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Health SA Gesondheid (Online) vol.13 no.1 Cape Town 2008
Organisational culture of hospitals to predict turnover intentions of professional nurses
E JacobsI; G RoodtII
IDr. D Com. Human Resource Practitioner, Sol Plaatjie Municipality, Private Bag X5030, Kimberley
IID Admin. Professor, Head of Centre of Work Performance and Departmental Research Unit, Department of Human Resource Management, University of Johannesburg
The objective of this study was to determine if organisational culture predicts turnover intentions of professional nurses. A predictive model with organisational culture and various proposed mediating variables, namely knowledge sharing, organisational commitment, organisational citisenship behaviour and job satisfaction, as well as various demographic variables was developed to determine turnover intentions through applying General Linear Modelling. A correlational design with questionnaires was used. A sample of professional nurses (N = 530) in private and provincial hospitals was obtained. The results indicate that organisational culture has a significantly negative correlation with turnover intentions. Organisational culture also interacted with job satisfaction, knowledge sharing, and the white professional nurses' category to decrease turnover intentions and with Organisational Citisen Behaviours to increase turnover intentions in a final predictive model. It is therefore recommended that nursing employers seriously embark on strategies to improve the organisational culture to retain their talent.
Keywords: organisational culture; turnover intentions; professional nurses; general linear modelling; retention strategy
Die doel van die studie was om te bepaal of organisasiekultuur arbeidsomset-voornemens van professionele verpleegkundiges voorspel. 'n Voorspellingsmodel met organisasiekultuur en verskeie voorgestelde tussenkomende veranderlikes, naamlik kennisdeling, organisasieverbintenis, organisasie-burgerskapsgedrag en werkstevredenheid, asook verskeie demografiese veranderlikes was ontwikkel deur Algemene Liniêre Modellering. 'n Korrelasie-ontwerp met behulp van vraelyste is gebruik. 'n Steekproef van professionele verpleegkundiges (N = 530) in private en provinsiale hospitale is verkry. Die resultate toon dat organisasiekultuur betekenisvol negatief korrelleer met arbeidsomsetvoornemens. Organisasiekultuur het ook in interaksie met werkstevredenheid en kennisdeling, asook die kategorie blanke verpleegkundiges in 'n finale model arbeidsomsetvoornemens verlaag en saam met organisasie-burgerskapsgedrag arbeidsomsetvoornemens verhoog. Daar word aanbeveel dat werkgewers oorweging skenk aan intervensies wat die organisasiekultuur gunstiger maak om personeel te behou.
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text: Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > Hmm, > > The European Union waited a bit long introducing its own equivalent and > it should > be online within a few years, it is called Galileo and it is 1 meter > accurate for everyone. > > Also with the garantuee of it not getting switched off; which happens so > easily with GPS, > even the smallest threat of war is enough, and it is difficult to follow > logics in Washington there. > > In one speech that's on his site Obama for example mentions he wants to > get rid of Venezuelan oil, > whereas in the convention he didn't mention Venezuela. Chavez now is > gonna build a nuke, > to garantuee his presidency. > > What's status of Venezuela? > > It exports massive amount of oil, can The Dutch Antilles, just close to > Venezuela, > be sure of the GPS signal? > > On GPS technical data i'm not sure what i'm allowed to quote, so let's > not do it. > Let's not even comment how far off or on Robert is. > Vincent, This discussion of politics is not relevant to the discussion, and politics in general have no business on this list. Please discuss your politics elsewhere. -- Prentice


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Kyle Austin is vice president of engineering at TriCipher.
When building Web-based app, you've got a thousand design and implementation decisions to make -- decisions that affect the usability and performance of your application, as well as its key functionality. Unfortunately, user authentication is typically the last thing you spend design cycles on. Just do what you've always done -- create a user database with accounts and passwords, and maybe hash the passwords for good measure.
That approach doesn't work anymore. The online world is a complex place, and your application doesn't operate in isolation .The problem isn't so much one of technology as it is your users themselves. With dozens of accounts and passwords to manage, what do people do? They share them between applications. This means that even if your password file isn't compromised, attackers can still find ways into your data. And whether or not it's your fault, it's always your problem.
The best illustration of this is the recent concentrated password attack on accounts belonging to Twitter employees. The attacker managed to get access to a personal email account and, through a combination of doggedness, password guessing and password resets, discover and break into numerous other accounts hosting Twitter corporate data as well as personal information. And in doing so they demonstrated how even one authentication problem can compromise a whole chain of accounts.
What does this mean to you, as you develop your own Web applications? You've got two choices:
- You can do what you've always done, setting up accounts and passwords and maintaining them in your application, and wait for problems to happen.
- Or you can decouple the authentication process from your application and take advantage of the growing acceptance of standards like SAML and OpenID to let dedicated Identity Providers take on the responsibility of authenticating users.
Is it worth the hassle to research and implement federation standards for a simple user authentication? Let's take a look a closer look at the alternatives.
Rolling Your Own Authentication
Let's say you're old-fashioned and maintain a database of User IDs and passwords. You hash the passwords, so security's not an issue, right? Not so fast.
If an attacker manages to break into your application, they've got everything they need -- the hashed passwords might slow them down, but it won't stop them.
And it's not just your site that you have to secure -- you have to encrypt your backups, too. Because everything an attacker needs to steal your user accounts is right there on the backup tape.
As long as authentication is part of your total application, you've got security issues. You have to protect the database, and monitor it carefully, so you can tell immediately when it's been compromised. (Remember, today's attackers are more interested in stealth and financial gain than hacker glory, on the whole.) You have to protect the backups, dispose of tapes securely, etc.
Don't Store Authentication Information In Your Application
Here's a better idea: Never store the authentication information in the application itself. Keep it separate, so that even if your application is compromised, that cannot translate into larger password thefts and attacks. Today's attackers are looking for more than just the data in your application -- they're looking for accounts and passwords that they can try to use to break into other, more sensitive applications (again, see the Twitter password attack description.) If you authenticate to an external directory, you've at least put some distance between your app and its passwords.
Don't Forget the Forgotten Passwords
The other day I forgot the password to the Web application that manages my 401K. So I clicked the "Forgot password" link -- and was dismayed to find that the application sent me my password, in clear text, in an email. Not only are they storing my authentication information in their application, but they're handing it out to anyone who asks and can answer a few questions about me.
Attackers love the forgotten password or password reset routines -- instead of defeating the password security, all they have to do is fake-out the password reset process. Remember the hackers who broke into Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account in the run-up to the 2008 election? They did so by resetting the password to the email, after guessing or researching the answers to her "personal" security questions.
- At a minimum, a forgotten password routine should never send the password in clear text. And in the Twitter attack mentioned above, it was an emailed password that gave the attacker entry into a larger number of accounts. Better to use an out-of-band process (such as a phone call to a registered phone number) to deliver a one-time account reset code.
- The forgotten password routine should also never give the user a chance to change the out-of-band location (email, phone number, physical address, etc.) that receives the account reset code. It sounds obvious, but it happens.
Authentication Security Is Always Your Problem
Let's say you have great confidence that no one can break into your servers or steal your passwords, and you have taken care with password reset and forgotten password routines. You've done your job, right?
You're still not in the clear. Increasingly sophisticated attackers are often successful at fooling users into giving away their passwords to phishing attacks.
If many of your users are affected by a phishing attack and inadvertently give someone else access to their accounts, you still have to deal with the problem by:
- Notifying users of the phishing attack -- or warning them not to fall victim to it.
- Taking action to identify affected accounts and temporarily stop access until you can restore them to their original owners.
In other words, you've still got to do damage control for this problem that was in no way your fault. Can you protect against it? Only by strengthening authentication with a second factor, so that someone who steals a password cannot access your application. Now we're starting to talk about some real authentication work. It's time to either become an expert in identity services, or to take another look at federation standards.


