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This is a re-issue of potent trio recordings, originally released on FMP in 1983. "Pica Pica" features Brotzmann, the late Albert Mangelsdorff, and Gunter "Baby" Sommer. Glowing press in the NY Times, The Wire, CMJ, Altern... more »
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This is a re-issue of potent trio recordings, originally released on FMP in 1983. "Pica Pica" features Brotzmann, the late Albert Mangelsdorff, and Gunter "Baby" Sommer. Glowing press in the NY Times, The Wire, CMJ, Alternative Press, Downbeat, Magnet, Jazz Weekly, Jazztimes, Jazziz, Amazon, NPR, and many, many more.
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Giordano Bruno | Wherever I am, I am. | 06/16/2008
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"I'd be the first to say I don't know squat about pop music. See, I did the van Winkle thing and slept through forty years of it, from the twist to hip hop, so when my Philadelphia correspondent alerted me to something called Krautrock, I thought I oughta catch up. I went straight to my local CD shop to lookfor a sample, but not wanting to offend any ethnic sensibilities, I asked the ring-nosed fellow at the counter for some "far out German s**t, dude, y'know what I mean." Pica Pica is what he sold me.
I rushed home and popped the CD into my player. [At this point it would be most appropriate to stop reading and listen to the amazon samples, unless you're already a devoted fan of Brotzmann, Mangelsdorff, and Sommer...] No sooner had I ceased writhing on the floor and stretched my hand toward the volume knob when my teenage son came storming into the room, shouting "Turn that s**t off or I'm taking away your allowance for a month!"
My father used to torment me with German polka music when I slept too late as a boy. Now I have means to pass the favor on. Rache!"
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Geoffrey R. Balme | raleigh NC | 02/25/2008
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"Do I need to tell folks that this is free jazz? Not Krautrock!
Or rock at all, nor does it have a melody, nor a motif, nor a hum-able tune. It's not laid out in 4/4 time, with a chorus, or a verse, or one of those things pop music folks call a Bridge.
This is FREE JAZZ. Meaning - plays as you will with all the gusto you can muster, and is more like listening to the sounds of a jungle on fire, than it is like listening to mama's lullabies.
As such the second piece on this 3 track cD is my fave with a long drumming intro leading into the horns adding patterns of their own.
Ornette Coleman, John Coletrane, and Peter Brotzmann amazing musicians all."


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"Opponents of reform could not stop the Dodd-Frank Act from becoming law,'' commissioner Bart Chilton said at the Institutional Investor TraderForum in New York. "Therefore, now they have another idea—a double secret strategy. They seek to deny resources to regulators—starving us on the vine if you will—and thereby denying us the ability to enforce the new law and oversee these markets.
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There has been widespread criticism over why Atal Bihari vajpayee was named to the party's highest body. Gadkari has apparently done this to convey to Advani that he was not the numero uno, writes Pankaj Vohra.columns Updated: Mar 21, 2010 20:55 IST
The most obvious aspect of the new team announced by BJP president Nitin Gadkari is that it has the unmistakable stamp of L.K. Advani. The only change that had been promised by the RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat last year has been in the ritual of replacing Rajnath Singh with his blue-eyed boy Gadkari at the very top of the saffron party. Otherwise, it is Advani's team to be spearheaded in the organisation by Ananth Kumar and Ravi Shankar Prasad and in Parliament by Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley.
Gadkari, who had appeared to have won round one in Indore during the meeting of the National Council, seems to have surrendered to Advani who rightly said that he may have quit the position of the leader of Opposition but had not retired from active politics. Both Gadkari and his mentor Bhagwat, a veterinary doctor by profession, have demonstrated that their interests were confined only to Maharashtra. It is, therefore, not surprising that nearly 30 activists from that state alone have been accommodated in the National Executive and among office-bearers.
Both had been very keen to get Sanjay Joshi to replace Ram Lal as the representative of the Sangh in the BJP. But this has not happened. No prizes for guessing why. The majority of office-bearers have never contested polls of any nature and political circles have been left wondering how the Rajya Sabha types or those who know little about the 'art and science' of contesting elections will provide the BJP organisational strength when it comes to going in for assembly or Lok Sabha polls.
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There has been widespread criticism over why the former prime minister, no longer in the pink of health, was named to the party's highest body. Gadkari has apparently done this to convey to Advani that he was not the numero uno, either symbolically or theoretically. As long as he lives, Vajpayee will remain the top BJP leader and Advani, despite playing a more successful political innings, will have to be the perpetual number two man.
Gadkari's team lacks the potential to beat even the 'B' team of the Congress. It has tired and retired faces as compared to the youthful appeal of the Congress. If one takes away Shahnawaz Hussain and Varun Gandhi, there is hardly anyone who can appeal to the youth. Ananth Kumar has the ability to be a future leader but he has many miles to go before that happens. Gadkari, who had sung a popular movie song at Indore in a filmi style, seems to be also obsessed with introducing glamour at the cost of budding activists. How can one explain the exclusion of someone like Amit Thaker, the president of the Yuva Morcha? This over-emphasis on glamour could prove to be a costly affair when it comes to the polls.
Murli Manohar Joshi, who was being tipped to take over an important position due to his seeming proximity to Bhagwat, has been further marginalised. In his capacity as a past president he will be in the Parliamentary Board, which incidentally has six Brahmins as members. None of Joshi's close supporters have found a berth in the new set-up and the show seems to be over for him as far as the RSS and BJP go unless destiny wills otherwise.
