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Ticket #9689 (closed defect: obsolete)
Window 7 freeze with VirtualBox
Reported by: | alex57 | Owned by: | |
Priority: | critical | Component: | other |
Version: | Keywords: | ||
Cc: | Guest type: | Linux | |
Host type: | Windows |
Description (last modified by frank) (diff)
I use a VM with ubuntu 10.10 and a private network host.
I have samba, SSH and a LAMP server in the VM.
My Window 7 freeze with a blackscreen and a direct reboot sometime with VirtualBox, when there are a big network traffic or/and a big usage of the memory (when I use Eclipse).
My version of VirtualBox is 4.0.12 but there are the same problem in the version 4.1.4.
Sorry for my english.
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It's about time someone put Urban Meyer in his place. That guy's been whining for weeks now, and even went on Sportscenter last night and said Michigan already had their shot at Ohio State. Normally, I would respect someone poppin' off like that - but not when you come off like a whiny bitch.
Lloyd's response on Michigan Replay:
"I think it's going to be a great controversy, I don't care who gets selected because I just think that based on some of the comments the Florida coach has made in the last two weeks -- campaigning strenuously for a berth in the championship game -- and making some statements about Michigan that I think were inappropriate."
A) We love how Lloyd just referred to him as "the Florida coach"
B) Maybe we should kick the shit out of Florida just for fun after beating Ohio State...
Michigan coaches: nothing but class...
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Enhancing the Performance of the DNDP Algorithm
A novel Dynamic Noise-Dependent Probabilistic (DNDP) route discovery algorithm was recently developed to enhance the performance of the dynamic probabilistic algorithm in noisy Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs). In this algorithm, the mathematical model for calculating node retransmission probability (pt) is calculated as a function of two independent variables: Number of first-hop neighbors (k) and probability of reception (pc). The model also shows another independent variable, namely, the maximum retransmission probability that can be assigned to the transmitting node (pt,pcmin), which is assumed to be a fixed value. In this paper, the authors propose a new mathematical model for calculating pt. In this new model pt,pcmin is calculated as a function of k.


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Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), even those with seemingly intact language skills, have difficulty with face-to-face social interaction, with one of their most noticeable deficits being the production of atypical and often jarring facial expressions. Although there is a growing literature on the ability of individuals with ASD to process faces and facial expressions, virtually nothing is known about their ability to produce communicative facial expressions. This project will combine subjective coding of facial expression productions in adolescents with ASD with cutting-edge, infrared motion-tracking of facial features to determine which feature movements drive the perception of awkwardness, establishing the first cohesive picture of the communicative facial expression productions of adolescents with ASD. These data will ultimately be used to support the development of new intervention approaches to improve facial communication and thereby social acceptance of individuals with ASD. | Project Status NEW 2010 |
Funder | National Institutes of Health |
Fiscal Year Funding | $212,250.00 |
Current Award Period | 2010-2012 |
Project Number | 1R21DC010867-01 |
Principal Investigator | Grossman, Ruth |
Received ARRA Funding? | No |
Strategic Plan Question | Question 2: How Can I Understand What Is Happening? (Biology) |
Subcategory | Cognitive Studies |
Strategic Plan Objective | 2O. Not specific to Question 2 objectives |
Federal or Private? | Federal |
Institution | University of Massachusetts Medical School |
State/Country | Massachusetts |
Web Link 1 | Communicative and emotional facial expression production in children with autism (External web link) |
Web Link 2 | No URL available. |
Web Link 3 | No URL available. |
History/Related Projects | N/A |


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Moderate: openstack-keystone security and bug fix update
Advisory: | RHSA-2013:0253-1 |
Type: | Security Advisory |
Severity: | Moderate |
Issued on: | 2013-02-12 |
Last updated on: | 2013-02-12 |
Affected Products: | Red Hat OpenStack Folsom |
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): |
Updated openstack-keystone packages that fix one security issue and two
bugs are now available for Red Hat OpenStack Folsom.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
The openstack-keystone packages provide Keystone, a Python implementation
of the OpenStack identity service API, which provides Identity, Token,
Catalog, and Policy services.
It was found that an excessive amount of information was logged when
invalid tokens were requested, resulting in large log files. An attacker
could use this flaw to consume an excessive amount of disk space by
requesting a large number of invalid tokens. (CVE-2013-0247)
The CVE-2013-0247 issue was discovered by Dan Prince of Red Hat.
This update also fixes two bugs that could have caused 'keystone' commands
(such as 'keystone endpoint-delete' and 'keystone service-get') to fail
with a 'No handlers could be found for logger "keystoneclient.v2_0.client"'
and 'Authorization Failed' error. (BZ#857290, BZ#888328)
All users of openstack-keystone are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which correct these issues. After installing the updated
packages, the Keystone service (openstack-keystone) will be restarted
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
Updated packages
Red Hat OpenStack Folsom | |
openstack-keystone-2012.2.1-3.el6ost.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2013:1083 |
MD5: 976235b299363422d5ba463b6fc01b35 SHA-256: 4440b8d2e42821152ad4b0449c3dd7ca3464a0da23b8e60811cdd1019bb46e63 |
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openstack-keystone-2012.2.1-3.el6ost.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2013:1083 |
MD5: f87ddc2c307ca9d73d1454c3168e4d1d SHA-256: b64d51f5884b8d19e88018ade2dc7cc862bb0235f51cbd8d6ac1ec5b4bc8f78e |
openstack-keystone-doc-2012.2.1-3.el6ost.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2013:1083 |
MD5: d26563c9546892724796719f57815c64 SHA-256: d05eb3a27e469e132a4e65dcda4d8f000d5fc915e6da0e161e46147010bf39b6 |
python-keystone-2012.2.1-3.el6ost.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2013:1083 |
MD5: 06c6ec22ff66cd7190590c1744e6bcab SHA-256: 913ffb914bbf4145c1864a3041e57588e47ece5ad6693bcaa13443182f9d18ce |
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Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
857290 - Keystone catalog fails if not all URLs are defined in an endpoint
888328 - Unable to delete service endpoint in keystone
906171 - CVE-2013-0247 OpenStack Keystone: denial of service through invalid token requests
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I should be getting my offroad h pipe soon, and I can't wait. Anyone who has a mac offroad h and A/T catback, stock headers for now, how long will the grin be plastered to my face, and how much louder is it really? would you want to have your head a foot away from your tips at 4000 rpm ?
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Former Iran lawmakers offer nuclear compromise
Exiled former Iranian lawmakers on Thursday proposed a compromise to avert conflict over Tehran's nuclear programme, calling for an end to sensitive uranium enrichment and an easing of US-led sanctions.
In a letter sent to US President Barack Obama, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini and the European Union, the seven ex-MPs said that a solution to the crisis was possible if all sides sought a "win-win" outcome.
