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5 - Make sure that, only the "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" options are checked.
6 - In Odin screen, click on AP button and select the firmware file with .tar.md5 extension
7 - Switch off your Tablet and boot Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 P5210 into Download Mode by pressing and holding the Volume Down and Power keys together until you get the warning message, now press Volume Up key to proceed to Download Mode..
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IBM is preparing a Linux version of Lotus Sametime for release in September. The company said that the Linux version of Sametime 7.5 would be the first open source version of the enterprise IM system.
The server piece will ship in the first half of next year, said David Marshak, IBM's programme director and senior product manager for real-time communication. IBM expects there to be client and server versions of Sametime for Linux operating systems from Red Hat and Novell SuSE.
The company hasn't estimated what percentage of customers will deploy Sametime on Linux, Marshak said.
However, interest is high in industries like education and government, and among small and medium-size companies, because of the generally lower costs of Linux systems and the flexibility of open source, he said. "The two major themes are choice and cost of ownership," Marshak said.
Sametime's biggest competitor is Microsoft's Live Communications Server, which doesn't run on Linux. IBM and Microsoft have locked horns recently as they fight for enterprise IM customers.
The porting of Sametime to Linux is yet another swipe IBM is taking at Microsoft, said Jim Murphy, research director with AMR Research.
With this move, IBM offers a lower-cost operating system alternative for Sametime as many customers ponder whether to invest in Vista, Windows' upcoming upgrade, a likely more expensive and longer-term commitment, he said.
"There's a lot of competitive positioning in this move," Murphy said.
In June, IBM announced it was building links between Sametime and Outlook, Office and SharePoint applications.
The links, pencilled in for early next year, will give users access to Sametime 7.5 functionality from within those Microsoft products, an attempt to lure those users to the IBM system.
Other enhancements due in Sametime 7.5 include a refurbished user interface, improved privacy and security capabilities, embedded VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) functionality and support for the Eclipse open source application framework.
The Notes-Domino messaging and collaboration system, a sister product to Sametime, already runs on Linux.

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Quinlan Terry's latest Classical facades to otherwise modern offices once more raise the question of architectural integrity, writes Kenneth Powell
Quinlan Terry may be best known as the architect of hand-crafted town and country houses - he has recently completed the last of six extraordinary villas on the edge of Regent's Park, a project that extends back into the 1980s - but he is no stranger to the world of office development.
Twenty years ago, he was responsible for a six-storey commercial block at Dufour's Place in London's Soho. The far larger mixed-use development (apartments, offices, shops and restaurants) at Richmond Riverside followed in 1984-87. Coinciding as it did with the high point of the Prince of Wales' architectural campaigning, the scheme was controversial, being variously represented as a restatement of civilised architectural and urban values or part of a conspiracy to destroy modern architecture.
Terry saw commercial work as 'an opportunity and a challenge today to approach each new problem from old principles rather than from a childish desire to produce an elevation hitherto unknown'. He has no time for the Modernist tradition, of course, but he is essentially a pragmatic architect who is less concerned with remaking society than responding to a client's brief. For Haslemere Estates, the client at Richmond, his work turned out to be a sound investment (though the development is now so popular than any future attempt to redevelop the site would surely be doomed to failure).
Some critics claimed Terry's Richmond scheme was a 'fake' in that the carefully composed facades, in which all five Classical orders featured, concealed readily marketable open-plan office floors - at night, lines of strip lights could be seen behind the ordered casements. Though opening windows were provided, letting agents demanded air conditioning. Reconstituted stone was substituted for the real thing on cost grounds. Terry's view was that these compromises, however regrettable, were justified by the contribution the development made to the riverside and the public realm. His facades, moreover, could be enjoyed in their own right and, being traditional loadbearing structures, had an integrity of their own.
Quinlan Terry's recently completed development at 20-32 Baker Street is likely to rekindle the controversy over architectural integrity. The site has a long and painful planning history extending back to the 1970s. Bounded by Baker Street, George Street, Blandford Street and the backland mews of Kendall Place, it had withstood a number of redevelopment proposals, including schemes by Fitzroy Robinson and Allies and Morrison. The majority of the Georgian houses there were unlisted (though in a conservation area) and most had been drastically altered. But the group represented one of the last vestiges of the old Baker Street, largely rebuilt (to extremely depressing effect) since the Second World War. For Westminster planners, total redevelopment threatened to erode the edge of the conservation area, though it was clear that a broadly facadist scheme would be acceptable. The Georgian Group was adamantly opposed to demolition.
Terry's scheme, which secured planning consent despite the Georgian Group's opposition, retained the two listed houses on Baker Street in their entirety - these have since been refurbished by HTA Architects.
The other buildings on the site were demolished and have been replaced by a new 4,748m 2office building, 22 Baker Street, with exterior by Quinlan Terry and interior by Norman & Dawbarn. The interior, fairly described as 'uncompromisingly modern an efficient, flexible, prestigious and vital environment', demands little comment but offers well-equipped, excellently located modern office space. Only the presence of sash windows (non-opening) suggests you are in a 'period' building.
Terry's prerequisite for participation in the project was that all external walls should be load-bearing and at least 0.46m thick, and he was supported in this by Westminster's demand for 'authentic' street frontages. At Richmond Riverside, Terry concedes, building traditional facades, with the buildings going up floor by floor, had extended the construction period for the scheme. The answer here was to devise a way of building the steel-framed office floors and the brick and stone facades independently of each other and then connecting the two so that the facade became a genuinely structural element, offering lateral stability to the whole building, not just a veneer. In this way the office floors could be quickly completed, a roof put on and work could start on fitting-out while the facades, with their strong craft element, were finished.
Engineer Whitby & Bird was also concerned that setting the floor beams (spanning 13m from central core to facade) directly into the masonry facades could produce deflections and cracking of the brickwork. By using pivoted connections within concrete 'doughnuts' set into the masonry, this problem was avoided. Contractor Skanska and Whitby & Bird developed a strategy for construction whereby the floor beams, fitted with the doughnuts, were supported on temporary stub columns.
As the facades rose, the beams were slotted into place and the stub columns removed, allowing the floors to rest on the facades.
The cost of additional steelwork, agreed the client, was more than justified by a 10-week reduction in the construction period.
For Terry, the project is '95 per cent about the street - it is the public face of the scheme that matters to me'. As he points out, Georgian architects were capable of facadism:
Nash made terraces of middle-class houses look like royal palaces. He argues that 22 Baker Street is an example of genuine Classical architecture and the scheme is a way of reconciling the public's (and planners') attachment to the 'cherished local scene' with the demands of developers and potential tenants who want open-plan, highly serviced space.
The scheme is unashamedly picturesque in composition. The northern half of the Baker Street elevation is designed as a group of four- and five-storey stock-brick houses in tune with their listed neighbours. The building on the corner of Baker Street and George Street is altogether grander: Adam-esque and taking its inspiration from nearby Portman Square. Constructed of tuck-pointed Ridgwick brick, it features a projecting iron balcony supported on stone brackets, stone cornice and ornamental swags and medallions - only the brackets are of cast stone, the other elements being hand-carved from Portland blocks. These two elements are joined by a building that is, by any standards, an exotic, its giant Ionic Order speaking the grand language of Palladio rather than that of London house builders, and constructed entirely of Portland stone.
In contrast, the facade to Kendall Place, a mews, has an industrial look: with its use of engineering brick and big iron gates, it harks back to some of Raymond Erith's unrealised office and industrial projects. Even here, Terry cannot resist another picturesque touch by slipping in 'an early 18th-century house' with typical thick glazing bars and sash boxes.
