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In her budget speech on May 14, 2013, Minister Peters and the Department of Energy not only failed to seize the opportunity for a just transition to clean energy but also remained wedded to the planned new nuclear build. This shows both a lack of imagination but also a casual disregard for the facts and the financial strain it will place on South Africa.
Minister Peters quite rightly pointed out the many of our current coal-fired power stations are due for decommissioning from 2023. Many of these plants are emitting harmful chemicals into our air and have turned the Highveld's air into a toxic cocktail.
In this area where ten of the Eskom coal fired power stations are, ambient air quality standards are repeatedly exceeded. In the winter of 2010, ambient air quality standards protective of health were exceeded on 570 occasions. From 2008 to 2011 air pollution in the form of particulate matter has increased, exceeding both South African standards and the World Health Organisation's recommended standards. "For the benefit of cheap electricity to BHP Billiton and other corporates, local people have to suffer ill health and early mortality. There is no democratic justice in this. These power stations must be decommissioned sooner than 2023," states Bobby Peek, Director of groundWork, Friends of the Earth, South Africa [1].
After reminding us of the upcoming decommissioning of these plants, a fact that has been known since the 1998 Energy White Paper, the Minister then proceeded to extol the 'virtues' of nuclear power. It is far from clear what these virtues are, especially as a recent National Planning Commission report has indicated that South Africa doesn't need to make a decision on nuclear power for the next 10 to 15 years, that nuclear power is our most costly generation choice, and that we can meet our climate change commitments without nuclear power. In fact, it seems that the Department of Energy is the only sector of South African society that wants nuclear power and the inevitable higher electricity prices and omnipresent risk of a major nuclear accident.
Furthermore, it is clear that the Department still does not know what the cost of nuclear power will be and neither does it have a plan to deal with the high-level radioactive waste from Koeberg, let alone another six nuclear plants. The Department of Energy continues to lock us into nuclear power without being in possession of all the facts about nuclear.
Tristen Taylor, Project Coordinator of Earthlife Africa Jhb, [2] states, "In some ways, we are a lucky country when it comes to electricity generation. Just when we need to replace the Apartheid-era coal-fired power stations, renewable energy technologies have evolved to the stage where they can provide secure and cost-effective electricity. At the moment, onshore wind is already cheaper in South Africa than the power the Medupi power station will produce. Concentrated solar plants can provide mid-merit and baseload power through advances in storage technologies."
The Minister is missing the opportunity to ramp up the clean electricity options. Renewable energy does not poison our air with mercury, particulate matter and cancer causing chemicals, produce carbon dioxide, comes with no risks of catastrophic accidents, produces no waste for future generations to pay for, and does so at a lower cost. This is the opportunity for a better country that the Minister continues to miss, blinded by her infatuation with nuclear power.
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[1] groundWork is an environmental justice organisation based in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, working with community people from around South Africa, and increasingly Southern Africa. groundWork assists civil society on issues relating to environmental justice and human rights, focusing particularly on Air Quality, Climate and Energy Justice, Waste and Environmental Health. groundWork is the South African member of Friends of the Earth International. Web: www.groundwork.org.za
[2] Earthlife Africa is a non-profit organisation, founded in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1988, that seeks a better life for all people without exploiting other people or degrading their environment. Earthlife Africa Jhb specialises in energy and climate change issues. Web: www.earthlife.org.za


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Managing Change in Extreme Contexts
Edited by David Denyer, Colin Pilbeam
Routledge – 2015 – 306 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development
Routledge – 2015 – 306 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development
Extreme events such as accidents, crises and disasters occur in organizations of all types. Sometimes these hit the headlines, but they also occur regularly beyond the public gaze. What follows is normally an investigation in which 'lessons will be learned' and the event 'must never happen again'. These produce recommendations to limit the damage from a future event, or to prevent it altogether. In many cases, this doesn't happen, and the changes are not implemented. Why should this be the case?
Containing a unique collection of cross-sector and international case studies, this book investigates the conditions and processes that encourage or inhibit change after an extreme event. There are nine research-based cases including: a re-examination of change in Haringey Social Services in the aftermath of the deaths of Victoria Climbié and 'Baby P'; a leak at Sellafield Nuclear reprocessing plant; an explosion on an offshore gas platform operated by Centrica Storage, and the multi-agency response to bush fires in Australia.
In providing a comprehensive analysis of organizational change and crisis management, the book identifies a common event sequence and recurrent issues, themes and mechanisms. The cross-case analysis provides both unique insights into organizational change following extreme events and realistic guidance for improving change implementation. The result is a resource that will be vital reading for advanced students, researchers and managers involved with organizational studies and crisis management.
