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For those who don't know, VS 2005 added the notion of a "manifest" to manage DLLs. Every application must have a valid manifest, or you can't run. In general, you can use the default settings, but if you're running on a FAT32 partition (which I am, as I share it through BootCamp), for some reason it just doesn't always create the manifest correctly. Beats me why since I'd think that sort of thing should be independent of what file system you have, but there you go. The solution is to check the "Use FAT32 work-around" option in the Manifest Tool section of the main project's properties.
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I would like to have opinions about the MA in Conference Interpreting offered by Leeds University. Although it is listed on aiic.net as meeting the basic criteria, I was wondering whether it is equivalent to those offered at ETI or ESIT?
Also, what about the MA offered at Université de Mons?
Thank you.
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All I can tell you, as a colleague who practices conference interpretation but also puts together teams of interpreters for my clients, is that I would fully trust a graduate from ETI or ESIT, whereas I've never heard of the Leeds diploma and would definitely need to hear a Leeds graduate in a dummy booth first.
answered 13 Jan '13, 05:02
I spent ten years as a trainer at the University of Leeds, so my opinion is inevitably subjective.
Let me start with a few facts, instead of opinion.
Reputation is a slippery concept. A course could be brilliant but some of the students might not be suited to interpreting; or a course may not be very well run or taught, but might attract naturally talented students. All I can say based on my (biased, as I mentioned) knowledge, is that in my opinion a Leeds diploma is no less valued by those in the know than a diploma from, e.g. Bath, and better regarded than a diploma from one of the many other courses that have sprung up in the UK.
However, from a financial point of view it makes MUCH more sense for you to study in France or Belgium. You will also get a two year course, instead of one, which allows you more time to develop your simultaneous technique. Your English would improve no end during a year in the UK, but I also think you are much better off studying in France or Belgium as a French A, given the typical composition of the groups at Leeds - unless, of course, you are trying to develop an English B.
But it really depends what your ambitions are and what market you are aiming at, and Gaspar has covered that question very comprehensively.
answered 30 Jan '13, 17:06
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Leeds got a bit more known since Westminster stopped offering CI courses. It is a UK School, which means that there are only a few CI classes per week. They only start sim in January, while Bath does boths sim and consec from the beginning of the academic year. Mons being a Belgian school, the amount of hours spent practicing sim and consec per week is likely to be much higher.
Mons is close to the European institutions and NATO. A great opportunity to do dummy booth practice at the NATO HQ. You get to meet and mingle with students from other CI schools which adds a nice touch too.
From what I hear from senior colleagues and trainers regarding the quality of the courses and/or global reputation, the ranking would be about this:
ISIT Paris > ESIT or ETI > Bath or Mons > Leeds
(Don't throw stones at me if you don't agree, we could talk about this for hours and I'm merely repeating what I've heard from my mentors. Which doesn't mean they're always right, but regarding their achievements and experience in teaching, I blindly trust their judgment.)
But this again depends on your personality: At ISIT you have less than 5 hours of tutored CI practice a week. It needs a lot of discipline to work without tutoring.
If money matters, Mons is probably the less expensive option, since rents there are lower than in Paris and Geneva and the tuition fee is below 1.000€. Maybe even around 400€/year for the regular masters.
Leeds and Bath courses are one year courses. ISIT/ESIT Paris, ETI and Mons are two-year masters (but often, students needs three years to be good enough to meet the expectations of theirs schools, this seems to be especially true for ISIT).
One last thing: On which market will you work (i.e. what is your language combination?) ? I should have started it that actually. There'd be even more to say once you provide us with that information. :)
answered 13 Jan '13, 08:28
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For what it's worth, both schools are recognised by the German association of conference interpreters, VKD: http://konferenzdolmetscher-bdue.de/de/ausbildungsliste
answered 06 Dec '12, 04:05
Dear Alexander,
Thank you very much for your answer.
But my question was more about the value of University of Leeds CI diploma on the market. Is it as prestigious as, let's say, ETI, ESIT or even Bath ? Is it recognized in the profession? I am not aware of schools' reputations in the UK.
Because I do want to become a conference interpreter but not at all cost! I would like a diploma that acts as a voucher for my abilities and skills...
(07 Dec '12, 05:48) AaH
Thank you very much for your answers!
My language combination is FR (A), EN (C), SP (C).
I have been looking into Belgian schools and three came up regularly : ISTI and Marie Haps in Brussels and Mons. Which school would you say has the best reputation?
I know ETI and ESIT are quite reknown but I am not aware of the quality of the Belgian ones.
answered 13 Jan '13, 09:08
In French then :-)
La réputation d'un établissement et la qualité de l'enseignement sont (parfois) deux choses différentes. Tu peux t'épanouir et exceller dans une école mal cotée grâce à un ou deux formateurs hors-norme (et pas nécessairement reconnus eux-mêmes) ou encore une question de personnalité, suivant le concept pédagogique de l'école et de ses enseignants.
Pour aller à l'essentiel, toujours avec la mise en garde précédente, concernant la réputation : ISIT Paris/ESIT Paris/ETI > Mons > ISTI Bruxelles / ILMH (Marie Haps) Bruxelles
Combinaison linguistique : J'ai trouvé dommage que nombreux aspirants interprètes ne soient pas clairement mis en garde. Avec ta combinaison, il n'y a pas de boulot :
Mons a signé le memorandum of understanding avec la DGACM, ce qui permet de faire un stage pendant les études et/ou un stage préparatoire au test d'accréditation et de bénéficier de soutiens pédagogiques. Plus d'infos : http://www.unlanguage.org/default.aspx
L'ISTI Bruxelles avait de longue date un accord informel avec l'ONU Vienne, mais il semblerait que cette année, les étudiants ne puissent être accueillis.
