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QRNG Service
This is a joint R&D effort of PicoQuant GmbH and the Nano-Optics groups at the Department of Physics of Humboldt University in the context of the BMBF-project KEPHOSI, and partially of the DFG (SFB787).
Randomness is an invaluable resource in many areas of science and technology, ranging from Monte Carlo simulations to secure encryption methods. While computer generated random numbers can be used for some applications, they remain fundamentally non-random in the sense that anything generated by an algorithm is at least in principle predictable. However, quantum physics provides randomness with inherent unpredictability based on the fundamental laws of nature.
An accessible and convenient source of quantum randomness is ubiquitously available in the form of photons. Several photon based random number generators utilizing 'quantum indeterminism' have been proposed and realized in the recent past. However, with respect to commercial availability, not many implementations are reliable and/or cost efficient enough for routine use outside the physics laboratory.
We provide a new quantum random number generator (QRNG) based on the quantum randomness of photon arrival times. It promises provable and long term statistical quality, speed as well as affordability. Our design creates a new quality in the sense that it offers substantially higher bit rates than previous solutions available to the public. This has become possible by exploiting high resolution photon timing instrumentation and state-of-the-art data processing in hardware.
In addition to providing high speed (up to 150 Mbits/s over USB), the post-processing algorithm applied to the raw data is based on solid predictions from information theory which guarantee conservation of randomness. This allows for the use of the delivered random numbers in unconditionally secure encryption schemes. Details of the design are published in APL 98:171105. The generator is now also available as a product from PicoQuant.
Here, we open this RNG service to let the interested public test and use the generated randomness. Single chunks of random bits can be downloaded directly via this Web site and continuous streams of RNG data can be fed directly into custom application software by means of DLLs for access to the server.
None of the served data is delivered more than once, neither to a single user nor across independent users. Using the service is free of charge, but requires registration. Please observe the terms of use.
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Quantum Computing Since Democritus now out in the US! 20% discount for Shtetl-Optimized readers
OK, this will be my last blog post hawking Quantum Computing Since Democritus, at least for a while. But I do have four pieces of exciting news about the book that I want to share.
- Amazon is finally listing the print version of QCSD as available for shipment in North America, slightly ahead of schedule! Amazon's price is $35.27.
- Cambridge University Press has very generously offered readers of Shtetl-Optimized a 20% discount off their list price—meaning $31.99 instead of $39.99—if you click this link to order directly from them. Note that CUP has a shipping charge of $6.50. So ordering from CUP might either be slightly cheaper or slightly more expensive than ordering from Amazon, depending (for example) on whether you get free shipping from Amazon Prime.
- So far, there have been maybe 1000 orders and preorders for QCSD (not counting hundreds of Kindle sales). The book has also spent a month as one of Amazon's top few "Quantum Physics" sellers, with a fabulous average rating of 4.6 / 5 stars from 9 reviews (or 4.9 if we discount the pseudonymous rant by Joy Christian). Thanks so much to everyone who ordered a copy; I hope you like it! Alas, these sales figures also mean that QCSD still has a long way to go before it enters the rarefied echelon of—to pick a few top Amazon science sellers—Cosmos, A Brief History of Time, Proof of Heaven (A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife), Turn On Your SUPER BRAIN, or The Lemon Book (Natural Recipes and Preparations). So, if you believe that QCSD deserves to be with such timeless classics, then put your money where your mouth is and help make it happen!
- The most exciting news of all? Luboš Motl is reading the free copy of QCSD that I sent him and blogging his reactions chapter-by-chapter! So, if you'd like to learn about how mathematicians and computer scientists simply lack the brainpower to do physics—which is why we obsess over kindergarten trivialities like the Church-Turing Thesis or the Axiom of Choice, and why we insist idiotically that Nature use only the mathematical structures that our inferior minds can grasp—then check out Luboš's posts about Chapters 1-3 or Chapters 4-6. If, on the other hand, you want to see our diacritical critic pleasantly surprised by QCSD's later chapters on cryptography, quantum mechanics, and quantum computing, then here's the post for you. Either way, be sure to scroll down to the comments, where I patiently defend the honor of theoretical computer science against Luboš's hilarious ad hominem onslaughts.

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About Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, home to three Nobel laureates, interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientists seek new and innovative ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. Fred Hutch's pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation led to the development of immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the immune system to treat cancer. An independent, nonprofit research institute based in Seattle, Fred Hutch houses the nation's first National Cancer Institute-funded cancer prevention research program, as well as the clinical coordinating center of the Women's Health Initiative and the international headquarters of the NIAID-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) and COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN).


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In the past 24 hours, I've lost my Internet connection at least a half-dozen times. It's so infuriating to try to
I know what's going on, though: electronic espionage. That's right - someone is intentionally knocking LJKGW offline. I don't know what their sinister plot is - yet - but I know this recurring problem is no accident.
Whoever this fiend is, they've gone to the trouble of finding their way into the LJKGW Nerve Center, learning its operations and disabling the critical wire. This is no mean feat, I tell you.
Here, I'll show you...
Now, what makes going offline even more infuriating than it sounds is the highly technical process for re-establishing the dedicated LJKGW Internet connection, as follows:
- Wade through knee-high drifts of pointy Legos to retrieve footstool from Gomez's room.
- Step onto footstool and forget (every friggin' time) to watch out for the doorway, thus braining self.
- Wedge noggin into crevice in top section of linen closet to read microscopic labels on back of hateful, sub-par modem.
- Jiggle super-secret faulty wire (the linchpin of the LJKGW communications infrastructure) while shooing nosy dogs out of linen closet with foot.
- Turn off hateful, sub-par modem.
- Stomp around for five minutes while regretting decision to drop out of anger-management class.
- Get back on stool (braining self yet again), turn hateful, sub-par modem back on and stare at tiny plastic button as it blinks and finally burns solid green.
- Repeat as necessary.
Anyway, the really creepy aspect of all this is that the evil genius in question has figured out not only which wire is the critical one, but also how to go about disabling it.
Somehow this person has defeated the many fail-safe components built into the system and discovered the super-secret mechanisms that disrupt the wire and knock the connection offline, including:
- Opening the linen closet door too quickly.
- Opening the linen closet door too slowly.
- Trying to remove the Thanksgiving tablecloth from the linen closet.
- Trying to reach Parcheesi, the family-fun classic.
- Attempting to vacuum the hallway.
- Playing Ozzy's "Crazy Train" too loudly. (Is that even possible?)
- Slamming any door in the house.
- Walking past the linen closet too boisterously.
I think you'll agree that, harsh as it is, I had no choice.
New Blog - Post to the President. Got something to say to our new President? An idea? Suggestion? Worry? Compliment? This is the place to do it: a brand new blog whose posts are individual messages to Mr. Obama, submitted by readers. Fascinating reading and a chance to go on record yourself. (I'm pretty sure there's also a reservation form for anyone who's traveling to the D.C Metro area and would like to crash at the White House for a night or two. Note: no camper hook-ups available, but flashing your AAA card will get you a sweet discount.
And thank you to Curdled for tagging me up with the Six Weird Things meme. I love this blog, and not just because I like knowing I'm not the only person who gets in skirmishes at the Waffle House.