Some will say, as they said of Richmond Riverside, that it is a 'stage set'. Terry's response is 'why not a stage set, if it looks right?' What the scheme cannot be accused of is copying the past: this is an example of new Classical architecture that draws on the past in the same way that many Modernist buildings draw on the examples of Corbusier or Mies. Submitting his scheme for a 2003 Georgian Group Award - perhaps not surprisingly, he did not receive one - he argued: 'It is of major relevance to all who wish to see the continuation of the Classical tradition that genuine Classical buildings continue to be erected in important public spaces in our cities and not to be confined to private houses, hidden away in rural oblivion. To do this, some compromises have to be made. A living tradition always responds to the needs of the time.'
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Jack River - Highway Songs No.2
Young Australian Holly Rankin has adopted a childhood nickname --
Jack River
-- and launched a recording career. We suggest that you make a note of it. Her debut EP,
Highway Songs No.2
, is modest in length, only seven tracks including an Intro and Outro, but it bursts with talent and wide scope inspiration. Rankin is a rocker on "Palo Alto", a dreamy folky on "Head To Stars", a synth pop star on "Talk Like That" and travels into psychedelia with "Nothing's Going To Hurt You Baby". The songwriting is razor sharp throughout, and Holly is a convincing vocalist in every genre.
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Nicole posted this recipe for Salted Oatmeal Cookies with Rice Flour on Baking Bites. I remember seeing it and getting really excited about trying a salty, crunchy, crispy cookie made with rice flour. But it took me 2 ½ years to get the rice flour, which is why I didn't bake them until today.
Well, you know what comes to people who wait? Good things. These cookies are pretty interesting. The rice flour gives them crispy edges and the salt adds a kick. Just make sure you tell people they're supposed to be salty or they might think you mis-measured the salt.
Mine came out slightly thicker than the ones on Baking Bites, and they're not crisp and crunchy through and through, but rather crunchy on the edges and chewy on the inside. I'm not sure why that is, but the cookies are still very good.
Salted Oatmeal Cookies with Rice Flour
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup rice flour
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
6 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/3 to 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (or raisin)
salt — for sprinkling (I found that ¼ teaspoon covered 6 cookies)
Preheat oven to 375°F Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Whisk both flours, oats, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon together in a bowl. Set aside.
Beat butter with an electric mixer until soft. Add both sugars and beat until creamy. Add egg and vanilla and beat just until mixed. Stir in dry ingredients, followed by chocolate chips.
Drop dough by tablespoon onto cookie sheets spacing 2 ½ inches apart. Sprinkle cookies with salt, giving each cookie a light, but even, coating.
Bake for 12-14 minutes, until the edges are golden brown.


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On Monday morning the BBC, God bless 'em, trumpeted an Independent report saying that "68% of the public support on-shore wind-farm development". My first thought was: "That's odd. How come I never meet any of them?".
But with opinion polls, it all depends on who's asking the question. I haven't been able to find the full details of the survey on line, and I can't phone pollster ComRes because of the bank holiday. But I did find a ComRes report on a similar survey undertaken amongst political candidates — of which more in a moment. Suffice it to say it was commissioned by Renewable UK, a pro-wind lobbying organisation.
Consider two possible questions.
"Do you approve of clean energy from a free resource — wind?". Or:
"Do you approve of wind farms which blight the landscape; deliver an intermittent, unreliable trickle of very expensive electricity; require conventional back-up; drive pensioners into fuel poverty; undermine our industrial competitiveness; prevent economic recovery; and cost jobs?"
I suspect that these two questions might get a very different answer.
Coming back to the candidates' questionnaire, we should bear in mind the "Emperor's Clothes" fallacy. There has been so much relentless green propaganda pumped out by the BBC and papers like the Independent that large organisations, political parties, and candidates, are terrified of taking a different line. So there is an in-built "Yes" bias. It takes a certain independence of mind to go against the flow and speak up for common sense against well-entrenched nonsense, which is perhaps why it falls to UKIP to make the case for a rational energy policy.
But the actual questions in the survey are interesting, and appear to me designed to muddy the water. "Do you agree that Britain should have 15% of its energy from renewables by 2020?". Nothing specific about wind, much less on-shore wind. Candidates could answer "Yes", yet have in mind solar photo-voltaic, tidal, Severn Barrage, hydroelectric, or even off-shore wind.
Or this: "Do you agree that investment in new electricity grid infrastructure, renewable generation (including wind farms) and other forms of generating capacity is a top priority over the next 20 years?". Their parentheses, not mine. They've slipped in renewables as just one item in the middle of the list — and who could argue with new grid infrastructure and "other forms of generating capacity"? And after all that, they've slipped in wind in parentheses. Even then, no reference to on-shore wind.
This sort of research is deliberately self serving, deliberately misleading. We need to take "research" from the renewables lobby with a pinch of salt.


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Welcome to the World Congress of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology Melbourne 2019
As president of FIGIJ, as a member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology, and as an Australian who lives in Melbourne, it is my great pleasure to invite you to Melbourne for the next World Congress in Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology from November 29 – December 3, 2019.
The Congress creates the opportunity to meet and share our knowledge and experiences, but most importantly, it is about making a difference for our young patients – ensuring we all have relevant, evidence based knowledge that we can use effectively. It is about learning from our colleagues – what works, how did you make it work, how did you achieve those outcomes? We will be connecting shared knowledge and ideas to our work places.
We all bring our ideas and experiences from different corners and cultures of the world – but much as we may travel from afar to reach each other, many of the issues and challenges are the same – and if they are not the same, that too can be a source of learning. Join us in Melbourne to connect across national barriers, across different languages and across cultures.
This Congress will provide an opportunity to actively participate. You will be connected and interacting with the conference speakers and topics – in debate sessions, with participant polling, in questions and answer sessions, in choosing your own journey through challenging cases. The Congress is an opportunity to help each other learn to maximise each of our capacities with connections through resources that may be people, journals, apps, internet, or online resources.
Most importantly, we want the young women we care for to have a voice at this Congress. We will be creating forums to have their ideas and concerns presented and heard. You will have the opportunity to connect with the young women you serve.
This will be a Congress to challenge you with new ideas, a Congress aiming to be thought provoking. What can we do about child abuse? What can we do about girls and young women in refugee camps, or girls sold into prostitution? How do you provide health care with minimal resources; can you provide care without costly tests? How should we resolve and manage the ethical issues around genital surgery – labioplasty, FGM/C, or genitoplasty? How is your country managing transgendered youth? What is the teen pregnancy rate in your country; how do you manage access to contraception for young people?
Like all previous Congresses this will be a great occasion for connecting with old friends, colleagues, mentors and those that have inspired us whilst making new friends, meeting new colleagues, becoming mentors to others and becoming an inspiration to others.
This will be the 19th world congress in Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology, but only the 4th to be held in the southern hemisphere and only the 4th held in Asia/Oceania. We are looking forward to making you welcome here in Melbourne – connect with your dreams and make this the trip to Australia that you have been wanting to do! Take this opportunity to travel here and explore Melbourne, Australia, New Zealand or some of the Asian countries in our neighbourhood.
I look forward to connecting with you in Melbourne in 2019,
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The President of the United States Barack Obama hailed the start of a "new season in America" and, earlier today, signed his $938-billion health care reform bill into law. Such legislation has eluded for decades successive American leaders both Democrat and Republican—most recently former President Bill Clinton in 1994.