L'ILMH a pu profiter de l'accueil à Vienne l'an passé, mais l'expérience ne serait pas renouvellée à l'avenir.
J'ignore si la proximité géographique entre l'ETI et l'ONU Genève donne lieu à des relations privilégiées ou si, comme pour les institutions européennes, il y a une politique de neutralité en dehors des accords de coopération.
Pour les deux écoles parisiennes, il me semble que l'ISIT envoie/envoyait des étudiants à l'ONU Vienne. Pour l'ESIT, no sé.
Mais on n'insistera jamais assez: Il n'y a pas de travail ou si peu avec FR A, EN C, ES C. A moins d'être la perle rare parmi des gens déjà triés sur le volet.
(13 Jan '13, 09:43) Gaspar ♦♦
I was considering studying a masters in interpreting in Mons as I think it may be slightly easier (only very slightly easier) to get onto the Mons masters than the Paris and Geneva masters.
However, my mother tongue is English, I speak French and Spanish fluently. Is it possible to stay at a French speaking university like Mons, if my mother tongue is not French? (I would work a lot on my French to perfect it in all areas before I even started to apply)
Is Mons easier to get into than Paris or Geneva?
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Catherine Bo...
Il n'y a pas d'examen d'entrée dans les écoles francophones de Belgique. Y accéder n'est donc en rien difficile, hormis les exigences purement administratives.
Ce serait comme se forcer à apprendre à faire de la calligraphie avec ta main gauche, alors que tu écris avec la main droite depuis toujours : tu pas avec un désavantage qu'il est impossible, même avec énormément d'efforts, de compenser.
Voir aussi : http://interpreting.info/questions/3548/master-in-interpreting-at-isti-in-brussels-for-non-french-native-speakers
(05 Mar '15, 02:40) Gaspar ♦♦
Mons is definitely easier to get in than ESIT, ISIT or ETI where entrance exams can be tough. I can tell you that you will be welcome in ESIT (and most probably in ISIT and ETI too) as an English native speaker. Group exercises are much more productive if you have a mixture of native students and students working into a B. They can correct each other and practice among themselves. It is definitely not a handicap, on the contrary.
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There's nothing better than getting comfy with a good book. I'm sure I've heard that somewhere before! Anyway, there is no shortage of chess books, some good and some not so good. My personal favourites are tournament books, and I remember going through books such as Zurich 1953 by Bronstein, Botvinnik-Tal 1960 World Championship match, Spassky-Fischer by Evans, 2nd Piatigorsky Cup by Kashdan and the Leningrad and Petropolis Interzonal tournaments when I was younger. I suppose that a book of a tournament is more of a story than a typical theory book. In a tournament there are major and minor characters, a plot with twists and turns and a deal of varied material.
Believe me, I have tried to look at opening manuals, but I generally find them rather boring, or overly detailed or with large parts that are irrelevant to what I want. Practical players need repertoires and opening manuals don't tend to deal with this. There are repertoire books, but they may suggest certain variations that a player has no intention of ever playing. I know this sounds as if I do no opening work at all (to be honest I don't do too much) but rather my opening work tends to be inspired by actual games that I see and then I go into a frenzied rush of work on that system. As an example, I saw a mad game last night in the Amsterdam tournament where the outsider Anna Muzychuk was white against Israeli GM Emil Sutovsky.
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I've already analysed some lines in this offbeat system and and seen a whole load of games. Maybe I'll get to play it at some stage.
If I'm going to work on the game, I'm more likely to use a book on the endgame or general/specific chess strategy. Like many, I once went through Nimzovitch's "My System", but I think my favourite book of this genre is Watson's "Secrets of Chess Strategy", and his follow up, "Chess Strategy in Action". However, I still think that working through well annotated games collections will teach invaluable strategic lessons as well as putting those lessons into practical settings. For the diligent (because the books are fairly heavy tomes) Karolyi's books on Karpov's Strategic wins, and his book "Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov" are tremendous.
Perhaps a good place to start for anyone looking for good chess books is the FIDE Trainers Commission recommendations. Out of the 100 books, I've studied about 20 I think, and browsed into about another 10-20 and I don't think there were any bad ones.
Another resource is the internet, and there are a whole load of interactive sites, informative sites, and fun sites. There are loads of blogs and it's about time I started to look through some of these. I already regularly read some blogs. Kerry Stead's blog is a nice personal look at the Australian (and more specifically Victorian) chess scene. Kerry has a penchant for some unusual opening systems, so there are often games with an unusual start which lead to some interesting positions. Another cool Aussie blog is by IM Alex Wohl. He writes in both humorous and informative style and is perhaps the strongest Australian player to regularly maintain a chess blog, though GM David Smerdon is catching up (in terms of regularly posting!).
I also try to follow the chess scene from my native UK. I really do need to look at more UK blogs, but I regularly read the British Chess Magazine which I grew up with, and FM Steve Giddins Blog, an ex-editor of the BCM who enjoys studies and problems as well as being a man who isn't shy of saying what he thinks!
Anyways, as I'm taking a bit of a break from playing, I'm going to be looking at some reading material, both online and in print and I'll post what I think of them as honestly as I dare!


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Croydon CCG and Croydon NHS Trust both placed in special measures – the CCG's Clinical Chair responds
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Croydon's entire health service has been placed under new special measures designed to "restore financial discipline" to troubled parts of the NHS.
The borough's NHS trust and clinical commissioning group (CCG) are among 14 providers forecasting "significant deficits" for 2016/17 that have been chosen by NHS England and regulator NHS Improvement to fall under the new regime.
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Today, NHS Improvement and NHS England have announced a range of new measures to help address the financial challenges faced by a number of NHS organisations across the country. As part of this, Croydon CCG and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust have both been identified as requiring additional support to close our long-standing financial deficits.
