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Saturday, December 02, 2006
The Primrose Set Need to Get a Life
60 comments:
What, like David Cameron, George Osborne, Andrew Lansley, David Willetts...
Philip Hammond, DD and Hunky Dunky are the only Shad Cab memvbers with proper careers before politics (and DD's work at Tate & Lyle was hardly an unmitigated success). - December 02, 2006 1:24 pm
- Johnny Norfolk said...
Shame David Cameron does not appear interested in people who have acheived things outside politics, when he let down the CBI this week.
- December 02, 2006 1:29 pm
Talking nonsense again Iain. Liam Byrne managed to run a very successful business as well as advise people on politics. You really should try and check a few facts before you allow your bile at being in opposition for the last decade get the better of you.
- December 02, 2006 1:31 pm
Liam Byrne had a very successful career with Andersen Consulting before going in to politics. Don't know about the others though.
- December 02, 2006 1:40 pm
I wonder whether these guys haven't arrived at the wrong time into politics. A bit like say Stephen Dorrell did for teh Tories- they arrive just as the Labour Party might begin to lose and therefore become a lost generation.
- December 02, 2006 1:40 pm
a brown administration or misadminstration? (Although I am not sure if my usage of the word in this context is gramatically correct.)
- December 02, 2006 2:02 pm
- niconoclast said...
Glass houses and stones Mr Dale. If they paid people for chutzpah you'd be on top dollar.
- December 02, 2006 2:09 pm
- Iain Dale said...
Do people not bother to read a post before commenting on it?
"Obviously there are career politicians in all parties"
ie there are many in the Tory Party too. And for the avoidance of doubt, I think there are too many.
And I also said "so far as I know..." on the question of outside experience. If Liam Byrne has a lot then fine, but I thought he had spent most of his career in Downing Street. How long was he with Andersen? - December 02, 2006 2:13 pm
Anyone thinking Andersen Consulting is the real business world needs to be questioned. Think of Patricia Hewit
- December 02, 2006 2:29 pm
I agree totally with Iain and I would further like some of their life experiences to have been like mine including military service and state education.
From Callaghan to Major I always felt that the person at the top had an inkling of what my rather ordinary life was like, and how their decisions might affect it. Maggie was a master of this.
What now? Public school boys telling us how education ought to be delivered, former CND members sending young men and women to needless deaths in countries that Bush probably can't find on a map, and an A list. - December 02, 2006 3:09 pm
Yes, you can't help but laugh when some of these types pontificate on life and how to cope with it when their own experience is so limited and artificial.
A fair guide to how much time a politico has spent in real life is their measure of belief in that just because a policy has been committed to paper, then the problem is solved and they can now get on with something else. Generally speaking, it's at this point that things really start to screw up. Wasn't it Gladstone that opined that there were only two types of political answer - the disasterous and the unacceptable?
Things'll be different when I assume my true role as Supreme Ruler of Civilisation (incl. the outer reaches of Shropshire). Oh, yes. - December 02, 2006 3:09 pm
"Shame David Cameron does not appear interested in people who have acheived things outside politics, when he let down the CBI this week"
johnny norfolk, at the moment I think the British squaddie is trying to achieve quite a lot at considerable risk despite what the outside interference of Labour politics.
Ask yourself why the window of opportunity for him to visit the Iraq clashed with the CBI conference.
This has got Labour finger prints all over it. Win Win wouldn't you say?
Who does he snub, the CBI or the soldiers, you can bet that had he chosen to go to the CBI instead they someone in government would have leaked the story that Cameron snubs squaddie's to woo big business.
Does not bode well if Gordon Brown is avoiding a head to head with Cameron even before he gets to No10. - December 02, 2006 3:20 pm
I thought he had spent most of his career in Downing Street.
Why did you think that? Because I don't think he has ever worked there. He was seconded to the Labour Party by Andersons before the 1997 election and after he worked there he set up his own business. - December 02, 2006 3:31 pm
...said the man who was a lobbyist and a political publisher and a chief of staff to a politician, before settling down to life as a political pundit and tv presenter!
Come on Iain! - December 02, 2006 4:07 pm
- MayorWatch said...
I agree Iain.
As for the idea some seem to be pushing that being a consultant classes as having real-world experience - utterly laughable.
Big cushy contracts handed out to companies with an absence of real competition does not mean someone has experienced the pressures 99% of the electorate do on a daily basis.
It's rare for me to suggest we have anything to learn from the US but I think their system of unelected but heavily scrutinised cabinet members beats ours hands down.
Do we really imagine Prescott or Beckett or Hewitt would be confirmed for the equivalent roles in any US administration?
For all the bashings Ken Livingstone gets he must surely have been the most qualified occupant of any political office when he was elected in 200 given that he actually had real world experience of running a large city ;-) - December 02, 2006 4:14 pm
- Iain Dale said...
Anonymous, well I'm not going to let that pass. What you fail to mention is that I have worked for 15 years in the private sector and have set up and run four companies.
I have not said that all politicians should have worked outside politics before they enter Parliament. What I am saying is that the balance is now wrong and there are too many politicians who have never done anything but politics. Wouldn't you agree? - December 02, 2006 4:20 pm
Very disingenuos, Iain.
It would have taken no more than 30 seconds to fnd details of Liam Byrne's pre-politics career.
Meanwhle, the fact you restricted your concerns to Labour MPs (despite knowing full well that many Conservative MPs are in the same boat) shows that your alleigances are now underminng your blog content. - December 02, 2006 4:24 pm
- james higham said...
You have a point here. In any field, education, business etc., it's hands-on experience that counts, with a bit of theory thrown in to keep them honest.
- December 02, 2006 4:28 pm
- Iain Dale said...
Anonymous, can you not read? I highlighted the Primrose Set because of The Spectator article. As I have said above, I think there are far too many people OF ALL PARTIES who have done nothing outside politics, and for the avoidance of doubt, that means the Conservatives too. Satisfied?
- December 02, 2006 4:32 pm
- AllBloodyTaken said...
The Squirrel & The Grasshopper, (REST OF THE WORLD VERSION)
The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long building and improving his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The
grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter the squirrel is warm and well fed. The
grasshopper is hungry and in the cold.
The Squirrel & The Grasshopper, (THE BRITISH VERSION)
The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long building and improving his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The
grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the Summer away. Come winter the squirrel is warm and well fed. A social
worker finds the shivering grasshopper, calls a press conference and demands to know why the squirrel should be allowed to be warm and well
fed while others less fortunate, like the grasshopper, are cold and starving.
