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Delilah and I are a breastfeeding pair! We've had such a hard road and I'd like to share our story for others who may be facing similar difficulties.
In my previous posts, I described a few of the things going on with feeding Delilah. We started out breastfeeding in the hospital but she would gnaw on my nipple for hours before falling asleep. She would wake up minutes later and want to feed again. All the while, my nipple felt like sandpaper was being rubbed on it. Now, when you're enduring it for an hour or two at a time, becomes unbearable.
We visited 2 lactation consultants who told us that we were having latch issues. Since my nipples were sore, we were given a nipple shield (which is a silicone cover that protects your nipples) and an SNS since she wasn't gaining enough weight. A week goes by and I go to a La Leche League meeting to get additional support.
At the LLL meeting, I meet some lovely moms who had a lot of success breastfeeding but they all had slow starts. It was helpful to hear their stories. Even more helpful, I received the name of another lactation consultant. I called her and she saw me a few days later.
I learn from this LC that my baby is tongue tied. She has a type 3 posterior tongue tie to be exact. If you don't know what this is, it is when someone's tongue is tethered to the bottom of the mouth. There are varying degrees and can have breastfeeding, feeding, speech, and dental complications. The tongue tie didn't allow my baby's tongue to come forward enough to make breastfeeding effective. Her tongue did not cup my nipple and she couldn't get milk out and her gums chewed my nipple until it looked like raw meat. They were cracked and bleeding. Not the most fun experience I've had in my life. But I wanted to breastfeed. In order to do that, I had to get her tongue tie clipped. I did a bunch of research online and most sources said that the procedure was very minor and resulted and success with breastfeeding in almost all cases. I thought to myself, even if she didn't breastfeed, at least I took care of the speech and dental problems.
My hubby and I got her clipped two days later. We found out from the doctor, she also had a "labial frenulum" which is basically a tongue tie of the top lip. Both were clipped as they had the same complications. Right after the procedure, my lactation consultant and I put her to breast. No difference. So, I was sent home with tongue exercises and instructed to continue using the nipple shield and SNS until we knew she was getting milk. I forgot to mention that I was pumping my milk every two hours to build my milk supply up.
The next week, there was absolutely no improvement so I called my LC to come help. Delilah was so upset when she came over and couldn't be calmed down so the LC suggested that she was still in pain and needed help with eating. I was instructed to "finger feed" her until the clippings were completely healed. Finally 2 weeks later she was completely healed and I tried to put her to breast. Delilah fussed and cried so bad that I had to resort to finger feeding again. Meanwhile, we started cranial sacral therapy to help with any residual problems left over from the tongue tie. I didn't know much about cranial sacral therapy but I thought, hey… it couldn't hurt.
I ended up calling another lactation consultant who evaluated Delilah. We found out that Delilah still couldn't get milk out of the breast and that she was still tongue tied. Type 4 tongue tie which meant that the tongue was tied at the very back of the tongue. I was devastated. All I wanted to do was breastfeed! The lactation consultant wanted to make feeding time easier for me while getting Delilah to work for her food, so she gave me special slow flow nipples and instructions for pace bottle feeding. Basically pace bottle feeding is when you have a very slow flow for the bottle and make the baby pause every few sucks. You want to mimic the movements of breastfeeding.
After a week of this, I started getting discouraged. I was still pumping every 2 hours to protect my milk supply and to have milk to give her in the bottle. I had to wash all the bottles and pump parts. This was a lot of work. At least it wasn't as bad as the nipple shield and SNS. That made the breast a battle ground. Neither Delilah or I wanted to do it because it hurt both of us pretty bad. I almost gave up. But I kept thinking to myself "She might be on the verge of getting the whole breastfeeding thing". I didn't want to stop going just in case. I fed her skin to skin and snuggled her as much as I could.
Then last Friday, while my LC was here, Delilah latched! I couldn't believe it. After she unlatched herself, I offered her the other breast and she took it! The LC told me to start just offering my breast and give her the bottle if she was uncontrollably fussy. She quit the bottle cold turkey that day and hasn't had a bottle since then.
It's been a long and difficult road. Basically almost 2 months until she willingly took the breast and actually got a meal out of it. If anyone needs encouragement, it's really hard and you're going to want to give up but eventually, your baby will get it. I'm treasuring each nursing session that Delilah and I get to share. We have an appointment to get the type 4 tongue tie clipped on Wednesday. I don't know if I want to do it. My nipples still hurt a bit but nothing compared to before. And she is getting milk even though it does take her a long time. She has enough wet diapers and I was a bit worried because she hadn't pooped since giving up the bottle. But she surprised me with a super poopy diaper earlier in the afternoon. A little bit of research showed me that it is normal for babies to have a few days between bowel movements.
So yeah!!! Things are going well so far. I don't know what I'll do since I don't have to pump anymore. Just kidding. I have tons of stuff to
catch up on. Like bills, cleaning, knitting… most important is the knitting.
I'll post some recent pictures in my next post. Until next time!


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DCCC preps $32M TV ad blitz
The fall campaign just started.
POLITICO has learned that the House Democratic campaign arm is reserving more than $32 million in broadcast TV advertising after Labor Day, the first real signal of the party's strategy for winning back control of the House.
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The ad buy, the earliest in Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee history, stretches from the Northeast to the Mountain West and covers dozens of congressional districts in 14 states — most of them key presidential battlegrounds.
A strategist familiar with the buy said that with presidential candidates, outside interest groups and well-funded super PACs poised to unleash an unprecedented flood of ads, the committee wanted to lock in TV advertising early, before inventory is bought out and rates become more expensive. Operatives from both parties say they expect ad prices to skyrocket by summer.
Democrats, in particular, can't afford to wait. While the party has been successful in keeping pace in fundraising with the National Republican Congressional Committee — the DCCC outraised the House GOP campaign arm last year despite being in the minority — the NRCC heads into the final seven months of the campaign with $4 million more cash on hand.
( Also on POLITICO: Crossroads: the ATM of the Right)
According to the latest Federal Election Commission figures, the NRCC had $27.1 million cash on hand through the end of March, compared with $22.8 million for the Democrats.
Democrats say the purchase by the DCCC's independent expenditure arm is just a first investment — money can be moved or added later. Still, there is a sense of urgency to their efforts, driven by the uphill climb confronting the party, particularly in the wake of a redistricting round that solidified the GOP majority.
Democrats need to net 25 seats to retake the House but a gain of that many seats has occurred just six times in the past 20 election cycles — and just once in a presidential election year.
And House Republicans will benefit from a cast of cash-flush outside groups determined to keep the party in the majority. One of those groups, the Congressional Leadership Fund, recently received a $5 million donation from casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. While Democrats have several groups that are poised to play a role in House races, party strategists say they don't believe those outfits will have as much to spend as their GOP counterparts.


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cadmium zinc sulfide
Cadmium Yellow is brilliant, dense, and opaque, with good tinting strength and very high hiding power. It is the artist's principal bright yellow and is available in light, medium, and dark shades. The deeper shades appear deep orange and have the greatest tinting strength. It is slow-drying in oil form and is used in both oil and watercolor form. It cannot be mixed with copper-based pigments. A clean Cadmium Orange is created when Cadmium Yellow is mixed with Cadmium Red. Hues vary by brand. Cadmium pigments have been partially replaced by azo pigments, which are similar in lightfastness to the cadmium colors, cheaper, and non-toxic.
Cadmium Yellow is usually available in a pure grade, or in a cadmium-barium mix. This mix has the same permanence with a lower tinting strength.
Cadmium Yellow is lightfast and permanent in most forms, but like most cadmium colors, it will fade in fresco or mural painting. The deeper shades are the most permanent. The pale varieties have been known to fade with exposure to sunlight in conditions where moisture is able to penetrate the binder.
Cadmium Yellow is a known human carcinogen. It can be hazardous if chronically inhaled or ingested.
