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Ipe Deck Problems10/15
We installed this decking over a lake in North Florida this past summer without issue. Now much of it is developing splitting issues as shown in the pictures. We need some answers as to why this is occurring.This is our first time using Ipe . We used it assuming it would outperform the typical treated pine we normally would use.I suspect that it may be due to stress cracks from falling the trees, which is just now manifesting itself, others have suggested improper drying. The supplier says it's what we should expect. What say you?
Its absolutely not what I would expect. That said, I think most Ipe decks you would see may be treated. It looks like this material may have been left raw?
Yes, it was left unfinished.
To clarify,the end grain was sealed with a wax sealer furnished by the supplier. The deck was not sealed.
That shouldn't happen to Ipe treated or not .one of the appeals of Ipe is that you don't have to put anything on it for it to last.
As for cause I'd guess drying, but really don't know. Will be interested in what others have to say.
good luck,
I received a couple PM that stated that this is normal, so I'm not sure what to think.Maybe Dr.Gene Wengert will chime in.
There are actually two different failures here.
1. The first type of failure (pictures 1 and 3) is sometimes called shelling, separated grain, or shake. It occurs on flatsawn pieces with the failure running parallel to the growth rings. It is often caused by a weakness in the wood caused by bacterial activity within the tree. (The bacterial activity includes an enzyme that destroys part of the woods structure.) With softer woods, it can be caused by the pounding of the knives (dull, too much land, etc.) on the surface. (Excessive pounding can cause the wood to shell. In fact, pounding is how wood is separated into strips that are used in some basket weaving.)
In either case, the grain is separated (there is a failure) and with exposure to water, the swelling and shrinkage stresses cause the defect to become very obvious.
It is not clear from looking at the pictures which of the two causes is correct here, but I favor slightly the pounding idea.
2. Picture 2 with the long cracks shows another type of defect, called surface checking. If there are just a few of these pieces, I suspect that they were on the top of the stack during air drying, so they were exposed to frequent wetting and drying. (They also may have bacteria weakness which makes the defect more likely). It is for this reason that we prefer to have a water repellent coating used on the finished deck to prevent rapid wetting and then drying, which means a lot of wood movement (shrinking and swelling). It is likely that without a coating on the deck, the exposure to weather after installation made this defect worsen, but I am hesitant to say that such exposure initially caused the defect. Note that these types of cracks occur in air drying with uncovered piles, so it would be common to hear, from others who also had the same air drying process, that such cracks are normal.
Thanks for the detailed explanation Doc. I guess the next step is having the wood tested? Not sure who to contact but I guess a good place to start would be the University of Florida's forestry department, since it's here in town. Anyone else you'd recommend?
I am not sure why you need it tested. If you expect to end up in a lawsuit, then you do need a wood expert. Usually the cost of going to court is so high that a settlement is the best course of action.
If you are interested in a more detailed examination father wood, then you could hire a wood expert. I do not know any people at UF, so they may knothole the required expertise. NC State, Virginia Tech and even me would be a more likely choice, but it would cost you.
I have seen "shelling" occur fairly often. Not in so numerous of boards we couldn't replace them. The surface checking I cannot remember seeing on any finished decks. We always used Messmers and refinished once a year.


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Well into the new year and it's been a positive start with different schedules and a reshuffle of priorities. It's the stormy season down in Lyme Regis: watching the waves in the wet & windy weather is always great for a sense of perspective, which is good for the (writing) soul.
Last time I posted was during NaNoWriMo, a November filled with frantic writing and wordcount targets. And while I officially 'lost', I opted to define my 20,000-odd word tally as a 'win'. Now it's time to put those words under scrutiny and shape the narrative.
Other bits and pieces are in the pipeline: some exciting, some frustrating. So pretty much a writer's lot, which is absolutely fine by me.

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Motley Crew Seeks to Block, Condition, AT&T/TW
A politically and socially diverse mix of groups has asked the Department of Justice to block the AT&T/Time Warner deal, or at least impose conditions to insure nondiscriminatory access to programming.