The BBC shows up to provide live coverage of the shivering grasshopper with cuts to a video of the squirrel in his comfortable warm home
with a table laden with food. The British press informs people that they should be ashamed that in country of such wealth, this poor
grasshopper is allowed to suffer so while others have plenty. The Labour party, Greenpeace, Animal Rights and newly formed The Grasshopper
Council of GB demonstrate in front of the squirrel's house.The BBC, interrupting a cultural festival special live from Notting Hill with
breaking news, broadcasts a multi cultural choir singing "We shall overcome". Ken Livingstone rants in an interview with Trevor McDonald
that the squirrel has gotten rich off the backs of the grasshoppers, and calls for an immediate tax hike on the squirrel to make him pay
his "fair share" and increases the charge for squirrels to enter inner London.
In response to pressure from the media, the government drafts the Economic Equity and Grasshopper Anti Discrimination Act, retroactive
to the beginning of summer. The squirrel's taxes are reassessed. He is taken to court and fined for failing to hire grasshoppers as
builders for the work he was doing on his home and an additional fine for contempt when he told the court the grasshopper did not want to
The grasshopper is provided with a council house, financial aid to furnish it and an account with a local taxi firm to ensure he can
be socially mobile. The squirrel's food is seized and re-distributed to the more needy members of society, in this case the grasshopper.
Without enough money to buy more food, to pay the fine and his newly imposed retroactive taxes, the squirrel has to downsize and start
building a new home. The local authority takes over his old home and utilizes it as a temporary home for asylum seeking cats who had
hijacked a plane to get to Britain as they had to share their country of origin with mice. On arrival they tried to blow up the airport
because of Britain's apparent love for dogs.
The cats had been arrested for the international offence of hijacking and attempted bombing but were immediately released because the
police fed them pilchards instead of salmon whilst in custody. Initial moves to then return them to their own country were abandoned
because it was feared they may face death by mice. The cats devise and start a scam to obtain money from peoples credit cards.
A Panorama special shows the grasshopper finishing up the last of the squirrel's food, though spring is still months away, while the
council house he is in crumbles around him because he hasn't bothered to maintain the house. He is shown to be taking drugs. Inadequate
government funding is blamed for the grasshoppers "illness". The cats seek recompense in the British courts for their treatment since
arrival in UK.
The grasshopper gets arrested for stabbing an old dog during a burglary to get money for his drugs habit. He is imprisoned but released
immediately because he has been in custody for a few weeks. He is placed in the supervisory care of the probation service to monitor him.
Within a few weeks he has killed a guinea pig in a botched robbery.
A commission of enquiry that will eventually cost 10,000,000 pounds and state the obvious is set up.
Additional money is put into funding a drug rehabilitation scheme for grasshoppers and legal aid for lawyers representing asylum seekers is
increased. The asylum seeking cats are praised by the government for enriching Britain's multicultural diversity and dogs are criticized
by the government for failing to befriend the cats.
The grasshopper dies of a drug overdose. The usual sections of press blame it on the failings of the government to address the root causes
of despair arising from social inequity and his traumatic experience in prison. They call for the resignation of a minister.
The cats are paid a million pounds each because their rights were infringed when the government failed to inform them there were mice in
the UK.
The squirrel, the dogs and the victims of the hijacking, the bombing, the burglaries and robberies have to pay an additional percentage on
their credit cards to cover losses, their taxes are increased to pay for law and order and they are told that they will have to work beyond
65 because of a shortfall in government funds.
THE END - December 02, 2006 5:03 pm
Billy - you post, therefore presumably you can read. Could you spare the time to read, say, one concise paragraph on George W Bush?
He has a degree from Harvard and a degree from Yale. That gives him one more degree than Al Gore. You do not get into either of these august establishments just with money.
He was a fighter pilot in the Reserves. Do you have the faintest inkling of how quick witted you have to be to be a fighter pilot?
Mr Bush's father, George Herbert Bush, was the head of the CIA for many years. He was then Vice President of the United States, then President of the United States. I suspect George W could identify an unmarked map of countries in the ME somewhat faster than you could. - December 02, 2006 5:04 pm
I am completely with you on this one. At least Cameron, Osborne, Ed Vaizey, Michael Gove and the Notting Hill set all have done proper jobs first - at least for a few years and some more than most.
It is a real worry that there is now a recognised route for a political elite . i.e. researcher, do a bit of token local politics, then into Parliament.
Sure we need people who understand how to make the political machine work but what we really need now is some people with some vision of what the machine should be producing !
I am generally a Cameron fan - but I get the strong impression that the electorate just think he is another politician thats full of p*** and wind. I think this is simply because he has so far not laid out a vision of the Britain he wants to build that people can really empathise with and that inspires.
I think it makes perfect sense to hold specific policy making back until the run up to an election but until he shares a comprehensive vision (that he thens hangs specific policy off of later) people will not connect and if he leaves it too long people will give up on him. The honey moon is long over.
I think this is a crucial differentiator between the Cameron team and the Labour experience / new blood. The Labour people either have been in power so long they are out of touch, or they are new blood who have no experience of real life and haven't experienced the pressure of opposition forcing them to come up with real ideas.
The Cameron team have the sense, breadth and depth to build a vision but they better do it soon and prove they really have got the life experience and scope to do it or all may be lost.. - December 02, 2006 5:09 pm
Mayorwatch said: "For all the bashings Ken Livingstone gets he must surely have been the most qualified occupant of any political office when he was elected in 200 ...".
He wasn't elected in the year 200. It just feels that way. - December 02, 2006 5:09 pm
- Beachhutman said...
Brown hasn't really got any good people left to appoint. He's only really got, how shall we put it, "Yesterdays kids?"
- December 02, 2006 5:13 pm
- towcestarian said...
Politics as a second career is like teaching. If you have been "successful" in another field, why the hell would you want to join a bunch of professional losers? Let's face it - the concept of success is anathema to teachers, and the concept of failure is impossible for politicians to accept.
- December 02, 2006 5:21 pm
towcestarian - Because you realise that just making money alone is a fairly hollow existance and because you really want to make a difference.
It's an old cliche I know but it's true.
For some people, once you have proved you can feather your own nest, you want to help others who either can't or haven't the opportunities and you feel it's a much bigger and more worthy challenge to do something for the good of all rather than just yourself. - December 02, 2006 5:34 pm
- Welshcakes Limoncello said...
I agree with you, Ian. When I was in education, a fair criticism often levelled at teachers was that few of us had experience outside the classromm. We'd gone from school to university then back to school, into what was at one time a very "safe" career in terms of job security. All that is changing now but I do think that, in any field where you are going to advise or help others - or if you are going to make decisions that will affect many lives - it is a good thing to have had some broader experience of life.
- December 02, 2006 5:47 pm
- Ian Thorpe said...
...and there was I thinking they were all lecturers, lawyers and social workers and all the time they are career spinmeisters.
I have always been of the opinion that candidates should be able to show evidence of at least a little contact with planet reality. - December 02, 2006 5:50 pm
The anonynmous from 4:07pm here - Iain, just teasing!