The announcement of the team when the Congress was at its most vulnerable stage is not going to make things better for the Sangh parivar. But hats off to Advani. He has humbled the RSS and shown Bhagwat and Gadkari their place. Between us.
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The sweet aroma of desserts baking have been drifting from the kitchen at the Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church these past few weeks in preparation for the ladies annual fund raiser.
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At the Ultrabook lounge at IDF 2011, Pegatron had two Ultrabook reference of designs which featured the next generation Ivybridge processor. These two Ultrabook's didn't have names but they had different features. What makes these two devices particularly interesting is that Pegatron is the sister company of ASUS so what we see with these devices might be prototypes for future Ultrabooks or for their ASUS UX31, the 13.3 inch Ultrabook. The first Ultrabook has a matte display with a 1366 x 768 screen resolution comes connected with an Ethernet connector, HDMI, multicard reader, USB 3.0 and a USB 2.0 and a kensington lock.
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The second Ultrabook that we came across had a glossy display which is out of character for Ultraportables by ASUS since they have committed to matte display's for all their devices. That could be an indication that this references design was built for internal development of the Ultrabook category.
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In Part 1, I discussed how suicide not only cheats you out of all the great possibilities ahead of you, it only really hurts the people who love you, and how it really just gives your bully the final say over you. Today, I'd like
(Part 1 of 3) Last year, the suicide of Destiny Gleason drew media attention last year, driving home the sad truth of an epidemic of suicide among young people due to bullying and abuse. What I cannot stress enough is that suicide is totally fruitless
In Part 1 of this article, I discussed how male and female bullies differ in how they bully, and the ways female bullies work to oppress their targets, While female bullies attack their targets' relationships, most male bullies use plain physical aggression. And not only
(Part 1 of 2) We all know males and females are different, not just in their bodies but in their minds, the ways they interact, and the ways they form relationships. So, it should be no surprise that these male/female differences even extend to bullying.
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I'm Back!!!!!
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I'm sorry your trip was so much work. But it sure was good to see you!!!! JaniceReplyDelete
Thanks, Janice! It was great to see the family, especially the younger ones I hadn't ever met. Exhausting, though. I wish there were an easier way to do it. If only some of that family up north could find their way to Cali...ReplyDelete
When will Tinker'rs War being Amazon ? I want to buy a copy asap :-)ReplyDelete
Thanks for asking, Josh. Tinker's War will be released Sept. 15... HOWEVER, if you follow my blog and/or newsletter, you can find out how to get a free ARC, which is an advance copy for review purposes. The ARC will be available soon, hopefully in early August!ReplyDelete
The only thing I ask with ARCs is please, please, please! leave a review on Amazon and maybe some of the other sites. Reviews make a big difference on whether new readers will try my books so they help a lot!


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Xicat Licenses Jane's
Xicat Interactive is very happy to announce that they have reached an agreement with Jane's Information group, the leading authority on Military information. Xicat Interactive will be the sole Licensor of the name Jane's and use of Jane's abundant Library of resources.
Xicat will continue the excellent heritage of military games left off from Electronic arts with titles already in the pipeline that will accurately and fully capture the realism and drama of military conflict.
Steve Brown, Director of European Sales said…
"This I believe adds even more weight to our claims that we intend to be a serious player within the Interactive Games Arena. Jane's is by far the biggest license to be working with in the field of Combat simulations and with a developer like Mad Doc alongside for the first title I am sure we have the first hit of many in this exciting new partnership."
Attack Squadron, to be released…. Qtr1 2002
Xicat Interactive are working together with Mad Doc Software on the first of many titles form the Jane stable, Dr Ian Lane Davis, head of Mad Doc Software said…
"Mad Doc Software is terrifically excited to be able to bring Jane's Attack squadron to an eager market. We fully expect Jane's Attack Squadron to be the greatest WW11 Flight Sim ever. JAS has been a labor of love for many of our employees who worked on it for years at Looking Glass, and to be able to complete a game of this caliber and beauty is a thrill for all of us."
Xicat Interactive Goes Ballistic!
Release anticipated 12th October 2001
Xicat Interactive is proud to announce today that they have attained the worldwide publishing rights to Ballistics. The fastest race in the universe is still taking applicants. Ballistics shreds space and time in blistering races through futuristic worlds, optimized for the upcoming GeForce 3 card. The GeForce 3 will revolutionise the way computer games are played, allowing fluid, photo-realistic visuals to be created on a home PC. Ballistic pushes the envelope in every aspect of graphics and gameplay, bending the new powers of the GeForce 3 to its advantage.
C.E.O. for Xicat Interactive, Jaimee Wolf, said, "Ballistics is an exciting step both for Xicat and the games industry. As we progress into an era where games become more and more real, Xicat will lead the way in creating captivating gaming experiences."
The Ballistics races have evolved from the Formula One races. Ballistics pilots are trained from their teens, and using electronic enhancers, their reflexes are much faster than any ordinary humans. To withstand the extreme g-forces experienced during each race, they also replace some of their skeleton with titanium. Wearing g-suits like today's fighter pilots, Ballistics pilots set out to race in these insane speed fests in their hunt for fame and fortune.
According to Steve Brown, Xicat's Director of European Sales, 'Xicat is looking to become renowned for publishing innovative new games. The first title that will really put us on the map will be Ballistics for PC. It is the first game to use the GeForce 3. We are very confident in it being a major success.'
