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Wednesday, 23 March 2011 11:43
THE Fishermen's Association Limited recently met with UK Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon to discuss a range of issues affecting their members.
Sandy Patience, FAL's Chairman, acknowledged the effort that Mr Benyon and his officials had made at the 2010 December Fish Council given all that was stacked against the UK in having to meet the maximum sustainable yield commitments of the Johannesburg Agreement.
However he reminded the Minister that it was the Tory administration in 1972 which had surrendered our national fish stocks to the EU to be managed under a Common Fisheries Policy, which to date, as far as British fishermen are concerned has been nothing short of a disaster.
He urged the Minister to persuade the Prime Minster to visit fishing constituencies and hear from the grass roots of the hard working people who make up the industry and then give the same commitment as Mrs Thatcher did to defend British fishing rights when she was Prime Minister.
However Mr Patience reminded Mr Benyon that the real Common Fisheries Policy – the principle of equal access to the common resource cannot be reformed and with 2012 rapidly approaching and therefore the end of the present derogation, the Commission must necessarily introduce measures upon our fishermen, in readiness for the implementation of the full thrust of that principle as demanded by the Treaties.
Reflecting on the meeting Mr Patience said: "At the Tory Spring conference the Prime Minister told us to roll up our sleeve and invest in business. We have been doing so for many years done through commitment and investment.
"It has been done even in the face of an extremely uncertain future. But that continuing uncertainty, the unbearable and immoral pressures of the EU fisheries policy, has sapped the confidence of many in the Industry both offshore and onshore.
"Whereas the UK Government may be committed to delivering a new EU fisheries policy that delivers sustainability for our fishing industry, our fisheries dependent communities and our marine environment ,the only way for the UK to be at the heart of real decision making and management of UK fisheries is withdrawal from the real CFP of equal access to the common resource."
Other points discussed during the meeting included:
- A recognition that the discards issue was not as black and white as portrayed in the media coverage of the 'fishfight campaign' and that more measured consideration of the complex issues involving the catching sector was essential.
- The impact of automatic successive effort cuts in the Cod Recovery Plan were recognised and an assurance was obtained that these would be opposed.
- The economic impact on the viability of fishing businesses due to effects of the west of Scotland restrictive fishing measures - the current 30% limit on catch composition covering cod, haddock and whiting - and it was pointed out that this measure, apart from having the unintended consequence of increased discards as a result of attempting to remain within the 30% limit, was also unsettling young men who were finding it difficult to see a future in the current circumstances not helped by the fuel price escalation. It was welcomed that the Minister would be having a conference call that afternoon with the Commission to keep up the pressure for change.
- The major reduction in onshore support businesses impacting on the sustainability of fishing communities was strongly highlighted with the Minister recognising that providing support for the industry's infrastructure was a key issue that had to be tackled.
- The lack of confidence in the Marine Protected Area consultation process being managed by Natural England and JNCC was forcefully highlighted. The fishing industry stakeholder group was not being given due regard in preference to the environmental lobby. DEFRA officials were aware of these problems and were taking steps to ensure that the industry views were given proper weight.
- As for the current Coastguard consultation while it was appreciated that this was not the Minister's direct remit he was urged to impress on his Ministerial colleague, Mike Penning not to compromise on safety in the reorganisation and restructure of the Coastguard.


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Welcome to the Australian College of Tai Chi and Qi Gong!
Newcomers are encouraged to read through the information below... We hope you will join us at a Saturday practice or take a class.
All students - thank you for visiting our web site; we hope you find the details you need today.
Courses Taught
Tai Chi (Tai Chi Quan) and Qi Gong (Chi Kung) have a very long history in Chinese tradition and culture. Tai Chi and Qi Gong utilise the body's Energy System for body, mind and spiritual development.
Tai Chi
Tai Chi exercise is derived from martial arts with a history of over six hundred years. The essence of Tai Chi can be seen in the Ying & Yang symbol which is practiced through the external physical movements and the floating internal energy (Chi).
Wu Style Tai Chi is one of the most popular of the traditional forms of Tai Chi. The founder of the Wu Style Tai Chi is the Great Master Wu Jian Quan (1870-1942). This style of Tai Chi can be learned easily by many people, and has been widely accepted as the standard style.
Australian College of Tai Chi and Qi Gong teaches the simplified Wu style Tai Chi, Wu Style Slow and Fast Form, Wu Style Sword and Broadsword (Single & Double), Wu Style Spear and Wu Style Pushing Hands. The techniques are mostly passed down by Grandmaster Ma Yue Liang (1901-1998) and Li Li Qun.
Slow form is considered the starting point or foundation of the entire Wu style set. It function is to improve general health, fitness, muscle strength and flexibility. It also improves the body circulation, regulation of the nervous system, respiration and reduces stress. This form benefits for both the beginners and advance students.
This form is designed for beginner students. The main concept of this form is to learn and control the external balance of the body.
Wu style Fast Form is the parent of the above slow form. This form Requires experience in slow form. It combines the relaxation and control of slow form with dynamic, powerful movements common to many martial arts. This style is sometimes named "application form". This form is used mainly for self-defense, used for beginners and advance students.
Wu style has five straight sword styles. Experience in slow form is required. The sword set can be considered advanced training, for the students that have completed Tai Chi Slow Form. In Tai Chi terminology it seeks to express the spirit of the Phoenix - the Broadsword/Sabre the spirit of the Tiger.
Both single and double Broadsword forms. Stronger than the other Tai Chi forms. Minimum experience required: slow form. Additional experience in Fast Form and/or Sword helpful. This form is only taught to Advance students and Instructors.
24 Form and 13 Form available. Minimum experience required: slow form. Additional experience in Fast Form and/or Sword helpful. This form is only taught to Advance students and Instructors.