Cadmiums get their names from the Latin word cadmia meaning zinc ore calamine, and the Greek word kadmeia, meaning Cadmean earth, first found near Thebes, the city founded by the Phoenician prince Cadmus. Metallic cadmium was discovered in 1817 by Friedrich Strohmeyer. Oil colors were first made from Cadmium Yellow pigments in 1819, replacing toxic Chrome (lead) Yellows. However, their production was delayed until 1840 due to the scarcity of cadmium metals. Landscape painters, such as Claude Monet, preferred Cadmium Yellow to the less expensive Chrome Yellow because of its higher chroma and greater purity of color.
Aurora Yellow, Cadmium Primrose Yellow, Cadmium Zinc Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Primrose Yellow. Deep Cadmium Yellow is sometimes called Orient Yellow.
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Ultramarine has excellent permanence, although synthetic Ultramarine is not as permanent as natural Ultramarine. It may discolor if exposed to acid because of its sulfuric content.
Ultramarine has no significant hazards.
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"American Pie" singer-songwriter Don McLean was arrested in Maine early Monday morning on assault charges.
According to necn affiliate WCSH, McLean was transported to Knox County Jail just after 3 a.m.
McLean has been charged with the lowest-level assault crime. Details of the incident have not been released.
He has since posted bail and has been released. His representatives couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
McLean is due back in court on Feb. 22.


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A winner was selected from 89 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
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After enjoying accolades like "Original Game of the Year" and "Best Vita Puzzle Game" in the US, Dokuro finally brings his chalky goodness across the Atlantic Ocean this week. Players in the EU and Australia can finally enjoy Dokuro's 147 levels of puzzles, platforms, spikes and saw blades.
My past blog entries in the States discussed the story and gameplay at great length, so for our European friends I'd like to talk a bit more about development of this winsome title.
For those unfamiliar with the game, its story revolves around Dokuro, a skeletal member of the Dark Lord's army, who makes the career change from peon to hero after witnessing the tears of a captive Princess. Filled with newfound determination, Dokuro begins his daring rescue. Unfortunately, the Princess doesn't even seem to notice he's there until he quaffs a magical potion that gives him a heroic new appearance and the capacity for fancy sword play.
By swapping forms, players make use of Dokuro's skeleton and hero forms to solve puzzles and battle foes while safely guiding the Princess to the end of each stage. They also have access to different coloured chalks that can control the environment by drawing ropes, lighting candles or creating pools of water. At regular intervals, Dokuro will encounter a gigantic boss who must be vanquished through a mixture of action and puzzle gameplay, so players will have to be as nimble-minded as they are dexterous!
A fantastical children's storybook brought to life with a captivating chalk flair, Dokuro is undeniably charming, but it's got all the depth and challenge one might expect from a robust, first-rate game. This is largely thanks to the game's director, Noriaki Kazama, who comes from a strong, core-gaming background. His goal was to create a game that was visually striking, fun and accessible while still possessing the challenging appeal that more seasoned gamers would enjoy.
Development began with a simple internal contest at Game Arts. Everyone tossed in game concepts and the winner was the key design element that would later evolve to what we now see.
They knew they were making some kind of escort mission involving a hero who has to pick up a princess and bring her to safety. The definitive art style came later when Kazama was visiting a book store. His first child was about two years old, so he found himself in the children's section more often than not.
He was so moved by the art style of one particular book, that he was determined to embody that feeling in his current game project. Before long, Dokuro, the Princess and the Dark Lord were taking shape in their signature chalk-art style, but captivating visuals were not enough.
Having worked on hardcore action games, it was crucial for Kazama to make something of style, challenge and substance that could be enjoyed by a large audience. Approaching development with this in mind, his team would constantly design levels, test them on among themselves as well as "non-gamers" and finally strike a perfect balance between failure and success.
For the action-oriented sequences, tight controls were of the utmost importance so the player would never experience a disconnect from the character they controlled. Toward the end, some of the puzzle stages became incredibly difficult, so an option to skip a total of 10 stages was added to let players fully experience the story even if the puzzles stumped them.
When we asked if he had anything to tell his western fans, Kazama said, "Thanks for your passionate interest in Dokuro and his epic adventure. The team and I have poured everything we have into this game. All of us here at PonKotz Troops hope this game provides countless hours of enjoyment for you!"
Dokuro is available from PlayStation Store this Wednesday, 30th January, priced €14.99/£11.99.


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Today we take a look at the more advanced watercooling kit from Antec, the 920 comes with double fans and a bigger radiator for example.
How much does the performance differ from the 620 kit that we reviewed earlier? Lets find out.
About Antec:
Find out more about Antec on their website, http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/index.php?page=info_why
CPU Socket Compatibility:
– Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366
Included software provides essential tools to control and monitor the KÜHLER H₂O 920
Non-corrugated easy-bend tubes for maximum flexibility in radiator positioning
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) radiator fans generate the quietest high performance cooling
Customizable RGB LED creates brilliant illumination
Cooling Liquid – Safe, environmentally-friendly, anti-corrosive
Fan Speed: 700 – 2400 RPM (PWM controlled)
Tubing Length: 13.0″ / 330 mm
Radiator Dimensions:
– 5.6″ (H) x 4.7″ (W) x 1.9″ (D) /
– 151 mm (H) x 120 mm (W) x 49 mm (D)
Fan Dimensions:
– 4.7″ x 1.0″ / 120 mm x 25 mm
Air Flow:
Noise Level:
– 43 dBA
Cold Plate + Pump Height:
– 1.1″ / 29 mm
Net weight:
– 2.4 lbs / 1.1 kg
Gross weight:
– 3.5 lbs / 1.6 kg
AQ3 – Antec Quality 3 year limited warranty on parts and labor
The Product:
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This 920 Kuhler from Antec has the same box as the 620 does, it looks the same but it has a print of the 920 on front of it.
Inside this package you will find two 120 mm fans, manual, and a bag with mounting parts.
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This kit is similar to the 620 with a couple of changes, this for example has a bigger radiator and it is equipped with sensors and software so you can monitor things in Windows.
The tubing is very hard and stiff though even with this more expensive and more advanced kit. You can though bend the tubing on this kit around tight edges without squeezing the tubing together.


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We all know how...unimpressive...the "native" YouTube app is on Windows Phone 7--it's basically just a browser for the site and pales in comparison to Android and even the iPhone. Why that is has always bothered users, but it looks like we may have an answer, or at least one-side of it.
In a blog post by Brad Smith, Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Microsoft, he blames Google directly for the Windows Phone situation. There's no if's and's or but's about it, according to Smith ergo Microsoft:
...in 2010 and again more recently, Google blocked Microsoft's new Windows Phones from operating properly with YouTube. Google has enabled its own Android phones to access YouTube so that users can search for video categories, find favorites, see ratings, and so forth in the rich user interfaces offered by those phones. It's done the same thing for the iPhones offered by Apple, which doesn't offer a competing search service.
Unfortunately, Google has refused to allow Microsoft's new Windows Phones to access this YouTube metadata in the same way that Android phones and iPhones do. As a result, Microsoft's YouTube "app" on Windows Phones is basically just a browser displaying YouTube's mobile Web site, without the rich functionality offered on competing phones. Microsoft is ready to release a high quality YouTube app for Windows Phone. We just need permission to access YouTube in the way that other phones already do, permission Google has refused to provide.
Microsoft, in response, is ready to fight against Google, ironically in Europe:
Microsoft is filing a formal complaint with the European Commission as part of the Commission's ongoing investigation into whether Google has violated European competition law. We thought it important to be transparent and provide some information on what we're doing and why.
This raises all sorts of questions for us, non-legal types who don't understand everything going on behind the scenes, for instance why can HTC and 3rd-parties create superior apps but Microsoft cannot? For example, SuperTube is quite impressive and adds all sorts of advanced features, including streaming in HD and saving files. Then again, in a personal note from developer Atta Elayyan, involved with LazyTube (which just hit 2.0), SuperTube evidently violates several of YouTube's Terms of Service, but Microsoft seems to have looked the other way during the app's Marketplace approval (get out tinfoil hats...now).
Whatever the exact details, gauntlet meet ground, as Microsoft has just thrown down some serious charges against Google. This could get interesting...
Source: Microsoft on the Issues; via I Love Windows Phone!