In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the groups actually urge Justice to wrap up the review, but add that if, "as it appears" the deal would "substantially harm" competition, to reject it unless those harms are mitigated via conditions.
"We are deeply concerned that allowing these firms to join forces --without significant conditions that fully address all competitive concerns--would intolerably limit consumers' control over what they watch and where they get their information," they said, acknowledging their motley colors as groups that "diverge significantly on many policy issues."
Signing on to the letter were Tea Party Patriots, WGA-West, Public Knowledge, Americans for Limited Government, Consumer Federation of America, Frontiers of Freedom, and the American Family Association.
They did not specify what conditions they wanted beyond saying they needed to address "serious competition concerns. They did talk about the combined company's ability to promote its own programming--"CNN and HBO, three of the top five general entertainment cable networks, and the second largest movie studio in Warner Brothers"--including through "zero rating" plans that would discriminate against competitors by exempting only its own content from data charges, or make that programming on co-owned DirecTV cheaper than Dish, its chief rival.
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The success of the CLAAS Apprenticeship scheme was evident at the recent graduation where a record number of apprentices received their Graduation certificates.
A total of 25 young technicians received their certificates at the Graduation Ceremony held at the CLAAS Training Academy at Saxham. Of these, 21 students were studying for the Agricultural Technician apprenticeship, with the remaining four completing the Parts apprenticeship.
The number of independent CLAAS dealers investing in the training of young technicians and their company's future service provision, is also evident in the fact that over half of the new graduates are from independent dealerships throughout both the UK and Ireland.
Over the previous four years, the Agricultural Technician students have split their time between formal training blocks lasting 3-6 weeks at either Reaseheath College in Cheshire or SRUC Barony Campus at Dumfries, at time spent gaining practical experience with their supporting dealer, resulting in them receiving an IMI National Diploma in Agricultural Engineering, which is the equivalent of three 'A' Levels.
Similarly, the four students on the 3-year CLAAS Parts Sales & Marketing apprenticeship have split their time between formal training at Reaseheath College and practical time spent back at their dealership, working towards a Level 3 Diploma in Vehicle Parts Operations, which again is the equivalent of three 'A' Levels.
Within the cohort, three students were also recognised for their overall contribution to the course. Landbased Engineering apprentices Ben Storr and Andrew Shorten were awarded 'Apprentice contributing most to the CLAAS Apprenticeship' awards for Reaseheath and Barony respectively, with Harriet Simpson winning the Parts Apprenticeship award from Reaseheath. In addition, Jacob Chater was also named the Reaseheath 'Landbased Engineering Apprentice of the Year' in 2017 at the completion of the formal education section of his training.
Following their graduation from the CLAAS Apprenticeship scheme, all the apprentices were invited to attend the Apprentice Graduation Celebration Trip. Over the course of four days they travelled through France and Germany, visiting the CLAAS Tractor factory at Le Mans, the worldwide parts centre at Hamm and the CLAAS Group headquarters at Harsewinkel, so as to gain more insightabout CLAAS as a global company.
This, however, is described as just the start of their training with CLAAS. Having qualified, the young technicians will have access to ongoing training and development aligned to the Landbased Technician Accreditation (LTA) scheme. Having gained LTA 2 status, with further training and dealer experience, they will have the opportunity to reach product specific LTA 3 (Master Mechanic) status before going onto the highest LTA 4 (Master Technician) level, or even into more senior management roles within their dealerships or with CLAAS.
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Okay, onto the next thing. Sony's currently selling a bunch of Playstation games from Capcom and Square-Enix Europe for reasonable prices, and upped the ante this weekend with a sale on various racing games. None of those titles were Burnout Legends or Dominator, unfortunately, but Need for Speed Most Wanted is available for both the PS3 and Vita for only five dollars. The game didn't hook me at first, but it's slowly winning me over with its emphasis on outwitting a small army of relentless police officers.
