text:
Video Enhanced On-Line Comprehensive Project ManagementHRODC Postgraduate Training Institute
£ 13.400 - ($ 276.431)
IVA Exento
Información importante
- Seminario
- Online
- 120 horas de dedicación
- Duración:
40 Days
- Cuándo:
A definir
¿Qué aprendés en este curso?
Cost Control
Team Leadership
IT Project Management
Project Management
Time management
Project Life Cycle
IT Development
IT Management
Course Contents, Concepts and issues:
The Individual iin a Dynamic Environment
- Individual Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis
- Work Pressure as a 'Stressor'
- Dealing With Work Pressure
- Time Management and 'Accounting Throughput'
- Pragmatic Assertiveness: Improving Your Ability To Question and Challenge
Organisational Analysis: An Internal View
- Definition of Organisation
- Organisational Objectives,
- The Collegium
- Organisational Tasks
- Division Of Work/Labour
- Delegation of Role, Task, Power, Authority in a project management and general organisational setting
- Responsibility for task performance in an organisation-wide context and project setting.
- Organisational Accountability: internal and External
- Internal accountability: Worker accountability to team managers and project leaders
- Authority
- Two facets of authority
- The second facet of authority
- Traditional authority
- Legitimate authority
- Professional authority
- Power
Organisational Analysis: A Strategic View
- External Organisational accountability
- Accountability to owners/sponsors
- Accountability to clients/users/customers
- Accountability to Creditors
- Accountability to Sector or Industry
- Accountability to the State – Government, generally; Regulatory Authorities (eg. Office of Fair Trading, Competition Commission, Trading Standards, Sector Regulators, City Regulators
Internal and External Organsiational Analyssi: A Strategic View
- Organisational Internal Analysis:
- Organisational Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis
- Organisational External Analysis: Opportunities and Threats Analysis
- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis
- External Global Analysis; Local, National, Global Analyses of PEST Factors or LONGPEST Analysis
- Political, Economic, Social, Technological, European, Legal Analysis or PESTEL Analysis
Information Management: Data Gathering and Analysis for Effective Project Management
- Methods of Data Gathering
- Questionnaire, Interview and Scalar Checklist Design
- Information Gathering: Documentary Analysis, Conversation Analysis and Interviewing,
- Levels of Participant Observation
- The Complete Participant As Observer: Making 'Detached Observations'
- Information Processing: Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Encouraging Lateral Thinking: Brainstorming, Forced Associations, Metaphors, Analogies
Project Totality: A SYstem View of project Management
- Project Life Cycle
- Planning – conceptualisation, analysis, proposal, justification, agreement
- Doing – start-up, execution, completion,
- Checking – review
- Acting – feedback
- Development of a Project Life Cycle, Project Brief and Proposal
- The Management of Change
- The Systems Approach to Project Management
- The requirements of successful Project Management
- Balancing Costs and Benefits
- Managing the Planning Process
- Critical Incident Analysis
- Project Control Mechanism
- The Value Chain: Adding Value To Processes, Products and Processes
- Project Decision-making
- Project Coordination: The 5 Bases of Co-ordination
- Developing a CATWOE Focus of project management
Project Budget and Costing
- Project Scope and Budget
- Elements of the Project Budget
- Prevalent Budgeting Techniques
- Contingency Amount
- Cost Control
- Defining Project Scope
- Parameters and Parameter Cost
- The Capitalized Income Approach to Project Budgeting (CIAPB)
- CIAPB Objectives
- Measuring Property Value
- The Meaning of Capitalization
- The Capitalization process
- The Need For Cost Control
- CIAPB Objectives
- Measuring Property Value
- The Meaning of Capitalization
- The Capitalization process
- The Need For Cost Control
Motivating Workers in a Project Setting
- Directing or Leading
- The Concept of Motivation
- Theories of Motivation
- Content Theories & Some of Their Contributors
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- Analysis of Maslow's Claims
- McClelland's Studies
- Taylor: Money & Motivation
- Motivator-Hygiene Factor: Herzberg's Contribution
- Process Theories
- Equity Theory
- Goal-Setting Theory
- Expectancy Theory
- Equitable Reward Systems
- Reinforcement Theories
- Reinforcement Theory
- Motivation & Contingency Theory
- Designing An Effective Motivation Strategy
- The collectivist Vs the individualist perspective of motivation
- Common trends in Motivation theories
- Intrinsic and extrinsic values of motivation
- Motivation and worker behaviour
- The extent to which salary or wages inducement motivate workers
- Performance Related Pay (PRP)
- Productivity Bonuses
- Efficiency Gains
- Profit Share
- The contingency approach to motivation
- Social differentiation in motivation
- Culture differentiation in motivation
- Wealth as a factor in motivation
- Class as an issue in Motivation
- Individual expectation and motivation
- Individual preferences as a motivating factor
Organisational Design: Structuring and Restructuring Organsiations
- An introduction to organisational design: Approaches to organisational design - classical, neo-classical and contingency approaches
- Organisational structure: internal and external relationships
- Vertical and horizontal relationships
- Lines of authority and accountability
- The functional structure
Organisational Design: Structuring and Restructuring Organisations
- The divisional structure and its internal relationships. Basis of divisionalisation. The divisional structure compared with the functional structure on the basis of communication, co-ordination, autonomy, control and flexibility.
- The organisation of the matrix structure Decision-making and communication patterns in functional, divisional and matrix structures compared.
Project Time Management
- Principles of Time Management
- Time Management Defined
- Time in an Organisational Wide Context: Acting in Time
- The Cost of Time
- Time Management Tools
- Maximising Personal Effectiveness
- Busy vs. Productive
- Time Wasters/Time Robbers/Time Stealers/Time Bandits
- Managing Time Wasters/Time Robbers/Time Stealers/Time Bandits
- Combating Procrastination
- Diffusing the Impact of Others
- Handling Interruptions Constructively
- Asserting Yourself Politely and Calmly
- Conquering Overcommitment ( Learn to say, "No")
- Contextualising Time Management
- The Four D's of Time Management
- Do
- Delegate
- Tasks Which Should Be Delegated
- Effective Delegation Techniques
- How to Delegate
- Dump
- Defer
- Managing Multiple Task and Deadlines
- Combating Work Related Stress
- Balancing Personal and Professional Life
- Avoiding Time Crunches
- Handling Unexpected Job Emergencies
- Human Multitasking
- Benefits of Effective Time Management
- Effects of Poor Time Management
- Time Management Theories
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- The Pickle Jar Theory
- Pareto Principle or 80/20 Rule
- Eisenhower Method
- POSEC Method
- Setting Goals and Objectives
- What You Want to Achieve
- Importance of Goal
- Setting Realistic Goals Through SMART Method
- Techniques for Setting and Achieving Goals
- Planning
- Management and Planning Tools
- Using a Planner
- Developing Action Plan
- Getting Organised
- Organising Your Workspace, Files and Folders
- E-mail, Task and Calendar Managing
- Information Flow and Retrieval Process
- Information Overload
- Schedule Management
- Scheduling to Create Work/Life Balance
- Creating Dynamic "To-Do List"
- Reducing Mental Clutter
- The Batching Technique
- Utilise Time Gaps
- Effective Follow-up System
- Developing Time Management Habit
- Scheduling
- Effective Scheduling
- Steps in Scheduling
- Prioritising
- The Prioritisation Grid
- Important vs. Urgent
- Time Management Matrix (Covey's Four Quadrant Matrix)
- To-Do List
- ABC123 Prioritised Planning
- Decision Matrix
- Time Management and Manager
- How Most Managers Apportioned Their Time
- Time Management Tips for Managers
- Effective Resource Management
- Workload Analysis
- Managing Workload
- Managing Disorganised Staffs
- Meeting Management
- Creating an Effective Agenda
- Importance of Agenda
- Steps For Productive and Effective Meeting
- Groupthink
- Teamthink
- Reducing Time Spent on Meeting
- Meeting Menaces
- The Waffler
- The Turf Warrior
- The Assassin
- The Dominator
- The Interrupter
- Meeting Mismanagement
- Trading Game Scenario
The Place of Value Engineering in Advanced project Managment
- What is Value Engineering?
- Value Engineering History
- 5 Precepts of Value Engineering
- Addressing the Problems Through Value Engineering
- Benefits of Value Engineering
- The Reasons for Unnecessary Costs
- When to Apply Value Engineering
- How is Value Engineering Done?
- Concept of Value
- When to Apply Value Engineering
- How is Value Engineering Done?
- Concept of Value
- VE Methodology and Techniques
- Variations in Cost
- Interface with Other Programs
- Demonstrated Impact of VE
Información adicional
HRODC Postgraduate Training Institute is registered with the UK Registry of Learning Providers (UKRLP) of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), formerly Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). Its registration number is 10019585 and can be verified at http://www.ukrlp.co.uk/
¿Ves algo que no te coincide con este curso? Infórmanos y vas a ayudar a otros usuarios como vos.


text:
Socializing your Microsoft Environment Breakfast Series
For the fourth year in a row, IDC ranked IBM number one in worldwide market share for enterprise social software!
Come and see how your organization can leverage IBM's offerings to boost employee engagement, foster team collaboration, drive business agility, or successfully socialize your intranet.
In this session you will see how to enrich and extend your Microsoft environment with the power of IBM Collaboration Solutions. Demonstrations will show how to fill the gaps to make SharePoint part of your social business and to bring Outlook closer to your business network. IBM Collaboration solutions integrate into existing versions of Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Outlook, Active Directory and Windows to create a smarter way of working with the tools that you and your users are familiar with and use everyday. From this session you will learn just how easily IBM integrates with what you have.
Events highlights
- IBM's Social Business Strategy and Vision
- IBM's Social Business Platform
- Social Business Patterns in Action
- IBM Social Platform Integration Points with Microsoft Tools
- Case studies and demos
Upcoming events
No events scheduled at this time. There is no charge to attend.0 item(s)
|Event name (language)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Your browser does not support iframes.
The Bemidji City Council will hold a public hearing tonight of a proposed ordinance change would regulate the licensing and sale of so-called electronic cigarettes.
The controversial measure would regulate the licensing and sale of the devices. Opponents to the proposed changes in the City's tobacco ordinance say it should not go through because the devices produce no actual smoke and that the city should wait for regulations that are likely in the near future at the county and federal levels.
Tonight will be the second reading of the new ordinance. The hearing will come as part of the regular city council meeting, which will be held at City Hall at 7 pm.