There are thirteen basic manipulations or kinetic movements in the tai chi pushing hand: Pung (warding), Lu (diverting), Ji (pressing), An (pushing), Tsai (plucking), Li (twisting), Zhou (elbowing), Kao (leaning) and the five steps, stepping forward, stepping backwards, turning left, turning right, and central balance. Pushing hands technique is used to: Ting (listen), Zou (leading by walking away), Nien (sticking), Hua (neutralising), Fa (attacking). Two people are needed to practice this technique to improve each-others balance and self-defense. This form is taught to students that have finished level 4 Slow Form and Fast Form. This form is also available to the instructors.
Qi Gong
Qi Gong has a history of over 2000 years in China and is the practice of internal movements of the body energy (Chi). Simply, Tai Chi uses physical exercise to circulate energy while Qi Gong teaches you how to adjust the mind, the breath and the body posture to stimulate and circulate Chi.
***There are hundreds of different styles of Qi Gong available and teachers of varying levels of understanding. The Australian College of Tai Chi & Qi Gong would like to stress we teach only pure, medical Qi Gong without emphasis on religion or spirituality. The College's aim is to help others improve health and happiness!***
Qi - Energy/Life Force. "Gong" - To work at or master something. Qi Gong is primarily a health system based on breath, posture and concentration. Level One teaches the basics of Qi Control, Qi Gong history, Energy Ball Method, Less Heavenly Cycle, Great Heavenly Cycle, four breathing techniques and the Qi Gong principle. Excellent for reducing stress, improving health and preventing illness. Teaches the basics of mental training. Benefiting for the beginner Students.
"Step Back Qi Gong". One of the 21 forms of Qi Gong officially recognised by the Chinese Government. This medically-focused Qi Gong was developed by Grandmaster Li Li-Qun (father of College principal Sam Li). It combines gentle steps with concentration and specific breathing techniques. Used extensively in Qi Gong and Cancer clinics in China, it has proven itself a very effective health method. This technique involves the well-known Step Back Qi Gong. Previous experience in Level One Qi Gong is essential.
Advanced Qi Gong techniques: breathing methods, circulation methods, Qi emission and absorption techniques. Qi Gong healing: Qi massage and remote Qi healing for example. Level One & Two Qi Gong is the minimum requirement.
Advanced Qi Gong technique uses the Open Window Method, combining the human and heavenly energy into one, this is a technique is used to communicate the universal energy. Level Four focuses upon spiritual Qi Gong techniques primarily from the Taoist and Buddha school. E.S.P function discussed and various techniques taught. Experience and understanding in Levels 1-3 required.
Australian College of Tai Chi and Qi Gong teaches the Qi Gong techniques that were taught and passed on from Grand Master Li Li Qun.
Please check the course schedule for full details
Health Benefits
The health benefits of Tai Chi practise have been studied for hundreds of years (and in the case of Qi Gong, over 2000 years) in China. In recent years, western science has also begun to discover that these exercises offer more medical benefits than any other exercise system. [more - PDF - article]
How to Participate
Courses generally start at the same time as public school terms start.
Beginners can join late, by arrangement with the instructor. Another option is to observe or follow along with the Saturday morning practice until an appropriate course officially starts.
Courses currently held in these suburbs
- Caringbah
- Gymea
All locations are in New South Wales, Australia.
Please check the course schedule for full details
Saturday Morning Practice
We would like to invite you to our regular Saturday morning practice, which is held 8am to 9am every Saturday at the community hall in Gymea.

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Small Paws - Chrome
Chrome Family Stickers are almost like the more refined cousins of our basic family stickers. Made to match the shiny chrome detail on the vehicle, these family stickers are shiny without being gaudy. The shimmering sticker reflects light at certain angles and turns to a cool solid grey color at other angles, making it a subtle family sticker with a little flair. Cut from the same high performance clear vinyl as the rest of our outdoor-rated stickers, the chrome ink is especially made to endure the harsh UV rays to ensure the decal will last years on the back of the car. Decals are applied individually and if you change your mind, removal is clean and simple .
Small Paws - Chrome - 3" Sticker on 4" x 3.75" Sheet. Item 3010


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De store fødevarevirksomheder i Danmark er aktive globalt og klarer sig godt, men mindre producenter og grossister står generelt over for hård konkurrence og lave dækningsbidrag.
- The Danish agro-industrial sector accounts for nearly 25% of Danish commodity exports, with more than two thirds of Danish food production destined for export. In recent years China has joined Germany and the UK as Denmark's most important export markets, and the industry's sales increases in 2013 and 2014 have been mainly driven by demand from emerging markets.
- However, sector value added growth contracted in 2015 (down 0.3%) and is expected to level off in 2016 and 2017, due to fierce domestic and international competition and low sales prices.
- In general, large Danish food businesses are active globally and performing well, while smaller players supply the domestic market and/or export to close markets like Germany, UK, Sweden and Eastern Europe. Small food producers and wholesalers generally face tough competition and low profit margins.
- On average, payments in the food sector take 30 days - 60 days. The payment experience over the past two years has been good. Compared with other industries, we have received few credit insurance claims in the food sector and we expect this positive trend to continue in 2017.
- For the time being, our underwriting approach remains positive across all subsectors. However, as profit margins are generally low, especially smaller players are susceptible to sudden market shocks. Therefore we are closely monitoring the consequences of the Brexit decision on food businesses dependent on exports to the UK.


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Strike a pose - Look like Mick, win concert tix!
With the biggest concert to ever hit Charlottesville just a stone's throw away, The Hook wants to know, "Who's your favorite Rolling Stone?"
But don't tell us, show us! Send a picture of you doing your best impersonation of Mick, Keith, Charlie, or Ron, and you and a friend just might get some satisfaction come October.