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Vision: To proclaim the sanctity and value of all human life as a Gift from God and the foundation of human dignity from conception to natural death.
Mission: To be a reliable source to direct, inform, engage, and involve people of all ages in a consistent ethic of life from conception to natural death.
Meetings: We meet quarterly and as needed. Generally it is the third Tuesday of January, April, September and December in Lehner Center 7 PM to 8 PM. Our meetings are used to plan our goals and to see if there are current events going on that need our attention.
Catholic Church Teaching About Life
"Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person – among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life."
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Basic Principles of Catholic Social Teaching
The Church's social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society and living lives of holiness within the challenges of our society. Modern Catholic social teaching has been spelled out through a series of papal, conciliar, and episcopal documents. The depth and richness of this tradition can be understood best through a direct reading of these documents. But in these brief reflections over the next few weeks, we will highlight several of the key themes that are at the heart of our Catholic social tradition. So please keep reading this column and then think about how good a job we as individuals and as a community of faith are doing, in believing this and living this….View the 7 Basic Principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
Upcoming Events
- 40 DAYS FOR LIFE – 9/28 through 11/6 – The Pro Life group will pray outside the Planned Parenthood abor tion facility 25350 Rockside Road, Bedford Heights each Wednesday, September 28, October 5, 12, 19, 26, & November 2 from 11 am – 12 pm. 40 Days of Prayer & Fasting; Peaceful Vigil; Outreach.
- LIFE CHAIN will be on Sunday, 10/2 from 2 – 3 PM on North Court Street in Medina. St. Ambrose Pro Life Group and Knights of Columbus will stand in front of McDonalds. Life Chain is a peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life individuals standing for 60 minutes praying for our nation and for an end to abortion. It is a visual statement of solidarity by the Christian community that abortion kills children and that the Church supports the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception until natural death.
- FILL THE CRIB – We will be collecting baby items throughout the month of October for local organizations who help women and families.
- ROSARY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR SOULS – 11/09 – 7PM Chapel.
- YEAR OF MERCY SERIES – 10/11 at 7 PM – Rachel Benda from Bethesda House of Mercy will be speaking about healing after abortion for all who have been affected. This will be an evening of Healing and Mercy.
- CELEBRATING ADOPTION MONTH November 5th Mass and Dinner/Speaker Anyone wanting to find out more about adoption or who has been touched by adoption are welcome to attend.
- HOLY HOUR FOR LIFE – On the Feast of Our Lady of Guadeloupe – We will be meeting in the chapel Monday 12/12 after the 5:30 PM mass. Come pray the rosary or just spend time with our Lord in silent prayer.
- MARCH FOR LIFE BUS TRIP leaving Thursday evening, 1/26/17 and returning Saturday morning 1/29 sponsored by Knights of Columbus.
- MASS FOR LIFE celebrated by Bishop Richard Lennon at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
- CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL at 7 PM Medina County RTL, on the steps of the Medina Court House
- SPIRITUAL ADOPTION January through October 2017
- 40 the movie will be shown in January date TBA.
- BUILDING A CULTURE OF LIFE – potential speaker at Soup Supper date TBA.
- INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE UNBORN CHILD/KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE UNBORN CHILD – Saturday, 3/25/17 Rosary Service at Resurrection Cemetery
Pro Life Issues
We would like the parish to understand the main issues threatening the sanctity of life. Each issue has a link to reliable information on the topic.
Unplanned Pregnancy – If you are pregnant, help and resources are available. For information about some issues you may be facing click here.
Call the Help Line 1-800-712-HELP (4357)
Additional Pregnancy Resource Center –
Catholic Charities
Oaks Family Care Center
Oasis of Hope
The Zachariah House
Children with special needs or Down Syndrome:
Sex Selection/Reduction:
This link is to a three minute video about how there is a reducing number of girls being born in the world. http://www.itsagirlmovie.com/This however doesn't just happen in China and India. With IVF and the concern for overpopulation, many will seek to determine the sex of the child and then choose to abort.
