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doesn't matter what other TLDs are announced.
doesn't matter what other TLDs are announced.
Your statement is correct but a bit too understated. I would add the following
It is very hard to get people to switch. Even the new internet generation that has no particular preference for
Everyone knows you could have another extension but it's not their first choice.
Lastly, consider that ICANN is definitely the most inept entity in existence. As long as they keep the US Govt happy, they will always continue to run the rest of their org as a stupendous dung heap. This whole game of rolling out new TLDs will take them at least 5 years, and that's not counting all the supreme screwups that are sure to make the process less and less tasteful for those inside and outside the market.
Given these factors, I would say that
I can't remember the last time I entered a URL manually. What is this, 1994?
I often type in a single letter and the browser autocompletes it for me.
If I don't know the exact URL, I type something in anyway and Google will look it up for me, at which point it will be saved in my browser history.
I can't remember the last time I entered a URL manually. What is this, 1994?
Err, how about the first time you visit your bank's Online Banking subsite?
You know the way they tell you in the introductory letter to enter the URL manually and as written in the letter? There is a reason for that.
Just a shame they don't print the signature of their SSL cert in the letter, too.
How do you get to the banks homepage in the first place (the very first time)? well, you type the address into the urlbar... or i guess you could do a search for it and hope you dont end up on a phising site.
I did exactly this.
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My bank is always sending me emails with attached statements and incredible offers. I just click on the links I. The emails.
Yeah, no. That's your local cache, "netba" brings up nothing in my web browser since I don't bank at the CBA...
One of the most lamentable trends in web browsers nowadays, I think, is making it so that there is only one place to enter a query. When I enter a URL, I want it to be a URL; I do not want it to take a round trip to a search engine.
I can't remember the last time I entered a URL manually. What is this, 1994? I often type in a single letter and the browser autocompletes it for me. If I don't know the exact URL, I type something in anyway and Google will look it up for me, at which point it will be saved in my browser history.
I guess you don't log in to your router or your WAPs to change the parameters, huh? Oh yeah, you probably set your wifi security using the button on the WAP. In fact, you're probably the guy with WEP and the default router password from which I'm leeching bandwith right now!
If you tell someone to go to a website they either search, or type in the name and add
There are several things that go wrong.
1) People search. Many have no idea where they should enter the website name
2) People do not listen. They will add www to it no matter what I tell them to enter. Oh and don't ask me if there is a space. When I spell out something, I will TELL you if there is a space.
They will add www to it no matter what I tell them to enter.
They add "www" not because they are technical enough to know what it means when they see it. After all, they cannot tell you what the http and the colon and the rest are for. The US mainstream knows about the doble-u's because exactly 100% of web-savvy ads in the nineties spelled it out. Just like reading a phone # aloud, no?
It was stuff like "h.t.t.p colon slash slash w.w.w. mcdonalds dot com"
It boggles the mind that I lived through that compared to the structure-less "follow us on facebook and twitter
"Lastly, consider that ICANN is definitely the most inept entity in existence."
Perhaps, but the mover and shaker behind the policy (their last chair) is now working for a registrar and has a long history of shady dealings
This isn't ineptitude. It's a cynical ploy to milk the system for all it's worth, as most large companies feel obligated to register their brandname in EVERY top level in order to defend their trademarks - ICANN doesn't benefit much but the registrars sure as hell do.
For example, how many American companies apply for
For example, how many American companies apply for
Heck he is probablly only talking about the USA
Over here in the uk
The fun part is
Most URLS's are name.designation.country with many US URLS leaving off the "country" which should be us. So if you just see
For a list of top level domains the following site [wikipedia.org] may be helpful although when they tal
That's out the window. There's a lot of commercial US companies that use a
.com is a gTLD, it's not US at all. Just like
Who knows how it will be 20 years from now. Especially since the 'rules' are pretty much out the window now of what goes where. ( other than
doesn't matter what other TLDs are announced.
That's because you lack imagination and keep thinking of TLDs as "Yet Another Dot Com". Just because the ICANN keeps making new alternative ".com" (to make more money?) doesn't mean TLDs have to all be like that.
Google applied for ".here". Not sure what they want it for but more than 10 years ago I proposed that ".here" be a reserved TLD for local use by anyone similar to the way the RFC1918 ip address ranges are used.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-yeoh-tldhere-01 [ietf.org]
I also wrote to the ICANN to try to get it
doesn't matter what other TLDs are announced.
So true, if my wife tells me "foo.com" I just put "foo" into a google search because half the time it is really
Back in 1993, if you typed the URL http://apple/ [apple] into Mosaic anywhere on the University of Vermont network, you would get a page about apple orchards. Of course, this was just UVM's DNS.
Some country-code domains have their CCTLD set up as a website.
Try http://tk./ [tk.] and http://dk./ [dk.] for example.
Complete list of CCTLDs with A records (many more have MX records):
ac has address 126.96.36.199
ai has address 22.214.171.124
cm has address 126.96.36.199
dk has address 184.108.40.206 (and ipv6 2a01:630:0:40:b1a:b1a:2011:1)
gg has address 220.127.116.11
io has address 220.127.116.11
je has address 126.96.36.199
kh has address 184.108.40.206
pn has address 220.127.116.11
sh has address 184.108.40.206
tk has address
Some country-code domains have their CCTLD set up as a website.
Try http://tk./ [tk.] and http://dk./ [dk.] for example.