- December 02, 2006 5:52 pm
crossfire tells us that "at least Cameron . . . [had a] . . proper job[s] first. "Proper jobs" are apparently:
Director of Corporate Affairs at Carlton Communications, and
Non-executive director of Urbium PLC, operator of the Tiger Tiger bar chain.
And, oh yes, Osborne "worked" as a "freelance journalist" between university and joining the Conservative Research Department
No wonder crossfire is a "modern" Conservative and fan of Cameron. crossfire wouldn't know what a "proper job" is if it took him out and gave him a Glasgow kiss. - December 02, 2006 6:35 pm
maybe there are too many career politicians but assuming they are proficient at thei jobs would that still be so bad?? - December 02, 2006 6:59 pm
Give labour credit. They are obviously seriously concerned by the rise in popularity of right wing bloggers because they seem to have an awful ot of "attack dogs" instantly responding to the likes of Iain and Guido et al through the comments button.
I'd take it as a compliment if I were you Iain. - December 02, 2006 7:06 pm
Iain, I've said it before about Andy Burnham - the Minister to Watch was meant in the same way that if there are 3 hoodies in a sweet shop, and one is clearly up to no good, then he is 'one to watch'. That way, when he is dishonestly trying to get one over, you can catch him red-handed.
Oh, he will try and deny his guilt with a load of fibs. But you are smarter than that because he is on your 'one to watch' list. Andy is the NO2ID hate figure for his fibs, misleading statements and generally disingenuous approach to the whole ID card 'cattle labelling' project.
If he had lived in Herod's time, he would have been the one daubing the red paint on those houses needing a visit as part of the 'massacre of the innocents' tough on the first born population reduction initiative
-evil evil evil. Watch him. Closely. - December 02, 2006 7:10 pm
- Newscounter said...
Given that you are just incorrect about Liam Byrne [worked at Andersen, establish an IT company] why don't you just delete his name from the post? - December 02, 2006 7:12 pm
Surely 'Primrose Hill' set ?
- December 02, 2006 7:28 pm
Umbongo - You obviously spent too much time in the jungle - you've gone a bit 'tropo' I reckon.
I did say 'some more than most' - and I was agreeing with Iain 's general point.
My point was that at least they have done something outside politics and Gove and Vaizey have carved out very succesful careers before becoming mps.
Wonder what you have against Carlton Communications.
You are correct on one point though - if a job gave you major head injuries I wouldn't recognise it as a proper job.
Do I detect a bit of sad 1970's class war here - don't tell me you are sitting there with your steam driven pc, a pint of mild and your tin bath in your donkey jacket and you are still raging about the pit closures.
Go on lad forget the 'trouble at mill' and move on a bit.
By the way are you going to add anything to the discussion ~? - December 02, 2006 7:49 pm
- Man in a shed said...
Spot on Iain. What worries me about candidates - especially in the Conservative party - is not whether they have two or one X chromosones, but rather if they have a wide and varied experience of life.
There seem to be far too many lawyers, city types and general oxbridge people, and political careerists. Not enough doctors, soldiers/sailors/airmen, engineers, IT workers ( or academics in the Tory party ), housewives/husbands.
What sort of A list will resolve that ? - December 02, 2006 7:53 pm
Verity, you said of George W. Bush..
"He has a degree from Harvard and a degree from Yale. That gives him one more degree than Al Gore. You do not get into either of these august establishments just with money."
Verity, you are so right. You need a rich family with lots of influence, too. - December 02, 2006 8:46 pm
Apropos "proper jobs"
Liam Byrne is indeed very bright (First at Manchester, Fulbright Scholarship, Harvard MBA). His "proper jobs" have been consultant with Andersen Consulting, something with NM Rothschild and – the big one – in 2000 founding EGS Group (formerly e-Government Solutions) "the UK's leading provider of e-commerce exchanges for trading with the public sector". Now, pardon my cynicism, but a "proper job" does not mean being a junior member of a famous organisation for a few months. So his sole "proper job" was setting up EGS. Consider: is it helpful or not, before setting up a conduit for suppliers to sell their wares to a Labour-run public sector (which is what EGS does) to have advised the Labour Party on general election organisation between 1996-7 and then managed Labour's national business campaign? I don't know the answer to that but my guesses are (1) it didn't do him any harm, and (2) if he'd been a Conservative or a LibDem or just a bright guy with a bright idea, he wouldn't have got a look-in. All credit to Liam for thinking up the EGS wheeze and making it work but "proper job"? I don't think so.
I've nothing against Carlton - but let's face it "Director of Corporate Affairs" is one up (or should it be down) from Director of Carpets: the definitive non-job.
Concerning Glasgow kisses - this wasn't a threat to you - this was a (rather clumsy, in retrospect) way of emphasising that your knowledge of what constitutes a "proper job" is, shall we say, limited. - December 02, 2006 8:49 pm
Lots of dissent here. Iain must have really touched a nerve.
- December 02, 2006 8:58 pm
Anonymous 8:46 - Not at all. They have huge endowments that they use to take very clever students who would never be able to support themselves through those four years. In fact, I think that girl that Gordon Brown threw a hissy fit about who got rejected by Oxford. Her grades were good, but others were much better, but Brown affected to believe it was because she came from a disadvantaged background ... that girl got into one of the Ivy Leagues.
George Bush is a very clever man who is not afraid to surround himself with people who are even more intelligent than himself. That argues great intellectual confidence.
And you can't fly fighter jets and be stupid. Please. Grow up. - December 02, 2006 9:29 pm
'a vision of the Britain he wants to build '.....
The Britain I want was built; it's memory that should be consulted, not visions of some future yet to be built. The awfulness of NuLabour is their destruction of a perfectly viable country, with reasonable values, discussible but reasonable, and a justifiable sense of behaving well to others, on the whole. What we have now hasn't a moral, political or economic leg to stand on; I leave aside cultural values, fairness, freedom to live as one chooses within the 'don't willfully hurt another' category which was also once enjoyed. NuLabour couldn't have said it better than they did: Forward not back (illiterate language destroying vulgarians as well.)
Reconstruction is what is needed, not some nebulous, better future, and that can only be built if we mend the destruction wrought, by Blair and his cronies, on our past achievements. - December 02, 2006 9:31 pm
'Do people not bother to read a post before commenting on it?'
On 'Comment is Free' there is often little to be gained by doing this, as only half the others seem to bother.
They just look at who the writer is, make an assumption about what has been said, and post away according to the prejudices they have about him/her.
They then read the other posts, from which they garner a rough gist of the original article, then post again [waiting 30 minutes !!] with a slightly more knowledgeable post.
Iain, whether you think something like that is starting to happen here, only you can decide.....
p.s. - who is Liam Byrne when he's at home in any case ? - December 02, 2006 9:32 pm
I would like to be the first to congratulate Umbongo (the t**t from the jungle) on his googling skills.