For us, this follows NHS England's 2015/16 Annual Assurance Framework where all CCGs have been given an annual rating. Croydon CCG have received a headline rating for 2015/16 of requires improvement alongside 90 other CCGs across the country.*
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- We are commissioning a new network of urgent care services, to improve the outcomes, safety and experience of local people, helping them to get the right treatment by the right person in the right place when it launches in April 2017.
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As you can see from the five components of the rating, the financial position is the main element which has led to the overall rating. For this element the CCG has been rated as inadequate, as has been the case since authorisation in 2012 primarily due to the inherited financial deficit.
The CCG are pleased to have been rated as 'Good' for both the 'Well-led' and 'Delegated Functions' element of our annual assessment. The senior leadership team have made significant contributions to both the South West London STP and the Healthy London Partnership work for homelessness, 111 and urgency and emergency care. NHS England also appreciate that we have demonstrated innovative thinking in the development of our Outcomes Based Commissioning work for older people in the borough.
The CCG's ratings for 'Performance' and 'Planning' are understandably brought down by the financial position. Overall, NHS England recognises the CCG's commitment and engagement, and that there are significant challenges in the local health economy as a whole.
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Endemic goiter (DET) is one of the most common thyroid diseases that appears in population with predilection in mountainous regions. Under this condition, the thyroid gland changes both in morphological and functional levels.
In the etiology of this disease are involved both environmental and individual factors.
Among environmental factors, the primary role is the deficiency of iodine (iodine is essential for thyroid hormone biosynthesis). Other environmental factors involved in the etiology of endemic goiter are:
- substances that have been highlighted in peas, beans, cabbage, soybeans, lentils;
- water pollution;
- drugs: sulfonamides, phenylbutazone, cobalt salts, corticosteroids, prolonged iodine administration;
- some minerals like calcium, magnesium, fluorine, chlorine;
- unbalanced diet: high in fat and low in proteins;
Individual factors incriminated in the etiology of endemic goiter are represented by:
- sex, this condition is more common in women;
- hereditary factors;
- age: there are three peaks: one at puberty, the second from 20 to 30 years, and the third is the menopause;
- abnormal losses of iodine in some diseases like chronic diarrhea;
In terms of thyroid function, this condition can evolve with normal functioning of thyroid, with endocrine disorders (hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism), or neuroendocrine disorders.
This evolution allows classification endemic goiter in three grades, as follows:
1. Grade I (fewer symptoms):
- is characterized by the presence of a goiter which evolves with euthyroidism (normal thyroid function);
- the goiter may be small, medium, large or giant with soft, parenchymal or hard consistency;
2. Grade II – goiter evolving with endocrine disorders (hypo – or hyperfunction). The symptoms are characteristic to the mode of evolution – hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism;
3. Grade III (neuropathic form) – This form associates, in addition to earlier forms damage to the central nervous system (idiocy, cretinism, epilepsy, stammering);
Depending on the goiter volume, under this condition, there may appear compressions neighboring organs, giving characteristic symptoms, such as:
- compression on the trachea;
- compression of veins: cyanotic (blue coloration – purple skin), and swelling of the face;
- compression of the esophagus – dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing);
- compression of the recurrent nerve with paresis – hoarseness, voice on two tones, dysphonia.


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Last night Channel 4 screened an archaeology documentary claiming to have found the true location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Although Greek sources say that the Gardens were in Babylon, and were built by Nebuchadnezzar, no trace of them has ever been found, either on the ground or in documents left by the very efficient Babylonian state bureaucracy.
The program suggests that the gardens were in fact elsewhere in the area covered by the historical Babylonian empire. Specifically they were at Nineveh, the ancient capital of Assyria, and they were built by Sennacherib, one of the greatest Assyrian kings. Evidence is provided in the form of an actual canal network built to supply water to the city, and a carving in the British Museum that appears to show an ornate garden. There is also a cuneiform inscription stating that Sennacherib built a large and ornate garden adjoining his palace.
As a Mesopotamian history geek, this is very exciting to me. But just as exciting is that once again we've got a highly publicized broadcast TV program fronted by a lady academic who appears well past the age at which women are usually chuckled off TV for not being pretty enough. So congratulations Stephanie Dalley on a great piece of historical detective work, and on overcoming British TV's notorious age and gender biases.
Of course this is all to the greater glory of Ishtar, and one in the eye for the perfidious Babylonians. Huzzah!
UK readers should be able to watch the program here. Those of you in the rest of the world will probably find the video blocked, but there is a long article about the discovery in The Independent which contains a lot more scholarship than the TV producer felt comfortable with including. There is also a book, which I am definitely buying.


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I say it often but I'm not the biggest fan of Jeremy Scott. I don't think he has any real range as a designer and he used to be a total asshole. I don't know if he's changed, but that's how he was a few years ago. He repeats his pieces in every other collection. But every now and again, I see something I might like. This time it was the styling of the hair and makeup, which, for me, made the entire collection and show. I've seen these pieces before. I've been to his shows. Sometimes everyone has corn rows and this time they didn't. I don't know what the real inspiration was for the faces and hair, but my guess as the Lollipop Guild from The Wizard of Oz. I could be wrong. You decide. I think the hair and makeup stole the show from the clothes. Just my opinion. ;)
As a little bonus, one of my favorite YouTube beauty gurus did a tutorial (for Halloween) based on the Jeremy Scott Spring 2012 Summer collection. And I love it.♡
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Having already been blessed with the Amish-esque birth name Robert Van Winkle, Vanilla Ice will be going to the extreme in a new series on the DIY network called Vanilla Ice Goes Amish, set to premiere later this year.
