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Don't you love a sure thing?
I'm not referring to "Sure Thing" as in the 1980's definition of the term implying someone who can be counted on to deliver sex on a date. Don't get me wrong...if I recall correctly those kind of sure things could be nice too and they certainly have their place in our lives. Or did. Ahem. Rather, I'm talking about those times in life when you just need a winning particular outcome and you know just the item in your arsenal guaranteed to deliver?
My college chum Stewart collects sure things. He would be the first to admit that he doesn't have any well rounded, in-depth knowledge of any one thing but he has managed to find ways of accessing or mastering a sure thing in all sorts of various categories where a sure thing might someday be necessary.
He has the sure thing shirt, the sure thing date itinerary, the sure thing book choice, and even the sure thing Dinner menu dish for entertaining (which he got from yours truly!). The rest of his wardrobe, library, and culinary repetoir was definitely not impressive or expansive and left little to be desired. This is what can happen if you focus too much on developing sure things if you are not careful.
In college Stewart could always count on receiving all manner of attention with his impassioned and perfect vocal delivery of Billy Joel's "She's Always a Woman". It was a masterful to be sure but he worked on it with his sister, a voice coach, for several years to get it just perfect and to get it perfect he never studied any other song. He would win every Karaoke competition he entered with it and would easily turn any date he happened to be singing it to into a Sure Thing as long as he was not called back to sing anything else because, well, he couldn't sing anything else. He could only sing that one song and it always worked. He didn't want to be a singer. Just have a song that would always 'work'.
I reconnected with Stewart when his sister recently got married and I was invited to her engagement party. The party night was filled with great music and much dancing. Given her profession you can imagine how talented her group of friends and associates were. As the party wound down and Stewart's sister had sang a song to her fiance, some of her friends and former favored students asked to get up one by one and serenade the happy couple with a song of their own in tribute.
Finally, Stewart took his turn amid some knowing laughter. We knew what he would sing and he knew we would love it. Everyone always did. It would be as if when he decided to learn it those many years ago it he knew how entirely appropriate it would be for just this kind of moment between them.
This time however he surprised us all by taking a seat himself at the piano, winking to the audience, and then proceed to not only sing the song but playing his way through the entire piece as if he were The Piano Man himself.
No one could believe it! Stewart couldn't play piano! His fiancee DID know how, however, and it turns out that she had coached him through the entire piece during the entire three years that they were together! Nobody had heard it until that night. And it was perfect. A sure thing.
Unknowing friends called out for an encore when he was done (the first such call of the night) but most in the audience knew it was a futile request. He wouldn't be playing or singing anything else. He couldn't.
If you don't have the culinary equivalent of Stewart's various sure things you really should start collecting some. Even the most accomplished cook needs a few showstoppers to rely on. My culinary sure things tend to be focused on a particular audience I might be called on to 'target'.
The sure thing you see here is frequently called on to cap off a meal prepared for the Persian side of my family. Tossing saffron into anything intended for Persians is as much of a sure thing as there is in life. Saffron is very delicious and very expensive so the act of using it itself shows your guests how much you value them.
Its flavor here is just sublime in this quick and easy ice cream recipe I picked up from David Lebovitz' blog a couple of years ago. If you are not familiar with saffron don't be intimidated with it here. This is a great reason to buy some and discover its mysterious pleasures. Here it is simply delicious combined with tropical coconut flavor and palm sugar. It yields an unexpectedly perfect end to the evening meal. Much like my friend Stewart's song did.
Perfect this for yourselves, but keep it in your recipe box for those times when you are called onto entertain your Persian friends. Its a sure thing.
What are your sure things?
Saffron Coconut Ice Cream Adapted from David Lebovitz
- 1 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 4 ounces palm sugar, or 1/2 cup white or unrefined cane sugar or 1/4 cup white sugar – 1/3 cup brown sugar combo.
- scant 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads
2. Remove pan from heat, and transfer mixture to covered, airtight container and chill the mixture thoroughly. 4 hours or overnight.
3. Freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's directions.


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Also used InnerSpace with Guild Wars 2 today for the 2nd stress test and I was able to run 4 copies on a laptop. Still no auto-follow in Guild Wars 2 but ISBoxer/Innerspace are working in multiple windows on a single PC. Sometimes I have to restart a client to get the window to get positioned properly but otherwise it's working.
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YAGP Gala 2007
Posted 01 May 2007 - 10:20 AM
Posted 01 May 2007 - 11:12 AM
drb, on May 1 2007, 12:31 AM, said:
Posted 01 May 2007 - 11:49 AM
Posted 01 May 2007 - 12:39 PM
saraclara, on May 1 2007, 03:12 PM, said:
So I googled that name and found articles including photos. That's the guy!
Posted 01 May 2007 - 07:55 PM
Grand Prix: Melissa Hamilton
Men's Gold: Jim Nowakowski
Women's Gold: Mako Nagasaki
Honorary Grand Prix: Miles E. Perti
Grand Prix: Kiril Kulish
Men's Gold: Tomoha Terada
Women's Gold: Megumi Horiuchi
All the awards are now posted:
Posted 01 May 2007 - 10:37 PM
I also agree wholeheartedly that YAGP needs to figure out how to keep the kids upstairs from being quite so enthusiastic. They not only drowned out Richardson but also annoyed many of us with their screaming for "tricks" & seemingly not appreciating the more artistic entries.
As for the persistent flashes, the audience needs to be told that their cameras will be confiscated or they will be shown the door. It was more than just "rude & dangerous", it was downright infuriating to those of us who know proper audience etiquette.
Posted 02 May 2007 - 10:45 AM
drb, on May 1 2007, 08:55 PM, said:
Top 12 Sr Women and Mary Day Award are listed as
Kirsten Wicklund, (16) International School of Classical Ballet, Washington/USA
But she is in the San Francisco regionals 2nd Place as
Kirsten Wicklund, (16) Goh Ballet Academy (Vancouver, Canada)
The regionals are right, she's a Goh girl.