Article by Janet Morana about Selective Reduction:
Abortion – Church Teachings
History –
What is abortion?
Abortion literally means to end a pregnancy. Since the Catholic Church believes that life begins at the moment of conception, abortion at any time is considered to be a sinful act.
Methods of Abortion:
Post Abortive Healing Links
Local contact 216-334-2966 ask for Peg Gerovac or email@example.com
- Project Rachel – 888-456-HOPE(4673)
- Bethesda House of Mercy
- Rachel's Vineyard
- Silent No More
Child Protection
Child Protection
Virtus Training
Human Trafficking
Death and Dying – Euthanasia
Death Penalty
Ohioans to Stop Execution
Family Life
Marriage and the Sanctity of Life
- Natural Family Planning (NFP) –
- Sex Education –
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Health Care Reform – HHS Mandate
Pornography –
Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning
Books on Pro Life Issues
Abandoned: The Untold Stories of the Abortion Wars – Dr. Monica Migliorino Miller –
Aborting America: The Story of an Ex-Abortionist and Ex-Atheist – Bernard Nathanson – Book is out of print may be available in Libraries. CD
Pro Life Links
Cleveland Diocese Pro Life Office
US Conference of Catholic Bishops
Priests for Life
Medina County Right to Life
Ohio Right to Life
Right to Life of Northeast Ohio
Pro Life Prayers
Below are several links to prayers that can be prayed to help with the Pro Life Issues.
Rosary for Life – http://www.priestsforlife.org/prayers/pfrosary2.htm http://old.usccb.org/prolife/liturgy/rosariesforlife.shtml
Priests for Life –
40 Days For Life – Devotionals
40 Days for Life has put together over 10 hours of audio from 33 different speakers. You can listen to the speakers through the internet, download the 10 MP3's, or download the transcripts. Click on this link


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Speaking of stories, David Yost, the original Blue Power Ranger, has opened up about why he left Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers in 1995. As you can tell by the title of this post, it's not a happy story.
It breaks my heart that David went through that pain on the set and then suffered at the hands of the ex-gay industry. I'm so glad he's in such a better place now, both personally and professionally.
(Big ups to No Pink Spandex for the interview.)
As David said in the video, if you find yourself in a dangerous place where you think you might hurt yourself, please know that you're not alone. Call the Trevor Project at 1-866-4-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386). Their trained counselors will listen and they'll help. I know it feels like you're all alone sometimes, but trust me when I say that you aren't.


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Do you love peanut butter that tends to separate the oil from the rest? Do you try to mix it back together by hand with a knife, spoon or spatula?
I found my own solution to this problem. Grab a single spiral dough hook from a hand mixer and chuck it into a power drill (corded or cordless).
Open the jar and holding it securely, turn it slowly at first so that the spiral pushes the contents downward. Once the oil is incorporating, speed up the drill and work down into the center and all around the edges (take it easy if it's a glass jar so you don't break it) to get an even mix.
Once you're done, s!ow down again and slowly raise the dough hook out, leaving only a thin layer on it to scrape (or better, lick) off.


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From Our Files — June 6, 2018
50 Years Ago — June 6, 1968
Awarded For Her Calm Thinking At Robbery — Miss Francoise Grondin of St. Jacques received an engraved plaque and wrist watch from Clement Brennan, regional manager of Co-operative Insurance Services. Miss Grondin was presented with the award in recognition of her courage and quick thinking last August when three bandits entered the St. Jacques office of the Credit Union. As the men entered the building Miss Grondin locked the safe behind her and save $600 of the Union's money.
St. Agatha Num Marks 50 Years — Sister Jean Marie Due Carmel was honored with a Mass of Thanksgiving for the 50 years of religious life. Sister Jean Marie has been serving in St. Agatha from 1930 to 1953 as a music teacher and from 1959 to present as parish Sacristain, an organist.
