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Arab League: Nothing frightening in Homs.
The head of an Arab League delegation investigating the unrest in Syria has described the situation in the crisis-hit city of Homs as "reassuring".
Sudanese General Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi said on Wednesday that although some parts of the city, which observers visited a day earlier, were "not good", he saw "nothing frightening" in Homs, Reuters reported.
"There were some places where the situation was not good. But there wasn't anything frightening, at least while we were there. Things were calm and there were no clashes," he said.
"But remember this was only the first day and it will need investigation. We have 20 people who will be there for a long time," Gen. Dabi continued.
Dabi's remarks, however, have dismayed several Western countries, who were expecting an anti-Syria report from the AL delegation. France has described Dabi's remarks as premature.
Meanwhile Aljazeera TV network not happy for such findings, Aljazeera went to full speed in publishing contradictory reports to AL delegation findings. As some experts indicated '' Aljazeera machine trying to discredit the Arab League delegation, we notice in Aljazeera reports …''Activists on Tuesday said Syrian police used tear gas to disperse an estimated 70,000 people who took to the streets of Homs as the observers visited'', Meanwhile not one of AL observers confirmed what Aljazeera reported'' Saeb Shaath a Political Expert Said.
''Aljazeera reports refer to 'activists said' or showing videos which cannot be verified, describing and tagging them with 'Video shared by activists from the protest in Hama' or 'Video uploaded by Homs-based activists', day by day experts confirm such videos are produced somewhere else to destabilise Syria'' Saeb Shaath added .
In a move to counter Al Jazeera climes the Arab League said on Wednesday ''Gen. Dabi has vital military and diplomatic expertise''.
A group of 50 observers from the Arab League visited various sites in Homs, including the neighbourhoods of Baba Amro, Karm al-Zeitoun and Wadi al-Zahab, and talked to residents on Tuesday, commending the Syrian government's cooperative approach towards giving them access to different locations without restriction.
The Arab League plan endorsed by Syria on November 2 calls for the withdrawal of the military from towns and residential districts, a halt to violence against civilians and the release of detainees.
Syrian state television reported on Wednesday that the government has released 755 detainees "whose hands were not stained with blood".
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, also urged Syria to give the observers maximum freedom as they go about their mission in the violence-wracked country.
"We constantly work with the Syrian leadership calling on it to fully cooperate with observers from the Arab League and to create work conditions that are as comfortable and free as possible," Lavrov said.
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Q: monitor bytes in stdin, stdout, and stderr in C I need to count how many bytes are being sent to a child process through stdin, and how many bytes a child process is writing to stdout and stderr. The child process calls execvp, so I have no way to monitor those stats from within the process itself. My current tactic involves creating 3 additional child processes, one each to monitor each of the std streams through pipes (or in the case of stdin, just reading from stdin).
This tactic seems really frail at best, and I'm doing something strange which makes it so that the processes monitoring stdout/err cannot read from their respective ends of the pipes (and makes them hang indefinitely). Code below.
This creates the three helper child processes, and should allow them to count the stats:
void controles(struct fds *des)
{
    int ex[2];
    int err[2];

    int n_in = 0;
    int c_in;

    int n_ex = 0;
    int c_ex;

    int n_err = 0;
    int c_err;

    pipe(ex);
    pipe(err);

    /*has two fields, for the write end of the stdout pipe and the stderr pipe. */
    des->err = err[1];
    des->ex = ex[1];
    switch (fork()) {
    case 0:     /*stdin */
        while (read(0, &c_in, 1) == 1)
            n_in++;
        if (n_in > 0)
            printf("%d bytes to stdin\n", n_in);
        exit(n_in);
    default:
        break;
    }

    switch (fork()) {
    case 0:     /*stdout */
        close(ex[1]);
        /*pretty sure this is wrong */
        while (read(ex[0], &c_ex, 1) == 1) {
            n_ex++;
            write(1, &c_ex, 1);
        }
        if (n_ex > 0)
            printf("%d bytes to stdout\n", n_ex);
        close(ex[0]);
        exit(n_ex);
    default:
        close(ex[0]);
    }
    switch (fork()) {
    case 0:     /*error */
        close(err[1]);
        /*also probably have a problem here */
        while (read(err[0], &c_err, 1) == 1) {
            n_err++;
            write(2, &c_err, 1);
        }
        if (n_err > 0)
            printf("%d bytes to stderr\n", n_err);
        close(err[0]);
        exit(n_err);
    default:
        close(err[0]);
    }
}

and this is a code fragment (within the child process) which sets up the two fd's from the fds struct so that the child process should write to the pipe instead of stdin/stderr.
    dup2(des.ex, 1);
dup2(des.err, 2);
close(des.ex); close(des.err); /*Is this right?*/
execvp(opts->exec, opts->options); /*sure this is working fine*/

I'm lost, any help would be appreciated.

A: I think your code could be improved by breaking things apart a little; the accounting and copying routines are all basically the same task, and if you choose to continue down the road with multiple processes, can be written simply:
void handle_fd_pair(char *name, int in, int out) {
    char buf[1024];
    int count = 0, n;
    char fn[PATH_MAX];
    snprintf(fn, PATH_MAX - 1, "/tmp/%s_count", name);
    fn[PATH_MAX-1] = '\0';
    FILE *output = fopen(fn, "w");
    /* handle error */

    while((n = read(in, buf, 1024)) > 0) {
        count+=n;
        writen(out, buf, n); /* see below */
    }

    fprintf(output, "%s copied %d bytes\n", name, count);
    fclose(output);
}

Rather than one-char-at-a-time, which is inefficient for moderate amounts of data, we can handle partial writes with the writen() function from the Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment source code:

ssize_t             /* Write "n" bytes to a descriptor  */
writen(int fd, const void *ptr, size_t n)
{
  size_t      nleft;
  ssize_t     nwritten;

  nleft = n;
  while (nleft > 0) {
      if ((nwritten = write(fd, ptr, nleft)) < 0) {
          if (nleft == n)
              return(-1); /* error, return -1 */
          else
              break;      /* error, return amount written so far */
      } else if (nwritten == 0) {
          break;
      }
      nleft -= nwritten;
      ptr   += nwritten;
  }
  return(n - nleft);      /* return >= 0 */
}