text: On 17 Apr 2002, Leandro Tavares Carneiro wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone have tesed or used an machine with more than 4GB of RAM or paging > in virtual memory on intel machines? > He have an linux beowulf cluster and one of ours developers have asked > us for how much memory an process can allocate to use. In the tests we > have made, we cannot allocate much more than 3GB, using an dual PIII > with 1GB of ram and 12Gb of swap area for testing. > We can use 2 process alocating more or less 3Gb, but one process alone > canot pass this test. > We have using redhat linux 7.2, kernel 2.4.9-21, recompiled with High > Mem suport. > I have tested the same test aplication on an Itanium machine, with 1GB > of ram and 16Gb of swap area, and they passed. The aplication can > alocate more than 5GB of memory, using swap. In this machine, we are > using turbolinux 7, with kernel version 2.4.4-010508-18smp. > If this works, we can improve our applications. > There is simply no way you can make a 32 bit machine address more than 4GB of memory in a single application simply because memory pointers are only 32 bit (2^32 = 4GB). The reason why you can only address 3GB on Linux is that normally 1GB of the virtual memory area is reserved for the kernel (can be trimmed down to 512MB, which gives you 3.5GB accessible from userspace). Sure, you can have several applications each using 3GB if you have the memory for it (either swap or real) providing that you use the 64GB option in Linux. Huge memory requirement from applications is one of the reasons people choose a 64bit platform (ppc, sparc, s390, alpha and ia64). Regards, -- Steffen Persvold | Scalable Linux Systems | Try out the world's best mailto:sp at scali.com | http://www.scali.com | performing MPI implementation: Tel: (+47) 2262 8950 | Olaf Helsets vei 6 | - ScaMPI 1.13.8 - Fax: (+47) 2262 8951 | N0621 Oslo, NORWAY | >320MBytes/s and <4uS latency


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Manchester City have announced the appointment of Manuel Pellegrini as their new manager.
The Chilean, who was expected to be named as Roberto Mancini's replacement at the Etihad Stadium for some time, has put pen to paper on a three-year contract and will begin his work on June 24.
The former Malaga boss who left his post in Spain after guiding the club to the Champions League quarter-finals said he was estatic to be taking charge of the Citizens.
He told Manchester City's official website: "I am delighted to accept this hugely exciting opportunity. The Club has a clear vision for success both on and off the pitch and I am committed to making a significant contribution.
"Everything is in place for Manchester City to continue to be successful and I am excited to be able to work with such a talented squad, the Executive team and the Board to deliver for fans who are renowned for their steadfast support."
Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak added: "Manuel is a hugely experienced and successful manager with a proven track record."
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Pellegrini takes over from Mancini, who was sacked by the club in May having won the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League title in 2012 - City's first in 44 years.
The 59-year-old's previous managerial experience include spells in charge of Villarreal and Real Madrid.
Pellegrini had been linked with taking over at Manchester City on the day of their FA Cup Final defeat against Wigan, and having left cash-strapped Malaga at the end of last season has finally been installed as boss of one of the wealthiest club in the world.


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Corvette's recent win at the 61st running of the 12 Hours of Sebring was one that still has Corvette fans buzzing. The team's performance in the pits and on the track reflects the core values of this Corvette Racing team. The team knew they would have their hands full in the season-opening American Le Man Series race (ALMS). The new Viper and BMW Z4 were making its debut at this classic race. In addition, the Risi Competition team was returning to ALMS after a one-year absence and were poised to be a big threat to Corvette. Twelve cars were entered in the GT category at Sebring and the following manufacturers were represented: Corvette, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Viper, BMW, and Porsche. The GT qualifying battle boiled down to three cars: the #4 Corvette driven by Oliver Gavin, Richard Westbrook, and Tommy Milner; the #62 Ferrari 458 driven by Gianmaria Bruni, Olivier Beretta, and Matteo Malucelli; and the #97 Aston Martin driven by Darren Turner, Stefan Mucke, and Bruno Senna. All three cars qualified below 1:59 with Gianmaria Bruni setting the fastest time at 1:58.815. Oliver Gavin was a tick behind at 1:58.934. Darren Turner turned a 1:58.990 to take the third qualifying position. The #3 Corvette driven by Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, and Jordan Taylor was fifth with a time of 1:59.348. A total of forty-two entries qualified for the last Sebring race sanctioned by ALMS. In September of 2012 a merger between Grand Am and ALMS was announced at Road Atlanta. The new series name was unveiled at a Sebring press conference. It is named the United Sportscar Racing Series and the first race will be the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona.
In many ways the two Sebring Corvettes were only changed in subtle ways. Development dollars are being transferred to the new C7R that will appear at the Daytona 24 hour race. However, one interesting safety feature that was added to the rear of the cars is a radar detection system. ALMS combines multiple classes of racing cars from blinding fast, like the Audi prototype, to the very slow Porsche GT3 cup cars. The Corvettes are slower than the prototypes classed above them, and faster than the GT3 Porsches below them. The overtaking speeds of a top prototype approaching a Corvette are enormous. The radar detects a car approaching around 300 to 400 feet behind the car. It provides an audible warning and video inside the Corvette cockpit. It is an innovative system that seemed to work well during the race.
Race day weather was dry, cool, clear, and perfect for racing. A large crowd was on hand and filled the starting grid before the race. The Corvette Grand Sport pace car led the field on one warm-up lap and the green flag fell at 10:45. Gavin immediately pushed his #4 Corvette into the lead and began pulling away from the GT field. Twelve minutes into the race, Antonio Garcia turned this car's fastest lap in the race at a 2:00.525. Unfortunately Antonio hit the #05 Prototype Challenge entry and was assessed a 60-second penalty for unavoidable contact. The #3 problems were not finished, forty-six minutes into the race the Corvette went behind the wall for transmission repairs. The stop lasted for twenty-five minutes. Garcia immediately came back in to the pits with the car stuck in gear. This was resolved and he returned to the race well down in the order. This Corvette continued this pattern of issues until it was finally retired from the race at 7:41 with a broken gearbox.
Meanwhile the #4 Corvette was at the top of the class and stretching its lead. Without warning, Westbrook reported that the dash stopped working. Richard dove into the pits for repairs and the crew was able to change the faulty unit in less than one minute. Gavin took over and continued, but had to return to the pits because Westbrook was speeding when he entered to fix the faulty dash. With no dash or pit limiter, Richard was unable to determine his speed and was hit with the penalty. This dropped them from 10th overall and 1st in GT to 23rd overall and 9th in GT! In addition, they were almost two laps behind the GT leader. Things were not looking good for the vaunted Corvette team. However, this is where the team's tenacity showed its hand. Both the crew and the drivers knew they had a fast racecar. They felt that they could still get a podium with quick stops and pushing the Corvette to its limits while it was on the track. It started to work, by 4:31 with the help of yellow flags and quick stops, the Corvette was up to 16th overall and 6th in GT. Milner was in the car and pitted to turn the #4 over to Westbrook. By 5:40 (6 hrs and 55 minutes) Westbrook burst into the GT lead with 192 laps in the books. Suddenly, Westbrook was called into the pits for a 60-second penalty for unavoidable contact. Again the charge was on to catch the leading Ferrari. At 7:50 Milner was 38 seconds behind and by 10 p.m. it was a gap of 9.537 seconds. Finally at 10:30, after the Ferrari went off course trying to push too hard, Milner took the lead and the checkered flag.
An amazing celebration took place in victory circle that included the drivers, crew, and key Chevrolet executives. Each driver, received a beautiful Rolex watch to commemorate their class victory. This was Corvette Racing's first Sebring class victory since 2009. It was a perfect way to celebrate Corvette's 60th Anniversary and pay tribute to their first Sebring class victory in 1956. Corvette fans are very fortunate to have a team with this never-quit, tenacious spirit. We know they will apply this energy for the remainder of the last ALMS season and to the new C7R.
Each year the Sebring Corvette Corral continues to grow in popularity with Corvette owners and fans. The corral is the perfect place to park your Corvette in a protected area during Sebring's race weekend. It is also a great place to meet passionate Corvette owners and key executives involved with building and marketing the Corvette. The four-day advance ticket price to gain access was $275 this year. This included admission tickets for two people, parking, corral access, and lunch on Saturday. The corral is hosted and staffed by Chevrolet Communications. They provided excellent materials and posters to hand out to people who were attending. A large tent with tables and chairs was a great place to get out of the Florida sun. Closed circuit televisions provided live race coverage and plenty of snacks and cold drinks were available all day. Two large grandstands located on the track's bumpy Turn 17 was a great place to get a close view of the factory Corvettes in action.
The big excitement this year was the unveiling of the new C7 Corvette Stingray on Friday. This is the same car that was displayed at the Detroit and Amelia Island auto shows. Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter and Harlan Charles, Corvette Product Marketing Manager, were present to answer questions about the new Stingray. The reaction from owners was very positive and the most frequent question was: "how much will it cost?" Unfortunately, pricing had not been finalized at that time, but thankfully it turned out to be not too far off from the C6 pricing.
Jim Campbell, US Vice-President Performance Vehicles and Motorsports, attended and enjoyed interacting with Corvette owners. Retired Bowling Green Plant Manager Wil Cooksey and his wife Liz were present and enjoyed meeting with their many Corvette friends. Wil and his team really brought quality into the Corvette assembly process that set the benchmark for building today's Corvettes. Dave Tatman, the current Bowling Green Plant manager, gave an update on how they are progressing with changing over the assembly line to start C7 production. Dave reports they are on schedule and production will begin early fall.
Corvette Racing's Doug Fehan gave an update on the 2013 season and his thoughts on the 2014 merger with ALMS and Grand Am. Doug was very positive about the change, and the Corvette Racing crew has begun work on the new C7R. Testing will begin after the team returns from this year's Le Mans race. An auction was held to support the ALMS ministries, and owners kindly responded to this worthwhile service with their donations. At 4 p.m. on Friday all six Corvette drivers came to the corral to sign posters and memorabilia that fans brought to the event. The drivers were very accessible and seemed to enjoy the interaction with their fans.
The parking lot was full of every generation of Corvette from C1 to C6 on Saturday. It was a great opportunity for a Corvette fan to peek under hoods and talk with owners about their rides. It is also fun to look at how many owners have added their personal touches to their Corvettes. You might get some ideas on what you might want to add to your Corvette. The Sebring race weekend could not have ended on a higher note when the #4 Corvette passed the leading Ferrari in the waning moments of the race to take a well-deserved GT victory. It was a very exciting Corvette moment.