Well done you managed to find some info about this Liam geezer and did lovely bit of copying and pasting - thus saving us all the bother..
Now you can sit back, blow the throth of your seventh pint of mild, mutter 'eeeeh grand' or perhaps 'och grand' to yourself and stick one of your Scargill's loveliest speeches records on the gramaphone...
Perhaps it was my fault for challenging you to add something to the argument - I meant use your brain to come up something interesting or different.. never mind.
Thanks for explaining your 'clumsy' glasgow kiss reference - I really was struggling to understand what you meant. - December 02, 2006 10:29 pm
Hatfield Girl gets my vote for post of the day. She said, most eloquently, what many of us feel. We already had a country. We didn't want someone's "vision" - especially someone who doesn't understand our plot of earth or the values it has developed over hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
We used to have a sense of belonging, a sense of community. Now there's a sense of hostility. From too many immigrants from an alien belief system to a government and a police force that is totally divorced from the population. And a government, that, at the same time, has assumed that it, not the voter, is the master. - December 02, 2006 10:37 pm
Hatfield Girl - I agree with you to a large extent.. very well said.
But.. it's not a good message for the electorate.
I can see the election broadcast now. Cameron with a winning smile saying 'don't worry everyone vote for us and we will take you back to the past'.
Iain's post about Luntz sums it up - Cameron needs to lead and the first thing a leader does is paint a picture of what is going to be acheived then goes on to describe how it's going to be done.
And unless it is painted as 'new' it's not news.
I think he is doing a great job at neutralising the anti health service tarnish and making ridiculously liberal tolerant statements about hoodies etc but he needs to formulate something that people beleive in rather than just be less offensive than labour - not a tough job. - December 02, 2006 10:46 pm
Verity - you didn't do so bad yourself.
- December 02, 2006 10:48 pm
Crossfire - Thank you. But Hatfield Girl's post was piercing and eloquent.
- December 02, 2006 11:08 pm
Pretty rich to say this kind of thing - though true, and a very good reason to loathe the Labour party - when Cameron is our leader. Saving a stint in that PR firm, he was straight out of Oxford and straight into politics.
So. Your point? - December 03, 2006 2:39 am
I'm getting confused, people are talking about Anderson as if having a career there, however short, is some sort of sign of success.
We're talking about a company that got itself embroiled in the Enron scandal, changed its name to Accenture for IT, and has managed to fuck up untold Government IT projects over the past ten years.
If I had Accenture on my CV I'd be embarassed about it. - December 03, 2006 9:17 am
Verity / Hatfield Girl - What both of you said got me 'right there' if you know what I mean.
Perhaps I'm just coming up with flimsy excuses for more spin.
At the end of the day almost all politicians are stuck in the loop playing the big media game.
But a revolution is coming. It started here in the Blogosphere and with 'new media' it's going to become ever more pervasive and ever more capable of creating fundamental change.
In a very short period of time those politicians that don't communicate direct to their electorate (e.g. Webcameron etc) are going to be few and far between and, on their way out..
And when they do communicate direct they are going to have to have far more honesty and depth otherwise no-one will stick around and watch and listen to them and no-one will vote for them.
The big media will cease to own the message and the best, deepest and most honest messages will win in the new media game.
Being as baldy honest as you both were is what it's all about. Thanks for making me feel inspired and positive. - December 03, 2006 10:16 am
- towcestarian said...
Crossfire said:
"Because you realise that just making money alone is a fairly hollow existance and because you really want to make a difference."
I never said anything about making money. Equating "success" with money is something from inside your head not mine. "Succesful" in my book involves excelling in a competitive environment where failure is not tolerated or rewarded. This concept is probably all a bit too elitist for the brave new Conservative Party. - December 03, 2006 11:54 am
towcestarian - I think you will find that in the real world people are incentivised and rewarded monetarially - so whilst in your wishful eutopia that might not be the case - it is the reality.
You may be lucky enough to have a job that is rewarding and fulfilling beyond financial incentives but most people arent - so some of them are prepared to give up some of the meaningless fripperies to make a difference. No reason to be cynical.
Just imagine the job ad in your eutopia - 'High flying, success orientated, self-starting high acheiver required for desperately backward organisation. Below average salary offered, NHS 'health-care', no pension - company unicycle provided.' - don't think it would get many applications.
Oooh - hang on though it does sound a bit like an Ad for a job with a political party.. - December 03, 2006 1:20 pm
So, still pimping for Cameron and still don't know what a "proper job" is - oh dear. - December 03, 2006 5:53 pm
Speaking of George Bush, as a brave anonymous was above, here is a little snippet. At President Calderon's secret, one-minute past midnight inauguration on Friday morning, guess who was there as a witness. President George Bush, Sr.
Interesting. - December 03, 2006 6:06 pm
Umbungle - Here goes...
..Oh I can't be bothered - you probably wouldn't keep up anyway.
Have another chip butty mate and chill.. - December 03, 2006 7:17 pm
- towcestarian said...
Seriously schizophrenic I think.
First you say that: "Because you realise that just making money alone is a fairly hollow existance and because you really want to make a difference."
Then you say: "I think you will find that in the real world people are incentivised and rewarded monetarially - so whilst in your wishful eutopia that might not be the case - it is the reality."
So, in reply to Crossfire Mk II...
Your new urban wonderland inside the M25 might well be inhabited by a load of money-grabbing automata. But, believe it or not people are incentivised by things other than money. Was Seb Coe not "successful" because he earned a pittance as a world record holding athlete? What about Stephen Hawkins? Did he only become "successful" when he became rich writing best sellers? - December 03, 2006 8:52 pm
I agree that a Britain to aspire to exists in the past, but you have to go back quite far to get at it. And Thatcher destroyed that one well before Blair and his cronies got their hands on it; in fact the continuation of her destructive policies is yet another reason they are despicable.
- December 04, 2006 10:50 am
I think this "proper job" stuff is irrelevant. I don't see why being a bag carrier for a few years at some bank or industrial concern should count for much. Margaret Thatcher was a research chemist for abt. 18 months and a tax barrister for 3 or 4 years. Hardly an extensive career outside politics! It didn't stop her being one of the most remarkable leaders of the 20th century. I also don't remember Peel, Gladstone, Palmerston and the rest achieving much "in the outside world" before becoming MPs in their early twenties. Major was a bank manager for 10 years+...did that make him a good PM?
Although a Conservative I also happen to think that Burnham, Byrne, Purnell, Kelly, Cooper and Balls are reasonably able as a group of politicos. I think (I hate to say it) the Primrose Hill set may have the edge, in terms of intellect and competence, on their tory under-40 counterparts but maybe I am missing something? - December 05, 2006 12:47 pm
The reference to Andersen Consulting and Patricia Hewitt is weak. She was seconded into Andersen Consulting. Facts... despite their nuisance are important.