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However campy washed-up celebs ballroom dancing while being judged by Elton John's backup dancer might be, Dancing with the Stars simply is not cool. Half-naked costumes aside, there's absolutely no edge. But last night, Swedish synth-pop duo Icona Pop took the show hostage with a neon-infused, glow-in-the-dark performance of their party-with-abandon anthem "I Love It." Despite the song's ubiquity—you may recognize it from various commercials, or Hannah's cocaine-fueled dancing on the second season of Girls, or as the theme from Snooki & JWoww—since its release last year, it's only peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100. But after last night's performance on DWTS, perhaps Icona Pop has finally found the mainstream success that had been so weirdly elusive up until now. America seemed to recognize the song's infectiousness, as it lept to #11 on iTunes singles following the primetime, major network appearance
Icona Pop: 'I Love It' (Dancing With The Stars performance!) [Scandipop via ONTD]


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Book description
Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers, Second Edition is the first book to analyse the regulations proposed in the light of the Credit Crisis in Europe, the US and Asia. Edited by an internationally recognised expert in financial services regulation and with contributions from leading experts in investment, law and regulation, Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers, Second Edition is the indispensible guide to all aspects of what has become one of the most important relationships in modern finance.
This new book builds on the coverage of best-selling first edition, with expanded coverage and additional contributors. Leading industry experts focus on new laws and rules and what they mean for the industry. New chapters address
- the coming US hedge fund rules
- Europe's Draft Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers
- legislative developments in Asia
- breach of duty, remedies and insolvency
- what the hedge fund of tomorrow will look like
Fully revised chapters take in the lessons of the Credit Crisis in their analysis of:
- conflicts of interest
- the economics of the relationship
- corporate governance by and for hedge funds
- key tax and accounting issues
In-depth and practitioner-focused, Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers, Second Edition is the complete guide to the complexities of the hedge fund-prime broker relationship.
Book details
- 9781904339991
- Publish date
- 27 Jan 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Size
- 155mm x 235mm
Table of contents
1 What are Hedge Funds?
Mark Berman
CompliGlobe Ltd
2 What are Prime Brokers?
Richard R Lindsey
Callcott Group, LLC
3 The US Prime Brokerage Model
Larry E. Bergmann, Matthew B. Comstock
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
4 The Non-US Prime Brokerage Agreement
Mark Berman
CompliGlobe Ltd
5 Conflicts of Interest Involving Hedge Funds and their Prime Brokers
Nathan J. Greene, Russell D. Sacks
Shearman & Sterling LLP
6 The Economic and Trading Factors that Drive the Relationship
Paul Dentskevich
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7 Corporate Governance by and for Hedge Funds
Barry P. Barbash
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
8 Key Tax and Accounting Issues
Robert Mirsky
Laven Partners
9 Breach of Duty, Remedies and Insolvency
Christopher Russell, Angus Davison
10 The Rising Regulatory Tide: Navigating the Coming US Hedge Fund Rules
Nathan J. Greene
Shearman & Sterling LLP
11 The Draft Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers
Larissa Silverentand, Petra Zijp
12 Legislative Developments in Asia
James Walker
Clifford Chance
13 The Hedge Fund of Tomorrow: Building an Enduring Firm
David Aldrich, Marina Lewin, Rob Lockhart; Daniel Celeghin, Kevin P Quirk
Bank of New York Mellon; Casey Quirk
14 The Credit Crisis and the Regulation of Hedge Funds: Two Roads Diverged?
Mark Berman
CompliGlobe Ltd


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One Buddhist legend presents Avalokitesvara as vowing to never rest until he had freed all sentient beings from samsara. Despite strenuous effort, he realized that still many unhappy beings were yet to be saved. After struggling to comprehend the needs of so many, his head split into eleven pieces. Amitabha Buddha, seeing his plight, gave him eleven heads with which to hear the cries of the suffering. Upon hearing these cries...
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Pilgrims at a Bondi beach concert and festival on Wednesday evening. Cultural exhibitions, testimonies, and other events went on there all day long.
Some of my favorite parts of World Youth Day are the spontaneous songs and dances that break out anywhere in the streets and especially on the public transportation. One memorable chant went something like this:
"Ain't no party like a Holy Ghost party 'cause a Holy Ghost party don't stop!!"
(That's a take-off on Rappin' Franciscan Fr. Stan Fortuna's - Ain't no party like the Catholic party)
"Ain't no party like a Holy Ghost party 'cause a Holy Ghost party don't stop!!"
(That's a take-off on Rappin' Franciscan Fr. Stan Fortuna's - Ain't no party like the Catholic party)
"I say Jesus you say Christ! Jesus! CHRIST! Jesus! CHRIST!"
Add that to something our teaching bishop, Most Reverend Colin David Campbell of New Zealand, said this morning, "If you're not any fun, what kind of gospel are you preaching with your life? Who is going to follow you?" WYD 2008 lesson Number One is the Holy Spirit is JOYFUL!
It is a joyful thing to be able to converse with anyone on the street, a stranger from any country in the world and immediately feel like friends.
Hearing Aborigine Techno music in Darling Harbor was joyful.
It is joyful to hear about a resurgence in Australian Catholic youth learning about the richness of our faith and witness to Christ. Particularly enjoyable were the first-try Vegemite stories from our homestays. A classic favorite here, Vegemite is a dark brown, tarry-looking, salty yeast by-product apparently eaten commonly at breakfast on toast.
So for the next week, joy will certainly continue to permeate the atmosphere as we welcome the Holy Father, pray, sing, chant, dance, make new friends, eat new foods, see new sights and discover a new openness to the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. I think God is telling us something of what that Presence looks like.
Waiting in line for lunch outside our Catechesis site. Menu: barbecued sausages (big hot dogs) on white bread with ketchup and fried onions, lots of fresh fruit, and TimTams, an excellent chocolate wafer bar.
It is 11:47PM and I'm finally back at my "HomeStay" in Wahroonga, which means "our home". During the 30 minute train ride from downtown Sydney I fell asleep and awoke barely in time for my stop, a simple but significant demonstration of the Holy Spirit watching over me and all the pilgrims here, making sure we are where we need to be at any moment.


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WASHINGTON — Dropping out of high school has its costs around the globe, but nowhere steeper than in the United States.
Adults who don't finish high school in the U.S. earn 65 percent of what people who have high school degrees make, according to a new report comparing industrialized nations. No other country had such a severe income gap.
Adults without a high school diploma typically make about 80 percent of the salaries earned by high school graduates in nations across Asia, Europe and elsewhere. Countries such as Finland, Belgium, Germany and Sweden have the smallest gaps in earnings between dropouts and graduates.
The figures come from "Education at a Glance," an annual study by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The report, released Tuesday, aims to help leaders see how their nations stack up.
The findings underscore the cost of a persistent dropout problem in the United States. It is rising as a national concern as politicians see the risks for the economy and for millions of kids.
Adults in their 20's and 30's have slightly lower high school completion rates than older adults.
"We, perhaps as parents, are doing better than our kids. And I have real worries about that," said Betsy Brand, director of the nonprofit American Youth Policy Forum.
Nearly half have low incomes
The new report says 44 percent of adults without high school degrees in the United States have low incomes — that is, they make half of the country's median income or less.
Only Denmark had a higher proportion of dropouts with low incomes.
Also, the United States is below the international average when it comes to its employment rate among adults age 25 to 64 who have no high school degree.
Even U.S. adult education and job training do little to close gaps, because too few dropouts take part, said Barbara Ischinger, director of education for the OECD.
"Those with poor initial qualifications remain disadvantaged throughout their life, because they have fewer opportunities to catch up later on," she said.
About one-third of students in the United States don't finish high school on time — or at all. Estimates on that dropout rate vary, though, and state data are often shaky.
Policymakers know how to keep kids in school, Brand said. It takes specialized teaching, relationships with caring adults and coursework that's relevant to career plans.
What's missing, she said, is a sustained national effort and more "political will."
The importance of a high school degree on income varies across nations. It depends on the demands for skills, the supply of workers, minimum wage laws and the strength of unions.