The Game
This is Ballistics™ - Velocity in its purest form! Ballistics™ takes place during mans next century. Technology and increasing demand for hazardous entertainment has born a new form of racing. The Ballistics™ pilots run their hover bikes on magnetic fields inside a track that allows full 360º movement. The races take place in many different settings; all with their own unique design concept and environment, but all shaped to breed the speed.
Game play
The second control system is enabled by hitting the detach switch on the dashboard and release from the magnetic field. This will enable free motion; loop, roll and turn inside the tunnels. The free movement will allow the pilot to reach certain positions in the track that allow bonus power ups or just price money. The downside of free movement is of course that it is harder to control and can cause crashing at high speeds. The free movement should be avoided and only used for short periods. Colliding with obstacles will knock the player into detach mode and it is imperative for him to get back on track and attach.
The game play is built upon almost limitless speed and the avoidance of in track obstacles, and the collecting of booster fuel and using of cooler zones that are placed along the course. All this while opponents try to overtake and ram you into the tunnel walls in their attempts to snag the first place. Classy moves and extreme courage is rewarded with money. Rushing down the tunnels at well above MACH 2 pilots are in for a real challenge!
Graphics and effects
Using GRINs own Diesel Engine Ballistics render from 20,000 to 110,000 thousand polygons in the view port. Adding up to a total sum of over 1500 textures in seven tracks with fully animated environments and light effects, you have a stunning piece of entertainment. Effects like masked chrome, real time lights, reflections, morphing animations, bump mapping, sparks, explosions, rain, snow and fog are all well balanced together with the 3D sound to give the gamer a nice run for money spent on new 3D hardware.
- Contains 7 highly detailed and original tracks
- 40 Speeder parts catering for over 10.000 possible Speeder combinations
- Gameplay which offers a lot of technique to be mastered for the higher divisions while still enabling the user to quickly get into the game on the easier levels.
- True 3D sound in outside scenes, ambients in the racetrack and sound placed on passing opponents used to raise the speed sensation even more
- In game speech giving you tips and comments your play.
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Working Lives Singapore: Millionaire
A passion for polo and property drew 42-year-old Satinder Garcha to Singapore 10 years ago.
Among the 50 richest people in Singapore, according to one survey, Satinder is worth an estimated $395m (£244m).
Born in India, he made his money in Silicon Valley's dotcom boom in the 1990s.
Work-life balance is important to Satinder.
"I can afford to go off for two months and play polo in Argentina and my business still runs just as well, which is a huge luxury," he says.
He spends an hour or so in his office, in the exclusive Raffles Hotel complex, but the majority of his day is spent visiting construction sites and talking to architects.
Becoming a Singapore citizen was crucial to growing his company, which develops upmarket residential property that foreigners cannot buy.
"I had to be a Singaporean to buy that kind of land," he says.
And now he's moving into the hotel business.
"The idea is to do city hotels with personality and ideally with historical links," he says.
As with many people who settle in Singapore, safety is a key factor.
"For me the biggest thing is the rule of law. We wanted to start a family and it is just a great place," he says.
His working day ends about 16:00 when he heads to the polo ground.
"My big outlay I guess would be the polo, which I love, it's a big part of my life," he says. "That's my biggest indulgence."


text: If you watch this video footage, from GigaOM TV's latest episode of Green Overdrive, you might be surprised to see who's driving the neon green electric race car soaring around the track at the Mazda Raceway. It's Tim Collins, 70-year-old investment banker, and founder of Kleenspeed, a startup that's using electric race cars to test technology that will eventually be used for a passenger car. The company, founded in 2007, works out of NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View Calif., and won the time trials at the raceway earlier this month, breaking last year's record. Check out Green Overdrive, because if it's green we'll drive it.


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Slightly insane and wonderfully surreal Martin Parr Rimaldas Viksraitiss images of abandonment in deepest rural Lithuania mix reportage and voyeurism to surreal and disturbing effect. His studies of drunkenness and dereliction are depressing but also display a strange beauty: a farmer bends over a dead pig with a blowtorch, a chicken perched on his back; a young girl stares out of a window over the decapitated head of a goat; a drunk bites the ear of another drunk who is biting the ear of a pig´s head on a plate. This book is a beautifully printed testament to Viksraitiss strange, frightening and darkly humorous world.


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From November 2nd till November 24th Family Business presents "Cleopatra's Family Jewels" featuring works by :
Kerstin Brätsch
Francis Carlow
Brian Crumley
Cat Chow
Nhu Duong
Justin Giunta / Subversive
Liz Glynn
Thomas Hirschhorn
Jamie Isenstein
Anya Kielar
Jules Kim / Bijules
Tatiana Kronberg
Simone Leigh
Danny McDonald / Mended Veil
Anndra Neen
Arielle de Pinto
Carissa Rodriguez
Matthew Ronay
Hanna Sandin / SAMMA
Ninh Wysocan / QUARRY
Opening reception on November 1st from 6-8 pm.
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Family Business is made possible with support from, Dakis Joannou, Antonella Rodriguez, and David Teiger.
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How Do They Know You Want Doggy Toothpaste? (Behavioral Targeting in Ads)March 30th, 2010
Are you ever on a webpage, and out of the corner of your eye you notice an ad that seems to be custom made for you? You might be on a website that shares great recipes, but the ad is for toothpaste for dogs. Toothpaste for dogs may be strange enough in its own right, but what really intrigues you is that you were just searching for some doggy toothpaste the other day. How do they know you're interested in toothpaste for dogs?Display Advertising, Marketing, Paid Search | Tags: ad, advertising, behavioral targeting, click-through, conversion, convert, display, Marketing, Paid Search | 1 Comment »


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London Plan - this needs to be amended to stop forcing local authorities to build high rise tower blocks in Town Centres.