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text: Space | 08. October 2021 | posted by Nicole Schmitz Perseverance – the name says it all Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Perseverance takes a selfie after successful acquisition of a sample On 18 February 2021, the Perseverance rover of NASA's Mars 2020 mission landed on Mars safe and sound. The research mission, initially scheduled to last two years, has begun. In this blog, DLR researcher Nicole Schmitz, together with her colleague Frank Preusker, will report regularly on the progress of the mission and the camera experiment in which they are involved. Both are part of the Science Team of the Mastcam-Z instrument, a stereo camera located on Perseverance's approximately two-metre-high mast. read more


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David Lee Roth by Jon Iraundegi
My first time in the spotlight
Was from a helicopter
Little Texas
I get up
And nothing gets me down
You got it tough
I've seen the toughest around.
And I know, baby, just how you feel.
You've got to roll with the punches
To get to what's real
Can I reach it now
I'm not up here often
God only knows
And he ain't talkin'
I'm a skyscraper
So it's up the road
Turn right next Thursday
Think that's where I'm gone
I ain't drownin' just waving
Ain't even worth a song
Two Fools a Minute
When the fire burns
'Neath a zombie moon
You feel the winds of change
Oh the drums will tell the tune
And you know it's true
I walk around with the blues
I need some sensible shoes
Sensible Shoes
And all those rock n' rollers
I used to want to meet?
Now they're pushing strollers
And wanna be me
I don't think the devil's
Ever gonna give me back
I don't think so!
'Cause stayin' 'round here takes patience
It's like a full time occupation
A Lil' Ain't Enough
Just when you get
That rat race licked
Well here come faster rats
Big Train
Hey, take a look at this picture,
Can you believe that was you?
And who's that standing there in the corner?
Not me!
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Company of Heroes Online isn't just a straight remake of the original, addictive real-time strategy game, it takes that experience and fixes almost everything wrong with it.
Not that Company of Heroes mulitplayer gaming was tragically broken. But as Tim Holman, Relic's director of Company of Heroes Online said at a recent event for the press "We loved our single player experience, but multiplayer wasn't quite right."
The problem as Relic saw it was that nothing carried forward from match to match.
That's the biggest change with the free-to-player Company of Heroes Online: Players create a commander who earns experience that can be used to level up his abilities.
When a character is first created a player has to decide what sort of commander they want (there are six types). That decision controls the sorts of special command abilities that they will be able to unlock. Those abilities show up on a command tree.
The game is currently in open beta in Korea and will be going to open beta in China next, then it comes to the U.S. And the free game (the only thing that Relic and THQ plans to sell are "convenience items" that can speed up character leveling ) will support eight player online matches and will also include the full version of the single player Company of Heroes for free.
That's pretty great, but not nearly as great as this new take on 2006's game of the year.
I sat down with the game following the THQ briefing to get an idea of what the game was like. Before I knew it I had played two complete matches and was being hustled out the door to other appointments.
The character Relic let me use was maxed out with improvement points, so I was able to go in before a match and unlock and upgrade every single one of my character's abilities.
In my case, I choose a tank commander, which meant I was able to beef up my tanks with more armor and special abilities and even call for air drops of tanks.
The matchmaking, I was told, first looks for players of similar levels, and then it expands its search looking again for players a little further apart in experience. The system keeps doing this until it finds a match. In my case, since I was playing the highest level character possible in a Korean open beta, the matchmaking took a bit longer, but it was still less than five minutes.
Once I dropped into the game, everything looked very familiar, which is a very, very good thing.
The graphics still looked amazing with shadows, real physics and all of those tiny little army men running around shooting at each other.
The only difference popped up when I started using some of my Tank Commander's special abilities, which are unlocked with experience. Unfortunately, it takes a bit of time to get to the point where you can create tanks in the matches, so I was smoked the first time.
In the rematch though, I managed to capture the control points and eviscerate the competition with my armored vehicles.
The idea of freemium games doesn't sit well with everyone. That's because the way the developers make money off of these titles is incredibly varied. It can mean having to harass friends to join you or paying for basic components or game time. This latest concept, paying to speed up your leveling, seems to becoming popular among these sorts of titles now.
Lord of Ultima, for instance, has a very similar system.
But it doesn't bother me with Company of Heroes Online, mostly because the matchmaking system works to find players of similar levels, so in theory you're never going to be incredibly outmatched just because someone dropped a load of cash.
Also, it's Company of Heroes... free and better.
I can't think of a single thing wrong with that. And I can't wait until it hits North America in September.


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Not a Pretty Picture
'The Queen of Versailles' gives you a closeup of David and Jackie Siegel's lives as metaphors for wretched excess.
Watching successful people fall and kicking them while they're down is as American as apple pie and overeating. The distance of the fall is proportional to wealth and status. You know, the bigger they are, the harder they fall? And few are bigger than David Siegel, the biggest private timeshare resort owner in the world.
A few years ago, Siegel fell off the top of his world, with an unfinished 90,000-square-foot Windermere home made of borrowed money and bad taste landing on top of him. Many of us know this story, having watched Siegel's plunge play out in the media (including this magazine's June 2009 issue) as the financial crisis put a chokehold on his Westgate Resorts timeshare business just as he built a $1 billion resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
As big as Siegel, 77, was (and still is) in terms of wealth, his wife, Jacqueline, 46, was (and no doubt still is) bigger yet in terms of flaunting it. The latter is why I suspect the documentary about Siegel's financial downfall came to be titled The Queen of Versailles. Showing at the Enzian theater in Maitland this month, the movie is the result of director Lauren Greenfield's two years of filming the couple, most often at their 34,000-square-foot mansion. The film shows the Siegel home bursting at the seams, with eight children, several frou-frou lap dogs that are not housebroken, nannies and piles of clutter everywhere. The Siegels are hoarders, which complements the movie's underlying theme of the consequences of wretched excess.
"Over the top" is a phrase that Jackie wears like one of her outfits that features a revealing bustline. Early in the movie she casually reveals that she spent about a million bucks a year on her wardrobe before her husband's fortunes went south. Money is so tight that the kids have been moved into public schools and been warned they might actually have to go to college and support themselves. On a Christmas morning, while the kids and David seem numb as they unwrap one cheap present after another that Jackie bought at Walmart, the Queen glows as she treats herself to caviar that she says cost $2,000.
David Siegel's narrative throughout the film is more focused, with him stressing over his financial problems from beginning to end. Watching Siegel—and even Jackie—take it on the chin will bring you little, if any, joy. You can't help but admire Siegel's resolve to rescue his company and complete Versailles, the American Dream on steroids.
Since the filming has wrapped, Siegel reportedly got Versailles, which had been put up for sale, out of foreclosure and he plans to complete it. However, he had to unload Westgate's crown jewel in Vegas. Yet Siegel said in a statement that Westgate is more profitable than ever today and that the film isn't a fair portrayal of the company. "I can handle people criticizing me or my family,'' he said. "What I don't like is someone manipulating reality to make it seem as if our company is unhealthy or doesn't do business the right way."
The Queen of Versailles could be a period piece about America's rise and fall in the last decade. The Siegels may not be your typical American family, but their story is typical—albeit to the extreme—of the damage wrought by the Great Recession.
Go ahead and kick them if you like. But be warned, they'll kick back.


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Energy Innovation
Driving Technology Competition and Cooperation Among the United States, China, India, and Brazil
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Low-carbon technology innovation and diffusion are both essential aspects of an effective response to climate change. Studying China, India, and Brazil, Michael A. Levi, Elizabeth C. Economy, Shannon K. O'Neil, and Adam Segal examine how innovation in low-carbon technologies occurs and how the resulting developments are diffused and adopted. This report zeros in on a critical tension: the United States' interests in encouraging the spread of technology to reduce emissions can clash with efforts to strengthen its own economy. This tension has traditionally been the province of debates over "technology transfer" and intellectual property rights; this study goes beyond those debates to look at the complete innovation system.
The authors begin by exploring each major emerging economy in four different dimensions. First, they examine how efforts to create and manufacture low-carbon technologies do and do not stimulate efforts to deploy those technologies at home. Second, they assess how government policies affect countries' abilities to absorb technologies, looking at policies that create markets, invest in innovation, protect intellectual property rights (IPR), and affect trade and investment barriers. Third, they examine how the economic structure of each major emerging economy affects the country's ability to respond to climate change through innovation and foreign technology absorption. Fourth, they examine each country's ambitions for technology and product exports, which affect the degree to which U.S. commercial interests are helped or hindered by the spread of technology.
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The report then assesses a range of policies and offers recommendations. These are aimed at boosting domestic investment in innovation, strengthening active government promotion of technology transfer and diffusion, and promoting an open international system conducive to the commercial spread of technology. Recommendations address IPR, trade and investment rules, government support for research, development and demonstration, standard setting, technology cooperation centers, and multilateral institutions, among other areas.
The study also includes detailed case studies of wind technology in all three countries, clean coal in China and India, electric vehicles in China, solar energy in India, and biofuels and deforestation in Brazil.
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Viber has updated its apps for Android and iOS to let users make video calls.
Now users can make video calls from their phones as well as PCs and Macs, the company said on Thursday. Viber already lets phone users make free calls and send text, voice and video messages to other users.
The video calls will work on most devices running Android 4.0 and up or iOS 6 or later. In both cases users can transfer the calls between mobiles and desktops.
The company has made it easier to add contacts using QR codes in Viber 5.0, and redesigned the Android version. The company has also updated the design of its desktop versions for Windows and Mac OS X.
Viber didn't offer any details on when it would offer video calls for Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10, platforms for which the company also offers apps.
Last month, Viber launched an updated Windows Phone app, which lets users send instant voice messages and offers faster conversation loading and other enhancements, it said at the time.
Viber was acquired by Rakuten of Japan for $900 million last February. It claims 608 million registered users.
Web-based messaging and telephony has become an important app and services arena, highlighted by Facebook's US$19 billion deal to acquire WhatsApp.


