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The U.S. energy market is going through a classic boom. High prices have inspired new production, while at the same time decreasing consumption.
No investment is guaranteed, but a good understanding of the macroeconomic situation can help to decrease risk. By investing in energy firms with interests outside of North America, you can benefit from stronger consumer demand.
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Offshore Drilling
Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) rents out drill ships to upstream firms at a fixed rate, so that those companies can explore and develop their undersea assets. With ships in the UK's North Sea, the waters off Angola and Brazil, and in the Gulf of Mexico, the company has its assets strewn throughout the world.
Currently there is a large amount of conflict between Carl Icahn and the board. Activist investors are known for their short-term thinking, and Transocean is fighting Icahn's calls for a larger dividend.
The company has lost money for the past two years, which helps to explain why it's trading at a low forward P/E ratio of 11.1. Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) is expected to be profitable in 2013 with an estimated earnings per share (EPS) of $4.69. Icahn's desired dividend of $4.00 would eat up a large portion of earnings, so investors need to watch the firm to make sure it doesn't sacrifice its precious cash for short term thinking.
General Oil Services
Drilling for oil is not a simple process, and deep-water discoveries in Brazil highlight the strategic opportunity for companies like Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL). This company provides a number of drilling services, and it's trying to develop strategic advantages by developing new technologies for older wells. A large portion of the oil in any given formation is left in the ground, so slight improvements in a company's ability to recover that oil can have a major impact on revenue.
In 2012, 54% of the firm's revenue comes from outside of North America. Its international revenue growth is also strong. It has already been announced that they will continue to invest in Malaysia.
The company is profitable, with an EBIT margin of 14.5% and a profit margin of 9.3%. It is encouraging to see these numbers as America's natural gas glut has caused companies to cut back their demand for Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)'s drilling services. The company's total debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31 shows that that the company is not crippled by debt.


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The Fan Art 'Airbrush Corset' from the gallery Dreamful Black Corset has reached me some days ago and I find it is a wonderful successful Fan Art. With devotion, pre assignment, a lot of time and loves to the detail the artist has created here a unique specimen. Who would like to get a look behind the scenery of you, can watch the video Airbrush Step by Step if you like.
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6:08am – The houses have now been merged into one. Chrissie is up and wants to see what has happened. Ben just wants to sleep. Big Brother announces housemates may leave the bedroom. Housemates run out of both bedrooms full of gasps and screams, meeting in the middle of the house. Jo hugs Regina and Ben while Leah just jumps and screams on the spot in excitement. Chrissie and Ben hug, and she says its great to seem them again. The housemates mingle outside and all introduce each other. Saxon says to Jo that its very weird to be meeting like this. Leah has a look of shock on her face.
Some of the round housemates notice the hot tub and scream in excitement. Meanwhile inside Daniel and Chrissie are joking about the housemates, saying "I'm so happy, I'm so happyyy! I'm still asleep, but I'm happyyy". Next the housemates are checking out the heated pool, and Saxon jumps straight in. Regina and Daniel have a quick catchup. She's been yelling over the wall to Daniel, but he didn't hear her. Regina notices that the showers have been removed… they wonder where they will wash. Chrissie says there might be a bathroom somewhere.
Later Regina explains Chrissie would have died if she had been around Carlo. Chrissie only knows him as the one they could always hear making noises over the wall. Chrissie says the other house sounded a bit crazy. Regina is so happy about the merge. In the kitchen Jo asks Vincent if he's the resident chef. He says he's the second in charge… the head chef was booted last night. Jo has already heard Saxon didn't take it very well.
Regina is concerned about the two Ben's she saw in the two houses. She explains to Chrissie how Ben changed… Regina was in shock. "He was so different… I'm confused I really am.. I can't work out who's the real person".
10:09am – Vincent and Jo are having a chat. Claire told Jo that Vincent is the one she would want to meet. Vincent does the shy boy "aw shucks". He says he spends his time making sure everyone else is alright. He has learnt in the house that he's at his best when things are the worst with everyone else. Vincent thinks Ben is a strong person too… which reminds him "Hey guys, who is the alpha male?" Vincent yells. Leah puts her hand up "me". No one else answers. Vincent asks Jo if she speaks Italian as well. She does some. Vincent picks something out of Jo's hair. He looks very nervous trying to talk with Jo. She says something in Italian and Vincent immediately compliments her, saying "that proper Italian.. thats better than me!".
Later Regina is talking with Jo and Chrissie about Ben's evil side. Regina can't work out which side of Ben is the real one. Chrissie says it's bizarre. Belinda joins the conversation, and adds that Ben was pretty full on in the square house: "he was like a man times a hundred". She says he was mean to Reggie 24/7.
11:54am – Claire and Vincent talk about Carlo's departure. She didn't think it would happen. Vincent thinks Carlo shot himself in the foot a couple of times… it was quite obvious. Claire wants to know if Carlo said anything when he left. Vincent explains Carlo went to leave before BB even finished talking. He also explains about Carlo not saying goodbye to Belinda.
12:56pm – BB says housemates may return to the bedroom. They run inside to see what has happened. They find the new bathroom joining the bedrooms. Jo screams in excitement. They are all happy about hot running water and doonas on the beds. Claire and Chrissie hug about the doonas. Leah is shocked. Vincent goes and lies on the new doonas.
Later Regina says she doesn't want to sleep next to Ben anymore, much to his confusion. Regina dodges the question of why – she says he can go back next door, but Ben persists with the question. Regina keeps responding with "I just don't wanna". Eventually Ben says "well fucking say why you immature little thing". There is an awkward moment.
1:24pm – Ben is annoyed at Regina from earlier while explaining the differences in the houses. He says that in the circle house it was rude to fart, but in the square house it wasn't rude. If you're a straight shooter you don't do it some times… you do it all the time. Regina finds this comment amusing. Ben takes a few jabs at Regina, saying she's playing the game well. Other housemates are sitting around but don't dare say anything.
Ben: "She's a tactician, her little brain just ticks"
Regina: "You reckon I don't even have a brain so get fucked"
Ben: "No I said you had a brain it's just fucking small"
Ben keeps taunting Regina and says she wouldn't have survied without him. Regina is appauled and says she would have rather been on her own. Ben says without him she would have had no way to get the boys to like her.
Recap from the following day's daily update:
Tonight's update focused a lot on the round housemates. After Monday night's nominations, Chrissie is upset about being unable to nominate properly and receiving a strike. She is in the kitchen crying. Jo comforts as best she can, as she can't discuss nominations. Chrissie says "I feel like such a pussy", but Jo tells her "you're human".
5:43pm – Daniel announces to the other housemates the planned dinner party for tonight.
5:56pm – Chrissie and Jo come inside from the kitchen. Ben tells them he only has four pages left of his book. He started reading it the first night he was in the house (alone). Ben asks about Chrissie's dilemma over nominations. He relates to her situation (or so it seems). Chrissie then talks about the dress arrangements for the dinner party. She isn't so sure the team will be able to find clothes that are suitable for her size and mood. Chrissie says she doesn't feel like putting the effort into the party, and moves into the round bedroom.
7:13pm – Regina is worried about Ben's split personality displayed when he was an intruder in the square house. Regina, Patrick (with Jo on his knee) and Ben sit around the table outside. Ben explains that the boys in the square house needed a strong influence. He didn't want to clash with them so he wouldn't be evicted last friday night. He says that's the way he is: flexible.
7:42pm – Chrissie is upset in the bedroom. Jo and Regina comfort her the best they can. The conversation then moves onto Regina and Ben. Regina says she is overwhelmed with how Ben is acting, and has lost all faith in him. Her and Jo then explain to Chrissie what Ben told them outside. Chrissie is shocked, and says her skin crawls relising that some one is actually playing the game. Regina admits that while she was in the square house she even considered talking to Big Brother about how the guys were treating her.
The store room is open for the housemates to grab their costumes. Leah is excited and can't wait to find hers. Chrissie doesn't want to dress up for the night. The BB voiceover guy explains that the housemates gave their dress measurements to Big Brother before entering the house. Chrissie is not impressed by her blue sequined dress. Ben's trousers don't fit properly. Leah's dress is on in a flash, and seems to fit perfectly. Jo mentions that she looks like a curtain.