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Tower Block Disaster
London Plan - this needs to be amended to stop forcing local authorities to build high rise tower blocks in Town Centres.
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First of all let me say my heart goes out to the families in Grenfell Tower. It also goes out to those living in towers at the present and their uncertainty in their existing homes. I worked in housing for 17 years managing a number of towers throughout Waltham Forest and other boroughs. During my time in housing I witnessed a number of fires in towers but can tell you that on a whole they were all confined to the apartment albeit the damage I observed was devastating. Dry risers in these blocks are ideal for getting water to the effected floors quickly but the devastation caused by water flooding through the flats below is as disruptive as the fire itself to other residents. of course putting any fire out quickly is the most important issue, apartments can be refurbished lives cannot. The problem with bringing homes up to decent standard as directed by the government is that funding to local authorities has been reduced year on year for many years now and the local authorities do there best to meet the directives made by central government. Seems government want to have there cake and eat it, unfortunately left for a while the cake has to go stale.I read and hear on the news that some residents do not want to move out of their home and I have first hand knowledge with some of my ex residents that they love their homes. of course the local authority must make sure that these blocks are safe for occupation and at present this cannot be guaranteed. Albeit this position is disconcerting for residents, councils and government and local authority cannot re-house immediately. I would like to make some suggestions to allow all to get this situation safe for occupation.ReplyDelete
1. Supply fire extinguishers to each resident that wants to remain in their home, not just one at least three, two in the home and one outside the front door. I am sure there are local companies and offices that have overstocked extinguishers that they would offer.
2. Provide oxygen cylinders for each remaining resident.
3. Advise residents to turn on their taps so as to assist flooding the apartment and hopefully assisting to put any fire out.
4. Exit direction lighting in the hallways and down the steps to direct residents out of the blocks.
These are just my views and suggestion and are without prejudice.
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5. Allocate a Professional Fire Officer to be present daily in blocks of uncertainty until buildings deemed safe for occupation.


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I'm talking about user-generated content, of course. This kind of content gives you something your competitors don't have. But that's not the only reason you should enlist the help of users and visitors to your site to add content.
When visitors to your site leave comments in your forums or on your blog posts, they use their own terms for your products and services. This can help you tremendously with keyword research.
User-generated content can provide other users with valuable information about your products and services. Sure, there's the classic case of new forum members asking questions and getting answers from more experienced members. But that's not the only way to use and present user-generated content helpfully.
Amazon handles UGC wonderfully. I searched there recently for a DVD video series to give a friend as a gift. As soon as I clicked through to the product, the e-tailer showed me links to the "most helpful favorable review" and "most helpful critical review," with a paragraph from each and the option to click through to read the full review. That's an awesome way to give users exactly the kind of information they need, when they need it, using user-generated content.
So how do you go about capturing this kind of action for your website? As Eric Enge noted as a guest writer at Search Engine Land, you can't just slap up some text. "Take the time and effort to figure out what content will add value to the user experience on your site," he wrote.
If you're running a website that caters to amateur or professional cake decorators, for example, do your readers want to share recipes? Talk about techniques? Review cake decorating kits? Think about what your visitor is trying to accomplish, and then structure the UGC on your website to make it easier for them to get their tasks done. Again, it's hard to top Amazon here.
If you already have a blogging platform and lots of traffic, you're ahead of the game here, as your users probably leave comments. Blogging platforms automatically come with commenting platforms. Enge notes that you'll also want some anti-spam protection in place; you can get a free system such as Akismet.
But this isn't your only option. Enge points out that the Facebook Comments platform is also worth considering; indeed, it's used by Techcrunch. It offers certain built-in advantages, according to Enge: "Facebook Comments provides a certain amount of natural anti-spam protection as you need to be logged into your Facebook account to use it. This certainly gives users with real accounts an incentive to avoid being a spammer with their accounts. Likewise, Facebook has a strong motive to remove bad accounts as well."
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Google and other search engines index your comments; that's one way they help with search engine optimization. But if you want to engage your visitors, you need to do more than just write engaging posts. You need to actually ask them for their opinions. You'll be surprised by how much feedback you'll get.
Enge offers the example of using a poll, as NFL.com does. "A poll is not going to give you reams of text on your page, but reams of text is not the goal here – added value is. Relevant polls do a great job at increasing user engagement with your site," he explains. You can even write a post about your poll results, thus generating more interest, and hopefully more engagement.
You might also consider installing a comment rating system. Let's go back to the Amazon example for a moment. It presented me with two reviews; both were the "most helpful" for their type. How did Amazon know which ones to show me? Well, whenever a customer writes a review for a product, he or she awards the product anywhere from one to five stars (five stars being the best rating). That tells Amazon what the customer thought of the product. Readers of reviews can also rate the review, again from one to five stars (five stars being the most helpful). I'm not a programmer, but even I can see in principle how one might go about writing a program to use this data to present customers with the most useful reviews.
You can even engage your customers at your brick-and-mortar location, if you have one. Enge suggests that you ask customers to fill out a short survey, and offer a small discount to those who do. You can publish the data from your survey on your website, turning it into a thought-provoking post – or even, with the right survey, using it to guide the content you write about, and the kinds of questions you ask your visitors. Enge recommends that you "Design your survey to collect data that is relevant to visitors to your website."