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STOCKTON, Calif. – Sama Taku scored 15 points, Lorenzo McCloud chipped in with 14 and Pacific used a big first-half rally to put the Anteaters away early in a 70-62 win over UC Irvine on Thursday night.
Taku hit the first two shots for Pacific (18-12, 12-5 Big West) and the Tigers went on a 15-3 run in the first 5 minutes of play and led 39-19 at halftime.
UC Irvine (17-14, 10-7) refused to go away however and Alex Young sparked a 30-15 rally by the Anteaters to begin the second half including a 3-pointer to cut Pacific's lead to three, 54-51, with 4:47 to play.
The Tigers went 7 for 8 from the free throw line over the final 1:25 and held on for the win.
Young finished the night with 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Will Davis II had 12 points, grabbed six rebounds and had three blocks.


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For some years now, the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DTTV), also called DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcast - Terrestrial) in Europe and DTV (Digital Television) in the United States, has been progressing rapidly throughout the world.
DVB-T is an international transmission standard for terrestrial digital television. Digital TV signals are transmitted in the same frequency range as their analog predecessors. This is also the range in which RF wireless audio transmission technology operates. Users of wireless audio transmission are able to use the analog TV channels as secondary users. In Europe and Africa, analog television occupies only 7 MHz of the 8 MHz wide UHF channel. Until now, the remaining 1 MHz gap has been used for communication, reporting transmitters and to some extent for wireless microphones.
Therefore, before the introduction of digital television, the UHF frequency range was shared by analog TV transmitters and wireless audio transmission equipment.
Digital television, however, completely occupies the 8 MHz wide channel. Due to the form of the new digital signal that DVB-T uses, the 1 MHz gap is no longer available.
Especially due to the simultaneous operation of analog and digital television transmitters, the spectrum that is now available for wireless microphones is severely limited in many countries.
Furthermore, there is a growing international tendency to restrict the range of the UHF spectrum available for TV channels in favor of new services such as DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld). New regulations that facilitate the granting of non-regularly used frequencies to new primary users such as mobile communications service providers will further reduce the frequencies that can be technically used for audio transmission.
It is clear that a further reduction in frequency resources for audio transmission is to be expected.
Television has a primary status in the VHF and UHF range; wireless microphones are merely secondary users. Therefore, the operation of wireless microphones is only permitted if it does not interfere with television reception. The operation of a wireless microphone within a digital TV channel can result in interference (for example, image "freezing" on the television screen). As a general rule, we can say that the operation of wireless microphones in the same channel is not permitted as soon as television reception by a DVB-T receiver is possible. In order to operate reliably in the same channel, wireless microphones would require a much higher signal level than the digital TV signal.
Measurements carried out by us in various cities have shown that the operation of Sennheiser wireless microphones in channels adjacent to powerful DVB-T transmitters is possible. The distance between the filter flank of the DVB-T signal and the carrier of a wireless microphone is between 400 kHz and 1 MHz and is dependent on the quality of the filter of the DVB-T transmitter.