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- Australian Open
Watson wants Radwanska revenge
Heather Watson is determined to avenge last year's defeat to Agnieszka Radwanska when she takes on the Pole in the third round of the Australian Open.
Watson was forced to dig deep as she came from behind to secure a 4-6 7-6(7) 6-2 victory over Ksenia Pervak to set up a rematch with the world No. 4.
Radwanska handed Watson a sobering 6-0 6-2 defeat in the third round at Wimbledon last year.
"That killed me," Watson said of her defeat to Radwanska. "I was so upset. I was playing at home in front of everyone and I just got wiped off the court."
Watson, who was not aware of her third-round opponent, claiming she had not looked at the draw, believes she learnt a great deal from that defeat and comes into the match a different player after landing her maiden WTA title at the end of last season.
"Well, she's a very different player to most of the girls," Watson said of her next opponent. "She's consistent, got great feel, so it's going to be another physical match.
"I've played her before, so I've got that feeling. I think the first time I played her I just went guns blazing, didn't know what to do. Just went for way too much. This time I'm coming in a different player, and I'm going to approach it differently."


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|2007-06-01, 01:57
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Cincinnati, OH, but actually in Kentucky
Age: 31
I feel your pain, but the media pulls this crap all the time. They take an isolated incident and make it look like it's an impending epidemic. You'll wear yourself out if you get this worked up every time this happens.
|2007-06-01, 02:49
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
News media around the world are known for misleading headlines --- they want to you stick around and look at the ads. Heck, even the Japanese newspapers are bad about sensationalizing crime. I've watched several Japanese papers over the years... they're really bad about reporting the same crime repeatedly but just modifying the story a bit. Makes crime look much worse than it is. Heck, our local tv stations in the States do that. I may see the same lurid "internet predator--not" story five times in a week and they recycle it all on weekends.
|2007-06-02, 03:22
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Location: Tennessee
Age: 31
No matter where the hell you are, never let your guard down. I live in a fair sized town in Tennessee but by no means is it large. Of course people associate the southeastern united states with Southern Hospitality and kindness. Crap happens here too. A guy was stalkin this lady and finally one day he went psycho and shot her front of the Belk department store and then killed himself. Some dude in the "ghetto" got shot in front of a liquor store and the guy that killed him said "he looked at me funny". Crap happens no matter where you are.
Hell I had my own incident one time. A truck followed me home once. I was drivin home from work and was behind this Tacoma. I was behind a while and was not tail gating. At one point this douche brake checks me but I wasn't even close enough for it to do anything. I didn't let off the gas. Well I get to a redlight. He's turnin left and I go straight. I turn into my neighbor hood and see this dude turn in too and cut his headlights off. I get home and see this guy pass my driveway. I ran in and grabbed my rifle, affixed the bayonet and ran to the front door with it. Guy caught an eye full of my Lee Enfield No.4 Mk.1 with a bayonet and never came back. I kept the bayonet in my car for a week.
I still wanna go over there and teach. This story doesn't scare me none. But then again I'm a fair sized 19 year old southern boy that can whomp some ass when he has to and I'll be a bigger 22-24 year old when I plan to go so I can't exactly end up in the same situation here. When I go, I'm gonna treat it just like livin here. I'll unlock my door only when I go through it (front or back door to wherever I'm living) and lock it back as soon as I get through.
If I have a car there, the keys will never be left in it when I'm not unless I park it in front of my place real quick so I can run in grab soemthin and come back. My kinda car is targeted for thefts a lot but not necessarily in this area. Many Civics like mine have engine swaps (mine does too) and are stolen to get those engines and other parts. My car is beat up plus it's in this area so I don't worry about leavin my driver door locked too much (the lock is busted on the outside) but If I lived over in murfreesboro or in Nashville my doors would be locked no matter what. My old car I went ahead and always locked them cause it had power locks and the both locks worked fine inside and out.
Always be careful. Even though nothing ever happens in my neighborhood (nice middle class neighborhood, SUBURBAN WHITE BOY HERE!!!! ) I still keep my guard up at night. Usually if I take the dog for a walk at night, I have a fair sized blade in my pocket or a heavy MagLight flash light.
Damn, I rambled again, didn't I? Bad habit.
|2007-06-06, 08:35
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In the space between your walls
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and Honda boy I also keep one of my 3 bayonets under my car seat just in case im asaulted in my car. plus about 7 rifle and 3 shot guns one of which is next to the front door. I also have a 150 peace knife colection and some are fairly big. Im geting ready for after WWIII when its a post apocoliptic waiste land
|2007-06-12, 10:18
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Gomen asobase desuwa!
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Age: 38
|2007-07-03, 21:53
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Feeling comfy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 44
BBC's Alan Johnston released from captivity
Great news!
BBC's Gaza correspondent released
|2007-07-04, 02:24
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Long long f0cking overdue.... that splinter group were idiots to have taken one of Palestine's best ways to get their side of the story out.
Here's to Johnston's well-deserved rest and recuperation.
|2007-07-04, 13:17
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Was quite pleasantly surprised this morning when I heard that Johnston was freed and in one-piece against all odds. Of all the western journalists, he's been the only one staying in Gaza for a long time, and hence is able to report about the Palestinians' plight from their perspective.
A great publicity coup for Hamas as well after they wrestled control of Gaza from the Fatah party. With full control of the territory, they were able to apply pressure on that splinter group, which sped up Jonston's release.
|2007-07-05, 09:51
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 44
Well, what's going on is a power struggle between Hamas and the Fatah Movement, and naturally, Hamas is going to milk this event for everything it's worth to improve their image in the international community, particularly the Quartet.
That is but a small part of the sad politics of a 60-year-old problem. Rather than dwell on such depressing matters, let us simply rejoice in the fact that Alan got home safe and sound.
|2007-08-17, 17:04
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Location: Portugal
Age: 39
Mine rescue saga
Ahhh.. It's been news in CNN for days. 6 miners missing and they can't find them. Progress seems sooooo slow to drill holes to check the tunnels. And now 3 rescuers died in underground efforts in which one was a federal mine safety officer. Man this is getting lame.
|2007-08-18, 11:30