The disparity is more pronounced in the United States, Ischinger said, partly because the U.S. labor market is more flexible. Other nations protect people with weak education qualifications through regulations or tax systems that favor the low skilled, she said.
U.S. rewards college degrees
On the other end of the spectrum, however, the United States more richly rewards those who go to college.
An adult with a university degree in the U.S. earns, on average, 72 percent more than someone with a high school degree. That's a much bigger difference than in most countries.
The study compares the United States to 29 other nations that belong to the economic organization, although not every country reported data on every indicator.
In perspective, the U.S. economy remains strong and competitive, the report says. The country has a high proportion of educated adults and greater gender equality than other nations.
But a troubling theme of the last couple years continues: The United States is losing ground internationally because other countries are making faster and bigger gains.
The high school and college graduation rates of recent U.S. students are now below the international average.
For example, among adults age 25 to 34, the U.S. ranks 11th among nations in the share of its population that has finished high school. It used to be first.
The United States remains, by far, the most popular place for international students to study. But there, too, the U.S. is losing its market share of students studying abroad.
When it comes to money, the nation remains a big spender.
From elementary school through college, the United States spends an average of $12,023 per student. That's higher than in all countries in the comparison except for Switzerland.
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It's time to review what our Elektor colleagues in The Netherlands, France, and beyond worked on and covered this week! As usual, they've been quite busy working in the Elektor lab, organizing webcasts, prepping for Design West, and assembling upcoming issues of Elektor magazine. The following is a wrap-up of some of the many things Elektor staffers covered and worked on this week.
Below is a video of a thermometer with a giant display.
The electromechanical display was recovered from a '60s-era pinball machine.
Using the display and some innovative programming techniques, it's possible to build a water-temperature indicator a swimming pool. After the temperature appears on the 4″ reels, the circuit's consumption decreases to zero. But the temperature display remains perfectly visible. You needn't worry about batteries (dry or rechargeable), adjustments, or maintenance. (Published in Elektor issue 424, April 2012 www.elektor.com/110673)
On the event front, Elektor Academy and element14 have teamed up to bring you a series of exclusive webinars covering blockbuster projects from recent editions of Elektor magazine. Participation in these webinars is completely free! All you need to do is register via www.element14.com/community/events/3258. The "AVR Software-Defined Radio" webinar takes place Thursday, March 9, 2012. Click here for more information.
Elektor also reported some interesting electronics news this week. The items that will most interest Circuit Cellar readers are an Uninterruptible Power Supply in a Chip and a Python-Based Tool for Diagnosing Dead-Core Boards.
CircuitCellar.com is part of the Elektor group.


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I installed Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) to a VPS server I'm renting and get this critical error when booting:
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
This prevents the rest of the boot process to continue.
When "Googling", I found no answers besides "re-install". I already tried that 3 times, and am still experiencing the same problem.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--The Birmingham-Southern softball team split a doubleheader with visiting Berry College Saturday afternoon at the BSC Softball Park in a conference tilt featuring the top two teams in the Southern Athletic Association.
BSC earned the game one victory 6-1, then fell in the second game 2-0. Saturday's split keeps Birmingham-Southern one game ahead of Berry in the loss column and atop the conference standings. The Panthers are now 23-11 on the season and 14-4 in the conference. Berry moves to 23-9 overall and 15-5 in SAA play.
In game one, both teams struggled offensively out of the gate as only one batter would reach third base in the game's first five innings. The only exception came in the Panther half of the third when a Berry fielding error scored senior Danielle Rucker to give BSC a one-run advantage they would hold until Panther bats came alive in the bottom of the sixth when BSC would tack on five more runs.
After a lead-off single by sophomore Taylor Bassett and a strikeout to put up one out, freshman Katelyn Murray doubled to left-center to bring Bassett home. After another out, senior Chelsea Fernandez singled and advanced to second on the throw, sending Murray to third, and Rucker RBI singled up the middle to plate both Murray and Fernandez and put the Panthers up 4-0. Sophomore Joanna Jernigan then RBI singled to left field to bring Rucker home. After a pitching change by the Vikings, sophomore Bethany Fronk hit yet another RBI single to plate Jernigan and put BSC up 5-0.
The Vikings scored their only run of the game in the top of the seventh, scoring on a dropped fly ball.
Fronk went the distance in the circle to move to 18-8 on the season, giving up five hits and no earned runs. The Panthers recorded nine total hits.
Game two was a pitcher's duel, with the only runs of the game coming in the top of the fourth on a home run and an RBI single to put Berry up 2-0 for the shutout win.
Fronk threw the complete game again to drop her record to 18-9. She allowed seven hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts. Panther batters collected only four hits.
The four-game series will conclude tomorrow with a noon doubleheader. It will be Senior Day for the Panthers, with Brittany Berkopec, Chelsea Fernandez, and Danielle Rucker being honored prior to the game.


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Global Air Transport Continues to Expand
New Worldwatch Institute report examines the expansion of global air transportation
Washington, D.C.—In 2012, the number of people traveling on airplanes reached 2,957 million, which was 4.7 percent more than the previous year. Although this figure includes a substantial number of people who travel multiple times during the year, it is equivalent to 42 percent of the world's population. The number of passengers is up 95-fold from 31 million in 1950, when flying was a luxury few could afford, and it is triple the 960 million passengers in 1986, when air travel was already quite common, writes Worldwatch Senior Researcher Michael Renner in the Institute's latest Vital Signs Online trend (www.worldwatch.org).
The average length of a flight doubled from 903 kilometers in 1950 to 1,816 kilometers in 2000, but it has not changed much since then and stood at 1,827 kilometers in 2012. Longer flights and expanding passenger numbers generated a strong expansion of total passenger kilometers (pkm) traveled—up 193-fold from the 28 billion pkm in 1950 to 5.4 trillion pkm in 2012. The only pauses in an otherwise inexorable expansion came in 2001–02 (following September 11) and in 2008–09 (after the start of the world financial and economic crisis).
Like passenger air travel, air freight transport has expanded strongly. In 2012, some 49.2 million tons of goods were transported by plane worldwide. Even though this is down 1 percent from 2011, it is 71 percent more than in 2001.
The Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and North America dominate passenger and freight air transport, accounting for 84–86 percent of the world total, depending on the precise activity measured.
International flights account for the bulk of air transport movements. In 2012, some 39 percent of all passengers were on board international flights, but because of the generally greater distances involved in such flights, cross-border flights accounted for 62 percent of all passenger kilometers. In the same year, 66 percent of freight tonnage was transported on international flights, which accounted for an even more imposing 86 percent of total freight ton-kilometers.
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the world's commercial air transport fleet grew from 18,972 planes in 2003 to 25,252 in 2012, an increase of 33 percent. The largest fleet of aircraft by far is in the United States, which has about 6,000 planes in service, followed by China, with slightly less than 2,000. All other countries have fewer than 1,000 planes in service each. The bulk of the fleet is for passenger transport. The global airliner fleet is expected to grow considerably—reaching more than 36,500 planes by 2032 according to Airbus forecasts and more than 41,000 according to Boeing forecasts.
Aviation has a range of environmental and health impacts, including noise, land degradation, disturbance of wildlife and biodiversity, and emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases. According to the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the cumulative climate impact of aviation to date is equivalent to about 40 percent of all surface transport modes, even though motor vehicles are far more numerous than planes. Relative to all sources of greenhouse gas emissions, the sector is responsible for about 4 percent of climate change, and its role is rising rapidly.
ICCT finds that design changes doubled the efficiency of commercial aircraft since 1960, but that progress has been slow in the last 20 years. This has to do with low fuel prices for an extended period of time, as well as a tripling in the average age of aircraft since the late 1980s. The higher fuel prices of more recent years provide an incentive to reinvigorate efficiency efforts.
Still, fuel prices alone are an insufficient and unreliable driver. Government policy needs to provide a push for the development and use of more energy-efficient technologies, such as the global CO2 standard for new aircraft under development at the ICAO.
Further highlights from the report:
Measured by revenue, 18 of the world's 50 largest airlines in 2010 were from the Asia-Pacific region, 12 were from Europe (including Russia), 11 from North America, 4 each from Latin America and the Middle East, and 1 from Africa.
