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Will windfarms affect your cruising?
Extra information to complement Yachting Monthly's June 2012 article on offshore turbines
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Yachting Monthly's June issue features a report on offshore windfarms. Can you sail through them? Where are they being built? Our article guides you through the facts and the fiction surrounding this controversial topic. Here is some information and data we didn't have room for in the magazine
Offshore wind power is big business. There are 568 offshore wind turbines in UK waters and a further 665 in construction. Each turbine produces enough electricity annually to meet the consumption of 1,927 households. Just 11 years after the first turbines were installed in UK waters, offshore wind power already makes up around 1.5% of UK electricity production. This is expected to rise to 7.5% by 2016 and around 17% by 2020, roughly what the nuclear industry produces today. Reading such figures, it's hardly surprising to hear the UK is the world leader in offshore wind, with as much capacity installed as the rest of the world put together.
It seems counter-intuitive for yachtsmen to argue against the concept of harnessing wind power as part of the UK's 'energy mix'. But serious concerns have been raised over cost, a feared threat to navigation, a risk of contact between turbine and mast, a potential impact on sea currents, on radar and more.
What is the history of offshore wind power?
The Danish were the first to install offshore turbines in the 1970s but the first applications for UK windfarms were made only in 1996. The Crown Estate owns almost all the UK coastline out to 12 nautical miles and had to agree to lease the seabed before construction could start.
Talks with fishermen, tourist boards, bird protection groups, the Coastguard, RYA and other interested parties were held by the British Wind Energy Association, which then formulated Best Practice Guidelines for offshore windfarm development.
The first project in UK waters was completed in 2001 in Blyth harbour, 10 miles from Newcastle. The first offshore wind farm in the UK, North Hoyle, off North Wales, was commissioned in December 2003 and the second, Scroby Sands, off Great Yarmouth, one year later in December 2004, followed by what was then the world's largest offshore wind farm, the Kentish Flats in 2005.
This was part of the so-called Round 1, consisting of 18 sites of up to 30 turbines around the coast. Round 2 has been running since 2008, with a host of new projects now nearing completion.
Round 3 will see proposals for extensions of existing windfarms and new sites built much further offshore, as technology has developed to allow turbines to be sunk in deeper water.
Interestingly, only European countries have developed offshore windfarms so far, although there are plans to build two on the East Coast of the USA.
How are the turbines sunk into the sea?
Most turbines are constructed on cylindrical steel tubes that are hammered or vibrated into the sea bed. Erosion protection is placed at the base to prevent damage to the sea floor.
Big windfarms have offshore substations to collect power from groups of turbines before feeding it to shore via undersea cables. Transformers boost the power to a higher voltage before it's brought ashore to reduce the amount of electricity lost during transmission.
Once the turbine is assembled, sensors on the turbine detect the wind direction and turn the head into the wind.
Do windfarms create jobs?
Denmark's largest offshore wind farm, Horns Rev 2, has revitalised the Port of Esbjerg, which had declined as a fishing port, and the signs are the same can happen in the UK.
Wells-next-the-Sea, in Norfolk, has seen increased harbour activity as the windfarms off Sheringham and in The Wash have been built. Port of Wells Harbourmaster Robert Smith told Yachting Monthly: 'It's been a massive boost, not just to the harbour but to the whole of North Norfolk. The project started here three years ago and I had some concerns. The reason we went forward was because they said there'd be jobs created. True to their word, it has worked that way. Staff numbers at the harbour have gone from four to 12. We did our own study on the wider situation and found that about 85 jobs were created locally, from crews on the boats to office staff to taxi drivers. New businesses have started up, such as firms to test the lifting equipment. Even the local butchers and bakers are employing more people to cope with demand. There's a temporary hotel ship here housing some of the workers, but they're building a permanent base outside the town.'
London Array's construction is being managed from a temporary base, with up to 65 staff, at the Port of Ramsgate. Thanet District Council, which operates the Port of Ramsgate, said there had been a positive impact locally.
Rob Brown, Harbourmaster, Ramsgate Royal Harbour, said: 'Many local people have been employed in both maintenance and construction management teams and it is within the projects' policies that they employ as many local staff as possible. In addition, many local contractors have worked with the windfarm companies including building contractors, fencing contractors, engineering contractors, support vessels, diving teams, ships chandlers and the harbour slipways – right the way through the supply chain to local taxi companies.
'Hotels and bed & breakfast's in Ramsgate have had a high occupancy rate due to staff from the windfarm and their supply chain staff requiring local temporary accommodation. A large number of properties have also been let for both accommodation and office space. They are also supporting 10 University Bursaries for local people and apprenticeships locally with Thanet College.'
A dedicated website has been established to encourage and facilitate local supply chain, which can be viewed at www.kentwindenergy.co.uk
Overall, the number of people working in the UK's offshore wind sector has grown from 700 people in 2007, to around 3,200 in 2011.
A study completed for RenewableUK predicted that by 2020 an installed 31GW would create 42,400 full-time employees. As a comparison, the number of people currently employed in the nuclear industry is around 44,000.
Is there a fire risk?
There was a well-publicised fire in the gearbox of a turbine off Scotland last year, caused by a 'mechanical malfunction'. The wind industry sees this as an isolated incident and points to the lack of problems in the operational 3,600-odd land and offshore turbines so far.
Do they create good fishing areas?
Some turbine foundations have become artificial reefs, with fish, crabs and lobsters attracted to the new food supply. Yachtsmen who are keen on fishing are advised to pay close attention to any exclusion zones around turbines as well as other safety factors.
What about sea birds?
Studies carried out, in conjuction with windfarm construction companies, on existing windfarms revealed no detrimental affect on bird populations in those areas. However the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has raised objections to some sites and said: 'The main concerns associated with offshore wind farms are collision, displacement from habitat or food resources, diversion of major flight routes, including those between feeding and breeding locations, as well as longer distance migrations, and especially the cumulative effects of these, either separately or in combination. The effects are highly species-specific, and consequently the risks may vary regionally.'
Story of a windfarm: London Array
Situated in the Thames estuary, this farm of 175 turbines should generate 1,000MW, powering between 480,000 and 750,000 homes across SE England and making it the world's largest consented offshore windfarm.
The London Array project started in 2001, when a series of environmental studies in the outer Thames Estuary confirmed the area would be a suitable windfarm site. The Crown Estate, owners of the seabed, gave London Array Ltd a 50-year lease for the site and the 450kms of cabling. Planning consent for a 1GW offshore wind farm was granted in 2006 and offshore construction started in March 2011 with the installation of the first foundations. The farm should be complete by April 2013. A second phase of turbines is planned thereafter to complete the project.
Three companies are building it:
Denmark-based DONG Energy, which has built around half of all windfarms in existence so far. They operate the windfarms at Gunfleet Sands off Essex, Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay and the Walney and Barrows sites off Barrow in Furness.
E.ON Group, one of the world's largest power and gas companies, who have been investing in wind power since 1991. They now own and operate 22 wind farms in the UK including those off Scroby Sands, off Great Yarmouth, and the 60-turbine Robin Rigg farm in the Solway Firth.
Masdar, an unlikely proponent for windpower based in Abu Dhabi, home to 8% of global crude oil reserves but keen to demonstrate its responsibility as an oil producer by helping create a balance between fossil fuels and renewable energy.
Here are some useful links for those interested in reading more on the topic of offshore windfarms:
www.challengenavitus.org.uk
A website for those opposing the Navitus Bay wind farm proposal off the Isle of Wight
http://www.rya.org.uk/cruising/current-issues/Pages/Windfarmsurveyresults.aspx
Results of an RYA survey on windfarms
http://www.ict-aeolus.eu/about.html
An incredible image of what appears to be a windfarm generating its own fog
http://restats.decc.gov.uk/app/pub/map/map/
An interactive map of windfarms offshore
http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/stats/publications/energy-in-brief/2286-uk-energy-in-brief-2011.pdf
A PDF booklet summarising the latest statistics on energy production, consumption, prices and climate change in the UK
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/meeting_energy/meeting_energy.aspx
The Department of Energy and Climate Change website with links to wind energy information and information on other renewable energy sources
www.bwea.com/
The British Wind Energy Association website
www.londonarray.com
The website of the London Array development off Kent
www.dongenergy.co.uk
The website of Dong UK, one of the big players in offshore wind energy
www.dongenergy.com/burbo
A website set up by Dong for the Burbo Bank windfarm off Liverpool. You'll find websites for many other windfarms on the same site