Ice will collaborate and listen to an Amish community in Ohio, where he'll presumably learn to build homes, curse at no one in particular over his daily 4 A.M. wake-up call and protect a young boy who witnesses, wait for it, a murder! We're looking forward to the eventual "special episode" where Ice coaches Amish children how to rap during Rumspringa.
Details on the show are scarce (other than we'll be watching every single episode), but we hope that if there is, in fact, a problem on the farm, Ice will solve it, revolving hook or not. Here's hoping it goes better than this. (Or this.)


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Our fingers were frozen, and our toes were frozen, but a Christkindlesmarkt just isn't authentic unless it is bitterly cold.
Besides, you could be digging a ditch with Libby and still have fun.
Right on the heels of the Katie•Mommy Day was a Libby•Mama Day. I don't exactly know why the girls have each chosen a different diminutive for me, but I'm just thankful neither refer to me as "mother," which for some strange reason, conjures the image of someone who beats you with kitchen utensils.
Libby and I arrived at Rothenburg painfully early, mainly to avoid the combative parking arena; and thus we found ourselves walking around the quiet town, waiting for the market to open.
Libby is eight years-old, but she still gets excited about those colorful rides that do nothing more than go round in a circle.
As the man took the tarp from the carousal, Libby plotted which critter she would ride first. Soon, we had purchased four tokens, and Libby was on the unicorn, lifting her feet so they wouldn't drag on the ground. She had a bit of trouble in the frog car too: with her knees nearly to her chin, she could hardly unfold and get out by herself.
When our hands were sufficiently numb, we went to our favorite restaurant, by the clock tower. The waiter lit a candle for the two of us, and we ordered coffee and hot chocolate to warm our fingers and souls.
Libby was delighted when her cocoa was served to her on a 'silver' platter. She said it was the first time EVER—and it makes me happy that it happened while I was with her.
We enjoyed our lunch, and she enjoyed having a captive audience. She says she wants to be a doctor someday, and if she does follow that line of work, I know she'll be awarded the "Best Bedside Manner" prize. Libby's charm and cheerful nature could probably heal most people without the use of medicine.
Walking through the market, we picked up a few Christmas presents for the other kids, and then we spied the nut stand. If you've never been to Germany, then you may not have heard about candied nuts they have here. Though they're not laced with anything stronger than cinnamon, they are highly addictive, and should come with warning labels.
As Libby was deciding which nuts she would choose, she suddenly spied the chocolate-covered apples. We usually shy away from foods that have the potential for disaster, but in this case, as an 'only-child' for a day, Libby got her wish: her first chocolate covered apple E-V-E-R.
Surprisingly, it did not end up all over her face, hands, forehead, or ponytail, nor on her seat in the car.
We strolled in the shadows of the medieval walls, non-sticky hand in non-sticky hand, simply enjoying each other's company.
The fourth child is perhaps the luckiest, because when she comes along, parents finally figure out how fleeting and precious time really is.


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Does Harsher, Longer Winters Equate to Worsened Seasonal Allergies?
Itchy watery eyes, relentless sneezing, stuffy nose or a nose that won't stop running, for some of us these are some sure signs that spring has most definitely sprung. While the spring is a welcome change to many, especially those on the East Coast, it can often bring the troubling symptoms that come from seasonal allergies. Seasonal allergies typical begin for most of us once the trees began to sprout leaves or the grass begins to turn green. So what does a harsher winter have to do with worsened allergy symptoms? It all has to do with the moisture.
According to allergists, years when we receive higher than normal amounts of moisture, rain or snow, we often see increased levels of pollens and that is due to the increased production of pollen that comes from trees, flowers and grasses. As winter starts to become milder and drier the increased production of pollen taking place within the grasses and trees comes alive. As we near spring the pollen waits to be released into the air as soon as new growth sprouts. When the earth comes alive from the long winter the accumulating amounts of increased pollen the trees, grasses and flowers have been holding in gets released into the air. Once this happens, seasonal allergies are at their height.
Seasonal allergies will, for obvious reasons, be worse in areas were the tree population is more dense. However in areas such as mountainous areas and coastal areas, issues with allergies tend to be less pronounced. The reason for this is because the pollen more likely to be carried off by the wind and out to sea.
The National Allergy Bureau announced on April 9th that oak, mulberry, and walnut trees were in full bloom and causing increased seasonal allergies in areas near and around Austin, Texas. In addition states in the southern portion of the country were expected to have higher than normal counts of grass and tree pollen. Seasonal allergies in areas hit hard by winter, such as the Pacific Northwest or the East Coast are expected to have a delayed, but heavier than normal allergy season.
McMillin, M., (2015), "Do Harsh Winters Mean Worse Allergies?" WebMD, http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20150409/spring-allergies-pollen, retrieved 11. April 2015
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In the world of top-tier match balls, it comes as very little surprise that Nike and adidas usually find themselves ruling the roost. However, after receiving the most recent Select Brilliant Super, we can definitely see other brands attempting to lay claim the rarified air that is only seen at the top of the heap. For a brand whose greatest strength has always been its durability, has Select finally factored a quality feel also into the mix?
The first thing we noticed when we got in the Brilliant Super was the texture to the ball. In the past Select has avoided any type of texture to the casing of a ball, even with the highest level gear. The next thing that is massively different from previous incarnations of Select gear is how the ball feels when it is fully pumped. With previous Select balls, there was always very little give in the ball until you had played with it for hours and hours. With the newest Brilliant Super, the ball has that nice bit of give and padding that all match balls should have (even when pumped up to the max).