If you've established a strong presence on social media, you have another audience you can leverage for user-generated content. With a good-sized audience, you can run polls and get a decent response. Or ask your social media audience for their best tips on how to use your product or service. You'll get some great data that you can use on your website in a variety of ways.
But always, remember that this is about engagement. You're trying to engage your audience, not stick up lots of text. That means you need to put yourself in the shoes of your customer, find out what kind of information they'd deem useful, and then get it. "The hardest task is to come up with ideas that fit your audience on your site," Enge notes. So what should you do if you're stuck? Believe it or not, you can always ask your audience what they'd like to see. That should get you off to a good start.


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RICHLAND, Wash. -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu has given Tom Teynor the Secretary's Excellence Award for reducing environmental risk at Hanford.
Chu gave four of the awards this year across the nation to individuals who demonstrated a high level of performance and outstanding leadership that significantly benefited the nation, according to DOE.
Teynor, DOE project director for the K Basins Closure Project, oversaw the removal of used nuclear fuel and knock-out pot sludge from Hanford's K West Basin.
The highly radioactive materials were stored 400 yards from the Columbia River.
Under Teynor's leadership, the sludge treatment project has been transformed into a successful project with strong project management, operations, engineering and safety culture, according to DOE.


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Wanted:Guitar, Violin & Piano Teachers in Istanbul
I am a Music teacher at MEF Okuları and teach Saxophone privately. However some of the parents of my students are looking for Guitar, Violin and Piano teachers for their sons or daughters. Firstly, can anyone suggest trained instrumental teachers who speak English, who provide excellent tuition with note reading. Secondly,can anyone suggest trained teachers who speak Turkish, who provide excellent tuition with note reading. Other languages may be requested at a later date so don't hesitate to forward anyone in other languages, I would like to build a database.
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Those who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others.
What does God think of spurious beauty, rejecting utterly as He does all falsehood?
But by no manner of means are women to be allotted to uncover and exhibit any part of their person, lest both fall,-the men by being excited to look, they by drawing on themselves the eyes of the men.
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Aaron Reed wrote: > Does anyone have a testcase for this erratum so that we know if we > implemented it correctly? Will a testcase be added to the testsuite? The attached XForms snippet should provide the basis for a partial testcase of this functionality, as the IDs clearly get repeated. In this snippet, a user can add an unbounded number of children to a root element using a repeat block; each of these children have three data attributes. The XForms interface starts with a data entry field for each attribute of each child element, and then allows the user to switch to a summary view of the data. I would be happy to work with anyone to turn this into a proper use case; let me know. Take care, John L. Clark | Systems Analyst | Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Research Cleveland Clinic | 9500 Euclid Ave. | Cleveland, OH 44195 | (216) 445-6011 Cleveland Clinic is ranked one of the top 3 hospitals in America by U.S.News & World Report. Visit us online at http://www.clevelandclinic.org for a complete listing of our services, staff and locations. Confidentiality Note: This message is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. Thank you. ===================================
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This term we continue to explore our whole school theme 'Time to Talk; Time to Change'. The children will plan and curate the annual Torriano STEAM exhibition (March 23rd), where they will share their learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. This year, we will be exploring the idea of 'World Articulation' and the science of communication. More info.
Torriano is part of the Camden Oracy Hub which offers schools the opportunity to join the Camden Oracy Leaders programme working in partnership with Voice 21, the Unicorn Theatre and Cambridge University. The year-long programme combines deep pedagogical knowledge with planning tools, action research groups, peer critique and resources to support the practical application of oracy in class. For more information click here.
Through our whole school theme: 'A Time to Talk; A Time to Change' we continue to learn about the 17 Global Goals which aim to end extreme poverty, fight inequalities and fix climate change. Our aim is for our children to develop learner competencies set out in our new values framework.
A warm welcome from the Torriano 2017-2018 team, on the Earth Kingdom in the Key Stage 2 playground. More information regarding staff members will be available on the school website soon. Year group information can be found in the 'Meet the Teacher' in the info section of the website.
We are very pleased to share the exciting news that we have been selected to become an Ashoka Changemaker school. The Ashoka Foundation forms a worldwide network of organisations dedicated to developing new ideas to help improve society. There are currently only 10 Ashoka schools in England and 180 in the world. Click here for more information.


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Breathtaking by night, Belvedere provides the perfect setting for special functions.
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Located amidst the chic hub of Hamilton's coveted Portside Wharf, in an absolute waterfront position, Belvedere creates the ultimate dining experience by combining a strong menu in a spacious and contemporary venue, with the picturesque backdrop of the Brisbane River and city lights.
Your hosts Cosimo and Gianni are always happy to welcome you and look forward to seeing you at belvedere bar n grill.
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Stony Stratford Christmas Lights Switch On Fun Day
To visit the website for Stony Lights go to: www.stonylights.org.
Every Christmas Stony Stratford glitters and shines with magical, twinkling lights, and excitement builds as the festive season is officially launched following the town's Christmas Lights Switch-On Fun Day.
During the run up to Christmas, the shops, pubs, hotels and businesses with viewable window space put up window displays. There will be a competition for the best window to be chosen by the public. For several weekends during November, you will see a cheerful team of volunteers dangling from ladders, testing light bulbs in trees, erecting trees and lights all over the town and generally enjoying making Stony Stratford look beautiful.