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My Self-Driving Uber Needed Human Help
A test ride in a semiautonomous taxi in Pittsburgh shows the technology is not quite ready.
by Will Knight
A handful of people who order Ubers in Pittsburgh this morning will discover that their driver is less chatty than usual. And like those lucky riders, I got to experience being chauffeured around town in one of the company's experimental self-driving cars. I also got to sit behind the wheel and try driving—or, rather, supervising—one of Uber's new vehicles.
"We're going to slowly start inviting our most loyal Pittsburgh riders to experience the future," says Raffi Krikorian, director of the Uber Advanced Technology Center in Pittsburgh. "If they call for a ride, then a self-driving Uber might turn up."
Uber is exploring the technology in the face of competition from automakers and tech companies investing in automated driving, like Google and Apple. The company's hope is that the technology will eventually allow it to do away with drivers altogether—something that would help it save a lot of money, even if it were only rolled out in some areas. But for now Uber's vehicles come with a driver who is trained to take over in an emergency, something I was thankful for on my test ride earlier this week.
During my ride, along a few miles of road near Uber's testing facility in an old industrial neighborhood, the car performed admirably in many difficult situations—reacting to pedestrians darting into the road, for example—and I mostly felt pretty safe. However, several times the person behind the wheel needed to take control: once so the car didn't become stuck behind a truck, and once to avoid another vehicle making a sudden turn.
Uber's trial is unusual in that it involves members of the public, so it will be a good chance to gauge people's reaction to the technology. Inside the company's cars, a screen in front of the back seats shows passengers a 3-D picture of what the car's sensors see and indicates what actions the vehicle is undertaking, such as steering or braking. There is also a button that passengers can press to stop the vehicle stop, perhaps if they get too nervous. A fisheye video camera embedded in the roof will record passengers' reactions for later analysis.
The display was fascinating to watch, but it didn't always offer a clear explanation of what the car was planning to do. Besides, it was more interesting to look out the window and see how the car was performing. Sometimes it passed parked cars at a distance that felt a little unnerving.
Uber's fleet of automated taxis.
I jumped at the chance to sit behind the wheel and see how drivers would experience the ride. It was possible to retake control by moving the steering wheel or pressing either the gas pedal or the brake, and there was even a large red button to disengage the system immediately. The biggest challenge, however, was staying absolutely vigilant. Sometime the car drove so adeptly that I had to be reminded to pay attention, and a couple of times I was asked to retake control—once when it seemed as though the car might travel extremely close to a parked vehicle, and again when it mysteriously began turning to the left while we sat in traffic on a bridge.
Pittsburgh is certainly a challenging environment for self-driving vehicles, one reason why Uber is testing its cars there. The city's roads are narrow, winding, and often filled with pedestrians and cyclists. The city also has hills and bridges that can play tricks on a self-driving car's sensors, and its climate will pose challenges. To date, most self-driving cars have been tested in states, like California and Nevada, where conditions are usually bright and sunny. Uber says its self-driving cars will be able to drive in rain and snow but will need extra supervision.
"Pittsburgh is the ideal environment for us to be testing in," Krikorian said. "In a lot of ways, [it] is the double black diamond of driving."
An engineer monitors systems from inside the car.
Uber's vehicles are arrayed with sensors. There are seven lasers, including a spinning lidar on top; 20 different cameras at the front and sides of the vehicle; two radars that provide 360° coverage; GPS; and inertial measurement units.
Herman Herman, who directs Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center, a subunit of CMU created to help commercialize automated vehicles and other robotic technologies, is skeptical that Uber will be able to do away with drivers altogether in short order. Herman says Uber has an advantage in being able to choose where it sends its driverless cars, but he adds that guaranteeing safety and reliability will be particularly challenging. "The last thing you want if you're a passenger is for it to stop, or to crash into something," he says.
Virtually all automakers and a number of other companies, including Google and Apple, are developing automated driving systems, inspired by the potential impact the technology could have on the trillion-dollar transportation industry (see "Uber's Pittsburgh Project Is a Crucial Test for Self-Driving Cars"). Uber's ambitious effort reflects the upheaval being felt across the entire transportation industry. With automakers and other companies exploring the ride-sharing business, Uber, which is valued in excess of $50 billion, clearly feels the need to stay ahead of the technology curve to ensure it does not get left behind.
Uber is testing this automated taxi in Pittsburgh.
The company has developed its automated cars very quickly. Uber itself was founded in the same year that Google began developing its own self-driving cars, in 2009, and the company's Advanced Technology Center in Pittsburgh was founded only 18 months ago. Uber spent $680 million to create that center, luring dozens of engineers away from CMU's prestigious robotics department in the process.
As my drive handily demonstrated, it will take time for Uber and others to perfect fully automated driving. In fact, it remains unclear what needs to be done before it can be considered safe to remove humans from the driver's seat. And while riding in the cars is a futuristic thrill, for the time being I think I'd prefer to hail a human driver, no matter how chatty.
This story has been updated from its original version to include more details about the reporter's hands-on experience.

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My god this is an inferior piece of machinery. Its games are severely limited in space, I assume this is related to the big N's insistance upo the continued usage of obsolete "cartridges". In theory, cartridge-based systems should have the one redeeming feature of virtually no loading times, but as we all know, this is simply not true.
I guess the reason all videos in games for the DS look like they come from some poorly-designed FMV game from '93 is because A, a cardridge can only hold so much information, and B, the DS's hardware simply isn't good enough to play back decent-quality video. It all looks very, very horrible – I just saw the intro for Final Fantasy XII on the DS, and my god, Square hasn't had this amount of MPEG-artifacts since… well, not even FFVII was this bad.
The DS has two small screens, which combined would form, I guess, roughly 2/3 of the PSP's screen. OK, one of the DS screens is a touchscreen, but in most games this is used either very little or very badly. Color me unimpressed. The DS also lacks an analog stick, and while there are plenty of problems with the PSP's sorry excuse for an analog stick, at least Sony tried.
So, hardware-wise, this feels clumsy, ugly, and simply inferior to the PSP in every aspect I can think of.
On the other hand, the DS has something the PSP has been lacking, for the most part. It has games. The PSP thinks it has games, but really, most games for the PSP are badly done remakes of PS2 games. 99% unplayable. Still, there are a few gems for the PSP, and I won't pretend the DS doesn't have its fair share of really crappy games, but still – the DS has a shitload of games, and by sheer statistics, it's bound to have more really good ones than the PSP. That the same games would be much, MUCH improved by the PSP's superior hardware is a moot point.
All in all, I'm not that disgusted with the DS. Sure, it's total crap hardware-wise, but it's got Front Mission and a bunch of Final Fantasy games, as well as a few rather interresting puzzle-type games. And after all, I don't need to pick one over the other – the PSP and the DS are now both in my posession, which means I can get whatever portable game that suits my fancy, without having to worry about the hardware.