text:
Regarding finish wear...Wear from what? Unless you're wearing kydex or leather britches, I doubt your clothes will provide coarse enough friction to wear a stainless steel gun. If your Defender is blued, you need to worry more about rust than finish wear as blueing is more susceptible to corrosion in a high sweat environment. Even a leather holster won't wear a stainless slide that much. That's why stainless is a good thing IMHO.
All that being said, Renaissance Wax would probably be your best bet for preserving the gun without ruining your clothes. Lube is a whole other story. I would suggest some sort of grease such as Tetra Gun Grease that won't run


text:
Hi guys, I'm dropping in to say howdy to some (soon to be) fellow bounty hunters, and pick up some tips from some prosthetic gurus :)
So I've just joined the 501st Redback Garrison and have decided I want to troop as Aurra Sing. I think one of the main difficulties with Aurra is her fingers. I think I have maybe the general gist of how I might achieve them, but I wouldn't be surprised if I'm way off :p
I was thinking: Take casts of my hands with alginate and plaster of paris. Build the finger extensions onto the casts with clay. Make a mould of the modified casts, then fill that mould with liquid latex.
Have I got that right? And is liquid latex the way to go? Thanks guys :)


text:
NOTE: The Central Library parking lot will be closed Friday, June 23 through Sunday, June 25 for repairs. We appreciate your patience.
Log in
If you are reading this blog entry, you have obviously found our website, but have you really explored it yet?
We launched this website in June, 2008. Since then we've added many more features, further developed the original sections, and added videos of many of our events. It's a site to browse for reading, viewing, and listening suggestions; a doorway into our catalog to search our holdings, reserve materials, and check your own account; a source of information through our topic guides; a calendar to our many events and programs at all locations for all ages.
Some website features are basic and will always be there, others are seasonal…..we currently have a link to tax forms and information. Others are constantly being expanded…..look at the local history section.
Library websites are frequently called online branches. We hope it is becoming that for you with logical, easy navigation and information you needed. We hope, however, that it is also a site you just want to browse even when you aren't looking for anything in particular. I'd welcome your comments about our website.
Do explore our online branch soon.
Posted by Ann Rohrbaugh at 03/12/2009 10:04:26 AM |
Books for: Kids, Teens & Tweens


text:
Form´s booking bellow. We guarantee a response to your reservation inquiry within 12 hours, only the time to contact, by phone, the owner. (Average time: 4.5 hours)
All casas shown are Legal Services registered as Cuban Taxpayer (Office ONAT) by pertinent Licences
Check this seal on the door or wall outside (Seal identify legal service)
No online payments. The payment will be done once you arrive your destination, directly to the Casa Owners
The prices are per room per night
Max Adults per room depend of Casa rules
All prices and information given to you directly from Casa Owners
Mouse over to enlarge the picture.
Description of the propertyA beautiful Colonial house directly to the beach. 2 private rooms with capacity for 6 People. Terrace seen to the sea.
Nearby placesPlaya, Museo Matachin, Servicentro Cupet, Estadio, Malecón, Centro de la Ciudad
Features, services and local area facilities
Air conditioning | Hot & Cold water | Freezer | Terrace | Garden |
Taxi | Electricity 110v & 220v | Massage | Airport pickup | Organizing excursions | Breakfast is offered | Lunch is offered | Dinner is offered | Laundry service | Preparation of drinks | Bicycle rental | Sport Fishing |
All the personal information that you bring us will be only for subjects of your reservation in Cuba, we will never send an email like SPAM, only those with answers for questions you ask us and your mail address as well as any other information who offer us will maintain strictly confidential. Your email address, personal data and any other data provided by you, never will not be provided third persons, nor to other organizations, groups or companies.
Cuba at a glance
History: It was discovered by Christopher Columbus on October 27th, 1492. Conquest and colonization brought about the extermination of the aboriginal inhabitants, and then they brought blacks from Africa as slaves. This mixture defined Cuban population and culture. On October 10th, 1868 began the struggle for independence against Spain, whose domination was kept for four centuries. The United States intervened in the conflict and established a pseudo republic in 1902 until January 1st, 1959, when the Revolution led by Fidel Castro triumphed, bringing in essential transformations for the country.
State and Government: The National Assembly of People´s Power (Parliament) is the State's supreme power, represented by the Council of State, between session periods; and with representation at provincial, municipal and circumscription levels. The Council of Ministers is the supreme executive and administrative organ and constitutes the government of the Republic of Cuba.
Political-Administrative Division and Main cities: The country is divided into 15 provinces and a special municipality. The most important cities according to their economic development and population are: Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Santa Clara, Holguín, Camagüey, Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Pinar del Río, Ciego de Ávila, Bayamo and Guantánamo.
National Symbols: The Flag - It was first raised in the city of Cárdenas (Matanzas Province), when in 1850 a group of insurrectionist took up arms against the Spanish colonial power. The three blue stripes represent the departments that the Island was divided into at that time. The two white stripes evoke the purity in the intentions for independence of our people. The equilateral triangle stands for freedom, equality and fraternity. Its red colour is the announcement of the blood that would be necessary to shed in order to achieve our independence. The white and lone star is the symbol of absolute freedom. When the War of Independence started on October 10th, 1868, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes ordered another flag with a different design; that one now stands next to the national emblem during sessions of the Cuban Parliament. The Coat of Arms It is shaped like an oval shield. Its upper section portrays a golden key that symbolizes Cuba's key position between the two Americas, therefore the name "The Key to the Gulf". The rising sun stands for the emergence of a new nation. The three blue stripes, separated by two white ones, represent the departments that Cuba was divided into, during the colonial period. The Royal Palm that appears in the third space or quarter represents the noble and serene firmness of the Cuban people. National Anthem - It was the patriot Perucho Figueredo who composed, in 1867, the music of the Anthem. Later, in 1868, when the independence forces seized the city of Bayamo (Granma Province), Figueredo himself wrote the lyrics: People of Bayamo, up on arms to go into battle for the Homeland contemplates you with proud Fear not a glorious death, for dying for the Homeland is like living. To remain in chains is to live in dishonour and vile subjugation O, hark to the call of your nation take up arms, all ye brave sons, The National Flower The White Mariposa or Butterfly Lily (Hedychium Coronarium Koenig). An endemic jasmine species used by the Cuban women in the wars of independence to pass messages on to the battlefields. It symbolizes purity, rebelliousness and independence. It grows in humid places as river banks and lagoons, but it is also cultivated in yards and gardens of many Cuban houses. National Tree - It is the Royal Palm. Although it is not indigenous of Cuba, it is present in the country's whole landscape.
Cuban archipelago extends itself on the north of the central and west Caribbean Sea and closes the great Antilles arch. Due to its high biological diversity and endemic flora and fauna, besides its high historical and patrimonial values, 35 protected areas, seven national parks, six Ramsar wetland sites, six world Biosphere Reserves and nine sites that have been proclaimed World Heritage are worth mentioning.
Climate: In relation to its geographical position and location, in Cuba a tropical climate with humid maritime influence is predominant. Average annual temperature is 25,4º C and 26º C in the eastern region.
Flora and fauna: In the Cuban archipelago there are not dangerous animals or plants. It is considered a real habitat mosaic that allows the development of a great biodiversity, among the best varied, preserved and attractive in the Caribbean. Among the many species registered there are 963 fish, 1100 crustaceans, 350 birds and 1468 mollusks. Some species, very-well known for their small size are also registered; among them we have the Cuban little frog (eleutherodactylus iberia), the butterfly bat (Matalus lepidus) and the world´s smallest hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae). Cuban flora is considered one of the richest insular floras in the world, with 4% of all the species reported on the planet.
Population: More than eleven million inhabitants make up Cuban population, in a peculiar Spanish, African and Asian race mixture.
Language: Spanish is the official language.
Currency: Peso is the national currency, with the equivalence of 100 cents. There are 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 pesos notes in circulation. There are 1 and 3 pesos coins and 1, 2, 5 and 20 cents coins. There is also the Peso Cubano Convertible (CUC) in circulation, which is exchanged for foreign currencies according to the officially established exchange rates.


text: Berry Double V-Neck Butterfly Sleeve Top Style: 570072942 Out of Stock Love it? Everyone else did too. This item sold out! Use our search tool, chat online or call 1.877.948.2525 to find something equally desirable. Butterfly sleeves flutter from button-accented shoulders on a sleek, curve-hugging top. 67% Rayon, 29% Polyester, 4% Spandex. Machine wash, cold; lay flat to dry. Or dry clean. Imported. Contoured stretch fit. Wide, double V-neckline. Side gusset under sleeves. Bra strap guides. Hits at the lower hip (25.5" from shoulder). Read More… Share on Facebook Tweet Pin


text:
Phoenix Looks for Bounce-Back Win Against Chicago State
By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - After playing four straight on the road, the Green Bay volleyball team (9-9, 1-4 Horizon League) returns to the Kress Center Tuesday night to begin a three-match homestand against Chicago State (2-18, 0-2 Great West) at 7 p.m. It will be the final non-conference contest of the season for the Phoenix, which aims to snap a three-match losing streak.
Tuesday's match between Green Bay and Chicago State will be broadcast on a tape-delayed basis by Time Warner Cable Sports32, with the first showing being Wednesday at 7 p.m. Matt Menzl and Scot Frassetto will be on the call for the match, which will air five times on Sports32 between Wednesday and Sunday.
Fans can follow the match live with streaming video and live stats on GreenBayPhoenix.com. The official Green Bay volleyball Twitter (@GBPhoenixVB) and Facebook (Green Bay Phoenix Volleyball) accounts will also be posting live updates throughout the match.
Green Bay has never lost to Chicago State, owning a perfect 18-0 record all-time. The Cougars enter Tuesday's match with a 2-18 overall record in 2012, including a 0-2 mark in Great West play. Both of the squad's wins this season came at the Coppin State Tournament (Aug. 31-Sept. 1), where the Cougars beat North Carolina A&T and host Coppin State by 3-1 margins to leave Baltimore, Md., with a 2-2 record.
Chicago State is paced by senior Sydney Van Munster, who has a team-best 115 kills, averaging 2.25 per set while hitting .225. Van Munster is also the Cougars' leader in blocks, tallying 41 in 51 sets played.
Green Bay is coming off a tough road trip to Chicago over the weekend where it dropped a pair of Horizon League contests at UIC and Loyola. The Phoenix was swept 3-0 by the Flames on Friday night, and then fell 3-2 to the Ramblers in a contest it led 2-0. Lyndsay Zabkowicz (Oak Creek, Wis.) led the Phoenix at Loyola with a match-high 20 kills, while Katie Mroczenski (New Berlin, Wis.) tied her career high with nine total blocks.
Despite the three-match losing streak, Green Bay has still won six of its last 10 matches. Prior to the three-game skid, the Phoenix had won eight of 11 matches between Aug. 31 and Sept. 26 ... Green Bay ranks first in the Horizon League in digs per set (17.90), led by senior Brittany Groth, who is averaging a conference-best 6.04 per set. Groth is one of just five players in all of NCAA Division I volleyball averaging over six digs per set, and her 6.04 mark is currently fourth nationally ... Groth has 1,606 digs for her career, the second-highest total in school history. The Phoenix senior needs 184 more to surpass Megan Elfering (1,789 from 2005-08) as the school's career digs leader ... With a pair of solo blocks over the weekend, senior Carmen Leitermann now has 94 for her career and needs just three more to tie Marie Kaland (97 from 1992-95) atop the all-time list ... Green Bay is second in the Horizon League in blocks per set (2.22), close behind Youngstown State (2.23). Mroczenski leads the way for the Phoenix, averaging 1.18 per set.
Following Tuesday's meeting with the Cougars, the Phoenix resumes Horizon League play against Valparaiso on Friday (7 p.m.) and Wright State on Saturday (4 p.m.).
###For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics and Green Bay Volleyball, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.