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They are people, have family... they risk their lives in a rescue operation. I really see no need to be sarcastic. Though I side with you on one thing... I would have stopped the rescue work in the mines after the first of the many small incidents that lead to the final major accident. Instead I'ld ordered more drilling equipement for more and bigger drilling holes.
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Earthquake in Peru.
7.9 magnitude earthquake in the city of Pisco, Peru, which happened last Wednesday. As of today, Argentinian newspapers tell of more than 550 deaths and a total of 90 000 affected, with 16 000 demolished buildings.
It's really, really sad.
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Slow-Cooker Beef Stroganoff Recipe
Cooking projects for people who'd like nothing more than to spend a sunday afternoon surrounded by the wonderful aromas of the kitchen.
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- Yield:Serves 4 to 6
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:8 1/2 hours
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small beef chuck roast, about 2 pounds total
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1 (10.5 ounce can) low-sodium beef broth
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon prepared grainy mustard
- 1 teaspoon sherry or red wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup dry sherry
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 1/2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 12-ounce package egg noodles
- 1 1/2 tablespoons minced flat-leaf parsley
Heat oil in a large sauté pan over Dutch oven over high heat. Season meat generously with salt and pepper. When oil is shimmering, brown meat for 3 to 5 minutes and flip and cook for another 3 minutes. Transfer meat to a slow cooker and add onion, garlic, beef broth, Worcestershire, mustard, vinegar, sherry and bay leaves. Season with 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
When meat is fall-apart-tender, shred into chunks, removing and discarding any fatty parts. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
Transfer liquid to a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat. Whisk in flour, taking care there are no lumps. Add sour cream and whisk to combine. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes to allow sauce to thicken. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Cook noodles according to package directions and divide between individual bowls. Top with meat and spoon sauce on top. Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
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Our law firm includes two named partners (brothers, in business together for over 25 years), six other attorneys, paralegals and staff. We offer competitive and efficient legal services to corporations and high net worth individuals, including professionals and athletes, with a personal touch. We want to feature both the strength of our attorneys here at the firm and our ability to provide a full range of legal services (including litigation, corporate transactional, real estate, intellectual property, entertainment and labor and employment) at competitive prices. Bottom line is effective representation with top service.
The audience is as follows: potential clients (including medium size corporations (midcap), some public, some private corporations, and high net worth individuals); peers in the profession; our professional and personal contacts; our adversaries; the legal community at large, incuding legal publishers; and potential new hires.
Our current website is ineffective, hard to read and dulls our impact as a firm. You may find it here: http://www.novianlaw.com We want to avoid this type of ineffective and obscuring design and formatting at all costs. However, we do want to retain the NNLLP logo design and the overall color scheme of navy with clear blue, white and complimentary grays, as it suits our image well and is on our printed business cards and stationary.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defended his central bank's extraordinary efforts to revive the U.S. economy from international criticism, saying the Fed isn't responsible for artificially boosting rival currencies — and that other nations should let market forces determine exchange rates anyway.
Speaking before the International Monetary Fund meeting in Tokyo, Bernanke on Sunday refuted criticism that the Fed's asset purchases and low interest rates are mainly driving capital flows to emerging market economies. The Fed last month embarked on its third major bond-purchase program, this time buying $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities every month until unspecified improvement in the economy.
Bernanke said he was "sympathetic" to the problems associated with overly hot flows, namely undesirable currency appreciation, asset bubbles or inflation or economic disruptions when hot money goes back out.
His response was two-fold — one, that basically, the Fed isn't driving capital inflows to emerging-market nations; and two, that emerging-market economies should accept currency appreciation.
"To be sure, highly accommodative monetary policies in the United States, as well as in other advanced economies, shift interest rate differentials in favor of emerging markets and thus probably contribute to private capital flows to these markets," Bernanke said, according to a transcript of his remarks. "I would argue, though, that it is not at all clear that accommodative policies in advanced economies impose net costs on emerging market economies."
Bernanke cited IMF and other research showing that differences in growth prospects are the most important determinant of capital flows. He points out that capital flows have diminished recently even as the Fed and other central banks have continued to ease.
He also took the time to throw criticism back at emerging-market country policymakers.
"In some emerging markets, policymakers have chosen to systematically resist currency appreciation as a means of promoting exports and domestic growth. However, the perceived benefits of currency management inevitably come with costs, including reduced monetary independence and the consequent susceptibility to imported inflation. In other words, the perceived advantages of undervaluation and the problem of unwanted capital inflows must be understood as a package — you can't have one without the other."
The most pointed international criticism of the Fed has come from Brazil, where Finance Minister Guido Mantega has said he'd like to see the U.S. stimulate the economy by fiscal instead of monetary means.
Mantega on Friday said Brazil will take "whatever measures it deems necessary" to counter currency appreciation.
Already, Brazil has erected a 6% tax known as the IOF on overseas loans.
"Advanced countries cannot count on exporting their way out of the crisis at the expense of emerging-market economies," Mantega said, according to a Dow Jones Newswires account. "Currency wars will only compound the world's economic difficulties," he added. See WSJ.com story on Mantega
China's currency, which trades in a narrow band, recently hit a high against the dollar as the Treasury Department delayed a report on currency manipulation. Read story on China currency manipulation.
For his part, Bernanke said the Fed can only do so much to help the U.S. economy.
"Although we expect our policies to provide meaningful help to the economy, the most effective approach would combine a range of economic policies and tackle longer-term fiscal and structural issues as well as the near-term shortfall in aggregate demand," he said.