The former lawmakers, who support greater freedoms inside Iran, proposed that the clerical regime halt enrichment of uranium of fissile purities of 20 per cent, a level that could be used for a nuclear bomb if further enriched.
Iran would put its 20-per cent stockpile under monitoring of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency, which would carry out inspections of the nuclear program.
Iran would enjoy the right to enrichment at lower levels as well as guarantees of sufficient fuel to research reactors for peaceful use.
In turn, the United States and five other nations negotiating with Iran - Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia - would lay out a clear timetable to ease sanctions that the lawmakers said have caused pain in the country.
Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, a former reformist member of the Iranian parliament who lives in Boston, said that the sweeping Western sanctions helped bring Tehran to talks but doubted they would change the regime's behaviour further.
"We know how these sanctions actually hurt. Even people can't get enough medicine," she said at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.
"Anti-West sentiment will be increased if sanctions keep continuing and we will gradually lose this social capital" of the population's positive feelings toward the West, she said.
Ali Akbar Mousavi, another former reformist lawmaker who lives in the United States, said Khamenei "needs at least a small victory," such as official Western recognition of the right to enrichment at purely civilian levels.
"He wants to say to competitors... 'Look, I won and you lost,'" Mousavi said.
The United States has voiced disappointment over Iran's response to international talks and has steadily ramped up sanctions, including trying to ban all exports of oil, its key source of foreign exchange.
US-ally Israel has refused to rule out a military strike, and American officials have repeatedly said they will do whatever it takes to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon.
Iran says that its programme is for peaceful purposes. US intelligence has not concluded that the regime has taken the decision to build a nuclear bomb.


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Friday, August 27, 2010
F.O.O.M. -- Friends Of Ol' Marvel!
First there was the Merry Marvel Marching Society (of which I was a proud member), then came Marvelmania International which lasted only a few years (which I might've joined but I don't remember getting anything). But after all that the Bronze Age Marvel fan got F.O.O.M. which stood for "Friends Of Ol' Marvel" (which I didn't join because I was too cool for it at the time--I got over that).
This fan club managed to hang on through most of the rest of the 70's putting out its final issue as the rise of the direct sales market began to glimmer.
I've gathered several issues of F.O.O.M. over the years, though I never saw an issue during the time of its run. They're fun, like most fanzines of the time, at once breezy, friendly, and informative.
Above is a gallery of the F.O.O.M. covers, the best scans I could gather from various sources.
Oh and where did the name come from? It was a favorite sound effect at Marvel, but perhaps a certain inscrutable dragon knows for sure.
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I think that is "King" Kirby in all his glory. The image is re-purposed from a Marvelmania poster, one of the many that Kirby produced just before he skipped off to DC.
One source credited it to Steranko, so it's possible it's redrawn I guess, but it looks like the real McCoy to me.
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My previous order was for about 8 items, I returned all bar 1 or 2 items and in the note i stated the coat and jacket were to small. Now they updated the website that all had been returned except the jacket and coat. Then they sent out larger sizes, which I found kinda odd as I didn't really request them, I just put the reason why they were being sent back. But anyway, I didn't like the fit of the bigger ones either and sent these back. Conveniently these two items didn't get updated on the website as returned either. I filled in the missing items forms, posted them, they never received it (which conveniently asks for the receipts), luckily I took photographs of everything and put them on a website and informed them. At which point they refunded my account and I paid for my 2 items.
Now my 2nd order, 2 pairs of shoes and some jeans. The jeans I ordered were the same ones as I was wearing and leg. However they were more like 4 to 5 sizes too small. So I thought may have been an error and I tried another 1 on of the same size and leg I ordered and that was too small also, but by only about 2 or 3 sizes. So their sizing is completely insane, lucky dip is more like it. So I sent everything back bar socks and 1 pair of lucky try out jeans which fit and now the most expensive item again (same as last order) has not been updated as returned on the website were as all the rest have been updated. Ironically the jeans and the boots were returned in the same parcel. So why are the jeans marked as returned and not the boots? So here I go again, soon to make another website with receipt photographs for proof. I've emailed returns department whom gave me an automated / templated response of a 24 hour response, and guess what it's been longer than 24 hours and no response.
I've ordered the same jeans from another catalogue and they fit. Same leg, same waist.
Jacamo - inconsistent jeans sizing and a nightmare for ensuring your items are returned.


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The ionization makes toothpaste superfluous but you can continue to use it if you prefer - ionization is not affected by toothpaste.
To brush your teeth, moisten the brush and rod (saliva is sufficient outdoors) then brush the teeth lightly but thoroughly; force is not necessary. Your saliva foams lightly when the toothbrush is working effectively. If toothpaste is used, it should only be very little. The brush head should be replaced at least every 2 to 3 months.
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So why not a solar-powered toothbrush? Exactly!
Soladey was the first toothbrush to introduce and patent a solar panel power source in a toothbrush. Solar power meaning that a standard bathroom light source works fine. Just like your calculator. The sun – even better.
The solar panel charges a semiconductor that is encased in a medical grade stainless steel handle. The semiconductor connects to the "engine" of the toothbrush – the titanium dioxide rod. When water contacts the Ti02 rod, the ionic, oxygen-cleaning magic happens.
Negative good. Positive bad.
Usually negative is bad. But not so in the case of ions.
Your yucky mouth is full of bacteria, food waste, dental plaque and who knows what you have put in there. All largely positive ions. Think of your mouth as the centre of a busy, dirty city. Now along comes a refreshing, oxygen-rich bunch of negative, bacteria fighting ions generated by your titanium dioxide rod in your Soladey toothbrush. So, going back to your high school science class, what will happen if negative ions are introduced into a positive ion environment? Could it be a magnetic attraction? Absolutely. But like love, it doesn't always happen overnight.
At Soladey, we have developed our international brand with limited resources, so we don't have deep pockets for research, advertising and such. But the research we have done has been telling. Most interesting was a finding that it takes time for the Soladey brush to show results – particularly when it comes to breaking down plaque. The reason for this is pretty logical. If you have years of build-up on your teeth and gums, you cannot change the oral environment overnight. But we do know, that somewhere between 30-60 brushings, the microscopic ionic affects start to translate into tangible changes.
The ion5 Solar Panel
The ION5 solar panels are hand-welded to the handle. Dr. Kunio Komiyama, of the University of Saskatchewan, tested the solar powered brush on two types of bacterial cultures that are contributors to periodontal disease. "You see complete destruction of bacterial cells," he said.
The Negative Ion Generator
The Soladey ion5 toothbrush has a titanium dioxide rod at the bristles-end of the handle, which is light (via the solar panel) and water activated. When exposed to both, the photosensitive titanium rod creates negatively charged ions or electrons. These negative ions loosen and attract positive (hydrogen) ions from the acid in the dental plaque on the teeth. A light brushing sweeps them away.