Boeing has delivered close to 11,000 planes in the last quarter-century, while its rival Airbus has sold close to 7,700.
In 2013, there were 41,821 airports in the world. The United States had by far the largest number (13,513), followed at a distance by Brazil (4,093), countries in the European Union (3,102), Mexico (1,714), Canada (1,467), Russia (1,218), and Argentina (1,138).
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Worldwatch is an independent research organization based in Washington, D.C. that works on energy, resource, and environmental issues. The Institute's State of the World report is published annually in more than a dozen languages. For more information, visit www.worldwatch.org.
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Now that the waters are beginning to recede after this month's devastating floods in the Midwest, state and federal officials are warning of a widespread secondary risk from dangerous bacteria and disease-bearing mosquitoes.
Officials of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials across the Midwest said they expected this season's mosquito population to be especially big, nurtured by hot summer temperatures and large pools of standing water that make an ideal breeding ground.
"We know we have mosquitoes right now in the state that are testing positive for the West Nile virus," Indiana State Health Commissioner Judy Monroe said.
Indiana health officials have already found two mosquitoes infected with West Nile in Marion County, and they said they expected to see more, because smaller counties with smaller budgets haven't had the manpower to go looking for them yet.
"The places that they're going to have trouble with most likely is when the waters actually recede and the water gets trapped in grassy areas, in grassy fields, when it's not actually flowing," said Justin Manning, supervisor of rodent control for the Vanderburgh County Health Department.
Chuck Cipperley, director of environmental services for the Siouxland District Health Department in Iowa, said the Sioux City area was covered in mosquito-friendly pools of water.
"We have had a lot of water, and there is a lot of breeding ground all around us," Cipperley said.
It's bad news for mother like Tricia Massart of Elm Grove, Wis., whose children had been waiting for summer to start.
"The summer here is so short, and everyone just waits for summer to come, and they want to get outside and enjoy it," Massart said. "I think if the mosquitoes try to ruin it, that would be very unfortunate."
E. coli, tetanus feared
Stagnant water carries numerous other risks, health officials said. For any number of dangerous bacteria and parasites, hot, fetid pools left over by swamped septic systems are the perfect home.
"What you see in floodwaters are the same kind of organisms that normally exist in a community," said Rosie Kapp, a specialist with the Rosie Kapp, a specialist with the Waukesha (Wis.) County Department of Public Health.
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"E. coli is a bacteria that could be there," Kapp said. "There's also parasites that could be in the water, such as giardia or cryptosporidosis."
The danger comes when the water "splashes in the eyes, the mouth — your hands are contaminated," she said.
Jennifer Dunlap, a spokeswoman for Indiana Health Department, said it would also take only a small cut or scratch to expose someone to tetanus, an acute, often fatal, disease. Counties have been administering tetanus vaccinations and handing out water testing kits across Indiana and other Midwestern states.
The raging waters also seeped into countless wells, affecting drinking water for thousands of homes and businesses across the region.
The Studio Café in downtown Thiensville, Wis., was forced to shut its doors permanently because its well water tested positive for E. coli.
"They put a boil advisory on us, and since we are a coffee shop, we use a lot of water here," said owner Julie Burton. "For the customers' health, we couldn't justify being open, so we had to close."
Hazardous materials can leach into floodwaters
The problem is most especially acute around facilities where hazardous materials are handled and stored. Like wells and septic tanks, such containers can be breached, spilling their contents into spreading floodwaters.
Hazardous materials crews were called to Black Hawk Park in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Wednesday after it was discovered that about 15 gallons of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid — or 245-T, a powerful herbicide commonly found in the defoliant Agent Orange — had spilled in side a maintenance building. The Cedar River had flooded the building, and some of the chemical leaked out.Slideshow: Facing the floodwaters
Vern Fish, director of the Black Hawk County Conservation Board, said the spill was small enough that it was likely to have been diluted to such a point that it was not a threat to people. But "we felt we should err on the side of safety. Rather than just send people in, we had a haz-mat team come in, got a professional evaluation done, and now we've got a better understanding of the situation."
The Environmental Protection Agency is coordinating the federal response to situations involving hazardous materials in the region. The agency said people should stay away from any facilities that handle hazardous materials, including waste like propane, chemicals and oil. Instead, they should call the EPA's Midwestern regional office in Kansas City, Kan., to report potentially dangerous sites. That number is (913) 281-0991.
Mold: The hazard at home
The problems don't end, however, once you're back in your home, where mold can pose a significant danger.
"The ground becomes saturated with water, and we get more rain on top of that, and the water has no place to go but to intrude into most people's basements," said Ron Engle, general manager of Paul Davis Restoration in Sioux City. "The longer they stay wet, the increased chance they have for damage, and that can lead to mold and other problems."
The mold left in your home by water is not like the mold that grows on old bread. This mold can cause severe allergic reactions and potentially fatal respiratory seizures, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it begins growing in only 24 hours.
"The first thing you want to do is get everything clean and dry as soon as possible, ideally within 24 to 48 hours," said Kapp, the Wisconsin health official. "The recommendation is to clean all hard surfaces with a bleach-water solution. Things that can't be cleaned and dried should be discarded.
"Small areas of mold could be cleaned up by your average homeowner," Kapp said, but she warned: "If it's a large area, it would be good to consult an expert for cleanup."
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One of the great joys of traveling is having a cocktail at an amazing bar, and we've had some truly unforgettable experiences. Over the years, we've begun to keep a list of establishments that all drinkers should visit at least once in their lifetimes.
From a bar in Sweden made completely out of ice to a faux-speakeasy in New York, here are 15 awe-inspiring watering holes that should be on your bucket list.
Safe travels!
(Have you been to any of these bars? Are there any others that we should check out? Tell us on Facebook!)
Hidden down a tiny street in London, this famed bar in the Dukes Hotel is a must for Martini lovers. James Bond creator Ian Fleming was a regular; it's where he ordered the classic Martini variant the Vesper, which made an appearance in Casino Royale. Not in the mood for cocktails? The hotel also offers a cognac and cigar garden.
35-36 St. James's Place
London, England
Tel: 44 0207 491 4840
(Photo courtesy Alessandro Palazzi)
The secret telephone-booth entrance to this award-winning East Village speakeasy (the name stands for Please Don't Tell) is worth a visit alone, but the cocktails are world-class. The establishment is overseen by top mixologist and Liquor.com advisory board member Jim Meehan, and managed by cocktail champion Jeff Bell. You'll enter through neighboring hot-dog joint Crif Dogs, and once inside the bar, you can even order dogs and tater tots with your drinks.
113 St Marks Place
New York, NY
Tel: 212 614 0386
(Photo courtesy Michael Taft)
This historic Havana bar has been open since 1817 and was run for years by master mixologist Constante Ribalaigua Vert. It was also a favorite of Ernest Hemingway's, and it was here, according to legend, that the iconic Hemingway Daiquiri was invented. So if you find yourself in Cuba, you need to order one of its five Daiquiri options and toast Papa.
557 Obispo
Havana, Cuba
Tel: 53 7 867 1300
(Photo courtesy Historic Photos of Ernest Hemingway, Turner Publishing)
Bartending isn't just a job in Japan but also a respected art form. And one of the best places to experience this kind of service is at Tokyo's intimate Bar High Five, which is run by all-star mixologist Hidetsugu Ueno. There's no formal cocktail menu at the bar, but Ueno is known for his take on the White Lady—no matter what you end up ordering, it will surely be delicious.
No. 26 Polestar Building, Ginza 7-2-14
Tokyo, Japan
Tel: 81 3 3571 5815
While France may be best known for its amazing wines, The Hemingway Bar, located inside the deluxe Hotel Ritz in Paris, has attracted worldwide acclaim for its cocktail menu. All-star bartender Colin Field ran the establishment for decades and developed an international following. The bar (and the hotel) are currently closed for renovations, but they're set to reopen in December of 2014 with Field once again behind the stick.