'The field of Organizational Change needs a book dedicated to the nature of change in extreme events. I welcome this book as a great contribution in advancing our understanding of the nature of such changes in a range of contexts, especially as it draws attention to the modes of learning crisis which invites all those involved to engage in.' - Elena P. Antonacopoulou, Professor, GNOSIS, University of Liverpool Management School, UK
'Denyer, Pilbeam and contributors have used a set of diverse and affecting cases to give researchers and practitioners a common event sequence that are a powerful set of tools for understanding and undoing the mess of change in extreme contexts.' - Timothy J. Vogus, Associate Professor of Management, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, USA
'This book focuses on an often forgotten phase of emergency management. I am pleased to see this gap being filled.' - Caroline McMullan, Director of MSc Emergency Management, Dublin City University, Ireland
Part I: The context 1.What's the problem? (David A. Buchanan and David Denyer) Part II: Incident analyses 2.Fatal failures to change? The case of Haringey social care (Dominic Elliott and Allan Macpherson) 3.Mayland, Torrens and Mitcham (David A. Buchanan, David Denyer and Cíara Moore) 4.'A firefighter is a firefighter is a firefighter': the breakdown of sensemaking and leadership at Richley fire station (David Denyer) 5.'Stay or go'? The 2009 Victorian bushfires (Martina K. Linnenluecke and Andrew Griffiths) 6.Wattle Park Hospital – responding to an outbreak of the Norovirus (Clare Kelliher) Part III: Addressing the problems 7.Who to blame: losing sight of the big picture (Colin Pilbeam) 8.No slippage: sustaining control of healthcare acquired infections (Colin Pilbeam and David A. Buchanan) 9.THORP: leading change in extreme contexts (David Denyer) 10.Towards a high reliability organization at CSL (David Denyer and Glenn Sibbick) Part IV: Conclusions 11.Crisis leadership competencies and development by the use of advanced learning simulations (Albert Angehrn and Alexander Fliaster) 12.Approaches to post-crisis change (Colin Pilbeam and David Denyer)
David Denyer is Professor of Organizational Change at Cranfield University, UK
Colin Pilbeam is Senior Research Fellow in Organization Studies at Cranfield University, UK
Name: Managing Change in Extreme Contexts (Hardback) – Routledge
Description: Edited by David Denyer, Colin Pilbeam. Extreme events such as accidents, crises and disasters occur in organizations of all types. Sometimes these hit the headlines, but they also occur regularly beyond the public gaze. What follows is normally an investigation in which 'lessons...
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Introducing Oliver Gutierrez…many of you know him for his competitive attitude, tight hamstrings and fast workouts, but what you don't know is that Oliver is an incredible compassionate human being, and as O.G. as it gets. He is a lawyer, a great athlete and a great friend. He sets the pace in many of the workouts and keeping up with him is definitely a challenge. Here is more about the Original…
San Carlos CrossFit: The SCCF pride is comprised of people living in many different locales. Where did you grow up and what are you doing here now in the bay area?
Oliver Gutierrez: I was born and raised on the Peninsula – I've always lived in San Mateo County, even when I attended undergrad at U.C. Berkeley and law school at Santa Clara University. My parents came to the U.S. when my mom was about 7 months pregnant.
I am an attorney and have been practicing law for almost 10 years. I have my own practice and live in Redwood City.
SCCF: Have you always been athletic or has CrossFit been your introduction to human movement, in general? Tell us your most memorable moment before joining SCCF?
OG: I have always been pretty active (except for a period of time between the ages of 18-21 during which I was unrecognizable), but never as consistent as I have been since I joined San Carlos CrossFit. Prior to joining, I completed three sprint triathlons, but my most memorable "athletic" moment before joining SCCF was when I obtained my black belt in 1997.
SCCF: Unrecognizable as in "I just didn't know I wasn't supposed to eat the whole pig?"
OG: No, unrecognizable as in "I just didn't know I wasn't supposed to eat the whole pig after I ate the whole fried chicken and bucket of ice cream."
SCCF: With all the CrossFit and niche training facilities cropping up in the area, why us? And what got you started?
OG: One word: Breanne. She is the reason I learned about and joined you guys. In 2009, I had started one-on-one training sessions with her at Pacific Athletic Club, during which she told me about her new endeavor, i.e., CrossFit. I started training at SCCF with Breanne, after its doors just opened in early 2010 and eventually joined the group classes during the summer of 2010.
SCCF: Tell the community one your biggest achievements since training with us, and what your next goal is.
OG: I am really proud about completing the trail runs and marathons, but as far as biggest achievements for me, they actually have been the little things, like finally mastering double-unders, kipping pull-ups, and completing my first muscle-up. My next goal is to improve my flexibility and anything to do with squats.
SCCF: Rumor has it that you are training for an Ironman. How did you get into that?
OG: A four-letter word: Luis. He is a great coach, mentor, and friend. I am a goal-oriented person and the Ironman is one of the most challenging events and feats to accomplish; however, I do not think I would have ever attempted anything greater than an Olympic distance triathlon on my own and without Luis' support.
SCCF: If a workout came up tomorrow that you dreaded the most, what would it be?
OG: Anything to do with squats!
SCCF: We started this column to highlight members of our community and any hidden talents they may have. What ninja type skills would the community least likely guess you possessed?
OG: I have been the playing the piano since I was about 8 years old – so, I can play a song or two if you bring a keyboard to the gym.
SCCF: That is indeed a hidden ninja talent, next time we have a get together you will have to bang out some note…For Time!
SCCF: Many say it's the bond of suffering together, which brings this community close to one another. Have you found this to be true? Any other new found friendships worth mentioning?
OG: Yes and yes. The sense of community and friendship are the reasons that make San Carlos CrossFit special to me. We have a diverse and accomplished membership, and SCCF has brought us together. It sounds corny but it is like a second family. CrossFit now is a part of my life and lifestyle, and I definitely believe that I have made friendships here that will last a lifetime.