By extending health care insurance to almost all Americans, President Obama was successful where Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt were not. Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson also failed. President Richard M. Nixon called for comprehensive health insurance, but couldn't deliver it. President Jimmy Carter also failed in his efforts to provide a comprehensive health care system for the country.
The bill marks the biggest change in the U.S. health care system since the successful Medicare health program for the elderly was created in 1965. President Obama has spent his first year as president and much of his political capital pushing the legislation through Congress. It has been an immense struggle not unlike the push for civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
The residue of anger throughout the ranks of those opposed to the bill is almost unprecedented. But President Obama won—and against great odds. The law passed Congress without getting a single Republican vote, a fact that almost certainly will make health care the issue in next November's elections.
Senator Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Republican, prophesized that the coming fight "will make last August look like a love fest," when referring to town hall meetings that drew protests last summer over the president's health care plan.
We'll have to wait and see how many of their threats the Republicans can make good on.
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Risks of Ingesting Maggots
"Maggot" is the name commonly given to the small, pale larva of flies. You can find them in many places: under water, in fecal matter, on food and in trash. The parent fly lays eggs on any tempting surface, where the larva hatches after 8 to 20 hours, and proceeds to eat.
Although generally considered disgusting, though relatively harmless, maggots can cause some serious medical issues.
Intestinal Myiasis
Intestinal myiasis is an infection where an animal ingests maggots in their egg stage of development. This disease occurs when a human or animal eats food containing the eggs of flies. A specific set of steps must occur for this disease to take shape: flies must lay eggs on food, which is then eaten by the host, the eggs can survive in stomach acid, until they reach the intestines, where they burrow into the organs causing internal damage. Myiasis can lead to bacterial infections, sepsis and ultimately death, if left untreated.
External Myiasis
Especially problematic in tropical regions, external myiasis occurs when larvae enter the body through the mouth, nose, rectum, vulva, ears or eyes. It also occurs when flies lay their eggs inside open wounds, or depending on the species of fly, burrow under the skin, to feed off healthy tissue, digested foods or bodily fluids, according to German entomologist, Fritz Zumpt. If left untreated, this invasion of tissue can lead to sepsis, anaemia and death.
Mind over Matter
Maggots, because of their tendency to grow on and eat rotting food and excrement, cause revulsion in most people. Some scientists have theorised that the disgust response is an evolved reaction to protect humans from eating things that may be dangerous to them. Because people usually protect fresh food from flies, maggots also tend to appear on food that is already contaminated or rotting. In fact, while you may throw up after eating a maggot, it is more likely you are throwing up, because of food poisoning, and not because you ingested maggots. In fact, a study done by the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy suggests that saliva secretions from maggots may have antimicrobial properties and have shown success, in a lab, at treating E-coli, MRSA and C. Difficle diseases.


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I tried to keep myself busy while I waited for the all important phone call from the surgeon. I went out to breakfast, even though it was almost lunchtime when we arrived back in Dallas. I finished a couple of writing assignments and sent them off to the client. I took Dash on a long and somewhat cold walk and then did a lot of pacing around the house. Finally, about 4:30 PM, the call I'd been waiting for arrived. The surgeon had good news. The arduous three hour surgery has gone well. The surgeon felt that she had been successful in removing the broken disc fragments in the L1 vertebrae that had been pressing on Dot's spinal cord. Now that the spinal cord is no longer compressed, the nerves will have a chance to heal and if we are lucky, Dot will walk again. Sometimes when a spinal disc ruptures, the fragments become attached to, or embedded in nearby blood vessels and are very difficult to remove. Dot was lucky. The fragments that had broken off and caused her paralysis were still clean and the surgeon was successful in removing all of them.
Dot is still not out of the woods yet, but she survived the surgery. That's the important thing. When the surgeon called, Dot was just waking up from anesthesia and was still under heavy sedation. She will be watched carefully tonight and for the next several days until her condition stabilizes. On Saturday, Dot's physical therapy vet will come to the hospital to give her acupuncture. This, along with cold pacs and laser treatments, will help reduce inflammation and speed healing.The best thing I heard from the surgeon today was that while Dot was waking up from anesthesia, she moved her rear legs. It was just a reflex action, but it means that there is still a nerve connection between the legs and the spine. There is hope.
Dot will spend the next five days in the hospital. While she is recovering, Janet and I will try to prepare the house for her return. We will need to connect the rooms with rubber backed carpet runners so Dot can safely move about without slipping on the brick floors. We will construct a "safe" area where we can leave Dot for short periods of time when we have to leave the house. It is very difficult to crate a large dog with leg injuries, so I am envisioning something that can be placed securely around a dog bed, so she cannot attempt to get up and move about on her own without supervision. Even if things go very well, we will have to continue to support Dot using the Help 'Em Up Harness for quite a while.
Our very first Dalmatian had spinal surgery to remove a tumor when he was eight years old. Spot's recovery was difficult for all of us, but he did learn to walk again and continued to live a happy life. I'm hoping that Dot can do the same. Spot's spinal surgery was the first. I'm hoping that Dot's will be the last. After dealing with nine difficult surgeries on five different dogs, I'm not sure I have the stamina to do this again.
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11 comments:
- Vale said...
I did notice that Aaron is sitting on a great "ball catcher"?! Great idea... too bad I just donated all our little balls to a fund-raising yardsale for an Ethiopian adoption! Looks very cute!
p.s. sippin' on sweet tea right now!
- June 1, 2010 at 8:32 PM
- Shelly said...
I just took another good look and noticed that the cute thing the cutie is sitting on is rather lumpy and seems to have some sort of mesh inserts...balls inside??
- June 1, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- Hannah Nicole said...
Can't wait, Crystal! :-)
- June 1, 2010 at 9:06 PM
- Big Yellow Dog said...
What a great post! I love all the fabric. This quilt is going to be such a blessing.
- June 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM
- Big Yellow Dog said...
What a great post! I love all the fabric. This quilt is going to be such a blessing.
- June 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM
- Teresa said...
So I love your post (as always)...but have to admit I left the window up for a while to listen to your song. love. it. thanks sweetie.
- June 1, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- Tasha said...
Happiness. That is all I have to say to this. I love people like you and Jody. You make me happy. I cannot wait to see how this beautiful quilt turns out. I cannot wait to buy a net and enter into your raffle. Count me in on trying to spread the word for you too. My blog is not that big, but I will do what I can to help spread this goodness. Bless you for being so generous and kind. I am in the middle of a project to help a friend going to Yimbo to help childern in a school there. Life is good and special and amazing. Thank you for your constant example. For even though I hardly ever comment I pretty much read every post. You are inspiring. Thank you.
- June 1, 2010 at 10:46 PM
- MJ said...
Cant wait! :)
- June 2, 2010 at 2:45 AM
- Amy M. said...
You have posted the cutest photos of HoHo lately but I have to admit I miss his stinkface!
Crafting by Candlelight
- June 2, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- Kara said...
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the pillows with the names on them! Where can I find out more about them? My son is obsessed w/pillows and he would love one!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- nursenicki said...
I'm finally catching up on all things bloggy since going away for the weekend...yours is by far the most exciting :) That is going to be one gorgeous (and blessed) quilt!
- June 2, 2010 at 2:58 PM


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Belkin's latest 'N Class' router, the N+ takes a step back from the remarkable N1 Vision of a year ago. Visually, it's a simpler device, more akin to the original N1 with informative blue icons depicting status - if there's a problem the icon turns amber. It's a single radio 2.4GHz Wi-Fi Certified Draft ADSL router with four gigabit network ports. This is the ADSL version; the plain router version is £20 cheaper.