8:28pm – Everyone sits on the new round couch to hear who the nominees are. Leah laughs, Daniel cracks a cheesey smile and Belinda starts giggling when they each hear they are nominated. Saxon doesn't look so happy (maybe because Leah was nominated). Later, Leah is talking to Ben outside about being nominated, saying she'd love to know the reasons why people are nominating her.
8:47pm – Ben and Regina are talking outside. Ben tells Regina not to get involved in any house politics. Regina says that she doesn't know who is genuine in the house anymore. Ben tells her that she's the only genuine one. Watch Regina's popularity skyrocket even further and Ben's come crashing down.
Vincent proposes a toast to new friends. He is a lot more talkative and positive now that the houses are merged… and probably because Carlo is no longer there too.
10:25pm – Vincent is in the spa getting up close and personal with Jo. He gives her a seductive kiss on the ear. No more footage of this is shown… sounds like Uncut material to me!
10:55pm – Leah is talking to Saxon outside. She says that he's not the same person she met at auditions. Saxon doesn't know what she's talking about and seems to be quite offended by her comments. He says that he's being standoffish because he just lost his best mate in the last eviction. Leah says he should be able to talk about it with her. He doesn't want to talk.
1:17am – Regina is exhausted and confused about her confrontations with Ben during the evening. She is in the round bedroom discussing it with the other housemates. Chrissie says he's a chameleon by admission, to which Daniel agrees. Regina finds it hard after seeing both sides of Ben in the two different houses. Chrissie says it's a shame their relationship had to suffer as a result of Ben's dualistic nature.
In the square bedroom Ben is discussing the same thing with Jo and Patrick. He states that he adjusts accordingly to his advantage. He claims he wasn't vulgar during his stay in the square house. Jo isn't impressed, she says that he's only caring about the game, not about being himself. Ben disagrees, stating that his changing nature is himself. He doesn't seem to care after Jo tells him Regina is upset about this situation.
3:36pm – Regina is in the lounge room. She doesn't want to sleep in the bedroom with Ben so she can think by herself. Jo helps Regina move the round couch around so she can lie on it. In the square bedroom, Ben thanks Saxon for keeping her out of the room. Regina lies in the lounge room thinking. Jo comes into the square bedroom to ask Ben what's this all about. Ben keeps asking what Regina's deal is, while not caring about Regina's feelings. He says she's being a fucking idiot.


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# keeping-schtum - Friday 18 October, 2019
'It's personal' - Zidane won't divulge details of Pogba meeting
The Manchester United star has been in Dubai as part of his recovery from an ankle problem.
# keeping-schtum - Monday 10 June, 2019
Ronaldo refuses to answer Ballon d'Or questions after Nations League triumph
The Juventus forward would not be drawn into debate over the award when pressed by reporters.
# keeping-schtum - Monday 11 February, 2019
Frank Lampard refuses to consider imminent Chelsea return
Blues boss Maurizio Sarri is under fire following a troubled first season at Stamford Bridge.
# keeping-schtum - Saturday 27 October, 2018
'I'm just focused on playing at the moment' - Man-of-the-match Rice brushes aside England-Ireland questions
The 19-year-old has produced a series of impressive performance this season.
# keeping-schtum - Saturday 14 April, 2018
Antonio Conte won't comment on Marcos Alonso's controversial 'red card' challenge on Shane Long
The Blues boss refused to comment on his player's controversial tackle, saying he did not view the incident.
# keeping-schtum - Thursday 4 January, 2018
'All the things I could say now will only create stories'
Jurgen Klopp refused to be drawn on the future of Philippe Coutinho today.
# keeping-schtum - Saturday 19 March, 2016
Some Fine Gael TDs want a deal with Fianna Fáil – but lots of them just don't want to talk about it
A survey carried out by TheJournal.ie this week found many Fine Gael TDs reluctant to discuss the formation of the next government.
# keeping-schtum - Monday 2 November, 2015
A controversial Fianna Fáil candidate won't talk about her talks with Renua
Connie Gerety Quinn held talks with Renua about joining the party earlier this year, it is understood.
# keeping-schtum - Friday 2 October, 2015
Michael Noonan has a view on when the election should be...
… but he's not telling you.
# keeping-schtum - Thursday 18 June, 2015
Irish Water STILL won't tell us how many people have paid their bills
The AAA TD has been thwarted in his latest attempt to uncover payment rates.
# keeping-schtum - Friday 12 June, 2015
Did Australia bribe people smugglers to turn their boat around?
The country's prime minister won't say.
# keeping-schtum - Thursday 28 May, 2015
Irish Water thinks it's better you don't know how many bills have been paid
Anti-austerity TD Paul Murphy has been thwarted in his efforts to find out how many bills have been paid.
# keeping-schtum - Wednesday 13 May, 2015
Irish Water is refusing to say how many people have paid their bills
The utility has outlined a number of reasons why it won't release the figures at this stage.
# keeping-schtum - Friday 9 January, 2015
IBRC won't say how much former Anglo directors still owe them
The bank said the information is "commercially sensitive".
# keeping-schtum - Tuesday 30 September, 2014
None of Enda Kenny's cabinet colleagues asked him to explain 'McNulty-gate' today
Meanwhile, Brendan Howlin has announced changes to the way state board appointments are made today.
# keeping-schtum - Monday 30 June, 2014
We asked these two ministers who they'd like Ireland's next European Commissioner to be*
* But neither of them wanted to answer the question.
# keeping-schtum - Sunday 22 June, 2014
Joan Burton's department has refused to name most of the companies who use JobBridge
Sixty-eight per cent of companies who advertised over 9,000 posts on the JobBridge asked to remain anonymous.
# keeping-schtum - Thursday 19 June, 2014
Micheál Martin: TDs shouldn't involve themselves in criminal proceedings
The Fianna Fáil leader has been reacting to the controversy surrounding his justice spokesperson today.
Fianna Fáil won't comment on one of its TDs asking a judge not to jail a drug dealer
The party's justice spokesperson Niall Collins is in the spotlight this morning.
# keeping-schtum - Friday 25 April, 2014
Man United haven't approached me - Jurgen Klopp
During his five-year tenure at the Signal Iduna Park, the German has guided Dortmund to two league titles.
# keeping-schtum - Friday 26 July, 2013
The arrested Spanish train driver is refusing to answer police questions
A police spokesperson has told AFP news agency that Francisco Jose Garzon Amo is not answering questions.
# keeping-schtum - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
The minister, the opposition, and the 36 unanswered Dáil questions
Jonathan O'Brien makes a formal complaint after Alan Shatter refuses to answer dozens of questions submitted in a single day.


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Raipur, (Chhattisgarh) [India] April 4 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday said that the short visit by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president, Amit Shah was fruitful as talks in connection to election campaign was discussed ahead of upcoming state legislative assembly polls.
" During his (Amit Shah) short stay, discussions were held for a possible programme (election campaign) to take place in Chhattisgarh were held. A short meeting is expected to take place in the last week of April," said Raman Singh.
Singh also mentioned that during the short meeting matters pertaining to the last meeting would be reviewed.
Amit Shah after a short stay in Chhattisgarh left for a two-day Odisha visit.
The tenure of Chhattisgarh Legislative assembly is due to end in 2019.(ANI)


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Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce to hold 8th Annual Home and Garden Show, February 25th & 26th
Clarksville, TN – On February 25th and 26th, 2017 vendors will fill the Wilma Rudolph Event Center for the 8th Annual Home and Garden Show to share their expertise with home improvement enthusiasts and novices alike.
Professionals will be on hand to help with furniture selection, home décor and design, gardening and landscaping tips, home improvement, budgeting and more. The event will be held inside Liberty Park at 1188 Cumberland Drive.
The Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to once again provide a head start on a staple of the warm weather season: home improvement projects.
The eighth annual Home and Garden Show, sponsored by Furniture Connection, helps prepare attendees for projects large and small by putting relevant businesses and service professionals at their fingertips.
"The Home & Garden Show is a rewarding undertaking for the Chamber of Commerce," says Chamber Chairman Sidney Johnson. "Matching individuals with reputable vendors helps kindle ideas and shape projects for area families. These types of improvements make our homes and neighborhoods even more beautiful while they support our local businesses. That's a win-win."
Show hours are Saturday from 9:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday from noon until 5:00pm. General admission is $5.00 and free for children 12 and under and active duty military with valid I.D.