SCCF: That certainly is corny, we love you too Oliver. Does this also mean you can't live without some of Jim's loving?
OG: Actually, I cannot live without any of your loving!!! But I can live without Jim's excessive sweating.
SCCF: Through pain and hard work comes clarity and results. What inspires you to keep coming back for more?
OG: First and foremost, the coaches and members. In terms of the workouts, I enjoy the constant variety and new challenges, and the sense of accomplishment you feel when you finish one of our more difficult WOD's (most recently, Badger and Barbara come to mind) even if you were one of the last ones to complete it. I also can see and feel the results of all of this hard work, which is definitely rewarding, as well.
SCCF: Unknown and unknowable is a training principle we align ourselves with but you will often hear us nagging you to train with proper equipment. If you could recommend something to a new client looking to improve his dress code, what would it be?
OG: " Zapatos"… shoes are super important and each person has to find the right pair for him/her.
SCCF: Top 5 songs you would sync to our iPod for your next training session
OG: I like all kinds of music, but for training I prefer old school metal/rock from the 80's: 1)Paradise City GNR 2) Master of Puppets Metallica 3) Back in Black ACDC 4) Hell Bent for Leather Judas Priest 5) Run to the Hills (great for trail running) Iron Maiden.
SCCF: We constantly preach the virtues of good sleep habits and ancestral type eating. Have you taken that step? What have you noticed most?
OG: I go to sleep much earlier than I used to…especially after a tough WOD. My biggest challenge is harnessing my sugar cravings and the epic meals I have after some of our longer weekend training sessions with Luis.
SCCF: Are the epic meals part of the "endurance" training you are undertaking?
OG: Sort of, they are part reward, part recovery, part indulgence, part fun!!!
SCCF: If we found you kicking your feet up anywhere in the world, where would it be? And what book would you be reading?
OG: Anywhere in Hawaii (but preferably Kauai) or Venice, Italy… I'm currently reading Tom Rachman's The Imperfectionists.
SCCF: When you're not down at our shop taming wolverines, what types of kinesthetic mischief would we find you celebrating in?
OG: My life pretty much revolves around work, CrossFit, and training for the Ironman Triathlon in September, but when I'm not engaged in those activities, I'm sitting at home playing my piano, playing with my puppy "Maui," watching a movie, traveling, or hanging out with family/friends.
SCCF: After the Ironman Triathlon, what else is in your bucket list?
OG: Competing in the Ironman Triathlon in Kona, and different triathlons, not necessarily Ironman distance, throughout the world (i.e., Europe, Asia, Latin America); qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon; attending the 2014 World Cup in Brazil; writing and publishing a novel; completing a Ph.d. in History; obtaining my pilot's license, etc…
SCCF: Training in so many different modalities almost certainly exposes weaknesses is a person's skillsets. Since training with us, what has been the most surprising exposure for you? And have there been any elated moments of newfound acquisition?
OG: I feel that my greatest weakness is my lack of flexibility, so any time that I make any improvement in that area, I feel a great sense of accomplishment. But again, getting double-unders down and completing my first muscle-up definitely were moments when I felt a sense of elation.
SCCF: Has The SCCF Endurance team contributed to those moments of elation?
OG: Absolutely!!! When I am in the middle of one of our long training sessions, whether it's a swim, bike or run, I experience a sense of elation (along with pain, discomfort, and sweat); and, during our races when we are approaching the finish line and spectators are cheering us on.
SCCF: If we started taking up a collection fund at the box for you to be surgically modified with any superpower, would we find you banging out iron crosses for reps or cooking one of Amy's paleo recipes with your eyes?
OG: Flexibility like a gymnast!!
SCCF: That just might be worth passing around the dish!
SCCF: We've been putting together a new equipment list. Any special requests?
OG: More gear. CrossFit bicycle/triathlon/running jerseys.
SCCF: If we want to know more what class would we most likely find you at?
OG: 5:30 p.m.
SCCF: Leave us with 3 words.
OG: Always!!
SCCF: That is One word, but OK!!


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Mexicana tomorrow plans to announce seven new weekly nonstop flights from Cancun, Mexico to Washington Dulles airport.
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Dulles is part of a significant expansion Mexicana is launching from Cancun. Other new flights Mexicana is introducing from the airport include Bogota, Colombia; San Jose, Costa Rica; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mexicana's low-cost unit Click is handling the flights to San Juan using Boeing 717 aircraft.
Previously Mexicana CEO Manuel Borja has said Mexicana plans to base two CRJ200s operated by its regional subsidiary Link in Cancun. Link also has bases in Guadalajara and Monterrey.
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Jackson anti-abortion activist Roy McMillan is disputing a claim he has used racial slurs and cursing in his crusade against Mississippi's only remaining abortion clinic.
The Mississippi Business Journal in this blog and in a July 16 issue reported on some of McMillan's activities outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization, including one claim from a neighboring business owner that McMillan approaches clinic employees and patients and engages in "dog cussing" and "using the N-word."
The 70-year-old McMillan says he has never used language like that. "I've never used the N-word in my life," he tells MBJ. "I've never threatened anybody. I've never called anybody 'baby killer.' We are there to help people. What we are is peacemakers between mother and children."