Prizes and such
The grand-prize winner receives a pair of tickets to the Stones show on Thursday, October 6. But even if you don't take top prize, there's glory for several runners-up whose pictures will also be published in The Hook before the concert!
The Rules
Photos must be received no later than 5pm Tuesday, September 13. We prefer that photos be submitted digitally via email at the address below. We will also accept hard copies, which can be mailed or dropped off at The Hook office.
By entering, you give The Hook permission to use your name and smiling (or grimacing) face in our pages and on our website.
Anyone– young or old, male or female– can win! You don't need leather pants (or leathery skin) to enter– it's all about the energy, baby!
The winner and runners-up will be notified by the end of the day Monday, September 19.
* A lame-o photo can spoil an excellent entry, so please use a reasonably good photographer.
* Please don't ask if the deadline will be extended.
* Include your name and contact information, including phone, plus the name of anyone else appearing in the photo.
To email your entry - Please make sure it's a .tif or .jpg sized between 1 and 2mg, and send it to firstname.lastname@example.com
To mail or carry your entry -
Stones Contest
The Hook
100 Second St. NW
Charlottesville, VA 22902


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In terms of star power, there's nothing this year at Sundance that can touch "My Idiot Brother": Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Rashida Jones, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy and Adam Scott.
So when the bus pulled up to the Eccles theater there was a throng of eager beavers laying in wait, begging us as we stepped off, "Does anybody have an extra ticket? I need a ticket!" And the Press & Industry long was more than twice as long as usual.
Based on the anticipation alone, it's no surprise that The Weinstein Company and Ron Burkle announced they were teaming up to acquire the rights to "My Idiot Brother" seemingly before the applause had stopped.
But one of the tricky things about seeing a film at Sundance is that the audience is often rooting so hard for them, that their response can sometimes exceed the reality up on the screen. "My Idiot Brother" feels like just such a film.
Rudd stars a Ned, a bio-dynamic farmer who gets busted selling pot one day, landing in jail for eight months. Upon his release he finds that his girlfriend has moved on and laid claim to his beloved dog, Willie Nelson. After a brief stay at his mother's house on Long Island, he makes camp at the New York City homes of each of his three sisters. Asked about how he prepared himself to play a stoner doofus, Rudd was, well, distracted.
"I got the first part of the question, but I'm so high I was zoning out on the second, something about how much research did I do? My Method? Surprisingly little," he offered with a smirk.
According to director and co-writer Peretz, he and Rudd have been fine-tuning this character for years.
"We had many projects that got about 10% into an idea in which he played characters kinda like this. Like, definitely, we always had the vision of him playing some dude with a big beard and long hair. And we really wanted to do something about the complexities of grown sibling life… My sister and I are two of four, we just had a divorce in our family that set a bunch of weird energy in fractures within, and eventually all our siblings came together. So we were sort of trying to dig into that. That's sort of where it started and then the story just found it's way."
Ned is "the most open, un-cynical person" said Peretz. Ned, as such, owes a heavy debt to Chauncey Gardiner, Peter Sellers' brilliant creation from "Being There." But where Gardiner came off as a deeply profound man, Ned's lack of guile causes havoc for all those around him. Because he doesn't need to lie, he can't understand why others might, and so he is constantly jeopardizing the stability of everyone who's close to him.
"My Idiot Brother" is at times hilarious, and there's a sincere sweetness to much of it, but it feels like a four-episode marathon of a new hit sitcom, rather than a feature length film. It starts out strong enough, with a nice montage that quickly introduces you to all the layers, just offering you rough sketches of who they are.
The performances are as good as you'd expect from such a cast, though having the British Mortimer play an American married to the British Coogan caused a bit of dissonance, and whoever styled Jones' lesbian lawyer went a little too arch.
"My Idiot Brother" does a great job of poking fun at its target audience: self-absorbed New Yorkers who live in lofts with six other people, or worry about their kid's elementary school interview or what Lady Arabella is up to. But they're all two-dimensional and their problems ultimately get solved with a shocking ease that makes the ending is so pat and tidy you'd think you were watching a "Night Court" re-run.
"My Idiot Brother" is showing as part of the Sundance Premieres section


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Ultimate toad in the hole
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal625
- fat42g
- saturates13g
- carbs35g
- sugars0g
- fibre2g
- protein30g
- salt4.08g
For the batter
- 100g plain flour
- 1 egg
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 300ml equal mixture milk and water
For the toad
- 8 rashers streaky bacon
- 8 good-quality pork sausages
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
For the gravy
Preheat the oven to fan 200C/conventional 220C/ gas 7. Sift the flour and a make a well in the centre and crack in the egg. Beat lightly,then gradually pour in half the milk and water, beating all the time to form a smooth,thick batter. Continue for 2 minutes,then stir in the remaining liquid. (The batter can be made several hours ahead of time, although contrary to popular opinion it is not improved by standing.)
Wrap a bacon rasher around each sausage then put them, spaced apart, in a large roasting tin (preferably metal). Scatter over the onion and drizzle with oil. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the bacon and sausages are starting to colour and the onion is tinged brown at the edges.
Remove from the oven and quickly pour the batter over the sausages. Return to the oven for a further 35-40 minutes until the batter is crisp and well risen.
Meanwhile,make the gravy. Heat the vegetable oil in a small pan, add the onion and fry gently for 5 minutes until softened and lightly coloured. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Add the mustard, Worcestershire or soy sauce and stock and bring to the boil, stirring. Simmer for 15 minutes, then taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary. Serve the toad with cabbage or broccoli and lashings of gravy.
Recipe Tip
Like this?Try some of our other family recipes, No-fuss shepherd's pie, Easy tomato pizzas or Fastest-ever fish pie.