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Cuba's Icon: Montecristo Cigars
- By James Suckling
- | From Greg Raymer, Sept/Oct 2004
"What's the best cigar of Cuba in your opinion?" I asked one of the tobacco experts at the La Corona factory in Havana about four years ago.
"Montecristo," he said.
"No, no, no...what's the best-quality cigar of Cuba?" I asked again in my bad Spanish, expecting him to say Cohiba or maybe even Trinidad, but definitely something other than Montecristo.
"Montecristo," he repeated.
"Why Montecristo?" I asked, feeling slightly irritated.
"It's the biggest-selling cigar brand from Cuba, so it has to be the best," he said, looking rather annoyed that I kept asking the same question.
His notion about the best-quality Cuban cigars was different from mine. Cubans often believe that the biggest is the best, but there's no way in a month of Sundays that Montecristo is Cuba's best quality cigar. Montecristo cigars have significantly improved in quality over the last two years, but so has the quality of all other Habanos.
One sign of Montecristo's improvement has been the introduction of a new size, the Edmundo, which measures 52 ring gauge by 5 3/8 inches. I have smoked some great examples of Edmundo (and some less than outstanding ones) in the last six months, both in Europe and in Cuba. The cigar should prove to be a huge success and create some buzz for the largely lackluster brand.
There's one fairly simple explanation for the brand's rather mundane reputation. The biggest-selling size in the brand lineup is the ubiquitous Montecristo No. 4, a petit corona measuring 42 ring gauge by 5 1/8 inches. This is to fine cigars what the Big Mac is to haute cuisine. Not only is the No. 4 the largest-produced size in the brand, it is the largest-production cigar on the island. Although no one from Habanos S.A., the global distribution company for Cuban cigars, would ever confirm production totals, probably between 20 million and 25 million Monte No. 4s are produced annually. It is also the biggest-selling cigar in Spain—the biggest Habanos market in the world, accounting for a substantial share of the 30-million-cigars-a-year market. When a Spaniard asks for a puro, he gets a Monte 4. It's almost like when an Irishman asks for a pint of beer and he automatically gets a Guinness.
Monte 4's commercial success is its downfall. The cigar's quality is almost always questionable because it is made in dozens of factories, not just one. Even the largest factories in Havana, such as Partagas or La Corona, can make only 8 million to 10 million cigars a year. So it is impossible for the Monte 4 to be made under one roof. This begs the question of how the Cubans can maintain Montecristo's house blend of tobacco as well as consistency in its cigar construction with production spread across the island.
I have asked just about everyone involved in the cigar business in Cuba the same question about Montecristo's quality control. From cigar merchant to tobacco grower, they all insist that it is possible to maintain quality in the Monte 4s despite the huge production. Am I simply too cynical? I have had a few very good quality No. 4s, but most of the time they are mediocre. For instance, although the most recent No. 4 rated in this magazine received 90 points, it was not that long ago that it rated an 85 in Cigar Insider, the newsletter companion to the magazine.
The Cubans have always said that the brand's quality and its blend are tightly controlled through a team of technicians who report to the "mother factory" of the brand, H. Upmann. The Cubans say that the same process is used with other brands made in more than one factory. These traveling technicians apparently oversee the blending and rolling of the cigars whether they are produced in the fabrica madre in Havana or hundred of miles away on the other side of the island in Santiago. However, this does not instill enough faith to get me to buy a box of Montecristo No. 4s.
I would much rather buy a Monte torpedo (No. 2) or the new Edmundo. Or I might also consider the Especial No. 1 and No. 2, the thin and elegant smokes of the line measuring 38 ring gauge by 7 1/2 and 6 inches, respectively. They were introduced in the 1970s following the production of the No. 1 and No. 2 Davidoffs. I even regularly enjoy the tiny Montecristo Joyita, a panetela measuring 26 ring gauge by 4 1/2 inches. It's a great smoke with an espresso.
Some other people might also consider the Montecristo "A," a baseball bat of a cigar that measures 47 by 9 1/4 inches, but who has the time to smoke one? The last time I had one was about 10 years ago at a ZZ Top concert in Paris and I burned the neck of my friend standing next to me. However, the cigar lasted nearly for the duration of the show.
These other Montecristos are probably better because they are produced in limited quantities, and as a result, the quality of the craftsmanship is unquestionable. According to sources, the production of the Montecristo pyramid, as the Cubans call the No. 2, always hovers around 2 million sticks per year, and most of the cigars are made in either the Partagas or Upmann factories. The best leaf is selected for the blends and only top-rated rollers make the cigars. Hand-rolling the cone-shaped No. 2 is no easy task, even with the new plastic molds that are used to press the filler into shape. Depending on an individual's ability, a roller may take two or three years to master a pyramid.
The big 52-ring-gauge torpedo also ages incredibly well. I have had 40- and 50-year-old Montecristo No. 2s that are sublime. The cigars have a tea, honey and almond character that is subtle yet rich. I have a friend in San Diego who still has a few hundred of these smokes, and has been smoking them over the last decade. Perhaps this is why the Montecristo No. 2 continues to attract a lot of attention in auctions. It is not out of the ordinary for a box of well-kept Monte 2s with 20 or 30 years of age to fetch close to $3,000 in auctions in London. If the Montes are Dunhill Selection cigars and have that logo printed on the box, they may go for 30 or 40 percent more.
Dunhill, the well-known London-based fashion house and cigar merchant, was a big supporter of the brand. Until the late 1980s, the firm used to buy its own selection of Montecristos and package them either in its own cedar boxes or in factory boxes with its name printed on the top. I still have a few No. 1s in Dunhill cedar boxes from the 1980s and they smoke beautifully, with an Indian tea character.
Probably the most collectible Montecristo ever made is the Montecristo "B." It was first produced in the early 1970s and came in a varnished humidor filled with 50 cigars and etched with the words "Montecristo B" in gold letters at the bottom right-hand corner of the lid. The cigar measured 42 ring gauge by 5 3/8 inches. An authentic box will now set you back close to $5,000. I have had the cigar on occasion, and I am not sure it merits the price. But it is a mellow, smooth smoke with the distinctive cedar and tea character of an old Montecristo.
The newest collectible Montecristos are part of the special Edición Limitadas range. These limited-production cigars have been released almost annually since 2000, and Montecristo has already had three sizes: Robusto in late 2000, Double Corona in early 2002 and the "C" last year. The latter was a new size for Montecristo, a corona gorda measuring 46 ring gauge by 5 5/8 inches. Each size was produced for only one year. Most were made in the Partagas or Upmann factories. The latter factory is also making all the Edmundos at the moment.
Ironically, Montecristo was first created in 1935 as what was viewed at the time as a superpremium brand. A story in the August 1935 edition of Habanos, a tobacco-industry magazine on the island before the revolution, remarked on the "magnificent" quality of the tobacco of the new brand from the warehouses of the Particulares Factory in Havana. Alonso Menéndez (his son Benjamin is well known in the U.S. cigar business and now works for General Cigar Co.) and José García González bought the factory in July 1935. A year later, they started a firm called Menéndez, García y Cía Ltda. In 1936, the men bought the H. Upmann factory. The stylish triangular logo of Montecristo with six swords and the fleur-de-lis was the design of the brand's British distributor, John Hunter Morris and Elkan Co. Ltd., according to Min Ron Nee's An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars, an excellent reference work on cigars.
The British might be shocked today to know that they created an icon for the Cuban cigar industry. But whether or not Montecristo is the island's best cigar brand remains a matter of opinion.


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If you are visiting for just a day, staying for a while or a local resident, there is always lots to do in Leicestershire.
Take a look at the tickets available here to help you choose your entertainment during your visit. Why not learn about the city of Leicester and book a guided walk or buy a family ticket to some of the major attractions in Leicestershire.


text: Choosing a Leaf Structure June 26, 2013 12:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ellie Murphy Farm Journal Media Intern Email In Episode 4 of Corn College TV Season 3, Farm Journal's Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie discusses how to choose a hybrid based on their leaf structure. "Just leaf structure alone can make a big difference in how we manage water and sunlight in the canopy," he says. A (pendulum) leafy plant is best suited in soils with a lower water capacity. The larger canopy of the plant blocks the soil from sunlight, decreasing the amount of water that is lost to evaporation. An upright variety does best in soils with higher water holding capacities where water is not a limiting factor. (Click here to order Corn College TV Education Series on DVD.) Ferrie also relates leaf structure to disease. "If I take this [leafy] hybrid and I put it in heavy soil and push populations, due to its leaf structure, it can be a challenge with disease." This problem is alleviated with an upright hybrid where more sunlight can reach the stalk and lower canopies. Watch Episode 4 below to find out more about the relationship between leaf structure and water management. Click here to register for 2013 Corn College events this summer. Back to news


text: Electric bikes are here in a big way. Liberated from some of the normal constraints of standard bike design like weight and gearing, e-bike design has exploded; if you can imagine it, someone has built it. From cargo bikes to city bikes, messenger bikes to mountain bikes, road bikes, and even beach cruisers, there is something for everyone. The beauty of e-bikes is they make the joy of cycling accessible to so many people in so many ways.