Well-known by both sides for his opposition to abortion, McMillan regularly pickets outside the State Street clinic. He says he has been arrested more than 60 times in his civil disobedience career, including once in Birmingham, Ala. with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. McMillan says he has saved thousands of lives with his anti-abortion work.
"I go out there every day," McMillan says. Along with wife Beverly, a former abortionist turned Christian obstetrician, McMillan has taken pregnant African-American women into his home and even given away the family car just to help.
"I have always supported integration and loved the blacks and downtrodden," McMillan says.
McMillan often quotes Jesus Christ and says he agrees with philosopher Edmund Burke's famous statement, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"I'm for the unclean, the uneducated, the unliked, the unborn," he says.
McMillan says he is sorry some neighbors disagree with his beliefs and activity but compares the abortion clinic to Dachau, a World War II concentration camp.
"My main message to them is I feel your pain," McMillan says. "But I feel the pain of the mothers and the babies more."
Terri Herring, an anti-abortion lobbyist in Jackson who has known McMillan for years, writes in an e-mail to MBJ that McMillan "is trying to save countless African-Americans from aborting their children. I can assure you if he was a racist he would not be there day after day. He and his wife take in women and shelter them and their children. He is sincere in his zeal to protect lives."
From a business standpoint, Herring believes the clinic is hampering efforts to revitalize the area and says she is, "shocked at how complicit Fondren is."
"I know (Fondren has) lost support from some because of this," Herring writes. "They could do more to reject the practice and provide community pressure… There was a day when all the businesses ran from the civil rights issue too."
"I just have an unnatural burden about this," McMillan says when describing his behavior. "When something is unnatural it's supernatural."


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Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen has no immediate plans to replace Urban Meyer in Gainesville, Fla.
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Mississippi State men's basketball head coach Rick Stansbury has a simple philosophy on the next stretch of five games.
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The future of the Starkville Academy boys soccer team was on display early during Wednesday afternoon's match against Magnolia Heights School.
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Damian Wampler's series Darfur in Brooklyn, to which this image belongs, is an oblique portrait of a crisis. Brooklyn is home to more than three hundred Sudanese refugees, most of them living in the borough's Kensington section, not far from Prospect Park. Through following one of them, the cab driver Omer Omar (shown here in his kitchen), for several months, Wampler presents a powerful portrait of the daily life of a little-known population in the Museum's extended neighborhood.
- Portfolio/Series: Darfur in Brooklyn
- Artist: Damian Wampler, American, born 1977
- Medium: Inkjet print
- Dates: 2009
- Dimensions: Sheet: 17 x 22 1/8 in. (43.2 x 56.2 cm) (show scale)
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- Accession Number: 2010.19.1
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- Caption: Damian Wampler (American, born 1977). Untitled 1 (Kitchen), 2009. Inkjet print, Sheet: 17 x 22 1/8 in. (43.2 x 56.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Robert A. Levinson Fund, 2010.19.1. ©Damian Wampler
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Venture capitalist Tim Draper says splitting California into six states would be better for business. Michael Soo
The UpTake: Venture Capitalist Tim Draper says in California, people work for the government instead of the other way around, and likens that to slavery. That's why he wants to split the United States' most populous state into six.
Venture capitalist Tim Draper said he has enough signatures to get his controversial proposal to break California into six different states on the 2014 ballot.
Draper, co-founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says the state should be divided up because California's government is inefficient, a problem that has gotten worse over the last two decades.
"The government always used to work for us," he said during an interview at a Tuesday Oakland event. "Over the last 15 to 20 years, I feel like the government is saying, 'You're working for me.' We've gone from, in effect, a very free country to one where it's moving toward, I guess it's slavery.
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"When you work for your government, when your government forces you to do something, it's slavery. We need to take it back."
Asked to expand on what he meant by the government forcing people to do things, Draper said: "I want [government] to be for the people. It's starting to feel like it's an ivory tower. There's more and more control in the hands of people that are further and further from the decision."
During the interview, which was an event at Vatorsplash Oakland 2014, Draper said his petition had the necessary 807,615 signatures required to put a constitutional amendment initiative on the state ballot.
According to the California Secretary of State website, ballot initiatives signatures must be filed 131 days before an election. If they are not filed in time, it will carry over to the next statewide election. After a April 18 deadline passed and Six Californias initiative proponents had not submitted signatures, it was unclear if whether Draper's initiative would make it on the 2014 ballot. On Tuesday, Draper was confident the initiative could be on the ballot as early as 2014 or on the 2016 ballot.
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Sailors learn the art of multi-tasking on LCS
Hey, sailor, what's your job on the ship? If the vessel is the Fort Worth, the U.S. Navy's third and newest littoral combat ship, the answer may be: Which job?
On this nearly 400-foot warship, only 40 people make up the core crew. The concept is called "minimal manning," or "optimal manning," depending on who you talk to.
The Navy is experimenting with the concept on the new littoral ships, which are highly automated. At a planned force of 55, these small, fast ships are expected to make up a fifth of the U.S. fleet.
The small crew size means the ship's head cook is also the rescue swimmer. He wears the fireman's suit when helicopters land, and he handles ropes when the ship docks at a pier. During refueling at sea, he helps attach the gear.