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Bahamas bound? Donors get gold-star ambassador gigs
- President Obama is weighing appointments for campaign fundraisers%2C political allies
- About 30%25 of ambassadorship selected during the president%27s first term went to political friends and donors
- It%27s a time-honored tradition to reward political friends and campaign contributors with plum ambassadorship
WASHINGTON – Visit the U.S. Embassy in Albania, Bangladesh, Chad or most of sub-Saharan Africa or central Asia and you'll find a career diplomat representing the government's interests.
The picture is starkly different, however, in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the Bahamas – all countries where 90% or more of the ambassadors in recent decades have been political appointees, according to the American Foreign Service Association, which represents career officers. Its data track all appointments since 1960.
It's a time-honored presidential tradition to reward political friends and campaign contributors with plum ambassadorships to Caribbean islands and glittering European capitals. The practice is getting fresh attention as President Obama weighs second-term appointments for the donors and fundraisers who help collect more than a $1 billion for his re-election.
In the 2012 campaign, 773 individuals and couples raised at least $50,000 for Obama, who is expected to fill about 30 political positions in his second term.
"It's a very competitive scene to get one of these jobs," said John Podesta, a former chief of staff to President Clinton who oversaw Obama's 2009 transition to the White House. Strong ambassadors have come from both the career and political ranks, he said.
Among the names in circulation: Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of late President John F. Kennedy, as a possible ambassador to Japan. Kennedy was an early Obama supporter, endorsing him in January 2008 over his better-established rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Matthew Barzun, an ex- tech company executive who chaired Obama's 2012 fundraising operation, is viewed as the top contender for England. He served as U.S. ambassador to Sweden during Obama's first term. Neither he nor Kennedy returned phone calls, and administration officials have not answered questions about specific appointments.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz said the administration is seeking qualified candidates from "all walks of life."
"Being a donor does not get you a job in this administration," Schultz said in a statement. "Nor does it preclude you from getting one."
Nearly 30% of Obama's ambassadors have been political appointees – in line with his predecessors. Even so, Susan Johnson, the president of the American Foreign Service Association, said there is too much patronage. She said the system hurts the morale and professional development of career diplomats.
"You are reserving ambassadorships for the moneyed elite," she said.
"Anybody who criticizes political appointees on a generalized basis doesn't know what they are talking about," said Louis Susman, a top fundraiser during Obama's 2008 campaign. He returned to the United States last week after serving nearly four years as the United States' top envoy to England, a position he called "the best job in the world."
The appointments are "not only based on what they have done for President Obama, but on qualifications and expertise," said Susman, a former Citigroup executive.
Not all political appointees have worked out. Cynthia Stroum, a Seattle venture capitalist and Democratic fundraiser, resigned her ambassadorship to Luxembourg in 2011 ahead of a scathing report by the State Department's inspector general that said her "confrontational management style" and and "bullying" had led to low morale at the embassy.
Stroum said the embassy had morale and financial troubles long before she arrived, and no senior career foreign service officers were sent along to help during her tenure. "In retrospect, I was ill-equipped and unprepared to manage the challenging situation I had inherited without a backup team in place," she said in an e-mail.
Two years later, the "resignation still stings," Stroum added. But, given the chance, "I would do it all over again."
Much of the recent attention has focused on Kennedy, who would join a long tradition of high-profile American envoys in Japan.
Previous ambassadors have included former vice president Walter Mondale and former Senate majority leader Howard Baker. Talk of her appointment comes as North Korea escalates its threatening rhetoric and as China and Japan feud over control of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.
Podesta said Kennedy, 55, is well qualified for the post. A lawyer by training, she serves as president of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and co-chaired Obama's vice presidential search committee in 2008.
"She's a well-known commodity, who is quite close to the president, and that counts for a lot," Podesta said. "That direct channel to the secretary of State, the national security adviser and the president himself is extremely valuable."


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Twitter and Facebook have changed the way we used to communicate in the past. Instead of email, people are finding them as a better communication medium. These 2 are often the mediums to get the instant first hand information on almost anything.
There have been times and even today we use various tools, OSS or Paid, to report and manage defects so as to keep a record for any product development team. Let us revisit what these systems provide and how are they used by various teams.
Defect Cycle configured in any Defect Management Team (generally followed by most of the teams in various companies)
- Open a new defect
- Provide Summary
- Write complete description on how to reproduce that defect
- Assign proper severity/priority and other details like build number, browser etc.
- Save the defect
- The Test Lead evaluates the defect and, if valid, assigns it to the dev lead
- The dev lead assigns it to the dev engineer
- The dev engineer fixes the defect and routes it back to the test lead
- The test engineer verifies the defect and if found fixed closes the same
- If not fixed, the defect is reopened and routed back to the dev engineer
In the whole process there are various checks where automatic emails are sent to the stakeholders (mostly configured for steps 5 to 10 above) to notify about the incoming defects or change of state, if any. There are various processes also defined that make it mandatory for any lead to review all the logged defects at the end of day or participate in defect triaging meetings scheduled regularly. Overall these tools and processes are good to keep focus on defect reporting and fixing, but here are the limitations/disadvantages that they bring in.
Limitations of current Defect Management Systems
- Communication lag: There is an overall communication lag between testing and development teams. Both the teams often communicate by putting comments for any particular defect which wastes a lot of time in turn and sometimes they don't understand each other's point.
- Defect language issues: Many a times it is raised that the testing team is not drafting the defects correctly. Or the summary of the defect does not communicate exactly what is mentioned in the description.
- More meetings as project progresses: Frequent defect triage meetings are needed to keep a tap on incoming vs closed defects. Also, in such meetings the lead is mostly explaining the defects and might not be able to do complete justice to the defect.