When you get the ball into play, you absolutely love having the ball at your feet. The Brilliant Super is extremely responsive while still offering a soft touch. The nice bit of padding also makes the ball feel great as you drive through a volley or attempt to bring a goal-kick out of the air. The texture helps prevent the Brilliant Super from knuckling or making any odd and unexpected movements in the air (unless knuckling was your intended purpose). A few players did feel like the ball had a slightly "light" quality to it and felt it was altered by any decent wind that was occurring while we were playing, but it wasn't anything that should scare anyone away from the ball.
This is a massive step forward for Select and we are really enjoying our time with the Brilliant Super. This ball definitely deserves to stand amongst the best in the biz, and it is definitely the best ball that Select has EVER put on the market. We recently received a shipment of Select's newest indoor options, so we are excited to see if the quality has carried over to their short-sided gear.


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FireTower Server Installation
Please note that the PC to host FireTower Service requires a Windows x64 architecture with Microsoft PowerShell 3.0 and above. The preferred FireTower Service PC is a Windows 10 Pro x64 machine.
At your PC to host FireTower Service:
- Download FireTower Server and Cyber Console Installer Software
- Execute the downloaded installer software to install FireTower Server and Cyber Console service and its operating environment (XAMPP Communication Stack)
- After FireTower Service is successfully installed:
- log in to WinCyCon.exe (ID: admin, and default password: admin) to make sure FireTower service is installed and operating properly,
- change your default password, and
- create a client enrollment package to deploy and protect endpoint computers.
- Click the following URL to download FireTower-CyberConsole-XAMPP-Installer.exe Download Link for FireTower Server and Cyber Console Installer Software
- Use the following 30-day trial key to activate your FireTower Server license during the installation process when prompted: 070BB-C2A07-2FAF5-16D68-A6F966
Cyber Console for Windows (wincycon.exe) provides an interactive threat exploration interface with built-in analytics to hunt for indicators of compromise, to deliver comprehensive endpoint visibility and to enhance the detection and containment of malicious activities.
- WinCyCon.exe is located at FireTower Server system C:\xampp\cycon\bin\x64 for x64 machine or C:\xampp\cycon\bin\x86 for x86 machine
- Cyber Console for Windows can be run from anywhere as long as the FireTower Server system has a routable IP or reachable through DNS record.
- Cyber Console for Windows could be run from any Windows PC, make sure you have the right architecture version for your Windows system.
Without registration, your FireTower installation will only function for 30 days.
Please register your FireTower Security Solution installation with Sampan Security, Inc., we will then convert your 30-day trial license to an one-year subscription license to protect up to 25 endpoint computers, please note this is for personal use only.
Registration Steps:
- Please login to your Cyber Console and access Account Management Tab and copy the content of your installation "Maintenance ID" field
- Please paste your Maintenance ID to the comment field of Contact Us Form and submit the form.
To change the default admin password: "admin" to FireTower Cyber Console:
- Login to Cyber Console (Wincycon.exe)
- Click Account Management Tab
- Select Admin from the User Pane, and click down "User Action" and select "Edit User"
- Enter new password and click "OK"
Possible scenarios for installation failure:
Windows System requirements not met:
- x64 architecture only
- Microsoft Powershell 3.0 and above: please follow Microsoft instructions to upgrade to Powershell 3.0
Communication port requirements not met:
- Port 80 (http), 443 (https), 3306 (MySQL)
Please follow the URLs listed below to resolve your communication port issues:
Symptom: "Cannot connect to localnet" when you try to sign in to FireTower Cyber Console (WinCyCon.exe from desktop shortcut) from the FireTower Server PC:
Possible reasons:
- Apache (C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe) is not running or listen on Port 80
- Apache (C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe) is not running or listen on Port 443
- MySQL (C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe) is not running or listen on Port 3306
Troubleshooting tips:
- Execute the included diagnostic tool at C:\xampp\cycon\bin\CyConDiagnostic.exe and send us the result, or
- Follow Section V, FireTower Server Troubleshooting at FireTowerTroubleshootingGuide to identify culprit by
- Accessing Apache landing page through "http://localhost"
- Accessing Apache landing page through "https://localhost"
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I did indeed think they were pretty. I LOVE leaves, as you might have been able to tell. My husband and I were being goofy in the vinyard we visited last Saturday. WOW. This week has FLOWN by! This weekend will be just as busy as the last. The Philosopher and I will be spending quite a lot of time with friends over the next few days! SO exciting! I love spending time with my buddies!
Writing has been going REALLY well this week. I've been doing lots of editing on the next book in my Tales from Niflheim series, and I've been doing lots of rewrites on the third book's manuscript.
Currently reading A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers (for the second or third time…I can't remember, honestly.) Holy moly. This book is AMAZING. I know Francine really loves to focus on contemporary, modern settings, but she really shines in her historical fiction novels. If you haven't read her books, go check them out. She's one of the most talented authors I've ever read.
I have major plans to let loose and have fun this weekend. What are your weekend plans? Any great books you're reading? Any major writing goals? Any big activities? Comment! I'd love to hear what you're up to!


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The life of Christian faith includes communion with God through prayer. Prayer is a guiding role in the life of our church as we strive to increase awareness of the importance and the power of prayer. We seek opportunities to join individuals in prayers of praise and for certain needs, such as strength, wisdom, guidance, health / healing, comfort and peace.
We encourage each other to be in prayer for individuals with specific requests. Each week specific prayers are said during Community Prayer in the Worship service. We also keep our members informed of praises and needs through our prayer warrior network via email and facebook. The effort of prayer encourages each of us to share in the building, love and joy we have for each other and God.
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Dads get a bad rap a lot of the time. On shows like Teen Mom, they are mostly absent or cruel; on sitcoms they are often portrayed as hapless at best and sometimes much, much worse. We hear more, it seems, about "deadbeat dads" than good ones.