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text: For quite a long time now we have been clamoring to get our hands on a finished copy of Sleepaway Camp 4: The Survivor. The film was only originally partially recorded and later it became shelved when the production company backing went bankrupt. For almost 30 years the film has sat and collected dust on the shelf. However, in 2018 it seems we may be FINALLY getting the film with a nice Blu Ray release and new artwork as well. (Not the artwork shown to the left.) In other news though, the company backing the film currently is NOT the most fan friendly. I will be looking to get a copy of this but may hold off until I can get it from another source. Either way, this release is quite exciting and I look forward to giving it a spin upon release. We will drop more information on this as it comes!


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When you have something you want to change in your life and you set out to make that change a key in being successful is to BE CONSISTENT in the moments of your life in being that change.
The actions we take on a daily basis have to do with so much more than just choosing in that moment.
Our deep subconscious beliefs lead to our conscious beliefs which lead to our thoughts which determine our actions which then lead to the final result.
It can be very complex.
I highly recommend working with a coach (moi!) or therapist that can help you dive deep into this amazing maze of beliefs, thoughts, actions and results at least during one focused period of your life. I work with many people at two specific times of their lives. One, is in their mid 30s when life is getting a bit more complicated with work, kids, family- real-life reality sets in and it's often not as they imagined. Two, is during mid-life when again there are many transitions such as becoming an empty-nester, retiring or changing jobs and the reality that half their life may be over and more.
I use a beautiful system called my Categories of Life Journey where for a few weeks we dive into each category of life and all our subconscious beliefs, conscious beliefs, thoughts, actions and final results related to each category.
We then cultivate the true self vision for each category and we start to change the beliefs, thoughts and actions so that you can get the results you desire in each category.
Honestly, it's super powerful. Connect with me if you are ready to dive into this experience.
Once you discover the beliefs, thoughts and actions you need to be taking daily so that you can create your desired results your job is to be super duper CONSISTENT!
You will not be perfect. Old habits, old mindsets, old patterns will pop up over and over and over again and your job will be to notice them and consciously choose your new belief, your new thought, your new action that will lead you to your new amazing life.
This will take a long time! I'm not going to sugarcoat it. Research shows it takes at least 45 days of committing over and over and over again to make it a habit but I think it takes even longer than that.
In my 20 years of experience coaching and through my own life journey and healing journey I know that it takes:
- a plan.
- setting daily intention.
- making mistakes.
- feeling the messiness of being in the midst of change.
- coming up with solutions when what you thought would work does not.
- coming up with solutions when you keep making the same mistakes.
- writing everything down in a journal.
- recommitting multiple times per day.
- visioning and feeling into your end result.
- a support system of people that have your back.
- professionals to guide you.
- and more.
It takes a village. It takes time. It takes patience.
You are literally rewiring years of brain synapses that are used to functioning in a certain way. Years of hormones and chemicals being released in a certain way. Your ego-mind and physical body are literally craving the stress and depression and let down and all the other yucky stuff you are trying to change that it is used to- all for the sake of comfort and the known. And you are reaching into the unknown and uncomfortable while changing.
As you commit more and more and more the new beliefs, thoughts, actions and results will become your norm. Your brain synapses, hormones and other chemicals in your body, nervous system and everything will crave the new ways- and it will be the known and comfortable.
So if you have tried to change something without a plan, without support, without the knowledge from all the science of change that we know, without the knowledge of the science of neuroplasticity and without everything i listed above….. it makes sense that you may have failed.
But know that you don't need to fail any more. There is a simple process- its not always easy but it is simple- to help you get from where you are now to where you want to go.


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In the last three blogs of this series, we covered the overview and concepts of Anthos and GKE On-Prem(Part I and II). Now, its time for the rubber to meet the road. In this blog post, we walk through the actual installation steps for getting GKE On-Prem running inside your Datacenter on vSphere 6.5. For my lab environment, I am using a Lenovo ThinkAgile VX 4 – Node cluster running VMware vSAN. Let's talk about pre-requisites.
- We start with a basic vSphere cluster with a vCenter instance managing all hosts, HA and DRS enabled and a Distributed Virtual Switch. You can also use a Standard Switch if you want.
- You will need two additional networks defined in your cluster in addition to the VM Network. These two networks (let's call them Inside and Outside Network). The Inside Network will be used to assign IP addresses to our K8s nodes that will be deployed in our cluster, and the Outside Network will be used to assign IP addresses to any services that are exposed using the type LoadBalancer in K8S, or any VIPs defined for Ingress needs.
- I am using a vSAN Datastore in my lab because ThinkAgile VX is an HCI appliance which enables the extension of all Storage Policy Based Management capabilities to my containerized applications. But, you can use any shared vSphere datastore mounted to all the hosts in the cluster.
- You will also need to deploy an F5 BIG IP LTM virtual appliance in your cluster, with three interfaces: one in the VM Management Network, one in the outside network and the last in the Inside Network. Once you have done the basic setup for the F5 virtual appliance, create two User Partitions and namely admin-cluster and user-cluster. On initial setup, GKE On-Prem deploys one admin and one user cluster. When you want additional User clusters in your setup, you need to create additional user partitions on the F5 instance. There is a 1-1 mapping between F5 user partition and a Kubernetes cluster.
- Next, you need a VM that you can install Terraform, gcloud sdk and VMware govc libraries. I used an Ubuntu 18.04 VM running on the same vSphere cluster. I attached a single NIC to the VM in the VM Network.
Now that you have all the pre-reqs ready, we can start the actual installation of GKE On-Prem.
1. SSH into the Ubuntu VM that you deployed and then install the gcloud sdk, vmware govc and Terraform using the following commands:
- Install Google Cloud SDK, which includes the gcloud cli.
#Add the Cloud SDK distribution URI as a package source
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
# Import the Google Cloud Platform public key
curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg add -
# Update the package list and install the Cloud SDK
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-cloud-sdk
- Once you have the binaries installed, the next step is to run gcloud init and then log in using your Google Cloud account.
gcloud init You must log in to continue. Would you like to log in (Y/n)? Y (This will generate a long URL, which should look something like this. I have trimmed down my URL for example) https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?redirect_uri=urn%3Aietf%3Awg%3Aoauth%3A2.0%2Faccounts.reauth&access_type=offline - URL Enter verification code: Pick Google Cloud Project: [Select the project that you have created for GKE On-Prem] Do you want to configure a default Compute Region and Zone? (Y/n)? Y 1 for Us-east1-b [You can choose the location closest to you]
- Once you have the gcloud cli working, the next step is to install the VMware govc library, so you can interact with your vCenter instance.
wget https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/releases/download/v0.19.0/govc_linux_amd64.gz gzip -d govc_linux_amd64.gz sudo chmod +x govc_linux_amd64 sudo mv govc_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/govc
- Next step is to install Terraform v0.11. For some reason GKE On-Prem cannot work with the latest version of Terraform, so we will pull down the binaries for v0.11
sudo apt-get install unzip wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.14/terraform_0.11.14_linux_amd64.zip unzip terraform_0.11.14_linux_amd64.zip sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin Terraform --version
2. Now, that you have all the binaries installed on your Ubuntu VM, next step is to create service accounts that will be used during the GKE On-Prem Installation process. We will create four service accounts:
- access-sa: Gives access to the GKE On-Prem software
- register-sa: Used by the Cloud Connect agent to register the user cluster to Google Cloud.
- connect-sa: Used by the Cloud Connect agent for establishing a connection between GKE On-Prem and Google Cloud
- stackdriver-sa: Used to collect logs and send them to Stackdriver.