text:
Contemporary Apartment
Størrelse0 m²
Etasje1(med heis)
- Internett/WiFi
- Kjøkken
- Klimaanlegg
- Parkering tilgjengelig
- Gym
- Pool
- Heis i bygningen
Oversikt over eiendommen
|Chippen Street, 2008 Chippendale, Australia
|Eiendoms ID
|Innen noen få timer
|Kalender oppdatert
|I dag
This property accepts bookings starting within the next 180 Days.
Ideally positioned a short stroll from trains, cafés and universities, this generous contemporary apartment is on the first floor of a secure building. A deep sheltered terrace extends the open plan living area. The gas kitchen has granite benches and stainless steel appliances. The spacious double bedroom also leads out to the terrace with mirrored built-ins and extends to the modern bathroom with internal laundry. The apartment has the convenience of heating and air conditioning.
There is intercom entry and lift access to a basement parking space. Set on a peaceful street in a burgeoning city fringe enclave the apartment is central to Surry Hills, Broadway and Redfern Village centres. It enjoys access to a huge rooftop entertainment terrace, gym, sauna, swimming pool and gas barbecue. There is a sofa bed that caters for two extra guests.
HusreglerAll bookings & tenancies incur a departure cleaning fee of $132
Please note that there is a minimum booking period from 23rd December to 2nd January. We cannot accept bookings with arrival or departure inside these dates.
|Pris for >2 gjester
|135 NOK pr. gjest/natt ekstra
|Innsjekking etter
|Check-in før
|Etter avtale
|Utsjekking før
Vurderinger for denne vertens andre eiendommer
The stay was comfortable & the location was very convenient. Thanks Peter :)
The apartment is in a good position, near the metro station, on bus routes, just a few minutes walk from Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, The Botanic Gardens and Central Station. Comfortable and well equipped though a bit dated. The weather was cold and the heating took a long time to warm the apartment up. The weather also meant we weren't able to take advantage of the large balcony. During our stay the hotel pool area was being refurbished but I'm sure it will be a great asset. There was nowhere to leave luggage after checking out, the hotel staff were friendly but we weren't treated as guests. There is a Thai restaurant on the ground floor which was very good.
aucun problème ! Bon séjours !
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
Communication was fine but didn't confirm until the last minute that we could collect the key at the apartment. To be honest if you want to do this, which I would recommend, then sort it at time of booking as recommended. Although apartment is small you will not get a better location than this. Perfect for staying downtown and reasonably quiet and felt very safe. Overall very enjoyable stay and would stay again.
nous avons été trés satisfait du logement que nous avons occupé durant notre séjour. spacieux, propre et fontionnel il est situé prés de transport en commun ce qui est trés pratique. le seul petit accroc, c'est que nous avions réservé pour six et il n'y avait que quatre couchages, il manquait une paire de draps pour le canapé lit.
Nice apartment , very clean and comfortable. The view is great . The neighborhood is pleasant and quiet, but with many bars and restaurants close from the residence.
The room was adequate for our stay and the views were certainly stunning! We could have done with extra towels as we were there for over a week!!
Das Apartment ist sauber und perfekt für 2 Personen, mit 4 Personen auch noch in Ordnung. Die Küche ist voll ausgestattet.
Super Lage, 5 Minuten zu Fuß von der Central Station entfernt.
Die Schlüsselübergabe findet an einem anderen Ort statt, funktionierte jedoch reibungslos und sehr schnell.
Der Vermieter "Peter" ist sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Location is great, apartment is definitely overdue a refurb. The apartment is carpeted in all rooms except kitchen and bathroom and there are unsightly marks and dubious stains over much of it, particularly in the sitting room and second bedroom; so bad I took pictures. Plastic furniture on balcony and general air of lack of care everywhere; we found it a depressing place to be, especially compared to the place we stayed in San Fran through that other well known agency (air**b) that does not charge guests nearly as much for the booking. My advice; find your place through them instead and save yourself some money.
- Kvalitetssikret innkvartering
- Hver vert er verifisert via telefon
- Sikker betaling med SSL-kryptering


text:
Creator's Project: Almost Human Robot Uses 'Muscles' To Move
Roboy is a "tendon driven" android that replicates the forces used by the human body to move its frame.
A new year, a new lurch towards robotic humanoids. Built over nine months this is Roboy from the A.I. Lab at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, a robot that is "tendon driven"—which means its movements are simulated using robotic muscle forces which replicate those found in the human body.
In the video above, Dr. Rolf Pfeifer, who heads up the lab, states their lofty ambitions, "Within only nine months we're going to build one of the most advanced humanoid robots in the world." So, no biggie then. But their crowdsourced work, which began last July and was inspired by the ECCE robot, will come to a conclusion soon with the grand unveiling at the Robots On Tour robotic fair on March 8th, 2013.
The work has seen them construct a torso and other component parts that resemble the inner mechanisms—the joints, muscles, bones, and yes, tendons—of us humans in the same time it takes for a human baby to develop. One of the last stages is to teach it to walk. So now, finally, we can perhaps have a race of humanoid service robots that will in no way rise up to defeat and enslave us when they gain sentience.
Originally published on The Creators Project. Republished with kind permission.