Both give me the "Firefox can't find the server at" message.
tk seems a bit dodgy, but dk reliably redirects:
$ curl -I http://dk./ [dk.]
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:49:11 GMT
Server: Apache
Location: https://www.dk-hostmaster.dk/ [dk-hostmaster.dk]
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
How about http://io./ [io.] , that returns 200 (no redirecting) and works fine in Opera, Chromium and Firefox on Linux for me.
$ curl -I http://io./ [io.]
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:50:10 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.2 (Unix) OpenSSL/0.9.8n
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Type: text/html
That's a valid URL, for internal to your own DNS server. If no FQDN is provided pointing it to a domain outside your own, it will try to match up that name to any A records or CNAME records that exist on your DNS.
Many organizations do this for internal webpages. http://intranet/ [intranet] , http://learning/ [learning] , http://getservice/ [getservice] are examples of how some companies do this. It's not the same as the Google suggestion, which is making a top level FQDN domain.
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I know the
Bah...give it another 10 years when the net is at saturation point and we'll probably have this breakdown happen.
The domain name system is a hierarchical system of administrative authority. When you choose a domain name, you're really choosing the authority who will delegate your chosen domain name to you. To a marketer or a librarian, there may be different priorities for choosing a domain name, but the administrative authority is the only hierarchical system inherent to the domain name system. As domain names move up the ladder, from second level domains to top level domains, the hierarchy becomes flatter, but it re
city.washington.dc.us -- city.toronto.or.ca don't we already have * ENOUGH * of those names ?
It makes no sense to the actual users. Its hard enough now to know what is real and what isn't and how to get there. Opening things up like that would just breed confusion for users. "where do i go now?"
That may or may not be the case for generic TLDs as you suggest.
However: who is going to control the TLDs? The summary suggests the applicant, and that's also my impression from previous such news.
Many companies will want to register their company name as TLD. So instead of google.com we now have to go to search.google or www.google. That doesn't simplify stuff. So to really simplify it, Google tried to register
First, this ruling isn't against that. This ruling only rejects dotless TLDs - things like just 'city' on it's own.
Secondly, there are always contention issues. For example, 'London.city.' I'm near London. But there's also a London, Ontario. And several Londons in the US. We've already had a dispute about the 'Amazon' TLD, because Amazon the company wants the rights but Brazil also want it as a TLD associated with the river and its basin. You gave 'app' as an example - but 'app store' is a trademark of Appl
Toronto.ON.CA should work today, the CA TLD is to blame.
Operating a registry should have been the only admissible use of the new TLDs. ICANN is screwing everything up now; time for the U.N. to take over. If I had the cash, I'd buy
Most of the new devices connecting to the internet these days don't have a keyboard, who's gonna type in a URL anyway.
Yes we should just replace every website on the internet with a crappy buggy app that does nothing other than wrap some html 5 interface with part of the website content.
Dotless names are used for local hosts (and frequently other shortcuts, like ssh aliases). Many systems use the dot to decide whether to do a global DNS lookup; if there aren't enough dots in there, the local domain gets appended. It's a lot like pathnames with the slash separator, where slash in front makes it an absolute path. What most people don't realise is that there are absolute DNS names too, which end with a period. If someone were to register the "search" top level domain, the URL would look like "http://search." Including the period. On
DNS is delicate.
There was an issue a couple of years ago - I can't remember the details, but it involved printers ceasing to work suddenly without cause in some businesses. Offices where they just ceased to function.
Turned out that the printers had been running a check for firmware updates on boot - they tried to reach their manufacturer server each time, but only got a NXDOMAIN, as the model was no longer supported an the update server no longer maintained. Until the day one of the major ISPs decided to spoof non-existant domains to instead point to their own advert-laden 'helpful' search page. The printers thus tried to fetch their firmware update from that page and, getting a 400 response, tried to install it - but instead it just failed checksum, causing the printers to lock up in objection.
I can't recall the details any more, but you can probably look them up with enough googling. Easily fixed once you know the problem, but it shows just how delicate name lookup can be.
How many businesses have a server somewhere called 'search?' If a 'search' TLD were registered, queries would become ambiguous and traffic ends up going to the wrong place.
E.g. http://uz [uz]
Will they have to disable it?
They effectively have as they are unreachable by a properly setup network which would respond to that request by appending the local DNS suffix. In an out of the box Linux install you end up trying to connect to uz.localhost which doesn't get you very far.
Eh that should have said localdomain
Any name specified with a trailing dot will not have a local domain or search domain appended.
Yes my point exactly. The trailing dot is absolute. Omission of the trailing dot however results in exactly what this thread is about, that some people can reach http://uz/ [uz] and other's can not.
It strikes me as ironic that the company who has marginalized domain names is trying to hoard a bunch of TLDs.
(I mean, do you ever type in 'thingiwant.com,' or do you just toss 'thing I want' in the Google bar?)
After all with hundreds of TLDs added, who can remember where anything is at? Guess I'll have to google it.
Computers currently use the dot in a domain name to determine whether the machine is on the local network or not.
What if I made my machine name 'search''? Would I get all the traffic intended for the 'search' dotless domain? Would people be unable to resolve via my hostname at all, getting google whenever they tried to get to me?
I thought dotless domains were coming, and put full support for dotless domains in SiteTruth.
There was a long discussion of this on the Mozilla developers mailing list. There are some dotless domains right now. A few country codes will resolve to an IP address, and one or two actually have a web site there. Try ac [ac.]