- July 29, 2009 10:30 am


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Olllei»l _JieWspaper Villagebr • Freeport • Freepwi ScJiool District . . •' Baldwin School Disif ic( ^EEPOHT ME;M0RL il!; iv,r-kr FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JULY 22.1982 47thYEAR, No. 13 FREEFORT UEUORIKL LJtBRART PRICE 2 5 * PER COPY Two From Street Are Heros In Fire I SCENE OF A TRAQEDY. Th« lurnltur* and ci\lldr«n'» toyi IhtA form me pllM of rubble ouUld* of 145 Randall Avanu* tali a ttory of a tragedy and of heroa*. A tire, In aaeeond floor badroom Wednesday evening, July 14, waa ftrtt (potted by -two Freeport man, who were standing near the garden apartment.complex.' Brian Haggarty and Loran Wilton raced indoors and.up on* tllqhl of stairs to raacua two-year-old MIctUMi Kelly and four-yeer-«ld (^Ittopher KImllngen. Driven back by dens* black smoke and Intense heet, however, they were unable to find th* room's third occupant. Two-year-old John KImllngen was pronounced dead at the scene. The lire was caused, olildal sources say, by the youngsters themselves, who were playing with matches. (See story, this page.) . . Begin Feaslbliity Siudy For A BaUL^in Rec Center byJoanDelinay BALDWIN • The concept of a community center for Baldwin was discussed at a recent meetiDg' attended by representatives of tike Baldwin Chamber of Commerce and the PBC, Dr. Peter Lynch, principal of Baldwin Senior High School and eight students, as well as representatives of other community groups indudiog the Baldwin Ubtaty Board of Trustees, -B€A0AT—tbe- Balilsin__Bojs' the South-East the Naisan and Assodadoo, Baldwin Assodatioo, County PoOce Department, THELEADEE. The meeting was an outgrowth , of previous Chamber meetings on crime preventioo as well as an attempt to ooordinate inforroation &om and participants of a PBC-spoosored meeting on the formation of a community center held earlier in the jt*z. However, attendance was sparse—perhaps the resnh of its schednfing during the fommer mosths or perlups, as one woman said, the result of the lack of any action following so much taUdng. Altfaoagh opinions concermng the need for a center were not Qnaidmoas and there was tremendous variation as to the type of center that was being discussed, all agreed that it was important.to listen Jo the teenagers concerning their views and perceptions. The students said that, although there were many activities available, there was oo place to "hang cot." They referred to •The Refuge," whidi served as a gathering place for teens at St. Christopher's before a Eire in 1980. Now with facilities restored, the Youth VCnistiy Program at St. Christopher's has coordinated a series of summer activities and informal open houses. It was this type of bformal center rather than the more grandiose projections of some adults that seemed to be the suggestion of many of the students. Several teens mentioned the lack of publicity of the activities ' that are available. They also (Cont. on Page 5) Village Sued For Return Of Bond - FREEPORT - Crtnalu COn-i struction Corp., the short-termed ' • low bidder for construction of the • Village of Freeport's new public ^ works building, has filed papers I in New York State.Snpreme Court • in an attempt not to lose its J S&S,436 performance bond. j claimed by llic village. In April, Citnalta had sub- ,- mitted a bid for Sl,708,727 for the construction on the Mte of the village's old sewage treatment plant. Citnalu's bid was S2&4,000 less than the only other bidder. Sea Crest Construction of Freeport. Bids had been opened on April JS .and. in ,a. telegram ..dated May" 4, foOow^ up by^"tetters dated May S and May 14, CitnalU informed the- vffiage thai it wanted to withdraw. . According to Cttnalta prudent, Nicholas Oargiolo, at that (Com. on Page 12) Board Approves Assessments FREEFORT - After taking under coiuideration the various complaints they had received «t a public meeting the week before, the Village Board of Trustees voted Moiulay evening, July 19. to approve the.assessments for street improvements in Housing Improvement Area 13. Seven home-owners had attended the public meeting Monday evening, July 12, to present to the B<MFd reasoiu why their assessments should be lowered. In approving the assessments, the Board agreed with some of the facts raised by the oaraeia of the iproperties at 138 East Avenue and 50 Sports-mans Avenue. TlBceMIIUM ForSaads The Mayor was aathoriied to sign an agreement with the State of New York for a S3 milliai Signal and Signing Program, which, according to a village spc^esperson would cost the village nothing. . The. program covers trafiic signal modernizations, signing of streets, and such minor roadway improvemcDts as the roondisg off of comers. Mote than 50 various street locations are involved. The. program was designed to "make things safe^" ^^lage sources explained. Among the planned projects, which would not be started until at least this Fall, is the Rescue 2 Children In Apt Fire, A Third Child Dies FREEFORT - Two Freeport men, who rescued two toddlers fiom a bunting room Wednesday evening. July U, were called "truly heroes" by veteran firefighters and fire ofiidals. Bat both men, a 19-year-<dd landscaper and a 27-year-old father of two, stiQ felt remorse, nearly one week later, that their efforts to save a third yoangster bad failed. -The two men, I;oran Wilson of Randall Avenue who works fee Sunshine Landscaping, and Brian Haggerty, of Ray Street, father of a _ four-year-old and nine-momb- old boys; were cited for their heroism by both Freeport Fire IVpartment officials and U. - Murray of the tUisao County Arsba Squad. U. Murray said that "anoaier three minates eitter way" would - have been fatal to the rescued toddlers. Michael Kelly. 2, and Christopher Kimfingen, 4. Chtistophet't ' two-year-old brother, John, was the lone fatality in the fire at 145 RandaB Avenue which apparently started, police and fire department sources say, when t&e three youngsters began playing with matches in tl>e npstsin bedroom of the duplex apartment, in which apparency the three and their mothers lived. • The children's mothers, Virgina Umlingen, 23, and • Virginia KeDy, 25, were in the downstairs khdien and, a Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office spc&esman' said, probably couldn't smell tiie smoke or heat anything until two men burst through their apartment's front door. San Up The Stairs Wilson and Haggerty were outside. Wilson said be had just arrived there about a Jialf-bour earlier and that was the fird time be -bad -met Haggerty. From where they stood, with five; or ten istber people, tbey-saddenly saw the smoke billowing out of the up-stairsr window. Of the group. Wilsoti and . Haggerty alone acted. Tbey.-'ran - to' tbe apartment's oot^de door and finding It unlocked quickly" dashed ioside. - Wilson said later the two ran right up the stairs witii.the mothers behind them at Snt. He remembers the tiudk. dense black smoke and a pillow burning' right in the middle of the floor. <'lt was hard to find yocr way,'.' said Wilson. He and Haggerty saw. or heard, two youngsters. One was crying and Haggerty grabbed him (apparently Chiistopbet). The other, said Wilson, was sleeping. "1 grabbed him," said Wilson, identil^^ng the youngster as Michael Kelly. According to Wilson, they found out that the thad youngster was apparently still upstairs after - tl>ey came down and out of the house. "We weren't stirc he was in the room." said Wilson; "and hoped he wasn't" but the two men tried to go back up a second time. But, the smoke and beat were ' too intense by that time and tlve (Cont.onPage16) . . Two Guys Store Slated To Be plant ^--^^^^^ tive of the corporation at that time OHE LEADER. Nov. 12. 1981). (Cont. onPagel2) FREEPORT - Rumors or-cnlatiag throogfaont the village of Freeport for the past several wedis are ctnnisg cjose to being fact as Bnknra Watch Co., Inc.'s president, Andrew H. Tisch, confirmed this week that his company has signed a five year lease for 63,011 square feet of space in the former Two Guys Discount Store. Two Guys dosed its doors prior to this past Christmas as its parent company, Vomado, retrenched its retail outlets. The Freeport store, which opened is April, 1980 was one of three Long Island stores, all wiuch were closed. In all, the chain shut down all its New York sites, leaving six stores open: five in MaryUod, one in Pennsylvania and six in northern New jersey, Vomado, according to sa exca-just wanted to be in the real estate busness. Some stores were taken over rather quickly by other retail operations. In Massachusetts and Connecticut, Bradke's took over two stores. In Reading, Pfcnn-sytvanla, plans were for a Patfa-marfc/ Rickels store. But, although' the Vomado executive said that they were in the middle of negotiatioas with someone at that time, the Freeport outlet has remained empty. According to the terms of the original contract, signed when the Village of Freeport %did the land (o Vomado, that company had until March, 1982 to develop aii additional 30.0d0 square feet or lose that part of the property. (Com. on Page 16)
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Burnside's Bridge, Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland
This bridge is one of the most recognizable battlefield structures of the American Civil War. I wanted to do a little something different with it and a number of years ago photographed it through a pinhole. This is fun photography!