text:
|Topic Review (Newest First)
|One thing that can help to prevent cracking in both Plexiglass and Lexan is to anneal each piece after ALL the machining (holes drilled, edges rounded, everything) is completed. Preferably, if the piece is to be bent into place (as it often is when installing these sorts of windows), this would be done with the piece clamped against a "mold" of the approximate curvature as the finished installation. This will do two things: first, it gets rid of most (ideally, ALL) of the micro-cracking induced by machining; and second, it dramatically reduces the stresses (and thus the strains) imposed on the material when it is installed.
|If you scrub your index finger on your teeth it makes a cool noise.
I have to mention that, for my specific solution, distributing the stresses from the fasteners to an evenly distributed stress over the entire area of the lens that is contacting gasket material eliminates shear stress.
Shear stress is caused by a difference in axial stress over a distance. Distributing axial stress eliminates shear stress. Shear stress and bending are the stresses that lead to cracking.
So, there you go, my specific proposal eliminates shear stress by distributing axial stress. You mention the few "right ways". I am responding to this specific article. It does, by any means, suggest a mounting method free from stress concentrations. My modification to it greatly alleviates the issue.
Also, distributing this axial stress allows overall axial stress to be greatly lessened. Simply tightening the hardware into a distributing frame instead of straight into the lens lets you tighten the hardware much less to achieve the same effective gasket pressure.
If someone does attempt my solution, I'd definitely recommend radiusing the edges of the frame in contact with the lens.
"Anyone tried this approach?"
Just about every concept you can think of, has already been long tested and detailed by the folks who make the glazing. Often available online complete with technical drawings, on their product web sites.
A frame that distributes stress, is still creating stress. As that cycles the glazing will develop stress cracks (crazing), and the universal solution from all the makers is to emphasize that the mounting needs to *eliminate* stress buildups completely. Not distribute them, but eliminate them.
Lexan, plexi, whatever from whoever, the bottom line always comes down to the same few "right" ways to mount them, which will eliminate stress problems and seal against leaks--if they are properly implemented.
A clean drill of a very small hole should serve this purpose and be inconspicuous. I'd say a 1/16" hole top and bottom of the inner pane would do. Airliner windows were mentioned before ... I believe I've noticed this on these applications as well.
I noticed a criticism of this project was in the stress concentrations created around the hardware. A possible solution for this would be to distribute the clamping force equally through use of a exterior "frame". The frame would not be required to provide any sort of sealing. It would simply bear the tension of the hardware and distribute it to flat surface on the perimeter of the glass.
The result would be a port light sealed by sealant, attached by hardware, and held without stress concentrations. Anyone tried this approach?
It might work but we used to try to make our own double pane glass for houses and had some problems.
The seal between the two panes was never perfect and moisture would get trapped and fog the window.
In real thermal pane windows they replace the air inside with another inert gas.
This was many years ago but I belive we had to vent the inside pane.
|I know this thread has been done a long time ago, but I am wondering if I can do this project over my flush mounted windows on my 37 Irwin. Double the window and double the protection? Any thoughts
There are also two very different types of neoprene foam:
"Gas Blown" from Rubatex and some other makers, and the more common "chemically foamed" neoprene. The Gas Blown type is made by injecting high pressure nitrogen into the rubber "batter" and then allowing it to expand and cool, producing one inert sheet of neoprene foam.
The "chemically foamed" type is made by mixing in chemicals and the "cooking" the batter to expand and set it, like a giant pancake baking. The problem is, chemically foamed neoprene does SHRINK over the years, and sometimes degrades due to chemical actions or bad chemical choices.
But, most foamed neoprene on the market is chemically foamed since it can cost 1/2 as much to make it that way.
If you are using neoprene foam and want it "forever", buy the nitrogen foamed stuff. There will be a tag or other identifier on the roll. With a good eye, you can also see a difference in the texture of the rubber on bare cut edges.
Further on surface-mounted ports
Greetings to those of you who are contemplating doing something like Steve Stoehr did to his Tartan 30. After this article ran in Good Old Boat in March 2006, our email hummed with interest in Steve's project and it went on for months. After reading Mike Pz's request about the material for the ports, I thought I'd cut and paste the follow-up comments from our magazine and the subscriber newsletter so you'd have the rest of the story. I apologize for the size of what is to follow (1,400 words), but if you're interested in this project, you'll find what goes below to be very interesting. I have never posted to any thread or discussion group but I suppose the size of what follows will make up for any lost time!
Karen Larson, founding editor of Good Old Boat
Good Old Boat Subscriber Newsletter, April 2006
Surface-mounted ports, Part I
In the March 2006 issue, Steve Stoehr wrote about replacing leaky portlights with surface-mounted acrylic. I have an older Catalina 25 and deal with the same issues with water leaks. Unless I misread the article, Steves instructions were to predrill holes in the cabintop for the self-tapping screws, yet I see in the photo the existing holes that held the original frame. My questions are: did he use these holes, did he fill in the holes, or could you use the existing holes for mechanical screws to anchor the acrylic to the cabintop?
Like so many of your readers, Ive given up on the slick sailing
magazines. Keep up the good work.
James Barrow
Surface-mounted ports, Part II
Im not sure he filled the old holes with anything because they would be hidden by the rubber gasket. I am sure he did not reuse the holes. There are ways to reuse the holes, but it is a matter of piloting, by which I mean that one would have to transfer the location
of the old holes to the new windows. It is actually easier to mount the new windows and transfer the hole locations to the boat by drilling through with the tap-sized drill and then later drill out the window to the clearance-size hole.
Jerry Powlas, technical editor
Surface-mounted ports, Part III
Jerry is exactly right. I covered the original holes in the cabin wall with the gasket and drilled new holes for the self-tapping screws. By drilling new holes I could follow the shape of the new port for a neater appearance, and better center the screws out over the sealing area. You could use bolts through the acrylic, the old holes, and the inside frame. However, as Jerry pointed out, that would be difficult to pilot and would be more expensive. Barrel bolts or bolts with cap nuts cost much more than stainless self-tapping screws, are more difficult to seal, and each bolt would need to be cut to length.
Steve Stoehr
Surface-mounted ports, Part IV
Thanks, Steve; I think Ill go with your approach. I cant get too excited about the idea of rebeddng (once again) old portlights. Plus, I think Ill like the updated look.
James Barrow
Surface-mounted ports, Part V
Yes, there really is a lot of interest in this subject. Last week I received a call from a fellow sailor in Sacramento, Calif., who read the article. He went to the trouble of finding me using
the Internet (Tartan website and Google) to get his question answered about the gasket material. Leaking ports in his Freedom 32 ruined his favorite book, so he plans to try surface-mounted ports.
Thanks for sending the comments from Jim Donovan of Braintree, Mass. (Mail Buoy, May 2005 of Good Old Boat ). I looked up a Seidelmann 30 (29.9) and can see why Jim may
have experienced some chipping and cracking around the fasteners in his attempt at surface-mounted ports. That boat has a very low curved coachroof so the portlights are at about
a 45-degree angle from horizontal. That makes them very vulnerable to lateral stress when stepped upon or otherwise knocked about.
If I were designing surface-mounted ports for the Seidelmann 30, I would increase the acrylic thickness from 3/ 8-inch to1/2-inch, bevel the edge, and make sure there is at least a 2-inch overlap all around the port. I would not recommend using stronger polycarbonate because polycarbonate turns cloudy from sunshine.
Steve Stoehr
Good Old Boat magazine, July 2006
Ports discussion continues
Having read the surface-mounted ports article in the March 2006 issue, Ive been trying to find some of the rubber adhesive sheets you used between the fiberglass and the acrylic windows. If you had an exact name for a lead on the stuff, it would be greatly appreciated.
Joseph Krivan
Author Steve Stoehr replies
The rubber gasketing material I used was plain 1⁄8-inch closed-cell foam neoprene rubber sheet stock. It was not adhesive sheet stock. Go to your nearest industrial rubber distributor (there is at least one in every city) and tell the man at the counter what you need. If you must substitute another material, choose one that is UV- and chemical-resistant. Closed-cell means that water can not migrate through it like it can through a sponge.
Steve Stoehr
Ports: what color acrylic?
I read the article about surface-mounted ports by Steve Stoehr and Im wondering what material was used to make the ports? The article says 3⁄8-inch acrylic stock. Can you be more specific about the color and the series or any specific information? I am trying to do the same with my Catalina and have already wasted $200 on plastic that is the wrong color. I would really like to get it right this time. I have to order the material from 60 miles away and I just cant drive there twice, once to look at samples and then again to pick the material up. I cant believe that it is this difficult to figure out what material to use. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Dan Happ
Back to Steve again
Just about any town of any size has at least one plastics distributor. Check the Yellow Pages under plastics. They usually have clear acrylic sheet (Plexiglas) in stock but may need to order tinted acrylic for you. If so, they should have samples to look at to determine what tint you want.
I bought Acrylite GP acrylic made by Cyro Industries. My choices were clear, smoked, and reflective coated. The smoked tint is optically clear for good visibility yet helps filter out bright sunshine and offers some privacy below. The shiny reflective coated version is even better for blocking sunshine, but it looks tacky to me.
Check also for plastic fabricators in your area. They buy from the distributors and make custom things out of plastic, such as display shelves and cases. With any luck, you may find one with enough material left over from a job to make your portlights.
Here are a few more tips. Do not use polycarbonate (Lexan) for your portlights. While Lexan may stop a bullet, it scratches easily and turns hazy in sunshine over time. If you plan to use silicone to seal the portlights, use a silicone that does not smell like vinegar (acetic acid) when it cures. That kind will craze the acrylic over time.
Steve Stoehr
Good Old Boat Subscriber Newsletter, October 2006
Surface-mounted ports, continued
I know that Steve Stoehrs port replacement article has almost created too much interest, but I just replaced the ports on my 30-year-old Irwin with incredible results. I completed the entire project in one weekend, for less than $100, and without the slightest leak.
One deviation that seems to have worked was to cut short (3/ 8-inch) pieces of gas line hose to use as spacers around the screws. This allowed me to greatly enlarge the holes in the Plexiglas and provide lots of cushion for expansion/contraction. Thanks, Steve!
Terry Woeltge
And continued
Im interested in further information on the gasket material mentioned by Steve Stoehr in his article, Surface-mounted ports, in the March 2006 issue. I am unable to find similar material in my town, Muskegon, Michigan. Perhaps Steve might share the name of his supplier.
Steve Salisbury
And Steve responds
The industrial rubber distributor I bought my gasket material from is Fournier Rubber and Supply Co., 1341 Norton Avenue, Columbus, OH 43212; 614-294-6453; fax: 614-294-0644;
This summer I installed four opening stainless-steel ports, again using some 1/8-inch rubber sheet stock as gasketing material. This time I bought EPDM sheet stock from Fournier because it is very UV- and weather-resistant. EPDM rubber is used for pool lining and for seamless roofing and can be very pricey ($4.25 a pound). EPDM stock is not foamed like the neoprene stock so it is harder than the neoprene stock. It would seal two smooth surfaces but may not seal irregular surfaces.
But it should last forever. If I had it to do over I might use EPDM for the surface-mounted portlights. So far the neoprene material is holding up well, and there are no leaks.
Steve Stoehr
If a polycarbonate such as Lexan is used, then the oversized holes are a must. In addition, when the screws are tightened down, do not use "extra" force when tightening. Only snug the screws in place. Screws that are too tight also lead to cracking of the material.
We use polycarbonate in our operation as machinery guards for many Fortune 500 companies.
|This thread has more than 10 replies. Click here to review the whole thread.
|Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On


text:
g-Force T/A Drag Radial
Serving the Knoxville, TN area, David's Tire Pros carries top quality brand name tires and wheels from Michelin®, BFGoodrich®, Uniroyal®, Dunlop, Cooper, Goodyear, and more. Our service department specializes in Oil Changes, tune-ups, tire balancing, tire repair and more. Schedule Your Appointment Today!
All prices are per tire. You will have the option to modify your shipping options during the checkout process