Like the Sitecom, it masquerades as a 'green' product. The network ports are energy-saving and you can power off the radio at scheduled times. Quite how much carbon you'll actually save from a low-consumption device such as this we're not sure, but suspect it wouldn't over-fill a pencil or two.
Where the N+ differs from the N1 series is the inclusion of a USB port at the rear. This is strictly for storage devices rather than printers, and it allows you to share storage across a network. This will be handy for sharing music, but to do so you'll need to install the Storage Manager software on each PC. Neither is it as well built as the N1 and, despite its price tag, looks a little cheap.
Once again, Belkin makes setting up the device as easy as falling off a log; complete novices should have no problem with getting the N+ online in minutes. It has nice touches, such as updated firmware alerts and 'guest' accounts which allow only internet access. It is also a very good performer, managing an excellent average throughput of 76 megabits per second (Mbps) using Iperf.
The Belkin N+ is a fast draft-n router, suitable for both novices and seasoned networkers. It's a doddle to set up, works well for media sharing, has great throughput and is proof that you get what you pay for.


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Another month, another book review. It's been nice, being able to enjoy reading for pleasure again, now that I have time without studies on my hands.
I chose this book because of the backstory… a young boy, whose parents are killed while he was young and who grows up in foster care and learns at a young age to become self-relient… yet lacking what we are all looking for in life: unconditional love.
The book is an incredibly fast read, which was good because it was a bit predictable. I was drawn in during the first couple of chapters, but the middle was a bit slow for me. The ending as I said was a bit predictable, except for one surprising turn of events, which made the story line completely worth reading. (I don't want to give it away.)
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For the Elephants. Can a Chinese law help stop the slaughter in Africa?
On January 1, China banned all trade in ivory, a move aimed at stopping the killing of elephants by cutting demand for the material in the world's largest market. CNN traveled to Mozambique to find out if the ban is working.
Pemba, Mozambique (CNN)It's no secret where the ivory deals take place in Pemba.
Despite a new blanket ban on the ivory trade in China, the closest major city to Mozambique's largest nature reserve remains a smuggling hotspot for criminal gangs.
In shabby three-star resorts and half-empty Chinese trading offices, illicit deals are discussed freely, especially the illegal trade in ivory.
Posing undercover as ivory middlemen, an investigator is invited into a Chinese investment center near the international airport to talk business. The red-brick, two-story building is like many of its kind, where everything from cheap fashions to toilet seats are on sale.
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I'm trying to adjust to the feeling of one quarter of my heart living three thousand miles away from the rest of my body. On Thursday morning, Greg and I waved goodbye to Eric outside the security gate at the airport in San Francisco. Guitar in hand and armed with a subway card and smile, he turned and headed to catch his plane to Boston. I waited for a backwards glance, and not receiving one crumbled into the arms of my husband in a pile of the sobs I'd been holding back all morning. The fact that this young man who never knew a day of "separation anxiety" in his life moved so confidently into his destiny truly didn't surprise me.
What I'd forgotten in my own lead up to this moment were the emotions of that man – the husband and father – my partner for the past nineteen years in this amazing project called "Being Eric's parent". The chief lego builder, action figure player, and plastic sword swashbuckler who'd chosen his medical specialty and practice setting around his ability to devote more time to his family. No surgery subspecialty or private practice for this dad, who wanted more than anything to "be there" for his sons. In my own introspection, I'd expected him to be there for me to pick up the pieces as he always does. But in typical Lisa fashion, I'd forgotten that Greg would have his own "pieces" too…
So we stood and held one another in that moment, then went and had a strong cup of airport coffee while we waited for news that Eric's plane had departed. Then we drove the three hours home to Fresno, me sleeping and Greg, rock steady as he always is, manning the wheel.
The great irony of that goodbye scene is that it's only the start. Eric is at Harvard this week, participating in a pre-orientation at Harvard as a part of the "Dorm Crew". The kid who never in his life cleaned a toilet will be spending a few days dealing with other people's grunge as he and his fellow crew-mates ready the Harvard dorms for their fellow students.
For the past few days, I've received a few furtive texts in response to my motherly queries to verify that he's still alive.
Him: "I've landed"
Me: "Are at the dorm yet? Do you have your keys? Are you checked in?"
Him: "Yes"
Me (early the next morning): "Are you awake yet?"
Him: "Yes"
… A man of few words, like his dad. Something's telling me to give him his space right now, so I'm fighting back my compulsion to text every half hour, to make sure he's brushed his teeth, and to harp on the fact that I know he's not getting enough sleep (this surmised from a late night Facebook update). His wings have been developing for the past few years, but now it's time for them to spread and soar fully. He's ready, and even though I may not be, it's my job to enjoy the view and to keep up the prayers.
Next week, we'll repeat the goodbye. Greg and I will leave Tuesday to fly out and move Eric into his dorm at Harvard. There will be trips to Target for dorm essentials, tours of campus from his now-knowledgeable perspective, dinner with his roommate's parents, and yet another goodbye. I've scheduled a "nervous breakdown" for the 27th through the 29th – Greg and I will spend those days in Monterey at a retreat for his hospital. Adam will be safe at home with Grandma, luxuriating in his new "only child" status, and likely missing his big brother in his own way.
My friends have been amazing during the past few days. They know me as the mom who cried on the first day of school every year since Kindergarten, the mom who hates the absence of her boys, and the one who would have gladly welcomed ten more kids but has done her best to treasure the two God blessed her with. They have called me, prayed with me, and tried to distract me. Along with Greg and Adam and my family, they will be here for me to help me figure out this new form of reality and to embrace it fully.
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Time-lapse Camera Deployment as a tool to verify Small-scale handline fishers' interaction with ETP (Endangered, Threatened and Protected) Species
Handline is one of fishing gears that is widely used by traditional fishermen in small scale tuna fisheries in Indonesia. It is considered to be a sustainable method of fishing. Fishermen use handlines to catch tuna as fish target, but there is still a risk of accidentally catching Endangered, Threatened, and Protected (ETP) species. Turtles, sharks, whales, dolphins, seabirds and manta rays are ecologically important ETP species that may sometimes be associated with tuna handline fishing. Therefore, there is a need for special monitoring of ETP interactions on handline fishing fleets. One of the MDPI strategies to address this need is by deploying a time-lapse camera on board as a form of electronic monitoring. This is a new approach which aims to overcome the difficulty associated with deploying human observers or expensive electronic monitoring on small scale vessels and its applicability is currently being tested in 5 MDPI sites in Eastern Indonesia.
Time-lapse cameras, or specifically the Brinno TLC200 time lapse camera, has the ability to capture images up to 1 photo every 1 second. The camera is equipped with a wide lens that can capture most of the ship's deck area where fisherman catch fish and also the environment around the fishing vessel. The quality of the video recording depends on several things: the height of the wooden pole to which it is attached, the level of brightness during the fishing trip and the camera system settings.
The trial for time-lapse camera deployment was conducted in August 10 – 22 in Buru Utara and Seram Selatan, Maluku. MDPI team deployed time-lapse cameras in small-scale handline tuna fishing vessels. The time-lapse camera is mounted on a 1.5 meter wooden pole tied to the vessel body. The recording process started from 7 AM when fishermen prepare for fishing trip (loading the fishing trip supplies) until 7 PM when the fishermen landed in the shore and finished the fish unloading work.