Harpers Ferry Hearse
These photos were taken in May of 1970 in Harpers Ferry, WV. This horse drawn hearse was in the back yard of a house neighboring the National Park there. I made inquires of the Park Service a few years ago about the hearse and they have no records that if ever belonged to them.
Gettysburg Cyclorama – Panorama East
This is a panoramic photograph of the Gettysburg Cyclorama from the east side in 2007 before it closed. To see more photos of this great building designed by Richard Neutra go to Gettysburg Photographs.
Steamtown Slide Show – Video
It is always exciting when visiting Steamtown, National Historic Site, Scranton, PA, to see their local steam excursions run through the yard and than out on the main line for a short distance.
Gettysburg Cyclorama
The is a photograph under part of the Gettysburg Cyclorama Building constructed in the 1960s and looking toward the High Water Mark. This unique structure was designed by Richard Neutra, a world class architect. It was and may still be demolished by the National Park Service. Photos of this structure can also be seen at Gettysburg Photo Notes, Black and White Photography and John Van Horn Photo.


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Fees will increase by $5 one-month prior to the race date and by $10 one-week prior to the race.
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National Veterans Day Run 11K returns in 2012 in at least 10 cities across the United States. Founded as a way to honor our men and women who have or are currently serving in the United States military, the National Veterans Day Run is your opportunity to say thank you to those that have served. Once again, we will offer $11 basic registration to Veterans and active duty military as a way of saying "Thank you" for your service.
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Registration includes collectable race bib and commemorative finisher's pin. Runners will receive a d-tag shoe timing tag and a commemorative finisher's medal; along with official results, and online finisher's certificate. Registration fees also cover the costs of permitting, emergency services, security, water, toilets and cleanup associated with the race. Registration fees are non-refundable, non-transferable and are not tax-deductible.
Registrants who purchase a Plus Registration will receive a cotton participant shirt with a unique design to commemorate the event, and registrants who purchase a Premium Registration will receive a technical-t participant shirt. The Basic registration does NOT include t-shirt. Registrants who purchase Plus and Premium registration can pick up their shirts at Packet Pickup or after the race at the finish line - t-shirts are not mailed out before the race.
For everyone's safety and enjoyment, strollers are allowed, but we ask anyone pushing any wheeled object to please start at the back of the race.
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Our panel of active-duty military members has chosen the Wounded Warrior Project as the designated charity for the 2012 National Veterans Day Run series. All runners will have an opportunity to support this and other Veterans causes by:
You will have the warm opportunity to run and walk with these honorable men and women during the run and enjoy their company. We encourage participants to take a moment and say, "Thank you for what you've done!" Small gestures mean a lot to those who have sacrificed so much.
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It is clearly stated that Basic is meant for advanced users and Core for experienced users. If you don't consider yourself one of those (as you say that you don't) you should go with the Full option.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Matt Den Dekker didn't waste much time making his presence felt in Triple-A Buffalo. In just his third game since being called up from Binghamton, Den Dekker hit his first home run with the club.
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Clark College hosts free children's dental day
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Clark College is providing free dental care for low-income, uninsured children this weekend.
The Children's Dental Health Day is open to Clark and Skamania County youth younger than age 19. The event is for families with limited income and no dental insurance.
The event is from 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Clark College Dental Hygiene Clinic, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way. For an appointment, call 360-397-8020 or 360-397-8000, ext. 7371.
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Last minute decision to head to Wallaroo yesterday after weather looked pretty good, despite very slow tides. Last time I was there I got a nice flathead plus one legal snapper amongst a heap of underszed ones. So I thought perhaps, with luck, I could repeat the catch.
Left Adelaide at 6.45am and launched just before 9am. Plan was to fish the morning - have a break and some food, and if conditions were still ok, fish the afternoon. Smooth at launch with hardly a breath of air. No interest from the flathead so it was off the rugger spot. I'd got fish on both lures (SPs) and bait last time but no interest on the lures. Plenty of interest on the bait but it seemed it was mainly small stuff until a stonger take and spirited fight yielded this little fella.
A little while later, saw some movement in the water - a pigeon imitating a sea gull. He was pretty wet and sorry and I popped him on the bow to dry out. He kept me company for the next 90 mins. Got quite a few more 34-36cm ruggers before at last a keeper at 39cm - plus a fiesty little salmon which I also kept for the smoker. Wind had picked up a bit and conditions were getting sloppy so it was back to shore for lunch and to give the crew some shore rest.
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One of the more avid collectors in the Baltimore club called me, asking for advice in caring for a recently collected and impressive mountain laurel. I could only tell him that, while I have collected plants that I thought had real potential, all had dwindled away their foliage over a period of a few years. I have largely foresworn collecting them.
Has anyone had positive experiences with mountain laurel over a significant period of time? I would guess that they would be happiest in dappled shade, and in a relatively moisture-retaining soil, but I think that that is what I tried before, to no avail.
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A Torrumbarry home, built by Echuca builder Peter Sutton, will be featured on Australia's Best Homes today.