text:
|Topic Review (Newest First)
Re: Climate change?
Originally Posted by Barquito View Post
I think the talking heads on the TV weather should do themselves a favor and try to educate the public about what probabilties mean and the limits of weather forcasting.
From some of the replies to this thread, I'm beginning to think you guys don't watch weather trends at all and happily leave the dock based on what some rookie in the Met Bureau tells you!..
That is such a stupid, stupid, thing to do.
Re: Climate change?
I think the changing of leaves is based on time of light not as much on temp. I like the warm fall weather boats still in, get to go sailing tomorrow.
Re: Climate change?
I think you'll be hard pressed to find anyone in the Chicago area who will say there hasn't been a change of trends in our weather. Mostly that change has been in temperature. It's almost November and it was close to 80 yesterday. Today the high is predicted to be 76. But the leaves are still falling, just as they do every year at this time. Maybe the trees know something we don't.
Of course, there's the loss of the earth's magnetic field that still is weakening today. And that means solar rays will more seriously affect our weather. We know that the poles reverse themselves and that it has happened about 25 times in the last 5 million years. It is believed that flip takes about 1,000 years. The last time that happened was about 740,000 years ago, so we're long overdue. So we may see ever increasing weather changes in our future if we are entering another period of magnetic pole reversal.
Re: Climate change?
As good as the Acu-weather idiots on the news think they are no one can tell you what the weather will be more than a few days out.
A four-day forecast today is better than a two-day forecast was back in the mid 1980's. And it gets better ... "Our six-day forecasts are as good as our three-day forecasts used to be,"
Re: Climate change?
It's not directly related to what I've noticed lately (maybe), but it does seem that something is going on:
Forecasters surprised by El Nino turnaround
The chief climate forecaster says it is the biggest turnaround in weather patterns since records began.
"Come September, all of a sudden, the temperature started to cool down, the trade winds started to become a little bit enhanced, and the cloud patterns and other indicators like that headed away from El Nino," the bureau's manager of climate prediction services, Dr Andrew Watkins, said.
"So this is what we're looking at as climatologists, giving us the heads up about what may happen over the next few months, and indeed what we're seeing now is a backing off from those El Nino thresholds."
Dr Watkins says they are not sure why there has been a cooling down.
"It actually is quite a unique situation if we end up not going into an El Nino event," he said.
"It'll sort of be the biggest turnaround that we've actually seen in our records going back to about 1950, so quite unprecedented."
Re: Climate change?
Part of the problem with all "normal" weather is "normal" is figured on averages. We don't have more than a 100 years of data to figure what "normal" is.
As good as the Acu-weather idiots on the news think they are no one can tell you what the weather will be more than a few days out.
Maybe after 10,000 years of weather data has been collected humans might be able do better.
Re: Climate change?
According to NOAA, the wind velocities on the East Coast of the UNited States have decreased over time during the past 100 years.
Re: Climate change?
Ok, Ok.. it was never my intention for this to become another "The Sky Is Warming!.." thread. There's plenty of them over on Off-Topic if people was to go have a look!!
What I was interested in was if anyone has noticed any trends in their local weather of late, if not maybe it's just a regional phenomenon.
Originally Posted by tdw View Post
Hard to say Hartley. I have noticed that winters seem to be drier but then Australia has been largely in drought for the past decade while last summer, when the drought broke we had a real wet one. The NSW coast tends to have fairly entrenched weather patterns, our summer prevailing is a nor easter (heat inversion and all that, sucking air in over the coast) with sou east changes coming through at irregular intervals as the cold fronts move up from the southern ocean. I'll watch what happens over this coming summer and we'll see if it follows regular patterns.
Down here, our winters tend to be stable with summer variable - but it's certinly been a wet year this year. It'd be interesting to see if anything much changes up your way.
Re: Climate change?
Hard to say Hartley. I have noticed that winters seem to be drier but then Australia has been largely in drought for the past decade while last summer, when the drought broke we had a real wet one. The NSW coast tends to have fairly entrenched weather patterns, our summer prevailing is a nor easter (heat inversion and all that, sucking air in over the coast) with sou east changes coming through at irregular intervals as the cold fronts move up from the southern ocean. I'll watch what happens over this coming summer and we'll see if it follows regular patterns.
Now OK so it does seem to me that we are having steamier summers hinting at the tropical weather moving south but I have no proof at my finger tips as to whether that is climate change related or not. My belief is that it is but then I am one who is content to accpet that climate change is happening and that we as a species do have something to do with that.
Re: Climate change?
There are several studies that indicate winds speeds are slowing down or the presence of particulr winds are becoming less frequent. The University of Hawaii published a study demoinstrating a decreasing frequency and velocity of the North East Trade Winds. The University of Iowa has performed a simmilar study for mid-lattitude prevailing westerlies. The University of Bejing found similar occurences in China. Indiana University found world surface wind velocity decreasing due to trees.
At the same time, a University in Australia found winds speeds increasing over the ocean.
I am not sure but I think there is a consensus that overall, global surface winds are descreasing. Clearly this must be related to a decreased pressure differential which in turn affecs the gradient wind. Who knows if it is climate change. Maybe it is--Maybe it isn't.
One thing is true, the earth rate of rotation is slowing just al little every year-this has nothing to do with climate change. As the earths rotation slows over time so goes the change in Coriolis effect and therefore direction of winds.
|This thread has more than 10 replies. Click here to review the whole thread.
|Posting Rules
You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On


text:
Spread over an area of 12 hectares, the sanctuary has over 10,000 square metres of seminatural outdoor enclosure space designed to stimulate the bears' natural behaviour. There are two double bear houses each containing two rows of conjoined concrete dens. Each row of dens opens onto a large outdoor enclosure with pools, trees and various types of bearproof structures and furniture designed to aid rehabilitation. There are also two houses with no outdoor access, a polytunnel area with cages for housing bears recovering from surgery, and an undercover area that provides temporary housing space for new arrivals in large cages.
As the team in Vietnam regularly receives cubs confiscated from wildlife traders or poachers, we have also constructed a 280-sq-m cub house with a 900-sq-m outdoor area split into seven enclosures. Furnished with cub-sized wooden sleeping platforms, the cub dens house young bears until they are mature enough to be integrated with the adults.The sanctuary's surgical facilities and hospital are equipped with the latest ultrasound equipment, on-site blood testing facilities and gaseous anaesthesia to give the rescued bears the best possible chance of recovery.
The Tam Dao rescue centre has been built to strict environmental guidelines and with architecture sympathetic to the park environment and local customs. We have also installed two state-of-the-art waste water treatment systems to recycle and reuse water. Designed to handle a daily capacity of 70 cubic metres, the system treats and recycles domestic wastewater and wastewater from the bear dens, purifying both in a low-maintenance natural biological treatment process involving sedimentation, floatation, and the breakdown of materials using bacteria and sunlight – all of which helps ensure that our facilities do not deplete or pollute the local water supply.
Many of the enrichment furnishings and toys the bears enjoy in their enclosures have also been made from local materials and built onsite by our own bear horticulture team.
Phase 2 of the sanctuary will include more dens and semi-natural outside enclosures, as well as rehabilitation areas for our special-care bears. Once development is completed, the rescue centre will be able to house 200 bears.


text:
I spent the morning tearing up the roads and knocking on doors!! Productive day to say the least!!! The way things are shaping up, it should be a good season!!
I love it when the first guy you ask for permission thinks geese are filthy sky rats and shakes your hand like a long lost brother!! Then the next guy you ask tells you about the 200 ducks he's always seeing in the field behind his the barn all fall!!!


text:
How Have Stocks Performed After a Recession?
Mark Twain said it best: "History doesn't repeat itself; at best it sometimes rhymes." Past performance is no guarantee of future results, and history can be an uncertain guide in terms of what might happen with stocks this time around as the economy begins to stagger out of a recession.
That said, it's fascinating to look at how various subsegments of the stock market have behaved relative to one another. Particularly interesting is the comparison between the performance of small-cap stocks and that of large caps after each of the last six recessions. In each case, small caps led the way out of those downturns. During the 12 months after the recession came to an end, as declared by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), small caps beat large caps every time.
The average difference over the six recovery periods was 14.5%. In some cases, the difference was dramatic; in others, small caps were barely ahead. Here are the percentages by which small caps beat the S&P 500*:
- December 1970-November 1971: 1.3%
- April 1975-March 1976: 23.2%
- August 1980-July 1981: 28.4%
- December 1982-November 1983: 14.4%
- April 1991-March 1992: 14.8%
- December 2002-November 2003: 5.2%
Will history rhyme this time? It's hard to say. Many economists feel the current recession ended sometime in summer 2009. Small-cap stocks have certainly done well since then, but some experts feel large caps are best equipped to navigate a credit crisis. However, until the NBER retroactively declares an official end to this recession, there's no way to know for sure. And don't forget that small caps historically have involved greater risk from market fluctuation, so a double-dip downturn could hit them hardest.
*Percentages calculated based on data from Ibbotson SBBI Market Results for Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation for small company stocks and the S&P 500 Composite Index.


text:
Items in Cart:
I have 6 GOLDEN CIRCLE tickets for Metallica at the FNB Stadium - 27 April 2013.
R1,500 each.
Buy from a verified seller for peace of mind
Trust me when I say that Golden Circle is the way to go at Soccer City. You have quick and easy access to bars and toilets, don't spend hours trying to get a beer and lose your friends when going to the bathroom. You can actually see the performance and miss the extremely long queues of pushing and shoving when trying to get in. This is the best way to go....


text:
By Richard Clarke
Arsène Wenger still believes that Henri Lansbury has the ability to break through at Arsenal.
The 20-year-old midfielder is yet to establish himself in the first-team squad and has been linked with a move away from the Club this summer. Media reports have suggested Premier League new boys Norwich City may be interested; Lansbury spent a spell on loan at Carrow Road last season.
However, speaking ahead of the Emirates Cup, Wenger revealed that he still has faith in the youth team product.
"Henri Lansbury is in a situation where I believe he will make a career," said the manager. "At the moment it is a bit congested for him but I believe he has the talent to play for Arsenal Football Club.
"I have to give him a chance at some stage and as quickly as possible. I believe in him. But if I honestly believe he will not play this season or has no chance to compete for a position I will tell him and let him go."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


text:
Having problems with your TV signal or Picture? Did you know that most TV issues can be solved by using our in-home reset tool? Just sign-in, click the Reset button, and get back to watching the show. >> Reset My Cable Box
Browse TV Support for:
TV - General
How To
- Managing your Cox Support Forums Profile Learn how to manage various features of your Cox Support Forums Profile.
- Offering Kudos in the Cox Support Forums Show that you like a reply to a post in the Support Forums by giving it a Kudos.
- Reporting Abuse in the Cox Support Forums Learn how to flag posts or replies as inappropriate or offensive so that forum moderators can research further.
- Cox Support Forums First Time Access Learn how to sign in and create a Forum Identity the first time you use Cox Support Forums.
- Managing Cox Support Forums Posts Learn the basics of creating, editing, and replying to posts in the Cox Support Forums.
- Troubleshooting Cox Connect Get solutions or suggestions for problems with Cox Connect.
Helpful Info
- Cox Support Forums - Join the Discussion! Learn about the online community where Cox subscribers can ask questions, offer answers, and participate in general discussions with ...
- Channel Lineup Changes View recent or upcoming changes to the channel lineup in based on location.
Need More Help?
- Get Help Via Chat
- Join the Discussion Support Forums
- Find Your Nearest Service Center
- Give Us A Call 24/7 Phone Support


text:
Winner: #30 marcipaans
Check your inbox shortly.
Thanks for posting!
Ok. I'll try something a little different for this giveaway.
You get to pick a bundle from Bundle Stars.
Here are the choices:
Indie Capsule Bundle 2
One Finger Death Punch, Paranormal, Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers, Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood, Hexcells, Adventures of Shuggy, Critical Mass, CreaVures.
Adrenaline Bundle
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages, Etherlords II, Master Reboot, Expeditions: Conquistador, Rock of Ages, POSTAL, Gun Monkeys, Heli Heroes, Monday Night Combat, Axis Game Factory, Bang Bang Racing, Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World.
Neo Retro Bundle
Jets'n'Guns Gold, Inquisitor Deluxe Edition, 3089 – Futuristic Action RPG FPS, Ethan: Meteor Hunter, Universe Sandbox, Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual, 3079 – Block Action RPG FPS, Realms of Arkania – Complete Classic Trilogy.
Fusion Bundle
Thunder Wolves, The Cat Lady, Time Gentlemen Please - Ben There, Dan That, AI War Collection, Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, Blockland, Pressure, Luxor Evolved, Eryi's Action.
Reboot Bundle
Dark Sector, GTR Evolution, Space Pirates and Zombies, Dino D-Day, Dream Pinball 3D, SpaceChem, SpaceChem: 63 Corvi DLC.
Crazy Machines Bundle
Crazy Machines, Crazy Machines 1.5, Crazy Machines 2, Crazy Machines 2: Back to the Shop DLC, Crazy Machines 2: Halloween DLC, Crazy Machines 2: Happy New Year DLC, Crazy Machines 2: Invaders from Space DLC, Crazy Machines 2: Liquid Force DLC, Crazy Machines 2: Time Travel DLC.
Outer Limits Bundle
UFO Extraterrestrials Gold, Blades of Time Limited Edition, Insane 2, Hydrophobia Prophecy, Race Injection, Warfare, Puzzle Kingdoms, Gumboy Tournament, Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold, Razor2: Hidden Skies.
RPG Champions Bundle
Two Worlds Epic Edition, Two Worlds II, Pirates of the Flying Fortress DLC, Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator, Enclave, Gorky 17.
Blaze of Glory Bundle
Commander: Conquest of the Americas Gold, WWIII: Black Gold, KnightShift, East India Company Gold, WWII Panzer Claws 1 & 2, Pirates of Black Cove Gold.
Reply stating the bundle you would like to win.
25+ posts to qualify.
One reply per person per 24 hours.
Winner selected via random number March 15th.