A lot of software, some of it very low level, mishandles dotless domains. If you look up "ac" in DNS, you'll get a valid IP address. Browsers, though, usually try using it as a search keyword, or try it with ".com" suffixed. There was a concern that if every word typed into a browser's input box had to be checked for being a TLD domain name, it would overload the root servers and delay search responses. DNS TLD "no finds" are relatively expensive operations.
Down at the "getaddrinfo()" level, there's a known bug. [sourceware.org] There's an exploit for this that drives traffic to subdomains of "com.com", which is set up so that all subdomains of
If you put a "." at the end of a domain name, it's "rooted", and local lookups on your local network do not apply. Type "ac." into your browser's input box, and you'll get some domain registrar who bought the Ascension Island TLD.
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The No. 1 overall draft pick this year, Luke Hochevar, agreed with the Royals on a four-year major league contract with a guaranteed $5.2 million over the length of the contract and incentives that could push the deal to about $7 million. Major league contracts are not usually given to draft picks. As stated in the linked press release, Hochevar will become the fourth No. 1 selection of the draft to sign a major league deal in the last 20 years. The others were Alex Rodriguez in 1993, Pat Burrell in 1998 and Delmon Young in 2003.
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Thankfully Hochevar didn't turn into another Boras client - Matt Harrington. But I wonder how much money he lost by postponing arbitration and free agency by one year. While it's not the $100 million decision that going to college is for a Lebron James, the postponing arbitration and free agency could cost him more in the long run than his increased salary in his initial contract.


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"The Carbon Farming Initiative will create incentives to protect our natural environment and adopt more sustainable farming practices as well as mitigate climate change."
The House Environment Committee inquiry into the CFI bills produced a bipartisan report recommending they be passed, noting strong support for the scheme in the community.
However while the principle behind the CFI bills had support from both sides of the House, a number of issues were raised during parliamentary debate about the detail of the scheme.
Shadow Environment Minister Greg Hunt said while the opposition supported direct action to reduce carbon emissions, the bills provided inadequate detail on how the CFI would operate.
"We approach these bills with a constructive heart, attitude and intent," Mr Hunt said. "But it is absolutely clear that at this stage there are real risks of inadvertent consequences and there are very clearly areas of great inadequacy and incompleteness.
"We will not be providing a blank cheque for this legislation."
Coalition MP Michael McCormack (Riverina, NSW) said there are also serious issues with the design of the scheme in areas such as additionality and permanence.
The CFI requires that for an activity to be eligible for carbon credits, it must be in addition to 'normal' practices in the sector and sequester carbon in the soil or vegetation for 100 years.
"This government wants to sign farmers up for a hundred years, which is about three or four generations," Mr McCormack said. "Farmers will be locked into a scheme which a century from now could and most likely will be outdated, and other varieties and techniques will have been implemented."
Mr McCormack is also concerned the CFI will favour forestry activities over agriculture, threatening food production and biodiversity.
"This government also wants to take up vast tracts of good farmland by planting pine trees. Once they are planted they will be taking up good agricultural ground which in turn will be unusable for later generations. Pine trees will lock up the ground and very few people will be able to benefit."
The bills seek to allay these concerns by setting up a positive and negative list of biosequestration activities. Negative activities will not be eligible for carbon credits, and positive activities will also need to conform to any relevant Natural Resource Management plans to be eligible.
The CFI as it stands has the support of the National Farmers' Federation, which said the final CFI bills address their key concerns surrounding additionality, food production, water, local communities, employment and biodiversity.
"The government deserves credit for listening to the farm sector and modifying its proposal to ensure that genuine abatement opportunities under the CFI are not unnecessarily overlooked," the NFF said in its submission to the CFI inquiry.
The Greens also support moves to reduce emissions through improved farming practices, but are concerned the CFI could lead to a large surplus of carbon credits overwhelming Australia's fledgling carbon market.
"I am also not satisfied that the government understands the huge amount of offsets to the pollution pricing scheme that the carbon farming initiative could create," Senator Christine Milne (Tas) said.
"Flooding the market with offsets could undermine the purpose of the pollution price – to build a cleaner, healthier, jobs-rich economy by driving investment into clean energy."
The interaction between the CFI and carbon pricing was also on the government's agenda, with Mr Combet saying the CFI would only be viable with a set domestic price on carbon.
"On 24 February this year we announced the framework for a carbon price to take effect from 1 July 2012. That framework would not place any liability on agricultural, forestry or legacy waste emissions," Mr Combet said.
"However, the government has also committed to create opportunities in these sectors for the creation of revenue through the reduction or storage of carbon pollution.
"The Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 fulfils an election commitment to give farmers, forest growers and landholders access to carbon markets."
However Mr Hunt said the amount of emissions that could be reduced by a properly designed CFI shows the benefits of a direct action climate policy as opposed to a carbon tax.
"On the opposition side, we have a clear alternative," Mr Hunt said.
"That alternative involves incentives rather than taxes; incentives for people to do real things, such as to clean up waste coal mine gas, to clean up landfill gas, to clean up – potentially, if these are the lowest cost changes – some of the oldest and dirtiest power stations, which otherwise will run, according to the words of their owners, until well into the 2030s under the government's scheme."
Despite the opposition's reservations, the CFI bills passed the House on 16 June, with the launch of the initiative to follow within six months of the bills receiving Royal Assent.
The total cost of the CFI is capped at $45.6 million, mainly earmarked for the establishment of the scheme and the market mechanisms supporting it over the next three years.