Torrumbarry's Trishlida on Dhungala will feature on the first episode of the new Foxtel TV show Australia's Best Homes today.
The shearing shed-style house can be seen on Channel 74 (TV4me) at 7pm.
The home, which took four years to complete from inception, is the brainchild of Melbourne couple Lynn and Rowan Mason and was built by Echuca builder Peter Sutton.
The episode can also be viewed by following the links on www.abodetv.com.au
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The winning form continued for the Mulwala seniors against Deniliquin at Lonsdale Reserve on Saturday.
Hospital open day
The Tatura Hospital and Parkvilla Aged Care Facility, part of Goulburn Valley Health, held its annual June Hospital Collection and Open Day on Sunday with a small crowd in attendance.
Shires step back from C4EM
Murray and Campaspe shire have decided to withdraw membership from Committee for Echuca-Moama.
Kart championships come to Rochester
Rochester Motorsport Complex will host the third round of the Golden Power Series karting championships on the weekend.
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Kyabram's first tourism booklet is to be launched in late September.
Brand new buildings open for students
Seymour College P-4 students delight in their new surroundings.
Region split
Berrigan and Jerilderie Shires will be in separate state electorates if boundary redistributions announced on Monday come in to effect.
Health service seeks community feedback on plan
Heathcote Health is finalising its service plan.
Sporties boss celebrates the big 30
Barooga Sports Club chief executive officer Greg Ryan recently celebrated 30 years of service surrounded by friends, family and past and present staff.
Heath Blacks 'true' message
Former AFL player Heath Black sent an inspiring message to Deniliquin youths last week.
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Lorene Palmer became the Director of Economic Development in the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development (DCCED) in November 2012. As director, she leads development and finance staff in creating demand for Alaska's resources, products, and services; educating Alaskans about the programs and tools available to start new businesses or expand existing businesses; and coordinating with public and private entities to invest in Alaska's economy. Palmer works closely with other DCCED agencies, including the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, and the Alaska Railroad.
Previously, Palmer was the president and CEO of the Juneau Convention & Visitors Bureau (JCVB) for 10 ½ years, where her primary objective was the enhancement of Juneau's economy through the sustained promotion of the community as a leisure and convention destination. Additional professional experience includes serving as owner of Cornerstone Consulting, as an Assistant Professor at the University of Alaska Southeast, and as the Executive Director of the Southeast Alaska Tourism Council.
Palmer holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Hawaii. She is a former board member of the Western Association of Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, the Alaska Committee, and a member of the Alaska Travel Industry Association, and Southeast Conference. Community service included Glacier Valley Rotary, American Red Cross and Junior Achievement. Lorene's family moved to Juneau, Alaska in 1968 with Standard Oil, then to Fairbanks where she graduated from Lathrop High School during the height of the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Lorene has also resided in the Southeast communities of Haines, Craig (Prince of Wales Island) and Petersburg.


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QuickerTek antenna extends wireless range of Apple Time Capsule
QuickerTek has developed an antenna upgrade for both models of the Apple Time Capsule wireless backup system that offers up to 50% greater wireless coverage allowing backups from greater distances and though more walls and floors.
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==Localization== | ==Localization== |
Current revision as of 03:03, 2 March 2013
[edit] Hardware
[edit] XO laptop
- a flexible, ultra low-cost, power-efficient, and durable laptop computer designed by OLPC; features include mesh networking and a sun-light readable display
[edit] XS school server
- the school server extends the storage and computation provided by each laptop, as well as providing a local library and a mesh portal to the Internet.
[edit] Networking
[edit] mesh network
- A wireless mesh network is a communications network made up of radio nodes in which nodes can forward information on behalf of each other so that even nodes that are not in direct radio contact can communicate via nodes that are between them. The collective coverage area of the radio nodes working as a single network becomes a mesh cloud.
[edit] infrastructure mode
- network connectivity through a Wi-Fi access point, e.g., 802.11b/g
[edit] mesh mode
- network connectivity through a mesh network, e.g., 802.11s
[edit] simple mesh mode
- a mesh network that is running between laptops without a School Server
[edit] school server mesh mode
- a mesh network that is mediated by a School Server
[edit] presence
- a discovery service for finding other laptops on the network
[edit] Jabber
- a protocol that the laptop uses for collaboration
[edit] tubes
- a protocol for passing data between laptops
[edit] mesh channel
- the laptops use three channels for communication: 1, 6, and 11; in simple mesh mode, the laptops can only see other laptops on the same channel; in a School Server mesh, laptops on all channels are visible
[edit] access point (AP)
- an AP is a device that connects wireless communication devices together to form a wireless network. The AP usually connects to a wired network and can relay data between wireless devices and wired devices. Several APs can link together to form a larger network.
[edit] mesh portal point
- a mesh node that serves as a gateway (portal) to a network external to the mesh
[edit] Operating system and firmware
[edit] operating system (OS)
- The low-level system software that manages the various files, processes, etc. needed to operate the laptop; the OS used by the XO laptop is the Red Hat Fedora distribution of GNU/Linux.
[edit] build
- a specific instance of the operating system, designated by category and number, e.g., Ship.2-656, Joyride-1792, 874, os5, developed for testing.
[edit] release
- a specific build prepared and tested for general distribution, designated by release version numbers, e.g., 7.1.0, 8.2.1, 10.1.3, 11.3.0, and cryptographically signed for loading on secured laptops.
[edit] reflash
- the process by which a fresh build is installed in the laptop; reflashing overwrites all files, including files in /home/olpc, so it should be done with caution
[edit] updating
- Changing software to a newer version. There are many ways of updating the XO.
[edit] olpc-update
- the process by which incremental changes to a build are installed on the laptop.
[edit] system firmware
- The system firmware is made up of 2 parts: The EC and OFW. The first part is the software that runs the embedded controller (EC). The EC handles the processing of the keyboard, touchpad, game buttons, power button, and charging the battery. The second part is Open Firmware (OFW). OFW is responsible for initializing the hardware and booting the operating system. OFW also handles boot security so that it will only load "official" OLPC operating systems.
[edit] wireless firmware
- The wireless firmware is software that controls the operation of the wireless radio. It is downloaded into the wireless radio by the operating system.
[edit] suspend
- {exact definition needed} In general, to make the XO go into a standby (or power down?) state. See powerd, the power management daemon.
[edit] resume
- {exact definition needed} In general, to make the XO go back into normal operation from a standby (or power down?) state. See powerd, the power management daemon.
[edit] Internal storage
[edit] NAND flash
- the 1G internal storage used in the XO-1.0 laptop
[edit] SPI flash
- internal storage used by the embedded controller
[edit] datastore
- the software component that manages the access to the data displayed in the Journal; these data are stored in individual files; an index that contains the metadata and speeds up searches
[edit] External storage
[edit] USB flash drive..