Replaceable Bristle Brush Head
The Soladey ION5 handle should last a lifetime, though proper dental care requires the replacement of the bristle heads every 3-4 months – usually less often than other manual brushes because of a lighter brushing action.
Packs of 4 replacement heads, which fit ALL Soladey models (ION5, J3X, Eco, and future versions) are available in soft; medium; tapered bristles (for better cleaning in between the gum-line); the new rubber soft heads (designed for better adhesion); as well as smaller child bristle heads.
No toothpaste. No problem.
We have all grown up with the basic idea of brushing our teeth with toothpaste a couple times a day, getting regular dental checkups and flossing daily. And like everything else in life, few of us do as we are told.
So here is a novel proposition. Try using the Soladey oxygenating toothbrush without toothpaste – it's a true plaque fighter. Many of our customers don't use toothpaste for a variety of reasons – environmental concerns, or sensitivities (allergies) – to money saving. Yet the brush still works just fine for them.
Worth a try?
If you can't live without toothpaste, Soladey recommends a small dab of environmentally friendly toothpastes for taste (because it is hard to change old habits), or essential oils like oregano or peppermint that can also help overall oral health (use just a drop or two as it's powerful stuff). And we do recommend flossing daily. And visiting your dentist regularly. All are key to good overall dental hygiene.
Give us just three minutes of your time. Twice daily.
Some of our research has indicated that the average time people take to brush their teeth is under one minute. Yet dental practitioners still recommend brushing at least 2-3 minutes each time to achieve oral hygiene goals. Some high-end toothbrushes even have timers to tell you when to stop brushing. Duh.
So if you want to achieve the full benefits of oxygen-rich, ionic cleaning in your mouth, give Soladey just three minutes of your time, twice a day. Anywhere and anytime you want.
Imagine a dust mop.
If you had beautifully finished wooden coffee table, you would not use a scrub brush to take the dust off – for fear of scratching the surface. So why would you want to scour your teeth with aggressive brushing or even abrasive chemicals found in some whitening toothpastes?
The Soladey ionic toothbrush does not require aggressive brushing to help whiten teeth. Because it is an ionic reaction that ultimately loosens harmful ions from your teeth and gums. The brush literally starts working if you simply hold it in your mouth.
A light brushing on teeth and gums is all that is needed to sweep away all that yucky stuff. Just like a dust mop.
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Brussels, 11 December 2007
The study released today surveyed the rules and standards of professional ethics at the European institutions and at various national institutions. For instance, the study looked at the rules concerning declarations of financial interests and assets; external activities; loyalty; rules on accepting gifts, decorations or distinctions; rules on impartiality and conflicts of interest; rules on incompatibility of posts and professional activities before or during one's term of office; restrictions on professional commitments or holding other posts after leaving office; and similar ethical issues.
This was an initial opportunity to share best ethical practices among public administrations. The European Commission emerges positively from this analysis in absolute and relative terms. One conclusion is that we must continue to ensure that ethical rules are enforced, periodically reviewed and that a strong and coherent ethical culture is put in place across the Commission.
As one aspect of the European Transparency Initiative, in July 2006 the Commission launched a call for tenders for an individual study, both comparative and by country, of the rules and standards of professional ethics for holders of public office in the European institutions and in national parliaments, national governments, constitutional courts (supreme courts), courts of audit, and central or national banks of the 25 Member States of the European Union plus Romania, Bulgaria, Canada and the United States of America.
Regarding European institutions, the study examined and compared the rules and standards of professional ethics in the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Court of Auditors, the Court of Justice, the European Central Bank and the European Investment Bank. A questionnaire asked respondents to provide information on whether and how they regulate 15 different conflict of interest issues. The research data consisted of 19 survey questions put to five institutions in all Member States and the six European institutions mentioned above. Out of the 141 institutions covered in this study, 88 (62%) responded to all questions.
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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zogenix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZGNX), a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of pain-related and central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced new post-hoc analysis data showing that the indicated 12-hour dose of Zohydro® ER, (hydrocodone bitartrate) Extended-Release Capsules, CII, provided durable pain relief over the entire dosing interval. This finding is important because a major concern for all extended-release pain medications is the potential for lack of consistent pain relief throughout the entire day, especially at the end of the dosing.
"In this study, we saw that most of the chronic pain patients taking Zohydro ER achieved effective pain relief for the entire duration of 12 hours for each administered dose. In particular, most patients did not experience dose failures during the night, meaning they did not wake up to take additional medication for their pain," said Srinivas Nalamachu, MD, President and Medical Director, International Clinical Research Institute, Overland Park, Kansas.
The goal of extended-release opioids is to provide sustained delivery of medication and continuous pain relief over the entire dosing interval, reducing or eliminating the need to take rescue pain medication. Chronic pain patients experiencing interruptions in sleep frequently have higher degrees of pain and reduced functioning the following day. 1
These data will be presented at PAINWeek, the national conference on pain for clinicians specializing in pain management taking place this week in Las Vegas.
"Zohydro ER was developed specifically for the subset of severe chronic pain patients currently managing their pain with short-acting hydrocodone/acetaminophen medication but who need true sustained 12-hour pain relief and are at risk for acetaminophen toxicity. These data further support that Zohydro ER fulfills this medical need," said Bradley Galer, MD, chief medical officer of Zogenix. "This analysis of our pivotal Phase 3 data demonstrated that pain relief with Zohydro ER was durable throughout the entire 12-hour dosing interval without any observation of end of dose failure. This finding, coupled with the lack of the need to wake up at night to take rescue pain medication, is particularly important, since minimizing the amount of rescue medication and providing around-the-clock pain relief are often overlooked factors in the effective treatment of severe chronic pain."
Zohydro® ER is indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate.
Zohydro ER is the first and only extended-release hydrocodone for around-the clock management of severe chronic pain without acetaminophen, lowering the risk for liver toxicity due to overexposure of acetaminophen, which can be fatal or require a liver transplant.
About the PAINWeek Presentation
" Single-entity, extended-release hydrocodone bitartrate: effective pain relief during 12-hour dosing "
Poster 60, Thursday, September 4, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The multi-center, enriched enrollment, randomized withdrawal study evaluated the efficacy and safety of Zohydro ER in opioid-experienced subjects with moderate-to-severe chronic low back pain. This new analysis examined the durability of pain relief throughout the 12-hour dosing interval by examining patterns of rescue medication utilization in patients with chronic low back pain. The study began with an open-label, conversion/titration phase (=6 weeks) in which 150 subjects with moderate-to-severe chronic low back pain were converted from their current opioid to Zohydro ER dosed every 12 hours. After the conversion/titration phase, subjects were randomized in a double-blind fashion to Zohydro ER or placebo for the 12-week treatment phase. Rescue medication was permitted up to twice daily.
Key findings include:
About Zohydro® ER
Zohydro® ER is an extended-release opioid agonist indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate.
Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse with opioids, even at recommended doses, and because of the greater risks of overdose and death with extended-release opioid formulations, reserve Zohydro ER for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options (e.g., non-opioid analgesics or immediate-release opioids) are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain.
Zohydro ER is not indicated as an as-needed (prn) analgesic.
Please click here to see the Zohydro ER professional product labeling for the complete boxed warning and safety information.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WARNING: ADDICTION, ABUSE AND MISUSE; LIFE-THREATENING RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION; ACCIDENTAL INGESTION; NEONATAL OPIOID WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; INTERACTION WITH ALCOHOL; and CYTOCHROME P450 3A4 INTERACTION
See full prescribing information for complete boxed warning.
Zohydro ER is contraindicated in patients with: significant respiratory depression; acute or severe bronchial asthma; known or suspected paralytic ileus; and hypersensitivity to hydrocodone bitartrate.
Zohydro ER warnings for: interactions with CNS depressants; elderly, cachectic, debilitated patients, and those with chronic pulmonary disease; hypotensive effects; patients with head injury or increased intracranial pressure; and concomitant use of CYP3A4 may increase opioid effects. Please see full prescribing information for the complete warning information.
Potential serious adverse events caused by opioids include addiction, abuse, and misuse; life-threatening respiratory depression; neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome; interactions with other CNS depressants; hypotensive effects; gastrointestinal conditions, and seizures. The most common adverse reactions associated with Zohydro ER (=2%) include constipation, nausea, somnolence, fatigue, headache, dizziness, dry mouth, vomiting, pruritus, abdominal pain, peripheral edema, upper respiratory tract infection, muscle spasms, urinary tract infection, back pain, and tremor.
About Zogenix
Zogenix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZGNX) is a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing therapies that address specific clinical needs for people living with pain-related conditions and CNS disorders who need innovative treatment alternatives to help them return to normal daily functioning.
Forward-Looking Statements
Zogenix cautions you that statements included in this press release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Words such as "believes," "indicates," "will," "intends," "suggests," "designed" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the company's current beliefs and expectations. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding: the effectiveness of Zohydro ER, including the duration of relief. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this release due to the risk and uncertainties inherent in Zogenix's business, including, without limitation: Zogenix's ability to achieve broad market acceptance and generate revenues from sales of Zohydro ER; the potential that the post-hoc analysis may not be predictive of future efficacy results of Zohydro ER; and other risks detailed in Zogenix's prior press releases as well as in public periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and Zogenix undertakes no obligation to revise or update this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
1Hooten WM, Timming R, Belgrade M, Gaul J, Goertz M, Haake B, Myers C, Noonan MP, Owens J, Saeger L, Schweim K, Shteyman G, Walker N. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement. Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain. Updated November 2013.
Zohydro® ER is a registered mark of Zogenix, Inc.


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Workshop Topic Understanding Coevolution Theory and Analysis of Coevolutionary Algorithms
Coevolutionary algorithms promise several advantages over traditional evolutionary algorithms in terms of their adaptability and potential open-endedness. However, they also challenge us with new and difficult issues. For example, their very adaptability means that fitness assessments in the algorithm are in some sense subjective, and thus the existence of Red Queen dynamics can make it difficult to know whether real progress is being made in any objective sense and pathologies like mediocre stable states can cast doubt on whether optimization is being done at all. More generally, dynamics in these systems can be complicated and surprising. Theory and analysis of coevolutionary algorithms is far less advanced than that of traditional evolutionary algorithms, but the time has come to focus our collective attention on analysis issues more formally. The goal of this workshop is to foster and encourage open discussion about the issues surrounding the direction that analysis of coevolutionary algorithms might take in the future, as well as introducing existing theory and empirically analytical work to those who are looking for a place to start understanding coevolution.
The publications in this year's workshop focused primarily on attempting to understand how to characterize and analyze coevolution. The first paper introduces an interesting new framework for analyzing coevolutionary problems from an order-theoretic perspective. The second paper overlaps this paper slightly, using similar notions of order and ranking in order to help better understand when coevolutionary algorithms behave dynamically like a traditional evolutionary algorithm. The third paper is also quite complementary, using dominance tournament methods to allow for on-line measurement of progress during evolutionary runs. The final paper offers an empirical perspective by applying coevolution to the problem of feature construction in machine learning.
Workshop Details
The workshop was held as a half day event, focusing on theoretical and empirical analysis of coevolutionary algorithms. The first 45 minutes was set aside for an introductory discussion, the next two hours was reserved for paper discussions, and the remaining time was dedicated to a very fruitful panel discussion.
Workshop Papers The following is a list of the papers appearing in the workshop proceedings, in the order of their appearance. Those wishing to discuss details of the articles, such as how and if copies can be obtained, are encouraged to do so directly with the authors themselves, rather than through the workshop organizers.
Workshop Presentations The workshop presentations are provided below. You can also download the workshop bib file here.
Workshop Results Summary This year's workshop went very well. There seemed to be good attendance, and the discussion that followed the presentations seemed to suggest that there is a strong interest in coevolutionary computation. The panel discussion was divided into three components: Challenges for the Coevolutionary Computation Community, Challenges of Coevolutionary Computation Research, and Action Items for the Future. A short description of the salient points from these three topics will follow.
We discussed the problems coevolutionary computation seems to face as a community: lack of presence in the wider EC community and a lack of cohesion and interaction among coevolutionary researchers. The group at large identified several factors that may be contributing to this:
We touched on some of the research issues which pose particular challenges to those of us who study coevolution.
We discussed some items that we can take in the near future to help promote coevolutionary computation in th EC field at large, as well as gather some cohesion among coevolutionary researchers.
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Daniel Edward Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Lorraine Hélène (Gougeon), a secretary from a French-Canadian family, and Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, a civil engineer who advised prime minister Pierre Trudeau. Aykroyd attended Carleton University in 1969, where he majored in Criminology and Sociology, but he dropped out before completing his degree. He worked as a comedian in various Canadian nightclubs and managed an after-hours speakeasy, Club 505, in Toronto for several years. He worked with Second City Stage Troupe in Toronto and started his acting career at Carleton University with Sock'n'Buskin, the campus theater/drama club. Married to Donna Dixon since 1983, he has two daughters. His parents are named Peter and Lorraine and his brother Peter Aykroyd is a psychic researcher. Dan received an honorary Doctorate from Carleton University in 1994 and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998.
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How Was Your Week's Julie Klausner brings the much needed lady energy to this week's Sklarbro County! Julie tells us about which weird celebrity sighting she'd love to see, writing for the 3rd season of Funny Or Die's Billy On The Street, and an email she received from her mom describing Barbra Streisand in "The Guilt Trip." Daniel Van Kirk also joins us with some insane stories that include; a Florida man arrested for moving merchandise in a Walgreens after finding out they didn't have his favorite beverage, another Florida man who was arrested for posing as firefighter after starting a library fire, and one of the most disgusting stories in County history. Plus, we hear a special voicemail from Jesse "The Mind" Ventura who's trying to keep a low profile.
