successor instrument aboard the next Mars orbiter, the joint NASA-ESA ExoMars, set to launch in 2016.
Bringing MOLA altimetry tracks into Google Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/27 05:02 CDT
I've had a fun morning of noodling around learning how to write KML files, and have produced one for Google Mars that shows you all of the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter tracks that cross the area Opportunity has driven through already, as well as the area of Endeavour crater.
Tracing the Big Picture of Mars' Atmosphere
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2010/08/26 12:00 CDT
One of the instruments on a 2016 mission to orbit Mars will provide daily maps of global, pole-to-pole, vertical distributions of the temperature, dust, water vapor and ice clouds in the Martian atmosphere.
The enigmatic mounds of Acidalia Planitia
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/04 04:18 CDT
Acidalia Planitia is a large basin in Mars' northern lowlands, a dark splotch visible even from Earth telescopes.
Observing the Martian Atmosphere for Two Mars Years
Posted by David Kass on 2010/07/13 12:00 CDT
June 29, 2010 was the second Martian anniversary of the start of Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) observations at Mars.
3D Anaglyph: Troughs or vents in Cerberus Fossae?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/12 12:55 CDT
OK, it's time to look silly in your red-blue glasses again! When Tanya Harrison sent me those awesome 3D views of Olympica Fossae from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's CTX camera, she sent me two other sets of 3D landscapes on Mars.
Phoenix is dead...long live Phoenix!
Posted by Emily LakdawallaBruce Betts on 2010/06/02 03:11 CDT
The latest HiRISE images of the Phoenix polar lander, taken near Mars' northern summer solstice, show why we haven't heard from the spacecraft since it fell silent on November 2, 2008: it appears the solar panels have collapsed.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/13 04:43 CDT
It's the solstice on Mars today: summer in the north, winter in the south.
Morphology and mineralogy on Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/05 11:16 CDT
A recent entry by Bethany Ehlmann from the blog of the Planetary Geomorphology Working Group of the International Association of Geomorphologists demonstrates how you can combine the power of different types of data to tease out a rich story of the past history of one spot on Mars.
3D Anaglyph: Weird channels of Olympica Fossae
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/04/26 05:05 CDT
Got some 3D glasses handy? Check out this awesome view of a very strange feature on Mars, courtesy of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Context Camera (CTX).
Pretty (strange) picture from HiRISE: Dust flow crater?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/04/08 11:38 CDT
Yesterday was the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE team's latest flood of archived images, 1,025 of them. I skipped forward to page 42 (what other number would I pick?) and started browsing from there.
HiWish fulfilled (or, be careful what you HiWish for)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/04/01 03:48 CDT
Yesterday the Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued a press release announcing the first eight image releases that resulted from HiWish suggestions.
Opportunity at Concepción from orbit
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/03/24 03:01 CDT
I saw this image at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference so am happy they released it: a view of Opportunity sitting on the north rim of the little, fresh Concepción crater, taken on sol 2153 (February 13, 2010).
Unbelievably spectacular flight through Candor Chasma
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/03/09 01:53 CST
This is one of the things that came out during LPSC last week and all I could do at the time was Tweet it—so here it is in blog form: the most unbelievably spectacular 3D animation of a bit of Mars I've seen yet, produced by Adrian Lark.
Find pics and track the rovers in Google Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/02/11 05:28 CST
I think a goodly proportion of you readers have already figured this out for yourselves since it was launched last March, but I didn't download and install it until last weekend, so this is new to me: Google Mars is awesome.
Way-cool Martian flyovers by Doug Ellison
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/02/04 09:16 CST
Doug Ellison has been playing with Martian digital terrain models recently, to great effect.
A pretty picture of Concepcion crater
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/02/01 10:37 CST
It looks like the rover team thinks Concepcion is pretty enough (in both aesthetic and a scientific senses) to be worthy of the full-color Pancam panorama treatment; color frames started arriving on Earth over the weekend.
Posted by Ryan Anderson on 2010/01/28 03:35 CST
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Judge Finds State at Fault for Whooping Cranes' Deaths, But Abbott Seeks Stay
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In the mid-1940s, only 16 Whooping Cranes remained in the wild. Hunted for their cream-colored plumage, shot and killed for pure sport, the largest bird in North America stood all but extinct. Presaged by Passenger Pigeons and the Carolina Parakeet, it seemed that American frontiersmen would once more eliminate one of the avian staples of the new continent.
Sixty years later, as the 2000s began their close, the population of Whooping Cranes stood a bit larger. Nearing a wild migratory population of 300, it seemed that a combination of state- and federal efforts had helped Whooping Cranes rebound in one of the most remarkable conservation efforts yet seen.
With a record drought sapping Texas in 2008-09, however, the birds' diet of blue crabs and wolfberries dried up. As the heat continued, as the crabs and berries continued to disappear before the birds had a chance to eat, at least 23 Whooping Cranes -- nearly 10 percent of the only self-sustaining migratory flock remaining -- perished. It was the largest die-off since conservation efforts first began. And last week, a federal judge in Corpus Christi finally found who was to blame.