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SEMA 2013 - Show SpectacularPosted in Events on November 18, 2013
The annual SEMA trade show has been around for years- but as a consumer you can't attend and salivate over the crazy stuff shown every year in Las Vegas. We are bringing you some of the hottest trends and mistakes we see this week, so comment away on what we have to show you.
Before we even got to Vegas this Box (google Donk, Box, and Bubble) was cruising down the road on some tall-ish tires. Sporting chrome testicles is one way of ensuring no one will steal them.
Super Dirty
We got the Ultimate Adventure Super Dirty project to the show, and parked it to menace all the coffee can exhaust imports in the same stable. Yes, we left the dirt on it-we won't win any awards for show and shine!
We found the worst use for a Bogger on a lifted show truck. Yes, the size is a 35-12.50 x 22. Why would Interco even make a tire like this? Some ar hits, some are misses…
A true hit is any clean early Bronco, and this one looked like it was retored to perfect factory shap. Until you looked underneath at the full custom tube frame!
Check out the wood grain on the Range Rover and you'll see it's not any wrap or applique. It looks like body putty slathered on and textured like a real tree. This must have taken a bunch of time to do!
We only found one flattie at the show, and it had a nice Vortec V6 swapped in. Another variation on a theme with the builders unique signature modifications set this one apart.
Nope, we don't get it so it must not be a Jeep thing. We couldn't really tell what it was at first glance, but figured our viewers would let us know what they think about it.
Ford is even catering to the overlanding movement, even though it's still just truck camping with expensive parts. They did a nice build on this one though.
The best bar in the Las Vegas Hotel at the Convention center was dubbed the Hooker bar 20 years ago by aspiring journalists that will go unnamed. It's been unofficial ever since and grown in popularity as a after show meeting place. Finally Hooker Headers capitalized on the name and made it official. Because that's what we meant originally, yeah that's right.
Extreme Outback Products came out with a complete off road kit, something every 4x4 owner should carry. It's got lots of trick stuff including a shovel, which should also be in every 4x4 that ventures off pavement.
We just don't know what to say about this. Bling would not be giving it due credit. The tires are sure cool though and we'd take them to town on this ride.
Flex-a-lite introduced their new cooler protector which is cool-er than any others made. It covers up the cooling fins to protect from debris but still allows full air flow for proper cooling. Cool
Omix-Ada had their full complement of restored and working jeeps and Jeeps on display, and even had PR friends willing to pose in one. This is an original Bantam, father of the real jeep.


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Annual Campus Security & Fire Safety Report
Title II of Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act (Public Law 101-542), known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), requires the disclosure of crime statistics for the most recent three calendar years, as well as disclosure of the institution's current security policies. Institutions of higher education are also required to issue emergency notifications or timely warnings when necessary.
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report includes crime statistics for following categories:
- Murder and non-negligent manslaughter
- Negligent manslaughter
- Forcible sex offenses
- Non-forcible sex offenses
- Robbery
- Aggravated assault
- Burglary
- Motor vehicle theft
- Arson
- Hate crimes
- Arrests and referrals
- Weapon possession
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"Sea Changes" Coming to Oregon Coastal Waters
NEWPORT, Ore. - Final recommendations for Oregon's new Territorial Sea Plan will be voted on next week by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission. The ocean off the Oregon coast is a busy place, and several groups have spent the last few years planning how to protect fish, birds and habitat while balancing uses such as shipping, commercial fishing, recreation and, most recently, energy development.
Ben Enticknap, Pacific Project manager for Oceana, says the Ocean Policy Advisory Council is recommending that the footprint of wave-energy developments be no more than 2 percent of the coastal area.
"It's precautionary, taking it slow and seeing if it's possible to do it right. We are dealing with new technologies in a highly ecologically important ocean ecosystem - but knowing that there could be immense benefits for renewable energy in the future, if we do this right."
There's already wave-energy testing off the Newport coast and a 50-megawatt plant planned for Reedsport. Enticknap says conservation groups support development if it does not harm sea life, including the gray whales that migrate directly through Oregon's territorial waters from the Arctic to Baja California.
Last year, the Legislature designated three new marine reserves and buffer zones around them, known as marine protected areas (MPAs). Sometimes called "underwater parks," they give endangered fish species a chance to come back stronger and in greater numbers, says Enticknap.
"Some of the rockfish species and the depleted species that we're very concerned about, we think will benefit most from these smaller marine reserves and marine protected areas. They will grow up to be larger fish, producing more young, and overall increasing their populations off our coast."
Oregon is taking some cues from California, which completed its network of marine protected areas in December. The new ones stretch from the Oregon border to south of Fort Bragg. Karen Garrison, oceans policy analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council, says many of the MPAs are located near public beaches and state parks, where they've been a boost for local economies.
"In the Channel Islands, we saw an increase in scuba diving and kayaking in the protected areas. That's going to be true throughout the state. These areas will draw people to the coast, but at the same time, they'll have protections in place that make sure that we're using these places sustainably."
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is collecting baseline data about the protected areas before the fishing restrictions start in 2014 (or at Cape Falcon in 2016). The Territorial Sea Plan vote is on Jan. 24.
More information about Oregon's Territorial Sea Plan is available at www.oregonocean.info. More about California MPAs is at www.dfg.ca.gov.


text: At 10:39 AM 4/17/2007, David Mathog wrote: >"Peter St. John" <peter.st.john at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 4. Physicist who builds his own damn Supercomputer agonizes for days over > > the emergency shut off switch wiring, because he can, he teaches > > electricity; but he could just walk one hundred yards down Science >Drive and > > get an EE grad student to do it for him. > >The problem with the Emergency Stop switch is not designing or >building the electrical wiring to implement it, it's interpreting >the electrical code to determine if one is required. Parts of the >code were apparently written by a Zen master so that the answer to >what seems like a straighforward question "do we need an >Emergency Stop switch?" depends on the answer to "is this room full >of machines a machine room"? The latter is apparently an >electrical code koan, as only the enlightened can divine the answer. enlightened == AHJ (and AHJ can change from day to day of course.. I had a friend build a barn near his house. The code says, if more than X ft from Y, must have emergency water storage system (e.g. a big tank on the hillside). Inspector comes out, measures footings and forms, says, yep, you're good to go without tank. Friend builds barn. different Inspector comes out to give cert of occupancy, makes EXACTLY THE SAME MEASUREMENT, and says, well.. you need an emergency water storage system... Difference in code interpretation.. )