That is why this video has made me so happy. What could be cuter than a little girl singing a heartfelt song with her daddy? And it doesn't hurt the cuteness factor if the song has lyrics like "you're the apple of my eye."
Jorge and Alexa Narvaez made the video of their duet of "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes at about 11 p.m. one night after about 10 practice runs.
See it below:
It doesn't get much sweeter than this. According to his YouTube page, Narvaez is "just a father of two working my way through college." What I like about the duet is that it's not some schmaltzy "Butterfly Kisses" thing where you know it's the first time the father paid attention to his kid in over a year.
Narvaez and his little girl seem very comfortable and at ease with one another. Just a good dad, teaching his daughter how to keep rhythm and sing.
As an aside, Narvaez is a single dad (though I am guessing that won't be true long) and although he and the mother of his children are "close," according to his Facebook page, he is doing a lot of this on his own.
She is a lucky little girl to have such a devoted and creative daddy. And of course, he is lucky to have a little girl with an awesome memory for lyrics who can belt out a song with such passion. This made my day. Hope it does the same for you!
What did you think of the duet?
Image via YouTube


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Or subtitled as "Why I can no longer watch MMA fights because that kick in the spleen hurts too much"…
I guess I was always this way, but never really noticed as much, because when you are the way you are, you know no different.
Then, life happened. Things changed. But I didn't seem to notice…
Once in a while, the way a person in a coma will, I stirred. I had those moments of clarity. I felt like I was awake…but as it was, I was not. It was sometimes like a nightmare – where you think you're awake, but NO ONE can hear you if you try to call out.
I remember after IT came back. I hadn't had time to notice. I had recently given birth. For the second time. 100% natural, no drugs, no nothing. And yes, even as a pro natural childbirth advocate, I will admit…THAT hurt like HELL. But as quickly as it ravaged me, it was over. And I felt fine. I was alright.
Except for one thing…no one told me that this whole breastfeeding thing was going to hurt WORSE. Worse than the actual childbirth!
Oh, but it did.
And I was ready to throw in the proverbial towel.
So, I sat my sore, sad, nursing BUTT on the couch (no where else I could stand the pain of nursing, other than my bed) and watched TV. My surfer/MMA fighting hubby liked to watch things like Spike TV, and we watched one hapless dude after another get the crap kicked out of him, and with every kick, punch and wipe out, I cringed. And flinched. And literally shed tears of pain.
I could not figure out what the heck was happening…but then I remembered. I recalled that I'd had moments of clarity before, but quickly put them aside. I recalled that I had to be physically removed from the theater when "Jesus of Nazareth" was being shown – those spears being driven into His sides…it was more than I could handle.
I had once felt "things." I never knew any different. And now, I was feeling them again.
…and that was just the beginning…or RE-beginning, as it was.
It's kind of cool, really…if I can keep it in check, I can sit back and feel what is going on around me. But if I'm having an…shall-I-say, emotional moment , it overtakes me. I am reduced to a sobbing, wobbly mess. I WANT to express myself differently, but I just can't.
I guess, the psychiatric community would have a hay-day with me…
So, after several years, many crazy life experiences involving much blood, sweat and tears, and a whole lot of research, I have learned how to handle the Empath side of things. I have also learned that my husband AND daughter (and a whole slew of friends and family) are also Empaths. (I know…the word sounds rather…Star Trek-ish. I get that.)
But it's not SciFi. It's how I go through life. And this is just the first in a series of confessionals and peeks into the mind of your ordinary, average (thank you, Joe Walsh!) Empath.
Blessings, Brothers & Sisters.
And now, you know. ❤


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Earlier in the day, both dogs were eager to go to the dog park. They've both learned that this is what we do on Sunday now. Once we arrived at the park, they raced around for about thirty seconds and then proceeded to look for a shady patch of dirt where they could take a nap. It would have been easy enough to find a shady patch of dirt in our own back yard, but they seem to enjoy doing new things.
There weren't many new things on the agenda for me today. It was time to mow the grass again and the plants definitely needed watering. The heat makes everything seem more difficult than it actually is. I really didn't do all that much today, but by the end of the day it felt like I'd put in a full days work. I was so tired by the time I finished photographing Dot, that when I went to look at the pictures, I mistakenly stuck the camera's memory card into the computer's CD slot. Yikes! Don't ever do this! I thought I'd ruined the computer for a while, but I was finally able to coax the SDHD memory card out of the CD slot with a very thin pair of watch repair tweezers.
Next week looks busy. I guess busy is good. It's always nice to have enough money to pay the bills. I'm starting to think it might be nice to have a vacation too. This heat is really starting to get to me.
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Had a good day at the show. Whitney went Best In Show. This was an easy show as far as getting there and getting home again. No 2am start today. Got up at 7am and left at 9am and were there for 10.30am.It was not our usual venue and the entry suffered as a result of this I think.
I have more or less worked out the design for my fine gauge Aran and I am using 2.75mm Addi Lace needles. 2.25 was too tight.
I bought the new
Twisted-Stitch Knitting—Maria Erlbacher
book a while ago as I love this type of stitching. However, I have to disagree with one piece of advice the writer gives. She says that one must either knit in the round or learn to twist and travel the stitches on purl rows too. She says one will be disappointed with the result if one doesn't. Well, I followed that advice only to undo it and just do the work on the knit rows(I am working back and forth). It did not look good when done every row at all and not because I didn't know how to do it. It is not that hard to do on the purl side what you do on the knit side. To be honest, even if the particular pattern I had used didn't look better with it done just on the knit rows, the extra work involved doing it also on the purl rows is just not worth it. I am all for doing things well and properly but not if the end result is not worth it.