Use the following commands to create these service accounts. Replace the values in [square brackets] with your project-specific values
gcloud iam service-accounts create [ACCESS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME] --project [PROJECT_ID] gcloud iam service-accounts create [REGISTER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME] --project [PROJECT_ID] gcloud iam service-accounts create [CONNECT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME] --project [PROJECT_ID] gcloud iam service-accounts create [CONNECT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME] --project [PROJECT_ID]
3. Next, we will enable the required APIs in your Google Cloud Project. These will enable the GKE On-Prem, Connect, and Stackdriver APIs for us.
gcloud services enable --project=[PROJECT_ID] cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com container.googleapis.com gkeconnect.googleapis.com gkehub.googleapis.com serviceusage.googleapis.com stackdriver.googleapis.com monitoring.googleapis.com logging.googleapis.com
4. Next, we need to create IAM Policy bindings for the service accounts that we created earlier to specific IAM roles.
gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding [PROJECT_ID] --member="serviceAccount:[REGISTER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com" --role="roles/gkehub.admin" gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding [PROJECT_ID] --member="serviceAccount:[REGISTER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com" --role="roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageViewer" gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding [PROJECT_ID] --member="serviceAccount:[CONNECT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com" --role="roles/gkehub.connect" gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding [PROJECT_ID] --member "serviceAccount:[STACKDRIVER_LOGGING_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com" --role "roles/stackdriver.resourceMetadata.writer" gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding [PROJECT_ID] --member "serviceAccount:[STACKDRIVER_LOGGING_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com" --role "roles/logging.logWriter" gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding [PROJECT_ID] --member "serviceAccount:[STACKDRIVER_LOGGING_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com" --role "roles/monitoring.metricWriter"
5. Create a Stackdriver workspace for your project.
6. Create a key for the Access Service Account created earlier.
gcloud iam service-accounts keys create [access-key-name] --iam-account [ACCESS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com --project [PROJECT_ID]
7. Configure gcloud and gsutil to use access service account created earlier.
gcloud auth activate-service-account [ACCESS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com --key-file [access-key-name]
8. Download the ova file into your home directory
gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/admin-appliance/1.0.1-gke.5/gke-on-prem-admin-appliance-vsphere-1.0.1-gke.5.{ova,ova.sig} /home/user
9. Verify the signature for the download admin appliance template.
openssl dgst -verify --signature /tmp/gkectl.sig /usr/bin/gkectl <<'EOF' -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEdkpEsqq/Bwoie2c01EzpClLytkPf TpF9DRVypI80eR8VevdLFFJ/MZmvJhP0nOvB6/VMBp+phSMdhXtKmsfIaA== -----END PUBLIC KEY----- EOF
10. Import OVA into vSphere and mark it as a template. Create a shell script and copy the following commands into it.
export GOVC_URL=https://[VCENTER_SERVER_ADDRESS]/sdk export GOVC_USERNAME=[VCENTER_SERVER_USERNAME] export GOVC_PASSWORD=[VCENTER_SERVER_PASSWORD] export GOVC_DATASTORE=[VCENTER_DATASTORE] export GOVC_DATACENTER=[VCENTER_DATACENTER] export GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL=[VCENTER_CLUSTER_NAME]/Resources/[VCENTER_RESOURCE_POOL] export GOVC_INSECURE=true export HTTPS_PROXY=[HTTPS_PROXY] # optional; necessary if you use a proxy govc import.ova [ADMIN_OVA_DIR]/gke-on-prem-admin-appliance-vsphere-1.0.1-gke.5.ova govc vm.markastemplate gke-on-prem-admin-appliance-vsphere-1.0.1-gke.5
11. Save the file and then change the access permission for the file by using the following command, and then execute the script.
chmod +x [govc-file-name] ./[govc-file-name]
12. This will upload the ova file into your vSphere environment. If you don't have the name of your VM Network as the default 'VM-Network', you might have some issues in the future steps. So, go to vCenter, convert the template into a VM, edit settings to change the VM Network to your actual VM Network and then convert it back into a VM Template.
13. Next, go back to your Ubuntu VM and then generate an ssh key pair.
ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/vsphere_workstation -N ""
14. Create a new directory for the terraform files.
mkdir [Terraform-directory-name]
15. Create terraform.tf and terraform.tfvars files in this new directory. Depending on whether you are using static IP addresses or have a DHCP server running in your environment, copy the appropriate files from this link.
16. Update the terraform.tfvars file with your environment specific variables
17. Next, do a terraform init and terraform apply. This will deploy a new Admin Workstation VM in your vSphere cluster.
terraform init && terraform apply -auto-approve -input=false
18. Retrieve the IP address of the new admin workstation and then ssh into it using the key pair that we generated in step 13.
terraform output ip_address ssh -i ~/.ssh/vsphere_workstation ubuntu@$(terraform output ip_address)
19. The GKE On-Prem admin workstation has gkectl, kubectl, docker and gcloud cli pre-installed. Once you are logged into the admin workstation, go ahead and log into your Google Cloud Account.
gcloud auth login
20. Now, we will create keys for the access, register, connect and stackdriver service accounts that we had created earlier in the process and download them onto the admin workstation.
gcloud iam service-accounts keys create [ACCESS_KEY_FILE] --iam-account [ACCESS_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT-ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com --project [PROJECT_ID] gcloud iam service-accounts keys create [REGISTER_KEY_FILE] --iam-account [REGISTER_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT-ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com --project [PROJECT_ID] gcloud iam service-accounts keys create [CONNECT_KEY_FILE] --iam-account [CONNECT_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT-ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com --project [PROJECT_ID] gcloud iam service-accounts keys create [STACKDRIVER_KEY_FILE] --iam-account [STACKDRIVER_LOGGING_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME]@[PROJECT_ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com --project [PROJECT_ID]
21. Now, switch from your Google Account authorization to the Access Service Account Authorization
gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=[ACCESS_KEY_FILE]
22. Next, register gcloud as a Docker credential helper
gcloud auth configure-docker
23. Run a few verification commands to make sure everything looks good before moving onto creating the configuration files for the actual GKE On-Prem cluster deployment.
gkectl version docker version docker images docker ps
24. Great job till this point. We are just a few steps away from having a GKE On-Prem cluster deployed in our datacenter and registered to Google Cloud.
25. Create a cluster config using the following command:
gkectl create-config [--config [PATH]]
26. Modify the configuration file parameters to match your environment-specific variable. Below, I have given some pointers on how to find or generate the values required.
- bundlepath = "/var/lib/gke/bundles/gke-onprem-vsphere-1.0.1-gke.5-full.tgz" : This remains the same for everyone, because the admin workstation has this .tgz file preloaded.
- Fill in your vCenter IP, username and password, Datacenter and Datastore, Cluster and ResourcePool and then use the Inside Network as the Network. Inside Network was the network that we created as part of the pre-reqs. The K8s VMs that will be deployed will get an IP address in this subnet from a DHCP server.
- datadisk: Here is a sample value: "gkeop/gke-on-prem-data-disk-anthos.vmdk". Make sure that you create the "gkeop" directory in your datastore before you run the create cluster command.
- cacertpath: Path to the vCenter CA cert. To download the vCenter CA cert, use the following command:
echo quit | openssl s_client -showcerts -servername [vCenter-IP] -connect [vCenter-IP]:443 > vcenter-cert.pem
- Now, for the admin cluster settings. Enter the IP address, username and password, and the admin-cluster partition name created in F5.
- Use a couple of IPs from the Outside Network, and assign it to the Control Plane VIP and Ingress VIP for the Admin Cluster
- Specify at least a /16 network for the service IP range and pod IP range. These IP ranges can be the same for the admin and user clusters and don't have to be routable. From this /16 network, each Node in the Kubernetes cluster will get a /24 network for the pods running on it. This means that you can only have 255 pods running on each virtual machine, and only so many VMs as part of your cluster.
- Now, for the user cluster settings. Enter the IP address, username and password, and the user-cluster partition created in F5.
- Enter a couple of IPs from the Outside Network for the Control Plane VIP and Ingress VIP for the User Cluster.
- Configure the CPU and Memory settings for the admin and worker VMs that are going to make up your User Cluster.
- Enter the same or distinct network ranges for the pods and service networks for the User cluster.
- Now, we will fill out the Google Cloud specific parameters. Enter the:
- Google Cloud Project ID
- Register and Connect service account key paths
- Stackdriver details
- Access service account key path
- Double-check all the values that you have entered and make sure that there aren't any typos. It will take a long time to figure out issues if there are any typos(Speaking from personal experience)
27. To validate that the configuration file looks good, use the following command:
gkectl check-config [--config [PATH]]
28. Now, run a prepare command to upload the K8s node VM template.
gkectl prepare --config [CONFIG_FILE] --validate-attestations
29. Next, we will go ahead and create the cluster using the following command.
gkectl create cluster --config config.yaml -v5 --alsologtostderr
The -v5 –alsologtostderr will basically dump all the logs during the installation process on your console, so you can watch all the steps being taken as part of the installation process.