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96 m
Moderate track
Blackbutt Reserve
Richley Reserve
(0km) Richley Reserve (Car Park) → Int of Richley Reserve & Tall Tree Walk (loop)
200 m
4 mins
Very easy
(0.2km) Int of Richley Reserve & Tall Tree Walk (loop) → Int of Main Ridge AND Tall Trees Walks
660 m
13 mins
Easy track
Turn right: From the intersection[29][30], this walk follows the trail gently uphill[31], while leaving Dunkley Ave and the houses[32][33] directly behind. This walk continues through attractive forest[34] for about 400m until coming to a four-way intersection[35], with a 'Main Ridge Walk (loop) sign[36] (on the right) and a timber seat[37].
(0.85km) Int of Carnley & Tall Trees Trails → Carlney Ave Car Park (Eastern end)
270 m
7 mins
Moderate track
Veer left: From the intersection[44][45], this walk follows the trail gently downhill, while keeping the metal ring fence on your right. This walk continues for about 60m, until passing around a locked metal gate[46][47] and coming to the end of the metal ring fence and the Carnley Avenue car park[48][49].
(1.13km) Carlney Ave Car Park (Eastern end) → Carnley Ave Car Park (western end)
140 m
2 mins
Very easy
Carnley Ave Reserve
(1.26km) Carnley Ave Car Park → Int of Boardwalk & Carnley Trail
110 m
2 mins
Easy track
Turn left: From the intersection[74], this walk follows the 'Animal' sign[75] and sealed trail gently uphill, while initially passing the replica pioneering cottage[76][77] on the right. This walk continues for about 20m until coming to a three-way intersection[78], with a large timber fenced gate[79] (on the right).
(1.37km) Int of Boardwalk & Carnley Trail → Int of Boardwalk & Main Ridge Trail
100 m
2 mins
Very easy
Blackbutt Wildlife Exhibits
(1.47km) Int of Boardwalk & Main Ridge Trail → Int of Boardwalk & Carnley Trail
380 m
8 mins
Very easy
(1.85km) Int of Boardwalk & Carnley Trail → Carnley Avenue Reserve
20 m
Very easy
(1.87km) Carnley Avenue Reserve → Int of Blueberry Ash Walk & Carnley Trail
130 m
2 mins
Easy track
(2km) Int of Carnley Trail & Blueberry Ash Walk → Int of Carnley & Tall Trees Trails
310 m
6 mins
Moderate track
Continue straight: From the intersection[135][136], this walk follows the gently downhill trail and moves directly away from the metal ring fence, while initially keeping the trail and fence[137] on your right. This walk continues, undulating for about 170m until coming to a three-way intersection[138][139], with a 'Richley Car Park' sign[140].
(2.3km) Int of Main Ridge & Tall Trees Walks → Richley Reserve (Short Cut Intersection)
190 m
4 mins
Moderate track
(2.49km) Richley Reserve (Short Cut Intersection) → Richley Reserve (car park)
440 m
8 mins
Very easy
Turn right: From the intersection[158], this walk follows the footpath[159] gently downhill, while initially keeping the timber footbridge[160] on your left. This walk continues for about 180m, beside a pond[161] (on your left), until coming to a car park[162] with a sheltered picnic table[163] and 'Tall Tree Ridge Walk' sign[164] (on the left).
Maps for the Richley Reserve to Carnley Reserve Circuit walkYou can download the PDF for this walk to print a map.
These maps below cover the walk and the wider area around the walk, they are worth carrying for safety reasons.
|1:25 000 Map Series
|1:100 000 Map Series
Cross sectional view of the Richley Reserve to Carnley Reserve Circuit bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Richley Reserve to Carnley Reserve Circuit
Overview of this walks grade – based on the AS 2156.1 – 2001
Under this standard, a walk is graded based on the most difficult section of the walk.
|2.9 km
|1 hr 15 mins
Grade 3/6
Moderate track
|Gentle hills with occasional steps (2/6)
|Quality of track
|Smooth and hardened path (1/6)
|Directional signs along the way (3/6)
|Experience Required
|No experience required (1/6)
|Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6)
|Generally useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats) (1/6)
Some more details of this walks Grading
Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk
Around 2.8km of this walk is flat with no steps, whilst the remaining 130m has gentle hills with occasional steps.
Quality of track
This whole walk, 2.9km follows a smooth and hardened path.
Around 2.2km of this walk is clearly signposted, whilst the remaining 770m has directional signs at most intersection.
Experience Required
This whole walk, 2.9km requires no previous bushwalking experience.
This whole walk, 2.9km is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
This whole walk, 2.9km is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats).
Similar walks
A must do at Blackbutt Reserve. This wheelchair accessible elevated boardwalk gets you in amongst the trees, as you amble through enclosure after enclosure of native flora and fauna. There are even close encounters with Koalas!. This free walk is open 9am to 5pm every day (closed Christmas Day, Good Friday and until 1pm ANZAC Day). Great for all ages, this easy walk is thoroughly recommended.
Total climbing: 14m
480 m Circuit
15 mins
Very easy
This easy walk, which is wheelchair accessible, travels through open grasslands that are surrounded by healthy eucalyptus forest. The grasslands have two large ponds, with two black swans on the lower pond. Do beware of the swans defending their territory. Richley Reserve is well maintained and makes this walk particularly attractive. This walk is recommended.
Total climbing: 21m
731 m Circuit
30 mins
Very easy
This walk circumnavigates Black Duck Creek by following the shady Blueberry Ash trail. The walk then returns to Carnley Reserve using the Main Ridge Walking Trail. This relatively short walk has a good combination of shady moist forest and more exposed ridge forest. Make sure you visit the Wildlife Exhibit while at Carnley Reserve. A recommended walk.
Total climbing: 89m
2.1 km Circuit
1 Hr
Moderate track
This walk follows a wide trail along eucalyptus lined broad ridges as it circumnavigates Black Duck Creek. This walk starts and finishes at Carnley Reserve and while there, why not enjoy a picnic and/or visit to the Wildlife Exhibits. Combined with the excellent facilities at Carnley Reserve, this walk is recommended for everybody, on all but the hottest days of summer.
Total climbing: 92m
2.5 km Circuit
1 Hr
Moderate track
This walk circumnavigates Coal Mine Creek on good trails. The walk starts and finishes at Richley Reserve, which has excellent picnic facilities combined with a lovely outlook over large ponds. The well established eucalyptus forest that this walk travels through surrounds you as you walk along these trail. This is a good walk which is made all the more pleasant by using the excellent facilities of Richley Reserve in Blackbutt Reserve.
Total climbing: 90m
2.8 km Circuit
1 hr 15 mins
Moderate track
A meandering walk that takes in much of what Blackbutt Reserve has to offer. This walk completes a figure 8 while following the trails around Blackbutt Reserve. The side trip to the Wildlife Exhibits is considered a must see. There are many opportunities to stop along this walk, be it at a seat along the way or at one of the established picnic areas. A recommended classic.
Total climbing: 225m
6 km Circuit
2 hrs 30 mins
Moderate track
This walk is a good longer option walking experience at Blackbutt Reserve. This walk visits the two larger picnic areas of Richley Reserve and Carnley Reserve, as well as the Lily pond and Rain Forest picnic areas. A highlight to this walk is the throughly recommended side trip to the Wildlife Exhibits at Carnley Reserve. This enjoyable walk is highly recommended.
Total climbing: 245m
6.5 km Circuit
2 hrs 30 mins
Moderate track
Other Nearby walks
This is a good walk, a highlight being the delightful Lily Pond picnic area, with its lush vegetation and attractive flowers. This walk travels through eucalyptus forest as well as one section of road walking through a quiet suburban street. The side trip to Richley Park is worthwhile to access the extra facilities there. A recommended walk that doesn't attract the crowds.
Total climbing: 91m
2.7 km Circuit
1 Hr
Moderate track
This quiet and secluded walk is an easy amble through attractive rainforest. This walk circumnavigates Rainforest Creek and takes the walker into cool dense forest. You are likely to see flying foxes in the trees and if you are lucky, a Powerful Owl. Accessed from the quieter Lookout Road car park, this walk escapes the crowds well. A recommended walk, particularly on a hot day.
Total climbing: 104m
1.9 km Circuit
1 Hr
Moderate track
This walk takes the walker into a dense cool rainforest that seems a world away from the hustle and bustle of Newcastle city. You're likely to see flying foxes in the trees and, if you're lucky, a Powerful Owl. Starting and finishing at the Carnley Ave Reserve, this walk can easily be combined with a visit to the Wildlife Exhibits and/or a picnic at Carnley Ave Reserve. A recommended walk.
Total climbing: 99m
2 km Circuit
1 Hr
Moderate track
Starting from a small park in Charlestown you will follow the Great North Walk through a few reserves and along a Burwood Beach, past the heads to Merewether Beach. Exploring bush around Glenrock lagoon on the Yuelarbah Track, including the Leichhardt's Lookout are highlights. From this lookout the track leads down past the edge of the lagoon then along the sandy beach, past Merewether ocean pools. This walk describes a side trip to the scout campsite beside the lagoon for those who have organised to camp there.
Total climbing: 183m
7.9 km One way
2 hrs 45 mins
Hard track
This section of the Great North Walk starts from the Charleston Park track head and winds through the streets and the bush to the Glenrock State Conservation Area. Following a section of the Yuelarbah management trail, this walk also heads to the coast and down to the beaches. From near Glenrock Lagoon, the walk heads north along the beaches passing Merewether baths, and all the way up Shepherds hill and down to Newcastle Station. This track also offers an alternate route through Glenrock, winding down through the scout training camp and out to the beaches.
Total climbing: 289m
12.1 km One way
5 hrs 30 mins
Hard track
A great way to explore the tree canopy and valley in one easy walk. From the car park, you will be lead along a 100m long elevated timber boardwalk that brings you eye level with the tree canopy. Continue into the valley following the gently undulating wide track to cross Flaggy Creek using a solid suspension bridge. From the bridge, it is just 40m to a pleasant picnic area near the creek. You will find a rough track leading down to the rock platform that forms the Flaggy Creek bed, from the picnic area. The walk is gently sloping downhill most of the way to the picnic area, so it is uphill the way back.
Total climbing: 52m
1.3 km Return
40 mins
Easy track
Starting from Merewether, you will mostly follow the coast line to Queens Wharf. After exploring some of Newcastle's (and arguably Australia's) best beaches, the grand views from Strzelecki Lookout, you then wander through King Edward Park where you can take the optional side trip to the intriguing Bogey Hole. The walk then takes you up to more panoramic views from the The Obelisk, before you stroll through Newcastle CBD and mall to Queens Wharf. There are a few long hills, just take you time and enjoy the salt air.
Total climbing: 104m
4.4 km One way
1 hr 30 mins
Moderate track
This walk traverses the Awabakal Nature Reserve. Starting from Dudley in the north, this walk travels south through coastal heath and forest, until coming to Redhead. The vegetation throughout this walk is particularly attractive during the wildflower season of July to October. The side trip out to the Awabakal Viewpoint gives great views to the north along the coastline. A car shuffle would be ideal for this one-way walk. The walking tracks are a little overgrown, but if you like native forest and heath, or simply flowers, then this is the walk for you.
Total climbing: 21m
1.9 km One way
45 mins
Hard track
This short walk from the Awabakal car park out to the Awabakal Viewpoint offers a relaxing walk through native forest, with a quiet and secluded viewpoint at the end. The native heath throughout this walk is particularly attractive when in flower (July to October). Why not take a blanket and enjoy a picnic at the viewpoint? This short walk takes you to a lovely viewpoint through native forest and is recommended.
Total climbing: 10m
948 m Return
30 mins
Hard track
This section of the Great North Walk starts from the Teralba train station and winds down and around the edge of Lake Macquarie. The walk passes through the Cockle reserve, and continues to Warners bay and up along the roads, before cutting through the bush to Charlestown, where it winds around the golf course and finishes at the Charlestown Park track head.
Total climbing: 220m
13.3 km One way
4 hrs 30 mins
Moderate track
This walk follows the most northern section of the Great North Walk, from the Teralba station along Macquarie lake, to Warners Bay. Most of the walking is along footpaths, through park land, or along the road side. After Charlestown, the walk heads through the bush to the old Belmont railway and along Flaggy creek to the Glenrock Scout Camp. On day two, the walk heads along the beaches past Merewether baths, and up to the top of Shephards hill, through King Edwards park to the obelisk and down to the cities train station.
Total climbing: 489m
25.7 km One way
2 Days
Hard track
This circuit walk starts at Webb Park and briefly travels on the Owens Walkway, before walking along the beautiful Redhead Beach to the Redhead SLSC. The rock cliffs at the northern end of Redhead Beach are inspiring and attractive to walk underneath. The walk returns to Webb Park via the SLSC car park, crossing a small creek (feet will get wet) and arriving back on the Owens Walkway and Webb Park. This walk is a good way to experience the northern end of Redhead Beach.
Total climbing: 15m
1.2 km Circuit
30 mins
Hard track
Plan your trip to and from the walk hereThe Richley Reserve to Carnley Reserve Circuit walk starts and ends at the Richley Reserve (Car Park) (gps: -32.932399, 151.70001)
Your transport options to Richley Reserve (Car Park) are by;
Bus. (get details)
Car. There is free parking available.
(get details)
Fire DangerEach park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information.
Weather ForestThis walk starts in the Hunter weather district always check the formal BOM forecast or pdf before starting your walk.
Forecast snapshot
Park Information & Alerts
Short URL = http://wild.tl/rrtcrc
Gallery images
There are other downloads I am still working on.
You will probably need to login to access these — still all free.
* KML (google earth file)
* GPX (GPS file)
Special Maps/ brochures
* A3 topo maps
* PDF with Lands Topo map base
* PDF with arial image (and map overlay)
I wanted to get the main site live first, this extra stuff will come in time.
Happy walking
Matt 🙂