Time-lapse camera on board. Photo credit: MDPI
During the trial, there were 4 fishing trips using the time-lapse cameras in Waprea and Wailihang Village (Buru Utara) and 2 fishing trips in Tanjung Village (Seram Selatan) where MDPI team joined the fishing trip as well to observe the time-lapse performance.
Footage preview from time-lapse camera. Photo credit: MDPI
On August 21, in 10 areas in Maluku and Sulawesi we have deployed the time-lapse onboard simultaneously. The data collected will be analyzed by a student soon to arrive from Wageningen University, Barbara Van der Ven 😊.The data will also be compared to port side monitoring of ETP species which MDPI does at each of its sites. We do hope that the data generated by the time-lapse camera can be used as information and consideration in the management of small-scale handline fisheries in the future. We are thrilled to kick off this new project, stay tuned for more updates from us!
As a side, the author of this piece, Teguh has just joined our team. He will be working very closely with the Time-lapse cameras. Welcome and happy to have you onboard!!
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Washington D.C., Dec 11, 2013 / 04:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A recent report has found that research on ethically-sourced adult stem cells is rising in popularity, leaving advocates pointing to its advantages – in both ethics and outcome – over embryonic stem-cell research.
The views of the scientific community are shifting with the realization that "the best hope for rapid medical advances lies with morally unproblematic alternatives," said Chuck Donovan, president of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, to the Washington Times for a Dec. 3 article.
The Charlotte Lozier Institute is the research branch of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List. Recent reports by the institute have shown significant shifts in research funding from embryonic stem cells to more successful and ethically acceptable adult stem cells.
"Money also talks," said one of the two reports detailing the changes in funding, adding that "what the money is saying is that those viable alternatives exist and it is with them that the real therapeutic promise of regenerative medicine lies."
Stem cell research has been the source of much controversy, both over its potential for regenerative and potentially life-saving therapies, and over the ethical questions in how the cells are obtained.
Stem cells taken from human embryos require the destruction of new human life. In the past, researchers have advocated their use because they have the potential to grow into nearly any type of tissue, making them a kind of "master cell."
However, in clinical trials and treatments, it has been difficult to coax the cells to turn into a specific type of tissue. In addition, therapies relying on embryonic stem cells have shown a tendency to turn into tumors and cancers following treatment.
In contrast, adult stem cells come from a variety of tissues found in newborns and adults, including the placenta, umbilical cord, bone marrow and other bodily tissues. Their extraction does not require the destruction of a human life.
While they naturally grow into a more narrow set of tissues than embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells have also been induced to form other kinds of tissues outside of their natural range. In some cases, the stem cells can also be harvested from the patient himself, nearly eliminating the chance of the body's rejection of the treatment.
To date, embryonic stem cells have failed to yield any successful treatments, while adult stem cells have been used to treat more than 100 diseases and conditions.
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The trial in Israel of Sergeant Elor Azaria for the killing of a Palestinian lying incapacitated on the street in Hebron last March may not be news in the United States, but it is causing huge divisions inside Israel, with one former security official warning of an impending civil war in Israel between Jewish factions.
The August 30 warning by Tamir Pardo, former head of the Mossad, was first picked up by al-Monitor.
When asked if Israel faces an external existential threat, Pardo joined the ranks with other heads of Israeli security branches when he said, "Today, the internal threat must worry us more than the external threat." He argued that the most palpable danger faced by the state today is an internal rupture that could lead to civil war.
The same article also quoted former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon privately questioning Benjamin Netanyahu's sanity: "A political source told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity that Ya'alon also talks privately about Netanyahu's 'dangerous state of mind.'"
"Civil War" was the headline of Uri Avnery's latest column at the Gush Shalom site, a piece published by the London Review of Books. Avnery:
This statement means that the recent chief of the Mossad sees no military threat to Israel – neither from Iran nor Daesh nor anybody else. This is a direct challenge to the main plank of Netanyahu's policy: that Israel is surrounded by dangerous enemies and deadly threats.
But Pardo sees a menace that is far more dangerous: the split inside Israel's Jewish society. We don't have a civil war – yet. But "we are rapidly approaching it".
The split is being driven by the divisive manslaughter trial of Sgt. Elor Azaria, the army medic who killed an incapacitated Palestinian on the street in Hebron, captured on video on March 24. Avnery understands the drama:
The military trial of [Elor] Azariya continues to tear Israel apart, several months after it started and months before it will end in a verdict…
Day after day, this affair excites the country. The army command is menaced by what already comes close to a general mutiny. The new defense minister, the settler Avigdor Lieberman, quite openly supports the soldier against his Chief of Staff, while Binyamin Netanyahu, a political coward as usual, supports both sides.
This trial has long ago ceased to concern a moral or disciplinary issue, and has become a part of the deep fissure rending Israeli society. The picture of the childish-looking killer, with his mother sitting behind him in court and stroking his head, has become the symbol of the threatening civil war Pardo speaks about.
The idea that the army leadership is now the bulwark of liberalism in Israeli society, and that the brass made the decision to bring Azaria to trial in order to restore order to the country, is also a theme of this Kobi Niv article in Haaretz two days ago. It's Benjamin Netanyahu and the right against the generals.
Avigdor Lieberman… was not brought to the Defense Ministry to eliminate Ismail Haniyeh or the Iranian threat. This was not on the agenda. What was on the agenda, and what brought about the replacement of Moshe Ya'alon with Lieberman, were Ya'alon's support for deputy chief of staff Yair Golan's remarks about signs of fascism, and the IDF's decision to try for manslaughter the soldier who shot the subdued Palestinian assailant in Hebron.
What is going on here?
The trial is an attempt by the high command of the Israeli army to regain control of their army. By making the unpopular decision to prosecute Azaria, they were actually looking for the spectacle of this trial that everyone else wanted to avoid with a plea deal. They saw this trial as an opportunity to take a very public stand against the recent epidemic of Israeli Defense Forces killings of Palestinian attackers, that they feel were encouraged by politicians, rabbis, and advocates of the "Jewish people."
Elor Azaria is going to prison if the IDF has the final say.
No matter the verdict this trial will soon become a rallying cry for Generals Ehud Barak, Moshe Ya'alon, Yair Golan, and others who see Israel under Netanyahu heading toward the abyss. You can't claim to be part of the Western world and have an army that acts like a tribal militia. Recall how Golan ended his Holocaust speech that announced the crisis last May:
[We must] ….ask ourselves what is the purpose of our return to our land; What we should sanctify and what not; What is right to praise what is not; And most importantly – how we should fulfill our role as a light unto the nations and as a model-society. Only this kind of memory has the power to serve as a living, breathing monument for our people, a worthy monument, a monument of truth.
All these people who worry what Israel is "sanctifying," identify Netanyahu as the culprit. In their own way they each have said Netanyahu is the greatest threat to the state of Israel. They are going to go public with an unprecedented call, for the sake of the country and a sane future, that Netanyahu must go.
The picture Ronen Bergman painted in his Times op-ed months ago, of a possible "coup" because former security officials "detest " Netanyahu, and regard him as "belligerent" and dangerous, just keeps on getting reinforced. It gets reinforced because it's true.
These men are sure to get more specific about how he sacrificed the interests of the country for his own electoral and political concerns. That he opposed his security experts at every turn on almost every issue. They will say his war with Obama had nothing to do with what was good for Israel. That it was a personal vendetta. They will try to make it as clear as possible that Netanyahu is a dangerous, cynical, psychopath, on top of his toxic Jewish narrative and Messiah complex.