I have had all sorts of advice about my dyeing. Some solicited and some not. More than one suggested something that I find quite astonishing. That is to keep written accounts of what I dye, how I dye it, and the precise recipes I used. Bollocks to that! That would leech all the art and fun out of it. For me. I dye the way I do most everything. Suck it and see. I do this, do that, a bit of the other and Hey Presto, there is the result. No way do I want to repeat, thank you very much. (Oh back when I knitted on the machines for money, it was TEDIUM to say the least. Week in week out, 18 sweaters a week, all the same style, just a few varying colours and patterns. Yukkety Yuk. NO MORE THANK YOU.) (I will add that of course I am grateful that people bothered to share their hints and tips me. )
Yarns I paint are unique. No two will ever be the same precisely because I dye as the mood takes me and do not keep track. Even the colours themselves will never, by design, be the same as I don't even use the same amounts. So although I might well use the same colours in more than one hank, they will be painted on differently and also the colours themselves will differ in concentration. Really, I think it would be impossible, or at least a million to one chance, that any two hanks would end up being the same.
I do very much enjoy creating in this way. Now don't laugh, but I feel slightly odd about letting the hanks go when they are sold. It's a bit like selling one of my puppies. Sometimes I get the urge, when packing it to post it off, to change my mind and keep it because then I would be sure it had a good home and would be used well. Am I senile or just sad and pathetic. It is a hank of yarn, not a baby for goodness sake. Yet it is how I feel.


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Day 26: Favorite Mundane Item
Clothes? Or you can ask my players from Out of the Abyss, they might say any type of sack. Trying carrying 4,000 or more coins in prisoner's rags. Heh.
The best item in 5th Edition however is simplified upkeep, i.e. lifestype expenses. It is something Shadowrun has done for years and I think it really makes for easy maintenance. Shopping can really take up a whole gaming session if you allow it, but you can leave the haggling with the innkeeper to a minimum.
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YES!!! SO Very Nice! Isn't it! I will begin NOW with my sissy strutting back and forth! Saying it over and over in my best girly-girl voice OK? Superior One Goddess Princess Sara!? Yes only in Princess Best girlie girl voice for You! YES! I will practice very hard to achieve my Princess girly voice for YOU!Like a good Bitch! Yes! I Do know how it is so important for a passable sissy girl voice!
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This year, I didn't plan on watching the Oscars.
But then I opened up Twitter on a Sunday night and saw people tweeting about the red carpet.
I changed the channel to get in on the fun.
Twitter, the company, believes that lots of consumers behave the same way that I did that night – and that this behavior will allow Twitter to get in on the $70+ billion that Nielsen says is spent on TV advertising in the US every year.
After speaking with two sources familiar with Twitter's TV advertising ambitions, here's what else I can tell you Twitter believes…
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- That it can sell ads that will "amplify" these conversations – and get people to tune into specific TV shows.
- That a brand like Coca-Cola will buy Twitter ads to get people to tune into TV shows that are sponsored by Coca-Cola.
- That brands will prefer to spend their digital advertising budgets driving consumers to TV, where they'll see commercials, which tell good "brand stories," rather than on banner ads.
- That TV networks will help Twitter sell Twitter ads to brands as part of a larger package.
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Me, Myself, and I
LIARS* from the elite and restricted club of The Great Learned** have decreed that, if a living entity cannot recognize the reflection in a mirror as itself, it cannot be self-aware. Such evaluations ignore that…
- Humans are born not knowing squat about anything except screaming and kicking.
- Human babies, like all mammals, learn by mimicking what others around them are doing.
- Human babies finally see the grooming utility of mirrors after much coaching from older persons. More importantly, they are taught the satisfaction of admiring the fine creature-form looking back at them. (Oooh! From this angle I have a Roman god-like profile. And check those pec definitions… uh, sorry! Having flashbacks.)
- Most life forms, including non-human mammals, depend on other senses than sight to describe the world and their particular placements in that world.
- A wide variety of life forms have survived on this planet for millions upon millions of years. Had they not been able to delineate the boundary between SELF and the surrounding environment, they would not have survived for one single day.
- Being alive is about being SELF-ish. Didn't anybody read anything in that book The Selfish Gene?***
But, the Great Learned maintain that if an entity does not perceive the world as the Great Learned perceive it, then that entity must be simply a robot-like biomass bound to instinctive action and programmed reaction. So, I repeat my question from a previous post:
- If a blind homo smart sapiens cannot recognize its reflection from a reflective surface, is that h. smart sap. NOT self-aware?
The world in which non-humans live is fast-moving and dangerous. Lethal even. Quite often. The only creatures goofy enough to kill time staring at their reflections are those who are not constantly on the lookout for predators and have the leisure time and safety to amuse themselves… with themselves. The ability to even see that reflection in the first place is a biggie, too.
All living entities know about Numero Uno. The only ones in the dark on this have been converted to Numero Dos. All others not SELF (the perceiving Numero Uno) are accorded different degrees of trust in keeping with their genetic and social distance from SELF. These are my classifications of sentient entities:
- self = me, myself, and I; numero uno; an entity's awareness that it is separate from other stuff
- near-self = siblings and other kin and relations bonded to SELF during the growing years. Accorded the highest degree of trust
- other-self = distant relatives and casual members of the self, near-self group. Accepted, but regarded cautiously
- far self = others that sort of look like me and my group, but, I don't know them and I don't trust them; unrelated others of my species
Through the years, I have been out and about at all hours of the day and night. Taking public transportation some years ago put me out on the streets around dawn and dusk when certain birds (grackles) flocked from sleep mode and, later, flocked in from their far feeding ranges. At first, the view was just a noisy din of chatter and fluttering feathers amid a chaotic and frantic in rush of bird bodies. Over repeated inclusions in these social interactions, a pattern began to resolve itself:
- MORNING. Great rushes of feathered bodies rose from the various night lodgings (trees to you hardcore city dwellers) and began chattering and swooping, then briefly settling on electric power lines. There, you could see strings of bird-beads arrayed in varying proximity to each other. These "beads," bit by bit, eventually took flight and joined a selected group of passing flyers as they left the area to begin the day's business.