There will be stalls in the High Street and Market Place all day, along with street entertainers and a vibrant fun fair for all ages. The lantern parade will meander down London Road to the High Street as it gets dark, then the lights will be turned on as celebrations are set in full swing!
Go to what's on to find out about Switch On Day this year.
Christmas Lights at Stony Stratford (CLASS)
Christmas Lights at Stony Stratford (CLASS) organises the Switch-On Fun Day but not the lights themselves or Lantern Parade. CLASS meets 6 - 8 times a year to plan the event. In many ways, this has become much simpler, with lots of the main issues being "same as last year, but not as cold, please". The main work is to organise the publicity, the day's entertainment, manage the finances and to make sure all the "boxes have been ticked". Each committee member has a portfolio covering an aspect of the event.
The Street Market is a major feature of the day and we welcome enquiries from anyone interested in a market pitch. (CLASS provides a limited number of market stalls or tables under cover).
If you have a query regarding the Switch-On Fun Day, including the Market, we may be contacted on: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you would like to volunteer with the Christmas Lights team, please contact David Odell on 01908 562146, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Christmas Lights Switch On Day team are looking for volunteers to help out on the day and in the run up to Switch On Day. If you are interested in helping out for just a few hours or longer, then please contact Keith Smith on 01908 569346, or email him at email@example.com.


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Hunt to review NHS tendering rules
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has agreed to review controversial new rules opening NHS services up to competitive tendering to allay concerns among his Liberal Democrat coalition partners, it has emerged.
The development came after Labour claimed that a rift had opened up between Mr Hunt and Lib Dem care minister Norman Lamb on the issue while a senior Lib Dem MP urged the Health Secretary to go "back to the drawing board".
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham described it as "another humiliating U-turn" for the Government and accused David Cameron of attempting a back-door privatisation of the NHS.
The passage of the Health and Social Care Act caused deep divisions within the coalition, with particular concerns from the Lib Dems over the role of the private sector and the creation of new markets within the NHS.
Now, there are fears of a fresh rebellion at the Lib Dem spring conference in March unless Mr Hunt rewrites the NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) Regulations which implement a key part of the act.
The regulations would bar "any restrictions on competition that are not necessary" and could make it easier for independent providers to get contract decisions overturned if they feel they should have been open to tender.
A source close to Mr Hunt confirmed that Lib Dems had voiced "concerns" over the potential impact of the regulations and that he had agreed to look at their worries.
"Lib Dems are concerned about how the regulations could be interpreted," said the source. "We are working with them to try and find a solution."
Mr Burnham said: "David Cameron has been caught out trying to force through privatisation of the NHS by the back door.
"This is another humiliating u-turn to add to the Government's list but we believe ministers will stop at nothing to drive through their plans to put the NHS up for sale to the highest bidder."


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Shortcakes with Fresh Strawberries
Prep Time:
15 min
Cook Time:
19 min
Total Time:
45 min
8 servings
2 cups White Lily® Enriched Unbleached Self-Rising Flour
1/4 cup sugar, divided
1/2 cup cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 pint cold heavy cream (2 cups), divided
1/2 cup powdered sugar, plus additional for garnish
4 cups sliced strawberries, sweetened to taste
oven to 425°F. Combine flour and 3 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until crumbs are the size of peas. Blend in 3/4 cup cream with fork until dough holds together.
dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead 4 to 5 times. Roll out to 3/4-inch thickness. Cut using floured 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter. Place on baking sheet. Reroll scraps to cut remaining shortcakes. Brush tops with 1 tablespoon cream. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack.
remaining cream and powdered sugar in medium bowl with mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form.
biscuits in half horizontally. Top bottom halves with strawberries and whipped cream. Place top halves over whipped cream. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar, if desired.


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Usually this time of the month would be the July Rundown BUT as most of you probably know by now, my work means that I spent most of July living in a tent in the bush. So instead of me telling you all about sleeping in a swag, driving 4WDs and trying to avoid extreme sunburn, I thought I would tell you about the one time this month that I actually attended a blogging related event, the Sparkling Soirée!
This was the inaugural year for the Sparkling Soirée and it was held in Melbourne. I'm a Brisbane based gal but I had a little time off from living in a tent and it was very conveniently timed to coincide with the Sparkling Soirée. So I hopped on a plane (thank you Virgin Frequent Flyer program!) and jetted off to Melbourne for a long weekend.
I stayed in a super cute, heritage listed hotel right in the middle of the city (the BreakFree Heritage, if you're interested) and it was directly across the road from H&M, dream come true! I met up with Mel aka Melissa Bubbles and Kat from Kitsch Snitch, who very kindly showed me around their home city. We also filmed a few videos, you can check out KaBOOM! Cosmetics, Melissa Bubbles and Kitsch Snitch on YouTube to watch them all.
|My hotel from the outside, such a beautiful building!
Now, on the to Sparkling Soirée! It was held at the Galley Room, a super chic function room with long leather couches and roaring fireplaces right near the river. When we arrived, we learned that Mel aka Melissa Bubbles and Jasmine from Sweetaholic Beauty had actually organised the entire thing, and what an amazing job they did too!
The day included a facial demonstration from Erin (The Beauty Box), a talk about John Plunkett Skincare, an interactive session with the Benebabes from Benefit (!!!) and a chat with Rochelle from LonVitalite.
And to top off the amazing day, we all got a fabulous goody bag, chock-full of amazing products to try out. BEST DAY EVER! I was really lucky to get to meet some of the wonderful beauty bloggers from Melbourne, they all made me feel to so welcome (check out Instagram using #sparklingsoiree for all the pics). I can't wait for the next installment of the Sparkling Soirée!