That cook is 27-year-old Matthew Nordquest, a sailor who joined the Navy nine years ago for money for culinary school. One way that littoral cooks do so many jobs is they rely more on pre-made food.
"It's different. It's not bad. I like it because you can get out of the galley and see how the whole ship works. I know what the boatswain's mates do. On a normal ship, I'd only see boatswain's mates when they came through the (food) line," Nordquest said.
The sailor who asked "which job?" is Philip Milazzo, the ship's 34-year-old defense systems operator.
He jangles when he walks because he carries a fist-sized clump of keys on his belt. They open various doors, including rooms that hold projectiles for the ship's guns.
Like the other Fort Worth sailors, he volunteered for the littorals because it was a challenge. On other ships, he had one job, which he knew well.
"Here, it's like that on steroids. It takes a special type of sailor to do this. I guarantee not everyone can do it. We make it work because none of us have the 'fail' or 'quit' gene," Milazzo said.
One casualty of this multi-tasking is sleep.
"Sleep?" asks Nordquest. "Sometimes you don't."
Sailors say they grab a few hours here, a few there. The Fort Worth's skipper says that's OK by him.
"I had a meeting with the entire crew a couple weeks ago, and asked the question, 'How many people have not gotten six hours of sleep within the last 24 hours?' Nobody raised their hand," said Cmdr. Randy Blankenship, the Fort Worth's commanding officer.
"That's the minimum standard I have that everybody has to get each day. Some days you might get that six hours all at one time. Other days it may be three hours before watch, three hours once you get off watch."
Littoral sailors serve four months on the ship, then four months off, when an identical crew takes over. That makes "deployments" shorter than on traditional vessels, such as destroyers.
These core crews contain only seasoned sailors. Nordquest and Milazzo are both first-class petty officers, or E-6s. The littoral program only takes sailors who are "superstars," Blankenship said.


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It's Teen Mom Catelynn Lowell's birthday you guys! Time to slip into a party dress, wave your hands in the air like you just don't care, and binge on some cake. This adorable girl next door was born on March 12, 1992, and you know what that means … this isn't just any birthday for Catelynn –– it's her big 21!
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> Well for anyone monitoring my modem issues I finally got one that
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> RH tells me that it's bringing up eth0, then ppp0, but the modem never
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do you have an ethernet connection?!? why the modem then?
> After I log in and everything the computer says that ppp0 is
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ppp0 should not be 'up' unless you tell it to be up. just out of
curiosity, what makes you think that ppp0 is up? did you type something
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> The only way (I've found) to make it actually
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> up again and have the dial-up configuration window open when I dial.
how do you delete the dial-up connection? ifconfig ppp0 down?
> Anyway, I'm fairly sure this should not be the case at all. So...anyone
> got any hints? Also, I get the same problem if the connection dies @ 2
> hrs. It will only re-connect if I manually disconnect it before the 2
> hrs are reached. Any ideas on this one?
give pppd the option "persist". i don't know how to do this on a redhat
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> Thanks for your time guys.
> P.S. Any reason to set up IP chains on a dial-up machine that MSAQ's to
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you mean ip masquerades *for* other machines? if that's the case, then
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mike simons once told me an interesting story that someone had hacked into
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'Tis the season for clever crafting! I'm here to show you not one, but TWO ways to sweeten up this holiday season. First up, give your celebrations a whole new look — and create an entryway that's unique to your home — by tipping the ends of your white garland with shimmering copper color.
White garland is a fresh take on a holiday staple, and spray-painting a warm dusting of copper on a portion of the branches is a really easy way to set your garland apart from the rest. Check out the video and how-to steps below to learn how to add warmth and glamour like this in a flash.
As you can see, the video also shows you how to make the adorable cupcake ornaments seen in this year's Celebrity Holiday Home special. These delicious-looking decorations are sure to add some bling to your spread this year. (See the Step-By-Step to make the sparkly Cupcakes here.)
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Flashback Video: Young Emily VanCamp in Lost and Delirious (VIDEO)
We first saw Emily VanCamp when she starred on The WB's Everwood, but Emily already had a few credits to her acting resume before that, including a 2001 Canadian film called Lost and Delirious. The movie takes place at a girls' boarding school, where a new girl (Mischa Barton) discovers her two roommates are hooking up. Emily plays the younger sister of one of the roommates, and is horrified to discover them in bed together.
In this clip, Allison (Emily) confronts sister Tori (Jessica Paré) about what she saw. Seriously soapy stuff! Emily clearly had acting chops even as a young teen!


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Bring chicken, water, 2 onion quarters, and 1 teaspoon salt to a boil, covered, in a 4- to 5-quart pot over moderately high heat. Boil 10 minutes, then remove from heat and let stand, covered, until chicken is just cooked through, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate, reserving broth with onion. When cool enough to handle, coarsely shred chicken, discarding skin and bones.
While chicken is cooking, heat a dry well-seasoned small cast-iron skillet over moderate heat until hot, then brown garlic and remaining 2 onion quarters on all sides, turning with tongs, about 5 minutes. Peel garlic and transfer with onion to a blender. Add tomatoes with juice, chiles, and oregano, then purée until smooth.
Cook chorizo in oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat, stirring, until fat is rendered, about 2 minutes. Carefully add purée (it will splatter and steam) and cook, stirring frequently, until thick, about 10 minutes.