In a somewhat unexpected turn, US District Judge Janis Jack found the state of Texas, with an especial focus on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, guilty for the deaths of the birds. "As the US Supreme Court has held," Jack wrote in her decision, "Congress has accorded the protection of endangered species the highest of priorities." Thus, as the state failed to take emergency measures to protect the scant Whooping Crane population -- measures entirely within its power, it would seem -- Jack levied blame on the state.
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In her ruling, Jack ordered the state to craft new methods of providing necessary freshwater flows to the cranes' bays. Additionally, she barred providing any water permits until such methods are devised.
"I feel probably about as good as I've ever felt from the standpoint of the conclusion of a legal case," Jim Blackburn, the lead counsel for the plaintiffs, told Hair Balls. "The judge was as good as we could have hoped for. She paid attention, and took time to frankly give this the time and attention it deserved. My hats off to her."
Blackburn represented a coalition of local environmental organizations, known collectively as The Aransas Project. Claiming that the state failed to properly monitor freshwater flows from the Guadalupe and San Antonio Rivers, the coalition participated in an eight-day trial in late 2011.
In a statement sent to Hair Balls, Bryan Shaw, head of TCEQ, disputed the scientific evidence presented within the case. "I am disappointed with the outcome of the case, but not deterred. The science and law will prove out in the end."
Blackburn, who said he'd spent his first wedding anniversary visiting the cranes in 1972, chuckled when heard of Shaw's disputation, noting that TCEQ had "put out no scientific evidence" during trial.
"This ruling makes a clear statement that the actions of state of Texas killed Whooping Cranes," Blackburn added. "It's not a retroactive lawsuit -- we're not seeking penalties, but changes in future. The implication is that Texas needs to improve methods of getting water to San Antonio and Aransas Bay, and I think that can be done certainly in reasonable and creative way. All it takes is a little willpower, and a positive attitude on part of the state."
As it is, there's little way to tell whether subsequent droughts have had as distinct and deleterious effect on the birds' population since the '08-'09 die-off. According to Ron Outen, TAP's regional director, the birds' population is no longer monitored by individual fly-overs, but through statistical extrapolation.
"It is the case we alleged death of 23 whopping cranes, but ... that 23 is probably an underestimate," Outen told Hair Balls. "We don't know if the birds have responded."
Meanwhile, a consensus has emerged that the state will likely appeal the ruling. While Jack noted that TCEQ maintained powers to allow it to support the birds' population, Attorney General Greg Abbott said last Thursday that he would seek an emergency stay from the court's ruling.
"If the ruling is not stayed or overturned by a federal appeals court, it could cause severe economic harm to the State and impose drastic federal regulations on the farms, ranches and communities along the Guadalupe and San Antonio Rivers," read the AG's press release. "This astounding and far-reaching injunctive relief will impose irreparable harm on the State's economy and its drought-affected residents."
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As the midwest is being slammed with cold temps and snow, lite snow for us, it was totally time for a cold snow ride. Took some work to get my butt out the door into the cold but so glad I did. What a blast! I only got one snow ride in last winter so hopefully I can do better than that this year.
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Competition - A lesson from the 2002 Olympics
Competition is at the core of most business ventures - including printing. Sometimes a lesson for success can be learned from other competitive endevors as in this one provided by Steven Bradbury at the 2002 Olympics.
Steven Bradbury (the tall guy) competing at the 2002 Olympics. Click the "Play" arrow to watch this short video.
Proof that it pays to never give up, regardless of how you may be viewing the competition from your current vantage point.
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Brain of the form? At what used to be called an elementary school - a state primary - there were classes of 48 or 50 and I would come about 32nd, until I suddenly came third. Then I went on coming third or even first.
Secondary school? After taking what we called "the scholarship", I went to Raynes Park Grammar School. Although it was a state school, you paid four guineas a term, but not if you were poor. It looked exactly like the biscuit and fish-paste factories that surrounded it but the school song was written by WH Auden and the prizes were presented by TS Eliot.
A dead cert? At the school certificate [GCSE] I scored a glorious failure in an exam called practical maths, which was something to do with ladders leaning against walls. I was baffled and drew the diagrams very big to fill the space. Despite that, I got the best results for the exams in the school.
Honestly? I'm afraid I cheated in geography, tearing out the pages of my geography notebook and spreading them in front of me. I don't think I'd do it again, from fear of being caught. I remember a boy cheating in French and being marched out.
Higher thoughts? I sailed through higher certificate [A-levels] in history, French and English but they were all Bs and even now it makes me grind my teeth that I didn't get any As.
Brain of Oxford? When I arrived, I told a historian that I was reading English and he said, "Oh, I thought I'd do that in the evenings." He was as thick as a plank, too.
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- 4 slices Multi-Grain Bread
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- Grill the bread and top each slice with avocado. Season with crushed red pepper and sea salt. Top with olive oil and serve.
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Actually-the Old Movies Were Far More...
The old British Narnia movies were far more believable than the modern ones! I could get my books out and follow along! I like acuracy! The witch was far scarier-and I fell in love with Aslan! Check them out! I'm sure you can find them on BBC/America...Mr. Tumnus would be proud!
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