Posted 02 May 2007 - 11:46 AM
Abrera and Radetsky did not perform
Orlando Ballet School performed and were announced as outstanding school 2007 which is incorrect they were outstanding school 2006. The outstanding school 2007 was named as The Rock School. This performance at the Gala by Orlando Ballet School was unfortunately less than outstanding.
The Solos were performed by the pre competitve winner
Paulina Guraieb Sbella, (10) Fomento Artistico Cordobes, Mexico
EDITED TO ADD a very small and very dinamic Japanese boy who was the Jr 1st place winner
Tomoha Terada, (12) Tanaka Ballet Art, Japan
We also saw The Junior Grand Prix winner
Kiril Kulish, (12) San Diego Academy of Ballet, California/USA
(la Corsaire)
Contemporary dance prize winner (for whom at the awards there was no "prize" given to her) they actually called her up on stage said "we actually have nothing to give you so just stand there and have your moment" the contemporary dance prize has been awarded at several competition shame she will return to South Africa without even a certificate to show for her hard work.
Camille Bracher, (15) Ballet Theatre Afrikan, South Africa
and Outstanding European dancer
Telmo Higino Gomes Moreira, (15) Escola de Danca do Conservatorio Nacional, Portugal
both did their contemporary solos
We also saw a young lady from the Rock School do her Contemporary I think she was
Kristie Latham, (16) The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA but I was not sure where that fit in since there were still winners that did not perform.
Ryan Steele, (16) Dance Dynamics Performing Arts Center, Michigan/USA
he danced a contemporary piece by Carlos Dos Santos Jr
Womens Junior 1st place winner
Megumi Horiuchi, (14) Kaneta Kouno Ballet Academy, Japan
Womens Senior 3rd place winner
Aurora Dickie, (18) Pavilhàod Centro De Artes, Brazil
Don Q
Mens 2nd place (tie) winner I believe the website is incorrect he tied for 2nd not third.
Young Gyu Choi, (16) Tanz Akademie Zurich Taz, Switzerland
La Syllphide (in my opinion of the standout performances of the competition.)
We saw Witney Jenson and Reyes Reyneris perform the pas de deuz from the Pharoh's Daughter
There participated in the pas de deux competition (him as a non competing partner) but did not place.
The young man who did the Acteons solo from Diana and Acteon was the first place mens winner was indeed
Jim Nowakowski, (17) The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, New York/USA
Diana in Acteon
Jim and his partner also won the pas de deux competition. Outstanding everytime he sets foot on the stage.
Then we saw the Senior Grand Prix Winner
Melissa Hamilton, (18) Greece
La Bayadere
Excuse me I do not have them in correct order but 2 large ensemble groups also performed one was
Dance World made in Takane, Japan, "Ballad - Deep in My Heart" (that placed in second) their peice involve spinning chairs.
Formento Artistico Cordobes, Mexico, "Muy Dentro De La Tierra" the First place large ensembel winner
very large group of nymphs which sent the Mexican contingent in the audience wild.
Hope this helps.
The second act in my opinion is the best $150 I have spent in a while. It was inspiring and a wonderful opportunity to see some dancers I may never have the chance to see again in my lifetime.
When mentioning Marianela Nunoz's pirouettes which were eye popping I would like to add that their artistry and port de bras held just as much impact as her amazing fouettes. And their partnering was so smooth and elegant it really was artistry partnered with brilliance.
Edited by Memo, 05 May 2007 - 06:52 PM.
Posted 02 May 2007 - 06:04 PM
Did the Honorary Grand Prix winner, Miles Pertl, perform at the Gala? He's a tall, thin, very talented 16 year old. We are delighted he did so well at the competition his first time out.
Posted 02 May 2007 - 06:15 PM
Posted 02 May 2007 - 06:35 PM
Memo, on May 2 2007, 03:46 PM, said:
Kristie Latham, (16) The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA but I was not sure where that fit in since there were still winners that did not perform.
Posted 02 May 2007 - 06:54 PM
For those long-time YAGP participants who remember Boris Shapiro when he gave the welcoming speeches at the beginning of the regional awards ceremonies, "EVERYONE is a winner."
Posted 02 May 2007 - 07:42 PM
It our shared sentiment and loyalty about all dancers which allows use to view them as all being the winners in our minds, if not in ceremony.
I hope this clarifies my reply to that post.
Of course, getting up on a stage in NYC and doing a solo takes a lot of nerve for any youth to execute; so they are all amazing winners. The dancers this year were talented and extraordinary beyond anything I have ever seen from amateurs anywhere.
pj, on May 2 2007, 10:54 PM, said:
For those long-time YAGP participants who remember Boris Shapiro when he gave the welcoming speeches at the beginning of the regional awards ceremonies, "EVERYONE is a winner."
Posted 02 May 2007 - 08:41 PM
cierra19, on May 3 2007, 02:35 AM, said:
Memo, on May 2 2007, 03:46 PM, said:
Kristie Latham, (16) The Rock School for Dance Education, Pennsylvania/USA but I was not sure where that fit in since there were still winners that did not perform.
I stand corrected. I was not sure about that one. Thanks.
Posted 02 May 2007 - 08:58 PM
cierra19, on May 3 2007, 03:42 AM, said:
It our shared sentiment and loyalty about all dancers which allows use to view them as all being the winners in our minds, if not in ceremony.
Well if you are refering to my post. I was trying to report and who I saw, what they danced and a bit of editorial comment on my opinion on the performances all in one. I think there were people at the gala who had not sat at the competition with a program and was trying to make it easier for them to figure out who was who.
I felt that the young ladies contemporary was not anything out of the ordinary and seemed out of place in the line up. I felt the same way about Whitney Jenson and her partner doing the pas de deux I would like to have seen the first or second place pas de deux winners which I did not see at the competition. I heard that they were really excellent.
I have seen Larissa put up pieces that did not even make the final round that were interesting and different and worked really well. Obviously Larissa thought differently and it is her show. She always does an awesome job I just felt it was out of place in the line-up.
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* New Zealand Intel High Definition Audio (HD Audio), device driver interface (DDI) for audio and modem drivers developed by Intel
* New Zealand DVD-Audio, optical DVD standard that focuses on high-definition and surround audio, published by the DVD Forum in New Zealand
* New Zealand HiDef, 24 frames-per-second digital video format in New Zealand.