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Q: Basic CHMOD restriction i have an uploads folder on my website.
What i want to do is restrict users from accessing like i dont want them to go to www.mysite.com/uploads/ and see the files in there and it should show forbidden, but they should be able to download via my website, for example www.mysite.com/downloads.php?id=1
If thats not possible, how can i atleast not show them the directory index on /uploads
How is it that file sharing websites does this?
An htaccess with
deny from all

stops php from accessing the file as well

Please tell me a solution if you would know, i googled and asked on irc a few days ago about this issue, its pretty confusing to me.

A: If you want to hide your file url from users, its better to move upload folder above of your webroot directory. So nobody can access from browser. How you make download.php
<?php

 /*
    Step 1. Authorization check
    Step 2. get name or id of file that will download $_GET
    Step 3. check if its valid (security check)
    Step 4. check if that file exist in your upload directory
    Step 5. set header using header() function put content-type, attachment etc
    Step 6. readfile and output it
 */
 ?>

A: Add this line in your .htaccess file
Options -Indexes

A: Place an index.htm file in your uploads folder or place Options -Indexes in your .htaccess file

A: Why not just make a place for downloadable things (mkdir publicuploads), but chmod 700 your uploads folder?
Then they can download what you allow them to download...

A: Using a .htaccess file with deny from all will stop people accessing that folder, It wont stop php from accessing it, but you could put your files one directory lower then your htdocs/www/public_html folder and use php to grab and serve thos files.
With passing a parameter eg: ?id=1 you would access the 1 with $_GET['id'] you would need to check if the file exists, add some http headers to force the download.
Heres a simple example you can work on:
<?php
//your below webroot downloads folder
$path="/var/www/somehost.com/downloads/";

//An array created from globing the download directory or from a database source
$files=array('somefile.gif',
             'someotherFile.png');

//In my example the id is the key to the file pathe array so 0 would be somefile.gif and 1 would be the next.
if(isset($_GET['id'])){
    //Is it numeric?
    if(is_numeric($_GET['id']) && isset($files[$_GET['id']])){
        //Download the file, the download function will return error on fail, eg: not found or directory
        $status = download($path.$files[$_GET['id']]);
        //Spit out the error
        if(isset($status['error'])){
            die($status['error']);
        }
    }
}

function download($file,$chunk=1024){
    if (file_exists($file)) {
        if(is_dir($file)){return array('error'=>'Not allowed!');}
        //Set content headers to force download.
        header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
        header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
        header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.str_ireplace(' ','_',basename($file)).'"');
        header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
        header('Connection: Keep-Alive');
        header('Expires: 0');
        header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
        header('Pragma: public');
        //If download is larger the 2GB, alls not lost
        header('Content-Length: '.sprintf("%u", filesize($file)));
        //Clean the buffer
        ob_clean();
        //Open a handle to the file
        $handle = fopen($file, "rb");
        $chunksize=(sprintf("%u", filesize($file))/$chunk);

        set_time_limit(0);
        //Loop through the file
        while (!feof($handle)) {
                    //Echo a piece of the file out
            echo fgets($handle, $chunksize);
            flush();
        }
        fclose($handle);
        die;
    }else{return array('error'=>'Not found!');}
    return;
}
?>

You would also need to check user permission on the file, but thats another question.