MPs propose compensation changes.
Firefighters who develop cancer as a result of their work would have easier access to compensation under a private member's bill introduced in the House of Representatives.
Greens MP Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Vic) introduced the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Fair Protection for Firefighters) Bill 2011 into the House, supported by Liberal Russell Broadbent (McMillan, Vic) and Labor's Maria Vamvakinou (Calwell, Vic).
All three MPs agreed that firefighters face long-term health risks that are often overlooked.
"There is no longer any debate about whether firefighting increases the risk of cancer," Mr Bandt said. "Firefighters start out being 20 per cent healthier than the average member of the public, but after five years the average firefighter will have twice the risk of contracting leukaemia, and after several years in the job male firefighters can find themselves up to 10 times more likely to contract testicular cancer."
If a person has worked as a firefighter for a certain period of time before diagnosis with one of seven types of cancer, their job will be seen as the dominant cause of the illness.
"The bill identifies the main cancer related illnesses which have disproportionate rates of incidence amongst firefighters when compared with the general population," Ms Vamvakinou explained.
"This particular matter is about firefighters, their future and what they do for us," Mr Broadbent told the House. "This parliament, rising above all other concerns, has to address the issues faced by a very specialised group in our
Tougher rules for keeping appointments.
Penalties for job seekers who fail to attend appointments or job-related activities will be toughened under new rules that have recently come into force.
The Social Security Legislation Amendment (Job Seeker Compliance) Act, which passed both houses of parliament, requires Centrelink to suspend payment of income support if a job seeker fails to attend an appointment.
Payments resume (with backpay) when the person agrees to attend a rescheduled appointment.
If they fail to attend that rescheduled appointment without reasonable excuse, payments would be suspended until they do attend an appointment, and there will be no back-pay for the period since the second attendance failure.
Minister for Employment Participation Kate Ellis said the changes are required to lift the rate of attendance at appointments with employment service providers, which stands at 55 per cent.
"I believe that attendance at appointments – appointments designed to help job seekers get into work – can and must improve," Ms Ellis said.
"These changes will give the job seeker no choice but to agree to re-engage with employment services and be serious about finding work – if they want to receive income support."
The House of Representatives Employment Committee supported the legislation, making a number of recommendations including providing plain-English explanations of the changes to affected people and additional training and guidance for staff.
The government accepted amendments to the legislation recommended by the committee, including the proposal to increase Centrelink's flexibility in deciding whether the job seeker could have given prior notification of their non-attendance.
While the opposition supported the legislation, the Greens opposed it, arguing there was insufficient evidence to justify and explain the measures and that disadvantaged groups will be the hardest hit.
"What we do know from the figures is that 20 per cent of people who miss appointments are Indigenous Australians and that 47 per cent of the people who miss appointments are young people," Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Vic) said.
Responsible credit card use encouraged.
"Congratulations! You've been pre-approved for an increased limit on your credit card."
These kinds of offers will be a thing of the past under a new law passed by federal parliament. The National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011 prohibits lenders from sending customers unsolicited offers to increase their credit limit, prevents lenders charging fees for exceeding credit limits unless agreed to by the card holder, and requires lenders to prepare standardised fact-sheets of loan information.
"There are some 15 million credit card accounts in Australia – many families have 2 or 3 different cards – and these reforms will stamp out lender practices that see consumers pay more interest than they should," Treasurer Wayne Swan said.
The House Economics Committee reviewed and unanimously supported the changes.
Committee chair Craig Thomson (Dobell, NSW) said the bill aims to encourage the responsible use of credit cards by informed consumers. "While the 'debt treadmill' may be good for bank profits, it has significant social costs and this is why the committee supports the bill," he said.
Industry groups told the inquiry the problem is overstated, with the majority of credit card customers managing their credit well.
"We are not seeing an outbreak in credit card numbers or credit card debt," Australian Bankers Association CEO Steven Munchenberg told the committee. "Nor are we seeing a surge in people unable to manage their credit card debt."
But consumer advocates argued the gradual nature of the limit increases can lead to people getting into overwhelming levels of debt.
David Coorey from Legal Aid told the committee it is not uncommon to see people with credit card debts of up to $20,000.
"You ask the person, 'How did you get to this figure?' And what it will always come down to is these letters that get sent out in the post and signatures being put on these things where they just say, 'Sign this document,' and then the increase comes along," he said.
While the opposition did not oppose the bill, Tony Smith (Casey, Vic) said they did not believe it was particularly good legislation or that it was the best way to advance the interests of consumers of financial services.
"Consultation with industry has been poor, to the point where extensive last-minute amendments have been made to address industry concerns," Mr Smith said
Health warnings to be larger.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon has introduced world-first legislation into the House that would force tobacco companies to sell cigarettes in "plain, drab dark brown packets" with larger health warnings. Introducing the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, Ms Roxon drew attention to the human cost of smoking.
"Despite Australia's success in reducing smoking rates over recent decades, tobacco remains one of the leading causes of preventable death and disease among Australians, killing over 15,000 Australians each and every year," she said.
The tobacco industry has vocally opposed the changes, but Ms Roxon argues this proves the changes will lower smoking rates by reducing the appeal of the habit.
"Tobacco companies are fighting to protect their profits; but we are fighting to protect lives," she said.
The opposition has signalled it will not oppose the changes, but Coalition MPs have questioned the evidence that the reform will work.