25 Years Ago — June 2, 1993
2,000-Year Old Rites Of Ordination Grace the St. John Valley Again –– The Most Reverend Joseph Gerry, O.S.B. Bishop of Portland, present the Holy Eucharist to newly ordained priest, Rev. Claude Gendreau. Gendreau, born in Grand Isle, schooled in Madawaska and raised in St. David, was ordained in a bilingual ceremony before a packed St. David Church Saturday.
Bye-Bye, Jack — One of the St. John Valley's best known bankers, Jack Michaud of St. Agatha, has announced his retirement, effective June 5.Michaud began his career with Northern National Bank in 1963. The name of the bank changed to Casco Northern Bank in 1991 and recently to KeyBank. Michaud said he has a well-equipped workshop, a garden and he looks forward to going fishing.
10 Years Ago — June 4, 2008
Madawaska To End French Immersion Program — Superintendent Paul Malinski was quick to say that a new approach to teaching French in the Madawaska Elementary School is intended to increase all students' knowledge of French. Previously, parents of elementary students could sign their children up for a "French Immersion" experience, where instructors would teach classes like science and math using the French language.


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One rider – Section 2262 -- de-funds certain White House adviser positions – or "czars." The president in his signing statement declares that he will not abide by it.
"The President has well-established authority to supervise and oversee the executive branch, and to obtain advice in furtherance of this supervisory authority," he wrote. "The President also has the prerogative to obtain advice that will assist him in carrying out his constitutional responsibilities, and do so not only from executive branch officials and employees outside the White House, but also from advisers within it. Legislative efforts that significantly impede the President's ability to exercise his supervisory and coordinating authorities or to obtain the views of the appropriate senior advisers violate the separation of powers by undermining the President's ability to exercise his constitutional responsibilities and take care that the laws be faithfully executed."
Therefore, the president wrote, "the executive branch will construe section 2262 not to abrogate these Presidential prerogatives."
In other words: we know what you wanted that provision to do, but we don't think it's constitutional, so we will interpret it differently than the way you meant it.
During his presidential campaign, then-Senator Obama was quite critical of the Bush administration's uses of signing statements telling the Boston Globe in 2007 that the "problem" with the Bush administration "is that it has attached signing statements to legislation in an effort to change the meaning of the legislation, to avoid enforcing certain provisions of the legislation that the President does not like, and to raise implausible or dubious constitutional objections to the legislation."
Then-Sen. Obama said he would "not use signing statements to nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law."
The president said that no one "doubts that it is appropriate to use signing statements to protect a president's constitutional prerogatives; unfortunately, the Bush Administration has gone much further than that."
So, Obama was against signing statements before he was for them. I guess he'll only say his previous opposition was "political," as was his opposition to the debt limit raise during the Bush Years.


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Legislators urged to require utilities to use more renewable energy sources
Topeka ? Wind energy advocates and rural officials Wednesday urged the Legislature to require utilities to increase electric generation through renewable sources, saying it would boost the state's economy.
"Enacting this legislation will foster a boom in wind energy development in Kansas," Dan Hartman, who was representing the Northwest Kansas Regional Energy Collaborative, said in submitted testimony to the House Energy and Utilities Committee.
House Bill 2013 would establish a renewable portfolio standard that would require that each public utility produce at least 10 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2012; 15 percent by 2016 and 20 percent by 2020.
There is currently a voluntary goal of renewable energy, but supporters of the bill say a statutory requirement is needed to entice wind developers and manufacturers of wind turbines. A majority of states have similar requirements.
Hartman said Kansas has the potential to become the "Saudi Arabia" of wind energy.
Without the renewable requirement, Kansas is losing out to other states in the development of wind farms, supporters of the bill said.
Dan Nagengast, executive director of the Kansas Rural Center, said that the legislation would promote community-owned wind projects.
"I believe a strong RPS (renewable portfolio standard) is the best key we have readily available to enhance our rural economy," he said.