text:
The Canisius College men's lacrosse team could never overcome a five-goal second quarter run by Siena as the Saints held on to a 14-11 victory in the MAAC Semifinals on Thursday afternoon. The Griffs finish their season with a 7-8 record, while Siena improves to 10-5 and advances to Saturday's championship game.
"Lacrosse is a simple game and it comes down to inches and bounces a lot of times," said Canisius head coach Randy Mearns. "Siena got a few more bounces today and deservedly so. We lost some 50-50 ground-ball battles that we really needed to win. It's heartbreaking as we worked hard for this moment but just came up short. It's tough for the team and tough for coaches. It's tough to put all your energy into something and it doesn't end up where you want it."
Sophomores Billy Jacobbi and Nick Tuttle led the Canisius attack with three goals each. Juniors Austin Romantic and Tim Edwards and freshman Jeff Edwards also chipped in three points with Romantic scoring two goals to go along with one assist, while the Edwards brothers both recorded one goal and two assists. Senior long-stick midfielder Kevin Collins rounded out the scoring for Canisius with one tally.
Junior Alex Govenettio recorded 10 saves to take the loss in net. Tim Edwards also led the Griffs with two caused turnovers on the day.
Canisius started the contest strong and raced to a 3-1 lead after 15 minutes of play. Tuttle and Tim Edwards connected on a give-and-go with Tuttle finishing just 99 seconds into the game for the 1-0 lead. Jeff Edwards then found Jacobbi for his first of the afternoon as Canisius led, 2-0, less than five minutes in. Siena answered with a man-up goal in the only extra-man chance of the day but Tim Edwards found Romantic open in front and the junior scored on a turn-around for the 3-1 advantage after one quarter.
Siena, however, responded in the second quarter and took a lead it would never relinquish with a five-goal run. The Saints rallied off the five-straight tallies in the first eight minutes of the period for a 6-3 lead. Tim Edwards finally ended the rally with a nice unassisted goal to send the teams into the intermission with the Saints ahead, 6-4.
The Griffs would pull within one, 8-7, with 4:46 remaining in the third after a pair of goals from Tuttle – completing his first collegiate hat trick – and a tally from Jacobbi. However, the Saints quickly reclaimed their multi-goal advantage and finished the quarter with three-straight scores, punctuated by a goal with just three seconds left, for an 11-7 lead through 45 minutes of action.
Canisius would score three of the first four goals in the final period of play to trim the Siena lead to two, 12-10. Collins scored on the period's first possession and after a Siena tally, goals by Romantic and Jeff Edwards made the contest a tight 12-10 game with 7:35 remaining in regulation.
The Griffs would gain possession looking to inch back within a goal but a turnover led to a transition goal for the Saints on the other end for the 13-10 advantage. Siena would then add a tally with the Canisius netminder out challenging for the ball before Jacobbi finished the scoring with his third of the day for the 14-11 final.
Siena finished the contest with a slight advantage in shots, 38-36. The Saints would also win the battle at the faceoff X, 18-11, and in ground balls, 29-20.
Conor Prunty led Siena with four goals, while Tommy Cordts recorded 12 saves in the winning effort. The Saints advance to face the winner of the afternoon's second semifinal between Marist and Detroit on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Game Notes: The loss ended a four-game winning streak in the MAAC Tournament for Canisius after the Griffs had won the championship in their last two trips (2008 and 2012) … The Griffs have played the Saints more than any other school with the rivals meeting for the 27th time … It was the second postseason meeting between the teams after Canisius earned a 10-9 win in the 2012 MAAC Championship … With his three goals, Jacobbi finished the season with a team-best 23 tallies … Tim Edwards finished the year by leading the Griffs with 44 points, 29 assists, 83 ground balls and a .611 faceoff percentage … The game marked the final contest for three Canisius seniors – midfielders Dylan Knopfke and Cody Soberanes and defender DJ Giacobbo … The Griffs will return 99.2 percent of the team's goals (128-of-129), 96.1 percent of their assists (73-of-76), 98.1 percent of their points (201-of-205), 93.1 percent of their ground balls (364-of-391) and both goalies next season.


text:
I am a newbie here and I have a question about the small chest piece of boba fett's armor. I will be painting mine in ROTJ style. I noticed that some of you have a different shade of green for the center diamond piece. It is different than the chest plates. I plan on using Hunt Club green from Rustoleum for the chest plates. Can you guys recommend the correct green color for the diamond piece?
Your help is very much appreciated.


text:
White was a bold choice. Last week, not a single creme shirt fogged. It'll be interesting to see if the shirt color effects the success of this design.
orabbit wrote:I love the cartooniness of the mice contrasted with the elegance of the flowers. Very playful.
Thanks,So glad you like it.
The meteors really make this. They turn it into a story instead of just a design. Like he's going to single handedly fight extinction or something.
Re: Nouveau Hater
Re: Betta Nouveau
I think the idea has a lot of potential and I love the tail, I just wish there was more texture, color, and art nouveau touches. Some background pieces or borders, and more fluidity to the fish itself. Nice effort though!
Peafowl is a funny word.
collinvh wrote:Thanks orabbit. Hopefully woot! still has some cranberry AA blanks if this happens to fight though the fog and print. I would just love to have a print on the old shirts. Thanks for the great comments everyone!
I am sad that RamyB has driven this from the fog...very zen.
Naolito wrote:This is a winner!
I will buy this so fast my credit card will catch fire
Re: Window-side kitty
Very cool!!!
orabbit wrote:Nice colors!
Thanks! I experimented with halftones but it looked better in solid.
My kids and I play an animal game in the car, and if you spot a cat in a window, you instantly win! If I had this shirt, we'd always have a winner.
Re: Fleur
my attempt at "art nouveau"...
orabbit wrote:An ode to the moon, a paean to midnight. Have you ever been enchanted by the fragrance of the moonflower? Or watched as a luna moth ascended toward home? Or perhaps listened as an owl told its secrets to the night? There's just something about the witching hour...
Oh that is gorgeous. :D
Re: Metal Nouveau
This is awesome.
Re: Iris Nouveau
Stunning work!
Re: Velociraptor with a Ray Gun
You really made the theme your own with this Lucky Very cool!
Re: The hidden face of the man
This would make a great zip hoodie!
Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=62488]
Nicely done, get this in the fog people!
Re: Dogwood Nouveau
I really wish this was in black because I don't really wear brown but other than that this design is amazing!
what an incredible job!!!!love it!
Re: Robo Nouveau
This is amazing! I wish there was no mouth because I feel it almost takes away from the expression. Some silver flowing hair would be awesome too. Great job this is amazing!
Amazing illo!
nice!! love its expression!
Re: Fart Nouveau
Take design from fast bubble... Color... Get votes.
Awesome!!! Good luck :D
anamya wrote:Oh that is gorgeous. :D
Thanks, Ali!
YEAH! Tank Girl ;)
Re: Hummingbird Nouveau
This derby and the one last week have had the most beautiful entries! This is a great design and I absolutely love it!!
Zagazoo wrote:I really love the way you drew the martian woman, the style is simple but very clear and unique. You chose which features to emphasize well. There is a distracting tangent between the bottom of here shirt and the dome of the saucer. Since they line up at first glance I don't see the dome as being part of the saucer but rather a part of the woman. If you scale horizontally out with the dome and overlap the bottom of her shirt intersecting with the saucer I think it would solve this problem. Overall well done. The color choices are also very appealing!
Thanks for you kind words. You are totally right about the tangent. I guess I never noticed when working on it full size. I don't think there's enough interest to make a revised version but I greatly appreciate your critique!
Re: Cat Nouveau
This is so nice. I'm always a fan of yours.
Re: Butterfly Effect
This is really beautiful. I love the way the image flows and draws in my eye.
I don't know if you will take this as a compliment but when my two-and-a-half year old daughter saw this one she said it was her favorite and told me to buy it!
Alright, you got me to log in for the first time in about a month in order to vote for this design. Well played, good sir.
noxandpy wrote:Thank you from both of us! The framing in general is rather indicative of the style, but I kinda love the feeling that the natural elements (the tail specifically) refuse to be contained or boxed in. Thanks for sharing; we always appreciate that!!
I think it is stunning as is. I personally love the frames behind. It could be seen as an ornate fence with a peacock sitting on the top. I will buy if it wins.
Rock on baby!
orabbit wrote:My kids and I play an animal game in the car, and if you spot a cat in a window, you instantly win! If I had this shirt, we'd always have a winner.
mikeboensel wrote:Yeah, I'd like it a lot more without the corners boxing things in.
Alright. Since multiple people have requested it, I will submit a border-less version! be right back!
Re: Mort-vivant
I want this Baaaad, I will by a shirt even if you don't win
Re: The Perfect Dance Nouveau
Hey, I submitted the border-less version Here! Let me know what you think!
Re: The Perfect Dance-Border-less Nouveau
This is the Border-less version of the Dance. Here is a high Detail view!
This version is Two Colors on black! Hope you like it!
But make sure if you zoom in that you wait for it to load completely. Then it will become a lot more clear.
skelleton wrote:The corners ruin it. Otherwise it would be epic.
Hey, I submitted the border-less version Here! Let me know what you think!
View All →