- Time lag: It has also been seen that whenever any tester finds a new defect, the tester first notes that down in his/her local file and at the end of the day logs all of them into the defect management system with all the details. Due to this sometimes critical defects that needs immediate attention by other stakeholders lose time to take action.
If we look at twitter and how it has changed the communication, I feel that if we integrate twitter in our day to day defect reporting mechanism, the whole process can be made better.
How Twitter can help
- Whenever a defect is found, the tester tweets about it. The developer and tester can discuss it immediately and both of them can agree/disagree on the same.
- Twitters 140 chars limit will force tester/developer to be more crisp in doing the communication about the defect. It will also help them in improving their communication skills.
- Unnecessary mail communication can be minimized as everything can be discussed live.
- As the defects will be discussed immediately, so it will remove the need of having (sometimes) unnecessary triage meetings.
- The whole product team/sub teams will be together on twitter so they will be able to immediately know which area of product is getting more defects.
- The management can also have a feeling of how the two teams are performing and can have a complete access to each individual in the team, at the time of need.
As the world is moving towards Agile based development and it is definitely bringing development and testing teams more closer, twitter can play a very important role in building harmony between both the teams. Though it might not be as easy to implement as it is said above due to various issues like
- This will require teams to be online everytime, and teams might complain of wasting their times due to this.
- Managers who are driven by metrics might feel this a bit unrealistic as they will not be able to measure based on tweets.
- To keep track of the defects, the defect needs to be logged into the defect management system that will definitely require some extra time.
Defect reporting is only one form where Twitter can help. It can also be helpful during test case creation, evaluation, testing etc. Let us see how things converge to build a better platform for futuristic teams. Feel free to post your comments/thoughts on the same.


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Managing the Software Input Panel in Your Applications
Software Input Panel: Two Sides of a Development
The Software Input Panel (SIP)is presented on every mobile platform powered by Windows CE (for example, the Windows Mobile family or CE.NET). This is one of the methods the user can use to enter the data the on PDA. I'm probably not the only one, but I believe it's the most useful way for many applications. Hence, in talking about SIP, you usually mean two different things: the SIP itself, and how to manage it from within the application.
SIP is just a COM object implementing IInputMethod or IInputMethod2 interfaces. It should be loaded by the OS, so you can't develop SIP in C#. C or C++ are your helpful languages here. Because SIP is just another COM object, ATL makes all the development process significantly easier. I won't discuss SIP development in this article. The SDK samples contain a perfect example located under ...SamplesATLDvoraksip, so please refer to that sample for more info.
Win32 API Details
The SIP API is pretty simple. There are less than a dozen functions (taken from sipapi.h):
DWORD WINAPI SipStatus(); BOOL WINAPI SipSetDefaultRect(RECT *); BOOL WINAPI SipRegisterNotification(HWND); BOOL WINAPI SipShowIM(DWORD); BOOL WINAPI SipGetInfo(SIPINFO *); BOOL WINAPI SipSetInfo(SIPINFO *); int WINAPI SipEnumIM(IMENUMPROC); BOOL WINAPI SipGetCurrentIM(CLSID *); BOOL WINAPI SipSetCurrentIM(CLSID *);
I have placed this material first because it is supported on both Windows Mobile and CE.NET platforms. If you are an adept of Windows Mobile powered devices, the aygshell.h header file provides more SIP-related functions that partially duplicate those noted above. Which set to use depends on your requirements. The situation with SIP on Windows Mobile is even nicer. If you take several devices with the same OS version (for example, Windows Mobile SE version 4.21.XXXX) but with different build numbers, you can easily get a slightly different SIP behavior. Hence, one strategy just doesn't always work on every PDA as you might intend. Sounds optimistic, doesn't it?
Enumerating Available SIPs
The very first step to know the enemy is to enumerate SIPs. To accomplish this task, look at the following code snippet:
CTypedPtrMap<CMapStringToPtr,CString,CLSID*> g_SipMap; int SipEnumIMProc(IMENUMINFO *pIMInfo) { CLSID* pCLSID = new CLSID; memcpy(pCLSID,&pIMInfo->clsid,sizeof(CLSID)); g_SipMap.SetAt(CString(pIMInfo->szName),pCLSID); TRACE(_T("%sn"),CString(pIMInfo->szName)); return 1; } void CSIPDemoDlg::OnButtonEnum() { SipEnumIM(SipEnumIMProc); CString sSipName; CLSID *pCLSID = NULL; for (POSITION pos = g_SipMap.GetStartPosition(); pos; ) { g_SipMap.GetNextAssoc(pos,sSipName,pCLSID); m_SipList.AddString(sSipName); } }
All it does is fill in the global map, which contains "SIP name"/CLSID pairs. This and the other following samples use MFC, but you can do exactly the same with Win32 API or any other framework you've gotten used to. As a result, my old buddy Dell Axim x50 shows the following:
How to Select, Show, and Hide Specific SIPs
Once you know a CLSID of desired SIP, you can select it by demand. And vice versa, at any point currently selected SIP may be obtained:
void CSIPDemoDlg::OnButtonEnum() { SipEnumIM(SipEnumIMProc); CLSID CurrSip; SipGetCurrentIM(&CurrSip); int nCurrSip = LB_ERR, nSipCount = 0; CString sSipName, sCurrSipName; CLSID *pCLSID = NULL; for (POSITION pos = g_SipMap.GetStartPosition(); pos; ) { g_SipMap.GetNextAssoc(pos,sSipName,pCLSID); m_SipList.AddString(sSipName); if ( memcmp(&CurrSip,pCLSID,sizeof(CLSID)) == 0 ) { nCurrSip = nSipCount; sCurrSipName = sSipName; } nSipCount++; } m_SipList.SelectString(0,sCurrSipName); } void CSIPDemoDlg::OnButtonSelect() { int nSel = m_SipList.GetCurSel(); if ( LB_ERR == nSel ) return; CString sSipName; m_SipList.GetText(nSel,sSipName); CLSID *pCLSID = NULL; if ( !g_SipMap.Lookup(sSipName,pCLSID) ) return; BOOL bRes = SipSetCurrentIM(pCLSID); if ( !bRes ) TRACE(L"SipSetCurrentIM returned %lun",GetLastError()); } void CSIPDemoDlg::OnButtonShowHide() { if ( !g_bShow ) { SipShowIM(SIPF_ON); g_bShow = TRUE; } else { SipShowIM(SIPF_OFF); g_bShow = FALSE; } } void CSIPDemoDlg::OnButtonShowHide2() { SIPINFO SipInfo; memset(&SipInfo,0,sizeof(SipInfo)); SipInfo.cbSize=sizeof(SIPINFO); BOOL bRes = SipGetInfo(&SipInfo); if ( bRes ) { if ( !g_bShow ) { SipInfo.fdwFlags |= SIPF_ON; g_bShow = TRUE; } else { SipInfo.fdwFlags = SIPF_OFF; g_bShow = FALSE; } bRes = SipSetInfo(&SipInfo); } else { TRACE(L"SipGetInfo returned %lun",GetLastError()); } }
Here, you see slightly modified sample (CSIPDemoDlg::OnButtonEnum()), which detects which SIP is active and selects the appropriate line in the listbox. Other sample dialogs' methods select SIP and show/hide it. Note that, in order to get SipGetInfo or SipSetInfo working, you have to initialize SIPINFO.cbSize to sizeof(SIPINFO) value, so the OS will act correctly. This is trivial and a usual Win32 approach, but the following it helps you avoid wasting your time in attempts to understand why it doesn't work.
SipGetInfo gives us also visible desktop and SIP sizes that you can use to reposition SIP if needed. In turn, SipSetInfo doesn't change SIP dimentions. If you need to move SIP, use SipSetDefaultRect. I will give you some example of SIP repositioning later in this article.
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"It's been overwhelming," Bernice Kropp told NBC News on Monday. Her daughter, Whitney Kropp, is at the center of the controversy at West Branch's Ogemaw Heights High School, north of Saginaw.
Kropp said Whitney was humiliated when she learned Sept. 13 that her selection to the homecoming court had been part of a joke. She said students pointed at her in the hallways and laughed, and the boy who was picked with her withdrew.
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"Too big to prosecute" is the recurring headline this week after Attorney General Eric Holder's remarkable statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday:
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State environmental officials have warned an oceanfront Montauk motel that the large concrete rings installed to reinforce its beach after superstorm Sandy and the November nor'easter eroded the dunes are not permitted under state law.
Proprietors of the Royal Atlantic Beach Resort Hotel in downtown Montauk installed about a dozen rings to form new dunes behind the motel on South Emerson Avenue. It was one of several efforts to restore and strengthen beaches in the historic East End community.
While beachfront business owners say they have to rebuild the shoreline every year after storms, Sandy's wide-ranging damage exposed foundations and made buildings even more vulnerable.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation issued a temporary general permit for motels to shore up their properties. But the Royal Atlantic's rings -- generally used for septic systems -- are outside the scope of that permit, DEC officials said last week.
"A warning letter was issued to the landowner on Jan. 11 due to work that was conducted beyond the scope of the general permit, including the placement of concrete rings on the beach prior to the placement of approved sand," DEC spokeswoman Aphrodite Montalvo said in a statement. "DEC is working with the landowner to bring the facility into compliance with the general permit while continuing to adequately protect the property."
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The DEC is discussing remedies with the motel's owner, Steve Kalimnios, Montalvo said. Several calls to Kalimnios were not returned.
Oceanfront buildings throughout Montauk are feverishly trying to repair their properties and shorelines before the summer season.
The beaches in downtown Montauk lost about 75 yards of sand eroded by the two autumn storms, said East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson. "That used to be a 100-yard deep beach and what you saw is now about 25 yards deep," he said. "The beach lowered by about two feet, the actual profile of that stretch."
During a recent visit, exposed foundations were still visible on several buildings, while bulldozers rumbled around the golden beaches.
Restoring a beach and protecting foundations is difficult and expensive, said Ed Van Syckle, manager of the Ocean Beach Co-ops on South Emerson Avenue.
Though the downtown beaches belong to the town, business owners are making the restorations without payments from insurers or government assistance. The town gave the owners permission to restore sand to the beaches. And owners hoped the concrete rings would reinforce the dune's structure.
"This is all property expenses," Van Syckle said as bulldozers shoveled sand against the bottoms of the beige Ocean Beach apartments and motel.
Van Syckle said 14,000 cubic yards of sand have been used to restore its beachline. He declined to provide the cost.
"FEMA is only single-family issues, so they don't deal with commercial properties," Van Syckle said, referring to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "Insurance doesn't cover it."
The Army Corps of Engineers has restored beaches in New York City, but doesn't have authorization to work on Montauk's beaches.
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"If we're going to have a beach in downtown Montauk in five years or in 50 years, we need to completely rethink our approach to our shoreline," said Jeremy Samuelson, executive director of Concerned Citizens of Montauk. "To encourage someone to put only sand isn't working."
He advocated a multi-pronged approach, including building engineered beaches that are based on the original undeveloped coastline and better able to withstand storms.
"We cannot simply continue to build and develop and eradicate the shoreline and dunes in areas that simply should have never been built on in the first place, and may now be candidates for buyouts," he said.