This will take anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes. It will deploy the VMs for your Admin and User Kubernetes clusters and bootstrap those clusters, configure the Control Plane VIPs on your F5 load balancer, register your User Cluster with Google Cloud, enable monitoring with Stackdriver, etc. Once the clusters are deployed, you will find a couple of kubeconfig files in your current directory called kubeconfig (For the Admin Cluster) and user-cluster-name-kubeconfig (For the User Cluster). You can use the following command (replace the kubeconfig-file-name parameter with your file name) to start using your Kubernetes clusters using kubectl.
kubectl --kubeconfig [kubeconfig-file-name] get pods --all-namespaces
30. You can use the following yaml to enable ingress in your cluster
apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1alpha3 kind: Gateway metadata: name: istio-autogenerated-k8s-ingress namespace: gke-system spec: selector: istio: ingress-gke-system
31. Now that your clusters are successfully deployed, you can go ahead and log into your Google Cloud Console, and navigate to the Kubernetes Cluster section. You will see your User cluster already registered. The only step that you have to do at this point is to create service accounts and clusterrolebindings on your User Cluster, so you can use the token generated to log into the On-Prem cluster from Google Cloud Console. To do that, complete the following steps:
vi node-reader.yaml kind: ClusterRole apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 metadata: name: node-reader rules: - apiGroups: [""] resources: ["nodes"] verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
kubectl --kubeconfig=[kubeconfig] apply -f node-reader.yaml kubectl --kubeconfig=[kubeconfig] create serviceaccount ksa-account kubectl --kubeconfig=[kubeconfig] create serviceaccount user-id-ksa kubectl --kubeconfig=[kubeconfig] create clusterrolebinding ksa-view --clusterrole view --serviceaccount default:ksa-account kubectl --kubeconfig=[kubeconfig] create clusterrolebinding ksa-node-reader --clusterrole node-reader --serviceaccount default:ksa-account kubectl --kubeconfig=[kubeconfig] create clusterrolebinding binding-account --clusterrole cluster-admin --serviceaccount default:ksa-account SECRET_NAME=$(kubectl --kubeconfig=[kubeconfig] get serviceaccount ksa-account -o jsonpath='{$.secrets[0].name}') kubectl --kubeconfig=[kubeconfig] get secret ${SECRET_NAME} -o jsonpath='{$.data.token}' | base64 -d
32. Copy this secret token and navigate back to the Google Cloud Console. You can use this token to authenticate against your User Cluster.
That's all folks. You are all set. At this point, you have a Kubernetes cluster deployed on your On-Prem vSphere environment, that can be managed from the GCP Cloud Console. You can deploy ISV applications from the Google Cloud Marketplace onto the On-Prem K8s cluster. And you can manage your workloads in the same way that you manage workloads on top of your GKE K8s clusters.
Please comment below if you have any questions with the steps listed above, and I would be happy to help out. Now, that we are done with GKE On-Prem, we have completed a majority piece of Anthos. In the next blogs, we will cover Anthos Config Management and maybe Cloud Run. So stay tuned!!


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Romford captain reflects on success at Burnham
Romford captain Jack Barry was delighted to see his side win 2-0 at Ryman One North rivals Burnham at the weekend.
Boro bounced back from their midweek loss to Heybridge, which ended a five-match unbeaten run, to climb up to 15th place in the table after Paul Clayton and Nick Reynolds struck late on.
And Barry says it will give them a lift as they make the short trip up the A12 to take on lowly Brentwood tomorrow.
"It was a great win and an important win for us because we didn't play well," said Barry.
"To come away with the three points and not play well is a bonus really.
"It was good to see Nick back in the goals and he deserves it, so hopefully he can push on and get a few more."
Boro had the better of the chances but had to wait until the final 10 minutes to make sure, with Clayton volleying home their opener before Reynolds sealed the points at Leslie Field.
After tomorrow's trip to the Brentwood Arena, Boro are due to visit Waltham Abbey on Thursday in another busy week as they play catch-up with their rivals.
Barry added: "We have an important month coming up, with so many games to play, so we must take as many points as possible."
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When you were growing up, did you hear this question (I bet you did)? "Why do you have to wait for me to tell you to clean up your room?" One or both parents would make this nagging request. Yes, I thought it would bring back memories.
What were our parents trying to do? Were they simply bored and looking for something to gripe about, harping on us, making our lives unpleasant? No.
What they were trying to mold in us was this: Initiative. Self-discipline. Drive.
I thought about this today and realized that the difference between excellence and mediocrity boils down to whether one is a self-starter or has to be told, constantly, what is the next step in any given enterprise or series of tasks.
Understand this: Your boss, like your parents, can spot initiative. And initiative taken, even if the performance is not up to speed, gets favorable attention from those who are in a position to help us. The obverse is true as well. Our betters can spot laziness and a "just enough to get by" attitude a mile away.
I studied French for six years in high school and college. One common occurrence I've heard about more than once comes from people who've either visited France or Quebec. The French are notoriously jealous of their native tongue. And they should be for it is a beautiful language. Those who take the initiative to try and communicate in French with native French speakers, even if their own skills are marginal, often have the reward of the French trying to help them, honored that someone took time and effort to try. Such initiative has an ingratiating quality about it.
Here's the challenge: Find something in your job, your vocation, your home, wherever, that you can do without being asked. And then make a habit of this. "It's not my job" must not be within a million miles of your credo. You are meant for far more than that. And the habit for doing more than is expected will be rewarded.
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text: When we were back in the states and my husband would have duty, Target was my favorite place to be. Since moving to Japan, I have been deprived from Target, I miss strolling the Target aisles, especially the dollar section. Roaming the aisles helped me pass the time so I would not get bored and alone at home. There is only one store on base, the MCX, now do not get me wrong the MCX is great and has great deals but there is not much to see. One of my favorites stores in Japan is this magical dollar store called, Daiso. I call it the dollar store on crack. It kind of puts the dollar store in the states to shame. Obviously, the merchandise they sell is Japanese, but they sell the cutest things; from toilet scrubbers and house goods to cheap Disney things. I love that place, but it still can not replace Target. I think the japanese heard our cry because they opened a store called, Nitori, it is like a japanese Target. Since, my husband dreads coming to stores with me, Jason and I took a little trip to check it out. It was not as good as Target, but it did the trick. They had the cutest christmas decorations and decor. I will definitely be going back to stroll the aisles and pretend it is Target. Although, I do not have a Target or a Hobby Lobby and I have to wait forever and a day for my packages to arrive. Japan has been an amazing, once in a life time experience. Many more new experiences and adventures to come.


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The Holtekamp Bridge is
a steel box arch bridge between Hamadi Distric to Muaratami Distric on the Jayapura City in Indonesia.
Started on Augustus 2015, the 450 meters as the Main Span, the two and a half kilometers as the approach span, will to be the longest steel arch bridge in Indonesia and the first mega structur in Jayapura.
The Load Out
One of the Chalenges is to bring the full arch span from land workshop to the above of the barge. There are many risk that could be fall down the arch. So far, we are planning to use the SPMT as transporting equipment from the workshop to jetty, then use Ballasting Barge for stable the load out process.
The Mega Sea Transport
This is the main course of the whole works, this high risk transportation is bring the 1800 tons steel arch bridge from Surabaya to Jayapura through Java Sea, Banda Sea, Molucca Sea, Halmahera Sea, Sorong, Manokwari, Biak, and finally the Jayapura Sea. almost all of the route followed is the open ocean that have high waves and the deep sea.
The Schedule
The schedule of the first trip is on Augustus 2017, the one months after that the second trip will be on September 2017. On this periode, we know its the bad weather periode, especialy on the pacific ocean, so we had a tight schedule so this work will not be delayed until the worse period weather.
The Subcontractor
All of this operations will be subcontractor work, include the engineering matter, survey, insurance, until the arch spans arrive safely and completely on the site project. Nevertheless, we are the ones who take full responsibility for all this work. 3 company's good name is at stake in this high-risk job, so we'll supervise from the technical side to the operational work.
Therefore we are looking for technical team is highly skilled and experienced in the work above, who worked with us to review the various sea transport works. Here are the team that we need :
- Marine Engineering (Teknik Perkapalan)
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- Steel Structure Specialist
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Jon and Kate Gosselin's oldest children are now adults!