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For those Republican presidential candidates who eventually conclude there is no path to the nomination, there is consolation in the notion that they won't be the ones to face the brutal onslaught being prepared for the GOP king-of-the-mountain by team Obama and its army of "objective" media allies.
This time around, the Obama machine cannot run on the fairy dust of hope and change. It cannot suggest after four years of dreadful executive-branch performance, that the promised one is on the horizon.
Its only path to victory is the one that finds its opponents even more disliked. So it can be guaranteed that whoever wins the Republican contest will face one of the most scorching personal assaults the country has ever witnessed.
Occasionally, the old style, thrill-up-my-leg over Obama quote still emerges. The Media Research Center's 2011 winners of "Best of Notable Quotables" provide examples. Stephen Marche of Esquire magazine won over judges of the "Obamagasm Award" by energetically asking "Can we just take a month or two to contemplate him (Obama) the way we might contemplate a painting by Vermeer or a guitar lick by the early-'70s Rolling Stones or a Peyton Manning pass or any other astounding, ecstatic human achievement?" At least when people said this in 2008, it hadn't been completely disproved. Marche reminds us of Baghdad Bob, the ridiculous propagandist for Saddam, proclaiming the defeat of allied troops while they emerged around the corner.
Marche actually claimed we will look back decades from now and see "a glorious idyll in American politics, with a confident, intelligent, fascinating president riding the surge of his prodigious talents from triumph to triumph." Someone hearing Marche declare this might rush him to an emergency room for signs of dementia.
The winner of MRCs "Media Hero Award" came forward as the congressional career of Anthony Weiner was about to end after having demonstrated his contempt for his wife by showing off his body parts all over Twitter (and actually exchanging tweets with high school girls).
ABCs Barbara Walters urged Weiner not to resign, citing as her role model the most shameless, brazen sex offender to ever darken the White House door. "And we had a President named Bill Clinton who went through a great deal of trouble, weathered the storm and is now not only respected, but he's beloved by many people with a very good marriage. So, I think Anthony Weiner should hang in there." Bad word choice.
ABC is chock full of nonsense like this. Diane Sawyer, their evening news anchor, won the "Occupy My Heart and Soul Award" for lathering praise on the anti-capitalist park squatters. "We thought we'd bring you up to date on those protesters, the Occupy Wall Street movement," she panted. "As of tonight, it has spread to more than 250 American cities, more than a thousand countries -- every continent but Antarctica." There are some 190 countries on Earth, but Sawyer earned points on the left for enthusiastic baloney. Days later, Sawyer restrained her hype to "more than a thousand cities around the world." Anywhere two hippies lifted a sheet of tagboard, they were counted as a part of the burgeoning global "reform" movement.
Katie Couric finally conceded her utter failure as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in May, but she won the "Audacity of Dopes Award for the Wackiest Analysis" by concluding America was so deeply bigoted and consumed by "seething hatred" toward the world's Muslims that we need a sitcom to straighten ourselves out. "Maybe we need a Muslim version of 'The Cosby Show.' ... I know that sounds crazy. But 'The Cosby Show' did so much to change attitudes about African-Americans in this country, and I think sometimes people are afraid of things they don't understand."
Loathing of Obama was still classified daily as transparent racism. Sean Penn won the "Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity" by reading Tea Party minds on CNN and projecting murder fantasies: "You have what I call the 'Get the N-word out of the White House party,' the Tea Party.... At the end of the day, there's a big bubble coming out of their heads saying, you know, 'Can we just lynch him?'"
The transition from Obama adoration to Republican defenestration was exemplified by Chris Matthews on MSNBC. He earned the "Mean-Spirited, Nutty, Blathering Chris Award" for just blurting out against Newt Gingrich, "But he looks like a car bomber. He looks like a car bomber, Clarence. He looks like a car bomber. He's got that crazy Mephistophelian grin of his. He looks like he loves torturing. Look at the guy! I mean this is not the face of a president."
But the real award-winning quote (for denying liberal bias) was this delusional Matthews gem captured by Politico: "Hardball is absolutely non-partisan."
2012, here we go.


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You probably know I'm a fan of Photo Booths, and while Sparkbooth is awesome software, you might want something free (and open source) so here's "PhotoBooth" written in Processing.
This is all the code you need for the most minimal photo booth application:
/** * PhotoBooth.pde */ import processing.video.*; Capture cam; void setup() { size(1280, 720); cam = new Capture(this, 1280, 720); } void draw() { if (cam.available() == true) { cam.read(); image(cam, 0, 0); } } void keyPressed() { if (key == ' ') { // space bar saveFrame("picture-####.jpg"); } }
Once you've got that, you can export it as an application from Processing.
(Note that I'm using a Logitech C910 webcam, so I've set the resolution to something that makes sense for that camera. If it looks weird with your camera, try 640×480 or something else.)
I generally use Mac OS X, but other operating systems are supported. This is one of the great things about Processing.
Over in the Finder you'll see a standalone application named "PhotoBooth" that will run fullscreen when launched. (You can exit it by hitting the escape key.)
Once you launch it you'll see some spazzy dude, wait, that's me! You'll probably see yourself instead.
Hit the space bar, and it'll save a photo. Hit the space bar again and it'll save another one. And on, and on.
The photos will show up in the same folder as the application. They will have a random number in the name. It's not sequential, but you can view by date created if you need them in order.
Here's a more full version of the Processing code with a few extras commented out. Uncommenting them may prove useful for debugging or camera set-up.
/** * PhotoBooth.pde */ import processing.video.*; Capture cam; void setup() { size(1280, 720); // If no device is specified, will just use the default. cam = new Capture(this, 1280, 720); // To use another device (i.e. if the default device causes an error), // list all available capture devices to the console to find your camera. //String[] devices = Capture.list(); //println(devices); // Change devices[0] to the proper index for your camera. //cam = new Capture(this, width, height, devices[0]); // Opens the settings page for this capture device. //cam.settings(); } void draw() { if (cam.available() == true) { cam.read(); image(cam, 0, 0); } } void keyPressed() { if (key == ' ') { // space bar saveFrame("picture-####.jpg"); } }
And hey, I know that hitting the space bar ain't cool… so you might want to use an awesome button instead.
This is a super-simple application, which basically takes some example code that ships with Processing and adds a bit to it. I hope to have a few more posts that talk about some changes you can make to this application. Stay tuned!


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Australian Security
The balance of power is shifting in our region with the rise of China and a belligerent North Korea. Our strategic and economic interests are at odds as China and the United States push up against each other. So what are the threats to Australia and how should we respond?
How the Military Fights Climate Change
Military leaders have known for millennia that the time to prepare for a challenge is before it hits you, says scientist and retired US Navy officer David Titley. He takes us from the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria to the icy shores of Svalbard to show how the military approaches the threat of climate change, in a refreshingly practical, nonpartisan take on climate preparedness. "The ice doesn't care who's in the White House. It doesn't care which party controls your congress. It doesn't care which party controls your parliament," Titley says. "It just melts."