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Welltok buys kids' activity tracking system Zamzee to build out CafeWell
Denver, Colorado-based health management company Welltok, which makes the CafeWell Health Optimization Platform, has acquired kids' activity tracking platform Zamzee, which formerly spun out of Redwood City, California-based nonprofit HopeLab. The terms of the sale were undisclosed.
The Zamzee platform, which combines colorful clip-on activity trackers with a gamified, anonymous social network to encourage kids to be more active, will be integrated into Welltok's CafeWell offering to make the platform more attractive to families.
"Zamzee will be an essential component of CafeWell since it gets the whole family involved in their health," Welltok CEO Jeff Margolis said in a statement. "Health optimization is achievable at every age, and engaging in healthy behaviors in adolescence is proven to have great impact on bending the curve over the long term and creating healthier, happier populations."
Zamzee spun out of HopeLab in 2010 and was able to demonstrate in an efficacy study that it got kids who used the platform to move 60 percent more than non-users over a six month period. Although the offering was initially a direct-to-consumer play aimed at families, it followed a familiar trajectory in digital health and began targeting health insurers (like UnitedHealth Group) and larger operations like schools or pediatric weight loss clinics.
Welltok CMO Michelle Snyder told MobiHealthNews that they acquired Zamzee not just for its ability to engage kids, but also for the potential for those kids to then engage their parents to move more as well.
"When we first started [CafeWell], it was focused on the individual level, but part of our vision also is that it's not just the individual," she said. "When we would speak to our clients they said 'It's great you're focusing on the individual, but we're starting to think about the whole family unit and how can we not only impact the individual but their children as well.'"
Welltok will relaunch Zamzee as a product exclusive to CafeWell members in November, with the hopes of being fully integrated in Q1 2016. Snyder said she couldn't talk too much about how the product will change, but she said they will move away from the dedicated activity tracker as the only option, towards being able to track kids' activity in a variety of different ways.
Welltok has been something of a serial acquirer in the digital health space over the last few years.
"Our CEO Jeff Margolis is very much of the belief that you need an inorganic and an organic growth strategy to build a successful health IT business," Snyder said. "He has this vision for what a health optimization platform is, and all of our acquisitions have been about putting together the different pieces of that strategy."
In May 2015, the company bought Predilytics, a Burlington, Massachusetts-based predictive analytics company, for an undisclosed amount. Welltok is incorporating Predilytics' engine into CafeWell, to help health plans, at-risk providers and other population health managers better understand and anticipate the needs of their populations.
In March of last year, the company acquired Seattle-based Mindbloom, which offered users a series of apps aimed at helping them improve their lives. One app, Juice, was created in conjunction with Premera Blue Cross to help users track which aspects of their routine affect their energy. Another app, Lifegame, used a virtual tree to represent the different spheres of life like health, career, and spirituality. Margolis said Welltok bought Mindbloom more for its team than the apps themselves.
That acquisition came just five months after Welltok's acquisition of healthcare incentive design and management firm IncentOne, which creates incentive programs meant to deliver rewards to consumers after they fulfill a requirement from the program. At the time, Welltok planned to integrate the IncentOne technology into its CafeWell platform, giving population health managers a more convenient way to offer consumers personalized rewards for healthy behaviors.
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The Making of "Didn't He Ramble"
In 2006, we included Charlie Poole's "Milwaukee Blues" on a recording for the Rebel company . Our intention was to evolve the song, yet leave the strength and essense of the original feel as our foundation and build on that. The transition and arrangement came very easy, evidence of how naturally Poole's style morphs into a more modern form of Bluegrass music. The individuality of the musicians involved will be the difference in how the evolution is presented and how the song sounds now, and to me, that is the most important and rewarding aspect of being a musician. Every band that has intentions of evolving an earlier form of music into something new can only draw from their own personal music background and the influences and sounds that they have studied and developed, coupled with their depth of knowledge of the original artist's musical makeup.That's where the band and what they're offering is defined and evaluated. Personally, if I can honestly feel that the original artist would give a "thumbs up" to the band , then I feel that our intent was accomplished. Of course, it's the audience that has the final say on the value of your work, but the search for something that will resonate strongly with them is the challenge that the artist has, if that is their direction.
After our "Troubled Times" album was released in 2006, "Milwaukee Blues" was received well within BlueGrass radio and concert audiences and became a staple in our live shows. We always introduced the song as one from our candidate for "Grandfather of Bluegrass Music", Charlie Poole.
Around this time , I had a chance meeting with Rounder's Ken Irwin at a show and he mentioned the album and that he liked our treatment on "Milwaukee Blues" and that we should consider recording an entire album of Charlie Poole material….
The next page in this album's story begins eight years later in December, 2014 at James King's Nashville benefit. Stan Wilemon and I were talking to Chip Covington, a great friend from Chicago who actually had pitched Poole's "Milwaukee Blues" to us when we were selecting material for "Troubled Times" and worked closely with the band during that period. Ken Irwin was in Nashville attending the show and stopped by to chat with us .
He asked me , " have you thought any more about doing that Charlie Poole Tribute album that I mentioned to you ten years ago"? I said "no, but it was an interesting idea"…….
My Dad's older brother was Cleo Davis, Bluegrass Music's
original Bluegrass Boy. So, Bill Monroe and his music was important and appreciated greatly in our home. My Dad, Leddell Davis, was a very good musician and singer , he loved the Monroe Brothers , Blue Sky Boys, Copas, Ernest Tubb, Acuff, we would sing those songs together that he grew up on. The first albums I remember having were Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bill Monroe. We lived next to my Mother's parents and my Grandfather, J.H. Bailey, was a Baptist minister who played old-time fiddle and twofinger and clawhammer banjo. I had the opportunity to be around wonderful acapella gospel singing and learn "parts singing" blending in with the Church congregation. We visited some of the Churches on neighboring Sand Mountain, where I got to first hear Fa-so-la singing, just about the prettiest , eeriest, moving vocal harmonies I'd ever heard. I wouldn't know till later that the Louvin's had grown up there and alot of the Church people there were kin and friends of Charlie and Ira. When I first started travelling, I had the opportunity to meet and become friends with Charlie Louvin. Naturally, I told him that I had visited with my family some Churches in the Henager, Ider, Alabama area and knew alot of his kinfolk. He appreciated that and told me , " well, you know where we got our music from"……
When I was around twelve years old, I had my first opportunity to see Bill Monroe and the BlueGrass Boys . The radio said they would be at a venue very close to our home and my Dad and Mom carried me to the show. We sat within a few feet of the stage and proceeded to enjoy musical steak that night. I experienced what I've read that a young Levon Helm said he experienced twenty years earlier when he saw Bill and the Bluegrass Boys in his hometown of Marvel, Arkansas. Levon went home wanting to be a musician and so did I. To me, Levon and so many more great artists grew up around Highway 61, the crossroads or melting pot for New Orleans Jazz, Delta Blues, Hillbilly, Old time and Bluegrass music, all different styles or tastes, ready to be mixed together at the descreasion of the musical chef and served for public consumption. Add ten or fifteen years of honing the mixture, "getting in with the right bunch of fellows" , prolific songwriters, a playhouse or musical kitchen called Big Pink, the stew is called The Band, whose first two albums defined greatly what is called Americana music today. It's amazing to think of how many people that were quickened from the musical seeds that Bill Monroe was sowing throughout those years and the directions and heights that some of these young disciples were able to take their particular brand of music. Naturally, the most beloved and accepted ones studied and used the essence of Bill Monroe's offering along with their other musical influences to create music with a new face, some vastly accepted and appreciated throughout the general music world.
Like Levon and many other people, I left my first Bill Monroe show expierance wanting to do what Bill did and make people feel the way that Bill's music made me feel. So from the beginning, our textbook was Bill Monroe and the music he created. The challenge of learning to sing and play his music as proficient as we possibly could was a fun and exciting and daunting task. Even after being accepted into the BlueGrass community and having the opportunity to be a touring band, we were still searching for many secrets to Bill's music and how to get closer to that flame. Every so often, and very early in our career,we'd be around Bill and get the chance to get some advice . We were visiting with him one day in his Nashville office, we had been traveling only a couple of years, but had played some shows with Bill. He opened up a Bluegrass Unlimited magazine right to an advertisement with our picture and said "I think you boys will be doing something in a couple of years". Great incouragement to a bunch of younsters just beginning they're journey and having the time of their lives……
In about four or five years of "ho ing the mixture", tons of riding, schooling ourselves watching the first generation Masters presenting their craft, we had an opportunity in 1989 to affiliate ourselves with Rounder Records, one of our chief goals from our beginning. I remember Ken Irwin calling me and asking that I get all the band over to my Mom and Dad's house for a jam. He and Hazel Dickens were in Louisiana at a music festival and would stop by on their way to DC. We played some music, had dinner together and had a contract when they left for DC. Great validation to a young band trying to make their name in the business……
I believe that Bill Monroe genuinely appreciated artists who tryed their best to play his music as close to the Monroe Doctrine as they could, but at some point, he would be the first to tell you that you must try to carve out your own niche or strive to create your own idenity within music, just as he had done, many years before. After starting our relationship with the Rounder Family, one of the first pieces of advice that Ken gave us was, "you have a Bill Monroe thing going, you should work at creating your own idenity or style". That was hard to understand at that time in our musical lives, kind of a curve ball to the youngsters who had been having a good run at playing Bill's style as close as we could and having alot of success with that formula…….
Even before Mitch Scott , Gary Waldrep and myself started travelling together in our first WRB incarnation, an early musical mentor to me, Crate Shelton, always told me that the Northeast region, especially the Baltimore/DC area was the hotbed for this music. Crate had lived and worked there in the 1960's and had experienced the rich Bluegrass scene there. He would tell me, " there's a radioman there, Ray Davis, who plays the real thing and promotes great shows in that area. If Ray likes your music, the band can work and have success in the Northeast". We had started to get into that region by 1986 and realized quickly that Crate had been right about that area being a hotbed for this type music. Correct also that Ray Davis was a beloved torchbearer for Traditional BlueGrass music, with a tremendous following of faithful Bluegrass Country listeners and concert goers. Thankfully, Ray accepted and appreciated what we were doing musically and us as people and did his best to promote and publicise and personalize us to his radio family the rest of his life. Certainly a man of integrity, musically and personally, having Ray play our music to his audience was tremendous validation to us and a much needed springboard to opening up the fertile working ground of the Northeast to the band. I remember, in our early relationship with Ray, being at the old WAMU building at a radio fundraiser, playing music "live" in between the pitches for the pledge drive. About fifteen minutes before the end of Ray's show during a commercial, he tells us, "play a fast fiddle tune and don't stop, I'm gonna pitch the rest of the show" and proceeded to roll for fifteen minutes without stopping, rising the intincity of the pitch every minute and by the end of the fifteen minutes he was really rolling and stopped at the very last second of the show before commercial. As I was watching him work that last segment, arm aching from playing a marathon "Katy Hill", I was thinking to myself, this man is as great at his art as Bill Monroe is at his art. That was a amazing experience that day watching Ray do what he did so very well. Around that time, and for many years, we have worked often in the Northeast and was around Ray and got to know him personally. We had many opportunities to be a part of the bi- yearly WAMU radio fundraisers, first playing "live" during Ray's shows, then Mitch Scott and myself would drive up and set in with Ray for the fundraisers, then the last number of years, I would set in with Ray. Sitting beside him during these fundraisers, the job was to roll with whatever direction Ray was heading toward, whether it be giving thoughts on the music that was being offered as premiums, the importance of donating to the station, or any other subject he wanted to go with and try to keep three hours fresh. This was as natural for Ray as breathing, but was newground for me, especially when Ray was rolling strong with a pitch and might hand off to me to continue that same direction and come to a strong close while he cued another bit of music. To me, it was like being in a jam session and trying to play your break on a tune that you didn't know well. It forced me to think quicker, think deeper, have a greater general knowledge of the music being discussed and be able to discuss finer points in an interesting way. I know that in those early efforts to assist Ray , I was more hindrance than help but I got better as we went along and was able to get comfortable with the process and hopefully helpfull in the duo role. When we first started doing the fundraisers live, we were very careful to try to speak correctly and put our best foot forward, young Southern musicians trying to fit in with with a important new audience . After the first few opportunities, Ray said, " look fellows, these people are going to like you because you are different, if you try to be something other yourselves, they're going to know that and will turn off from you". Real simple advice, but so foundationally "right on" in music and in most aspects of life. Over the years, we had the opportunity to record alot of music in Ray's "basement" studio, some with the full band, but mostly with smaller incarnations, duos, trios and four piece combinations. Ray usually had songs picked out when we got there to record and I found myself doing somewhat different kinds of music sylistically, certainly traditional roots type feels, but different that what we'd been recording and concentrating on. Older, sweeter approaches to the songs, alot of the songs with a brother duet approach. Lightbulbs and memories were flooding back to me, these were some of the songs and feels that I had sung and loved with my Dad years before. I had forgotten how beautiful this type music was and how closely kin that I was to it. Ray always urged us to lean heavily on being ourselves and draw from our personal musical roots and let that be our chief ingredient to the music we did. I began to realize that my early personal musical influences were so rich and perfect to build from, just as important as the styles and music that I had studied and absorbed later in life. And that early musical makeup was what gave the artist individuality. I remembered that advice coming from other people a few years earlier, but I was more ready now to realize and accept the importance of the advice.
Starting in 2003 with the first of three Rebel albums, we were starting to work and record music with a different feel, our intend being to broadening the boundary lines of Bluegrass Music (Bill Monroe's Music), in a relavant way. The thought was not unique, as many artists with the same intention have been attempting to expand the fences, most with Monroe as a base element and their own choice combination of ingredients. This is where the individual background , early or strong influences, choice of musical location to dig from, and how much of those ingredients are used, separate the artist's offering. Bill's link in the Big Music Chain was his choice of elements from several earlier forms of music mixed together forming a new entity, folk music with overdrive. If and when BlueGrass Music (Bill Monroe's Music) can be evolved in a relavant way, it will be through earthy , well rooted elements and will strike a nerve and be accepted and recognized greatly by Traditional Music appreciators. In my mind, if you attempt to relavantly evolve Bluegrass music, you don't start with Bill Monroe , you go a generation prior and absorb the music's that The Father of Bluegrass listened to and start from there. We have the added advantage of Bill's proven elements to draw from to the degree that we understand and care to use. The future is in the roots, the revolution is in the rhythm, level of acceptance is in the combination of the ingredients.
The idea of recording a "tribute" album of Charlie Poole material was an interesting one to us. For a number of years we had mentioned him as our candidate for "Grandfather of Bluegrass Music". The best tribute that we could offer him and the public was to try to take the key elements from Poole's music and evolve that into more modern forms of Traditional Music, stating our case for Poole being not only a worthy candidate for "Grandfather of Bluegrass", but actually "Grandfather" for a much broader roots music family . Evidence of this came this year in Bob Dylan's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech when he mentioned Charlie Poole.
This particular recording contains the most extensive variety of traditional roots styles that we have ever included on one recording, giving further credence for the potential expansion of Poole's good seeds sown in fertile ground. Selecting fifteen songs from Poole's eighty recorded song repertoire was not easy, but we know that a number of different feels are represented on the recording , giving it a broader palette . Originally drawn from Tin Pin Alley, Blues, Old Time and Popular early twentieth century music, all these morphed easily into Poole's style and just as easily into our offering.
Robert Montgomery, a ten year bandmember and fellow Alabamian, helped greatly in co-producing the album, having deep knowledge of Poole's music, his contribution was essential to the final outcome and his multi-tasking banjo and Travis-style guitar on "Old and In The Way" as well as low and high baritone and vocal lead on "Sweet Sunny South" and "Where the Whippoorwill Is Whispering Goodnight" complemented beautifully. After singing with Marty Hays for the last twenty two years, we know each other and can get close vocally and blend well. Marty has been a big part of the group for many years and contributed greatly to the album. Stan Wilemon and I have known each other for many years, Stan worked with the band early on when we were having our first successes and was a big part of those early successes. He played bass fiddle and sang with the band then and was considered among the best at both. Stan, a gifted songwriter, has contributed some of our most induring original songs and continues in that role. He is a student and master of rhythm, and is foundational, in the guitarist role, to setting the band apart rhythmically, the foundation for musical identity. Billy Hurt, of Virginia, guested on fiddle as we were "in between" in that department at the time of this recording. I feel that Billy has the most knowledge and appreciation of how the fiddle worked in Charlie Poole's music as anybody in the business and the knowledge and taste to blend that with rich traditional fiddle styles and totally complement the band's groove on each song. Collectively, the unit is a bandleader's dream, broad traditionally radical artists with much depth. Invaluable people to musically help create a relavant identity through earthy, roots elements.
As Bill Monroe said "you have to know how far you want to go with it and where to stop." He accomplished this monumental task and he and his fans were rewarded greatly by the effort.
Now the evolutionary task has come to a new generation of artists who must accept that challenge and strive to split that Bluegrass atom one more time .
The future is in the roots, the revolution is in the rhythm, and the level of acceptance is in the combination of the ingredients.
Right, Right On !