But the current development may also help protect the core of Montauk's downtown, according to Gurney's Inn general manager Paul Monte. "The last line of defense is the motels," he said. "If those motels are gone, the whole downtown is [going to be] flooded because of the low elevation."
The financial impact of Montauk's tourism industry also needs to be considered, said Wilkinson, the town supervisor. Summer tourism brings in $118 million in motel revenue and $900 million in spending yearly, he said.
"Montauk converts from a little sleepy fishing town to well over 100,000 people in the summertime," Wilkinson said. "The number one attraction are the beaches and the waters that surround the beaches and the accommodations. It's critical that we look at Montauk a little differently than we look at other beach restorations that favor private residents."


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Earlier in the week the N.C Division of Parks and Recreation announced that visitation at North Carolina's state parks and state recreation areas continued at a record level in 2012, with 14.2 million visits, matching attendance levels set in 2009 and 2011.
Among 41 state parks and state recreation areas, 18 reported increases in attendance in 2012. Fort Macon State Park in Carteret County reported the highest attendance at 1.24 million visits, down slightly from 1.29 million last year.
A 2008 economic study revealed that travelers spend an average $23.56 a day to enjoy the state parks. The analysis by North Carolina State University's Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management estimated the state parks system's total annual economic impact at more than $400 million. The complete study can be found here.
During the past 25 years, the state parks system has seen a dramatic 87 percent increase in visitation. In 1987, 7.6 million people visited state parks and state recreation areas.
Several state parks that reported higher attendance in 2012 were able to offer improvements and new amenities to visitors. A new 7,100-square-foot visitor center and related facilities were dedicated at Gorges State Park, and the park experienced a 22 percent increase in visitation. Improvements in access facilities at Chimney Rock State Park contributed to a 36 percent jump in attendance, while William B. Umstead State Park in Wake County, which improved parking and a popular trailhead area, recorded visitation up 33 percent.
Other parks with significant increases in visitation include Hammocks Beach State Park in Onslow County (57 percent), Haw River State Park in Guilford and Rockingham counties (31 percent), Jordan Lake State Recreation Area in Chatham County (35 percent) and Lake Waccamaw State Park in Columbus County (53 percent).
The state parks system manages more than 217,000 acres within state parks, state recreation areas and a system of state natural areas dedicated to conservation of rare resources. Through its New Parks for a New Century initiative, six new state parks have been added to the system since 2003.
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Yay to me for finally taking pictures of this stuff!
Am I procrastinating doing school work? Maybe. ;)
Picked up a few things from Kohls and Ross over the past weekend.
These two tops are from Marshalls. Yes I loved them that much I bought two in different colors!
What? They look nice on me!
Also picked up to pairs of work out capris. Much needed!
Not sure if I like the strings hanging, but we'll see.
I swear my Kohls tank tops. I have them in every color. They fit so well and last so long. Plus their long enough for my long torso, perfect!


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Moon Composite, five of the moon and one of the U.S. Capitol, the moon is seen transitioning
In a composite photo comprised of 6 separate photos, five of the moon and one of the U.S. Capitol, the moon is seen transitioning L to R from full to a state of full lunar eclipse in the evening sky over Washington, October 27, 2004. The picture of the Capitol was taken with a 200mm lens looking east and the photos of the moon were taken with a 400mm lens also looking east as it passed over the U.S. Capitol moving from north to south. UNICS REUTERS/Gary Hershorn.
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Fire burning in a place where it was intended to burn, although damages may result. In a military conflict, the discharge of weapons against one's own troops.
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Fly to Ko Samui with KLM
Together with our global network, we as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines offer flights to Ko Samui, serving Samui Airport (USM). Sometimes all you need on a long-haul flight is a good film to help pass the time. We have you covered with our in-flight entertainment, which offers over 1.000 hours of interactive media on intercontinental KLM flights.
Top Ko Samui attractions
- The Thai Experience: a unique dining experience where participants feast on a 15-dish, 3-course meal at a communal table, have the chance to make their own cocktails, and enjoy all the best aspects of a Thai dinner party.
- Wat Plai Laem: a Buddhist temple featuring a striking white 18-arm image of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy and Compassion.
- Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park: a breath-taking marine national park in the Gulf of Thailand, covering 42 islands in a total area of 102 square km.
- Maenam Beach: a 7 km stretch of sandy white beach lined with coconut trees, famous with tourists for swimming, aquatic activities, or simply lounging.
- Wat Phra Yai: a Buddhist temple on Ko Phan, home to a giant, 12-metre-high gold-painted Buddha statue depicting a state of calm and purity and resolve.
Ko Samui's lush tropical landscape is filled with veritable feast of wonders to explore!
What's the best way to get around Ko Samui?
Getting around Ko Samui is easy thanks to a tourist-centric range of transport options. The island itself is only 25 km long so either way travel is never particularly taxing. A popular choice is the "songthaews" (pick-up taxi), which translates to "two benches". It is usually a pick-up truck customised to accommodate you.
What's the weather like in Ko Samui?
Seasons in Thailand are very defined and as such it is important to decide upon the right time to go for you. Want to experience the best of Ko Samui's lush greenery? Visit between November – February when the remnants of the rainy season turn the country into a vivid paradise. Visiting in May sees the peak of the dry season with temperatures regularly exceeding 30°C (85°F).
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* Obesity a global problem, not confined to rich nations
* Cost of improving health - less than $1 per person
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Taxing junk food, limiting food adverts and making labels clearer could be the best way to curb rising obesity levels in countries like India and China, where increasing prosperity is creating ever heavier consumers.
The average annual cost of tackling obesity with these measures could be less than $1 per head, and global experts said in a study on Thursday that emerging economies should take immediate action to reverse rising obesity rates before the problem reaches levels seen in the industrialised world.