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DubipR, on 06 August 2013 - 07:36 AM, said:
With the excpetion of JFT
June... Fiane Taphael?
1) I had to clean up a bathroom blowout similar to the one described here. The guy ran out as I was walking in to start cleaning.
2) Best Jesse "The Mind" Ventura ever, especially the pronunciation of "wax."
Posted 06 August 2013 - 03:16 PM
I want to give a tip to all writers (comedians or otherwise) who are looking for new material. I actually worked, for about a year, at a stenography school. On my third day there one of the teachers came in to get me to inform me they needed someone to read actual court transcripts to students to practice/test against. I said no thank you, and he laughed and told me I didn't want to miss this. It seems that they seek out the craziest transcripts they can get so they have fun while reading them and acting them out. On this day ours was all about a woman testifying about a sexual relationship with a councilman in, I think, Pennsylvania. It was so dirty and just...gross, I couldn't stop laughing. From there I never missed a reading. So if you get a chance, find a local stenography school and ask to help read transcripts. I promise you, you will hear some insane shit that will make paint this world in a new light.


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I do not often post the same story twice.
This week's story remains a favorite of mine, and I have decided to publish it again, just a few days before Christmas.
Following tragic recent events, we all need to focus on the positive, and the good that is everywhere around us. We all need - and want - to be inspired.
My respect for the great man featured in this story is undiminished. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Thank you for following the blog this year. Thank you for your weekly visits; your comments; most importantly, thank you for your friendship. I am a lucky French Girl!
L'Abbé Pierre, the reluctant French icon
(originally published on December 20, 2011)
'Tis the season of giving... (photo from www.11magnolialane.com) |
Buried knee-deep in wrapping paper; shoved over by frustrated crowds at the local mall; defeated by piles of greeting cards that had to be sent yesterday; many might forget that the Holiday season is not just about shopping, wrapping or ticking things off an endless to-do list. For when they say "''Tis the season of giving," surely, they mean more than: "You-have-to-snatch-the-iPhone4s-and-don't-miss-Macy's-umpteenth-One-Day-Sale." Not to worry: Americans are a generous bunch, and this year, many will take time out of their frenzied schedule to help out at a local charity; volunteering at their kids' schools; making donations to causes dear to their heart. They will also remember to be grateful for their relatives and friends and will celebrate the Holidays in style, as they should.
Today, I would like to tell you the story of a man who embodied Giving. France knows him as "l'Abbé Pierre." His face (the grey hair and beard, the big glasses, the béret,) and silhouette (the long, black cape, the heavy shoes, the cane,) are so familiar to my countrymen that a picture of l'Abbé Pierre hardly needs a caption. During his long life, he remained one of France's most unlikely, and yet most beloved public figures, topping popularity polls year after year, until his death, in January 2007.
La Fresque des Lyonnais (the famous Lyonnais fresco) Lyon, France |
L'Abbé Pierre (1912-2007) was born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès, in Lyon, to a well-heeled bourgeois family of eight children. His father had a strong social conscience and introduced Henri to charity work at a very young age. A devout catholic, Henri was determined to become a missionary. He attended a Jesuit school, and later renounced his inheritance to join a Franciscan monastery. He was ordained priest in 1938. Strict monastic life did not agree with him (he was plagued with health issues,) and he eventually left the monastery.
World War II broke out in 1939. He was mobilised as an NCO (Non Commissioned Officer) but contracted pleurisy while training in Alsace. When France fell, he became vicar of the Grenoble cathedral. Throughout the war, he would take enormous risks to help others; enabling Jews and other politically persecuted to escape to Switzerland; joining the French Résistance where he operated under several code names including the now-famous "Abbé Pierre;" founding a clandestine newspaper; stealing clothing from warehouses for the poor and the Résistance. He was arrested in 1944 but managed to escape and joined General Charles de Gaulle and the Free French Forces in Algiers. He continued fighting and received top French military honors at the end of the war.
A young Abbé Pierre listens to a speech by General de Gaulle in 1946 |
The war experience would mark him for life: From then on, he engaged himself to protect fundamental human rights and to fight for the causes he believed in. If legal means were not an option, then civil disobedience was all right too.
He also knew how to use his reputation and growing fame, and his connections to politicians to further his cause, lecturing formidable French leader General de Gaulle, in January 1945 on the need for milk to feed babies!
Impatient, stubborn, unruly and outspoken, l'Abbé Pierre was soon to become a major influence in French society, an indefatigable fighter who led a life-long crusade against poverty and homelessness. His tactical weapons: Prayer, provocation, charity work and political action.
After the war, L'Abbé Pierre was convinced to join the French Parliament where he worked as a député (representative,) from 1945 to 1951, but he quickly understood that he would be most efficient fighting misery in the street.
In 1949, using his lawmaker's indemnities after he had left the Parliament, he started a community outside of Paris to help the neediest members of society. He named the center "Emmaus," a town mentioned in the Gospel. His early "companions" were a motley crew of down-on-their-luck individuals. With them, he came up with the idea of a working community; organizing rag-picking and recycling of household goods to finance the construction of shelters for the homeless, often without construction permits. This was a far cry from traditional charity, as it encouraged the poor to fend for themselves. To those who had nothing, he brought not merely relief, but also purpose and hope. When money ran out, l'Abbé Pierre did not hesitate to take part in a TV game show to raise funds. Celebrities like Charlie Chaplin started supporting the movement as Emmaus grew steadily, first in France (where it is today one the largest NGOs,) then internationally after 1971 with the creation of Emmaus International.
People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
- L'Abbé Pierre.
1954: Laying the first stone of a new Emmaus-sponsored shelter |
L'Abbé Pierre and the first Emmaus companions |
But it is during the exceptionally cold winter of 1954 that L'Abbé Pierre became a living legend. An indignant Abbé issued a radio appeal on behalf of 5 million homeless people after a baby froze to death, and after a woman died on a Paris boulevard clutching her eviction notice in her frozen hand. In his famous speech, he challenged the French to heed their moral duty. The opening words caught everyone's attention: "My friends, come help... A woman froze to death tonight at 3:00am..." The French - no doubt remembering the privations endured during the war - listened, and donations poured in: Money, blankets, clothing, even jewelry and fur coats! My mother-in-law, who was a young girl at the time, remembers listening to the radio address with her family and walking down to the nearest temporary shelter with clothing and blankets.