Tom Thompson, a spokesman for the Kansas chapter of the Sierra Club, said the group supported the proposal because it would result in a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
But Thompson said if the renewable energy bill was later linked to approval of more carbon dioxide emitting coal-burning power plants, then the Sierra Club would oppose the measure.
"That would defeat much of the purpose of many of these bills," Thompson said.
The Legislature has been fighting for more than a year over whether to build two 700-megawatt coal-fired electric power plants in southwestern Kansas. The project has been vetoed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who has objected to the plants' annual emission of 11 million tons of carbon dioxide, cited by many scientists as a cause of climate change.
David Springe, consumer counsel of the Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board, spoke against the renewable energy standard, saying it could make energy more expensive for ratepayers.
"Each utility system is different from a resource perspective and from a finance perspective. Arbitrarily dictating the level and time of adding resources, regardless of cost or other considerations, is not in the interest of consumers," Springe said.
"Every good idea seems to come out of ratepayers' pockets," he added.
Mark Schreiber, a spokesman for Westar Energy, which is the largest electric utility in Kansas, said the company supported the proposal and believes it can meet the requirements.
Currently, Westar produces about 300 megawatts of wind energy, which represents 6 percent of its peak load, Schreiber said. To meet the 2012 proposed requirement, Westar would have to produce an additional 200 megawatts of renewable capacity.
State Rep. Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence, said other issues had to be considered, such as the availability of transmission lines to transport wind-generated electricity, and whether municipally owned utilities should be included in the bill, which as of now they aren't.
"There are several other issues that are not addressed in this bill," Sloan said.
State Rep. Don Myers, R-Derby, asked whether it wouldn't be better to let the market decide how much wind power should be built in Kansas rather than establishing a requirement.
Joe Spease, chief executive officer of Windsohy of Overland Park, said the requirement would help ensure financing for wind projects.
The committee took no immediate action on the bill. A renewable portfolio standard also is part of Sebelius' energy plan.


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At least one person was killed in a fatal accident two days ago along Benin-Ore road to Lagos. According to reports, the accident occurred after tow two vehicles collided with each other on the highway after one of the vehicles decided to follow one way.
It was confirmed that one person was killed on the spot and many other passengers badly injured after the crash.
Earlier this month, an undergraduate student of Abia State University was one of two people who lost their lives in an accident on Benin-Ore Road.
A witness stated that the 'Young Shall Grow' bus left Abia State and was heading to Lagos, when the accident occurred.
According to him, Uju Josiah and a man whose identity had not yet been ascertained, who was sitting beside her, were the two casualties, while others sustained injuries in the incident.


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Scrum@Scale is the new framework to hit the market but it has one special ingredient. It was created by the creator of Scrum. Michael Saunders will be joining us at this month's DPML to tell us more!
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That's the project the American people want us to work on. Together.Ummmm. Those weren't tax cuts you passed. They were simply extensions of the once evil Bush Tax Cuts.
We did that in December. Thanks to the tax cuts we passed, Americans' paychecks are a little bigger today. Every business can write off the full cost of the new investments they make this year. These steps, taken by Democrats and Republicans, will grow the economy and add to the more than one million private sector jobs created last year.
But those tax cuts that Obama wants to take credit for he wants to take away.
And if we truly care about our deficit, we simply cannot afford a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans. Before we take money away from our schools, or scholarships away from our students, we should ask millionaires to give up their tax break."That One" also calls for a cut in the corporate tax rate. But how can you be trusted to cut corporate taxes when liberals have raised those taxes so high in the first place? Especially when you intend to punish those who create wealth--those evil rich people!
It's not a matter of punishing their success. It's about promoting America's success.
There is no moderation or move to the center. It is all smoke and mirrors.


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userdbadm is a Perl program for managing a userdb database with user names and crypted passwords, as used e. g. by PAM's pam_userdb module. You will need such a database for example if you want to create virtual users for vsftpd.