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Asus' highly anticipated Ion powered Eee PC netbook is now showing up for pre-order in the U.S for about $499.
The Asus Eee PC 1201N is the first Nvidia Ion powered Eee PC from Asus. As well as Ion graphics the 1201N also features the dual core Intel Atom N330 processor giving it more power than the vast majority of Ion netbooks on the market.
The Premium netbook is now available for pre-order in Black and Silver color options. I have seen it listed on three stores with prices between $495 and $499.
For that money you will get a 12.1-inch (1366×768) LED backlit LCD, 2GB of DDR2 Ram, a 250GB hard drive, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth and Windows 7 Home Premium.
All are listing the Asus 1201N as pre-order, with no expected dispatch date shown.
Update: Major retailer Amazon are now listing both the black and silver models for pre-order for $499! They have also confirmed it's release date as January 15th.
Update 2: Newegg.Com have jumped the gun and are currently shipping the Asus 1201n for $499!


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Hopthrow, Tim and Abrams, Dominic and Frings, Daniel and Hulbert, Lorne G. (2007) Groupdrink: The effects of alcohol on intergroup competitiveness. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Vol 21 (2). pp. 272-276. ISSN 0893-164X . (doi:https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-164X.21.2.272 ) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided)
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Alcohol is often consumed in group settings. The present article examines the effect of alcohol on intergroup competitiveness through the use of a prisoner's dilemma game. One hundred fifty-eight college students participated in the study, either individually or as a member of a 4-person experimental single-sex group. Participants consumed either alcohol (1.13 g ethanol/kg body weight) or a placebo. Results show no effect of alcohol on cooperative choice within individuals. However, groups were significantly less cooperative after consuming alcohol than they were after consuming a placebo. In addition, after consuming alcohol, groups were less cooperative than were individuals. Results are discussed in terms of the way alcohol may affect focus of attention on group-level cues
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High honours for North Down and Ards volunteers
Four County Down Reservists have been honoured at a ceremony at Hillsborough Castle, earning Lord Lieutenant's Certificates for Outstanding Meritorious Service Above and Beyond The Call of Duty.
The prestigious award is second only to one awarded by Her Majesty The Queen.
Captain Terry Bashford from Bangor was honoured for 50 years of service, and his most recent role as second in command of G Company, the Army Cadet Force, was highlighted.
Captain Bashford was fulsomely praised for his commitment to the youth of Northern Ireland and for a life of service.
He was described as "a most worthy recipient of the Lord Lieutenant's Certificate of Merit" by the master of ceremonies. Presenting the award and congratulations was Colonel The Earl of Erne, Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for the County of Fermanagh.
Angela Carlisle from Donaghadee received her Lord Lieutenant's Certificate from Lord Erne in recognition of 10 year's service with 152 (Ulster) Transport Regiment (Volunteers) where she serves as HQ Squadron Clerk, giving "exceptional service" throughout.
She was described as "a remarkable woman" whose work ethic and tireless, selfless commitment made her "a most worthy recipient of the Lord Lieutenant's Certificate".
Major Jane Johnson from Helen's Bay was commended for the long-serving role she has enjoyed with 204 (North Irish) Field Hospital (Volunteers), balancing a highly demanding job with a civilian position as an Intensive Treatment-trained nurse working with children. Major Johnson's service in Camp Bastion in Helmand Province of Afghanistan was particularly praised.
She was part of a team which looked after 1,000 casualties over 91 days, running a tiny four-bedded Intensive Care Unit at 100 percent occupancy throughout.
With Afghan children, her specialist pediatric skills and caring approach made her a huge asset and, according to the citation which accompanies her award, "she made a substantial difference to the survival of many of these children, with calm skill and consummate care".
Afghanistan was the pinnacle of her TA career and she was "absolutely outstanding".
Lord Erne also presented a Lord Lieutenant's Certificate of Merit to Major Ian McLean from Bangor, recognising his long-standing service with 206 (Ulster) Artillery and with the Queen's University Officer Training Corps.
Across 25 years of service, Major McLean was praised for "outstanding achievement".
The citation which accompanied his award highlighted Major McLean as a man who "has been famous for always taking the time to nurture the newest of officers and recruits".
"In sum, he has been an exceptionally dedicated member of the Territorial Army whose loyalty, dedication and compassion for others are an inspiration to all," said the citation.
Belfast Telegraph


text: {- | HasGP Gaussian Process Library. This module contains the class definition for log likelihoods. Copyright (C) 2011 Sean Holden. sbh11\@cl.cam.ac.uk. -} {- This file is part of HasGP. HasGP is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. HasGP is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with HasGP. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. -} module HasGP.Likelihood.Basic ( LogLikelihood(..) ) where import Numeric.LinearAlgebra import HasGP.Types.MainTypes import HasGP.Support.Functions {- | The following allows arbitrary likelihoods with or without parameters to be wrapped up with their derivatives (with respect to f) and passed to a function. -} class LogLikelihood b where likelihood :: b -> Double -> Double -> Double dLikelihood :: b -> Double -> Double -> Double ddLikelihood :: b -> Double -> Double -> Double dddLikelihood :: b -> Double -> Double -> Double


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Heidi loves playing dress up. In this latest video, watch Heidi show off her school uniform. This British teen was such a naughty tease in school, and loves showing off her little panties underneath her school girl skirt. Heidi gets really horny and slides her hand down her pants to play with her bald pussy
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Crime and punishment, redux
The following is a letter in response to "Illinois contractor gets 10-year sentence for asbestos violation."