The twins, Cara and Madelyn, celebrated their 18th birthday on October 8.
Cara and Mady and their famous sextuplet siblings were introduced to the world through their parents' reality show when Jon & Kate Plus 8 premiered. The show debuted in 2007 following extreme interest in two hour-long specials about the family that aired on Discovery Health Channel. Jon left the show in 2009 following his divorce from Kate.
In the years following, Kate and her children continued to film what was then called Kate Plus 8. Due to changes over the years, legal issues between the former spouses, and concerns over the children's well-being, filming of the show tapered off, although specials are sometimes aired.
It's hard to imagine how different the dynamic must be now from what it was at the beginning, with the children having their own lives and interests outside of their family and the show.
Although we don't see as much of the Gosselin children these days, they are still near and dear to the hearts of many who watched them grow up over the years. Both Jon and Kate posted well-wishes for their oldest children on Instagram in celebration of their special milestone birthday.


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Published since 2011 Founder and publisher – Russian Scientific Research Institute of Land Improvement Problems
The journal is included into the list of peer reviewed scientific editions established by the Supreme Certification Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Naucnyj zurnal Rossijskogo NII problem melioracii
Author: Tishchenko A.I.CALCULATION OF FASTENING PLATES IN TAILWATER POOL OF LAND RECLAMATION HYDROTECHNICAL STRUCTURES FOR INCREASING THEIR OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY (overview)
Topics: 06.01.02 Land Reclamation, Recultivation, and Land Protection
The purpose of the research was to calculate the fastening plates in the tailwater pools of reclamation hydraulic structures to increase their operational reliability. Throughout the period of human existence and agricultural crops cultivation, irrigation of agricultural crops with irrigation systems was used (starting with the simplest and up to the present time reinforcing them with hydraulic structures for various purposes). The operating experience of reclamation systems in various countries of the world (including Russia) showed that reliability issues were reflected to some extent in irrigation systems reports and scientific publications. They found specific application for land reclamation facilities (in the form of a reliability theory) in the last decades of the last century. Elements of the theory of reliability are reflected in Russian and foreign scientists papers where events are divided into "probable" and "unlikely". Such division has ceased to satisfy both designers and developers, who need quantitative methods for studying reliability in modern times. The used hydraulic structures on the diversion systems are the same as on the irrigation systems of the flat terrain. The difference is that the diversion systems are built in the piedmont and mountainous regions of the Russian Federation, where the terrain has sharp fractures. The material for achieving this goal were theoretical dependencies in scientific and educational literature with their transformation using the mathematical apparatus. In a methodological sense, to determine the reliable fixing strength of the irrigation water pipelines with reinforced concrete plates, the recommendations of codes of practice, reference data and methodological recommendations were used. The novelty of these studies lies in the method of calculation, taking into account the dynamic loads with the addition of additional kinetic pressure. Kinetic pressure significantly affects the stability of the fixing plates of the downstream hydraulic structure when the operating water discharge pass through it.
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Ah, moorland! Vast swathes of the UK are open moorland and the majority of it is open for business for mountain bikes.
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This is a tough route deep in the Yorkshire Dales wilderness so don't expect it to be easy, good navigational skills are required. That said, if you go prepared and know what you're doing you'll find this route is an amazing way to explore the northern part of the Yorkshire Dales. The fact that it ends at the Tan Hill Inn just makes it all that more perfect.
As mentioned, the route starts at the famous Tan Hill Inn, the highest pub in England. From here it takes you across the moors on clearly defined doubletrack. This doesn't last long though, the trail becomes less clear as you head out into the wilderness. After crossing the moor, the route drops you into Gunnerside Gill and on into Swaledale, before climbing back onto the moor for a final crossing on the return leg to Tan Hill.
Starting at the Tan Hill Inn and with the pub behind you, take a left onto the road. Go over the cattle grid and continue until the track on your right. Turn right here and go through the gate. The track bends slightly round to the right, and then more so. At this point look for a faint track on your left, heading roughly east (it is very faint). Take this track, it will become more defined soon.
Keeping to this trail will take you across Arkengarthdale Moor and then West Moor, crossing the head of William Gill on the way. Take care not to take the footpath that heads NE down the Gill, the actual bridleway goes turns right here and heads south west for a short while before taking a turn and heading due east again.
The trail meanders following the contours along the the top of Annaside Edge to Great Punchard Head. From here the obvious track bears left and begins to head east down Great Punchard Gill but don't go too far. Ignore the first track on the right (leading to a disused coal level) and follow for about 200m and then look for a bridleway on the right that takes you across the gill. This is quite difficult to locate but once you've got it you should find yourself climbing again, up onto Punchard Moor.
Cross the moor, heading south now, to Little Punchard Head. Go straight on here, ignoring the turn to the left that heads east, and cross Friarfold Moor. You will cross the strange alien landscape of Friarfold Rake and then Doctor Gill and eventually reach a crossroads with a fairly major Land Rover track.
Turn right onto this track and head west across Melbecks Moor. The track will very gradually bear right around to the north and head towards Blakethwaite at the head of Gunnerside Gill. Follow this track to Blakethwaite Dams at the very head of the gill. The bridleway from here can be difficult to find. Look behind you and down the gill. You should be able to spot a bridleway below, and a small track leads from behind the lodge down to it. Take this track and follow it as it follows the gill, the stream should be on kept on your right.
When you reach the bridge, don't cross it, instead stay on this side of the stream and continue. The trail begins to climb and then levels off again. Continue, ignoring any junctions with footpaths you pass, to the road just past Potting. Turn right onto the road and descend to Gunnerside, where there's a pub if you're looking for refreshments.
At the bottom of this descent, take a right into Gunnerside. Where the road turns left, you want to head straight on. This minor road climbs out of Gunnerside in a westerly direction. After about 1.5km, the road bears left over a bridge. Take the turing on the right shortly after this, climbing up to the right of the farm buildings, signposted no through road. After another couple of miles the road becomes a track and descends towards the River Swale. Heading north now, follow the Swale, cross Swinner Gill. Pass through the wooded section and pass Kisdon Force.
Shortly after the waterfall the trail forks, take the right fork and get onto the Pennine Way. Follow the Pennine Way for the 3km (2mi) or so with Startindale Gill down to your left and Black Moor on your right. Then its a 2km (1.5mi) stint across Stonesdale Moor, still on the Pennine Way, back to the Tan Hill Inn.
Ah, moorland! Vast swathes of the UK are open moorland and the majority of it is open for business for mountain bikes.
Singletrack is what most of us mountain bikers wish for on a ride, which is a good thing, because most routes out there feature singletrack.