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What's Silkpunk? 6 Essential Reads from the New Sci-Fi/Fantasy Subgenre
by Sara Roncero-Menendez | March 18
There's a saying that so much of fantasy is just the authors re-arranging the same old furniture in Tolkien's attic. And while Tolkien's influence on the genre is certainly nothing to sneer at, there are also plenty of subgenres of fantasy that hold new perspectives and original worlds to explore.
Silkpunk takes the idea of steampunk—a historical blend of science fiction and fantasy—and incorporates it with facets of East Asian antiquity. This mix opens up different world-building possibilities, whether adding elements to religion, tradition, or imagery, or simply straying from the typical Eurocentric worldview present in much of the genre. If you're ready to explore everything silkpunk has to offer, here are six books you should checkout:
The Grace of Kings
by Ken Liu
Ken Liu is one of the masters of silkpunk, so a list such as this one should include at least one (if not two) of his works. The Grace of Kings is one of Liu's most acclaimed books and the first entry in the Dandelion Dynasty series. When the bandit Kuni Garu and the son of a deposed duke Mata Zyndu team up to take down an unjust emperor, the two become fast friends. However, as the power vacuum they create leads to factions, they find themselves suddenly on opposite sides, both literally and ideologically. Building an expansive world of power, loyalties, and tradition, this book tells a beautifully written story of people trying their best to build a better kingdom, even if that means losing those they hold dear.
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
Ken Liu is not only one of the biggest names in silkpunk, he is also a master of the short story. His collection The Hidden Girl includes meditations on technology and humanity, blended with aspects of Asian philosophy and tradition. And, for fans of the Dandelion Dynasty, there's also an excerpt of the series' third book The Veiled Throne. While not every story in this new collection falls under the category of silkpunk, The Hidden Girl provides readers with an intoxicating mix of the past and the present as we look to an uncertain future. If you're engaged by short stories that will challenge how you see the world, and how that world is bound to change in unexpected ways, this is a must for your TBR list.
Ninefox Gambit
by Yoon Ha Lee
Captain Kel Cheris is in a tough spot: she has been given just one more chance by Kel Command to prove herself by using unconventional tactics in the war against "the heretics." But even she knows that taking back the Fortress of Scattered Needles from their enemies won't be easy without a little help. She enlists the untrustworthy Jedao, a centuries-old undead general who is both a brilliant strategist and a ruthless mass murderer. And that's when, of course, things really start to go downhill. Leaning more toward science fiction than fantasy, Ninefox Gambit imagines a reality where the universe can be warped and manipulated with math and technology. With a shifting course of alliances, unpredictable battles, and a unique world-building premise, this first book in the Machineries of Empire series is essential for any sci-fi fan.
The Poppy War
by R. F. Kuang
Big things come in little packages, which seems true of Rin, a poor orphan who managed to ace an empire-wide entrance exam to the Academies. But getting in was the easy part—now she has to deal with the uphill battle of proving that her talents deserve such an advanced education. While she's bullied for her gender, skin color, and impoverished status, Rin manages to uncover a talent for shamanism, connecting with long-forgotten gods, such as the revenge-driven Phoenix. On the eve of war, blessed with new powers, Rin has to decide if she will sacrifice her morals to save her people, or if she can simply turn away after years of cruelty and sorrow. The Poppy War doesn't shy away from dark themes but author R. F. Kuang manages to balance it with Rin's uplifting vitality and determination. A soaring tale of perseverance, strength, and the realities of war, this is sure to engage fans across the fantasy spectrum.
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
by Julie C. Dao
Imagine being foretold that you could be a great and powerful ruler, but only if you embrace your inner darkness by forsaking love and devouring hearts. Would that destiny be worth all the terrible things you'd have to do to get it? In the fantasy tale Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, that dilemma is what the protagonist Xifeng encounters as she follows the path set for her by a power-hungry God. Adding an East Asian twist to the classic tale of the Evil Queen from Snow White, this engaging story of an anti-heroine doesn't just feel like a rehash of the same tired tropes. With this exploration of what it means for a woman to wield influence in an oppressive, patriarchal world, you'll find yourself rooting for Xifeng to prevail, yet conflicted as the bodies begin to pile up.
The Black Tides of Heaven
by JY Yang
Mokoya and Akeha are powerful and talented twins sold to the Grand Monastery. Mokoya can see visions of the future, while Akeha is able to understand how to manipulate adults into action. As rebellion looms on the horizon, Akeha leaves his twin sister to join the rebels looking to overthrow the established order as well as escape the twisted schemes of his mother. But will he be ready to face the consequences of leaving his sister behind? The first novella in the Tensorate series, The Black Tides of Heaven explores a well-developed backdrop of political strife and the struggles of progress. The book also features various LGBTQ+ themes and relationships, including a system where children are "they" until they choose a gender for themselves. A fresh take that integrates aspects of Chinese, Japanese, and Nepalese traditions, this story will have you on the edge of your seat.
Photo Credit // Emily Lewis
Tagged // East Asian literature • FANTASY • Featured • Forest of a Thousand Lanterns • Julie C. Dao • JY Yang • Ken Liu • Ninefox Gambit • R. F. Kuang • SCI-FI • silkpunk • Steampunk • The Black Tides of Heaven • The Grace of Kings • the hidden girl • The Poppy War • Yoon Ha Lee
Sara Roncero-Menendez
A reporter by trade, Sara Roncero-Menendez is a lover of horror, sci-fi, and all things pop culture. From indies to classics to even the strangest genre pieces, all movies, TV shows, and books are fair game for a binge-fest. Follow her on Twitter @sararomenen or at her website, www.sara-roncero-menendez.com