Throughout his life, l'Abbé Pierre used the power of the media to further his cause |
The following morning, the press wrote of an "uprising of kindness" (insurrection de la bonté.) Over the next few weeks, donations were sorted out and distributed all over France, often through the emerging network of Emmaus communities where the homeless were given food and shelter. Emmaus volunteers were former homeless people who had learned to depend for survival on their own efforts, reselling refurbished furniture, books and scraps. L'Abbé Pierre was everywhere, delivering rousing speeches; visiting politicians to push for new legislation to forbid landlords from evicting tenants during winter months; holding the hands of women and children while visiting shelters. As a result of his tireless campaigning, the French government finally undertook a large program of housing reconstruction.
Leaving the Elysée Palace after meeting with the French President (1954) |
Years went by. L'Abbé Pierre did not slow down, always prompt to denounce injustice, not only in France but in the rest of the world where he was often seen with international leaders. Even when he turned down the Legion of Honor and other prestigious awards to protest the lack of official efforts towards the poor, he also understood the need to rub shoulders with politicians to get results.
Always frank and often controversial, he wrote books about various topics, publicly disagreeing with Pope John Paul II on the issues of priest celibacy, the union of gay couples, the use of contraception, or the ordination of women as priests.
There was controversy. There was media lynching when l'Abbé made unpopular choices, but the French public [a notoriously tough crowd] remained faithful to him. Then came old age, and failing health, and l'Abbé progressively retired out of the public eye. But there was always one more injustice, one more cause worth fighting for. So he would call the media; meet with officials; show up at the French Parliament, where the frail man would speak up from his wheelchair, his voice weak, but his commitment undiminished. At the end of his life, he accepted a few honors -reluctantly- and respectful crowds came to see him.
Finally accepting the prestigious Legion of Honor awarded by President Chirac in 2001 |
L'Abbé Pierre meets l'Abbé Pierre in 2005 |
It was finally time for the man President Chirac called: "A great figure, a conscience, an incarnation of goodness," to take his final bow. He died after a long illness, at the age of 94. Statesmen, celebrities, companions of Emmaus and the French public attended his funeral celebrated at Notre-Dame cathedral, on January 26, 2007. L'Abbé's companions were placed at the front of the congregation, according to his last wishes. His iconic béret, cape and cane lay on top of the coffin during the funeral service.
A big funeral for a man who aspired to a simple, monastic life |
Henri Grouès - l'Abbé Pierre - rests in a small cemetery in Esteville, a small village North of Rouen, in Normandy. At peace at last, (one would hope,) he is in good company, surrounded by several of his early companions and friends. At his request, his grave is anonymous, but it is easy to find, thanks to all the flowers left by visitors.
L'Abbé Pierre (1912-2007): French patriot, human being. Led a life of action and service and knew a thing or two about giving.
Adieu, l'Abbé. On t'aimait bien. So long, l'Abbé. We liked you. |
A bientôt, et Joyeux Noël, mes amis!
To learn more about l'Abbé Pierre's inspiring life, watch this excellent documentary (3 video clips.)
You may also rent the 1989 movie "Hiver 1954: L'Abbé Pierre" ["Winter 1954: L'Abbe Pierre"] with Lambert Wilson.


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ALBANY, NY — A Moreland Commission launched earlier this month by Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued subpoenas to utilities in a probe of their response and recovery operations during Superstorm Sandy.
State spokesman David Neustadt said the commission issued the subpoenas Wednesday for Consolidated Edison Co. and the Long Island Power Authority.
Both Con Ed and LIPA confirmed their companies received the subpoenas, but would not comment further.
Cuomo established the commission on Nov. 13 to investigate the response, preparation and management of the utility companies during Sandy, as well as the other major storms that have hit the state in the past two years – Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
The commission will review the actions taken by the power companies, and will also be able to make specific recommendations about how to reform and modernize the way New York delivers power to its residents.
Cuomo has been a harsh critic of the power companies – particularly LIPA – in the wake of Sandy. A week after the storm, he accused Con Ed of restoring power to Lower Manhattan in a timely fashion, but blowing other areas off.
The state could take actions "from sanctions to revocation of franchise," he said.
Cuomo was even harsher toward LIPA a couple of weeks later, suggesting that the power company should be shut down.
According to Newsday, Cuomo also said LIPA "has to end" because it "hasn't worked in a long, long time."
Cuomo also wants the commission to evaluate other utilities serving the New York City and suburban areas, including New York State Electric and Gas Corp. and National Grid, which operates under LIPA.
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has also subpoenaed Con Ed and LIPA for plans and performance records on restoring power, communicating with customers without power and other aspects of the utilities' responses to the storm.
Source: CBS 2 NY


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As the leading edge of the "Baby Boom" generation in the United States reaches sixty years of age, members of this unusually large cohort born between 1946 and 1966 are poised to redefine retirement — just as they have restructured educational, housing, and labor markets previously. Looking ahead, their numbers and energy are sure to have a major impact on national pensions, healthcare, and social safety nets. This book notes that "Boomers" will be better off than their predecessors in many ways, having benefited from the long run-up in housing prices, dramatic improvements in healthcare, and ... More
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Grimm's Legal Debt Grows To $678K
Rep. Michael Grimm's legal fees keep racking up.
The Staten Island congressman who was the Election Day winner for another term against Democrat Mark Murphy, has incurred $677,966 in legal fees from the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Patton Boggs.
Grimm's campaign reported back in June the debt for legal fees stood at $321,000.
Grimm ended the campaign season with $241,923 in cash on hand. The report filed covers Oct. 18 through Nov. 26.
The firm is representing Grimm in the ongoing FBI probe into his campaign fundraising activities, including the accusation that his 2010 campaign used straw donors and used an Israeli national to raise money from a synagogue in exchange for a green card.
A House ethics panel has said it voted to investigate Grimm in November, but decided to defer to the Justice Department's ongoing investigation of the fundraising activities.
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Horn of Plenty Marketplace had a wide variety of vegetables. Just as our fruits, most are locally or regionally grown and are of the highest quality. We received shipments daily. Our vegetables were great for a fresh salad or for cooking.
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Bude Canal
Bude Canal | |
The course of Hobbacott Incline in 2007; it ascends the hillside, marked by the twin rows of trees
Specifications | |
Maximum boat length | 20 ft 0 in (6.096 m) |
Maximum boat beam | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Locks | 2 + 6 inclines |
Status | part extant |
History | |
Principal engineer | James Green (1781-1849), Thomas Shearm |
Date of act | 1819 |
Date completed | 1823 |
Date closed | 1891 |
Geography | |
Start point | Bude |
End point | Vinworthy (N), Blagdon (E) and Druxton (S) |
The Bude Canal was a canal built to serve the hilly hinterland in the Devon and Cornwall border territory in the United Kingdom, chiefly to bring lime-bearing sand for agricultural fertiliser. The Bude Canal system was one of the most unusual in Britain.[1]
It was remarkable in using inclined planes to haul tub boats on wheels to the upper levels. There were only two conventional locks, in the short broad canal section near the sea at Bude itself. It had a total extent of 35 miles (56 km), and it rose from sea level to an altitude of 433 feet (132 m).