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CPC celebrates grand opening of $19.1 million Highridge Gardens; CPC provides $10.5 million construction loan / NYSERDA awards $148,000 for development
May 11, 2015 -
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State and local officials, Rehabilitation Support Services Inc. (RSS), local developer Ken Kearney, and The Community Preservation Corp. (CPC) gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Highridge Gardens, a new housing development located at 150 Hudson Ave. Extension. Highridge Gardens was constructed on 4.5 acres and totals 82,000 s/f. The development features 74 units of workforce and supportive housing. The total development cost of Highridge Gardens was $19.1 million. "For over 20 years, CPC has been investing in Poughkeepsie by partnering with long time borrowers such as Ken and Sean Kearney to meet the profound need for affordable and supportive housing," said Doug Olcott, senior vice president and Hudson Valley regional director, CPC. "The $10.5 million we've invested in Highridge Gardens, along with the support from our partners such as HCR, the city of Poughkeepsie, OMH, and RSS, will provide much-needed quality homes and supportive services. It's a great example of what can be achieved through public-private partnerships that will have a ripple effect reaching far beyond the 74 families at Highridge Gardens." One of Highridge Gardens' two three-story elevator buildings has 24 one-bedroom apartments for workforce housing. The other building has 50 studio apartments for permanent supportive housing. Supportive services for the studio apartment tenants are provided by Rehabilitation Support Services Inc. (RSS), a not-for-profit agency providing various services for people who have behavioral health challenges. Other amenities include community rooms, laundry facilities, and on-site parking. Critical funding came from a number of public and private partners. CPC provided a $10.5 million construction loan, with $8.9 million converting to a 30-year fixed rate permanent loan. In addition to CPC's loan, New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) allocated Low Income Housing Tax Credits which generated more than $9.6 million in equity for the project and was provided by Raymond James Financial, Inc. The city of Poughkeepsie also contributed $295,000 in HOME funds and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarded the development with $148,000. Supportive services are sponsored by New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). "Safe and affordable housing is the bedrock from which individuals can begin their journeys to recovery," said Office of Mental Health Executive Deputy Commissioner Martha Schaefer. "Highridge Gardens will empower its residents with a sense of independence, dignity, and pride that adds to the impact of supportive services funded by the Office of Mental Health. I applaud Rehabilitation Support Services for bringing such a wide coalition together for this valuable project and wish their residents success in the pursuit of recovery!" Darryl Seavey, Managing Director Northeast Region for Raymond James stated, "Raymond James is thrilled to once again partner with Kearney Realty & Development Group on Highridge Gardens, an exceptional Hudson Valley property. Through careful design and meticulous project oversight, the Kearney team has once again raised the bar in providing quality affordable housing for deserving residents of the community. Raymond James would like to congratulate Ken and Shawn Kearney, RSS, and all of the project partners who made this project a reality, especially The Community Preservation Corporation and TD Bank, both of whom worked with Raymond James on project financing." Shown (from left) are: Councilman Robert Mallory; Bill DeVita, Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc.; Ted Houghton, Homes & Community Renewal; John Reisinger, NYS Office of Mental Health; Assistant commissioner HCR Greg Watson; Moira Tashjian, NYS Office of Mental Health; James Lipoli, NYS Office of Mental Health; Ken Kearney; Christopher Whitson, from Assemblyman Frank Skartados Office; Sean Kearney, The Kearney Realty & Development Group; Dutchess County commissioner of planning Eoin Wrafter; Olcott; Dutchess County legislator Gwen Johnson and council woman Ann Perry.


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Spokane Chiefs notebook: Trio invited to under-20 national selection camps
UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 4, 2018
Spokane Chiefs Jaret Anderson-Dolan (Canada), Ty Smith (Canada) and Filip Kral (Czech Republic) have been invited to their respective under-20 national team selection camps, as announced by Hockey Canada and the Czech Ice Hockey Association on Monday. The camps act as precursors for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship, which begins on Dec. 26 in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia.
Anderson-Dolan has been sidelined since sustaining a wrist injury in late October. Smith leads all WHL defensemen in scoring with 36 points (three goals, 33 assists), while Kral has three goals and four assists in 13 games played.
Chiefs make 5-player trade
The Chiefs announced Tuesday morning that they acquired defenseman Noah King, the rights to goaltender Matthew Davis and a conditional 2021 bantam draft pick from the Swift Current Broncos. In exchange, the Chiefs traded forward Carter Chorney and the rights to defenseman Devin Aubin and forward Kye Buchanan.
King, a 19-year-old defenseman, has two goals and four assists for six points for the Broncos this season.
Davis plays for the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, posting a 1.70 goals-against average in 17 games.
Chorney, 17, had eight goals and four assists in 27 games this season.
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January 17, 1769
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Jan. 17, 1769
* Early West Florida
* Apalachicola River
Page 6 has reports datelines from Charleston and Boston with one report noting a conflict of ownership of the Keys off Florida. Another item begins: "They write from West Florida that the Spaniards have certainly been in treaty with the Creek Indians & making them offers for a quantity of land on the Apalachicola...". The Boston report notes a reward to discover: "...any of the rioters who on the evening of the 14th carried about certain figures or effigies & burnt the same..." (see).
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Whether you're an avid baker or a fervid foodie, odds are you'll have come across this classic combination: raspberry and white chocolate. The tartness of the raspberry cuts through the smooth, vanilla-laced white chocolate in the most satisfying of ways. True perfection.
I have experimented with raspberry and white chocolate on a number of occasions but this latest creation came about when my fiancé and I decided to be a bit more vigilant with what we eat. Unfortunately, the week we started our 'trim down' also happened to be my fiancé's birthday! Well, no birthday would be complete without a cake! So, how do you bake a cake and not feel guilty about eating it? Well, a few weeks ago I'd have said, "I never feel guilty eating cake" but that just won't do.
I'm not saying this cake is the next great health food but, by not having frosting or buttercream and only being one layer high, it's certainly less calorific that some of the things I've made! I once heard someone say, "If you cut a cake in half, it's half the calories… So, because it's half the calories, you can have twice as much!" Now, I'm not saying this is a motto to abide by, but having a small slice of a one-layer cake must be better than a whopping slice of a multi-layer cake. Right?
So, if you're trying to be 'good' but you fancy a little treat. Give this cake a try. It's super simple to bake!
Raspberry and White Chocolate Torte
- 140 g butter softened
- 140 g caster sugar
- 2 eggs large
- 140 g plain flour
- 50 g ground almonds
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g frozen raspberries
- 50 g white chocolate
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease the sides, and line the base of an 8 inch cake tin with baking parchment.
- In a clean mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Beat the eggs into the butter and sugar, one at a time.
- Next, fold in the flour, ground almonds, and vanilla until fully combined.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared tin, and level off.
- Place the raspberries in the batter, submerging the raspberries in the batter so they just peak above the surface. I use frozen raspberries, as I find they hold their shape well after baking.
- Bake the cake for 25-30 minutes on the middle shelf, until golden brown.
- Remove the baked cake from the oven, and leave to cool on a wire rack completely.
- Melt the white chocolate in a heat-proof bowl over a pan of boiling water (being careful not to get any water in the chocolate). If you prefer, you can melt the chocolate in the microwave by heating in 10 second bursts, stirring between each burst.
- Drizzle the cake copiously with chocolate and serve (with a glass of bubbly, if you really fancy a treat!)


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Daily change in petrol, diesel prices: Here's how to check the rate via SMS. Amid protests by dealers on the daily price revision of petrol and diesel, state-run Indian Oil Corporation has claimed that it will ensure the best possible prices to customers.
According to the companies, dealers will ensure price update at their fuel stations before start of sale, every day. Updated prices will be immediately exhibited at all petrol pumps for information of the public. "For their convenience and assurance, customers would be able to fetch daily updated prices of petrol and diesel at all cities through IndianOil's mobile app - Fuel@IOC. Alternatively, customers may cross-check the prices applicable in their cities by sending SMS RSP. Pakistan scrambles to protect CPEC's Chinese workers after IS killings. Chastened by the Islamic State's claim to have killed two kidnapped Chinese teachers, Pakistan is beefing up security around Chinese citizens streaming into the country on the back of Beijing's "Belt and Road" infrastructure splurge.
China has often urged Pakistan to improve security after pledging around $57 billion to build power plants, railways, and roads that will cross the Himalayas to connect western China with Pakistan's Arabian Sea port of Gwadar. Pakistani officials have outlined to Reuters extensive security plans that include thousands-strong police protection forces, tighter monitoring of Chinese nationals, and in the province of Baluchistan - where the two teachers were kidnapped on May 24 - a review of security arrangements. The protection forces will buttress a 15,000-strong army division set up specifically to safeguard projects in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative, which has been credited with rejuvenating Pakistan's $300 billion economy.
Why was public kept in dark for 8 months after first Zika case in India? The first laboratory confirmed case of Zika in India was detected in a hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on November 9, 2016.
A further two cases were subsequently confirmed – one in January 2017 and another in February. None of these cases were reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) until May 15. Why the government decided against publicly announcing these cases for nearly six months after first confirming them is unclear, but it reflects ongoing low levels of transparency in India's public health system.
Not surprisingly, India ranked second to last in a recent study of transparency in health systems across 32 countries. The WHO strongly encourages governments to quickly report potential and actual public health threats so that the problem can be nipped in the bud. In 2003, China withheld information about a major SARS outbreak, which put its own public and those of other countries under grave risk.
India crush SA; to face Bangladesh in Champions Trophy semi-final. Defending champions India outclassed South Africa in all departments of the game to enter the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory in London on Sunday.
India will meet Bangladesh in the semi-finals in Birmingham on Thursday. French open 2017: Rafael Nadal outclasses Wawrinka to win 'La Decima' Rafael Nadal on Sunday came out with a stunning display against Stan Wawrinka and defeated the Swiss in straight sets to win the Men's Singles title for a magical 10th time, achieving 'La Decima' and reaffirming his status as the greatest clay-courter of all time.