With the helper in place, I think the rest can go more easily. Fork a
new child for each stream, and give the in[0] read-end, out[1] and
err[1] write-ends of the pipes to the child.
All those close() calls in each child are pretty ugly, but trying to
write a little wrapper around an array of all the fds, and exempting the
ones passed in as arguments, also seems like trouble.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#ifndef PATH_MAX
#define PATH_MAX 128
#endif

void handle_fd_pair(char *name, int in, int out) {
    char buf[1024];
    int count = 0, n;
    char fn[PATH_MAX];
    snprintf(fn, PATH_MAX - 1, "/tmp/%s_count", name);
    fn[PATH_MAX-1] = '\0';
    FILE *output = fopen(fn, "w");
    /* handle error */

    while((n = read(in, buf, 1024)) > 0) {
        count+=n;
        writen(out, buf, n); /* see below */
    }

    fprintf(output, "%s copied %d bytes\n", name, count);
    fclose(output);
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    int in[2], out[2], err[2];
    pid_t c1, c2, c3;

    pipe(in);
    pipe(out);
    pipe(err);

    if ((c1 = fork()) < 0) {
        perror("can't fork first child");
        exit(1);
    } else if (c1 == 0) {
        close(in[0]);
        close(out[0]);
        close(out[1]);
        close(err[0]);
        close(err[1]);
        handle_fd_pair("stdin", 0, in[1]);
        exit(0);
    }

    if ((c2 = fork()) < 0) {
        perror("can't fork second child");
        exit(1);
    } else if (c2 == 0) {
        close(in[0]);
        close(in[1]);
        close(out[1]);
        close(err[0]);
        close(err[1]);
        handle_fd_pair("stdout", out[0], 1);
        exit(0);
    }

    if ((c3 = fork()) < 0) {
        perror("can't fork third child");
        exit(1);
    } else if (c3 == 0) {
        close(in[0]);
        close(in[1]);
        close(out[0]);
        close(out[1]);
        close(err[1]);
        handle_fd_pair("stderr", err[0], 2);
        exit(0);
    }

    /* parent falls through to here, no children */

   close(in[1]);
   close(out[0]);
   close(err[0]);
   close(0);
   close(1);
   close(2);
   dup2(in[0], 0);
   dup2(out[1], 1);
   dup2(err[1], 2);
   system(argv[1]);
   exit(1); /* can't reach */
}

It seems to work for toy applications anyway :)
$ ./dup cat
hello
hello
$ ls -l *count
-rw-r--r-- 1 sarnold sarnold 22 2011-05-26 17:41 stderr_count
-rw-r--r-- 1 sarnold sarnold 21 2011-05-26 17:41 stdin_count
-rw-r--r-- 1 sarnold sarnold 22 2011-05-26 17:41 stdout_count
$ cat *count
stderr copied 0 bytes
stdin copied 6 bytes
stdout copied 6 bytes

I think it is worth pointing out that you could also implement this
program with only one process, and use select(2) to determine which
file descriptors need reading and writing.

A: Overall, I think you're on the right track.
One problem is that in your stderr and stdout handlers, which should be picking bytes off the pipe and writing to the real stderr/stdout, you're writing back to the same pipe.
It would also be helpful to see how you start the child processes. You gave a code fragment to close the real stderr and then dup2 the pipe fd back to stderr's fd, but you probably want this in the parent process (after fork and before exec) so that you don't need to modify the source code to the child process. You should be able to do this generically all from the parent.

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Home » Blogs » Mercedes-Benz Citan: Does absence make the heart grow fonder?
Mercedes-Benz Citan: Does absence make the heart grow fonder?
George Barrow | 14th January, 2015
I borrowed the Dawsonrentals long term test van from sister titles Commercial Motor and Motor Transport last night and I have to say hopping into the Mercedes-Benz Citan after such a long time away from it was a surprise.
I've never been a fan of the Citan's interior – more on that later – but I am a big fan of the way it looks and the way it drives. This was the first time I'd experienced the Dualiner version of the Citan, and while the high waistline of the van leads to relatively small and awkward looking rear windows, the front of the van is still a looker, with a strong grille, expertly mixing the style of the bigger Merc vans into this little French (remember it's a Renault Kangoo at heart) co-conspirator.
Behind the wheel, and having temporarily parted company with my own long term Ford Transit Connect, I was initially shocked at how little room there was behind the wheel for my relatively normal sized legs. Tweaking the seat arrangement, lowering the seat height and reclining did improve things, but I don't remember the panel van version being quite so cramped as this five-seater van.
My own relationship with the Citan ended before the vehicle was even launched, having driven the small city van the length of the country from Lands End to John O'Groats for a story about taking a spare part between Mercedes' two furthest dealers. The 800+ miles, covered in a little over 36 hours, was enough to make me turn my back on the Citan for a long time – familiarity really does breed contempt – but last night we were reunited and I have to say I was glad to have our little get-together.
At its launch Mercedes made a great deal about the changes they had made to the van's steering and front suspension, and it must be said the alterations have been made expertly. Renault has since revised its own Kangoo and they too have transformed the little van with a greater feel and more directness in the rack, but for my mind the Citan is bang on the money. Initially it felt too heavy and cumbersome, especially after having switched from the lighter Transit Connect steering, but after a few minutes the steering wheel felt ideally paired to the gutsy low-end power of the 89hp 1.5-litre turbodiesel engine. It also felt far more comfortable than I remember, the suspension skipping over the potholes and particularly nasty speed bumps of south London with ease and sophistication. I wasn't even bothered by the lack of a bulkhead, and the usual noise found in vehicles with a caged rear was far less noticeable. It was by all accounts a pleasant journey and reunion.
Nevertheless, a few things continue to niggle at me, namely the aforementioned interior. Perversely while glancing right at the traffic lights into the cab of an LDV Convoy this morning, I spotted that the two share an eerily similar cowling for the dials. But whereas the Convoy has a nice open dash area to the left of the instrument panel, with storage and a gently sloping console for heater and cassette deck controls, the Citan's dashboard is far too upright and reduces the sense of space in the cab significantly. Visibility too was a problem and on these dark winter nights, with my new lower driving position, the large base of the A-pillar obscured a good chunk of the road I am usually more accustomed to seeing.
Lastly, and this is a really minor point but one that irks me as a casual user of the Citan, the main speed markings on the speedometer increase in increments of 20mph from 0mph, which means instead of glancing down to see the mark for 30mph, or even 50mph as so often is the limit on A-roads these days, you get 20, 40 and 60mph.
No doubt the Citan will grow on me, and over the next few days my feelings may well adjust themselves, but for now my time away from the Citan hasn't made my feelings for it increase all that much.

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RKVV Nijmeegse Boys is een voormalige amateurvoetbalvereniging uit Nijmegen.

De club werd opgericht op 27 juli 1933 als SVE en een jaar later herdoopt in RKVV Nijmeegse Boys. Het was oorspronkelijk een club uit de Benedenstad van Nijmegen maar verhuisde vele malen om uiteindelijk in Nijmegen West op sportpark De Biezen te gaan spelen. In de jaren 80 speelde de club in de derde klasse wat tevens de beste sportieve prestaties waren. Hierna kwamen er financiële problemen en daalde het ledental. De club zakte af naar de zesde klasse en is na viering van het 75-jarig jubileum in de zomer van 2008 opgeheven.