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If your website has been compromised, you might need to change the administrator password for your website application (or Content Management System/CMS).
The process for this depends on your application, the situation you're in, and your familiarity with different website tools. One common method of changing your administrator password that works for every CMS, though, is changing your password through phpMyAdmin (Web & Classic / cPanel / Plesk / Managed WordPress).
|Resetting Your Password
|How do you recover or reset your admin password?
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Inkscape is an open source alternative to Adobe Illustrator and other programs for creating vector graphics. In this first Inkscape tutorial for Vectortuts+, we'll create a beautiful coffee cup and show off some of Inkscape's features. We'll mostly be drawing shapes and using the Gradient Tool to accomplish the desired effect. If you're familiar with Illustrator or a similar program, you should be able to follow along relatively easily.
If you would like to download Inkscape, go to inkscape.org. If this is your first time using Inkscape, I recommend that you complete a few of the tutorials that come bundled with Inkscape first to get the hang of how the program works (available from the Help menu).
1. Create the Saucer
Step 1
Begin by opening up a New document in Inkscape. Let's start by making the saucer that the coffee cup rests on. The saucer will be comprised of five different ellipses, so get ready to draw. Select the Circle/Ellipse tool (F5) from the Toolbox. Then draw an ellipse about the proportions of the one in the picture below.
Now we need to change the fill and stroke (outline) colors, so select your ellipse and open up the Fill and Stroke dialog window by going to Object > Fill and Stroke (Control + Shift + F). On the Stroke paint tab click the "X" button to eliminate the outline on this shape.
Step 2
Now we want to fill the ellipse with a radial gradient. We'll be doing quite a few radial and linear gradients in this tutorial, so pay close attention if you've never done this in Inkscape before. On the Fill tab (still in the Fill and Stroke window), click the Radial Gradient button. Inkscape automatically fills your shape with a gradient - normally fading to transparent by default.
We want a gradient with two shades of gray, so click the Edit button underneath the gradient. Now you can edit the gradient's Color Stops and their Transparency. Set the first stop to a light shade of gray (ddddddff). Set the second stop to a darker shade of gray (b2b2b2ff). Make sure the Transparency for both colors is set to Opaque (no transparency).
Step 3
The next thing you need to do is adjust the size and center of the gradient relative to your ellipse. Drag the gradient handles on the ellipse to match the picture below. Note: If the gradient handles are not visible, simply click the Create and Edit Gradients button from the Toolbox (Control + F1). Now you've completed one ellipse and you know how to create and edit gradients. The following steps won't be quite as detailed.
Step 4
The other ellipses in the saucer aren't quite as difficult to make. The next ellipse will form the white lip around the plate. The easiest way to make this is to duplicate the ellipse you just made by going to Edit > Duplicate (Control + D). Then fill it with a very light gray color (f2f2f2ff) from the Fill and Stroke window. Then lower it just a few pixels lower than your first ellipse, and place it behind the first ellipse by going to Object > Lower.
Note: Press F1 (or hit the Select and Transform Objects button from the Toolbox) to move objects around with the mouse or arrow keys in Inkscape. It's hard to see the light gray ellipse, so I put a dark background behind it to make it easier to see in the screenshot below.
Step 5
Now for the dark gray base of the saucer. Once again, duplicate one of your existing ellipses. Now fill it with another radial gradient with two very dark shades of gray (2b2b2bff and 666666ff). Then move the center of the gradient down to the bottom of the ellipse. The base of the plate doesn't need to be quite as wide as the rest of the plate. Press F1 and push the left and right sides of the ellipse in a little bit to "squish" it some.
Note that if you hold down Shift while dragging one of the edges, you can move both sides equally at once. Also, stretch the bottom of the ellipse down just a little bit to get the curve of the bottom of the saucer just right.
Move the whole ellipse down a few pixels and press the Page Down button a few times to place the ellipse below the other two. You should end up with something that looks like the image below. Note the proportions of the bottom ellipse (selected) compared to the other two. The saucer is starting to take shape!
Step 6
Now we need to create the center of the plate. Draw a smaller ellipse as shown in the image below (or select the topmost ellipse and scale it down). Open up the Fill and Stroke dialog (Control + Shift + F). Then fill it with a flat gray color (979797). Drag the Alpha slider below the color wheel to 100.
Give it a stroke color of b7b7b7 (full opacity). On the Stroke style tab set the width to match the picture below. The actual size of the stroke will vary depending on how big you drew your ellipses. For me, it was 3px, but you may end up with something different.
Step 7
The plate is almost finished now. The last step is to add a blurry drop-shadow. Duplicate the bottom-most ellipse (the dark gray base). Then Blur it 10% (from the bottom of the Fill and Stroke window). Place it below all the other objects.
You now have a finished saucer! You may choose to group the five ellipses to make them easier to select later on. Just highlight them all and press Control + G. Now, on to the coffee cup itself!
2. Create the Cup
Step 1
We'll begin by drawing two shapes with the Bezier Curves tool (Shift + F6). Make one for the face of the coffee cup and one to form the outer rim of the cup. These shapes need to match up in width and the amount of curve. I recommend that you turn on the grid to help you draw these lines (Shift + #). Also note, Click to create a point, click-drag to create a curve.
I actually drew these shapes in place on top of each other, but I separated them in this screenshot to show how I drew the shapes and their curves. Notice that both shapes and their curve lengths are 20 units wide. Also, notice how the bottom of the rim matches the top of the cup face; They are both 2 units deep. For guidance, the numbers in blue show the order in which I created the points/curves.
Step 2
With the grid still on, place the rim directly on top of the cup face. Eliminate the stroke from both shapes. Fill the rim shape (that looks like an ellipse) with a solid color gray (e6e6e6ff). Fill the cup face with a radial gradient that goes from ecececff at the center to bdbdbdff. Then place the center of the gradient near the top of the cup shape, as shown below.
Step 3
Duplicate the rim shape and scale it in a little bit to form the width of the rim. Give this shape a thin gray stroke (d6d6d6ff) and a radial gradient from ecececff to bdbdbdff. Then drag the gradient handles to match the picture below.
Step 4
The next step is to create the coffee inside the cup. We obviously want to create a shape that gives the appearance of the coffee being inside the rim. To do that we'll have to create an ellipse for the coffee and intersect it with the inner rim.
Here's how to do it. Create an ellipse like the brown one in the picture below. Then set it on top of the rim. Then, duplicate the ellipse that makes up the inner portion of the rim. Then select both the duplicated ellipse and the one you just drew. Now go to the menu and choose Path > Intersection (Control + *).
You should end up with a shape that looks like coffee in a cup. Now you can fill it with a radial gradient using any two (or more) shades of brown.
Step 5
Creating the handle for the coffee cup is a cinch. Use the Bezier tool to make a shape similar to the handle shown below. Give it a thin light gray stroke and fill it with a linear gradient from bottom left to top right using two shades of gray (bdbdbdff and ecececff). Now place it behind the cup.
Step 6
To give our cup some personality, we're going to add some blue stripes around it. The way to do it is a little trickier than meets the eye. You can't simply draw a line, because the end of the line would never match up with the edge of the cup, as shown below.
Step 7
So here's the method I came up with that worked quite well. Create an ellipse with about the same proportions as the coffee cup rim. Then fill it with any color (no stroke). Now duplicate that ellipse, place it below the first one, and pull the bottom drag handle down a little bit. Then push the sides in some too. I colored my ellipses two different colors so you can see how this should look.
Step 8
Select both ellipses and choose Path > Difference (Control + Minus Sign) from the menu. Presto! You now have a beautiful vanishing curve. Fill your new shape with whatever color you prefer. Duplicate it as many times as you want. Then place it on top of your coffee cup wherever you choose.
Step 9
Let's create a reflection on the side of our cup. Draw a shape with the Bezier tool like the one in the screenshot below. Color it white and drag the Alpha slider to about 90 so that it's transparent. Place it on top of the cup face and colored lines.
Step 10
Now for some steam. Begin by drawing a small white ellipse. Make it semi-transparent and blur the edges of it significantly. Place it above your coffee. This will give the general impression of heat and steam.
Step 11
Now let's create a wispy trail of steam. Create a shape with the Bezier tool like the one below. Color it a light brown or gold color, make it semi-transparent and blur it also. Play around with the Master Opacity and Blur settings until it looks just right.
Our coffee cup is finished! As with the saucer, you may find it handy to group all the shapes that comprise the cup.
Grab Yourself a Coffee, You're Done!
Let's place our finished cup on top of our saucer. Then add a small drop shadow underneath the cup. Simply draw a small black ellipse and blur it.
There you have it, a beautiful vector coffee cup and saucer created with Inkscape! I hope you enjoyed making this as much as I did. I also hope this tutorial proved informative in demonstrating the main features of Inkscape - an Open Source alternative for vector art. Enjoy!