High-definition video or New Zealand HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition (SD) video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1280×720 pixels (720p) or 1920×1080 pixels (1080i/1080p). This article discusses the general concepts of high-definition video in New Zealand, as opposed to its specific applications in television broadcast in New Zealand (HDTV), video recording formats (HDCAM, HDCAM-SR, DVCPRO HD, D5 HD, XDCAM HD, HDV and AVCHD), the optical disc delivery system Blu-ray Disc and the video tape format D-VHS.
High-definition image sources include terrestrial broadcast in New Zealand, direct broadcast satellite, digital cable, high definition disc (BD), internet downloads and the latest generation of video game consoles in New Zealand.
* Most computers in New Zealand are capable of HD or higher resolutions over VGA, DVI, and/or HDMI.
* The optical disc standard Blu-ray Disc can provide enough digital storage to store hours of HD video content. DVDs look best on screens that are smaller than 36 inches (91 cm), so they are not always up to the challenge of today's high-definition (HD) sets. Storing and playing HD movies requires a disc that holds more information, like a Blu-ray Disc.
3D is a phenomena that has recently started to advance for all types of platforms. While it has been around in New Zealand and all over the world for many years, only recently it has started to become available for a large audience in New Zealand. Games are available in 3DTV, Movies are available in Full HD 3DTV, and practically anything nowadays. You can see all these products over in the HD TV section.
New Zealand HD
Ever since screens were released to the public, there was a constant thrive to increase the resolution. High Definition(1080 pixels) gives you the best quality possible. Now a days, seeing a movie with a non HD-Ready TV just isn't captivating as it would be if your TV was able to stream movies in High Def.
New Zealand HD gives you examples of High Definition pictures straight from New Zealand. You will see just how beautiful pictures can be when viewed in HD format. New Zealand HD will give you many examples of High Def pictures so you will be convinced that High Definition is the future of screen resolution.


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Keyword Phrases to Increase Web Traffic
November 2, 2011 in George's Observations by George
We continue our online marketing discussion points with an examination of Keyword Phrases. When a person's brain takes a raw thought and applies the process of making meaning out of it, their mind uses its verbal mechanism to assign a few appropriate words to categorize the thought. In web marketing terms, these few words are known as a keyword phrase. The basis for all online marketing is rooted in targeting keyword phrases.Go to Google type something travel related into the search box and see what the search engine results page (SERP) returns. Those sites listed on that first page are not there by accident. Notice that the keyword phrase you typed into Google is probably included in many of the options in the returned results. You now begin to see the impact of targeting the right keyword phrases.
Research allows you to discover which phrases people search with, when they consider a topic. Keyword phrase research also tells you the reality of how popular a topic is. You may think some thing or place is popular only to find out it has very few people searching for it. This is critical market knowledge you need to be a successful marketer. My favorite tool for keyword research is Google Keyword External. Here is the link:
Factors to consider as you choose a keyword phrase:
1) How many other websites are you competing for search engine ranking?
The longer and the more specific a keyword phrase, the less competition you will have from other web pages. If you type "cruises" into Google you will find the search engine has over 24 million web pages cataloged with the word "cruises." You will need to be pretty darn lucky or extremely good at SEO to gain a Google page #1 listing for cruises. However, if you targeted a longer keyword phrase like "Mediterranean Cruises" you will be competing with only 2.1 million web pages for a page one listing. If you narrow it further to "Carnival Mediterranean Cruises" you find only 744,000 web pages have this term.
2) How many people search with that keyword phrase?
This is information you need to know to determine if a keyword phrase has enough people searching with it to be worthwhile targeting. Researching the examples above in Google Keyword External you will find there were 16.6 million monthly searches for the term "cruises" but only 165,000 people searched for "Mediterranean Cruises" and 1,300 people searched for "Carnival Mediterranean Cruises."
So which of these keyword phrases would I target?
I would choose Carnival Mediterranean Cruises for a number of reasons.
• The term has the least amount of web pages competing with it for position in the search engines. I have a better chance of attaining a page one or two listing.
• The keyword phrase "Cruises" is not something that one might type in who is far enough into the purchasing cycle to be considered a worthwhile lead. If someone types in "Cruises" you would figure they were in the beginning stages of researching their cruise vacation right? They will probably continue searching before taking the leap to make an inquiry. How about if they typed in Carnival Mediterranean Cruises? Now we're getting a person who has done some research and is getting more serious.
Lessons Learned About Keyword Phrases
- Keyword phrases are the words people type into search engines to find the information they want.
- The basis for all online marketing is rooted in targeting keyword phrases.
- Use keyword phrases to craft your target marketing strategy.
- Keyword research is critical to find the right phrases to target.
- Consider plural keyword phrases and a singular keyword phrase.
- A good keyword phrase has few competing web-pages and a lot of people searching with the phrase.
- Go to Google Keyword External and research a list of 20 keyword phrases you want to target for your travel specialty or niche. Keep this list handy so as you craft your web pages and articles to include one in each of your posts.
- Make sure your web page Title Tag, Blog Post Title and Social Media Posts have one of your targeted keyword phrase included.
- Repeat the targeted keyword phrase three or four times within the body copy of your web pages and blog posts.
Anyone had success using targeted keyword phrases in your marketing efforts?
Enjoy the JourneyGeorge


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Sustainable Agriculture
We know that our most significant environmental and social impacts occur in our supply chain, in the growing of our agricultural ingredients. According to a new report, agriculture is the single-largest driver of deforestation on Earth, the largest user of water, the biggest user of chemicals and the most significant source of water pollution.1 In recent years, food security – i.e., the question of how to feed the ever-increasing global population going forward – has also emerged as a critical issue facing the agriculture industry.
Nearly all of the foods we make at Kellogg are derived from simple grains, and fortunately, grains have a lower environmental impact than many other foods. They are also a good way to feed the world, as they use fewer resources per calorie to produce than, say, meat or cheese.2
As a responsible food company, we want to do our part to minimize the impacts of agricultural production and help the agricultural sector be more sustainable. It's the right thing to do, and it's what our consumers – who are increasingly interested in where and how their food is grown – expect us to do.