With userdbadm, such a list can be easily maintained. It takes the database's file name as the first command line argument, then a command (one of list, add, edit and del):
That's it :-) But I think this is much more comfortable than any other script I found to handle a userdb.
If you're interested in how I managed to setup vsftpd with virtual users: I wrote a small Howto describing what steps are necessary for this.
The current state of the code can be checked out from git://git.l3u.de/userdbadm.git (see also https://git.l3u.de/userdbadm.git). Please always patch against git master!
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Four-Year Contract Runs through 2022-2023 Season
Following a 36-month international search, Ken-David Masur has been named the seventh Music Director and Polly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO). Masur is currently the associate conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Munich Symphony. He will begin immediately as Music Director Designate and join the MSO as Music Director for the 2019-2020 season as it builds towards the much anticipated grand opening of the Milwaukee Symphony Center in fall 2020. Masur made his Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra debut on May 19, 2018, and was immediately invited back to open the MSO's current season in September 2018.
"The relationship between the conductor, musicians, and the audience is a magical alchemy," said Mark Niehaus, president & executive director of the MSO. "Both on and off the podium, Ken-David leads and provokes, but also builds and inspires to create experiences that go beyond the notes on a page. His energy, passion and collaborative nature are the very right fit for the MSO, and also for Milwaukee as its reputation as a culturally vibrant destination continues to grow."
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is among the finest orchestras in the nation and the largest cultural institution in Wisconsin. The MSO's musicians perform over 135 classics, pops, family, education, and community concerts each season in venues throughout the state. Since its inception in 1959, the MSO has found innovative ways to give music a home in the region, develop music appreciation and talent among area youth, and raise the national reputation of Milwaukee and its standard of excellence extends beyond the concert hall and into the community, reaching more than 40,000 children and their families through its Arts in Community Education (ACE) program, Youth and Teen concerts, Family Series, and Meet the Music pre-concert talks.
"Through a committee composed of board members, donors, and orchestra musicians, the search for the MSO's seventh Music Director was deliberate and diverse, encompassing candidates from around the globe," said Doug Hagerman, chairman of the MSO's Music Director Search Committee. "Ken-David is a once-in-a-generation musician, conductor, and innovator who boasts an impressive resume of accomplishments yet is friendly and approachable. He was unanimously voted to serve as the next Music Director given his artistic brilliance and genuine passion for how the arts can unify people and communities. We are thrilled to welcome Ken-David and his family to Milwaukee."
"My family and I are humbled and grateful to join such a fantastic team of orchestra musicians, chorus, staff, and board members who are working in harmony for our audience and community," said Masur. "In particular, I am inspired by the incredible community-wide collaboration to create the new performance home for the MSO. Having seen the plans and having visited the Warner Grand Theatre myself, it is clear it will become a destination as well as a point of departure for great programming befitting a city and region of this caliber. I'm eager to begin planning the next few seasons, which includes Beethoven's 250th anniversary, as well as the much-anticipated opening of Milwaukee Symphony Center in the fall of 2020."
Born in Leipzig into a family of musicians, Ken-David Masur first studied violin and piano at the Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory and was a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Children's Chorus. After moving to New York City, he received further training in composition, trumpet, and percussion. He then went on to graduate from Columbia University, where he served as the first Music Director of the Bach Society Orchestra and Chorus from 1999-2002. He returned to Germany for post-graduate studies at the Detmold Academy and the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin. Masur and his wife, pianist Melinda Lee Masur, are co-founders and Artistic Directors of the Chelsea Music Festival in New York City, an annual summer festival of music, visual art, and food lauded by The New York Times as a "gem of a series." He received a Grammy nomination from the Latin Recording Academy in the category Best Classical Album of the Year for his work as a producer of composer Miguel Del Aguila's album, Salon Buenos Aires.
"Music allows us to feel what is essential, and through its expression begins a conversation about who we are and where we want to go" continued Masur. "This is why I'm so very excited to start with the MSO and communicate the music that will speak to each listener in personal ways. This is a great American city filled with creativity, imagination, and ideas, and the music we will reveal will spark continued dialogue."