The design of the canal influenced the design of the Rolle Canal.
The coastal area at Bude has sand unusually rich in minerals and the poor agricultural land of the locality was found to benefit considerably from application of the sand. In the pre-industrial age, actually transporting it was difficult, even to land relatively close to the coast.
Several schemes were put forward for canals to bring the sand to the countryside, and these proposals did not lack ambition. One early scheme, conceived by Cornish engineer, John Edyvean aimed at distributing Welsh coal from the port as far inland as Calstock on the River Tamar. It gained parliamentary approval for construction in 1774, but financial problems and the Napoleonic Wars, frustrated the proposal.[2] [3]
In 1818, the West Country canal engineer James Green produced a report for canal's backers,[4] and an Act of Parliament was obtained for this more moderate proposal in 1819. After some difficulties in the construction phase the canal was completed and opened on 8 July 1823.[5] Its cost was £118,000.[6]
The canal system[edit]
The project:
- improved the difficult exposed sea harbour at Bude
- built a broad canal capable of taking 50-foot (15 m) barges for 2 miles (3.2 km) to Helebridge Basin
- built the rest of the system for tub boats, 20 feet (6.1 m) long by 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) wide
- built a reservoir at Virworthy to feed water to the system
The main line of the canal ran south east from Bude to Druxton Wharf near Launceston, with an easterly branch to Blagdonmoor, beyond Holsworthy. There was a northerly feeder arm leading from a new reservoir at Virworthy, now called Lower Tamar Lake.
There were two conventional locks in the short broad canal section, each with a vertical interval of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m). This section terminated at Helebridge, about 2 miles (3.2 km) from Bude, and ordinary coastal barges travelled this far up the canal.
The tub boats were designed to use the main part of the system, and they generally made the transit from the harbour at Bude, or from Helebridge if trans-shipping from coastal vessels there.
After Helebridge there were three inclined planes to the summit section; the whole of the central part of the system was at this level, 433 feet (132 m) above sea level. The main line to Druxton Wharf, near Launceston, negotiated three descending inclined planes as it followed the southerly course of the River Tamar.
With no intermediate locks on the tub boat sections, the canal had to follow the contours between the inclined planes, and this made its route even more circuitous than most canals. However some relatively ambitious viaducts and earthworks were constructed, particularly where side streams and small valleys entered the main watercourse and its valley.
The inclined planes[edit]
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The unusual feature of the canal was the six inclined planes. The tub boats had wheels, and on the inclined planes they were pulled up the slopes with the wheels running in channel rails (like a squat letter "U" in section). There were two sets of rails, one for each direction, but it does not appear that a counterbalancing system was used (in which a boat coming down would balance one being pulled up).
The tub boats were hauled up and let down the inclined planes by chains which were operated in most cases by waterwheels; the transit took five minutes or so. There were standby steam engines at some of the inclined planes. However the Hobbacott Inclined Plane (both the steepest and that allowing the greatest height difference) used a different system of harnessing water power: water filled a very large bucket and it was simply the weight of the water that pulled the ascending tub boat up the incline. The bucket operated in a deep vertical shaft, and at the bottom a plug was opened and the water ran to waste along an adit which connected to the lower level of the canal; the descending bucket pulled an empty bucket up in the same operation. The full bucket had to be heavy enough to pull a loaded tub boat up the 1 in 4½ gradient as well as overcoming friction, and Green calculated that a weight of about fifteen tons was necessary. This was successful, and the bucket raised a boat up the plane in about four minutes, which was about one half of the time taken when the 16 horsepower (12 kW) standby steam engine was used.[4]
Name | Vertical interval | Length | System | Coordinates |
Marhamchurch | 120 ft | 836 ft | Overshot waterwheel | 50°48′20″N 4°31′40″W / 50.805647°N 4.527908°W |
Hobbacott | 225 ft | 935 ft | Descending bucket | |
Vealand | 58 ft | 500 ft | Overshot waterwheel | |
Merrifield | 60 ft | 360 ft | Overshot waterwheel | |
Tamerton | 59 ft | 360 ft | Overshot waterwheel | |
Bridgetown | 51 ft | 259 ft | Overshot waterwheel |
The gradients of the planes differed somewhat, with Hobbacott being the steepest at 1 in 4.5 and Vealand being the gentlest at 1 in 8.6.
Tub boats[edit]
The tub boats were 20 feet (6.1 m) long and 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) wide, and carried about 20 tons payload; the usage of tub boats was not confined to the Bude Canal. They were commonly operated by coupling between 4 and 6 together and hauling them – by horse power – together. A "train" of boats could therefore be 120 feet (37 m) long, and on the very sinuous alignment of the canal, the train must have been difficult to pass round sharp curves. Steering was possible by manually altering the connection between adjacent boats, using handspikes.
Each boat had four wheels 14 inches (360 mm) in diameter for running on the inclined planes; the boats were hauled up and down individually.
The operation of lining the tub boats up with the rails, at transfer from canal to plane, must have been difficult. Once engaged with the continuous chain, it would have been impracticable to stop the motion momentarily while the wheels were guided to the rail channels; but no record is available as to how this was achieved.
On completion of the canal, the owning company was constantly short of cash, and inevitably income did not reach the levels predicted at the stage of promoting the canal. In addition, serious problems with the state of the newly finished works were discovered, although in the circumstances of a locally promoted scheme with novel technological aspects, the canal as built was better engineered than it might have been. The chains on the inclined planes were constantly breaking, the rails broke, and other mechanical failures were frequent, and physical damage from careless boat handling was also common.
However the rich sand was successfully carried to farms near the various wharves in large quantities, and other merchandise was also carried, particularly coal from South Wales. Traffic picked up in the 1880s, and when the London and South Western Railway reached Holsworthy, the canal carried significant volumes of the sand to Stanbury Wharf for onward conveyance by railway; the mile or so between the wharf and the railway station must have been negotiated by horse and cart.
Nonetheless the arrival of the railway soon spelt the ultimate doom of the canal: manufactured fertilisers had become commonplace and cheap, and they could be brought in by railway, so that the demand for the local sand was diminished considerably.
When it became obvious that the canal could not survive, some directors proposed obtaining parliamentary authority for abandonment, or selling the canal outright to the railway company, or anyone else. However legal conditions agreed at the time of construction gave certain landowners rights to take water from the canal, and they would not give up these rights without compensation, so for the time being the proposals for disposal were frustrated. Finally abandonment of the tub boat operation took place on 14 November 1891 with the Launceston main line and the Holsworthy branch being abandoned, but the Feeder arm continuing to be kept open because of the water rights. After protracted negotiations the remainder of the canal was bought by Stratton and Bude Urban District Council, on 1 January 1902, and this enabled them to supply domestic water in due course to the villages in the district from the canal's Tamar reservoir. The works became the responsibility of North Cornwall District Council [1] when English local government was reorganised in 1974.