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Alternative Chandler school finds a new home
El Dorado High School staff members say its new campus looks and feels much different than their former facility.
It has wide corridors of freshly-painted walls, classrooms with rows of desks, and enough space to offer a break room for teachers.
Art Madden, one of the school's instructors, said the old campus only gave teachers a closet with a copy machine.
There wasn't even enough room at the old location for an indoor cafeteria, he added, so the students often had to eat their breakfast in the classroom.
"We just didn't have any choice," Madden said.
The new school, at 3000 North Alma School Road, Chandler, is considered a major upgrade from its predecessor and school officials hope it will enhance the school's mission of serving at-risk students who may not thrive in traditional schools.
The Leona Group, which operates several charter schools across the country, opened El Dorado in the 1990s as an alternative school for students needing special attention.
Bill Coates, Leona's founder, said he noticed a need in Maricopa County to help students on the verge of dropping out.
His solution was a smaller school with smaller classrooms, where students could connect with teachers.
Relationships are the key to education, Coates said, because students become more engaged in the material if they've bonded with their instructor.
"We think it's important for our school leader and staff to know every single student by name," he said.
Serving a couple hundred students, El Dorado has many of the same amenities as a traditional high school.
It has sports and clubs, like a group of young entrepreneurs who come up with products they try to sell to their classmates.
Students only take three classes each day for two hours at a time, instead of six one-hour classes like most high schools.
Madden said this type of schedule doesn't overwhelm students with too much work and keeps them focused.
He oversees El Dorado's computer-based curriculum, which allows students to either catch up on their credits or accelerate faster through their graduation requirements.
Compared to a purely online school, Madden said he can physically supervise students while they work on computers, monitoring their progress and productivity.
There are subtle signs located throughout the new campus that are meant to encourage students to plan for their futures.
Teachers post the insignias of their alma maters outside classrooms and brochures advertising state universities are posted on bulletin boards.
School officials say preparing students for post-secondary education is one of El Dorado's core values. A partnership with the East Valley Institute of Technology helps to achieve this mission by allowing the school's pupils to explore various career pathways.
The total cost of buying and renovating El Doarado's school added up to about $3 million.
Located at an intersection of mostly retail shops, the new campus may stand out from its surrounding landscape.
It doesn't have a drive-through window like the Burger King across the street, nor can it offer a pedicure like the salon next door.
The services El Dorado provides may not be as tangible as its neighbors, but the school's educators say they're making a valuable contribution to the community.
"We know we're making a greater difference," Madden said.
At a recent ceremony honoring the school's opening, Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke remarked on El Dorado's location and how it aligns with the city's goal of re-imagining conventional retail spaces.
"I believe that this is a perfect use for this building and this facility to inspire and to offer (a) new opportunity to many young men and women," the mayor said.