15 Place Vendôme
Paris, France
Tel: 33 01 43 16 30 30
Every drinker needs to have Salvatore Calabrese make him or her a cocktail at least once. The master mixologist has worked at several top London bars and now runs his eponymous lounge at the city's private Playboy Club. (Don't worry; the bar is open to the public.) Not only are Calabrese's drinks delicious, but he also has an amazing collection of vintage cognacs and other spirits on hand. In 2012, he was awarded the Guinness World Record for mixing the world's oldest and most expensive cocktail.
14 Old Park Lane
London, England
Tel: 44 0207 491 8586
There are Scotch bars and then there's the Quaich. It is lined from floor to ceiling with shelves holding nearly 700 different bottles of whisky. As you can imagine, the menu is huge and it takes some time to choose a dram. The establishment is located on the River Spey in the heart of Scotch-distilling country. It's less than 5 miles from where The Macallan, Glenfiddich and The Glenrothes (among others) are made.
Craigellachie Hotel
Victoria Street
Craigellachie, Scotland
Tel: 44 0843 178 7114
There's no doubt that tiki cocktails are back, but there are just a few surviving original tropical spots left from the heyday of the '50s and '60s. So if you're a rum lover, you'll definitely want to stop by Los Angeles' Tiki-Ti, which serves a mind-boggling selection of nearly 100 cocktails. It was started in 1961 by Ray Buhen, one of the original barmen at Don the Beachcomber's, and now Buhen's son and grandson run the legendary watering hole.
4427 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
Tel: 323 669 9381
It's hard to imagine how a bar that's only been open since the beginning of 2013 made it onto this list, but as soon as you step into this Irish-style pub in New York's Financial District, you'll understand. The Dead Rabbit has everything from sawdust-covered floors to an impressive drink menu including old-timey punches and 72 historically accurate cocktails. Founder and general manager Sean Muldoon and bar manager Jack McGarry both came from the award-winning bar in Belfast's Merchant Hotel, and they haven't stopped racking up accolades. At this past summer's Tales of the Cocktail convention, The Dead Rabbit was named the World's Best New Cocktail Bar and also won for World's Best Cocktail Menu. And McGarry took home the title of International Bartender of the Year. You'll have to see for yourself what all the fuss is about.
30 Water Street
New York, NY
Tel: 646 422 7906
(Photo courtesy Andrew Kist)
Usually, we try to spend as little time as possible in airports (and even less in their under-stocked, overpriced watering holes), but Terminal E of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is a completely different story: It's home to One Flew South. This traveler's paradise is the finest airport bar we've encountered and offers a list of unique craft cocktails, like the Santana's Daughter, a mixture of jalapeño-infused tequila, beets, cardamom and lime. It also serves a full menu of sushi and "Southernational" dishes inspired by food from all around the world.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Terminal E
6000 North Terminal Parkway
Atlanta, GA
Tel: 404 816 3464
(Photo by James Camp, courtesy of Green Olive Media)
There are some unique bars out there, but Red Square is definitely one of the most unusual: It boasts a lounge inside a giant freezer that's stocked with more than 200 types of vodka. (If you venture inside, the spot will provide a fur coat and hat.) But this joint isn't in Moscow; it's in Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay casino resort.
3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702 693 8300
Want to head back in time? Enter the Sazerac Bar inside the historic Roosevelt Hotel, which first opened for business in 1923. The establishment underwent an extensive restoration several years ago, but it's retained its old-world charm. It once was the regular haunt of Ramos Gin Fizz-loving Governor Huey P. Long, who had a permanent suite on the hotel's 12th floor.
123 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA
Tel: 504 648 1200
This lavish hotel bar still features the same ornate wood décor as it did when it opened in 1907. It also stocks an extensive list of bourbons and wine. During Prohibition, the Seelbach Hilton Hotel that houses The Oakroom was popular among gangsters and bootleggers coming to make deals at Kentucky distilleries. According to legend, Al Capone frequented the watering hole and often used it as a poker den. With all that history, how could you stay away?
500 South 4th Street
Louisville, KY
Tel: 502 807 3463
We can practically guarantee that this is the coolest bar around, since it's inside Jukkasjärvi's Icehotel. Yes, the above-the-Arctic-Circle hotel and its bar are almost completely constructed out of ice; even the Martini and Champagne glasses are carved from ice, so you can have your drink in the rocks. The joint is rebuilt anew each winter and will be up and running for the coming season by early December.
Marknadsvägen 63
Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
Tel: 46 0980 66 800
With more than 500 whiskies hailing from 18 countries around the globe, Nihon is a whisky-lover's dream. (The bar carries the largest selection of Scotch on the West Coast, with more than 200 single malts alone!) The best part? All the spirits are available by the taste, full pour and bottle. (If you splurge on a bottle, you can even store it in a private locker until your next visit.) The San Francisco spirits haven also serves excellent sushi—what more could you ask for?
1779 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA
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Tomorrow is Bryan's birthday and he has been hinting that he'd like a spa robe so last night I pulled out this pattern and whipped one up (really, this is a 2-3 hour project). Of course I've been meaning to get to it for weeks now but last-minute is how it always ends up. The fabric is a heavy cotton pique from my stash (another bulky piece gone!). I made two modifications to the pattern: adding bands to the sleeves and to the top of the pockets. The bands look so much nicer than plain hems, don't you think? I know it looks ridiculous on my dressform but you get the idea.
Last night as I was snuggling in my faux mink jacket, I pulled the collar in around my face and really liked the way it looked so I decided to make the collar convertible. All I did was sew some medium-sized snaps to the collar points and the jacket fronts so that I can wear it either way. The snaps are easily hidden in the heavy pile of the fur. I like it!


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In the past, the thirty-four Legend Sentai teams fought a great battle against a large alien invasion force called the Space Empire Zangyack. The Legend War ended in one great blast when the Legend Sentai sacrificed all their powers to successfully drive Zangyack away.
Many years later, Captain Marvelous and his small crew of space pirates approach Earth aboard the Gokai Galleon starship in the hopes of taking "The Greatest Treasure in the Universe" for themselves. Unfortunately, at this same moment, the son of the Zangyack Emperor, Commandant Toiles Gils, launches a renewed attack on Earth, and the five space pirates suddenly find themselves begrudgingly forced into the role of defenders of this backward planet. The Pirate Taskforce Heroic-rangers have a special and unique power that will give the rekindled Space Empire Zangyack pause: the mysterious ability to use Ranger Keys to transform themselves into- and harness all the powers of- any of the 199 members of the disappeared 34 Legend Sentai!
"Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger" celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the Super Sentai Series in 2011!
The Gokai Saber is one of two standard common sidearm used by the Gokaiger. While each Gokaiger has both a Gokai Saber and a Gokai Gun when they first henshin, their personal fighting styles often lead to them swapping weapons mid-battle to wield dual weapons, though Gokai Red usually keeps his weapons as deployed. (In an extreme case, Gokai Blue wielded all five Gokai Sabers at once for an improvised-yet-successful 'Five Sword Technique'.)
Lacking individual weapons for each, the Gokaiger can transfer the power of any Ranger Key they have into a Gokai Saber for the powerful Final Wave- Gokai Slash or Final Wave- Gokai Scramble finishing attacks (the latter while wielding the weapons in dual fashion).
Ranger Key #004- Gokai Yellow is provided with this set, although it can also be acquired through other official accessory sets (namely capsules and candy toys) with other Ranger Keys.
The Gokai Saber is shaped after cutlass-type swords commonly seen during the 17th century. As short but robust swords, cutlasses were commonly used by sailors at sea as both a tool and a weapon in close quarters. Such short swords were often used to off-set the extended reload times of one-shot flintlock guns.
When the toy's electronics are turned on, an electronic horn sounds, and the LEDs along the left side inside the transparent Gokaiger logo will flash. When the trigger is squeezed, only one simple blade clashing sound is heard.
If the trigger is held down for two seconds, the TV series' narrator and voice of Gokaiger technology will enthusiastically say "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger!" one time, but a clash will not be heard when the trigger is released.