More than the formidable forces arrayed against him, what should indicate to Netanyahu that he really might be in trouble is one sentence that Jeffrey Goldberg, surely the most influential Jewish journalist in America, slipped into his Atlantic article a couple of days ago. In suggesting that Bill Clinton would make a good envoy to Israel/Palestine should Hillary Clinton be elected president, he added something else in Bill Clinton's favor:
"Benjamin Netanyahu's manipulations won't work as easily on him [Clinton] as they did on Obama."
The gratuitous attack is bad news for Netanyahu. That Goldberg used the words "Netanyahu's manipulations" is not an accident and shows Netanyahu is clearly vulnerable. As I pointed out earlier this summer, Goldberg has not written a word about the execution in Hebron and the social and political crisis it engendered. Until now. The situation was too uncertain and unpredictable for someone as calculating as Jeffrey Goldberg to do anything but stay mum. So if Goldberg, a former IDF corporal, is kicking Netanyahu now, it means he must be down. Goldberg has his finger in the air and Goldberg thinks Netanyahu's future is behind him.
As for the American press, Americans and even American Jews are oblivious to the turmoil in Israel set off by Azaria with his killing of Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, 21. And as for those who do know something is amiss in Israel, it is likely they have read and been deceived by the Likudnik hasbarats Bret Stephens, Eli Lake and Max Boot, who have all dismissed the implications of the murdering medic.
The New York Times has not been any better. Aside from the surprisingly forthcoming Bergman op-ed that used the word "coup," they have totally ignored the Kulturkampf that this trial has ignited in Israel. Maybe the issue is too delicate for the Times to write about. Whatever the explanation is, the NY Times will not have the luxury of ignoring this story too much longer


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Here is the letter that Steven Spielberg sent Chris Strompolos, one of the filmmakers who spent seven years of their childhood recreating Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-for-shot during their Summer breaks. [lettersofnote]
Movieeye.it has the Italian poster for the comic book adaptation Dylan Dog starring Brandon Routh.
The historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood presents the Director's Cut of all three Lord of the Rings films in a one-day screening on January 22nd 2011.
DeadpoolAndFriends has replaced Ryan Reynolds with Deadpool in the movie trailer for Green Lantern.
Marvel is holding an open casting call for Male & Female actors (18 – 40 yrs) for the characters of BATMAN, ROBIN, CATWOMAN, JOKER, HARLEY QUINN for the upcoming Batman Live stage show in London. Visit Batmanlive.com for more info. [owf]
Star Trek's original Sulu, George Takei is now officially on Twitter at @georgetakei. [trekmovie]
Movieline has a couple new photos from Josh Radnor's happythankyoumoreplease. Yes, that is Malin Akerman in the above photo.
shokxone-studios has created a For Your Consideration advertisement for Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy's score.
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United States of America, et al.v.City of Portsmouth, et al. Opinion No. 2016 DNH 113
A group
of Portsmouth residents seeks to intervene in a long-running
case involving the City of Portsmouth's compliance with
the Clean Water Act (CWA). The case began in 2009 when the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sued the City for
failing to comply with various sections of the CWA governing
the discharge of pollutants into the Piscataqua River and
Great Bay Estuary. See Doc. No. 1. The State of New Hampshire
intervened soon after, bringing claims against the City for
alleged violations of state environmental laws. See Doc. Nos.
3 (State's Motion to Intervene); 4
(State's Intervenor Complaint). In September 2009, the
parties signed a lengthy consent decree that committed the
City, among other things, to building a secondary wastewater
treatment facility to treat sewer overflow. See Doc. No. 8.
In July
2012, the EPA filed a motion to modify the original consent
decree. Doc. No. 13. The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), a
non-profit environmental group, filed a motion to intervene
in the case, which the City opposed. See Doc. Nos. 11
(CLF's motion); 15 (City's objection). I granted
CLF's motion, but limited its intervention to the issues
that were before the court at the time, namely the approval
of the consent decree modification. Doc. No. 21. Then, after
receiving briefing from all the parties in the case, I
approved the first consent decree modification. Doc. No.
April 2016, the EPA moved to modify the consent decree a
second time. Doc. No. 38. This second modification
would set, among other things, a revised construction
schedule for the wastewater treatment facility on Peirce
Island in Portsmouth. See Doc. No. 38-1 at 4-5. The
next month a group of Portsmouth residents filed the present
motion to intervene pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 24. Doc. No. 40. They argue that they
have standing in the case as "citizens" under 33
U.S.C. § 1365(g) and under the constitutional guidelines
set forth in Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw
Environmental Services (TOC), Inc., 528 U.S. 167
(2000).[1] Doc. No. 40 at 2.
addition to requesting intervention, the residents assert a
number of grievances. They argue, among other things, that
the proposed consent decree modification is "weak,
inadequate, and unenforceable." Id. at 5. They
contend that the consent decree will not end the City's
violations of the CWA, and oppose the planned location of the
wastewater facility on Peirce Island. See Id. at
5-11. They formally request that I a) allow them to intervene
in the case; b) delay approval of the consent decree
modification until they receive certain documents they have
requested under the Freedom of Information Act; and c) delay
approval of the consent decree modification until the
"final disposition of [their] citizens suit brought
pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1365(a)(1)." Id. at 11.
City objects to the residents' motion. Doc. No.
42. It argues that the residents' intervention
would be untimely and objects to their substantive arguments
about the adequacy of the consent decree. The EPA and CLF
also responded to the motion to intervene. Both parties
stated that, although they do not oppose a limited
intervention by the residents, they do object to many of the
residents' substantive arguments and oppose a delay in
the project. See Doc. Nos. 41; 46. Neither
the City, the EPA, nor CLF contend that the residents lack
standing to intervene.
Rule 24
provides two primary grounds for intervention: intervention
of right and permissive intervention. Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a)-(b).
A party may intervene of right if either: 1) it "is
given an unconditional right to intervene by a federal
statute, " or 2) it "claims an interest relating to
the property . . . that is the subject of the action, and is
so situated that disposing of the action may as a practical
matter impair or impede the movant's ability to protect
its interest . . . ." Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a). A party may
seek permissive intervention if A) it "is given a
conditional right to intervene by a federal statute, "
or B) it "has a claim or defense that shares with the
main action a common question of law or fact."
Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(b)(1). Both types of intervention require
that a motion to intervene be "timely."
Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a)-(b).
residents do not indicate which type of intervention they
seek, although they do argue they have a right to bring a
citizen suit under 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a)(1). See Doc. No.
40 at 3. The City concedes that the CWA confers a statutory
right on proper parties to intervene, but nonetheless argues
that the motion should be denied as untimely. See Doc. No.
42-1 at 4. It contends that if the residents wish to
intervene, they should have done so four years ago, when CLF
did. Id. The City claims that the residents knew of
their interest in the case years ago and had ample
opportunity to voice their concerns at any of the numerous
City Council meetings where the case was discussed.
Id. at 6. Now, with the project "100% designed,
" a new compliance schedule "fully negotiated,
" and a $75 million bond resolution authorization
approved by the City Council, the "Neighbors come too
late." Id. Moreover, the City argues, the
residents do not need to intervene in this case to file their
citizens suit - they may simply initiate a separate action.