Critics from around the world have hailed Masur as "fearless, bold, and a life-force" (San Diego Union-Tribune) and "a brilliant and commanding conductor with unmistakable charisma" (Leipzig Volkszeitung). Masur began the 2018-19 season making his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia, then returned to Tanglewood to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Over his career, Masur has made many successful debuts with the likes of the Los Angeles, Dresden, Israel, and Japan Philharmonics; the Hiroshima, San Diego, San Antonio, and Memphis Symphonies; and the Orchestre National de France in Paris. His guest engagements during the 2018-19 season include weeks with the Louisville Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, and the Chicago Civic orchestra plus concerts abroad with the National Philharmonic of Russia, Collegium Musicum Basel, the Stavanger Symphony, and the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra in France.
The MSO acquired the former Warner Grand Theater building on West Wisconsin Avenue in December 2017, which, once renovated, will serve as the MSO's dedicated performance center. The grand opening of the future Milwaukee Symphony Center is expected in the Fall of 2020.
With control over its own venue, along with new revenue streams from facility rental fees, catering and concessions, a dedicated MSO performance space would help drive increases in annual earned revenue by as much as 60 percent. The MSO would also have greater flexibility to schedule marquee guest performers and conductors who typically require substantial multi-year lead notice for performance requests. Once complete, the Milwaukee Symphony Center will deliver a one-of-a-kind, first class patron experience that will create magical, memorable experiences for patrons. Its size, accessible location, outstanding acoustics and more make an ideal canvas to reclaim this historical venue as a modern-day community asset. In addition to restoring its former grandeur, plans for the Milwaukee Symphony Center include a number of community, education and collaboration spaces, ample lit and accessible parking options, onsite catering, easy curb-side drop off/pick up, and more.
"More people than ever before are choosing to attend our inspiring performances and there is tremendous community interest in fostering a thriving MSO. Closing on the acquisition of the Warner Grand Theater is a significant step in both our artistic and financial future," said Niehaus. "We remain humbled and grateful to our donors and the greater Milwaukee community, whose response to this effort to date has been amazing. Together, we are investing in both the MSO and Milwaukee's reputation as a vibrant, culturally-significant home and destination."
"…Masur led the [Boston Symphony] orchestra through a neat mix of excerpts from Prokofiev's ballet "Romeo and Juliet". Each was given a transparent, eloquent reading…"
– Zoë Madonna, The Boston Globe, Oct 19, 2018
"Masur and the BSO fully embodied the tension, scampering, scampering, playful fast passagework, and luxuriating unbridled passion; we are the richer for the experience."
-Chasman Kerr Prince, Boston Musical Intelligencer, Oct 19, 2018
"Masur and the [Milwaukee Symphony] orchestra filled the program's second half with a beautifully rendered performance of Brahms' Symphony No. 2, using perfectly placed tempos shifts, artfully layered textures, and meaningful dynamic changes to bring a fresh energy to the four movements, along with musical urgency and momentum." – Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept 16, 2018
"Under Masur, the music emerged with refined subtleties with only rare and selective moments of heat. What seemed to be a bond of trust between [Milwaukee Symphony] musicians and conductor, and vice versa, created especially sensitive playing." – Rick Walters, The Shepherd Express, Sep 18, 2018
"Masur… steered the [Boston Symphony] orchestra through a piquant journey through those magical, dreamlike passages…"
– Clarence Fanto, The Berkshire Eagle, Aug 6, 2018
"Conducting without a baton, Masur used a score but hardly looked at it. He showed an impressive structural grasp both in his warm and perfectly paced Andante and in his supple shaping of the score's wraith-like transition from the Scherzo into the bracing Allegro finale. Masur also highlighted the riveting virtuosity of the [Los Angeles] Phil's cellos and basses in the Scherzo's trio section." – Rick Schultz, Los Angeles Times, Aug 24, 2016