As discussed in this section,3 our sustainable agriculture work focuses primarily on the grains we use most – wheat, corn and rice – as well as on palm oil. Our approach involves working with breeders and growers of these products and in partnership with other organizations. We are also beginning to look more closely at our cocoa supply chain; we look forward to reporting on those efforts in the future. (See the Responsible Sourcing section for general information about our efforts to ensure an ethical and transparent supply chain.)
Simple Grains
Most of our foods are derived from the goodness of simple grains. To learn more about how some of our most popular cereals are made – and to meet some of the farmers who grow our grains – visit our website. Be sure to click on "watch the videos" at the bottom of the page.
For a closer look at our work with rice farmers in the U.S., watch this video.
Where Are Our Ingredients Grown?
There's no question that Kellogg is a global company with a global supply chain. But most of our ingredients are grown and sourced in the same regions as the manufacturing plants where they are made into our popular and delicious foods.
Our foods made in Australia, for example, are made with 100 percent Australian-grown grains. All of the rice and corn we use in our U.S. products is grown in the U.S., as is the majority of the wheat (a small percentage is grown in Canada). All of the wheat for our products made in Europe is grown in Europe. In Colombia, 100 percent of the rice we use and 50 to 60 percent of the corn we use comes from local growers.
While many factors go into determining where we source our ingredients (including cost, quality, availability and so forth), the "localness" of the supply is one important criteria.


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State of Alaska
DCRA Home
Ruba Community Profile
> Ruba Status Report
RUBA Status Report
Margaret Hansen
DCA Region:
Agreement Date:
Northwest Arctic
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Govt Type(s):
2nd Class City
Northwest Arctic Borough
Assessment Date:
Active Community:
Date Updated:
Community Sanitation Overview:
Wells have proven unsuccessful in Kivalina. Water is drawn from the Wulik River via a 3-mile surface transmission line and is stored in a 700,000-gallon raw water tank. It is then treated and stored in a 500,000-gallon steel tank. Residents haul water from this tank. One-third of the residents have tanks, which provide running water for the kitchen, but homes are not fully plumbed. The school and clinic have individual water and sewer systems. Residents haul their own honeybuckets to bunkers. A new landfill and honeybucket disposal site was completed. The business plan is completed. Work started on the wastewater treatment plant last summer but encountered human remains and artifacts; the community had to bring out an archeologist, which slowed the project down. Only the foundation and bin walls were completed before they ran out of funding. Construction is approximately 50% complete. ANTHC and the city applied for an $850,000 CDBG grant but fell below the funding line. ANTHC and the tribe submitted an ICDBG grant for supplemental funding. A direct grant to USDA has also been prepared and submitted. The Water Treatment Plant Upgrade project is complete. In addition, funding from the State of Alaska FY 2012 Captial Budget for a $150,000 sanitation improvements master plan was approved. The City of Kivalina has recently signed a cooperative project agreement for a project to fund the construction of the interior components of the wastewater treatment plant. The ANTHC sent a project superintendent to the site in March 2012 to begin this work. The city is still pursuing funding for construction of the exterior portions of the plant. The ICDBG program did not select this project for funding. There is still the possibility that USDA might fund this work.
RUBA Status and Activities This Quarter:
Kotzebue staff worked with the administrator via email to correct monthly financial reports submitted to RUBA that had formula errors. To date RUBA has only received up to the month of December 2012 and was told that no other reports have been completed to date. In February the boilers in the washeteria quit working. The Maniilaq Remote Maintenance Worker sent the parts on February 28th, who then traveled to Kivalina to assist the operator to get them going. In the meantime, the lines froze so needs to thaw the system out. As of April 5th, the washeteria system is still frozen. In March the tanks levels were checked, they had a total of 314,641 gallons in both tanks. This equates to approximately 4.8 months of water using their current water usuage.
Capacity Indicator: Finances
Essential Indicators
All revenues and expenses for the utility are listed in the utility budget.
The utility has adopted a balanced realistic budget.
Monthly financial reports are prepared and submitted to the policy making board.
The utility is current in paying all water/wastewater electric bills.
The utility has on hand a year's adequate fuel supply or it has a financial plan to purchase an adequate supply.
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources) sufficient to cover operating expenses.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources sufficient to cover operating expenses and Repair & Replacement (R) costs.
YTD revenues are at a level equal to or above those budgeted.
YTD expenditures are at a level equal to or below those budgeted.
A monthly manager's report is prepared.
Budget amendments are completed and adopted as necessary.
Finances Comment:
The city did pass a balanced budget that lists all revenues and expenses for the utility but show that they expect the school district to pay them $197,193.00 for this fiscal year or .30 cents a gallon which is unrealistic since no current rate study has been performed. The last approved monthly financial report that RUBA received was for the month of December so are not timely. It is uncertain whether or not they are current in paying their electric bills without having current council approved financials to show this. We do know that they did receive a year supply of fuel but without having approved financials it is unknown if they are receiving enough revenues to cover their expenses.
Capacity Indicator: Accounting Systems
Essential Indicators
The utility has adopted a collection policy and actively follows it.
The utility bills customers on a regular basis.
An accounts receivable system is in place which tracks customers and reports past due accounts and amounts.
An accounts payable system is in place.
The payroll system correctly calculates payroll and keeps records.
A cash receipt system is in place that records incoming money and how it was spent.
The utility has a cash disbursement system that records how money was spent.
Sustainable Indicators
A chart of accounts is used that identifies categories in a reasonable, usable manner.
Monthly bank reconciliations have been completed for all utility accounts.
The utility has a purchasing system that requires approval prior to purchase, and the approval process compares proposed purchases to budgeted amounts.
Accounting Systems Comment:
The utility staff are actively following collection policies and billing customers on a monthly basis. QuickBooks is utilized for all their acounting needs - tracking accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and recording incoming money and how it was spent. The adopted budget is used as a chart of accounts. The city has a purchasing system to check against the budget using monthly financial reports. It is unknown if monthly bank reconciliations are completed as the administrator reported no monthly financial reports have been completed since December 2012.