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Earlier this morning on the podcast, we discussed what is and what isn't disruptive about the Google Nexus One handset. But better than talk about the latest Android handset is actual hands on time. Our friend tnkgrl had some actual hands on time with the Nexus One and shares some quick thoughts on her blog. A few standout points:
- Multitouch isn't supported in Google's apps, including the browser
- There looks to be a dock-like connector port on the bottom of the phone
- The display appears to be AMOLED
- It's "faster than the Droid," thanks to the Snapdragon processor
As I mentioned in the podcast, I may be looking to add this phone to my gear bag, but not in the way you'd think — I'm looking at a data-only plan since this would be a second phone for me. Well, a third phone if you count my Palm Pre, but if I go Android, I'll likely cancel service on my Pre.
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It could be the world's most elaborate marine biology probe - and it was created by particle physicists.
Spanning 10,000 square metres of the Mediterranean seabed, the Antares telescope is designed to tell us about the cosmos by picking up signs of elusive particles called neutrinos, which fly thousands of light years through space. To physicists' surprise, however, the underwater particle detector is also providing a unique glimpse of marine life.
It is now being adapted to distinguish between different marine species and monitor the sea's health. "The deep ocean is actually less well understood than outer space," says Antares team member John Carr at the University of the Mediterranean (UM) in Marseille, France.
When complete, Antares will consist of 12 electrical cables sticking up for 350 metres above the seabed, of which eight are now in place. Each one is loaded with light detectors called photomultiplier tubes, which hang ...
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Auckland Mayor John Banks has backed away from comments over hosting the 2020 Olympic Games.
In an interview on Radio Sport, Banks said he was interested in
a potential bid.
But the mayor would not be interviewed further on the subject today.
Banks told Radio Sport he was having a close look into the new super city launching a bid for the 2020 summer games.
He said the funding from a united super city would make it easier to bid for high-quality global events.
Banks earlier ditched a bid for the Commonwealth Games due to a lack of infrastructure and funds, but the super city mayor contender said in the radio interview there was hope of launching a credible Olympic bid.
North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said the Olympics would cost many billions and that's too much for a country of fewer than five million people.
He said Banks should focus on Auckland's priorities and not be sidetracked by pie in the sky ideas.
"We must not get sidetracked by pie in the sky ideas of grandeur such as hosting the Olympic Games when Auckland will have heavy demand on all available finances to deliver what is needed for the people of the Auckland region" Williams said.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for John Key said Banks raised the idea in passing with the Prime Minister some time ago.
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wordperfect said on 2010-06-30 @ 20:45 NZDT: Report abusive post
Hey NZ and Acklnd in particular.... how did banks become mayor? Did he steal the tile? Nope, YOU voted him in,.... for a second time! And now you e going to vote him for Super City Mayor. Good grief, who are the idiots, John Banks or Aucklanders? And as for Super City, what a laugh, some countries have ordinary cities bigger than the whole of NZ.......... get off your ego bike! It's a small Pacific Island.
aklred said on 2010-06-30 @ 19:13 NZDT: Report abusive post
Is there life outside Auckland? How about NZ holding the Olympics. After all, it takes as long to get from one side of London to the other as it does to get from Auckland to Christchurch. And we have one of the best airlines in the world so transport should not be a problem. Track Events in Auckland; Football in Wellington; (7s in Christchurch). Let's think outside the square, or regress into being an also ran.
kiwimeeky said on 2010-06-30 @ 16:25 NZDT: Report abusive post
Is anyone else starting to think they could run for Auckland's Super-Mayor? All you have to do is come up with dreams that people will like but are ultimately impossible to follow-through on when you get into power. Well if you vote for me I will bring Leprechauns to Auckland Zoo, the Loch-ness monster to Kelly Tarltons and then I will undertake research into growing money trees and pigs that have wings!
katibruce said on 2010-06-30 @ 13:34 NZDT: Report abusive post
Is Banks Mad??? Complete madness. it would bankrupt New Zealand! Look at Greece! They are broke and the 2004 Olympics is a big factor in that, also look at Montreal (1976 Olympics) The City of Montreal only just paid off their Olympic stadium in 2006! Talk about decades of debt for a 2 week party! Vancouver and BC are deeply in Debit for this years Winter Olympics , education and health services have been cut back to hep pay for the event. MADNESS to even think about it.
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely. And why would that be different for a super city? Instead of making monumental mistakes wasting this years rate-payers money they will now make ginormeous stuff-ups that will future rate income today. It is not just that Banks is a bad mayor. Anyone who stands for this position and pushes his apple cart full of pet ideas is by definition not suitable. Conclusion: A big city mayor will always be absolutely corrupt. "Small is good" "Smaller is better"


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Festival FunFor an all-day event in the hot sun, Lindsay suggests a floral crop top, like this one from MTWTFSS Weekday. She advises to limit yourself to one bold item, and complete your outfit with simple accessories. Check out more of Luv's Festival Fun choices here!
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Isospin was introduced by Werner Heisenberg in 1932 (although it was named by Eugene Wigner in 1937) to explain symmetries of the then newly discovered neutron:
Thus, isospin was introduced as a concept well before the development in the 1960s of the quark model which provides our modern understanding.