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The individual stars in the constellation resemble colorful, shining coins in a wishing well. There are some 300 of them in total, and the constellation is 300 million years old.
The cluster has stars that are both blue and orange in appearance. The blue ones have moderate masses, and the orange and red ones have already burned off their hydrogen and are subsequently much heavier. There are even some red giants which glow with an orangey hue.


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LG LWA5CP3A Crescent Plus is a Window air conditioner. LG air conditioners are intelligent at special features, functionality and performance. The device comes with Inverter V technology.
The LG LWA5CP3A window air conditioner is a very easily window mountable air conditioner which works pretty well. The front panel which can be completely removable. The plastic panel does looks nice with strong quality. The company doesn't compromise in its terms of quality. As usually there is a striped pattern on the removable panel. It comes with remote control.
The compressor is a BLDC compressor which consumes less power with the high efficient output. It is also equipped with MF condenser. Which can support up to 20 % higher heat resistance capacity This MF condenser is made up of Aluminum which prevents galvanic corrosion which enhances the life.
It also comes with plasma air filter which is called paymaster which filters the air in the room from harmful bacteria and bad odors in the room. The filter also protects from virus and allergy from the air that risks health. Comes with night glow buttons in remote.
Coming to the features of the LG LWA5CP3A window air conditioner. It comes with a capacity of 1.5 tonnage range. It has a cooling capacity of 4850 watts. 4 direction air flow is available with auto air swing in two ways. Speed setting available. Air circulation 500CFM. It has a noise level of 52 dB. Provided with Rotary-R22 compressor. Dehumidification mode is available. Energy saver mode is provided.
The dimensions are 660 x 428 x 770 mm and weight around 55 Kgs. Supplemented with dual protection filter. The AC runs on 230 volts with a single phase connection of 50Hz. General power consumption is 1610 watts @ 7.4 amps.
The LG LWA5CP3A window air conditioner is designed to work generally at very high temperatures. Generally, all air conditioner will give a high efficient performance in the starting but gradually decreases and then starts utilizing lot of power. The compressor starts giving trouble. But in this case, it comes with a very well manageable air conditioner which lasts longer.
It comes with 4-way air deflection in which 2 are operated automatically and other 2 can be adjusted automatically. The air conditioner will auto restart when there is a power off or fluctuation and restarts in previous models. The air conditioner can also dehumidify air by LG dry mode technology. The fan operates at a very low speed, particularly in this mode. There is also a fast cooling option available.
Mostly window LG LWA5CP3A air conditioners are outdated but if you want to buy a window as you can just go for it. It is available at a less price and the performance is pretty satisfying. It is available at a price of Rs 29,990/-
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This blog post is based on an article on the same subject I recently wrote for Enterprise Tech Journal Magazine. The article appeared in slightly different format in the March/April 2013 issue.
The introduction of the FICON I/O protocol to the mainframe I/O subsystem provided the ability to process data rapidly and efficiently. As a result of two main changes that FICON made to the mainframe channel I/O infrastructure, the requirements for a new Resource Measurement Facility (RMF) record came into being. The first change was that unlike ESCON, FICON uses buffer credits to account for packet delivery and provide a data flow control mechanism. The second change was the introduction of FICON cascading, and the long distance capabilities it introduced, which was not as practical with ESCON.
Similar to the ESCON directors that preceded them, FICON directors and switches have a feature called Control Unit Port (CUP). Among the many functions of the CUP feature is an ability to provide host control functions such as blocking and unblocking ports, safe switching, and in-band host communication functions such as port monitoring and error reporting. Enabling CUP on FICON directors while also enabling RMF 74 subtype 7 (RMF 74-7) records for your z/OS system, yields a new RMF report called the "FICON Director Activity Report". Data is collected for each RMF interval if FCD is specified in yourERBRMFnn parmlib member AND… in SYS1.Parmlib the IECIOSnn says FICON STATS=YES. RMF will format one of these reports per interval per each FICON director that has CUP enabled and the parmlib specified. If you are using FICON Virtual Fabrics and have your FICON directors partitioned into multiple, smaller logical switches you will have one RMF 74-7 report per switch address (per logical switch). The FICON Director Activity Report captures information based on an interval which is set for RMF and tells it when to create this report along with others. In essence, the report captures a snapshot of data and the counters based on a time interval, such as 20 minutes. Often, you need to run these reports more than once and change the interval periods for troubleshooting to determine if there is a trend.
This RMF report is often overlooked but contains very meaningful data concerning FICON I/O performance—in particular, frame pacing delay. Frame pacing delay has been around since fibre channel SAN was first implemented in the late 1990s by our open systems friends. But until the increased use of cascaded FICON, its relevance in the mainframe space has been completely overlooked
The article "Performance Troubleshooting Using the RMF Device Activity Report" (Oct/Nov 2012 Enterprise Tech Journal)continued a series of articles I have been writing on System z I/O performance. As a quick review, that article assumed there was an application Service Level Agreement (SLA)/Service Level Objective (SLO) for transaction response time that wasn't being met. It then went through one of the key RMF reports used in mainframe I/O performance management/troubleshooting: SMF 74-1, the RMF Direct Access Device Activity report. This report contains response time information and information on the various components of response time. It can be used to further narrow down what may be the root cause of the problem and provide a good idea of what other RMF reports we should check. This article continues where that discussion left off, and will examine the RMF 74-7 record, the RMF FICON Director Activity Report.