Capacity Indicator: Tax Problems
Essential Indicators
The utility has a system to accurately calculate, track, and report payroll tax liabilities.
The utility is current on filing tax reports.
The utility is current on making tax deposits.
If there are any past due tax liabilities or recorded tax liens, a lien release has been issued or a repayment agreement has been signed and repayments are current.
Tax Problems Comment:
The city uses QuickBooks to track and report tax liabilities; have not received the return tax authorizations from IRS or DOL so do not know if they are current with deposits and reports. In reviewing the Tax Lien publication, Kivalina still owes $97,727.21 from past liability; they are repaying this under a payment plan with the IRS.
Capacity Indicator: Personnel System
Essential Indicators
The utility has a posted workers compensation insurance policy in effect.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted and uses a Personnel Policy, which has been reviewed by an attorney, AML or Commerce for topics and language.
The utility has adequate written job descriptions for all positions.
The utility has adopted and follows a written personnel evaluation process that ties the job description to the evaluation.
The utility has an adequate written hiring process.
The utility has personnel folders on every employee that contain at least: I-9, Job Application and Letter of Acceptance.
The utility has a probationary period for new hires that includes orientation, job training/oversight, and evaluations.
The utility provides training opportunities to staff as needed and available.
Personnel System Comment:
According to AMLJIA, Kivalina is in compliance and has been issued new insurance coverage until June 2013 and has paid her insurance in full. There have been no changes to personnel policies, which included an adequate hiring process that was reviewed by the Northwest Arctic Borough Lawyer when passed. All job descriptions are current and are tied to job evaluations. There has been no turnover, so all personnel files have in them information as previously reviewed. No employee evaluations have been documented as completed.
Capacity Indicator: Organizational Management
Essential Indicators
The entity that owns the utility is known; the entity that will operate the utility is set.
The policy making body is active in policy making of the utility.
The policy making body enforces utility policy.
The utility has an adequately trained manager.
The utility has an adequately trained bookkeeper.
The utility has an adequately trained operator or operators.
The utility has adopted the necessary ordinances (or rules and regulations) necessary to give it the authority to operate.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted an organizational chart that reflects the current structure.
The policy making body meets as required.
The utility complies with the open meeting act for all meetings.
Organizational Management Comment:
The city council is the known entity who operates the utility as adopted by ordinance. RUBA staff has received December meeting minutes confirming that the governing body is enforcing utility policy. Kivalina has a staff of two in the city office, sharing bookkeeping duties; both have worked for the city for over five years. Their water operator is certified. They have adopted an organizational chart that reflects the current structure. Without current meeting minutes, it is unknown if the council meets as required and is complying with the Open Meetings Act.
Capacity Indicator: Operation of Utility
Essential Indicators
The utility operator(s) are actively working towards necessary certification.
The utility has a preventative maintenance plan developed for the existing sanitation facilities.
Sustainable Indicators
The manager receives a monthly O&M report from the utility operator and routinely "spot checks" the facilities to see that the maintenance items are being completed.
The utility has a safety manual and holds safety meetings.
Utility facilities have not suffered any major problems/outages due to management issues that are unresolved.
The utility is operating at the level of service that was proposed.
The operator provides status reports to the manager on a routine basis.
The utility has completed and distributed its "Consumer Confidence Report".
The utility is not on the "Significant Non-Complier" (SNC) list.
The utility maintains an inventory control list.
The utility maintains a critical spare parts list.
Operation of Utility Comment:
Their main water operator is certified for Water Distribution, Provisional and Water Treatment, Provisional(expiring 12/31/2013); CEU requirements have been met. The alternate operator is certified in Wastewater Collection and Wastewater Treatment. It is unknown if the administrator receives a monthly operations report or routinely spot checks the facilities, nor whether they hold safety meetings. RUBA staff cannot confirm an inventory or critical spare parts list. They are operating at the level of service proposed. The city has completed their CCR and is not on the SNC list.
RUBA Activities for the Coming Quarter:
Staff will continue to request information needed to document progress to come into compliance with the RUBA assessment. RUBA staff continues to make them aware she is available to travel to provide training and assistance just need to request assistance in writing.


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GA-EX58 and GA-X58A DSDT native power management modifications
Posted 21 September 2012 - 10:01 PM
Posted 22 September 2012 - 12:01 AM
JamesLittler, on 21 September 2012 - 12:50 PM, said:
Has anyone started using clover yet?
Will the DSDT from my chameleon boot likely work? Or is there some purer form of DSDT extraction that can be had through a Clover boot no-DSDT?
I have trouble following some of the conversation over there.
Does anyone boot with Clover?
What are its advantages on this system?
Which custom UUID to use? where to find, or make up?
Are audio and HDMI working?
I suppose I can take the plunge and try it. Will report back if it survives.
Posted 22 September 2012 - 12:59 PM
JamesLittler, on 21 September 2012 - 12:50 PM, said:
Has anyone started using clover yet?
Clover looks like an interesting project, but at this point it doesn't seem as polished as Chameleon, as there are problems with RT and services such as iCloud;
Posted 24 September 2012 - 03:31 PM
So I updated to 10.7.5, and started with a fresh AppleHDA from that.
Starting with this template (link in that post) for my ALC889, I took info.plist, layout12.xml.zlib and Platforms.xml.zlib all the (Green labeled ones ya know)
Then inflated them for use on Lion as explained here
(decompress) perl zlib.pl inflate layout12.xml.zlib > layout12.xml perl zlib.pl inflate Platforms.xml.zlib > Platforms.xml
inflate these files to *.xml, then using HDA Wizard which points to S/L/E/AppleHDA so make sure that that your fresh copy is installed.
If you do not bin patch with HDA Wizard, or need to bin patch for Mountain Lion, read here and make sure to grab the perl script discussed. There is instruction for the 889 in that post.
Also included in the template was the DSDT patch, make sure your HDEF entry matches or resembles that closely. Especially Layout ID 12
Posted 30 September 2012 - 12:28 AM
OS X 10.8 is giving me problems that I have not been able to overcome. Using GraphicsEnabler=yes and EthernetBuiltIn=yes together in org.chameleon.Boot.plist gives me a black screen at boot. I've tried with a couple different Chameleon builds (r643, r1923, r3030) and the result was the same. Odd, since both enablers worked with OS X 10.6 through 10.6.8. Must be something new with 10.8?