To initiate a Final Wave attack, the button brandishing the Gokaiger logo between the blade's edge and the guard of the Gokai Saber is depressed, and a section of machinery above your hand will spring downwards. Then you can insert any Ranger Key into the provided slot, turn it horizontally (a power-up sound is briefly heard), and then pressed the inserted Ranger Key flush with the rest of the weapon. The voice will declare "Fi-i-i-i-nal Wave!" and a new repeating power-up sound will be heard until the trigger is depressed for the actual Final Wave blasting sound. As long as a Ranger Key is inserted into the Gokai Saber, the single Final Wave blasting sound will be heard. (However, unlike when it is removed, the finishing attack sound cannot be interrupted by squeezing the trigger rapidly as it's playing.)
Like the Henshin Keitai Mobirates transformation device, the Gokai Saber uniquely recognizes individual Ranger Keys, and so it will change the colors that flash during a Final Wave attack based on which Ranger Key you insert. There are many different colors, all associated with Super Sentai heroes- white, red, blue, yellow, purple (the stand-in for black), green, and pink. Then, when the Final Wave is triggered, only the color of the Ranger Key that is inserted will flash. For example: since Gokai Yellow's Ranger Key is provided, when inserted during a Final Wave only the white and yellow colors will flash.
This is certainly not the first time in Super Sentai history where a sword- or in a few cases, dagger- has been the primary sidearm of the team. In past uses of a common-use blade, however, that was the only weapon the core team had (examples of this include the Juoken from 2001's "Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger" and ShinkenMaru from 2009's "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger"). In this case, however, a sword is being teamed up with a completely-separate blaster, the flintlock-styled Gokai Gun (which was commonly seen with pirates in the 17th Century on the high seas), and they are not capable of merging with each other in any fashion. And as I mentioned in my review of the Gokai Gun, the more traditional approach to the common-use Super Sentai sidearm has been to have a blaster that transforms in some fashion into a sword or dagger- which has been discarded at least for "Gokaiger".
The big issue that a lot of people had with the Gokai Gun is resolved nicely here, as the toy can uniquely identify Ranger Keys, though the only changes it makes is in the colors it displays rather than in audio drops like in the Mobirates. Also the Ranger Keys are used once more for the finishing attack, though I found it awkward now to insert-or-remove a Key with the cylindrical section now bent at almost-90-degrees. (I don't know why it's awkward, it just is. Maybe because it's wielded in the right hand and I have to use my left hand to insert a Key…?) What is nice, though, is that the cylindrical section isn't a copy of the one on the Gokai Gun even though they look and function similarly.
Many fans have found this toy to have rather odd proportions as far as the length and breadth of the blade section. While still unmistakably a cutlass sword, I found the kid-ified blade more mildly amusing, and so I am not as offended as others are in this issue. It is, after all, a toy meant for children less than half my size!
That being said, I have two minor complaints of my own, including tacking-on my typical problem nowadays with the speaker volume being too high- louder than the simultaneously-released Gokai Gun! The first is how thin the light-gray PVC blade is. My Geki Saber from 2007's "Jyuken Sentai GekiRanger" was understandably thin because the blade was meant to be flexible in the show due to how it was used (and the toy came off more like a glorified pair of butter knives as a result). And while thin blades aren't unheard of in Super Sentai role-play toys, for a blade this size it is rather unusual. And unfortunately they overcompensate for this here by making the black ABS plastic enveloping it project out too far, so if you look at the blade from the front, it's totally unconvincing as a weapon. (Maybe a wedge block for cutting down trees instead…?)
The other complaint is much pettier, but must be spoken aloud regardless. While- for a change!- the hand guard and grip allows just enough room for my adult-sized hands, ironically it's the Gokaiger symbol on either side that proves to be the main squeeze- pressing down painfully on the side of my knuckles! So I end up holding it at a slightly-awkward angle anyways. (Damn, so close this time…) But I can deal with that inconvenience quite easily considering how nice the rest of this toy is.
It is unquestionably clear to me, though, that one cannot really enjoy the Gokai Saber without a companion Gokai Gun. Simply put, it's like having jelly without peanut butter, carrots without peas. The button in front of the guard is obviously meant to be pressed up against the equivalent on the Gokai Gun just like they do on the show because it is so bad ass to do so! While having separate standard sidearm swords and blasters is not unheard-of in Super Sentai, it is a potential turn-off to a modern audience used to the more common integrated-and-transformable designs.
The Gokai Saber is a perfect companion to the Gokai Gun (not that one has more importance than the other). It shares the Gokaiger aesthetics very well, functions great, molded and painted in exquisite detail, and utilizes the Ranger Keys in a very fun way. Oh, and it doesn't have one, but seven lights built into it! Win all the way around. Strongly recommended!
|Posted 6 September, 2011 - 03:11 by EVA_Unit_4A
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Just a couple notes:
It's "Oiles Gil" not "Toiles Gils"
The GokaiYellow key can be acquired by other means, but like the rest of the team (except, I believe, GokaiRed) you can only get the DX version of the key with its respective toy.
You call the series "Heroic-ranger" once and then switch to Gokaiger. That's usually bad form in writing.
Other than those nitpicks, nice review!
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...And here I was, being praised by others for saying "Toils". Can't win 'em all I guess.
Umm, I already said that about the Key above. >.>
I called them that one time so that people know what the title is translated.
Thank you!
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but there's no "T" when they ever say his name or in the spelling of his name... At least you're not calling him "Waruzu Giru" though
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I have a soft spot for Power Rangers, but I've managed to avoid both the show and the toys for many years now. But you throw THIS in my face?!? Pirates? The sacrifice of all the other rangers?! Access to all their powers? A pirate-themed megazord with both a galleon AND a submarine as components?!?! Those nifty new Ranger uniforms?
Looks like I need to jump back in. Now the big question is to whether blow the big bucks and import the megazord or wait for a much cheaper--but potentially watered-down--domestic release.
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I said the exact same thing!
So much madness but it works!
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(CNN) — Japan deployed missile-defense systems at three sites around Tokyo early Tuesday ahead of a possible missile launch by North Korea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
The Patriot missile batteries were set up in the central district of Ichigaya and in the suburbs of Asaka and Narashino, Suga told reporters Tuesday. The deployments come as U.S. and South Korean officials warn Pyongyang could be preparing for another provocative move after weeks of belligerent rhetoric.
Monday, Suga had said the government would not publicize any missile-defense deployment, saying "It would show our strategy to North Korea."


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(visited by Ian McDougall, Rob French, Ron Heyne, Wanda Heyne, Peter Hawker, Fiona Hawker, Paul Drummond, Dee Drummond, Karen Carver, John Carver, Kate McDougall and Helen Rysuharn)
21-May-2006 -- May 13-25th 2006 – trip organised by Ian McDougall – photos by Ian McDougall and others – story by Ian McDougall & Fiona Hawker
This trip was run under the auspices of the Central Hills 4WD Club Inc, based at Mt Barker, South Australia. The three principal objectives of the trip were:-
• to visit a number of degree confluence points (in connection with the world-wide Degree Confluence Project) on and near the Woomera (Rocket Range) Prohibited Area,
• to find and place a number of geocaches during the trip, and
• to enjoy ourselves in the vastness and beauty of the Australian Outback.
The members of the group, all being friends (and members of the CHFWDC) were:-
1. Ian and Kate McDougall, Trip Leaders,
2. John and Karen Carver,
3. Paul and Dee Drummond,
4. Rob French and Helen Rysuharn,
5. Peter and Fiona Hawker, and
6. Ron and Wanda Heyne.
Being mainly pastoral country where we intended to travel, Ian commenced writing to pastoral lessees some months before departure date, seeking their consent to access their vast leases, and in every case, permission was granted.
Ian also obtained a permit to travel through the Woomera Prohibited Area.
Five of the six couples who had signed up for the trip, met at the Wadlata Outback Centre at Port Augusta early afternoon, Saturday 13th May 2006. Paul and Dee had last minute car problems and met up with the group at Pimba the next day. The weather was fine and as promised by our worthy leader, remained that way for the entire trip.