Competitieresultaten 1946–2008

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Ajax van Nijmegen heeft alleen de historie nog, De Gelderlander, 22 april 2008

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Web Accessibility and Higher Education
For a moment, let's consider accessibility and imagine that the year is 1990.
New Kids on the Block is churning out hit after hit, Home Alone is the No. 1 movie in America, and the Internet still exists as a hard-to-explain phenomenon (yes, a strange year indeed).
And yet, beyond the pop culture references and fun facts, 1990 also marks a watershed moment for the modern civil rights movement. It is the year that President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, or "ADA." The ADA, in its current form, exists to prevent discrimination based on disability within both the public and private sectors. These sectors include (among other areas) transportation, employment, and – most importantly – education.
Reflecting the necessity of providing a "full and equal" education to persons with disabilities, enforcement of the 1990 Act has traditionally focused on physical, on-campus spaces – i.e., access ramps, lavatory facilities, classroom accommodations, etc. However, with the rise of the internet and the rapid evolution of modern technology, America's institutions of higher education now face a new and formidable ADA compliance challenge – the university website.
Under the wording of Title II and Title III of the Act, most universities (both public and private) are required to provide students with equal access to information and communication technologies. In 2018, this means not only providing all students with an open and easily accessible website, but one with effective information communication as well (i.e., accurate transcriptions and precise closed captioning)
Transcription is a hot topic, but not a new one; we discuss this more in our previous blog post. As we will soon see below, the consequences for failing to comply with the ADA can be both severe and long-lasting.
Why Is Website Accessibility Important?
It's easy to assume that an open, accessible, and adequately captioned university website is a foregone conclusion in 2018. And yet, proper website captioning (or a lack thereof) is quickly building steam as one of the most critical ADA compliance issues of the digital age.
How much steam?
Well, according to a list compiled by the University of Minnesota, more than 30 colleges and universities have been sued or have had complaints lodged against them for failing to provide disabled students with sufficient access to information. Harvard, MIT, and UC Berkeley, prestigious and internationally acclaimed universities, have all found themselves out of compliance with closed captioning requirements, and in turn, as parties to federal complaints and costly lawsuits.
The Harvard and MIT lawsuits, filed in 2015 by the National Association of the Deaf, are seeking a permanent injunction requiring the universities to provide closed captioning and text versions of all online materials. The lawsuits address the plethora of "inaccurately or unintelligibly captioned" online content, "making it inaccessible for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing." In 2016, the District Court of Massachusetts denied each university's motion to dismiss and ruled that the case should move forward. As of writing, this costly case is still pending with no end in sight.
While the Harvard and MIT cases provide us with illuminating examples of the potential legal consequences for failing to provide online closed captioning to students, the case involving UC Berkeley highlights another potential accessibility pitfall altogether: non-student access to publicly available material.
In October 2014, the National Association of the Deaf, together with the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") alleging that the deaf and hard-of-hearing could not properly access UC Berkeley's no cost audio and video content. In a ten-page letter sent to university officials, America's premier public university was admonished by the DOJ for (among other offenses) the use of improper video formats, poor color contrasts, and a significant shortage of closed captioning transcriptions resulting in the content of the videos being "inaccessible to people with hearing disabilities."
UC Berkeley, rather than attempt to comply with the costly recommendations of the DOJ, made the remarkable decision to remove public access to thousands of videos and assorted materials. As reported by Inside Higher Ed, UC Berkeley choose to remove more than 20,000 audio and video files from its publicly accessible platforms rather than pay the costs of compliance. Both UC Berkeley faculty members and other experts/scholars have expressed concern regarding the administration's justification for its decision, as well as what appears to be an apportionment of blame towards disabled persons.
While the DOJ did not make findings regarding UC Berkeley's treatment of its student body, the moral of the story is this: even when avoiding the legal consequences and financial costs of web accessibility compliance, universities can still potentially damage their carefully cultivated reputations by not complying.
When in doubt – comply, comply, comply.
How Should Universities Approach Compliance?
There are many ways universities can ensure compliance with ADA web accessibility regulations. The following are just a few of the many best practices as recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (WCAG 2.0):
Informative descriptions of hyperlinks
Easy to understand menus and navigations tools
The use of alternative text for images
Clear and consistent headings
Avoiding reliance on color or sound for navigation
While all of these recommendations go a long way in ensuring ADA compliance, perhaps the most significant issue universities face when it comes to web accessibility (as illustrated in the cases above) is the matter of closed captioning. As education continues to evolve in the digital age, most colleges and universities will soon have thousands upon thousands of podcasts, videos, and other similar types of media content – all requiring proper closed captioning and transcriptions. And although the sheer volume might appear overwhelming, it is important to remember that proper captioning is an incremental process. It will not happen overnight.
A revealing survey from Oregon State University recently highlighted both the anxieties and narrow motivations of higher education when addressing closed captioning. The study indicated that most institutions implement closed captioning for the sole purpose of complying with the law. And yet, it should be recognized that there are many additional compliance benefits to consider. Not only are visitors more likely to return to a website that has closed captioning, but it is no coincidence that accessible websites also happen to be the most useful websites. ADA compliance, although it applies specifically to persons with disabilities, will likely result in a website that is clearer and easier to navigate for everyone. Website traffic also stands to increase, as an easily accessible website should be easier to find in search results.
It is critical to remember that proper closed captioning begins with a shift in institutional mindset. It continues with intense preparation and planning, and it finishes with the right application of AI technology and human knowledge.
It is a process to help you better serve your community, and it is one in which we at Verbit can help.