Problem is, without ethernet builtin=yes, graphics is fine, but iCloud is broken. I have fixed the SMboardproduct and SMserial values in smbios.plist so they are appropriate for a MacPro4,1. So the only thing left for iCloud seems to be getting ethernet builtin working.
I tried item #19C and the DSDT compiled without error. But I still get ehternet buitin=false in the IO Registry! And, of course, iCloud remains broken. Not sure why this DSDT hack doesn't work for me. Is there a specific place the additional code needs to be under PEX4? I've retried a few times. Always compiles correctly, but has no effect when installed. Any ideas?
I downloded the source files for RealtekR1000SL.kext, and I patched the RealtekR1000SL.ccp, but I don't know how or what to do to compile it. Can someone point me to an RealtekR1000SL.kext already modified for ethernet builtin and/or tell me what to do to compile the kext? I'd like to give this idea a try, but I am unclear as to how to proceed.
I also installed an Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter and followed item #18A to modify Apple's IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/Intel82574L.kext. The mod works, but it also comes up as ethernet builtin=false in the IO Registry. Any ideas as to how to make it appear as BuiltIn=Yes? It shows as en0. The MB Realtek dual-ethernet appears as en1 and en2. I'd like to use the CT add-in card, since it is much more reliable than the motherboard's Realtek ethernet controllers.
GA-EX58-UD5, bios F12; i7-920 CPU; GTX 285 graphics card; D00D's any CPU v5 DSDT; Chameleon 2.1svn-r2030; retail OS X 10.8.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Posted 30 September 2012 - 05:26 AM
Posted 30 September 2012 - 02:54 PM
SapperC, on 30 September 2012 - 12:28 AM, said:
OS X 10.8 is giving me problems that I have not been able to overcome. Using GraphicsEnabler=yes and EthernetBuiltIn=yes together in org.chameleon.Boot.plist gives me a black screen at boot. I've tried with a couple different Chameleon builds (r643, r1923, r3030) and the result was the same. Odd, since both enablers worked with OS X 10.6 through 10.6.8. Must be something new with 10.8?
I have a virtually identical system to you, and also had the black screen issue. the problem is that newer boot loaders don't inject the correct proprieties for the GTX 285 card. you need to inject via device-properties.
re you other issues. i use the dood dsdt mods her in post 1, with the audio option to enable use of the standard applehda kext. I use the scipt written by digital dreamer to install the kexts, and the network driver ionetworkfamily.kext from his script works for me including app store etc.
Posted 01 October 2012 - 03:14 AM
jhrfc, on 30 September 2012 - 02:54 PM, said:
re you other issues. i use the dood dsdt mods her in post 1, with the audio option to enable use of the standard applehda kext. I use the scipt written by digital dreamer to install the kexts, and the network driver ionetworkfamily.kext from his script works for me including app store etc.
Jon, Thanks for the tips. I am giving it a try, but I still have some odd issues getting ethernet set to builtin.
I was able to inject the GTX 285 properties into org.Chameleon.Boot.plist, and it seems to work.
I've tried various options, including Lnx2Mac's Realtek RTL81xx.kext and Bit Shoveler's RealtekR1000SL.kext in E/E and alternately in S/L/E. The kext in Digital Dreamer's script is only a port of Lnx2Mac's Realtek RTL81xx.kext into Apple's IONetwokingFamily.kext which it replaces upon installation. I'll gave it a try, anyway, to no effect.
Ethernet works fine, by the way, with any of the kext files installed. Intel CT Desktop adapter works with the item #18A device id hack. They just don't come up as builtin. Even temporarily removed the Intel CT Desktop Gigabit adapter to see if that made a difference, which it did not. So I can access the App store for system updates, but not for downloding new apps. Can't access iCloud either as both require ethernet builtin to accept login id info.
I have been able to inject properties for the GTX 285 in the org.Chameleon.Boot.plist in various ways, but I have not been able to inject ethernet builtin either through the org.Chameleon.Boot.plist or through a customized DSDT.aml. I tried the hack suggested in item#19C. The DSDT compiled but had no effect. Seemed flawed anyway as the dual RTL controller shows up in PEX4 and PEX5. The Intel CT adapter shows up in PCIO0 at PCI-bridge1. Seems that entries would need to be listed in each section, which I also tried. Admittedly, I am not sure the same code works for the Intel CT adapter, but it didn't seem to hurt iIt just didn't inject ethernet builtin to any of the lan controllers. Also tried hacking only one cards properties at a time, which also had no effect. (updated 3 October 2012).
I'm stumped and just kinda going in circles to try to find obvious errors or omissions. Is there a way to inject the ethernet builtin property with an EFI hex string in the org.Chameleon.Boot.plist? Is there a way to clean out stored hidden system preferences other than rebuilding system cache012 (updated 3 October 2012. Anyone have a link to kexts modded for the builtin property? Is there a more compatible bootloader for the GA-EX58-UD5 and OS X 10.8.2 I have reinstalled 3 times and have tried 3 different bootlaoders each time (listed in previous post).
Basically, the system just ignores all attempts to inject ethernet builtin. Certainly I am not the only one who has encountered this bug. If I really am the only one, I could use ideas as to what may have gone wrong and how to fix. What is most likely stopping ehternet builtin injection? I've downloaded the Mountain Lion Install App twice now on two different PC's. Surely they are not both corrupted with the same flaw. Ideas, please.(updated 3 October 2012) Guess I'll try clean install #4 with a fresh USB thumb drive loader.
Posted 03 October 2012 - 03:17 AM
Anyway, I have access to iCloud and App Store login in.
Deffinatly can't use EthernetBuiltIn=Yes in the org.Chameleon.Boot.plist -- it just doesn't work. Reconfigured the order of the lan controllers so that the Realtek is now en0 and en1. Haven't figured out how to get the the Intel CT Desktop controller (en2) recognized as builtin. Any thoughts? Any ideas on how to hack the DSDT for it?