Figure 1 illustrates our environment and where the various I/O related RMF reports fit. Let us assume that our review and analysis of the RMF Device Activity Report showed that the specific components of response time that are outside of our normal parameters are PEND and CONN. We wish to determine if our FICON SAN could be the component of our infrastructure causing PEND and/or CONN to be abnormally high.
Figure 2 shows an example of a FICON Director Activity Report. It should be noted that this report is vendor agnostic, meaning that it will contain the same fields and information regardless of which FICON director vendor manufactured the director. It also is the same for any model director/switch from a given vendor.
The fields of critical interest contained in the report are:
Other data in the report include:
For additional detailed information, please review Resource Measurement Facility Report Analysis, SC33-7991-12.
What is frame pacing and what is the difference between frame pacing and frame latency?
Frame Pacing is an FC-4 application data exchange level measurement and/or throttling mechanism. It uses buffer credits to provide a flow control mechanism for FICON to assure delivery of data across the FICON fabric. When all buffer credits for a port are exhausted a frame pacing delay can occur. Frame Latency, on the other hand, is a frame delivery level measurement. It is somewhat akin to measuring frame friction. Each element that handles the frame contributes to this latency measurement (CHPID port, switch/Director, storage port adapter, link distance, etc.). Frame latency is the average amount of time it takes to deliver a frame from the source port to the destination port.
If frame pacing delay is occurring then the buffer credits have reached zero on a port for 1 or more intervals of 2.5 microseconds. Data transmission by the port reporting frame pacing delay ceases until a credit has been added back to the buffer credit counter kept by that port. Frame pacing delay causes unpredictable performance delays. These delays generally result in elongated FICON CONNect time and/or elongated PEND times that show up on the volumes attached to these links. Therefore, when you see abnormally high PEND and CONN metrics, particularly in a multi-site cascaded FICON architecture, one of the first places to look at should be the RMF 74-7 records.
Figure 2 shows an example of a "clean" FICON Director Activity Report, meaning that none of the ports are reporting frame pacing issues. All ports show an AVG FRAME PACING of "0". This is the ideal. Note that this is a report from a non-cascaded FICON director (there are no ports connected to another SWITCH). Next, let's look at a potential problem with frame pacing.
Figure 3 is an example of another RMF 74-7 report from a different FICON director. As you can see, Ports (PORT ADDR) 27, 29, 2E, 5E, and 5F are all reporting some degree of frame pacing issues of varying magnitudes. In other words, these ports all stopped transmitting for "x" intervals of 2.5 microsecond duration. This happened because each of these ports, for some reason, had an indication that the port it was connected to had run out of buffer credits. Recall that for two ports connected together, the transmit half of each port is in constant communication with the receive half of its partner port. The buffer credits based fibre channel flow control mechanism used by FICON storage networks has the transmit half keep track of how many buffer credits its partner port's receive half has remaining. When this counter reaches "0", frame transmission temporarily stops. This in a nutshell is what is reflected in the AVG FRAME PACING field.
The question then becomes "is everything that is a non-zero value of AVG FRAME PACING" bad? The answer is the usual "it depends". Remember, you are likely closely looking at the RMF 74-7 reports because you are doing some performance troubleshooting to determine what is causing an abnormally high response time. You noticed higher than normal PEND or CONN time. Most of us do not look at the RMF 74-7 report as a first step. If the ports associated with the devices exhibiting abnormally high PEND and/or CONN times are showing non-zero values for AVG FRAME PACING, you likely have narrowed down the problem. As a next step, you should do some trend analysis by looking at a series of the RMF 74-7 reports for this specific FICON director to determine if the frame pacing issue occurs consistently, and are the values getting worse?
As a personal rule of thumb, the author looks for AVG FRAME PACING values that are >100. Rarely have I seen AVG FRAME PACING values <100 as cause for concern. It deserves scrutiny and looking for a trend to see if it becomes worse. Values greater than 100 such as shown by port 29, 2E, and especially 5F in this example deserve further analysis. Port 5F is attached to a control unit (CU) so this is likely a slow drain device issue on the storage host/fibre adapter. This is when we would turn to the ESS Link Statistics report for further analysis (which will be the subject of the next article in this series).
The one exception to the aforementioned rule of thumb is if the port exhibiting AVG FRAME PACING >0 is for interswitch links (ISLs) connecting cascaded FICON directors. An example is illustrated in Figure 4. Port (address) 25 shows an AVG FRAME PACING value of 570. Since we know that this port is attached to a port on another FICON director, there are more troubleshooting options available outside of RMF such as using the FICON director management software and/or Command Line Interface (CLI). It may be something as simple as not having enough buffer credits configured on the port attached to port 25 in this example. In which case, the port buffer credit configuration can be altered. Since ISLs are typically used for remote data replication such as PPRC or XRC, any frame pacing delay is cause for concern.
This article has explained how you can use the FICON Director Activity Report (RMF 74-7) to drill down further into a I/O performance problem. It provides a valuable way to narrow down the potential root cause(s), but is not a one stop place to completely solve the problem you are troubleshooting. Problems such as slow drain devices need further examination which can be done using the ESS Link Statistics Report. Fabric contention issues such as frame pacing delay being exhibited on ISLs should also be examined further with the IBM z/OS I/O health check mechanism. That and the ESS Link Statistics report will be discussed in greater detail in future articles.
I look forward to hearing your questions, comments and concerns. Thanks for reading!
Dr. Steve