"La Stanza dello Scirocco" is a range of items suitable for different rooms, such as the kitchen and the living room born out of the abstract and motionless atmosphere of a magic place: the room in large Sicilian country homes where one is forced to seek shelter from the sultriness while waiting for the scirocco to die down. It is a room without windows in which you can do nothing but ponder the wind that is undoing all sublunary things outside. The upshot is a collection of geometrically irregular items made up of small splinters of various sizes, interlaced in an unstable balance.
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Kidnapped UBEC Chairman, Daughter Regain Freedom.
The police have arrested one Abdur-Rahman Ahmadu in connection with the abduction of the Board Chairman of the Universal Basic Commission (UBEC), Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud, and his daughter, Yesmin, on Monday.
This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday evening by Yakubu Sabo, the spokesman of the Kaduna state police command.
Mahmoud and his daughter who were released from captivity at about noon on Tuesday, were abducted on Monday alongside scores of travellers by armed bandits along the Kaduna- Abuja road.
The statement said the suspect was undergoing interrogation in police custody while efforts were on course to apprehend the remaining fleeing suspects.
Yakubu also confirmed the release of the UBEC Board Chairman and his daughter, saying that their release came following a pressurised combing by the police operatives deployed to rescue them and that they were released unhurt.
According to the statement, their release came when the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, was attending a Zonal Meeting of Northern Traditional Ruler's Council in Kaduna.
The statement read: "the IGP used the opportunity to visit the family and sympathise with them on the unfortunate incident.
"The IGP assured the family of Police commitment to unmask the perpetrators of this dastardly act.
"IGP Mohammed Adamu Abubakar informed the general public that already one suspect has been arrested by the Police in connection with the incident and one AK47 Rifle with 29 rounds of ammunition was recovered in his possession.
"The suspect named Abdur-Rahman Ahmadu is undergoing interrogation in Police custody. Efforts are on course to apprehend the remaining fleeing suspects."
The statement said further that the Kaduna state police command was also re-strategizing to fortify security along the highways to reinforce the ongoing efforts of Operation Puff Adder.
"The Commissioner of Police Ahmad Abdur-Rahman reiterated the Command's commitment to reduce crime and criminality to the barest minimum.
"The CP appeals for community support by assisting the Police with intelligence to facilitate proactive policing measures of the command," the statement said.
The statement did not however say anything about scores of travellers who were said to have been abducted alongside the UBEC chairman and his daughter.
Tags: Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud, Universal Basic Commission (UBEC)
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I previously blogged about the rules relating to pass-through claims, where a prime contractor's recovery from an owner for damages suffered by its subcontractor is limited in certain circumstances. In the post, I talked about a "past-through-plus" claim based upon the Severin doctrine, which provides a prime contractor cannot sue an owner on behalf of one of its subcontractors to recover monies due to the subcontractor unless the prime contractor is itself liable to the subcontractor. Those rules can have an important effect on the time limits of when you pursue a claim against the government, often putting yourself between a rock and a hard place.
KBR submits a certified claim with the Army for $10.4 million.
The Army moved to dismiss KBR's claim, arguing that the six-year statute of limitations under the CDA had run. The Board of Contract Appeals granted the motion, finding that the claim had accrued either on September 12, 2003 when KCPC ended its work or, alternatively, on January 24, 2005 when KBR and KCPC agreed to cooperate and present the cost to the Army.
However, liability was not fixed as of the date KCPC ended its work, and a claim (or written demand) as that term is defined by the CDA had not yet come into existence as of that date.
Just as in Severin, the Army argued that KBR became liable to its KCPC for the subcontractor's damages due to KBR's termination decision, and KBR's claim accrued when KCPC's claim accrued. The Federal Circuit disagreed: "Severin does not so hold." Under the FAR, accrual does not occur until the contractor requests, or reasonably could have requested, a sum certain from the government. In other words, Contract Disputes Act does not require a general contractor to file "protective claims" while it resolves claims with a subcontractor.
In the end, KBR v. Murphy provides a good overview of the intricacies of pass-through claims and applicable statute of limitation periods. Given the amount of money involved (settling for almost $30 million), it was certainly reasonable for the back-and-forth litigation between the prime contractor and subcontractor. But how those discussions resolved themselves at each stage of the dispute had an effect on the way the government treated the claim. It is important to understand when a claim is ripe, how the claim must be presented to the government, and whether it is properly asserted.