(Update, 3 October 2012): Was able to inject ethernet builtin for the Intel CT Desktop adapter using a <device-properties> hex string in the org.Chameleon.Boot.plist. Thanks to Jon (jhrfc) for putting me on to the idea of experimenting with device-properties efi strings. Order of the lan controllers is now mute. Using the hex string to inject both ethernet builtin and GTX 285 properties at the moment. Hex string derived from EFI Studio. Note: efi hex string injection derived from EFI Studios only fixes ethernet builtin for the Intel CT Desktop Gigabit Lan Controller. The DSDT hack at item #19C is still needed to get the builtin properties for the onboard Realtek Lan Controllers. Will try to tweak the GTX 285 properties for my particular graphics card eventually.
Still perplexed as to why the Chameleon EthernetBuiltIn injector feature doesn't work for my setup in 10.8 or 10.8.2. Seems to conflict with the Chameleon graphics injector feature. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Posted 04 October 2012 - 09:15 PM
SapperC, on 03 October 2012 - 03:17 AM, said:
You need the Realtek kext to get LAN working whether or not you have Ethernet built in injector set. However unless you set Ethernet built in to Yes, you won't be able to use the App Store.
Posted 06 October 2012 - 09:25 AM
foraging_ferret, on 04 October 2012 - 09:15 PM, said:
Thaks, but that does address the bug I encountered. My delimea was how best to set the ethernet builtin property and inject graphics properties. I have managed a fairly satisfactory workaround so my immediate crisis is over.
Thanks for all assistance provided.
Posted 16 October 2012 - 05:40 PM
My video - ATI HD6870 . replace its your
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Posted 20 October 2012 - 03:37 PM
My I know the specific brand and model of HD6870 you have?
I am thinking of getting one to upgrade my Sapphire HD4870.
How vanilla is this 6870? Does it works by just using graphicsenabler=Y?
Posted 20 October 2012 - 06:42 PM
aikidoka25, on 20 October 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:
My I know the specific brand and model of HD6870 you have?
I am thinking of getting one to upgrade my Sapphire HD4870.
How vanilla is this 6870? Does it works by just using graphicsenabler=Y?
On 10.7.5 framebuffer does not patch works right out of the box
to 10.8.2, you need to patch
The card is not reference: 2 - DVI, 1 - HDMI, 1 - big DP
graphicsenabler = No
It works through the DSDT
Posted 23 October 2012 - 08:46 PM
my GA-P35-DS3 died, so I needed a new machine. Using this guide, my new GA-X58A-OC works perfectly. Lion boots without a problem every time, but Mountain Lion troubles me. Sometimes it boots, but most of the time in the Chameleon screen, the message "can't find /mach_kernel" appears. Actually, I have no clue why this happens, and I have no reliable solution to boot into ML. Has anyone else seen this problem?
Posted 26 October 2012 - 01:53 PM
foraging_ferret RTL81xx kext is`t enaugh for our MoBo model ethernet problem solution
My specs. DSDT.aml-ioreg-kernel-kextsat can be downloaded
Posted 29 October 2012 - 05:24 PM
I added device Lan0 to Device Pex4 and Device Lan1 to Device Pex5 in your dsdt. Remove EthernetBuiltIn=yes Flag from your org.chamleon.boot.plist. With these edits your Ethernet Adapter should be seen as en0 and en1 and Appstore icloud etc should work with no problems.
If not you need to redo your networks settings. Remove all network adapters from network settings in system settings and click apply. Then go to
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration and delete NetworkInterfaces.plist and com.apple.network.identification.plist. OptionaI you can give your mac a new name in system settings sharing settings. Then reboot and add your network adapters back.
I would also change the Ethernet kext to the RealtekR1000SL by chucko that works at my GA EX58 UD5 without issues.
Posted 30 October 2012 - 12:40 PM
thank you so much
Posted 31 October 2012 - 12:49 PM
Posted 31 October 2012 - 03:53 PM
I`ve also mesed up with S/L/E
Kozlek`s Sensors kext
USB3.0 PCXHD.kext
for audio patching used AppleHDA.kext+ALC885HDA.kext
after that DSDT changes has no more importance cuz something happening with RTL81xx and IOnetworking.kext
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Opinion: Why IDEs for hardware design fail
Philippe Faes, CEO Sigasi
What are IDEs?
IDEs are graphical front ends that tie together all of the tools you need for developing software (or for designing hardware). The general look is pretty much the same for all IDEs. You have one or more windows with several views: an explorer that shows a list of files, a big editor view, navigation views, error views, and dozens more depending on the tools you are using. The idea is that you will never have to leave this IDE. It serves as a cockpit from where you can control every aspect of your work.
Why do EDA vendors build IDEs?
I can't speak for any of the large EDA companies, of course, but here are some possible considerations:
They want their users to pick up new tools faster, with an easier learning curve: If you can learn my tool and be productive in a week while it takes two months to master the other guy's tool, I have competitive advantage.
A lot of things in hardware design are really two-dimensional: chip layout, design hierarchy, etc. It's a lot easier to click in a picture than to type coordinates on a command line. Instead of having a small graphical tool for each phase of the design, EDA companies create a bigger, bundled tool that covers several steps of the design flow. You can perform all the graphical tasks in my synthesis flow with my graphical tool, which ties all of my command-line tools together.
Why this doesn't work
Having an integrated cockpit sounds great, but there are three big problems with the way EDA companies build their IDEs:
- Usability sucks.
- Users are locked in.
- You cannot customize the design flow.
Usability sucks and there is no economic incentive to improve it. Extra functionality can create business value and convince managers to spend an extra 100k on a tool. Extra usability can save the user some time—perhaps ten seconds or perhaps half a day—but you are just counting man hours here (yeah, yeah, person hours).
An IDE for software engineers can easily have millions of users. An EDA tool with ten thousand users is doing pretty well. At $60 per hour, a one-minute usability issue is worth a million in the software world, but just $10k in the hardware world. No EDA company is going to free up resources to fix small usability issues if they can work on new advanced features instead. And that's what you can see when you use most EDA tools—very powerful complex functionality, but a user interface that is not all that intuitive.