- EVENING. This was almost an exact reversal of the morning start-up. One by one, flocks of varying sizes returned to the same area swirling, diving, coasting a-wing as though in play. On the power lines, a few birds began perching, typically with a large separation between them. Early arrivals settled on a spot that was equidistant from bird-left and bird-right. As more birds settled in, I began to see little groups separated by gaps. Groups of birds would take off as one, join a passing group of flyers and wing off to sleeping quarters.
But there is more to this ordered disorder than meets the eye. After more and more flocks arrive, the beads are closer packed on the power line, with two, three and four or more parked side by side. An arrival might fly up to one bead excitedly and the two might carry the flitting above the rest spot, then both settle down side by side. New arrivals seem to do a fly by of all the parked beads then either move on to another area or settle in with or near previous arrivals. But, the process is not always peaceful. Sometimes a new arrival drops in close to a bead only to have the original arrival jump him and run him off. Toward night fall, pretty much all the flyers have settled in — peaceably — on the power lines and are pretty much packed shoulder to shoulder with a gap in the string here and there. Then, segments of the string take off as one and move on to the various bedrooms. In the morning, from bedroom to assembly area, this same process is repeated with departure to foraging areas the goal.
Within this observed process, I see the SELF, NEAR-SELF awareness playing out. The variable spacing between the beads is directly related to the relationship of one bead to another: the shorter the distance, the closer the relationship. This explains the ejection of an arrival by a sitting bead. The assault says:
- I don't know you that well. GET LOST!
- I'm sorry, but that seat is taken. GET LOST!
The swirling, chattering fly bys are a sorting out process. I surmise that the sleeping group has a different composition than the foraging group. In the morning, the sleeping group hits the assembly area and looks for those it prefers to hang with during the day. In the evening, the various foraging groups meet at the assembly area and begin locating the members of their sleeping group. My guess is that the sleeping group is close kin to each other. Like humans, there is a domestic life and a separate work life.
And all that chatter is excited TALKING, not just generalized, instinctive noise.
*LIARS = Learned Individual Ascribing Refinement to Self
**The Great Learned = that association of self-proclaimed experts, as in "See my sheepskin from the University of Great Humans?" (UGH for short)
***Author Richard Dawkins. And, all I have read of the book is the title.
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A rose by any other name… Shakespeare
That is misleading — the title, I mean. This isn't about liars at all… or roses, either, for that matter. Rather, it's about the Great Learned, those educated elitists so much better than the common citizenry, the authoritarians who set the standards for the rest of us to follows.
So, what's with LIARS? you are asking. Acronym… what else? Learned Individual Ascribing Refinement to Self. It's sort of an intellectual turf-marking exercise.
I have heard it said that English is the most difficult language to learn (for a non-native, anyway). If so, that might have something to do with the fact that our language, like our country, is a great melting pot of cultures. Our early history is a relocation of various ethnicities from across Europe to the New World, people who transplanted their cultures and languages to America's fertile soils. Inevitably, cultures and languages (eventually, from all around the globe) blended into a unique offspring, the American experience. Actually, though, that whole process just made a real mess out of the king's English.
Understandably, the only persons who could preserve and pass on previous cultures in the written format were the educated ones. In the far past, if you were a commoner (as almost every one was), you spent all day, every day of the week, breaking your back to provide basic subsistence for yourself and family. You had no free time to learn an alphabet and writing. The best you could do was pass down skills and a spoken history to your children, It was the upper class, living off the wealth provided by the commoners, that had all the time to learn and refine themselves while preserving and decoding the written history of forgotten cultures. Should you become proficient in a chosen field, you could become one of the Great Learned (pronounced "Smart Dude"), move further up in the ivory tower and just send down periodic pronouncements of your great findings and intellectual prowess for the lesser citizenry to ponder.
Many European languages have a common wellspring — Latin (Veni, vidi, vici, y'all). While that means they employ a common alphabet, it doesn't mean they use the same pronunciations. The Great Learned, in translating from one language to another, kept the same spellings from Language A to Language B, even though B pronounced things differently. Why write "bordeaux" (bordux?) and guacamole (gwakamole?) in english when you want me to say bordough and wahcamole? Maybe the translator (a Great Learned individual) just wants to show off his language skills and refinement. Today, what with universal education and the internet, it seems that everyone is a Great Learned individual. Mispronounce "guacamole" and watch your beer buds snicker and condescendingly point out your "error." Yep, your buds are so much more refined than you.
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Some good news for Houston-area travelers. Hobby Airport has some of the lowest average air fares in the country. Fares from Hobby averaged $256 each way in the second quarter, the third-lowest in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The cheapest fares were at Dallas Love Field ($221), and the most expensive were at Cincinnati ($595). Here's the whole list, which covers the top 100 airports in the continental U.S.
The six airports with the lowest average fares — Burbank and Oakland, Calif.; Chicago's Midway; and Islip, N.Y., in addition to Love and Hobby — are all smaller or second airports dominated by Southwest Airlines.
At larger airports, it's a different picture. Houston's Bush Intercontinental, for example, had average fares of $423, the 14th highest. DFW, for those who enjoy a little Houston-Dallas rivalry, weighed in at 19th, with $409.
In measuring average domestic fares for all airports in a metro area, Dallas edged out Houston by three cents. Houston overall had the third most expensive fares, while Dallas was fourth.