The canal today[edit]
Today the sea lock is still in working order, and the canal is 'in water' as far as the base of the first inclined plane. The sea lock, though, is the only lock on this section still in working order, so that navigation is not possible along the whole network. Much of the upper section has been ploughed over or has become overgrown, but it is possible to see many remaining signs of the canal's presence, in bridges and wharf buildings. On the feeder branch and on the lower part of the Launceston main line the alignment is indicated on current Ordnance Survey maps. In most cases the alignment is not open to the public, however.
An exhaustive list of locations where the canal's remains can be seen may be found in Harris and Ellis.[5]
Plans for restoration[edit]
This section needs to be updated. (February 2014) |
In 2005 major plans were approved to re-develop the canal, including renewal of the two locks between the sea lock and the first inclined plane. £3.8 million in funding for this project was provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Objective One and the South West Regional Development Agency. The plan states that work will start in 2007 and finish in 2009.[7]
The towpath from the Sea Lock is navigable via powered wheelchair or a mobility carriage (with reasonable ground clearance) all the way to where the A39 crosses over it by Helebridge (approx 2.5 miles (4.0 km)), allowing less mobile users to enjoy the views of the surrounding countryside and wild life. This will also improve when the new tow path extension is completed underneath the A39.
March 2008 damage[edit]
On Monday 10 March 2008 powerful storms wrenched one of the lock gates off its fixings.[8] As the water started to drain out, a dam made of sandbags was built.[8] The following day, four-tonne concrete pipes were placed in the canal basin to dissipate the power of waves coming in from the sea.[8]
The water continued to flow out until the lower end of the canal was practically empty.[9] This revealed some interesting finds in the mud, including a shotgun.[9]
The North Cornwall District Council used the opportunity to repair the canal walls and dredge the basin.[10] During the course of the dredging 6000 cubic metres of silt was removed.[10] The lock gates were closed and the canal started to refill on 9 July 2008[11]
Route coordinates[edit]
Main line Bude to Launceston
Holsworthy Branch
Point | Coordinates (Links to map resources) |
OS Grid Ref | Notes |
Mile post (Bude 7) | 50°49′10″N 4°26′50″W / 50.81944°N 4.44732°W | SS277051 | |
Shernick Bridge & Anderton Wharf | 50°49′23″N 4°26′56″W / 50.82318°N 4.44882°W | SS276055 | |
Anderton Bridge | 50°49′31″N 4°26′45″W / 50.82530°N 4.44593°W | SS278057 | |
Mile post (Bude 8) | 50°49′46″N 4°26′51″W / 50.82939°N 4.44740°W | SS277062 | |
Burmsdon aqueduct | 50°50′01″N 4°26′33″W / 50.83363°N 4.44252°W | SS281066 | |
Vealand Incline | 50°50′03″N 4°26′13″W / 50.834145°N 4.43689°W | SS285067 | |
Vealand Bridge | 50°50′06″N 4°25′40″W / 50.83487°N 4.42791°W | SS291067 | |
Junction with feeder | 50°50′15″N 4°25′29″W / 50.83749°N 4.42466°W | SS294107 | |
Parnacott Wharf | 50°49′24″N 4°23′11″W / 50.82326°N 4.38629°W | SS320053 | |
Stanbury (Holsworthy) Wharf | 50°49′17″N 4°20′43″W / 50.82145°N 4.34533°W | SS349051 | |
Blagdon Moor Wharf | 50°49′44″N 4°19′42″W / 50.82887°N 4.32832°W | SS361058 |
Feeder from Lower Tamar Lake
Point | Coordinates (Links to map resources) |
OS Grid Ref | Notes |
Brendon Bridge | 50°50′23″N 4°25′28″W / 50.83965°N 4.42438°W | SS294073 | |
Gainsmoor Bridge | 50°50′43″N 4°25′14″W / 50.84517°N 4.42067°W | SS297079 | |
Puckland | 50°50′54″N 4°25′56″W / 50.84833°N 4.43226°W | SS289508 | |
Dexbeer Bridge | 50°51′11″N 4°25′26″W / 50.85299°N 4.42378°W | SS295087 | |
Wooda Bridge | 50°51′22″N 4°24′58″W / 50.8562°N 4.41607°W | SS300091 | |
Virworthy Aqueduct | 50°51′53″N 4°24′43″W / 50.8646°N 4.41197°W | SS304310 | |
Virwirthy Mill | 50°51′54″N 4°24′58″W / 50.86494°N 4.41603°W | SS301101 | |
Virworthy Wharf | 50°52′00″N 4°25′11″W / 50.8667°N 4.41971°W | SS298103 | |
Lower Tamar Lake | 50°52′16″N 4°25′24″W / 50.87118°N 4.42324°W | SS296108 |
Route details extracted from 1885 OS maps.
See also[edit]
- Canals of the United Kingdom
- History of the British canal system
- List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
- Harris, Helen (1996). The Grand Western Canal. Devon Books. ISBN 0-86114-901-7.
- Harris, H; Ellis, M (1972). The Bude Canal. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7018-9.
- Phillips, John (1792). A general history of inland navigation, foreign and domestic (2 ed.). Holborn, London: Architectural Library. OCLC 433597060.
- Quinlan, R (1994). Canal Walks of England and Wales. Stroud, Glos: Alan Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-0608-1.
- ^ "Waterscape - Bude Canal". Waterscape.
- ^ Phillips 1792, pp. 267–269.
- ^ http://bude-canal.co.uk/Bude%20Canal%20History.htm
- ^ a b Harris 1996
- ^ a b c Harris & Ellis 1972
- ^ Quinlan 1994.
- ^ North Cornwall Matters North Cornwall District Council - Issue 19 - Autumn/Winter 2006
- ^ a b c "Bude Canal Lock Gate emergency tackled swiftly". North Cornwall District Council Press release. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ a b "Sandbags plug storm leak in canal". bbc news. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ a b "Counting the cost as canal is repaired". cornwall24. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ^ "Bude Canal Lock gates are closed to allow Canal to refill". North Cornwall District Council Press release. Retrieved 2008-07-14.


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Vaneli Anemone
Product Information
- Stay sophisticated and chic with every stride you take in the Anemone from Vaneli®.
- Exotically-embossed leather upper with elastic side goring for a comfortable fit.
- Soft leather lining keeps feet feeling breathable and dry.
- Fully-cushioned footbed with arch support will have you walking in all-day comfort.
- Superflexible outsole enhances your natural walking motion so you can walk to your own beat.
- Imported.
- Measurements:
- Heel Height: 1 in
- Weight: 9 oz
- Product measurements were taken using size 7.5, width N (AA). Please note that measurements may vary by size.