Researchers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) studied possible strategies to combat obesity in six emerging economies and also in England.
They found that combining prevention steps into a co-ordinated strategy would have a significant health impact.
"A multiple intervention strategy would achieve substantially larger health gains than individual programs, with better cost-effectiveness," said Michele Cecchini, an OECD health policy analyst and one of the authors of the study.
The study, published in the Lancet, found unhealthy diets and a lack of physical inactivity were pushing obesity rates in these seven nations rapidly towards the average of all OECD nations, where half of the population is already overweight and one in six people is obese.
The OECD said a combined strategy on preventing obesity could cost less than a dollar per person and would pay for itself — through reduced health care costs — in half the countries surveyed, and would become cost-effective in the others within 15 years.
In terms of greater health expectancy — the number of years people live without developing chronic illnesses — a combined strategy would add a million years across the population in India and four million in China in the next two decades, the researchers said.
A total of two million more years of good health would be added within two decades across Brazil, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and England.
Breaking down the costs for each country over the 20-year time frame, the study found the cost of gaining each year of healthy life would be $270 in India and $380 in China.
A coordinated strategy would include health promotion campaigns in mass media, taxes and subsidies to encourage people to eat healthier foods, compulsory food labelling and curbing advertising to children, the researchers, led by Franco Sassi of the OECD, said in the study.
Being overweight or obese raises the risk of heart disease, diabetes, some cancers and arthritis — all chronic diseases that require expensive and prolonged treatment.
According to the study, seven in 10 Mexican adults are overweight or obese. Nearly half of all Brazilians, Russians and South Africans are overweight or obese, and while China and India have lower levels of obesity, they are "rapidly moving in the wrong direction" it said.
Presenting a series of the Lancet papers at a briefing, health experts said chronic diseases now account for 60 percent of all deaths around the world every year and seeking ways to prevent them should be "a national and global priority".
"Failure to prevent chronic disease is a political and not a technical issue — we know what works," said Robert Beaglehole of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. (Editing by Matthew Jones)


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PRESS RELEASE: The new Meinl Turbo Cajon (patent pending) is yet another example of Meinl's leading position in innovating new and creative features for this widely popular instrument.
The upper corners of the cajon have deeply cut channels with castanet-like striking surfaces. This produces a reinforced slap effect that can be controlled with hand pressure.
Material Frontplate and resonating Body: Red Oak (Quercus rubra).
- Castanet-like striking surface (patent pending)
- Internal snare wires
- Wide sound options
- Finish Matte
Retail Price Turbo Cajon CAJ4RO-M $380.00
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Okay, todays the day to begin JaNoWriMo. http://janno.ymakadomain.com/faq.shtml
I will beginning a science fiction novel based on a game idea I had just recently. The universe is one of my own devising; a universe that would be considered a potential future of our world. With possible rare exceptions, all my Science Fiction books and games will develop and see print based off this possible/probable/potential future.
The goal is 50,000 words in 31 days
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Thoth's Blog of free rpg modules and scenarios for everyone on P&PG.
If you know of fan-based sites offering free rpg modules and scenarios, for any rpg, please list them here. Sure, you can also link your own personal material as well.
Here's Thoth's first thread entry on his 2nd blog, more are sure to follow: 83 free D&D adventures including classics like Tomb of Horrors.
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There are plenty of wonderful writers on this site, so what better way to initiate my first blog than giving up some great links for P&PG members to compete in writing challenges held online every year.
National Novel Writing Month: http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Screenwriters Challenge 2009: http://www.nycmidnight.com/2009/SC/challenge.htm
Midnight Challenge 2009: http://www.nycmidnight.com/
Everyone feel free to add to my blog in any positive
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The Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp, a city-owned camp that has operated since 1922, burned in the Rim Fire today, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman confirmed this evening.
The wild fire, which has grown to 143,980 acres today and is still only 7 percent contained, has burned through the camp, located at 31585 Harden Flat Road near Groveland, according to forest service spokesman Dick Fleishman.
Howver, firefighters have not had a chance to go in and assess the damage, so it is unknown if any structures survived, Fleishman said.
Another Berkeley Camp, U.C Berkeley's Lair of the Bear, is not in the line of the fire despite rumors that it had burned down, Fleishman said.
Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp was evacuated Tuesday along with other camps in the area including San Francisco Recreation and Parks' Camp Mather.
The fire spread to the very edges of Camp Mather, located at 35250 Mather Road near Groveland, this weekend and some minor damage was reported, according to Phil Ginsburg, the city's director of Recreation and Parks.
However, no additional damage had been seen as of Sunday afternoon, and all structures remained intact, Ginsburg said in a statement released Sunday evening.
Two firefighting strike teams and a hand team are deployed at Camp Mather for structural defense, Ginsburg said.
Also evacuated earlier this week were the San Francisco-based Jewish summer camp Camp Tawonga, also located near Groveland, and the San Jose Family Camp in the Groveland area.
San Jose officials said on Saturday that fire crews were still defending structures within the city camp, which was only around 7 miles away from where the fire started.
As of Thursday, the fire had destroyed several tents on the camp's grounds, according to San Jose city officials.
More than 2,500 firefighters are battling the Rim Fire, which is burning in the Stanislaus National Forest and has entered the eastern side of Yosemite National Park. It is threatening more than 4,500 homes and has been continued to grow since it started Aug. 17.
The fire has damaged San Francisco power and utility lines in the area and threatens the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, which supplies water to San Francisco and much of the Bay Area.
The city has issued assurances that water quality remains good, however, and has maintained power supplies to customers in part by purchasing $600,000 in electricity.
Repair crews were set to return to the Kirkwood Powerhouse today to make preliminary repairs and damage assessments.
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