Christmas at our place is all about family and fun, but most of all food. Our table groans under the weight of the rich, festive treats. But come afternoon, we're groaning too – our bellies overfull, and the fridge stuffed with glad-wrapped leftovers. As Boxing Day slides past, containers start to emit questionable aromas. By New Year's Eve, the ham has turned green and nobody will brave a turkey sandwich. The bin beckons. Tis the season to over-eat, waste food or both. But if we're honest with ourselves, the over-eating and wastage happens all year round.
When I was an intellectually promiscuous doctoral student my eyes happened to fall upon a copy of Henry Thoreau's, Walden, a fiery "simple living" manifesto, first published in 1854. This book, like no other before or since, ignited in me a shift in consciousness that I can only describe as an earthquake of the soul. It shook me awake from a deep slumber, opening my eyes to how consumerist cultures were foolishly celebrating a mistaken idea of freedom, leaving people materially rich but too often empty and twisted inside.
Over the last century, climate change has transformed the surface of the planet. Since the industrial revolution, humans have pumped more than 1,890 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, warming the planet by around 0.85C. This heat has resulted in glaciers retreating, lakes shrinking and droughts spreading. Some areas of the world have changed beyond recognition, and some of the damage is irreversible. In a series of almost 300 images taken by cameras and satellites, NASA has illustrated where climate change is already scarring the face of the earth.
AUSTRALIA – The Climate Change Authority has recommended that the government move back the deadline for the large-scale Renewable Energy Target by three years, from 2020 to 2023, rather than risk jeopardising investment by reducing the target itself. The recommendation was made in one of two reviews released by the authority today, covering two climate policies: the Renewable Energy Target (RET), and the now defunct Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) together with its successor, the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).
Some people might argue that the greatest moral challenge of our time is serious enough to justify deliberately tampering with our climate to stave off the damaging effects of global warming. Geoengineering, or "climate hacking", to use its more emotive nickname, is a direct intervention in the natural environments of our planet, including our atmosphere, seas and oceans. It has been suggested that geoengineering might buy us time to prevent warming above 2C, and that we should look at it seriously in case everything goes pear-shaped with our climate. There are two problems with this argument. The first is that we already have an affordable solution with a relatively well-understood outcome: reducing our carbon emissions. The second is that geoengineering itself is fraught with danger and that, worryingly, the most dangerous version, called solar radiation management, is also the most popular with those exploring this field.
2014 was the UK's warmest year on record, figures from the Met Office show. Provisional figures for the whole year reveal that it was the hottest for the UK in records dating back to 1910. Last year was also the warmest in the Central England Temperature series, the longest running temperature record in the world which stretches back to 1659, recording temperatures in an area of central England. The average temperature for the year was 9.9C, some 1.1C above the long term average, and making it warmer than the previous record year of 2006. It was also the fourth wettest year in records dating back to 1910, the Met Office said. The figures for 2014 mean that eight of the UK's top 10 warmest years have occurred since 2002, the weather and climate experts said.
A fossil fuel free Scotland is not only technically achievable but could prove a cheaper and safer option than pursuing fossil fuel-based development, according to a new WWF-backed report. The study by consultancy giant DNV-GL tested the viability of the Scottish Government's current policy goal of decarbonising the country's electricity generation by 2030, setting a target of bringing carbon intensity down from 271 grams of CO2 per kilowatt hour to 50g CO2/kwh. The target is separate to the goal of providing 100 per cent of electricity demand from renewables by 2020, which still allows for coal and gas to remain on the grid.
A rare species of killer whale, hardly seen since a pod stranded on Paraparaumu Beach 60 years ago, has been spotted in the south Indian Ocean. The Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker encountered the pod of rare "Ecotype D" orcas while chasing a toothfish-poaching boat on Boxing Day. American marine ecologist and orca expert Robert Pitman examined photographs and video of the orcas and confirmed they were a Type-D Killer whale. "I don't think they have ever been filmed alive," he said.
Accountants around the world are currently considering how the organisations they work for can meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. As experts in measurement and data controls, analysis, reporting and monitoring, it makes sense for them to take the lead. The goals and targets integrate economic, social and environmental aspects with the aim of achieving sustainable development in all its dimensions. Governments will be responsible for achievement of the goals and a key tool will be legislation and soft regulation requiring measurement and accountability by private and public sector organisations.
New Zealand's two big glaciers, Fox and Franz Josef, are now only accessible to tourists by air and their retreat has been highlighted over the way global warming is impacting on businesses that depend on ice and snow. Glacier-related tourism on the West Coast directly contributes at least $100 million a year to local economies, New York Times reports. But now at Fox the river has changed course cutting the trail up and Franz Josef lost hiking access in 2012. Helicopter landings are the only way to get on the glaciers now.
As Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree is recycled, Mayor Boris calls for business action on food waste and Scotland promotes Resource Efficiency Pledge. As households and offices across the UK prepare to dispose of their Christmas trees and decorations today, businesses at opposite ends of the country are being urged to prioritise resource efficiency efforts throughout 2015. London Mayor Boris Johnson recently released new data showing that over the festive period households in the capital produce an extra 30,000 tonnes of rubbish, landing councils with a £4m bill. In addition, by tonight Londoners are expected to have discarded one million Christmas trees and 75 tonnes of Christmas tree lights.
Will 2015 Be the Year of the Plug-in Hybrid?
As we start the New Year, there is a quiet sense of optimism that says perhaps we are reaching a tipping point in the race against time that will determine the future of life on our planet. Whether it's the impressive growth of renewable power, the recent agreement between the U.S. and China to take meaningful action to curb emissions or the various moves towards a zero-waste economy, there are signs everywhere that humanity is slowly beginning to pull together in a unified way to save ourselves from our epic miscalculations of the past. Another sign is the transformation of the transportation sector. According to the website EVObsession, there will be at least 15 new electric vehicle models hitting marketplace this year.
To environmentally conscious consumers looking to make more responsible purchasing decisions, there's nothing more frustrating than being confronted with vague or misleading "green" labels. A bottle that reads "100 percent environmentally happy" might trick some consumers into buying it, but it's going to turn off those eco warriors who see right through the marketing malarkey. When companies make claims about their environmentally friendly practices that aren't backed by facts or that are downright false, their credibility takes a hit. And for a business that's identified as a "green" company, the damage might be irreversible. But what can well-intentioned business owners do to make sure they avoid the pitfalls of greenwashing?
A Brisbane lady has successfully completed her 2014 New Year's resolution to wear only upcycled clothing for 365 days. Jane Milburn vowed not to buy any new clothing last year as part of the Sew it Again, 365-day eco-clothing project. The communications consultant and former rural reporter told 612 ABC Brisbane that she made the resolution in the hope of inspiring others to upcycle preloved clothing as a way to improve their creativity and wellbeing. "There are so many beautiful things out there already, and it is about dressing individually and creatively and thinking about sustainable and ethical clothing," she said of the project.
The introduction of new environmental laws is a rare event these days. But 2015 could see growing momentum toward one of the most important pro-nature legislative initiatives that the UK has ever seen, manifest in the growing campaign for a new Nature and Wellbeing Act. The runup to this year's general election will see the case for a new act of parliament being made by groups including The Wildlife Trusts and RSPB. In my new book, What Nature does for Britain, I also make the case for such a "nature and wellbeing act" and call on political parties to introduce the idea into their manifestos.
Green buildings cost less to operate and have a smaller carbon footprint, according to the US General Services Administration. Buildings.com reports on a post-occupancy evaluation study of 22 green federal buildings conducted by GSA and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The study compared one year of operating data and surveys of green building occupants, compared to the national average of commercial buildings.
A single elegant trophy fish caught by a couple of Auckland men two years ago has ended up exposing the reality of the ruthless plunder of the South Pacific's fishing stocks. The pair caught a blue marlin and tagged it before releasing it. Two years on, the marlin which had doubled in size, was found dead on one of the 3000 or so hooks strung out behind one of the 650 Chinese fishing boats registered to chase Pacific tuna. For game-fish charter boat operator Henk Gros of New Zealand it is soul destroying. In 21 years out of Tonga's Vavau he has tagged hundreds of marlin but this was only his second ever "recapture".
The UK has hailed the first step towards a full ban on the controversial practice of fish "discards" whereby fishing vessels tip unwanted fish back into the sea. January 1st marked the date when fishermen targeting pelagic quota species such as mackerel, whiting, sprat and herring will have to land all the quota fish they catch, with a similar rule for demersal fish including cod and hake set to come into force at the start of 2016. The move follows three years of hard-fought negotiations in Brussels to reform the Common Fisheries Policy, which was marked by a high profile public campaign to bring an end to the practice of discarding and tighten restrictions on overfishing.
Fukushima rice has passed Japan's radiation checks for the first time since the 2011 nuclear disaster that prompted international alarm over the region's produce, a prefecture official says. Fukushima official Tsuneaki Oonami said about 360,000 tonnes of rice, nearly all of last year's harvest, had been checked and none had tested above the 100 becquerels per kilogram limit set by the government.


Archie Europe uses the TeamViewer software to temporarily provide support staff the ability to view what's visible on your screen and control your computer.
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The TeamViewer software can only be launched by Archie Europe support staff by means of a username and password.
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TeamViewer meets the requirements set out by the US government in the area of data encryption, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
The connection is made using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to prevent eavesdropping by third parties.