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Dream Big, Execute Small
It's easy to spend the initial part of your marathon journey—the weeks after signing up—thinking about the race. But alternating between finish-line daydreams of elation and late-race nightmares of cramps does absolutely nothing to prepare you for the big day. Your dreams have pushed you to sign up, but now it's time to replace the big-picture goals with some fundamental steps. Just as race day is thousands of footsteps from the start to the finish, your training should be, too.
"Overexcited is only a few workouts away from being overtrained."
Why be so granular? Because year after year, new runners overdo it in training to the point where their races are either total disasters or non-events. Your experience doesn't have to be the same. Here are some key incremental steps you can work into your overall training to be ready for the marathon when the big day finally arrives.
1: Find the Right Shoes
Before you can run, you need shoes—proper shoes. Don't do your first runs in the old pair you use to walk around in or mow the lawn. Find your local running store—bonus if they watch you walk/run before recommending a shoe—and then try on a bunch. Bring your own socks (you might need to get some new ones), and be sure to ask what their return policy is ? most are pretty liberal, given the online competition these days. You might not pick the perfect shoes right away, but you have plenty of time to test them.
More: How to Pick the Right Running Shoes
2. Identify and Reserve Your Workout Window
Wanting to become a runner isn't enough; you need to create the time to work out. Schedule your runs at the start of your week. This ensures that you'll have the actual time to get the workouts done. The added bonus is taking a few minutes to review your week as a whole instead of just making a gut call at the start or end of your day.
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What Is Group Policy Management Console?
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
What Is Group Policy Management Console?
In this section
Group Policy Management Console Core Scenarios
Group Policy Management Console Dependencies
Related Topics
The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) is a new and comprehensive administrative tool for Group Policy management.
Prior to GPMC, administrators used property pages in various Active Directory administrative tools to manage Group Policy. For example, an administrator who wanted to implement policy for users might open the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, find an appropriate Organizational Unit (OU) and open its property page to access the Group Policy tab. On the Group Policy tab, the administrator might do any of a dozen or so administrative tasks, like creating Group Policy object links or manipulating their order to achieve the desired results. Whatever the tasks, when the administrator leaves the Group Policy tab, access to a visual representation of Group Policy ends and a view that focuses on Active Directory's user and computer objects appears.
GPMC integrates the existing Group Policy functionality of the property pages on the Active Directory administrative tools into a single, unified console dedicated to Group Policy management tasks; GPMC also expands management capabilities with new features. Administrators still use Active Directory administrative tools to manage Active Directory, but GPMC replaces the Group Policy management functionality of those tools with its own.
Group Policy Management Console Core Scenarios
There are many core scenarios for GPMC. Administrators use GPMC to perform all Group Policy management tasks, with the exception of configuring individual policy settings in Group Policy Objects themselves, which is done with Group Policy Object Editor. The scenarios below describe how an administrator uses GPMC to manage Group Policy.
Creating and Editing GPOs
Administrators use GPMC to create a GPO with no initial settings. An administrator can also create a GPO and linking it to an Active Directory container at the same time. To configure individual settings within a GPO, an administrator edits the GPO from within GPMC and Group Policy Object Editor appears with the GPO loaded. An administrator can use either GPMC or Group Policy Object Editor to disable or enable computer, user, or both computer and user nodes within a GPO.
Scoping GPOs
An administrator can use GPMC to link GPOs to sites, domains, or OUs in the Active Directory. Administrators must link GPOs to apply settings to users and computers in Active Directory Containers. Linking GPOs is the primary mechanism by which administrators apply Group Policy settings.
In addition to linking, an administrator can manipulate permissions on GPOs to manage how Group Policy applies. Prior to GPMC, an administrator would have to manually manipulate access control entries (ACE) to modify the scope of the GPO. For example, the administrator might remove Read and Apply Group Policy from the Authenticated Users group for GPO1. This effectively disables GPO1, since users in the Authenticated Users group require both Read and Apply Group Policy permissions to process Group Policy. To apply the settings in GPO1 to select network users or computers, the administrator would add a new security principal (typically a security group containing the target users or computers) to the ACL on the GPO and set Read and Apply Group Policy permissions. This is known as security filtering.
With GPMC, security filtering has been simplified. The administrator adds the security principal to the GPO, and GPMC automatically sets the Read and Apply Group Policy permissions.
Administrators can also use GPMC to link WMI Filters to GPOs. WMI Filters allow an administrator to dynamically determine the scope of GPOs based on attributes (available through WMI) of the target computer. A WMI filter consists of one or more queries that are evaluated to be either true or false against the WMI repository of the target computer. The WMI filter is a separate object from the GPO in the directory.
Manipulating Inheritance
Group Policy can be applied to users and computers at the site, domain, or OU level. GPOs from parent containers are inherited by default. When multiple GPOs apply to these users and computers, the settings in the GPOs are aggregated. For most policy settings, the final value of a given policy setting is set only by the highest precedent GPO that contains that setting. (However, the final value for a few settings will actually be the combination of values across GPOs.)
Group Policy determines precedence of GPOs by the order of processing for the GPOs. GPOs processed last have highest precedence. GPOs follow the SDOU rule for processing; site first, then domain, and then followed by OU, including nested OUs. A nested OU is one that has another OU as its parent. In the case of nested OUs, GPOs associated with parent OUs are processed prior to GPOs associated with child OUs. In this processing order, sites are applied first but have the least precedence. OUs are processed last and have the highest precedence.
When a container has multiple GPO links, administrators can use GPMC to manipulate the link order for every container. GPMC assigns each link a Link Order number; the GPO link with Link Order of 1 has highest precedence on that container.
Administrators can use GPMC to Block Inheritance. This is the ability to prevent an OU or domain from inheriting GPOs from any of its parent container. Note that Enforced GPO links (see below) will always be inherited.
Administrators can use GPMC to set GPO links to Enforced (previously known as No Override). This is the ability to specify that a GPO should take precedence over any GPOs that are linked to child containers. Enforcing a GPO link works by moving that GPO to the end of the processing order.
An administrator can also use GPMC to enable or disable a GPO link. If an administrator enables a GPO link, Group Policy processes the linked GPO. If the link is not enabled, Group Policy does not process the linked GPO.
GPO Operations
GPO operations refer to the ability to backup (export), restore, import, and copy GPOs. Backing up a GPO consists of making a copy of GPO data to the file system. Note that the Backup function also serves as the export function for GPOs. Backed up GPOs can be used either in conjunction with Restore or Import operations.
Restoring a GPO takes an existing GPO backup and re-instantiates it back in the domain. The purpose of a restore is to reset a specific GPO back to the identical state it was in when it was backed up. This restoration does not include GPO links. This is because the links are a property of the container the GPO is linked to, not the GPO itself. Since a restore operation is specific to a particular GPO, it is based on the GUID and domain of the GPO. Therefore, a restore operation cannot be used to transfer GPOs across domains.
Importing a GPO allows you to transfer settings from a backed up GPO to an existing GPO. You can perform this operation within the same domain, across domains, or across forests. This allows for many interesting capabilities such as staging of a test GPO environment in a lab before importing into a production environment.
Restoring and Importing a GPO will remove any existing settings already in the target GPO. Only the settings in the backup will be in the GPO when these operations are complete.
Copying a GPO is similar to an export/import operation only the GPO is not saved to a file system location first. In addition, a copy operation creates a new GPO as part of the operation, whereas an import uses an existing GPO as its destination.
Reporting of GPO Settings
GPMC can display a report of the defined settings in a given GPO. This report can be generated by any user with read access to the GPO. Without GPMC, users that did not have write access to a GPO could not read and view the settings in that GPO. This is because the Group Policy Object Editor requires the user to have read and write permissions to the GPO to open it. Some examples of users that might need to read and view but not edit a GPO include security audit teams that need to read but not edit GPO settings, helpdesk personnel that are troubleshooting a Group Policy issue, and OU administrators that may need to read and view the settings from inherited GPOs. With GPMC these users now have read access to the settings.
The HTML reports also make it easy for the administrator to view settings that are contained in a GPO at a glance. Alternatively, administrators can expand and contract individual sections within the report by clicking the heading for each section.
GPMC also solves some common reporting requirements including the ability to document all the settings in a GPO to a file for printing or viewing. Using a context menu, users can either print the reports, or save them to a file in either HTML or XML format.
Search for GPO
GPMC provides extensive capabilities to search for GPOs within a domain or across all domains in a forest. This search feature allows an administrator to search for GPOs based on the following criteria:
Display name of the GPO.
Whether or not a specific domain has containers that link to the GPO.
The permissions set on the GPO.
The WMI filter that is linked to the GPO.
The type of policy settings that have been set in the User Configuration or Computer Configuration in the GPO, such as folder redirection or security settings. Note that you cannot search based on the individual settings configured in a GPO.
GUID of the GPO.
Group Policy Modeling
Windows Server 2003 has a powerful new Group Policy management feature that allows the user to simulate a policy deployment that would be applied to users and computers before actually applying the policies. This feature, known in Windows Server 2003 as Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) Planning Mode, is integrated into GPMC as Group Policy Modeling. This feature requires a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2003 in the forest, because the simulation is performed by a service that is only present on Windows Server 2003 domain controllers. However, with this feature, you can simulate the resultant set of policy for any computer in the forest, including those running Windows 2000.
Group Policy Results
This feature allows administrators to determine the resultant set of policy that was applied to a given computer and (optionally) the user that logged on to that computer. The data that is presented is similar to Group Policy Modeling data, however, unlike Group Policy Modeling, this data is not a simulation. It is the actual resultant set of policy data obtained from the target computer. Unlike Group Policy Modeling, the data from Group Policy Results is obtained from the client, and is not simulated on the DC. The client must be running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 or later. It is not possible to get Group Policy Results data for a Windows 2000 computer. (However, with Group Policy Modeling, you can simulate the RSoP data).
GPMC Scripting
The GPMC user interface is based on a set of COM interfaces that accomplish all of the operations performed by GPMC. These interfaces are available to Windows scripting technologies like JScript and VBScript, as well as programming languages such as Visual Basic and VC++. An administrator can use these interfaces to automate many Group Policy management tasks.
These interfaces are discussed in detail in the GPMC software development kit (SDK) located in the %programfiles%\gpmc\scripts\gpmc.chm Help file on systems where GPMC has been installed. The contents of the GPMC SDK are also available in the Platform SDK.
For more information about GPMC interfaces, see MSDN.
Group Policy Management Console Dependencies
Group Policy Management Console requires the MMC infrastructure to function. In addition, GPMC has its own set of system installation requirements, as well as requirements for certain GPMC features to function.
GPMC System Installation Requirements
Although GPMC can manage both Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 domains with Active Directory, the tool itself must be installed on a computer running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional (with Windows XP Service Pack 1 (or later) and the Microsoft .NET Framework). Note that when installing GPMC on Windows XP Professional SP1, a hotfix is required. This hotfix (Q326469) is included with GPMC. GPMC Setup prompts you to install Windows XP QFE Q326469 if it is not already present.
GPMC Feature Requirements
GPMC exposes features that are available in the underlying operating system. Because new features have been added to Group Policy since Windows 2000, certain features will only be available in GPMC depending on the operating system that has been deployed on the domain controllers and clients. This section describes these dependencies. In general, there are four key issues that determine whether a feature is available in GPMC:
Windows Server 2003 Active Directory schema must be available to delegate Group Policy Modeling or Group Policy Results.
Windows Server 2003 domain controller must be available to run Group Policy Modeling.
Windows Server 2003 domain configuration (ADPrep /DomainPrep) must be available to use WMI Filters.
Clients must be running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 in order to generate Group Policy Results data.
GPMC dependencies upon Windows and Active Directory platform appear below:
GPMC Dependencies on Windows and Active Directory
Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Schema
Delegation of Group Policy Modeling and Group Policy Results
The Generate Resultant Set of Policy (Logging) and Generate Resultant Set of Policy (Planning) permissions needed for this operation are only available with the Windows Server 2003 Active Directory schema.
Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller in the forest
Group Policy Modeling
The simulation is performed by the Resultant Set of Policy Service which is only available on domain controllers running Windows Server 2003.
Windows Server 2003 domain configuration (DomainPrep)
WMI Filters
ADPREP /DomainPrep configures the domain for Windows 2003 Active Directory including configuration for WMI Filters.
Clients must be running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
Group Policy Results
Clients must be instrumented to log Group Policy Results data when policy is processed. This capability is only available on the listed systems.
There is no dependency from the Group Policy perspective on whether a domain is in native mode or mixed mode.
Related Information
The following resource contains additional information that is relevant to this section:
- GPMC Interfaces on MSDN.