text:
Beck attacks Jewish Funds for Justice's Simon Greer; says putting "the common good" first "leads to death camps"
Beck adds: "A Jew, of all people, should know that"
From the May 28 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:
BECK: So here's what Simon Greer, president and CEO of Jewish Funds for Justice, says:
"Glenn Beck, you are a con man. And America is not buying it. I exhort you to stop bottling your ideological agenda and labeling it theology. Americans deserve and demand better. You have told us not to look in -- what not to look for in a house of worship, but now I ask you what kind of house of worship do you desire? 'Make sure your church puts God first and politics and government last.' The question is, how then do we put God first?"
Pat, would you like to answer that?
PAT GRAY (co-host): I don't even know how to answer that.
BECK: Make sure God puts -- I said make sure your church puts God first and politics and government last.
GRAY: Yes.
BECK: He says --
GRAY: He says put -- how do you --
BECK: How do you even put God first, then?
STEVE 'STU' BURGUIERE (co-host): Wow, he got you on that one.
BECK: He did. I mean, I look at that and say --
GRAY: God's not political.
BECK: God's not political at all. God doesn't -- God is not a respecter of persons, of parties, of politics, or government. God is --
GRAY: Truth.
BECK: God is truth. And he lights a fire. God changes hearts. God goes directly to your heart. Government goes directly to your wallet.
He says, "All of us are created in the image of the divine, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. To put God first in faith is to put humanity first." Is that true? He then says, "This is a democracy." No, it's a republic. There's a difference, you should look it up. "The government is you, me, and 300 million whom we share with our nation. Government is one way which we care for our neighbors, and tradition tells me to care for my neighbor as I care for myself. Here's what we do for each other as Americans: We grow food, we create jobs, we build homes, pave roads, teach our children, care for our grandparents, secure our neighborhoods. Government makes our country function. To put God first is to put humankind first. To put humankind first is to put the common good first."
This leads to death camps. A Jew, of all people, should know that. This is exactly the kind of talk that led to the death camps in Germany. Put humankind and the common good first.
Help me out, how did that lead to death camps? How does that lead to death camps? Because that's what they'll say: "Oh, Glenn Beck is talking about death camps." Help me out. Let's think of this logically, and we can back it up with documentation. How does that lead to death camps?
GRAY: Well, because if certain people are hurting the common good, they have to be removed from society.
BECK: They have to be liquidated. How about grandma and grandpa?
GRAY: Yeah, they're pulling down the common good, they're costing to society too much.
BECK: So we're gonna have to let 'em die. How about the handicapped?
GRAY: Well they hurt the race. They can't pull their weight for the common good. They can't produce for society.
BECK: If they also reproduce, are we gonna let imbeciles continue reproduce? It's all the same argument. Once you get into the common good, it's over. And this is the perversion that every minister, pastor, priest, bishop -- every single person in America, every rabbi should be at the pulpit saying the same thing -- get away from anyone who talks about the common good. Because the common good -- if you put that first, and you reject individual -- you are headed for the death camps.
Greer: Government is essential to quest for social justice [1]
Beck attacks "these elites ... taking us down the road of a progressive utopia, that only ends in death camps" [2]
Beck says "one insane leader" will lead to "death camps" in America [3]
- Network/Outlet
- Premiere Radio Networks [4]
- Person
- Glenn Beck [5]
- Show/Publication
- Glenn Beck Program [6]


text:
Hello everyone,
I would really love some advice. I have recently completed and successfully passed my CELTA course. I have a BA degree, but in a completely unrelated field (not teaching or English). I have debts of around £7000 that I am looking to clear by working in ESL. To add an extra problem to the mix, I am engaged to someone living in New York (part of the reason for my debt accumulation!), and we already struggle with a 5 hours time difference so do not want to increase it to more than say 7-9 hours difference.
So, my question is, how likely and how advisable is it for me to teach in the Middle East, considering I am newly qualified and I need to be able to save a large amount of money? I would be looking to start in the next academic year (Aug/Sept/Oct 2014) and work for a year initially. I have been doing research and the best option I have found so far would be Kuwait, but I cannot find many positions. Saudi seems to have more, but will it be harder to adapt to? So far I have only lived in the UK and Mexico, and I have travelled to largely Westernised areas. If I make the commitment, I want to ensure that I am doing the right thing.
Can anyone share their experiences that might have been in a similar position? Does anyone have any websites they could recommend for further research?
Thanks to everyone in advance for your help


text:
On the last Friday of each month, ten Romany women congregate in the offices of Life Together to share stories about the manner in which Czech officials have lied and brutalized them because they are of Romany backgrounds. They insist they were sterilized at a hospital after giving birth and no one told them what was happening. Since 2004, the Sterilized Women's Association(SSZ) has been engaged in legal action to win them compensation for the procedures. SSZ director Elena Gorolova said 'the going was slow and we were all feeling really drained," but on October 12 a Czech court awarded monetary damages to one of the women. Iveta Cervenakova, was 19 and was waiting in the hospital for a C-section. "I spent the whole night waiting for the C-section, but they did not give me the form until right before the operation. At that time I had no idea what sterilization meant." It took months before a doctor told her she no longer could have children that realization of what had happened finally entered her consciousness.
Ironically, such procedures were common when communists controlled the Czech Republic, but the arrival of democracy has not changed attitudes toward Romanys. Prejudice and bigotry are alive and well in post communist nations as far as hatred toward Romanys is concerned.