The World Number four claimed the title with a clinical 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Wawrinka in a match that lasted for just over two hours. The Spaniard dominated the summit clash completely and didn't allow the third seeded player to harbour any hopes of a comeback in the match. The lad from Majorca did not drop a single set in his seven victories in Paris in 2017. Nadal scored 27 winners as compared to Wawrinka's 19. May seeks deal to cling to power. British Prime Minister Theresa May was seeking a deal with a small Northern Irish party on Sunday to stay in power after losing her party's parliamentary majority in a catastrophic electoral gamble just days before Brexit talks are set to start.
But with May's personal authority in tatters, there were reports that moves were afoot within her Conservative Party to dislodge her, while opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was insisting she could be ousted and he could replace her. May's Downing Street office said on Sunday she had spoken with Northern Ireland's pro-Brexit, socially conservative Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to discuss finalising a deal when parliament returns on Tuesday. "We will welcome any such deal being agreed, as it will provide the stability and certainty the whole country requires as we embark on Brexit and beyond," Downing Street said in a statement. "As and when details are finalised both parties will put them forward," it said. Business Standard. Don't want a second term as Attorney General, Rohatgi tells Modi govt. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, whose three-year tenure will end on June 19, has asked the government not to consider him for reappointment to the post.
Rohatgi told PTI that he had written to the government last month conveying his wish to discontinue as Attorney General and return to private practice. He said the extension given to him by the government earlier this month was "adhoc", till further orders, as it was done when the Prime Minister was on a visit to Russia. "So, the government has to take a call on my decision," he said. Rohatgi said that he maintained a "good relationship" with the government and would come to its aid as and when required. He said he was appointed by the Narendra Modi government after it came to power in May 2014 and he has served his term to his full satisfaction.
Maharashtra govt announces loan waiver; farmers call off protests. The Maharashtra government on Sunday announced a loan waiver for farmers and decided to form a committee to decide the criteria of debt relief, after which cultivators called off their protests.
"The government has decided to waive farmers' loans. The loans of farmers with small land holdings stand waived from today itself," Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said. Patil, who headed a high-powered committee set up by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, was speaking to reporters after holding discussions with farmer leaders here today. Farmer leader and Lok Sabha member Raju Shetti, who participated in the talks, said he was happy that their demands had been met. Finance Ministry debating bad bank, basic income proposals: Arun Jaitley. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the ministry is debating two innovative suggestions made by the latest Economic Survey — Universal Basic Income (UBI) and creation of bad bank — to deal with the unacceptable levels of bad loans.
GST Council reduces rates of 66 products. With two weeks to go for the goods and services tax (GST) roll-out, the GST Council on Sunday reduced the rates for 66 items and expanded the scope of the composition scheme for the benefit of small traders, manufacturers, and restaurateurs.
The composition scheme is a presumptive taxation scheme allowing small traders, manufacturers and restaurants to pay a 1-5 per cent GST rate on sales without tax credits. Insulin, pickles, printers, agarbattis, school bags, and cashew nuts are among the 66. UK elections: What it means for Brexit and America? Despite the many distractions of a full news cycle, it's time to start paying closer attention to Thursday's elections in the U.K. Much has changed since U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May stunned the world in April by calling for snap elections. For starters, after the two recent terrorist attacks on British soil, security has joined Brexit, health care and the economy as a central issue facing U.K. voters. Home loan norms, interest rates: Brokerage views on RBI's policy review.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept key rates – repo and reverse repo – unchanged while reviewing the monetary Policy on Wednesday. The central bank also sharply lowered its inflation projection for H1 FY18 (year ending March 2018) to 2.0-3.5 per cent (from 4.5 per cent earlier) and H2 FY18 to 3.5-4.5 per cent (from 5 per cent), with risks evenly balanced. It also lowered its GVA growth projection to 7.3 per cent from 7.4 per cent for FY18. RCom shares dip after Moody's, Fitch downgrade credit ratings again. Shares of Reliance Communications tanked over 4% on Wednesday after the rating agencies Fitch and Moody's on Tuesday downgraded credit rating of the company on account of its fragile liquidity position and limited ability to pay back debt. The stock hit an intraday low of Rs 19, down 4.2% on the BSE.
RCom has fallen over 24% since the company reported loss of Rs 948 crore for the fourth quarter, hurt by intense price war unleashed by newcomer Reliance Jio. It had registered net profit of Rs 79 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year. RCom shares rose as much as 4.6 per cent on Monday after the debt-laden mobile carrier said it has won a seven-month reprieve on its loans from lenders, but pared gains in Tuesday's session on concerns over growing debt.
Adani giving itself the green light does not change the economics of coal. Indian mining firm Adani announced on Tuesday that its board had approved plans to proceed with the controversial Carmichael coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin. But it is still far from clear whether Adani has actually obtained the finance to proceed with the A$16.5 billion project, or whether it has secured the necessary A$1.1 billion loan from the government's Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility needed for the mine's railway. That hasn't stopped the state government hailing the announcement as an economic win for Queensland, on the basis of job creation and for the signals it provides to potential investors in the region. But this amounts to little more than short-sighted politics. The government appears to be steadfastly ignoring the realities of the current energy landscape. Jio effect? Telecom industry is at its weakest, govt will have to step in. How did it get so bad?
The Indian Telecom sector has been under pressure for the last 8 years because of rising competitive and capex intensity. During this period the contribution of telecom services to GDP has declined from 2% of GDP in FY09 to just 1.2% in FY17. The return ratios for the telecom players has also consistently declined during the period and all the telecom companies do not manage to earn their cost of capital because of continuous investments in spectrum purchases. While competitive intensity has changed with entry and exit of players, the capex intensity has consistently risen because of spectrum auctions. The industry at this juncture is at its weakest because of the high degree of financial leverage and margins impacted by rising competition from new player Reliance Jio. Industry structure is a key determinant for profitability. India being encircled? Pentagon says China may build military base in Pak.
RBI policy today: Language, not rates, to be focus as GST, monsoon roll in. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is widely expected to keep its policy rates unchanged at Wednesday's monetary policy review. CBI raids NDTV's Prannoy Roy for 2008 deals with ICICI Bank. Move to impose beef ban in Meghalaya 'false and malicious', says BJP.
Qatar Airways suspends flights to UAE, Egypt, Bahrain. Qatar Airways has cancelled flights to Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates from Tuesday until further notice, the airline said on its website, a day after it had suspended flights to Saudi Arabia. The airline said passengers holding a confirmed Qatar Airways ticket to any of the four countries between June 5 and July 6 are permitted to rebook their flights up to 30 days after their current departure date. Qatar Airways said its offices will continue to operate as normal in affected countries until further notice. In UP, cattle slaughter, smuggling to be punishable under Gangster Act. Gulf-Qatar rift: What it means for India and the global oil market.
Delhi Police detain 10 Jet Airways pilots for abusing DGCA on social media. West Bengal will lose tax collection power if it misses date with GST. Sebi scanner on valuation paid under compulsory delisting. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is training its guns at the promoters of companies that have been told to compulsorily delist, after public shareholders of several such firms moved the capital market regulator alleging that they were not being paid fair value by promoters. NDTV to bring down curtains on NDTV Profit. Merger may be preferred route for ONGC, HPCL. GDP numbers: Will the RBI cut rates next week? Here's what HSBC thinks. Banks may seek forensic audit of RCom books. Donald Trump's decision to leave Paris agreement hurts the US and the world. Should US stay in Paris Agreement? Most Democrats, Republicans think so. Govt looks to rejig Air India debt to sweeten deal for buyer.
Note ban effect: GDP growth enters slow lane in Q4 at 6.1% Mukesh Ambani invests Rs 12,725 cr in gas pipeline firm RGTIL. Jio effect: Tata Tele's net worth erodes by Rs 11,650 cr. Amid bandh call over Sabzar Bhat's death, 800 J&K youth sit for Army exam. Govt willing to completely exit debt-plagued Air India: FM Jaitley. Army chief Rawat dares stone pelters to fire weapons instead of stones. ONGC Q4 net falls 6% to Rs 4,340 cr on higher expenses.