Balter's Blog: AAAS rescinds award to glyphosate researchers and deletes its press announcement. Here is the original press release.
AAAS rescinds award to glyphosate researchers and deletes its press announcement. Here is the original press release.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science today rescinded its 2019 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from two researchers who had studied the relationship between exposure to the herbicide glyphosate and kidney disease outbreaks in Sri Lanka. In a short Tweet today, the AAAS said that it had received protests from some scientists and members about the award, and was withholding it until it could conduct an inquiry. These odd circumstances have raised suspicions from many anti-glyphosate activists and advocates that the AAAS came under untoward pressure to do this. Given the very long history implicating Monsanto (now Bayer), the manufacturer of the most popular version of glyphosate (Roundup), in attempts to skew both the scientific process and the public debate over the herbicide, there could be reason to be concerned.
AAAS has deleted its original release, but it was captured on Evernote, and I have reproduced the original text below. I will have more to say on this subject soon.
Two public health researchers who battled powerful corporate interests to uncover the deadly effects of industrial herbicides, solving a medical mystery and protecting the health of farming communities across the world, will receive the 2019 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Drs. Sarath Gunatilake and Channa Jayasumana faced death threats and claims of research misconduct while working to determine the cause of a kidney disease epidemic that has claimed tens of thousands of lives in their home country of Sri Lanka and around the world. Ultimately, their advocacy led to the culprit, an herbicide called glyphosate, being banned in several affected countries.
"To right a wrong when significant financial interests are at stake and the power imbalance between industry and individual is at play takes the unique combination of scientific rigor, professional persistence and acceptance of personal risk demonstrated by the two scientists recognized by this year's award," says Jessica Wyndham, director of the Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program at AAAS.
Beginning around 1994, rice farmers in Sri Lanka's North Central Province began falling ill with Chronic Kidney Disease. The epidemic was unique in that those succumbing to the disease were relatively young and did not suffer from ailments associated with CKD, such as diabetes and hypertension. In 2011, the country's Ministry of Health invited Gunatilake, a physician and researcher at California State University, Long Beach to investigate the cause of the disease.
At the time, Jayasumana, also a physician, was struggling to find funding to research the CKD epidemic for his doctoral degree at Rajarata University, in North Central Province. He decided to join California State University, Long Beach as a visiting scholar under Gunatilake's supervision, bringing with him samples of urine, drinking water and rice. Gunatilake and Jayasumana found that glyphosate, marketed mostly by Monsanto as Roundup, was transporting arsenic, cadmium and other heavy metals to the kidneys of those drinking contaminated water, causing CKD.
In 2014, they published their results in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Because similar epidemics were occurring in Central America, North Africa and Southeast Asia, the study earned worldwide attention. To date, the paper has received 23,000 downloads and 64 citations.
Jeopardizing the profits of glyphosate distributors, subsidiaries and importers, however, did not come without consequences. Gunatilake and Jayasumana received death threats, and twelve scientists who had obtained industry-funded grants filed a research misconduct complaint against Gunatilake. Eventually, he was exonerated, after a California State University, Long Beach scientific investigation panel dismissed the complaint.
Thanks to pressure applied by a massive public health campaign led by Gunatilake, the Sri Lankan president created the National Project for Prevention of Kidney Diseases, naming Jayasumana as director. In 2015, Sri Lanka became the first of many countries to ban the import of glyphosate. Three years later, Sri Lanka lifted the import ban, but continued to restrict the use of glyphosate on tea and rubber plantations.
In the past few years, Gunatilake has convened multi-disciplinary international conferences to discuss the dangers of glyphosate and raised more than $20,000 to help the families of victims. CKD has claimed the lives of at least 25,000 Sri Lankans and 20,000 Central Americans.
"What started as a bold effort to provide a voice for the impoverished, powerless rice paddy farmers in Sri Lanka has now blossomed into a worldwide environmental movement through research, advocacy, networking and collaboration," wrote public health professional Hanan Obeidi in the award nomination letter.
The AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award was established in 1980. It honors scientists, engineers or organizations whose exemplary actions have demonstrated scientific freedom and responsibility in challenging circumstances. Achievements that the award recognizes include acting to protect the public's health, safety or welfare; focusing public attention on important issues related to scientific research, education and public policy; and establishing important new precedents in carrying out the social responsibilities of scientists or in defending the professional freedom of scientists and engineers. The award consists of a $5,000 prize and a commemorative plaque.
The awardees will receive the prize during the 185th AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2019.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science, as well as Science Translational Medicine; Science Signaling; a digital, open-access journal, Science Advances; Science Immunology; and Science Robotics. AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes more than 250 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world. The nonprofit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement and more. For the latest research news, log onto EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.
For more information on AAAS awards, see http://www.aaas.org/awards.
AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society, dedicated to "Advancing science; Serving society."
Update: Here is a link to the journal paper referred to in the press release above. It is open access. And here is another link to the press release which includes the original photos, etc.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is taking steps to reassess the 2019 Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, after concerns were voiced by scientists and members. The award was not presented last week as originally planned while AAAS further evaluates the award selection. AAAS plans to address the specific concerns raised through a peer review process designed to further evaluate the scientific findings underlying the award selection. The process will include a panel of experts in relevant fields who will be vetted for potential conflicts of interest. Once that review concludes, AAAS will reach a decision about the award status.
We expect this process to take a couple months before it is completed.


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Agree absolutely with this. It's so easy to get put off by such a big task that in the end you end up doing nothing. Thanks for reminding me. Will help to keep the motivation going and stop procrastinating!
Rob, a simple yet very effective formula..and definitely a confidence booster too!! It's a method I have used time and time again!!
Thanks for commenting on the post Sharon, I am glad you have found it useful. I find it is an effective approach to handling big tasks.
Paul, thanks for commenting on the post. I agree it is an effective approach and definitely boosts confidence as you knock down the tasks.
Agree absolutely with this. It's so easy to get put off by such a big task that in the end you end up doing nothing. Thanks for reminding me. Will help to keep the motivation going and stop procrastinating!
Rob, a simple yet very effective formula..and definitely a confidence booster too!! It's a method I have used time and time again!!


We have finished the table for Alexis' Big Green Egg (BGE) as of tonight.
It started off as a pre-made BGE short table from the dealer. We had learned a few things from tiling our first table a few years ago, such as sawing off the rounded ends makes tiling easier.
Next we dry-fit the tiles to figure out our game plan.
Then I temporarily brad-nailed some flashing around the hole. This would let us get a smoother grout line around the circle. Now we could top the table with thinset.
At this point, we pressed the tiles into place.
I built a frame around the front piece and we repeated the tile process in that frame.
Then I built a frame around the table top and clamped it all together to rest for 24 hours.
Next was grouting. You say "forced child labor", I say "a character building experience".
From there, it was time to stain 2 coats and a spar varnish.
Despite starting from a pre-made table, I'm pretty proud of the craftsmanship that we put into this one, especially the tiled accent piece on the front.
But I do think I heard my other Egg table say, "Stupid new guy and his 'tiled accent piece'.....he's not so ****ing special."
Hey guess what!!!! There are two more Masterbuilt 30" Electric Smoker Giveaways going on. Hurry up and enter them both.