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Carlos Ivan Sosa
I'm aka gnusosa everywhere in the net,
this include noisebridge irc channel,
and other freenode channels.
I'm a crazy mexican who writes code in
most popular languages.
Hack on {arduino,atmel} kits.
Rebuilt old computers.
Hack on weird architectures like PegasusPPC or SPARC64.
code.lang ├── haskell ├── perl ├── python ├── ruby └── scala
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mybodysite needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Please read the brief. Here is a summary:
Looking for a satirical political cartoon about current presidential candidates with the tagline "Who is FIT to be President?" with a play on the word "FIT", because we are a fitness company. Make people laugh at the cartoon and want to tell others about it!
REVISION: I want the focus of the cartoon's intent to be a cartoon that might be sent around in an email from friend to friend to create viral buzz. So the cartoon has to have a funny or sexy or clever aspect in one direction or another that makes people who get this from a friend say "that's too funny, I just have to email this to so and so."
All cartoon styles are welcome. Have at it. Please read the brief for more info and please include our logo or domain name creatively somewhere in your cartoon. :)
Our company is a social network, for men and women interested in fitness, weight loss, bodybuilding and sports training.
We would like to have a satirical political cartoon designed featuring the current presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Feel free to include their running mates, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin (and/or whoever else you see fit, ex: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hillary Clinton, etc. if you think it helps the humour), as well as our logo. (refer to MyBodySite.com for logo)
We are looking for 3 designs, 1 being a first prize winner. 1st prize - $300 ///// 2nd and 3rd prize - $50 ////// THERE WILL BE FUTURE WORK AVAILABLE FOR PRIZE WINNERS! We are looking for designers who can bring unique ideas, and can deliver high quality work.
- We want the tagline of the cartoon to read "Who is FIT to be President?"
- We were thinking possibly having a candidate or two wearing a t-shirt with our logo, and maybe facing off against each other?
- We are looking for the cartoon to reflect the play on the word "fit". (We are a fitness company so, muscles? barbells? jump rope? sweatbands? etc.)
- Please be creative, craft these candidates as you see them. We want lots of different options.
- Come Republicans, Come Democrats, COME ALL!
- Use your own creativity but consider these tips we think we would like (or convince us otherwise):
- Sarah Palin - be very pretty, very sexy
- John McCain - old.
- Barack Obama - young, tall, skinny
- Biden - big smile, much shorter than Obama.
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About Aaron Peterson
Follow Aaron on Instagram: @aaronpetersonphoto
Just as Aaron Peterson points out that Lake Superior "is the dominant feature of the Upper Midwest and defines our weather and culture," the Big Lake's rugged and desolate shores have also shaped the photographer's life and inspired his work. "In the Apostle Islands, I fell in love with kayaking—and the girl who would become my wife." Now based near the lake outside Marquette, Mich., the father of two canoes the nearby Hiawatha National Forest when he's not capturing multi-day trips in the wilds of Ontario for the pages of C&K. (Last cover: May 2013)


text: On 4/27/05, Vincent Diepeveen <diep at xs4all.nl> wrote: > At 06:45 PM 4/26/2005 -0400, Mark Hahn wrote: > >> Obviously clever governments, who currently have giants of supercomputers > >> which costs several million, will conclude they can buy a few cheapo cell > >> processor machines which do more work than the entire system currently. > > > >this is ridiculous. the Cell is basically a GPU - slightly more general > >than the current-gen GPUs from Nvidia and ATI, but not drastically different. > > Cell is from my viewpoint a vector floating point processor which only > disadvantage is executing branchy code. > > Just like Cray machines were in the past vector processors. Their current machine (X1E) is a vector machine. The problem on that machine is that the code needs to vectorize. You can do it with the compiler or libraries, but it HAS to vectorize to get that performance. Cray's current machines depend on the compiler and highly trained humans writing code (they have some libraries for specific things like sequence alignment) to make things run faster then a Pentium 4. Granted when they do run faster, it is a 32-64x speed up *per CPU*. The people writing code for the PS3 (Cell) are going to have some experience writing parallel vector code because that is what the PS2 was. But I will be very surprised if they can consistently get more then 10% of peak. > A gpu doing effectively 256 gflop for just a few dollar would be nice. GPUs are often time doing calcs at half precision. > > See supercomputer reports europe. > > So there is a BIG need for a CHEAP vector processor doing floating point > there. Is it processors that they need or bandwidth?


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Is Adele Getting Engaged?
The good news keeps pouring in for Adele! The '21′ singer announced her pregnancy last week, and now there are whispers that her man may be putting a ring on it.
Us Weekly reports that Adele's boyfriend, Simon Konecki, has actually been planning to propose for a while — before the baby news broke. Konecki, 38, is 15 years Adele's senior, but the two get along beautifully. "He was planning to propose anyway!" a source told the mag.
Another pal revealed that Adele doesn't want a huge wedding, which makes sense for the privacy-cherishing chanteuse. She "wants a low-key affair where her mother gives her away," and her ultimate dream is "to be a wife and mom." Specifically, Adele dreams of being the mum to five boys. She told Vogue, "Like, if I ever have children, I want five boys. Boys love their mothers, whereas girls can be so mean to each other."
Sounds like her dreams are going to come true! Congrats again, Adele!
Watch the Adele 'Someone Like You' Video


text: Hello Andrew (and the Beowulf list as well), You ask some very good questions, and you asked the person who should know the answers. Hopefully my answers below make sense. On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:01:34 -0400, Andrew Piskorski <atp at piskorski.com> wrote: > The old 1997 paper by Dietz, Mattox, and > Krishnamurthy, "The Aggregate Function API: It's > Not Just For PAPERS Anymore", briefly mentions > that their AFAPI library also supports, "fully > coherent, polyatomic, replicated shared memory". > It even gives a little chart showing how many > microseconds their s_update() function takes to > update that shared memory. > > That sounds interesting (even given the extremely > low bandwith of the PAPERS hardware, etc.), but, > no such function exists in the last 1999-12-22 > AFAPI release! s_update() just isn't in there at > all. Why? Tim M., I know you follow the Beowulf > list, so could you fill us in a bit on what what > happened there? The s_update() function went away because we changed the underlying implementation of the "asyncronous" s_ routines. The new approach had a hardware limit of 3 "fast" signals, and we deemed that it was best to not hard code any of those for this rarely used shared memory functionality. We had intended to supply a routine that replaced the functionality of s_update() that you could install as one of the 3 signal handlers if you chose to. I'm not sure why that code wasn't released. But, over time, it became a moot point, since the speed of the processors improved so much, that the busy-wait/polling scheme we were using for the s_ routines made it very difficult to get any speedup using the equivalent of the s_update() routine. With the parallel port not actively causing an interrupt, all the nodes had to poll for pending s_ operations. Going from the 486 to the Pentium was a dramatic change on the relative overheads for this polling operation and general computations. Basically, the Pentium and later processors were slowed down so dramatically whenever you would do a single IO space read (the polling function) to see if any pending shared memory operations needed to be dealt with, that it was difficult to get any speedup, even with only two processors. On the testing codes I wrote at the time, it was hard to find the right balance for how frequently to poll. If you polled too frequently, the Pentium was slowed down to a crawl on purely local operations. We speculated that the IO instruction caused a flush of the Pentium's pipeline, but we didn't explore it to great detail. Also, if you polled too infrequently, the shared memory operations were stalled for long periods of time, causing the other processor(s) to sit idle waiting to get their shared memory writes processed. Yes, the performance numbers in the LCPC 1997 paper are measured on a 4 node Pentium cluster, but I don't think we had time yet to play with "real" codes that used the s_update routine on a Pentium cluster. That was a long time ago, so I might not be remembering this part very well. But I do remember that once we had more time to play with it on Pentiums, it was clear that no performance critical codes would be using the s_update routine, much less any of the s_ routines as far as we could tell. So, that is why the s_update routine was pulled from the library, to free up the signaling slot for potentially more useful things. > http://aggregate.org/TechPub/lcpc97.html > http://aggregate.org/AFAPI/AFAPI_19991222.tgz > > While I'm at it I might as well ask this too: > That same old PAPERS papers says "UDPAPERS", using > Ethernet and UDP, was implemented, but it doesn't > seem to be in the AFAPI release either. What > happened with that? The UDPAPERS code was being worked on by a colleague of mine for his parallel file system work, and unfortunately for the rest of us, he only implemented the minimum amount of functionality that he needed for his project, not the full AFAPI. Back in 1999 I had hoped to have time to finish it off myself, but it wasn't my top priority, and if you have followed our work, the KLAT2 cluster in the spring of 2000 brought in some much more interesting new ideas with the FNN stuff. > Did it work? Yes, to some degree, but there were still some important corner cases (certain packet loss scenarios) that hadn't been dealt with, and as I said, the full AFAPI wasn't implemented, just a few basic routines. > As well as the custom PAPERS hardware? No, not as well as the custom hardware. Speaking of which: The custom PAPERS hardware has had some additional work since we last published on it. But due to changing priorities, it has been sitting waiting for the next bright student or two to revive it for more modern IO ports (USB, Firewire, ???). You can see the last parts list and board layouts here: http://aggregate.org/AFN/000601/ Unfortunately, the assembly documentation for that board was never written. It's a "small change" from the PAPERS 960801 board, but enough that if you don't know what each thing is intended for, you might not get it right. That's why we haven't posted a public link to the 000601 board design (until now). We almost made a 12 port version of the PCB, but again, the student involved on that finished their project, and the design hasn't been validated, so it's not been sent out to a PCB fab to be built. As a group we decided it would be better to find students interested in doing a new design that used more modern IO ports than the parallel printer port. Know anyone interested in a Masters project were they have to build hardware that actually works? ;-) Academically, it's hard to make such a thing be for a Ph.D. due to the fact that it's mostly just "implementation/development" at this point, with little "academic" research. > If so, how? Dirt cheap 10/100 cards and UTP cable > would certainly be a lot more convenient than > custom PAPERS hardware for anyone wanting to > experiment with the AFAPI stuff, but I'm confused > about what part of the ethernet network could be > magically made to act as the NAND gate for the > aggregate operations. Yep, no NAND gate in the ethernet... > Did it need to use some particular programmable > ethernet switch? Or the aggregate operations > were actually done on each of the nodes? Yeah, the aggregate operations were actually performed within each node on local copies of the data from all the nodes. The basic idea was to have each node send its new data along with all the known data from anyone else for the current (and previous) operation with a UDP broadcast/multicast. Just this semester we finally have a new student working on a UDP/Multicast implementation of AFAPI... or something like it. They are just now getting up to speed on things, so don't hold your breath. Also, it's unlikely we would actually target a new AFAPI release. With the dominance of MPI, it would only make sense to build such a thing for use as a module for LAM-MPI or the new OpenMPI. I hope this answers your questions, but if not, feel free to ask more. I am busy with my own FNN dissertation work now (plus Warewulf), so I won't be working on AFN/AFAPI/PAPERS stuff to any degree until my Ph.D. is finished. -- Tim Mattox - tmattox at gmail.com http://homepage.mac.com/tmattox/