Users are locked in, not just to their IDE but also to the whole set of tools that the IDE integrates. You want to be able to switch from one synthesis tool to another because the price is better or because the performance is better. You want to combine different tools in your tool flow, and you want to try out a new code linter tool or a post synthesis optimization. If those tools are provided by a vendor other than your IDE vendor, chances are you're on your own.
You cannot easily customize your design flow. Command line tools can be glued together much more easily using Tcl or other scripting languages. In the world of hardware design, IDEs don't allow for user-created additions or customizations.
Why IDEs work in the world of software
In the software world, IDEs have not failed for two reasons: large corporate support and individual grassroots support.
It takes a lot of resources and a lot of focus to create a good IDE. Only a few companies in the world can put this much effort into creating a great IDE. IBM, Sun (now Oracle), and Microsoft have done a pretty decent job in creating Visual Studio, Netbeans, and Eclipse. Jetbrains are playing along in the "Champions League" because of their tremendous focus on creating a great IDE. None of the major EDA vendors and none of the major FPGA vendors gets close to playing in the same league as IBM and Microsoft. And none of them gets as close to focusing on their IDE as Jetbrains does.
In the software world, new innovations often start as command-line tools created by individuals or small teams of developers. These command-line tools often get integrated into the mainstream IDEs. Since IDEs have open interfaces, software developers can create new plug-ins that support their favorite new tool. Even if there is no easy way to monetize the value of a plug-in or usability improvement, there are plenty of software engineers who have the skills and the incentive to implement them. They get so annoyed or excited that they'll work on an improvement on Saturday afternoon just so that they can use it on Monday morning.
How to fix this for hardware designers
As Pablo Picasso (and Steve Jobs) famously said, "Good artists copy, great artists steal."
There is no reason why EDA companies have to build their IDEs from scratch. They could just as easily reuse the best IDEs from the world of software engineering. Many high quality IDEs are available as free open-source software, with a community of thousands of developers and millions of users and backed by companies such as Oracle, SAP, and IBM. Hundreds of smaller companies contribute enhancements and plug-ins to these IDEs, making it a robust and feature-rich platform.
FPGA and EDA companies have already created some solutions based on Eclipse, one of the leading IDE platforms. Unfortunately, they have done so only hesitantly and have mainly focused on embedded software tools rather than HDL design. There is no reason why VHDL and Verilog development, and integration with simulators, and synthesis tools could not be built on Eclipse. Several companies, including Sigasi, are providing EDA solutions for the Eclipse platform today.
The future for digital design in is adopting the IDEs from the software world, and when that future arrives, hardware designers will get all the benefits that software designers have experienced for over a decade now. Tool quality will go up, productivity will go up, and the quality of digital designs will go up.
About the author
Philippe Faes is co-founder of Sigasi. He has a Ph.D. in computer science engineering and has done research on hardware-software co-design before founding Sigasi. Today, Philippe and his team are working to build the very best software for writing VHDL code, inspired by software development tools like Eclipse. Philippe is proud to be a geek and a lava lamp owner.
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Philippe, Nice article. I don't think many hardware developers have seen a decent IDE. Until we do, we won't know what we're missing... nor ask for what we're missing... and carry on our merry way.
fwiw... I found the eclipse/java for total beginners tutorial to be a great crash course in what an IDE can do for a person: http://eclipsetutorial.sourceforge.net/totalbeginner.html. Not the right language but it's eye-opening nonetheless and easy to get through. From there people can see the power of an IDE and start looking for better than what they're using currently. maybe :).
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My gold-standard for IDEs is 'SlickEdit'. It is purely dedicated toward streamlining everything about programming. It easily boosted my productivity by 2x (no kidding!), mostly via the code navigation, preview windows, and intelligent tagging. You can also integrate any command-line tools from your hardware tool vendor, e.g. to build your FPGA/EDA project for you. And that's only scratching the surface.
VHDL, Verilog, and System Verilog support aren't yet perfect, but they are pretty good, and getting better all the time. I would love to see the hardware vendors take advantage of SlickEdit's OEM integration program to make use of the SlickEdit engine. Then they could add their implementation-specific icing to the cake.
Oh... and they have an Eclipse version if you so desire.
'SlickEdit' offers some superficial language support, similar to what Emacs and Vim have.
Real IDEs have in-depth knowledge of the design, show errors instantaneous & offer resolutions for them. They offer multiple views to analyze the design and make it possible to make big changes quickly and accurately.
Try developing some C++ in visual studio or java in intellij and you'll quickly notice how big the difference is.
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I think there is also the issue of incentives and eating your own dog food as far as the IDE developers are concerned. For most software IDEs I suspect the IDE developers are using the IDEs on a daily basis, often for the purposes of developing the IDE itself or other software products. They are invested in the IDE being useable and have the means to improve their own experience.
I'm doubtful about how many EDA IDE developers are actually using their tools in anger, on a frequent basis, to actually do chip design work. Many of the most crazy usability issues would probably be resolved quickly then (e.g., IDE/ waveform viewers that default to binary - most non-toy examples aren't 8bit any more and binary as a default for busses doesn't make much sense)
It's frustrating because there are large performance gains that can be made using a decent IDE (real time syntax checking alone can save you hours a week in not waiting for compiles to fail, with an editor that can flag verilog typos as you make them). But most of the IDEs seem tuned to helping users get through a training class and then mostly getting in the way after the first few weeks.
IDEs, at their best, are a competent framework that the user's can add to (often via plug-ins) to enhance their capability. At their worst they are bad editors that you must use to preform certain actions. Even in the software world there are lots of bad IDEs.
Eclipse is probably a good place to start for an open hardware IDE, as it provides essentially a bare platform for building your IDE. It's a text editor that understands two major concepts: a project has multiple files in it and there are different activities that have different views. Everything else is sauce. Lots of software sauce has been written (so many plugins!) and that is often packaged up into a final "IDE".
The only problem I have with Eclipse is that it never quite feels cohesive, like all the plugins are just about to fly apart...
A good alternative to Eclipse is Netbeans, at least for software development. Its plugins are user developed, but the platform is backed by Oracle.