EliteGamer.com has our friend ObscureNameDigit streaming on Mixer currently. You can catch him here on Twitch.tv and here on Mixer for the next few hours.
State of Decay 2 went live today for livestreamers and first impressions. The embargo dropping for non-committal commentary a full eight days before release is promising. Microsoft's last big release had a release day embargo – the first sign of disaster. That our review is due on the 17th May is more good news for gamers who were concerned at Xbox exclusive's trajectory of late.
Mixer is already hot with over 36 State of Decay 2 streams live just a couple of hours after the embargo dropping and before the North American primetime. Kids are still in school and older gamers are still in work after all.
Twitch.tv is also ablaze with reviews with 48 streams currently running with around 30,000 views across all channels. In the days of Fortnite dominating live and recorded videostreams, these are impressive numbers but Microsoft need more than decent stream figures to turn the ship around.
Like underwhelming Sea of Theives, State of Decay 2 available on day one on Microsoft's streaming service. For €/$9.99 per month, gamers can sample over 110 titles including the very latest games that Microsoft's 1st and 2nd party studios.
EliteGamer has mused over the future of Gaming as a Service and Microsoft's bold decisions. We also reviewed the service and were impressed with the quality but not the quantity of the library and found the price-tag to be agreeable.
The interest in the title is strong but not fervent and the studio seemed brave enough to allow an extended period for reviewers to get to grips with State of Decay 2 and an even longer period for potential gamers to weigh up the pros and cons.
The PrimeVinister is currently playing State of Decay 2 and will deliver his review on the 17th May.
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Can't wait for this to come out so I never have to hear about it again. Well the last thing we will hear from Microsoft is that 1 million people "played" it the week of release, you know like Sea of Nothing, because they will be including Alpha and Beta players in another number manipulation fiasco.


Notice how, although the airstart envelope extends right down to -1kft pressure altitude at speeds not exceeding 250KIAS, it suddenly jumps up to 5kft at speeds of 250-300KIAS, and then up to 8kft at even greater speeds. At first blush, I thought that this had to do with the FAA prohibition on exceeding 250KIAS below 10kft, but, on closer examination, it's clear that this can't be the case, since, if that were the culprit, one would expect the lower boundary of the envelope to jump straight up to 10kft at 250KIAS.
The jump in the minimum relight altitude coincides with the minimum speed for a windmill start, indicating that there might be something about the process of windmill-starting an engine that would preclude a low-altitude relight - but, in that case, why doesn't the starter-only-relight envelope extend to higher speeds under the floor of the windmilling envelope? Is this problem unique to the HTF7000, or do other jets have it too? What causes it, anyway?
Generally when you see those kinds of limitations it means that the engine or airframe developer had trouble getting successful, repeatable relights outside of the published envelope during development flight testing and you do see it with other engines (the CF-34 that I am familiar with has a similar but much less extreme limitation).
In that case it is probably related to density/velocity of the air flow into the burner can during windmilling and I would imagine that there were issues with getting a successful lightoff every time, or excessive peak ITT during the start, or maybe surging problems or something like that.
You'd have to talk to a Honeywell person for those details.
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This figure is from the Britains range devoted to the Zulu War Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.


When it comes to location, ambiance, and modern facilities, this property really captures my interest in investing that perfectly placed in the heart of District 09. I can say that my money goes to a property that surely lasts.
One of the most exclusive apartments in Singapore, with first-class facilities and luxurious interiors. Easy access to Oxley Road and supermarkets. Gorgeous clubhouse and function rooms. The Rise @ Oxley Residences is one of Singapore's most prestigious condominium. A home in the heart of the city.


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All three episodes of The Duke of Newbury Street available
You can now listen for free to all three episodes of PMRP's new three-part radio drama, The Duke of Newbury Street , which follows the adventures of reclusive millionaire Alexander Endicott, his faithful manservant Dmitri, and catburglar extraordinaire Cleo Carmel in Boston just before the start of World War II! Spies! Secret identities! Mayhem! Intrigue! Borscht!
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Auditions open for Summer Mysteries!
The Post-Meridian Radio Players are proud to announce that auditions are now open for the 2016 Summer Radio Mystery Theatre: Revenge of the Super Sleuths!
This year we present another trilogy of tales!
Hecule Poirot in Murder is a Private Affair!
Poirot is called in by a bitter and domineering old woman to investigate the murder of a maid but to keep it private.
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Listen to the first episode of The Duke of Newbury Street
Click here to listen to the first episode of The Duke of Newbury Street , an original radio adventure in three parts presented by The Post-Meridian Radio Players, written by Jeremy Branton Holstein, and created by Neil Marsh and Rob Noyes.
The setting is Boston, just before America enters WWII. Cat burglar extraordinaire, Cleo Carmel, is hired by mysterious agents to rob the home of reclusive millionaire, Alexander Endicott. However, things don't go quite as planned . . .
Episode 2 will follow on Monday, April 18, and then Episode 3 on Monday, April 25. Each episode is roughly 20 minutes long.
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Call for Halloween Scripts and Festival Director!
Submitted by Chris DeKalb on Wed, 2016-02-10 12:32
The Post-Meridian Radio Players are proud to announce their 2016 Halloween performance — Tomes of Terror: Campfire Tales!
This year's show will center around a group of friends telling spooky stories around a campfire, with one large ensemble cast where each actor gets a crack at narrating a spooky tale, while the other actors perform the story. And this is your chance to get in on the action!
We are seeking scripts that are original works, pastiches, or original adaptations of classic campfire tales and urban legends. (We're also looking for a festival director.) Read more for details!
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Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of Alice in Wonderland
PMRP's next performance, an original adaptation of Alice in Wonderland , has been cast. Congratulations to the cast and crew, whom you can find listed on the show's page, and thanks to all those who auditioned. There will be seven performances from March 25 through April 2 at Responsible Grace Church in Davis Square, Somerville; make sure you don't miss this retelling of a timeless classic!
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Auditions for Alice in Wonderland
Submitted by Chris DeKalb on Tue, 2016-01-05 14:53
You can now sign up for PMRP's Spring 2016 show Alice in Wonderland! Please head to our Auditions page to find out more information and to grab your audition spot!
Update: Audition sides are now available in our audition documents folder. (It's linked from our Auditions page.)
The show will go up for seven performances from March 24th through April 2nd.
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Sides Available for Four Chaplains
The Audition Sides for The Four Chaplains are now available in the audition documents folder.
Feel free to check them out! And if you'd like to sign up for an audition slot please visit our Auditions page!
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Tickets available now for our Hallowe'en show, Monster in the Mirror
Reserve or buy your tickets now for next month's Hallowe'en show Monster in the Mirror , featuring original radio adaptations of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Miss Hyde" and "The Frankenstein Murders". Perfornances are October 23d, 24th, 29th, 30th, and 32st, with both a matinée and an evening performance on Saturday the 24th, and a costume contest with prizes on Hallowe'en itself. The show's event page has more information. This is going to be quite a show!
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Cast and crew of Monster in the Mirror announced
The cast and crew of our Hallowe'en show have been announced! Monster in the Mirror will feature original adaptations of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll & Miss Hyde , and you can find details, including the cast and crew and performance dates on the event page. Congratulations to the cast and crew!
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Auditions now open for this Hallowe'en's Monster in the Mirror show
New update: Descriptions of the available roles for both segments are now up on the web, and audition sides are available in our audition documents folder.
Our Hallowe'en show for 2015 will be Monster in the Mirror , a two-parter featuring adaptations of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . Sounds awesome, right? Who would not want to be a part of that? Well, you can be! Audition signups are now open! Go read our Auditions page, which describes the process and has dates, location, and other important information, and then sign up for an audition slot!
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The Court House is an attractive village property with separate detached bungalow within easy reach of Sherborne. Grade II listed, the property is believed to date from the 17th century, with later additions and some good period features remain, including ceiling timbers, period fireplaces and oak floorboards.
Reception rooms are full of charm and very good for entertaining, while the kitchen/dining room is extremely well equipped, and has French doors out to the terrace; the master bedroom suite and three further bedrooms (one currently used as a dressing room) are upstairs, alongside the family bathroom.
Accommodation in total comprises: hall, sitting room, drawing room, kitchen/dining room, master bedroom suite, family bathroom and three other bedrooms.
Orchard Cottage is a detached bungalow next to the main house with two bedrooms and excellent potential as guest accommodation or as a granny annexe.
The principal outbuilding comprises a triple garage and to the rear of the building is an artist's studio with vaulted ceiling and three pairs of French windows. The gardens lie towards the rear of the house and the cottage: lawns are flanked by herbaceous borders with mixed shrubs and trees, a large stone paved terrace has a flight of steps up to the main lawn, and a kitchen garden is surrounded by lavender borders. In addition, a soft fruit cage has many productive bushes and the lily pond is fenced for safety.
The Court House is located just one mile from Yetminster which has a number of shops and a public house. Yeovil is just five miles and has further amenities. Sherborne, with its rail line into London, is six miles.
The guide price is £925,000. For further information please contact Knight Frank on 01935 812 236 or visit www.knightfrank.co.uk.