text:
The protocol-buffers-fork package
Parse proto files and generate Haskell code. This is a fork of the protocol-buffers library at http:hackage.haskell.orgpackageprotocol-buffers
[Skip to Readme]
|array, base (>=3 && <5), binary, bytestring, containers, directory, filepath, mtl, syb, utf8-string [details]
|(c) 2008-2012 Christopher Edward Kuklewicz
|Christopher Edward Kuklewicz
|Stefan Wehr <email@example.com>
|Home page
|Thu Aug 28 16:28:37 UTC 2014 by StefanWehr
|878 total (3 in the last 30 days)
|Docs available [build log]
Successful builds reported [all 1 reports]
Hackage Matrix CI
|Choose the new smaller, split-up base package.
Use -f <flag> to enable a flag, or -f -<flag> to disable that flag. More info
- protocol-buffers-fork-2.0.16.tar.gz [browse] (Cabal source package)
- Package description (included in the package)
Maintainer's Corner
For package maintainers and hackage trustees
Readme for protocol-buffers-fork
Readme for protocol-buffers-fork-2.0.16
This the README file for protocol-buffers, protocol-buffers-descriptors, and hprotoc. These are three interdependent Haskell packages by Chris Kuklewicz. This README was updated most recently to reflect version 2.0.7 This code should be compatible with Google protobuf version 2.3.0 Changes to keep up with Google protobuf version 2.4.0 are being considered. Questions and answers: Whats up with version 2.0.7 ? Version 2.0.5 and 2.0.6 had compile problems with GHC 7.4, this is now warning-free (as free as possible). The lack of a package name caused problems. Hopefully the new handling works for everyone. What is new in 1.8.0 ? Submitted bug fixes! Fix for compiling generated haskell that uses packed fields. Fix to mangling default value Enum names. Fix for using "group" when in plug-in mode. I also changed the directory layout for the source code of protocol-buffers-descriptor. The auto-generated code is now in "src-auto-generated" and the API for accessing options is under "src-hand-written". I also added a README file to the descriptor package explaining the commands to recreate src-auto-generated. What is new in 1.7.0 ? This version adds a patch from George van den Driessche to allow hprotoc to work as a plug-in to protoc. You must copy the hprotoc to be named protoc-gen-haskell (not a symlink) and call it as: /opt/protobuf-2.3.0/bin/protoc --plugin=./protoc-gen-haskell --haskell_out=DirOut test.proto What is new in 1.6.0 ? This version is now caught up with the official protobuf-2.3.0 release. The highlights of the changes are (cribbing from Kenton's announcement): > General > * Parsers for repeated numeric fields now always accept both packed and > unpacked input. The [packed=true] option only affects serializers. > Therefore, it is possible to switch a field to packed format without > breaking backwards-compatibility -- as long as all parties are using > protobuf 2.3.0 or above, at least. and > * inf, -inf, and nan can now be used as default values for float and double > fields. have been added to 1.6.0. I did not add support for plugin code generators or for writing directly to a compressed zip or jar file. No service related code is ever generated so the "option *_generic_services" changes were ignored. What is new in 1.5.0 ? The "packed" repeated fields should work on the wire, "deprecated" fields are parsed properly but not nothing is otherwise done about this flag. The parser should disambiguate references to messages/groups/enums by ignoring fields with the same name (for types of normal fields and extension fields). The Lexar has had a few fixes courtesy of George van den Driessche (newlines after numeric literals in proto files should now be handled). What is this for? What does it do? Why? It is a pure Haskell re-implementation of the Google code at http://code.Google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/overview.html which is "...a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible way of serializing structured data for use in communications protocols, data storage, and more." Google's project produces C++, Java, and Python code. This one produces Haskell code. How well does this Haskell package duplicate Google's project? This provides non-mutable messages that ought to be wire-compatible with Google. These messages support extensions. These messages support unknown fields if hprotoc is passed the proper flag (-u or --unknown_fields). This does not generate anything for Services/Methods. Adding support for services has not been considered. I think that Google's code checks for some policy violations that are not well documented enough for me to reverse engineer. Some (all?) of Google's APIs include the possibility of mutable messages. I suspect that my message reflection is not as useful at runtime as in some of Google's APIs. What is protocol-buffers? The protocol-buffers part is the main library which has two faces: 1) It provides an external API exported by module Text.ProtocolBuffers for users to read and write the binary format and manipulate the message data structures created by hprotoc. 2) It provides an internal API for the messages under module Text.ProtocolBuffers.Header to implement their tasks. What is protocol-buffers-descriptor? 1) It uses the protocol-buffers package. 2) It provides the code generated by hprotoc from "descriptor.proto" under module Text.DescriptorProtos. 3) This supports hprotoc which is used to describe proto files and the code they will generate. 4) It provides Text.DescriptorProtos.Options which help in looking up the new style custom options. What is hprotoc? 1) It uses protocol-buffers and protocol-buffers-descriptor above. 2) It is a command line tool that reads in ".proto" files and produces Haskell source trees like Google's protoc. 3) ...and it contains a very nice lexer and parser for the ".proto" file... The hprotoc part is a executable program which reads ".proto" files and uses the protocol-buffers package to produce a tree of Haskell source files. The program is called "hprotoc". Usage is given by the program itself, the options themselves are processed in order. It can take several input search paths, and allow an additional module prefix, a selectable output directory, and ends with a list of of proto file to generate from. The output has to be a tree of modules since each message is given its own namespace, and a module is the only partitioning of namespace in Haskell. The keys for extension fields are defined alongside the message whose namespace they share. Since message names are both a data type and a namespace the filename and the message name match (aside from the .hs file extension). And what are the examples and tests sub-directories? The examples sub-directory is for duplicating the addressbook.proto example that Google has with its code. The ABF and ABF2 file are included as binary addressbooks. These can be read by the C++ examples from Google, and vice-versa. The tests sub-directory is where I have written some test code to drive the UnittestProto code generated from Google's unittest.proto (and unittest_import.proto) files. The 'patchBoot' file has the needed file patches to fix up the recursive imports (no longer needed!). What do I need to compile the code? I use ghc (version 6.10.3) and cabal (version 184.108.40.206). The dependencies are listed in the .cabal files, and these currently require you to go to hackage.haskell.org and get packages "binary" (I use version 0.5.0.1) and "utf8-string" (I use version 0.3.5) and hprotoc needs haskell-src-exts (exactly version 0.4.8 at the moment). The hprotoc Lexer.hs is produced from Lexer.x by the alex program (I use version 2.3.1) which can be downloaded from http://www.haskell.org/alex/ if you edit Lexer.x and need to regenerate Lexer.hs. The usual cabal configure/buid/install works for the protocol-buffers library (and haddock for API docs): runhaskell Setup.hs configure runhaskell Setup.hs build runhaskell Setup.hs haddock runhaskell Setup.hs install After installing protocol-buffers go into the describe sub-directory and configure/build/install the protocol-buffers-descriptor library. After installing protocol-buffers and protocol-buffers-descriptor go into the hprotoc sub-directory and configure/build/install the hprotoc executable. Note: Patches to support other compilers are welcome. How mature is this code? It can write the wire encoding and read it back. It will has been tested for interoperability against Google's read/write code with addressbook.proto. hprotoc generates and uses the Text.DescriptorProtos tree from Google "descriptor.proto" file. hprotoc has generated code from Google/protobuf/unittest.proto and Google/protobuf.unittest_import. These compile after adding hs-boot files TestAllExtensions.hs-boot, TestFieldOrderings.hs-boot, and TestMutualRecursionA.hs-boot to resolve mutual recursion. The TestEnumWithDupValue has duplicated values which cause a compilation warning. There has been QuickCheck tests done for UnittestProto/TestAllType.hs and UnittestProto/TestAllExtensions.hs in the tests subdirectory. These pass as of 2008-09-19 for version 0.2.7 (which has been tagged right after writing this). These test that random messages can be roundtripped to the wire format without changing — with the caveat that the new extension keys are read back as raw bytes but compare equal because of the parsing done by (==). Mutual recursion is a problem? Not using ghc. The haskell-src-exts let me generate code with {-# SOURCE #-} annotated imports. And hprotoc generates the needed hs-boot files for ghc. And key import cycles are broken by creating 'Key.hs files, which users can ignore. How stable is the API? This is the first working release of the code. I do not promise to keep any of the API but I am lazy so most things will not change. The reflection capabilities may get improved/altered. Stricter warnings and error detection may be added. Code will move between protocol-buffers and hprotoc projects. The internals of reading from the wire may be improved. Where is the API documentation? These file should be able to have cabal run the haddock generation. I am using Haddock version 2.4.2 at the moment. The imports of Text.ProtocolBuffers are the public API. The generated code's API is Text.ProtocolBuffers.Header. The only usage examples are in the examples sub-directory and the tests sub-directory. Since the messages are simply Haskell data types most of the manipulation should be easy. The main thing that is weird is that messages with extension ranges get an ExtField record field that holds ... an internal data structure. This is currently a Map from field number to a rather complicated existential + GADT combination that should really only be touched by the ExtKey and MessageAPI type class methods. The ExtField data constructor is not hidden, though it could be and probably ought to be. Note that extension fields are inherently slower, especially in ghci (though ghc's -O2 helps quite a bit). The entire proto file is stored in the top level module in wire-encoded form and can be accessed as a FileDescriptorProto. The Haskell code also defines its own reflection data types, with one stored in each generated module and also in a master data type in the top level module (via Show and Read). Who reads this far? I suspect no one ever will. Why define your own Haskell reflection types in addition to FileDescriptorProto's types? This allows for the protocol-buffers library package to not depend on a single thing defined in the protocol-buffers-descriptor package. This lack of recursion made for much simpler bootstrapping and allows the descriptor.proto generated files to be build separately. While descriptor.proto files are a great fit as output from parsing a proto file they are not as good a fit for code generation. They mix fields and extension keys, they have all optional fields even though some things (especially names) are compulsory. They obscure which descriptors are groups. They have a nested structure which is useful when resolving the names but not for iterating over for code generation. What are the pieces of protocol-buffers doing? Basic.hs defines the core data types (that are not already in Prelude) and many classes. Mergeable.hs defines the standard instances of Mergeable for combining types. Default.hs defines the standard default of the basic data types. Reflections.hs defines the Haskell reflection data types (stored with each generated module). Get.hs is here because I needed a slightly different style of binary Get monad (see binary and binary-strict packages). This is standalone and could be put into any project. It has long comments inside. WireMessage.hs defines 3 things: (1) The Wire instances for the basic data types (2) The API for the generated module to use to define their own Wire instances (3) The API for the user to load and save messages This file would not compile with ghc-6.8.3 on a G4 (Mac OS X 10.5.4, XCode 3.1) without -fvia-C as the cabal file states. Extensions.hs is rather large because it add everything needed for extension fields (see haddock API docs). It should not export ExtField's constructor, but it currently does. Header.hs re-exports what is needed for the instance messages. ProtocolBuffer.hs re-exports what is needed for the user API. What are the pieces of hprotoc doing? alex uses Lexer.x to generated Lexer.hs which slices up the ".proto" file into tokens. The ".proto" layout is well designed, quite unambiguous, and easy to tokenize. The lexer also does the jobs of decoding the backslash escape codes in quotes strings, and interpreting floating point numbers. Errors and unexpected input are inserted into the token list, with at least line number level precision. The Parser.hs file has a Parsec parser which are really used as nested parsers (allowing for the type of the user state to change). The ".proto" grammar is well designed and the system never needs to backtrack over tokens. The default values and options' values parsed according to the expected type, and string default are check for valid utf8 encoding. (This also import the Instances.hs file) The Resolve.hs has code to resolve all the names to a fully qualified form, including name mangling where necessary. This includes code to load and parse all the imported ".proto" files, reusing parses for efficiency, and detecting import loops. The context built from each imported file is combined to change the FileDescriptorProto into a modified FileDescriptorProto. This stage also determines that extension keys are in a valid extensions range declaration, and enum default values exists. The MakeReflections.hs file converts the nested FileDescriptorProto into a flatter Haskell reflection data structure. This includes parsing the default value stored in the FileDescriptorProto. The BreakRecursion.hs file builds graphs describing the imports and works out whether and how to create hs-boot and 'Key.hs files to allow allow for warning-free compilation with ghc (as of 6.10.1). The Gen.hs file takes a Haskell data structure from MakeReflections and builds a module syntax data structure. The syntax data is quite verbose and several helper functions are used to help with the composition. The result is easy to print as a string to a file. The ProtoCompile.hs file is the Main module which defines the command line program 'hprotoc'. This manages most of the interaction with the file system (aside from import loading in Resolve). Everything that is needed is collected into the Options data type which is passed to "run". The output style can be tweaked by changing "style" and "myMode".


text:
Auto Repair & Services
- Air Filters
- Batteries
- Belt & Hoses
- Brake Repair
- Cooling System
- Driveline Repair
- Diagnositcs
- Fluid Inspection
- Oil Changes
- Maintenance
- Suspension Repair
- Tire Installation
- Tire Repair
- Tire Rotation
- Tune Up
- Alignments
- Wiper Blades
- Muffler Repair
- Headlight Restoration
- A/C Repair
- Electrical Systems
- Monthly Checklist
- Transmission Fluid
Tire Balancing in Corbin, KY
Tire Balancing is important to prolong the life of your tires, as well as increase the safety of your vehicle. Johnny Wheels Tire Pros offers quality affordable tire balancing in Corbin, KY.
What it does: Unbalanced tires can easily lead to unequal wear, vibration and potentially risky driving performance. It is necessary to balance tires often according to your automobile's requirements.
Corbin, KY Tire Balancing
When do tires need to be balanced: Tires are balanced when you replace 2 or 4 tires on your car. Due to the fact that tires wear depending on driving routines and road problems, uneven wear will certainly begin to become noticeable after the first 1,000-2,000 miles of usage. Tires ought to be inspected for balance every 4,000-6,000 miles. Our mechanics will help determine whether your tires should be rotated and balanced based upon wear or mileage.
IMPORTANT: It is not advised to replace just one tire as this may create major problems to the alignment, balance and handling of the car.
How to tell if your tires require balancing:
- Vibrations when steering
- Uneven tread wear
- Driving that becomes much less smooth over the life of the tires
- Pulling to one side
The benefits of balanced tires are:
- Smoother driving experience
- Increased fuel efficiency
- A lot more even tire wear
- Extended life of tires and drive train components
Johnny Wheels Tire Pros offers Corbin, KY Tire Balancing
Drop in today to have your automobile examined for potential tire balancing issues! Call us now to arrange your next appointment for Tire Balancing and auto repair service. Johnny Wheels Tire Pros is thrilled to be your local source for auto repair services in Corbin, KY and provider of Corbin, KY tires.


text:
Guitarist Mark Potter from the UK alternative rock group Elbow plays the Godin Montreal, enjoying its smooth tones and versatility. Elbow were recently winners of the coveted 2008 Mercury Prize for their latest release "The Seldom Seen Kid". The Mercury prize is awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom each year. The band also recently received the award for "Best British Group" at the Brit Awards in February 2009.(photo credit: A.Nissim)
20 05 2010 12:26
A snap shot of the birth of a Godin guitar. What's your guitar made of?
21 10 2009 05:13
Here is a quick guide we have put together to help you choose your style of electric guitar.
04 08 2009 03:01
From Leonard Cohen to Kirk Hammet, Godin guitars are very popular amongst guitarists who prize quality above all. And Dolphin Music has quite a few Godin guitars in stock right now...
10 02 2009 12:34
Godin are a Canadian company with head office located in Montreal,
06 02 2009 04:55
Besides featuring a world exclusive interview with Pete Doherty, Clash magazine's website also features exclusive album streams from Pete Doherty's debut solo album, 'Grace/Wastelands'.
We have worked hard to create one of the safest online shopping environments in the industry. We have been trading online since 1999 & have served thousands of customers over this time.