The first day was an easy, short drive on the bitumen, to the first campsite between some dunes just off the Stuart Highway, short of Pimba. That night started the pattern of Ron and John expertly overseeing the development and maintenance of campfires, used by everyone for cooking, warmth and social focus. Although that first night wasn't as cold as many we were to experience, we were not acclimatised and were more sensitive to the cold. Ron spoilt everyone that night by shovelling hot coals under our chair seats, an amazing heat – too hot for most of us!
Those first few nights were of a full moon rising early, providing a magnificent spectacle. As it progressively waned throughout the trip, the darker sky enabled stargazing and satellite spotting with the occasional shooting stars for magical moments. With each night sitting around the campfire we were entertained with the never ending quick wit and jokes from John, with Ian doing a valiant job of keeping up with the ever ready one-liners. One night we had a game run by Helen and Rob, another night a sobering and thought provoking reading by Paul. One night there was the spontaneous, entertaining and revealing exchanging accounts of the first meetings of the different couples. Throughout the trip there was the watching and comparing of the various culinary techniques of campfire cooking. Wood gathering was the perennial challenge but in most places we managed very well. We only needed to drive a-field once for firewood - sleepers from the old Ghan Railway at William Creek, which we then had to jealously defend against other opportunistic groups of campers at the campground.
On Sunday the 14th, as with most of the trip, we were packed up and on the road by 9am and quickly embarked upon the first of our geocache searches, off to the left, before Pimba, overlooking Island Lagoon. We then met up with Paul and Dee at Pimba. They had left Adelaide before dawn and so were at Pimba before the rest of us.
The second geocache was found on the shores of Lake Hart, next to the railway track where we also had lunch. An interesting area with a pile of salt, rows of salt encrusted stumps extending out into the 'lake' and a sign warning of 'live bombs and ammunition' under the salt and mud surface. It was a live ammunition and bombing range.
During the first 8 days, we visited four other confluence points (Lat 31 S/Long 136 E, Lat 30 S/Long 136 E, Lat 29 S/Long 135 E and Lat 28 S/Long 135 E).
We struck camp at Arckaringa Station on Friday 19th, and headed north-east to Oodnadatta, stopping off for a walk in the Painted Desert and of course another geocache.
Back on the main drag and just out of Oodnadatta, Ron managed to get first a puncture to the back left wheel and then less than a kilometre on, the front left wheel. The stopover at Oodnadatta was longer than anticipated so repairs could occur. We had the experience of seeing a fork lift truck used instead of a jack to change the wheels.
Although warned against the flies and lack of wood at Algebuckina, we still camped there Friday night. The warnings were correct but with expert searching we were still able to gather the necessary quality and quantity of wood. That evening, a couple drove into our campsite in a pristine tray-top camper, who as chance would have it, knew Paul and Dee, so we felt able to ask for a guided tour around their camper. A wind sprang up during that night making it noisy and restless for many, and it continued to be windy at times for several days after.
Saturday the 20th, we left early to avoid the flies, and although we also checked out another geocache across the railway track at Algebuckina, we still arrived at William Creek quite early, making it a semi rest day after the mandatory stop off at the café for real coffee (we think it was real). This was the roast dinner day, cooked by all couples in their camp ovens around the fire; a good fire made with the sleepers retrieved by several vehicles soon after arrival. We had drinks at the pub, same old scene, even with one of Ron's cards still on the wall there from a previous trip. As the night progressed the local studs began to arrive, strutting their stuff! We left them to it.
Sunday was a slow start, and after cleaning under the vehicles with a portable spray unit we had brought with us (a reasonable condition of entry to the next pastoral station, to assist weed control) we headed off to another confluence on Anna Creek Station, the world's largest pastoral property – (Lat 29 S/Long 136 E). This point is located some 122 kilometres east of Coober Pedy, and 35 kilometres south-west of William Creek. Near the Anna Creek homestead, we left the Coober Pedy/William Creek track, onto a station track. This was a pleasant surprise with a good track, attractive countryside, up to about a couple of kilometres from the confluence, which ended up being on the edge of a dune, a nice change from endless stony gibber plains. It did involve some cross country driving, which cost Ian a front tyre – it was holed (and ruined) by a mulga stake through the sidewall – the only off road casualty for the whole trip.
We left the vehicles well short of the point, and using our GPS units, walked through pleasant low dune country to our destination. Well practised by now, we took our photographs, and walked back to the cars.
So it didn't take us as long as anticipated, giving us another relaxing, lazy afternoon, then dinner at the hotel. An ok meal, not up to our campfire standard in fact, but nice to sit all together at tables to enjoy the company.
Monday was another rest day. Several vehicles still struck out to visit Lake Eyre; Halligan's Bay, windy and cold but very busy, swarming with 'friends' of Lake Eyre, on a working bee rearranging the plastic poles and tending the shelters. On return to camp, John and Karen were joined by Fiona, taking off in a chartered flight to view the lake from the air. Then another relaxing evening around the campfire.
Tuesday we were on the road again, stopping off to put out geocaches at Beresford and Lake Eyre South and investigating Coward Springs. This was an impressively restored and developed, eco-sensitive campground and wetlands. Then through to Roxby, more shopping opportunities, catch up with phone calls, and a coffee. With some local information, we found a good camp spot just off the road between Olympic Dam and Roxby. However this location of course meant that there was heavy mine traffic noise from about 5.30am onwards! This was coldest night of all – minus 6 degrees, and most of us regretted not having brought gloves the next morning.
Wednesday morning we drove through Andamooka and onto Lake Torrens for another geocache, a virgin for the group. The spot we initially came out of at Lake Torrens was several Kilometres away from the cache, so several of the women decided to walk across the lake inlets with GPS guidance, while the rest drove back to find another possible road – which of course there was only meters away from the point. However the women got there well ahead, in time to find the cache and then hide so that concern was raised that they had been lost!
On to lunch in Andamooka – before back to the bitumen and heading for home. A slight detour into the scrub north of Port August for our final campsite. It was an easy drive back to Adelaide the next day with a stop at Port Augusta – for some to shower, and lunch at Port Wakefield.
Overall it was agreed that this was a most successful, enjoyable and relaxing trip. Our thanks to Ian for yet another well planned and thought through journey.


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This section describes how to configure a data view that provides a single point of access to different parts of a subtree. This example contains two data views with the same base DN. A numeric distribution algorithm is used to separate entries into different data views. A data source pool is configured for each set of data-equivalent data sources. The following figure shows the example deployment.
For information about this type of deployment, see Data Views to Route Requests When Different Parts of a Subtree Are Stored in Different Data Sources in Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Create a data source for each LDAP server as described in Creating and Configuring LDAP Data Sources.
Create two data source pools as described in Creating and Configuring LDAP Data Source Pools.
Attach the data sources that contain one part of the subtree to data-source-pool-1, and the data sources that contain the other part of the subtree to data-source-pool-2, as described in Attaching LDAP Data Sources to a Data Source Pool.
(Optional) Configure load balancing.
For information, see Configuring Load Balancing.
Create a data view with a distribution algorithm to select entries in ou=people,dc=example,dc=com with uid between 0 and 99, and configure the data view to direct requests to data-source-pool-1.
$ dpconf set-ldap-data-view-prop -h host1 -p 1389 dataview-1 \ ldap-data-source-pool:data-source-pool-1 base-dn:ou=people,dc=example,dc=com \ distribution-algorithm :numeric numeric-attrs:uid numeric-lower-bound :0 \ numeric-upper-bound :99
Create another data view with a distribution algorithm to select entries in ou=people,dc=example,dc=com with uid between 100 and 199, and configure the data view to direct requests to data-source-pool-2.
$ dpconf set-ldap-data-view-prop -h host1 -p 1389 dataview-2 \ ldap-data-source-pool:data-source-pool-2 base-dn:ou=people,dc=example,dc=com \ distribution-algorithm:numeric numeric-attrs:uid numeric-lower-bound:100 numeric-upper-bound :199
The other properties of the data views are the same as the default data view in Default Data View.
If necessary, restart the instance of Directory Proxy Server for the changes to take effect.
For information about restarting Directory Proxy Server, see To Restart Directory Proxy Server.