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Ski Resort's Trails Stay in Top Shape with GIS
ArcGIS Tracking Analyst helps Winter Park Resort staff keep track of which trails were groomed and which ones still need grooming. (Photo by Christopher D. Thompson.)
How does Winter Park, Colorado's longest continually running ski resort, keep more than 3,000 acres of skiable terrain groomed and ready for visitors each day? With GIS—and snowcats too, of course.
With ArcGIS software and the ArcGIS Tracking Analyst extension from Esri running on their computers, supervisors can track the 20 trail groomers and 20 snowmakers working each night. They can see which trails were groomed and which weren't before the resort opens daily. This is important information that will help visitors decide where they will ski and snowboard each day.
GIS helps trail groomers be more efficient. The locations of the snowcats can be viewed as lines on the map as they move along the mountain. Snowcat operators receive warnings via radio in real time if they are overlapping tracks or covering up previously groomed trails.
ArcGIS has also helped them train new grooming machine operators. Staff can pinpoint which trails were well groomed and use them as examples to teach new operators good trail-grooming techniques.
"Grooming is a big deal," said Lloyd Lochridge, the ski resort's GIS technician. "Sometimes plans change and groomers don't go where you think they did. If we tell the public the wrong information about the trails—whether you are looking for groomed or powder trails—everyone will be disappointed. We take great pride in being able to publish our maps each morning, confident that we will meet their expectations."
Best of all, supervisors can continue to monitor the operators at night from home using ArcGIS on their laptops. This ensures that the information is as up-to-date as possible and that any problems occurring during the night can be dealt with immediately.
At first, the thought of others keeping tabs on them in the field didn't sit well with some employees, especially the groomers.
"That's human nature, right?" said Lochridge. "But once they need help and you can give them real-time support because you know exactly where they are—like, 'Go left to dodge that cliff that is right in front of you'—feelings change. And it only takes one time. Safety is a good thing."
For more information, contact Lloyd Lochridge.
See also "GIS to the Rescue".


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Mum Kills Own Newborn By Refrigerating The Baby For Hours
A South Carolina mother has killed her four-day-old-son by putting him in the refrigerator for three hours, authorities say.
Angela Blackwell is charged with homicide by child abuse.
During a brief court appearance on Tuesday, the judge explained that because of the severity of the charges no bail could be set at this initial hearing.
She only nodded and shook her head, leaving the small courtroom after a few minutes without a sound.
Blackwell, 27, was arrested on Monday, nearly six months after her son died. Investigators said they have spent that time taking statements and getting forensic tests done on the baby.
Woman Charged with Murder After Killing Her Baby By Putting Him in the Fridge https://t.co/TZVMQkVV2E pic.twitter.com/tr6WoOBGDs— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) August 24, 2016
An autopsy showed that the boy, William David Blackwell, died from hypothermia with asphyxiation from being placed in the cold, according to Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker. First-responders tried to revive him on February 27, but he was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The baby's grandfather, Billy Lewis, told reporters gathered at his home that Blackwell was sad around the time of her baby's birth, but appeared to be cheered up after her son was born.
``She didn't do it. We don't know who did it, but she didn't do it,'' said Lewis, who added there were other people in the home, but wouldn't speculate on how the baby might have ended up in the refrigerator.
According to an online obituary for her infant son, Blackwell has another child. A Facebook profile that appears to belong to Blackwell shows her posing with a toddler and a newborn in photos posted the day after William's birth.
The boy's father, who is not charged in connection to his death, has a lengthy arrest record. Jeffery Paul Lewis, 35, has theft convictions in South Carolina dating back to 2005 and served more than two years in prison after a probation violation, Corrections Department spokeswoman Stephanie Givens said.


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The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific progress nationwide. A jurisdiction is eligible to participate in the NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Grant Program (RII) if their most recent 3-year level of NSF research support is equal to or less than 0.75% of the total NSF Research and Related Activities (R&RA) budget. (see RII eligibility). Through this program, NSF establishes partnerships with government, higher education, and industry that are designed to effect sustainable improvements in a jurisdiction's research infrastructure, Research and Development (R&D) capacity, and hence, its R&D competitiveness.
Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1 (RII Track-1) awards provide up to $20 million total for 5 years to support improvements to physical and cyber infrastructure and human capital development in research areas selected by the jurisdiction's EPSCoR steering committee as having the best potential to improve future R&D competitiveness of the jurisdiction. The research activities of the project must align with the specific research priorities identified in the approved Science and Technology (S&T) Plan of the jurisdiction. Refer to sections II and IV.A of this solicitation for more information on alignment of the research activities of the project with the STEM research priorities of the S&T Plan.
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This is one of my family's favorite recipes. I like the fact that it's very easy and relatively quick.
1/2 C oil
1/4 C lemon juice
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp dry mustard
Place all ingredients in a container with a leak-proof lid, or in a ziplock bag. Add boneless, skinless chicken breasts and seal container. Shake well. Let marinate for 30-60 minutes. Grill meat.
Serve hot with a vegetable. Or slice chicken and serve on a Caesar salad.


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4 Days of effective class room training (35 contact hours) as per current PMBOK framework (PMBOK - version 4)
2 Mock PMP exams at our learning center (comprising 200 questions each)
Access to our experts for academic clarifications over phone, email or at our center (for 3 months).
"ProPM" detailed hardbound training material
ProPM recommended hard bound text book
Free Analysis of areas of strength and improvements
ETR (Easy to remember) tips and tricks
Free assistance and support for application filling and guidance on eligibility support
Access to "ProPM Alumini post" to stay with ever learning initiatives.
Our Programs are focused and delivered by Industry experienced, PMP certified senior professional