The nucleons, baryons of spin , were grouped together because they both have nearly the same mass and interact in nearly the same way. Thus, it was convenient to treat them as being different states of the same particle. Since a spin particle has two states, the two were said to be of isospin . The proton and neutron were then associated with different isospin projections Iz = + and − respectively. When constructing a physical theory of nuclear forces, one could then simply assume that it does not depend on isospin.
These considerations would also prove useful in the analysis of meson-nucleon interactions after the discovery of the pions in 1947. The three pions (, ) could be assigned to an isospin triplet with I = 1 and Iz = +1, 0 or −1. By assuming that isospin was conserved by nuclear interactions, the new mesons were more easily accommodated by nuclear theory.
As further particles were discovered, they were assigned into isospin multiplets according to the number of different charge states seen: a doublet I = of K mesons, a triplet I = 1 of baryons, a single I = 0 , four I = baryons, and so on. This multiplet structure was combined with strangeness in Murray Gell-Mann's Eightfold Way, ultimately leading to the quark model and quantum chromodynamics.
However, because the up and down quarks have different charges ( e and − e respectively), the four Deltas also have different charges ((uuu), (uud), (udd), (ddd)). These Deltas could be treated as the same particle and the difference in charge being due to the particle being in different states. Isospin was devised as a parallel to spin to associate an isospin projection (denoted Iz or I3) to each charged state. Since there were four Deltas, four projections were needed. Because isospin was modeled on spin, the isospin projections were made to vary in increments of 1 and to have four increments of 1, you needed an isospin value of (giving the projections Iz = , , −, −. Thus, all the Deltas were said to have isospin I = and each individual charge had different Iz (e.g. the was associated with Iz = +).
After the quark model was elaborated, it was noted that the isospin projection was related to the up and down quark content of particles. The relation is Iz = (Nu − Nd) where Nu and Nd are the number of up and down quarks respectively.
In the isospin picture, the four Deltas and the two nucleons were thought to be the different states of two particles. In the quark model, the Deltas can be thought of as the excited states of the nucleons.
In quantum mechanics, when a Hamiltonian has a symmetry, that symmetry manifests itself through a set of states that have the same energy; that is, the states are degenerate. In particle physics, the near mass-degeneracy of the neutron and proton points to an approximate symmetry of the Hamiltonian describing the strong interactions. The neutron does have a slightly higher mass due to isospin breaking; this is due to the difference in the masses of the up and down quarks and the effects of the electromagnetic interaction. However, the appearance of an approximate symmetry is still useful, since the small breakings can be described by a perturbation theory, which gives rise to slight differences between the near-degenerate states.
Just as is the case for regular spin, isospin is described by two quantum numbers, I, the total isospin, and Iz, the component of the spin vector in some direction.
Although isospin symmetry is very slightly broken, SU(3) symmetry is more badly broken, due to the much higher mass of the strange quark compared to the up and down. The discovery of charm, bottomness and topness could lead to further expansions up to SU(6) flavour symmetry, but the very large masses of these quarks makes such symmetries almost useless. In modern applications, such as lattice QCD, isospin symmetry is often treated as exact while the heavier quarks must be treated separately.
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Here, is the up quark flavour eigenstate, and is the down quark flavour eigenstate, while and are the eigenstates of . Although these superpositions are the technically correct way of denoting a proton and neutron in terms of quark flavour and spin eigenstates, for brevity, they are often simply referred to as uud and udd. Note also that the derivation above assumes exact isospin symmetry and is modified by SU(2)-breaking terms.
Similarly, the isopsin symmetry of the pions are given by:
Attempts have been made to promote isospin from a global to a local symmetry. In 1954, Chen Ning Yang and Robert Mills suggested that the notion of protons and neutrons, which are continuously rotated into each other by isospin, should be allowed to vary from point to point. To describe this, the proton and neutron direction in isospin space must be defined at every point, giving local basis for isospin. A gauge connection would then describe how to transform isospin along a path between two points.
This Yang-Mills theory describes interacting vector bosons, like the photon of electromagnetism. Unlike the photon, the SU(2) gauge theory would contain self-interacting gauge bosons. The condition of gauge invariance suggests that they have zero mass, just as in electromagnetism.
Ignoring the massless problem, as Yang and Mills did, the theory makes a firm prediction: the vector particle should couple to all particles of a given isospin universally. The coupling to the nucleon would be the same as the coupling to the kaons. The coupling to the pions would be the same as the self-coupling of the vector bosons to themselves.
When Yang and Mills proposed the theory, there was no candidate vector boson. J. J. Sakurai in 1960 predicted that there should be a massive vector boson which is coupled to isospin, and predicted that it would show universal couplings. The rho mesons were discovered a short time later, and were quickly identified as Sakurai's vector bosons. The couplings of the rho to the nucleons and to each other were verified to be universal, as best as experiment could measure. The fact that the diagonal isospin current contains part of the electromagnetic current led to the prediction of rho-photon mixing and the concept of vector meson dominance, ideas which led to successful theoretical pictures of GeV-scale photon-nucleus scattering.
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"I think I figured out that if I panicked, then things wouldn't go as good as if I was calm," Hamilton said. "I was praying to God to rescue me and help me, and then I had this one pretty funny thought. I was thinking, 'I wonder if I'm going to lose my sponsor.'"