Disputes over dumping -- selling products in the U.S. market at prices below the cost of production or for less than what the products are sold in the home market -- are a major thorn in the side of companies wanting to do business internationally. The United States enacted the antidumping law to protect U.S. manufacturing companies from "unfair" imports, but the real impact of the law is to bankrupt legitimate U.S. companies and destroy U.S. jobs.
In a victory for foreign-based manufacturers, the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that LG Electronics and its affiliates were not guilty of "dumping" certain refrigerator models on the U.S. market. The 5-0 vote ended a year-old investigation initiated by Whirlpool, which claimed that bottom-mount refrigerators made in Mexico and Korea were sold in the United States at below market value.
An article about a U.S. Commerce Department ruling that some imported bottom-mount refrigerators were sold at prices unfair to American competitors led to several letters.
"There is no way that free enterprise businesses can compete and win against companies being underwritten by their countries.
"There is a core group of Americans who are being ignored in this NEW GLOBAL FREE TRADE economy. Not everyone can go to college or be trained for high tech jobs.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to move forward with an investigation into claims that imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules from China are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value. All six Commissioners voted in the affirmative.
Appliance maker Whirlpool prevailed in a preliminary finding by the U.S. Commerce Department that foreign producers in South Korea and Mexico -- including Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics -- violated United States and International trade laws by "dumping" bottom-mount refrigerators in the United States.
There was a lot to talk about last year at the STAFDA convention—protectionism, steel prices,...
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---Constituents---Coca leaves contain the alkaloids Cocaine, Annamyl Cocaine, andTruxilline or Cocamine. As a rule the Truxillo or Peruvian leaves contain more alkaloid than the Bolivian, though the latter are preferred for medicinal purposes. Java Coca contains tropacocaine and four yellow crystalline glucosides in addition to the other constituents.
---Medicinal Action and Uses---The actions of Coca depend principally on the alkaloid Cocaine, but the whole drug is said to be more stimulating and to have a mild astringency. In Peru and Bolivia the leaves are extensively chewed to relieve hunger and fatigue, though the habit eventually ruins the health. Coca leaves are used as a cerebral and muscle stimulant, especially during convalescence, to relieve nausea, vomiting and pains of the stomach without upsetting the digestion. A tonic in neurasthenia and debilitated conditions. The danger of the formation of the habit, however, far outweighs any value the drug may possess, and use of Coca in any form is attended with grave risks. Cocaine is a general protoplasmic poison, having a special affinity for nervous tissue; it is a powerful local anaesthetic, paralysing the sensory nerve fibres. To obtain local cutaneous anaesthesia the drug is injected hypodermically. Applied to the eye it dilates the pupil and produces complete local anaesthesia. It is a general excitant of the central nervous system and the brain, especially the motor areas producing a sense of exhilaration and an incitement to effort; large doses cause hallucinations, restlessness, tremors and convulsions. Those acquiring the Cocaine habit suffer from emaciation, loss of memory, sleeplessness and delusions.
---Preparations and Dosages---Elixir Coca, B.P.C., 1 to 4 fluid drachms. Extract of Coca, B.P.C., 2 to 10 grains. Liquid extract of Coca, B.P., 1/2 to 1 fluid drachm. Fluid extract of Coca, U.S.P., 30 minims. Tincture of Coca, B.P.C., 1/2 to 1 fluid drachm. Coca Wine, B.P.C., 2 to 4 fluid drachms. Wine of Coca,, U.S.P., 4 fluid drachms. Cocaine, P.B., 1/20 to 1/2 grain.
---Adulterants---Coca leaves have sometimes been adulterated with those of Jaborandi.
---Poisoning Antidotes---Cocaine rarely enters the system through the alimentary canal, therefore the use of a stomach pump, emetics or chemical antidotes is not usual; strong coffee should be given as a stimulant by mouth or rectum and measures taken to prevent cardiac failure.
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The world is a big place. When traveling with tiny tots, the trick is choosing a destination that offers activities for both adults and children. So pack your little one's luggage and jet-set to one of these kid-friendly countries, as recommended by Director of Communications and Travel Expert at Kid & Coe, Laura.
1. Spain
In sunny Spain, children are welcome anywhere, anytime– in tapas bars, restaurants and everywhere else. It's great place to explore with a family, whether you're playing on beaches, hiking in the mountains or touring the city in Barcelona.
2. Thailand
The land of smiles extends a special greeting for little ones. They are well-loved here, and there much to see and do. Find island paradises, culinary delights and cultural treasures, and even schedule tours to ride elephants as a family.
3. Brazil
For more daring families, exotic Brazil is an ideal place to travel. Not only is it the current location of the soccer World Cup, and the next Olympic Games, but there are jungles to explore and beautiful beaches to build sandcastles on. Or just take a day and lounge about on hammocks together.
4. Australia
For a city that has it all, visit Sydney, Australia. Families will find activities and points of interest for every age, such as surf lessons, stunning beaches, a zoo overlooking the famous Opera House and boat cruises around the harbor. And once outside the city, find wildlife tours to meet koalas, kangaroos and echidna.
5. Italy
Anyplace that has a penchant for pasta is likely going to be a sure-fire hit with kids. Not only do you know that they will readily eat the local cuisine, but you're also in a great spot for fantastic wine when the kids are in bed. Plus, find water parks, quaint stone villages, historic monuments and a glorious countryside throughout the country.