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Beijing 2008: China invites Sonia, not PM or Prez
NEW DELHI: Eighty heads of state and government will grace the Beijing Olympics in August but PM Manmohan Singh will not be among them.
Not because he is too busy, but because he was not invited. In fact, neither India's head of state nor government have been invited, with the invitation going to its most important politician, Sonia Gandhi.
The Congress chief is unlikely to attend, leaving that job to sports minister M S Gill. But even if you are really charitable, it can't be denied that it's yet another Chinese snub of pretty large proportions, and no amount of earnest protestations from government functionaries about the wonderful state of Sino-Indian relations will change that.
In October 2007, when Sonia visited Beijing, she received a welcome fit for a head of state. It raised eyebrows in India because it showed where the Chinese government was focusing its attention. It was then that the Chinese leadership first extended an invitation to her to attend the Bejing Olympic Games.
Although the government was the first to deny it, the scale of Sonia's visit prompted a delay in the prime minister's visit to Beijing. He was initially supposed to make his summit visit at the end of 2007, but this had to be pushed to the new calendar year. In 2008, the Beijing Olympics acquiring a distinct political hue with the Tibetan protests. Consequently, India-China ties took on a strained look, made worse by China's repeated incursions in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
China's internal troubles did not stop it from keeping the Indian government is a state of permanent squirm ��� first with repeated claims to Arunachal and then by incursions into Sikkim. In fact, foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee was faced with a sudden cancellation of his meeting with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao.
Also by this time, China had invited pretty much every world leader to the Olympics, but maintained a silence on India. India wasn't on the first list, or the second. While the Chinese government has invited the who's who in terms of heads of government to the Games, in the case of India, it made a clear distinction between the head of government and the most powerful political leader in the ruling combine. When Mukherjee visited Beijing in June, the formal invitation was finally made ��� to Sonia. Officials, when questioned, evaded the issue.
The PM would not have gone, said officials trying to defend the lack of an invitation. In October, Singh will be in Beijing for the ASEM summit, which officials say will be his second visit there this year. So a third visit during the Olympics was not on his radar. But as with much of India-China thorny issues, this too is looking more and more like a post-facto justification. Sources requesting anonymity said the Chinese leadership, which also derives its strength from the party, merely looked at the Indian leadership through that perspective.
However, seen in almost any light, the Chinese decision is little short of a snub to the PM personally and his office.
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Finally, it happened. The mercury rose to nearly 20F – a welcomed respite from the single digit above and below temperatures for which this January will be remembered.
For a while, it seemed that one could not put on enough clothing to be comfortable; now, one can choose whether one or two pairs of longjohns will suffice, rather than donning everything in the underwear drawer, and hoping for the best.
It's not dark until well after 5PM. Dawn comes sooner; the sunlight finally casts noticeable warmth along with low-angled light.
February poses a full month of Winter, keeping the worry that ski season is almost over at bay. There is still plenty of skiing to be done, and though Spring may try to rush, it seems that Winter has no thoughts of going anywhere soon.
Optimism for more moderate temperatures, more snow, and more light is a welcomed companion to the stern resolve that has been necessary to maintain a bright attitude while transiting the darkest, coldest days of the year.
This is what that sumptuous "corduroy" surface many of us enjoy the first few runs of a ski day looks like before it settles to the snowpack, and is carefully plowed and tilled by the groomers in their tractors.
Recent temperatures have sunk to -14F with enough wind for the weather station at Ski Patrol base on the top of Elk Mountain to register wind chill values colder than -30F. When Nick and his crew stop in to base to check temperatures and humidity before continuing outside to keep the the snow guns running efficiently, their Carhartts are sometimes frozen solid, depending upon how close to the guns they've had to work. Yet, one never sees Nick without a big smile; "Did you ski the Tunkhannock this morning? I set the guns so they dusted it just right last night." Those of us who are hardy enough to brave the cold, often head to the Tunkhannock trail first thing in the morning to enjoy Nick and the crew's handicraft.
Despite the almost unbearable conditions, the snowmaking crew take great pride in their work, and, in coordination with the grooming tractor drivers, consistently deliver some of the best man-made conditions on the east coast, or anywhere else for that matter.
Though these cold snaps can be strenuous to endure, they do provide just the right conditions for making very high quality snow, or what skiers call "White Smoke".
Though the recent storm left more snow in Philly than here, Elk continues to have outstanding conditions. Mother nature may help contribute to the Winter Wonderland this weekend with a couple of more inches. The Ski King often notes that even just an inch or two of natural snow tilled in with the existing man-made snow "met-a-morph-a-sizes" the surface into something truly delightful.
Let's all fill our bellies, bundle up, get outside and enjoy the beautiful winter conditions this weekend!


This is the standard UK wiring of a the supplementary socket and plug otherwise known as 12S. There have been slight variations over the years as most newer caravans control the battery charging in the caravan rather than from the towing vehicle. The earth return is also a more recent addition as it used to be spare but since caravan fridges have got larger it was necessary to provide a separate earth return for the fridge. The diagram below shows the view from outside the vehicle socket (under the flap) and from inside the caravan plug.


I am writing a stress management course right now and I was reminded of a few things as I tapped into my subject.
Stress is a very real problem in today's world. I think that we can often get so caught up in trying to define our future, that we simply don't notice our stress responses in this moment.
If unchecked, prolonged stress can lead to something called adrenal fatigue where your cortisol and adrenalin hormones become depleted. This will leave you feeling exhausted. Unfortunately, it can take months to years to recover from adrenal fatigue, so the best thing is to not get to that point EVER.
Cortisol and adrenalin and negative hormones, but we do need them. What we don't need is to have them surging through our bodies continually.
On our quest for success, we may ignore the signals that our bodies are desperately trying to give us. Whatever we do, we must always aim for BALANCE. If you work hard, make certain that you take time out for play and relaxation. If you find it hard to switch off, as I do, then take up something like Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness practice, Tai Chi, Qi Gong etc, anything that enables you to switch off and helps you connect your mind and your body.
I truly believe that it is easier to become successful when you are balanced. It is easier to focus and the efforts that you do make will be more productive.
← You will fail if……..
Good points, Jan, and might go some way to explaining the 'man flu' I've been suffering from for the past couple of years. I guess more of us should be making a bit of relaxation more of a priority ?


After destroying his high profile acting career with a series of indiscretions, Darren McWarren (Jason Gann) has moved to Gladdington, a small town in Western Victoria where he can do whatever he wants. When Front Row magazine journalist Ben (Adam Zwar) begins researching McWarren's life for a 'Where are they now' feature, he finds the former star has become the frontman for rock band Black Diamond, and something of a modern Errol Flynn, with girls at his beck and call - and guys wanting to fight him. And he declares his love for Cindy (Anya Beyersdorf), the 'masseuse' he drives to her clients. But he can't quite be Darren, slipping into his past characters, regurgitating their lines.
Notable for his short film Wilfred which became a popular series for SBS TV, director Tony Rogers' assured handling and the cast's boots'n'all delivery make this unheralded black comedy a pleasant surprise. Jason Gann's characterisation of the once famous Darren McWarren is a wily piece of work, compressing the self adulation and sense of invincibility with some oozing out of compassion and feeling for his fellow humans. But not much.
Adam Zwar is also excellent as the earnest journalist trying to put all of Warren's pieces together into a jigsaw for his story, finding it a daunting and challenging task. Anya Beyersdorf has a smaller but important role as Cindy, and Paul Denny is engaging as Warren's gofer, Bruce.
The dialogue is artfully natural and does much to fashion the characters, while the story flashes through the plot points with ease, understating its dark take on fame and its attendant downsides.
Visually excellent - it was shot on HD - the film goes through its paces with controlled pace and the location on the Victorian seaboard is a welcome change for Australian film.
Entertaining and funny, truthful and surprising, Rats and Cats should find a strong cult following.