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Armed Nazis Hope to Keep Sanford Safe for White People (UPDATED)
We've been so busy talking about the Trayvon Martin case that we've ignored the "real victims" — innocent white people living in Sanford, Florida. Rest assured, these honest folks are now being taken care of by a patrol of armed Neo-Nazis preparing for a "race riot."
Yeah, it's about as awful as it sounds. Commander Jeff Schoep explains that he's not advocating violence but rather trying to prevent it: "We are not the type of white people who are going to be walked all over." He compared his group's presence to Al Sharpton's, saying that neo-Nazis are simply a "white civil rights organization." I mean, they're really just misunderstood.
The Black Panthers have been offering bounties and all that. But if we called for a bounty on someone's head, I guarantee we'd be locked up as quick as I could walk out of my house.
And while the neo-Nazis' arrival in Sanford is a result of the Trayvon Martin shooting, Schoep is not interesting in taking sides. And why would he, when — as so many right-wing pundits have been eager to point out — George Zimmerman isn't even white?
I think there is some confusion going on. A lot of people think that this guy who shot Trayvon was white ... but he's half Hispanic or Cuban or something. He certainly doesn't look white to me.
See, this has very little to do with the Trayvon Martin shooting: the neo-Nazis just want to make sure white people feel safe. And if members of Sanford's black community end up feeling threatened by a patrol of armed bigots, that must just be an unintended consequence.
The source for this story has printed a retraction based on information from the Sanford Police Department, who say there are no neo-Nazi patrols in their city.
The Sanford Police Department says it has no evidence of neo-Nazis in the area. "We have not seen any neo-Nazis on patrol nor have we had any reports of them," Sgt. David Morgenstern says. He adds there have been no signs of the New Black Panther Party either.
With no other information, it is fair to assume the story is false.
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Last week at the grocery store, I picked up a package of Nutri-Grain bars. I couldn't even count the number of ingredients on the package and "high fructose corn syrup" was a prominent ingredient.
Urg. And these are marketed as "healthy" snacks or a wholesome "breakfast on the go"?
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Rhubarb Breakfast Bars
Crust and Topping
1 1/2 C whole wheat flour
1 1/2 C oats
3/4 C brown sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4-1/3 C applesauce
5 T butter, divided {and melted}
Once well mixed, divide the dry mixture. Remove 1/3 of the mixture and place it in a smaller bowl.
With the remaining 2/3 of the oats/flour, add in the applesauce.
Then, add in 2 T melted butter. Mix until crumbly.
Press the crumbly mixture into a lightly greased 9x13 glass baking dish.
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Pour the 8 oz {feel free to use more, if you want a more gooey/thick center} of rhubarb sauce over the top of the crust.
Spread the filling evenly over the crust.
If desired, sprinkle some fresh blueberries over the top. We did on 1/3 of the pan.
Top with the oat-butter topping mixture.
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Slice into bar-sized pieces.
Serve warm right away, or allow the bars to cool and serve at room temperature.
If you wish to enjoy these as a dessert -- ice cream makes an excellent addition.
*In response to comments, there are many filling ideas you can use for these bars other than rhubarb sauce. The easiest way is to use your favorite jam, otherwise, I recommend making a berry sauce. I would just up the corn starch to make the sauce thick by adding an additional 1 T.
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