Kid & Coe is a vacation rental website that simplifies modern family travel for adventurous families, featuring child-friendly places to stay all over the world. For more information, visit www.kidandcoe.com.


text: MA/Diploma in Biotechnological Law and Ethics (MABLE) at the The University of Sheffield The Faculty of Law (in association with the Faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, Pure Science, and Social Science)at the University of Sheffield has been teaching a new MA degree in Biotechnological Law and Ethics. In September the second group of postgraduate students will be starting this course. Applications are therefore invited for entry in September The MA/Diploma in Biotechnological Law and Ethics (MABLE), which welcomed its first students in 1994/95 is the first degree of its kind in the world. MABLE is the first Masters degree to cover legal and ethical issues over the full range of developments in biotechnology. In addition to dealing with with a number of issues in medical law and ethics (e.g. medical research ethics, organ transplantation, in vitro fertilisation), its focus is much broader, in that it is concerned with biotechnology as applied to plants and nonhuman animals as well as to humans; it is concerned with matters of biotechnology in relation to humans that are not strictly medical e.g., the Human Genome Project; it is concerned with the ethics and regulation of the ownership of biotechnological knowledge and inventions,as well as with the ethics and regulation of biotechnological research and applications. MABLE is also distinctive in being genuinely inter- disciplinary, with inputs of about 50% from lawyers, ethicists and social scientists and 50% from clinicians and scientists. Aims of the Course MABLE is offered as an MA and as a Diploma. The common aims of the MA and the Diploma are to provide students with expert information about current and likely future developments in biotechnology; to provide students with expert information about current regulation of biotechnology; to acquaint students with the legal and ethical problems generated by current and likely future developments in biotechnology; to provide students with a thorough grounding in law and ethics to enable them (1) to critically evaluate existing regulation of biotechnology; (2) to provide legally and ethically informed advice on the future regulation of biotechnology. The MA also aims to prepare students to undertake research degrees in the field of legal and ethical issues of biotechnology. Structure and Content: MABLE can be taken full-time over 1 year, or part-time over 2 years. Students may study for the award of a Diploma, or for the award of an MA. The course is designed for both International students as well as those from the UK, and its treatment of Law takes into account the diverse backgrounds of the students. Students may study Full or part-time. The following units are compulsory for both Diploma and MA students: Moral Theory Understanding Law Developments in Biotechnology Current Regulation of Biotechnology Research Skills Intellectual Property & Biotechnology Product Liability & Safety Law and Biotechnology & Research Ethics Students are required to take four options from amongst: Issues in Biological Forensic ; Issues in Human Genetics I: Clinical Developments Issues in Human Genetics II: Population Genetics Frontiers and Limits Artificial Organs, Prosthetic Devices, and Life- Support Systems Issues in the Transplantation of Organs (including blood transfusion) Issues in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Issues in Plant and Food Technologies Issues in Laboratory and Industrial Biotechnology Students may also take as an option one unit from any other Masters course in the University, provided that this unit has the approval of the Course Co-ordinator. Students taking the MA are, additionally, required to do a Dissertation of 15,000 - 20,000 words (22,000 words maximum permitted length, including footnotes and citations, but excluding the bibliography) on an agreed topic Dissertations may be on any aspect of 4 law/ethics in relation to biotechnology as a whole or any aspect of law/ethics in relation to particular developments in any area of biotechnology for which a suitable supervisor is available. For Further information, please contact: The Postgraduate Admissions Secretary Faculty of Law University of Sheffield PO Box 598 Crookesmoor Building Sheffield S10 1FL United Kingdom Tel: (0114) 2826770 Fax: (0114) 2721319 Or send e-mail to Dr. J. Kinderlerer, Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Sheffield University (J.Kinderlerer at sheffield.ac.uk) or Dr. D. Beyleveld, Department of Law, Sheffield University (D.Beyleveld at sheffield.ac.uk)


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Regional Reviews: Florida - Southern
The Color Purple
Also see John's reviews of The Music Man and The 39 Steps
The Color Purple was originally workshopped by the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, in the summer of 2004, and received its world premiere on September 9, 2004. It opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on December 1, 2005, and closed on February 24, 2008, after 30 previews and 910 performances. The Broadway production received eleven Tony Award nominations. It features music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Alee Willis and Stephen Bray, with a book by Marsha Norman.
Taking place mostly in rural Georgia in the early 1900s, The Color Purple tells the story of a African-American woman named Celie. Despite the oppressive nature of her life, Celie is transformed as she finds her self-worth through the help of two strong female companions, Sofia and Shug Avery. The musical shows the problems faced by African Americans of the time, including the harshest of racism, sexism, violence and poverty.
The marriage of style of music to setting and theme in The Color Purple is brilliant. The vocals and instrumentations fit the feel of the time period and the characters like a glove. The best example of this is the use of the Church Soloist (Kadejah One') and the three Church Ladies (Nesha Ward, Virlinda Stanton and Deaun Parker). While each is vocally strong on their own as soloists, their gospel style singing is filled with tight harmonies, perfectly balanced as a group. They serve as a Greek chorus full of gossiping characters and fun.
Taprena Augustine has the right look and style for the alluring, if world weary woman, Shug Avery. Her singing voice is well suited to the role, and her "Push Da Button" shows why Shug is hot, but the high pitched, shrill placement of her speaking voice detracts from the character. Pam Trotter is good as Sofia, but vocally doesn't seem to achieve lift off out of the rumbling nature of her low notes in "Hell, No!," and she needs to have more fun with the song "Any Little Thing." The latter should be so endearing and naughty that it leaves you grinning.