Id. at 8.
the City raises valid arguments, I nonetheless allow the
residents to intervene here for the limited purposes
specified in this Order. As the First Circuit has noted,
"[t]here is no bright-line rule delineating when a
motion to intervene is or is not timeous." Banco Popular
de Puerto Rico v. Greenblatt, 964 F.2d 1227, 1230
(1st Cir. 1992). "Instead, courts must decide the
question on a case by case basis, examining the totality of
the relevant circumstances." Id. Here, the
residents will undoubtedly be affected by the proposed
consent decree modification and appear to have good faith
concerns that they wish to express. Given that I previously
allowed CLF to intervene several years after the case was
commenced, I see no reason to bar the residents from doing
the same.
I note,
however, that the residents are only allowed to intervene
with respect to issues that are presently before the court:
namely, the motion to approve the second proposed consent
decree modification. Doc. No. 43. They may therefore
participate in briefing in response to that pending motion,
appeal from any adverse decision, and participate in regular
interactions with the parties concerning the second proposed
consent decree modification. I express no views at the
present time with respect to the other relief requested by
the residents. Instead, I direct the parties to meet and
confer and reach agreement on a schedule for any additional
briefing beyond what the parties have already filed. A joint
proposed briefing schedule shall be submitted by the parties
within 14 days of the date of this Order.
motion to intervene (Doc. No. 40) is granted to the
extent that it seeks relief authorized by this Order.
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Appraising the potential of the valley's current vintage
We have three SA national champions and a host of regional winners to congratulate now that the dust has settled on the 2018 South African and Regional Young Wine Show results.
At this, the 186th presentation of the SA Young Wine Show awards, Bon Courage took home both the Agri Expo Gold trophy as producer of the South African Champion Noble Late Harvest and the Silver tray for their National Sweet white wine. The JG Graue trophy for the Champion Chardonnay went to De Wetshof estate.
From our Robertson region, a total of 19 trophies were presented to this year's champions, and, of these, Bon Courage took home no less than nine, an achievement worthy of popping the corks of all three of their MCC's in celebration. They scored in the following categories: Dry white blend - Colombar/Chardonnay (Mountain River trophy), Sauvignon Blanc (Imvusa Stainless trophy, Colombar (Pon van Zyl trophy, Natural Sweet White (Rietvallei Trophy), Noble Late Harvest (Roelou Barry trophy), Vintage Port (Ritter Stainless Steel trophy) and Muscadel (Overberg trophy). They also attracted the Laffort Trophy for the best five nominated wines and the JF Hillebrand trophy as the producer of the Robertson overall Champion.
The Vinochem trophy for Dry Red blend category, won by Ashton Winery, was awarded to their Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz blend, and the Johan de Wet trophy for other white cultivars, also scooped by Ashton Winery, was for their Morio Muscat entry.
See end of this release for full list of 2018 Robertson region champions.
The prestigious Pon van Zyl trophy, awarded to a person who has made a notable contribution to the Robertson wine industry was presented to Louis Bruwer this year, in recognition of his expertise in the field of water and irrigation. Given the recent drought, the award is particularly apposite.
Robertson Wine Valley is also home to 53 class winners from the 17 cellars which entered wines this year. The results reveal a fascinating mix of the venerable, large and long-established names, alongside a few comparative newcomers who are making a mark with their noteworthy wines. To comment on just a few, Ashton Winery must be delighted with their total of 32 awards, topping the list, while Bon Courage came in second with 23 and also scored the most class winners, collecting 10. The acclaimed renaissance at Bonnievale Wines was emphasised by their array of class winners and other awards, while McGregor Koop not only produced three class winners but scored a pleasing total of 22 awards, a figure equalled by Langverwacht. De Wetshof Estate and Robertson Koop each bagged three class winners and Rooiberg got two and scored a total of 18. Among the recently established and boutique producers both Kleinhoekkloof and Windfall each took home a class winner.
See end of this press release for the full list of class winners with gold, silver and bronze places
The SA Young Wine Show itself can take a bow, being the oldest such contest in the southern hemisphere, dating back to 1833. The event, presented by the SA National Wine Show Association sees winemakers from eight wine regions enter the best of their current vintages – from tank, barrel, and concrete "egg" – in a showcase of what will soon be bottled. Along with Robertson, the regions taking part are Worcester/Breedekloof, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Oranje-Vaal, Olifants River, Swartland and the Little Karoo.
A raft of judges undertakes the tricky task of assessing quality in these youthful wines for both class winners in cultivar categories along with the champions. All wines are tasted blind and judges are seated in individual booths.


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If you are tired of all that old unity 3d parking games and you want something new, you can play Boat Parking. In Boat Parking, you are a pirate and you must navigate with your pirate ship and park it over the highlighted spot. Avoid obstacles what could damage your boat and prove that you deserve to be a the captain of the Black Pearl. Bavte sa.
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Perhaps the Yankees won't break the bank this offseason.
After managing to stay under the luxury tax in 2018, many expect the Yankees to go all in this offseason on free agent spending, but GM Brian Cashman would not go as far as saying that is the case.
At the GM Meetings in California on Tuesday, Cashman said that the Yankees are still a "behemoth-type payroll" but it "would not be the preference" to exceed the luxury tax threshold in 2019.
"Do we need to blow through everything exponentially? That would be not the preference," Cashman said. "But because of the market we're in and the ownership we have I know that we're capable of and it's a decision they ultimately will make when they're forced to make it -- if they have to make it. It's my job to collect as much talent as I possibly can in a very cost-effective matter and hopefully I can do all of that not have to go through luxury taxes."
Cashman also added that he prefers "to not line the pockets of opponents to use that (revenue) against us," referring to the penalty of exceeding the luxury tax, which redistributes money to the smaller market teams.
Only the Red Sox and Nationals exceeded the $197 million luxury tax threshold in 2018 -- and it led to a World Series title for the Yanks' AL East rivals.
The 2019 threshold is expected to rise to $206 million and the Yankees should have room to make some additions in free agency, but if Cashman is serious about preferring to stay under the luxury tax, it would likely eliminate the Yankees from pursuing marquee free agents Manny Machado and Bryce Harper -- both of whom expect to receive record deals.


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Shaking it up with Stouts
Another Black Friday is upon us, but if you want to escape the madness of the shopping season, there may be no better way of doing so than a good beer. Whether you're putting your feet up after a punishing retail session or simply enjoying a day without the chaos, you can get into the vibe of things by enjoying a stout – a black beer for a Black day. Like all styles, stouts are undergoing great change and innovation, and here are four trends you might want to ponder when you select your brew.
My Milkshake Brings all the Boys to the Yard
The first snows have fallen, but the summer of the milkshake IPA lingers on like a TV show the networks just can't cancel, but a new season is here and it's time to transition to stouts. Milkshake IPAs are characterized by the addition of lactose during the boil, which results in a thick body, as well as a residual sweetness that's often amplified by other sugars or sweet flavourings. The same approach works well with stouts, and while the idea isn't new (it's essentially amping up the old milk stout style), it is going in directions that suggests brewers are willing to test the boundaries. Never ones to shrink from a challenge, North American breweries are pushing the envelope, resulting in off the wall flavours like Peanut Butter Shake from Whitewater Brewing and Toasted Marshmallow Milkshake Stout from Rochester Mills in Michigan.
Scraping the Barrel?
Believe it or not, there was a time when barrel-aged imperial stouts were a rarity. Whether tried and true bourbon or a more adventurous brandy or rum, most imperials seem to take a break in a barrel before hitting the shelves. If done right, it can result in a beer of remarkable complexity, but it's easy to misjudge and make a boozy, barrel-heavy mess. Try and seek out a straight up imperial this Friday and if you can, do a side-by-side with the barrel version to see the beers in a new light.