A diaper rash doesn't have to be grotesque to be considered severe. A diaper rash can be mild with redness or accompanied with bleeding sores. Parents do not have to settle for diaper rashes. The best diaper rash remedy is to prevent it. One diaper rash remedy is to make sure that the diaper is not too tight. Many parents feel that in order to cure diaper rash they have to lather the baby's bottom with heavy baby lotion or Vaseline every time. One step to cure for diaper rash is to treat it right away.
It is recommended to use 'baby wipes' to clean the baby in between diaper changes rather than soap and water. After using 'baby wipes' don't neglect to use a diaper rash lotion. If you decide to use baby powder, make sure that you use them sparingly because talc powder is known to be quite dangerous when it is inhaled.
One ingredient in a diaper rash recipe is to expose the baby's to room temperature as often as possible. When a baby's diaper needs to be changed, make sure that you change it immediately because this will cause dryness. By using these preventative measures, you can prevent bad diaper rash.
If you live in a humid climate, this will cause bad diaper rash. Bad diaper rash can be cured by using 'plantain leaves'. An effective diaper rash recipe can be made by crushing these leaves and using them to line your baby's diaper. You can purchase 'plantain leaves' at multi-cultural grocery stores or in Latino grocery stores.
One thing to look out for is redness which is considered the beginning stages of a rash. Many parents hope that it will eventually go away. In reality, when you ignore visible symptoms on your baby's skin, don't take it likely because it will likely evolve into a more serious issue such as a blistery diaper rash. If a bad diaper rash is left untreated it will eventually turn into a yeast infection which can be quite painful for your baby. If you think that your child may have a yeast infection, contact your pediatrician. Your pediatrician will prescribe an ointment to soothe your child's bad diaper rash and help you to heal the infection.
If your baby is in need of a diaper rash severe treatment, ask your pediatrician to prescribe an antifungal ointment or recommend an antifungal cream. If your doctor prescribes a diaper rash severe treatment or a steroid antifungal cream, use it sparingly because the steroid can lead to serious side effects such as thinning of the skin.
To help ease your child's bad diaper rash pain, apply light diaper rash lotion and try to keep it exposed. Purchase any diaper rash cream. If your child develops a painful blister rash follow the same steps of bad diaper rash pain. If the blister rash does not improve contact your pediatrician for further instructions.
If you use disposable diapers, it is recommended to peel off the plastic covering and fasten a cloth diaper around it. Your baby's diaper or disposable diaper should be wrapped in a way such that it prevents leaking and allows air to enter through the same time. If you live in a very dry climate, make sure that your baby's skin is kept moist. Chapped skin is prone to diaper rash.
It is a good idea to use diaper rash lotion or an ointment which will create a blockage from harmful elements. One type of diaper rash lotion that is recommended to help prevent diaper rash is cocoa butter which can be purchased at pharmacy, beauty supply store and in grocery stores. It is recommended to take a small scoop of cocoa butter into a small microwavable bowl and warm it up for a few seconds. Make sure that you allow the cocoa butter to cool a little before testing on skin. It is advised that you test the temperature before placing on your baby's skin.
Use a 100% cotton cloth diaper or a waterproof flannel mattress pad as a changing station when you are away from home. When you are traveling, carry a small bottle of disinfectant cleaner or alcohol and use this to wipe the baby.
Treat diaper rash at the first signs. Don't allow it to get worse and turn into a bad diaper rash.
To find out further information on diaper rash prevention and diaper rash remedies, you may search the Internet or contact your pediatrician. If you take it lightly then you may not able to cure it in the later stage. This has to be ripped off like any other problem in the initial phase itself.


I had this issue on a Windows 2003 DC. The server has two NICs, one of which is disabled. Opening Network Connections and going to Advanced -> Advanced Setings, I could see the disabled NIC listed first and the enabled NIC second. I changed the order of the NICs and issued a gpupdate /force command. This seems to have solved my problem.
Следуя совету отключил неиспользуемую сетевую плату и успешно обновил групповую политику.
Проверен путь к GPO согласно: Event 1030 and event 1058 may be logged, and you may not be able to start the Group Policy snap-in on your Windows Small Business Server 2003 computer - указан правильный.
Пошаговое выполнение Applying Group Policy causes Userenv errors and events to occur on your computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 ни к чему не привело.
Проверил Не обрабатывается групповая политика, и в журнале приложений контроллера домена регистрируются события с кодами 1030 и 1058... Не то.
Не то и Event ID 1053 and 1058 appear in the Application log after you upgrade to Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory.
Проверено Client computers record Event ID 1030 and Event ID 1058 when DFS is not started on a Windows 2000-based domain controller - не подошло.
Остался последний вариант - перезагрузка. После перезагрузки проблема пропала. Может быть помогло отключение неиспользуемой NIC.
>>> I had this issue on a Windows 2003 DC. The server has two NICs, one of which is disabled. Opening Network Connections and going to Advanced -> Advanced Setings, I could see the disabled NIC listed first and the enabled NIC second. I changed the order of the NICs and issued a gpupdate /force command. This seems to have solved my problem.
а это применимо к Windows 2008/2012? Если да тогда где это у них оключается???