Dayna Jarae Dantzler as Celie manages to capture both believable youth and maturity as her character ages. Her beautifully emotional singing of "What About Love" and "I'm Here" are high points of this production. Most importantly she captures a gradual, real growth in the character that doesn't just happen from one scene to the next, but over the course of the whole show. The Color Purple is a moving piece of theatre filled with the passionate story of love and survival. This production does full justice to a great book and intelligently written music.
This production of The Color Purple is scheduled to appear through May 10 - 15, 2011, on the Marden Stage of Dreyfoos Hall, in the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is located at 701 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach, FL. For tickets to this show, and/or information on their season, you may contact them by phone at 561-832-7469 (561-832-SHOW) or 1-800-572-8471 (1-800-KRAVIS-1), or online at www.kravis.org. For more information on the tour, visit www.colorpurple.com.


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Takuya Kuroda doesn't seem content to play in just one sandbox. The title, Zigzagger, hints that we're dealing with an unrelentingly restless spirit here, and his fifth album backs it up by borrowing from the past, looking to the future and never being shy to bring out the noise and the funk. It offers a fresh, hip kind of urban jambalaya that comes out as loud and colorful as its cover.
The album benefits from a cooking-hot band of friends and neighbors, all sharing his freewheeling spirit and open to anything: they're equally happy dabbling in smooth jazz, hip-hop and dance-club electronics. The tracks tend to match up things that complement each other well: '60s soul and '70s fusion, groovy N'Yawk horns with wah-wah bass, programmed beats under urban R&B. Brooklyn's Afrobeat outfit, Antibalas, drops in to add words and fuzzy synth to the closer "Think Twice," sounding vaguely like Bob Marley mashed up with Down to the Bone. Whatever the mix, they keep a steady rhythmic pulse that never lets up from start to finish.
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Does anyone have a solution for this 10G Grid / agent problem on windows 2000?
After installing the 10g agent (10.1.0.2) on various windows 2000 servers, the 10G grid (10.1.0.3) shows the database is up but after about 5 minutes it shows the database as down with error:
Failed to connect to database: ORA-12538: TNS:no such protocol adapter (DBD ERROR: OCIServerAttach).
The database is not down.
The following error appears in the agent trace file (emagent.trc)=20
Process stderr =3D em_error=3DCould not connect to
: ORA-12538: TNS:no such protocol adapter (DBD ERROR: OCIServerAttach)
This happens with both 126.96.36.199 and 184.108.40.206 databases.
Oracle says it is bug # 3512622 but there is no fix at this time.
John Baylis
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Not only that, but it's a simple plan, with forseeable end date, which can be presented to upper management. Additionally, everyone can understand it and knowingly nod their heads in agreement.
Hence the importance of teaching, getting people to ask questions and think for themselves.
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> I just don't get the whole "cache everything, and everything will be ok"
> argument. The vast majority of the slow tasks I've seen in the past ten
> years have all executed "in cache" to begin with!
> ...And fixing them has, almost every time, required either optimization
> of
> SQL, or optimization of the application code that calls the SQL. I just
> don't see how /any/ database can defend itself against all the types of
> abuse that an application developer can throw at it.
Here's my take on the thought process behind this.
Problem: Oracle/DB2/SQL Server is too slow. It spends too much time reading data from disk.
Solution: Cache all the data. It's well known that memory access is ~14,000 times faster than disk access. We'll clean up!
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I will apply myself to learning the game in specific detail and as I go I will write about what I learned and how I learned it so that you can learn along with me.
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I have often found when trying to learn from other sources that they overlook some of the challenges that new players face in the game. This is simply the side effect of the fact that most resources are created by top-level players who are distanced from the challenges that new players face.
Simply put Starcraft 2 is a very different game at higher skill levels and what applies there does not really apply at the beginner levels.
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Yikes. I haven't updated this story for ages, sorry : ) my life has kinda been hectic and busy as my GCSE exams are starting now! :s lol yeah so I just got the urge to update this story, so I hope people are still reading it lol
Billy's preparation was a lot less ceremonial. He walked home from his school alone having hid from his friends. As much as he liked them he did not need their silly remarks and snarky putdowns. He wasn't nervous, he felt confident, cool, happy. Richie jumped out from behind a wheelie bin jolting Billy out of his happy daze.
"Hey lovebird!" he sang clapping Billy on the back. "you've got your big date tonight haven't you?! You nervous?"
"Nope" Billy laughed "why would I be? I've known Ally for years!"
Richie laughed and stood in front od Billy to prevent him from going any further.
"Yeah, but she's your girlfriend now! She's gonna expect you to hold her hand and stuff!"
"I'll be fine" Billy said to his mate, pushging past him and heading up his front garden.
"good luck trying to sort your face out Billy!" Richie shouted after him and Billy stuck his finger up in response. He slouched into his house and called out to his mum to tell her he was here. Before she tried to make awkward small talk Billy ran upstairs and went into the he washed his hair Billy began to worry and what his friend had said. Worrying about what Ally would expect. He turned off the shower and got dressed before heading out to the rink.
Sorry this is so extremely short but my mind has already fizzeled out and then I thought it would be best to leave it here. : ( sorry again. I will update again, there will probably be only about two chapters left for this story, the actual date and Ally and Billy coming back home. : )