Variations on a Style
Special beers beg for special release parties, or at the very least a specific release time at a brewery to generate buzz, and imperial stouts are the style most likely to receive the red carpet treatment. Taking a lead from the USA, Canadian breweries are increasingly modifying the base beer to provide multiple variants on release day, providing drinkers with the ideal opportunity to see how ingredient or process changes can drastically reshape one of their favourite beers. For example, at their recent Skeleton Key release, Bellwoods took a rum barrel aged imperial stout and simultaneously released a coffee-infused version, as well as one incorporating dulce de leche, scotch bonnet and lactose.
Novelty is Normality
Coffee and chocolate have ruled the roost for a long time, but offbeat flavours are becoming more commonplace in stouts, and the three trends above already show that beer is rapidly diversifying and tackling ingredients that would have made our forefathers shudder. The flavoured stout still has a place outside of barrel-aging, milkshakes and additions to a hefty star release, though many of the stronger contenders rely on more traditional ingredients. This year's Canadian Brewing Awards gold winner was Exchange brewery's breakfast Stout, which is infused with oats and coffee, while the silver went to a vanilla stout from Lighthouse Brewing in BC. There are more obscure flavours out there worth a visit, but you can't go wrong with the classic combos.


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Price chart for July / August
We are now in the dog months. Summer often has very few watches available, and less buyers. We can see wider fluctuations in upper and lower prices, and some terrible watches offered. The sensible sellers seem to leave.
105.012's continue to come onto the market. Prices varying widely, as is the quality. Several polished CB cases have been seen.
Straight lug watches have been very rare. I have been asked to comment of several examples held by dealers, that have been on the market for some time, most with problems that have made them undesirable to me.
I still see calibre 861's for sensible prices. As ever, these watches can be chosen with care and a good one found. Unlike the older watches, there still seems to be oportunities to have many to choose from.
Because of the very thin market, no changes have been made to the list, which you can find here.


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In 1990 I was working as a technical training and overseas sales manager for a company that made agricultural machinery. I was lucky enough to travel to Africa and help train the operators of their machinery on its safe use. I went to South Africa, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya and utterly fell in love with the continent and its people.
At the same time as this I was undergoing training in short story writing and freelance journalism. Although my travel-bug was being fed by my job, I really wanted to be a writer. I was in a heavy metal band playing the drums at the time and although we all spoke about what we were going to do when the band 'made it', I also wanted a back up career, and writing was where I was placing my energy.
I gave up on journalism when the course teacher said, "If you are lucky enough to be the first at the scene of an accident, don't call the police. Get your camera and take photos first." It was at that point I realised I wasn't built to be a journalist, but a career as an author still appealed.
I left my executive job with its expense account and company car and got a job as a milkman. I told myself that if I got up really early in the morning (3am) and finished my round by 9am I would have the rest of the day to write. The trouble with this thinking was that the manager, seeing I had a sales background, put me on the wholesale round, dealing with shops and other establishments. I started work at 3am and finished at 5pm… My plan was not going to work. I asked my previous boss if I could have my old job back and he was kind enough to take me back on a part-time basis and this would give me time to write, as well as earn a living. But customers didn't like dealing with a manager who was only in the office every other day. It didn't work, so I returned full time, and with that move I gave up on my writing aspirations.
Life continued. Changes, redirections, opportunities arrived and I took them. I moved away from the corporate world. My spiritual path opened up before me and with it I rediscovered my love of writing and playing music. Over the last 10 years, and particularly since 2006, I have been blessed to live a full life doing all of the things I love to do. But since the release of my last album, the idea of writing has re-entered my awareness. I've suddenly realised that if I've had the time to write and record 6 albums, I probably now have the time to write that book.
I'm out of practice. I need to get my story-writing mojo working. I need to brush up on my grammar, but I have to say that I'm getting quite excited about the prospect of trying something new.
My music is still my priority, but I think if life has changed to give me this time, I should take it.
I will be writing a book of short stories, each with a spiritual/supernatural/Otherworldy theme. I already tell stories with my songs. These tales will expand this way of storytelling, and allow me to engage another aspect of the Bardic Craft.
Research and plot outlines begin….now!
I'll keep you posted!


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|"Day 4: 12:00am-1:00am"
Fred Laughton was a Department of Defense employee active during Day 4.
Before Day 4 Edit
Fred Laughton wrote the code used in the nuclear football, a national security device carried near the President of the United States at all times.
Day 4 Edit
When the mercenary Mitch Anderson damaged Air Force One from a stolen stealth fighter, the nuclear football fell to the Mojave Desert. Fred Laughton arrived at the scene where the terrorist Steve Simmons was killed, and most of the football was retrieved by Jack Bauer. There, he reconstructed the parts of the football "playbook" that were taken by Habib Marwan, specifically, the list of America's domestic nuclear arsenal and the checkpoints visited by the convoys which moved them. Jack reported Laughton's findings to Bill Buchanan, Michelle Dessler, and others at CTU Los Angeles.
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These are a few of the pages from a my Circus Inspiration Album.
This is one of the new topics for January in the studio.
I normally make a sketchbook but because I had large pictures
I put them in this 12"x12" Album.
I have really enjoyed the start of this theme.
See more of the pages on my Cards2inspire Blog
Also see art journals on my Tech Blog


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Aero Vacation
Normally we love titles from Chillingo. Aero Vacation is one of their rare releases that I am not fond of. This is a free app on the iPhone/iPod Touch. How can they release an entire video game for free? Well this game will test you. Are you will to be patient and work your way slowly to the top? Or will you want results right away? If you want results right away you will have to pay for it. The cost comes in real world dollars. Things in Aero Vacation take time. However you can hurry it up by spending dollars. Certain items can also be purchased with them. I found myself with a wealth of certain resources and hardly any of others.
Aero Vacation has a great color scheme that is alive with color. There are various decals and colors the player can chose. The artwork is neat, and generally family friendly. My biggest complaint is the busty helper. To be fair we can pick other characters to be assistants. The busting out woman is also the cover art character used. Passengers can perform a variety of entertainments based on what you have on your air ship.
The music in Aero Vacation fits the theme of this game. It is also alive, fun and fresh. The tutorial in Aero Vacation helps explain what tasks the player has available to them. Do not feel bad if you can not immediately complete quests. It does not take Aero Vacation long to give us quests we can not complete without buying more dollars. It can take forever but they can be achieved.
Aero Vacation is one of those games that can be played for a few minutes and then must be left alone for hours. Don't worry your iPhone or iPod Touch will chime at you when the engineers complete tasks or when you arrive at certain destinations. Aero Vacation can be played for months a few minutes at a time.
We can do a few things in Aero Vacation. We complete quests, requests, visit new cities, level up, purchase parts, and build a variety of rooms. These are all done through the touch screen. I ran into some issues with certain small buttons not recognizing my touch. I would have to touch it two or three times to get it to register.
Aero Vacation
contains a wide array of worldly entertainment. There are pubs, spas,
bars, casinos and more. I do not mind building a library in a game like
Aero Vacation, but a casino or pub are not to my liking. I did
everything I could to avoid those kinds of places. Aero Vacation can
teach some basic economics and how to utilize various resources. Its
free so you try it without wasting anything but time.
- Paul
Graphics: 69%
Sound: 82%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Gameplay: 60%
Family Friendly Factor: 68%
System: iPhone/iPod Touch
Publisher: Chillingo
Rating: '4+' for 4+
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