What turned out to be a 1,400 pound, 14-foot-long tiger shark took a 16-inch bite out of her surfboard, and Hamilton nearly died from loss of blood.
"When I first saw her in the hospital that morning, she looked really pale, but she had a brightness in her eyes that I could just say, 'You know, she's going to be all right,'" Hamilton's mother, Sherry Hamilton, told ESPN at the time.
In "Soul Surfer," Sherry Hamilton is played by actress Helen Hunt of TV's "Mad About You" fame, and Bethany's father, Tom Hamilton, is played by actor Dennis Quaid.
There are a few elements of fiction in "Soul Surfer," though, such as Hamilton's potential love interest.
"I don't have a boyfriend," she said. "Life's pretty hectic right now, and I'm not really in a rush. I'm really just excited to save my purity for marriage, and I'm not really hunting down any one person but just enjoying life."
At the time of the attack, many doubted if Hamilton could ever surf competitively again, but she just back into the water only a month later and pushed through it. She earned the silver medal at the Billabong ASP 2009 World Junior Pro championships.
Hamilton once described surfing with one arm as similar to doing a "one arm pushup."
"I'm pretty used to it," Hamilton said. "I forget what it used to be like" to have two arms.
But when she first returned to surfing, Hamilton had to relearn a sport that had become second nature.
"I kind of struggled on my first couple of waves and didn't get up," she said. "I got up on my third wave and road it all the way to the beach. I was just so stoked, just had this joy feeling inside me."
To help her paddle out to the waves, her father came up with the idea of putting a handle on her board so she could catch her balance.
"Every time I would go out there, I would learn something new," she said. "I kept practicing just on smaller waves, just standing up and figuring out how to catch it and all that and each time I felt better and better about my surfing."
It's no wonder that Hamilton's biggest challenge and the incident that propelled her to national fame happened in the water. Born into a family of surfers, Hamilton had been catching waves and trophies since the age of 8.
Hamilton had drawn as much admiration from her community after the attack as she had before. Many have called her a role model, although she said she doesn't feel like one.
"I'm still surfing and loving life and being able to reach people a lot more than I would have, probably, with two arms," she said.
Her positive attitude won her a 2004 ESPY Award from ESPN for Best Comeback Athlete of the Year and a special Teen Courage Award. She's now ranked among the top 10 professional women surfers in the world.
On top of physical hurdles, Hamilton has overcome psychological ones too, namely, the fear of another attack.
"You never know" if it could happen again, she said. "When I'm feeling scared I just sing a song or pray ... or [I] just try to ignore it and, you know like, it's always in my mind."


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Susan Brower-Toland (Ph.D., Cornell 2002) specializes in medieval philosophy and has general research and teaching interests in language, mind, and philosophy of religion. Her current research focuses on the philosophy of William of Ockham, and on later-medieval discussions in philosophy of mind including: the nature of intentionality, theories of judgment and, most recently, theories of consciousness.
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Customer service is always lovely here. Staff is very attentive. Food is always hot. Order their onion rings! Oh and if it's a nice day, sit outside!
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Barclay Bros. continues to employ and support the local people within the borough 85% of our current work force live within the London Borough of Enfield. Our work force is fully trained and aware of the complexities and nature of responsive repairs and void property maintenance. Some of our older trade personnel have many years of experience.
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A CHILLY, sluggish chameleon can still deliver a good tongue-lashing. High-speed video images show the lizards can catch prey with their rubber band-like tongues equally well whether their body temperature is a cool 15 °C or a warmer 35 °C.
Cold-blooded animals are typically less active - with a corresponding decline in hunting performance - when temperatures drop. Not so for chameleons. Chris Anderson and Stephen Deban of the University of South Florida in Tampa filmed veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus, pictured) catching prey at different temperatures. They found the muscles that coil the tongue into a spring-loaded structure were slower to contract at low temperatures. But once loaded, the tongue uncoils equally fast in warm and cool climes. "This allows chameleons to take advantage of feeding opportunities early in the morning when they have not yet been able ...
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The popular iOS Google Reader client, Reeder, has just been updated. Now, fans of the app can enjoy Facebook integration, and several new "slider options."
Here's a full list of the changes, taken from the app's release notes:
New services:
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- New article list slider options: Slide left to "Send to Instapaper" or "Send to ReadItLater" (see Settings.app>Reeder>Article List)
- "Save to Delicious" with a YahooID!
- Default recipient address for sharing via email (see Settings.app>Reeder>Accounts)
- Only ask once to disable confirmation for "Mark all as read" (can be changed in the settings anytime)
- Missing images in the article view (should now recover when loading another article)
- Improved support for items from "people you follow"
- Crashes when viewing certain articles (boingboing.net)
The new version (2.2) of Reeder comes following the first public beta release of Reeder for Mac. This long awaited Mac OS X app is now available to download. If you own a Mac, be sure to give it a spin.
A couple of weeks ago, Reeder for iPad received the all-important update to iOS 4.2, which added some of the features above.
Currently, the iPhone and iPod touch version of Reeder is available for $2.99, while the iPad version costs slightly more, at $4.99. Personally, I love both applications – and, now that a Mac OS X app is available, I'm even happier. If you own an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, I can't recommend these iOS apps enough.
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