- ..jumpdrive/thumb drive/USB stick/memory stick
- A small, external storage device that plugs into one of the USB ports on a computer. They can store between 16MB (enough to hold several music files) up to 64GB (enough to hold several high quality full-length movie files) and a wide range in between. Jump drives are easily purchased at any electronic store starting as low as $5 to $10. The XO laptop has three USB slots.
[edit] SD card
- Secure Digital (SD) card is a flash (non-volatile) memory card format used in portable devices, including digital cameras, handheld computers, PDAs, and mobile phones. SD card capacities range from 8 MB to 32 GB. The XO laptop has one SD slot.
[edit] User Interface (UI)
[edit] Sugar UI
- The user interface of the laptop is called "Sugar"; it consists of four views (below), the Frame, and the Journal.
[edit] Home view
- a view of what activities you are running and other status information—home view is the starting view on the laptop;
[edit] Groups view
- a view of your friends with whom you are working on shared projects;
[edit] Neighborhood view
- a view of who is on the network with you and what activities and content are being shared;
[edit] Activity view
- a view used by the current activity that is running on the laptop
[edit] Frame
- The Frame, which can appear in any view, holds navigation controls, the task bar (of running activities), a list of "buddies" (collaborators), the device bar (of internal & external devices), a clipboard, and notifications.
[edit] Journal
- an activity-like core Sugar component where you can review your previous work done in other activities. You can also resume the work done in those activities and make or move copies to attached devices.
[edit] toolbox
- a user-interface element that appears in the top part of most activities and contains one or more toolbars
[edit] toolbar
- a user-interface element that can contains several buttons, text entry fields, drop-down menus, etc. that is usually contained in a toolbox; common examples of toolbars include: Activity, View, Edit.
[edit] palette
- a black box that appears when the mouse hovers over an object; a palette can contain the name of the control, some details about it or some related actions.
[edit] Activities and Content
[edit] Activity
- an application that has an icon in the Home view, e.g., Write, Record, Browse; Activities engage you in taking a picture, reading a book, creating a page, annotating a page, animating a drawing, making sounds and music, measuring and sensing, sharing your favorites, inviting your friends, surfing on the web, etc.
[edit] Content
- books, music, movies, photographs, drawings, etc. that are created on the laptop or downloaded to the laptop
[edit] content library
- content that is created on the laptop may be accessed through the Journal; preloaded content is stored in a library and is accessed through the Browse activity.
[edit] bundle/activity bundle
- a "zip" file with a .xo suffix used to package and distribute activities; bundles are installed in /home/olpc/Activities
[edit] content bundle/collection
- a "zip" file with a .xol suffix used to package and distribute content; bundles are installed in /home/olpc/Library
[edit] Power Options
[edit] human power
- energy generated by people, typically through mechanical means, such as a hand crank, pedal, or pulley system
[edit] solar power
- energy generated by the sun, either in the form of a 5–10 watt panel to power an individual laptop or a 150–300 watt panel to power a multibattery charger or school server
[edit] multi-battery charger
- a prototype classroom device used to charge 12–15 batteries at one time
[edit] power adapter
- Each laptop comes with a power adapter to allow it to be plugged into a power socket.
[edit] XoctoPlug
- a prototype classroom device used to power up to 8 laptops without the use of individual power adapters
[edit] Security
[edit] Bitfrost
- the OLPC security platform
[edit] Rainbow
- Rainbow implements the isolation shell implicitly described in the Bitfrost security specification. This means that it isolates activities (and eventually system services) that it is asked to run from one another and the rest of the system.
[edit] key
- a piece of information saved as a file or sent as data and used in cryptographic algorithms found in digital signature schemes and message authentication codes.
[edit] activation
- In order to use a secured laptop for the first time (or after a "reflash" of the operating system), it must be unlocked by an activation key.
[edit] activation key
- the key that unlocks the laptop
[edit] developer key
- If the boot firmware sees a developer key, it makes the XO laptop work just like any ordinary PC-style laptop, in the sense that it will let you interrupt the boot process and enter commands; and it will try to boot and run any program you supply to it, no matter whether the OLPC organization has tested or signed it. (The laptop also works this way if its firmware security is disabled.)
[edit] signed/unsigned builds
- OLPC produces both "signed" and "unsigned" builds of the operating system. Signed builds are release builds that have undergone quality assurance (QA) testing. Unsigned builds are development builds, which are used for testing new features and bug fixes. You cannot run an unsigned build in your laptop unless you have either a developer key or security has been turned off (as in the case of the G1G1 laptops).
[edit] key generation
- the process of generating both activation and developer keys
[edit] lease
- When a laptop is activated, the activation has an expiration date. The period between activation and expiration is the lease period. The lease period is determined during the key-generation process; the laptop can be reactivated after the lease has expired.
[edit] passive kill
- Currently unsupported, this is a mechanism that uses the lease mechanism to require laptops to periodically ask for a renewed activation. Without the renewal, the lease will expire and the laptop will be locked.
[edit] active kill
- Currently unsupported, this is a mechanism whereby a laptop that has been reported stolen can be remotely shut down when it connects to the Internet.
[edit] malware
- Malware is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent. GNU/Linux is relatively robust in light of malware, and Rainbow provides additional protections above and beyond the standard GNU/Linux defaults.
[edit] computer virus
- a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user, a type of malware.
[edit] Documentation and Support
[edit] Wiki
- a collaborative website that allows for community contributions and editing, e.g., http://wiki.laptop.org
[edit] IRC/chat (Internet Relay Chat)
- real-time text chat used by the development and technical support communities (and hopefully the learning community as well)
[edit] email/mailing list
- a collection of email addresses—an efficient way to send email to a group of people who share an interest; A mailing list maintains an archive of the emails in discussion threads.
[edit] RT (Request Tracker)
- Web site: http://rt.laptop.org/ This is a Help ticket tracking system. Read http://bestpractical.com/rt/ for more.
[edit] Localization
[edit] Pootle
- (PO-based Online Translation Engine)
- a server that is used to store and manage translation templates and files
[edit] POT file
- the master translation template for a project.
[edit] PO file
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Career Center
The St Julien Hotel & Spa is dedicated to providing guests with personalized and gracious service. We welcome your application and resume and appreciate your interest in the St Julien. We are currently accepting applications for the following positions:
Open Positions as of June 13, 2013
- Department
- Position
- Type
- Application
Please be sure to indicate on the application form which position you are applying for. If you are applying for more than one position, please indicate your first and second choices. We are unable to consider applications without this information.
Please also be sure to fill out the online application completely. If you are attaching a resume, please answer each question. Applications with "see resume" will not be considered.
You may also fax or mail your application and/or resume to:
Attn: Human Resources
St Julien Hotel and Spa
900 Walnut Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Fax: (720) 406 – 7397
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com