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Q: JacksonAdapter cannot resolve correctly in azure-core-1.20 and Java web app I am using azure-core-1.20 to connect to Azure KeyVault.
It is failing on line 35.
Could anyone see a cause of this conflict?
Thank you
Failing call:

java.lang.VerifyError: Bad return type
Exception Details:
  Location:
    com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/cfg/MapperBuilder.streamFactory()Lcom/fasterxml/jackson/core/TokenStreamFactory; @7: areturn
  Reason:
    Type 'com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonFactory' (current frame, stack[0]) is not assignable to 'com/fasterxml/jackson/core/TokenStreamFactory' (from method signature)
  Current Frame:
    bci: @7
    flags: { }
    locals: { 'com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/cfg/MapperBuilder' }
    stack: { 'com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonFactory' }
  Bytecode:
    0x0000000: 2ab4 0002 b600 08b0

    at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper.builder(JsonMapper.java:114)
    at com.azure.core.util.serializer.JacksonAdapter.(JacksonAdapter.java:133)
    at com.azure.core.util.serializer.JacksonAdapter.createDefaultSerializerAdapter(JacksonAdapter.java:192)
    at com.azure.identity.implementation.IdentityClient.(IdentityClient.java:96)
    at com.azure.identity.implementation.IdentityClientBuilder.build(IdentityClientBuilder.java:113)
    at com.azure.identity.ManagedIdentityCredential.(ManagedIdentityCredential.java:39)
    at com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder.getCredentialsChain(DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder.java:129)
    at com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder.build(DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder.java:123)

Current Lib for the app:

Try Ivy, but now jackson 2.9.9 is conflicting with 2.12.5 .
Dont know where jackson 2.9.9 is coming from. The Ivy report show no version 2.9.9
<dependencies>
        <dependency org="com.azure" name="azure-core" rev="1.21.0" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="com.novell.ldap" name="jldap" rev="2009-10-07" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.springframework" name="spring-jdbc" rev="5.3.11" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.tomcat" name="tomcat-jdbc" rev="9.0.52" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="com.azure" name="azure-security-keyvault-secrets" rev="4.3.3" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="com.azure" name="azure-identity" rev="1.3.6" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="javax.resource" name="javax.resource-api" rev="1.7.1" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.springframework" name="spring-webmvc" rev="5.3.12" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.springframework" name="spring-context" rev="5.3.12" conf="binaries->default" />
        <!-- <dependency org="org.springframework" name="spring-jca" rev="2.0.8" conf="binaries->default" >
            <exclude module="spring-bean"></exclude>
            <exclude module="spring-core"></exclude>
            <exclude module="spring-dao"></exclude>
        </dependency>  -->
        <dependency org="commons-configuration" name="commons-configuration" rev="1.10" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="commons-collections" name="commons-collections" rev="3.2.2" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="displaytag" name="displaytag" rev="1.2" conf="binaries->default" >
            <exclude  module="jcl104-over-slf4j"></exclude>
            <exclude module="slf4j-log4j12"></exclude>
        </dependency>
        <dependency org="com.google.code.gson" name="gson" rev="2.8.8" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.struts" name="struts-core" rev="1.3.10" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.struts" name="struts-taglib" rev="1.3.10" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.struts" name="struts-extras" rev="1.3.10" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.struts" name="struts-tiles" rev="1.3.10" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.struts" name="struts-el" rev="1.3.10" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.struts" name="struts-faces" rev="1.3.10" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.logging.log4j" name="log4j-core" rev="2.14.1" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.logging.log4j" name="log4j-api" rev="2.14.1" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.apache.logging.log4j" name="log4j-slf4j-impl" rev="2.14.1" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.slf4j" name="slf4j-api" rev="1.7.32" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.slf4j" name="slf4j-log4j12" rev="1.7.32" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.slf4j" name="slf4j-simple" rev="1.7.32" conf="binaries->default" />
        <dependency org="org.slf4j" name="jcl-over-slf4j" rev="1.7.32" conf="binaries->default"  />
    </dependencies>

A: Try update to this dependencies compatibility version package installations


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The "circle-A," a common anarchist symbol.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, detail of an oil painting by Gustave Courbet, c. 1865; in the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris.
"Campesino, the revolution will give you the land," poster by Bauset (1936).
Capitalism, Humanity, Government, cover illustration by Man Ray for Mother Earth, August 1914.
Broadside announcing the meeting of workers in Haymarket Square, May 4, 1886.
Wood engraving of the Haymarket Riot by Thure de Thulstrup, published in Harper's Weekly on May 15, 1886.
Ursula K. Le Guin, 1985.
Max Ernst, photograph by Yousuf Karsh, 1965.
Golden Gated City, ink on scratchboard by Eric Drooker.
Cartoon from Wildcat Anarchist Comics, by Donald Rooum.


There are so many things that are different with having your third baby. You typically know what to expect with pregnancy, delivery, and beyond. You've got other kids in tow. And… you probably have most everything you need, especially if the child is the same gender as at least one of your other kids.
Since we have the basics covered, I created my ultimate dream wish list. Not that I want to go full out overspending on such time limited gear, but I am definitely willing to splurge a little on a couple of pieces that will make our lives easier.
I decided against having yet another baby shower or even a sprinkle so we will be responsible for buying everything for ourselves. Our friends and family have been so generous on behalf of our other children that it just didn't feel necessary for our third child. However, I still created a registry on Amazon because even if we buy everything ourselves, most of the items are eligible for a 15% completion discount because we are Prime members (plus we get 5% back with our Amazon credit card).
Baby Jogger City Mini GT Stroller System – a new carseat was a requirement because our infant car seat had expired and the matching stroller was falling apart from being abused by two kids. For some helpful car seat guidance, check out this article. Knowing what worked and didn't work for us really came in handy when choosing a model that better fit our needs. This car seat is less than half the weight of our previous car seat at just 5.82 lbs (my back is so happy!). It can also be taken apart and cleaned, which is one of my requirements. The stroller has a telescoping handlebar so my husband can finally stop stepping on it, and it can be folded with only one hand.
Lillebaby Complete Airflow Baby Carrier – For my daughter and my son, I used a Baby Bjorn baby carrier that I liked… for the most part. Once they were each a couple months old and my body had adjusted back to its non-pregnant orientation, however, I found it very difficult to carry them in the front. What I love about this Lillebaby carrier is that you can use it in 6 different positions (more than any other brand I've seen on the market). I'll be getting it in mesh, even though my son will be a fall baby, because I am confident that the breathability of the mesh will suit us better for year-round usage. Get $10 off with this link.
BathHaven Bath Kneeler– This was not something that was popular when I had my daughter or my son close to 3 years ago. But when I saw it pop up while perusing other items I instantly knew how ingenious it was. All those years kneeling at the side of the tub bathing the littles have killed my knees… This is definitely on my wish list!
The Dock-A-Tot Deluxe Baby Lounger – All of my friends who have had a baby recently have been raving about this product. I was a little apprehensive at first because of the price but since I won't have to buy much for this baby, I've decided to splurge! I will be using this lounger to cosleep so I will not have to purchase a bassinet or a similar product (I had an Arm's Reach Cosleeper for my son). And for daytime lounging, I got the toy arch and toys to keep the baby occupied while I try to work (wish me luck!!). Get $10 off with this link.
The Ollie Swaddle – Both of my youngest kids were anti-swaddle. It seemed like no matter what I did, whether using a swaddling blanket or a product like a sleep sack, once they were out they wanted nothing to do with being bundled back up once they were free of the womb. Which led to some very unpleasant times for us parents – colic and poor sleep. I have heard wonders about this new swaddle and am totally up for giving it a try. Get 10% off with this link.
Baby Bjorn Bouncer – With my son, we splurged on the Mamaroo – which he absolutely detested. This bouncer seems like a great replacement, although it is probably my most skeptical item on the list (as in why would it be so much better than a bouncer at a fraction of the cost?). But like I mention, this is my dream wish list. And of course, I'll let you know if it's worth the spend!
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So, there you have it. A dream wish list for this mama's third and final baby. I will be sure to let you know how each product works for my son.
I'm off to complete my registry and get my completion discount. And the rest is a waiting game.
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